The Son of Auron: The Hope of Spira
Chapter 5
Pyreflys of the Moonflow
The prisoners were taken to the dungeons of Guadosalam.
Their hands and feet were strapped to giant round wheels.
Seymour walked past his captives.
Finally, he arrived at Yuna's wheel.
"Lady Yuna.
I hate our meeting had to be like this
But, lucky for you, you have the honor of dying first.
You shall receive a kiss from yours truly.
A kiss of death." Said Seymour.
"What?" asked Yuna.
Seymour opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue.
The prisoners gasped.
A snake now occupied where Seymour's tongue should have been.
Before she could protest, Seymour bent down and the two's lips connected.
"NOOO!" cried Tidus.
Yuna struggled but she then felt a sharp pain inside her mouth.
The asp had found its target.
Yuna fainted.
Looking up, Seymour glanced at Jack. "Now, you shall be the next for interfering at the Bajj Temple."
"Don't you even think about putting that thing in my mouth!" he said.
Seymour stammered, "No, no, I won't put you through that kind of pain. I'm straight!"
"Yeah right." Said Jack.
Seymour scowled, " You'll eat those words!"
" We'll, as long as it isn't your tongue with it, I won't complain." Joked Jack.
The party snickered, even some of the guards joined in.
Seymour started turning red. "We will see who's laughing soon enough."
A guard looked up. "Oh, quit trying Seymour. He told you off, and you know it."
Seymour casted Death on the guard. "Does anyone else have any wise-cracks?"
Everyone remained silent.
"Now where was I?" he said as he approached the youth.
"Guards!" he said as two guards untied the boy and held him by his shoulders.
"I shall kill him, myself." He said.
"NO!" cried Rikku.
He snapped his fingers and the snake rope tied the boy by his wrists.
He put face down on the table and tied him down.
Seymour then summoned the sword that he had used at the Bajj Temple.
He raised it above his head.
He was then interrupted by a sharp voice inside his head, "Seymour, I need you at the Farplane NOW!"
Seymour cursed. "Something has come up," he said. "You! Take care of this matter." He said pointing at a guard.
With that, he disappeared.
"Please, stop this!" cried Rikku.
"Sorry, just doing my job." Responded the guard.
Rikku was about to look away when she noticed that Jack was fiddling with his wrists.
The guard pulled out a sword and raised it above his head.
"REST IN THE FARPLANE!" he yelled as he brought it down.
The saber hit the table but not Jack, for he had vanished before it had struck.
The guards looked around, confused. "Where'd he go?" they said.
Suddenly, they heard a creak above them and looked to see Jack appear in the rafters.
"GET HIM!" one guard cried.
Jack laughed as one sprang up to grab him.
He jumped into a back flip and met the attacker with a kick to the face.
The guard crashed to the ground, clutching his head in agony.
"AX OF DARKNESS!" he cried, summoning a long double-sided ax with a black spike at the end.
The remaining seven guards rushed at him drawing swords, rods, and axes of their own.
Jack just stood his ground in his battle stance.
When they reached him, he blocked their first attacks, jumped back, and struck one down.
"CLAW KNIVES!" he yelled again, summoning four knifes which he flung at the attackers (Kinda like Yojimbo).
They each met their targets, the throats.
Now only one remained aside from the one kicked in the face.
The enemy drew his sword.
Jack yelled "RETURN!" and his ax vanished.
The boy looked up. "You wanna play sword fight? Well then, let's play."
Jack summoned Olo Eopia and held it up.
"DIE!" said the attacker.
He swung at Jack like a madman and Jack easily deflected the blows.
"This your first time?" asked Jack while blocking the attacks.
"Yes. it is," said the guard.
"Not bad" said Jack.
"But not good enough" he said.
Jack deflected one last blow, ducked one, and pierced the guard's back.
He fell.
Jack walked up to the guard who was beginning to recover.
"I shall spare your life, for you had no choice."
After freeing the others, he checked on Yuna.
"The poison has spread quickly. An antidote will not help. She needs something stronger or she will die in minutes." He said.
The others gasped.
"Where can we go?" asked Wakka.
Jack checked his cell-o-porter. "My battery is low. The farthest from here we can get is at the Moonflow."
"As long as it's not here," said Lulu.
"They're down here! Hurry!" Came a voice from the entrance to the dungeon.
"Punch it!" said Tidus.
"Grab Yuna." Jack said to Tidus. Yuna was still uncontious.
Tidus lifted Yuna and slung her over his shoulder.
The group grabbed on to Jack.
Then, in a flash, the group disappeared.
They appeared at the Moonflow.
"Quickly, bring Yuna to the water!" shouted Jack.
Tidus obeyed.
Jack cupped his hands and filled them with water from the holy pond.
"Open her mouth." He said.
Gently, he poured the liquid down her throat and looked up, "She must not be disturbed until midnight.
Unfortunately for us, this area will be crawling with Guado by then. We must hide, and I know just the place."
He walked towards a rising cliff on the side of the pond.
He ran his hands over the walls as if searching for something.
Then, he found it.
It was a small hole.
He pressed his hand over it and said "Olo Eopia."
His sword slid into the puncture and the wall started to rumble.
"My father and I found this place long ago." Explained Jack.
The wall melted to reveal a cave.
The group entered as the cave entrance melted back into place.
"We can rest her till morning." He said.
He then pointed to A forked path that branched off into four different tunnels.
"Four of you can sleep in each tunnel, but one of you will have to share."
"I'll sleep out here." Said Tidus.
"Then you should all get some sleep, nightfall will be opon us shortly. Tidus, would you take Lady Yuna to her room?"
Tidus obeyed.
Later, they all headed to their rooms.
All except Rikku who hid behind a bolder to spy on Jack.
He was hiding something and she would find out.
He walked up to a wall to the cave, placed his hand upon it, and whisper, "Auron."
The wall melted just as the first one had.
Now was her chance.
Jack entered and as the wall began to close behind him.
Rikku dove in just as it closed. She followed a path up to a large curtain made of soft moss.
She pulled the cloth aside to find Jack sitting on a slab of stone looking sad.
He didn't move.
"Why do you follow me?" he said without looking up.
Rikku was taken aback.
"I wanted to know if there was any thing that you wanted to talk about." She said.
"Pull up a seat." He said.
She instead sat next to him on his slab.
"Tell me," she said. "Who is your father?"
He thought about it for a while.
"He is Auron" he said.
Rikku wasn't surprised.
After all, he was so much like Auron.
"Why do you wear that much gear on your face." She asked.
At first the boy remained silent. Then he spoke. " I shall tell you a story Rikku, The story of my past.
Long ago, after my father left with Braska on his pilgrimage, my mother, Elen was killed by a powerful monster.
I was orphaned.
I was desperate.
I ran to many cities seeking refuge but none would take me in.
Finally, I arrived at Bevelle and someone found me.
Someone named Seymour.
He took me in he.
Said he would protect me, train me, and help me master my skill as an Emrys.
At first, I believed him and he lived up to his word.
Over time, I realized that he was only using my skills to do his dirty work.
So I ran away. I trained in many places, overcame many obstacles, and shed blood of fiends.
It has all added up, now.
I seek to conquer the thief of my mother's life, Omega.
Until this happens, I shall hide my face from Spira."
Rikku remained silent for a while.
Then she spoke up, "I'm sorry,' she said.
"Is there anything that I can do?"
Jack shook his head.
He then looked up, "Let me show you something."
He placed his hand on a wall and spoke, "Night flower."
A small section of the wall melted to reveal the Moonflow pond.
It was lit up because it was night.
It was a rare and beautiful sight.
"Don't worry though. The Guado can't see us from here." He assured her.
"Wow!" said Rikku.
"Beautiful." Said Jack.
"It is, isn't it," said Rikku.
"It isn't the only beautiful thing," said Jack.
Rikku looked up at him, smiling.
Jack looked up at her a while later, "Why do you act so kind?"
Rikku blushed, "You could say that I care for you, just as I do Yunie and the others."
Jack looked around and smiled, seeming to be blushing as Rikku did.
"I care for you too," he replied.
Rikku was silent.
Jack didn't want to pressure her so he kept quiet as well.
Seconds seemed to pass like hours as they watched the sight quietly.
They smiled at each other briefly and returned their gaze to Moonflow.
They spent the next few minutes gazing at the bright pool.
Finally, Rikku stood and said, "It's late. I must get to sleep.
Uh, how do you open this wall?"
"Speak 'Auron'." He said.
Rikku spoke this, opening the exit.
"Good night." She said.
"Good night," Jack responded.
The door closed behind her.
Rikku wandered down the halls.
Finally, she arrived at Yuna's room.
"Yunie!" she said.
"Yunie!"
Yuna woke up.
"What is it, Rikku?" she asked.
"I need to talk to you." Said Rikku.
"It's about him," Rikku said.
"Who?" asked Yuna.
"His name is Jack. He's an Emrys," said Rikku.
Yuna gasped, "And to think that one of our own was an Emrys. This will ease our troubles for sure."
"That's not the point." Said Rikku.
"I've been feeling strange around him. He always seems to hide from me when I try to get close to him and I think I'm starting to like him." Said Rikku.
Yuna smiled and began giggling to herself.
"What?" asked Rikku in an embarrassed tone.
"You know what I'm thinking!" said Yuna.
Rikku looked at her, "You think that I'm in love?"
"Well my best guess would be yes, but do not fight it, live it," said Yuna.
"Tonight, we sat together viewing the Moonflow and he treated me like a close friend but we just barely met." Said Rikku.
Yuna laughed, "It sounds like he likes you too."
"I'm so confused," said Rikku.
"Try to sleep on it," Said Yuna.
"I guess I'd better do that," she said as she left the room to her room. "Goodnight, "she said.
Jack lied down on the slab.
"Night flower," he spoke, closing the window.
The silent darkness then put him into a deep sleep.
That night, he dreamt of Rikku.
He liked her, he didn't know why, he just did.
The next morning, he woke up to find Rikku sitting near him.
This made him happy, instead of being surprised.
She then noticed that he was awake. "Morning sleepy head!"
Jack smiled at her.
Finally they stood up.
"Let's go meet with the others." She said.
As they walked down the hall, Rikku trailed behind.
Jack then noticed a pair of red, glowing eyes . "Rikku! Look out!" he cried but it was useless.
Seymour lunged out of the shadows and grabbed her by the throat.
"OLO EOPIA!" Jack cried aiming his hand at the attacker.
His sword shot out and pierced through Seymour's skull.
He just remained there still smiling.
"You should have remembered what happened to the people that you came to love." Seymour said releasing Rikku.
After saying this, Seymour dropped to the ground, dead.
Rikku sunk to her knees.
"Rikku?" said Jack running over to her.
"Are you all right?"
Rikku didn't move.
He brought he head close, "Are you all right?"
She didn't answer.
He then felt something wet an the back of her head.
He looked at his hand to find it blood stained.
He looked behind her head to see that his sword had not only pierced Seymour but Rikku as well, as if it had doubled.
"NOOOOOOOO!" cried Jack, clutching his head in pain.
Jack woke with a start.
It had been a nightmare.
But what if it wasn't just that.
What if it had been a vision?
Would he be Rikku's murderer?
Author's note: Well, I finished this chapter pretty quickly and I left you at a cliffhanger. ^_^ I had a lot of time. I've gotten a lot more positive reviews. Rikku and Jack look sooooo cute together. Thanks so much. This story isn't the half of what I have next so keep up the R&R. Thanks.
Chapter 5
Pyreflys of the Moonflow
The prisoners were taken to the dungeons of Guadosalam.
Their hands and feet were strapped to giant round wheels.
Seymour walked past his captives.
Finally, he arrived at Yuna's wheel.
"Lady Yuna.
I hate our meeting had to be like this
But, lucky for you, you have the honor of dying first.
You shall receive a kiss from yours truly.
A kiss of death." Said Seymour.
"What?" asked Yuna.
Seymour opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue.
The prisoners gasped.
A snake now occupied where Seymour's tongue should have been.
Before she could protest, Seymour bent down and the two's lips connected.
"NOOO!" cried Tidus.
Yuna struggled but she then felt a sharp pain inside her mouth.
The asp had found its target.
Yuna fainted.
Looking up, Seymour glanced at Jack. "Now, you shall be the next for interfering at the Bajj Temple."
"Don't you even think about putting that thing in my mouth!" he said.
Seymour stammered, "No, no, I won't put you through that kind of pain. I'm straight!"
"Yeah right." Said Jack.
Seymour scowled, " You'll eat those words!"
" We'll, as long as it isn't your tongue with it, I won't complain." Joked Jack.
The party snickered, even some of the guards joined in.
Seymour started turning red. "We will see who's laughing soon enough."
A guard looked up. "Oh, quit trying Seymour. He told you off, and you know it."
Seymour casted Death on the guard. "Does anyone else have any wise-cracks?"
Everyone remained silent.
"Now where was I?" he said as he approached the youth.
"Guards!" he said as two guards untied the boy and held him by his shoulders.
"I shall kill him, myself." He said.
"NO!" cried Rikku.
He snapped his fingers and the snake rope tied the boy by his wrists.
He put face down on the table and tied him down.
Seymour then summoned the sword that he had used at the Bajj Temple.
He raised it above his head.
He was then interrupted by a sharp voice inside his head, "Seymour, I need you at the Farplane NOW!"
Seymour cursed. "Something has come up," he said. "You! Take care of this matter." He said pointing at a guard.
With that, he disappeared.
"Please, stop this!" cried Rikku.
"Sorry, just doing my job." Responded the guard.
Rikku was about to look away when she noticed that Jack was fiddling with his wrists.
The guard pulled out a sword and raised it above his head.
"REST IN THE FARPLANE!" he yelled as he brought it down.
The saber hit the table but not Jack, for he had vanished before it had struck.
The guards looked around, confused. "Where'd he go?" they said.
Suddenly, they heard a creak above them and looked to see Jack appear in the rafters.
"GET HIM!" one guard cried.
Jack laughed as one sprang up to grab him.
He jumped into a back flip and met the attacker with a kick to the face.
The guard crashed to the ground, clutching his head in agony.
"AX OF DARKNESS!" he cried, summoning a long double-sided ax with a black spike at the end.
The remaining seven guards rushed at him drawing swords, rods, and axes of their own.
Jack just stood his ground in his battle stance.
When they reached him, he blocked their first attacks, jumped back, and struck one down.
"CLAW KNIVES!" he yelled again, summoning four knifes which he flung at the attackers (Kinda like Yojimbo).
They each met their targets, the throats.
Now only one remained aside from the one kicked in the face.
The enemy drew his sword.
Jack yelled "RETURN!" and his ax vanished.
The boy looked up. "You wanna play sword fight? Well then, let's play."
Jack summoned Olo Eopia and held it up.
"DIE!" said the attacker.
He swung at Jack like a madman and Jack easily deflected the blows.
"This your first time?" asked Jack while blocking the attacks.
"Yes. it is," said the guard.
"Not bad" said Jack.
"But not good enough" he said.
Jack deflected one last blow, ducked one, and pierced the guard's back.
He fell.
Jack walked up to the guard who was beginning to recover.
"I shall spare your life, for you had no choice."
After freeing the others, he checked on Yuna.
"The poison has spread quickly. An antidote will not help. She needs something stronger or she will die in minutes." He said.
The others gasped.
"Where can we go?" asked Wakka.
Jack checked his cell-o-porter. "My battery is low. The farthest from here we can get is at the Moonflow."
"As long as it's not here," said Lulu.
"They're down here! Hurry!" Came a voice from the entrance to the dungeon.
"Punch it!" said Tidus.
"Grab Yuna." Jack said to Tidus. Yuna was still uncontious.
Tidus lifted Yuna and slung her over his shoulder.
The group grabbed on to Jack.
Then, in a flash, the group disappeared.
They appeared at the Moonflow.
"Quickly, bring Yuna to the water!" shouted Jack.
Tidus obeyed.
Jack cupped his hands and filled them with water from the holy pond.
"Open her mouth." He said.
Gently, he poured the liquid down her throat and looked up, "She must not be disturbed until midnight.
Unfortunately for us, this area will be crawling with Guado by then. We must hide, and I know just the place."
He walked towards a rising cliff on the side of the pond.
He ran his hands over the walls as if searching for something.
Then, he found it.
It was a small hole.
He pressed his hand over it and said "Olo Eopia."
His sword slid into the puncture and the wall started to rumble.
"My father and I found this place long ago." Explained Jack.
The wall melted to reveal a cave.
The group entered as the cave entrance melted back into place.
"We can rest her till morning." He said.
He then pointed to A forked path that branched off into four different tunnels.
"Four of you can sleep in each tunnel, but one of you will have to share."
"I'll sleep out here." Said Tidus.
"Then you should all get some sleep, nightfall will be opon us shortly. Tidus, would you take Lady Yuna to her room?"
Tidus obeyed.
Later, they all headed to their rooms.
All except Rikku who hid behind a bolder to spy on Jack.
He was hiding something and she would find out.
He walked up to a wall to the cave, placed his hand upon it, and whisper, "Auron."
The wall melted just as the first one had.
Now was her chance.
Jack entered and as the wall began to close behind him.
Rikku dove in just as it closed. She followed a path up to a large curtain made of soft moss.
She pulled the cloth aside to find Jack sitting on a slab of stone looking sad.
He didn't move.
"Why do you follow me?" he said without looking up.
Rikku was taken aback.
"I wanted to know if there was any thing that you wanted to talk about." She said.
"Pull up a seat." He said.
She instead sat next to him on his slab.
"Tell me," she said. "Who is your father?"
He thought about it for a while.
"He is Auron" he said.
Rikku wasn't surprised.
After all, he was so much like Auron.
"Why do you wear that much gear on your face." She asked.
At first the boy remained silent. Then he spoke. " I shall tell you a story Rikku, The story of my past.
Long ago, after my father left with Braska on his pilgrimage, my mother, Elen was killed by a powerful monster.
I was orphaned.
I was desperate.
I ran to many cities seeking refuge but none would take me in.
Finally, I arrived at Bevelle and someone found me.
Someone named Seymour.
He took me in he.
Said he would protect me, train me, and help me master my skill as an Emrys.
At first, I believed him and he lived up to his word.
Over time, I realized that he was only using my skills to do his dirty work.
So I ran away. I trained in many places, overcame many obstacles, and shed blood of fiends.
It has all added up, now.
I seek to conquer the thief of my mother's life, Omega.
Until this happens, I shall hide my face from Spira."
Rikku remained silent for a while.
Then she spoke up, "I'm sorry,' she said.
"Is there anything that I can do?"
Jack shook his head.
He then looked up, "Let me show you something."
He placed his hand on a wall and spoke, "Night flower."
A small section of the wall melted to reveal the Moonflow pond.
It was lit up because it was night.
It was a rare and beautiful sight.
"Don't worry though. The Guado can't see us from here." He assured her.
"Wow!" said Rikku.
"Beautiful." Said Jack.
"It is, isn't it," said Rikku.
"It isn't the only beautiful thing," said Jack.
Rikku looked up at him, smiling.
Jack looked up at her a while later, "Why do you act so kind?"
Rikku blushed, "You could say that I care for you, just as I do Yunie and the others."
Jack looked around and smiled, seeming to be blushing as Rikku did.
"I care for you too," he replied.
Rikku was silent.
Jack didn't want to pressure her so he kept quiet as well.
Seconds seemed to pass like hours as they watched the sight quietly.
They smiled at each other briefly and returned their gaze to Moonflow.
They spent the next few minutes gazing at the bright pool.
Finally, Rikku stood and said, "It's late. I must get to sleep.
Uh, how do you open this wall?"
"Speak 'Auron'." He said.
Rikku spoke this, opening the exit.
"Good night." She said.
"Good night," Jack responded.
The door closed behind her.
Rikku wandered down the halls.
Finally, she arrived at Yuna's room.
"Yunie!" she said.
"Yunie!"
Yuna woke up.
"What is it, Rikku?" she asked.
"I need to talk to you." Said Rikku.
"It's about him," Rikku said.
"Who?" asked Yuna.
"His name is Jack. He's an Emrys," said Rikku.
Yuna gasped, "And to think that one of our own was an Emrys. This will ease our troubles for sure."
"That's not the point." Said Rikku.
"I've been feeling strange around him. He always seems to hide from me when I try to get close to him and I think I'm starting to like him." Said Rikku.
Yuna smiled and began giggling to herself.
"What?" asked Rikku in an embarrassed tone.
"You know what I'm thinking!" said Yuna.
Rikku looked at her, "You think that I'm in love?"
"Well my best guess would be yes, but do not fight it, live it," said Yuna.
"Tonight, we sat together viewing the Moonflow and he treated me like a close friend but we just barely met." Said Rikku.
Yuna laughed, "It sounds like he likes you too."
"I'm so confused," said Rikku.
"Try to sleep on it," Said Yuna.
"I guess I'd better do that," she said as she left the room to her room. "Goodnight, "she said.
Jack lied down on the slab.
"Night flower," he spoke, closing the window.
The silent darkness then put him into a deep sleep.
That night, he dreamt of Rikku.
He liked her, he didn't know why, he just did.
The next morning, he woke up to find Rikku sitting near him.
This made him happy, instead of being surprised.
She then noticed that he was awake. "Morning sleepy head!"
Jack smiled at her.
Finally they stood up.
"Let's go meet with the others." She said.
As they walked down the hall, Rikku trailed behind.
Jack then noticed a pair of red, glowing eyes . "Rikku! Look out!" he cried but it was useless.
Seymour lunged out of the shadows and grabbed her by the throat.
"OLO EOPIA!" Jack cried aiming his hand at the attacker.
His sword shot out and pierced through Seymour's skull.
He just remained there still smiling.
"You should have remembered what happened to the people that you came to love." Seymour said releasing Rikku.
After saying this, Seymour dropped to the ground, dead.
Rikku sunk to her knees.
"Rikku?" said Jack running over to her.
"Are you all right?"
Rikku didn't move.
He brought he head close, "Are you all right?"
She didn't answer.
He then felt something wet an the back of her head.
He looked at his hand to find it blood stained.
He looked behind her head to see that his sword had not only pierced Seymour but Rikku as well, as if it had doubled.
"NOOOOOOOO!" cried Jack, clutching his head in pain.
Jack woke with a start.
It had been a nightmare.
But what if it wasn't just that.
What if it had been a vision?
Would he be Rikku's murderer?
Author's note: Well, I finished this chapter pretty quickly and I left you at a cliffhanger. ^_^ I had a lot of time. I've gotten a lot more positive reviews. Rikku and Jack look sooooo cute together. Thanks so much. This story isn't the half of what I have next so keep up the R&R. Thanks.