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Chapter 6
"Lady Summoner, so glad you could make it. Lord Seymour has been expecting you." A Guado told her.
"Eh, I...was expected?" Yuna asked.
"But of course. Here in GuadoSalam we don't receive many visitors. Not many people like to visit the Farplane, only when it's necessary. Well anyways, please do come in." He told her then allowed Yuna and her guardians to enter Seymour's headquarters.
Inside, everyone was expected to wait in the main chambers while the messenger went off to fetch Seymour's attendance.
"So Lulu, people are allowed to enter the Farplane? I thought that place was for dead people." Tidus asked.
Lulu sighed. "You truly are hopeless, aren't you?"
Tidus opened his mouth to reply but ended up dripping his head down in despair.
"People are allowed to cross the barrier which connects the real world to the spirit world. That barrier is located just outside the Farplane. People can come in and out to visit and spirits can only enter." Lulu explained.
"Oh, I get it now. So once your dead you are sent to the Farplane, but even though there is a barrier, it allows souls to not be able to reenter the real world." Tidus said.
"Correct." Lulu simply said.
"That sounds cool, being able to visit those who have died."
Lulu sighed again and walked away.
"Well someone is in a grumpy mood." Tidus mumbled to himself. Auron soon approached him.
"Tidus, there is something that I must tell you about your father. It is very important and I need you to try and understand." He said.
"My old man? Sure why not, all I have been hearing lately is bad news." Tidus replied.
But as soon as Auron opened his mouth to speak, Seymour entered the room from a door in the back.
"Forgive me for keeping you all waiting. My apologies." Seymour told everyone.
"Yeah well we hope this won't take long, ya? We have much to do and don't have time for this." Wakka told him.
"Of course, I understand. Yuna please step forward towards me." Seymour said.
"I, uh, okay." Yuna nervously said then approached him, standing a few steps away from him when the entire room turned black and a giant city emerged like they were in some kind of dream but only real.
An entire city created by Machina, bright lights filling the streets at night, the biggest and most popular city in all of Spira.
"This...it's Zanarkand!" Tidus said almost totally speechless when his widened around him, staring at what once looked like his home but nothing more then a vision.
"Yes, the lost city Zanarkand. Just how it looked like 1000 years ago before it was destroyed by the Great War between Bevelle." Seymour said.
"No, Sin destroyed Zanarkand. I saw it! I was there." Tidus mumbled to himself.
"Also, Yuna, did you know Zanarkand was the home of Yunalesca?" Seymour asked.
"Yes. She was the first summoner to defeat Sin, which took place 1000 years ago." Yuna replied.
"Correct. But Lady Yunalesca didn't defeat Sin alone. The bond she shared with her husband Lord Zeon, helped her along the way, making her more stronger, confident and able to concentrate better on her duties." Seymour said just before the room turned back normal.
"Tidus, Rikku, may I speak with you for a few moments in the back room?" Seymour asked.
"Uh sure." Tidus replied.
"I guess so." Rikku said then both walked to the room and entered it with Seymour, closing the door behind them.
"Man, I got a bad feeling about this. Something doesn't seem right, ya?" Wakka said.
"I agree. Surely we didn't come here to talk about Lady Yunalesca." Lulu agreed.
Shortly after Seymour returned but without Tidus and Rikku.
"Where are the others?" Auron demanded.
"Patients my dear friend. Patience." Seymour said. "They will join up with you shortly."
Yuna walked up to Seymour. "You said that there was important business to be discussed. What is it?" Yuna asked.
"But of course. I won't make you wait any longer." Seymour bent down and whispered into her ear. Yuna's eyes widened in fear and shock after he had finished. Seymour smiled evilly.
Yuna took a few steps back and ran up to her guardians not sure what to do.
"Well, what did he say?" Wakka asked.
"Eh, he...he asked me to...marry him!" Yuna replied.
"What?" Lulu asked but not sounding too shocked.
"Seymour, you know what Yuna must do." Auron said, practically yelling.
"Of course, she has to defeat Sin. But I believe no summoner can do this on their own. It's way too big to a task for one to complete. When two people bond in marriage, there isn't anything they can't complete. That is why, Lady Yuna, I asked you to be my wife." Seymour explained.
Yuna didn't reply.
"Please, don't answer right away. Think about it." Seymour told her.
"What about Tidus and Rikku? Where are they?" Yuna asked.
"They will accompany me to the Macalania Temple where I will await your answer." Seymour replied.
"What!? Why must they go with you!?" Wakka asked totally freaked out as it is.
"Because there are some errands they need to complete for me. Don't worry, they'll be fine. Macalania temple, two days from now. Until then, farewell." Seymour said then entered the room in the back where Tidus and Rikku were.
Yuna and her guardians stood around outside of Seymour's headquarters.
"So...what are we gonna do next? You gonna marry him Yuna?" Wakka asked. Yuna didn't reply.
"She is under a lot of stress right now." Lulu told Wakka.
"I know. I was just asking." Wakka replied.
"I will-go see my father for his advise in the Farplane if it's not too much trouble." Yuna said softly not wanting to upset anyone.
"Of course Yuna. Take as much time as you need." Lulu told her.
So with permission Yuna walked off to the Farplane and entered it.
"Hey! Let me go already!!" Tidus shouted.
"Yeah I know! Is this how you treat guardians!?" Rikku yelled.
"Can the two of you shut up already!? Geez you're loud." Seymour told them.
"So Lord Seymour, what do you want us to do with them?" A Guado holding Tidus back said.
"I will take to them to Macalania with me. There we will reunite with the others and Yuna will be mine!" Seymour replied.
"Like hell she will!! You stay away from her!" Tidus shouted at him.
Seymour turned to him. "I would kill you right now but I need you. Soon your time will come Tidus, soon."
Tidus glared at him as he walked away.
"Why did you turn evil all of a sudden? I thought you were cool but you're off my friend list now!" Rikku shouted at him.
"Do you still have to act like a kid?" Seymour asked.
Rikku rolled her eyes. "Reality check! I'm 15, which means I'm still a kid!" Rikku told him.
"Right...Guards release Tidus and Rikku." Seymour told them.
"What!? Are you sure Lord Seymour? They might escape." A Guado said.
"They wouldn't dare. Besides, they know that we're going to see Yuna and the others so they have no choice but to come with me. I don't mean to be evil, I just want to save Spira as much as Yuna does." Seymour explained.
The Guado released Tidus and Rikku.
"Can we really trust you?" Rikku asked. "But of course. We're all going to go to Macalania where Yuna awaits." Seymour replied with an odd smile.
"I guess we have no choice since we don't know the way." Tidus said.
"Good, well lets be on our way then." Seymour said then began to leave GuadoSalam and head towards the Thunder Plains.
"It could be a trap to get Yuna to marry Seymour. We should cautious." Lulu said.
"I agree. After all he put us through lately, and now this, we shouldn't trust him." Wakka said.
Soon after Yuna returned from the Farplane with a confused yet sad face.
"How did it go Yuna?" Wakka asked
"I rather not say....." Yuna replied.
"So it seems your going to marry him, is this true?" Auron asked.
"My father seemed happy about it but I'm still not sure about the idea." Yuna replied.
"I see. Well for now lets just go to Macalania and confront Seymour." Auron said, beginning to walk.
"EEKK!!!" Rikku screamed as she clutched onto Tidus' arm.
"Rikku, that is the fifth time! Stop it!" Tidus told her.
Rikku closed her eyes. "Sorry...it just...that...I'm....scared....!!!"
"If you keep this up we'll never cross the Thunder Plains. Get a grip of yourself." Seymour told her.
Rikku opened her eyes. "Um...ok..ay..." Rikku released her grip from Tidus and began to walk once again.
After a few more minutes of walking in silence, a crash of thunder went off and Rikku screamed in fear as she clutched onto Tidus' arm once again.
Tidus sighed.
Seymour looked off into the distance where he saw an Inn. "Look, we'll stay at the Inn for now but it won't due much." Seymour told them.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Inn!!! I'm saved!" Rikku said running towards the inn.
Seymour slapped his forehead in embarrassment.
Inside the Inn, Seymour tied up Rikku and Tidus' hands together with rope and tied them to a pole, unable to escape.
"Sorry I have to do this but I can't risk you escaping." Seymour told them.
"And I actually thought you were good for a second ago." Rikku said angrily.
Seymour didn't reply. All he did was walk into his room and began to rest.
"Well this sucks." Rikku said.
Tidus scattered the ground around him for something to cut the rope. "I guess this will do for now." He said picking up a small sharp rod.
"OOO what are you doing?" Rikku said as he pulled her a bit closer to himself.
"I'm gonna cut your ropes so you can go and warn Yuna not to go to the temple." Tidus replied. "There, all done."
Rikku stood up afterwards. "I'm just not going to leave you here with that creep." Rikku told him.
"I'll escape later. Go now and warn the others." Tidus replied.
So without any choice, Rikku left the Inn and began to run towards Macalania.
"I hope she'll make it in time." Tidus mumbled to himself.
Hours later, Seymour returned to where he left Tidus and Rikku and noticed that Rikku was missing.
"Where is the other brat?" He asked.
"She escaped to warn the others. Looks like your plan just backfired." Tidus told him with a smile.
"Oh we'll see about that. She'll never make it in time." Seymour replied.
Tidus looked at him confused.
"Too much time has been wasted. Lets continue on."
Auron stepped into the temple. "No one is here. Seymour must have not arrived yet. Yuna, go to the fayth."
Yuna then walked into the temple. "I won't be long." She replied then headed to the Cloister of Trials.
After a long period of waiting afterwards, they wondered what was holding Seymour up so long. They did what he asked and arrived when he specified.
Yuna then returned, not feeling sad nor sleepy. As she approached the others, a door opened from behind them and Seymour and Tidus emerged.
"Well, well, well, looks like we arrived just in time." Seymour said with a wicked tone.
"YUNA! It's a trap! Get out of here!" Tidus shouted.
"Pity you think that Tidus. Of course we came here to see what Lady Yuna's answer is."
Yuna looked down towards the floor without replying.
"Yuna, will you? Together well stop the suffering that Sin brings to Spira. Together we well save Spira and destroy Sin." Seymour told her.
Yuna closed her eyes and began to cry. Sure she would of said yes. She decided to be a summoner to defeat Sin and save Spira. Her father too was overjoyed about the idea. A Summoner and Maester joining as one. Spira would have been thrilled to near such news. But could her heart really say yes to him? To say she would be his wife and to give up Tidus. ....Tidus, was she tempted to give him up for Spira? For Seymour?
"Yuna?" Seymour asked.
Yuna looked back at him, tears in her eyes with anger. "Even if I could say Yes, I won't! I won't give up everything that means so much to me to be with you. I have made my decision." Yuna shouted at him in anger.
After she spoke, Rikku came rushing in. "Yuna....don't....go in!!! Run...away....trap!!!!" Rikku forced out, out of breath.
Seymour stretched out his hand. "Yuna, come. Together, we can do this. You don't have to be alone."
Tidus looked down and closed his eyes saddened.
Yuna shook her head. "I'm not alone Seymour. I was never alone. I have my guardians...my friends right beside me until the end." Yuna told him.
"She has made her decision Seymour. So hand over Tidus and be on your way." Auron said stepping into the conversation.
"Unlikely. Yuna, sorry for the change in personality but if you don't marry then...your little guardian here will die." Seymour threatened.
"What!? NOOOOOOO don't hurt my bud!!!" Rikku wined.
"You can't do that!" Wakka told him.
"As a Maester, I can do what I please." Seymour said with an evil smile. "So what will it be?"
"Don't listen to such silly nonsense." Auron said taking out his sword and standing in front of Yuna.
"Don't be absurd. My magic will crush you all." Seymour threatened. He began to chant a spell and the temple began to rumble and shake. By this time Tidus began to cut his ropes.
Auron quickly ran up to strike Seymour down but with a powerful Firaga spell, he was sent back and landed harshly on his back.
As he stretched his arms above himself, he created a wall of fire separating himself and Tidus from the others.
"Damn it! I can't reach them!" Auron cursed.
"We got to think of something! We can't leave Tidus with Seymour! I speak from experience." Rikku told them.
"I wish I could do something but I can't get any closer to them." Auron explained.
Tidus successfully broke his ropes off his wrists and took out his sword. Trying not to startle Seymour, he struck him in the back.
ARGH!!!! NOOO!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE YOU LITTLE BRAT!!! THIS...ISN'T....OVER...YOU!!!" Seymour said just before he fell to the ground.
The temple began to shudder and crumble. Seymour's firewall still stood so Tidus still was unable to reach the others.
"Yuna, listen to me!" Tidus shouted over the firewall. "You have to get out of here before the temple collapses! You'll be safer outside."
Yuna was shocked by his words. Leave Tidus? Yuna couldn't. Not ever since Moonflow where Yuna only wanted to be with him all the time. She dripped her head in sadness and didn't reply.
"Were not going to leave you here Tidus!" Rikku shouted.
"There is no time! Go now! Don't worry about me. Rikku get Yuna outta here!" Tidus said then escaped through the room in the back.
Auron grabbed Rikku and Yuna's wrists and guided them out of the temple.
Tidus found himself walking all alone once again through the coldness of the frosty Macalania forest alone.
"I wish...I wasn't alone..." Tidus mumbled to himself.
Soon after a loud rumble began to emerge under the ground. Tidus followed the noise all the way to a frozen lake. As he looked around, he saw nothing. The noise had stopped and all was the same again.
That was, until Tidus found the ground beneath him shake like an earthquake. The ice underneath him began to crack and he fell through, sinking into the coldness of the water. A smooth and relaxing Hymn began to echo through him.
'The Hymn of...the Fayth? But...how...?' Tidus thought to himself just before he slowly closed his eyes and passed out.
Whelps, hope that will satisfy you for a while cause that was a lot of writing for me. AH well, anything to keep you people reading.