AN: Egads!!! been awhile had to finish up with exams and been partying so I havnt had time… but here is the next chappy. Lamented over this one for a while so feed back is much aprecated
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They reached the dock with nothing else eventful happening.
It was hard to see the ship for all the people that where crowded around saying goodbye to Yune. Most of the ones closet to him where young children, girl's he was kneeling down talking to them at their eye level. He didn't even look up when Tida walked past him hustled onto the ship by Wakka. Shortly after Yune got on joining his guardians and the Zanarkand native. One very small girl on the dock was still standing where Yune had left her and was crying. The huge flattish ship that rode low in the water pulled away from the dock and the girl reached out her hand to Yune still crying. Yune smiled at her and waved, his long selves creating blur of purple as he waved.
"Goodbye" Yune called trying at the distance to comfort her the child mother came and stopped her from following the ship any further. Yune sighed as the ship pulled away and the girl sank into the distance. He spoke to Lulu briefly and left. Tida watched the whole thing without saying a word and touched by how much the people of Besaid loved Yune, although she couldn't understand why they all seemed so sad. Yunes farewell reminded her of her home and the way people crowded around her. She felt the ach of homesickness and became depressed. Wakka tried to engage her in conversation but she excused her self and went to the front of the ship and hung over side watching the racing water.
The rich blue of the liqid was inviting so Tida sat down and dangled her legs in it. Lucky the ship was so low, she though as the cold water wet her ankles. Water always calmed her that's why she felt so at home in the sphere it was where she belonged. She was her real self in the sphere there was no one to impress or even talk to all she had to do was what she loved. Tida liked only superficial conversation and only engaged in something deep and meaningful if she had to or was in the mood. It was a good thing to because of her attitude when she tried to sound impressive it came out corny or clichéd. She could chat and make conversation but when it came to real meaningful discussions she felt pressured to care about what was said and she often didn't. The feeling of water had its usual effect and after a moment of sitting there her cheek rested on the sun warmed railing the blond girl spotted a cute young boy with binoculars not far from her looking at something far out to sea. A grin broke out on Tidas face
It had been awhile since she was able to really exercise her Blitz skills and she found herself restless to display them. It was a different energy she used when she fought and it didn't really give her the same feeling. The water had cured her homesickness and gave her back her confidents. She slipped her legs back on the deck and sprung neatly on to his shoulders. She landed on her hands and felt him wobble under her unexpected weight.
"Hey what are doing?" the boy yelled in surprise she switched her weight to her legs and sat on his shoulders wrapping her ankles around his back. She didn't answer him and found his surprise incredible amusing. The starlet was back. She lent over his head and peered into the other end of the binoculars. He seemed very far away but she knew she would seem very close so she flashed him a charming grin. It had its intended effect and the boys grip on his binoculars went slack long enough for her to snatch them out of his hands. Staying on his shoulders she looked out to sea but couldn't see what was so exciting instead she flipped of him and landed gracefully on the railing of the ship. The people on the boat where far more interesting they at least where animated. She scanned their faces while with one hand fought off the boy's futile attempt to get his binoculars back.
She stoped when she saw Yune, again surrounded by a crowed he was laughing and smiling. Tida examined him through the binoculars. He was very good looking all windblown and talking with small gestures of his hands. A second grin spread over her face, now feeling sociable she thought she might go an flirt with him a little she had loved it when he blushed cose he had looked cuter. Tida flipped off the railing and tossed the binoculars back to the boy. She casually wonder over in Yune direction but couldn't get close as there where to many people. She stood on the fringes and listened instead
"Word is that summoner's got noble blood!" someone said
"I heard he's Lord Braska's son!" another replied.
"Ya don't say?" the first answered back with great awe before turning back to watch Yune.
"Lord Braska's...son?" Tida said softly. That name sounded familiar but she couldn't remember where she heard it. Still feeling sociable and unable to get near Yune Tida went in search of Wakka she wanted to ask about Braska. She didn't have to go far Wakka and Lulu where standing next to the tall slender mast of the ship. She ambled over and greeted the two.
"Oh speaking again," Wakka said in an injured tone Tida made a face and spoke.
"So, is Yune's father famous or something?" She directed it to Wakka not sure how Lulu would behave.
"He's the son of High Summoner Braska! You saw his statue at the temple. Lord Braska defeated Sin ten years ago. Yune's the heir to a great legacy!" Of course that statue the one the priest told her about. She immediately sympathized with Yune thinking about Jecht and the big deal they made about him. Having a tournament devoted to him seemed to mean Tida was hardly mentioned without Jecht being worked into the conversation. She was constantly compared to her father and she hated it.
"It's tough when your father's famous." Tida said cryptically and Wakka just "Huhed" knitting his brows. Lulu smiled and spoke
"Wakka's...a bit lacking in the imagination department." She said Wakka scowled at her but Tida laughed.
"Ha ha. Thanks, Lulu. I'll keep that in mind." She grinned genuinely at Lulu having a feeling that the older women would be able to see through any charm and spotted Yune alone so she left to talk to him.
Wakka was still trying to get Lulu to explain what she meant when Tida approached Yune. She hesitated shifting her weight not wanting to disrupt him incase he wanted to be alone.
"The wind...it's nice." He said speaking to her but facing the sea. They where standing right near the front of the boat and a strong breeze was blowing in their faces. Tida walked up to stand beside Yune slightly to close for it to be casual. She caught Yune eye and the both laughed and relaxed.
"You're a blitzball player, aren't you? From Zanarkand, right?" Yune asked turning around to face her.
"You hear that from Wakka?" Yune nodded
"Wakka doesn't believe me at all." Tida said and climbing up on the railing so her feet were on the third level she faced the sea and not Yune.
"But I believe you!" Yune stepped up beside Tida
"I've heard, in Zanarkand...." He climbed up on the first railing but lent back holding on to the top one suspended between the two. His blue half skirt and dusty purple sleeves fluttered in the wind. He seemed very young now and normal too, not at all like he was famous or powerful. Tida turned watched him.
"There is a great stadium, all lit up even at night!" He smiled at Tida. Tida returned his look but frowned.
"Huh?" how did Yune know about Zanarkand
"Great Blitzball tournaments are held there, and the stands are always full!" Yune recounted with warmth and a tilt of his head
"How do you know that?" Tida tuned around on the railing and Yune stopped leaning out and came closer.
"A man named Jecht told me. He was my father's guardian." Tida almost fell off. Jecht her father it couldn't be.
"My father...his name is Jecht!" she voiced, managing to stay up.
"Amazing!" Yune sounded as surprised as she was "You know, our meeting like this must be the blessing of Yevon!" Yune wasn't looking at her any more but bit his lip and frowned Tida wondered briefly what he was thinking but was to caught up in her own musings.
"It can't be him" Tida said almost to herself.
"Why not" Yune asked Tida sat on the top rail getting comfortable..
"My old man, he died. Ten years ago, off the coast of Zanarkand." Tida said with spite.
"Oh I'm sorry" Yune said with sincerity but Tida didn't answer. He lent on the railing taking his weight off his legs and swinging them. He looked was so young when he did things like that almost like he was still playing. Tida wasn't sad about Jechts death not even when it happened so she rather rudely didn't acknowledge Yune sympathy.
"He went out to sea for training one day...and never came back. And no one's seen him since then." Tida stated with no emotion she turned to face the sea in front of them hating that they where talking about her father.
"Why, that's the day that Jecht came to Spira. It's true! I first met Jecht ten years and three months ago! I remember, that was the day my father left. The date fits, doesn't it?" Yune sounded positively excited and ducked his head around so Tida had to look at him.
"Yeah, but how would he get here?" Tida said hesitantly she didn't want to think that Jecht might still be alive.
"You're here, are you not?" Yune grinned as if that was supposed to make sense. Tida didn't want to talk about it anymore although Yune had her thinking about the surreal situation she was in. Not really wanting to examine that idea now she sighed and tilited her head to one side shaking her hair with a gorgeous look at Yune.
"Not many girls have short hair why do you" her movement had focused Yunes attention on her impossibly blond spike.
"Why do you like girls with long hair" Tida lent forward in to a more intimate space
"No… I, I mean…" Yune stopped
"Im growing it anyway so I hope you do" She gave a lopsided grin and a suggestive look from under her eyelashes. Yune blushed and then a fleeting look of pain crossed his face. The expression made Tida stop and pull back. She was about to apologies not sure what for but was interrupted.
There where strong vibrations shuddering through the boat making Tida head buzz and rattle. Her focus was immediately snapped to the rolling water that pulsed and rolled around the ship threatening to capsize them. A moment before it had been as calm as anything. Passengers on the ship started screaming as Yune was looking around much in the same way as Tida. A particular violent lurch tipped the boat at a dangerous angle and while Tida with her trained reflexes managed to catch hold of the rails Yune was flung from the deck. Tida shouted in surprise and reached out to grab Yune hand. He felt Yune strong grip back but the ship tilted higher.
The movement caused Tida to let go of Yune hand and he fell toward the swirling water. Tida cursed herself for not holding on but breathed a sigh of relief when Yune's arm shot out and grabbed the side of a harpoon gun. The ship was at a less acute angle now and Yune only clung to the harpoon gun a moment before Kimahri leaped out scooped him up and leaped back to the other Guardians. Tida struggled to stay standing as the Ship righted itself and scowled as she let go. Why wasn't I rescued, it was a passing thought that came from her damsel in distress side. Otherwise Tida was just glad she hadn't been swept into the sea knock out and woken up somewhere else for a third time.
Tida half slid half walked over the soaking deck to her friends and took Wakka's offered hand. Behind her a huge creature rose out of the water as if coming up for air.
"Sin!" someone screamed and Tida turned around to face it. People where running in front of her obscuring her vision and bumping her out of the way. She saw the wet greenish brown hind of sin streaming with water as rushed towards the ship. Tida thought it was about to ram them and braced herself. A gap in the crowed reviled that someone was readying the harpoon gun. Wakka saw it to and screamed to the man at its trigger.
"What do you think you're doing? Stick a harpoon in him and we'll get dragged under!" Tida was standing half behind him and saw the man turn around to yell at Wakka.
"Sin is going for Kilika! We gotta distract it! Our families are in Kilika! Forgive us, Lord Summoner!"
Another man joined him and the two spun the gun around aiming it at the huge fin of Sin that was protruding out of the water. Tida had been wrong it was heading away from them not towards.
"Wait! Oh, boy..." Wakka tried to protest again but the harpoon was launched with a mighty,
Thunk!
Its strong steely cable whistled as it shot through the air. The harpoon pierced Sins flesh and the rope snapped taught. The ship was hurled towards Sin at an alarming speed. As they shot through the water Wakka and the others ran forward. Wakka fired his Blizts ball at the Fin and struck it with an impressive force. Where the ball hit tiny hard-shelled creature fell and landed on the deck. Wakka yelled that they where sin spawn and Kimahri rushed forward to keep them out of Wakka way.
Yune hung back keeping focus on his comrade's and dogging the occasional attack by striking out with his staff. Tida stayed back only a moment longer before she rushed in and helped Kimahri keep the Sin Spawn away from Wakka. The fierce creatures fell from the fin with every hit of the Blizts ball. Lulu was standing bedside Wakka throwing a number of elements at the enemy. At the chances Tida had she saw Lulu cast fire lightning and even water and ice on the fin. She would have liked to look closer not realizing Lulu was a mage but the tricky little fiends she and Kimari where fighting kept her busy.
One of them got her when her back was turned and sliced open her flesh. She fell to the floor and screamed in pain. She was about to call for help when a warm tingly feeling filled her body and before her eyes a soft green light glowed. The pain faded and when she reached around couldn't feel blood or anything that shouldn't be there. Tida jumped up quickly and saw the same green light fading from Yunes hands. He had a worried look on his face but quickly turned to heal Wakka who had also received a nasty slash on his leg. Tida would have been surprised for longer but another wave of Sin spawn landed and she ran to greet them.
As Tida cut through the last creature on the deck the only visible part of Sin took a dive disappearing under the water. Before anyone could do anything and cut the rope that held them to Sin the boat was pulled under with it. It was half submerged in water when the rope snapped. It happened so fast that a wave of water swept over the ship Tida was standing in the middle of the deck with nothing and no one to hold on to. As the water crashed over her head she was swept from the deck and knocked unconscious.
Everyone else on the ship had clung for dear life and managed to stay aboard it was Yune, who after the fussing of his guardian's, notice Tida wasn't there. He turned to Wakka and Wakka ran to the side of the Ship. A limp blond head slipped under the surface and Wakka dived in. Yune and the others ran to the side hoping both of them would be all right.
Under the water Wakka spotted a few more Sin spawn that hadn't landed on the ship. They were closing around the unconscious girl, when he let his blitz ball fly with a grunt. The sin spawn scattered and Wakka swam to the still falling girl. With a potion in hand he revived and healed her. The look of complete relief on her face was a surprise to Wakka, but Tida was just so happy that this time after being knocked out she woke up to a familiar face. She hugged Wakka round the middle before she felt him pry her off and point towards a fast approaching murky object.
Tida still a little disorientated turned and saw a huge fish like creature. She sighed but figured she was due for another monster so joined in the fight with Waka. Wakka did more damage to the monster than she did as Tida missed many times still trying to clear her head. But Wakka was an excellent warrior and soon the two where breaking the surface and yelling at the ship to come pick them up. They climbed aboard, every passenger seemed relived that the two where ok.
A fair distance ahead of the battered boat lay the coastal town of Killika. It was a small community and like most of the settlements in Spira made from easily gathered and arranged materials. Thin straight poles of wood acquired from the neighboring forest along with their huge shady leave made the houses and other structures. A tiny community area paved in bright geometric stones sat low to the water. There two children toddled around playing with a Bilz ball and a mother cooed to her baby. The sea breeze ruffled the leaves and wooden buildings but no other sound came from the village.
There where bridges meandering in-between houses and shops allowing the civilians to walk over the low beach their town was built upon. The cool bright water was everywhere and lapped gently at the structures imposed in is way. No one of them where anticipating the attack of Sin. The creature that was closing fast the distance between it and the quite settlement.
The huge glistening creature rose from the water it was bigger than most people imaged. Around its body some force throbbed, a shield perhaps. The monster drew closer to the sleeping town and the wind picked up. A wave formed from Sin rushing body, it was many times higher that the tallest structure in Killika. The two young children playing with the Blitz ball look towards the sea as the wind picked up and gasped. A huge wave was headed towards them and behind it the terrifying creature know as Sin. The children could do little more than gasp the wave was moving to fast. Glowing symbols slid from Sins body down the surface of the water the wave and smashed into the town.
It hit stripping structures of all but their strongest foundation. The debris and people who where striped where not just swept away and dumped on shore. Sins preset cased parts of the village to shudder and break away riseing towards Sin body as a fast spiraling circle. Anybody who had been hit in the wave was sent flying upwards too. Inhabited that survived Sins wave where clinging to trees and parts of the town. Children and adults where screaming but the could not be heard over the rushing wind. The town was slowly but steadily snapped and broken into tiny parts and joined the mass of splinters circling Sin. Sin entire body was now submerged from the water the destruction it had wrought was collected around its body in a terrifying swirling pattern.
Sin sat on the edge of the coast its head thrown up before it let out a pricing scream as if in pain before disappearing back into the sea. Killika was nothing more than a ruined town its remaining citizens whimpering and crying out in pain of their injuries and lost.
When Sin attacked Zanarkand that day, I woke up in Spira. I kept hoping it would work in reverse, too.
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yeah hope this didn't disapoint sorry for the delay and plze review
Lilit