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Gods and Graves

I was really getting sick of all this water.

First Baaj temple now the ocean, at last it was warmer...warmth, water, sounds coming from the distance. I gave a mental cheer realising we must be near Besaid. 'Thank God, I dont mind water but waking up twice in it isnt all that great.' I looked to my right, seeing Tidus out cold next to me, at least he was floating up, meaning he would'nt drown.

I sighed, floating gently, bored out of my skull. Tidus woke up about a minute or two later, looking around, in the same state of confussion as normal. "Woah...where are we?" I just shrugged, pointing at Besaid. "Judging by the island in that direaction and the water in every other, I would guese the ocean." He gave me a glare but I just shrugged it off and pointed towards the shore. "Blitzball." He looked over, just in time to get smacked in the head by said blitzball.

I laughed out loud, I knew it must have hurt but I did warn him and it was funny to see. I looked over and saw some familiar faces, the most familiar having orange hair in one of the weirdest styles I had even seen, sticking straight up and held in place by a blue headband, if that was'nt Wakka I'm the king of the forest. Tidus stared at the ball in his hands before a smile burst out all over his face.

"Blitzball!" I watched as Wakka waved over at him "Hey, you okay?" I swam to the side to get a better view of what was to come as Tidus waved back and dived into the water with the blitzball, before it came shooting out along with Tidus a moment later. I watched, a smile on my face as Tidus pulled off one of the more impressive blitzball moves, the Sphere Shot, sending the blitzball right across the water and narrowly missing Wakka and the rest of the Aurochs. I started swimming to shore with Tidus close behind, glad to be back on dry land.

"Yo! Hiya!" I smirked, Tidus and Wakka seemed a lot alike to me in their love of this game, I decided not to bother them and just found a place to sit in the shade. Cold and water do not bother me, sunlight however doe's. I watched Tidus pull off the Sphere Shot again, smirking to myself and relaxing a bit.

I came out when Tidus waved at me, looked like Wakka wanted to talk. "You're no amateur. Who you play for?" I was just about to speak up when Tidus went and opened his big mouth again. "The Zanarkand Abes!" I swore under my breath, slapping my hand across Tidus's mouth before speaking. "We both got close to Sin I'm afraid." Tidus pushed my hand away, apartently remebering what Rikku had told him and nodding."Uh, yeah, thats right, I meant... Forget that. I got too, uh...close to Sin and my head's all foggy-like. So I don't know where this place is. Or even where I came from." This thankufully removed the shocked looks from everyones face. "Sin's toxin got to you. But, you're still alive. Praise be to Yevon!." I watched as Wakka and everyone did the prayer. I would only do it out of respect for their beliefs, so I copied it easily, Tidus was still totally confused. After Wakka sent the rest of the Aurochs to practice, he turned back to us. " I'm Wakka, coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs, brudda." I nodded. "Daniel, tavellign companion to this guy and willing sword-for-hire." I watched as Wakka gave me an accusing look and I just smirked back. "Don't worry, I'm just kidding, I'm just traveling with him." Tidus shurgged and looked over at Wakka. "Tidus." I never expected him to be so simple on an inrtoduction but I didnt bother. Tidus's stomach chose that time to growl and Wakka smiled broadly. "What? You hungry? Okay! Back to the village. I'll get you somethin'!" I just shrugged, glad to finally be back on dry land so was'nt too bothered about food.

Besiad was a nice place, despite the fiends. Lush trees, a gorgeous beach. It reminded me of a holliday resort back home. Tidus and Wakka were talking about Zanarkands destruction and Sin's first apearance. 'Sin, embodiment of the evils of actions, was that always Yu Yevons intentions or did he just want power?' I watched the two of them acting like kids, smiling to myself as we aproached the lake.

I smirked as Wakka pushed Tidus over and ducked when he tried to do the same to me, tripping him up and sending him in, I stood on top of the cliff, laughing. "Have a nice trip Wakka?" He glared up at me, Tidus was barely holding back his own laughter. "Hey man, come on already." I shrugged, jumping in after them.

The water was calm and warm, the ocasional fiend met the buisness end of my swords before Wakka grabbed Tidus. "Lemme go!" I sighed, they were both acting like kids again. "Got a favor to ask ya." Tidus looked as tired of this as I was. "You want me on your team, right?" Wakka let him go and I floated along, waiting for them both. "A major blitz tournament's coming up. All the teams in Spira'll be there! It's so huge, I'm sure someone there will recognize you! Then you can go back to your old team, right? It'll be fun! What do you say, huh? Come on, come on!"

"Sure thing." Said Tidus, a fire in his eyes.

"Dude! Our team is gonna rock, eh?"

I smirked, heading further along. "Move it guys, I'm not a big fan of sitting around and getting water logged." Eventually though we wound up on a mountain, overlooking Besaid Village.

"This is where I was born. I started blitz when I was five. I joined the Aurochs at thirteen...ten years ago. Ten years...and we never won a game. Well, after last year's tournament, I quit. Time seemed right. So, after quitting, I got this new job, ya? But every time my mind wandered, I thought about the game."

I looked over at him, smirking. "Well, not winning a game for ten years. That'd make anyone's mind wander." Wakka looked over, nodding. "My first match last year was my big chance. But something else was on my mind. I couldn't focus." Tidus smirked. "Nice excuse." I laughed, heading on ahead while they talked, thinking. 'Wakka, I know what he was thinking about but saying it here and now, that'd be a bad idea.' Thay caught up when Tidus was about to give his little 'pep-talk.'

"So, what's our goal?"

Wakka scratched the back of his head. "I don't care what we do. Long as we play our best. If we give it our all, I can walk away happy."

I saw Tidus roll his eyes. "No, no, no, no, no. If I say, "What's our goal?" you say, "Victory!" When you play in a blitzball tournament, you play to win!" Wakka looked shocked. "Victiory? You serious?" Tidus nodded and I smirked. "Of course, Wakka, if you want to remeber this, with no regrets, even if you play you're best, you'll still think "We could have done more" or "I wish we had won" In a case like this, you're last game, you have to everything you can and win it big." Tidus seemed to agree and I saw something in Wakka's eye's, a fire that spoke of his new goal.

Luzzu and Gata were the next two peole I met on Besaid. Needless to say, there was'nt much to talk about aside froma warning about fiends and a short welcome. Besaid village itself was rather nice in its own way, peacefull, easy-going yet you could tell that there was something more beneath the surface, especially if you consider the temple.

I stood for a while, looking at it, so simple yet hiding great power at its core. Wakka was showing Tidus the prayer which I had already done himself when they arived. I headed over to the temple while Tidus went to see the Crusader's HQ.

The Temple was impressive, I sat under a large statue and choose to meditate, enjoying the Hymn of the Fayth that echoed in the room. I attracted a few stares but mostly ignored them, I did stand when a priest came over. "Excuse me, I could not help but notice how you seem so wrapped up in the Hymn?" I nodded, smiling. "It's calming, I like the Hymn, it reminds me of hope, dreams, peace, all the things that will come when Sin is gone." I meant getting rid of Sin permanently but apparently he thought I meant the Calm. "Yes, once the calm comes Spira will have its peace again, if but for a while." I just nodded, smirking inwardly. 'Not this time, when I get there...I'm going to rip Yu Yevon apart for what he's done.'

I had continued to listen to the theme when Tidus walke din, I decided to let him blunder on his own when he asked what a High Summoner was and when he made up his 'eternal excuse' about Sin's toxin. I was just too wrapped up in the Hymn to go anywhere, so I told Tidus I wouldnt be going to Wakka's place for a while.

I always felt at peace in the temples, both in the game and here. If anything this was the only part of the temples that didnt hold something dark deep inside of it, unlike most of Yevon's 'holy places'. I only opened my eyes when I heard Wakka speaking with another priest, at which I stood and waited for Tidus to barge in.

"Is something wrong?" Tidus looked pretty confused as Wakka replied. "The summoner hasn't returned from the trial." It was definate, he had that blank look on his face. "Eh?" I smirked, walking up to them both. "Summoner, Tidus. The rooms past here are the Cloister of Trials, then the Chamber of the Fayth, where summoners pray for a way to defeat Sin." Wakka looked over at me, nodding. "Ya but a day's past and neither the summoner or the Gaurdians in there with her have returned."

I sighed as Tidus ran up the stairs. "Hey, but what if somethin' happens? What if the summoner dies?"

The priests looked pretty angry, shouting about 'precepts', which Tidus totally ignored. Wakka was as stunned as the rest, except for myself. "We had better go after him before he causes more trouble." It took Wakka a moment before he agreed and we both headed inside.

"Looks like Tidus has been busy." I looked around at the opened door and the glowing Glyph on the wall before we headed on ahead. I had no idea how he figured it out but he had found the destruction sphere but had left the treasure chest, he probably didnt know if he should take it or not. I took it while he was talking with Wakka and smirked, a luck sphere.

"Wakka, what's a Gaurdian?" I guesed he had heard me mentioning it before. Luckily Wakka fielded that question while I tucked away the luck sphere.

"Summoners go on a pilgrimage to pray at every temple in Spira. Guardians protect them. The guardians in there now... One of them's got a short fuse, and who knows what the other's thinking. Well, now that we've come this far...might as well go all the way!"

The Chamber of the Fayth, it was mysterious and aluring at the same time, silk cloth hung from the ceiling and the strange metal door in front of the main chamber had the symbol of Yevon, the only other people in the room barring myself, Tidus and Wakka were a woman, all in black, with, in my opinion, a bit too much make-up and a Japanese hair style, long black hair knotted in a bun, who i recognised as Lulu and large, blue tiger-esque being with half of a horn on it forehead who I knew well as Kimahri

Once she noticed us, she rallied on us with quite a bit of restrained anger in her voice. "What are you doing here? Didn't think we'd be able to handle it?" Ah Lulu, ever ready with biting sarcasm, I like that.

Wakka was pretty unnerved, granted he had known her long enough to expect that. "No, it's uh...it's just..." I sighed, shrugging. "Wakka, quit while you're ahead, its obvious you'll never find a comeback." I ignored the looks and sat at the side of the stairs that led to entrance of the the main chamber, where the hymn was loudest. Tidus tried getting in a few times but Kimahri just pushed him away.

I sat humming the hymn to myself while we waited for her to emmerge, the summoner who i would be travelling with for the rest of my time here. "When should I tell them? Luca would be a good choice or maybe Guadosalam...so many choices, how do i know what ones are right? I could do a lot of good with what I know but I could just screw things up even worse if I did."

There was a clang from the door, I stood and turned to face it, watching as a girl about Tidus's age barely walked from the main chamber. Brown hair that came down to about mid-back, pale skin, white robes and dark blue skirt, that and the two differant coloured eyes was a dead giveaway. None other than Summoner Yuna...who promptly collapsed, almost falling down the stairsthat led to the door.

I restrained myself from trying to help, I knew that if I did'nt catch her, Tidus or Kimahri would have, having that knoledge was the only thing stopping me though. "My mission here is only beggining."

After being in the temple so long, it was nice to get some fresh air, for such a small village the crowd was pretty big and everyone's attentioned was centred on yuna, who was in the centre of the village, staff in hand ready to summon.

I had seen Aeon's in the game but nothing could have prepared me for seeing one up close, summoning seemed to be about grace as well as power from the way Yuna moved, runes glowing as they formed on the ground, power radiating skywards and calling down the might of the heavens. Valefor-a huge bird-like creature, with a long neck, silver-white wings and redish body, a large, complex earing on the side of its head and claws that looked sharp enough to slice through steel where what made up its body.

What it felt like was something else entirely, having Valefor swoop out in front of me, was like having something pull at my soul, a longing for freedom and yet...sadness, despair and somethings I can't describe where given out from its aura. Yet people cheered all the same when they saw Yuna gently caress its face. I could'nt be sure if they were just unable to sense it or blinding themselves to it but the Aeon's seem so sad when they are summoned.

The bonfire was'nt anything special, I came for the look of things and barely talked, thats just my way, when I have to say something important, I will. Wakka, Tidus and the Aurochs looked pretty psyched up, Yuna was as calm as ever and talked with Tidus for a while but aside from that, there was'nt much else to tell. I was looking forward to the trip tomorrow.

At least, that was the way things were until someone walked into the village, almost dead from exhaustion and blood-loss. I was the first one to rise and help, everyone else was too shaken by the sight of him, for good reason too, his eyes.

I've said my eyes were weird, they're red and able to put my emotions forth much easier than my words can. I can fit 'Keep talking and I'll disembowel you' into one glare. This guys eye's were even weirder.

They were amber, dull, cold yellow the eyes of a cold-blooded killer.

It took me about ten minutes to realsie who he was, after removing blood and dirt from his face and catching a glimpse of the sword he had strapped to his side, shimmering blue blade with a strage, curved edge and a round hilt. 'Save The Queen.' A sword only used by one person with amber eyes I knew of.

"Llednar Twem."

Faint recognition came across his face as I tried to move him, I got some help from Tidus and Wakka, with Yuna coming over to help heal him. He wore all the same clothing had last seen him in from FFTA. Red hat with a yellow Chocobo feather in it, red shirt and white vest on top, purple trousers and leather boots on bottom. I also happened to find him as cute then as I did right then, even more so if he was'nt all blood and dirt.

"Looks like my prayer was answered...but this will probably mean troble."

A/N

Nexus Necromancies: Third chapter, over and done with

Llednar Twem: I thought I was'nt in till chapter four?

Metal Sonic: Technically you arent even in this, you're half-dead and havent spoken a word.

Nexus Necromancies: Yawns Im tired, I wont be able to update for a while due to exams, part of the reason this chapter is so short. Until then this is Nexus Necromancies signing out.