I don't own any characters of Final Fantasy game series. Yuna and Tidus continued their date without Rikku and Gippal. Nooj is spending time with Ninnie as something happens. While losing a dear person, he'll meet the devil from his childhood.

I hope you enjoy this one too:)


Chapter 5. Masamune, the legacy

In the small store, Nooj's granny was watering the flowers as she heard someone knocking on the door. The time was already 6.30pm and she had closed her store a half hour ago. The knocking continued for a while. Nooj usually opened the doors after closing, but he wasn't here now. As granny had a good memory, she remembered that Yuna said someone was trying to kill Nooj. Could it be those people there now? Or then...

"Open up!"

Granny's thoughts were been interrupted by a man's voice from behind the door.

The man kept shouting and knocking on the door wildly. Granny put her watering can on the nearest table, went behind the sales desk, and took a key from the drawer. She went and put it in a coat's pocket on the coat rack. Closing the pocket; she took the coat, taking it to Nooj's secret room. She knew, he'd be angry at her for going in there, but this was the only way to save the boy's legacy, that his father once left in the store. Locking the secret door, granny went back to the store front and to the door.

"I'm coming, I'm coming" she said, and the shouting and knocking stopped.
She carefully opened the door.

"I have already closed the store" she told to the men standing outside.

"Oh we don't care about your store Mrs. Arumez, we wanna talk to your great-grandson" the man in front said, who seemed to be the leader of the group.

"He's not at home, he went to spend the night on the town" granny said.

"Really, that's a shame" the man said and pressed on the door, so it fully opened.

"Well then Mrs. Arumez, we'll stay and wait until your great-grandson comes back to home, hopefully drunk so our mission will be easy, hahaha..." the man laughed as the group entered the store, closing the door behind them, to wait for Nooj.

"What are you doing here anyway?" Ninnie asked. They were sitting on the bench, even though it was still raining.

"Having some fresh air" Nooj said and looked at Ninnie. She wasn't crying or sob anymore, she was smiling at him.

"Do you have some secrets?" Ninnie asked, suddenly.

"No, not really, but I'd like to know what my granny is hiding behind one certain door" Nooj said smiling. He had many good memories of trying to get past that door.

"You're such a bad boy. She hasn't told you then?" Ninnie laughed.

"Nope, she's just said there's something heavy and dangerous, and she'll give me the key to the door, as soon as I'm ready to take some responsibility on my own" Nooj said. Ninnie was listening carefully, and smiling.

"She was always so mad, whenever she found me searching for the key to the door when I was a child, I won't ever forget that" Nooj said. Ninnie was still smiling. Sounded to her like Nooj had had a great childhood with his granny.

"Were you a happy child?" she asked, still watching him as he sighed.

"That depends on many things, my mom was killed and my father disappeared when I was 9 years old" Nooj said.

"Oh... Well, I guess you're still luckier than me, I don't even remember my parents, but I've heard they died when I was only one year old" Ninnie said, then wondered why she even said it. Nooj nodded.

"There's so many things I'd like to know about my father, like why he told me to wait until he comes back, although he never came back to me. Instead he left me alone in the mountains, and now, well..."

"What?" Ninnie asked carefully, even though she was curious to know the rest of this story. Nooj was slightly surprised.

"Don't you know?" he asked and Ninnie shook her head. Nooj guessed she didn't know the reason why she was sent on her mission in the first place.

"Is that so? Hmph, I guess he's not the talkative type then" Nooj said. He was kind of disappointed. Ninnie didn't get it.

"What are you talking about?" she asked quietly.

Nooj was about to reply her when he suddenly felt something, like something was moving restlessly all around, inside his body.

"Hey, is that your medallion glowing or something?" Ninnie asked. Nooj looked at his medallion on his neck; it really was glowing, a red colour.

"Something's not right" Nooj said. Ninnie was surprised, wondering what he was talking about.

"I've got to go, something has happened to my granny" Nooj said as he rose up and started walking. Ninnie got up too and followed him.

"How do you know something's happened?" she asked as they were walked quickly back to the store.

"I don't know anything, I just feel it" Nooj said, he was worried.

The two ran along the street until Nooj stopped them.
"What is it now?" Ninnie complained.

"Let's go this way!" Nooj said, taking a hold of Ninnie's hand and pulled her with him, into the narrow alley.

"Who told you I'm coming too?" Ninnie yelled but Nooj didn't care about her words, and just kept them running. They run past a few buildings and streets before Nooj turned left, still holding her hand.

"I need you to help me" he said as an answer to the question she had asked earlier.

"Thanks" she said, and nearly fell over as Nooj suddenly turned left again, then slowed down to walking speed again.

"We're here, are you ready?" Nooj asked quietly, looking at Ninnie. She seemed tired from running.

"You should train more" Nooj said. There was something in her, that got his attention, but he didn't know what that thing was.

"I'll keep that in mind" Ninnie said, sitting down on the ground behind Nooj's granny's store.

"Wait here, I'll go check. I think she's left something in my room I need to get" Nooj said, slowly opening the window, trying not to make any noise.

He was able to open it quietly, and after locking the hook in place he climbed inside through the window. He told Ninnie not to talk while he was in the house. Inside granny's room, Nooj took off his shoes. He could hear that there were men in the house; they were talking with his granny. Nooj started to walk carefully; luckily he knew the house, so he was able to avoid those floorboards that make noise safely.

He walked to the secret door of his room and began to operate on the lock. He saw his granny had been there after he had last, she always left a small flower hairclip, so Nooj knew he had to use his granny's number combination to open the door. Carefully, he put in the number combination, listening to the voices in the living-room. He heard that granny had boiled some tea for the men, and hoped it would hold the men's attention for a while longer.

He opened the door and was relieved, he had put grease on the hinges yesterday, so it was opening quietly. He went into his room and saw his coat was lying in his bed. He went to take it, realising the other pocket was closed; his pockets were always open. He opened it and found the key her granny had left there. Nooj looked at the key and a big smile spread over his face as he recognised it.

This was the one he'd been searching for for many years throughout the house. He was so happy, but then he realized that he just had his 20th birthday, and this key may also be the gift. Either way, it was finally in his hands and he'd be able to see what had been hiding behind the door in granny's room for all these years.

Turning around Nooj left his room, trying to focus on walking carefully. Back in his granny's room, Nooj took a look around. He wondered where that door was, now that he had the key, and then he saw it. He quietly crept to the door; knowing the floorboards were noisy in this part of the room. He heard a teacup drop down in the living-room and the men shouting at his granny.

Nooj couldn't stand what he heard them calling his granny as put the key in the door's lock, carefully turning it. The door was unlocked, he opened it and saw it.

"What the--?" he whispered to the thin air. His first reaction at seeing the very familiar sword in his granny's house, was that it wasn't something he had expected to find.

"It's still so huge..." Nooj said to himself as he touched it, and then got a good grip on the sword, having a deep breath. He remembered the way his father was able to hold the sword; it seemed to be so heavy, even for him. Nooj thought again what the men had said to his granny and got some power from the anger he felt. Holding tight of the sword he prepared to raise it.

"Okay, here goes nothing" he said. Thinking it over once more, he took a hold of the sword's handle with both hands. It was vital not to make any noise; he had to be sure everything went silently.

Outside, Ninnie was on her feet again and decided to look in; see how it was going for Nooj. She saw his back as he tried to do something next to the window.

"What are you doing?" she whispered and Nooj looked at her.

"I'm preparing myself, I don't know how heavy this is" he replied quietly.

Ninnie also came in through the window, carefully taking a few steps to see behind the door, she was curious.

"That's huge!" Ninnie said so loud Nooj had to put his hand on the girl's mouth. Ninnie realised her mistake, and seeing the sword was falling down, she raised her foot against the opened door, stopping the sword from falling. Nooj's face told her he was disappointed. Still holding his left hand on Ninnie's mouth, Nooj took a hold of the sword with his right.

Ninnie was listening; it was all too quiet in the house. She gave Nooj's left arm a soft nudge to get his attention, and then gave him a sign with her eyes that he should listen too. Nooj listened carefully himself, then he tried to move the sword.

It felt heavier than he had expected, and he was only able to move it a little with the first try. Nooj turned around, he was nervous. Ninnie pushed him again to be quiet with that sword, as something suddenly got his attention.

Nooj stared to the room's door; his eyes looked terrified by seeing something. He let go of Ninnie and she was able to look at the door too, then she starting to scream. Nooj was so terrified he couldn't even move, as the man in a long dark cape dropped his granny's head on the floor, right in front of him. Ninnie was screaming and crying loudly next to him, she was panicked, but Nooj didn't notice this. He could only stare the head on the floor; his mind was completely empty for the moment.

"So, we meet again, boy" the man said with an evil smile on his mostly hidden face. He was purely evil, so much so he was enjoying this.

"... I-I thought he killed you..." Nooj said quietly still staring at the head.

"But of course boy, you saw it with your own eyes..." the man said, laughing evilly.

Without noticing himself, Nooj lowered his head. Ninnie was sitting on the floor next to him, holding his right leg tightly, still crying. The man hadn't noticed the sword Nooj had in his hand; he thought Nooj and Ninnie were totally defenceless and laughed, enjoying seeing them in pain. Listening to the man's evil laughing, Nooj's terror slowly turned to anger, and grew.

He clenched his left fist as he clasped the sword in his right hand, behind Ninnie and himself. He saw his life with his granny running through his mind, everything he was able to remember was there. His grip on the sword grew tighter with his anger every second. As Ninnie's head cleared and she could think again, she noticed that Nooj was acting strangely.

Actually she thought, he looked kind of scary. The man noticed it too, something wasn't right he realized by the way Nooj's was acting. His laugh faded, and his expression turned to one of boredom.

"Don't tell me you're going to attack me, boy" the man said. Nooj just stood there, he didn't move a bit.

"Haha, that's the spirit. Now, let me kill you and it's all over for today" the man said suppressing more laughing.

Ninnie felt Nooj move the leg she was still holding. She looked up at his face and saw he was, smiling? Suddenly, Nooj raised his head, his eyes still closed. The man stopped laughing as he saw this. The medallion was glowing that same restless red colour, just like before, and so was the design on the sword, behind his back.

Ninnie noticed the change on the sword and worriedly moved away from Nooj; the sword was so bright. The man noticed the sword, and he recognized it too. Ninnie looked at Nooj's face, and so did the man, as Nooj finally opened his eyes, full of anger.

"W-W-What's going on?" Ninnie asked quietly, feeling scared of Nooj.

"... NO! It can't be!" the man shouted. Now he was mad.

Nooj was standing still, clasping the glowing sword, looking at the man with a withering glare, his eyes glowing red. Ninnie noticed the man looked slightly troubled by the glowing Nooj.

"... You..."

Ninnie and the man were totally surprised. That voice, it wasn't Nooj's, or was it? It sounded so different, like someone was talking with him.

"... You killed my uncle, my mommy, and my granny. You would kill ME and you tried to kill my daddy too. Guess what? I DON'T LIKE YOU!" Nooj said, screaming the last few words with a voice that was terrifying to hear. Raising the sword, he attacked the man, who had no place to run...

"I will get you later!" the man said, telepathically leaving just in time, barely avoid Nooj's slash with the huge sword.

Nooj fell over from the power he swung the sword with, as it hit the thin air in front of him.

"Nooj!" Ninnie yelled and ran to him. He was lying there, and she turned him on his back, carefully taking a hold of his upper body and head. Raising him, she put her legs under his head, then rested it on them. Ninnie sighed, Nooj appeared to be unconscious. She leant on the wall, near where Nooj's granny's head was still lying on the floor, not so far from them. She closed her eyes and wondered.

"Gosh, you've got to learn using Masamune too"

Saying this, she felt relief running through her body. She knew there was a long way for Nooj to go during the next two months, so he could beat the man with a huge white tiger; from learning to use the legendary sword, to summoning his aeon. With these thoughts, Ninnie fell into a peaceful sleep as the stars shone outside in the sky.


The end of Chapter 5. Everyone's having something to say in next chapter, so it's a so called normal chapter :) I'll try to update sooner in the future.