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WARNING: This chapter contains attempted rape (in more detail) of a very special character we love. It's not because I'm cruel its because it's part of Yuna's life and it's just what happens with her. If you can't handle that sort of stuff don't read okay?


TRIVIA:

So sorry I forgot to do trivia last time lol! Okay I would like to know some of your most ever favourite stories! Don't put me just for the hell of it ok? Honesty people honesty!

My answer: I have no idea, I like my friend Zero's work and Lucifer's garden is always enjoyable, I dunno I have heaps I guess.


Chapter Twenty-seven: The Truth I Was Too Blind To See


"Hello, Yuna."

My eyes widened as I lifted my head from my knees. I scuttled back a little, looking upon the man with fear, instantly realising who was towering over me. "What do you want?" I questioned, wrapping my arms around myself for protection even though I knew it wouldn't do any good.

"Just to talk. Yuna, I really think you should get him off your mind and concentrate more on the task," Gippal replied, pulling me to my feet violently. He pushed me against the wall, pinning me to the flat surface of rock that I had been leaning against.

"Task?" I said weakly, too scared to breathe, to move, to look him in the eye.

"You must avenge your mother and you must kill Jecht," Gippal said, bashing me against the wall as if to remind me of the little bargain we had made so long ago.

"No, Gippal, I already told you I am out of that; my mother doesn't want it! Now leave me alone!" I screamed, trying to struggle free, but his strong grasp had me stuck to the spot and I gave up hope of breaking free, feeling weakness overtake me from the previous effort.

"You will do as I say," Gippal said, bitting my ear roughly. I screamed with pain and went limp for a couple of seconds.

"I won't! I won't be taken control of anymore, now get off me!" I tried to kick him in the place I never really liked to kick a man well said, very eloquent, not too awkward, but he blocked it without any effort. I was too predictable. He told me that so many times. But I wasn't the only one who was predictable.

"Have you forgotten, Yuna? Who took you in? Who cared for you? Who showed you the truth?" Gippal questioned, pulling away from my ear to look into my eyes angrily.

"No, you turned me into a monster! Go kill him yourself; you're nothing but a bloodthirsty murderer!" I yelled with passion, wishing I could lean back from him further. The thought of being this close to anyone but Tidus just purely disgusted me. Especially if that someone was Gippal.

"Then I guess that makes us the same, doesn't it?" Gippal smirked, lowering his lips to mine. He kissed me violently, drawing blood with his teeth like he always did, my lips aching as he pulled away. Just like my body ached inside from constant abuse from Gippal. Blood trickled down my neck, and my struggles appeared nothing more then effortless. I healed my lip quickly, like he always tells me to do after he treats me with disrespect. But I always did. I didn't want anyone to see the true side of Gippal; I didn't want to ruin him like that.

"Gippal, please, just stop," I begged quietly, tears streaming down my face as his hands went down my pants, trying to pleasure me so I would succumb to my own lust. It felt good, it did, but it also disgusted me that I could be so dirty as to enjoy anything that wasn't given by Tidus. So I struggled again, biting his arm in my haste and pulling it out of my pants, panting for breath.

"You really are in love, I see… but that doesn't mean I care." He stripped off my coat and I was left with a small singlet top on, holding it onto me for dear life as he desperately tried to tear it away from my body.

"Gippal, stop! STOP, PLEASE! I'LL DO ANYTHING, PLEASE STOP!" This time I had no escape route. I was backed against the wall and he wasn't letting his guard down like he had at the oasis-he had told me I would pay… I cried hysterically as he tore part of my top ripping my bra off painfully. "Stop, please, I love TIDUS NOW! I CAN'T DO THIS!" I knew doing this would kill me, it was worse than being away from Tidus, being touched by another.

"Yuna, I wouldn't have to hurt you if you didn't struggle. I am only doing this because I know you will enjoy yourself once I am inside." He unzipped his pants, and despite my efforts to cling onto my zip, he undid mine as well.

"No! You're trying to force yourself onto me because you think you know better!" I whispered, clasping my legs together tightly. I was broken and shattered, wherever I went without Tidus I was treated this way, as nothing but a toy, someone unimportant. The thought of him entering me was worse than dying any painful death and I looked around frantically to locate something to end his or my life with as he tried with force to un-clasp my legs. Where the hell are my guns when I need them?

"You're a slut! You know you will fucking like it! Stop being difficult or I'll hurt you!" Gippal screamed, getting impatient.

"NO, I LOVE SOMEONE ELSE! I CAN ONLY GIVE MYSELF TO HIM! PLEASE STOP IT! PLEASE!" I cried one more time trying to get him to see my pain. But would anyone who has suffered pain their whole life see anyone else's?

Tidus Pov

I jumped off the airship like I had never jumped before, running through the waist deep water to try and get to the woman I longed to hold. The airship took off a little after I had left and I made out two figures up against a wall as I ran closer. That was when I started to hear the screaming.

"NO, I LOVE SOMEONE ELSE! I CAN ONLY GIVE MYSELF TO HIM! PLEASE STOP IT! PLEASE!"

I ran even faster, unaware of what the woman actually wanted the man to stop, but from the way she was kicking and screaming it was pretty obvious… It sounded oddly like Yuna had the time I sent her off kicking and screaming with the guards. Suddenly her cries were muffled and I got closer to the two, everything clicking. His hand was over her mouth quietening her cries, and her legs were shut tightly as he tried to unclasp them. Her eyes were screwed shut tight and her face was wet with tears. I stood there, frozen to the spot… the woman was Yuna.

He took his hands away in an attempt to stop her vicious attacks; she started to scream again, never opening her eyes. "TIDUS!" Yuna screamed as his hand finally slipped through.

"Ha, Blondie ain't here to save you now- you're all mine, bitch. That Praetor doesn't care about you; how could you think that? He can have his pick of any woman. Who would want trash like you? Get over it, Yuna, and come back down to Spira," Gippal said harshly. I took a step closer, tears and anger welling in my eyes. I held my resolve, tensing my fists, because I had to be quiet. The last thing I wanted was to surprise him and have him lash out at Yuna. It was Gippal all along, all those times she had come back with bruises… it was Gippal… I should have known… how long had she put up with this…? I started to cry silently for her, creeping up behind.

"YOU'RE HURTING ME! STOP!" Yuna cried as Gippal slashed his fingernails down over her stomach. That's when I couldn't take it any more I jumped on Gippal, sending him flying to the ground with a punch to the jaw.

"GIPPAL, YOU!" I punched him again with force, putting every ounce of energy I had flowing through my body into the blow "FUCKING BASTARD!" I started hitting him violently, crying with anger and tears. If I could have come close to causing him anywhere near the amount of pain he had caused Yuna I would have succeeded. I finally came down to my senses, kicking Gippal in the stomach and running towards Yuna. Her eyes were closed in a daze and I sobbed as I held her face in my hands, wiping away her tears.

"Yuna, forgive me," I cried, taking her into a bone crushing hug. She didn't move and stayed limp in my embrace. I kept an eye on Gippal. He looked knocked out, but I had seen those movies… where they suddenly came back to life, and I wasn't going to take any chances.

"See what happens to me when you're not around?" Yuna laughed as I pulled away, opening her eyes with a tint of amusement in her voice. I looked at her with hurt, zipping up her pants and placing her coat around her shoulders.

"Yuna… how long have you put up with this…" I stroked her hair tenderly, casting Gippal an angry glare. My tears couldn't stop coming out, and we both sat there crying hopelessly.

"First time he raped me, I was 14." Yuna said quietly, also running her hands through my hair. "It really hurt, I was so small." Yuna cried, clutching my shirt as if remembering the pain the ordeal had inflicted on her. "After that, I had sex whenever he wanted so he wouldn't be so rough with me, but… I can't do that anymore, you know?" She held onto me tightly, and I felt her tears run onto my back. Words couldn't even begin to describe the pain, anger, and absolute turmoil I felt at that moment. Suddenly being enlightened as to what exactly Yuna was, a sex slave, a puppet, she was manipulated, intimidated by him, and he had done it all with force. The though of ever having sex with Yuna now made me feel like a bad person. After what she had been through I was cursing myself for ever thinking of it.

"Are you going to leave me again…?" Yuna said quietly. I didn't reply. I just held onto her tightly, doing anything I could to heal her pain. "Would you make love to me before you leave me?" Yuna added, digging her head into my neck.

"Yevon, Yuna," I yelled, pulling away from her. "Is sex all you know?" I said harshly, not meaning to directly be angry at her, but at Gippal for raising her this way.

"No, but don't you like it? I have wanted to do it with you ever since I fell in love… to know what it feels like when it's real." Yuna sank to her knees, collapsing onto the ground.

"Yes, Yuna, I love sex, couldn't live without it, but with you, there are more important things, like trying to fix you up right now since you're in a state of depression," I said, kissing her lips softly, feeling that familiar tingling feeling running through my body. The feeling I didn't know how I had lived without.

"But if you're going to leave me!" Yuna yelled, taking my lips greedily again.

"I'm not leaving you, Yuna, I'm going to hold onto you tight and never let you go," I said, pulling her on top of me and falling back into the sand. I held onto her silently, smelling her, feeling her body against mine, feeling complete again. "It's been too long since I touched you." I said, running my hands over her back softly.

"Tidus… it's only been a little over a day." Yuna said seriously from my neck.

"I know, and it's been hell for a little over a day. Yevon, I get withdrawals as soon as I stop touching you." I laughed, keeping an eye on Gippal closely as I held onto her body. Yuna kissed my neck, softly lifting her head to run her fingers over my face. I smiled at her, her lips becoming more and more inviting.

"Gi-Gippal?"

I turned my head with shock and so did Yuna to see the young Al Bhed Rikku with her hand clasped over her mouth in shock at the bruised and tattered vision of Gippal lying on the sand near us lovers.


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