Chapter Ten: Goodbye, Spira
The next day, Yuna, Serendipity, Rikku, Paine, Lulu and Rinoa went to the Celsius and started to plan out their attack. According to Serendipity, they had a day to fly from Spira to Pandora to stop Kristi Shinra and New Shin-Ra from attacking the continent. They all sat around the cockpit with their game faces on and were ready for anything.
PAINE: First off, you said that Kristi was attacking Pandora. Right, Rinoa?
RINOA: That's correct.
LULU: The question is, just where in Pandora will Kristi attack first?
RINOA: I really don't know.
PAINE: Juts great.
YUNA: That's not good, Rinoa. Just how are we going to fight them if we don't know where they are going to land?
RINOA: Like I said, I have SeeD forces dispatched all over Pandora. I am assuming that Kristi will send SOLIDER to all three continents. So my plan is to attack all in all three places at once.
SERENDIPITY (Thinking): Divide and conquer. That's the Rinoa I know and love! Why didn't you think of that ten years ago?
LULU: Because she didn't come to us ten years ago, Serendipity!
SERENDIPITY: Dammit, Lulu! Stop doing that!
PAINE: So what you're saying is that we are splitting up?
RINOA: That's precisely what I'm saying. I already have the heads of my forces in all the major cities that Kristi is going after. I sent Zell Dincht to Balamb City, Irvine Kinneas to Deling City, and Quistis Trepe to Esthar City. But something Serendipity said last night in her sleep made me start thinking.
SERENDIPITY: Huh?
RINOA: Yeah. I heard her say that it was trap. So, I made a quick call back to Pandora and sent Selphie Tilmitt to Trabia Garden. They might make it a base for New Shin-Ra.
RIKKU: What about Timber?
RINOA: I'm going there myself. And you're coming with me.
RIKKU: WHAT?
RINOA: Is that a problem, Rikku?
RIKKU: No, no! There's no problem, Ms. Heartilly.
RINOA: Call me Rinoa.
RIKKU: Yes, Ms…Rinoa.
YUNA: So where are the rest of us going? And plus, shouldn't Lulu go with you? She's the ship's pilot!
RINOA: I know how to fly an airship. I will be able to get Rikku and I to Timber fine. So here's the flight plan. Yuna, you join Irvine in Deling City, Paine, you join Zell in Balamb, Lulu, I'll drop you off in Trabia so you can meet Selphie there. Serendipity, you join Quistis in Esthar. Everyone got that?
EVERYONE: Aye, aye, Rinoa!
RINOA: Good. Lulu, want to lift off in ten?
LULU: Yes. The sooner the better.
So the girls got off the airship and went to say their final goodbyes. Lulu entrusted the safety of their baby to Wakka, Rikku said goodbye to the Aurochs, and Serendipity and Paine had one last drink before lift off. But nobody took this any harder than Yuna. She knew that this would be the last time she would see Besaid, or any part of Spira for a while. She was also afraid because this was the first time she was going to leave Spira…ever. She went to the cliff overlooking the village, and as she looked down, she started to think about all her trails and tribulations in saving Spira. But this was different, and she knew it.
YUNA (thinking): All those times I left Besaid, I went for the good of Spira. The first time, I left to defeat Sin. The second time, I left to find Tidus, and ended up fighting and defeating Vegnagun. But this time, it's much different. I'm not going for the good of Spira. I'm going for the good of MANA. I'm literally going to save the world. I've never been out of Spira before, so I welcome the challenge. I may be scared, but I know what I must do. So I have to leave again. Hopefully when I return this time, I will be a world heroine. But for now, goodbye, Besaid. Goodbye, Spira.
Yuna then left the cliff and the Celsius was flying overhead waiting for her. The hatch opened and Yuna stepped in. The door closed behind her and it rose up and flew away…and onward to Pandora.