Chapter 4

Kilika

The ship docked on the harbor and the people saw the wreckage that Sin had caused. They got off and Yuna ran to a near by person.

"Go back from where you came from!" the person yelled at them.

"Do you have a Summoner to perform the sending?" Yuna asked her, ignoring the order.

"No, and now our friends and family members will become fiends," she cried.

"Please allow me the honor of sending them, then," Yuna begged.

"Oh thank Yevon! Please come this way," the woman begged and led them away.

"Psst Morgan, what's a sending?" Liz whispered.

"It's this thing that when people die, a Summoner does a creepy dance thing and sends dead spirits to the great beyond," Morgan whispered back.

"Oh," Liz answered as they got to the port. She looked into the water and saw a group of colorful caskets. "Holy fucking shit!" She cried and jumped back.

The people grouped there glared at Liz and whispered among themselves. Morgan laughed quietly to herself as the three Guardians looked at each other. Yuna ignored them and walked to the water and started her sending dance. Tidus walked over to Lulu and was asking her about the sending when Morgan came up with a plan.

"Psst, hey Liz," Morgan said.

"Hmm?" she responded.

"I have an idea," Morgan said.

"Oh no," Liz groaned.

Morgan whispered to her plan and they walked up to Tidus and Lulu.

"Hey, what's the up, up?" Liz asked.

Lulu looked at her weirdly. "Lulu's explaining the point of a sending," Tidus answered.

"Okay, so what do we do after Yuna finishes?" Liz asked.

"After Yuna finishes we will rest for the night. Then tomorrow we will go to the Kilika Temple," Lulu replied as Yuna finished her dance and walked over to them.

"You're okay ya?" Wakka questioned his charge.

"Yes," she replied, nodding shorting.

"You did well for your first time, but no tears next time," Lulu said.

Tidus looked off thoughtfully to the sunset. Morgan and Liz looked at each other and shoved him into the lake, closely followed by Wakka.

"What was that for?" Wakka stuttered.

"That's what you get, " Morgan said, glaring at them.

Lulu looked at the two girls angrily.

"Hey, it wasn't my idea," Liz said, defending herself.

"We're just getting vengeance from Besaid," Morgan stated.

Tidus and Wakka pulled themselves out of the sea and stood up with the rest. Yuna was laughing behind her hand. Lulu glared at them and walked off, towards the inn.

The next morning Liz woke up and was soon out side looking for Morgan or anyone else. No one was in sight as she wandered around the town. Soon she found a small shop selling different weapons and supplies. She bought a few remedies and potions for the trek to the Temple and a Cactuar Scope for Lulu as a bribe to gain her good will. After she left the shop she soon ran into one of the Besaid Aurochs.

"Hey, have you seen any one from the group?" she asked him.

"Yeah, Wakka went that way and he's looking for help," the player said and pointed to the west.

"Okay, thanks," she said to him and walked in that direction. She walked through a few wooden rows until she found Wakka, Yuna, and Lulu.

"Sleep well?" Wakka asked her.

"Pretty good," Liz answered, "have you seen Morgan?"

"Ya, she went off early this morning, muttering something about an 'Al Bhed Primer' and dragging Tidus by his ear. Why would she need an Al Bhed Primer? The Al Bhed go against all the teachings of Yevon!" Wakka exclaimed.

"Morgan probably has a reason. She never does anything with out a reason… except for that time she set Panda on fire for the hell of it," Liz said, defending her best friend.

Wakka gawked at Liz. She ignored him. "Hey Lulu!" she called and skipped over to the stoic mage.

"Yes?" she asked curtly.

"Um… when I woke up this morning and couldn't find any one, I decided to take a walk and I found this shop. In the shop I found this," Liz said and she pulled out the Cactuar Scope. "So I thought to myself, 'self, this is a really awesome weapon and it would be great for you… if only you could do magic.' So then I remembered that you could do magic. So here," she rambled and held out the doll.

Lulu looked surprised at the act, but gracefully took the doll. "Thank you," she stated.

Liz smiled at her and said, "You're welcome. So were is Morgan now?"

"Here they come!" Yuna chirped happily as the two came into view. Tidus looked bruised and battered, while Morgan was skipping happily, holding yet another book.

"Find that Al Bhed Primer Morg.?" Liz asked.

"Yup, what is it? Number four?" Morgan replied.

"So where are we going now?" Tidus asked.

"Though the forest and to the Kilika Temple," Yuna answered.

"Well then, let's go!" Tidus announced and started walking.

They had walked for most of the morning. Morgan had disappeared a few times and had returned with two Mana Spheres, a small dagger for herself and Scout ball for Wakka. They fought a number of the native fiends. Eventually they ran into a couple of Crusaders, Luzzu and Gatta.

"You shouldn't go this way, there is a powerful fiend," Gatta exclaimed.

"We can take him!" Tidus said, pounding his fist.

"We've had trouble with this one before. Remember, discretion is the better part of valor," Luzzu cautioned before moving out of their way.

Tidus nodded at them and ran forward with the rest of the group trailing after him. They reached a big fiend with a lot of teeth and four vine-like arms. It noticed them and attacked. Tidus, Lulu, and Kimahri were the first three in formation. Tidus cast Haste on Lulu. Kimahri did his Lancet ability, while Lulu cast two Fire spells. The fiend cast a Water spell on Tidus. Kimahri switched out with Wakka, and Tidus with Morgan. Wakka hit the fiend with his Silent Attack and Lulu hit it with another Fire spell. Lulu was charging up another spell when Morgan ran at him with her newly acquired dagger. She some how managed to chop off one of the fiend's flaying arms.

"Ha! Take that Lord Ochu!" Morgan cheered and did a small victory dance.

Wakka looked at her oddly as Lulu let loose another spell. Lord Ochu hit Wakka with his Poison Claw attack. Wakka hit him with yet another Silent attack as Morgan switched with Liz and Lulu switched with Yuna. Liz tossed a Remedy at Wakka, curing him, as Ochu fell asleep. Yuna summoned Valefor and ordered him to use his Sonic Wings attack, in an effort to wake the slumbering fiend. It didn't work.

"He's asleep! Use a physical attack!" Morgan yelled from the sidelines.

"Okay," Yuna replied and ordered the Aeon to attack regularly. The fiend woke up and did his Earthquake attack. It had no effect on the flying Valefor and he attacked with Sonic Wings attack, closely followed with a Fire Spell. Lord Ochu swiped at the Aeon. This was repeated until the fiend was quickly defeated.

"Oh yeah! We killed it!" Tidus cheered from the sidelines.

"Thank you for your help. Please take this, Lady Summoner," Luzzu said and handed Yuna an Elixir.

"You're welcome," Yuna said and took the offering.

"Well, let's go to the Temple, ya?" Wakka said.

Morgan and Liz linked arms and lead the way, skipping and singing, "We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

Yuna, Tidus, Kimahri, Wakka, Lulu, and Liz stood at the bottom of a long set of stairs. Morgan had wandered off again, in search of other items that might be near by.

"The Summoner of the Kilika Temple use to be a famous Blitzball player. He used to train here every morning, by running up these stairs," Wakka said.

"That's a lot of stairs," Tidus said, looking up at the stairs.

"Let's have a race, ya?" Wakka challenged.

"A race huh?" Tidus asked.

"Yes, let's do it!" Wakka said.

"I'll count it!" Yuna announced.

The Blitzball players lined up and Yuna stood to the side. "One, two…" Yuna counted before running off and calling, "three!" over her shoulder. The group raced up the steps. When they reached the top another fiend attacked.

Tidus, Lulu and Kimahri were once again the first three in formation. Tidus and Kimahri both attacked with physical attacks. The thick shell dulled the attacks. Lulu did a fire spell and a set of tentacles blocked the attack.

"Um, If I were you guys, I'd attack the tentacles first, so that the Sinspawn opens up," Liz called from the sidelines.

They did not question her as Lulu cast fire spells on one of the tentacles, while Tidus and Kimahri swiped at the other. The fiend retaliated by whipping its tentacles at them, until they disappeared. Then the fiend opened its shell, revealing more tentacles and some teeth.

Kimahri switched out with Wakka and Tidus switched with Yuna. Lulu cast another spell, Wakka did his Silence Attack, and Yuna healed her comrades. They eventually defeated him as Morgan walked up the steps.

"Awe, you guys fought 'Geneaux' without me?" Morgan pouted.

"I didn't get to fight either," Liz said.

Tidus ignored her and asked Yuna, "so where's the Temple?"

"Just up the rest of these steps," Yuna answered, indicating the steps.

Morgan's eyes narrowed as she watched the conversation, "This is all your fault, Blondie."

"Huh?" Tidus asked. He saw the look in her face and his eyes widened, before taking off up the remaining steps.

"Fucker!" Morgan called before chasing after him. The rest quickly followed.

"You fucking butt monkey! Get back here!" Morgan called as she chased him around the patio of the Temple. They ran around columns and people alike, barely avoiding collations.

"Morgan, I swear it wasn't my fault! Wakka wanted to race," Tidus called back, before running smack dab into a group of people. Yuna, Liz and the Guardians quickly caught up.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Besaid Aurochs," the leader said mockingly.

"You're the Goers. You here to pray too, ya?" Wakka said tersely.

"Who needs to pray? The Luca Goers always win!" he boasted.

"Then what are you doing here?" Liz asked.

"We're here to pray for some competion," the leader

"Well, not this year! 'Cause we're gonna kick your butts!" Tidus cheered.

The Blitzball players laughed at them before walking off.

"Hey let's get the Temple thing over with," Liz said before anyone could say anything.

Yuna nodded and lead the way, only to be stopped.

"Well, if it isn't the daughter of High Summoner Braska," a cool voice said. A dark toned Summoner walked up to the group, closely followed by a tall, muscular, squinting Guardian. "I am Dona, and this is Bartello," she said, indicating the Guardian.

"Nice to meet you," Yuna replied tersely, and bowed.

"Oye, vey, I hate Temples," Morgan whispered to Liz.

"Why?" she asked.

"Cloister of Trials," Morgan responded.

"Oh," Liz said and was pushed aside by a leaving Dona and Bartello. "Hey!" she cried, indignantly, but was ignored.

"Let's go ya?" Wakka said before leading up, even more stairs into a small room with an elevator. "You three stay here."

Morgan, Liz and Tidus nodded as the rest went down the elevator. Tidus started pacing as Morgan and Liz sat against the wall. It was not long before Dona and Bartello returned.

"Oh, it's you three. I wonder why you aren't in the Cloister with your Summoner," Dona said.

"Don't say it, don't say it," Morgan whispered.

"We're not Guardians," Tidus answered.

"Damn," she hissed.

Dona looked at Bartello and he lifted the two girls off the floor and tossed them not to gently on the elevator, closely followed by Tidus.

"Fuck," Liz cursed as she rubbed her sore bottom.

"You fucking ass-whore," Morgan cursed as Dona sent the elevator down.

"Send my regards to Lady Yuna!" Dona called after them.

"Yuna will be the one to suffer the consequences!" Lulu hissed at the three.

"It was all Dona's fault!" Tidus cried.

"It doesn't matter!" Lulu said.

Tidus glared at her before pacing back and fourth in the small chamber. Morgan and Liz were seated in a corner. Kimahri stood, once again, by the door that Yuna would come out of. Wakka stood by the other door and Lulu was in the middle.

It was noticeable that Tidus was growing impatient and was about to pick a fight with Lulu when the door opened and Yuna walked out of the room, slowly. She tottered for a bit at the top of the stairs before falling forward. She was about to hit the floor when Kimahri caught her.

"Yuna okay?" Kimahri asked her.

"Yes, Kimahri," she answered weakly. "We should get going."

"Can you walk?" Wakka asked her.

"Yes," she answered, standing on her own. She led them out of the Temple limping.