Chapter Two: Reaching Guadosalam
Author's Notes: Okay, here is chapter two for all of you. I'm really sorry
if I'm unable to express the story fully, 'cause my English isn't that
perfect~! And by the way, please go to an Al Bhed translator website to
translate the language.
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Reaching Guadosalam
We got up early the next day, continuing on our route to Guadosalam and fighting off a few fiends as well. But I was still annoyed with the so- called legendary guardian. Even when I woke up, he did even bother to offer his apologies to me for insulting me as childish.
'Fryd y lumt, ihvaamehk eteud!' I looked at the crimson man with annoyance. He took one glance at me and returned as soon as a moment passed. "Hu fuhtan oui yna cdemm mavd uh dra cramv!" I cursed him softly.
"Hey, Rikku!" I turned to see Tidus beside me, moving me away from Wakka. "Don't spout Al Bhed here; Wakka doesn't like it. He'll kill ya' if he finds out!"
"Wasn't Yunie's father's guardian an Al Bhed too?" I argued back at the blitzball player. He shrugged his head as we walked on the path.
"Well....." he paused for a while, thinking of a way to counter my statement. "...Wakka still hates the Al Bhed, regardless of the merit that guardian did on the pilgrimage."
"Hmmm...." I thought for a while, looking at Auron. A nudge from Tidus hit me. "Hey!"
"Mesmerized by him huh?" he teased me.
"No way!" I replied back instantly. "If I was mesmerized by him, I shall be struck by lightning!" I made an oath to ensure that my greatest fear would punish me should I fall for that meanie.
"Woo...." He exclaimed, taking one step back. "That old man did something to you?" I gave him an irritated stare.
"If someone called you childish, how would you feel?" I gave a rhetoric question before walking to converse Lulu, my role model.
***
"So Lulu," I changed my subject topic. "What was Lord Braska's Al Bhed guardian like?" The black mage did not respond, pondering for a while.
"She was something like you..." Lulu answered, giving me some shock. "...one with green, swirling eyes but looked more mature than you."
"Wow!" I felt flattered by her. "Twins?"
"I have no idea," she replied. "I was only twelve when Lord Braska and his guardians arrived at Besaid island. I've only caught a glimpse of her before they left for Bevelle."
"Hmm...." I decided to probe into the matter further. "Anything else?"
"Seems like Sir Auron and her were somehow together," she commented. "I saw them together when I caught a glimpse of her." I turned to look at the stoic guardian. He was undaunted by our conversation.
'Ry!' I looked at Auron with an evil eye. 'Huf E ghuf ouin calnad!' I continued to give an evil grin at the man who had called me childish.
"Something's the matter?" Lulu asked coldly, perplexed at my sudden change of expression. I turned to look at her, wanting to find out more about this Al Bhed guardian.
"Lulu, what's her name?" I asked her for the most important part of finding out a person.
"Lyna," she responded softly. "Her name was Lady Lyna." At the moment, I saw Auron's ears move a little. It seemed that he had some special relationship with her, judging that he could detect that Al Bhed guardian's name from the slightest mention of it. The crimson guardian began to slow down a little, coming closer to us. It was time to take out my revenge on him again.
"Hey! This is girls' talk, ya know?" I spoke sarcastically to him. "And not for big big adults like you!"
"You're just been..." Auron gave back a scowl and reply. He may have been angry but seemed to have a rather cute face when he gave a frown.
"Childish? Immature?" I retorted back menacingly. Deep inside, I smiled while avenging what he had insulted me the previous night.
"If you really think so," he gave another cold response. "Then I shall not interfere." The stoical began to move away from us.
"Hey Rikku!" Tidus came up to me once more. "Nice try to speak up against this old man," he gave a thumbs-up. "Everyone listens to him too much, ya know! Only you're rebellious."
"Thanks!" I gave him a high five as our palms collided with each other. From the front, I could see Yunie smiling at our interaction. "Go and talk to Yunie; she seems lonely."
"Okie dokie!" he gave an assurance as he went upfront to see my cousin summoner while we proceeded on the long brown road to Guadosalam.
***
We arrived at a tunnel leading into the realm of the Guados. As we proceeded down, an elderly Guado came up to us, especially to Yunie.
"We been expecting you, Lady Yuna," the Guado spoke with respect. "This way, my lady. This way."
"Me?" Yunie asked the Guado one more time. Without warning, he prepared to reach out to her by his hand but Wakka blocked him with a strong arm.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Wakka protected Yunie from the Guado's reach. He bowed in front of the group.
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I am called Tromell Guado," he introduced himself, and with an air of sub ordinance. "I am in direct service of our leader, the great Seymour Guado," he explained his status. "Lord Seymour has very important business with Lady Yuna."
"Business with me?" Yunie enquired more, confused that this Seymour guy wanted to have an audience with her. "Whatever could it be, I wonder?"
"Please, come inside the manor," he directed the way with his hand. "All will be explained." This Tromell Guado took one irritated look at me in the eyes before turning back to Yunie. "Of course, your friends are also welcome." He walked away, with everyone following him, leaving Tidus and I alone.
"Twist our arms, why don't ya?" I turned to him, and remembered an important task to tell him. "Ah, I almost forgot!" Grabbing his attention, I began to tell how I could customize the weapons in this group with my Al Bhed skills. As soon as it was over, I gave him a wink before running off in the direction of the manor. "What would you do without me?"
I arrived at the manor of Seymour Guado. It had a rather large façade, surpassing the other homes located within its vicinity.
"Where's Tidus?" Lulu turned to me as the group looked at me for his whereabouts.
"Over there, I think," I pointed to my back. "He probably gone to enquire about something with some old scholar at the other corner; he should be here as soon as possible." Lulu replied with a yes before she turned towards Yunie as we waited for the manor doors to open. I looked at Auron. Ever since we had reached Guadosalam, his face was not as frigid as it was previously. He showed an expression of thinking.
'Cu Auron'c drehgan...' I concluded, acquiring more knowledge of his character. 'Sicd ryja paah cusa zang frah ra fyc ouihk!' I cursed him mentally. He looked up at me and turned his head down again. That sign of indifference was making me very annoyed. I came near him, pretending to walk in circles to kill time.
"Jerk!" I cursed at him audibly as I came near him. As I turned away from him, I felt happy having my revenge again. As I came back, I saw the manor doors open. Happy that we could go in, I hopped happily into the manor behind the group.
***
We waited in the lobby area. Soon, Tidus came back to us. Tromell came up to us once more, directing us.
"This way please," he showed us the way as we entered another room full of food on the table. "I will go inform Lord Seymour. Please wait here." As soon as the creepy Guado servant was gone, I ran over to the table. As I looked behind, I saw Tidus walk up to the red-clad stiffie, engaging in a conversation. Without caring less for what was happening, I took the abundance of food on the table and began to eat.
"Rikku," I heard Yunie's voice beside me. "We should be polite and not take these foods out of courtesy for Maester Seymour." I turned to her, my mouth full of food.
"Yunie," I questioned her. "Any idea who this Lyna was?"
"Lady Lyna you mean?" she replied back, turning to see Auron still talking to the blitzball player. "I only know that she was my father's guardian, and because she was Al Bhed, I had more reason to take you in as a guardian."
"Nono..." I spoke, pausing to chew on the food. "I mean....was she related to Auron?"
"I have no idea," she shook her head. "All I know was that she tried to open Sir Auron up."
"Wow!" I replied. "Tell me more please...!"
"Well..." Yunie thought for a while. "I guess she tried to make Sir Auron more involved in conversation when my father stopped for a while at Bevelle before he advanced to the Calm Lands."
"Not that kind..." I retorted back, wondering why Yunie could not get it. "I mean love."
"Love?" she looked at me in disbelief. "I don't think so; Lady Lyna didn't seem to take an interest in Sir Auron at all...although...."
"Although what?" I interrupted her, becoming nosier by the minute.
"From the way he behaved," Yunie answered with a conclusion. "I supposed he had a crush on her."
'Pehku!' I congratulated myself as I had managed to squeeze from my cousin some more about this mysterious Al Bhed guardian who traveled ten years ago. "Thanks, Yunie!" I turned back to her, with her bowing her head and returning to Kimahri's side. At this moment, I began to notice that Kimahri had spoken a single word since I had joined the party. Further more, he seemed to take a dislike to me from the look on his ever-sad face. 'E cruimt dymg du Kimahri cusatyo,' I instructed myself. 'Pid Auron lusac vencd!' I continued my eating.
"Mmmm! This is good!" I tried to entice Tidus to eat the food as he came near me. But he turned and looked up at the ceiling. Following him, I looked up too. Three large clear balls hanging from there had began to glow. I heard the door open and turned to see Tromell coming out.
"Truly, it is good to have guests again," he complimented the group. "Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet." He looked a little sad, probably unhappy from the death of an influential Guado.
"The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira," Yunie comforted the Guado servant with her compassionate words. As she comforted him, I saw Tidus move near Wakka.
"Was this Maester Jyscal really such a great guy?" he queried the anti-Al Bhed from Besaid.
"He brought the teachings of Yevon to the Guado," Wakka replied to his question. "He was truly a great man." Tromell overheard the conversation and came near to them.
"Truly, a loss for us all," he spoke, with a little sadness. "But now a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us," he gave some words of hope for the Guado. "Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and a human. He will be the tie that binds our two races together. But that is not all, I think," he began to praise this half-Guado, half-human Seymour. "Lord Seymour...He will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the peoples of Spira."
"That is enough, Tromell," a tall man with the looks of both a Guado and human came into the room. It was definitely Seymour Guado. I approved of him as he produced refined looks that any master should have, but looked rather familiar as well. The thought was banished as I was unable to recall anything. "Must I always endure such praise?" he asked rhetorically as he showed us the prayer gesture of Yevon. "Welcome!"
"You...wanted to see me?" Yunie approached him, curious to know his intentions.
"Please," Seymour replied to her. "Make yourselves at home. There's no rush." He gave us a smile to assure us that he was of no harm. Auron came near to them.
"Please keep this short," he gave the maester a request. "Yuna must rush." I looked at him in annoyance once more.
'Auron, lyh'd oui crid ib vun uhla?' I scolded him with my mind. 'Ed fuh'd rind du cdyo, oy ghuf?' Seymour turned to the crimson guardian with respect.
"Pardon me," he gave a slight bow. "It has been a long time since I have guests. Lady Yuna, this way," he showed Yunie the passageway deep into his manor. We followed the maester into a dark room. Suddenly, the place lit up as the ceiling above us turned into a dark night sky, with pyreflies looking like the flaming rocks that would occasionally fly to the ground from the sky.
"This sphere is a reconstruction created from the thoughts of the dead on the farplane," Seymour introduced as the area around us turned into a massive city, with beautiful tall buildings, a water arch that flew over the area. People of ancient clothing walked past in some buildings with beautiful internal architecture and of a voice sounding from a machina. I looked at Auron and saw that he was rather sad but had no idea what was going on.
"Zanarkand!" Tidus gave a shout, jumping for a joy as he enjoyed the view. Seymour turned to look at the boy from Zanarkand.
"Correct," Seymour responded to his cry. "Zanarkand...as it looked one thousand years ago." I turned to look at the now-sad Auron, who seemed to be thinking of some other crap. A whoa from Wakka made me return to my senses and to Yunie and Seymour. "The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand," he explained further. "She once lived in the metropolis." I noticed Auron making another rare smile, but that of an insolent one.
"She, who?" Yunie asked, turning to the maester. He did not respond and soon we were in a large room that overlooked the city of Zanarkand. As I looked, I saw a woman in little clothing, sitting on a bed, her white long hair flowing down her back. "Lady Yunalesca!" my cousin exclaimed.
'Fryd y sehida...' I scrutinized the woman sitting on the bed. 'Ed muugc mega E ryt caah ran pavuna eh naym-meva un cusadrehk mega dryd...' I tried to find out where I had seen her but could not recall.
"She was the first person to defeat Sin and save the world from its ravages," Seymour continued his elaboration. "And you had inherited her name," he looked down at Yunie.
"It was my father who named me," Yunie answered.
"Lord Braska was entrusting you with a great task. He wanted you to face Sin, as Lady Yunalesca did," he spoke to Yunie, telling her of her probable goal. "However, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone. To defeat the undefeatable Sin..." he gave another prayer action to show respect. "It took an unbreakable bond of love -- of the kind that binds two hearts for eternity."
As I looked, I saw a man in grand clothing walk near Lady Yunalesca. She stood up and hugged him. I shifted my gaze to Yunie, who was looking at Maester Seymour. She returned her look to the couple of Zanarkand and turned back again to face the half-Guado. He leaned over and whispered something into her ears. As soon as he had whispered his words, the maester moved away and nodded, leaving Yunie a little listless. Ensuring that I did not play gooseberry, I walked to one side of the room waiting for her. The room returned to its original form, with my cousin summoner and Seymour in the middle of the room, and the rest of us by the walls. She walked towards us and took a drink from the table of good. Having a good drink, Yunie approached us slowly. At that moment, I commented on something I noticed on her.
"Wow! Your face is beet-red!" I teased her blushing face. Tidus came up beside me.
"You okay?" he asked. Yunie looked at her guardian.
"He...he asked me to marry him!" she stammered, her face still red.
"You serious?" he asked her shockingly.
"You know what Yuna must do," Auron spoke as he approached Seymour. He gave me one stare and looked at the maester again.
"Of course," Seymour responded. "Lady Yuna -- no, all summoners -- are charged with bringing peace to Spira," he continued his reasons. "But this means more than just defeating Sin. She must ease the suffering of Spira. She must be a leader for the people," he elaborated. "I proposed to Lady Yuna as a maester of Yevon."
"Spira is no playhouse," Auron retorted back, warning him of Yunie's fate. "A moment's diversion may amuse the audience, but it changes nothing."
'Ur l'suh...fro yna oui dryd caneuic?' I taunted Auron in my mind, looking at him with tricky eyes. 'Pid oui'na nekrd eh cdubbehk Yunie vnus synnoehk cusauha cra tuach'd muja...' I gave my agreeing view with him mentally.
"Even so," Seymour argued back. "The actors must play their parts." He kept quiet and walked over to the summoner. "There's no need to answer right away," he assured her. "Please, think it over."
"We will do so, then," Auron replied sharply at him. "We leave." He moved out to the door of the manor. I followed behind the group as they followed the stoic 'jerk' out of the manor.
"Lady Yuna, I await your favourable reply," I heard Seymour requesting Yunie. It was so noble. He turned his attention to Auron, who was at the front. "Why are you still here, sir?" he seemed to produce a sarcastic tone. Auron turned.
"I beg your pardon?" Auron asked frigidly. Seymour looked at him with a little concern and with a grin.
"We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane."
I saw Tidus walk up to Auron and sniffed him. It was a funny sight for that red-clad guardian pushed the boy away and left the building in a huff. In secrecy, I giggled for a while. As I proceeded to exit the manor, I heard Seymour come near me.
"You look very young," he asked me. "Are you a guardian?"
"Well, yes!" I replied to him, with a smile on my face, giving a salute. "At Yunie's service!" He looked at me directly in the eyes, which made me shudder. I took a step back.
"Ah...an Al Bhed," he commented as he came closer. "Following in the steps of Lady Lyna?"
"Y-you know her?" I stumbled at his knowledge of her.
"Why not?" he spoke. "She was the only Al Bhed to have become a legendary guardian. But she disappeared as soon as Lord Braska summoned the Final Aeon." I felt a tug on one pin on my hair as it came off. My hair, neatly tied in a bun, was released and came down.
"Hey!" I yelled at him, while trying to hold up my hair. "That wasn't nice!"
"My apologies," he spoke in a gentlemanly way as he handed me back my hairpin. With swiftness, I tied back my hair in no time. "That legendary guardian's waiting for you," he pointed to my behind. I turned to see Auron at the door. He was looking rather cross.
"Rikku," he admonished. "If you wish to be left behind, go ahead." Auron left the manor.
"You don't have to be that mean..." I mumbled behind his back. Giving a simple wave to maester Seymour, I followed the stoic guardian behind. I was greeted with the other guardians.
"Come on, let's get on with this pilgrimage!" Tidus said in a rather calm way, with a little bitterness in his tone. "I mean, marriage?"
"Hmmmm," I taunted him. "Jealous?"
"What? No way!" he replied back at instance. "We gonna' defeat Sin. Romance can wait!" We began our discussion on Yunie's marriage.
***
"Aren't you coming?" Tidus asked Auron as we moved up to the portal to the Farplane.
"I do not belong there," he replied abruptly.
"You're scared," Tidus taunted. Auron gave a scowl to him.
"Searching the past to find the future..." he answered. "That is all that is there. I need it not. You'd better be going." I decided to tell Tidus more about my beliefs of the Farplane and approached him.
"You're not really going to see the dead, more like memories of them," I gave my view. "People think that of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them. They take on the form of the dead person -- an illusion, nothing else."
"Hmmm..." Tidus looked at me.
"Well, have fun!" I assured him as I stood by the portal.
"What, you're not going either, Rikku?"
"I keep my memories inside," I pointed to my head, showing my disbelief in the Farplane. Tidus gave a huh. "Memories are nice, but that's all they are." Tidus proceeded to enter the Farplane. As for me, I was sitting beside a grumpy and anti-social guardian who simply stared at the ground.
"Hi! I'm Rikku," I stretched out my hand in peace as I looked at the guardian who gave a grumpy look again.
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Okay, end of chapter! See you soon~! I'm sorry if this has too little Aurikku content but there will be soon in the next chapter because I need to form some basics in the story. Until then, see ya~!
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Reaching Guadosalam
We got up early the next day, continuing on our route to Guadosalam and fighting off a few fiends as well. But I was still annoyed with the so- called legendary guardian. Even when I woke up, he did even bother to offer his apologies to me for insulting me as childish.
'Fryd y lumt, ihvaamehk eteud!' I looked at the crimson man with annoyance. He took one glance at me and returned as soon as a moment passed. "Hu fuhtan oui yna cdemm mavd uh dra cramv!" I cursed him softly.
"Hey, Rikku!" I turned to see Tidus beside me, moving me away from Wakka. "Don't spout Al Bhed here; Wakka doesn't like it. He'll kill ya' if he finds out!"
"Wasn't Yunie's father's guardian an Al Bhed too?" I argued back at the blitzball player. He shrugged his head as we walked on the path.
"Well....." he paused for a while, thinking of a way to counter my statement. "...Wakka still hates the Al Bhed, regardless of the merit that guardian did on the pilgrimage."
"Hmmm...." I thought for a while, looking at Auron. A nudge from Tidus hit me. "Hey!"
"Mesmerized by him huh?" he teased me.
"No way!" I replied back instantly. "If I was mesmerized by him, I shall be struck by lightning!" I made an oath to ensure that my greatest fear would punish me should I fall for that meanie.
"Woo...." He exclaimed, taking one step back. "That old man did something to you?" I gave him an irritated stare.
"If someone called you childish, how would you feel?" I gave a rhetoric question before walking to converse Lulu, my role model.
***
"So Lulu," I changed my subject topic. "What was Lord Braska's Al Bhed guardian like?" The black mage did not respond, pondering for a while.
"She was something like you..." Lulu answered, giving me some shock. "...one with green, swirling eyes but looked more mature than you."
"Wow!" I felt flattered by her. "Twins?"
"I have no idea," she replied. "I was only twelve when Lord Braska and his guardians arrived at Besaid island. I've only caught a glimpse of her before they left for Bevelle."
"Hmm...." I decided to probe into the matter further. "Anything else?"
"Seems like Sir Auron and her were somehow together," she commented. "I saw them together when I caught a glimpse of her." I turned to look at the stoic guardian. He was undaunted by our conversation.
'Ry!' I looked at Auron with an evil eye. 'Huf E ghuf ouin calnad!' I continued to give an evil grin at the man who had called me childish.
"Something's the matter?" Lulu asked coldly, perplexed at my sudden change of expression. I turned to look at her, wanting to find out more about this Al Bhed guardian.
"Lulu, what's her name?" I asked her for the most important part of finding out a person.
"Lyna," she responded softly. "Her name was Lady Lyna." At the moment, I saw Auron's ears move a little. It seemed that he had some special relationship with her, judging that he could detect that Al Bhed guardian's name from the slightest mention of it. The crimson guardian began to slow down a little, coming closer to us. It was time to take out my revenge on him again.
"Hey! This is girls' talk, ya know?" I spoke sarcastically to him. "And not for big big adults like you!"
"You're just been..." Auron gave back a scowl and reply. He may have been angry but seemed to have a rather cute face when he gave a frown.
"Childish? Immature?" I retorted back menacingly. Deep inside, I smiled while avenging what he had insulted me the previous night.
"If you really think so," he gave another cold response. "Then I shall not interfere." The stoical began to move away from us.
"Hey Rikku!" Tidus came up to me once more. "Nice try to speak up against this old man," he gave a thumbs-up. "Everyone listens to him too much, ya know! Only you're rebellious."
"Thanks!" I gave him a high five as our palms collided with each other. From the front, I could see Yunie smiling at our interaction. "Go and talk to Yunie; she seems lonely."
"Okie dokie!" he gave an assurance as he went upfront to see my cousin summoner while we proceeded on the long brown road to Guadosalam.
***
We arrived at a tunnel leading into the realm of the Guados. As we proceeded down, an elderly Guado came up to us, especially to Yunie.
"We been expecting you, Lady Yuna," the Guado spoke with respect. "This way, my lady. This way."
"Me?" Yunie asked the Guado one more time. Without warning, he prepared to reach out to her by his hand but Wakka blocked him with a strong arm.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Wakka protected Yunie from the Guado's reach. He bowed in front of the group.
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I am called Tromell Guado," he introduced himself, and with an air of sub ordinance. "I am in direct service of our leader, the great Seymour Guado," he explained his status. "Lord Seymour has very important business with Lady Yuna."
"Business with me?" Yunie enquired more, confused that this Seymour guy wanted to have an audience with her. "Whatever could it be, I wonder?"
"Please, come inside the manor," he directed the way with his hand. "All will be explained." This Tromell Guado took one irritated look at me in the eyes before turning back to Yunie. "Of course, your friends are also welcome." He walked away, with everyone following him, leaving Tidus and I alone.
"Twist our arms, why don't ya?" I turned to him, and remembered an important task to tell him. "Ah, I almost forgot!" Grabbing his attention, I began to tell how I could customize the weapons in this group with my Al Bhed skills. As soon as it was over, I gave him a wink before running off in the direction of the manor. "What would you do without me?"
I arrived at the manor of Seymour Guado. It had a rather large façade, surpassing the other homes located within its vicinity.
"Where's Tidus?" Lulu turned to me as the group looked at me for his whereabouts.
"Over there, I think," I pointed to my back. "He probably gone to enquire about something with some old scholar at the other corner; he should be here as soon as possible." Lulu replied with a yes before she turned towards Yunie as we waited for the manor doors to open. I looked at Auron. Ever since we had reached Guadosalam, his face was not as frigid as it was previously. He showed an expression of thinking.
'Cu Auron'c drehgan...' I concluded, acquiring more knowledge of his character. 'Sicd ryja paah cusa zang frah ra fyc ouihk!' I cursed him mentally. He looked up at me and turned his head down again. That sign of indifference was making me very annoyed. I came near him, pretending to walk in circles to kill time.
"Jerk!" I cursed at him audibly as I came near him. As I turned away from him, I felt happy having my revenge again. As I came back, I saw the manor doors open. Happy that we could go in, I hopped happily into the manor behind the group.
***
We waited in the lobby area. Soon, Tidus came back to us. Tromell came up to us once more, directing us.
"This way please," he showed us the way as we entered another room full of food on the table. "I will go inform Lord Seymour. Please wait here." As soon as the creepy Guado servant was gone, I ran over to the table. As I looked behind, I saw Tidus walk up to the red-clad stiffie, engaging in a conversation. Without caring less for what was happening, I took the abundance of food on the table and began to eat.
"Rikku," I heard Yunie's voice beside me. "We should be polite and not take these foods out of courtesy for Maester Seymour." I turned to her, my mouth full of food.
"Yunie," I questioned her. "Any idea who this Lyna was?"
"Lady Lyna you mean?" she replied back, turning to see Auron still talking to the blitzball player. "I only know that she was my father's guardian, and because she was Al Bhed, I had more reason to take you in as a guardian."
"Nono..." I spoke, pausing to chew on the food. "I mean....was she related to Auron?"
"I have no idea," she shook her head. "All I know was that she tried to open Sir Auron up."
"Wow!" I replied. "Tell me more please...!"
"Well..." Yunie thought for a while. "I guess she tried to make Sir Auron more involved in conversation when my father stopped for a while at Bevelle before he advanced to the Calm Lands."
"Not that kind..." I retorted back, wondering why Yunie could not get it. "I mean love."
"Love?" she looked at me in disbelief. "I don't think so; Lady Lyna didn't seem to take an interest in Sir Auron at all...although...."
"Although what?" I interrupted her, becoming nosier by the minute.
"From the way he behaved," Yunie answered with a conclusion. "I supposed he had a crush on her."
'Pehku!' I congratulated myself as I had managed to squeeze from my cousin some more about this mysterious Al Bhed guardian who traveled ten years ago. "Thanks, Yunie!" I turned back to her, with her bowing her head and returning to Kimahri's side. At this moment, I began to notice that Kimahri had spoken a single word since I had joined the party. Further more, he seemed to take a dislike to me from the look on his ever-sad face. 'E cruimt dymg du Kimahri cusatyo,' I instructed myself. 'Pid Auron lusac vencd!' I continued my eating.
"Mmmm! This is good!" I tried to entice Tidus to eat the food as he came near me. But he turned and looked up at the ceiling. Following him, I looked up too. Three large clear balls hanging from there had began to glow. I heard the door open and turned to see Tromell coming out.
"Truly, it is good to have guests again," he complimented the group. "Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet." He looked a little sad, probably unhappy from the death of an influential Guado.
"The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira," Yunie comforted the Guado servant with her compassionate words. As she comforted him, I saw Tidus move near Wakka.
"Was this Maester Jyscal really such a great guy?" he queried the anti-Al Bhed from Besaid.
"He brought the teachings of Yevon to the Guado," Wakka replied to his question. "He was truly a great man." Tromell overheard the conversation and came near to them.
"Truly, a loss for us all," he spoke, with a little sadness. "But now a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us," he gave some words of hope for the Guado. "Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and a human. He will be the tie that binds our two races together. But that is not all, I think," he began to praise this half-Guado, half-human Seymour. "Lord Seymour...He will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the peoples of Spira."
"That is enough, Tromell," a tall man with the looks of both a Guado and human came into the room. It was definitely Seymour Guado. I approved of him as he produced refined looks that any master should have, but looked rather familiar as well. The thought was banished as I was unable to recall anything. "Must I always endure such praise?" he asked rhetorically as he showed us the prayer gesture of Yevon. "Welcome!"
"You...wanted to see me?" Yunie approached him, curious to know his intentions.
"Please," Seymour replied to her. "Make yourselves at home. There's no rush." He gave us a smile to assure us that he was of no harm. Auron came near to them.
"Please keep this short," he gave the maester a request. "Yuna must rush." I looked at him in annoyance once more.
'Auron, lyh'd oui crid ib vun uhla?' I scolded him with my mind. 'Ed fuh'd rind du cdyo, oy ghuf?' Seymour turned to the crimson guardian with respect.
"Pardon me," he gave a slight bow. "It has been a long time since I have guests. Lady Yuna, this way," he showed Yunie the passageway deep into his manor. We followed the maester into a dark room. Suddenly, the place lit up as the ceiling above us turned into a dark night sky, with pyreflies looking like the flaming rocks that would occasionally fly to the ground from the sky.
"This sphere is a reconstruction created from the thoughts of the dead on the farplane," Seymour introduced as the area around us turned into a massive city, with beautiful tall buildings, a water arch that flew over the area. People of ancient clothing walked past in some buildings with beautiful internal architecture and of a voice sounding from a machina. I looked at Auron and saw that he was rather sad but had no idea what was going on.
"Zanarkand!" Tidus gave a shout, jumping for a joy as he enjoyed the view. Seymour turned to look at the boy from Zanarkand.
"Correct," Seymour responded to his cry. "Zanarkand...as it looked one thousand years ago." I turned to look at the now-sad Auron, who seemed to be thinking of some other crap. A whoa from Wakka made me return to my senses and to Yunie and Seymour. "The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand," he explained further. "She once lived in the metropolis." I noticed Auron making another rare smile, but that of an insolent one.
"She, who?" Yunie asked, turning to the maester. He did not respond and soon we were in a large room that overlooked the city of Zanarkand. As I looked, I saw a woman in little clothing, sitting on a bed, her white long hair flowing down her back. "Lady Yunalesca!" my cousin exclaimed.
'Fryd y sehida...' I scrutinized the woman sitting on the bed. 'Ed muugc mega E ryt caah ran pavuna eh naym-meva un cusadrehk mega dryd...' I tried to find out where I had seen her but could not recall.
"She was the first person to defeat Sin and save the world from its ravages," Seymour continued his elaboration. "And you had inherited her name," he looked down at Yunie.
"It was my father who named me," Yunie answered.
"Lord Braska was entrusting you with a great task. He wanted you to face Sin, as Lady Yunalesca did," he spoke to Yunie, telling her of her probable goal. "However, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone. To defeat the undefeatable Sin..." he gave another prayer action to show respect. "It took an unbreakable bond of love -- of the kind that binds two hearts for eternity."
As I looked, I saw a man in grand clothing walk near Lady Yunalesca. She stood up and hugged him. I shifted my gaze to Yunie, who was looking at Maester Seymour. She returned her look to the couple of Zanarkand and turned back again to face the half-Guado. He leaned over and whispered something into her ears. As soon as he had whispered his words, the maester moved away and nodded, leaving Yunie a little listless. Ensuring that I did not play gooseberry, I walked to one side of the room waiting for her. The room returned to its original form, with my cousin summoner and Seymour in the middle of the room, and the rest of us by the walls. She walked towards us and took a drink from the table of good. Having a good drink, Yunie approached us slowly. At that moment, I commented on something I noticed on her.
"Wow! Your face is beet-red!" I teased her blushing face. Tidus came up beside me.
"You okay?" he asked. Yunie looked at her guardian.
"He...he asked me to marry him!" she stammered, her face still red.
"You serious?" he asked her shockingly.
"You know what Yuna must do," Auron spoke as he approached Seymour. He gave me one stare and looked at the maester again.
"Of course," Seymour responded. "Lady Yuna -- no, all summoners -- are charged with bringing peace to Spira," he continued his reasons. "But this means more than just defeating Sin. She must ease the suffering of Spira. She must be a leader for the people," he elaborated. "I proposed to Lady Yuna as a maester of Yevon."
"Spira is no playhouse," Auron retorted back, warning him of Yunie's fate. "A moment's diversion may amuse the audience, but it changes nothing."
'Ur l'suh...fro yna oui dryd caneuic?' I taunted Auron in my mind, looking at him with tricky eyes. 'Pid oui'na nekrd eh cdubbehk Yunie vnus synnoehk cusauha cra tuach'd muja...' I gave my agreeing view with him mentally.
"Even so," Seymour argued back. "The actors must play their parts." He kept quiet and walked over to the summoner. "There's no need to answer right away," he assured her. "Please, think it over."
"We will do so, then," Auron replied sharply at him. "We leave." He moved out to the door of the manor. I followed behind the group as they followed the stoic 'jerk' out of the manor.
"Lady Yuna, I await your favourable reply," I heard Seymour requesting Yunie. It was so noble. He turned his attention to Auron, who was at the front. "Why are you still here, sir?" he seemed to produce a sarcastic tone. Auron turned.
"I beg your pardon?" Auron asked frigidly. Seymour looked at him with a little concern and with a grin.
"We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane."
I saw Tidus walk up to Auron and sniffed him. It was a funny sight for that red-clad guardian pushed the boy away and left the building in a huff. In secrecy, I giggled for a while. As I proceeded to exit the manor, I heard Seymour come near me.
"You look very young," he asked me. "Are you a guardian?"
"Well, yes!" I replied to him, with a smile on my face, giving a salute. "At Yunie's service!" He looked at me directly in the eyes, which made me shudder. I took a step back.
"Ah...an Al Bhed," he commented as he came closer. "Following in the steps of Lady Lyna?"
"Y-you know her?" I stumbled at his knowledge of her.
"Why not?" he spoke. "She was the only Al Bhed to have become a legendary guardian. But she disappeared as soon as Lord Braska summoned the Final Aeon." I felt a tug on one pin on my hair as it came off. My hair, neatly tied in a bun, was released and came down.
"Hey!" I yelled at him, while trying to hold up my hair. "That wasn't nice!"
"My apologies," he spoke in a gentlemanly way as he handed me back my hairpin. With swiftness, I tied back my hair in no time. "That legendary guardian's waiting for you," he pointed to my behind. I turned to see Auron at the door. He was looking rather cross.
"Rikku," he admonished. "If you wish to be left behind, go ahead." Auron left the manor.
"You don't have to be that mean..." I mumbled behind his back. Giving a simple wave to maester Seymour, I followed the stoic guardian behind. I was greeted with the other guardians.
"Come on, let's get on with this pilgrimage!" Tidus said in a rather calm way, with a little bitterness in his tone. "I mean, marriage?"
"Hmmmm," I taunted him. "Jealous?"
"What? No way!" he replied back at instance. "We gonna' defeat Sin. Romance can wait!" We began our discussion on Yunie's marriage.
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"Aren't you coming?" Tidus asked Auron as we moved up to the portal to the Farplane.
"I do not belong there," he replied abruptly.
"You're scared," Tidus taunted. Auron gave a scowl to him.
"Searching the past to find the future..." he answered. "That is all that is there. I need it not. You'd better be going." I decided to tell Tidus more about my beliefs of the Farplane and approached him.
"You're not really going to see the dead, more like memories of them," I gave my view. "People think that of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them. They take on the form of the dead person -- an illusion, nothing else."
"Hmmm..." Tidus looked at me.
"Well, have fun!" I assured him as I stood by the portal.
"What, you're not going either, Rikku?"
"I keep my memories inside," I pointed to my head, showing my disbelief in the Farplane. Tidus gave a huh. "Memories are nice, but that's all they are." Tidus proceeded to enter the Farplane. As for me, I was sitting beside a grumpy and anti-social guardian who simply stared at the ground.
"Hi! I'm Rikku," I stretched out my hand in peace as I looked at the guardian who gave a grumpy look again.
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Okay, end of chapter! See you soon~! I'm sorry if this has too little Aurikku content but there will be soon in the next chapter because I need to form some basics in the story. Until then, see ya~!