In a Summoners Eyes

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Chapter 3: Voyage

We walked out of the chamber and walked through the door. I did my best to avoid the boy and I hid between Wakka and Kimahri. No one spoke until we reached Besaid village square. The village square isn't impressive and it was more of a circle than a square. Actually, it was a circle. The circle was filled with soft sand from the shores of Besaid and the edges were made of stone. Villagers crowded near the square to celebrate the birth of a new summoner. People watched me as I stepped onto the sand, step by step. Once I was in the middle, I started summoning. With staff in hand, I spread my arms out wide. 4 green marbles with a tiny ember burning in them spun around me and flew into the sky. I took a different stance now with my legs apart and my body turned to the side. A purplish-orange glyph appeared at my feet. The glyph was circular and 4 other small glyphs surrounded it. From the 4 small glyphs, a beam of violet light reached into the heavens. The sky shined a bright white and a large bird flew down. It landed right next to me and the sand showered on the villagers. I could see a faint smile on Lulu and a nod of appraisal from Wakka. Valefor was a beautiful creature. Yellow, red, orange, gold, pink, and white feathers covered his body. His crimson beak shone like copper and his white eyes seemed to burn a hole in my eyes. It had 6 hooks on his breast and a long golden chain with a small golden medallion hung from one of them. Valefor cooed and I seemed to have understood. It said,

"Pet me, Yuna."

I was surprised that Valefor knew my name but without saying anything I smiled at him and lightly stroke him on the head. Then I patted his head once and he flew away. Lulu ran up to me and embraced me.

"You did a great job Yuna. I am proud of you. Your father would have been proud of you." She said smiling.

"Thank you, Lulu." I replied as Lulu let go of me. She placed a hand of my arm and her purple bangle glistened in the brilliant sun.

We talked for some time and a few crusaders lit a fire in the square and everyone socialized. Villagers surrounded me while Lulu was speaking to Kimahri. The blonde boy was speaking with Wakka and they seemed to be talking about Blitzball. I spoke with the villagers and they asked me many questions. The one asked most frequently is,

"Why are you a summoner?" and I answer,

"I am a summoner because I wish to defeat Sin like my father."

Hours later the villagers decided to go to bed and they left. I was ready to go to bed as well until the blond boy came along. He said,

"Hi."

I looked at him and I asked,

"Hello. What is your name?"

"Tidus." he replied.

"Hello Tidus. My name is-" I started to say.

"Yuna!" said Wakka, "It's getting late, ya? Let's go to bed!"

"Oh…OK! Bye Tidus." I said and I ran over to Lulu's hut.

"Yuna, I want you brush, store, wear, and sleep." Lulu said, "Tomorrows a long day."

"Ok Lulu." I said as I took a pink toothbrush from the brush rack and applied "Spirafresh" toothpaste on it. I took a Water Sphere from under my pillow and stepped outside and I brushed.

8:03 AM Besaid-S.S. Liki Port

I came out from the temple because there were gifts I bought from an acolyte. I stashed them in a large suitcase and Wakka asked,

"What's up with the suitcase? We're not going on a pleasure ride ya?"

"They are gifts for the temples." I replied.

"Wakka is right Yuna. The temples are to pray to and I don't think they need gifts…" Lulu said.

"Ok…" I said and set the suitcase down and walked out of Besaid with my guardians. Tidus followed us but I don't know why. He wasn't even a guardian. The first step from the Besaid gate resulted in a fiend battle. A small dingo, a four-legged orange furred animal, and a condor, a blue-furred flying animal attacked us. Wakka and Tidus went out to fight. Lulu told me not to fight yet so I watched. Wakka spoke to Tidus about how to fight and then suddenly, a water flan bounced into action. Lulu gently tapped me and went out to fight. Tidus then sliced the dingo, Wakka hit the condor down and Lulu eliminated the water flan with a single Thunder spell. Then there were no fiend encounters until we reached an ancient structure. We all prayed at the structure and continued along the path. We reached an area that Besaidians call the Waterfall Zone. Suddenly a blue furred-wait… Kimahri! Kimahri jumped on Tidus and Tidus drew his sword. Kimahri used his spear and stabbed Tidus. Tidus stumbled at the surprise attack and I saw that Kimahri drew first blood. Tidus used a skill next that made wispy blue smoke rise around him and white sparkles fell on him.

"That is the skill "Cheer"," said Lulu.

"Ah! I knew that!" I said.

In the short 2 seconds that we were talking, Tidus activated his Overdrive Gauge. How did I know that? The weapon flashes red a few times when Overdrive is ready.

"SPIRAL CUT!" exclaimed Tidus. He jumped up into the air and did a few cartwheels and sliced Kimahri. Kimahri was well damaged at that time and his spear shined bright red. He used his "Ronso Rage" Overdrive on Tidus.

"Jump!" Kimahri said as he jumped up into the air and fell on Tidus with his spear cutting him.

"Ooh! That's got to hurt!" whispered Wakka. Tidus slashed at Kimahri and the cut was deep.

"Stop Kimahri, that is enough," said Lulu as she calmly walked away. Tidus and Kimahri stopped fighting and I used a Cure spell on both of them. We were almost at the special area in Besaid called The Foliage until a Garuda swooped at us! Tidus, Wakka, and Lulu ran in front of the Garuda.

"A flyer! Wakka that's your department!" said Tidus,

"Uh…umm…Let me show you what our summoner can do!" said Wakka. Tidus signaled me to come and I switched places with him. I summoned Valefor and Valefor hit the Garuda with its giant claws. The Garuda tried to dodge it but fumbled and got hit by Valefor. The Garuda flew right up and used it's "Sonic Wings" ability. Valefor was hit but he just dusted off his wings and his claws shone red. I exclaimed to Valefor,

"Valefor, Overdrive!" His claws stopped flashing and he inhaled a deep breath. Next, he exhaled a destructive beam at the ground under Garuda. The beam made an indent in the earth and suddenly, the beam exploded and the Garuda died.

"Dismiss!" I told Valefor and he flew off. We walked in The Foliage and the beach was in view.

We hurried over to the beach and a boat was waiting for us. Children and their parents were crying. Some children gave me trinkets, items, gil, and one of them gave me a beautiful ring. The ship's name was painted on the side of the boat.

"S.S. Liki…" I read and Lulu gently pushed me toward the boat. Once we all boarded, the people waved good-bye and my pilgrimage began.

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