Chapter III: The Wrong Side of the Fight
I'm back again, with chapter 3, the first boss fight, sorta...Rikku appears in this chapter, but whether she joins the party this chapter or not depends on how long the chapter takes... Anyhoo, time for chapter 3, I own only Heiei, not anyone else, not even the plot (Although I wish I owned Rikku...) so, ONWARD!
(Heiei's PoV)
"So...this is the Moonflow, eh?" I asked as we walked up to the docks, I looked around, "What the hell is that thingy?" I pointed at a large er...elephant-thingy
"It's a Shoopuf, ya?" Wakka said as we walked up to it, "We're gonna ride it to cross the Moonflow."
"We're gonna ride THAT?!" I asked
"Yes." Lulu said, "It's the only way across."
"Whatever, I don't care, I was just wondering, that's all."
"We've got some time before we board though, so you can go look around," Wakka said "I'll find you when we're ready to go."
I nodded and we separated, I had a feeling that they were going to talk about the problem about the disappearing summoners, I wasn't a guardian, so I could see why they didn't want me to hear. So the group went one way, and began to walk back that small area of shore near the docks.
There was a young girl standing there now, she was dressed in an orange sleeveless shirt and green short shorts, her blond hair was tied into a messy bun with two thin braids trailing in the back, a pair of goggles hung around her neck.
I walked over to her, "Hey," I said, "Why are you here all alone?"
She looked at me, surprise immediately shown in her spiraled emerald green eyes, she had pretty eyes... "Who are you?" she asked
"Oh, sorry, name's Heiei, I'm a white mage." I said, "And you are?"
"I'm Rikku." She said, "So...why are you here? Are you traveling?
"Um...sorta...I'm with a group, well, really I'm just following them." I said, looking her over, (Damn...she's pretty cute...)
"Hey," She said, " Since you don't really have anything to do, could you...help me with something?"
"What?"
"Um...I need help getting something in the water, could you help?"
"Sure, why not?' I said
Rikku smiled and grabbed my hand, "C'mon, this way!" She said, dragging me along the shore
We soon came to a giant machine with a strange blue orb on top, it resembled a...well it kinda looked like a ball with two large arms curving out from it. Three thin legs supported it. "What IS that?" I asked as Rikku led me over to it.
"It's called the Extractor." She said, "Wait here for a second." She then ran off.
Rikku came back a few minutes later, wearing a tight-fitting wetsuit, her goggles were on now, "Here, put these on. She said, handing me a pair of goggles and a wetsuit as well.
I put the goggles on and looked at the wetsuit, "Do I have to wear this?" I asked her
"No, but if you don't, your clothes are gonna get wet." She said. I nodded and put it on over my clothing, Rikku smiled, and grabbed my wrist again, leading me around to a small door on the side. "Here," she opened it, "Get in."
I nodded and slid inside the giant mechanical thing, I laid down on one of the two pads near a control panel, she slipped in beside me, and looked over at me, "Thanks for helping, this thing is a monster to steer with only one person."
" No problem." I said, "So...what are these buttons for?"
"You have the defense systems, in case we run into fiends." Rikku said, "If we get into trouble, just listen to me, okay?"
I nodded, "Sure."
"Okay then, let's go!" Rikku said, and the huge machine immersed itself in the water.
(Tidus' PoV)
"Ey, Tidus, could you go an' tell Heiei that we're ready to leave?"
I nodded, "Sure, alright," I said, I then ran back in the direction Heiei left in When I got to the shore, he wasn't there.
"Heiei!" I called out, no answer, "HEIEI!" Still nothing, "Damn, he must've decided to leave and travel alone, to bad, he was nice." Shrugging, I ran back to the others.
"Where's Heiei?" Yuna asked as I returned
"Don't know, he wasn't there, I guess...he just left."
"That's too bad..." Yuna said, "I was going to ask if he would like to become my guardian."
"Come," Auron said, "We have stalled long enough, we need to go."
Yuna nodded, "Right, Heiei may have left, but we still must continue." She said, we then boarded the Shoopuf, and it started across the lake.
The ride was pretty uneventful, until we were about halfway across, suddenly, some men leapt out of the water and grabbed Yuna, pulling her under.
"Yuna!" I yelled as she was pulled in, I immediately grabbed my sword and dove in after her, Wakka did the same, grabbing his ball.
(Heiei's PoV)
I felt a rumbling on the top of the machine; I turned to Rikku, "What was that?" I asked the girl.
She looked at me, "I didn't wanna tell you, but you know about summoners and their pilgrimages, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Um...well...one of the summoners is my cousin, if she finishes her pilgrimage, and gets to Zanarkand, she's gonna die, I don't want Yunie to die."
"Yunie?"
"It's just a nickname, her real name's Yuna."
"Yuna?! That's the summoner I was traveling with, what are you gonna do to her?"
"You were traveling with her? You aren't her guardian or anything, are you?
"No, but what are you gonna do with Yuna?"
"Um...take her back to our home and keep her safe..."
"By that you mean..."
"Call it kidnapping, call it whatever you want, but the summoners are gonna die if we don't do something, and I don't want Yunie to die." I could see tears behind her goggles, "I never got to see Yunie much, but...in the time we saw each other, we got really close, you know? I can't let her die."
"Would you believe...that I think that's a good idea?"
She looked at me in surprise, "Really?"
I nodded, "Yeah, personally, I don't really trust this 'Yevon' anyway. See, I don't have any memories of my past, I got too close to Sin, the toxins got to me, so all I know is what I've been taught." I told her, "Besides, I know that Sin keeps coming back, and now that I know that the summoners die after the pilgrimage, I think it's just senseless sacrifice."
"Thanks...you're the firs...AAHH!" Rikku couldn't finish what she was saying because at that moment, a violent tremor shook the machine, and a red alarm light started to flash, engulfing the cockpit in crimson.
"What was that?" I asked Rikku "Fiends?
She looked into a small monitor, "No...it's two guys, and one of them's...Tidus?! Is he one of Yunie's guardians?"
"Yeah, but...how do you know him?"
"I'll tell you later, if we survive this, now we gotta fight!"
"But...won't that..."
"Kill him? No, we'll use the non-lethal weapons, now press that blue button!" She said frantically, pressing multiple buttons on her panel.
"Right, but can I get a monitor or something?" I asked
"Sure," She pressed a button and a monitor screen appeared in front of me, "Now shoot!"
"Right!" I pushed the button, and an orb of compressed water fired out of one of the Extractor's arms, it hit Wakka, who was the other man, and knocked him back.
"Good shot," Rikku said, "If they don't back off soon though, we're gonna have to use the depth charges."
I nodded and fired volley after volley of waterballs at them, Tidus and Wakka both got hit multiple times, but neither of them backed down, they kept on attacking relentlessly, "I don't think their going to stop!" I said to Rikku.
She nodded, "Fine, I'm gonna raise our altitude, and when I say so, press the red button!"
I nodded, "Right."
Rikku pulled a lever and the Extractor began to ascend, when it stopped, she nodded at me, "Now Heiei!" She said.
I nodded, and was about to press the button, when a violent explosion rocked the machine. Rikku looked at me, "No, Extractor's gonna explode! When I say so, press the flashing red button! ... ... ...NOW!"
I immediately pressed the button, and the two of us were jettisoned out of the Extractor just as it exploded, right as I was about to swim away, I was hit by a piece of shrapnel and knocked out.
Well, there it is, the longest chapter so far. Not to mention an alternate version of the Extractor fight, tell me what ya think! Rikku didn't join the party here, so she'll join in chapter 4, which will be up soon.
Oh, before I forget, please read Yamiboo's Fic, Final Fantasy: Revisited, it's a great fic, much better than mine is. If you like this, then you'll love his.
Anyhoo, read and review as usual, and read Yamiboo's fic as well!
See ya