Thank you for the most amazing reviews! (glomps everyone) I might as well tell you straight out that this chapter is A.) short, B.) not as funny, C.) uneventful, D.) muy sexy, and W.) the chapter we've all been waiting for.
Well, for me, at least. n.n;;; Please review!
Destiny of a Not-So Final Fantasy
Chapter 10: "The Son" and, yes, a Prophecy
Will you STOP? It's not THAT important, you fugly piece of crap, Dar shouted internally at himself, trying to get whoever was controlling him to listen.
"You have no idea how important it is," the evil presence murmured. "And by calling ME fugly, you're just insulting yourself."
Then how important IS it?
"Important enough to kill for. Literally." And with that, he burst into the hallway.
Who ARE you!
"Who am I?" he said darkly. "Who am I? Why, I am you! Just—from another part of your soul. They call me—Xodan."
XODAN? Wasn't that the name Nyllia had told him about? Who—?
But Darius stopped himself; he was only burdening himself with even more questions. Why, in Yevon's name, did he have to be sent to Spira in the first place? Yeah, it was nice and all that good stuff, but—
"WILL YOU SHUT UP!" Xodan cried. "I'M TRYING TO ADVANCE THE PLOTLINE!"
SO AM I! he shouted back, which was all he could do, for he could no longer control his body. Wow. Talk about molestation… But then he realized that there was nothing he could do to stop this Xodan fool, so he thought, If you're not going to listen to me, could you at LEAST bring someone WITH you to Seer Jade's room?
Sorry, but he did NOT want to be stuck in a room with a body-controlling (no, not mind-controlling) murderer.
"If it will shut you the #$!& up, then YES."
And Xodan stomped up to Brynna's room, and held Dyrnsyn up, using some sort of powerful magic that Darius couldn't understand to cause the door to Brynna's room to dematerialize.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH! NO! DON'T—RAPE—ME—!" Brynna saw him immediately and picked up a nearby baseball bat (why would she have a baseball bat, if baseball wasn't played in Spira?) to whack Xodan on the side of the head.
Unfortunately the baseball bat also dematerialized. "Darius! What are you doing!" Brynna cried.
And then Darius suddenly realized that he still had the physical appearance of…well…himself, even though Xodan was controlling him. It all made sense now! Okay, well, not really. But that's getting off topic.
Apparently it was impossible for anyone to tell Darius apart from Xodan, so they had no way of knowing that it wasn't really Darius.
"I am not Darius, you fool," Xodan spat, and dragged the little girl ("I am not…a little…GIRL!" Brynna cried) out of the room. "Don't worry, you won't be hurt. Yet," Xodan "assured" her.
"Oh, THAT'S comforting," she muttered, kicking her legs defiantly. "Get OFF!"
"No." Xodan then strode to Tidus's room and kicked the door down. Tidus awoke with a stir. "Get up, we're going somewhere."
"Wh-wha?"
"Oh, just get your lazy ass over here before I dematerialize THAT too."
Xodan, against Darius's wishes (and Tidus's), flung a chair at Tidus, which hit him in the chest. "Now—are you coming or not?"
"I—uh—"
"Just do it," Brynna sighed, giving up. "Darius has gone off the deep end."
"I AM NOT DARIUS!" he bellowed. And with no further word, he forced Tidus and Brynna to walk with him to the room of "Seer Jade." Who, apparently, was a seer, and whose name was Jade. And she had a room.
He kicked the door down, and there, standing calmly in the middle of a large, spacious, and dimly lit room, was a woman with long, white hair waiting for them. "Come in," she invited. She snapped her fingers, and the door behind them closed. "I foresaw you coming. Yes, you want some answers—and I am ready to give them to you. I am Jade."
Kimahri awoke with a stir.
What were all those noises he had heard? They weren't moans and groans, so, to his disappointment, it obviously was not the sound of anyone getting it on… but something was definitely happening. He pricked his cat-like ears and listened:
"I don't wanna go in there! It's…creepy…" he heard Brynna declare defiantly.
"Yeah. And I think Seer Jade just winked at me…ugh…" Tidus shuddered.
"SHUT THE HELL UP AND GET IN THERE," he heard Darius say, "BEFORE I KICK BOTH OF YOUR ASSES UP AND DOWN THE HIGHROAD!"
"Awwww, but—"
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK.
Oh, no! Kimahri bolted upwards. What were those three DOING? They were probably trying to get up in the middle of the night and abandon everyone. He KNEW he shouldn't have trusted those bastards!
How DARE they try to abandon Yuna and the rest of her guardians without saying anything! Oh HELL no. Kimahri would have to punish them terribly, with his bare claws. No one would ever DARE defy Yuna again, and he'd make sure of it…by gobbling them up.
He brandished his claws. "Kimahri going to have very good feast tonight," he said maliciously, grabbing his fork and knife. But then he realized he was too lazy to follow Darius, Tidus, and Brynna, so instead he skipped off and went frolicking in the meadows.
But unfortunately, there WERE no meadows, so he decided to go back to his original plan to reveal Darius, Tidus, and Brynna for the two-faced betrayers they were.
He shrugged and silently yet swiftly exited his room and followed Dar, Ti, and Brynna.
And they were—WHAT? What was THAT place?
He looked into the room in which the three betrayers were standing, and gaped. Apparently they WEREN'T abandoning anyone—they were just gathering together for a midnight snack consisting of milk and cookies.
But then he looked closer, and realized they weren't doing that either! Well, just what were these fools doing? Kimahri decided to find out. He peered even closer into the room and managed to find out that they were…visiting some woman named "The Seer Jade."
Well, he'd come this far, he might as well continue to listen in on the conversation. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he was eavesdropping on them, but, really, who CARED? He was sure Yuna wouldn't whip him too bad when she found out that he'd invaded her guardians' privacy.
So, because he was nosy and careless, Kimahri stood beside the entrance to the room and listened in on the conversation that Darius, Tidus, and Brynna were having with Seer Jade.
"It took you three long enough," Jade commented.
Don't do this… Darius whined, but Xodan would not listen. "Well? Are you going to tell us what we want to know or not? I'm not sitting here all day, and I DO have things to see and people to do."
"You mean 'things to do and people to see,' " Brynna corrected.
"No, I mean 'things to see and people to do.' "
"…you DO know how disgusting that is, don't you?" Tidus said.
Jade frowned and shook her head calmly. "Please, be patient, Xodan," she said patiently. Yeah, XODAN, be PATIENT! Darius mentally agreed, for it was still all he could do. He planned to shank Xodan when he had the chance, but for certain reasons, couldn't right now.
But Darius wasn't surprised when Tidus and Brynna stared at Jade in disbelief. "How do YOU know his birth name?" they shouted in unison, becoming very skeptical of the woman.
"…I'm a Seer, you fools," she snorted, annoyed. "I see the future, and past, and the present. I know everything."
"…uh…I knew that. But—why'd you bring us here, Dar?" Tidus asked.
"Because he wants answers as to all of the mysteriousness that's been going on lately." Jade rolled her eyes. "And I suppose I should start off by telling you two"—she nodded at Tidus and Brynna—"that the young man standing next to you is not truly Darius."
"Wait…it's not?" Tidus frowned, confused. "Then who is that imposter? 'Cause he looks just like him…"
"No, he is not. He is Xodan, one of the three different minds of The Son."
"…the sun? And Xodan isn't a mind, it's only another one of Darius's names!" Brynna exclaimed.
"YEAH!" Tidus agreed.
"No. And…before I get started on The Son, I must tell you, Tidus, something about your own situation."
"…Me?"
"That's what I said, is it not?" She cleared her throat. "Well…let's just skip to the point; there isn't time to beat around the bushes: Sin is your father, Tidus."
"…" Tidus merely stared.
"I'm afraid so. One of Lady Yuna's guardians, Auron, witnessed him becoming the new Sin." Tidus said nothing; apparently he didn't believe her. "What, have you never wondered why your father never returned to Zanarkand after Braska's pilgrimage was over?"
Tidus looked at the ground. H-how can this be…? "Well, I have, but— Well, Yuna told me that a man with the name Jecht had accompanied her father with his pilgrimage, but I don't think—"
Xodan and Brynna kept quiet, merely watching Tidus's anguish as he realized that what he was being told was true. However, Brynna looked like she felt sympathy for him, while Xodan, instead, just sat there and smirked.
"Yes, Tidus," Jade said. "Just like you, your father was sent to Spira via Sin…and he did indeed accompany Braska until the end of the pilgrimage, at which time he was forced to become the new Sin. It is time you realize this."
Tidus buried his face in his hands and did not respond.
Hmmmm… Darius took a closer look at Brynna, who, interestingly, did not seem to look surprised at this new knowledge. Strange… he thought. Shouldn't her eyes be bulging, or shouldn't her jaw have dropped or something?
But, however rude it might have been, Brynna moved right on to the next topic, as if this was nothing.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know about Tidus's dad now…but what about Xodan, and the sun?" she asked.
Tidus picked his head up to glare at her angrily.
"Yes, woman," Xodan agreed darkly and threateningly. "Tell us about the sun. And what you knowaboutme, Xodan."
"You mean 'The Son'," Jade corrected. "And unfortunately, you—'Xodan,'—are both a mind and another one of Darius's names, as you know. You see, long ago, a man named Yevon was the most powerful summoner of his time. As you know, a 'summoner' is a person with the ability to control pyreflies, and who is therefore able to have power over aeons, since such beings are made of pyreflies. And actually, all substances on the planet of Spira are technically made of pyreflies."
"Oh, get to the point," Xodan snapped irritably, not in the mood for anything.
"Patience, evil one. I'm getting to it." She cleared her throat and continued. "Anywho… Yevon, as the most powerful summoner in all of Spira, had to punish the Spirans for their 'sins,' and so…he gathered pyreflies around him with a powerful gravity spell and created Sin."
"But we KNEW that," Brynna said, rolling her eyes.
"Yes. But only very few people know that after creating Sin, Yevon created another creature as well."
He did? Darius thought. That wasn't in Final Fantasy X!
"Yes, it is true. Just incase a particularly strong-willed summoner ever defeated Sin for good, Yevon wanted to have a plan to fall back on. So he used his summoning powers to create a human with the ability to magically produce pyreflies."
"Hold it." Xodan sent a death glare at the Seer, who blinked calmly. "What would THAT do? If he was the most powerful summoner, wouldn't he be able to produce pyreflies himself?"
"No. Yevon can only CONTROL pyreflies, but he can't PRODUCE them. Therefore, he created a being who CAN. Understand?" she replied. "He named this being—'The Son.' "
"Why would he name him that?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"But I thought you knew EVERYTHING!" Tidus said.
"Will you let me finish! Good GOD. Anyway... Since The Son is the only creature in the universe with the power to actually create pyreflies, he theoretically has the power to create another Sin."
No one said anything.
"Yes, it WOULD be devastating," Jade continued, creepily reading everyone's minds. "But it would also be necessary for Yevon. You see, although Yevon is extremely ugly and fat and bald, he is also rather clever. You see, he knew that there was a possibility that someone might be able to defeat Sin forever, so, by creating The Son, he made sure that another Sin would be born if the first one was killed.
"So, after creating The Son, Yevon sealed away its powers for a long period of time. He knew that when the time came, The Son's powers would be reawakened, and the second Sin would be ready to be born. However, the second Sin would not be needed until the first Sin's life was threatened by a summoner.
"And now—the second Sin is almost ready to be born. You see, the original Sin's life has already been threatened by a summoner—who goes by the name of Yuna."
There was a moment of utter shock and silence.
Then—everyone broke out into hysterical laughs.
"HA! TWO SINS! AAAAAAAHAHA! NICE ONE!" Tidus bawled, rolling on the floor uncontrollably.
"YUNA, BEING A THREAT! AAAAAAHAHAA! HILARIOUS!" Brynna chuckled, banging her fists on the floor.
YEVON, BEING CLEVER! AAAAAAAHAHAHA! WHAT A JOKER! Darius shouted internally, hysterically laughing his ass off.
The Seer Jade, who had seen this coming, rolled her eyes.
"…it wasn't a joke."
They all stopped laughing immediately, and gawked at her in dismay. "But if it's not a joke, then…" Brynna started.
Jade nodded. "Spira is damned. You see, once the first Sin dies, the new Sin will be ready to be born. And when the new Sin is ready to be born, Yevon will fully take over the body of The Son…and create it."
"But…what does that have to do with 'Xodan'?" Tidus asked.
And what does it have to do with Nyl? Darius added.
"Well…" the Seer sighed. "You see, The Son is destined to have three minds and three personalities. One of them—is insane and weird. The second one is pissed off, powerful, and vengeful. And the last one will only fully manifest once Yevon has taken over his body, and you never want to meet it." She paused. "Are you starting to get what I'm trying to tell you?"
"Not really, no. I still don't get what it has to do with Xodan, Darius, us, or Yuna," Tidus declared.
Darius growled. OR NYL!
"Don't you understand?" She took a deep breath, and decided to take on another approach. "It has to do with Summoner Yuna because if Yuna is truly the one destined to defeat Sin, it will be useless because ANOTHER Sin will be born anyway! The pilgrimage would have been for nothing, and there would be no Calm.
"It has to do with you, Tidus and Brynna, because all of the effort you will have put in would have been in vain, and you will not have the energy to go through another pilgrimage to defeat Sin AGAIN. Especially since Yevon will only create yet another Son or Daughter once the second Sin is born, so that Sin will truly never die.
"And it has to do with Xodan and Darius because both Xodan AND Darius are the same! The were created from the same pyreflies; they share the same body; they are the same person, just with different minds and personalities…and childhoods. PLEASE tell me you are starting to understand what I'm trying to hint to you!"
"…uhhh… I don't get it…" Tidus shrugged and then said, "Are you trying to tell me that…long ago, Yevon created some human with the ability to control HUGE amounts of pyreflies, JUST so that one day that human would be forced to create a new Sin?"
"Yes."
"So? What does that have to do with XODAN?"
"DON'T YOU GET IT? XODAN IS 'THE SON!' "
Brynna's eyes grew wide. "But that means he's—!"
Jade nodded. "Destined to create—and become—a new, more powerful, more devastating Sin," she finished gravely. "That is the prophecy.
Oh…shit… Darius thought, and he mentally fainted.
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"…You lie." Xodan stood up from his spot angrily, and Dyrnsyn began to glow again. "If I am The Son, then that means Darius is ALSO The Son—and that is impossible, for Darius has lived for 14 years on the planet Earth. If he was The Son, he would have been in Spira all his life, protected by Yevon. TELL ME THE TRUTH."
"I have! Everything I have said is true! Sin will—!"
"NO! YOU'RE LYING!" Dyrnsyn was now glowing with a blinding light. "You've had your chance, and you blew it. If I can't get correct information, no one will."
Immediately a blue beam of energy shot out of Dyrnsyn and engulfed the entire motel. Everyone in the room knew Xodan was about to blow the place up.
No..no…no…no…NO. KIMAHRI SHOULD NOT HAVE LISTENED!
But the truth of the matter was Kimahri had listened. And now he knew more about Darius than a poor hornless Ronso needed to know—if, indeed, the Seer had told the truth.
But had she? How could ANY of what she had said be true?
Why would Yevon ever want to create a being with great power, and call him The Son? And, more importantly, how in the HELL could that being be Darius—or even Darius's other mind, Xodan? That would insinuate that Darius was meant to bring on another Sin once Yuna completed her pilgrimage.
And how could that be true?
No, of COURSE she had lied! What a bitznotch! Kimahri would have to kick her ass (literally, kick her ass) as soon as possible.
So he did. He stormed into the room, and—
"OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
She was booted to the planet of Ur- Anus, where she immediately died of shock and horror.
Somehow, however, no one noticed that Kimahri had barged into the room, so he quickly dashed back out and dove into Auron's separate room. Auron was not asleep, but was standing up, apparently aware that something horrible was in the making. "What is happening?" he asked briskly, grabbing his sword in the corner of the room.
"Kimahri think Xodan about to blow up motel!" he cried, pointing toward the room in which Xodan was utilizing Dyrnsyn to engulf the entire place in a strange blue beam.
"SHIT."
Apparently Auron had known that Xodan was another mind of Darius, or else Auron wouldn't have understood who Xodan was. And Auron also evidently knew the importance of Xodan, or he wouldn't have responded the way he did.
Auron burst out of his room, dragging his hefty, broad sword behind him and skidded to a stop when he came across the room in which Xodan, Tidus, and Brynna were standing. I knew I shouldn't have left Darius by himself, he thought, mentally smacking himself for his stupidity. Now look what he's done! He's let Xodan take control of his body—again. Both Yevon and Yunalesca will pay for this.
"Au- Auron!" Brynna stuttered, staring at him, but she was too stunned by what she had previously learned about Xodan and Darius to say much else. "You- You've come to st-stop Xodan from—"
But it was all too much for her, apparently. She knew Xodan was about to destroy the place, thus killing her and everyone else inside the motel, but was too stunned to do anything about it. All of the information she had just learned had apparently been too much for her to handle, even if it might NOT be true—
So she fainted, and dropped to the floor, unconscious.
And evidently Xodan had performed a Stop spell on Tidus to stop him from doing anything, so Tidus could only just stand there, frozen, and watch the scene in dismay. But Auron was free to stop Xodan from destroying a THING.
Dyrnsyn, which was still in Xodan's hand, began to shine even brighter, until it illuminated the entire motel with a blinding white light. Slowly everyone else sleeping in the motel began to stir, awakened by the light.
"HOL—!" Xodan cried out, but before he could finish performing the Holy magic, Auron lifted his sword into the air, turned it on its flat side, and—
WHAAACK.
Xodan stumbled and fell to the ground.
But it was too late. Auron knew that by now Darius was back in control of his own body, but even though Auron had managed to whack Xodan unconscious before he could complete the Holy spell, he knew the spell was still in effect: The place was about to blow up.
Auron grabbed the bodies of Darius and Brynna (who were both unconscious) and threw them over his shoulder, sprinting into the hallway. He began to kick open the doors of all of Yuna's guardians—and Yuna—to get everyone's attention. "EVERYONE, OUT! WE MUST LEAVE! ASK NO QUESTIONS!" he boomed.
"But, Sir Auron—" Wakka started, yawning.
"NOW! GET—THE HELL—OUT!"
Yuna, Lulu, Wakka, and Kimahri all knew that Auron would not tell them to do something without good reason, so they all jumped over each other to reach the exit, with Auron following close behind. "QUICK! MOVE FASTER, THERE'S NO TIME!" Auron bellowed.
Yuna suddenly stopped. "Oh, poopie! I just realized—I forgot my slippers in my room! I'll be right back."
"NO! FORGET THE DAMN SLIPPERS!"
"But they have cute little chocobos on them…"
Oh hell no. Auron, exasperated, picked Yuna up by the hair and flung her reluctant ass outside, where she landed perfectly on two feet. In a matter of seconds Auron—along with Lulu, Wakka, Kimahri, an unconscious Darius, and an unconscious Brynna—was standing beside Yuna, watching the motel participate in a massive explosion. Bits of wood and flames went flying everywhere, and before anyone knew it, the Rin's Travel Agency Slash Motel was nothing more than a vast explosion of beds, chairs, and chocobo slippers.
"Good. We're all safe," Auron muttered, exhausted.
"But…I can't help thinking we forgot someone…" Lulu mused.
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Tidus screamed and shouted with horror as his atoms and particles went flying all over the place, participating in the colossal explosion.
"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Ah well," Lulu then shrugged. "It's probably nothing."
She then looked down, where Darius was beginning to stir.
"DAR! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" everyone cried—except Lulu, who merely said "Damn it!" and folded her arms.
He nodded wearily and tried to stand up, thinking about everything that had just happened. Everything that Jade had said—it had to be a lie. It just had to be. But still, even through his doubt, there was something inside of him that made him wonder:
Could it be true?
A/N- I have GOT to stop blowing all of my characters up. Well at least you got a chapter that greatly advanced the plot. n.n;;;
Next Chapter- The group (only half of which knows about Xodian and Darius's prophecy) continues the pilgrimage, and only more devastation occurs. (Oh, AND we meet Seymour again. Yeah, I know. Sorry.) Please review!
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