Ch. 4 Startling Images...
Yuna looked at me and did her Yevon thing. "No, we are most greatful thank you." The girl on the side of her did the prayer too. I looked up at Seymour but I didn't want to go with him, so I continued to talk to Yuna. She asked me to accompany her to the Luca entrance up the stairs from the town square. I asked her if I could just have one minute.
I ran up the stairs to the obervation deck in the dome and ran over to Seymour. "Where are you going?" I asked him. He looked amused and happy about something. "To Djose Temple? Care to join?" he held out his hand. I cringed and backed up.
"Lady Yuna asked to talk to me. I wanted to go there for a minute." Seymour thought about this for a moments time. I stood there ready to take action if he said no.
Why am I waiting for an answer? He's not my mother...
Seymour smiled wide and came over to me. He put both hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eyes. "Go with her on her pilgrimage. I think it will be very wise of you to help you learn of our Spira. Since you will be here for such a long time"
I looked at him with a look of utter resentment. "I don't plan on being here long. I am sure my guardians are finding ways to bring me home." I didn't know why he was being so, crazy looking. What was going on? He kills his father, and expects me not to really tell anyone? Did he think I was on his side? Well, did he? In my opinion he was turning a bit looney.
Who does he think he is? Friggen aye....
He smiled broadly and waved me out of his sight. I ran through the dome up back through the streets to the stairs. I prayed on my way that Yuna and her friends didn't already leave. That would have sucked. Running up the steps I happened to look up. I saw that caped superman walking ahead of me with Yuna's blonde friend. I ran up behind them and Yuna and her other guardians were all spazzing out about this newcomer. "Sir Auron"
Yuna saw me and waved. This seemed to double her excitement. I waved to her and walked unsure to her, dragging my feet a little bit. "This is the girl I was telling you about. She saved me and Lulu." Yuna addressed the rest of the group. I put my hands to my cheeks in a little bit of embarassment. "It was nothing really..." I tried to say. The red coated guy came up to me and was literally in my face. "Your eyes tell a story..." The blonde kid huffed and said, "You and your stories Auron. Get over it!" "Tidus, you watch your mouth!" this was coming out of the same Wakka I had just felt bad for in the game.
"Where are you from?" Auron asked me, still in my face. "Um, uh, I, uh, was attacked by sin. I can't remember."
I felt stupid saying this excuse. I guess Mika and Jyscal making it up has proven to suit me. I couldn't just say, "I was sent from above.." Of course that would only be like, half lieing...It would be funny though to see their faces.
"Really! That's what he said!" Wakka pointed to Tidus who laughed a little while scratching the back of his head. I blushed in deep embarassment. "Why are you hanging around Maester Seymour anyway?" Wakka asked getting his nerve up to talk to me. "Um, he was the first person I recognized?"
What was I really suppose to say? I had no clue what anything was!
I didn't feel wanted in this group. Auron was a little bit of a drill seargent. Wakka and Lulu seemed to have this bickering dilemma where that's what they did quite a bit. Tidus and Yuna had this secret I like you thing going on and I wasn't really one to point it out. Kimarhi, being the first Ronso I had seen besides the blitz team, I was just in wonderment looking at him. I felt like I had to follow them. Yuna would ask many questions about myself and I would just sit in blank stares most of the time.
How am I supposed to tell her about myself when I don't even know that much about myself? It just doesn't make sense...
Tidus was a funny character, I soon found out. We stayed at the Rin's Travel Agency and him and Auron bickered. I laughed silently to myself. A thought also dawned on me once everyone had gone outside.
I couldn't stay with Yuna the whole pilgrimage. She would eventually end up dieing and I really didn't want to be around for that. I'm glad becoming a sorceress doesn't mean dieing later. Of course, I was the only one in my world so, technically I could if Nikaru manages to kick my ass. Wouldn't be that hard seen as though i'm a sensitive moron....
I folded my arms and walked outside to look at what everyone else was. I gasped pretty loud. The sun set was beautiful! I leaned up against a post, and just stared out in the distance watching the silhouettes of Yuna and Tidus's shadows play against the grass. They would make a cute couple. Really they would. Unfortunatly I think Seymour will do something to Yuna but this wasn't my world to care.
What happens if they expect you to? What then?
I closed off my mind. Sometimes it was normally AoE talking subconciously to me. Sometimes I wish she wasn't there.
I should seriously wake her...
I stared at the glistening sea, transforming from a golden jewel to a pink reflection of the sky. It made me long for home. I didn't really consider Delphi home until just now. What I wanted to do was go home. There was to much anger and secrecy in Spira. At least in Delphi I was the one controlling the unlocking of it.
The next few days we walked along the Mi'ihen Highroad. The morning after we all looked at the sun set, a chocobo eater was around for our fighting and dining pleasure. Just when we woke up to...(grumble..grumble..) I helped fight! But I didn't want to.
So I was following the group, going from the highroad to this blockade where these Crusaders wouldn't let us pass. We met up with another summoner, I guess they had met before, and they gave up trying to pass. Just when I thought we weren't getting passage through,just when I thought a certain stupid bastard would never bother me again, I looked and saw him. Heart dropping my jaw fell as well.
What the hell does he want?
Seymour came walking up. Yuna, of course gaped at him. He spoke to the group throwing me glances as if I was supposed to talk to him or something. I walked away from them all, and jumped when Tidus tapped my shoulder. "Are you ok? You seem all distant when he is around." I smiled despite the fact that he was right. I nodded, then shrugged and watched him go back to Yuna with his own reassuring smile.
It must be nice, ya know, to have someone love you like that...I would probably never, ever, see that. Well its good to know I see it before they do...
Seymour ended up getting us granted access to the Djose Highroad. Yuna and the group were just getting ready to be on their way when some Crusaders requested her presence at some Operation Mi'ihen. I knew it couldn't be good the way all the Crusaders were rambling on about how they were going to single handidly beat Sin ... along with the help of the AlBhed.
Yuna and the others all made their way to the camp where it was going to be held. I followed in the far back completely not wanting to go. My mind was on my other friends, and how I missed them. I think some serious depression was starting to set in. Walking behind them at a good distance I saw the other Maester Kinoc guy. He spoke with Auron. Lulu and Yuna conversed among themselves and I felt out. Well I wasn't in to begin with...
I sat on the edge of a cliff, swinging my legs, humming songs from Evonescah, my home land in Delphi. I was really sad. Suddenly I heard squeals and cries of pain. Looking down I saw monster creatures being let out of giant cages.
Morons....
I turned around and saw a lot of crusader people running around. Looking out into the distance, the sea looked as if it was swelling. I squinted and rolled backwards. "Is that supposed to happen?" I screamed out loud to some body. They looked with their hand above their head. "SIN!" they cried out loud.
I was jostled back and forth as everyone went nuts. Sin came up from the water and released a lot of energy. I looked below me to see chocobo knights running through the beach attacking fiends and being attacked themselves. I didn't know what to do in the confusion. Looking behind me yet again Yuna and co. were fighting along side Seymour. I didn't feel as though I needed to help them any. I fell backwards as the earth trembled below my feet. I looked towards the sea again to see the AlBhed launch an attack on Sin. He went nuts and blew up the ship!
What the hell?
I stared in mortification. The steam from the sinking ship hissed as it sank into the murky sea water. Sin then unleashed an attack that would stay imprinted in my mind forever. A dark gray gravity beam was unleashed from the depths of sins body. Everything in its path disintegrated and was killed on site. My jaw, if possible, hit the ground even harder. Turning in a slight paralyzed manner, I saw everyone else in the same stance. Tidus however began running. I watched him run all the way into the water. I feared that Sin would kill him to. Something said, RUN! and stupid me followed the voice. The voice belonged to Aiva. My little 7 year old friend that I would do anything for. Including die.
I stupidly followed Tidus' path into the ocean. I jumped in hearing a couple of people yell to me to come back. I saw Aiva in the distance, her blue pig tails bouncing in the wind and her smile illuminating the sky. I felt like I was back in Delphi. Even if for just a moment. I had not sensed that Aiva was not her but Tidus' recent location. He was cursing and swearing and yelling at Sin, as if Sin was his father. "Hey, Hey!" I yelled to him grabbing his flailing arms. He had just surfaced from what he told me and I looked back out into the open waters. "That was sin?" I asked. He nodded. I turned to go back to shore, and he followed. I stood up once I could and looked around. Everywhere there was someone dead and Yuna was dancing the sending. Certain wounded were being healed by a nun who came by and others were crying about there loss. I stared at them feeling the hot rush of anger and tears nearing my own eyes as well. I held my arms tight, cold with the frigid wind that had just come to me.
I will never, ever! let Delphi get this bad. For Aiva's future, and my present. Nothing this catastrophic, will ever happen while I am still around....