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Yuna so wanted to ask Paine what she had meant about the fiends pyerflies controlling that man but she couldn't get the chance, she was always surrounded by people. Yuna noticed that she was doing it on purpose, but only because of Nooj, who kept on sending her smirking glances was trying to say something.
'I wonder what he meant when he said 'would you?' to Paine... also why she suddenly looked so nervous. hmn' thought Yuna as she brought firewood to the growing pile for the fire.
It was almost dusk when Rikku came down to the beach with Vidina in her arms, it was Paine who first noticed that she was smiling rather shyly. Although she didn't say anything Yuna shared a questioning gaze with her towards the Al Bhed.
Rikku gave Vidina to Lulu and then walked towards Yuna, bringing Paine with her. Yuna tried jumped on the opertunity to begin talking with Paine but Rikku decided it best to begin talking about what they were going to give Nooj for his birthday.
"Paine what does he like?" She asked looking thoughtful.
Paine was silent for a moment, "We could give him the crimson spheres, although I've grown quite attached to them..."
"Hey! Why don't we give him copies of the crimson spheres, Shinra must be able to do that?" Suggested Rikku snapping her fingers at her sudden idea.
Paine shrugged and then they looked at Yuna for approval, she nodded in agreement.
Rikku was already long gone so Yuna took that time to ask Paine about what she'd heard in the chamber of the fayth.
"Why didn't you tell us?" She demanded.
Paine sighed, "Because I didn't want you to go and check it out, I know it's not Shuyin but I suspect that the pyerflies were just going to do something stupid with his body but then I thought of something..." She paused and then whispered quietly, "What if the fiend was after Rikku to begin with, got the man as drunk as he could get and then went after Rikku?"
Yuna considered it, it made sense but the pyerflies must have REALLY hated Rikku, for the feelings to act on their own and control a fully grown man.
"Anyways, the pyerflies were sucked out of him and sent into the farplane so it doesn't really matter anyway," She waved it off and went over to help Lulu and Wakka with something.
Yuna's P.O.V
I decided not to continue pushing it, who knew how many respect points I had left and I didn't want them to decrease anymore than they already had.
Suddenly the ground began to shake, we all fell to our knees because no one could stable themselves.
"What's that!" Yelled Rikku over Vidina's crying pointing off towards the ocean where a huge monster was emerging from it's depths.
At first it looked almost like a Ochu, but when it was finally fully above the water I saw just what it looked like. It looked almost exactally like a sin-spawn, but it had leaves that layered around it's face almost like feathers, It's chest was armoursed and it had two arms that's hands sprouted into ten long vines that began to thrash around insanly.
I watched, horrified as it began to make it's way towards the shore, if it reached it's destination innocent people could get hurt, I looked over and saw Tidus stand up and reach into his pocket.
I stood up as well and called to Rikku and Paine who threw up dress-spheres, we all saw how dangerous those arms could get, so each of us transformed into a long-range attacking dress-sphere.
"Mind if I join you?" Ashed Tidus from now beside me, I looked into his eyes and felt a strange tweak of excitement, it would just be like before like when Seymore was attacking us.
He was now in his Hit-Man sphere and I was in Gunner, Rikku was in Alchemist and Paine had on Trainer. The four of us ran forward and engaged it into a battle.
It was hard to dodge the tenticals and shot out at me every ten seconds, but some how we all were holding out pretty well. I took a chance to change into my Gun Mage dress-sphere and scaned it for weaknesses.
"Uh oh," I murmured seeing it had no weaknesses whatsoever on record, and it didn't give much detail on it either, it still had half of it's HP.
We continued on our pattern for a long while before Rikku was hit down and slashed right across the leg, she cried out in pain and grasped her bleeding limb tenderly.
Paine jumped in front of her and sent Flurry to attack the arm, distracting it, Rikku tied a bandage on it and then shakily stood up, I ran over to her and helped her out of the way. Wakka ran forward to help Tidus as I brought Rikku to shore.
I heard another scream and turned around to see Paine clutching her shoulder and kneeling down, I ran back and used Trigger Happy, it directed it's attention towards me. Huge vines slapped themselves into my body, I could feel the energy being drained from by body. I began to feel faint, I looked over, Tidus was running towards me, he was hurt too, and threw an X-Potion at me, it hit and I felt better auto-maticly.
I wrenched out of it's grasp and fallowed Tidus' gaze over to where Wakka and Paine were laying, both unconscious. I was about to get out a phionix dawn but I chose to scan instead, it only needed two more attacks, I shot at it.
It attacked me again and I knew I was poisoned, in a few moments I'd be gone too, Tidus held me, I quickly reached into my pocket ignoring the welcoming thought of falling into darkness in his arms. I gave him the X-potion.
"Don't heal me, just attack it," I managed and then was taken away by the poison, I didn't see what happened but I had complete faith in him.
I was sucked into darkness, everything went blissfully black and I awaited unsubconsciounsly to be reawoken. Somewhere in the dark pitch I could hear the roar of the fiend, then Wakka's voice. I was deaf to the words, but his emotion was clear. Tidus had won, just like I knew he would, I didn't remember how long I had been out. And I didnt even notice the light of the day becoming slightly darker, but I had slipped into a sleep.
I awoke groggily, I blinked away the sleep in my eyes, it took me a minute to realize my surroundings. I closed my eyes, they were useless, it was too dark to see. Instead I used the senses that I knew would prove useful. I was definatly in a bed, I was healed, because there was no throb of pain when I sat up, it was warm, so I was inside somewhere.
I clutched the sheets of the bed and shook my head. OK, if this is Lulu and Wakka's house... I used my rememberance of rebuilding this house to find a source of light, it was a candle that they always kept by the bedside table, and...yes a lighter.
The flash of fire surprised me, it felt like I hadn't seen light for months, I lit the candle and then swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up. After stablizing myself I made my way into the kitchen room, there was a light in this room, not too bright, and I could see that it was still light outside, but the sun was setting, I blew out the candle.
I was startled when I heard a figure come into the house and turned on the front lights, I squinted into the light, curious to whom it would be. They couldn't see me, I was looking into the reflection of the mirrior. I smiled, it was like my heart had began to beat again, I looked down, I was still in my Gun Mage outfit, I changed into my default quickly and then walked into the room.
"Why didn't you wake me up sooner?" I smiled brighter as he jumped and spun around, then sighed relieved.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked ignoring my question, I couldn't help but smile as he came up, wrapped his arms around me and put his cheek to my forehead. "Well there's no fever." He smiled at me with his cute grin and then gave me a hug. "I was worried about you." He whispered in a solemn voice.
"I'm fine really," I assured him, kissing him on the cheek and then taking astep away to see his reaction.
He kissed her forehead, grasped her hand and then led her out into the village, "The ceremony will be starting soon," He explained over his shoulder, "Everyone is at the temple, getting ready." They stopped in front of Besaid Temple, Tidus pouted, "They won't even let me help carry things,"
Yuna laughed, she cupped his cheek in the palm if her hand and then walked up the stairs to the temple entrance.
Tidus sighed, he pulled out an orange sphere, gazed at it and then put it back into his pocket. Then continued into the temple, his ocean eyes taking in everythig he saw, he remembered the first time he had entered this temple, he chuckled to himself, he always did know how to make a scene...
Everyone was crowding around Yuna, asking her if she was OK and how she felt. Tidus walked around everyone and up the stairs to the cloister of Trials, he just felt like he was being pulled that way.
He went into the chamber of the Fayth, he sat down and watched as pyerflies formed into Valefor the young girl fayth.
"Something wrong Tidus?" Asked the Fayth, sitting on her knees in front of him and tilting her head to the side. Something he hadn't told anyone, not even Yuna was that he had spent most of his time as a spirit around the temples and he and the fayth had become friends.
"Well, I don't know, to tell you the truth, do you know the one Shuyin?" he started, Valefor nodded and beconed for him to continue. "Well I have this sphere, I found it in Zanderkand while I was dead, and i'm confused by it, ya see... I knew Shuyin looked familiar when I was shown his face off of a sphere..." He trailed off, he took a deep breath. "He was my cousin's son, so that's why he looks like me..." He explained.
"I see so you are scared to tell Yuna, but why would it matter? She still would love you, or do you think that Shuyin was your fault?"
" I don't know, it just feels awkward, you know? I know it won't matter to Yuna but it's still strange..." He sighed.
"I see... oh hello." Valefor stood up and did the Yevon prayer, Tidus turned his head to see Rikku.
"Heya, am I being left out of something?" Rikku smirked and looked back and fourth between Valefor and Tidus.
"nah, not really, I just wanted to think," Tidus shuffled over to make room for Rikku. Who sat down and looked into the ground in which Valefor govered over.
It wasn't a hole anymore but there was a type of glass there and underneath the glass was a stone plack that read: 'VALEFOR, The Pheonix Fayth' and it had the besaid emblem engraved into it.
"How do you fair, Lady Rikku?" Asked the fayth politely, nodding towards the Al Bhed teen.
"Great!" she cried bubbily, "So will you be able to go to the ceremony?" Rikku asked.
" Of course, any child of the gaurdains that helped the fayth to rest will be specailly blessed, all of us will be there to show our respects." Valefor bowed, "If you will excuse me I must be going to check something." With that she disappeared into a cloud of pyerflies.
"Well we should get going," annouced Rikku, breaking the silence, she stood up and after making sure Tidus was fallowing they went to go join the others.
After everyone had grabbed what they needed, everyone in a huge group made their way to the beach, the Gullwings, Wakka, Lulu and Vidina were in the front of the group, the Gullwings were fending off the fiends.
When they arrived at the beach the first thing Yuna noticed was that everything was ready, there were tents to spend the night, food stands and all kinds of festival goodies.
"It will begin at Sundown," Announced Wakka, which gave everyone about an hour.
Tidus found Yuna and stole her away from Paine, he led her into the water to the side and onto a small shore on the other side of the rock wall, so that they were alone.
"Yuna, I've been meaning to show you, I found this while you were asleep, I remembered seeing this when I first came to Besaid but I never got to go check it out until now, there's a sphere here I found that I'm planning to give Wakka." He told her, Tidus walked over to a old wooden crate and pulled out a red sphere, he gave it to her. Yuna played it back and after it was done her eyes were wide.
"So there really was a sphere..." She whispered, Tidus gave her a quizzical look and she shook it off. She sat down beside Tidus and together they sat in silence and watched as the sun began to set, giving off a glare on the ocean.
"Almost as beautiful as on the Mihen Highroad, huh?" Commented Tidus, wrapping his arms around her. She rested her head on his chest nodding, " I know he haven't had much time to ourselves, but I'm hoping to change that... I think I may kidnap you and bring you to Bevelle for a vacation, just the two of us. What do you say?" He looked down at her.
She smiled, "I'd love it," She looked up into his eyes, tilted her head up and kissed him on the mouth. Tidus put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.
"HEY! Has anyone seen Yuna n' Tidus?" Yelled Wakka from the other shore, Yuna and Tidus broke apart.
"Guess that's our que?" "Guess so..."
Together, hand in hand they jumped up over the wall of rock and crawled through the tall grass of the ledge as to not be seen, they jumped down behind the crowd.
"Heya, what did we miss?" Asked Tidus loudly, making their presence known, Wakka walked over and claped him on the back.
"Ceremony is starting." He informed them, "By the way, 'know it's short notice but you two wouldn't mind being the God-Parents, I know it a rarely used tradition but Rikku n' Paine already agreed."
"Sure!" Chirped Yuna and Tidus in unison.
The four Godparents stood on a circle around Lulu whom held Vidina in her arms, the four prayed the Yevon prayer around the mother and child. Then each said their element (T: Water, Y: Earth, R: Air, P: Fire) and a strong wind picked up, Vidina was lifted up out of Lulu's arms and into the sky, the symbol of Ifrit surrounded them on the ground and each detailed line erupted in fire, burning no one of course.
Ifrit appeared in his aeon form, recieving gasps from the crowd, grabbed Vidina and held him in his large firey arms, lifting him up to the sky, he then brought him down to the ground and gave him to Lulu. But then as the fire disappeared the dreams of the fayth appeared in human/ spirit form, they bowed and joined hands around Vidina, casting out the godparents.
"We bless this child, for your help with the distruction of Yevon and Sin," Announced Ifrit, they all began to glow and a beam of light encircled the whole crowd
Valefor, the young teen fayth came forward, kissed his forehead then disappeared. Ifrit came foreward, held Vidina's tiny hand then disappeared. Ixon went next, touched Vidina's cheek affectionatly while becoming evanescence. Shiva cupped his cheek in her hand and dispirsed into pyerflies like those before. The three sisters came forward, they joined hands around Lulu and Vidina, curtsied, then left.
The wind disappeared. Yuna ran up to Vidina and gazed at him, a pure white symbol glowed on his forehead and then faded.
"What was that?" Questioned Rikku breathless, she was absolutely startled from what had happened, no one expected that to happen, everyone was talking.
But Lulu was only smiling, "It's a blessing, each gave him a specail gift, which will be shown in due time. Only few in millions get this sort of miracle..." She looked over at Wakka, she ran over to him and with one arm hugged herself and Vidina to his chest loosely, he wrapped his arms around her and together they looked down at their giggling baby boy.
Yuna sighed contently, it was so...amazing, she wondred if her child was going to have that happen...
"Yfcusa..." whispered Rikku (Awsome) she jumped up and down, then ran over to Lulu, skipping all the way.
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Second Chappie up, next soon!