FFX-2 101% Past and Present combined
Chapter 3
New Journeys aren't so bad after all
Word count- 8333
Yuna/Tidus
Shuyin/Lenne
Shuyin/Yuna
What happens if the Fayth misinterpreted Yuna's wishers and brought back Shuyin instead of Tidus?
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"Don't worry Lenne, my love, I'm coming for you...." And with that the Celsius zipped across the sky towards the direction of the rising sun.
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"What do you mean she's gone, Wakka?" Rikku exclaimed with wide eyes, as she tried desperately to untie herself from the blanket that was covering her. It felt like she had only been sleeping for mere few hours, before a red flame shook her none to gently out of her sleep. After successfully clambering out of bed, and taking a few jaw pooping yawns, she turned to gaze at the clock on the table to see '07:45am' glaring in her direction.
'Man that's early for me. I normally sleep till noon.' The blonde thought with yet another yawn, slapping her cheeks in an attempt to awaken her sluggish form.
Wakka's chestnut eyes clouded over with worry as he began pacing within the empty Inn. The residents who had immediately departed after hearing of the missing heroine. "I don't know what's going on. Nobody can find her and we have searched practically all of Besaid. I feel so useless, you know," The Blitzer remarked with a regretful sigh, scratching the faint stubble on his chin. "What if she got caught by a fiend, or fell of a cliff, or maybe got caught out at sea or got mugged or kidnapped or-"
"Wakka! Stop scaring me. How long has everyone been looking for her, and why didn't anyone wake me up?" Rikku questioned all in one breath, her face changing into an anxious tone, as she clenched her hands on her chest.
"Urr...'Bout an hour ago. Paine tried to wake you earlier but you didn't seem to budge, so she went to help me and the boys." Wakka responded frowning deeply with worry.
"Oh no. Where could Yuna be?" Rikku questioned to herself, thinking of the various spots on the island. "Come on Wakka, we have to find her, she may need our help!"
Rikku then began a mad dash to pull on her boots and pick up her garment grid before half running, half tugging Wakka out with her.
Rikku's green eyes widened at all the sound and chaos which seemed to be around her. It seemed everyone was looking for Yuna. The village children were seen searching through the long grasses, while others used their pet canines to sniff a path around the houses in order to find their missing heroine.
"RIKKU! RIKKU!" Came a sharp yet familiar high pitch cry. Rikku and Wakka both pivoted around to see Brothers sprinting as fast as he could to his sister.
"What is it? Have you found her?" Rikku asked in excitement, watching as her blond Mohawk brother slumped down at her feet, half panting, half sobbing out the pain from his chest.
"She...She...is gone....My baby..." Brother whined before falling into a full out sob, as he grasped Rikku's leg and tried to use it to comfort his pain.
"Stop your blubbering, and don't call Yuna your baby." Rikku said in irritation as she struggled to get the blond's grip of her leg.
"I didn't mean Yuna!" Brother snarled out before sobbing once more. "My ship, my beautiful Celsius ship. She has been stolen as well as Yuna. Someone has stolen both of my loves."
Rikku's mind went suddenly blank for the moment. "Our Gullwing ship is stolen! Oh no!" The girl exclaimed as she too began to hyperventilate. "And I had all my coolest clothes on there. And......OH NO!" Rikku's mouth trembled as her large green orbs began to water. "MY CHOCOBO WAS ON THERE TOO!" Rikku screamed out before falling on to her knees in hysterics.
A dark shadow soon passed upon the crying duo where a dark female stood frowning at her team-mates behaviour.
"SILENCE!" The female warrior commanded sharply, her crimson eyes narrowing into slits to put an end to the pathetic sobbing.
"Shush, and think." Paine said sternly, glaring down at the two blondes who had now begun to raise their watery eyes to look up into her non too pleased face. "Crying won't solve anything. Someone has stolen the ship and Yuna's missing. Anyone got any ideas what happened?"
"I don't know," Rikku whined, crawling onto her knees to her dark haired friend and gripping tightly upon her leg in a similar action which Brother did to her moments earlier. "The last time I saw her, hi-cupsob- was after the bonfire sob- where she said something, like she wanted to have some time to herself."
"So that was when she left." Paine mused, rubbing her chin in thought.
"Rikku, did Yuna tell you where she wanted to go?" The warrior questioned, sighing in annoyance after seeing Brother quite literally looking like he was going to throw up from overwhelming sadness.
Rikku thought for a moment, trying to remember the last moment she saw her best friend. But the only snips of the party which came to her mind was the music, the drinking and the cute boys she danced all night with. "No, but I guess she probably went to the beach pier, maybe?" The blonde answered with a slight shrug, remembering seeing Yuna whistle out for 'him' before she even joined the Gullwings.
Paine took the area into account. "The Pier."
"You know, da waves were pretty bad yesterday." Wakka chipped in, wringing his hands weakly.
The warrior nodded. "Hmmm, then we should perhaps search that area for clues on her whereabouts?" She questioned nonchalantly, pulling Rikku to her feet, contemplating about Brother, before sighing with disgust as she let him whimper on the floor.
Wakka's face dramatically paled with a sudden thought after listening to the tone of the brunette's voice. "Are you saying.....dat.....dat.... Yuna may have drowned?" Rikku couldn't hold a gasp of horror, as her eyes almost bulged from her sockets.
Paine's face darkened in thought for a moment before turning calm once again. "It is unlikely, but sometimes assuming the worst is the best place to start," the warrior said as coolly as she could, but even she couldn't hold back the apprehension which crept into her voice.
"Yunie is not dead!" Rikku shrieked in alarm, her eyes burning at the thought that her cousin may have crossed over to the Farplane....She shook her head fiercely. "No. It's not possible...... Yunie is alive!"
"We all hope so too Rikku." Paine replied in earnest, although she refrained from saying more.
"Maybe she is on the Celsius. She always said she wanted to ride that thing." Rikku thought out loud. "Yeah! And she just wanted a whiz around Spira and will be back soon. Yep!" The blonde thought happily to herself, rubbing her hands together.
"But's..... that's........ not possible." Brother countered, becoming suddenly serious. "She would at least need a key to get on Boooaarr....?" Brother became suddenly silent.
"What is it Bro? You know something so spit it out!" Rikku urged as she tugged on her brother's ear.
"OWW! Sheesh, stop that! I gave Yuna a Key-card when she became a Gullwing." Brother responded, while tugging on Rikku's braids in revenge.
"Owwwaaa! Why did you give Yuna one and not me?" Rikku whined as she managed to twirl out of her brother's grasp, sticking her tongue out in victory.
"Cause I did give you one and you lost it remember!" The blonde all but exclaimed in frustration as he rubbed a hand through his Mohawk.
"Oops. Eh ehe heh?" Rikku responded, with weak laughter suddenly remembering the Shoopuf ride.
Paine pushed past the small blonde, now that Brother was talking sense. "Is there a way to contact her if she is on the ship?"
Brother shrugged his shoulders. "Buddy and Shinra are trying to calculate in the Temple if there is a way. Do you want to see them?"
Paine shook her head. "Not yet. Come on, Rikku, Wakka, we should look around. We cannot be totally sure that Yuna is on the ship, besides there maybe some clues hanging around on her whereabouts.."
"Alright! This is Mission Time! Find Yunie!" Rikku cried out, pumping her fist to the air. Paine merely rolled her eyes before tugging Rikku in the direction of the beach.
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"Owww...my head hurts," Yuna groaned as she rubbed her sore neck. Her eyes opened hazily as she stared up at the glyphs upon the ceiling of the cabin. Their many swirls and colours were starting to make Yuna have a headache.
"Ugh...I'm in Bed? And why does it feel like I am moving?" The brunette felt her eyes fall shut once again, before suddenly becoming very, very still.
"Oh no...."
Her eyes widened in horror at the remembrance of what happened in the night, and with a short cry of horror, Yuna leapt off the bed, dashing to the side of the banister and used her shortcut and leapt over the barricade and onto the lower floor. Taking no time to compose herself, the brunette dashed over to the door, but to her utmost dismay, it refused to budge.
"He didn't..." Yuna shook her head from side to side as she pummelled her small fists into the door in a hope that it may open in her struggles.
"Shuyin! Shuyin let me out of here! SHUYIN!"
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Shuyin's eyes held firm as he stared at the passing clouds through the main screen.
"Why is it taking so long to get there?" The blond grumbled to himself as he clenched his hands tighter around his form, shivering fiercely. Perhaps it may have been due to almost drowning last night and not having the pleasure of drying himself off, or maybe it could be related to that fact that he still did not have an suitable clothes to wear other than a duvet which had now became damp all over.
"Damn. I haven't really thought this out," the blond cursed to himself as he dragged his hands through his knotty blond hair, wincing slightly, when his fingers got tangled halfway through.
"Argh! Ow!" Shuyin moaned. "Darn hair! I've got a head-ache now," the Blitzballer grumbled to himself, rubbing his head to relieve the throbbing pain.
"This is definitely not my day..." The blond groaned, slamming a fist upon his damp thigh.
"And what will I do with that woman? I wonder if she has awoken up yet?" Shuyin pondered the thought for a moment. " Maybe I should check on her to waste time, and check she is not up to no good." And with that remaining thought domineering his actions onwards, Shuyin turned back towards the cabin.
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one knock
"Hey, girl, you awake in there?" Shuyin called from over the door, as he leant his face against the cabin door, listening on the other side for sounds. His face jerked back suddenly as the door suddenly trembled with a shuddering force which caused the blond to reel backwards in surprise. After blinking for a few moments, he realised how it was caused, after hearing the sound of a female muffled voice on the other side of the door.
"Shu...in......let....out......you.."
"Oi! I can't hear you! Shout louder!" Shuyin responded within a mocking chuckle, placing his hands on both of his hips.
From the other side of the door, Yuna drew in a large breath.
Shuyin's lips twisted into a cruel smirk of victory as he leant closer to the door. "I can't hear you!"
"LET ME OUT!"
The blond couldn't help but wince as her voice managed to get through the steel door and into his now ringing ears.
"GAH! I think you almost made my ears bleed," Shuyin responded with a scowl as he clamped his hands over his sore ears.
"Shu.....let........out......NOW!" Yuna continued to cry out as she relentlessly pounded at the door.
"You didn't say please," Shuyin joked, trailing his fingers against the login panel.
The door was silent for a moment.
"Pl....please?"
The blond blinked before bursting out into reels of laughter. "Hah! It was a joke."
"............jerk." Yuna muttered as she slammed her fists against the door before turning around.
The brunette frowned to herself in annoyance. 'He is so frustrating AND he is mocking me. I can't let him get to me. Perhaps I can trick him to open the door.....but how...?"
Yuna turned around to stare at the items in the room, where layers of clothes littered the areas upon the ground. 'The bar...the music area....no that won't help me....the chocobo.....think Yuna....what would cause the greatest commotion.?' Yuna crept across the room eyeing for anything that could help her. 'I guess I'll have to put my acting skills to use,' The brunette thought to herself as she strode over towards the staircase. "This is when I wish Rikku was here, she's so great at thinking of spontaneous plaa---Argh!" She screamed out in surprise when she felt her foot become caught within some clothes, and before she knew it, she felt herself falling backwards with a shrill cry. The chocobo who was once sleeping, was now awake and squawking in shock to being jolted awake. Her arms flailed out in surprise to collide against the microphone-stand which fell upon her and forced her to the ground with a heavy slam. Yuna laid their blinking, as she tried to fathom what had exactly happened. She struggled to move the stand, which proved futile due to the wrapped wires that were pinning her arms and legs in a rather uncomfortable position. The brunette could hear the sound of banging from outside the door. Her face paling at her strange yet unfortunate circumstance she had got herself into.
'At least I created a commotion,' Yuna chuckled to herself, before cringing in discomfort when the movement disturbed her bruised chest.
"Help....?" Was the last thing the brunette thought of before she promptly fainted.
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CRASH!SLAMEEK
"Woman...." Shuyin knocked the door, hearing nothing but the cries of the chocobo.
".............Yuna?" He wrapped the door once more, swearing that he heard the sound of a groan from beyond the door. Something was definitely wrong, and the blond couldn't help but feel somewhat worried. He shook his head in irritation, unconsciously raising his hand to reach the door panel before freezing.
'Wait Shu, this could a trap,' His conscious warned him, as his eyes darkened with the past remembrance when Yuna goaded him on by pretending to be his Lenne.
"You here me Girl! I know you are up to something, and I will not be fooled into letting you out of that room!" Shuyin growled out, fisting one of his hands and slamming it forcefully on the door.
"Answer me!" the blond exclaimed, after hearing no response.
"Oh fine! If you are going to play it that way, it's fine. I hope you 'Starve to death' in there!" Shuyin shouted, his breaths coming out in short pants as he turned to leave. But just as he began to pace in the other direction, he heard a faint rasp which managed to pass through the metal barricade and into his ears.
"......Help..?"
His shoulders slumped weakly in thought at his actions. As much as he hated the people of Spira, he knew he couldn't ignore a plea for help. With an irritated sigh, the blond turned and moved back towards the door, eyeing the panel once again before punching the buttons to unlocked the door, watching as it opened with a slight hiss.
"What the hell?" He asked out loud in surprise, his eyes instantly locking upon the jumbled mass of wires, clothes and limbs across the other side of the room. Walking through the portal and somehow getting his away around the yellow feathered bird, Shuyin called out the brunette's name who made no response.
"Yuna!" The blond called out again as he walked slowly towards her, peering down at her disorderly form. He kneeled down carefully within his makeshift robe, eyeing the girl who had her head turned away from him. He wasn't even sure she was awake or not, as her hair was tousled all over her face. But there was no sight of blood, so Shuyin assumed it was a good sign. Shuyin bent towards the girl even closer, taking in the heavy metal pole that was lying over the motionless girl.
"Hey! You alive in there?" The blond asked with light humour, tapping the Yuna's arms, again gaining no response. His eyebrows frowned deeper in worry, hoping that the girl had not sustained anything too serious. His frown deepened in bemusement at the idea upon why he was even worrying about another's wellbeing. He dismissed it quickly, not wanting to lose himself to his thoughts. Shaking his head, the blond moved his hand to grasp the metal pole and pulled it upwards with little exertion, realising for the first time that it was a microphone stand. He eyed it curiously, before tossing it to the side as it evoked feelings of another time era he didn't want to think about at that moment. Shuyin turned his attention back on the brunette eyeing the thin cable which was wrapped around her feet and thighs.
"Poor girl. How did you get yourself in such a mess?" The blonde mumbled with a slight chuckle contemplating upon whether to help the girl or not. After seeing no response from the brunette, Shuyin shuffled closer and began to tediously attempt to untie the leads, his body unconsciously leaning upon Yuna's when he reached over to untie the bonds around her arms and wrists.
Yuna felt something shift above her as she cracked open her eyes, staring up through her honey hued bangs at a blurry object which seemed to get more clear after every second. It was then she saw something glisten in her vision, a silver shining object which hung from a backdrop of bronze. Yuna blinked a final time to realise the large expanse was in fact a chest that was leaning over her.
'Who?'
Her eyes widened further at the symbol of Zanarkand that was dangling in front of her. 'It can't be..' She tilted her head suddenly to the left, surprised to see Shuyin's face looking above her head, his face scrunched up in concentration as he seemed to be doing something with her arms above her face.
A gasp alerted Shuyin suddenly of the girl's consciousness, and his previous actions froze. Even to him, their position seem somewhat provocative although it was mutually innocent. Sea hued eyes locked onto blue in a timeless moment, and before the Shuyin knew was happening, Yuna was kicking and screaming against him, wrenching her arms from of hold as she attempted to get her attacker off.
Teal eyes wide at the unexpected assault, Shuyin moved himself into a dominant position over Yuna in an attempt to still her hands and feet. "Hey stop that! Ow, jeez not the hair." Shuyin groaned in pain, rubbing his head as Yuna did a sudden push and sent the blond sprawling backwards with the unexpected amount of energy. Swiftly getting to her feet with a groan of pain from her earlier fall, Yuna dashed to the entrance before being tackled down before she even reached the door. Shuyin panted heavily over her, as his body leaned his full weight upon her, rendering her immobile, face pressing against the floor. Yuna still tried to relentlessly squirm, gasping, and crying out profanities for the blond to release her.
"I knew I couldn't trust you!" Yuna yelled as she tried to get out from under the blond which prove futile due since Shuyin was sitting on her waist, and that her arms were held behind her back.
"I never said I could be trusted. Now calm down or I'll be forced to hurt you." Shuyin warned, glaring daggers at the girl who as of late had been annoying the hell out him.
"Get off me this instant!" Yuna countered back as she bucked her hips upwards, in an attempt to push him off her like she did before.
"Gah! Stop squirming woman!" Shuyin, biting his lip to hold back a groan, when she touched 'that' spot.
"I would if you let go of me!" Yuna bit back repeating her previous moment. Shuyin couldn't hold back the moan as the girl pushed against his pelvic bone, and in that split second he grabbed the girl's shoulders and turned her around so that she was now facing him.
His eyes were blazing cobalt as his leering down at the woman in his arms who was panting to a equal intensity as he.
"You-" Shuyin began but his voice became caught in his throat as he gazed down at the woman in his arms whose eyes were closed. A sweet scent tickled his nose, reminding him of fresh strawberries, before realising that it was the girl's own perfume. Her powder pink lips unconsciously puckered upwards in a poise of seduction. The blond's mouth suddenly went dry as the girl's long black eyelashes fluttered above her rouged cheeks...
The blond felt his mind become mush as he gazed down at the girl's form. She was so beautiful....
His grip tightened and then as if unaware from his own actions he felt himself being pulled towards the female and his lips met hers. He opened his mouth slightly to brush his wet tongue against the soft folds of her mouth, tasting the faint taste of strawberries upon her breath. Yuna's eyes flew open in surprise as she felt herself being drawn into a warm, tight embrace. Her head was reeling with emotions that she couldn't even think straight. Everything about him was so intoxicating. His smell. The softness of his skin. The locks of his hair, brushing against her forehead, as soft as chocobo feathers. As Yuna began to finally accept the kiss, she felt the blond push down further above her, and what was once a innocent kiss, had become more passionate. It was then Yuna realised what she was doing, or more correctly who she was doing it with, and she used all her strength to push back Shuyin, but he merely gripped her tighter and added more pressure upon her bruising lips. The blond, however was oblivious to the girl's struggles as he was caught up in his own moments of passion, trying to remember the last time that he had kissed a woman, made love to a woman. He knew he falling fast as he felt his lower half harden in fervour, removing his lips to finally breath as he sent kisses down the side of the girl's neck and across her shoulders.
"Shuyin!" Yuna gasped out, as she finally had the moment to breather oxygen back into her lungs. Her eyes wide and fearful at of the blond and the inability to move out of the one sided embrace. Shuyin was still holding her hands in an iron grip and her mind was in too much trauma too even fight back.
She choked back a cry when she felt his hips rubbing against her lower stomach, realising for the first time that his duvet must have fallen away in their struggles. Yuna couldn't fight back the tears when she realised what was exactly happening to her.
'He.....he....is gonna...rr-.'
Shuyin suddenly froze when he felt the girl quiver beneath him. Slowly moving his lips from the side of her neck, the blond lifted his head and was surprised to see a crystal-like liquid oozing down the side of the girl's face. It took him a while before he fully registered what they were.
'Tears? She is crying?'
He had not remembered what crying was, after all of his time he had been travelling around Spira. Shuyin began to question himself why he felt a deep twinge of pain in his heart when he watched the tears slide down the girl's cheeks in pure sorrow. His eyes darkened suddenly as a flash of Lenne's face appeared into his mind, and her tears which fell silently as she reached out for one last touch of his hand......
"I...." Shuyin instantly let Yuna's hands drop, pulling back from the girl as if burned.
"I didn't mean...." The blond began, scooting backwards, ashamed of what had almost took place. He looked at Yuna and couldn't fight the urge to turn his head away as Lenne's face seemed to appear over Yuna's. Crying in pain and shame over him. His failure as a man to protect, and his selfish needs to get what he wanted.
But Yuna continued to remain their as if she was still beneath his hold.
Shuyin felt his own eyes blurring as he hastily blinked them away. He did not want to remember that place ever again. He did not want to remember Bevelle and what happened in that room. But as much as he fought it, the emotions were too strong and they poured out of his very being, cascading down his face.
'I made that woman cry....I made Lenne cry...I....'
Yuna after a moment struggled to her knees as she heard the sobbing from the other male. Carefully not making a sound, she got into a sitting position. If she crawled a little further, she would be able to get out of the room and call for help. However, her eyes trailed back to the sobbing man on the floor who was punching the floor beneath him. Yuna felt her own eyes glaze, knowing that she was seeing once again her Tidus within the fallen blond. Rising herself unsteadily to her feet, she felt herself unconsciously moving forward, taking one step and then another, before reaching the blond who had his head dipped down. His demeanour reminded her earlier upon the beach, and Yuna once again felt compassion for the blond. Even after everything he did, everything he had said, she still couldn't help but feel sympathy for the blond who had suffered so much.
"Weak. So weak.....Pathetic. Cursed...Why?"
Her face softened when she deciphered his mumbling, seeing Shuyin once again on his knees in the Farplane, where Lenne reached out to console him....
"Shuyin," the girl breathed as she moved closer towards him. Shuyin rose his head after he heard her name tilting his head in question, watching in confusion as the brunette spread her arms out from her sides, trying to register her meaning.
His lover was the first to initiate contact while Shuyin involuntarily responded to her, drawing his arms around her waist, leaning his face against her stomach, in wistful repose.....
Shuyin jerked slightly when he felt a hand fall upon his head, and then before he knew it, he felt warm arms wrap around his bare shoulders. He looked up in surprise to see Yuna standing above him, her eyes slightly glazed over as she pulled his face to her stomach, stroking his hair in a rather soothing manner. Shuyin sighed deeply, unable to fight against the warm fingers entwining themselves in his hair, and the soft murmuring from the girl above. Slowly raising his hands from the floor, the blond moved his hands slowly around the girl's waist, returning the embrace.
"Why?" Shuyin asked after a moment, his voice muffled against the girl's stomach, feeling far too comfortable to move away although in the back of his mind he knew what he was doing was rather inappropriate, even though Yuna came onto him first. A few hours ago, he was contemplating on killing the girl, but now he was using her as if he were cuddling his girlfriend. But even as that thought crossed his mind, he still couldn't find it in himself to let go, his hands slightly tightening their hold.
It was then Yuna suddenly awoke from her thoughts and found herself standing in front of Shuyin, with his head against her stomach. She blinked a few times trying to comprehend exactly what had happened to get her in such a position.
She had unconsciously re-enacted her memory of Lenne and Shuyin's reunion in her mind, and had awoken to see that she had not only re-enacted it mentally, but physically as well.
"Why?" she breathed, unable to speak over the thundering of her heart. What she had experienced felt so complex and surreal. She couldn't even fathom what had happened to cause the positions that they were in together. It felt like Lenne was once with her feelings again, and evoking her thoughts of dreams of love and hope of Shuyin in her mind.
'But how is that possible? Lenne's spirit left me and the sphere.....'
'How is this happening? '
'Is it because I care for Tidus? I see Tidus in Shuyin?'
'....or is it because I don't want to see Shuyin in pain?'
Yuna frowned in thought, not liking the idea where her pondering was taking her, but she knew that the blond was expecting some sort of answer. "Shuyin....I know you are in pain and you are angry," she began softly, letting her compassionate side control her opinion. "I want to help you. I know that what you are trying to do is for your love for Lenne." Yuna said softly, petting the blond's tresses carefully.
Shuyin sighed in pleasure as she felt her hands in his hair. It felt so nice to have another body touching his in such a calming manner. He felt his eyes go heavy lidded as his shoulders relaxed.
"I'm weak." Shuyin admitted after a moment with a regretful sigh, raising his head to meet the brunette who said nothing, continuing to brush his hair, imaging herself as the role of a mother. 'I wonder what Shuyin's mother looked like....' The thought soon departed when the image of Tidus' parents popped once more into the Ex-Summoner's head, where she witnessed their astral projection in the Farplane within the memory of her pilgrimage. 'Oh, their parents 'would' look the same. What a silly thought...' She giggled quietly to herself at her thinking causing a pair of azure eyes to raise up in question.
"Huh?" Shuyin blinked sleepily, fatigue shining deeply within his eyes.
Yuna's face couldn't help but feel herself swoon at the look. "Shhh," she cooed, slowly disengaging her hands from his form although he made no movement to remove his hands from her waist. "Hey," Yuna said a little more forcefully as she felt the blond rub his face against her stomach in a rather alluring manner which sent the butterflies in her stomach into a flapping frenzy.
"Shuyin," Yuna began once more not really understanding what the blond was trying to accomplish. Assuming that Shuyin was merely playing around with her, Yuna stood still, feeling her face burning from the hot hands surrounding her and the face which was now sensually rubbing against her abdomen. Placing one hand on the blond's shoulder, Yuna tried to pry the Blitzballer off her but Shuyin shook his head swiftly side to side. The movement causing the brunette to shiver as his hands tensed around her in a possessive manner.
"We can 'play' later," Yuna started once more, her hands slightly shaking above the blond's shoulders. "You need to rest Shuyin." she added as an afterthought as she felt his arms slightly loosen around her form although she was aware of his fingers massaging her hips in a rather disconcerting manner.
Shuyin after a moment sighed regrettably into her stomach pausing his head movements. "I can't...The nightmares keep me awake...." his voice unusually quiet and muffled from Yuna's shirt that she had to strain to his words.
Yuna blinked shaking her head. "What?"
"I'm such a baby." He groaned, keeping his head down from the girl's eyes to relieve his embarrassment. "I cry at everything that upsets me. That is not how a man is supposed to act."
"I don't view it that way. I believe crying shows you have a heart and feelings." Yuna tried to sooth, trying to raise his head to view hers with her hand. This was a part of the good Shuyin that she knew was hiding within him. All she needed to do was set him free.
Shuyin pure blue gaze, stared vividly into Yuna's sea hued orbs. Neither blinked,
They looked at one another trying to discern the other's thoughts and feelings. It was Shuyin who broke off first, turning his head away to stare at the ground in shame. The girl's purity was astounding to him. He felt that he could see all of her emotions swirled within the aquatic shades of her eyes, pulling him down to her core.
"Why are you being nice to me? I hurt you again....I made you cry..." Shuyin breathed, removing one of his hands to raise the trembling digits to her face. But before they rose upwards, Yuna grasped it within both of hers, staring vividly at the fingers, feeling an almost magical spark leap from their hands as she wrapped her fingers around his.
Yuna breathed in deeply, to try and reduce the fast tempo of her heart beat, so when Yuna rose her gaze from their hands to the blond's face, her face displayed a calm serenity and warmth that Shuyin couldn't help but subject himself to. "I forgive those who genuinely admit they were wrong," she said softly, tilting the blond's face upwards so that she was looking down at him, and he was looking up at her.
Shuyin tilted his head to the side, accepting the information, awestricken by the power of the meaning.
"............."
Yuna stared back with an equal intensity, her eyes flickering across the contours of his beauty."............."
Shuyin closed his eyes with a sigh, his black eyelashes fluttering against his pale skin. "I have been such a jerk." Shuyin admitted after a moment, removing the girl's hand from his face, pulling back and staring openly at her, as if viewing her within a different light.
Yuna blushed at Shuyin's scrutiny, as her eyes moved downwards, before swiftly moving upwards when she saw the discarded duvet on the floor. Shuyin saw the coy expression which flittered across the brunette's face and once again he was surprised with the girl's innocence where a blush stained her cheeks.
Yuna after realising she was being stared out, attempted to pull herself out of her embarrassed stance, trying to hide her face in her hair as the blond had taken a keen interest on her, which was making her feel nervous.
Shuyin slowly moved himself to his feet, picking up the duvet and tying it firmly around his waist. "You're too pure. How can you be connected to this world?" Shuyin choked out loud. 'This woman does not exist...Her innocence goes beyond my comprehension.
Yuna blinked in bemusement, rubbing the back of her neck to relieve the stiffness which was rising from her nervousness. "What?"
The blond quirked a slight smile at the girl. 'She is definitely pure hearted...' he thought to himself as he repeated his previous statement. Seeing the brunette's clueless expression, the blond advanced forward, as he felt an emotion inside of him well up, bringing a slight frown to his face. "How do you manage to survive in this evil world? The inhabitants are scum. All money making. Loitering around, planning feuds and slaughter over their pathetic beliefs. How can you stay innocent within a land of pain and suffering."
Yuna's face scrunched up in disagreement to the blond's words. His words seemed to depressingly dark and negative, so different to her own perception of the world. He believed everyone were wrongdoers, all corruptors in the Spiran society. Yuna shook her head, trying to dispel such a thought upon Shuyin's representation of society. "Shuyin, not everyone is like that. There are good people in this world. And Spira is re-growing once more, the Calm-"
"No I refuse to believe it. I have seen it all. I know you are just covering, " Shuyin countered back with a outburst, his eyes flaring to life again with an inextinguishable passion. Yuna paused with her mid-comeback, as she stared into his eyes, who seemed to be watching her, ready to pounce.
'I don't want to have another argument. Please Shuyin, can we just get along....'
Yuna lightly chewed her lip, having an utmost idea to where the path of their conversation were going. She wasn't aware she had spoken aloud, flushing slightly at the perturbed look that the blond was giving her.
"........Shuyin. I don't want to talk about this now."
The blond moved his mouth in attempt to speak but Yuna froze his progress as she stepped forward and grabbed one of his hands in both of hers.
"You are heated, and I don't want another past performance of your anger." Yuna said softly, hoping that it would dowse his passion and not become the catalyst for fuelling his anger.
Shuyin scratched the back of his neck in confusion. "Eh-?"
"Lets think of other things." Yuna added, her face softening with relief as she saw the frown drop from the blond's brow.
"You're right." Shuyin admitted once again to Yuna, pulling his hands away from hers as he turned away in thought.
"So what are you going to do now?"
"Save Lenne." Shuyin answered with firm determination, his eyes glinting with unconditional love and promise.
Yuna nodded in understanding, already expecting such an answer. "How?"
Shuyin folded his arms over his chest, his back turned away from the brunette. "I need to get back into the Farplane. I set the ship on Autopilot to Zanarkand," the blond replied, as Yuna digested the information.
The two were silent for a moment, and that was what caused Shuyin to jump when he felt Yuna's hand move onto his shoulder, speaking four words which made him gasp. "I will help you."
He blinked a few times, trying to discern whether he heard correctly. "You want to help me?"
Yuna walked to the front of him, nodding firmly. "Yes, Lenne helped me through my story so I will help you through yours."
"But.....ah.....I....." Shuyin began, suddenly at loss for words. He was being offered help.....'Now that was unexpected,' he thought with a wry grin expecting the girl to at least say something upon the lines of 'I never want to see you again, go away and never come back'. His lips twisted upwards at his thinking before falling as he realising that Yuna had asked for an invitation to join him.
"But it's dangerous, and I don't need any help-" Shuyin began, but his speech was interrupted as the brunette started shaking her head with disagreement.
"I want to help. I can fight-"
"Yeah I know," Shuyin responded with a laugh, idly referring to the last battle, before tensing his face with seriousness. "But this is not your problem anymore. This is-"
"Shuyin problem. You want to solve your own problems blah blah blah." The girl muttered, batting her hand is dismissal. She had heard such beliefs from Kimahri and the Ronsos and their reluctance to ask for help, knowing that it came more from pride and egoism than that of the need to succeed.
Shuyin raised a blond eyebrow in question. "Are you mocking me?"
Yuna took a few paces towards the bar, idly brushing her hand against the firm oak table. "No, its just that I knew what you were about to say, and I am fed up of hearing how everyone I know always struggle to fight battles on their own, when there are others willing to help." Her eyes lifted from the dark surface before rising to meet the blond's who was eyeing her, with his hand on hip.
"And besides, if what you said was true, and that Vegnagun has somehow became part of the Farplane again, that would mean that the entire of Spira is in danger." Yuna's eyes suddenly hardened then, as her hands fell to the sides. "Spira's problem is Yuna's problem, so whether or not you accept me or not, I will go and fight in the Farplane."
They both stared at one another, each meeting with a balanced intensity. Shuyin knowing he couldn't counter, relented and shrugged with shoulders. "I guess I have no choice....." The blond remarked scratching the back of his head with a regretful sigh.
Yuna's eyes gleamed in excitement. He was finally co-operating with her. "You bet!" She said in a childish giggle, punching her fist in the air with as much enthusiasm which could rival her blonde cousin.
His eyes slightly flickered upwards at the girl's movement, feeling a grin tug at one corner of his lips. "One thing though...."
Yuna's hand dropped to the side, her attention upon the blond once more. "Oh?"
Shuyin tensed his arms at his sides, his voice taking on a sudden fierce tone. "I don't want anyone else helping me, got that!"
Yuna studied his expression, nodding in understanding yet dubious where she was getting herself into. 'What's wrong with my friends helping. Wouldn't we have a better chance with greater numbers?' "Why?" Yuna asked aloud earning a scowl from the blond.
The Blitzball player folded his arms over his chest within a Bahamut stance. "It's my life, and my story and people are not involved with it!" The blond answered sharply, leaving no room for argument.
"Shuyin....." Yuna sighed to herself, unable to say anything more as she felt her head droop downwards to look at the interesting piles of random clothes on the floor.
'He still surprises me. I guess he is not as much like Tidus as I thought he was...'
"Yuna?"
The brunette's head snapped up.
"How long will it take for us to get to Zanarkand? It feels like we've been flying for hours."
"Since we've been riding from Besaid, it takes and average of eight hours." Yuna responded, counting off the time on her fingers as she looked over at the cloak on the Bar wall. "That would mean we have six and a half hours to go."
The blond's eyes dilated "Six and a half hours, on this thing?!?" 'What's with their technology....It's so slow and primitive....'
Yuna shrugged her shoulders. "More or less."
'This is gonna be a long journey....' Shuyin mused to himself. 'I apologise Lenne, but I will come to rescue you, no matter how long it takes to get to you.'
"So....." Shuyin began, after realising that he had said nothing over the space of five minutes.
"What?"
Shuyin shrugged his shoulders eyeing the room. The chocobo had once again fallen asleep, and the room was littered with clothes cluttering all areas upon the floor. His eyes flickered in the direction of the mini bar where Yuna had moved to sit on a nearby stool and was idly watching the hands on the clock move in a full circle.
"Is there any food around here, I'm starved." And with that short remark, Shuyin felt his stomach gurgle on its own will, causing Yuna to smile from behind her mouth.
"Yeah, there maybe something left over in the fridge." The brunette answered as she stood up and made her way around the bar and to the fridge, eyeing an unopened pack of sandwiches which were intentionally meant for Rikku.
'Hopefully Rikku won't mind too much,' the girl mused to herself as she pulled the packet out eyeing the label 'Lucan Healthy Eating Salad Sandwiches.'
"I hope he won't mind this," Yuna muttered as she closed the fridge, unaware that the blond was now standing behind her.
"Mind what?"
"OH!" Yuna gasped in surprise of the close proximity, causing Shuyin to chuckle underneath his breath. "There is only one pack of salad sandwiches left."
Shuyin leaned over the girl's packet, eyeing the food then back at Yuna. "Good enough, gimme," he responded eagerly, bringing his hand around and plucking the packet from the girl's fingers, prying it open and eating the contents inside.
"They're really good!" Shuyin commented half stuffing his face, swallowing faster than he could taste.
In those 5 seconds, Yuna could all but blink.
Shuyin paused as he looked at the other sandwich, "Do you want the other one?"
Yuna shook her head quickly, knowing that Shuyin needed the food more than her "No, I'm fine."
Shuyin stared at her for a moment, before tearing a piece off and handing her the larger piece. "Here," he said softly as he swallowed the smaller piece in one swallow. Yuna hesitated before accepting the sandwich, biting into it softly and munching quietly.
"Thanks, that felt good," Shuyin remarked, stretching his arms over his head as he turned towards the centre of the room feeling the wrap on his waist loosen as he strode forward.
"This duvet is really annoying," the blonde said absently, as he grasped on the ends of the material. "It feels like it is going to fall right off again."
Yuna blushed as she saw him reposition it around his waist. "I wish I had some clothes to give......."Yuna began before freezing as a sudden idea came back into her mind. "Oh I remembered. I could loan you a dress-sphere," Yuna said, mentally slapping herself for her silliness.
The blond's eyes furrowed in question. "A dress-sphere. Didn't you mention that word earlier?"
Yuna nodded. "Yes. It is a sphere which you can use to transform your clothes and abilities into something really amazing. You can practically become a warrior, a gunner, a dancer, a Shogun, even a gambler and so many more in a matter of seconds."
The blond's eyes widened in interest "Really? How?" he asked as excitement flickered in his irises.
"Well......" Yuna began, unsure how to explain such a Shinra's complicated invention, when she didn't truly know how it truly functioned. "Um....Your mind becomes connected to the spirit sleeping within the sphere, and through the connection, your body gains the abilities and strengths of the spirit......"
Shuyin scratched the back of his head. "Urrr, not that I want to sound stupid or anything, but I have no idea what you just said. Well, I got the first bit you said before about gaining abilities and such, but I kinda lost it with the rest."
Yuna flushed in embarrassment, she knew that explaining things wasn't really in her forte. "Well....It's better to see and witness the transformation in person."
"Cool, I'd really like to see that!" the blond responded within a zealous tone, his eyes bright and wide in a childlike look of crazed excitement.
'His emotions are so confusing to me. He looks so genuinely happy and carefree now...it is like he was never angry.....'
Yuna couldn't help but smile at the blond. He seemed to be creating an aura of cheerfulness in the room and it was becoming rather contagious.
"Well, there are some on board and they will help you with your clothing problem."
'I like Shuyin better this way....happiness suits him better than anger....but it feels strange....'
"They're upstairs on the bridge," the brunette added. "I can show you know if you want."
"Awesome!" Shuyin remarked, pumping a fist in the air causing Yuna's smile to become wistful.
'Awesome...'
'..his expression......his mannerisms....it is too much like 'him'. He is 'exactly' like him...'
Shuyin oblivious to the girl's thoughts, grasped his wrist and literally dragged her to the doorway. "Come on, come on! I want to try out the warrior gear. Or maybe the Shogun gear, Oh is there a knight gear? Oh I would just love to be in silver armour. Wouldn't I look cool in that, or maybe is there a Blitzball outfit I could wear or-"
Yuna's eyes widened as she felt herself being pulled along by the excited blond, who seemed to be chattering on at a mile a minute and through the portal to the elevator, down the hallway, then to the Bridge.
'Maybe this new journey won't be as bad as I thought it would be....' Yuna thought softly to herself as she looked down at his hand clasped firmly around hers, then up into the blond's face.
'No, I don't think this journey will be bad at all.....'
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Oooh I finished the chapter. What do you guys think of my development of Shuyin. He is actually rather hard to develop as his post personality in FFX-2 greatly contrasts Tidus' at the beginning of FFX. I know the main similarity between the two characters is exaggerated passion, and I wanted to develop the conversion of Shuyin's personality in this chapter, that it seemed like Shu had traits of Tidus in him. Do you guys understand what I mean, or do you think I have gone off the deep end.
At the moment, I am listening to 'The Last Samurai' orchestral CD which helped inspire me to write this chapter. That music is so passionately soft and heart-rending especially 'Idyll's end' and the scene when Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) commits Hari Kari, and sees the cherry blossoms swaying in the wind. 'They are all perfect'. That scene really touches me. Oops, I rambling, but any-who, I am just trying to say as a tip to some of you writers out there (although many of you already know), but if you listen to certain styles of music, it can help to establish a scene much better in the mind's eye, and is especially good when you are trying to write a battle scene or a romance scene.
Please review. I look forward to your responses.
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