CH. 7 I'm Going Home...and the End.....
I think I might have fallen asleep. I turned to look up and I was staring up at a ceiling. Rolling over I saw a pink silky material blocking my eye. I sat up and saw it was a pillowcase. "Where am I?" I asked aloud. "Your going to witness the uniting of Spira. Yuna and I have spoken and it seems the best." I looked up through the doorway to see Seymour emerging through it. "Your supposed to be dead!" My voice shook. Dead people in Delphi, normally stayed dead. I stood up on the bed and backed off into the wall. Seymour came nearer me and I thought I could have died, oh and I would have stayed dead.
"No, I am not dead completely. I am truly feeling great. Death is just the next life in a story that unfolds." I stared at the blue haired idiot and I started to spaz out. "Don't come any nearer! I swear I'll smack you!"
Smack him? Are you a little girl? Punch him you faggot!
He stopped and smiled. He opened his arms and raised his shoulders. "Mercury how can you be so cruel? Death will bestow you as well. It happens to everyone!" I looked at him and jumped over the bed. I backed off into one of the walls. I turned to see a :New Yevon: scroll on the table. "Am I in a temple?" I asked more myself than him. "Bevelle. Yuna and I are to be wed in a matter of hours. The nuns are dressing her as we speak. She will make a lovely wife. And then I will use her life to its fullest. She will help me become the next sin!" That comment had struck a nerve somewhere. I went over to Seymour shakily and wearily and went really close to his face. "She will never be your wife..." I trailed off, "and what do you mean the next sin? You look like him already!" He looked at me and grabbed both my forearms. "Let go of me!" I yelled. I kicked him hard in his place that should count in life, and he backed off squeezing his knees, bent over in pain. He laughed a little and stood up straight. "Just kidding. It doesn't hurt. I'm dead!" I looked at him and I swear I felt like the worlds biggest blonde. I felt like Dizzie!
I saw my staff hanging up by the window and I couldn't get to it. It kind of felt like being stuck in a cage with a lion, and I was a mouse.
I backed up as best I could until I hit the wall again. He came over to me, stealthily, almost creepily. He put his hands on my face. "You know, we could do great things. I know your power." I was too shocked to move. I felt like a tease.
Phayne would really kick my ass right now....
I moved my head quickly, making him take his big Guado hand off of the side of my face. He just stared at me. He moved the falling hair from my face back to my neck. I felt his hand graze my skin. I felt weak, and a little distressed. Why was I feeling so helpless? My necklace started blinking. "Huh?" I looked down surprised. When my attention wasn't focused on Seymour anymore, and at my blinking accessory, he took this time to surprise me himself. I felt my body being smashed against the wall, the weight of his body against mine, ...
Looking back on this..Im gonna hurl just telling you...
...the weight of his body against mine. He put his face right near mine and whispered into my ear. "You know you want to be powerful. I know about you. A man is looking for you. And in return for you I am going to get power in your world. And using Yuna's life, I shall get it here in Spira. I will be ultimate"
My eyes widened in fear and disbelief.
Someone is looking for me? Why wasn't I told! ... or found..(grumble, grumble)
"Who?" I couldn't help but not ask. I tried to squirm away from his body but he was not letting me move anywhere. "Does it matter?" and he got up close and personal. I felt his lips hit the side of my face close to my lips and he smeared his mouth over to mine.
Memo to self : First get psycho dead person off, then disinfect mouth with anti-dead people creme and lysol...maybe alcohol would work...ewww (cringe)
I pushed him off of me and he only went back a few feet. " A black haired man, ok?" and he attempted to grab me again. My heart fell to the ground. "Nikaru?! Seymour, do you know what you've done?!" I ran from the room but fire sparked in front of me. "Nothing. And now you will stay." Seymour got possessed and his voice sounded like a million people resided in his body.
To hell I will...
I turned around and looked at him. He smiled as I felt the anger rise in me. I hadn't felt so angry. Just as I thought I could attack, I was stabbed with a needle from behind.
Stupid jerks..just can't fight. Gotta attack me from behind every time huh!? This is getting tiring...
Well when I awoke once again from my peaceful slumber..
Yeah,..sure
I was dressed in a white dress that looked like I was ready for a wedding. I smacked myself in the head in sudden realization. "The Wedding!" I got up and fell over the dress. Arms flailing in the air, I hit the ground rather hard, straight on my face. I looked up and heard church bells going in the distance. "Oh frig"
I jumped up, and held the dress this time, running for the door. "Madam Mercury this way!" a nun called out. I looked at her. I followed her through many halls and finally to an open door. Following the nun to the door I watched in horror as Yuna and Seymour were kissing while the whole gang was in front of them.
How long was I in there! Oh my god, thats it! I can't be here no more. This is so retarded!
"Stop Seymour!" I yelled. He looked up at me. I stomped over pushing everyone away from me as I made my path. I walked up the stairs and took Yuna by her arm and pushed her behind me. I pointed at Seymour. "Your retarded! And you," I pointed to Yuna, "just send him! Damn you guys wait forever. And all you guardians, why don't you really do something?" My temper was flaring. I wasn't saying half of what I should have.
"Mercury, get out of the way before I have you killed!" Seymour thundered. "GO AHEAD!" I yelled at him. "It's not like I aint used to being threatened 24/7!" Seymour clenched his fist. I heard guns cock and point right at me. "Stop this." came a soft and silent voice. Yuna was looking at both Seymour, and I with big and fearful eyes. She pulled out a staff and began to wave it in the air. Seymour raised his arms and the guns were being ready to be fired. Mika looked at Yuna. He spoke to her forcing her to make a decision between her friends and sending Seymour. She dropped her staff and it fell to the floor, tumbling down the stairs to lay dormant at Tidus' feet.
I sighed wicked loud. "Oh my god." Tidus and the others then went into an argument and I stood there wishing they would all just fall off a cliff. Turning to look at the balcony of the wedding chapel, or whatever it was, I had to double look. Yuna was on the edge ready to fall off of the cliff. Everyone noticed. I put my hands on my face.
Oh my god...
Yuna said that she could fly and I started to laugh. I think if anything I cracked under pressure..."If you fall, you'll die.." Seymour told her again. I seriously thought for a moment I should join her. We'd have a cup of coffee on the way down. Yuna spoke to her guardians and I suppose this was meant to be addressed to me as well. I couldn't listen to her anymore. I fell to my knees and watched as she leaned back and just fell. My eyes opened in sheer amusmant as everyone ran to the balcony to check on her death. Unfortunatly for them Yuna summoned an aeon and she was caught in midair. We saw her and the aeon just fly away. During her absence Rikku came over to me quickly and whispered something in my ear.
"Good-bye for now! We'll see each other again someday!" She backed off and threw a smoke grenade thing. While coughing and in the pandemonium, I managed to watch as everyone made their escape. Rikku turned in the smoke and managed one last wave good-bye before Tidus grabbed her arm and also waved good-bye before running off. I kept staring out in the distance, even after her and the others figures faded away. Seymour grabbed me by the scruff of the neck surprisingly and pulled me up, forcing me to go back to reality and look into his ugly face. "You! You keep costing me everything. You aren't worth keeping alive anymore!" he spat in my face as he spoke. A vein was bulging out of his temple and his eyes were red with anger. I looked at him and smiled dearly in his face. "Are you on some kind of drugs. Go ahead. I dare you to even uh, attempt, thats the word, attempt to kill me." He looked at me his eyes bulging out of his face. He threw me down to the floor but I ended up laughing so horrible sounding even he turned to face me. "You think this is funny do you? We'll see when Delphi and Spira are controlled by me." I looked at him. "You will never control my kingdom. That's right, mine!" I stood up. I didn't care if this made me the most infamous person in all of Spira. When I could go home, I still didn't know. I wasn't ready to let him talk about my kingdom as if it was his. It was bad enough a whole family already did back in it!
I held my hands out in front of me again and once more my staff materialized in front of me. It was blinking furociously and it was semi-blinding me. Seymour looked at me and held his fist up. He changed back into his maester clothes and had his own staff in front of him. He raised his staff in the air and a shit load of machines came at me. I jumped sideways into the air and landed on the balcony railing. Three machines came running at me probably attempting to push me off. I jumped up as they came close enough, stepped on one of their heads and flipped through the crowd that was in awe of watching the machinery fall to their death. In the air getting ready to land a white light surrounded me and I changed back into the very first outfit I came to Spira in. Black shorts, shirt, and boots. It felt good to be back in the proper fighting attire. I landed on one leg, kneeling down and I lifted my head up completely satisfied to see the looks on everyone's faces. "So you aren't as weak as you have been displaying. Fine prepare to... AHHH!" The ground beneath us shook and it sent all of us hurtling to the opposite side. I banged into Mika but to my horror I went right threw him. I fell over to the balcony railing, as the ground beneath us tilted violently to the side.
I was stuck between the railing and the ground and that was keeping me from falling. The priests and the nuns retreated to the high bridge while the fighters stayed. I heard guns going off and Seymour and that Kinoc guy shouting orders.
The bullets weren't whizzing by me though...
I looked up rubbing my head. A familiar face was in front of what looked like a small army. That familiar face was none other than..."Nikaru! What are you doing here?" I shouted above the chaos. "That's the thanks I get for bringing you home?" he asked in his scary voice. I didn't care though how his voice sounded I could go home. Behind him though struck me as odd. Seymour looked at everyone and then to me. He had one of his men grab me and hold me securly by the neck and put a gun to it. I rolled my eyes. "You want her back, do you Nikaru? Hand over the power as promised. "
Nikaru always lies. He doesn't make promises stupid, unless they benefit him!
Nikaru smiled and held up a hand. Everyone of my guardians came down including Melanie, and Dizzie. "Are you alright Mercury dear?" Dizzie asked me. I nodded. I closed my eyes and opened them and the man holding me ignited into flames. He screamed and backed off then I stemmed the fire. The man fell to the floor gasping in air. It was an all out fight. I looked up and Seymour was assembling a small group together. I watched him leave with the others. "Stop fighting all of you!" I yelled. Everyone looked up. "This is pathetic. Nikaru I know there is some kind of twist at the end so will you just tell me?" I panted, feeling the pain from being hit over and over again.
Nikaru looked at me and nodded. His....fake nod. "Sure dear. As you see only Dizzie and Melanie are here and that means one more isn't. Do you want to go home now? Or do you want to go save her and figure out a way home on your own. Atleast if you guys never get to go home again, you'll have each other"
His mockery made me angry. "Why you bastard!" I yelled. A fireball ignited in my hands and I went to throw it at him. He dodged it and laughed. All of the people I thought were my guardians were none other than dimension shifters. Back to their original forms I felt my heart sink.
No...I needed to go home...Melanie and Dizzie are real... aren't they?
Well they were because they were looking just as pissed off as I was. It was a matter of, save Phayne....or go home without her and never see her again. Do I really have to comtemplate on this? "Fine Nikaru, you win...again..." I said grudgingly. My necklace started to glow this time. "I knew you would see things my way." was all he said. "I don't see things your way. But my friends mean more to me than you know. They are the ones who have been there for me," I clutched my necklace and looked down. An image of Rikku, Tidus, and Yuna had just entered my head, "I can never forget about them. If you making me attempt to save Phayne is a way to keep me out of Delphi longer then unfortunatly you win. But if you are in attempts to make me forget about my friends for my own purposes than you are terribly mistaken. You might think you win now but when my friends and I are united we will over power you. Unfortunatly this is a further delay in me kicking your ass!" Nikaru laughed and folded his arms together. "This is also a further delay in what your grandmother promised me. I will assure you, you will be punished." I stared at him. "FIne Nikaru. Whatever you say!" I held my staff close to me and a white light began to illuminate the sky. It was as if a wind picked up speed out of no where and began to howl. My hair was whipping around me as the light grew larger and then a small silver smoke hole appeared.
How did I manage that?
It seemed this was the way I should go. I turned from Nikaru, my staff held high, blazing the light everywhere. My friends and I jumped into the light and that was it.
I will never forget them as I felt myself looking at Spira, and then being rushed through nothing watching Nikaru's amazed face, holding each of my friends hands through another dimension vortex. As I went hurtling, from Bevelle to nothingness, all the memories flashed back in my head. The first time I saw Seymour, meeting Yuna in Luca and feeling that first sense of belonging. Noticing TIdus's love for Yuna and her small recognition of it. Lulu and Wakka's constant bickering which served to be cuter than any thing I had seen. Auron and his advice to me on the Mi'ihen Highroad. The image of Seymour coming back to life, and seeing Rikku one last time to realize she was truly a good friend. Tears ran down my face as I saw how weak I was through it all. I must have gotten comfortable. But getting all angry towards the end must have scared them all. Only can I wish that if I ever see them again...They will welcome me as they did before. I had to go..I had to save my friend. I only hope everything I did for Yuna, and the talks and wisdom we shared together wouldn't go unnoticed. For I remember all the time,
Love is forever.
Friends never fade.
Our heartswill always beone..
((If you wish to continue on with Mercury's adventure through the dimension, then you can read the sequil to this, from Phaynes POV, but Mercury is in it a lot. Thank for reading. I know it was a stupid story but I got really bored with it after the fourth chapter...Ok, I'll admit FFX was never a true fav. of mine but its all good. Read and Review and don't forget to check out the story "SAFE HAVEN" its located in Jak and Daxter...thanks!))