Hi everyone, sorry it's late again but this time I made it extra long for you guys, I've been camping so I decided to write my story on paper, while on holiday. Anyway it's time we moved on to the reviews.
Cute-Kitty: Sorry I wasn't affended I was just really tired when a wrote the reply, 11 o clock at night I was up. So sorry if I sounded grumpy or something like that. Yes I thought it was about time I put something cute in. I'm really happy that the sock made you laugh, I think Xiang's a bit crazy in the head lol.
Vogue Star: Who knows maybe Moogles will take over Spira!
M'jai: Ok so I wasn't thinking that deeply into my story about China and Earth, maybe I should of, so I agree with you it would of been better of Lyla to shout takeaway. I'll probably change it if I can but I got my sis on my back at the mo so time is precious. I don't mind being critisized, it is probably better anyway than saying that my story is perfect or something like that. But I will defend the story to the ends of the earth ha ha, that is one of my bad habits. Again with the age I want proof, I've looked everywhere in the game and I still see no age. Which makes sense if you think about it I mean how would the Gullwings know how old they are it happened a thousand years ago. Lenne probably knew that Lyla would be safe because of the neighbours next door, but she was more concerned about Shuyin at the time, to her it was a possibility that he could die. Anyway Lenne might of thought she wont be gone long. These I leave for the reader to decide. Al behd doesn't have to be in itialics I think this is a personal view of presenting the story, sure it's a different language but I use itialics for spheres and past thoughts, and anyway did you see Al behd in itialics in the game. Yes my tenses are muddled, this is because I write most of my story at night, I know it's a lame excuse, o well I might sort it put again I've got a problem with time, I'll try to keep to one tense in the future. This is where you are wrong there is no 1st person, it is always someone thought or someone says. 1st person would I thought or I said. Yes I do change the perspective and sometimes there is no narrater, but it is still in 3rd person, I like to go into what the character is thinking but I'm sorry that it is mostly Lyla, I find it difficult to write what a boy thinks. Yes I agree the Rikku chats had no point they were just for me to give inspiration, and it worked for a while until I got nothing. Haha this turned out to be a paragraph o well enjoy this chappie, I want lots more critism, who else is going to give me some if you don't afterall.
Disclaimer: I own Judy, Ruby, Armic and Ventus
While at the beach Xiang was lying on the on a blue towel enjoying the sun, she had also set out two other towels for Lyla and Jian to relax, one white and one red. Xiang had changed out of the Kilika Beasts uniform into a red bikini and she was asleep on the towel.
Just then Lyla and Jian had arrived, Lyla being the caring friend she was didn't wake up Xiang and sat down on the white towel next to Xiang, while Jian had other plans, he took a nearby bucket and went to the sea to fill it up, he then walked over to Xiang and poured it all over her. Xiang woke up with a start feeling very wet, she pushed back the water from her face, to see Jian with his hood over part of his face with an empty bucket with a grin on his face. Xiang looked at Lyla to see her trying to contain her laughter. She then looked back at Jian.
"What in Yevon's name do you think you're doing!" shouted Xiang.
"You looked a bit hot" joked Jian.
"I'm going to kill you Jian!" shouted Xiang. At first Xiang thought Jian looked worried because of what she said, but then because she mentioned his name nearby girls screamed in excitement and ran up to Jian, it was then Jian took off. Both Lyla and Xiang found themselves bursting out in a fit of giggles, at the sight of Jian being chased by girls.
As Jian went out of sight the two girls calmed down, and Xiang whipped out a pink bikini and showed it to Lyla.
"Come on Lyla let your hair down and change into this" said Xiang.
"Well… I don't know" said Lyla.
"Please" begged Xiang, Lyla smiled and took the pink bikini and went to get changed.
While Jian was still being chased my girls, he rounded a corner in a hope to lose them, but he couldn't lose them. Just then time froze around him, and Jian stopped running, he could hear the Hymn of the Fayth singing in the Temple. Just then Lyla ran up to him, in her normal clothes.
"Jian what's going on, I was going to get changed when time stood still!" exclaimed Lyla.
"I don't know, but listen Lyla there is a Fayth in the temple!" exclaimed Jian. Lyla gasped as she heard the Hymn. Suddenly they were covored in a blue light and they appeared in the Chambre of the Fayth.
Inside the Chambre of the Fayth there was a statue a mummy looking Aeon in the middle and to the left was Jecht, Braska and Auron. Also there was moogle sat on the floor looking completely worn out.
"Well, it's about time" said Jecht as he crossed his arms, both Lyla and Jian to see who said that, and almost immediately Jian drew his sword.
"Ok who are you? And what are we doing here?" asked Jian. Auron chuckled as he lent on the wall.
"You will not need your sword" said Auron.
"Please we are not looking for a fight, we are here to answer your questions" smiled Braska. Jian put his sword away but he still kept his eye on the three people who he had seen on the boat. Braska continued. "To answer your question, we are from a different time".
"A thousand years in the future, am I correct?" asked Lyla.
"Yes" said Braska.
"Come on Braska lets just get on with it" said Jecht.
"Patience Jecht they need to know certain things" said Braska.
"So why are we here?" said Jian.
"To start a new chapter in your story" replied Auron.
"Huh?" said Jian clearly confused. Lyla then decided to ask a question.
"Is there a Fayth in there?" asked Lyla as her gaze wondered over to the glowing statue.
"Yes, the Fayth had to freeze time in order for you to obtain this Aeon, for this statue isn't meant to have a Fayth for another thousand years" said Braska. The moogle looked up at Lyla and Jian.
"Kupo and if you're wondering how you got here, kupo I teleported you here" said the moogle.
"So why does everyone keep telling us to go to Baaj" asked Lyla
"It's because of your father, Shuyin" said Auron.
As the three of them explained about Vegnagun and the revenge Shuyin holds against Yuna. Lyla couldn't believe that her dad would do such a thing. But she soon began to realize that she had to help, but still it was a lot to take in.
"So what exactly is my dad?" asked Lyla
"A shadow of his hate and revenge, Lenne waits on Farplane sitting beside his other half" said Auron.
"So the voices were the outcome of my dad's revenge if he isn't stopped" thought Lyla. She went over to pray to the Fayth and the Fayth appeared before her.
"Oh so that what happens in here" said Jecht. The Fayth Anima looked at Lyla.
"Have you heard what we want from you?" asked Anima.
"Yes" replied Lyla.
"I know it's a lot to take in, you can go with your Guardian and think about it. But I'm afraid that the moogle will be too tired to teleport you back here. You will have to do the trials" said Anima.
"What! But that means waiting even longer! I want to kick the bastard now!" exclaimed Jecht. Lyla ignored Jecht.
"I understand" said Lyla and with that Anima went through Lyla. Lyla stumbled a bit. The moogle started to dance and once again Lyla and Jian were covered in a blue light. Lyla found herself with a pink bikini in her hand in a changing room, and Jian well…
"There he is!" called a girl.
"Dam" said Jian and he took off once again. Just as Jian rounded a corner a girl wearing black trousers, a black hoodie and black trainers pulled Jian inside a café and shut the door behind her. She peered out the window to see the other girls run past the café. As Jian looked around he saw three other teenagers in the café with the same clothes on, two males and one female.
The café itself had a wooden floor with cream walls, it also had a stage as well as a bar area. On the stage was a drum kit, a keyboard, a base guitar and a electric guitar.
The girl who had pulled Jian inside the café removed her hood as did the other teenagers. They were Ruby, Judy, Ventus and Armic.
Judy was the girl who pulled Jian inside the café, she had long black hair with blonde streaks, which was up in a high ponytail which was so high it was on top of her head. She also had a tan, brown eyes and she was quite short, she played the keyboard.
Ruby who was sitting at the bar with the guys had ginger hair, which was long and had waves in it. She also had brown eyes but her skin was white. She was taller than Judy and taller than the guys. She played the drums.
Ventus and Armic were identical twins except for one thing Vetnus had blue eyes and Armic had brown eyes. They both had brunette hair, which has spiked up and they both had a dark tan and they were tall. Vetnus played the electric guitar and Armic played base.
Yes these four teenagers were the strange teenagers that Xiang had met in Luca.
"Ok Jude you shouldn't really pull people about, unless you want a smack in the mouth" said Ventus as he stood up from the bar. Judy turned from the window.
"But Ji needed help, he was being chased by lots of girls, it was like a stampede" said Judy. At this Armic and Ventus burst out laughing, Ruby hearing this turned around on her stall and whacked Armic and Ventus across the head.
"Ow what was that for?" asked the twins.
"For being a bunch of twats" said Ruby and with that she walked over to Jian. Jian smirked at the comment. "Hey Ji" said Ruby.
"Hi Ruby" replied Jian, then Judy jumped down from the window and joined Ruby, and so did the twins. Jian looked at Judy.
"Hey Judy thanks for earlier" said Jian.
"No problem" said Judy.
"If it were me I wouldn't of run away" said Ventus. Armic chuckled.
"Well that just proves that if ever Ji had a girlfriend he would treat them right, unlike you V" said Judy.
"It looks like Jude has outsmarted you V" laughed Armic. Ventus just crossed his arms and didn't say anything. "Anyway check this out Ji we are going to call ourselves Death" said Armic
"Death?" questioned Jian Ruby sighed.
"For the last time we are not calling ourselves Death, it was voted that the name should have black in it" said Ruby.
"Oh come on Rubez" said Armic.
"No!" exclaimed Ruby, Ventus and Judy.
"Fine" said Armic.
"You know guys, at Luca you really freaked out Xiang" said Jian.
"Who?" asked Judy.
"I think he means the girl that came to see us" said Ruby.
"Oh yeah… whoops" said Judy.
"Yeah we knew it would be about the concert, Ly always sings with us" said Armic.
"Hey I got an idea let's go and see Ly" said Judy Jian nodded.
"That would be great Lyla said she never got a proper talk with you guys" said Jian.
While at the beach Xiang and Lyla were sunbathing.
"Hey Ly" said Xiang.
"Yeah" replied Lyla.
"How long is it till the tournament?" asked Xiang.
"Umm about two hours" said Lyla. "I wonder where Jian got to?" questioned Lyla. Xiang giggled.
"He's probably hiding away from that group of girls" said Xiang, she paused, "the blockhead" added Xiang. Lyla laughed at Xiang's comment.
"You know if ever you two stopped teasing each other, I think there would be something wrong with Spira" said Lyla.
"Ready to turn?" asked Xiang.
"You bet" said Lyla.
"One, two, three" said Xiang and Lyla, and they both turned onto their stomach.
"Ah this is the life, now all you need Lyla is Jian to massage your back" said Xiang with a smile.
"Xiang!" exclaimed Lyla as she blushed.
"Oh are you blushing?" teased Xiang. Lyla just decided to give up and she smiled, after all Xiang knew they were just friend right?
Just then there was a whistle.
"Hey check out the sexy ladies!" exclaimed Armic. Both Lyla and Xiang looked up to see Jian, Armic, Ventus, Ruby and Judy walking towards them.
"Oh look the blocky is back" said Xiang. Jian had his hood up while everyone else had their hood down. Ruby noticed that Jian had clenched his fist as Armic had made that remark, so she whacked Armic over the head. Armic held his head as they approached the girls. Lyla immediately stood up while Xiang just sat up. Judy gave Lyla a hug.
"Hey Ly" said Judy as she broke out of the hug.
"Hi guys, so what are you doing here!" asked Lyla as she smiled at her friends since she had known when she was ten years old.
"We've got tickets to see the tournament" said Ruby.
"And we also wanted to see you" said Judy.
"And you must be Xiang" said Ventus looking at Xiang. Xiang jumped up and shook everyone's hand as everyone introduced themselves.
"Hey lets go and get some ice cream" suggested Judy.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Xiang.
While this was going on Lyla was thinking in her head about what choice she was going to make. She would have to leave her friends and leave the pilgrimage for the time being. But this Yuna girl sounded like she needed her happy ending, saving Spira twice, Yevon this girl needed a break, and it was all because of her dad, a shadow. Only a shadow not him she had to keep telling herself that.
Also as everyone was walking Ruby managed to have a conversation with Jian on his own.
"Ji can I ask you a question?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah" replied Jian.
"Why do you keep lying to yourself?" asked Ruby.
"Huh lying about what?" asked Jian.
"About Ly" said Ruby.
"What do you mean?" asked Jian.
"Look I know you love her, and don't deny it because otherwise I'm going to kick your ass" said Ruby as she Jian was about to say something. Jian looked at Ruby for a moment before answering.
"Hmm… maybe, maybe you're right" said Jian.
"But why hide it Ji, Ly wouldn't hold it against you" said Rudy
"Because otherwise if my feelings get in the way, my skills as a Guardian would be worse" said Jian.
"Is that you talking or Sir Wang?" asked Ruby. Jian didn't answer. "I see, well it will be worse if you bottle up your feelings inside, you must be going crazy inside" said Ruby.
"I can handle it" said Jian. Ruby didn't look convinced.
"Hey come on Rubez the ice cream is waiting" said Judy as she pointed to the stall.
Later on that day everyone was at the temple in the stadium. The stadium had the audience all the way round the big room, there was a huge metal strong fence, which kept the audience safe and in the middle was an area with dust on the ground. There is also a wall beneath the fence.
The Guardian tournament was already underway. Lyla and her friends were in the front seats. Xiang was sitting next to Lyla and so was Judy. Ruby was seating next to Judy and Armic and Ventus next to Archin.
"And here he is folks, he trained here on Baaj for eight years with Sir Wang, he is the most sexy, strong, sure to be a clear winner" said the girl on the overhead speakers.
"Yevon what I wouldn't give to have girls crawl over me" said Armic. Xiang turned to Armic.
"You know Jian doesn't like the attention" said Xiang.
"You're kidding Xi" said Ventus. Xiang shook her head. The group of friends had already shortened Xiang's name.
"Yes give it up for Sir Jian" said the girl. The crowd irrupted in applause as Jian walked into the arena.
Up in the room above the stadium some Bevelle soldiers had taken over. Gai walked over to the control panel.
"Let's see how pretty boy can handle this" said Gai as he pressed the button.
Jian drew his sword as the Pryaflies began to form the fiend. As they finished standing before him was an Iron Giant.
"What the fuck, this isn't fair, stop the tournament!" shouted the girl on the overhead speaker.
"Well we must remember it is the luck of the draw" said a male voice on the overhead speakers. You could here the girl still cursing much like the audience who were on their feet. "Anyway if Sir Jian manages to defeat this Iron Giant he will immediately be sent to the final round" said the boy.
Jian turned to face his opponent.
"It could be worse, it could have been a sand worm" thought Jian "Come on then" said Jian, the Iron Giant angered by Jian's words took a swing at Jian, Jian dodged the attack which barely missed him. Jian tried to think back to what Lyla said.
"Ok I remember that physical attacks don't do anything nor does magic. Only an aeon is able to pierce that thing, and I used my overdrive last time which I don't have at the moment" thought Jian. The Iron Giant took another swing at him but Jian jumped out of the way. Just then more Pyraflies began to form behind Jian, and standing there were six coyotes. Lyla was at the edge of her seat as she saw the coyotes.
"What the fuck that's against the rules" said Ventus. Lyla nodded in agreement, there was only meant to be one fiend. An Iron Giant was bad enough but six coyotes as well, they are easy to defeat on their own but they can become deadly in groups, the boy on the speaker seemed to spot it as well.
"Well I don't know what is going on here but six more fiends have turned up" said the boy. With that a coyote ran at Jian and pounced on his back and dug its claws into Jian's shoulders piercing the clothes and the skin. "Ouch it looks like Sir Jian is going to feel that in the morning" said the boy. Jian feeling the pain in his shoulders dropped the sword and grabbed the fiend had threw it at the Iron Giant. The impact caused the coyote to yelp in pain, and it burst in Pryaflies. Jian then picked up his sword and he quickly turned around. The other coyotes had circled Jian, while the Iron Giant seemed to be watching the fight from a distance, probably planning to weaken Jian first. As a coyote charged at Jian, Jian ducked and cut the fiend as it pounced over Jian, he was going to finish the fiend off but another coyote had taken a swipe at Jian's back causing a huge gash. Jian blocking out the pain quickly turned around to protect himself.
"There's too many of them" said Judy. Lyla didn't say anything, she knew an aeon could do the job in one blast, but she knew that if she summoned an aeon there would be an uproar, it would also give Bevelle an another excuse to hate them even more.
Jian got himself into a position where he had all five coyotes in sight including the injured one. Just then an ability had entered his mind, he had learned an ability. Jian smirked to himself.
"Why is he smirking?" asked Judy.
"He's got something up his sleeve" said Ruby.
"Darkness" said Jian with that he plunged the sword into the ground and a black aura had hit all of the coyotes including Jian. The crowd cheered. There was a mass of Pryaflies as Jian winced in pain. Jian turned around just in time to see the Iron Giant charge at him. "Haste" said Jian and he was covered in a red light. Jian quickly dodged the attack.
"Now that was quick thinking folks" said the boy, you could still hear the girl cursing in the background about how unfair the tournament was.
Lyla relaxed in her seat, she knew now that Jian would be okay, perhaps now she could start enjoying the tournament.
"Yeah, go Jian!" cheered both Xiang and Judy. Lyla smiled and she cheered along with her friends.
After dodging lots of attacks from the Iron Giant, Jian finally found a weak point.
"Ah so the Iron Giant isn't really made of iron, it just has iron armor, there's a weak point at the neck" thought Jian. Jian ran to the back of the Giant and started to climb on its back. Now the Iron Giant didn't know what to do, it was like having a bug on your back which you couldn't reach. The Iron Giant started to shake itself, but Jian hung on as he climbed higher and higher.
Finally Jian got to the neck and he plunged his sword into the skin. The Iron Giant began to stumble as Pryaflies leaked out of the wound. Jian jumped down as the Iron Giant fell to his knees. The crowd went wild as Jian lent on his sword gasping for breath. The Iron Giant in an outrage of making Jian pay, swung its massive sword and hit Jian in the back. Jian went flying into a wall as the Iron Giant fell and burst into Pryaflies. The crowd suddenly became silent as Jian lay on the ground motionless. Lyla was on her feet.
"He can't die" thought Lyla. A male and a female white mage, entered the arena with a stretcher. "He can't die" thought Lyla.
"Do you think he's dead?" asked a person behind the friends.
"No, he can't die" thought Lyla.
"Hey shut up!" exclaimed Xiang as she turned around to face the person.
Jian was on the stretcher and was being taken away. The crowd began to mumble things to each other.
"He can't die" thought Lyla. There were tears in Lyla's eyes.
"So where have they taken him?" asked Judy.
"He can't die" thought Lyla.
"The Healing Room" answered Ruby.
"He can't die" thought Lyla.
"Hey isn't that where the cute chicks are?" questioned Armic.
"He can't die" thought Lyla.
"This is no time to be thinking about chicks" said Ventus.
"I love him" thought Lyla as a tear rolled down her cheek. Xiang turned to Lyla.
"Hey come on Ly, there's no need to cry. Everything is going to be fine, you'll see" said Xiang softly.
"She's right Ly" said Ruby.
"Come on lets go and see Ji" said Judy and with that the friends left the stadium.
Ha Ha cliffhanger is Jian going to die?
