"I gave my father a different book. I took this one and put it in my bag when we were leaving."
deyogen whispers something in Moronda's ear and leaves.
"Where do we look for the temples?" Moronda was reading further into the table of contents when she handed the book to Emsa.
"Here." She flipped to page 364 (there were about 3,224 pages in this book). There was a list of temples and aeons that were able to be acquired. She read the list and she counted seven temples. 'why would they keep these a secret from us?' She saw that there was one in Luca, the place they were closest at the time (they were right above the sea that lead to Luca.) she walked over to the intercom and paged the crew at the control room. "Hey, can we stop in Luca?"
Sure. We are heading by the docks now. Lucky that you said something... "Where's Deyogen?""He said he wanted to summon Bahamut so he's on the deck."
"We should get him." They were walking out of the room when they ran into Deyogen...right into him. They fell with a thud when the announcer came on.
Here in Luca, departing soon.
"What are we doing in Luca?"
"There is an Aeon here. Did you not know?" Emsa showed him the book when he stared in amazement.
"Really? Who is it... D e n d a y o n? What kind of name is that?"
"It's the name of the aqua Aeon. See, here is a description of it." She showed him the picture.
"Ok... Do you think that it is a Hoax?"
"No! These are the aeons that my mother got. She was the one who found this book. I saw one of them up close."
"Well, can we get it now?"
They walked out of the hallway, limping of course, when they came to the teleport pad at the little room. The stepped on it, and, you guessed it, teleported to the bottom balcony. They stepped off into the docks of the familiar place when Emsa pulls out a map of where it is.
"What does the map say?" Moronda was looking more curious than the two summoners.
"It says that it is in the center
of the Blitzball Stadium. Under the ball of water."
"How
are we supposed to get there? SWIM?" Deyogen was starting to sweat
at the heat that was arisen in the stadium's docks with all of that
clothing on."
"When does the next game start?" Moronda was looking around for a list of charts when she came to a sphere camera that was showing the second half of the game."Looks like we have another Half an Hour." (Blitzball games lasted longer than 10 minutes.) "What do we do till then?"
"Split up and wonder around." Emsa said as she started to walk away from the two. "OK then? I guess I will see you later."
"See ya Deyogen." Moronda went the other way that Emsa was going.
Deyogen went to the shops in the center of the town. He was looking at the staffs when a large and colorful sign caught his eye. CLOTHES FOR SALE!
He wondered over to the sign and bought some clothes. "Sir, is there a dressing room that I could go to and change?"
The man that sold him the clothes pointed to a cluster of cubbyholes with curtains in the far end. When he walked out of the dressing room, he put his old clothes in a large bag and took it to the airship.
With Emsa
"Now where can we get into the dome without paying?" Emsa was looking around the edge of the dome for a way to get into the large place. She was wondering around when she saw a set of stairs that led to a bottom cellar. So, out of her curiosity, she went down the stairs to see where they led to. She looked around the bottom when she saw another door, when she opened it, a glyph sign appeared on the door. Her eyes were wide in the excitement of what was in front of her. There was the entrance to the temple that she was looking for. "How can this be, it says that it in the center of the blitzball stadium, why is it here?" she pulled out a map of the city and realized that where she was, was in fact the center of the blitzball stadium. Not in the open, but in the ground under it.
With Moronda
"Now, where to go...I know, I will visit the bar!" She was walking over to one of the bars that was in a corner by the entrance to the stadium when she looked over and saw a Ronso and a Guado arguing. Things were getting out of hand. In an attempt to try to stop them from making a scene, she walked over there and started to talk to them. "Ok, what is the problem here?"
"He not welcome. Guado not welcome!"
"What do you mean 'Guado not welcome?'"
"Guado not welcome. Guado not welcome anywhere!" The ronso started to rush at the guado when Moronda thrust her hands in front of her and calling on her Thunder magic to shock the Ronso in its place. The ronso stopped in its tracks, frozen in place as the lightning overcame his entire body. His eyes were double taking his body as he was staring at the position that his was in. The Guado ran the other way when the spell wore off.
"What do you have against the Guado?"
"They burn Mountain. They cause many death."
"How do you know that that wasn't Sin?"
"They came on Airships, they came with Fire. It was they. The sign of the Guado was on their ship."
"Come with me. I think that I know two people that would know what you are talking about."
"I think that I would know what I am talking about. It was Sacred Mountain."
"Just come on."
They were walking to the stadium when they heard the announcements about the new game starting. We have to get back to the ship
They met the other two at the dock where their ship landed when they saw the other two. Emsa was reading the book and Deyogen was checking himself out with his new clothes. He had a white and gold chest plate (one that resembles Auron's but is white with gold edges.) and white pants. He had a white sleeveless shirt under it, showing his muscles. He had a pair of white and gold boots that had mettle at the toe area. And to top the entire outfit off, he had a large and thick ribbon of Yevon on his back. The two sides drug two feet behind him and the hoop went a foot over his head. It was all connected at his waist, where his belt was. He was carrying his staff in one hand and a large white cloth that resembles a cloak in his other.
"Who is this Moronda?" Emsa walked over to where the Ronso was standing and observed him carefully. "Why did you bring him?"
"Who are they?" The ronso looked at Moronda who was walking over to Deyogen. "This is Deyogen. He is a summoner."
"You are a summoner party!?!"
"Yes. And this is Emsa. She is also a summoner."
"Two summoners on the same pilgrimage, that is against Yevon, is it not?"
"The teachings never said anything about it. Now, what is your name?" Emsa was looking over to the dome.
"I am Thayen. Ronso of the Mountain."
Nice to meet you, Thayen of the mountain." Deyogen did the sign of prayer as he said those words. He walked over to Moronda and leaned in as to tell her a secret "What is he doing here?"
"He was going to get into a fight with a guado so I brought him back here to our ship so we can take to Guadosalam and clear up this nonsense. Besides, while we are there, we could stop at Djose or Macalania. So you see, it would really be no trouble to us at all. He can go with us. Its my ship, I say who goes and who doesn't."
"Fine Fine Fine...no reason to get all defensive I was only asking a question."
"So are we going to head to the temple now or what? I would like to see this hidden temple." Emsa was taping her foot on the ground at the two while looking frustrated.
"What temple you visit?" Thayen asked.
"The Luca tem..." Moronda shoved her hand on his mouth before he got a chance to talk.
"There is no temple in Luca" the ronso said.
"Your right...hahaha...no temple at all...haha..."Moronda was rubbing the back of her head when he got closer to her.
"You lie...Ronso can tell when people lie."
"Alright already, there is a temple here in Luca...Emsa tells him the story of the book and temples... don't tell anyone thought!"
"Fine. I want to see it for myself."
"Ok, lets go then." They started to walk over to the dome when they heard the halftime of the game start. Then a master's voice came on an intercom, announcing his decline and the rise of his son as the new master, "I have decided to retire my position as a master of yevon and now I will let my son take the job. He will start immediately." Then this man with red hair came up to the stage and spoke words to the crowd that were hard to hear under ground. He was a fairly young man about 19 or 20. "I promise to fulfill the duty of the master as good as my father did. I will prove myself a good master..."
"Did you hear that? The master just resigned!" Emsa was shocked at what just happened, it was not forbidden, but just frowned upon that a master give up their position in life.
"Oh, well. Can we move on now or do you want to stay there and talk to yourself?" Moronda was starting to open the first set of doors. "You know we cant do this without you. You know the way and you have the book."
They walked through the doors when they were met by another set of doors that had a glyph sign on them. Emsa touched the glyph sign and the four of them walked through the second set of doors when they came to a room that was empty and just large enough to fit them comfortably.
"Now what?" Deyogen was looking all around the room for a door that leaded to the actual temple. There was nothing but blank walls and a little groove that was in the wall where it looked like a sphere should go. "Look over here...There is a sphere hole. Now where is the sphere?"
"I don't know where it is. Maybe it is in the other room." Moronda walked back when sure enough, there was a brightly colored sphere on the ground, by the entrance. She picked it up and it had the attribute for water inside it. "This must be it!" She walked over to the hole in the wall and placed the sphere there when the floor lit up in a light blue light. When it faded, there was a glowing teleport pad under them. When they looked around, they were in an entirely different building and place. There was a large glass dome over them and by the looks of what they saw, they were under the water, on the ocean floor. There was lights there, and no people. There was the hymn of the faith playing, and no one to pray there. It looked like they were the only ones that were there. The place looked untouched for ages, but there was no dirt or dust. The place looked especially clean for no one being there.
"Get a load of this!" Deyogen was walking through the tall white statue towers that were peering over them. They were all connected by a roof of white stone that led to the doors of the trials. They started to walk through the dome when they came to three doors. Two were for the priests to rest and the middle was for the trials. They all looked through the two rooms when they saw clothes lain out like someone was planning to change into them. They left the rooms after observing them and the decided to go through the doors to the cloister of trials.
"Thayen, what's wrong, aren't you coming?" Emsa said.
"No, Thayen not guardian, Thayen not go in. Against Yevon."
"Well, are you going to wait here?"
"Yes. I will stand guard until summoners done."
"Thank you."
The three walked in when they saw a large set of stairs that led to a lower floor. They were amazed on how beautiful it was. There were white marble everything with light blue rock finishes. There was gold lacing to top it all off that made one of the better temples. There was a large room that led to a set of doors.
"That must be it. Emsa, Moronda, are you ready?"
"As ready as we are going to be."
The three walked through the doors when they came to this large pool. "This must be the trials. It must all be underwater." Moronda was starting to take her clothes off when she saw Emsa and Deyogen, already undressed to their unmentionables (underwear) when they dove right in. Moronda finished and dove in after them. They all met up on the other side of what appeared to be a wall. They came up when they saw three lights glowing in the water.
gasp..gasp...pant What now?" Emsa said as she was gathering her air. The water was extremely cold.
"I guess we go to the lights. Deyogen, what do you think?"
"I think we go under, seems that's the only place left there is to go."
The three dove once more into the water when they came to the lights. When they got there, the lights absorbed their bodies and teleported them to another portion of the trials. They came to this room with land, and they got out of the water and started to make their way to three large statues that was peering over them. They looked like creatures of the water that had large blue orbs on their hands. They were the spheres of the temples.
"Hey look over there, there is the chamber of the faith." Emsa pointed to a door that was in the shape of a V.
"Already, that was a quick trial. There has to be some kind of catch. No temple is that easy." Deyogen was looking around for a trick door or a trap of any kind. When he saw none, he headed to the door. "Well lets go. Moronda, will you stay here?"
"Where else would I be?"
"Ok. Here we go." Emsa and Deyogen walked into the chamber, followed by Deyogen, when the door slammed behind them. The door locked when the faith appeared.
"Did you think that this would be that easy?" This faith was a man dressed in a Blitzball uniform. He was a rather bulky man with large muscles. On his head was a large crown with a blue gem in the center of the crown, and in his hand was a trident. After he spoke, a woman appeared behind him. She was a skinny woman dressed in a shell bikini. She had a crown too, but hers was smaller and had a blue gem on the tips of all of the spikes. "We are here to test your strength, young summoners. You must battle the three of us in order to obtain our power." After the woman spoke, a seahorse glided out of the statue. It had armor and a small horn on the top of its head.
"You are hear to fight us?" Emsa replied.
"Yes." As soon the woman said that, they started to summon their powers. Three aeons came out of the sky and hovered in a circle over them. The man had a massive body, pure muscle, and long hair that flowed like the seas. His head was rather small compared to his body, about the size of an elephant's head, (that means he was pretty big if his head is small compared to his body and it is the size of an elephant's head.) In his hand was a massive trident that had a large blue sphere in the center. His eyes were pure blue. His skin was a dark tan. He had two great spikes that came out of his shoulders, and curved up. His had no legs, instead, he had a large stone slab that came out of his waist. The shape was like a cone and it had six little holes in it, about the size of an average human hand. Each hole glowed a different color, one white, one black, one blue, one yellow, one red, and one a white blue. He had a crown on his head that was very tall, and it had one blue crystal that stood out of the front as the main spike. The woman was smaller than the man. She was about the size of Shiva. She had a blue body and hair that fell to the ground. She had a full body with a tail that fell to the ground about six feet behind her. It had a massive flipper on the end that was as big as she was. She had a crown that was short. She had a shell bikini and shells that swirled around one of her legs that went all the way down to her ankle. She had four blue crystals that came out of her back and one that was in the center of the tail. The third of the trio was their seahorse. It has grown to a titanic size, large enough to seat the man and the woman comfortably. It had a trio of horns that came out of its head and sides. It had a large curl, where it's tail curled up, that had a large blue gem in the center of it. On its back was a cloud that constantly moved and had a few blue lightning bolts that zapped here and there.
"If it is a fight they want, it is a fight they will get!" Deyogen started to call on the aeon, Shiva.
He swing his staff around him and slammed the bottom on the floor. Shiva's temple sphere started to glow when the emblem of Shiva appeared with a large piece of ice in the middle. This clear figure came up out of the emblem on the ground and took form. Then the ice blasted, Shiva standing in the middle of the emblem. She swung around and the emblem disappeared.
"My turn. Bahamut, come to me!"
Emsa swung her staff on both sides. When she finished, Bahamut's sphere started to glow. This time, her summoning was different. A large blast of black lightning showered from the heavens, when it was met by a purple and golden blast from the sphere. The two blasts met when Bahamut's emblem appeared. Then the emblem turned into a black hole and started to grow larger and larger. Bahamut rushed through the hole with great speed and flew into the sky. He then sent a blast to the hole, causing it to explode and disappear.
"Two against three, this hardly seems fair!" Deyogen was looking at the aeons before him and imagined himself with those.
"Ready...Set...GO!" They aeons charged at eachother.
What do you think so far?
Chapter 6 :The battle is fought