"Yuna. I'm going to hang back for a bit." Paine leaned against one of the heavy stone walls as the former summoner and her cousin walked down the corridor.
"Are you sure, Paine?"
"I'm sure."
"...Alright."
Yuna and Rikku continued on alone. Paine knelt over the exhausted Baralai, who was breathing heavily. His soft white hair was wet with perspiration.
"...I'm sorry I had to do that," he whispered.
"Why did you do it?" Paine asked.
Baralai brushed away the light strands of hair obscuring his face. His eyes were flashing from brown to blue very rapidly.
"Your eyes..."
"I can feel something inside me...something just begging for destruction. It happened when I was last at the Farplane. A pyrefly just attacked me and...I don't know. I feel angry. Cold. Lonely. But I can TELL these aren't my feelings."
Baralai's hair suddenly began to fade into a light golden color. His eyes stopped on blue. He began to whisper something almost unintelligible. Almost.
"Lenne, I will find you. I can see you now. I will destroy this worthless, floating continent. We will be together."
He passed out. His hair faded back to white. Paine gasped. She began to shake him.
"Baralai? Baralai, wake up!"
Baralai did. He gasped for breath, sweating furiously. Paine clutched his shoulders.
"Baralai! What happened to you?"
"Dreams...I saw Lady Yuna...with someone..." Baralai was barely able to breathe. Paine placed a hand on his heart. It was beating at such a rapid pace, she was afraid it would burst out of his chest.
"Don't worry about that now...you have to rest."
He nodded. Paine propped him up against the wall.
"Has this happened before?"
"Yeah. Sometimes...I just black out. I can see people arguing and fighting...I want them to stop..."
"Is that why you fought us?" Paine asked.
"I tried to stop it...I tried to hold back..."
She tried to distract him from the dreadful memories he kept experiencing. "That's why you lost. Remember when we were children, on the day that I found out my father was missing?"
"Yeah..."
"If you want to win...you've got to attack with your full power..."
Paine kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"I'll come back for you soon. Try to rest."
She stood up, and hurried down the corridor.
A/N: For some reason, this chapter doesn't flow as well as the others. o.O Oh well. I've been getting lazy about updating, because I got flamed for one of my other, slightly worse fics. Which only got flamed because I flamed THEIR story. Apparently, their policy is that if they get flamed, they flame them right back if they think that the flamer's fic is worse. If it's BETTER (which is likely, since their fics are the most plotless, disgusting mass of doodie my eyes have ever seen), then they have the nerve to leave a rude review that "you should be NICE to new writers". Sorry for rambling, but I needed to vent. ^^ In other news, P:AWS (interesting acronym!) has the most reviews of all my fics! Oh, and apparently in the last battles in FFX-2, Auron talks to you during the battle. Along with Jecht and Braska, but Auron's our HOMEBOY! *cheesy smile*
"Are you sure, Paine?"
"I'm sure."
"...Alright."
Yuna and Rikku continued on alone. Paine knelt over the exhausted Baralai, who was breathing heavily. His soft white hair was wet with perspiration.
"...I'm sorry I had to do that," he whispered.
"Why did you do it?" Paine asked.
Baralai brushed away the light strands of hair obscuring his face. His eyes were flashing from brown to blue very rapidly.
"Your eyes..."
"I can feel something inside me...something just begging for destruction. It happened when I was last at the Farplane. A pyrefly just attacked me and...I don't know. I feel angry. Cold. Lonely. But I can TELL these aren't my feelings."
Baralai's hair suddenly began to fade into a light golden color. His eyes stopped on blue. He began to whisper something almost unintelligible. Almost.
"Lenne, I will find you. I can see you now. I will destroy this worthless, floating continent. We will be together."
He passed out. His hair faded back to white. Paine gasped. She began to shake him.
"Baralai? Baralai, wake up!"
Baralai did. He gasped for breath, sweating furiously. Paine clutched his shoulders.
"Baralai! What happened to you?"
"Dreams...I saw Lady Yuna...with someone..." Baralai was barely able to breathe. Paine placed a hand on his heart. It was beating at such a rapid pace, she was afraid it would burst out of his chest.
"Don't worry about that now...you have to rest."
He nodded. Paine propped him up against the wall.
"Has this happened before?"
"Yeah. Sometimes...I just black out. I can see people arguing and fighting...I want them to stop..."
"Is that why you fought us?" Paine asked.
"I tried to stop it...I tried to hold back..."
She tried to distract him from the dreadful memories he kept experiencing. "That's why you lost. Remember when we were children, on the day that I found out my father was missing?"
"Yeah..."
"If you want to win...you've got to attack with your full power..."
Paine kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"I'll come back for you soon. Try to rest."
She stood up, and hurried down the corridor.
A/N: For some reason, this chapter doesn't flow as well as the others. o.O Oh well. I've been getting lazy about updating, because I got flamed for one of my other, slightly worse fics. Which only got flamed because I flamed THEIR story. Apparently, their policy is that if they get flamed, they flame them right back if they think that the flamer's fic is worse. If it's BETTER (which is likely, since their fics are the most plotless, disgusting mass of doodie my eyes have ever seen), then they have the nerve to leave a rude review that "you should be NICE to new writers". Sorry for rambling, but I needed to vent. ^^ In other news, P:AWS (interesting acronym!) has the most reviews of all my fics! Oh, and apparently in the last battles in FFX-2, Auron talks to you during the battle. Along with Jecht and Braska, but Auron's our HOMEBOY! *cheesy smile*