Alrighty, here we are! Part Two of This Is My Story! It took a while for me to get these chapters to work out the way I wanted them to...and for the most part, I'm pretty happy with them. However, I'm not sure if I like the Epilogue....it's too fluffy....and for me to say that something is TOO fluffy (coming from the Fluff Queen over here) it's pretty bad. Idk...I'll have to tweak that a little bit. But yeah, I'm basically done with this story. Part Two is in Tidus' POV, and I must say...I really liked writing in his POV. It was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed it. I hope you do as well! Writing for Tidus was a lot different than writing for Yuna-possessed-by-evil-Lenne. Okay, enough with me blabbing (I do that a lot, sorry!), here you are! Oh, and Happy Holidays to you all as well!!!!!
Beginning of Part Two
1. A New Point Of View, A New Idea
"Yuna!" I yelled as I shook her shoulders. She was out cold again; exactly the same way that she was when we were in the Via Infinito. Part of me wanted to bring her back to the New Yevon Hospital, but I knew there wasn't anything that they could do for her. It was like she was being possessed. When I first came back, she told me how Shuyin possessed people in the Den of Woe and destroyed everyone in the Crimson Squad except Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal. Shortly after the decimation of the Crimson Squad, Shuyin possessed Nooj and Baralai, as if he wanted everyone to know his pain and suffering.
When I was in the hospital with Yuna, holding her hand tightly and praying that she woke up, I actually had a heart to heart talk with Paine. I never thought that girl was capable of speaking longer than three word phrases. She's not exactly the talkative type. However, when she talks about Baralai, she becomes a completely different person. She loves him very much, and it's obvious. She told me that almost every night she is woken up by Baralai struggling and crying in his sleep by reoccurring dreams of the possession by Shuyin. She also said that it takes several minutes to calm his tears and shaking. Thinking of what Paine said that day reminded me of the first night that I came back; Yuna and I were sleeping, but I woke up to her tossing and turning. However, she didn't wake up. She simply calmed down after a few minutes.
I looked down at my unconscious girlfriend and gently stroked her hair. I wondered if she was having dreams of Lenne and Shuyin again. That thought made me scared to sleep for a while knowing that when Yuna dreams of them, I tend to as well. That leads to the question; why are the dreams connected?
Dreams…I was a dream of the Fayth. I was based off of Shuyin, right? The way I acted, the way I looked; hell, we both even had one of our ears pierced. Of course the most prominent thing that connected Shuyin and I; we both had an intense love for a certain summoner. I was willing to do anything to find a way so Yuna wouldn't have to die, much like Shuyin did with Lenne. Both Shuyin and I knew that our love for our summoner was blinding and we couldn't have lived without them…
I contemplated carrying Yuna to the bridge, but I figured that she wasn't going anywhere. Not to mention that Barkeep was at the bar, well…keeping it…so he would be able to make sure that nothing happened. I gently moved her so her head rested on the pillow and she was snuggly tucked in the covers with her moogle next to her.
After asking Barkeep to keep an eye on Yuna, I took the elevator up to the bridge to go tell everyone else what happened. I ran my fingers through my hair as the doors to the bridge opened up and everyone looked at me. I stood at the top of the stairs for a moment as they grew quiet.
"Where's Yunie?" Rikku asked as I slowly walked down the stairs.
"She was channeling Lenne again," I said simply as everyone all looked down. "I don't know how long she's going to be out, so I think we're either going to have to wait a while and risk war upon Spira or we're going to have to think of another plan."
"I think Baralai has a plan," Paine said as she looked at Baralai. Baralai looked up with a chocobo-in-headlights gaze and slightly blushed. We all fixed our eyes on him as he meekly smiled.
"Well, B?" Gippal asked as Baralai shook his head.
"I'm not even sure it would work." Paine gently nudged him and he continued. "I haven't actually tried it, though it should work in theory."
"What?" I asked as I walked closer to them all.
"When I attended the Bevelle Temple for schooling several years ago, I volunteered to help one of my teachers, Maester Wen Kinoc, with his grading of papers to help boost my grade slightly. In my efforts, I actually became rather close with him, and it turned into him giving me my own set of his keys. That wayI would be able to let myself into his office to check papersand notbe disturbed as he taught other classes. One day I became rather meddlesome and started to look through his private bookshelves that he kept locked up. I had the key because it was on the same chain that he gave me. Among the copious amount of private books, I found the most amazing collection. They contained many articles and diary entries of many important people of Spira; mages, guardians, summoners, even the past maesters of Yevon. Each article and entry contained a variety of different things that went back to the very first encounter with Sin. There were entries about what summoners were feeling as they were on their pilgrimage, the attachment that some guardians felt toward their summoners—such as Lord Zaon and Lady Yunalesca--, old spells for remedies that mages created, et cetera. Every day I found myself finding time to go into his office with a notebook and take down notes of interesting things that I found. I was only able to get through about half of the first book without him knowing before he suggested that I should try to be a candidate for the Crimson Squad. It sounded like an excellent opportunity for me to put forth all my hard work into helping Spira, so I agreed. After spending some time in the Crimson Squad, I merely forgot about the books and all my notes.
"After the Crimson Squad failed and I returned to Bevelle, I heard that Maester Kinoc was killed very recently. I was devastated, so I went back to see if they cleared out his office yet. They didn't, so I used my keys to take out the collection of books that I was so interested in. I really did want to read them all and having them in my own possession allowed me to do so.
"At first, it was a slow reading process due to the fact that I was being appointed Praetor and I didn't have a lot of spare time on my hands. However, as time went on, I found myself locking the door to my study so I could spend hours reading those volumes without disturbance. They were intriguing, and I felt that if I continued reading, I would be able to become a better Praetor. Not to mention that there were a lot of secrets about Yevon that no one knew of, except for the people who wrote the entry or article and the people who have read the manuscripts. For example, it talked about how all the Maesters of Yevon were unsent, and--"
"While we're young, Baralai," Paine interrupted as she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. I even had to stop myself from yawning because his story was starting to drag on. Talk about Maechen, the next generation.
"Sorry," he apologized and continued to arrive at his point. "Anyway, about halfway through one of the volumes, there was a rather lengthy section from an old mage who lived roughly 600 years ago. He was rather fascinated with the accomplishments of Lord Ohalland and saw that it was unfortunate that he died at such a young age by 'sacrificing' himself to defeat Sin. That started him on a train of thought that could've developed into something monumental. He wondered what would happen if summoners didn't exist. There wasn't much about what to do about Sin, but more or less about sendings. It's almost like exorcism, but a lot more concentration and magic involved."
"Will it work?" Rikku asked as I rubbed the back of my head in thought as we all listened in suspense.
"The thing is, that mage that first brought it up was murdered during a raid on Yevon at the temple that he resided in. It was a rather large disappointment to myself because I was so captivated by his theory, and to have it suddenly come to a halt was torture. Due to the fact that I never was fond of the reality that summoners sacrificed themselves while everyone else sat back and watched, I cross referenced it through many of the books to see if anyone else wrote about what they thought of his theory. Come to find out, many more theorists shared the same thoughts about what would happen, and after reading his article, they started to add onto it. A couple of them even admitted to trying it out and having it work. However, it takes so much concentration and so much magic power that I'm not sure I would be able to handle it."
"Are you capable of doing it though?" I asked as my head started to fill with ideas.
"Like I said, I'm not sure, Tidus." He shook his head and sighed.
"Okay, let me ask the same question in a different way," I said, walking over to him and looking him in the eye. "If this saves my girl, would you be willing to do it?"
"Yuna's my friend," he said as he brushed his platinum hair out of his face. "I would be willing to do anything to help her. She saved me from Shuyin and I can't thank her enough."
"Saving her from Lenne would be a start," I said quietly as I thought of her lying upstairs.
"It's not like Lenne has an amazing thrall over her though," Nooj stated, trying to stay level headed. I looked down and sighed at how calm he was. "Shuyin actually had the power to control people to do horrifying things; such as shooting other people or trying to destroy Spira."
"Yuna's…" I had to trail off. I wasn't sure how I would explain the phenomenon that was going on inside of Yuna right now, and I certainly didn't want them to be as scared as I was. Seeing her stomach ripple as somethingmoved aroundinside of her terrified me down to the core.
"What's wrong with Yunie?" Rikku asked as worry washed over her features. I looked off to the side as I could feel everyone staring at me.
"She's pregnant," I said quietly as everyone gasped and Rikku squealed. The look of delight on everyone's faces should've thrilled me, but it only broke my heart more.
"Well, you certainly didn't waste any time," Paine said dryly as a smile crept on her lips.
"I'm going to be an auntie!" Rikku exclaimed as she ran up to me and hugged me tightly. "You're going to be a daddy!"
"Hold up," I said, halting everyone's excitement over my announcement. "It's not mine." I could've set off a grenade and gotten the same response from the group of people that were in the Celsius. Brother even jerked the controls of the Celsius, causing all of us to almost lose our balance.
"Cunno!" He apologized as we all grabbed onto something to stay on our feet. Rikku backed away from me in horror of what I said.
"What do you mean, it's not yours?" She asked, asking the question that was undoubtedly going through everyone's mind.
"This is going to be really embarrassing to say," I said as I looked at Rikku, "but remember that one night in the hotel room when I was having really erotic dreams?"
"Oh yeah!" She said as she started to giggle uncontrollably. "That was hilarious!"
"Shut up," I said as my face flushed. "Anyway, Yuna had the same graphic dream."
"The same dream?" Nooj said as he folded his hands over the cane he uses to get around. "I'm almost afraid to ask this question, but what happened in the dream?"
"It was a dream that contained Lenne and Shuyin, obviously," I said as Rikku walked back to join Gippal. I sighed and I told them everything; about the dream, about how she's pregnant, and of course, how the baby inside of her is rapidly growing, and how it's thrashing about inside.
Rikku's emerald eyes grew larger with every word I said about what was going on with her beloved cousin that I'm surprised she didn't pass out. She looked almost as petrified as I was at the time and I don't think she knew how to take the news. She had to lean against the wall in shock as she looked at me with a quivering lip. After a second, she walked over to Baralai, fell into his arms and started to cry.
"Help Yunie, Baralai," she said as she wept. We all walked over to Baralai and he nodded his head as he consoled the crying blonde in his arms.
"B, just think," Gippal said as he put his hand on Baralai's shoulder. "If this works, you could train others to do this. Just think about it. Hundreds of people able to do this instead of relying on a few summoners."
"I'll do my best," he stated firmly as we all attempted smiles. "I just need some supplies from my office."
"Brother, to Bevelle!" Rikku said as she wiped her tears.
"I'll go get Yuna," I said as I went back into the cabin. She hadn't moved, but it wasn't like I expected her to have done so. I gently planted a kiss on her rosy pink lips and stroked her pale cheek with my fingers. She looked so pale; like all the color was extracted out of her body, much like a drain spell steals life. I crawled into the bed and held her still body close against mine and whispered into her ear, hoping that she could hear me, "Yuna, you're going to be okay…"
I hope you all liked Baralai's long speech in the middle of this chapter...I had fun writing it. I have to give major props to TheCalligrapher for giving me the idea though. Thanks, girl, you're awesome. I was going to add something else into the end of this, but I don't remember what it was....Oh well. Just for the record, "Cunno" in Al Bhed means "Sorry." (Brother said it when he jerked the controls) There are only like two more chapters and the Epilogue left in this story, so I'll update soon. ) Once again, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!!