Wow, I'm glad many of you made some positive comments on the first chapter.
Well here's the second one for your reading pleasure.
Disclaimer: I don't own FFX or FFX-2 yadda yadda you know the rest.
Chapter 2, LeBlanc's Training
After a long boat ride and a short hike the four of us made it to this small village inside this cavern by the looks of it.
"You're saying you live here?" I asked LeBlanc as I was looking in every direction I could. This was a strange place. Of course Earth didn't have such places that I knew of.
"Its that large place right in front of you." She said pointing to a large looking place that seemed to be constructed into the cave wall.
The inside was even more impressive than the outside. The stairs and floors were all so well decorated but this place seemed to feel kinda dead.
"Well the reason I brought you here is simple. I'm going to get right to the point, love. You seem like you'd be cut out to work for me." She told me.
"What do you do exactly?" I asked her.
"The LeBlanc Syndicate is a group of sphere hunters. The name is pretty self explanatory. Would you care to try it out?" she asked.
"Well I don't know what spheres are though." I told her. She looked very surprised. So did Ormi and Logos.
"How do you not know what spheres are? Have you been living under Gagazet or something?" Logos asked in a very sarcastic tone. He was kinda annoying.
"Well I'm not exactly from Spira at all. I'm from this place called Earth. It's very different than Spira." I began. I sat down and told them all I could about Earth. They seemed very entertained by my tale.
"Interesting. Well this is great. That brat Yuna had a guardian from another world and she defeated Sin so if we have a kid from another world who knows what could happen." LeBlanc celebrated.
"Well I don't know how to use weapons or anything. Well except for guns but I'm not an expert with them." I told her.
"Well I could put you through some training with some of my other sphere hunters to get you ready for the real battles. Especially against those Gullwings." She said.
"Well than I guess I could join. But would I get a choice of weapon and clothes?" I asked her.
"The weapon yes but I'm afraid you'd have to dress like the rest of us. But you'll adjust to my lovely colors soon enough." She informed me.
It took a couple of hours but I already had my outfit and weapon ready for me. My outfit was the same blue and purple that Ormi and Logos wore except mine was a little different. The top was a shirt that had this metallic cover over my left arm and left hand. The right arm was free to move around but I wore a glove on that hand with my thumb, pointer, and middle fingers showing. The pants were these long loose shorts with one legs shorter than the rest and my boots were a basic dark blue color. Some of her female goons even styled my hair. It was short and brown and not as messy anymore. I must admit I rather like working for LeBlanc.
My weapon was something I wanted on my own. I had gotten the idea from this game called Wild Arms and it looked like a cool weapon. It was this large rifle and the end had this long blade on it. It functioned as both a close and long range weapon. It was heavy but not as heavy as I imagined it to be. The rifle hooked to a strap located behind my waist. I smiled at myself when I looked into the mirror.
"Don't you look darling." LeBlanc said to me as I saw her image appear behind me in the mirror.
"You're embarrassing me." I told her.
"Now all that is left is the training part. Unfortunately I've got to be running off to find this sphere before the Gullwings manage to get it. These two will lead you to a suitable spot to practice until you're ready for the real stuff." She told me leaving. Two of her female goons were waiting. They looked identical in their uniforms but you could tell they were two different people by the shape of their body.
"Lead the way ladies." I smirked. I'll be the first to admit it. I flirt when I can, not always successfully but you know. The two of them led me to this wide open path going through this forest. It wasn't far from LeBlanc's chateau.
"Put this one." One of them said as she placed this collar around my neck. "It attracts fiends to you so we don't have to wait here forever to see if you're cut out for this job." She said sounding kind of annoyed at me.
In a few minute this small dog like creature appeared and looked like it was going to attack me. Reaching around I brought my rifle into my arms and was preparing myself for the encounter.
I'll tell you right now I was scared out of my mind like you wouldn't believe facing down this slobbering hound holding a weapon I had never used before on a planet I didn't think existed. I wasn't even sure if I'd have the courage to kill this thing, but I'm sure it had the courage to kill me. Regardless I was in a new place now and the rules are different so I must adjust.
The beast lunged at me. I placed my right foot back a little and moved to the side and it passed right in front of me. It turned around and came back for a second try. This time I had my weapon aimed for him. Pulling the trigger a powerful shot rang through the woods as the creature fell to the ground dead with a slug in its brain. Its body vanished into the air as these small little lights escaped its body. I knew those lights were pyreflies because I had beaten Final Fantasy X but I had not made it far into Final Fantasy X-2 so I did not know what happens in that. Though I'm guessing most of it will be different because I'm here.
Then a new thought dawned on me. I would most likely meet Yuna, Rikku, and that new girl Paine sooner or later. Only I'd be going against them. I had the heart to kill this fiend but would I have the same heart to fight against those three?
I snapped out of my thoughts when a new fiend appeared. It was this small blue colored blob. It looked like living jello but didn't move towards me. Instead it sent a small stream of water at me. The stream connected with my body. The water was very cold and it felt like the warmth from my body was stolen for a moment. It stung a little bit but I was still okay, if you overlook my now wet uniform.
I decided to try slashing the beast. Running to it I brought my rifle up over my head and brought it straight down in an attempt to cut the monster in half. It connected but the creature was still alive. Its molecular makeup must prevent this somehow. I didn't have the time to ponder how it survived such a blow so I pulled the trigger. The barrel of my rifle was partially inside the creatures body so the slug must have dealt the killing blow because the monster seemed to melt into the ground and vanish like the fiend before it.
I felt a little stronger and more confident after beating two fiends. I kept this up for a little while longer until I had beaten a total of twelve fiends. I returned to the female goons who looked to be nowhere in sight.
"Where the heck did they go?" I asked aloud. I removed the collar they had given me and placed it on one of my cargo pockets. I didn't want to attract fiends any longer.
I headed further away from Guadosalam, the location of LeBlanc's chateau, and made my way to this beautiful lake.
This was the Moonflow. It was much more breathtaking than anything I had ever seen in my entire existence. The water looked so calm and gentle and the flowers were very pretty. Looking around I found the two girls sitting and watching the beauty as well.
"I was looking for you two." I told them. I wasn't really mad at them for leaving me alone but I had wished they told me they were going to.
"Oh, um, sorry about that. We were getting bored with just watching you fight." The taller and thinner one told me.
"Do you think I did well though?" I asked them.
"I thought you were fine. I didn't expect you to handle that weapon so well for your first time. Not saying you were perfect at it, but you were good enough." The smaller and more curvy one said.
"Well what's next ladies?" I asked them.
"LeBlanc just told us to let you train for awhile and then head back and wait for her. So I guess the three of us should turn back for now." The short one said.
Walking together the three of us made our way back to Guadosalam. Before we made it back we encountered another fiend to deal with. It was this much larger creature with two horns that were attached to its back. It looked rather disgruntled at us and I doubt it would let us pass.
"Well ladies why don't the three of us take him on?" I asked them drawing my rifle.
"I could use the exercise I suppose, the other girls have said I'm getting fat." The short one commented drawing this fan. Her friend soon drew a fan of her own.
They brought their fans into this strange position and their bodies began to become surrounded in this light. I was already firing two slugs into the fiend. It looked hurt by them but didn't seem to slow down. It then charged at me.
I fired again but it didn't stop or even flinch. I fell backwards and felt like I was dead at that moment. Then suddenly this large burst of fire hit the creature. It stopped and fell to the ground itself.
I turned around and the two girls must have used magic on it. How effective. I stood up and drove my blade into the creatures skull. It vanished in a cloud of pyreflies.
"Thanks for the help you two." I said putting my weapon away.
"If we let you die LeBlanc would kill us. She seems to favor you for some reason." The tall one said.
"I wonder why. I mean I'm not as experienced as Logos or Ormi and she barely knows me." I pondered.
"Well I think you're more mature than Logos or Ormi. Those two are kinda creepy." The short one said shivering.
"What makes them creepy?" I asked as we continued walking.
"Ormi is a nice person and everything but he's not too bright if you know what I mean. And Logos is pretty perverted. He's tried to hit on me a few times. Thankfully he knows when to stop if a girl says no to him." The short one explained.
"Well this looks like we're here." I informed the girls.
"You should probably wait for LeBlanc to return in the main entrance. The two of us have some work to do." The tall one told me.
"Can I at least get your names before we leave?" I asked placing my hands behind my head. I was usually nervous when asking a girl for anything, even something as small as her own name but I felt a little more comfortable with these two.
The tall girl was named Virginia and the short one was named Cora. I would hope I could recognize them if I saw them in uniform against. Those orange suits made them look almost identical.
I went into the doors in the back and there was all this food on these three tables. It was all arranged so nicely but I was getting hungry so I took an apple and began to munch on it.
After finishing my apple and discarding the core in a waste basket nearby LeBlanc, Ormi, and Logos entered the chamber looking rather beat up and tired.
"Those blasted girls made a fool of me again!" LeBlanc shouted clutching her back.
"Don't worry Boss. We'll get em the next time." Ormi told her. It didn't seem to help her mood.
"Well I see one of us is doing fine." Logos pointed out crossing his arms.
"What happened to you guys?" I asked.
They had gone to the ruins floating over Mt. Gagazet and it turns out Yuna, Rikku, and Paine had fought them and won, and also beat them to the sphere too. The three of them fell off the path and LeBlanc was hanging on for her dear life, which was hard considering Logos was clutching her dress and Ormi had his legs wrapped firmly around Logos' midsection.
"Ouch. Well if it will make you feel better I seem to have the hang of fighting down." I told LeBlanc.
"That does ease some of my pain, but I still need a hot bath." She said.
"Right away Boss!" Logos and Ormi declared in unison.
"Need me to help you to get there. It must hurt to walk right now." I offered her.
"I suppose so..." she said collapsing onto me. She was asleep. Wow, that really did take its toll on her.
For a person my size I'm rather strong but I couldn't lift LeBlanc off her feet so I had to place one arm over my shoulder and kinda drag her. One of the female goons pointed me in the direction of her bath. They took over once I brought her there. I wasn't ready to see my employer undress in front of me. Well not this soon anyway hehe.
There one of the male goons showed me to where I would be sleeping. It was a vacant room with a bed on it. There was nothing else there. It felt kinda empty and lonely but I was hoping I'd fill it with things in no time. I myself was rather tired from my day of running around this world. It must be about 11:00 so I decided to sleep.
I thought I might wake up in my own bed back on Earth thinking this was all some wonderful dream but it wasn't like that. I woke up to someone banging on my door telling me to meet at the main entrance. Would I meet the Gullwings today?
How is it so far? I enjoyed reading all the reviews I had gotten and I hope that I get more positive feedback as this continues.
Disclaimer: I don't own FFX or FFX-2 yadda yadda you know the rest.
Chapter 2, LeBlanc's Training
After a long boat ride and a short hike the four of us made it to this small village inside this cavern by the looks of it.
"You're saying you live here?" I asked LeBlanc as I was looking in every direction I could. This was a strange place. Of course Earth didn't have such places that I knew of.
"Its that large place right in front of you." She said pointing to a large looking place that seemed to be constructed into the cave wall.
The inside was even more impressive than the outside. The stairs and floors were all so well decorated but this place seemed to feel kinda dead.
"Well the reason I brought you here is simple. I'm going to get right to the point, love. You seem like you'd be cut out to work for me." She told me.
"What do you do exactly?" I asked her.
"The LeBlanc Syndicate is a group of sphere hunters. The name is pretty self explanatory. Would you care to try it out?" she asked.
"Well I don't know what spheres are though." I told her. She looked very surprised. So did Ormi and Logos.
"How do you not know what spheres are? Have you been living under Gagazet or something?" Logos asked in a very sarcastic tone. He was kinda annoying.
"Well I'm not exactly from Spira at all. I'm from this place called Earth. It's very different than Spira." I began. I sat down and told them all I could about Earth. They seemed very entertained by my tale.
"Interesting. Well this is great. That brat Yuna had a guardian from another world and she defeated Sin so if we have a kid from another world who knows what could happen." LeBlanc celebrated.
"Well I don't know how to use weapons or anything. Well except for guns but I'm not an expert with them." I told her.
"Well I could put you through some training with some of my other sphere hunters to get you ready for the real battles. Especially against those Gullwings." She said.
"Well than I guess I could join. But would I get a choice of weapon and clothes?" I asked her.
"The weapon yes but I'm afraid you'd have to dress like the rest of us. But you'll adjust to my lovely colors soon enough." She informed me.
It took a couple of hours but I already had my outfit and weapon ready for me. My outfit was the same blue and purple that Ormi and Logos wore except mine was a little different. The top was a shirt that had this metallic cover over my left arm and left hand. The right arm was free to move around but I wore a glove on that hand with my thumb, pointer, and middle fingers showing. The pants were these long loose shorts with one legs shorter than the rest and my boots were a basic dark blue color. Some of her female goons even styled my hair. It was short and brown and not as messy anymore. I must admit I rather like working for LeBlanc.
My weapon was something I wanted on my own. I had gotten the idea from this game called Wild Arms and it looked like a cool weapon. It was this large rifle and the end had this long blade on it. It functioned as both a close and long range weapon. It was heavy but not as heavy as I imagined it to be. The rifle hooked to a strap located behind my waist. I smiled at myself when I looked into the mirror.
"Don't you look darling." LeBlanc said to me as I saw her image appear behind me in the mirror.
"You're embarrassing me." I told her.
"Now all that is left is the training part. Unfortunately I've got to be running off to find this sphere before the Gullwings manage to get it. These two will lead you to a suitable spot to practice until you're ready for the real stuff." She told me leaving. Two of her female goons were waiting. They looked identical in their uniforms but you could tell they were two different people by the shape of their body.
"Lead the way ladies." I smirked. I'll be the first to admit it. I flirt when I can, not always successfully but you know. The two of them led me to this wide open path going through this forest. It wasn't far from LeBlanc's chateau.
"Put this one." One of them said as she placed this collar around my neck. "It attracts fiends to you so we don't have to wait here forever to see if you're cut out for this job." She said sounding kind of annoyed at me.
In a few minute this small dog like creature appeared and looked like it was going to attack me. Reaching around I brought my rifle into my arms and was preparing myself for the encounter.
I'll tell you right now I was scared out of my mind like you wouldn't believe facing down this slobbering hound holding a weapon I had never used before on a planet I didn't think existed. I wasn't even sure if I'd have the courage to kill this thing, but I'm sure it had the courage to kill me. Regardless I was in a new place now and the rules are different so I must adjust.
The beast lunged at me. I placed my right foot back a little and moved to the side and it passed right in front of me. It turned around and came back for a second try. This time I had my weapon aimed for him. Pulling the trigger a powerful shot rang through the woods as the creature fell to the ground dead with a slug in its brain. Its body vanished into the air as these small little lights escaped its body. I knew those lights were pyreflies because I had beaten Final Fantasy X but I had not made it far into Final Fantasy X-2 so I did not know what happens in that. Though I'm guessing most of it will be different because I'm here.
Then a new thought dawned on me. I would most likely meet Yuna, Rikku, and that new girl Paine sooner or later. Only I'd be going against them. I had the heart to kill this fiend but would I have the same heart to fight against those three?
I snapped out of my thoughts when a new fiend appeared. It was this small blue colored blob. It looked like living jello but didn't move towards me. Instead it sent a small stream of water at me. The stream connected with my body. The water was very cold and it felt like the warmth from my body was stolen for a moment. It stung a little bit but I was still okay, if you overlook my now wet uniform.
I decided to try slashing the beast. Running to it I brought my rifle up over my head and brought it straight down in an attempt to cut the monster in half. It connected but the creature was still alive. Its molecular makeup must prevent this somehow. I didn't have the time to ponder how it survived such a blow so I pulled the trigger. The barrel of my rifle was partially inside the creatures body so the slug must have dealt the killing blow because the monster seemed to melt into the ground and vanish like the fiend before it.
I felt a little stronger and more confident after beating two fiends. I kept this up for a little while longer until I had beaten a total of twelve fiends. I returned to the female goons who looked to be nowhere in sight.
"Where the heck did they go?" I asked aloud. I removed the collar they had given me and placed it on one of my cargo pockets. I didn't want to attract fiends any longer.
I headed further away from Guadosalam, the location of LeBlanc's chateau, and made my way to this beautiful lake.
This was the Moonflow. It was much more breathtaking than anything I had ever seen in my entire existence. The water looked so calm and gentle and the flowers were very pretty. Looking around I found the two girls sitting and watching the beauty as well.
"I was looking for you two." I told them. I wasn't really mad at them for leaving me alone but I had wished they told me they were going to.
"Oh, um, sorry about that. We were getting bored with just watching you fight." The taller and thinner one told me.
"Do you think I did well though?" I asked them.
"I thought you were fine. I didn't expect you to handle that weapon so well for your first time. Not saying you were perfect at it, but you were good enough." The smaller and more curvy one said.
"Well what's next ladies?" I asked them.
"LeBlanc just told us to let you train for awhile and then head back and wait for her. So I guess the three of us should turn back for now." The short one said.
Walking together the three of us made our way back to Guadosalam. Before we made it back we encountered another fiend to deal with. It was this much larger creature with two horns that were attached to its back. It looked rather disgruntled at us and I doubt it would let us pass.
"Well ladies why don't the three of us take him on?" I asked them drawing my rifle.
"I could use the exercise I suppose, the other girls have said I'm getting fat." The short one commented drawing this fan. Her friend soon drew a fan of her own.
They brought their fans into this strange position and their bodies began to become surrounded in this light. I was already firing two slugs into the fiend. It looked hurt by them but didn't seem to slow down. It then charged at me.
I fired again but it didn't stop or even flinch. I fell backwards and felt like I was dead at that moment. Then suddenly this large burst of fire hit the creature. It stopped and fell to the ground itself.
I turned around and the two girls must have used magic on it. How effective. I stood up and drove my blade into the creatures skull. It vanished in a cloud of pyreflies.
"Thanks for the help you two." I said putting my weapon away.
"If we let you die LeBlanc would kill us. She seems to favor you for some reason." The tall one said.
"I wonder why. I mean I'm not as experienced as Logos or Ormi and she barely knows me." I pondered.
"Well I think you're more mature than Logos or Ormi. Those two are kinda creepy." The short one said shivering.
"What makes them creepy?" I asked as we continued walking.
"Ormi is a nice person and everything but he's not too bright if you know what I mean. And Logos is pretty perverted. He's tried to hit on me a few times. Thankfully he knows when to stop if a girl says no to him." The short one explained.
"Well this looks like we're here." I informed the girls.
"You should probably wait for LeBlanc to return in the main entrance. The two of us have some work to do." The tall one told me.
"Can I at least get your names before we leave?" I asked placing my hands behind my head. I was usually nervous when asking a girl for anything, even something as small as her own name but I felt a little more comfortable with these two.
The tall girl was named Virginia and the short one was named Cora. I would hope I could recognize them if I saw them in uniform against. Those orange suits made them look almost identical.
I went into the doors in the back and there was all this food on these three tables. It was all arranged so nicely but I was getting hungry so I took an apple and began to munch on it.
After finishing my apple and discarding the core in a waste basket nearby LeBlanc, Ormi, and Logos entered the chamber looking rather beat up and tired.
"Those blasted girls made a fool of me again!" LeBlanc shouted clutching her back.
"Don't worry Boss. We'll get em the next time." Ormi told her. It didn't seem to help her mood.
"Well I see one of us is doing fine." Logos pointed out crossing his arms.
"What happened to you guys?" I asked.
They had gone to the ruins floating over Mt. Gagazet and it turns out Yuna, Rikku, and Paine had fought them and won, and also beat them to the sphere too. The three of them fell off the path and LeBlanc was hanging on for her dear life, which was hard considering Logos was clutching her dress and Ormi had his legs wrapped firmly around Logos' midsection.
"Ouch. Well if it will make you feel better I seem to have the hang of fighting down." I told LeBlanc.
"That does ease some of my pain, but I still need a hot bath." She said.
"Right away Boss!" Logos and Ormi declared in unison.
"Need me to help you to get there. It must hurt to walk right now." I offered her.
"I suppose so..." she said collapsing onto me. She was asleep. Wow, that really did take its toll on her.
For a person my size I'm rather strong but I couldn't lift LeBlanc off her feet so I had to place one arm over my shoulder and kinda drag her. One of the female goons pointed me in the direction of her bath. They took over once I brought her there. I wasn't ready to see my employer undress in front of me. Well not this soon anyway hehe.
There one of the male goons showed me to where I would be sleeping. It was a vacant room with a bed on it. There was nothing else there. It felt kinda empty and lonely but I was hoping I'd fill it with things in no time. I myself was rather tired from my day of running around this world. It must be about 11:00 so I decided to sleep.
I thought I might wake up in my own bed back on Earth thinking this was all some wonderful dream but it wasn't like that. I woke up to someone banging on my door telling me to meet at the main entrance. Would I meet the Gullwings today?
How is it so far? I enjoyed reading all the reviews I had gotten and I hope that I get more positive feedback as this continues.