Lust for Sin
A Story by Rikku-Hoshi
Sorry it took me so long to put this up! I had relatives over, as I may or may not have mentioned (I can't remember...), and I just didn't have time to write! Here it is though! Oh, and as for your questions about Tidus being in it...Just read and find out! ;-)
I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 4: Two Bloody Holes
Feeling horridly depressed, as her thoughts consumed her, Yuna didn't do anything to help her situation. She just sat there on that large rock, trying to hold her emotions inside. It wasn't like it mattered if she cried or cursed or anything, being that nobody was around. Still, she felt she couldn't reveal her emotions. Not at all.
Dusk was beginning to fall, and Yuna wondered if her father was worried about her. She figured he probably wasn't, being that he spent most of his time locked up in his area of the house anyway, trying not to contract a disease.
Finally, Yuna stood up, deciding that sitting there on that rock wasn't going to do her much good. She stood there for a while, trying to decide which way to go. She decided finally just to pick a direction and hope that she found the edge–and preferably that it didn't take her way out to no where.
Yuna started off, trying to make a decent pace, being that it was growing darker and darker.
Slowly she began to feel ill, as a horrible pang swept into her stomach. She felt as if for sure she was going to meet up with something bad, and all because she had lost her mind and went looking for Lulu.
"Just accept that she's a witch, already," Yuna said to herself as she walked, "Marry Seymour like you're supposed to and get on with your life. So what if you're half Al Bhed? Big deal. It's not like you're full Al Bhed. Besides, it's not like you follow their way of life anyway. Now Lulu...She won't be going to the farplane, enough said. She probably is the daughter of Yu-Yevon herself, the daughter of Sin. I'm not."
She continued walking, wondering just how far the forest could stretch. Another horrible pang erupted as she wondered if she'd been traveling around in circles.
She sighed, and fell to the ground beneath her, wondering just what she'd been thinking. Tears slid softly down her face as she realized that she had to find a way out soon. At least for now she was sane. Soon enough though, she'd panic, and then she'd never find her way out of the forest.
"Think clearly," Yuna ordered herself, "Just think clearly."
It was indeed growing very dark, and it was becoming ever harder to see what was in front of her. She reached a clearing, only to see the moon had risen, high above her.
"Oh no," she said softly, "I'm never going to find my way home at this rate!"
She continued walking just the same though, and soon, a smile lit her face. In front of her was a clearing, and she could just make out the lights from the village.
Smiling wider, and running, Yuna made her way to this clearing, and then out into the town.
"Where am I?" she questioned herself, as she stepped onto the cobblestone path. She was sure it was her town, but where exactly at in the town?
This part was very busy, although nobody was on the streets. Really, it was very eerie.
Slowly, Wakka's words came back into her head: "A beast. It hunts at night and kills." Swallowing her fear as much as she could, Yuna gathered her skirts and scampered off down the path, as she noticed that far away, on the hillside, she could see the lights from her house.
The moon was very high and bright, and there were many torches lit throughout the town, so seeing was no longer a problem. The only problem now was navigating throughout the crowded little town. At least there were no people around to get in her way.
Yuna turned to her right, ducking down a narrow alleyway, only to realize that it was a dead end. Sighing, she started back the other way. She had just reached the end of the alleyway and was turning down the next, when she heard a blood-curdling scream.
Her heart jumped, and she could hear the screams turning into cries. The cries sounded so close to her. Her hand went to her heart, as she felt her unsteady pulse quickening. She heard another horridly disgusting sound, but it was impossible to place it. All she knew was that it was very close.
Suddenly, as quick as it had happened, the noises stopped, and the village regained its eerie quietness.
Yuna's eyes darted everywhere, as she wondered what had happened. She finally decided that it was probably her imagination getting the best of her, and she turned down the next alleyway.
However, the only thing she could do was scream, as she saw a body lying there in front of her.
Yuna clamped her hands over her mouth and tried to calm down her breathing. The body still looked as if it had life, but two holes leaking of blood on the neck showed otherwise.
Shakily, Yuna began to step backwards, only to run into someone.
She uttered another scream, and turned around quickly.
This time, though, her eyes met two very confused looking blue ones.
"Hey!" he said, grabbing her shoulders, "What's wrong?"
"O-Over there!" Yuna cried, turning around and out of his grasp.
The young man looked past her, and then said quickly, "Damn, we'd better go get the sheriff. It looks like there's been another attack."
"A-Another attack?" Yuna just stammered, "B-But—."
"What are you doing out at night?" he just said, ignoring Yuna, and starting to walk away, although Yuna absent-mindedly followed, "That could have been you!"
"I got lost," Yuna just said, somewhat shamefully, "I'm new here."
He looked behind him at her again, as if to see who she was, and then said, "Oh, you're that girl everybody's been talking about. What was it, Yula, or something like that?"
"Yuna," Yuna corrected him.
"Right. I'm Tidus," he just said, and then looked back ahead, "I sure hope the sheriff doesn't go on and on about why I shouldn't have been out at night."
"Why were you out at night?" Yuna asked, "I was lost, but you—?"
Tidus turned and faced her, and said, "I...My friend is sick. I was going to fetch the doctor."
He sighed then, and looked rather sad.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Yuna just said, as she followed Tidus up the stairs to a well-lit building.
"Yeah..." Tidus just said, as he knocked on the door, "But if anybody asks, you're with me, got it?"
"Why?"
"Just because," Tidus said, "But the sheriff shouldn't ask."
The door opened then, and a rather short, yet large, man came walking out, with a lantern in his hands.
"Who is it?" he just said, although the lantern was blinding both Yuna and Tidus, as he held it straight into their faces.
"We've come to report a murder," Tidus just said, trying to shield his eyes from the lantern, "I think it was from the beast again."
"The beast?" the man said then, and suddenly ran inside. Soon, a bell was ringing loudly.
"What's going on?" Yuna asked Tidus over the noise.
"Ah, everybody's getting all riled up now," Tidus just said, "Everybody always comes out with weapons and–."
"Weapons?" Yuna said, her eyes growing wide, "Like machina weapons?"
"Try swords," Tidus just said, shaking his head, although he wore an amused smile, "Well, the sheriff is allowed to use machina weapons and–hey, don't you know anything?"
Yuna suddenly felt stupid, so she just looked at the ground.
The sheriff came back out then, and asked where the body was. Tidus directed him, and already Yuna noticed that the streets had come to life. Men and boys came out, carrying swords, and followed the sheriff, behind his blinding lantern.
"They get so excited," Tidus just said, as they watched the parade go by, "But yet they never catch the beast."
"Won't the beast still attack?" Yuna asked.
"Nah, h–it's not stupid."
"Has anyone ever seen it?" Yuna just asked, her eyes growing wide in amazement as she watched the many people pass by.
"Nope," came Tidus' simple reply, "But hey, shouldn't you be getting home?"
"Oh my," Yuna just said suddenly, "I completely forgot about that! I'd better go–it was nice meeting you..."
"Whoa, it could still be dangerous that way," Tidus said, nodding up the hill toward Yuna's house, "I'll take you."
"I can take care of myself," Yuna replied, not meaning to sound haughty. She just felt as if she'd wasted enough of his time, "Besides, isn't your friend sick?"
"She'll be fine," Tidus replied, "I mean...Well, it's not like she's deathly ill or anything. She's just going through a little phase. I probably overreacted, why, going to get the doctor and all."
"I see," Yuna just said, "Is she a very close friend?"
"She's my best," Tidus replied, and the two started to reach the edge of town, and started up the hill, "We've been together for quite some time now."
"Is she your girlfriend?" Yuna asked.
Tidus laughed and said, "Yeah right! She's just...like I said. My best friend."
"What's her name?" Yuna asked.
"Paine," Tidus replied, and then shot a curious look at Yuna, "Say, did you meet Lulu?"
Yuna found herself jump at the mention of Lulu's name, but she managed to hide it and said, "Yes, I met Lulu."
"Ah, she's a friend of mine too," Tidus just said.
Yuna found herself stop dead in her tracks. All this time, Yuna had somehow believed that Lulu was friendless–like she.
"Isn't she a witch though?" Yuna asked.
Tidus laughed, and said, "That's just a lame rumor."
"Really?" Yuna said, shocked.
"Yeah," Tidus just said, "Wakka started it, just 'cause he went crazy."
"Do you know him too?" Yuna asked.
"Used to," Tidus said, "Just not very well. I'm fairly new here, myself. Same with Paine."
"Really?" Yuna asked, "Where are you from?"
Tidus was silent, and his eyes laid upon the ground. He looked up at Yuna and smiled then, and said, "I'll tell ya what...Maybe someday, I'll tell you."
"Hey, that's not fair!" Yuna said, "Why won't you tell me now?"
"Because I'll have to lie," Tidus just said, "Either that, or tell the truth, and you won't believe me."
"I will to!" Yuna said surely, "I'm from Bevelle, as you probably knew."
To Yuna's surprise, Tidus cringed and glared at her. He continued to glare at her for some time, but he finally sighed, and said, "That's...nice."
"Is there something wrong with that?" Yuna just asked.
"No, not at all," Tidus said, and then quickly said, "Here we are, your gorgeous mansion."
Yuna looked in front of her, and sure enough, there stood her house.
"Goodbye," Tidus said then, and started off.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Yuna said, running after him, "Thank you very much, Tidus. Will I see you at the temple tomorrow?"
Tidus smiled, and said, "It depends on how my friend, Paine, is feeling. Hopefully though, right?"
"Right," Yuna just said, and smiled at him, "Goodnight Tidus."
"Goodnight," Tidus just said, and started off again.
Sighing, Yuna then turned around and started toward her house, hoping that her father wasn't too angry at her being home late.
She opened the door slowly, only to hear her father's voice boom, "And where have you been, young lady?" and to see not only her father, but Seymour standing there as well.