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Dingle: So, we are about to find out what the HELL is going on with Jamie and that sword.

Chapter 4: Fight away all of your fears.

Then, I drew my sword. As it emerged from the sheath, it was bathed in a bright yellow light. The light dissipated immediately after it left the sheath, and I was left with a sword twice as large as Auron's Katana. A long curved blade emerged from a hilt covered in shaggy tan fur. You might think the thing was too big for me, seeing as I couldn't even hold up Auron's sword, but this thing was light as air. Sweet.

"How the…? Wha…?" Obviously, Wakka was at a loss for words.

"Explain later. Right know," I said, grinning, "I got a sinspawn to take down."

I rushed the fucker. I'm not gonna sugar-coat it and say it was an epic battle. Far from it. It was too easy. Cleave off the arms, bring the blade down on its neck guillotine style, fairly simple shit. If Sin was this easy to beat, I had no idea why it caused such an uproar.

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A/N: Just want to clear something up. Guillotine is pronounced Gee-uh-teen, not Gill-uh-teen.

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You'd think the thing would die once I took the head, but all logic in this world is seriously screwed up. No matter what I did to it, it seemed to take it like it was nothing. Everything I tried, it just shrugged it off. I rammed the blade into it, I slashed it, I tried everything. Hold on. Not everything. There was one thing I hadn't tried. But could I do it? The way I saw it done in my head was simple enough. You just had to know what to look for. I decided to try it.

I landed on the ground right in front of it, held my sword right in front of me, and concentrated. Not on the sinspawn itself, but on the air between us. What I wanted was right there, if what I understood about this sword was right. If I'm wrong, I'm fucked.

Then I saw it. A golden rift in the air. That was what I wanted. I raised my sword and brought it down right in that rift. The result was magical. Five streams of pure energy ran from the tip right into the sinspawn. It looked like it was disintegrated in the blast. I don't know, and I don't care. What I just did was incredible. The energy field dissipated, but my awe did not. I was stuck in that spot, transfixed on what I had just done, the edge of my sword still lying on the ground.

"Impressive," Auron said, slapping a hand on my back. That seemed to snap me out of my daze.

"Huh?"

"Dude! How did you do that? And how did you change that sword into…" Tidus said enthusiastically, waving his hands at my sword, "this?"

"Don't really know. I just put a few things together in my head, and figured out what it was. It was something Auron said."

"But what is it?" Yuna asked me.

How was I going to explain this? This sword is from a memory of something back home. They wouldn't understand.

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A/N: If you haven't figured out what his sword is by now, WATCH MORE ANIME!

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"It's called the Tetsusaiga. It's something from my world. I don't really know what's going on or how I got it. I'd explain more if I could but…what the hell?" At that moment, I saw something that would haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. Well, not really. I'm just being melodramatic.

(The following scene may be a little off from what it is in the game. I haven't played it in a while.)

This…thing rose out of the water. At first glance it looked like a frog, but since when do frogs have a blu-million eyes? Everyone around me started to panic. So, this is Sin? This is the thing that everyone was so worried about?

I'm gonna need a bigger sword.

From there on out, shit started happening in every way imaginable. All the cannons we had seen coming in were fired all at once, but it was like a spit wad to a rhino; Sin didn't even flinch. It looked like some weird force field surrounded it or something like that.

"Charge!" the chocobo lady cried. She drew her sword and all of the chocobo riders charged Sin.

They were going to their death. I felt like shouting for them to stop, but it was too late. They were already out of earshot. Sin expanded its force field and…everyone within range was…disintegrated. They were just gone. So much death….

I was too absorbed with the mass carnage to notice that part of one of the cannons was flying right for me. It felt like the Cadillac all over again. Except this time, it slammed me into the cliff face. Everything went black.

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I woke up in that all too familiar black abyss. I looked around and lo and behold: the kid. Why am I not surprised? Maybe I'm dead. Maybe that cannon killed me and he's here to send me back.

"No such chance."

"Huh? Can you read my thoughts?"

"Like an open book. You did die, but you aren't ready to leave yet. We'll just craft you a new body."

What in the hell was this kid talking about? I'm dead? 'Craft me a new body'? What the hell?

"Alright. Done."

"Wha?" Done already? He started to fade, but I stopped him. "Can you send me back without the throwing part? It always makes me sick"

"Where's the fun in that? Hope you like you're sword. Bye."

"Wait!" I shouted to empty space. Then, the throwing. Ugh.

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I woke up lying on top of the cannon chunk. My head was pounding and it felt like I was hit with a Hummer instead of a Caddy. Everything was spinning. I leaned over the edge of the cannon and puked my guts out.

Getting my feet back on solid ground, I tried to get my bearings. Stumbling around, I saw my sword sticking in the ground. Remembering that I had never sheathed Tetsusaiga, I ran over, picked it up, and sheathed it. Looking around, I saw Auron, Yuna, and Tattoo-Face fighting the sinspawn. Didn't I kill that thing? Seymour did something that engulfed it in a black aura, and it died. Damn him. He makes it look so damned easy.

I ran over to Yuna and Auron. She nodded to me, still trying to catch her breath.

"The others?" she gasped.

We looked around and found Wakka easily enough. Lu was tending to his wounds. Guess he got caught in the crossfire, too.

Looking out to Sin, I noticed an Al Bhed boat that had survived. It fired a beam at Sin, but was completely destroyed when Sin retaliated.

Yuna rushed to the edge of the cliff, sceaming her head off about summoning, but Seymour stopped her. I hate to say it, but I actually agree with the bastard. If those huge guns couldn't scratch Sin, Yuna can't do much. Guess all we can do now is sit around and wait.

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After a while, Sin retreated, and Auron went off looking for Tidus. I am so fucking tired of waiting around. Nothing to do but wear a hole I the ground and think. Think about how many people died in what was quite possibly the Pearl Harbor of this world. Think about home. Think about the kid. Damn that kid. Why is he keeping me here? I've seen Sin, and I know for damn sure I can't do anything to touch it. Sure I have the Wind Scar, but it couldn't even kill that sinspawn. I'm useless.

Everyone was rounded up, and we set out again. After a few more useless philosophies from Auron to Kinoc, we continued on to Djose. Except, Seymour had to get his two cents worth in with Yuna.

I ignored him and thought about what the Wind Scar could do to him. I grinned at the thought, though I don't think anyone noticed. We kept walking, and I kept thinking about home. Why did it have to be me that the kid dragged here? Dammit. My thoughts were interrupted by Yuna yelling back to Tidus and Kimahri. How in the hell can one person be so damned happy? It's wearing the hell outta me.

Tidus kept whining about Zanarkand, and Lu gave us the low down on where we had to go, muttering about guidoslalom and other shit. Is there nothing she doesn't know?

We eventually got to the temple at Djose which, strange enough, looked like a rock. Yuna did that bowing thing again, and the temple exploded. Yes. Exploded. But the rocks just hung there and spun around. What the hell?

"It only opens when a summoner is addressing the Fayth," Lulu muttered.

"That means another summoner's already in there." I had no idea that Wakka is also Captain Obvious.

We met Gatta at the entrance, mumbling something about Luzzu. I could care less. All I want to do is finish this and get home.

We went in the temple and met three guys coming out. They introduced themselves as Isaaru, Maroda, and Pacce, in order of age. They talked with Yuna for a while, then left. Thank God.

"Hey you," Isaaru called out.

"Me?" Was he talking to me?

"You are one of Yuna's guardian's, no? Maroda's heard a curious rumor. I thought you should know."

Maroda stepped forward. "I heard it from those Crusaders. Seems that summoners have been going out on their pilgrimage and just…disappearing."

"It could be fiends that got them," Isaaru put in, "but not so many so quickly."

I thought about what they said after they left. Maybe that kid wants me to make sure Yuna doesn't disappear. If I protect her, I'll be able to go home.

We entered what Lu called the Cloister of Trials which was more like a puzzle maze. We reached the end, and found…Dona and Barthello. Again. Oh boy.

"Well, well. You again. Still traveling with quite the crowd I see." She glanced over my way, and said, "See you got yourself a decent weapon."

"Want to see it?" I growled, reaching for it. Yuna put her hand on my arm to stop me.

"Haha. At least he's obedient. Now if he would just do something with that hair…."

"You have long hair," I snapped. "And neither one of us has a problem with it. What makes my hair so fucking special?"

Auron put his hand on my arm to calm me down, this time. Barthello stepped forward, and I thought he was gonna pound me. Instead he faced Auron and asked him to…shake hands with him. Huh? He said something about Auron being the reason he became a guardian. Yeah, yeah. Whatever.

Yuna finished praying for the new Aeon, and Dona bitched some more. We left and spent the night outside the temple. No weird dreams this night.

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We all assembled outside the temple, waiting for Yuna. She finally walked up, looking tired and with a case of bed head that put my hair to shame.

"Yo, sleepyhead!" Wakka shouted, grinning.

"Sorry! So sorry! Forgive me!" Yuna was frantic this morning.

"Here, Yuna," Lulu said. "Your hair."

"A summoner with bed head? What's the world comin' to?" Wakka howled.

"Looks worse then mine," I muttered, running a hand through my hair.

"You could have woken me up!"

"We called you," Lulu grinned, "but with all that snoring…."

"That was snoring?" I asked. "I thought it was an earthquake…."

"What is it today? Why is everyone picking on me?"

We all laughed, even Sir Grumps-a-lot.

"You too, Sir Auron?"

"Once Lady Yuna fixes her hair, we leave." Did he actually crack a joke? I think that's a sign of the apocalypse.

We kept laughing for a ways. We turned up a road we had passed yesterday. Walking along, we met a couple guys that looked a lot like Kimahri. They jeered and taunted Kimahri. Sounds like shit I've been through. I've made a habit of tuning people out, but something they said caught my ear.

"Summoners disappear. Never return," the blond Ronso growled. That's exactly what Maroda told me.

"Next will be Kimahri's summoner," the other said.

I reached for the Tetsusaiga, wondering what Scar-broiled Ronso would taste like. Scar-broiled. That was so corny….

They eventually left, and we continued on to the Moonflow. When we rounded the bend to the Moonflow, I couldn't believe it. I have never seen anything more beautiful in my life. Fourth of July fireworks at Liberty Island could never compare to this.

"These are moonlilies," Yuna pointed out. "They say clouds of pyreflies gather here when night falls. The entire river glows, like a sea of stars." Sounds pretty cool.

"I have an idea!" Tidus yelled.

"We're not waiting 'til nightfall," Auron grumbled. Is he psychic? Or are Tidus' motives that obvious?

Tidus, not wanting to give up suggested coming back after we defeat Sin. Something about the awkward silence that followed told me that he said something wrong.

"Hey," Wakka said, getting everyone's attention. Or was he changing the subject? "We better hurry or we'll miss the shoopuf!"

"What's a shoopuf?" Me and Tidus asked at the same time.

We walked on to the dock and what I saw look like a mix between an elephant, a giraffe, and a moth. Huge, long nose, long legs, nose curled up. Yeah, weird.

"This," Wakka said, "is a shoopuf."

We had to wait a while for the shoopuf to prepare for departure. In that time, the chocobo knight people were trying to get their chocobo on the shoopuf, but the frog-like driver wouldn't allow it.

"All aboardsh!" the driver eventually yelled. Finally.

We quickly boarded the shoopuf and were soon under way. Wakka pointed out a sunken machina city under the water. It amazed not only me but Tidus as well.

We traveled along for a while, and I must have fallen asleep, because next thing I knew, the shoopuf platform was shacking.

Auron commanded Yuna to sit down, but someone grabbed her and dove in the water. Wakka said it was the Al Bhed, and he and Tidus quickly jumped in the water.

Auron looked over at me, almost expecting me to jump in after them.

"No way, you old geezer. No."

I looked back over the edge to see what Tidus and Wakka were doing when I felt someone push me from behind. As I dropped to the water, I could have sworn I hear Auron say, "Oops…" Damn him.

I hit the water and opened my eyes.

FDB- This chappy has been a little longer on the making. I blame Christmas, writer's block, and planetary alignment. R&R PLZ.