Hooray! Onto the first planned piece of the story! Anyway, on the 22nd, school restarts for me. So I'll be updating less then, but before that, I'm gonna choke whatever summer I have left and use it.
Reader Reviews: (why the heck do I bother putting that "s" on it?)
AquaFlameElementalist: ARGH! I MESSED GENDER UP AGAIN! Anyway, thanks for letting me use those lines in this fan fic.
Discalmer: I plain and simply don't own Final Fantasy X, but if I ever get my hands on a chance to I would probably take it. I also owe AquaFlame for Seymor's speech and the comments, man I'm starting to owe her a lot. . That and I'm lazy.
Oh, and I don't like the new lines, I want the old completed ones
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Chapter 12: Savior
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Jack's POV
Great. Were here to witness the most death I've seen in a Final Fantasy game. And here comes one of my most hated people in a Final Fantasy game…
"All hail Maester Seymor!" And now he is going to do a lie speech. "Brave Crusaders of Spira, protectors of all Spira. Believe in the path you have chosen, let faith be your strength! I, Seymour Guado, maester of Yevon, will bear witness to your deeds today." Seymour said as the Crusaders cheered. "Sir!" "What's going on?" We heard Wakka ask. "Why's Maester Seymour backing the Crusaders, eh? They're using Al Bhed's machina! They're violating the teachings!" he snapped, apparantly ticked off about this whole operation. "Even going against the teachings, they're willing to risk it for the greater good. Wakka, I think Maester Seymour sees that, too." Yuna says, trying to calm him down. "Lulu?" He asked her. "Hmm...I can only speculate." Lulu replied. "Ask him yourself." Auron said, noticing Seymour come up to us. He looked at Yuna, then his attention drifted to Auron. "Ah. Sir Auron. It is an honor. I would be most interested in hearing what you've been doing these past ten years." He said. "I've got nothing to say about it." He immediately replied, walking off. "I see… Sir Auron must be a great asset as a guardian, Lady Yuna." Yuna then noticed him "Oh, your grace!" "Please Lady Yuna, there is no need for such formalities."
"Excuse me...Maester Seymour? Why is your Lordship...presently...present here...sir?" Wakka asked him. "Please, speak as you normally would." "Isn't this operation against the teachings of Yevon? Aren't you gonna stop them?" Wakka asked him. "It's true, I should" that doesn't stop you from doing or not doing certain things… "However, both the Crusaders and Al Bhed both truly wish to bring peace to Spira. Operation Mi'ihen is born from that wish they share. And although it is sacrilegious to the name of Yevon, their intentions are pure. I, Seymour the person, not the maester of Yevon, as a denizen of Spira, wish for their success." Seymour finished.
"Liar" I silently said under my breath.
"Ok ya, but one question. Isn't the use of machina bad?" Wakka asked. "Then pretend you didn't see them" Everyone gasped to this. (excluding me because I knew this, Lin because she wasn't fully acquainted to this world, and Mike because he was being completely oblivious to this conversation) "Beg your pardon, but that's not what a maester should say ya?" "Then pretend I never said it." And he walked off. Wakka kept looking at him, then quickly shot a confused look at me (because I used his line in Luca), then back at Seymour.
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"Hey Mike, is it just me, or do you get a bad feeling about this Operation Mi'ihen thing?" Lin silently asked, just loud enough for only the three of us to hear. "Yeah, I kinda thought the same thing Lin." "Hey Jack, what the heck happens here" "Well, do you want me to give away something horrible?" "What? Something goes wrong?" "Nothing goes wrong, it goes to plan. But not to the warrior's plan." "What the hell do you mean Jack?" "Mike, think of how evil video game rulers deal with traitors." "Hm… oh god. You mean that they are going to die?" "Ten points goes to Mike". "But… but that's terrible!" "Yeah, I think so too Lin." "So why the hell didn't you say something!" "They know there is a good chance to fail, and people tell them stuff like 'But all of you will die' and stuff like that, yet they go. I can't stop them from going to fight." "Then how can we stop this!" "Lin… I think Jack's saying we won't be able to…" Then our little conversation was interrupted. "Ey, slowpokes! C'mon, ya!"
We started going down the path to the command center, which took longer than it should have. ("BIRDY!" Followed by a tackle glomp hug.) Anyway, we got there and went up the elevator, to see Luzzu. Wakka went up to him, argued, then punched him square in the face. Luzzu just walked away, not showing any signs of anger. "What's with him and Wakka?" Tidus asked "Luzzu was the one who convinced his brother to join." I looked back to see Gazza and Luzzu arguing now. I walked over, perhaps I could at least save one person.
"I'm asking you, why can't I go!" "Trust me, guarding the base is more important." "Well, why do you have to go, you'll die out there!" "I have to do what I can to stop Sin." I decided to step in here. "He's right, you WILL die if you go out there." "Can't be certain until I try." "I am certain, and I have my ways to know." Gazza and Luzzu still didn't bother caring about that. "Either way, I have to go out there and help." "Well, if your going to go, could you at the very least be in the back lines?" " Fine. I'll do that if it makes you two feel better." And he stormed off. "Grr… It isn't fair! Why do I have to be stuck guarding the command center while my friend goes out there! Why don't they trust me" "To gain trust, you first must do the tasks they set out for you." Auron said, coming closer. "Gah. It just isn't fair!" And he ran off too.
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Lin's POV
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Jack and Auron went off to talk to Gazza and Luzzu. Meanwhile, I was with Tidus, Lulu, Mike and Wakka. Wakka went up to one of the cannons set toward the ocean and "Curse these!" CLANG! "Ow ow! Gah!" a complete Mike move. "He really hates them huh?" Tidus asked Lulu. "Chappu… instead of using the sword he gave him, he decided to use an al bhed weapon." Wakka commented on that "That has nothing to do with it" "Riiiiiiight" "Suuuuuuure it doesn't." me and Mike said, then we looked at each other and laughed.
Me and Mike looked out to the sea. Mike looked at me and said "Hey Lin?" "What's up?" "Well, I kinda feel like, um…" "Hey guys, whats up?" Jack asked as him and Auron came back. "Ah, um nothing." Mike said. I decided to just forget this and keep going.
We joined up near the entrance. "Lady summoner!" we heard a familiar voice call to us. "The command center is this way, Maester Kinoc is waiting there "Maester Kinoc too?" Yuna asked. "Yes. Please hurry." She said, then ran off. We went inside… well really, though an arch but still.
We were greeted by some bald fat guy
A/N: Hehehe, I love insulting him. He has like a thousand and ten things to make fun of!
"I'd heard from Seymour, but I didn't know if we'd actually meet. Good to see you, Auron! Ten years, isn't it?" "That's Wen Kinoc, one of the Four Maesters of Yevon. He leads the warrior monks and also commands the Crusaders." We heard from Lulu. "So Auron, what have you been doing these past ten years?" "We don't have time for this now do we?" "This plan won't work you know. Lets let them dream a little longer." This totally felt awful to just stand here and listen.
Seymour came, "Lord Kinoc." "Oh yes proceed" I heard Auron say very silently "That Kinoc… a maester?" "I heard that Auron." Kinoc said, turning around. "I heard that, Auron. A lot has happened the last ten years. What were you doing, and where?" "Fulfilling a promise I made to a friend. I still am." "Then just tell me one thing: have yo seen Zanarkand?"
Yuna came to talk to me. "I kinda… don't think we should be here." Suddenly, we were cut off. "It is time at last. We must tell the Al Bhed waiting outside to begin the operation at once. The fiends may break through. This place is not safe. Make sure you're prepared to defend yourselves. Tell me when you're ready." I turned back to Yuna, "Well, belong or not, you heard him." And we all got ready.
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Jack's
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"Will Sin come?" "Sin always returns for his spawn, but to make sure we will call out to it" "You won't have to. He will come." Lets see here…. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG BOOM! "Right on time" I said as I turned around and aimed my wand at it's arms. "THUNDAGA!" A thunderbolt came streaming out of my wand. It hit him dead center… "Ah crap, I forgot he uses thunder magic!" … I hate immunities.
A/N: I don't know if he's immune, absorb, half or whatever, lets just put him at Immune for the story
And so Auron ran up to the two arms and used Armor break on them, followed by us pummeling the body and head. Eventually, it's arms grew back, and it advanced on us. Seymour shoved me out of the way of an attack, and joined the fight. Wait, isn't he early? What the hell? As we kept fighting it, with me casting low class spells to conserve energy, and Seymor kept getting me out of the way for attacks. What's he doing? He's not only putting himself at risk, but saving me too? What the heck is he doing? I wondered as I readied a fira to its head, but it quickly charged at me and…
"Jack!"
…Hit me off of the cliff, dazed. I fell, without knowing my friends came to the edge to try saving me. I regained my composure about 1/4 of my fall down. "Oh god no… How the hell do I stop this… I would have to fly… or float in mid air, that's it! Hope this works, FLOAT!" I said, and I flipped in midair, and slowly landed on the ground. I noticed I was almost knee deep in the water. I looked up, and saw pyreflies busting. Looking back infront, I saw Sin's wave starting to rise. Oh yeah, I remember now, I'm going to be… in… the… middle of… a… fight… ah damn. The crusaders instantly started to charge, and they all rushed out, as sin had now gotten above water. It launched it's scales at them, and I found myself in the middle of the huge fight of Operation Mi'ihen. I wanted to make a change in this fight… I only will die in it. I felt weak, knowing I would die. I wanted to help. I'll only die.
Sin shed it's parts and readied to use Gigagravatron There's no one and nothing that save us.
Sin started to glow. Get a hold of yourself, the someone and something that can stop it is you!
He launched his attack. I hope I'm right.
I aimed my wand toward it. "GIGAGRAVATRON!"
A purple orb surrounded me, and I held the position to defend myself, and the other people. The attack hit the orb and was walled by it. The attack itself didn't affect me at all, but just holding my attack took a lot of my strength. Along with this, the Al Bhed cannon fired, also stoping it in some spots. However, like in the cutscene, a part of it lunged out, and hit the tower. I also noticed a second lung was made. To hit the cliff Tidus and Lin were on.
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Lin's
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To put it simply, we were all shocked. Jack had managed to stop a force that decimated an army alone. I saw him struggling to fight this, using the attack that he used to save my life. I couldn't believe it. I looked around, and I saw that the Al Bhed cannon also held strong, and also held the attack back. "Can they… Can they really do this?"
And unknowing to me, the maesters were watching in shock too… and in a slight state of anger.
My question was sadly answered however, by a shot that hit the cliff. Me and Tidus were too close, and fell along with the cliff. I blacked out, hoping just to survive.
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Jack's POV
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I held it for a slight bit more, and when Sin's attack finally stopped, I kneeled to the ground. "So… I guess I did make a difference." And I collapsed into the water.
I started to regain consciousness, shaking my head a little and looking to my side. Lin was there, sleeping, and I looked in front. There, in front of me, was a large garrison of soldiers, and Tidus and Yuna and the others at the front. "Jack! Your alive!" Mike said after I opened my eyes completely. "Yeah, guess I am." A large group of the soldiers cheered for this.
Getting up, I looked around. A few of the crusaders came up to shake my hand, "Looks like you're a hero now huh?" Mike commented. Gazza came up to shake my hand. "Hey Gazza, where's Luzzu?" He frowned, and said "Luzzu's dead. After that blast quite a few of us banded together to get you out of there. Luzzu died helping them" "Wow… guess I owe him one." I said sadly. "He thought you'd say that. He said that he owed you. He would have been in the front fighting, and would have died if you didn't request that. He said that you saved his life, and he repaid it with it anyway..." :"Hmm..." I was interuptted by this by other crusaders. A little alone time please? I decided to just go with them anyway, and continue on with this.
Lin got up a little later. "Hey! Lin's alive too!" Mike yelled. "Well, yeah she better be! She landed on me!" Tidus said.
After a while, we started to leave. I was stopped by Gazza and a large group of the crusaders before I could leave. "Hey. The crusaders would like to award you this." He said, handing me a sphere. "Wha?" "Take it. As behalf, for saving us…" Another crusader said while coming up to me, "...For being our savior." Another one said, also approching. "Well… I, Erm, Um, thanks." I said as I took it. I looked into it. There was a medal and the word "Crudsader Hero" under the medal. "Thanks a lot!" Some of the crusaders saluted to me, some did the prayer, and I nodded, then ran off back to Yuna and the others. I caught up to Mike and Lin, who apparently stayed a bit to watch this.
"Looks like you're a hero now." "Yeah, but not to Yevon." "So, what are those maester people going to do now? Wasn't that plan to kill them off?" "Dunno, all I know is that they probably are angry at me throwing a wrench into their plan." "Well, whatever it is, I'm sure we can handle it." "Yeah, thanks guys!" And we continued on to Djose Temple.
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Yay, another chapter done! And now Jack has gotten on a really bad side of the maesters of Yevon. (more Yay!) Anyway, Yuna's pilgrimage continues on, and they are to go to Djose Temple. Yeah, that's going to be tough for me to make fun of, but I will find a way! I SHALL PREVAIL, YAHHHHH- (falls off of the cliff)