Hearts in Ice
Chapter Three: Summoner Yuna
Summary
The time has come for a new Summoner to come and pray at Macalania Temple. Shiva waits patiently until the young girl finishes her prayer, but then a fight breaks out between the Summoner, her guardians, and the High Priest of Macalania Temple. The Queen of Ice and Mother of Darkness duke it out, then it's up to a certain blonde haired Blitzball hero to end it all.
Note
I started the game all over again and wrote down the events as they came! If some of the things aren't exact, it's because I was writing really fast during the parts that couldn't be paused and couldn't read my own handwriting! Then I remembered that I received a review saying that FFWA.org had a script for the game...Did I use it? I used it to refer to what happened, like the physical actions. But other than that, I wrote it down as I played the game!
"Lord Jyscal!"
A woman clad in the winter robes came from one of the side rooms in Macalania Temple, sinking to her knees and looking at the six guardians in front of her.
"A sphere, in Lady Yuna's belongings..."
Lulu, Wakka, Auron, Kimahri, and Rikku bolted into the room. Tidus hesitated, but soon joined his companions. The group was squatted on the floor, looks of shock on their faces.
"This may well answer a few questions."
Auron handed Tidus the sphere, the blonde boy placing it on the floor and turning the sea green sphere on. An image of the deceased Lord Jyscal appeared, with a cloudy background, lightning flashing in the distant background and rain pouring down as well.
"He looks like he's on the Thunder Plains!" Tidus said, Auron clapping a hand over his mouth when Jyscal began to speak.
"What I am about to tell you is the unclouded truth, I swear it on my honor as a Guado."
Tidus was confused, but kept quiet as the sphere continued playing Seymour's deceased father's ghostly image.
"Listen to me very carefully, for I shall tell you the truth about my son, Seymour. His mind is closed even to me, his father and a Maester of Yevon. But I can feel the sinister flames of darkness burning in his heart."
The sphere soon caught Rikku's attention, the young Al-Bhed girl made her way between Tidus and Auron to watch.
"He is using Yevon, the Guado, and even the Summoners. If he is not stopped, he will surely bring destruction and chaos to Spira. I will leave this world soon, killed by my own son."
Rikku almost screamed, but the Black Mage that had come to watch as well clapped her hand over her mouth to prevent the screech.
"But I do not fault him."
This time, Tidus, Wakka, and Rikku let out cries of shock.
"WHAT?!"
Auron and Lulu managed to slap the three spectators upside their heads and continued watching the sphere.
"Because I was not wise enough, he has become twisted. I could not protect him and his mother from the world and its cruelty. I will accept death as punishment for my deeds."
Kimahri let out a low growl, scarring the wits out of the three more immature people observing the sphere.
"But whoever is watching this, I implore you to stop Seymour! Stop my son."
Chamber of the Fayth
Yuna was knelt before the Fayth Dome, praying silently to the glowing image before her. Her eyes almost filled with tears, she had been praying for almost an hour, but the Aeon had yet to appear. Was she incapable of handling this Aeon? Was she worthy of even receiving this Aeon?
"Never doubt yourself, Lady Summoner." Came a calm feminine voice.
Yuna looked up and saw the Aeon of Macalania Temple standing before her, her cloak around her neck and billowing out behind her. Shiva bowed gracefully then addressed the young Summoner before her.
"I have seen that you are a Summoner worthy of my services. You are strong and determined to bring the Calm to the people."
She offered a small smile to Yuna, who accepted it with relief.
"I am Yuna, Your Highness. From the island of Besaid."
Shiva looked at Yuna with a look of questioning.
"You are Lord Braska's daughter, are you not?"
"Yes, I am."
Shiva gave a final smile.
"I will join you Summoner. I will join with you to vanquish Sin."
Shiva leaned forward and began to vanish as she joined with Yuna's body. Yuna gasped as the process took the breath out of her, then she gained her composure when she heard the doors of the Ante Chamber slam open. She ran out of the Chamber and up the snowy passage way, ignoring the narrow passage where one slip could lead to her doom. She approached the door leading into the Ante Chamber, then hesitated when she heard people run into the room.
Seymour was standing on the staircase that led to the door that therefore led it's followers to the Chamber of the Fayth. Two of his Guado guardians stood beside each other on opposite sides of the stair case. Tidus glared daggers at him, the Blitzball hero thoroughly disgusted.
"Seymour!"
Seymour didn't budge, he stood staring at the door.
"Please be silent. Lady Yuna prays to the Fayth."
Tidus took another step forward, his anger boiling.
"Make me."
Seymour turned around and slowly descended down the steps. He shot a cocky smirk at Tidus. The chamber doors opened and Yuna calmly walked out. Seymour turned to face her, a smile on his face. Tidus saw her and smiled.
"Yuna!" He looked up at the Summoner with relief.
Yuna seemed like she was angry that her guardians arrival with her next words.
"But why...?" Tidus looked up at the girl standing behind Seymour.
"We saw Jyscal's sphere."
"You killed him."
Auron looked at the Maester with a look of utter disgust. Seymour looked unaffected by his words.
"What of it? Lady Yuna, certainly you knew of these things, did you not?"
Yuna tried to speak, but all that managed to come from her mouth were sounds the sounds of a startled seventeen year old girl.
"Well then, why have you come here?" Seymour asked, his blue eyes emotionless.
Yuna pushed passed Seymour and walked down the staircase to join her guardians. She looked up at the half Guado half human hybrid that had killed his sire, and proposed to her three hours earlier. Her eyes were full of defiance and rage.
"I came...I came to stop you!"
Seymour chuckled
"I see. You came to punish me, then. What a pity."
He started to move towards Yuna, his hand extended. Auron and Tidus blocked him from the front, while Wakka and Kimahri moved in on either side of Yuna, leaving Lulu and Rikku to protect the Summoner from the back.
"Ah, of course. 'Protect the Summoner even at the cost of your life.' The Code of the Guardian. How admirable."
Seymour motioned for his two guards to join him.
"Well, if you're offering your lives, I will have to take them."
Yuna squeezed the handle of her staff tightly, Tidus looked at her with a look that seemed to say, "Let us at him!" But before he said anything, she spoke.
"Maester Seymour. I trust my guardians with my life. But they are also my friends. I will not stand by and watch them be hurt. I will fight you, too!"
Tidus looked at her and broke into a wide grin.
"All right!" He yelled, readying the Brotherhood.
Seymour looked at the three in front of him dangerously. Auron unsheathed his Katana, Yuna was standing ready with her staff, and the blade of the Brotherhood that Tidus was holding was aching for a fight. Seymour gave an ominous smile.
"So be it." Seymour sent one of the guards after Auron, starting the battle.
Auron easily dodged the blow and lashed out with his sharp blade, cutting a deep wound in the Guado's forearm.
"Tidus, go!" Auron yelled, leaping back to make room for Tidus's attack.
He ran towards the injured Guado, and plunged the shimmering blue weapon through the torso of Seymour's guard. Tidus took a quick glance over his shoulder to see Yuna casting spells on her and the two males in the current party. Tidus looked down at the glowing orbs of red, white, and yellow floating around him. Seymour sent a bolt of lighting down on Auron, only to have it turn into a mere smoky wisp upon contact. Seymour sent his other guard towards Yuna, beginning to tire of her protective spells. His quick attack made Yuna groan in pain and double over. She looked up to see the Brotherhood pierce the flesh of the Guado's throat. Blood spurted from the wound on onto the floor as Tidus pulled his weapon away and let the Guado grunt fall.
It was Seymour's turn.
Auron ran towards Seymour, his Katana coming down in a graceful but deadly arc and colliding with Seymour's shoulder. Yuna uncorked a healing potion that was hidden in the sash of her dress and quickly downed the horrible tasting liquid. She saw tiny lightning bolts swarming around Seymour's hands, and cast another lightning spell on her party. But the lightning turned to fiery fire, crashing into Yuna and sending her back several feet. Tidus managed to get at least four rapid hits on the weakening man, but Seymour had taken enough.
"Feel my pain. Come, Anima!"
He stepped back, and chains shot from an unknown place and into a dark, forming vortex in the floor. Tidus, Auron, and Yuna made it out of the way just in time to see a dark figure arising from the dark portal. The Aeon known as Anima looked at Auron, and he immediately felt his insides start twisting with pain.
"Yuna! Summon her!" Auron managed through gritted teeth.
Yuna looked at him with a painful look, but stood to make a Summoning.
"Tidus, take Sir Auron to the sidelines!"
Tidus nodded and obeyed Yuna. He carefully helped the elder man over to where Rikku and Lulu were waiting with medicines, and Wakka was watching Yuna.
"Whoa! Look at the new Aeon!" The orange haired Blitzball player murmured, adjusting his seating on the floor.
Tidus looked up from the medicine he was mixing for Lulu to see a silver, mercury like form gracefully descending from the air. It landed amongst glacier sized ice block and threw long blue hair back, and Tidus immediately noticed a beautiful blue woman. She shattered the ice with a graceful wave of her arm and sent her cloak flying to Yuna's hand. She leapt towards Anima, and raised her hand in the air. A loud rumbling sound reached everyone's ears, then a thick spear of ice shot from seemingly no where and pierced Anima's back. But the Dark Aeon was far from finished. The monster looked at the icy woman, the deadly stare taking little effect before the agile figure it was up against. This time she created a small razor sharp piece of ice in her hand and hurled it at Anima's eye, temporarily blinding the creature.
Tidus watched the battle as the blue lady continued to spear and cast ice spells on Anima. He turned to Lulu who was slowly pouring the medicine down Auron's throat.
"Lulu, what's the name of that Aeon that Yuna just Summoned?" He asked, watching as Rikku took the bowel from medicine and gently continued to pour the medicine into the Katana wielder, occasionally wiping some from the corner of his mouth with her thumb.
Lulu proceeded to mix yet another ill smelling medicine while she gave her short but informative answer.
"That is Shiva, the Aeon of Macalania Temple. Queen of Ice."
Tidus watched as a blue surrounded Shiva, and the lovely Aeon raised her arms above her head to create a orb of cold energy. She threw the energy at Anima, blanketing the sinister Aeon in ice. She smiled, and with a careless snap of her fingers, destroyed Anima in a shower of ice shards. Pyre flies poured from the fallen Aeon, then Seymour looked at Shiva angrily.
"That power that defeated Anima... It will be mine!"
"I don't think so."
Shiva speared the unsuspecting Maester with ice. He looked down at the spear through his abdomen, and hit his knees. Yuna walked past Shiva, and to stand in front of Seymour.
"Yuna...you would pity me now?"
Yuna shook her head, and Seymour fell. Yuna knelt down, and closed his eyes. The rest of her guardians came to stand around the fallen Maester when Tromell and two more Guado guards ran into the room. Shiva looked at the Summoner and her guardians with a look of warning. She turned to Yuna and gave a quick demand.
"Run."
She leapt away, leaving a shimmering trail of ice, leaving the humans to deal with their own problems.
END- Is it any better??? Let me know!!!
Chapter Three: Summoner Yuna
Summary
The time has come for a new Summoner to come and pray at Macalania Temple. Shiva waits patiently until the young girl finishes her prayer, but then a fight breaks out between the Summoner, her guardians, and the High Priest of Macalania Temple. The Queen of Ice and Mother of Darkness duke it out, then it's up to a certain blonde haired Blitzball hero to end it all.
Note
I started the game all over again and wrote down the events as they came! If some of the things aren't exact, it's because I was writing really fast during the parts that couldn't be paused and couldn't read my own handwriting! Then I remembered that I received a review saying that FFWA.org had a script for the game...Did I use it? I used it to refer to what happened, like the physical actions. But other than that, I wrote it down as I played the game!
"Lord Jyscal!"
A woman clad in the winter robes came from one of the side rooms in Macalania Temple, sinking to her knees and looking at the six guardians in front of her.
"A sphere, in Lady Yuna's belongings..."
Lulu, Wakka, Auron, Kimahri, and Rikku bolted into the room. Tidus hesitated, but soon joined his companions. The group was squatted on the floor, looks of shock on their faces.
"This may well answer a few questions."
Auron handed Tidus the sphere, the blonde boy placing it on the floor and turning the sea green sphere on. An image of the deceased Lord Jyscal appeared, with a cloudy background, lightning flashing in the distant background and rain pouring down as well.
"He looks like he's on the Thunder Plains!" Tidus said, Auron clapping a hand over his mouth when Jyscal began to speak.
"What I am about to tell you is the unclouded truth, I swear it on my honor as a Guado."
Tidus was confused, but kept quiet as the sphere continued playing Seymour's deceased father's ghostly image.
"Listen to me very carefully, for I shall tell you the truth about my son, Seymour. His mind is closed even to me, his father and a Maester of Yevon. But I can feel the sinister flames of darkness burning in his heart."
The sphere soon caught Rikku's attention, the young Al-Bhed girl made her way between Tidus and Auron to watch.
"He is using Yevon, the Guado, and even the Summoners. If he is not stopped, he will surely bring destruction and chaos to Spira. I will leave this world soon, killed by my own son."
Rikku almost screamed, but the Black Mage that had come to watch as well clapped her hand over her mouth to prevent the screech.
"But I do not fault him."
This time, Tidus, Wakka, and Rikku let out cries of shock.
"WHAT?!"
Auron and Lulu managed to slap the three spectators upside their heads and continued watching the sphere.
"Because I was not wise enough, he has become twisted. I could not protect him and his mother from the world and its cruelty. I will accept death as punishment for my deeds."
Kimahri let out a low growl, scarring the wits out of the three more immature people observing the sphere.
"But whoever is watching this, I implore you to stop Seymour! Stop my son."
Chamber of the Fayth
Yuna was knelt before the Fayth Dome, praying silently to the glowing image before her. Her eyes almost filled with tears, she had been praying for almost an hour, but the Aeon had yet to appear. Was she incapable of handling this Aeon? Was she worthy of even receiving this Aeon?
"Never doubt yourself, Lady Summoner." Came a calm feminine voice.
Yuna looked up and saw the Aeon of Macalania Temple standing before her, her cloak around her neck and billowing out behind her. Shiva bowed gracefully then addressed the young Summoner before her.
"I have seen that you are a Summoner worthy of my services. You are strong and determined to bring the Calm to the people."
She offered a small smile to Yuna, who accepted it with relief.
"I am Yuna, Your Highness. From the island of Besaid."
Shiva looked at Yuna with a look of questioning.
"You are Lord Braska's daughter, are you not?"
"Yes, I am."
Shiva gave a final smile.
"I will join you Summoner. I will join with you to vanquish Sin."
Shiva leaned forward and began to vanish as she joined with Yuna's body. Yuna gasped as the process took the breath out of her, then she gained her composure when she heard the doors of the Ante Chamber slam open. She ran out of the Chamber and up the snowy passage way, ignoring the narrow passage where one slip could lead to her doom. She approached the door leading into the Ante Chamber, then hesitated when she heard people run into the room.
Seymour was standing on the staircase that led to the door that therefore led it's followers to the Chamber of the Fayth. Two of his Guado guardians stood beside each other on opposite sides of the stair case. Tidus glared daggers at him, the Blitzball hero thoroughly disgusted.
"Seymour!"
Seymour didn't budge, he stood staring at the door.
"Please be silent. Lady Yuna prays to the Fayth."
Tidus took another step forward, his anger boiling.
"Make me."
Seymour turned around and slowly descended down the steps. He shot a cocky smirk at Tidus. The chamber doors opened and Yuna calmly walked out. Seymour turned to face her, a smile on his face. Tidus saw her and smiled.
"Yuna!" He looked up at the Summoner with relief.
Yuna seemed like she was angry that her guardians arrival with her next words.
"But why...?" Tidus looked up at the girl standing behind Seymour.
"We saw Jyscal's sphere."
"You killed him."
Auron looked at the Maester with a look of utter disgust. Seymour looked unaffected by his words.
"What of it? Lady Yuna, certainly you knew of these things, did you not?"
Yuna tried to speak, but all that managed to come from her mouth were sounds the sounds of a startled seventeen year old girl.
"Well then, why have you come here?" Seymour asked, his blue eyes emotionless.
Yuna pushed passed Seymour and walked down the staircase to join her guardians. She looked up at the half Guado half human hybrid that had killed his sire, and proposed to her three hours earlier. Her eyes were full of defiance and rage.
"I came...I came to stop you!"
Seymour chuckled
"I see. You came to punish me, then. What a pity."
He started to move towards Yuna, his hand extended. Auron and Tidus blocked him from the front, while Wakka and Kimahri moved in on either side of Yuna, leaving Lulu and Rikku to protect the Summoner from the back.
"Ah, of course. 'Protect the Summoner even at the cost of your life.' The Code of the Guardian. How admirable."
Seymour motioned for his two guards to join him.
"Well, if you're offering your lives, I will have to take them."
Yuna squeezed the handle of her staff tightly, Tidus looked at her with a look that seemed to say, "Let us at him!" But before he said anything, she spoke.
"Maester Seymour. I trust my guardians with my life. But they are also my friends. I will not stand by and watch them be hurt. I will fight you, too!"
Tidus looked at her and broke into a wide grin.
"All right!" He yelled, readying the Brotherhood.
Seymour looked at the three in front of him dangerously. Auron unsheathed his Katana, Yuna was standing ready with her staff, and the blade of the Brotherhood that Tidus was holding was aching for a fight. Seymour gave an ominous smile.
"So be it." Seymour sent one of the guards after Auron, starting the battle.
Auron easily dodged the blow and lashed out with his sharp blade, cutting a deep wound in the Guado's forearm.
"Tidus, go!" Auron yelled, leaping back to make room for Tidus's attack.
He ran towards the injured Guado, and plunged the shimmering blue weapon through the torso of Seymour's guard. Tidus took a quick glance over his shoulder to see Yuna casting spells on her and the two males in the current party. Tidus looked down at the glowing orbs of red, white, and yellow floating around him. Seymour sent a bolt of lighting down on Auron, only to have it turn into a mere smoky wisp upon contact. Seymour sent his other guard towards Yuna, beginning to tire of her protective spells. His quick attack made Yuna groan in pain and double over. She looked up to see the Brotherhood pierce the flesh of the Guado's throat. Blood spurted from the wound on onto the floor as Tidus pulled his weapon away and let the Guado grunt fall.
It was Seymour's turn.
Auron ran towards Seymour, his Katana coming down in a graceful but deadly arc and colliding with Seymour's shoulder. Yuna uncorked a healing potion that was hidden in the sash of her dress and quickly downed the horrible tasting liquid. She saw tiny lightning bolts swarming around Seymour's hands, and cast another lightning spell on her party. But the lightning turned to fiery fire, crashing into Yuna and sending her back several feet. Tidus managed to get at least four rapid hits on the weakening man, but Seymour had taken enough.
"Feel my pain. Come, Anima!"
He stepped back, and chains shot from an unknown place and into a dark, forming vortex in the floor. Tidus, Auron, and Yuna made it out of the way just in time to see a dark figure arising from the dark portal. The Aeon known as Anima looked at Auron, and he immediately felt his insides start twisting with pain.
"Yuna! Summon her!" Auron managed through gritted teeth.
Yuna looked at him with a painful look, but stood to make a Summoning.
"Tidus, take Sir Auron to the sidelines!"
Tidus nodded and obeyed Yuna. He carefully helped the elder man over to where Rikku and Lulu were waiting with medicines, and Wakka was watching Yuna.
"Whoa! Look at the new Aeon!" The orange haired Blitzball player murmured, adjusting his seating on the floor.
Tidus looked up from the medicine he was mixing for Lulu to see a silver, mercury like form gracefully descending from the air. It landed amongst glacier sized ice block and threw long blue hair back, and Tidus immediately noticed a beautiful blue woman. She shattered the ice with a graceful wave of her arm and sent her cloak flying to Yuna's hand. She leapt towards Anima, and raised her hand in the air. A loud rumbling sound reached everyone's ears, then a thick spear of ice shot from seemingly no where and pierced Anima's back. But the Dark Aeon was far from finished. The monster looked at the icy woman, the deadly stare taking little effect before the agile figure it was up against. This time she created a small razor sharp piece of ice in her hand and hurled it at Anima's eye, temporarily blinding the creature.
Tidus watched the battle as the blue lady continued to spear and cast ice spells on Anima. He turned to Lulu who was slowly pouring the medicine down Auron's throat.
"Lulu, what's the name of that Aeon that Yuna just Summoned?" He asked, watching as Rikku took the bowel from medicine and gently continued to pour the medicine into the Katana wielder, occasionally wiping some from the corner of his mouth with her thumb.
Lulu proceeded to mix yet another ill smelling medicine while she gave her short but informative answer.
"That is Shiva, the Aeon of Macalania Temple. Queen of Ice."
Tidus watched as a blue surrounded Shiva, and the lovely Aeon raised her arms above her head to create a orb of cold energy. She threw the energy at Anima, blanketing the sinister Aeon in ice. She smiled, and with a careless snap of her fingers, destroyed Anima in a shower of ice shards. Pyre flies poured from the fallen Aeon, then Seymour looked at Shiva angrily.
"That power that defeated Anima... It will be mine!"
"I don't think so."
Shiva speared the unsuspecting Maester with ice. He looked down at the spear through his abdomen, and hit his knees. Yuna walked past Shiva, and to stand in front of Seymour.
"Yuna...you would pity me now?"
Yuna shook her head, and Seymour fell. Yuna knelt down, and closed his eyes. The rest of her guardians came to stand around the fallen Maester when Tromell and two more Guado guards ran into the room. Shiva looked at the Summoner and her guardians with a look of warning. She turned to Yuna and gave a quick demand.
"Run."
She leapt away, leaving a shimmering trail of ice, leaving the humans to deal with their own problems.
END- Is it any better??? Let me know!!!