Unburied Love
When the song was over Silver was about to put his mask back on, wanting to hide his eyes. That song was really something that made him sad after what happened between them both. He smiled at Tallulah and walked to the crowd, catching a glimpse of a guy that looked a lot like High Summoner's husband just next to Serenity.
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Kai sat next to his sister listening to the song and noticed the man who was on stage with the songstress looking directly at him and Serenity. "So is that guy one of your friends you talked about?" Kai says this pointing toward Silver.
Serenity opened her eyes and nodded, just noticing now that Silver was looking at them. "Yeah, that's one of them!" Serenity hoisted herself up and waved her hands in the air to call him over.
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Lhinx slid her fingers under the door to the chamber and began lifting.
(C'mon, a little more...) Lhinx thought as she felt the door budging. As it went higher, the door seemed to be more willing to open up.
Finally, the Ronso had the door high enough and open to allow herself entrance into the once sacred room. The door slid down immediately, sealing the Ronso in.
(Perfect...) Lhinx thought as she looked away from the door. (Wow...)
The room, aged beyond repair, had been beautiful at one time. The walls were covered with a thin green moss, and small animals skittered all across. In the middle of the room was a large hole where once a Fayth had been.
Lhinx kneeled down and touched the floor with her right hand. She pulled the hand back and sniffed it.
(Nothing fresh...Wakka said this place had not had one person step in... But could they have come through this hole?)
Lhinx looked around the edges of the hole and a glimmer to her right caught her attention. She reached out to it and grabbed. She looked at it and sniffed it in her open palm. The ring was dulled, but the glimmer had come from the precious stone on it.
(Just a ring...probably left here by a summoner ages ago.)
Lhinx pocketed the ring and stood up.
(Maybe Wakka was wrong...)
Lhinx turned around and began to leave, but another unusual sight caught her attention. The Ronso stepped toward the wall and looked it over.
(Scratches...large ones...) Lhinx ran her hand across long, crisscrossed slashes in the stone wall. (There's no moss within these...They're fresh...or recently done...I should go tell the others...)
Lhinx headed to the exit, proceeding to again force the door open, but it instead allowed her out quite easily.
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Silver walked towards Serenity, smiling and leaving the claps behind for Tallulah. Once there he looked at the guy next to her. "Let me guess, you're the High Summoner's son aren't you? Pleased to meet you, my name is Silver Fang." He offered his hand for the man to take it.
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Tallulah saw Silver smiling at a girl that looked just like Yuna and suppressed the impulse to make a grumpy face. She was sure Silver liked that girl, which was the reason he felt so embarrassed. Well, after what Tallulah did to him she knew she deserved to be ignored that way. If only...
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Lhinx exited the temple. (Now where is everybody?) Lhinx wondered, looking around at the gather crowd around the Songstress. The Ronso saw two of the people she had seen earlier at the cliff and walked over to them.
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Kai watched Silver approach. "You guessed right I am the High summoners son. My names Kai." He said shaking Silvers hand. "Its good to meet one of my sisters new friends."
Serenity smiled when they shook hands, glad it was going so well. "Silver! You were amazing up there! You and the songstress…Very cute together!" Serenity said, wondering why he never mentioned that he had a girlfriend before. "Oh, is it all right with you if Kai comes along, too?"
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Silver blushed. "My pleasure to meet you and your sister, and my pleasure as well to journey with you two." Silver said, smiling at Serenity, the impulse to put his mask on almost gone, not his tears though. He looked back and saw Tallulah, then waved at her to come closer. But... she is coming... what if? No...
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Tallulah sighed deeply and walked to Silver and his friends. "Hello there," she told the woman, trying to be polite although her feelings almost betrayed her. "My name is Tallulah Moonlight."
Serenity looked to the songstress and bowed slightly. "I'm Serenity. Nice to meet you, Lady Moonlight. I can't believe I'm talking to a real songstress! You have to sign something before we leave the island!" She was in complete awe. This girl was the same age as she was, and was a famous songstress. "You, and Silver, perfect duet! If I may say so…" Serenity added quietly.
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Kai looked at Tallulah as she walked up, then he turned back to Silver. Kai tried to remember where he saw him before but he couldn't quite place where though. "Do you play blitzball?"
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"Just Tallulah, please," Tallulah said, smiling kindly. "Well, Silver and I have gone through a lot ever since we were children. He is the responsible for that song, wrote it on the journey we had a long, time ago." Her words were kind, but it was her polite way of telling the girl Silver was hers, so she stayed out of the way.
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Silver looked down, blushing at Tallulah's words, managing to catch the double meaning in her words and was getting pretty nervous. Easy, Silver, everything's gonna be alright...
"Yes, I do," he told Kai, passing him his heavy blitzball. "In fact I'm intending to start a team for those who were born at Zanarkand like me."
Kai got an odd feeling from Tallulah's words. He caught the ball; it was heavier then the normal blitzball but not to heavy. "Hum, interesting. Would there be a spot for one whose father was born in Zanarkand and even played on the team there?" He asked, tired of being stuck on the beach with the Aurochs. After saying that he passed his ball back.
"Of course there is," Silver said. "Your dad was the star player of the Zanarkand Abes. Maybe not many people believe that, but if your mother did, I sure do. In fact, I want the team to be called that."
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Serenity looked at Tallulah uncertainly, wondering what she was trying to say in between her polite lines. She couldn't fool her. Though Tallulah tried to mask it, she might as well have just said it. But she smiled good-naturedly back to the songstress. "Yeah…it sure seems like you two are close…" Serenity blushed slightly, then bowed again as if to announce her departure.
These two were obviously as close as two people were going to get. Sure, she might have started to develop something for Silver, tends to happen when someone saves your life, but she wasn't going to try and break whatever was still there with those two, would she? 'Of course not...'
"I…have to go find Wakka…excuse me. Nice meeting you, Tallulah." She squeezed Kai lightly on the arm to tell him that he didn't have to accompany her. With that, Serenity turned and looked around uncertainly as if she never stepped foot on the island, and walked off towards Wakka's hut.
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Tallulah smiled delighted. Somehow she managed to get her understand. "Silver, I got my own tent outside the temple, I'll be glad if you accompany me," she said, smiling at him. "There are so many things we have to talk about."
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"I'm sorry, Silver said, shaking his head a little and watching Serenity walk away. "I need to do something…need to practice with my blitzball." He was lying, of course, but being a Demon had that advantage. One would never tell whether a Demon was lying or not. He started walking just in the direction Serenity had gone, then turning to the village entrance so Tallulah wouldn't read his intentions.
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"Cool then I am in. And my dad was the star of the team and naming it the Zanarkand Abes would make him happy." Kai felt Serenity squeeze his arm. He knew it was her saying that he didn't have to go with her, but he said he would keep Wakka off her back. "I am sorry but you must excuse me it was nice meeting you both but I must go find Wakka with my sister."
He then backed up turned, catching up to his sister. "I told you I would be there to keep Wakka from being crazy."
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Suddenly Tallulah felt so pissed at Silver as she had only felt once... back at the Moonflow. She tried to smile but failed. She walked away, back to her tent. What was happening? She knew she had done wrong, and had hurt Silver. Was this his way of getting revenge? Or he didn't feel attracted to her anymore… Whatever it was she wouldn't know, but wouldn't give up either. Silver was just such a sweet guy for her to let go. No, she wouldn't make the same mistake she did once.
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Serenity closed her eyes tightly and shook her head as they neared the hut. "I'm sorry, Kai. You just seemed busy with Silver and I…must've forgotten…" Serenity slowly opened her eyes and looked back at him, smiling. "You're a great brother." She then looked past him, seeing Silver walking away. 'No, why would he come after me…' Serenity looked back at Kai. "Come on, we got to find Wakka!"
Kai looked at Serenity and felt as if she was hiding something. "Well I can't be to great of a brother if I disappear for months without even a word." He then felt dumb for saying that, since he didn't want her being in a sad mood. "Well come on he should be inside and if he isn't then I am sure Lulu will be."
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Silver made sure Tallulah was no more on sight and walked to where Serenity had gone. What the hell am I doing? I think I said no more walking after a girl. Although it is hard now. Serenity, Lucine, Tallulah, so many girls around, and being a Tiger Demon isn't helping. I'm still a man...
He broke his personal talk to make sure nobody could see him. His black clothes were really a great help, as the sun was already hiding on the horizon. He saw Serenity and her brother going inside a hut and fastened his pace. Knocking the side of it softly. "Hello?"
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Serenity looked down at the ground. Was that his way of cheering her up? Serenity smirked and poked at him again. It was sort of funny, how he tried to help but sometimes made things worse. "Yeah…well, that's why I'm such a great sister! To help pick up your slack!" She laughs. "And if Lulu isn't inside, Vadina should be, right? Or did he leave the island again?" She asked as they entered the hut. They looked around, finding no one, and she turned when there was a knock at the door. "Hello?" Serenity called, inviting the person in.
Kai laughed. "Well you know what I found in our hut earlier..." He pulled out a movie sphere. He hoped that it would help cheer her up. He then hears the knock and watched her walk toward the opening of the hut. "Who is out there, sis?"
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Silver walked inside the hut, smiling and holding his blitzball in front of his chest. He walked closer to the siblings and fixed a smile at Serenity. "I... I'm sorry. Tallulah was rude to you," he said, walking to her. "I just think she's as confused as I am. Lots happened back then. Well... I... I just hope nothing she said hurt you. I think, we leaving tomorrow, right? She says she is coming over, she looks up at your mother as an inspiration, so she wants to find her. Then... good night..." He left the hut, blushing so much you would say he have been exposed to sunlight for many hours. As he left the village towards the beach his mind wondered. Ok Silver, it's official. You are the greatest loser in Spira!
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Tallulah collapsed on her soft bed inside her tent, not even taking off her kimono. She was tired already, and the sudden mix of emotions made her even more so. She just had time to take off her sandals before falling asleep on her stomach, dreaming about her happy years with Silver.
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Serenity watched Silver's retreating back until she couldn't see, which wasn't long since the sun had already set. She smiled to herself in the darkness, happy that Silver did come to talk to her after all. So you're both confused? Then I'll be waiting, and help you through. She yawned, stretching, and went back into Wakka's hut. "Oh, it was just Silver. Saying that… Tallulah, the songstress, was coming along as well. Apparently mom was an inspiration to her." She plopped onto the couch on the far side of the hut. "So what was it that you found back in our hut, Kai?"
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The beach was dark save for the silver light of the moon and the stars. Silver unclipped his belt where he had his gunblade and left it on the sand, the started playing with his blitzball, slamming it against a coconut tree. Kicks, punches, even his tail were good for blitzball training. He had the sudden long to play at Luca stadium again, although he still felt a tired. His journey has been really long. From Kilika to Luca and then from Luca on feet all the way to Zanarkand and back. It took him about three or four months. And now that he had the chance to sleep on a soft bed he didn't fall like it.
Control yourself, you stupid cat...
Silver caught the heavy ball and fell on his back, the waves gently touching his body as he laid on the sand. He remained there for a while and then stood up, took his gunblade and went into the jungle, where he found a nice tree where to fell asleep.
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Kai stretched and yawned, watching Serenity walk over and plop down on the couch. "Well I found this movie sphere," He says and pulls it out of one of his pockets and tosses it to Serenity. "I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, so I have no clue what is on it. But it is getting late and Wakka and Lulu aren't here right now. So I think I am gonna go back to our hut and sleep there tonight." He says as he walks out waving to Serenity.
"Oh, and if you are going to stay here tonight have fun when Wakka and Lulu get back." He says this in his joking manner as he walks out and heads to his family's hut.
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Lhinx found herself in the Besaid Inn on a bed in the back corner. She lay on her back looking up at the roof, pondering her current situation.
(Such a nice place.... Elder Kimahri was right, this place is too good to be true. But we're heading out tomorrow...I wonder how well I will get along with these humans? My speech is poor, so conversation will be lacking...)
Lhinx sat up and rubbed her forehead.
(Things were much easier on Mt. Gagazet. Our speech was the same, so no one thought the other was unintelligent. What will these humans think of me if I do not speak though? Speak only when spoken to, that's it.)
Lhinx's mind flew to the ring in her pocket.
(That's right...) Lhinx pulled out the ring. (Maybe I should give this to one of them...it might be an important clue.... but what could it possibly mean?)
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In spite of the distance, Zephyr could faintly hear the songstress, and a male voice whose owner she couldn't quite place, sing a love song. One particular set of lines caught her attention, and she spoke them to herself thoughtfully.
"And although I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we may be wishing on the same bright star . . ."
She smirked and watched the stars, brilliant on the backwater island of Besaid, where there was so little ambient light to obscure their radiance. She remembered a song she had written a little while ago . . . she wasn't a songstress herself, but poetry streamed from Zephyr's pen at least as much and as often as bullets were shot from her gun.
Zephyr decided to run it by the songstress in the morning, to see if it was any good. With that thought, she fell asleep as the echoes of applause died away in the lagoon.