Here's chapter 5, I hope you all will enjoy it. In this chapter, they'll meet up with Maester Seymour Guado. Remember, Seymour is not the crazy self he was in the game. He is a normal maester, trying to help the people of Spira.
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Yuna just stayed there, not moving, embracing the entire moment of this. She held onto all her emotions, all thought, and all that had happened the previous night to now. She vaguely remembered her summoning of the Final Aeon.
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It happened just yesterday, but it seemed that it was forever ago, as if it never really happened, like it was a dream. But it had happened, and because of it, Tidus was gone. She recalled walking in Zanarkand, feeling its ancientness and feeling scared. But, her six faithful guardians were there to protect her, to soothe her soul. They went slowly, precariously, but swiftly trough the Trials and journeyed to the Chamber of the Fayth. Both summoner and guardians went through the crystalline doors to receive the Final Aeon.
The spirit of the fayth, Lady Yunalesca, the first summoner to defeat Sin, greeted them. She had pale white skin that gave her the appearance of a zombie or ghost, which frightened the party a little. She had wavy silver hair that reached to her knees. She wore an ornate blue and green headband. Her clothes comprised of a revealing dark blue bra, a string thin black thong, a few blue wristbands, and jagged necklace. Lady Yuna and her guardians were thrown a little off edge by this heroine's outfit. Only Auron seemed to keep his cool because he had seen her before, ten years ago.
As they approached, Yunalesca spoke to them, telling them of the Final Aeon. Her words stung their hearts. In order to perform the Final Summoning, and use the Final Aeon, Yuna would have to choose one of her guardians to sacrifice themself to become the aeon. Once chosen, and transformed into an aeon, they would kill Sin, at the expense of killing the summoner and then turning into Sin.
Each guardian wanted to help Yuna defeat Sin, but to destroy themself, then kill her, and then be changed into the one thing that caused so much death, seemed to be pointless. It was an endless cycle of unnecessary death and sacrifice. They all wanted to change it, to somehow break the cycle. But, they were unable to come up with an alternative.
She couldn't pick one, for all her guardians were her dear friends. Auron stepped forward willingly and calmly. "Yuna, choose me. Trust me, it's for the best." He walked over to Lady Yunalesca and bowed down. Yuna was shocked, and still surprised, and slightly wary, walked over and bowed to Yunalesca. "May Yevon be with you," were her final words.
Yunalesca then was immersed in light, and touched Auron. He squealed in pain and reeled over, hands clasping his chest. He tried to collect himself, but his body began to morph. First, his muscles began to bulge and grow unnaturally. He then began to grow bigger, to accommodate his rapidly growing muscles and body. He dropped his sword, now perhaps only big enough to slice one of his fingers. His clothes were ripped to shreds off his body as he morphed. Dark black and silver fur lined his entire body, and his eyes became enchanting yellow slits. His nails grew unproportional, and now were razor sharp and strong enough to rip a person to shreds. His face warped, and resembled a snarling cat.
His legs lit up, and then fused together. Auron reeled over in pain yet again. His screams were inhuman and unbearable. His eyes looked as if he was about to cry. The five remaining guardians shut their eyes and put their hands over their ears. They couldn't watch their friend be turned into a hideous monster, even if he was going to save them from Sin.
Tidus was fighting back tears as his mentor- his stepfather was being killed and his essence was transforming into something so inhuman, so destructive, so hideous, and so powerful. He couldn't watch anymore, and he buried his head into his knees as he tried to cry all of his problems away. He continued to mope and wail, and wouldn't stop until the summon was complete.
Rikku, too, was terrified by Auron's transformation. She yelled and screamed. "No! Auron, you can't! You're just going to kill Yuna! Auron…!" She began to cry and break down.
Wakka and Lulu couldn't watch this horror take place. They buried their heads into eachother, and cried. They tried to comfort the other, but it was futile.
Only Kimahri seemed to be able to hold himself together. He told Yuna, "Yuna stop. Stop now. Bad."
Yuna looked at Kimahri, taken back by his words. Yuna, full of sorrow, nodded her head. "I can't Kimahri," Yuna said as she too fought back her tears, "I have to do this. To save Spira. Forgive me." She couldn't hold it in any longer, and now she mourned with her four guardians.
Yunalesca, seemingly immune to emotion and lacking compassion, spoke. "The transformation is complete. Auron is now the Final Aeon. Yuna, summon him now. Call upon him to defeat Sin."
Yuna looked up, eyes red from crying. "No… there has to be…" Yunalesca put her finger on her lips. "Speak no more. It is the only way. Do you want Sin to ravage?" Her question implied that Yuna was the enemy, that she was the one at fault and not her. Yuna, saddened by the outcome, and now angry at this horrific event, nodded woefully. Yuna knew she would have to sacrifice herself, but a guardian as well? Her faith was beginning to shake.
She calmed herself and went over to her guardians. First to Rikku. She comforted her younger cousin. She knew how hard this must've been. Rikku probably barely understood what was happening, and now she was going to see her cousin, her friend, murdered.
Next, see walked over to Wakka and Lulu. She hugged them both, and said her goodbyes; she was going to miss them both. They were like her family, her brother and sister. She tried not to think about dying, because she knew she would've broken down. She told them to be strong, and that she had to do her duty. They nodded, but they still were sad.
She next went to her first guardian, and dearest friend, Kimahri. She hugged him, and he placed his large protecting arms around her. One could see the sadness in his eyes now too. Yuna rested her head on his chest
"Yuna no go. Kimahri disagree. Yuna not die." Anger, resentment, and sadness all filled his words. He was Yuna's guardian, and as that, he needed to protect her. Kimahri wasn't going to let a simple rule take her away from him. Yuna protested, "Kimahri, Yuna must go! Yuna has to!" she was crying as she spoke, "Yuna must defeat Sin! Yuna must… must die…" Kimahri let go, and let her go to her last guardian.
She walked over to Tidus; her eyes still red from crying, and himself crying still. It was almost too much to bear. She knew that without him, she never would have made it this far. She knelt down and nudged him. "Tidus, Tidus please," her tears broke her words up, but they added love to her words as well, "This is the last time I'll ever see you, won't you say goodbye?"
Yuna continued to cry, and Tidus thought it was because he wouldn't talk to her. He couldn't, he would not accept that Yuna was going to die. It happened too soon, and now, he didn't now what to do. He wasn't ready to cope with her sacrifice.
"Tidus, I love you."
He looked up, had Yuna really said that? She was now walking away, her staff in hand.
She cried the whole time. To her last breath, tears streamed down her face and littered the ground. She danced and flung her staff around. Pyreflies danced with her, too. She stopped and extended her staff forward. It began to glow, and then a beam shot out of it. It landed far off, and began to grow. The Final Aeon, Auron, was summoned. He was a monster, thirsty to kill and ready to ravage. Yuna looked at Auron and whispered her goodbyes to him as well.
Suddenly the floor began to rumble. Yunalesca had left them, and they all were terrified. Another hideous creature burst through the ground, him too ready to kill. It was yet another aeon, although this one was different. It too was once a human, and he too was warped to save Spira. It the previous Final Aeon, but it was consumed, and now had become Sin.
Auron smirked and placed his hands out. A gigantic sword fell into them. It resembled his old sword, but this one was about one hundred times bigger. He slung it behind his shoulders, his signature pose. The 'fallen aeon' drew a weapon of his own. He grabbed a sword out the ground, but this resembled a shovel. He took it and swung at Auron, slicing a gash through his chest.
Yuna watched in horror as her aeon, her friend and guardian, took on Sin. She wanted to scream, to cry, to do anything, but she couldn't. All she could do was watch and be horrified.
The battle continued to wage on. Each monstrosity swapped blows, but Auron seemed to have the upper hand. Eventually, Auron's sword was knocked out of his hand. It was sent flying towards the guardians. It flew and seemed to be headed for Yuna, but she didn't notice. She was wailing.
Tidus looked up and saw the sword. He dashed to save Yuna, he wasn't going to let her die. The world seemed frozen, and the only moving objects were the monster sword and Tidus. They seemed to be slowed down, too, as if the world was in slow motion. Tidus ran, and yelled at Yuna to move. She looked up, confused, and saw the sword. She closed her eyes and covered her face with her arms. Tidus kept running and moved her out of the way.
"Yuna, it's okay. You're safe." Tidus shook Yuna, she wasn't responding. He looked and saw a huge gash in her side, and she was bleeding.Yuna wasdead.
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Yuna looked back at her friends. Kimahri was standing again, and Yuna was just on the floor. Rikku was staring at her and waving her arms. "Hey Yunie! You okay?" Rikku bent down to see her eyes. Yuna looked up and murmured that she was fine. She stood again and sighed. "Let's go."
Rikku contacted her father and he came to pick them up with his airship. All were amazed. It was huge and beautiful, and they wondered how it flew. It hull was purple, and it glowed in the morning sunlight. The side propellers began to whir, and soon they were flying.
Cid, Rikku's father, realized something was the matter with them, but couldn't figure it out. He thought maybe that Yuna had defeated Sin, but then she would've been dead. He didn't want to press the matter, and figured it was personal. "Cu," Cid scratched the back of his head, "frana uvv du?"
All but Rikku looked at him. They tried to make sense of the Al Bhed. Cid had forgotten that they didn't know the language. Before he could translate, Rikku interrupted.
Rikku looked up and told her dad, "Tyt! Fa yna ymm cyt, ugyo? Huf ec hud dra desa! Ycg ic eh y ped. Fa haat cusa ymuha desa, kud ed?"
Cid was taken back, and shocked. "Very well. I'll see you kiddos later." He walked out of the hallway and to the bridge.
Yuna was the one to ask, "Um, Rikku. What did you say to your father? He seemed kind upset about it." It was Rikku's turn to be a little shocked. She giggled, and noticing it wasn't a humorous mood, stopped. "I just told him to let us be for a bit. He wanted to know where we wanted to go, and I told him we needed to think." They all sensed there was something else, but decided it wasn't important.
Lulu spoke next, "Yuna, where do you want to go? Back to Besaid, where you can live quietly the rest of your life?" Lulu was deeply homesick and she wanted to go back. But she wasn't going to leave Yuna.
Yuna nodded, and sheepishly smiled. "No, I know where I want to go to. But, you don't have to follow me, if you want to, go back home now." They all reassured her that they would go wherever she went. She continued, "I'm going back to Guadosalam." They grew slightly frightened, a little worried, but they trusted her. Lulu reasoned that Yuna wanted to see her lover again. Rikku didn't seemed to care. Wakka asked her why though.
"Because," her cheeks blushed, and her voice sounded embarrassed, happy, and yet regretful, "Maester Seymour Guado, asked for my hand in marriage." Wakka's eyes grew wide, Lulu gasped, and Rikku smiled. Rikku realized that maybe she wasn't supposed to be happy, since neither Lulu nor Wakka were.
"Please, don't be worried or frightened. I know what I am doing. It's the right thing. Now, Spira is rid of Sin, and they will have a joyous wedding to celebrate. It's perfect."
Lulu nodded, a little sorrowfully. Wakka still couldn't believe Yuna was getting married. Rikku, not caring whether it was okay to be happy or not, clapped her hands, and then hugged her cousin. "We're so happy for you!" Rikku skipped off to tell her father where to fly the airship. Kimahri smiled and spoke, "Kimahri happy Yuna happy."
Yuna smiled, and said, thank you Kimahri. She went and walked over to the rooms, tired from all the commotion of today. Wakka went to go too, but Lulu grabbed his arm. "Wakka, don't you think it's kinda odd that Yuna would marry Seymour Guado. Isn't it a little sudden? I'm worried."
Wakka laughed to himself. "Hey, I'm not big on this idea, either. But if Yuna wants to get married, we can't stop her. Besides, she looks so happy." Lulu nodded, "I guess you're right."
"Well," Lulu added, "I'm going to sleep as well, and talk to Yuna about this." She kissed Wakka on the cheek goodbye and walked off towards the rooms.
Wakka blushed, and chuckled. He was liking how the day was going. He smiled and went to the bridge to see how long they had till Guadosalam.
The airship landed south of Guadosalam. They walked off, and waved goodbye. They now stood at the north bank of the Moonflow. Lulu and Yuna remembered Tidus' promise. They were going to come back after they defeated Sin and watch the moon lilies at night. Yuna knew Tidus would be watching from the Farplane, and Yuna was going to come back tonight.
The five walked into Guadosalam. As soon as they entered they were greeted by questioning looks and surprised faces. A young Guado boy ran up to them and asked, "Aren't you Lady Yuna?" Yuna nodded at him and smiled. "Well, then, why are you here? Doesn't a summoner die when they defeat Sin? Are you…" he began to tremble, "an unsent?"
Yuna giggled, "No, I'm not an unsent. I'm just alive, because of a very special favor. Yevon was happy then I guess, and decided to let me live." The boy smiled and ran off to catch his friends. Yuna's explanation would soothe a child's mind, but perhaps it was the truth. She wondered subconsciously and they continued to walk towards the mansion.
She knocked, and a rather plump Guado answered. "Lady Yuna! You are back? I trust you received the maester's request." The Guado, who was Tromell,paused after each word to add emphasis. Yuna smiled, and nodded. "Very well. Come this way."
They followed him, fully aware of what was going to happen. They were set in the dining hall, and their guide went to call Seymour. They waited, Rikku going after some food, Wakka, a little uneasy, began to pace, and Kimahri stood watch by the door. Yuna tried calming herself, but her nerves wouldn't steady. Lulu soothed her, and talked to Yuna.
The side door opened, and Seymour walked out. He was dressed in an ornate deep blue robe that split to reveal his chest. A layer of red blanketed underneath the blue. A large green sash was tied at his waist, and golden thread hung from it. A long black choker hung around his neck, and a strand fell down to his green sash. His blue hair glistened, and his two side strands flowed behind him. He looked more friendly then before, and Yuna felt relieved. He smiled at them and extended his hand.
"Welcome to my mansion here at Guadosalam. I hope you all are comfortable?" He voice held emotion, and was carrying compassion. His words soothed them all, and Wakka no longer felt uneasy. "Please, help yourself to the food." He pointed to the food and urged them to eat. Wakka joined Rikku in feasting. "And, if it is not a bother, I would like to speak to Lady Yuna privately." He spoke and acted like a gentleman, and Yuna admired it. She walked with him, and they went back into the side room.
Lulu masked her thoughts from the other guardians, but she couldn't stop thinking, Is this really the right thing to do? She decided, and walked over to Wakka. "Wakka, I'm sorry I've been so distant from you," she looked at Rikku and Kimahri, too, "and you two as well. I'm sorry that I've been hurtful and seemingly inconsiderate of your feelings." Rikku said it was fine, and that she admired her maturity. Kimahri just stood guard at the door, but Wakka seemed so much happier.
"Lulu, I need to tell you something as well. Walk with me?"
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Al Bhed Translations:
Cu frana uvv du? -So, where off to?
Tyt! Fa yna ymm cyt, ugyo? Huf ec hud dra desa! Ycg ic eh y ped. Fa haat cusa ymuha desa, kud ed? -Dad! We are all sad, okay? Now is not the time! Ask us in a bit. We need some alone time, got it?
