Chapter 18: Revealing the truth
Captian Niko and the Aurochs team all went to the front of the Café.
"You really leavin Cap'n?" asked Datto
"Shouldn't you heal up first?" asked Letty
"Sandra needs me with her now" replied Niko "I can't be lying in some bed."
"Yeah, but..." said Datto putting his head down
"Come on, Look Sharp!" Niko Advised "The Blitz season just started. Don't make those faces, ya?"
Niko then handed Letty the Blitzball he was holding. Then he turned around
"Well...See you, boys! You be good!" said Niko walking away
"Cap'n" said the Aurochs
"I can't hear you!" yelled Niko
"Cap'n!" The aurochs shouted louder
Niko walked to where Me, Alice, Wakka and Lulu were. Tidus and Auron had to talk privately
Niko walked up to me
"Are you sure?" I asked
"Never liked long good byes, anyways" said Niko "Sorry for keeping you waiting, Sandra. I had some promises to keep, ya? For now on, I'm your full-time guardian"
"welcome back, Sir Niko" I said "Good to have you with us"
"Hey, good to be back, ya?" said Niko "So any news on what happened?"
"Not really. No one knows where the fiends came from" Replied Lulu "But Measter Mika is safe and sound. Thanks to Measter Seymour. That's about it"
"Measter Seymour's aeon" I said "It was so powerful"
Alice and Wakka just sat on the steps and talked privatly
Meanwhile at dock 3, Tidus ran up to Auron and grabbed him by his shirt
"Hey you! Don't just stand there!" yelled tidus "All of the is your fault! Getting swallowed by sin! Ending up here in spira! Not being able to go back to Zanarkand! Everything-Everything! I'm telling you, this is all your fault!"
Tidus slowly let go of Aurons shirt and Auron just started laughing loudly. Tidus just walked a few feet away from him.
"Who are you, anyway?" asked Tidus "You knew my old man, didn't you?"
"Yeah" replied Auron
"You also knew Sandra's Father?" asked tidus
"That's correct" Auron replied again
"Hey man, there is no way!" Tidus yelled "That's impossible"
"There's nothing impossible about it" Auron said in a cool tone "Jecht, Braska, and I…..Together defeated Sin ten years ago. Then I went to Zanarkand, where I watched over you, so that one day, I could bring you to Spira"
"Why did it have to be me?"
"Jecht told me to" replied Auron
"Is he alive?" asked Tidus
"It depends on what you mean by "alive"" said Auron "He is no longer human. But then I felt something of Jecht there in that shell, couldn't you?. You must have felt it too, when you came in contact with Sin."
Suddenly a light just flashed in tidus's head
"It can't be" he said
Auron paused for a moment "It is. Sin is Jecht"
"No! That's Ridiculous! And I don't believe you" yelled Tidus kicking the ground and folding his fist
"But it is the truth" replied Auron "You'll see for yourself. Come with me."
"And if I say no?" asked Tidus
"Every story must have an ending" replied Auron
"I don't care about your stories!" yelled tidus
"I see. Sorry you feel that way" said Auron "fine then, Come or don't come, it's your decision"
Tidus then ran up to Auron and then screamed "What am I supposed to say, you say it's my decision but I don't have a choice, do I? You're the only one who can tell me what's going, anyway! I have to go with you! I have too!"
Tidus then turned the opposite way and put his hands on his knees
"Irritating. I know" Auron said then paused for a moment "Or are you afraid to protect Sandra?"
Tidus then just froze and a word just wouldn't come out of his mouth. Auron walked up to him and put his hand on tidus's shoulder
"It's alright" he said
"Auron?" tidus said quietly "Will I ever go home, back to Zanarkand?"
"That's up to Jecht" replied Auron "I'm going to offer my services to Sandra. Come."
They both started heading to the group
"Do you think he's gonna stay?" asked Niko
"Sir auron knows him imparetnly." Said Lulu "You're right, he did find someone he knew"
"Do you think he'll find a way back to Zanarkand?" I asked
"In any case, I'll Miss having him around" replied Niko
"He's in town, isn't he?" I asked "I think I will go see him"
We suddenly heard footsteps coming up the stairway beside us.
"Oh" I said as I saw Tidus and Auron
"Whoa!" Niko said
"Sir Auron!" I said in Surprise
"Sandra." Said Auron
"Sir?" I asked
"I wish to be your guardian" he replied "Do you accept?"
I gasped loudly
"You're serious?" asked Niko
"You refuse?" he asked
"No! No! We accept, right everyone?" I asked
"O- of course, no problem at all" said Niko
"But...why?" asked Lulu
"I promised Braska" he replied
"You promised my father?" I asked then paused for a moment "Thank you Sir Auron! You're welcome to join us!"
"And...He comes too" said Auron gabbing Tidus's shoulder and pulling him in front.
"Hi guys" he said "Eh, Howdy"
"This one I promised Sir Jecht" Auron said
"Is he alive?" I asked
"Cant say" replied auron "Haven't seen him in ten years"
"I...see"
"You'll meet eventually" Auron Added
"Yes, I'm looking forward to it" I replied
Auron walked up to Lulu
"What's our itinerary?" Auron asked "Where are we headed?"
"Hey come with me!" I yelled to Tidus
I walked over to the end of the road overlooking the city when tidus walked over here, he looked a bit nervous and he kept making dirt circles on the ground with his feet.
"Hey, watch!" I said
I turned to look at the city and I whistled loudly
"Hey, you got pretty good" he said looking very disappointed
"You sound sad" I said
"Yeah" he replied "Maybe"
"Wanna scream?" I asked
"I really don't think that's gonna help this time" he replied
"You know what?" I asked "It's embarrassing to say this myself. But Black mages and their guardians are kind of like Spiras ray of light. A lot of people in spira depend on us" I turned to face Tidus "I know it's hard, but I learned to practice smiling when I'm sad, you know?"
"Yeah." Replied Tidus "I understand...I think"
"Right, let's see what you can do"
"Huh?" tidus said confused
"come on!" I said
Tidus tried to smile but he couldn't do it. He tried putting his fingers at the corners of his mouth and tried smiling again but it still didn't work. Then he started giggling
"This is weird" he said
"Now." I said putting my finger up "Try laughing out loud"
"What?" tidus said like he didn't want to do it
"Come on" I replied "Show me"
Then he started laughing loudly
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" he laughed over and over again "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
"You probably shouldn't laugh any more" I advised
Then he just started laughing again. I then took a deep breath. We looked at each other. Then I joined him
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" we both laughed
Then we just started cracking up and tidus bent over and put his hand over his stomach
"Too funny!" I said
"It was your idea" He said still laughing
"Um, thank you" I said "I want my journey to be full of laughter"
'Okay" he replied
"If we should get separated, just whistle" I looked at him and looked into his eyes "I'll come running, I promise"
Tidus stared back and nodded "Well, lets go!"
We both turned around and everyone was staring at us"
"What are you looking at?" asked Tidus
"We were worried you guys might have gone crazy" replied Alice
"We're sorry" I said "Um, alright. We'll go to the temple at Djose and guardians, don't forget to smile"
