Sparkle in the Silence of the Night
Chapter EIGHT!
...and the hero will drown.
A/N: My apologies for the lack of updateness..it's just that, well, my schedule's been more or less packed with doing such things as looking for an image hosting service (sonofabitch, Fortunecity's doing the usual free site bullshit) working on an original fic, and doing all my schoolwork! Plus, I have a message board (Gothic Romance), and I'm an active member @ Legend of Fantasy, so I have more than enough to do...and not even CLOSE to enough time to do it in! So, for now, I hope my sincere apology is enough! X_X
*~Chapter Eight~*
Yuna woke up wrapped up in a warm blanket, warm, and feeling suprisingly relaxed. She stood up, looked around, and then reached for her fuzzy slippers. Putting them on her cold feet, she noticed a strange mark above her ankle, then, and touched it lightly. Hot pain shot through her entire body, then, and she felt as if she'd pass out. Crying out, she nearly fell to the ground, but managed to steady herself on her bedpost. Gippal burst through the doorway, then, and saw her barely standing.
"What is it?" he asked,and she sat down, then pointed down at her ankle. Kneeling, he tilted her foot, then sighed. "How long has this been here?"
"I don't know...is it bad?" she asked, and Gippal sighed.
"It's sure isn't good. Yuna, this is very serious. I need you to tell me...what did you dream about?" he asked, and Yuna raised an eyebrow.
"I..don't remember. Something about a fiend, though..." she murmured, and he hugged her.
"We need to go. Now." he said, and Yuna nodded, then, and prepared herself to stand again. Shaking his head, he picked her up and carried her instead.
"Where are we going?" she asked, and he frowned.
"To Bevelle. Baralai'll know what this is...if I'm right." he said, and she frowned this time.
"What do you think it is?" she asked, but he shook his head.
"I don't want to worry you." he said, then, still holding her, loaded them both into a hover and took off, headed for Bevelle.
~*~
"It's the mark of a prophet." Baralai said, then, and sighed. "You were right, Gippal."
"What's that?" Paine and Yuna both asked, and Baralai frowned.
"Well...I'll try to explain this the best I can. There are certain...powers out there, available only to certain...carriers. Apparently, Yuna's a carrier for the power of precognition...so it was given to her, considering she's the former High Summoner, and nobody'd be better suited to have the power in their eyes." he said, and Paine shook her head.
"They?" she asked, and he frowned.
"No one's quite sure, all we know is that they distribute the powers, which are considered by all but the bearer to be a gift. Seeing the future, though, is one of the better ones to have, considering you can't see your own future, something few would want to see. But, you unfortunately have no control over your power...your power could activate itself at any time, and after it does, just touching someone could trigger a 'vision', and tell you something that's going to happen to that person in the future. It could be in one or 100 years, there's usually no indication of which. And usually, it's a bad thing." he said, then sighed and crossed his arms. "A few seers have...lost their mind due to a particularly painful vision."
"Are you telling me that Yuna's in danger?" Paine asked, and Yuna crossed her arms.
"I think so. And I think I don't want this power." she said, and Gippal entered the conversation, then, after an uncharicteristic silence.
"You're in more danger than you know, Yuna. People are going to want that power...want it bad enough to kill you, which is the only known way for a 'gifted one' to lose it." Gippal shook his head.
"That's...very not good." Yuna said, then sniffled.
"Yuna?" Paine asked, and Yuna stood up, then, her anger apparently outweighing the pain from her ankle.
"Haven't I done enough? First Sin, then Vegnagun, now some kind of psychic power everyone's going to want to kill me for? I don't think so! I've had more than enough of this! Can't I just stay OUT OF IT for ONCE?" she shouted, then, and after her anger began to leave her, the throbbing protest coming from above her ankle took hold and she almost fell to the ground. Baralai caught her, though, and sat her back down.
"Yuna..." Gippal said, then stood up and wrapped an arm around her. "If there's anything I can do to he-" he began, but Baralai cut him off.
"All we can do to help her is to watch her, guard her. I'm sure that if we can get ahold of Nooj, he'd be more than willing to help out as well. Plus, it might be a few years before her power becomes truly active, and during those years, we can prepare for the rest of her life." he said, and Paine frowned.
"So what are you telling me, that we're her Guardians?" she asked, and Baralai nodded.
"Unless anyone here objects." he said, then, but nobody spoke up.
"Rikku'd be willing to help out too." Yuna said, and sighed. "I'll have to talk to her." she said, then sighed.
"So be it." Baralai mumbled, then left the room.
"What's wrong with him?" Yuna asked, and realized Paine was silent. "Paine?"
"You...don't want to know." she said, then followed Baralai out the room. Yuna looked at Gippal.
"I don't know!?!" he exclaimed, then threw his arms up with a frown. "All I know is that I want to get you out of here, take you home, and maybe get disgustingly huggy and cuddly and lovey-dovey." he teased, and she smiled at him, then wrapped her arms around his neck and let him carry her out.
Chapter EIGHT!
...and the hero will drown.
A/N: My apologies for the lack of updateness..it's just that, well, my schedule's been more or less packed with doing such things as looking for an image hosting service (sonofabitch, Fortunecity's doing the usual free site bullshit) working on an original fic, and doing all my schoolwork! Plus, I have a message board (Gothic Romance), and I'm an active member @ Legend of Fantasy, so I have more than enough to do...and not even CLOSE to enough time to do it in! So, for now, I hope my sincere apology is enough! X_X
*~Chapter Eight~*
Yuna woke up wrapped up in a warm blanket, warm, and feeling suprisingly relaxed. She stood up, looked around, and then reached for her fuzzy slippers. Putting them on her cold feet, she noticed a strange mark above her ankle, then, and touched it lightly. Hot pain shot through her entire body, then, and she felt as if she'd pass out. Crying out, she nearly fell to the ground, but managed to steady herself on her bedpost. Gippal burst through the doorway, then, and saw her barely standing.
"What is it?" he asked,and she sat down, then pointed down at her ankle. Kneeling, he tilted her foot, then sighed. "How long has this been here?"
"I don't know...is it bad?" she asked, and Gippal sighed.
"It's sure isn't good. Yuna, this is very serious. I need you to tell me...what did you dream about?" he asked, and Yuna raised an eyebrow.
"I..don't remember. Something about a fiend, though..." she murmured, and he hugged her.
"We need to go. Now." he said, and Yuna nodded, then, and prepared herself to stand again. Shaking his head, he picked her up and carried her instead.
"Where are we going?" she asked, and he frowned.
"To Bevelle. Baralai'll know what this is...if I'm right." he said, and she frowned this time.
"What do you think it is?" she asked, but he shook his head.
"I don't want to worry you." he said, then, still holding her, loaded them both into a hover and took off, headed for Bevelle.
~*~
"It's the mark of a prophet." Baralai said, then, and sighed. "You were right, Gippal."
"What's that?" Paine and Yuna both asked, and Baralai frowned.
"Well...I'll try to explain this the best I can. There are certain...powers out there, available only to certain...carriers. Apparently, Yuna's a carrier for the power of precognition...so it was given to her, considering she's the former High Summoner, and nobody'd be better suited to have the power in their eyes." he said, and Paine shook her head.
"They?" she asked, and he frowned.
"No one's quite sure, all we know is that they distribute the powers, which are considered by all but the bearer to be a gift. Seeing the future, though, is one of the better ones to have, considering you can't see your own future, something few would want to see. But, you unfortunately have no control over your power...your power could activate itself at any time, and after it does, just touching someone could trigger a 'vision', and tell you something that's going to happen to that person in the future. It could be in one or 100 years, there's usually no indication of which. And usually, it's a bad thing." he said, then sighed and crossed his arms. "A few seers have...lost their mind due to a particularly painful vision."
"Are you telling me that Yuna's in danger?" Paine asked, and Yuna crossed her arms.
"I think so. And I think I don't want this power." she said, and Gippal entered the conversation, then, after an uncharicteristic silence.
"You're in more danger than you know, Yuna. People are going to want that power...want it bad enough to kill you, which is the only known way for a 'gifted one' to lose it." Gippal shook his head.
"That's...very not good." Yuna said, then sniffled.
"Yuna?" Paine asked, and Yuna stood up, then, her anger apparently outweighing the pain from her ankle.
"Haven't I done enough? First Sin, then Vegnagun, now some kind of psychic power everyone's going to want to kill me for? I don't think so! I've had more than enough of this! Can't I just stay OUT OF IT for ONCE?" she shouted, then, and after her anger began to leave her, the throbbing protest coming from above her ankle took hold and she almost fell to the ground. Baralai caught her, though, and sat her back down.
"Yuna..." Gippal said, then stood up and wrapped an arm around her. "If there's anything I can do to he-" he began, but Baralai cut him off.
"All we can do to help her is to watch her, guard her. I'm sure that if we can get ahold of Nooj, he'd be more than willing to help out as well. Plus, it might be a few years before her power becomes truly active, and during those years, we can prepare for the rest of her life." he said, and Paine frowned.
"So what are you telling me, that we're her Guardians?" she asked, and Baralai nodded.
"Unless anyone here objects." he said, then, but nobody spoke up.
"Rikku'd be willing to help out too." Yuna said, and sighed. "I'll have to talk to her." she said, then sighed.
"So be it." Baralai mumbled, then left the room.
"What's wrong with him?" Yuna asked, and realized Paine was silent. "Paine?"
"You...don't want to know." she said, then followed Baralai out the room. Yuna looked at Gippal.
"I don't know!?!" he exclaimed, then threw his arms up with a frown. "All I know is that I want to get you out of here, take you home, and maybe get disgustingly huggy and cuddly and lovey-dovey." he teased, and she smiled at him, then wrapped her arms around his neck and let him carry her out.