How It All Began
Written by phoenix pheatherz
A/N: Chapter 5 has a really crappy ending, but here's the continuing chapter that kind of makes Chapter 5 seem to have more sense.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X-2 or any related materials. I only own the original characters Rosari, Samuto, and Heimong.
Chapitre 6 :: Troubled Water
Maybe that's all Shuyin wants. Maybe it's all he needs.
Love.
"Lenne!" Samuto snapped me out of a daze.
"Wah!" I jumped up out of my seat.
"Were you listening to anything I said?" Samuto asked me.
"Some of it..." I replied. "Well...uh...little of it...or....none?"
Samuto sighed. "Lenne, I was telling you that I have a suspicion that Rosari wants to go further with you."
"We've only been dating for two weeks!" I told her.
"Hey, it only takes a five minute meeting to get in bed with someone," she answered.
"Uh, Rosari isn't like that," I replied.
"How do you-"
"And I've known Rosari ever since I was six," I cut her short. "He is not like that."
"If you say so," Samuto shrugged. "But why would he suddenly ask you out?"
Now that I think about it, I don't know much about Shuyin's past. Maybe Rosari brings back a feeling of happiness that Shuyin wants. But why Rosari? What's so special about Rosari to Shuyin?
"Lenne...!" Samuto knocked on my head.
"Wah!" I almost fell backwards off my seat.
"Geez, Lenne," Samuto sighs. "pay attention!"
"So sorry..." I sighed. "Something's troubling me. I need to go get some rest."
"Okay, see ya!" Samuto says. "If you need anything, call me!"
I headed out of her apartment and started walking towards my house. I thought about this whole Shuyin thing over and over. What does he want from Rosari? Does he really love him? What is going on?
My phone started to ring. "Hello?" I answered it.
"Hey Lenne," a voice replied. It was Yunalesca.
"Hi Yuna! What's up?" I ask her.
"Can you come over?" she asks.
"Sure?" I answer. "I'll be there soon."
As I turned direction and headed towards Yunalesca's house, I continued to think about it. Shuyin and Rosari. What is the connection? I don't see it at all. I mean, they're friends, but lovers? No way...
"Hey," I greeted Yunalesca at her door.
"Come on in," she shoved me in.
"Uh?" I followed as she pushed me upstairs into her room.
"Shh!" she closes the door behind her.
"What's going on?" I ask as she locks the door.
"I heard from my father that Zanarkand and Bevelle are having issues with each other," she tells me.
This was actually not surprising to me. Zanarkand and Bevelle have been arguing with each other ever since a year ago. This was when the Adanhedo Towers were completed, one in Zanarkand and one in Bikanel Island, to show the unity of Zanarkand and the Al Bhed together and to show what great machina they can create. The rulers of Bevelle don't like it when other nations come out with more advanced machina than theirs. They also refuse the help of other nations to advance their technology, so they don't make many great technological achievements.
"What kind of problems?" I asked her.
"I heard that Bevelle recently stole a secret project that was being worked on at the Bikanel Adanhedo Tower," she replies. "Apparently it was some sort of an energy source."
"A machina that is an energy source? Why would they steal it when they could buy or make one themselves?" I ask.
"It's not a normal energy source," Yunalesca tells me. "The energy is actually composed of Farplane materials. It's supposedly the life force of Spira."
"I heard that Bevelle is also working on a top secret project," I told her. "But I heard a while ago that production stopped."
"Maybe they took the energy source to use in their project," she says.
"Maybe," I agree.
"However," she starts, "the energy source can be unstable because they haven't actually used it as a source of energy."
"So how come it's labeled an energy source?" I ask.
"Because it's composed of Farplane materials," she replies. "It's called the life source of Spira. Didn't I say that before?"
"Oh yeah," I replied. I thought about it, and it made some sense. "Well, what if Zanarkand, Bikanel, and Bevelle devised a treaty or make an official deal of some sort?"
"I'll suggest that to my father," she replies. "Thanks, Lenne."
"No problem," I smile.
"If you ever need anything, just ask!" she tells me.
"Well, I do have an issue at the moment," I reply.
"I'm listening," she says.
"Well, someone I know likes my boyfriend, and I have no idea why," I tell her.
"Uh..." she stared at me. "I think I might be able to help you if I knew the people."
"You know my boyfriend is Rosari, right?" I ask.
"Yes, I heard about it on the news," she replied. "So who likes Rosari?"
"Shuyin," I reply.
"Oh, I see," she said, then she thought about it. "Well, being one of the SITSMAG, I-"
"You're part of the SITSMAG?" I gasped in shock.
"...I know Shuyin has a thing for exotic people," she continued.
"Did it say guys specifically?" I ask her.
"Last time I've talked to him, he told me he preferred women," she says.
"But that means he would choose a guy too," I said.
"Which makes him bisexual," she adds.
"Omigosh!" I said. "That's totally new to me!"
"And I thought you two were friends?" she asks.
"Um...we've hit a rough spot at the current moment," I tell her.
"Yunalesca!" a voice came from behind the door. "May I come in?"
"Oh!" she jumped up and opened the door for her father.
"Good afternoon, Lord Yevon," I stood up and bowed in front of him.
"Whatever happened to 'Uncle Yu'?" he smiled at me. "I get a high-ranking position in society, and this is what happens."
"I don't want to offend you," I reply.
"Please, I miss being called 'Uncle Yu'," he says. "In fact, it offends me that you don't call me that!"
"Omigosh! I'm sorry!" I bowed to him apologetically.
"I'm kidding," he laughs. "So, what have you ladies been up to?"
"Just girl stuff," Yunalesca replies.
"I see," he says. "Are you staying for dinner, Lenne?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't, Lord-" I stopped myself. "-I mean, Uncle Yu!"
"Well, we all have our priorities," he replied.
"I have to get going now. See you later, Yuna! Goodbye, Uncle Yu!" I left their house and went home.
Maybe Shuyin did really like me...I mean, he goes both ways. I thought to myself as I went to bed.
If he had only asked me out...
...if he wasn't into Rosari...
...then maybe I'd be happier.
What the hell am I saying? I thought again. I don't need Shuyin. I have Rosari. He makes me as happy as I can get.
...Does he really?
I thought I should put something important in this chapter. Like all the others, please review!