Machina Maw

Disclaimer: Owns nothing of FFX except obsession of Rikku

The cool night breeze shivered down my spine. Not only was the chilly weather cold, the thought of losing Shiva, our last hope was too horrible to imagine. Kyo, our summoner, and Chanel were late. Yu Yevon already defeated Lady Yuna and her guardians, but some suspect that Sir Auron and Rikku are still alive after the terrible spell known as Ultima. Yu Yevon cast Waterga along with Thunderaga. Shiva was losing fast.

"Where are they?" I thought. Shiva kneeled down and I picked her off the ground.

"Are you okay?" I asked. She nodded and I stood next to her.

"Well so much for the puny aeon your summoner summoned," Yu Yevon said and then laughed. I searched for more grenades in my pockets. Oh no! My luck ran out! "Ha! It seems you are out of ideas!" Yu Yevon said. Suddenly, I heard the distant and familiar roar of a "YO!" I turned around and saw three figures in the distant. I saw a curly haired female with a dress sphere of Lady Luck with dice earrings which matched her perfectly. The other one was in dark robes with blue outlining on it, Kunai and chain in hand. She was smirking at my tiredness. The last one was in a pop outfit with a staff smiling at me. I smiled and jumped to where they stood.

"Not quite," Our Summoner said. Yu Yevon frowned.

"Machina Maw is here," I said.

"No Matter, more bones to crush, more blood to spill!" Yu Yevon said. He summoned a spell of Ultima once more, this time at us.

"Lenne, got anything?" I asked our summoner. Lenne thought and then stepped forward.

"Defend our hearts! Reflect!" Lenne said as a gigantic bubble appeared. I had no fear. I could tell the Chanel and Kyo didn't either. Lenne however, I couldn't tell about her.

We only that Lenne had a lover. I think his name was Shuyin. She never spoke so much about him. And when we try to have her spill out the information, she broke into tears and left. No one in our pilgrimage knows but her. Even though she didn't reveal too much, we trust her one hundred percent. A cheerful girl she was, with a powerful singing talent. Once she sang a song about herself which Kyo was touched by. That was very hard to earn.

"Hey, Yu Yevon is distracted, Chanel think you can create enough smoke?" Kyo asked.

"Ask the dice," Chanel said. She rolled the dice and it got a…three! Chanel spinned around and put her hand next to her mouth and blew. Purple dust appeared and she blew even harder. Yu Yevon was really distracted. That was Kyo's and my signal. I pulled out my slicers and Kyo swinging her Kunai with chain. We then sliced as hard as we could and went back next to Chanel. Chanel stopped blowing. The dust reseeded and I could tell Yevon was quite dizzy. I had an idea.

"Hey Yevon, there ain't nothing I can't steal!" I said as I jumped towards him and pulled out a sphere of some sort. I looked down at Yu Yevon and he had a shocked look on his face.

"NO!" He yelled and I jumped back. He then blew up. As the ashes moved away, five figures on the floor appeared. A young teenager in a purple starred dress and a gothic black mage were one of them. And a Ronso was there too. Lastly a blonde dude was on top of a weird haired blitz ball player. I was a bit disturbed. Anyways, they slowly got up and I turned out to be Summoner Yuna and her guardians.

"YUNIE!" A young blonde girl yelled as she appeared near the debris. Followed by her was a man with a good muscle tone on his arms with a jacket on. I looked at Kyo and I could almost swear her eyes turned pink and where the shape of hearts. Yuna then ran towards us.

"Thank you so much! How could I repay you?" Yuna said while bowing. I heard Kyo said, "You could start with shutting your mouth."

"Nothing, we are okay," I said.

"Thank you, once again, thank you," Yuna said. Kyo rolled her eyes and gently moved me out of her way to talk to Yuna.

"Listen, we don't need your praise. By the way, shouldn't you be on the flower fields in Besaid eating your goody-goody cookies and milk? And I case you haven't notice, you are flirting with Alan, and he isn't interested. He already has a crush," Kyo said. I nodded. I should never betray the blonde haired Al Bhed girl. Chanel moved Kyo the same way Kyo moved me.

"Yuna, what Kyo is trying to say is that you should go home. You know, catch up on staying alive, to stop singing like a dying cow, and to sleep with Tidu-"Chanel was interrupted by me.

"Umm…good bye Yuna," I said as I threw a smoke bomb. Yuna turned to her guardians.

"How did they know that?" she asked. Auron shook his head.

"Yuna, it is so obvious that you and Tidus like each other from the very beginning even if Lulu warned Tidus not too. It was also not JUST Kimahri that saw you guys in the lake and when you ran out in the shack…alone…" Auron said grinning evilly. Yuna and Tidus blushed.

When we arrived at Kilika with the help of our airship, Kyo was a bit grumpy. We were walking on the broken roads of Kilika the Youth League tried desperately to rebuild. The faith let Lenne keep the aeons for summoning.

"Are you okay?" Chanel said. Kyo glared at her and said, "Oh sure! After the admiration I have for Auron, I finally get a chance to meet him and I am rushed to my home town." Kyo said. I smiled at her disappointment.

"I mean…did you ever see my room!" Kyo said laughing. We laughed together all the way to our home. We lived in Kilika together since we started and completed our pilgrimage. I laid down in my bed, thinking of all the things we went through…are over. Everything but our friendship.

"How come Yuna got all the credit?" I asked myself.

"Well, Braska's daughter is pretty popular. Braska is the high summoner," I heard Kyo say from my doorway. I smiled. She put her around my shoulder and said, "It okay, I could tell Yuna steals all the spot light. She can't even summon an aeon without falling!" Kyo said. I smiled and then she said, "Lenne is cooking today!" Kyo said pulling me up and leading me to the kitchen. It was like that for a few months. Peaceful, quiet, relaxing, all those features you call paradise. I was sitting outside and Chanel sat down next to me.

"What's up?" Chanel said.

"The usual," I said. I looked at the sunrise. I didn't feel like myself, as if I couldn't live with this life anymore.

"Woah! That's a big wave," Chanel said pointing out to the clear blue sea. I looked closely. It was too unusual for Kilika to have such a big wave. I walked closely to the edge of the bay across the house we lived in. I looked closely as I saw what I hoped to never see again.

"SIN!" I yelled as yelled around Kilika. "Evacuate now!" I added. I felt silly. We defeated Sin and Yu Yevon which makes Yu Yevon. Something is wrong.

"Alan! What's going on?" Kyo asked me. I made a face expression of an "I don't know."

"The world has been under the wrath from the dead," Lenne said with a little bit of a raspy voice walking rather stiffly towards the balcony. Kyo looked at her weirdly.

"Are you okay?" She asked. Lenne's pupils then turned white and then brown. It kept taking turns between those colors until they stopped at white and then in a loud voice, that didn't sound like her at all, she said, "WHAT HAPPENED 1000 YEARS AGO HAS TOOK IT'S TOLL, WHAT THE SHADOW OF DOOM IN ZANERKAND STARTED 1000 YEARS AGO WILL BE COMPLETED AND DEATHS OF FOUR, WILL BE FULFILED!" It was at that point on when I was scared. Lenne's eyes appeared normal again and she then collapsed. We all ran to her and tried to pick her up. I turned back to see if Sin was still there, but to my surprise, Sin was gone!

Lenne slowly opened her eyes. Kyoka sighed with relief.

"Milady, are you alright?" Chanel asked. Lenne shook her head.

"My head is a little sore, but I am okay. Why are you guys so frightened?" Lenne asked. I was confused again.

"You're saying you didn't realize it?" Kyo said. We were all confused. We went inside and ate some dinner. Then we heard knocks on our door. I went to get it and to my surprise, Maechen, the old man, was here!

"Maechen? What brings you to Kilika?" I asked. Maechen had a sad expression on his wrinkled face.

"May I?" He asked pointing to the couch in the living room.

"Oh, of course," I said closing the door after he went in. Maechen removed his green woven silk hat as he sat down on the couch.

"I come with terrible news," He said. Lenne looked quite interested. SO was everyone else. Maechen began.

"1000 Years ago, there was a terrible war between Bevelle and Zanerkand. A war that took so many lives. And yet today, some of those lives still live, refusing to go to the far plane, scared of eternal restlessness. So those souls refugee here, unsent and restless. This is why Sin came back," Maechen said.

"How did you know so quickly Sin attacked?" Kyo said. We turned at Maechen.

"I hear the gossip among the people, I have nothing better to do," Maechen replied. To me, it sounded rather fishy, but what was better, running around clueless or having one opinion in the matter.

"So restless souls brought Sin back?" Chanel asked.

"No, it only takes one to meddle. A dark shadow, which lived one thousand years ago, is refusing to give in to get her back. His name is lost in history and he died trying to save his love of his life. She died as well," Maechen said.

"What is her name?" Kyo asked with a confused face. Maechen opened his mouth to live.

"I…don't know," Maechen said. "But you might find answers in Macalania. If your summoner there noticed, Shiva has left." Kyo's jaw dropped. I pushed it back up.

"What could she tell us?" I asked.

"Many things beyond the ordinary," he said as he left the door. I looked outside and surprisingly, he was gone.

"Wanna leave tomorrow?" I asked.

"Well, Machina Maw, did start with trying to find a way to prove that machine is not wrong. But now, we are going to see Lady Shiva," Kyo said.