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Hao's new destiny. Part 11.

"You serious?" Tidus yelped, looking fairly gobsmacked. Yuna looked almost faint. Lulu looked a little thoughtful. Kimahri looked very much the same, but there was something a bit like shock reflected in his eyes. Wakka kept opening and closing his mouth like fish out of water. Rikku looked speechless for once! Hao was still silently seething. Auron was silent for a few minutes, before saying, "You know that Sarah is Yuna's guardian. Will she still be able to journey?"

Seymour smiled in a way that made Hao want to punch his face inwards. "Yes she will. And I'm not going to stop her from trying to defeat sin once and for all."

Auron nodded firmly, but still looked a little unconvinced. Sarah still seemed unable to respond. But then she spotted Hao's bleeding hand and she snapped out of her trance.

"Baka…" She mumbled softly, using her necklace to cast cure on his hand. It healed slowly, but painfully, as some bits of glass that had been jammed into his hand were being forced out. The pressure hurt a lot. As soon as it was nearly healed, she nervously turned to face Seymour again, but continued not to speak.

"Spira is no playhouse." Auron spoke some more with venom in his voice. "A moment's diversion may amuse an audience, but it changes nothing." Hao admitted that Auron had one good point there. No matter what happened in others personal lives, it wasn't going to change Spira itself. But he couldn't voice it himself, because he was still wincing in pain from his hand healing.

Seymour didn't look downtrodden by this though. He simply stated, "Even so, the actors must play their parts." Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. He couldn't wait to leave. Seymour turned to face Sarah. "There's no need to answer right away. Please think it over." He told her. Sarah stayed silent but nodded.

"We will do so then." Auron answered for her. "We leave."

Hao nearly whooped and punched the sky when Auron said this, but Seymour's next words left him crashing down.

"Why don't you stay the night? It might help Sarah clear her head." Seymour suggested. Tidus froze in his tracks, as he was almost out of the door. He turned around, waiting for the others responds to this offer. Auron looked rather impatient with the whole thing.

"We don't have time for all this." He spoke firmly, heading for the door, but Sarah spoke softly, " Auron, let us just stay for one night."

Yuna nodded. "It will give us the rest we need before we cross the thunder plains. Please Sir Auron?" Auron looked highly un-amused. Then he groaned.

"Ok… we can stay for one night only!" He snapped. Hao noticed Rikku seemed to be silently crying in delight.

Seymour smiled with triumphant. "Tromell, the table must be set for 10 tonight." He called. Tromell nodded and walked off towards a separate dining room.

(AN: I know there's not a proper dining room in the Mansion, but let's just pretend there is…O.O')

Later that evening…

Everyone was all sat around a large dining table. Tidus was poking the food nervously, whilst Rikku was eagerly stuffing it down so fast she nearly chocked. Yuna was politely chatting to the rest of the group, though you could tell she was a little nervous. The tension around the table was stiff; you could of cut it with a knife. Eventually, Sarah stood up and said politely, "Thanks for the meal Seymour. I think I'll retire for the night." Then she walked off towards the room she was staying in for the night.

"I hope 'he' won't try anything perverted…" Hao whispered to Tidus. He nodded in agreement to Hao's statement, before jumping up from her chair with a quick thank you and heading to the room he was sharing with Hao for the evening…

So that evening…

Hao was seriously annoyed. But (for once) not about the whole proposal, but with Tidus. He'd just slept walked towards him and given him a huge bear hug, obviously mistaking him for Yuna. Until Hao happily set his foot on fire. It didn't mean he still wasn't angry at the whole proposal thing. But now he was more in a shock. It had been so unexpected. But if the others and him had been shocked, it was nothing compared to Sarah. She was still silent. He decided to go and see her to see if she was okay.

He walked along the silent corridor; trying to remember which room Sarah was meant to be in. He spotted it near the end of the corridor and picked up his pace. But then he noticed something odd. The door was open. It was still dark but Hao knew that Sarah had shut her door behind her when he'd walked past earlier that evening. He slowly tip toed towards her room and peeked his head around the corner. He quickly covered his mouth to stop himself from yelling.

Sarah was still fast asleep on her bed, and covers draped around her waist, revealing her purple silk nightie that she'd been given by the Guado guards to wear. But she wasn't alone. Seymour was there. He was knelt by her side, staring at her peaceful, sleeping face.

Hao bit his bottom lip in rage. What was he up to? Why was he there? Hao wondered whether he should just go in and tell him off. Or just watch in silence. But before he could make up his mind, Seymour had suddenly leant way too close to Sarah for his liking and had gently placed a small kiss on her lips.

Hao forgot about silence. He forgot about everything there and then really. He stormed into the bedroom and hissed quietly, "You've got guts…"

Seymour turned around and sneered at Hao. "At least I'm straight forward about my thoughts, instead of locking them up inside. Unlike some I could mention…"

Hao nearly punched Seymour there and then. But he didn't get the chance, as Seymour had shot some type of spell at him. Hao felt his head go dizzy. Then he collapsed to the floor, feeling lighter then usual. All he remembered was Seymour laughing coldly, before walking out of the room, leaving Hao lying on the floor, in a daze. Hao tried to get up, but an image popped up in his head, just like when he'd seen Kilika being destroyed by sin. Except this was more like a dream, yet he wasn't asleep…

Image.

Hao was running down a pathway with a deep wine red carpet. He couldn't hear anything apart from his own footsteps. He looked around desperately. He noticed an entire horde of guards standing by the pathway, but they made no attempt to stop him.

He looked towards the far corner of his daydream world. The entire crew, apart from Sarah, were all stood there, chained and looking depressed. Hao cried out to them, his voice echoing, "What's going on? Where are we?" They didn't reply. But Rikku pointed towards the end of the path. Hao cried out in horror.

"Hao… help me please…" Sarah whispered, staring across to him in worry. Hao growled in anger. Sarah was trying to run towards him, but was being held back by Seymour, who sneered at him. Then he spoke very clearly, "You'll forget what you saw until the time is right." Then the image faded…

"Hao!" A voice cried. Hao felt someone shaking his shoulders in panic. Hao slowly opened his eyes, trying to focus on who it was shaking him. Sarah was gripping onto his shoulders, and staring down at him with worry. She sighed as Hao came round from his dream.

"How did you get in here? What happened?" She questioned him.

Hao opened his mouth but stayed silent. He couldn't remember a thing. He didn't know how he'd ended up unconscious in Sarah's room, or why he'd even been there in the first place. All he remembered was Tidus bear hugging him in his sleep and then storming out of his room. After that, nothing came through.

"I… don't know." He answered lamely, rubbing his head weakly. He felt pretty silly that he had no memory of what had happened…

Later…

Sarah had just said her final goodbyes to Seymour, and was on her way out of his mansion. Hao, Tidus and Auron held back for a little. But Auron grumbled forcefully, forcing them to keep moving. Hao couldn't help noticing that Seymour was sneering almost triumphantly at him. But before they could leave, Seymour popped up a question that baffled both Hao and Tidus.

"Excuse me sir, but why are you still here?"

Hao frowned at Auron, as he seemed to have frozen, and look almightily peeved off. Tidus just scratched his head.

Seymour just smiled innocently. "Forgive me, we Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane."

Hao and Tidus frowned then grinned and simultaneously started sniffing Auron. Auron just smacked their heads together and walked off…

"Sorceress Sarah, if you still haven't reached your decision, then it's no pressure. I won't hold you and Lady Yuna up anymore." Seymour had told Sarah that morning. But before they could leave Sarah had a little sit down, and spoke to the others, asking their opinion on the whole thing.

Yuna spoke first. "It certainly came as a shock." She started. "But when you look into it more deeply, it was kind of obvious." Sarah went a little red, whilst Hao grumbled, "I'll say…"

Lulu spoke next, but she spoke more on what effect this proposal would have on the others. "Sarah, the Sorceress, prophesied to save Spira, Seymour, the leader of the Guado, married in the name of Yevon, overcoming the barriers of race. It would give Spira something cheery to talk about, for a change."

Wakka just looked down with doubt on his face. "Sounds like a passing daydream. A bit like what Auron said." Tidus nodded in agreement.

Hao jumped in, feeling the sudden urge to scream in anger, a bit like what Tidus had done at one point back in Kilika. "Can't we just get on with the Pilgrimage!" He snapped. "I mean, marriage! What fine timing he chose to lay this one on us!"

Rikku suddenly giggled and whispered in Hao's ear, "Jealous?"

Hao froze and felt his face steam up, with anger and embarrassment. He hated it when people caught him out. "No!" He lied in annoyance, swiping out to give Rikku a playful slap. Hao and Rikku and Tidus were already like brother and sister. Always teasing each other and playing around, even at serious times like this.

"But… maybe the timing was right." Sarah spoke softly from her seating place. Hao froze in horror. No way…

Sarah stood up again. "When I first came to Spira, I never thought I'd have to deal with something like this. But if it will make people happy, which I enjoy, then, maybe marriage would be a good thing."

Hao nearly screamed. What was wrong with the girl? She'd become the younger more bright and cheerful version of Yuna! Putting other people's opinions before her own feelings! But he sighed in relief as she finished with, " But first, I want to think it through properly. By that, I wish to see…"

Everyone stared at her for her sudden pause. Sarah quickly finished with, "I wish to go to the Farplane." Hao had the feeling that wasn't her original sentence though…

Rikku looked for a moment hopeful, and jumped in, "If Sarah gets married, then Yuna might have to quit her Pilgrimage though, cause you're her Guardian, right?"

Hao choked. Did Rikku want Sarah to get married!

Sarah shook her head. "I'm sure if I do agree to marry, that Seymour afterwards will let me continue journeying with Yuna. She won't have to quit her Pilgrimage." Rikku looked a little hurt for a moment, before mumbling, "I guess so."

"I can't quit my Pilgrimage. I am a Summoner, and I must defeat sin." Yuna spoke firmly. Auron nodded, and added himself, "Like your father before you."

Hao's heart was clenched in anxiety. Why was no one concerned on whether Sarah actually did like Seymour that way? But when he thought about it, he started to worry some more. Sarah hadn't exactly shown signs of hate, and had tried sticking up for Seymour, and whenever Hao mentioned about Seymour continuously eying her up, she always went red. He almost felt sick. He didn't know why though. Then he remembered Auron's words, back on the Mi'ihen Highroad…

"Oh dear, I guess the so called great Hao Asakura is going all soft over a human. His spirit of fire seems to be setting his face on fire."

Whenever Hao remembered those very words, he went red. He decided that maybe there was some truth in those words Auron had spoke that day…

"Anyway, can we go to the Farplane now?" Sarah asked, walking up the entwining tree trunks that lead to what must have been the pathway to the Farplane. Hao really didn't want to go in there again. He didn't feel comfortable there.

But eventually, he reluctantly followed them into the Farplane. He shuddered and hugged himself tightly under his Poncho. Tidus kept going on about how the Farplane was full of ghosts. Hao suddenly had a mental image of Tidus screaming in fear whilst being attacked by ghosts.

Eventually they got inside the Farplane. Hao watched as Yuna, Wakka and Sarah went off in separate directions on the muddy platform. Hao recognised it as the platform he'd seen when he'd first been in the Farplane. He looked around, wondering what everyone was doing. Yuna was talking to Tidus about something. He overheard her saying something about, 'thinking about someone and that the Pyreflies would form their shape.' Hao decided to try it. He thought about his brother Yoh, and all his friends. He got one hell of a shock when…

"ARGH!" A familiar voice cried, falling from the sky of the Farplane, and landed on top of Tidus with a heavy thump.

Hao choked. "Yoh!" He cried in horror, watching as his twin brother climbed up again, rubbing his butt. Sarah had stood up and walked towards Yoh, and started prodding him with her sword.

"Ouch!" He cried, pushing her sword away. "That hurt!"

Sarah just laughed. "I'd of thought that if you could of fought your own twin brother and, sort of, live, that you'd not be bothered by being prodded with a sword!" Yoh frowned. "You know Hao?"

Sarah rolled her eyes. "He's right there, dipstick!" She snapped, pointing to Hao, who just dropped his jaw in shock. "How the hell did you know we're twins!" But before she could answer, a few more screams were heard, and this time, a whole crowd of people fell from the sky…

"Friends of yours, ya?" Wakka called to Yoh as the whole lot of them landed on top of him…

Now this is getting creepy! I left you with a little cliffhanger! How do I know about Hao and Yoh being twins? How the heck did he end up in the Farplane anyway! Well, that's for you to find out next time! Please review! NO FLAMERS!