Chapter 8: Things aren't always what they seem

I glared at Auron with my bi-coloured blue and green eyes. My emotions were a mixture of sadness, confusion and something I hadn't felt in quite a long time, hate.

I started to walk slowly towards Auron keeping my eyes on him. He however was not intimidated, and if he was he didn't show it. He was skilled in making his feelings be unknown to others.

"You set this up from the moment you laid eyes on Tidus didn't you?" I whispered furiously, as I dragged my feet along the ground slowly as I made my way closer to him.

Auron however crossed his arms and replied, "You see now why you had to be locked up don't you?"

I stopped in my tracks and said, "What do you mean?"

He laughed in what seemed like an evil manner before answering me.

"Lady Yuna, you are a very wise young woman. Just like your father. Now I can't have you reminding the 'master' of who he was before now. So the best thing for both you and Tidus is for you to leave his life forever. Now I am so certain that if I let you go free, you will most certainly find another way to come back. So that's why I had you put on the death row." He answered cruelly as he began to step towards me.

"You evil son of a…" I began, as I looked him up and down with a disgusted expression on my face.

"Ah ah ah, no swearing my girl. It's not lady like." He said sarcastically as he waved his pointer back and forth.

I couldn't help what I did next though. I didn't even think of the consequences but I was so Yevon wound up I couldn't hold it in any longer.

'SLAP' I hit him hard across the left side of his face with my right hand.

"I'll give you lady like." I screamed and then I kicked him against the wall behind him, which was a few metres away, and I suddenly wondered where all this sudden strength had come from. I however decided to figure it all out later (if there would be a later) and used this sudden power to my advantage.

Auron slid down the wall and lay there. He appeared to be unconscious and I stupidly assumed that he was in fact knocked out cold. So I tiptoed forward to where he lay slumped on the ground with his eyes closed.

I began to search his body for any kind of weapon, thinking that this could be my one chance to escape. However no sooner had I begun to rummage through his clothing, he had grabbed my right arm and shoved me backwards, which made me topple over and fall hard on my spine.

"Hmm…a bit more feisty since our last meeting aren't we Lady Yuna?" he said spitefully, as he stood over my aching body with his hands on his hips.

I could hardly see him, as my honey-brown hair had swept over my face and covered my eyes. I was too afraid to raise my hand and pull the strands of hair away, so I just lay there waiting for him to do what he wanted with me next.

But the next thing I knew I was moving my lips and sound was coming out. I had started to speak words that I hadn't planned on saying.

"Why Auron? Why? You were so good to my father. You protected me on my way to the Zanarkand Ruins and now you want to destroy everything that you ever cared about. Or at least pretended to care about." I whispered as tears started to escape my eyes and fall into my hair, which was still resting on my face.

I couldn't see his reaction as the tears had made my vision blurry and my hair didn't help matters.

"You…you foolish girl. That was all just a diversion, from day one. Did you really think I cared about Spira or the people who lived there? The only thing I have ever lived for is me. Nothing else." He yelled as he began to pull his gun out of his back pocket.

He aimed at my head and demanded, "Now get up and follow me, or I shall shoot you dead right now." He said quietly and for a minute I swear I saw fear in those eyes.

I slowly rose to my feet feeling an agonising pain shoot through my back. I winced as I realised just how hard I must have fallen.

I wiped the look off my face however, deciding not to give Auron the satisfaction of the fact he had hurt me.

He then placed his gun in his back pocket cautiously and straightened out his cloak in a formal manner, held his head up high and said in his usual gruff serious tone, "Very well then. Follow me."

I could have just run out of there in a flash, but he kept glancing back at me every few seconds, with his hand resting readily on his gun. He then decided that is was best if I were to walk in front so that I didn't try anything incongruous.

I walked the rest of the way with him giving me directions, which lead me down series of darkening eerie corridors, which were so quiet and disturbing.

Finally after what seemed like an era, he told me to stop. As I gazed around at the place I was in now, I realised that there was nothing even tenuously close to a room.

There was just a dead end, which was lit up by a single light shining from the ceiling.

I turned to face Auron with yet another bemused expression on my face, "There doesn't appear to be anything here."

"Hush up. Things aren't always what they seem. I would have thought that you of all people would have known that." He said pushing past me, walking towards the end wall and muttered a few words, quiet enough so that I couldn't hear him.

Suddenly the wall began to transform into thick glass and revealed a dark room with a small light in the ceiling above, in the centre of the room. Right at the back of the room there was a long white bed, which looked a lot like the bed I had just come from.

"Well go on." Auron said, motioning towards the room grumpily with his left hand.

"Um…how do I get in?" I asked staring back and forth at the glass door and Auron.

"You just walk a few steps to the door and it will open. Hurry up about it. I am losing my patience." He said reaching back for his gun once again.

I stepped towards the door in a way that showed that I was not afraid of him and waited for it to open. I stood there for a few minutes until finally the glass started to slide across from the left side of me. When it had opened up fully, I felt Auron shove me violently inside, which caused my spine to throb once more.

I stood at the border of the room near the door and hung my head. Slowly I turned to face Auron who was standing on the other side of the glass door. The door was now closing slowly and I could see him through the glass, as he stared at me for a few minutes thoughtfully, then swept his long black cloak up and left me standing here all alone as he rounded the corner.

I let out a whimper, which could have turned into violent sobs if I hadn't of restrained myself.

I sauntered over to the bed situated at the back of the room, lying down on my aching back, and resting my head on a white pillow. I couldn't believe what Auron had done. He was so wrong. I loved Tidus with all my heart. How could he say that I didn't know what love is? I knew that deep down Tidus still loved me the same way. And yet Auron's words still swam through my mind. 'Things aren't always what they seem.' He was right about that. I thought as I tried to make myself see that Auron was no longer a friend, he never actually was. He had always been an enemy.

I didn't know how much time I had left and I wanted to desperately find a way out of this mess and help Tidus more then myself. But no matter how hard I convinced myself that everything would be all right, I knew deep down that the likelihood of me escaping was slim to none.

A/N: Hmm…What to say? Well I am loving writing this story so far. It gives me a great feeling of escape from the reality I have to live in. Not that my reality is bad. It's just so filled with work and school and hardly any fun. But I'm free now. Two months of holidays. I just finished my work and I am so dam happy. But I am so miserable about not being able to update my stories for the next two weeks starting on the 30th. I mean I will love having a break and all, but I have no computer to upload or anything. Oh well, I am just going to have to make up for it all next week I guess, before I go away.

P.S. I want to know if you think I am updating this story too fast. I mean I have been updating nearly every day so far and I want to know if it kills the story. If so, I will restrain myself from updating all the time, no matter how badly I want it on Fan Fiction and only update every Friday after I get back from holidays. And there is still a load of chapters to come.

By the way Laydie Lenne mentioned that in the first chapter I called Bevelle a small village. I know that Bevelle isn't a small village, I just tried to make a change to the story. I did not mean to put Besaid or anything. I purposely made Yuna, Lulu and Wakka live in Bevelle so that Yuna could get to Macalania quickly.

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