AN: I'm actually rather pleased with myself for this chappie I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Well enjoy.
Chapter 12 Glad I Crashed the Wedding
"Come on guys!"
Arkinlae encouraged the two guys as the worked the drill into almost overdrive. The whirring took over the silence that was normally in the underground region of Bevelle known as The Vio Purifico. Soon a hole was made in the sidewall and The Gullwings all clambered through.
"Go Go Go! There isn't much time." Arkinlae shouted as she started going into a dead sprint.
"Yeah let's go get that unsent son of a bitch!" Zen declared.
The wind was heard on a communicator.
"Sounds like the others are already making there way down. Seymour probably thinks we're out of it now, boy is he in for a surprise." Zen said evilly as they ran.
"Left!" Arkinlae was shouting the directions, "Keep going till the next right."
A few minutes later The Gullwings began to hear rifle shots.
"Nearly there!" Sesh called to Arkinlae, but no one noticed that Arkinlae had gone.
"Stop!" Zen instructed in a whisper. There were numerous guards above in the courtroom. It had only been a few hours ago that they themselves had made their way through this. The lift was there in front of them. Zen stepped on to it with Seshay and Bekayla. He saw the controls of the lift. And let Seshay take them. They went up in it to the upper platform and looked through the keyhole of the door. They could just about see and certainly heard the whole of the 'ceremony' taking place before them.
"This has gone on long enough. Stop." They heard Kinoc say.
Yuna was standing beside Seymour and a lot of guards were standing on the steps their rifles pointed at Tidus and the others. Yuna then took her rod out which it seemed she had been hiding behind her dress.
"You would play at marriage just for a chance to send me?" Seymour asked hardly surprised, "Your resolve is admirable, all the more fitting to be my lovely wife."
Despite that comment Yuna started to send him a few pyreflies danced around him. Zen and Seshay though already knew what Mika was planning to do. She'd never be able to go through with it.
"Stop, do you not value your friends lives? Your actions determine their fate. Protect them, or throw them away. The choice is yours."
Come on, come on. Keep going it will be interesting. However to the thoughts disappointment Yuna stopped. It was obvious, it was readable it was Yuna all over. The rod dropped down the stairs with a clatter.
"You are wise." Seymour resumed talking. He then grasped Yuna's shoulders and pulled her towards him. Zen knew what he was going to do. He couldn't stand to watch anymore. He told Beckayla and Seshay to get in the lift. Seshay took over the controls and did as her brother instructed.
(Play FFX: Attack.)
"Now!" he called "Full speed!"
Seshay slammed the lever as far as it would go. The lift shot up and Seshay controlled it so it smashed through the locked door. Zen, Bekayla and Seshay then climbed through the broken doors and once again sprinted down the long walkway.
Seymour and Yuna's kiss had just ended wedding bells were ringing and people were clapping. It was just after this that Seshay slammed the lift. The bang on the collision echoed throughout Bevelle. It drew attention to the three Al Bhed at once.
"What are they doing here?" Seymour exploded to a guard closest to him, "How in Yevon's name did they get in?"
"Guards around the perimeter are reporting that the did not see the Al Bhed pass them at anytime." The guard replied nervously. Seymour then attached his hand to the guard's neck and proceeded to squeeze and strangle the guard out of anger and for his incompetance. He threw the guard down on the floor.
"Where is Kinny when we need her?" Seshay asked in the midst of a battle with yet another round of guards. The guards were coming in groups of ten and multiplying the more the three Gullwings defeated.
"What she's not with you!" Zen exclaimed
"Don't blame me I only just notice!" Sesh shouted angrily back.
"Vilger Rumm!" Bekayla swore violently as a guard aimed a perfect shot at his back. The shot had been meant for Seshay. The pain caused him drop his weapon and fall forward.
"Bekayla!" Seshay immediately went to assist him. He wasn't going to die but a lot of blood was flowing from the wound.
"You tormenting bastards!" she shouted when she saw the wound. Rage filled Seshay and she attacked quickly and on impulse protecting Bekayla who was lying on his front defenceless. Then as Seshay thinking she was rid of all the guards then bent down back to Bekayla and stroked his wounded face her plaits some covered in blood dangling in it. He seemed to smile at her through the pain and she smiled back. Seshay did not notice that the guards had got hold of Zen who looked almost dead going up behind her. They stuck a rifle to the back of her head and bound her hands behind her back.
(End Attack.)
Seymour laughed.
"Well isn't this comical the Al Bhed try and rescue their comrades and get themselves in the same situation." He then noticed the absence of Arkinlae. He stared daggers at the captain of the guard as was Mika doing in a similar way. "Where's the other one?" Seymour shouted at the Captain.
"Only three came out sir." Replied the captain managing to keep his cool under Seymour's scrutinising glare.
"No matter." Seymour once again said calmy, "Kill them."
The guards and Kinoc once again held up their rifles. They were about to fire when…
(Play Normal Battle theme.)
Arkinlae who had come up behind Seymour flew over his head. She kicked the back of it with her foot as she did so and Seymour's hat came off Arkinlae could help giggle at that. She landed on the stairs. Guards then swarmed around her. Arkinlae smiled. Her Overdrive was full. Will it work? She wondered. The child said it was within her but she had never put it into practice in this state. She then jumped and remained floating in the air. She threw down her staff. It landed in the middle of the circle of guards where she hand been. She activated her overdrive.
"Fayth!" she called, "Unite!"
The sky then went dark with clouds. On the horizon white spheres of light where seen floating towards Arkinlae. One of which came from the Bevelle temple. Everyone watched in astonishment. The spheres then went into a six-pointed star formation with Arkinlae in the middle. The spheres then burst and all six Fayth emerged from them. Arkinlae spread her arms out and all six Fayth held onto one of her hands. Three one three one the other. The Fayth then started to run faster and faster spinning Arkinlae with them going so fast that all you could then see was a white light. The Fayth then stopped running and as the light faded away it came into an outline round Arkinlae almost like a shield. This Arkinlae though looked different. It was definitely she, but she had changed. Skin of bright silver, flowing water like dress retaining a dark watery blue, hair also watery blue reflecting the sight around her and still retaining it's original water blue colour. Dark water blue lipstick on her face and her eyes a pure aqua. Arkinlae then put her hands together and another white sphere seemed to form between her hands. She threw this down at the circle of guards who then were surrounded by a black outline. The dark clouds then faded away to a sky of orange not unlike the sunset they had seen at Kilika when Yuna performed her first sending. It was then the magic really began to work.
(End Normal Battle Theme.)
Arkinlae started to sing the Hymn of the Fayth, the Fayth with her.
(Fayth, Arkinlae. Both.)
Ieyui
Nobomenu
Renmiri
Yojuyogo
Ieyui
Nobomenu
Renmiri
Yojuyogo
Hasatekanae
Kutamae
Ieyui
Nobomenu
Renmiri
Yojuyogo
Hasatekanae
Kutamae
The guards were looking at Arkinlae in confusion while the singing took place. Arkinlae singing was louder that the Fayth's who seemed to be guiding her. Arkinlae had closed her eyes during this song. Soon the Fayth and Arkinlae stopped singing. Nothing had happened yet. The sky once again went dark. Arkinlae then opened her eyes. Loud guitar like music was heard and Arkinlae's hair started to stand up on its ends and float around like a sea anemone and she started to do a sending like dance.
(Play Otherworld.)
Go now, if you want it
An otherworld awaits you
Don't you give up on it
You bite the hand that feeds you
All alone, cold fields you wander
Memories of it cloud your sight
Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber
Lost your way -- a fallen knight
Hold now; aim is steady
An otherworld awaits you
One thousand years--you ready?
The otherworld it takes you
Go, go into the sand and the dust and the sky
Go now there's no better plan than to do or to die
Free me, pray to the Fayth in the face of the light
Feed me, fill me with sin -- now get ready to fight
You know you will
You know you will
You know you know you know you know that you will
You know you know you know you know that you will
You know you will
Fight fight fight (x4)
Hope dies and you wander
The otherworld it makes you
Dreams they rip asunder
The otherworld it hates you
Free now -- ride up on it
Up to the heights it takes you
Go now if you want it
An otherworld awaits you
After Arkinlae 'sang' she began to raise one hand in line with her body ghostly apparitions of the guards who had the outline started to float into the air.
(Play FFX: This is your Tale.)
They ended up hovering just below Arkinlae. Their once occupied bodies fell to the ground. Arkinlae then spun again and the apparitions disappeared and pyreflies gathered a statue formed on the side of the palace made up of pyreflies and the sky went back to how it originally was before. As she floated down Arkinlae turned back into her other black haired green-eyed self and landed back on the steps.
(Play Victory Fanfare.) She picked up her staff and put it away.
(End Victory Fanfare.) Kinoc and the guards assumed their raised rifle positions after spending the last few minutes staring at Arkinlae.
"Let them go." Arkinlae growled or you will suffer then same fate with much more pain. I guarantee it."
Seymour couldn't help smiling worthily at her. Inside though he was being tortured. He wanted to stop the guards but knew it would interfere with his plans. He also felt indescribably sad knowing he had now made an enemy of Arkinlae and would never be able to receive her praise. What was this power she had over him?
"I am sorry, but it is for Yevon." Kinoc replied
"If only you knew the true being of Yevon." Arkinlae muttered
"Aren't those weapons forbidden by Yevon?" Auron replied stating the obvious.
"There are exceptions." Kinoc informed him. And he stuck the rifle in Aurons face.
Meanwhile during Kinoc and Auron's short conversation Yuna had backed towards the edge. She was only a few steps away from her death.
"No!" Yuna shouted before they fired causing everyone to look at her. "Let them go or else." She warned. Seymour looked at Arkinlae who was staring at him.
(Let them go.) She mouthed at him. Seymour signalled to the guards for their rifles to go down and they did so.
"Leave now! Please!" Yuna told her guardians. Arkinlae looked at Yuna.
"No." she muttered shaking her head, "No." she knew Yuna would want to defeat Sin before she died and would summon Valefor, but Arkinlae now felt it should be her and only her that defeated Sin. She deserved to after all didn't she?
"You're coming with us!" Tidus called to her
"Don't worry. Go."
"No Yuna you shouldn't defeat Sin. If anyone should it is me. You should stay and bathe in the Eternal Calm I hope to bring." Arkinlae continued to mutter. Both mutterings had not gone unheard by at least one Guado.
"This is foolish. If you fall you'll die." Seymour didn't as urgently or as frantically as a normal person might have done to such a threat. Yuna wiped her lips. She seemed totally disgusted now with Seymour. Arkinlae though she would have sworn at him if she had been anyone else. She knew she would have done.
"Don't worry I can fly." She then looked at Tidus, "Believe." She then smiled and let herself fall backwards.
"Yuna!" Tidus shouted frantically.
Everyone looked over the edge as Yuna fell. The watched and the spheres that normally came when she summoned Valefor went to the sky. Valefor descended and caught Yuna on her stomach. Yuna and Valefor both then flew down until they could no longer be sighted. Arkinlae then jumped off the ledge after Yuna and flew down a little way to see where Yuna was going to go. She saw that Valefor was going towards the temple. She proceeded to fly back up.
"Cover your eyes!" Rikku called to everyone. Seshay was attending to Bekayla. He was now managing to stand up and Seshay removed the bullet and cured him with Cura. She then cured herself. Zen was nowhere to be seen. The guards must have taken him away. They stood up ready and ran off with the others.
"What was that?" Wakka
"An Al Bhed flashbomb." Seshay and Rikku chorused
"Lemme go! I'm gonna kill that Seymour!" Tidus shouted. Kimarhi though picked him up and carried him away.
"Yuna said we leave. We leave." The Ronso said sternly.
Meanwhile Arkinlae had got back to the top of the ledge where everyone had just been. She felt tired after imprisoning the guards in the statues and the big fly back up fighting gravity. Seshay Zen and Bekayla, indeed no one was to be seen. She collapsed on her back and began to sing the Hymn of the Fayth
(Play FFX: Song of Prayer Shiva.)
"Pray saviour, Dream Child of Prayer, Forever and ever, Bring us peace." She lay there her head filling with memories a chronological order of everything, even things she hadn't seen. Arkinlae began to feel the warmth of tears against her cold wind beaten skin. She wanted to die lying there. She then got up and went to follow the path that the others had taken to Bevelle Temple. When she got there. Guards were standing outside the temple lead by Kinoc rifles drawn. Arkinlae gave an exasperated and tired sigh. She hid as best she could. Seeing the water on either side of the walkway. She waited till the guards had gone passed leading Yuna and her guardians and Seshay and Bekayla. About five minutes later after she thought they had gone she pulled herself up the side of the walkway. She was so horrified with herself and tired that she didn't care that other guards who had just come out the temple grabbed her and lead her to the courtroom.
(End Song of Prayer Shiva.)
"The High Court of Yevon is now in session. The sacred offices of this court seek nothing but the absolute truth in Yevon's name. To those on trial: Believe in Yevon and speak only the truth." A Ronso was addressing the people in the court. Seshay couldn't help but spit after the Ronso's speech. That's what she though of Yevon. She got hit in the stomach and doubled up. Seymour couldn't help giving a smirk at this display.
"Maester Kelk Ronso." Lulu stated for Tidus' benefit.
"Summoner Yuna," Kelk continued, "You have sworn to protect the people of Yevon true?"
"Yes." Replied she
"Then consider. You have conflicted dire injury upon Maester Seymour, conspired with the Al Bhed and joined their insurrection. These are traitorous and unforgivable crimes that disturb the order of Yevon. Tell this court what possessed you to participate in such violence"
"Your grace the real traitor is Maester Seymour. He killed his father Jyscal with his own hands!"
"What is this!"
Kelk turned to face Mika. He didn't seem at all surprised. Kelk then turned to Seymour who nodded.
"Hmm? Hadn't you heard?" He asked Kelk casually
"Not only that…" Yuna continued. "Maester Seymour is already dead!"
"It is the summoners sacred duty to send the souls of the depearted to the Farplane. Yuna was only doing her job as a summoner." Lulu explained
"Grand Maester Mika please send Seymour now!" Yuna implored him.
Mika stepped to face Yuna.
"Send the unsent to where they belong?"
"Yes!"
Mika then decided of all things then to laugh.
"Send the dead hmm?"
At that moment the doors to the courtroom opened and the guards came in leading Arkinlae.
(Play FFX: Hopeless desire.)
Yuna and the others couldn't help gasping as they saw Arkinlae. One of her sleeves had been ripped off at the shoulder there was a big gash in the side of her dress, she had red marks on her face from where she had been hit. She had tried to get away a few times and had been shot and hit for her efforts.
"Yuna send those unsent bitches!" She called,
"Plural?" Seshay questioned, "Just Seymour dead right?" Arkinlae shook her head. "Sending the dead means you would have to send Mika too." she pointed at him. Pyreflies started to leave Mika's body. Yuna gasped.
"That's Grand Maester Mika to you rogue." The guard said knocking her with his rifle. Arkinlae turned and glared at him.
"The day I ever call those animals Maester is the day I give Yevon what's coming to him. That obnoxious bastard."
Bang
The guard's fist smashed against Arkinlae's face, the guard drew his fist back after seeing Seymour's furious death glare. It was then that Arkinlae's head turned and red started to run out between her lips. It then started to turn blue. Arkinlae wiped her mouth with her hand getting the excess off. She then looked at Mika and the blood that had stained her face and on her hand seemed to disintegrate. Mika widened his eyes as much as he could. He knew what that meant and the guards fist hadn't past him by either. Seymour who didn't notice could have struck the guard for his stupidity.
(End Hopeless Desire)
"Grand Maester Mika is a wise leader. Even in death, he is invaluable to Spira."
"Enlightened rule by the dead is preferable to the misguided failures of the living." Kinoc finally got his say in everything
"Life is but a passing dream, but the death that follows is eternal." Seymour followed.
"He is right about that." Arkinlae murmured an unheard reply to Seymour's comment. "And quite frankly I've 'lived' enough to last me an Eternal Calm." Arkinlae saw something and then casually blew away a wandering pyrefly that seemed to have taken a fancy to her, the origin of which she didn't know, but certainly not from her.
"Men die, beasts die, trees die. Even continents perish." Arkinlae said rather bored. It was as if she'd heard this all before…
"Only the power of death truly commands Spira." Mika continued, "Resisting its power is futile."
"But what of Sin?" Yuna asked passionately, "I am a summoner my lord, like my father before me. I am on a pilgrimage to stop the death that Sin brings. Are you… Are you telling me that is also futile? Grand Maester Mika, I am not alone." She then looked towards Arkinlae, as did everyone else. "Even she, an Al Bhed is willing to forget her feud with Yevon to defeat Sin."
"I… I am only trying to correct a terrible mistake and apologise to the people of Spira." Was all that Arkinlae said still bravely looking at everyone there, though she didn't even know how she could look the dead maesters in the face with her feel of guilt.
"All the people who have opposed Sin. Their battles, their sacrifices, were they all in vain?" Yuna beseeched the Grand Maester again.
"Not in vain. No matter how many summoners give their lives, Sin cannot be truly defeated. The rebirth cannot be stopped yet the courage of those who fight gives the people hope. There is nothing futile in the life and death of a summoner."
"You take those words back." Arkinlae growled in the silence that followed, "Sin can be defeated. I just need to find out. Are you saying that the Fayth gave up their lives just to bring people hope!" Arkinlae found herself shouting at the Grand Maester of Yevon and floating up to face him. "ARE YOU!" she exploded landing on the platform. The guard who thought she was going to hurt Mika fired a bullet on automatically. It hit Arkinlae and carried on through her stomach. Arkinlae screwed up her face in pain and doubled up. She then turned round and laughed.
"What's that going to do? Kill me?" she asked sarcastically no one else though apart from Mika made the connection. They just though it had wounded her and Arkinlae went through the step of curing herself. She then straightened up and turned back to Mika, "The Fayth gave up their lives to defeat Sin and they knew someone who knew how to do that. They're still here you know. They just need to find that person. Do you really think I'd go on a pilgrimage simply to give people hope without achieving anything else? I am not a simple person like Yuna who has known nothing but Sin her whole life and giving the people hope would make her feel satisfied. I have not. There was a time before Sin, before you Bevellian bastards decided to make war with Zanarkand. And drove two people mad with your dictatorship. Are you saying the Fayth who also knew that time and the first summoner, Yunalesca also did that to bring hope? No they did it to get rid of him, Sin. Was that futile?"
During her speech she started advancing angrily towards Mika until Kelk grabbed her and held her in his strong Ronso like grip.
"Never futile, but never ending." Auron said to which Mika nodded.
"Indeed that is the essence of Yevon."
Arkinlae was now mad and wanted to take all her anger out on Yevon, the masters.
"Yevon?" she laughed sarcastically, "Do you even know who Yevon is? He's not watching over you. He's out there somewhere waiting to bring death to those he chooses, he's also waiting for someone in Zanarkand to make him whole once more with the-." Kelk covered her mouth, which brought forth a lot of struggling and muffled complaints. Even now Arkinlae was fighting.
"Lord Mika!" Yuna exclaimed
"Yevon is embodied by eternal, unchanging continuity summoner."
"No that can't be right." Yuna shook her head in confusion.
"Those who question these truths, they are traitors."
"Lord Mika!"
Yuna and the others were then being lead out of the courtroom. Seshay and Bekayla were still in the room looking at Arkinlae but then started to walk out. Arkinlae who was still struggling with Kelk then slipped down under his hands.
"You are the traitors Mika, you don't even know the truth of Yevon, you don't know any of it!" Seymour signalled to the guard, which then pointed the rifle at Seshay's head. Arkinlae gasped, "You wouldn't dare." But she knew Seymour he would to get what he wanted. Arkinlae backed down and a guard came up in the lift to escort Arkinlae to the cells with them and Seshay was lead out. When suddenly someone came shoving open the doors with anger.
"Seymour!" he called angrily
"Zen!" Arkinlae exclaimed.
(Play FFX: Enemy Attack.)
Arkinlae elbowed the guard in the stomach, which made him double up and kicked his weapon out of his hands. She then threw him down into the depths of the Vio Purifico. She and Zen turned to face the masters
"Let's see." Kinoc said smugly, "There's four of us and two of you and two of us are already dead."
"Hah I've defeated an army with at least 200 times this amount." Arkinlae replied
"Stop trying to boost your morale Al Bhed. It won't work." Kinoc said
"Any ideas?" Zen asked Arkinlae
"You're the one who came charging in here."
"You didn't have to react like that you know."
"Why not, it livens things up a bit." Arkinlae laughed, "Get it livens." Zen then finally got the joke and also laughed, "Fayth I kill myself." To which she laughed more hysterically, Zen however stopped.
Kinoc had then come down from his balcony
"Er Kinny, we could do with that statue making magic anytime now." Zen said worryingly."
"Problem, overdrive not full."
"Okay maybe this wasn't such a good idea."
Kinoc ran up and attacked Zen who quickly dodged; Kinny though still had a few methods up her sleeve.
"Ultima!"
It inflicted damage on all four maesters. Maester Kinoc in particular. He was now crouching on his last legs of HP.
"Go Kinny!" Zen cheered, "One nearly down only three more to go. Wait how'd you learn Ultima that quickly anyway?"
"I haven't learnt it. I always had it. I'm just re-remembering if you like." Arkinlae told him using Doom on Kelk.
"Your sure like the black magic 'Kinlae."
"Thinking about it. I don't really know that much white magic."
"Then you won't know about this." Mika said.
Then lots of white rope like things came from Mika's body and attached them around Zen. They started fizzing and crackling and Zen doubled up.
"They'll stay there until all his HP is gone." Mika informed
"Cure!" Kinny used to revive Zen.
"There's no point Arkinlae." Seymour informed her, "That will just give Maester Mika more power."
"Well look who's talking coward, I don't see you doing anything, you're just hiding behind everyone else as usual."
"Jump!" She heard Kelk's cry.
He took a huge jump into the air off the platform over the Vio Purifico about to get Kinny. Arkinlae however was not stupid; she had a move up that would do.
"Ronso Decaforce!"
Immediately an ice like force field came around the Ronso as he landed. No matter how much the Ronso fought to get out he couldn't. Meanwhile Zen wasn't holding out to well. He was on his last legs.
"Cura!" Kinny used. It would buy her time, but not much.
Seymour who appeared to be doing nothing at this moment had actually done his homework. He'd seen Arkinlae fight in Operation Mi'ihen and people had informed him in rumours she was good with water magic. So he took action with the immediate counter.
"Multi-Thundaraga." He uttered casually.
With that three bolts of upper tier magic hit Arkinlae. It was highly effective and Arkinlae was now forced to her last legs. If I use Regen he'll do the same again. He knows my weakness. Only one thing for it. Arkinlae summoned up all her strength in one last stand.
"Watagarina!" She called out.
All four maesters looked baffled they had never heard of that move, just as they had never heard of others such as Ronso Decaforce. A rumble was heard throughout the courtroom.
"What's that?" Mika asked Seymour.
Suddenly a column of water shot up from The Vio Purifico. The maesters apart from Seymour stared in wonder. Arkinlae then took up her arms and began to spin them around her head. The water also began to spin faster and faster until it turned into a whirlpool.
"Blizzadorido." Arkinlae then cried and the walls were covered in spikes of ice, which started flying out from them and being replenished. Seymour now looked shocked.
"What is this!" Mika shouted, "I thought you were the Lord of Ice round here Seymour!"
The spikes hit all the maesters even Kelk in his shield and eventually the opposition stated to weaken. Arkinlae manuvered the whirlpool towards Kinoc and Kelk to take them out in one final strike. The whirlpool engulfed them and they were helpless. Next to Mika. Although this wouldn't kill him, it would make him disappear and it would get rid of those chords around Zen hopefully. Either that or it would drag him in with Mika. The latter that Arkinlae did not want to happen happened. An almost dead Zen was dragged in with Mika. Arkinlae hastily dived in after him into the swirling abyss. She could barely see from all the bubbles and turbulence, but eventually she found Zen she powered against the current as hard as she could. It seemed impossible, but eventually she got to him. The chords had weakened around him and he had fainted. Arkinlae pulled the chords off his limp body and opened his mouth. Zen woke up startled after some water went into his mouth. He started looking around frantically for a way out so he could breathe. Arkinlae saw his expression and then pressed her lips on Zen's. She blew air into his lungs and together they found the edge of the whirlpool. Arkinlae threw Zen out. He landed rolling along the floor coughing and spluttering, doused in water the one bit of hair that normally flopped in his face dripping.
"Kinny!" he shouted.
Seymour who had come down from his balcony to finish Zen, then remembered. He too looked at the whirlpool anxiously. It was minutes that felt like hours to Zen. The column swirled and continued. Zen watched it and eventually became dizzy. All of a sudden though the ice spikes stopped. Arkinlae was weakening. She was trying to swim in there and she was tiring, even if the water continually gave her strength. Eventually Arkinlae not being able to take the strain made the column collapse into a big wave. Seymour and Zen both ran to get clear as Kelk and Kinoc, who were knocked out and Kinny floated on the wave. Arkinlae was weak, but she still hauled herself up and walked towards Zen and Seymour. Seymour was astounded; she was still willing to take him on even though death was inevitable.
"Zen go, go." She breathed gesturing him to leave.
"But you'll…" Zen tried not to say the word, "We'll lose you."
"Death is not the end." Arkinlae told him, "It is merely a path that we all must take in our own time." Zen just stared at her stubbornly he would not go. "Go!" Arkinlae told him; he would not, "NOW!"
With that Zen opened the doors and ran away from Bevelle.
"So it just seems it is me and you lady." Seymour said, "Congratulations you are putting up quite a battle. Death does not seem at all a problem and why should it be? Me and you can immerse in death and be on Spira eternally."
"I do not come for death." Arkinlae told him, "I come to stop you."
"Then why do you not simply send me?" Seymour asked stating the obvious
"Because I… I…" Arkinlae trailed off
"Because you can't." Seymour finished laughing, "You call yourself a summoner."
"I am more than that." Arkinlae told him, "I can send, I just don't choose to. Enough talking. Come on Seymour let's fight!"
"Watagara." Was all that Arkinlae could manage.
"Multi-Thundera." Seymour just said.
Arkinlae stood there doing nothing for a few seconds and then collapsed.
(End Enemy Attack. Play FFX: Game Over.)
Everything stated going dark.
"Zen," she breathed, "Go, go, go…"
AN: Ohhh suspense. I had to put a cliffy in there. Hmm only an eleven pager it seemed much longer writing it. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it. And I hope the choice of music worked. As always, review. By the way the title came from Busted's song Glad I Crashed the Wedding. It just seemed so relevant I had to use it!