Authors note: I have two things to say. One: none of these characters are mine except the boy who name is still unknown. Two: I'd like to warn the readers that someone important is about to dieï. Please don't be offended by this, I'll try my best to put them back into the story if I can think of a way.
The Son of Auron: The Hope of Spira
Chapter 3
The Young Arrival
Seymour smirked and yelled "SIN HARVEST! "
Immediately, Seymour stuck out his hand as seven small Grim Reapers flew out of his outstretched hand and towards the party.
"Kimahri save Yuna! Yuna must go!" spoke Kimahri
"No, Kimahri!" screamed Yuna.
Seymour laughed," So, the Ronso is once again sacrificing himself just like when you fought me in Bevelle.
Well, he won't survive this time, and neither will the rest you!"
The brave Ronzso used provoke on the oncoming phantoms, which flew directly at him.
Kimahri braced himself but the reapers merely flew into his soal.
He stood still for a moment then clutched his gasping in pain.
He looked up at everybody and whispered, "Run-to the- Far-pla-" before he could finish his statement, Kimahri dropped to the ground and disappeared as a wave of pyreflys flew away.
"NOOOOOOO" yelled Tidus as he threw himself at Seymour.
He struck him again, and again, and again, but Calabolg couldn't even pierce the maester's robes.
Laughing, Seymour casted pain on Tidus, making the man wretch in agony on the floor.
"And now, I shall end your suffering." Said Seymour as he drew a blade from behind his robes.
Swiftly, the blade came down on Tidus. For that slight moment, as Tidus awaited his doom, he thought he felt something move lightning-fast past his cheek.
Tidus looked up, the blade inches from his face and then, darkness.
Tidus looked up to see a gloved hand in front of his face.
The hand had caught the blade in thin air.
"That is enough!" said the owner of the hand.
"You! HOW DID YOU GET HERE?" demanded Seymour.
"I have my ways," replied the boy.
Tidus looked up at his rescuer.
"Stay out of this boy.
This is between them and me," said Seymour.
The boy replied "My instructions were to find them and keep them from any harm, even from you, Lord Seymour."
Seymour was stunned.
This was replaced quickly with a wicked grin.
"Well, I guess that I'll have to kill you too, then."
The boy crouched down into a battle position.
He then shot his right hand straight out and tensed as if he were powering up.
"OLO EOPIA!" he shouted.
Out of his outstretched hand, a silver sword with a golden handle shot out.
The boy then clutched the sword tightly and glared at Seymour behind his dark sunglasses.
Seymour laughed,
"So sorry to extinguish your hopes of defeating me but I am now a faith.
Your saber will do no more than simply pass through me.
The boy grinned, "Well, I've got news for you, Seymour.
This sword here was made in the Farplane.
It can pierce anything, even a faith."
The maester cursed and pulled out a sword of his own with a black handle and a blade fashioned in the colors of the four elements: blue, red, yellow, and white.
The youth then charged at the traitor.
The two clashed together in a vicious battle.
The boy was very skilled with a sword and it appeared that he had the advantage.
"Run!" shouted the youth.
"Leave the temple, I'll hold him off.
Wait for me at the intersection!"
The party ran out of the temple.
As they were swimming through the small lifeless pond, a deep rumble emitted from the depths.
Meanwhile, back in the temple, the two clashed on.
Finally the boy disarmed Seymour and had him backed into a corner.
"This is a mark to remember me by," said the youth as he took his sword and quickly carved a symbol resembling the tattoo on his left arm on Seymour's chest.
Seymour shrieked in pain as his own blood soon stained his robes.
"You may have beaten me and have given the summoner and her guardians the chance to escape but I believe that the Bajj Guardian will put a stop to their escape, that is with a little help from me." Said Seymour, slyly.
With that being said, Seymour burst into a vast cloud of dark pyreflys that flew out of the exit to the temple.
The boy then stood up with fear in his eyes as he whispered under his breath, "Geosganeo!"
The boy then flew like a flash out of the temple door towards the others.
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"Man, I wonder who that boy was," said Wakka.
"I don't know about you but he reminds me of someone," said Lulu.
"Me too," said Rikku.
Yuna looked around "Do you think that he will be all right?"
"Beats me," said Wakka honestly.
"How do we even know that he's on our side anyway?"
"I don't know, but something inside me tells me that we should trust him." Spoke Yuna.
Just then, the ground started shaking around them.
"What's that?" said Tidus.
His question was soon answered by the appearance of Geosganeo.
He looked angry.
Then again, he always looked angry.
"No fair!
Me, Rikku, and Wakka killed him fair-and-square!" said Tidus angrily.
"So what, saying that doesn't mean he's gonna go away ya, we gotta kill it again!
Yuna, Lulu, you two swim to shore.
We'll handle this!" said Wakka.
The trio swam up to the monster.
Rikku then noticed something. "Look! I can see Seymour inside of Geosganeo!
He must be controlling it!
I just hope that it doesn't share Seymour's power too."
The monster then double-casted firaga on Rikku, burning her to a crisp.
Charred, black, and covered in ashes Rikku looked up at the beast.
"Damn!" she said.
Wakka shouted, "ATTACK!"
Tidus used Slice and Dice on the monster while Riku pelted it with grenades.
Wakka used Attack Reels along with them.
This went on and on but the monster just seemed to absorb the damage and attacked the group physically and magically.
"He's too strong." said Wakka.
"Don't say that." Said Tidus.
"We can't give up, blitzers never say die!"
Suddenly the Geosganeo tackled Tidus hard.
"You were saying?" mocked Wakka.
"Yup! He's definitely too strong!" wheezed Tidus.
"Looks like you need some help." Said the mysterious youth, now exiting the temple."
"Do ya think?" said Rikku sarcastically.
The boy drew his sword and all four of them charged at the monster.
After many attacks from both sides of the fight, the newcomer summoned all of his strength and screamed at the top of his lungs, "ARS ARCANIUM!"
His sword then started glowing a bright red as the boy zipped toward the monster and unleashed an unspeakable fury of combo attacks on the beast.
At the final blow, the Geosganeo then glowed an eerie blue and started shrinking till it was the size of a quarter.
"Run, it's gonna blow!" shouted the boy and the four swam frantically towards the ledge where Yuna and Lulu watched.
"Get down!" said Tidus.
Just as he said this, the beast exploded.
The massive force of the blow sent everyone holding on tight.
After they had recovered, Wakka sat up and said, "I'm hungry!"
"Not now," said Lulu.
"Is everyone okay?" asked Tidus who stood up.
"Someone's missing.
Now let's see, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, me, Ri-" Tidus stopped.
"Hey where's Rikku?"
Yuna looked up; "She's in the pond!
The explosion must have knocked her uncontious!
She's drowning!"
The party heard a splash and turned as the boy dived into the water after her.
He swam to her face down body.
He scooped her up in one arm and swam back up to the ridge.
He laid her down on her back before the others.
"Is she alive?" asked Yuna.
The boy nodded.
"Does anyone know CPR?" asked Lulu.
"I GOT IT!" said Wakka.
He then started rummaging through his pockets.
Finally, he pulled out his CD player and put the earphones on her and pressed play.
Rikku instantly woke up screaming "TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF!"
"Wakka, what CD was in there?" asked Lulu.
"Wakka smiled sheepishly, "Just my old Ronso Jazz CD."
"That could make Sin beg for mercy!" said Tidus.
"What happened?" asked Rikku.
"You were drowning and this guy saved you!"
Rikku turned to the boy and gave him a warm smile.
"Thanks," she said.
Tidus smirked.
Either he was crazy, or did he just see the youth blush under his cloth and sunglasses.
"We must go to the Farplane, for those were Kimahri's instructions," said the boy.
"But first I have something to ask you," he said looking towards Yuna.
"Are you the daughter of Lord Braska?"
Yuna nodded.
"And was Braska accompanied by two guardians by the names of Jecht and Auron during his pilgrimage?"
Yuna nodded again.
"Also, is it true that the one called Auron also accompanied you on your pilgrimage?"
Yuna again nodded.
"What happened to him, Why is he not with you?"
Yuna explained to him how Auron had been killed by Yunalesca during his service with Braska, how he had served her as well, then she told him of how he had requested to have been sent to the Farplane after the defeat of Yu Yevon.
This statement seemed to stun the youth as he fell to his knees.
"So my quest has at last ended, with no reward," he said sadly.
"Why do you care so for Sir Auron? Was he a friend of yours?" asked Yuna.
"I don't wish to speak of it right now," he replied. "All I request from you is to become your guardian. Now that Mi Yevon has thwarted Spira with her evil, the time has come for a second pilgrimage, a new one, one with no predicted outcome."
The group was shocked.
The boy just stared at them showing no emotion.
Yuna then walked up to the boy.
"I know that I must begin a new pilgrimage and I accept it fairly. But, If you wish to become my guardian, then you'll have to answer some questions."
The boy nodded.
"First, and most importantly, are you sure that this is the path that you wish to take?"
He nodded.
"Two, do you solemnly swear on your truest word that you shall protect me while I pursue the path to the light and no attempt by you shall be made to kill me?"
The boy again nodded.
"Then I hereby dub you the honor of serving me in my pilgrimage." She said.
The boy bowed, "Thank you Lady Yuna, I will do all that is in my power to make sure that you are safe.
"Wait Yuna! Aren't you going to get his name, where he's from, anything?" asked Tidus.
Yuna replied, "I will not rush him. He will tell us when he's ready."
"But-" stammered Tidus.
"Whoa! Hold on a sec ya!" said Wakka.
"What exactly is Yu- I mean Mi Yevon trying to do here. If she is just trying to kill us, is that really worth starting a pilgrimage? I mean, it's not like anyone else is in danger."
The boy turned to him. "Spira is in danger. It's not us that she's trying to destroy. She is trying to destroy the Farplane."
Everyone gasped.
"But how?" Asked Wakka.
"Once she gets all of the Farplane Elixirs that she needs, she will enter the Farplane core with the help of her brother, who's controlling her.
There, she will mix all of her gathered elixirs, giving her the power to bring everyone in the Farplane back to life." Said the boy.
Wakka frowned, "Yo! Wouldn't that be a good thing? Now, they can reunite with their families and loved ones, right?"
The youth turned to him. "That's what Mi Yevon wants them to think, that way they'll leave without a struggle. With the Farplane emptied, she can make her way to the core of the Farplane. There she will destroy it, thereby destroying the Farplane altogether. With the Farplane destroyed, those that die can't be sent, and when a person is unsent they"-
"-Become fiends," Yuna finished.
"Now I understand, the more people that are unsent, the more fiends.
That means that Spira will soon be overrun with them!"
"Precisely," said the boy.
"Wait, how do you know all of this?" asked Lulu.
He didn't respond.
"Oh no! I almost forgot! Kimahri! He told us to go to the Farplane!" Said Rikku.
"Then that must be our first stop," said Tidus. "Rikku, can you contact Cid?"
"I doubt it!" said Rikku.
"He was waiting for us in Luca, remember?
My radio can't transmit a call from here."
"I can help," said the boy.
He pulled out his watch and punched in some buttons.
"Is that what I think it is?" asked Tidus.
"This is my cell-a-porter," he said.
"I picked it up about three years ago at the Zanarkand Ruins while I was training, it must have been one of their old technologies. This is how I got here in the first place. It allows me to travel to different places throughout Spira."
He punched in a location.
"Okay, I've got the coordinates set to Guadosalam. We can reach the Farplane from there. Everyone hold on to me or you will be left behind."
Everyone took a hold of his arms.
"Get ready." He said.
Tidus looked around him for a last glance of the ruins.
He then blinked.
When he opened his eyes, he was in Guadosalam.
"How could you lose a battle to a child Seymour!"
Seymour now stood before the throne of Mi Yevon, herself.
Mi Yevon resembled the outline of a woman, emitting a bright, white glow that made her beholder unable to make out her appearance.
"I tried my hardest, your mistress, but he could harm me. I also know that boy. I was his mentor, long ago, after all, and he has learned much since then. He's even seemed to have mastered his skill of emerizing a sword and using it, none the less."
"How on Spira could he even touch you? You know as well as I do that there is not one holy weapon left on Spira, or anywhere else!"
Seymour said, "I don't know, but I do know that he called it something when he summoned it.
I believe it was called, Olo Eopia."
Mi Yevon gasped, "Oh no, so the prophecy set down by Yunalesca so many years ago is coming true."
"Prophecy, your worship?" asked Seymour.
"Yes" said Mi Yevon. "Before her death, Yunalesca forged a prophecy, a prophecy now only known to Spira's most wisest inhabitants. This was what it stated:"
"After thy world's most eternal threat is forever vanquished,
After a greater evil rises from the depths and all hope seems vanished,
A life form, small in threat, great in soal, inheriting a rare gift, long forgotten to
Even thy wisest of wise men.
Thy worthy spirit shall wield a treasure now lost to all of Spira crying out
'CALLIKILLER!' when he seeks its aid.
Only that can conquer evil
Thy chosen soal call forth shall be known as The Hope of Spira.
At evil's first victory, and the end lies before us,
The Hope of Spira shall then rise up to the power that stands before oneself,
And he shall be accompanied by those who received life twice,
Once by light, twice by darkness.
They shant be alone for other receivers of the light shall bond with the alliance
Together, the light shall triumph,
And all evil shall be forever banished from our world."
"What do you suggest that we do master? Do you really think that that peticular boy is the Hope of Spira?" asked Seymour.
"I don't think so, I know so." Replied Mi Yevon.
"If we carry on with our plan as the prophecy states, it's all over for us. I do know one thing that no mortal knows about that prophecy. That holy sword that the hope possesses has the power to destroy any pawn of my plan, but it can't harm me. The only way that it can destroy me is if it joins with its sister.You see Seymour; There once was a sword that was unstoppable. My brother Yu Yevon didn't want the sword to be used against him, so he used all of the power that he possessed and split the sword in two! The swords were scattered throughout Spira, and for thousands of years, they have never been reunited.This boy knows the prophecy and about the sword that he wields, I'm sure of it. My guess is that he ventures to find it so that he may put an end to our threat.
The prophecy must not come true."
"How can we do this master?" asked Seymour.
Mi Yevon pondered to herself for a moment.
"I have it!" she said.
"I shall invest all of my power to you and the other aeons that we have resurrected. This will make you just as powerful as he. The other aeons won't be equal to you because you are my most trusted guardian and I need you here to protect me. I shall send out the other aeons to eliminate the hope. After giving you this power, I'll be temporarily weakened.
They must not fight me while I'm in this state or I shall perish. Do you accept this?"
"I do," Seymour said.
With that said, Mi Yevon started to glow.
"THEN I HEREBY GRANT YOU, AND ALL OF MY SERVANTS, MY POWER!"
She threw his right hand into the air.
She glowed brighter and then, the glow traveled out of her body and to his outstretched fingertips.
Suddenly, the glow in one finger shot out and flew into the darkness.
Then another glow flew away into the darkness, and another, and another, until only her pointer finger, the finger that had maintained the brightest glow of all, shot out and flew straight into Seymour's heart.
He was knocked backward by the heavy blow but quickly recovered.
Then Seymour started to change.
His sky-blue robes were stained black.
His teeth transformed into fangs and his hair became a tinted silver.
"Yes!" he said.
"I can feel my power sky-rocketing!"
His eyes glazed over red with black pupils.
"THIS POWER!"
He then balled up his hand into a fist and gripped so hard that his own blood started dripping out of it, but he didn't care.
"Time to re-write a prophecy!" he said just before he vanished into thin air.
Author's note: Chapter 3... done!!!ï I even made ya a nice looooooong one. It took me forever to write. I told u that this would be a good chapter. Also, if you're a Kimahri fan, like I said, please don't be offended. I checked my reviews and I haven't gotten much. Don't be shy! It might be a while before I update my fanfic because schools been holding me back. I'll only tell you that you learn more about this mysterious boy including what his name is (This makes it easy for me because I'm getting kinda tired of calling him boy or kid or youth. I bet u r 2ï) Also will he hit a relationship with Rikku??? My lips are sealed. Please keep reading and reviewing. Cheers!
Callik