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Hao's new destiny. Part 10.
They all eventually got off the Shoopuff, which was now stood on the bank, munching on something before setting off for it's travels again.
"Ur… I feel seasick…" Hao mumbled, clutching his stomach. Sarah patted him on the back.
"Hey, remember what I said in Luca? I get seasick too." She said smiling. She started nervously fiddling with her necklace. Hao decided to ask her something.
"Hey Sarah, how did you get that necklace?"
Sarah stopped fiddling with it and looked to the floor. She then laughed softly. "Would you believe me if I told you that this necklace came from a charity shop?"
Hao choked. "Really!" He gasped, half expecting Sarah to yell, "Fooled you!" But she didn't. She nodded whilst laughing weakly.
"I was out with my nana and granddad, at a place called Botany Bay, about a 20 minutes drive away from where I live. My granddad was selling a game he invented which he called pushooka (Yes, my granddad really HAS invented his own game!). I was taking a break from playing the game with him, so I had a look around through the jewellery section, and found this very necklace…" She held it up so that it sparkled in the Moonflows sunlight. "I asked my nana if I could get it with my spends, so she let me. But that night, the necklace seemed to… I'm not too sure. It drained my energy, but I couldn't sleep at the same time. The next day, strange things started to happen whenever I was around. If someone tried to upset me, or harm me in any way, they would end up…" She paused before sighing. "I'm not going to go into detail. In the end, my friend Jenn-Chan, who happened to be a shaman I might add, helped me understand my powers. It wasn't until I reached the age of 16, I learnt of my purpose. So not long after, I found my way to the Farplane, which connects Earth and Spira together, even if we do not know of each other's presence. I was told I had to wait until me and someone else was needed. You were there when needed, so I believe you were that person I was told to wait for."
This was a lot for Hao to take in. Earth and Spira were connected. He was linked to Sarah's destiny. But now he wanted to know, what was his destiny? Did he need a destiny? Or was he just an ordinary everyday person for now? (This is what the title was about!)
"Urm, guys?" Tidus's voice called anxiously. The others had walked ahead, but Tidus had hung back to keep up with Sarah and Hao. The two of them picked up their pace to see Tidus stood near the edge of the river, pointing at something, or more importantly, someone who seemed unconscious by the water. Sarah started walking towards the injured person, but just as she got in range, the person grumbled and wiggled a bit, before trying to stand up. Hao could tell from physical appearance that it was a girl who looked no older then Sarah.
Tidus suddenly gasped. "Rikku?" He questioned, frowning at the girl. Hao raised an eyebrow. "Who?"
Tidus looked around, as though keeping an eye out for trespassers, before explaining, "Rikku's an Al Bhed who found me when I first came here. She and her friends all fed me and kept an eye on me until I got knocked overboard by Sin and ended meeting Wakka on Besaid."
Hao nodded, now extremely curious about this girl. She was the first Al Bhed he was going to meet in person, and he wanted to see if this one was what he thought she would be. He got a bit of a shock as the girl actually started stripping. Tidus looked fairly shocked too, whilst Sarah just quickly turned away, thinking, 'What is she doing?' But when she heard Tidus sigh with slight relief, she turned around the see that the girl was actually wearing clothes underneath. She pulled off her helmet, relieving her matted bright blonde hair. She sighed and said, "God I thought I was done for back there!"
Hao immediately guessed what the girl had been doing. "Hey, were you the Al Bhed in that underwater machina were you?" Rikku smiled sheepishly. "Guilty…" She mumbled, looking to the floor. Sarah smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Sarah said smiling, offering her hand for Rikku to shake. Rikku looked up again and shook it happily. "I'm Rikku!" She said cheerfully, obviously full of hyperness.
"And I'm Sorceress Sarah, from the planet Earth." Sarah returned her name. Rikku's eyes widened. Hao looked carefully and spotted the swirls in her eyes.
"You're the Sorceress who Yevon…" She started, but Hao groaned and interrupted, "Will save Spira, yada, yada…" Rikku narrowed her eyes at him. "Well excuse me for being curious!" She snapped back with energy. Hao stepped back at how vicious she was.
"Hey, what's taking you all so long, ya?" Wakka called. Sarah called back, "Wakka, we'll be there right now! There's someone Yuna has to meet!" Hao frowned, but then nodded, remembering that Yuna was half Al Bhed.
"Um, sorry about my attitude…" He mumbled to Rikku. "I'm Hao."
Rikku grinned. "No problem! You probably heard that whole Sorceress thing several times haven't you?"
Hao laughed. "More like a dozen times 100 times!" He said sarcastically. He really liked the sound of this Al Bhed girl. This made his thoughts towards the Al Bhed a lot more positive. He just hoped Wakka wouldn't go berserk when he met Rikku.
He got one hell of a shock when Wakka actually started chatting to Rikku, Yuna's official new guardian, as though they were old friends. Hao asked Sarah about why Yuna had so quickly accepted Rikku as a guardian, as all the guys had been left out.
Sarah smiled happily. "Yuna and Rikku are related." She whispered happily. "They're cousins!" Hao's eyes widened, then he smiled. Having two family member reunited was always something nice to witness. He just wasn't counting on witnessing it himself.
"So, where to now?" Hao asked brightly. The spring in his footsteps faltered though when he heard.
"We have to pass through the Guado city of Guadosalam." Yuna told him. "That's where Maester Seymour lives."
Hao had to turn away from Yuna so that she wouldn't spot his look of disgust. Tidus spotted this though and sniggered. Rikku noticed and giggled. Auron also noticed and just rolled his eyes, but Hao swore when he looked more carefully at the Legendary Guardian's features, that he was… smirking?
They walked through a deep tunnel that led to Guadosalam, it reminded Hao of a bunch of tree branches all entwined together, all forming a beautiful creative cavern, that was lit by strange gems that were jammed into the wall.
Hao sniffed the air. The air was fruity scented. Sarah sighed and smiled. "Smells wonderful…" She whispered.
"Oh, you're here at last." A gentle old sounding voice suddenly called. An old man with a tubby stomach and strangely styled green hair was standing directly in front of them. He started walking straight towards Sarah, holding his hand out for her to shake. "I am Tromell, a servant to Lord Seymour. He says he has some very important business with you."
Hao, not sure if he could trust this Guado, stood in the way. He seemed nice enough, but Hao didn't trust anyone who worked for Seymour.
Sarah gestured for Hao to move out of the way so that she could politely shake hands with Tromell. "Nice to meet you." She exclaimed. Then she frowned. "What kind of business?"
Tromell just smiled. "I'm not too sure, but he said it was extremely important."
Yuna also looked interested. "You don't have any idea?" She double-checked. Tromell just shook his head, but Hao spotted a secret smirk on his face, which showed, yes, he knew all right. He just wasn't saying so.
"Please, come in!" Tromell insisted happily, beckoning them all into a mansion that was hidden within the branches of Guadosalam. They walked into a magnificent entrance hall, which had pictures hung on the wall, some with Maester Seymour in, others with a man that Hao didn't recognise.
"That's Maester Jyscal." Lulu explained, knowing almost immediately that Hao and Tidus both didn't know who the man was. "The father of Maester Seymour."
Hao frowned. "Then how come Seymour doesn't look like a proper Guado like his dad does?" He asked. Lulu looked surprised.
"Haven't you noticed? He's half Guado you know. He brought the human and Guado race together. Thanks to his father and mother." Lulu answered.
Hao noticed how Sarah's eyes seemed to light up at the mention of Seymour's mother. He frowned at her for a moment before turning back to face the pictures.
"You may come through!" Tromell called. They all walked into what seemed like a gigantic food courtroom. Rikku happily picked up an apple from the table and started munching it. "Hm… the Guado sure know how to eat!" She said, taking another big bite out of the apple. Tromell walked in, but alone.
"Truly it is good to have guests." He said smiling at them all. " Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet."
Yuna nodded in understanding. "The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira." She agreed, before turning to face the doorway again, keeping her eyes peeled for the half Guado. Sarah, meanwhile, was sat down on a nearby stool, looking at the place in awe. Tromell walked over towards her, followed by the others, as he continued to speak.
"Truly a loss to us all." He continued emotionally. "But now, a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us." Sarah looked up at Tromell, interested to here his point of view on the whole thing. "Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and Human. He will be the tie that binds our two races together." Hao noticed as he said this, he seemed to be side glancing at Sarah. "But that is not all, I think. Lord Seymour… he will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the people's through Spira." He finished, looking emotionally happy. Hao just sighed and sat down, thinking they'd probably have a lot of waiting to do. Seymour was taking forever!
Hao and Tidus both looked at each, both thinking the same thing. The guy hadn't done anything to upset them, physically or mentally. But they just didn't feel comfortable around the guy. Hao just knew he was up to no good, even if all these people believed he was a saint.
"That's enough Tromell." A voice called from the doorway. Tidus and Hao both inwardly groaned as Seymour walked into the room. "Must I always endure such praise?" He continued. Hao rolled his eyes. He was enjoying it really.
Seymour bowed down to do the prayer. Yuna obviously preformed the prayer back, along with Wakka. Hao was surprised to see that no one else had done the prayer. With Tidus, it was cause he, like Hao, held a deep dislike for Seymour, Rikku, because she was Al Bhed, Auron, because it was obvious he wasn't all too fond of Yevon himself, Sarah, because she was still sat down, Kimahri never really did anything apart from stand closely at Yuna's side so he obviously just never bothered, but Hao was surprised to see that Lulu hadn't done the prayer either. She just stayed frosty.
Seymour didn't seem bothered by this though. He just smiled and said, "Welcome." In his usual, melodic voice. Sarah stood up and nodded her head politely to show she wasn't really ignoring him, she was just not a Yevon believer.
Sarah walked towards Seymour until she was stood facing him. "You wanted to see me?" She asked politely. Seymour just smiled down at her. Hao just grumbled indistinctively under his breath. Auron gave off a fake cough. Hao glared at the man in red with annoyance.
Seymour ignored what was going on in the background before saying, "Please, make yourselves at home. There's no rush." He offered. Hao nearly laughed out loud with triumphant as Auron suddenly jumped in coldly, "Please keep this short. Yuna must rush." He indicated to the young Summoner who looked a little nervous, maybe just from anxiety. Seymour stared at the man in red for a bit, before smiling again. Auron just frowned back in return.
"Forgive me. It's been so long since I had guests." He explained simply. Hao coughed a little too loudly at this. Tidus bit his bottom lip too hard so that it nearly bled, whilst thinking, 'I can see why…'
Seymour once again ignored them, and walked up the dais and indicated for the others to follow. Tromell opened a panel on the wall, and pressed the switch. Hao looked up when he saw a sparkle reflect on the floor. He saw a strange pendulum hanging from the ceiling. At that moment, he saw an image of an X-laws member, namely Lyserg, whose shaman weapon had also been a Pendulum. The image faded fast as several orbs started swirling faster and faster around the pendulum, and then the room was thrown into pitch-blackness, making everyone gasp on fright. Hao got a bit of a shock as Rikku squealed and banged into him in the darkness, sending him landing flat on his bum, just as a the floor beneath their very feet turned navy blue and sparkled with stars. Just like space.
Yuna was currently holding her hands out as though trying to catch the shooting stars that were flying pass them. The others apart from Auron, Seymour and Kimahri, were all spinning around on the spot, trying to take everything in at once. Sarah just looked at the surroundings, unaware that Seymour had managed to sneak up right behind her.
"This sphere is a reconstruction of the thoughts of the dead that wonder the Farplane." Seymour told them. Yuna placed her hand over her mouth as the surroundings changed again so that they seemed to be floating over a bright sleepless looking Machina city. Hao noticed that Tidus looked shell shocked at the surrounding beneath their feet. The surroundings changed again, so they seemed to be stood in the centre of the giant machina city. Tidus kept gasping, as the area seemed familiar to him. Turned out it was.
"Zanarkand!" He gasped in disbelief. Hao immediately turned around to face Tidus in shock. He knew the place. Sarah looked fairly surprised too. Seymour just nodded. "Correct. Zanarkand. As it looked 1000 years ago."
"That a while ago…" Hao mumbled, watching as the surroundings changed, so that they were now travelling between the buildings. Seymour continued being a tour guide for the group. "The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand." He paused for a bit, before smirking slightly and adding, "She once lived in this Metropolis."
Hao noticed that Auron's un-scarred eye had narrowed, and he gave off an obvious humph under his breath.
Yuna looked confused. "She who?" She asked in curiosity. Seymour didn't reply. The scene around them changed again so that they were all stood within a circular room, obviously a bedroom, as there was a four-poster bed lay within the centre. Upon it sat a woman in indecent metal clothing, with extremely long silver hair.
Hao coughed lightly and mumbled something that sounded a bit like, "Is that a relative of Dona?" Tidus heard him and sniggered. "Could be." He replied back.
Seymour just rolled his eyes and answered more precisely then them. "No, it is not."
Yuna gasped when she recognised the woman. "Lady Yunalesca!"
Hao perked up. He remembered that name being mention somewhere… then he remembered. Seymour had said to Sarah, 'Take me as your pillar of strength as Lady Yunalesca had her Lord Zaon.'
"She was the first person to defeat sin and save the world from its ravages." Seymour continued for Yuna. Then he turned to her. "And you, have inherited her name."
Hao noticed the similarity then between Yunalesca and Yuna. They both had very familiar names. But he couldn't really imagine Yuna dressing like Yunalesca. The very thought made him crack up. (Well, he's in for a shock when he sees Yuna in two years… lmao)
Yuna smiled, obviously proud to be named after the first person that defeated sin. "It was my father who named me."
Seymour nodded. "Your father was entrusted with a great task. He wanted you to face sin, as did Yunalesca. However, I think there will be one piece of information that very few people knew about Yunalesca. She wasn't just a Summoner. She too, like Sarah, was a Sorceress."
Yuna gasped and covered her mouth (again). Wakka choked and stared at Seymour in disbelief. Lulu looked fairly stunned herself. Sarah stepped in.
"How could she be a Sorceress as well as a Summoner? She must have been pretty powerful. Was she the first Sorceress?" Sarah asked in curiosity. Seymour shook his head.
"She wasn't the first, but she is recorded to be the most powerful Sorceress as well as a Summoner in history. But however, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone…"
Sarah frowned. Seymour looked down at her and smiled. Then he continued, ignoring the glare he was receiving from Hao; who was currently stood at the other end of the room, studying the wall as though amazed by its realistic-ness, but not really seeing it. "To defeat the unbeatable sin…" Seymour paused, almost dramatically. "It took an unbreakable bond of love." To this, Hao and Tidus both spotted Seymour ever so slightly side glancing in Sarah's direction. "The kind that bonds two hearts for all eternity."
The entire group showed different reactions to this. Hao wasn't afraid to show that he'd suddenly realised how much he hated Seymour. His glare could of burnt a hole bigger the a Shoopuffs waistline.
At that moment, another man walked into the room, walking right through Yuna as though she wasn't there. He walked towards Yunalesca and they embraced tightly. Tidus looked fairly blank, whilst the others suddenly looked almost understanding. Hao looked to Auron, hoping for an answer as to what was going on. He certainly got one.
"Lord Zaon." Auron mumbled quietly. "Yunalesca's husband."
Hao suddenly felt like something had slapped him, but he wasn't sure what. It all made sense. What Seymour had said to Sarah after Operation Mi'ihen. The shameless flirting. Finally, Hao realised exactly what Seymour was after. He quickly turned to Sarah, who just looked politely confused. Hao suddenly noticed that Seymour had bent so close towards Sarah, that it looked like he was about to nibble her ear. Hao wasn't sure what was happening, but Sarah's expression as Seymour pulled away said it all. She had gone completely beetroot. Hao actually growled out loud at the satisfied look on Seymour's face. Then the room around them seemed to evaporate. Before anyone had realised what was going on, Sarah had ran towards a chair to sit down, her face almost letting off steam.
Hao quickly grabbed a glass of water and ran towards Sarah, forcing it to her lips for her to gulp down. Sarah seemed unable to speak.
"Woh Sarah, if you go any redder, your face will set on fire! What's wrong?" Rikku asked, running so that she was kneeling in front of Sarah. Sarah took a deep breath. Hao felt a sudden sense of foreboding about what was about to be said.
"He… he asked me to marry him!" She gasped through deep breaths.
Everyone gasped as a sudden sound of glass shattering spread through the room. Everyone turned to see the source. Hao was clutching shards of glass, which was all that remained of the glass of water he had just smashed within his grip…
OMG! He proposed to the wrong person! Yunalesca was a Sorceress as well as a Summoner? Now things are starting to get more exciting! (Goes hyper!) Please review if you enjoyed!