Chapter 3: Spite
The crashed Airship site, inside the engine room, next day…
"Right…hmm…" said Chineya thoughtfully, studying the 'busted' engine. "Well…someone's pushing the engine too hard, which therefore results in an overdrive."
Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Tidus, Paine, Rikku, Brother and Buddy all looked at Chineya from the front of the room with confusion.
Then everyone looked at Brother.
"Hey…she said someone pushed the engine too hard," said Tidus accusingly at Brother.
"Ya, Brudda. And da only person who drives this thing is you, Brudda…ya?" said Wakka, agreeing with Tidus.
Brother looked from Tidus to Wakka; a little threatened.
"Well…I'm in charge…so…I push the engine when I want," said Brother, angrily.
"Let's not blame, everyone…we're a team now," said Yuna, who was always the person to bring everyone together.
"I hate to break it to you all, but it wasn't Brother at all. I had a closer look at the entire engine. It's called sabotage," said Chineya, appearing from under one of the larger parts of the engine.
The whole group gasped.
Brother turned around to Tidus and gave him an evil look, which clearly said see; it's not my fault.
Tidus brushed it away and asked Chineya how it could've happened.
Chineya didn't say anything for a while, as she was deep in thought.
"Well…let's just say no weapon you possess could have done this damage," replied Chineya, after a time.
"What exactly do you mean?" asked Lulu.
"She means that some other force has done this…a force that none of us possess," said Shinra, speaking up after a while.
"How is that possible?" asked Paine.
"Well, she said sabotage, which means someone else has done this," said Rikku, who was still annoyed with Paine from the previous day.
"I know what sabotage is, I mean who would have done this…no one has been on this ship except for us," said Paine.
"Could it be possible that the engine was only failing when we did crash, but while we were camping out someone else could have sabotaged it then?" asked Buddy.
"Well what would be the point of sabotaging an already crashed ship?" said Tidus; looking at Buddy as if his theory was the most stupid thing he'd ever heard.
"I don't mean to be rude Buddy, but he does have a point," said Yuna, softly.
"Of course, you would stick up for 'lover boy', wouldn't you Yuna," said Brother, pointing at her.
"That's not true…I'm just telling it like it is," said Yuna, offensively.
Chineya cleared her throat loudly.
"I hate to break it up, but I've fixed the engine now…so, can we like…go?" asked Chineya.
"Oh…right…of course," said Brother, surprised.
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The Zanarkand Ruins, 30 minutes later…
The Zanarkand Ruins were now abandoned. About a year ago, this place used to be filled with tourists, waiting to see the place where summoners used to use the Final Aeon to defeat Sin. But now, it was but a baron wasteland.
Cid, (Rikku's father) used to have business here, but since both Rikku and Yuna expressed their dislike to this idea, Cid cleared everyone out, respecting Yuna and Rikku's opinion.
"Well, thanks for the ride…you never know when we might meet again," said Chineya, mysteriously and with that, she ran off across the ruins.
"Weird girl," said Wakka, scratching his head.
"You're only saying that because she called you funny looking," said Rikku, nudging him in the stomach with her elbow.
Wakka gave Rikku a look, which said shut up.
"Right…so…where to now?" asked Tidus; looking around the place he once called home.
"Hey you lived here…well, we'll be in the ship if you need us," said Brother heading back towards the ship. "And Yuna, be careful."
The group had now been narrowed down to just six who were Yuna, Tidus, Paine, Rikku, Lulu and Wakka, and they had been searching the surface of Zanarkand for a while. Not yet knowing what they were supposed to be looking for. Just anything out of the ordinary. They'd even been in the temple…the place where they fought Yunalesca…and still no luck.
Suddenly they heard a loud bang out of nowhere.
Yuna looked up and said, "What was that?"
Paine walked closer to where she thought the sound had come from. She motioned for them to follow.
"I think I heard something down here," she said, staring down into a dark cave.
As the group crept closer, they heard voices.
"I really don't like this…it's dark and…we don't even know what's down there," said Rikku, starting to panic.
"Honestly Rikku, you're eighteen years old now," said Paine.
"So?" asked Rikku. "But you agree with me…right?" Rikku looked to Tidus for support.
"Err…well, it's definitely dark and we really don't know what's down there," said Tidus. "But weren't you the one who said you wanted to have an adventure?"
"Yeah, but…" started Rikku, but was cut off by Paine who ordered them to be quiet.
The group quietened down as they approached an opening in a rocky wall. They could hear voices coming from within. They hid behind a large rock, which was situated on the right of the opening.
The voices appeared to be speaking to each other in a rather sarcastic tone.
The following conversation was what they heard.
"Well…what a surprise to see you here," said a male voice.
"Well…it wasn't a surprise to find you here. So what's the plan…first it was Besaid…and after that?" asked a female voice, trailing off.
"Well…I thought you would've guessed by now…my sweet," replied a seemingly evil voice.
"Your mind games won't work on me…you know what I'm here for," said the girl.
"Well…since you are begging for your death…I shall grant it…Chineya," said the man, evilly.
Rikku gasped from behind the rock.
"Hey…Chineya was the one who fixed our ship," she said, but put her hand to her mouth, as if realising she had just given away their position.
The others glared at her, angrily.
The evil man turned toward the entrance of the cave.
Chineya, using this as an advantage knocked him over with a flying kick and pinned him to the ground, only to find that he had vanished into a million pyreflies.
"Damn it…almost had him," she yelled annoyed.
She looked to the others, who now had rushed fully into the cave.
"But hey…he just vanished into pyreflies which means he's going to the far-plane…right?" said Rikku, positively, smiling.
Chineya shook her head angrily.
"You fools…you ruined everything. My one chance of vengeance…and you took it from me," she said angrily as she pounded her fist against the cave wall.
"Who exactly are you? Who was that man? And what is this talk about Besaid?" asked Lulu.
"His name is Spite, he is the one who destroyed Besaid and now, because of you, he could be anywhere. He could strike anywhere…he doesn't care where, just as long as Spira is destroyed. Vengeance was in my grasp…but now it's gone," explained Chineya, who walked out of the cave, gloomily.
Yuna ran after her and said, "Wait…we might be able to help you. This person called Spite, you say he destroyed Besaid and you want vengeance. We too are after the same person who was responsible of Besaid's destruction."
"Look, you don't understand. This Spite is not human and is beyond anyone's mortal imagination," explained Chineya, turning to face Yuna.
"What do you mean he's not human?" asked Tidus, walking up to the both of them. The group followed.
"Look, I myself don't understand. All I know is what he isn't…and he is not human. I have trained for the last three months for this and now my only chance of defeat is gone and the whole of Spira may be under threat once again. He reminds me of Sin…he is the first thing since Sin to defeat a whole town, just like that," said Chineya, clicking her fingers.
A/N: Hey, we're back. What did you think? What did you think of Chineya? She's our own personal character, which we added into our story, for a bit of a change. Tell us what you thought of her in your review. What do you think of the plot so far? There are lots of twists coming.
Yunie and Yuffie signing out!