A New Saviour
Disclaimer: I own neither Final Fantasy nor Shadow Hearts and you know who does.
Author's Note: Yes, I am aware that a dark, gothic game and a colourful, fantasy game tend to clash, but please, bear with me. Also, I just want to point out that probably everyone under the sun knows the plot outline for FFX. So, if I get parts wrong, or skip important events, it will partially be because I haven't played in awhile. But it will mostly be because I'm pretty sure that no one wants to read a script of the game. So, now you know, events will change and may appear in a different order that they do in the game. But that's why they call this fiction ^-^!
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Chapter 2
" . . . And that's how I won the game!" Tidus finished, punching the air dramatically. Yuri was quite lost and it must have shown. Tidus frowned. "You're sure that you've never heard of blitzball?"
"Like you said, I'm probably not even from this time period. Besides, it sounds kinda fishy to me. I mean, an underwater sport? Come on!" Yuri replied.
"No, I'm serious! They even play it here!" Yuri sighed. Tidus had been talking non-stop since they left the beach. And whenever Yuri looked to Wakka for help, he got the whole 'you're on your own' look.
"Well, it's true. Blitzball is the big thing around here. It's about the only thing we can enjoy these days," Wakka finally said. Yuri hung his head in defeat. He just couldn't understand this place. Tidus beamed.
"See? I told you!" he said as they entered the village. "Ask anyone here. Look, those people are even doing the blitzball sign for victory!" Tidus pointed to two people who had their hands cupped in front of them and were bowing to each other.
"What are you talking about?" Wakka asked. "That's how we show our respect to Yevon!" Now Tidus joined Yuri as they both wore the same confused expression.
"Who's Yevon? Is he like the president or something?" Yuri asked. Wakka looked dumbfounded before he launched into a whole explanation about Sin, and Yevon, and the Crusaders, and everything else about Spira, including its average rainfall. Yuri was sorry he asked. Tidus was sorry Yuri had asked as well.
"Wow, isn't that fascinating," Tidus said as Wakka paused to take a breath.
"Yeah, really great stuff," Yuri agreed. Wakka looked from one to the other.
"Well then, why don't you two visit the temple in order to learn more?" he asked them, raising an eyebrow. The two looked at each other.
"Suuurre, why not?"
"Good. My house is over there. Come by when you're done." With that Wakka walked off.
"Way to go!"
"You agreed too!" The two sighed and reluctantly headed to the temple. They actually found it to be quite striking compared to the village.
"I feel more at home here than I do in that crazy-looking village," Yuri commented, taking in all the grand architecture. "I'm used to lot's of ancient shrine-type things back home."
"Not me. Where I come from, everything is all mechanical. It's all very high-tech. Computers and robots run everything for us," Tidus told him.
"Really?"
"Yeah, why, what's your home like?"
"Well, things like trains are considered pretty high tech. I don't know, everything is pretty ordinary. Except there's a lot of talk of war 'cause the Japanese army wants to take over the mainland." Yuri replied. "So, what's a computer?"
"Ugh, never mind. Hey, who do you suppose all these statues are?"
"I dunno. Kings?"
"They are the four High Summoners: Ohalland, Gandof, Yocun, and Braska," replied an old man from behind them. The two turned, a little startled.
"What's a Summoner?" asked Yuri. The man looked at him, a little shocked. "What? What'd I say?"
"Uh . . . We encountered Sin's toxin and our memories are a little fuzzy. And we're just here to . . . uh . . . remember stuff again," Tidus said quickly, elbowing Yuri in the ribs.
"Ow! Uh . . . right, what he said," Yuri agreed, rubbing his side. The old man's face softened.
"Of course, Sin, the plague on our world, the-"
"Yeah, we already got a whole lecture on Sin and the evil that is machina," Yuri interrupted him. "That part of our memory is back. So what about these sunners?"
"Summoners," Tidus corrected.
"Whatever."
"Well, a Summoner is one who has dedicated their life to Spira. They go on a pilgrimage across Spira, gaining the strength of Aeons on their travels. They will then summon the final Aeon and destroy Sin, bringing the Calm," the old man explained.
"What's an Aeon?" asked Tidus.
"What's the Calm?" asked Yuri at the same time.
"My, you two boys are quite curious," the old man smiled. "Aeons are powerful forces that take a physical shape in order to aid a summoner in battle. The Calm is the ten years of peace that follows Sin's defeat."
"Why only ten years? The thing is dead, isn't it?" Yuri asked.
"Well, Sin is reborn to terrorize us again. The cycle will continue until we fully pay for all the sins that we have committed. Why do you think that we call the creature Sin?"
"I see . . ." said Yuri.
"What's behind that fancy door there?" asked Tidus, pointing. The old man turned.
"That is the entrance to the Cloister of Trials. Now, I'll leave you boys to pray."
"Pray?" Yuri looked around him. "Oh, right. Pray." The old man walked off.
"Now I'm even more confused," Tidus said, scratching his head.
"Hey, I dare you to go in there," Yuri suddenly challenged.
"What? Why?"
"Well, it's at the top of the stairs and like you said, it's fancy. There's probably something really cool behind it!"
"I guess," Tidus said, a little hesitantly
"Wakka told us to learn more. Don't you think learning about the Cloister of Trials is important to?"
"That's true. Okay, I'll be right back!" Tidus said as he jogged to the stairs. Yuri smirked. This kid was a true blond. Yuri had overheard some people discussing it when they had entered and as far as he knew, only certain people were allowed in there. Apparently Tidus hadn't heard them.
"What do you think you're doing!" someone cried out.
"Only Summoners and their Guardians are allowed in there!" yelled another. Tidus looked a little flushed.
"Oh . . . I came too close to Sin's toxin and I thought . . . uh . . . I was looking for the bathroom." A lot of angry muttering followed his statement as Tidus climbed back down the stairs and accompanied Yuri out of the temple. Yuri seemed to be trying to contain his laughter. "That wasn't funny!" Tidus exclaimed.
"Shit yeah, it was!" he replied as the two headed back to Wakka's house. Tidus glared at him and pouted the whole way. When they returned, Wakka was talking to some other people from the village.
"And you say she hasn't come out yet?"
"Hey, what's going on?" Yuri asked. Wakka turned to him.
"A Summoner entered the Cloister of Trials and hasn't come out yet. And that was quite a while ago," he told them sounding worried, before turning back to the other people. Tidus and Yuri looked at each other.
"Hey, Tidus, these Summoner people are kind of important, right? Maybe we should help them!"
"Aw, I don't wanna go back there!"
"Come on, it's important this time!"
"Alright, alright." The two glanced at Wakka, then slipped out of the house and headed back towards the temple. When they entered, they noticed that the people here seemed to have been informed as well. They were all huddled in little groups and were talking nervously.
"Good, then they won't notice us," Yuri said as he headed for the entrance to the Trials.
"You've broken a lot of laws in your life, haven't you? You don't even hesitate!" Yuri glared at him over his shoulder as the two entered. They looked around.
"Aw man, puzzles! Damn it, where's Margarete when you need her!" Yuri growled.
"Who?"
"Crazy blond woman who traveled with us. She's a spy and knows all about this sort of thing." They weren't sure how they managed it, but they were able to figure out that putting the different spheres into different holes in the walls had different effects. Considering that neither of them is very bright, it's a miracle that they got through at all. Just as they were about to enter the final door, they heard Wakka call out.
"Where do you two think you're going? I turn my back for two seconds and you leave! Did you know that only Summoners and Guardians are allowed in here?"
"Yeah, we knew," Tidus replied as he and Yuri stepped through the door. Wakka shook his head in disbelief as he followed them in.
"That doesn't explain why you're here," Yuri commented.
"I'm allowed, I'm a Guardian!" Wakka informed them.
"Obviously one who doesn't trust us to handle this on our own," came a cool, female voice from the other side of the room. Tidus and Yuri turned to seen two people waiting at the bottom of some stairs. One was a large, blue, furry guy with a broken horn in the middle of his forehead and dressed in a pair of faded pants. He had a pale blue mane around his face and wore quite a few feathers. In Yuri's mind he looked like a big, blue lion standing on his feet. The other was a pale, but stunning woman in an elegant, black leather dress with a fur-trimmed collar and the front of the skirt covered entirely in belts. Her black hair was held in a bun and fell in four long braids down her back, her bangs covering half of her face, and her crimson eyes seem to pierce right through them.
"I do trust you guys, Lu, it's just that these two wandered in here," Wakka said, trying to convince her. She raised an eyebrow at him before allowing her gaze to wander over to the two strangers. Wakka followed her gaze and quickly introduced them. Then, just as he opened his mouth to ask about the Summoner, the door opened and a girl stepped out.
She had chin-length, light brown hair and two different coloured eyes: one blue and one slightly greener. She wore a long, pleated, purple skirt, a white, sleeveless top that wrapped around her neck that was all held together with a yellow sash. On her arms she wore long, separate pink and white sleeves and on her feet she wore black boots. In her hand she clutched a staff so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.
Both Yuri and Tidus just watched in awe as the young woman staggered for a minute. She suddenly lost her balance and fell. Everyone gasped and took a step forward, but the blue guy was the quickest and caught her effortlessly.
She patted him on the shoulder and regained her balance. She looked at the others, her face shining with happiness.
"I've done it," she said. "I have become a summoner."
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Author: Good? Bad? So horrendous that it should be cast into the far regions of space where no one will ever have to see it again? Well, I'll never know unless you review! It makes me feel loved ^-^!
Disclaimer: I own neither Final Fantasy nor Shadow Hearts and you know who does.
Author's Note: Yes, I am aware that a dark, gothic game and a colourful, fantasy game tend to clash, but please, bear with me. Also, I just want to point out that probably everyone under the sun knows the plot outline for FFX. So, if I get parts wrong, or skip important events, it will partially be because I haven't played in awhile. But it will mostly be because I'm pretty sure that no one wants to read a script of the game. So, now you know, events will change and may appear in a different order that they do in the game. But that's why they call this fiction ^-^!
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Chapter 2
" . . . And that's how I won the game!" Tidus finished, punching the air dramatically. Yuri was quite lost and it must have shown. Tidus frowned. "You're sure that you've never heard of blitzball?"
"Like you said, I'm probably not even from this time period. Besides, it sounds kinda fishy to me. I mean, an underwater sport? Come on!" Yuri replied.
"No, I'm serious! They even play it here!" Yuri sighed. Tidus had been talking non-stop since they left the beach. And whenever Yuri looked to Wakka for help, he got the whole 'you're on your own' look.
"Well, it's true. Blitzball is the big thing around here. It's about the only thing we can enjoy these days," Wakka finally said. Yuri hung his head in defeat. He just couldn't understand this place. Tidus beamed.
"See? I told you!" he said as they entered the village. "Ask anyone here. Look, those people are even doing the blitzball sign for victory!" Tidus pointed to two people who had their hands cupped in front of them and were bowing to each other.
"What are you talking about?" Wakka asked. "That's how we show our respect to Yevon!" Now Tidus joined Yuri as they both wore the same confused expression.
"Who's Yevon? Is he like the president or something?" Yuri asked. Wakka looked dumbfounded before he launched into a whole explanation about Sin, and Yevon, and the Crusaders, and everything else about Spira, including its average rainfall. Yuri was sorry he asked. Tidus was sorry Yuri had asked as well.
"Wow, isn't that fascinating," Tidus said as Wakka paused to take a breath.
"Yeah, really great stuff," Yuri agreed. Wakka looked from one to the other.
"Well then, why don't you two visit the temple in order to learn more?" he asked them, raising an eyebrow. The two looked at each other.
"Suuurre, why not?"
"Good. My house is over there. Come by when you're done." With that Wakka walked off.
"Way to go!"
"You agreed too!" The two sighed and reluctantly headed to the temple. They actually found it to be quite striking compared to the village.
"I feel more at home here than I do in that crazy-looking village," Yuri commented, taking in all the grand architecture. "I'm used to lot's of ancient shrine-type things back home."
"Not me. Where I come from, everything is all mechanical. It's all very high-tech. Computers and robots run everything for us," Tidus told him.
"Really?"
"Yeah, why, what's your home like?"
"Well, things like trains are considered pretty high tech. I don't know, everything is pretty ordinary. Except there's a lot of talk of war 'cause the Japanese army wants to take over the mainland." Yuri replied. "So, what's a computer?"
"Ugh, never mind. Hey, who do you suppose all these statues are?"
"I dunno. Kings?"
"They are the four High Summoners: Ohalland, Gandof, Yocun, and Braska," replied an old man from behind them. The two turned, a little startled.
"What's a Summoner?" asked Yuri. The man looked at him, a little shocked. "What? What'd I say?"
"Uh . . . We encountered Sin's toxin and our memories are a little fuzzy. And we're just here to . . . uh . . . remember stuff again," Tidus said quickly, elbowing Yuri in the ribs.
"Ow! Uh . . . right, what he said," Yuri agreed, rubbing his side. The old man's face softened.
"Of course, Sin, the plague on our world, the-"
"Yeah, we already got a whole lecture on Sin and the evil that is machina," Yuri interrupted him. "That part of our memory is back. So what about these sunners?"
"Summoners," Tidus corrected.
"Whatever."
"Well, a Summoner is one who has dedicated their life to Spira. They go on a pilgrimage across Spira, gaining the strength of Aeons on their travels. They will then summon the final Aeon and destroy Sin, bringing the Calm," the old man explained.
"What's an Aeon?" asked Tidus.
"What's the Calm?" asked Yuri at the same time.
"My, you two boys are quite curious," the old man smiled. "Aeons are powerful forces that take a physical shape in order to aid a summoner in battle. The Calm is the ten years of peace that follows Sin's defeat."
"Why only ten years? The thing is dead, isn't it?" Yuri asked.
"Well, Sin is reborn to terrorize us again. The cycle will continue until we fully pay for all the sins that we have committed. Why do you think that we call the creature Sin?"
"I see . . ." said Yuri.
"What's behind that fancy door there?" asked Tidus, pointing. The old man turned.
"That is the entrance to the Cloister of Trials. Now, I'll leave you boys to pray."
"Pray?" Yuri looked around him. "Oh, right. Pray." The old man walked off.
"Now I'm even more confused," Tidus said, scratching his head.
"Hey, I dare you to go in there," Yuri suddenly challenged.
"What? Why?"
"Well, it's at the top of the stairs and like you said, it's fancy. There's probably something really cool behind it!"
"I guess," Tidus said, a little hesitantly
"Wakka told us to learn more. Don't you think learning about the Cloister of Trials is important to?"
"That's true. Okay, I'll be right back!" Tidus said as he jogged to the stairs. Yuri smirked. This kid was a true blond. Yuri had overheard some people discussing it when they had entered and as far as he knew, only certain people were allowed in there. Apparently Tidus hadn't heard them.
"What do you think you're doing!" someone cried out.
"Only Summoners and their Guardians are allowed in there!" yelled another. Tidus looked a little flushed.
"Oh . . . I came too close to Sin's toxin and I thought . . . uh . . . I was looking for the bathroom." A lot of angry muttering followed his statement as Tidus climbed back down the stairs and accompanied Yuri out of the temple. Yuri seemed to be trying to contain his laughter. "That wasn't funny!" Tidus exclaimed.
"Shit yeah, it was!" he replied as the two headed back to Wakka's house. Tidus glared at him and pouted the whole way. When they returned, Wakka was talking to some other people from the village.
"And you say she hasn't come out yet?"
"Hey, what's going on?" Yuri asked. Wakka turned to him.
"A Summoner entered the Cloister of Trials and hasn't come out yet. And that was quite a while ago," he told them sounding worried, before turning back to the other people. Tidus and Yuri looked at each other.
"Hey, Tidus, these Summoner people are kind of important, right? Maybe we should help them!"
"Aw, I don't wanna go back there!"
"Come on, it's important this time!"
"Alright, alright." The two glanced at Wakka, then slipped out of the house and headed back towards the temple. When they entered, they noticed that the people here seemed to have been informed as well. They were all huddled in little groups and were talking nervously.
"Good, then they won't notice us," Yuri said as he headed for the entrance to the Trials.
"You've broken a lot of laws in your life, haven't you? You don't even hesitate!" Yuri glared at him over his shoulder as the two entered. They looked around.
"Aw man, puzzles! Damn it, where's Margarete when you need her!" Yuri growled.
"Who?"
"Crazy blond woman who traveled with us. She's a spy and knows all about this sort of thing." They weren't sure how they managed it, but they were able to figure out that putting the different spheres into different holes in the walls had different effects. Considering that neither of them is very bright, it's a miracle that they got through at all. Just as they were about to enter the final door, they heard Wakka call out.
"Where do you two think you're going? I turn my back for two seconds and you leave! Did you know that only Summoners and Guardians are allowed in here?"
"Yeah, we knew," Tidus replied as he and Yuri stepped through the door. Wakka shook his head in disbelief as he followed them in.
"That doesn't explain why you're here," Yuri commented.
"I'm allowed, I'm a Guardian!" Wakka informed them.
"Obviously one who doesn't trust us to handle this on our own," came a cool, female voice from the other side of the room. Tidus and Yuri turned to seen two people waiting at the bottom of some stairs. One was a large, blue, furry guy with a broken horn in the middle of his forehead and dressed in a pair of faded pants. He had a pale blue mane around his face and wore quite a few feathers. In Yuri's mind he looked like a big, blue lion standing on his feet. The other was a pale, but stunning woman in an elegant, black leather dress with a fur-trimmed collar and the front of the skirt covered entirely in belts. Her black hair was held in a bun and fell in four long braids down her back, her bangs covering half of her face, and her crimson eyes seem to pierce right through them.
"I do trust you guys, Lu, it's just that these two wandered in here," Wakka said, trying to convince her. She raised an eyebrow at him before allowing her gaze to wander over to the two strangers. Wakka followed her gaze and quickly introduced them. Then, just as he opened his mouth to ask about the Summoner, the door opened and a girl stepped out.
She had chin-length, light brown hair and two different coloured eyes: one blue and one slightly greener. She wore a long, pleated, purple skirt, a white, sleeveless top that wrapped around her neck that was all held together with a yellow sash. On her arms she wore long, separate pink and white sleeves and on her feet she wore black boots. In her hand she clutched a staff so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.
Both Yuri and Tidus just watched in awe as the young woman staggered for a minute. She suddenly lost her balance and fell. Everyone gasped and took a step forward, but the blue guy was the quickest and caught her effortlessly.
She patted him on the shoulder and regained her balance. She looked at the others, her face shining with happiness.
"I've done it," she said. "I have become a summoner."
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Author: Good? Bad? So horrendous that it should be cast into the far regions of space where no one will ever have to see it again? Well, I'll never know unless you review! It makes me feel loved ^-^!