(A/N: My back has been hurting all day, maybe I should get up... Nah...
Alright, here's the next chapter of this story! Enjoy!)
Chapter 5
Fury
When the teenage boy awoke it was a day later. He was once again in Bevelle and he lay on a soft bed. This group hadn't gone forward in their journey, they had gone backwards. He tried to sit up but soon realized he was tied down to the bed. "This is really getting freaky," he muttered softly. Tara entered the room and the teen boy began tugging at his restraints and they began to slightly scratch at his flesh until he began to bleed.
"Calm down," Tara said. "Sheesh, you'll kill yourself like that."
"It would be better than staying here with you!" Auron shouted.
"Then you would make a wonderful summoner," Tara whispered and sat on the edge of the bed. The teen looked to her, his facial expression screaming confused. "I mean that since you don't have a problem with giving up your life, that's why you'd make a good summoner."
Narrowing his eyes, the boy growled, "What do you mean?"
Looking quite a bit surprised, Tara said to him, "Don't tell me you didn't know about what happens to the summoner after the final summoning."
The emotion in his eyes now seeming a bit worried, Auron asked, "What happens to the summoner?"
"The summoner dies sweetie."
In a fit of rage, Auron shouted loudly and thrashed his body from side to side, trying to get out of the restraints. When he had calmed down just a bit, he looked to the short-haired woman and growled, "Then why are you a summoner?"
"Because I have nothing left to live for," she said. "But your friend Atali, she's still young and has a full life ahead of her."
"Then let me go so I can stop her!" Auron shouted, angling his torso up just a bit, straining against the ropes that held him down.
Sighing heavily, Tara whispered, "It's no use." She then looked into his eyes. "The reason I took you was to get her to come after you so that some other summoner could do the job and she didn't have to waste her life."
His teeth clenched, Auron growled, "I really don't understand your motives... You're a dreadfully bizarre individual..."
"My mother Rina used to say that too," the woman laughed and then stood up. She patted the boy on the leg and then untied him. "I don't think she's coming after you. So do your best to stop her, okay?"
Getting to his feet, Auron looked to the cuts from the ropes and then to the woman. "Did you say your mother was named Rina?" The brown-haired woman nodded and Auron raised his right eyebrow in slight suspicion. "Then that would make you and Atali-"
"Yup, that's right." Tara said and then took the teen by the shoulders and walked him out the door. "Now get... before it's too late."
Turning before Tara shut the door, Auron asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
"If you screw up," the woman replied, "I'll be there to clean up your mess and I'll sweep in and be the summoner to vanquish Sin and bring the Calm."
Now realizing the motives of this lady, Auron nodded as his reply to her. He would not fail. He would prevent Atali's pilgrimage from being completed if it was the last thing he would ever do.
He ventured from the Bevelle area and back towards the Calm Lands. He trekked up to Remiem Temple, doubting they were there anymore after one day. He was right, they weren't there, the two had already moved on. Running from the temple, he took off down the path towards Mt. Gagazet where the Ronso lived. Not once did he slow down or stop, he figured if he did, he would be too late.
Upon entering the snowy territory of the tall, furry, blue creatures, Auron was stopped by two of them. "Who are you?" one of them asked. It was a large male Ronso with a large horn on his head.
In respect, the guardian bowed to the Ronso and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but has the summoner Atali and her other guardian passed by here?" The Ronso nodded. "Please, direct me in their direction."
Nodding slightly, the male Ronso picked up Auron and placed him under his right arm. He then carried the teen, like a farmer would a bale of hay, in the direction the girl summoner had passed in. The trek up the snowy path was a long one, but Auron was grateful to the Ronso for taking him up there.
About two hours later, since the Ronso took his sweet time, and the two had gotten into numerous battles, the two reached a large, flat, snowy area. Off to the side, a tent was pitched. Due to the wind it looked like it would blow over at any minute. "Women," said the Ronso, "Women cannot make good tent." Auron couldn't help but laugh at this. The Ronso set him down and the two walked over to the tent.
Just before they reached the tent, the flap flew open and Atali walked out, she had a few minor cuts on her upper arms, and on her face, on the outer corner of her left eye was a deep cut, yet it no longer bled. "I'm going back to look for Auron!" Atali shouted at her mother who was still inside of the tent. When the summoner's head turned and she saw Auron, she froze in her tracks.
During the time the two stared at each other, the Ronso went and properly nailed down the anchors for the tent. The summoner and the guardian on the other hand just stared at each other, neither one moving at all. Rina walked out of the tent and immediately spotted Auron. She was going to take a step towards the boy but the female summoner's left arm shot up from her side and blocked her mother.
Auron looked at the girl, her face stern and unkind, completely different from a day earlier. Suddenly, his summoner's hand dropped back to her side and she ran at him, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him close. She cried softly, her tears turning to ice just seconds after they left her eyes. "I thought I had lost you," she whispered into his ear.
"You will," he replied. Atali drew back and looked at him a bit baffled. "Quit your pilgrimage, Atali," he said, his voice sounding icier than the weather around them.
The Ronso, after finishing his work, stood and looked at the young man. The summoner on the other hand pulled away from the boy and went back to her original spot. "I can't do that," she said.
Drawing his sword in his right hand, the male guardian aimed the tip down and looked into eyes. "Then to get to Zanarkand, you'll have to go through me," he said.
"Don't make me fight you, Auron," Atali whispered, icy tears streaming her cheeks.
The summoner's mother then spoke up, "You're a guardian, boy!" she said, "You're supposed to protect her, not attack her!"
"I am not a boy!" Auron shouted at the older woman. "I'm a warrior!" Suddenly Auron's thoughts flashed back to Liani.
Back to what the old woman had said to him before they left: "And protect her, make sure she meets her destination."
The sword slipped from his fingers and clanged on the rocky surface below. His eyes dropped to the snow as the winds picked up slightly. He bent down at the waist and lifted a rock in his right hand. Turning, he walked to where he was a few feet from the edge and screamed as drew back and threw the rock into oblivion. The stone was thrown so hard that it was out of sight before it had even begun its downfall.
Angrily, Auron walked over and yanked his sword up from the ground and slipped it back into the sheath on his left side. "Then I'm out," he said coldly. He then began to leave down the path he was brought up by the Ronso.
The summoner went to go after him, but her mother stopped her just like the girl had done to her earlier. "So I have a question for you, warrior," she said. Auron stopped in his tracks to listen to the woman. "Why did you come to stop her?"
Auron replied, "And to add to that, no one told me Atali would have to die in this."
Deciding to mess with the warrior, Rina said to him, "Well, your words say that you care, but your attitude sure doesn't show it." She crossed her arms and waited. She wanted him to explode on her, to show her daughter that he wasn't who she thought he was.
Turning to face the woman, now seeming possessed, Auron shouted at her, "You know nothing about me, so stop acting like you do! The way I feel is my business, not yours!" Atali was taken aback by his words and she looked down. This was exactly what Rina wanted. Crossing his arms, Auron's eyes shifted right to his summoner, "Why didn't you tell me?"
The girl's eyes shot up from the ground and were caught in his gaze. "I didn't want you to worry," she said.
"That's not good enough!" Auron shouted at her, dropping his hands and taking heavy step forward.
Stepping back just a bit, the summoner cried out to him, "Well what am I supposed to tell you Auron? Huh? What do you want to hear?" Now it was Atali's turn to show her possessed side. "You want me to tell you that I wanted to throw away my life? Do you want me to tell you that I just hate living? Well that's not the case, damn it! It's not the case at all!" It was her turn now to step forward, and his to step back. "I want to bring the Calm! To vanquish Sin! And I'll be damned if I'm not going to do it!"
She pulled a small shiny object from her pocket. "Here!" Atali called. She threw the item to the boy and he caught it in his hand. Opening his hand, Auron saw that it was a silver ring. "It was my father's. I wanted you to have it, always have." She then smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, good bye Auron. Take care, all right?" And she retreated into the tent. Rina glared at the warrior and followed her daughter.
The Ronso cracked his knuckles and Auron gulped loudly. "You hurt summoner's feelings. You no guardian, you enemy!"
(A/n: Alright, I think Fury was an excellent title for this chapter... hehe It sure was.)
Chapter 5
Fury
When the teenage boy awoke it was a day later. He was once again in Bevelle and he lay on a soft bed. This group hadn't gone forward in their journey, they had gone backwards. He tried to sit up but soon realized he was tied down to the bed. "This is really getting freaky," he muttered softly. Tara entered the room and the teen boy began tugging at his restraints and they began to slightly scratch at his flesh until he began to bleed.
"Calm down," Tara said. "Sheesh, you'll kill yourself like that."
"It would be better than staying here with you!" Auron shouted.
"Then you would make a wonderful summoner," Tara whispered and sat on the edge of the bed. The teen looked to her, his facial expression screaming confused. "I mean that since you don't have a problem with giving up your life, that's why you'd make a good summoner."
Narrowing his eyes, the boy growled, "What do you mean?"
Looking quite a bit surprised, Tara said to him, "Don't tell me you didn't know about what happens to the summoner after the final summoning."
The emotion in his eyes now seeming a bit worried, Auron asked, "What happens to the summoner?"
"The summoner dies sweetie."
In a fit of rage, Auron shouted loudly and thrashed his body from side to side, trying to get out of the restraints. When he had calmed down just a bit, he looked to the short-haired woman and growled, "Then why are you a summoner?"
"Because I have nothing left to live for," she said. "But your friend Atali, she's still young and has a full life ahead of her."
"Then let me go so I can stop her!" Auron shouted, angling his torso up just a bit, straining against the ropes that held him down.
Sighing heavily, Tara whispered, "It's no use." She then looked into his eyes. "The reason I took you was to get her to come after you so that some other summoner could do the job and she didn't have to waste her life."
His teeth clenched, Auron growled, "I really don't understand your motives... You're a dreadfully bizarre individual..."
"My mother Rina used to say that too," the woman laughed and then stood up. She patted the boy on the leg and then untied him. "I don't think she's coming after you. So do your best to stop her, okay?"
Getting to his feet, Auron looked to the cuts from the ropes and then to the woman. "Did you say your mother was named Rina?" The brown-haired woman nodded and Auron raised his right eyebrow in slight suspicion. "Then that would make you and Atali-"
"Yup, that's right." Tara said and then took the teen by the shoulders and walked him out the door. "Now get... before it's too late."
Turning before Tara shut the door, Auron asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
"If you screw up," the woman replied, "I'll be there to clean up your mess and I'll sweep in and be the summoner to vanquish Sin and bring the Calm."
Now realizing the motives of this lady, Auron nodded as his reply to her. He would not fail. He would prevent Atali's pilgrimage from being completed if it was the last thing he would ever do.
He ventured from the Bevelle area and back towards the Calm Lands. He trekked up to Remiem Temple, doubting they were there anymore after one day. He was right, they weren't there, the two had already moved on. Running from the temple, he took off down the path towards Mt. Gagazet where the Ronso lived. Not once did he slow down or stop, he figured if he did, he would be too late.
Upon entering the snowy territory of the tall, furry, blue creatures, Auron was stopped by two of them. "Who are you?" one of them asked. It was a large male Ronso with a large horn on his head.
In respect, the guardian bowed to the Ronso and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, but has the summoner Atali and her other guardian passed by here?" The Ronso nodded. "Please, direct me in their direction."
Nodding slightly, the male Ronso picked up Auron and placed him under his right arm. He then carried the teen, like a farmer would a bale of hay, in the direction the girl summoner had passed in. The trek up the snowy path was a long one, but Auron was grateful to the Ronso for taking him up there.
About two hours later, since the Ronso took his sweet time, and the two had gotten into numerous battles, the two reached a large, flat, snowy area. Off to the side, a tent was pitched. Due to the wind it looked like it would blow over at any minute. "Women," said the Ronso, "Women cannot make good tent." Auron couldn't help but laugh at this. The Ronso set him down and the two walked over to the tent.
Just before they reached the tent, the flap flew open and Atali walked out, she had a few minor cuts on her upper arms, and on her face, on the outer corner of her left eye was a deep cut, yet it no longer bled. "I'm going back to look for Auron!" Atali shouted at her mother who was still inside of the tent. When the summoner's head turned and she saw Auron, she froze in her tracks.
During the time the two stared at each other, the Ronso went and properly nailed down the anchors for the tent. The summoner and the guardian on the other hand just stared at each other, neither one moving at all. Rina walked out of the tent and immediately spotted Auron. She was going to take a step towards the boy but the female summoner's left arm shot up from her side and blocked her mother.
Auron looked at the girl, her face stern and unkind, completely different from a day earlier. Suddenly, his summoner's hand dropped back to her side and she ran at him, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him close. She cried softly, her tears turning to ice just seconds after they left her eyes. "I thought I had lost you," she whispered into his ear.
"You will," he replied. Atali drew back and looked at him a bit baffled. "Quit your pilgrimage, Atali," he said, his voice sounding icier than the weather around them.
The Ronso, after finishing his work, stood and looked at the young man. The summoner on the other hand pulled away from the boy and went back to her original spot. "I can't do that," she said.
Drawing his sword in his right hand, the male guardian aimed the tip down and looked into eyes. "Then to get to Zanarkand, you'll have to go through me," he said.
"Don't make me fight you, Auron," Atali whispered, icy tears streaming her cheeks.
The summoner's mother then spoke up, "You're a guardian, boy!" she said, "You're supposed to protect her, not attack her!"
"I am not a boy!" Auron shouted at the older woman. "I'm a warrior!" Suddenly Auron's thoughts flashed back to Liani.
Back to what the old woman had said to him before they left: "And protect her, make sure she meets her destination."
The sword slipped from his fingers and clanged on the rocky surface below. His eyes dropped to the snow as the winds picked up slightly. He bent down at the waist and lifted a rock in his right hand. Turning, he walked to where he was a few feet from the edge and screamed as drew back and threw the rock into oblivion. The stone was thrown so hard that it was out of sight before it had even begun its downfall.
Angrily, Auron walked over and yanked his sword up from the ground and slipped it back into the sheath on his left side. "Then I'm out," he said coldly. He then began to leave down the path he was brought up by the Ronso.
The summoner went to go after him, but her mother stopped her just like the girl had done to her earlier. "So I have a question for you, warrior," she said. Auron stopped in his tracks to listen to the woman. "Why did you come to stop her?"
Auron replied, "And to add to that, no one told me Atali would have to die in this."
Deciding to mess with the warrior, Rina said to him, "Well, your words say that you care, but your attitude sure doesn't show it." She crossed her arms and waited. She wanted him to explode on her, to show her daughter that he wasn't who she thought he was.
Turning to face the woman, now seeming possessed, Auron shouted at her, "You know nothing about me, so stop acting like you do! The way I feel is my business, not yours!" Atali was taken aback by his words and she looked down. This was exactly what Rina wanted. Crossing his arms, Auron's eyes shifted right to his summoner, "Why didn't you tell me?"
The girl's eyes shot up from the ground and were caught in his gaze. "I didn't want you to worry," she said.
"That's not good enough!" Auron shouted at her, dropping his hands and taking heavy step forward.
Stepping back just a bit, the summoner cried out to him, "Well what am I supposed to tell you Auron? Huh? What do you want to hear?" Now it was Atali's turn to show her possessed side. "You want me to tell you that I wanted to throw away my life? Do you want me to tell you that I just hate living? Well that's not the case, damn it! It's not the case at all!" It was her turn now to step forward, and his to step back. "I want to bring the Calm! To vanquish Sin! And I'll be damned if I'm not going to do it!"
She pulled a small shiny object from her pocket. "Here!" Atali called. She threw the item to the boy and he caught it in his hand. Opening his hand, Auron saw that it was a silver ring. "It was my father's. I wanted you to have it, always have." She then smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, good bye Auron. Take care, all right?" And she retreated into the tent. Rina glared at the warrior and followed her daughter.
The Ronso cracked his knuckles and Auron gulped loudly. "You hurt summoner's feelings. You no guardian, you enemy!"
(A/n: Alright, I think Fury was an excellent title for this chapter... hehe It sure was.)