Well, there is yet another reason I updated so late. I HAD this finished, then my comp went lame and when I fixed it, this was deleted. Then I retried, but power surged and I lost the story AGAIN. Two more power surges, I put this on hold.
Well, now I'm back for all those who care. And now I continue on with my story that I seriously hope to improve. Oh, and Djose, Moonflow before the river, and Mi'ihen were my 3 least faves of the game by the way. I remember Yuna dieing like CRAZY here, so I figured to make her a total victim to this road. Oh, and half of my party gained the loner overdrive here, so I made them start to get ticked at each other here too. Lets see… Another explaination in this is that I had about five close calls with death, and a few humiliating events happening. (Yuna killed herself for example!), so I'm gonna try including these things the best I can.
Reader Reviews(YES! AN "S")
AquaFlameElementalist: Thanks! I now award you a mango for reviewing twice in a row in my two chapters!
Hermione494: Gah, shoot. I knew it was hers or lulu's! Anyway, I finally got around to checking on that (I can't believe I actually forgot to even check her equipted armor, it was it X.X) Anyway, its called the Phantom Bangle, so I'm gonna go fix that now.
Disclaimer: I don't own FFX, but I certainly own the title of being a huge fan of FFX.
Chapter 13: Confusion and Humiliation
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Jack's POV
"So, you found a way after all." Auron said, slowing as I continued further. "Yeah. I guess I did." Silence. "Hey Au-" "Before you take pity on me and promise to help me find a way for me, do this." "What?" "Don't." "But Auron, don't yo-" "I would want to finish her off. It is a goal of mine. Yet my current goal is to stop sin, Jecht. And to do that, I shall guard Yuna." "And when it comes time we put a plan into motion." "Any bright ideas?" "No, but trust me, one will come." "HEY! You two planin' on getting left behind? Come on!" Mike said, motioning us to keep going, Tidus and Kimari close by. Eavesdropped no doubt, Mike's completely like that. And the fact that he actually pays attention to this surprises me, yet might be part of the reason I'm his friend, I guess. Just like how it was back at home.
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We didn't see Lucil or the other Chocobo Knights, they lived I'm sure about that, but they probably left already, seeing as how their chocobos are probably fine as well. Good thing too, I didn't exactly want to be reminded of what happened back at Mushroom Rock. What was that voice exactly anyway? It sounded… sort of familiar...
"So… where is this next temple with that aeon?" Lin asked to Yuna. "Were here." "Huh… Um, Yuna? Do you need glasses for those double colored eyes? Were standing infront of a huge r- anyone feeling an earthquake?" Lin asked. Time to show off I guess. "Three." "What Jack?" "Two" "Two what?" "One." "Jack what the heck are yo-ZOMYGODTHEROCKBLEWUP!" Lin yelled, falling to the ground. "Ok, what the HECK is this… thing!" "Djose temple, home to the electric aeon Ixion." "Well, atleast one of the three of you know something" Lulu said. "This thing is a temple? It seems more of a hazard to-" "Idiots that know less than a seven year old?" "Hey, stop picking on us Lulu!" "And it's my fault that you know nothing?" "Please, stop it you two!" "Niii… fine Yuna." "(Sigh), good. Now let's just get on with the pilgrimage.
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A/N: Hi. Well, I REALLY hate the dang cloisters and going into detail. So I am going to skip them unless there are a few jokes I can put in it. So yeah, no cloister. Oh, and Isaru isn't even close to important to me, thus his scene is also skiped.
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"Mike. Just to remind you, it is NOT a good idea to touch those poles while they are sending electricity out!" We were walking down the road to Moonflow, after Mike… well… "But it was fun!" "Who cares, once or twice I understand. But you PUNCHED it SIX times after you zapped your hand you spaz!" "Well, it was FUN Lin!" "Oh my god Mike…" Lin said shaking her head. "Just be glad Yuna cured that thing of its spastic twitching." "But that was what made it fun!" "Mike…" Lin started "You're a true idiot…" I said. "Yeah, I guess so… still was fun." WHAM! "Ow, jeeze Lin, why do you care about me getting hurt to much?" "Wha- I… you.. What?" "Ok, ok! Forget it, just don't hit me again!"
Same old same old with those two. But still, Mike does have a point, Lin seems to be more focused on him not getting hurt than… everything else. Perhaps those two… nah, Lin and Mike probably wouldn't stay together long if I wasn't here anyway, so the chances of that are pretty small.
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"So tell me again, WHY is the pilgrimage so hard, and instead they just get a group like the crusaders to guard the paths?" "The pilgrimage is to strengthen the summon and their guardians power for the final aeon and their summoning." "The final aeon? What's that." "(Sigh) You two truly are clueless. The final aeon is the goal of the pilgrimage. It is what is used to defeat sin." "One of those aeons? I know their powerful, but are they truly that strong?" "Not a normal one, but the final one is." "But still, what happens in the summoner… well… dies?" "Then they are not strong enough for the pilgrimage." "How can you say something like that Auron! Someone dies and you just say they are not strong enough!" "I hate to say it Lin… but he's pretty much right. Sin as you saw is one tough thing, and someone who can't make it to the end of the pilgrimage wouldn't stand to sin either."
I really can't believe I said that. But it was true, and we would have to be even tougher than that, we won't have a final aeon. Yet, knowing what would happen… wait… what does happen. I truly hate sin's toxin, I can't even remember what this place is called. "Hey, where are we again?" Mike asked. Well, at least I didn't have to ask. "Were going to the Moonflow." "Moonflow… wait, aren't there some really strong things here?" At least I remembered that, I had the hardest time getting to Moonflow. Most because of those stupid "Hey, isn't that one of those things that Jack roasted back at the forest?" Yep. I really hate those stupid ochus. "So um, should we just go around that thing?" "Jack? Couldn't you just kill those every time we pass by them?" "No, I'll run out of energy killing them before I could even finish 3." "Oh. Well, hope we don't fight another one because here it comes!" Shoot. Well…. I guess one spell won't be the death of us. "Burn you overgrown weed!" And he burned soooooo well.
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The road was half uneventful for the first half. Monsters. Kimari and Tidus talking about the summoner dissaperances. Monsters.Yuna beating Belgrame. Monsters. Oh, and if I forgot, more monsters. By now, I was drained to nothing. And then we reached the halfway point. "OH COME ON! WERE ONLY HALFWAY THERE?" "Spira's not a small island Lin. Just be glad it's not Mi'ihen road.".
So we continued on. Oh say… fifty steps, give or take. Then it all went downhill. "Um, Jack, theres another ochu thing." "I told you already, me and Lulu are spent, so we can't kill that thing with fire." "Well, then lets just slice and dice it!" "Yeah, that should work really good!" "Mike, Tidus, that's not such a great id- Hey wait, don't go to i- STOP YOU IDIOTS!" It was too late though, Tidus and Mike sprinted to it full speed, so we all had to go and save and/or stop them from it.
"OW!" "Cure!" "OOF!" "Cure, Esuna!" "OW! OW! OW! OW!" "Cure, Cure, Cu-" "Yuna duck!" "Wha-" WHAM! Yuna got hit full force by the Ochu's stingers. Tidus and Mike started slashing and running around it in a frenzy after that, with Lin raining her blitzball onto it, no doubt their overdrives. We quickly ran over to her. "Oh my… Wakka, give me our items!" He quickly did, and Lulu fished around for all the items needed and applied them to Yuna quickly.
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A/N: Ok, sorry but I have no clue on what item cures confusion, so I'm just selecting a random item that isn't used for something else.
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"Antidote, Hi-potion, eye drops, echo screen… wait, where is our holy water?" "Um, we kind of used it all to cure her from all of those earlier confusion incidents." "All twenty of them?" "Seventeen on Yuna, we used three on you, ya." She blushed (highly obvious in her pale skin) from this. "Oh… Well, what should we do?" "Well, I know it's not exactly good ya, but we could just leave her knocked out from that hi-" "Hi people! Muffins are yummy!" We turned around, Yuna was staring at us with a little smile and fully open eyes. "Um, too late Wakka." We turned back to each other. "What do we do now? She's confused and awake, and we have no way to fix this!"
"Well, can't she just stay like this?" "Miss Wakka?" "I'm Lulu Yuna, Lulu." "Ok, Miss Luluyuna Lulu, can I go catch those walking plants?" "Yes yes, just stay here." Lulu said turning around impatiently. "Anyway, she can't while she's like this she has the mental stability and awareness of a four year old!" "Oh. That bad?" "Worse. Think of it this way, her memories could be about having a pet potion eating a house." "Oh. Then perhaps you shouldn't have let her go run off." "I what Mike?" "You said she could go chase those ochu things." "I WHAT!" We all turned around, Yuna was nowhere in sight. "So… this is bad right?" "Yeah, its very bad Lin."
We turned back to each other "Ok, we have to find her FAST, so we should split up. Meet back here in thirty minutes, or as soon as you find Yuna and bring her here if you can. Wakka, go with Sir Auron" "Alright, ya!" "Kimari, go with Mike" "Whatever! Lets go Kim!" Kimari just nodded in agreement, and ran off too. "I'll go with Jack, Tidus, you go with Lin." "Ok, come on lets go!" Tidus said. "Right!" And she ran off too. "Well, what are you waiting for? Come on!" "Oh um, right!" I said, and ran off in another direction.
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Lin's POV
We ran around franticly, bumped and crashed into each other, and still couldn't find her. "Oh shoot, where the heck is she!" "Hey, if I knew I would have gone to her a while ago! Come on, keep up Lin!" "I'm running the fastest I ca- oh a chest!" I said, running over to it. "Holywaterholywaterholywaterholywater, PLEASE be some holy water!" Creee… "A hi potion. Just fricking great." I took it out. "A damn hi-potion! What use is this?" I threw it as hard as I could, and it fell down a small canyon. SHATTER! "Ow… where am I?" "Um, I think that hi-potion you threw just hit Yuna in the head." We jumped down and landed next to her. "Ow... Lin, why did you throw that?" "Yuna! Whats two plus two?" "Four, duh. But what does that have to do wi-" "Yunie your ok!" I hugged her the best I could. "Ow! Lin, stop… it… hurts!" "Oh sorry!" I let go.
Ok, we found Yuna and hugs to everyone, now lets get back to the meeting point!" Tidus said. "Um, we have a problem though." Yuna said, pointing behind us. Behind us was a bomb and an ochu "A bomb? What the heck is it doing around here? This is nowhere near it's normal territory." "Beats me, but I know a fun way to get rid of it!" I said. "What?" "Just watch."
I ran over to it and grabbed the bomb. "Wait, Lin, if your going to- Wait stop!" I tossed right into the ochu, "Hah! Two down in one hit! Now what was in Yuna?" "Um, ochus are highly poisonous, and everything except their skin evaporates into a highly deadly poison if incinerated. "So that means…" "That that thing…" "Is a living time bomb." The ochu, flailing around in a panic, blocked off one of the ways we could run. We turned around to try running but… "Oh hell. A dead end! But then that ochu is sealing the only way out!" We looked back towards it. It was flailing its arms around like crazy now. "There is no WAY we would make it through that!" Tidus said, stating the overly obvious.
"Oh no… so now were…" Yuna said sadly. And it's my fault. Crap, think, THINK! Damn! Think harder! There has to be a way out of th- oh hell no. Not that. "I am so not…" I looked at the ochu, it's body was now being inflated by the bomb, showing it was ready to explode from the stress "… not believing I'm doing this! Ok guys, get behind me!" "Your going to be a human shield?" "Well, if it is to save Yuna, I'll help." "No, were not going to die here, so both of you just get behind me!" They did, ducking in cover behind me. "I so don't believe I'm doing this still…"
A huge poison explosion errupted, and Tidus and Yuna just ducked down behind me, while I took the full blow. It took the two a minute or two, but they finally got around to looking at what happened. ".. huh... hey, were still alive!" "And that explosion made a ramp up!" "Yeah I know, now mind shooting an esuna backwards at me?" "Why backwards?" "Just don't turn around ok?" "Why no- oh…. my…" "What happe- um…" "Don't. If you dare to you I swear I'll kill you!" "But you body… its…" "Don't you even…" "But it… just…" "Quiet Tidus…" "You…" "Your…" They looked at each other, then bursted into laugher simultaneously. "DAMN IT! GUYS STOP LAUGHING!" Yuna struggling not to laugh, tried to say "But ahha, it just so funhaha, you're a ball- Hahaha!" She fell over laughing again after looking at me a second time. "Guys seriously! Fix me befo-" "Hey, ya! I think the explosion came from over here!" "I hear Yuna and Tidus… wait their laughing!" "Come on! There might be something wrong!" "Oh hell, Yuna please, quickly cast esuna on be before they get here!" "But it's just so freaking hilarious hehehe!" They atleast were settling down now. "Guys, come on! Please!" "But it would be funny for them too wouldn't it?" "And the more humiliating for me! Yuna!" "Ok fine, esuhaha… hehe eshenhaha… oh jeeze this is haahaha…" "Woah, that explosion made a freaking crater! Come on, I think their down there" "Yuna, please hurry." I whispered. "Esuhehe, heheuna, esunaahaha!"
The spell took effect, and the poison quickly burned away. "Yuna, Tidus! What happened! Why the heck are you two laughing on the ground!" Lulu said, running down the explosion ramp as fast as she could, followed by the others. "Oh Lulu! I have GOT to tell you this!" "Yeah, you guys it was hilarious!" "Ok, you see-" "Lin, she-" SMASH! They fell to the ground, with me holding two now broken potions. "I guess that I'll be using these more from now on." "Lin… what happened?" "Oh, nothing really Mike."
Nothing they need to know atleast.
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And yet another chapter done, I actually had this half planned out, then wrote that half a week ago, lost some inspiration, came back today and fixed/wrote the entire thing. I also intended on adding the moonflow part also, but that can wait until next chapter (expected in 2 weeks, if I'm fast, unless I have loads of freetime to spare during the week) Also, sorry if this thing seems a bit rushed, I am currently half-blowing off a report due monday X.X'
By the way, if you didn't understand what happened in Lin's section, go read chapter 2 again, you'll know you found it when you get there.
Anyway, hope you liked this chapter, Please Review/Give me criticism! This is still my first fan fic, any criticism is appreciated!