This is it, readers. The last chapter before the end of Zell's story. In this chapter, this is how they will defeat Sin and we will see how Zell got his scar on his face. There is one thing I hate about the ending of Final Fantasy X and that's what happens to a few of our favorite people. Let's read on.

Chapter 18.

They all met on the High bridge. Shelinda had walked right up to them looking disappointed. "I'm afraid the grand maester is nowhere to be found." She said. Tidus shook his head. "S'okay, we were just leaving." He told her. Zell nodded. "Oh….I see." She said. Rikku smiled brightly. "Hey! Maybe you can help us with the Hymn!" She said happily. Tidus nodded with a smile. "Hey, good idea!" He said. Rikku nodded. "It's like, we need you to tell as many people as you can." She said.

Shelinda looked confused. "What should I tell them?" She asked. Rikku bounced on her heels. "A ship in the sky will sing the Hymn of the Fayth. When they hear it, we need everyone to sing along!" She said. Wakka nodded. "Everyone in Spira!" He said. Shelinda blinked. "I'm not sure I understand." She said with confusion. Zell shook his head. "You don't have to. Just tell everyone." He said. Shelinda bit her lip. "A ship in the sky will sing the Hymn of the Fayth? So when they hear it, everyone should sing along, correct?" She asked.

Tidus nodded. "If they do, we might be able to defeat Sin!" He said. Shelinda looked amazed. "Truly?" She asked. Yuna nodded. "Yes!" She said happily. Shelinda clapped her hands happily. "That's wonderful! You can count on me! I shall tell all of Spira!" She turned and hurried away. Everyone looked at each other then aboarded the ship.

Everyone was quiet for a while until Wakka broke the silence. "There's something I want to say before the fight. I guess I didn't know anything about the Al Bhed. Didn't know anything. Didn't want to listen to anything. I was a big jerk." He said turning towards Cid. "So, I….Well, uh….I'm sorry, ya? Please forgive me." He said. Zell smiled at his friend. Cid waved a hand. "Don't let it bother you. Hey, I'm guilty of hating those darn Yevonites, myself. There's a lot of folk in this world…some of 'em good, some of 'em bad.That's all there is to it." He said. Everyone nodded. Cid blew out a deep breath and faced Brother.

"The final showdown with Sin! I say, let's get this show on the road! Where're we going?" he asked. Tidus pointed straight forward. "Sin." He said. Cid pumped a fist into the air. "Yee ha! Here we go!" He cheered.

"Well, this is it, eh?" Cid asked. Tidus looked everyone. "Yu Yevon's hiding somewhere inside Sin, and we're gonna find him." He said. Zell nodded with a grin. "Well, that sounds pretty simple." Cid said. Zell looked at him. "Simple is the way you like it, right?" He asked. Cid grinned back. "You got that right." He said. Rikku smiled. "Pops! I'm countin' on you!" She said. Cid looked at her. "Right, got you covered." He turned and walked over to the computer panel.

He began pushing some buttons and then the Hymn of the Fayth began to play. "How's that?" Cid asked. Rikku nodded. "Right on!" She said happily. Everyone began to listen. "A singing ship in the sky." Lulu said softly. Wakka looked at her. "I hope everyone got the message." He said. Everyone nodded. "Sin!" Brother gasped. Everyone hurried forward and they could see Sin sitting in the sky staring at them.

Zell pumped his fists. "All right, we're going in!" He said. Wakka looked at him. "How we gonna get inside?" He asked. Tidus nodded. "The easy way! How else?" He asked. Rikku shook her head. "Figures." She said. Lulu stepped towards the door. "Well? Let's go." She said. They all started out the door. Cid stepped two feet after them. "Hey! How you plan on getting inside?" He asked. Tidus and Zell turned around. "If we can't get through the mouth, we'll rip open a new one! You with me?" Tidus asked with a grin.

Cid laughed. "Now that's what I call a plan!" He said. "Vydran! E ghuf fryd du ica!" Brother called from over his seat. Cid clicked his fingers. "Aha! Of course!" He said. Tidus nodded. "Of course!" He repeated. Cid nodded. "All right! We'll give that thing a new blowhole! All you gotta do is jump!" He said. Zell and Tidus nodded. "Roger!" They cheered. "I won't tell ya to be careful. Do your worst, kiddos!" Cid announced. They nodded again. "Roger!" They cheered. The two blondes began hurrying out. "Fyed!" Brother called. Zell turned his head to see what he was yelling about. Brother hopped out of his chair and walked towards him.

He pointed a finger at him. "Rikku, you….guard! Rikku like oui!" He tried his hardest to say in English. Zell tilted his head then smiled. "Will do!" He said. Cid nodded. "Yeah, you better! Over heard her telling Yuna about that kiss you gave her." He gave him with a dirty look. Zell's face went bright red as Tidus laughed. "I'm warning ya, kid. Do anything to break her heart and I'll break your neck." Cid growled. Zell nodded. "Got it." He said nervously and hurried out.

Tidus laughed. "You kissed Rikku?" He asked. Zell turned his bright cherry red face down. "Yeah? So what? You kissed Yuna." He then hurried away after seeing Tidus' face turn bright red.

They hurried to the airship's deck. They could hear the Hymn of the Fayth from there. Rikku smiled looking at Zell. "I can hear the song!" She cheered. Lulu nodded. "Yes, I can hear the Hymn too." She said. Rikku began jumping up and down with joy. "They listened to us!" She happily. Tidus grinned. "We won't let them down!" He turned and walked over to Yuna.

Rikku hurried over to Zell and smiled. "Zell, I'm glad your around. I hope we turn out okay." She said. Zell nodded. "Don't worry, Rikku. I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." He said with a smile. Rikku smiled back and slid her hand into his. "Same here! I promise too!" She said. Zell nodded.

Suddenly the ship began to shake hard. Rikku almost fell down but Zell kept her standing. "Hey, guys? Guys? That's not good, ya?" Wakka asked. They looked towards Sin who had a big black ball of energy in front of his mouth. The ship was shaking harder making everyone fall to their knees. Zell threw his arm around Rikku holding her close so she wouldn't be flung from the ship. There were explosions every where now. Everyone stood and every thing had gone quiet. Zell helped Rikku who looked towards a path one of the energy balls had carved into the ground. Then there was another loud noise and they saw another blast coming towards the ship. Everyone gasped and ran to hurry inside. But the blast had hit the ship knocking everyone off their feet. Zell ended up rolling and smacking right into the side of the wall.

After a few minutes Zell pushed himself up wincing at the pain he had in his forehead. He stood looking around. Sin was right there in front of the airship. He growled towards it. "Man, you better cool it, dude or your gonna have a taste of my fist." He growled. "Hey, I saw somethin' shine at the base of Sin's arm! I reckon it's a weak spot!" They heard Cid yell on the intercom. Everyone went over and started to face Sin.

The airship began to shake again. Rikku gasped. "Sin's pulling us in!" She gasped. "Everyone, back inside!" Cid yelled. "Duu myda! Ed lusac!" Brother yelled. Everyone had to jump back when Sin's left fin approached. They all then raced forward and attacked it at once. Sin roared with pain and shook a little. "Here goes! Everyone, hold on to something! Here we go!" Cid yelled. Zell felt Rikku's arms go around his waist hugging him tight. He grabbed a hold of a railing and held tight of that with one hand while the other was holding onto Rikku.

Two large cone-like structures began to fire an energy blast right into Sin's fin shearing it off of Sin's body. Sin began to roared with pain. Everyone was stunned at the power the ship had. "Got it!" Tidus cheered. "Couldn't have done it without you! All right! Everyone look sharp! Time to hit the other side!" Cid's voice rang out. Rikku grumbled. "Easy for you to say!" She muttered.

The ship flew around to the other side of Sin and they attacked the right fin. The ship had fired once again and the fin was gone. Sin was finless. However, their powerful weapon had gotten busted. "The main gun's busted!" Rikku exclaimed. "Dang it! All right, back inside! Time for another plan!" Cid commanded. Tidus shook his head. "No! We're going in! Every blitzer knows: when you got the ball, you gotta score!" He said. Yuna nodded. "Let's go!" She said running to the edge. With no more to say, Yuna jumped.

"Hey! Star players first!" Tidus cried out and he ran to the edge. He jumped right off after her. The others ran over and jumped after them. They landed right on Sin's skin. The large fiend started to growl as it felt the eight people on it's back. Zell rose a fist and punched down hard. "Oh, shut up! We're doing you a favor, old man!" He snapped. Tidus laughed at that.

Suddenly it began to growl louder. Auron looked down at it. "We better attack if now! We're not going to be able to get in without hurting it some more." He said. Everyone nodded and began attacking Sin again. After awhile it began to fall from the sky. Everyone had to hurry and jump back onto the ship so that they wouldn't fall with it. Sin had fallen close to Bevelle where hundreds of people were staring with horror or fear.

The group hurried back inside the bridge. Brother jumped up from his seat and grinned. "Rikku, aglammahd!" He exclaimed. Yuna sighed. "It's going to come back, isn't it?" She asked. Tidus nodded with Zell. "I know." The blitzer said. Cid stared. "What? You're kidding me!" He exclaimed. Zell shook his head. "Nope. We have to beat up the guy that's inside Sin." He told him. Wakka shook his head. "The Crusaders would be out of a job if it was this easy." He said. Lulu looked at him. "But it has weakened. I'm sure of it." She said.

Rikku nodded. "Yeah! We're winning!" She said cheerfully. Cid nodded. "All right, I'll do what I can with the main gun." He said turning to walk out. Yuna followed him. Tidus looked at Zell who looked back. They smiled at each other and gave each other a nod. Then Tidus walked out. Zell sat down to think.

"Things were happening at once.

My head was starting to spin.

I wondered what the Aeons were planning.

Why wouldn't they just let do it my way?

If I didn't come here to kill Sin my way,

Why did they bring me here?"

Zell looked over to the side to see Rikku chatting away with Wakka. They were laughing together. Then Rikku turned her head and saw Zell watching her. She gave him a charming smile and waved. Wakka began laughing as if it was funny. Zell smiled then his eyes lit up.

"Of course. They wanted me to come because…." He paused when he saw someone standing next to him. He looked up seeing Auron. "Because they wanted you to meet Rikku. That and help us get rid of Sin." The swordsman said softly. Zell stared up at him. "But why me? I mean, Squall was ten times stronger than me. Why didn't they want him? Or how about Seifer?" He asked. Auron looked at him with a soft look.

"Because your stronger than you think, Zell. Think about it. Say if you were using a sword and it gets knocked out of your hands and you can't get it because of the monster attacking you. You'll end up being useless without your weapon." He paused. "But you don't need a weapon. You have your fists. The fiends cannot knocked your weapons out of your hands. It's because your weapons are your hands." He said.

Zell's eyes lit up. It hit him entirely. Auron was right. He couldn't lose his weapons at all. He smiled a little. "Yeah….yeah, your right. But…." He frowned again looking at Rikku. "There's a problem. What if I find a way home? I can't take Rikku with me. Or I can't stay here. This is going to lead to a very hard choice to make in the end."

Auron nodded. "The choice is yours. Go home or make a home here. Not an easy choice. Think hard about it, Zell. You still have time." He said. Zell stared at the ground. He didn't know what to do. He had to make up his mind sooner or later. Go back to Balamb where his childhood friends were or stay with his new friends. It was going to be a very hard choice to make.

Then Rikku made a loud announcement. "Yunie! Guys! Come look! Something's happening to Sin!" She cried out. Zell looked up and saw something in the window. He quickly stood and hurried over to the others. "Whoa!" He exclaimed.

Sin was changing. It was standing up again. It had grown large white wings from where the fins used to be. It was floating above a huge tower in Bevelle. Just motionless. "What the hell!" Zell cried out. Yuna and Tidus hurried into the bridge. Auron turned around. "Jecht…..he's waiting for you." He said to Tidus. Cid stepped forward shaking his head. "Well, son, the main gun is still busted. We can't give you any cover fire." He said. Tidus shook his head. "Hey, just take us in. We'll do the rest." He said. Zell nodded. They looked around the room at the others.

"All right. Take us up, flush to the mouth. No mistakes, or I'm gonna tear out that mop you call hair!" Cid warned Brother. Brother nodded. "Trust…me. Me…take you there. No problem…ya?" He asked. Tidus nodded pumping a fist. "Let's get ready to blitz!" He cheered. Zell nodded with a grin. "Yeah!" Yuna smiled. "Our father's wishes…Let's make them come true." She said. Tidus nodded.

They hurried to the airship deck and looked towards Sin. Sin looked up and flew upward to meet them. It just stared at the group. "Here we go!" Cid cried out. Zell looked over at Tidus who was smiling. "Yeah! I'm coming for you, Dad!" He said. The SeeD had to smile at that. He looked up at the sky. "I hope your watching this, dad. I'm gonna win this just for you." He paused. "You too, mom. My real mom." He whispered and the battle began.

They began throwing everything they had at Sin. Zell threw his spells when he couldn't reach Sin with his fists. They fought and long. Sin seemed to be holding back a little though. It must have been Jecht inside of Sin. He was trying to hold back the monster so he wouldn't hurt the group so much.

They finally finished it. Sin opened it's mouth with lots of mist coming out. Zell grimaced. "You sure we should go in there. What if we get rabies or something?" he asked. Tidus snorted. Auron lightly slapped the back of Zell's head. "Smartass." He muttered. Everyone laughed as the ship began to fly inside. They all just stood there as they entered.

Once inside, they could see brown clouds undernieth them. Pyreflies every where. Zell didn't think he'd see so many pyreflies in his life. Suddenly there was a familiar sinister laugh echoing in the air. Zell actually felt shivers shoot up his spin as he heard that laugh. Everyone looked around with surprise and horror. Just then a massive image of Seymour's face appeared before them. Zell jumped with shock as he speed towards them. "Ah!" He cried out jumped down and covering his head.

But nothing happened. Zell uncovered his head and looked around. "What the hell just happened?" Wakka asked. Tidus shook his head. "Whatever that was, let's hope it doesn't happen again." He said. Zell nodded. "Especially with an ugly face like that." He muttered. Rikku giggled. The airship then made it's landing and everyone climbed off looking around. "Dad! Where are you!" Tidus called out. Auron shook his head. "We must go to him." He said.

Tidus noded. "Then we will! Let me take front!" he said. Yuna nodded. "Good luck." She said. Tidus nodded and Zell hurried forward to walk right behind him. "Follow me." He said. They began walking their way through Sin to find Jecht.

They walked on until they found a staircase. "Aw man, more stairs? Why does everything have to have stairs?" Rikku complained. Zell grinned. "I like stairs! You get a lot of exercise from stairs." He said. Rikku frowned at him. "Are you calling me fat now?" She asked. Zell shook his head. "No! It's just I like stairs!" He said. Rikku folded her arms pouting. Zell shook his head. "Aw, come on, Rik. Stairs aren't that bad. In fact I'll meet you at the top." He told her and began jogging up them.

"Be careful, Zell. Wandering around in Sin on your own is not a smart thing." Auron warned. Zell shrugged. "I'm just going up the stairs, that's it, Auron. What bad can happen from just climbing stairs?" He asked. Lulu shook her head. "You can slip and fall." She suggested. Zell shrugged. "Okay, I swear. I won't go too fast." He promised and began to jog up the stairs. The others just took their time watching him skip stairs, slipping only twice. Zell made it to the top and looked back down at the others. "See? I'm alright! There's nothing to worry abou….." he was saying as he turned.

Suddenly he saw something blue right there making him jump a little. However, it wasn't something he wanted to see. Especially when that blue thing swung his long finger nailed hand at him hitting him across the right side of the face. The hand hit Zell hard, and the nails dug deep into his skin making it sting badly. Zell let out a loud cry as he went flying backwards, slipping on the stairs. He gasped as he started to fall down them, hitting each step hard. "Zell!" Everyone screamed. Zell rolled down the stairs hard only stopping when two powerful furry arms wrapped around him to stop him from falling down the rest of the stairs.

Zell's eyes opened wide as the pain just flared up in his right side of his face. He began swearing up words that made Yuna wince heavily and cover her ears. Rikku just stared with wide eyes. Then there was that evil laugh that Zell despised the most.

"You blue haired bastard!" Wakka yelled at the top of his lungs with so much rage and hatred. "Don't you ever give up!" Tidus screamed with rage. Zell's right eye closed a little from the stinging burn on his right side. He could smell the iron smell of blood and could feel it running down the right side. "Zell! Are you okay!" Rikku cried. Zell looked up to see that it was Kimahri who saved him from falling down the rest of the stairs.

Then he looked up at the top of the stairs to see Seymour. He was smirking evilly. "Sin has chosen me. I am apart of Sin. I am one with Sin, forever. Immortal!" He cried out. Tidus growled. "Sin just absorbed you!" he growled. Zell pushed himself up with the help of Kimahri. He touched his right cheek wincing from the pain.

"I will learn to control it, from within. I have all the time in the world. Since you were gracious enough to dispose of Yunalesca…" Seymour paused. He had began to transform into a monster form. "The only means of destroying Sin is forever gone. Now nothing can stop us!" He said. Tidus growled. "Well, we can!" He yelled. Seymour laughed. "By all means, try. You should thank me. Your death means your father's life." He said. And at that there was a growl echoing all around them. Sin had heard what the blue demon had said.

Zell gritted his teeth. "Alright! That's it! Now you have really pissed me off, Seymour! I think it's time to snatch that thing you call hair and beat you over the head with a stick! You are so tasting my fist!" He yelled. Seymour sneered. "I'll just make you bleed like I just did. You will die here and now. You won't be returning to your real world." He said. Zell smirked. "Wanna bet?" He asked before leaping up the stairs and swinging his fist hard.

Seymour's eyes went wide as air was just punched right out of his lungs from his stomach. Zell then spun around in a full circle kicking Seymour hard in the chest with a round house. He sent the blue haired bastard flying back and hitting the wall. Tidus hurried forward and slashed Seymour with his sword. "Take that, Seymour! No one hurts my friends without getting hurt in return!" He yelled. Wakka nodded. "Yeah! Zell is one of us even if he's from another world, ya! You think your gonna get away with it! Fat chance!" He snapped. Rikku threw her fist up into the air. "No joshing there! You hurt my boyfriend and your gonna get hurt!" She screamed. Zell felt his cheeks just burn up right there and he heard the others laughing. Yuna held up her staff. "So let's get busy!"

Seymour stood straight and began to transform. Zell growled. "I don't think so! Pandamonia!" He yelled calling out the wind GF. He looked over at Auron. "Auron! Hurry to the end of the hall!" He cried out. Auron nodded and ran down. The Wind Giant appeared in Zell's place and began sucking in every thing in it's path. Including the changing Seymour. It's little bag behind it expanded fully and couldn't take in anything else.

Then Pandamonia began to blow everything out. Everyone saw the blue haired bastard flying out from the mouth of the giant, right towards Auron who was waiting with his sword. Seymour's eyes went wide when he saw where he was going. The others gasped seeing what had happened next. Auron's sword went right through Seymour's chest.

Auron roughly shoved fiend off who staggered back and landed on his knees. "No!" Seymour cried out. Wakka spun around looking at Yuna. "Now! Yuna, send him!" He cried out. Yuna nodded. "Right!" She hurried forward and began waving her staff. Pyreflies began to fly right out of Seymour. "So, it is you, after all, who will send me. But even after I am gone, Spira's sorrow will prevail." He gasped as a beam of light surrounded him and vanished in thin air. Tidus glared at where Seymour used to be. "Sin will be right behind you." He growled. Zell nodded wiping his blood from his cheek. "Man, this is going to leave a scar."

The group began to wander through a mechanical city. It was the strangest sight Zell had ever seen. How could there be a city inside Sin? He just shrugged it off and kept on walking with the others. Zell's eyes scanned for anything that could be a possible threat to his friends. He wanted to keep them safe from any danger. It must have been the SeeD in him coming out. He had always been a little protective of his friends.

As he walked, he began to see some very weird things. Crystals shot out of the ground, making Zell jump a little. He could see images of Luzzu, several people and even a few chocobos that had died during the Operation Mi'ihen. It was so weird to see them. Maybe they were just tombstones that Sin…..Jecht visualized to pay respect of the people he killed. Just to remember them in a way. Then white light surrounded Zell. He heard the others crying out proving that the same thing was happening to them too. Every thing went white for him.

Zell opened his eyes gasping in surprise. He didn't know exactly what had happened but what ever it was, it was creepy. And where he was standing, was even creepier. It was Zanarkand. Only it looked very much different. Everything looked fuzzy and in ruins. Zell looked around seeing everyone's surprised faces. They didn't look fuzzy like the scenery around them. The sky however was full of stars. Beautiful stars. Zell felt someone close by, so he turned his eyes forward. There stood a man. His back facing them. But Zell didn't need to see his face to know who it was. He recognized his backside. It was Jecht. They had found him.

Or rather, he brought them to him. Zell turned and looked at Tidus who was staring straight at his father with a mixture of emotions in his eyes. Sadness, hatred, love, happiness. It was like he couldn't figure out what he wanted to feel.

"You're late, Auron." Jecht then spoke up. Auron walked forward. "I know." He said softly. Jecht slowly turned around. It was him alright. Zell remembered him too well. And he was smiling lightly. His eyes right on Tidus. "Hey." He said softly. Tidus nodded. "Hi." He said. Jecht chuckled. "Hah! You got tall, but you're all bones. You eating right, boy?" he asked. Tidus didn't answer. Zell and Rikku looked at him. "You've really grown." Jecht added. Tidus shrugged. "Yeah, but you're still bigger." He said. Jecht grinned. "Well, I am Sin, you know." He said. Tidus scowled. "That's not funny." He grumbled.

Jecht just laughed. He looked at Zell and nodded to him. "Long time no see, hot head." He said. Everyone looked at him wondering what Jecht met. Even Tidus looked a little confused. Zell just frowned at him. "Ah, I see. Your still mad of what I did when we first met, huh?" Jecht asked. Zell rose an eyebrow and folded his arms. "Duh." He said sarcastically. Jecht laughed. "Still, thank you for your help. You'll be returning home soon. But first….." He paused looking at Tidus. "Let's end this." He said. Tidus looked down at the ground. "Dad?" Jecht nodded. "Yeah?" He asked. Tidus' eyes filled with tears. "I hate you." He told Jecht. Jecht nodded. "I know. I know." He answered.

"You know what you have to do." Tidus nodded. "Yeah." He said. Jecht gave a small sigh looking up. "I can't hear the Hymn so well anymore. Pretty soon, I'm gonna be Sin. Completely. I'm glad you're here now. One thing, though. When it starts, I won't be myself anymore. I won't be able to hold myself back. I'm sorry." He said. Tidus was really trying to hold back his tears but was failing. "That's enough. Let's finish this, okay?" He asked. Jecht nodded. "You're right."

He turned around and walked to the edge of the platform, just standing there for a minute. Then he turned around and looked at Tidus. "Well, then. Let's go." He lift his hand into the air and a energy beam began to form. A sphere of energy formed in his chest. Tidus gasped and raced forward. Jecht just stepped back right off the edge and fell. "No!" Tidus screamed but it was too late.

Suddenly the ground began to rumbled. Everyone looked around with shock. Pyreflies began to form all around everyone. The buildings all around them began to light up as if the city had just come to life. Tidus looked around hoping to find Jecht. Zell caught movement from above and gapsed. "Tidus!" he yelled racing forward. Tidus looked up to see a huge flaming fist flying towards him. His eyes widen as he watched it coming down on to him. But then someone bowled right into him throwing him to the side. Both Zell and Tidus hit the ground just as the fist did. They quickly sat up looking wide eyed at the fist. They both could sense him. It was Jecht as Braska's Final Aeon. The two quickly stood.

"I promise this will be quick! Hit me with all you got, Dad!" Tidus yelled and they began to attack Jecht as hard as they could. Zell pounded hard against Braska's Final Aeon as hard as he could. But it wasn't easy. The Aeon's skin was like rubber. It practically made him fly back. It would be impossible to beat him by just throwing his fists at him. So he began throwing the rest of his spells at him.

Finally after a lot of hard work, the Aeon was defeated. It's sword had fallen. Jecht fell from the sky just as something flew from his body. The Aeon's body exploded into pyreflies. And Jecht stood in front of them. He was gasping as if in pain. Tidus rushed forward and threw his arms around his father. Jecht hugged him tightly and then fell to his knees. Tidus went down with him. "You'll cry. You're gonna cry. You always cry, see? You're crying." Jecht said wiping a tear from his son's face. He looked over at Zell, who too had tears in his eyes.

"You too? Man, your both like brothers! You look a little a like, you both are hot headed and you both are crybabies." He said. Zell didn't get mad this time. He just smiled and shook his head. Tidus just kept on crying. He lowered his head. "I hate you, dad." He said standing up. Jecht shook his head. "Save it for later." He said. Tidus nodded. "Right…We've got a job to do, don't we?" He asked. Jecht nodded.

"Good. That's right. You are my son, after all." He said. Tidus smiled. "You know…for the first time, I'm glad…to have you as my father." He said. Yuna stepped forward. "Sir Jecht…I should…" She was saying. Jecht shook his head. "No, Yuna, there's no time!" He said pointing up.

Everyone looked up to see a black blob of energy. Tidus stood protectively over Jecht. "You stay away!" He ordered. Jecht shook his head. "Tidus, it's not after me again. It's not after you…." He cut off when the blob dove down a little heading right for Zell's direction. Zell gasped and stepped back with shock written on his face. Jecht grabbed his ankle and pulled hard. Zell fell like a tree hitting the ground just as the blob flew right over him. "Yuna, you know what to do….The Aeons!" Jecht called out.

The fayth suddenly appeared. "We aeons…." Bahamut said softly. "Call them!" Jecht cried out in pain. "Call us!" Bahamut repeated. Jecht gasped as pyreflies began to fly out of him. He evaporated into the pyreflies. The black blob flew over the group as Zell quickly stood. "Why's it after Zell!" Wakka gasped. Auron hurried forward and held up his sword. "It's because Yu Yevon knows, he's not from around here! If he took over Zell and changed him into Sin, we're going to have a helluva time killing him!" He yelled over the growing wind. Zell swallowed hard. "Yes." Yuna said softly as she began to call the Aeons. Lulu nodded upward. "Here it comes!" She cried out. The blob flew downward and slammed into the sword. Red light flew every where. All around the group was red. Then everything went white and faded off.

Zell opened his eyes again and found that he was slumped against Wakka on the ground. He looked around and discovered that the sword had grown much larger and they were all sitting on it. Yuna was the only one standing looking up at the reddish-black blob, which was flying from a distance. Yuna turned and smiled. "Yuna!" Tidus cried out as he stood. Zell stood as fast as he could too. Yuna gave them both a nod and called the first Aeon, Valefor. Yu Yevon flew quickly forward and slammed into it, possessing the creature. Valefor cried out and it's eyes went red. It looked very evil. The others were still out so Tidus, Yuna and Zell had to fight it first. Valefor flew forward and attacked them. It really hurt the three having to fight the aeons.

One by one, Yuna called them once they had to kill the Aeons. Soon there were no Aeons left. Yu Yevon seemed to be getting angrier. It began to glow a fierce red. Everyone else had woken up during the battles and they all joined in to defeat the Aeons. But once there were no Aeons left, Yu Yevon made a mad dash right for Zell. "Zell! Duck!" Auron ordered. Zell bent backwards to dodge the thing. But it moved and slammed right into his chest. He cried out as pain filled his entire body and he fell onto his back. "Zell!" He heard everyone scream. Zell felt Yu Yevon trying to drill right into his body. He clenched his teeth and grabbed for it but his fingers seemed to go through it.

Suddenly a dark aura formed around him and there was a loud painful screech. Yu Yevon flew back away from Zell as fast as it could. Zell gasped for breath as he quickly sat up. He felt three auras leaving him. He turned around and saw Diablos, Pandamona and Quezacoatl floating right behind him.

"Huh! No! He's gonna possess you guys! Get back inside!" Zell cried out standing up quickly. Diablos shook his head. "Nah, we won't let him. We're not as stupid as Bahamut! We're out to protect you, Chickenwuss!" He sneered. Rage burned in Zell's eyes right from the moment Diablos called him that. He let out an outraged yell. "Take it out on that." Diablos sneered. Zell spun around and saw a huge spider-like bug. The Yevon symbol on it's body.

"Everyone! This is the last time we fight together, okay?" Tidus said. Everyone looked at him. "Huh?" Wakka asked. Zell blinked. "What are you talking about, Tidus?" He asked as panic began to grow inside him. Tidus sighed and faced Yuna. "What I'm trying to say is…after we beat Yu Yevon, I'll disappear." He said. Zell jumped a little from shock. "What are you talking about?" Lulu repeated Zell's question.

Tidus just looked at Yuna with a sad look on his face. He walked past her towards Yu Yevon and took out his sword. "I'm saying goodbye!" He said. Zell felt his heart just drop. 'Oh no….he's going to die fighting Yu Yevon…' He thought. He felt a warm sensation around him. 'He's not going to die, Zell. He's going to disappear because of the Fayth's dream. He is the Fayth's Dream. Our dream.' He heard Bahamut's voice inside his mind. Zell shook his head with tears growing in his eyes. "No…." He whispered. And the battle between them and Yu Yevon began.

The bug creature began to attack and Zell defended himself as much as he could. He fought back hard just like the others. They fought hard. He used up all of his healing spells on the others keeping them full health. And using up all his magic, he began to grow weaker because of the loss of power. But the three GFs that had returned inside him, tried their hardest to generate their power into him.

Suddenly Yu Yevon let out a scream of pain. It rose into the air surrounded by rings of energy. It began to jerk and shake. The Yu Pagodas around them began to crumble. Everyone watched it dying. They were all out of breath. Yuna hurried forward and began to perform the sending to get rid of Yu Yevon and Sin for good when something caught her eye. She turned around and gasped. Zell looked over. Pyreflies were exiting from Auron. "Don't stop." He told her. Yuna looked pained. "But I…" She was saying.

Auron shook his head. "It's all right." He reassured her. He turned and looked everyone with a smile on his face. Everyone had tears in their eyes. He gave Kimahri a friendly hit on the chest then looked at the others. He walked straight over to Tidus. "It's been long enough." He told him. He looked over at Zell who was trembling from sorrow. Auron smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "Goodbye, Zell. And don't worry. I'm there." He told him flicking at his chest where his heart was.

He walked over to Yuna and touched her shoulder before going to the edge. He looked back at them, his eyes on Zell. "This is your world now." He said softly. Then he vanished into millions of pyreflies. He was gone. Zell closed his eyes just a tear ran down his cheek. He opened his eyes and looked over at Tidus. The blitzer was looking at his hands and he was fading. "No." Zell heard Yuna whisper.

Tidus looked up at her. "Yuna, I have to go. I'm sorry I couldn't show you Zanarkand. Goodbye." He told her. Wakka hurried forward. "Hey!" He cried out. Rikku stepped forward too. "We're gonna see you again…." She asked. Kimahri saw that Yuna was starting to run. "Yuna!" he called.

Yuna raced towards Tidus who opened his arms to let her fall into his embrace. But she went right through him and fell to the ground. Everyone gasped and started forward but stopped. Tidus looked back at his hands. Pyreflies flying from his body. She finally stood but kept her back to them. She trembled as tears fell down her face. "I love you." She cried out.

Tidus turned around walked forward. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. They just stood there for a minute before Tidus faded right through her and walked towards the edge.

He stopped and turned around. Everyone was looking sadly at him. Zell's face was lowered. "Zell…" Tidus called. Zell looked up at him. Tidus nodded and beckoned him to walk towards him. Zell didn't heisitate. He hurried forward standing right in front of his friend. Tidus held up his hand. Zell smiled and took it in a brotherly way. "Take care. Your going home very soon." He told him. The SeeD stared at Tidus. "But….what if I stay here? Would you stay too?" He asked. Tidus shook his head. "I'm nothing but a dream, bro. I can't." He paused.

Tidus pulled his hand away from Zell's and grasped the necklace around his neck. He gave a small tug and it came off. He grabbed Zell's hand and slapped his necklace into it. "To remember me by, my brother." He told him. Zell looked down at it and didn't take his eyes off of it. He saw Tidus turn and float up into the clouds. His eyes turned up and saw them all.

Braska, Auron, and Jecht. Jecht was sticking his hand out to Tidus, who slapped it away. Just making Jecht laugh. Braska and Auron laughed too. Then the old High Summoner looked at Zell. He smiled. "Zell, there's someone here that wants to say something before we leave." He said. Zell blinked just as a man appeared in front of him. He stepped back as fast as he could because it was his real father.

"You?" Zell muttered. Zell's father sadly looked at him. "Zell…." He whispered. Zell gritted his teeth. "What do you want?" He asked spitefully. Zell's father smiled. "Just to see you. And say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything I've done. And I hope sometime you will forgive me even if I don't deserve it." He said. Zell stared at him. "Why should I? You killed mom, you beat me. Why should I forgive you?" He asked. The man lowered his head. "Because I hate myself. Tell me those three words you've been wanting to say for a long time."

Zell narrowed his eyes. "Go to Hell." He whispered. A grin broke out on his father's face. He gave a small laugh. "I am in Hell." He told him then vanished. In his place was his beautiful mother. His real mother. She had no bruises. Zell's eyes filled with tears seeing her. "Zell…..I'm so proud of you." She said and she too vanished. Another man appeared in her place.

This time it was his adopted father. Byrk Dincht. He was smiling. "Zell, I am proud of you too." He said. Zell smiled through his tears and reached out to his father. Byrk floated forward and wrapped his transparent arms around him. He closed his eyes then pulled away. "Zell, you can come back some day, you know? I love you son." Then like his real parents, he vanished. Zell sighed and lowered his head. "Goodbye, Tidus. Bye, Auron. Mom, Dad, and even you, father." He said in a shaky voice. He lowered his head.


Zell was standing on a dock in Luca with Yuna standing there with him. They both were looking off. Their eyes full of sadness. Then Yuna let out a whistle. She whistled again. Zell lowered his head and turned around. Lulu was standing there watching them. "Yuna, Zell, it's time." She said. The two nodded and followed Luly back to the Blitzball Stadium which didn't have it's waterball arena.

The whole stadium was packed with thousands of people Yevonites and Al Bhed. Everyone was cheering. There were even some Ronso in the crowd. Seymour hadn't killed everyone of the Ronso as he had said. Yuna was standing at the end of the balcony looking towards the people. Zell stood next to Rikku with his eyes facing down. Around his neck was Tidus' necklace.

"Everyone….everyone has lost something precious. Everyone here has lost homes, dreams and friends. Everybody….Now Sin is finally dead. Now, Spira is ours again. Working together, now we can make new homes for ourselves and new dreams. Although I know the journey will be hard, we have lots of time. Together we will rebuild Spira. The road is ahead of us, so let's start out today." Yuna announced. She turned around and smiled at her Guardians who stood there. Everyone but Zell was smiling. He looked horrible actually. Yuna turned back to the cheering crowd. "Just one more thing…." Yuna paused. Zell's mind was full of memories. He remembered the day he had met everyone. He remembered the day he almost ran into Tidus coming into the tent. The shocked look on his face.

The day he saw Yuna smiling at him in a welcoming manner. How Lulu looked cold but her eyes were warm. A small smile on her face when Zell cracked his first joke in the group. Kimahri punching Yenke for shoving Zell. Wakka grinning proudly at him because they had won the Blitzball cup. Auron being himself. And the most remarkable memory he had. The day he kissed Rikku. He had felt so warm and loving. "Never forget them." Yuna's last words from her speech was. Zell looked up at the sky before turning around and walking out.

They were standing outside of Luca looking at him. Zell was staring off. "Guys, I have made my decision." He said. Everyone watched him. Zell turned around looking at Rikku. "I'm staying here with you. My home is now in Spira." He told them. Everyone stared. "Why? I thought you wanted to go home." Wakka said. Zell nodded. "I did. But….this is my home now. What kind of person would I be if I left Rikku here by herself." He looked at her. "I love you, Rikku. I do. I think I loved you from the very first time seeing you." He said smiling.

Rikku smiled as tears filled her eyes. She quickly rubbed them away and raced forward throwing her arms around him. Zell hugged her tightly. They just stood there for a minute before Rikku pushed him away. "No, Zell. Go home. You must go." She said. Zell frowned.

"But I am home." He said. Yuna shook her head. "No, Zell. She's right. This may be like your home but it will never truly be your home. Your friends are still searching for you. You must go to them." She said.

Zell looked at her. "But…." He paused. Kimahri walked forward and put his big hand on Zell's shoulder. "Kimahri will miss Zell. But Zell must go. Zell can come back. Even Zell's Father said so." He said. Zell was silent then smiled. "I will be back. Some day." He looked at Rikku. "I promise." He swore. Rikku nodded before kissing him passionately on the lips. They kissed for a long time before the blonde Al Bhed turned and ran back to Yuna's side.

Zell turned around and looked towards the road. "Some where, I will find my out of Spira. I must travel along this road till I find it." He said. Wakka nodded as he folded his arms behind his head. "Hope you do come back. Then we can play Blitzball again!" He said grinning. Zell turned around and smiled. "Next time, I'm bringing my friends." Yuna smiled. "I do hope so. I would love to meet them." She said. Zell nodded as he waved at them. "Goodbye." He said. Everyone waved. "Bye, Zell! Come back soon!" Wakka called.

They watched Zell walking down the road when a ripple appeared in front of him. But he didn't slow down. He just kept walking straight for it. Then he stepped through it, vanishing. The group just stood there smiling. "He'll be back. I know he will." Rikku said smiling. Yuna nodded slipping her hand into her cousin's. "I know."