Chapter 11
"Coral!!" Kairi dropped to her knees beside him.
"I'm okay. . . . I'm okay!" He grunted out. Standing up, Coral held a hand to his head. Looking around he gaped.
"Uh, how did we get here?" He mumbled. Kairi gulped.
"You don't remember? I mean, c'mon Coral, don't tell me you have amnesia." He looked at her funnily.
"Coral? Kairi, why are you calling me a sea plant? It's Tidus, remember? Good old blockhead of a moron? Wait, why did I call myself that?" Riku took a shaky step forward. He began to poke Tidus in the shoulder, then his head, and then finally his arm.
"You're real!!" He finally concluded. Tidus growled.
"Well of COURSE I'm real!! The hell is going on?!" He demanded. Kairi hugged him.
"You ARE real!! YAY!! I'm so glad!"
"Uhhhhh . . . . . . . . thanks?" Riku was somewhat skeptical.
"Okay, so we got Tidus back, but where's Coral?"
"Who the *beep* Is CORAL?!" Tidus yelled.
"Heh, heh, loud little biggit aren't you?" Riku swirled around.
"Did you just call me a biggit?!" Tidus demanded, that is, before he got a good look at the youth. He gulped. The boy had short brown hair and golden amber eyes. He was lean, and a bit short for his age, his clothes were a pair of decorated black jeans, covered in chains and patches. His shirt was white with blue sleeves. On his head was a black cap. He grinned.
"Coral?" Kairi whispered. He nodded.
"Yeah, this was what I originally looked like, except that when I died, I got put into the bodies of other protectors. So, I lost my good looks, what a shame." He was outlined by gold and slightly transparent. (Sound familiar? Wink, wink.) A sword sheath was on his back, and held a sword with a hilt wrapped in black leather, the sword was long, narrow and almost bigger then Coral, somehow, he looked more goofy then Tidus. He laughed.
"I don't look like the cool guy I was a few minutes ago neh? Oh well. Don't underestimate me based on looks."
"But what happened? What did Ansem do?" Riku demanded. Tidus was at a loss for words.
"Well, simply, he did an exorcism trick, trying to send me off to the great beyond and all. What he didn't count on, was the fact that Tidus was still alive, therefore, so was I. Actually, his little trick opened a rift between this world and the dead lands, letting Tidus come back." Kairi was stupefied.
"I thought Tidus had just lost his heart." Coral shook his head.
"You see, losing your heart means you lose your soul to darkness, a soul is a person's life. Without it, they are nothing more then drooling shells." Kairi nodded, still a little confused, but more understanding of the situation. Coral turned to Tidus who gulped.
"So you are my carrier. Well, I can't stay in physical form for much longer, therefore I will have to reside in your body Tidus." Tidus backed away.
"What do you mean?" He croaked. Coral shook his head.
"Nevermind, you'll get the point soon enough." Suddenly Coral vanished into a shower of gold, those sparks shot towards Tidus in jolt, he stiffened as they merged with his skin, turning it a glowing white for a moment, then his skin turned back to normal, he however, felt like he'd just been supercharged.
"Tidus? How do you feel?"
"Strong." Tidus's voice echoed with an echo of a second voice that wasn't his. He cleared his throat.
"What happened?" Kairi asked Riku.
"Coral must've merged with Tidus, the result, is a supercharged, and super pissed Tidus." Kairi stared.
"Pissed? Why would he be-?"
"I'm going to kill Ansem.. That bastard is going to burn." Tidus growled out. Kairi stopped.
"Nevermind." (A/N: Right now, my imagination has slipped and for some reason, I can't get this picture of Tidus in Hulk mode out of my mind. ARGH!!)
"How come Tidus is so powerful now?" Riku wanted to know.
"Simple, Tidus acknowledges my existence, and lets me reside in him knowingly, therefore, our powers are joined." A second voice sounded from the air. Riku jumped. The voice chuckled.
"Well, enough is enough let's get going." The voice said and vanished. Tidus felt normal again.
"That was quick." He murmured. Riku sighed, then looked at Kairi.
"I have this sinking feeling that things are going to get a whole lot more complicated." Tidus nodded.
"And we have to find out why Ansem took Sora." Riku and Kairi both looked at him awed.
"What?!" He demanded arrogantly.
"How did you know Ansem took Sora?!" Silence. Tidus took a deep breath, and stared at them calmly.
"I-I think, and yes Riku, I think." He said upon seeing the platinum haired teen open his mouth, Riku shut his mouth and grinned. "I think that when Coral, or whoever, merged with me, or whatever, I got his memories, and boy, let me tell you . . . they are not pleasant." He winced slightly and started gasping for air. Riku eyed him carefully while Kairi stepped up to him.
"Tidus? Are you okay?" He carefully pushed her away.
"Y-yeah, I'll be fine. Let's go eh? We're wasting time." He turned and stood straight, Kairi and Riku looked after him worriedly.
"So!" He said cheerfully, as if the last few seconds hadn't happened at all. "Which door way Rikky?" Riku stopped dead cold and glared.
"What did you call me?" Tidus turned his head to look over his shoulder and smiled.
"Rikky, problem?" Riku glared, then shook his head defeated and laughed. Kairi caught her breath in that moment, accented by the light that seemed to come from the ceiling, Tidus seemed different somehow, like when someone searches for that purpose in their life, and they just find that thing, those people give off a resounding glow. Somehow, Tidus seemed to have found that thing, and he was glowing. His blonde hair seemed golden, but real, his eyes perfectly clear, yet unending, his grin perfectly cheerful, and seemed to say 'everything will be alright, just leave it to me.' She didn't know how to describe it, he made her feel . . . . protected. That was the word, he made her feel safe, like the protector in him should. Then, it was there that Kairi and Riku knew, Tidus had fulfilled his goal in life, he had become what he was meant to be, the protector. Then she looked at Riku, what if he was to find his true spirit? His spirit was meant to cause destruction, could it possibly do good? And . . . . . . and what would happen if he couldn't?
Disclaimer: Not mine, sorry that chapter was so short, working on next now!
"Coral!!" Kairi dropped to her knees beside him.
"I'm okay. . . . I'm okay!" He grunted out. Standing up, Coral held a hand to his head. Looking around he gaped.
"Uh, how did we get here?" He mumbled. Kairi gulped.
"You don't remember? I mean, c'mon Coral, don't tell me you have amnesia." He looked at her funnily.
"Coral? Kairi, why are you calling me a sea plant? It's Tidus, remember? Good old blockhead of a moron? Wait, why did I call myself that?" Riku took a shaky step forward. He began to poke Tidus in the shoulder, then his head, and then finally his arm.
"You're real!!" He finally concluded. Tidus growled.
"Well of COURSE I'm real!! The hell is going on?!" He demanded. Kairi hugged him.
"You ARE real!! YAY!! I'm so glad!"
"Uhhhhh . . . . . . . . thanks?" Riku was somewhat skeptical.
"Okay, so we got Tidus back, but where's Coral?"
"Who the *beep* Is CORAL?!" Tidus yelled.
"Heh, heh, loud little biggit aren't you?" Riku swirled around.
"Did you just call me a biggit?!" Tidus demanded, that is, before he got a good look at the youth. He gulped. The boy had short brown hair and golden amber eyes. He was lean, and a bit short for his age, his clothes were a pair of decorated black jeans, covered in chains and patches. His shirt was white with blue sleeves. On his head was a black cap. He grinned.
"Coral?" Kairi whispered. He nodded.
"Yeah, this was what I originally looked like, except that when I died, I got put into the bodies of other protectors. So, I lost my good looks, what a shame." He was outlined by gold and slightly transparent. (Sound familiar? Wink, wink.) A sword sheath was on his back, and held a sword with a hilt wrapped in black leather, the sword was long, narrow and almost bigger then Coral, somehow, he looked more goofy then Tidus. He laughed.
"I don't look like the cool guy I was a few minutes ago neh? Oh well. Don't underestimate me based on looks."
"But what happened? What did Ansem do?" Riku demanded. Tidus was at a loss for words.
"Well, simply, he did an exorcism trick, trying to send me off to the great beyond and all. What he didn't count on, was the fact that Tidus was still alive, therefore, so was I. Actually, his little trick opened a rift between this world and the dead lands, letting Tidus come back." Kairi was stupefied.
"I thought Tidus had just lost his heart." Coral shook his head.
"You see, losing your heart means you lose your soul to darkness, a soul is a person's life. Without it, they are nothing more then drooling shells." Kairi nodded, still a little confused, but more understanding of the situation. Coral turned to Tidus who gulped.
"So you are my carrier. Well, I can't stay in physical form for much longer, therefore I will have to reside in your body Tidus." Tidus backed away.
"What do you mean?" He croaked. Coral shook his head.
"Nevermind, you'll get the point soon enough." Suddenly Coral vanished into a shower of gold, those sparks shot towards Tidus in jolt, he stiffened as they merged with his skin, turning it a glowing white for a moment, then his skin turned back to normal, he however, felt like he'd just been supercharged.
"Tidus? How do you feel?"
"Strong." Tidus's voice echoed with an echo of a second voice that wasn't his. He cleared his throat.
"What happened?" Kairi asked Riku.
"Coral must've merged with Tidus, the result, is a supercharged, and super pissed Tidus." Kairi stared.
"Pissed? Why would he be-?"
"I'm going to kill Ansem.. That bastard is going to burn." Tidus growled out. Kairi stopped.
"Nevermind." (A/N: Right now, my imagination has slipped and for some reason, I can't get this picture of Tidus in Hulk mode out of my mind. ARGH!!)
"How come Tidus is so powerful now?" Riku wanted to know.
"Simple, Tidus acknowledges my existence, and lets me reside in him knowingly, therefore, our powers are joined." A second voice sounded from the air. Riku jumped. The voice chuckled.
"Well, enough is enough let's get going." The voice said and vanished. Tidus felt normal again.
"That was quick." He murmured. Riku sighed, then looked at Kairi.
"I have this sinking feeling that things are going to get a whole lot more complicated." Tidus nodded.
"And we have to find out why Ansem took Sora." Riku and Kairi both looked at him awed.
"What?!" He demanded arrogantly.
"How did you know Ansem took Sora?!" Silence. Tidus took a deep breath, and stared at them calmly.
"I-I think, and yes Riku, I think." He said upon seeing the platinum haired teen open his mouth, Riku shut his mouth and grinned. "I think that when Coral, or whoever, merged with me, or whatever, I got his memories, and boy, let me tell you . . . they are not pleasant." He winced slightly and started gasping for air. Riku eyed him carefully while Kairi stepped up to him.
"Tidus? Are you okay?" He carefully pushed her away.
"Y-yeah, I'll be fine. Let's go eh? We're wasting time." He turned and stood straight, Kairi and Riku looked after him worriedly.
"So!" He said cheerfully, as if the last few seconds hadn't happened at all. "Which door way Rikky?" Riku stopped dead cold and glared.
"What did you call me?" Tidus turned his head to look over his shoulder and smiled.
"Rikky, problem?" Riku glared, then shook his head defeated and laughed. Kairi caught her breath in that moment, accented by the light that seemed to come from the ceiling, Tidus seemed different somehow, like when someone searches for that purpose in their life, and they just find that thing, those people give off a resounding glow. Somehow, Tidus seemed to have found that thing, and he was glowing. His blonde hair seemed golden, but real, his eyes perfectly clear, yet unending, his grin perfectly cheerful, and seemed to say 'everything will be alright, just leave it to me.' She didn't know how to describe it, he made her feel . . . . protected. That was the word, he made her feel safe, like the protector in him should. Then, it was there that Kairi and Riku knew, Tidus had fulfilled his goal in life, he had become what he was meant to be, the protector. Then she looked at Riku, what if he was to find his true spirit? His spirit was meant to cause destruction, could it possibly do good? And . . . . . . and what would happen if he couldn't?
Disclaimer: Not mine, sorry that chapter was so short, working on next now!