Chapter 14
That night Baralai wandered into the garden. He needed to be alone. The sky was pitch black not a star in sight. Not even the smallest flicker of hope in the distance. No hope for he and Yuna, not hope for any love in the world. It seemed utterly impossible for two people to find true love in this world. "Maybe one day I'll go out to sea and stay there, at least there I won't have to hold on to this awful memories that are shredding my sprit."
There were no words appropiate to describe the sensacion he felt that night. One of anger, extreme dissatisfaction not only with Yuna but with himself. He hadn't the nerve to tell her and his past. The horrible monster inside of him wanting to peek out any secound. The one feeling that ripped a whole in him was his growing hatred for Yuna. All night he questioned her motives. "Could it have been some sort of mistake? Could she had lied to spare her uncle" however the more he thought the less that conclusion made sense. Yuna was lying, three words that just didn't connect together in a sentence just right. Yuna was so benevolent, how can a person who was ready to willingly to sacrifice herself so that others could live hurt one person so much.
"The answer shall never come to you." That undeniable voice enclosed in an aura of clout rang clear in the night sky. Quaking through the air like thunder.
Baralai was unwilling to turn his head to uncover who it was but secretly he already sensed it. However before he could make a determination to face her she had already appeared in front of his face. Baralai could feel the thick vibrations in the air. The sky was heavy with his fear, escaping from every possible opening in his body. He somehow couldn't know what her real motive was but by the finely tipped edge of her sword glinting in the night he could tell that she had come to confront him once and for all. "She knows the truth now!"
Balarai flash a prepare glaze at Paine as if he was ready to accept any punishment she could possibly offer. He wanted to suffer only more. He couldn't deny himself the urge to just take her sword and pierce himself in the heart with it. He had no reason to hesitate. How could he call himself a true leader when his own life was coming unglued? How could he face Spira after he had cast Yuna, the beloved high summoner in a cage? The scandal would be too much. He'd lose everything that his mother entrusted him, their faith.
Paine's scarlet eyes looked almost black when contrasting against the dark sky. She looked determined but something in her glance was hesitant.
"I see you like my prey now, Baralai." Paine's voice was hollow." What your father did to me shall be punished. I won't hesitate til I feed this feeling."
"I could care less. Paine I understand why you hate my father. I'm sorry..."
"You claimed to be my friend, yet you knew who your father was."
"I was ashamed! It isn't easy knowing that you're a spawn of a man like that!" Baralai's glaze weakened. He was so tired of all this.
" I won't listen anymore!" Paine's voice cracked a bit as if an word was caught in her throat. " You shall die amongst the flowers Yuna loves so much, it shall be a fitting end to you." Baralai hadn't noticed that the flowers at his feet were in full bloom. He remembered that Yuna's name meant Hibiscus flower. Baralai knelt down and gently pryed one out of the rich soil. Yuna loved Hibiscus flowers since she was a young girl, at first she admitted she became obsessed after discovering the meaning of her name but she grew to love them. Baralai thought " Perhaps this shall be a fitting end, if I can't have Yuna at least I'll die with this memory."
Fiohn wandered into the catacomb where Yuna slept. She wore a frown as she slept as if she was haunted by a nightmare. Fiohn asked one of the guards to lower the cage. It rattled back and fourth. Gently lifting Yuna from her slumber. She spotted Fiohn. "You?" Yuna yawned. She rubbed her eyes. "Baralai sent you?" Yuna's voice was curious but hardly an angery tone.
"I just came to say that by tommorow morning you shall be freed." Fiohn give a wide grin.
Yuna secretly was happy. Perhaps Baralai had come to his senses. Perhaps he wanted to settle things. She was determined to apologize to him athough she was unaware that her brief elation would come to a halt.
" Baralai changed his mind?"
Fiohn laughed sarcastically, " Well I suppose you could say that it's more do to a regime change."
Yuna's face faded into worry." What do you mean?! What are you planning to do?!"
" Unfortunately Baralai could never follow in his fathers footsteps. So peace-loving that Baralai. Tis' ashame!"
"Wh-what did you do?!" Yuna could feel an impulse of fear run through her viens they felt so thick that she could have sworn they were ready to explode." You talk about Baronaile..."
" What Baralai never realized was that New Yevon wanted him in power not to keep him in check as my lovely, Paine, has informed you but they expected him to be a strong leader. Unfortunately New Yevon has become so weak. I made me sick! I had the potential to be the leader. I waited sixty years! However my apprentice, a runt got the position."
" Jealously has poisioned your soul! You could never be a true Preator!" Yuna lashed at him violently. " I must tell Baralai."
"Curious thing about that, as we speak the new order is being summoned in. Baralai being at the end of the old. All things must die."
"NO! " Yuna cried. Her heart sinking into her chest. She never got to tell him how much she had valued him. Even though her marriage wasn't real. She had come to care for him. " Please Baralai don't die." She wished with all her soul and mind that somehow this was a twisted dream. If only she could tell Cid or Rikku. Anyone who could prevent this. It was a literal nightmare.
That night Baralai wandered into the garden. He needed to be alone. The sky was pitch black not a star in sight. Not even the smallest flicker of hope in the distance. No hope for he and Yuna, not hope for any love in the world. It seemed utterly impossible for two people to find true love in this world. "Maybe one day I'll go out to sea and stay there, at least there I won't have to hold on to this awful memories that are shredding my sprit."
There were no words appropiate to describe the sensacion he felt that night. One of anger, extreme dissatisfaction not only with Yuna but with himself. He hadn't the nerve to tell her and his past. The horrible monster inside of him wanting to peek out any secound. The one feeling that ripped a whole in him was his growing hatred for Yuna. All night he questioned her motives. "Could it have been some sort of mistake? Could she had lied to spare her uncle" however the more he thought the less that conclusion made sense. Yuna was lying, three words that just didn't connect together in a sentence just right. Yuna was so benevolent, how can a person who was ready to willingly to sacrifice herself so that others could live hurt one person so much.
"The answer shall never come to you." That undeniable voice enclosed in an aura of clout rang clear in the night sky. Quaking through the air like thunder.
Baralai was unwilling to turn his head to uncover who it was but secretly he already sensed it. However before he could make a determination to face her she had already appeared in front of his face. Baralai could feel the thick vibrations in the air. The sky was heavy with his fear, escaping from every possible opening in his body. He somehow couldn't know what her real motive was but by the finely tipped edge of her sword glinting in the night he could tell that she had come to confront him once and for all. "She knows the truth now!"
Balarai flash a prepare glaze at Paine as if he was ready to accept any punishment she could possibly offer. He wanted to suffer only more. He couldn't deny himself the urge to just take her sword and pierce himself in the heart with it. He had no reason to hesitate. How could he call himself a true leader when his own life was coming unglued? How could he face Spira after he had cast Yuna, the beloved high summoner in a cage? The scandal would be too much. He'd lose everything that his mother entrusted him, their faith.
Paine's scarlet eyes looked almost black when contrasting against the dark sky. She looked determined but something in her glance was hesitant.
"I see you like my prey now, Baralai." Paine's voice was hollow." What your father did to me shall be punished. I won't hesitate til I feed this feeling."
"I could care less. Paine I understand why you hate my father. I'm sorry..."
"You claimed to be my friend, yet you knew who your father was."
"I was ashamed! It isn't easy knowing that you're a spawn of a man like that!" Baralai's glaze weakened. He was so tired of all this.
" I won't listen anymore!" Paine's voice cracked a bit as if an word was caught in her throat. " You shall die amongst the flowers Yuna loves so much, it shall be a fitting end to you." Baralai hadn't noticed that the flowers at his feet were in full bloom. He remembered that Yuna's name meant Hibiscus flower. Baralai knelt down and gently pryed one out of the rich soil. Yuna loved Hibiscus flowers since she was a young girl, at first she admitted she became obsessed after discovering the meaning of her name but she grew to love them. Baralai thought " Perhaps this shall be a fitting end, if I can't have Yuna at least I'll die with this memory."
Fiohn wandered into the catacomb where Yuna slept. She wore a frown as she slept as if she was haunted by a nightmare. Fiohn asked one of the guards to lower the cage. It rattled back and fourth. Gently lifting Yuna from her slumber. She spotted Fiohn. "You?" Yuna yawned. She rubbed her eyes. "Baralai sent you?" Yuna's voice was curious but hardly an angery tone.
"I just came to say that by tommorow morning you shall be freed." Fiohn give a wide grin.
Yuna secretly was happy. Perhaps Baralai had come to his senses. Perhaps he wanted to settle things. She was determined to apologize to him athough she was unaware that her brief elation would come to a halt.
" Baralai changed his mind?"
Fiohn laughed sarcastically, " Well I suppose you could say that it's more do to a regime change."
Yuna's face faded into worry." What do you mean?! What are you planning to do?!"
" Unfortunately Baralai could never follow in his fathers footsteps. So peace-loving that Baralai. Tis' ashame!"
"Wh-what did you do?!" Yuna could feel an impulse of fear run through her viens they felt so thick that she could have sworn they were ready to explode." You talk about Baronaile..."
" What Baralai never realized was that New Yevon wanted him in power not to keep him in check as my lovely, Paine, has informed you but they expected him to be a strong leader. Unfortunately New Yevon has become so weak. I made me sick! I had the potential to be the leader. I waited sixty years! However my apprentice, a runt got the position."
" Jealously has poisioned your soul! You could never be a true Preator!" Yuna lashed at him violently. " I must tell Baralai."
"Curious thing about that, as we speak the new order is being summoned in. Baralai being at the end of the old. All things must die."
"NO! " Yuna cried. Her heart sinking into her chest. She never got to tell him how much she had valued him. Even though her marriage wasn't real. She had come to care for him. " Please Baralai don't die." She wished with all her soul and mind that somehow this was a twisted dream. If only she could tell Cid or Rikku. Anyone who could prevent this. It was a literal nightmare.