**Yea! You actually kinda liked my ideas! YAY!! XD Anyway, this is the, ah, remainder of the explanation, I guess. Also, I apologize for the lateness--this chapter was written around school starting time and I didn't have any time to finish it right away. So, here it is! Aaaand, happy one year ficcy anniversary to me! LOL, yup, pathetically enough, this fic is one year old! Sad, ain't it? ^_~;; So, happy birthday, fic! ::gives the fic a cake:: Hope you guys will stick with me to the end! Its coming very soon! See ya next time! --Jedi Ari**
Yuna's face paled. "Tidus is Sin?"
Yueh blinked. Sin was two people—the most loved people of both summoners. Arashi and Atrah, Yuna and Tidus. But how…
"How is that possible?" Yueh asked quietly.
Yuna was beginning to cry, and Arashi crossed over to her and gave her a hug.
"I know, it's hard…but we'll fix it…" Yuna sobbed into Arashi's shoulder. "We'll fix it…"
"How?" Yueh repeated, looking at all of Yuna's guardians.
Auron, of course, was the one to talk. "As far as Sin being two people, I don't know. The rest all begins with a mishap involving Seymour Guado and Mariana."
This caught the attention of all of Arashi's guardians—even Gage. Apparently, he didn't know as much as Yueh had thought.
"You mean that slutty chick is in on this, too?" Niet asked incredulously.
"Not by her own willing—at first, at any rate," Lulu said.
"Y'see, she was just a little girl, minding her own business, when her parents went out to fight Sin by their village," Rikku began, gesturing wildly. "Then, WHAM! Almost the whole village was killed fighting Sin! That icky Seymour happened to be in the area—"
"Though he was much younger, around eight or nine," Lulu cut in for a moment.
"—and he began yakking about how you could become Sin, and he dropped a jewel that connects your world to ours—"
"A transportation device, among other things," Auron said. "We don't know where he got it from originally."
"—as he walked away." Rikku stood up and began walking around. "Mariana was only about five, so she picked up the stone. She thought it was pretty—which it was—but anyway, she screamed something at Sin, and was taken to your world—"
"That is, here before Sin came along," Lulu interjected. Rikku gave her a short look.
"Quit interrupting me!" She coughed. "So, she got here, but lost the jewel. She had landed in what became Yueh's backyard, and she found it—"
Yueh sighed and stared at the wooden floor. "I think we know the story from there, Rikku."
Rikku paused, then laughed. "Yeah, I s'pose you do. Cunno!"
"But why did the stone split when we came into the picture?" Arashi asked from next to Yuna. "It was just one big piece."
"It was one piece in Mariana's possession. As she dropped to this earth, it broke into two: Yueh found one, and Hunter found the other."
Yueh took a quick glance at Hunter. He sighed and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, its my fault 'dis all happened, ya?"
"But its my fault, I tried to call Valefore—"
"But I tried to bring Bahamut here, and—"
Yueh and Hunter's eyes locked. Lulu rubbed her forehead lightly. "This…is where things get complicated."
"This I didn't know," Arashi said. Yuna looked up, her eyes almost dry once again. "I thought it was purely Yueh's…ah…accident."
"I thought it was from Hunter's attempt at Bahamut," Gage said, furrowing his eyebrows.
"So, its both their faults?" Mattian asked rather tactlessly. Niet glared at him and grasped the hilt of her rapier, but Arashi gave her a short look before turning to Auron.
"What exactly caused this, then?"
Auron coughed, and went to push up his glasses—before he seemed to remember they weren't there. Coughing again, he said, "If Yueh or Hunter had called them separately, most likely nothing would have happened. However, since they happened to call both Bahamut and Valefore at the same time…"
"At the same time?" Yueh and Hunter asked incredulously.
"Uh huh, then, BAM!" Rikku clapped her hands together. "We came here!"
"It's not quite that simple," Lulu interrupted. She shook her head, and the beads in her hair jangled. "It's rather complicated, to be honest."
"Ya. Y'see, Lu explained it t'me—"
"And I can explain it once more, Wakka," she said coolly. Lulu looked at everyone in turn. "When the aeons were both called at the same time, it brought the spiral of Spira along with it. The fiends, the aeons, Sin…and Yu Yevon."
"Who's that?" asked Niet. Yueh and Arashi sighed.
"Remember the religion of Yevon? The Yevonites? He's their god," Yueh explained quickly. Niet nodded slowly. Yueh turned back to Lulu and said, "Please, go on."
"This time, Yu Yevon was not separate from his creation, Sin. Sin, or Atrah and Tidus, fused with Yu Yevon," Lulu went on. "This having happened, Sin cannot be defeated in the…traditional way."
"No sacrifice," Rikku chirped up. She gained a silencing look from the black mage. Rikku pouted.
"But, if it can't be defeated the 'traditional' way," Yueh began, "then how do we get rid of it?"
"That would be the question," Auron said.
"Why wouldn't the normal way work?" Gage asked. "It would get rid of Yu Yevon along with Sin, wouldn't it?"
"Two things," Arashi said, standing up. "One: it would kill both Tidus and Atrah."
"You mean we can still save them?" Yuna asked.
"Yes. Two: Yu Yevon would simply take in the sacrifice of the aeon and summoner, and they would be his new Sin, his new support," the blond summoner explained. "I don't know why, but that is how it works. I found out for myself when we almost died that way."
"Who told you?" asked Yueh.
Arashi paused, and moved back to being across from Yuna before she spoke. "Tidus and Atrah told me." She sat and sighed, suddenly looking older than her teenage years. Rubbing the bridge of her nose, she said, "As I slept, they told me…they would die if we did it."
"I suppose Sin would know more than us," Auron said, shifting.
"Then what do we do?" Niet asked. "How do we get rid of it?"
"And bring back everyone else," Yueh added, thinking of her friend's families that were gone.
"Dat we don't know, ya?" Wakka said, scratching the back of his neck.
"We wouldn't then, either," Gage said, sighing. "I was kind of hoping you guys would know."
"I'm not sure how, but I know we'll need your help," Arashi said, looking down the row at Yuna and her Guardians. "If you could travel with me, with us, travel to Zanarkand again."
"How would they do that? Cram into a wagon with us?" Mattian asked, snorting.
"We would travel in the form of the jewels again, Mattian," Auron said, giving a piercing stare to his Earth counterpart. Mattian shrunk back.
"You were in the jewels?" he asked.
"I was wondering where those came from," Yueh mumbled.
"Would you? Please," Arashi begged.
"Do you have any clue as to how to defeat Sin?" Lulu asked coldly.
"One, an inkling of an idea, a bit of fluff, an idea so small it might just float away if I don't catch it…" She mimicked catching a piece of fuzz in the air before bowing where she sat. "Please. I need you guys on this one…all of you."
The Guardians and Summoner of Spira looked at one another.
"It is your decision, Yuna," Auron finally said.
Yuna took a deep breath before nodding sharply. "I will go. We will go."
"Thank you," Arashi whispered. Her own guardians remained silent.
Sin is two people, and Yu Yevon…and Arashi has an idea. This…cannot be good. Yueh kept quiet as the Spiran Summoner and Guardians began to dissolve once more.
"We'll see you at Zanarkand, then," Yuna said, managing a smile.
"Bye!" Rikku said, waving wildly.
"See ya den, ya?" Wakka added.
The others disappeared without a word, swirling into clouds of sparkling dust and returning as jewels to Arashi's belt. This time, there was another jewel, shining brighter than a diamond in the sun.
The red jewel grew brighter and a voice emitted from it. "I expect my glasses back then, Lady Arashi."
Another jewel on the belt glowed as the other faded to its normal color. "Auron, you're so picky…"
The room was silent again.
"All along, Yuna was the fayth," Niet said. Her voice echoed throughout the empty chamber.
"And her guardians were with us," Mattian said nervously. "Auron didn't seem to happy with us."
"Dat's because he thinks we're kids, ya?"
"No, it's because he's grumpy he didn't have his glasses back," Arashi said, standing up. She stretched out her arms and yawned. "We should head out now, before Mariana does the traditional defeat." Much quieter, so that only Yueh heard, she added, "Before Mariana kills Atrah…"
"Mariana's probably pretty close to Zanarkand, right?" Gage half-said, half-asked. Arashi nodded lightly. "Then we'll take the airship. There's a save sphere somewhere around here, isn't there?"
"If we come back without Rikku, its gonna be bad, ya?" Hunter said. He pretended to slice his throat with a finger while making a gross noise. "Death, ya?"
Mattian stood up straight and cleared his throat. Yueh got the distinct feeling that he was trying to act more like Auron—this deduction partially due to the fact that he closed one eye more than the other, as if trying to get a look at the world from Auron's point of view.
"We'll tell him his daughter is safe, but unable to speak with him," Mattian suggested. Niet rolled her eyes at his newfound seriousness. "If he doesn't believe it, we'll simply explain that he needs to follow our instructions in order to see his daughter again." Niet made hand motions of a blabbing mouth as he talked. Hunter chuckled as he stood up and walked over to Yueh, who was in front of Mattian and Niet.
Gage thought a moment, a hand to his chin. "I guess that's our only choice. That's the only way we'll ever get there fast enough."
"Den dat's dat, ya? We're goin'," Hunter said, putting an arm around Yueh's shoulders. She blushed.
"Right," Arashi said. She frowned and began pacing within the chamber, next to the door. "That is, if we can contact them."
Mattian's stoic facade faltered as he stuttered, "What do you mean, 'if?'"
Arashi paced straight out of the chamber. "Exactly what it sounds like. If."
The group groaned at their flaky summoner. Yueh shook her head and walked out of the grip of Hunter's strong arm.
"I know what she means. The original sphere at my house didn't have the option of the airship on it," Yueh explained, tugging on one of her bangs. "So even if we found a sphere, it might not have the option on it."
"But…but…" Niet pushed past Mattian (who grunted in a bit of annoyance) and grabbed one of Yueh's shoulders. "In the book, it said they couldn't use that until they had found the airship! And we found it, didn't we? So, so, wouldn't it be there?"
"She has a point," Mattian grumbled, somewhat reluctantly.
From the other room, a slightly surprised voice said, "Well, what do you know."
The other five adventurers ran into the Cloister of Trials to see Arashi looking at an overly elaborate version of a save sphere, with the shapes of all their gems revolving around the blue orb. Arashi's gray eyes lit up as she poked the sphere, engaging the menu.
The group let out a collective sigh as they saw a new option on the very, very bottom of the list:
Teleport to Airship.
Arashi made a sweeping motion to the menu and said, "Shall we?"
Yueh smiled with relief. "Yes, let's." Her nightmare was almost over…
And… She smiled wider as she looked to Hunter. I'm not alone in it anymore…
As if reading her thoughts, Hunter came up and took her hand. He whispered softly, "Together…we'll do it."
Yueh nodded. "Right."
"Aw, the lovebirds are whispering sweet nothings to each other! How cute!" Niet blurted, clasping her hands together, grinning. Yueh expected a retort or some sort of defense from Mattian, but he just pushed past everyone and hit the last menu option on the sphere.
"All aboard!" Arashi said, grabbing onto Mattian's shoulder and Niet's wrist. "Everyone, stick together! Keep your hands and feet inside the teleporter at all times! We don't want to lose any limbs!"
Niet, a bit spooked at Arashi's joke, grasped Gage's sleeve, and Gage put a hand on Hunter's shoulder. Hunter squeezed Yueh's hand, and Yueh blushed deeper.
Together…
The sextet became engulfed in a flash of light before they disappeared completely from sight.