World Domination: The Story of Shadow
Chapter 3: No friends, only enemies.
Yuna had left to pray with Lulu and Kimahri shortly after talking with me. That big blue beast man was so hard to find. I didn't even see him go into the temple. Then the thought hit me, 'He would be watching Yuna when she sleeps as well!' That defiantly complicated things. This was my only chance to get at her without having to kill ever Mandy and her dog in the way… "I'd just have to be even quieter," I said to myself as I started to walk out of the village.
I was disappointed when I wasn't attacked. I need to practice my sword skills and my powers. It doesn't mean I was alone, every time I'd turn around Keira was there. She either had her back to me or was behind something watching me. It was starting to piss me off, but I continued anyway.
Soon I was at the lookout looking down on the village. "So small," I mumble before turning around and drawing my sword. I slashed at the air getting a feel for the blade. I might have talked big, when I was on Earth, about my sword skills. But to tell the truth I'd never held a real one in my life. It felt better then I would have thought. I slashed stepped slashed again. I used a burst of power from my feet to launch myself into a spin over my imaginary foe and slashed on my way down. This felt just too good to be true. My fun was cut short when Keira walked into eye sight. It hit me again just how cute she was, which just pissed me off again. The last thing I needed was her distracting me all the time.
With a burst of speed which amazed even me, I had closed the distance between me and her. My blade was at her throat and I growled deeply. She didn't look worried, didn't even try to get out of the way. "What…do… you… want?" I said each word slowly making sure she could hear the anger build inside me.
"I just thought…" she said in a soft quiet voice, almost sounding embarrassed to say it.
"You thought we could hang out?" I put my sword away and turn my back on her, "I'm not in much of a mood for a friend." I turned to look at her before she could say anything, nodding weakly Keira turned to leave. "Where are you going?" I asked. She turned back to look at me, her face brightening up, "You serve me, don't forget that. Now get over here and show me if you're any good with that sword. 'Cause I'm not going to ever save your ass, got it?" With a nod we both held our sword at each other.
I held mine next to my head with the blade horizontal my free arm held out at the same angle as my sword like I was a sword master. Keira copied my stance. Without any warning I charged her at normal speed. Shocked slightly, Keira swang the sword at me, it totally missed leaving an opening for me. I stopped the blade before it beheaded her and kicked her in the gut instead. Hitting the ground and rolling a few times, she didn't move for a moment. I'd thought she had given up when she stood again. "Good, you're not as weak as I thought," then I attacked again, flipping over her head and kicking her in the back.
This continued until Luzzu and Gatta returned from their patrol with Wakka and Tidus in tow. Keira was having trouble standing with a few bruises on her. I walked up to her when she dropped to one knee and help her up. "You learn quickly when under presser," I told her putting her arm over my shoulder for support, She had a look of wonder. Tidus looked at us for a moment before running to catch up with Wakka. "So it begins…" I said almost carrying Keira back to the village. Again nothing attacked me to my disappointment. One attacked Wakka and Tidus, but that was the only one.
We didn't talk the whole trip back. Even if she would have talked to me I wouldn't have said anything, I was to busy planing what I would do with Tidus. Dumping Keira onto a bed, I sighed, 'We'd have to share that bed to night…' I looked down at the girl. She'd almost fell asleep start away. I hiss and stormed out slightly red in the face, I didn't need the damn distractions.
Tidus was looking about the village then followed Wakka into his tent. 'He would be handy to lure Sin, if I ever needed to…' I stroked my chin in thought, 'Always good to have a back up plan. But hopefully it won't come to that.' For now I had to pass the time.
"Matt, was it?" Luzzu asked walking up to me. He found me leaning against one of the pillars on the Besaid Temple, I opened my eyes to look at him and nodded slowly then closed them again, "Wakka has asked for a bed…,"
"We'll share a bed with Keira," I still had my eyes closed, damn distractions. I think he nodded but he left to do whatever he does. I was trying to access my regained memories without the pain, it wasn't working at all. I couldn't understand it. I'd get so much pain I couldn't concentrate on the memory. It was becoming pointless of me having them again. In frustration I made my way back to the crusaders tent, and laid down on the bed next to Keira. I never could sleep during the day. So after some time I found myself watching the Ex-Genie sleep. 'I had really done a number on her,' I thought sitting up, 'Maybe I shouldn't had been so hard on her…' I leant over and brushed some stray hair out of her face. I slapped myself in the forehead and almost ran out, 'I can't have feeling for anyone if I'm going to take this world' I stopped and watched Tidus and Wakka walk into the Temple, 'No feeling at all, not for anyone… Not ever for her.'
Yuna soon came out and showed everyone her new aeon. Kinda weird lookin in real life, but I guess it can get the job done in a fight. The party afterward was sad. Not much to eat but fruit, and some cake things I'd never seen before. I didn't complain, I hadn't eaten since I'd gotten there. Keira even came out to eat, I thought she looked tired still, but she talked to some randoms of the game. I had a brief conversation with Tidus, Him "Hi." Me, "…Hey" And we went a separate ways. Then Wakka felt he needed to annoy me by asking me what I was going to do tomorrow. "To Luca to watch the Blizt," I'd hope he would leave me alone then, I was sadly mistaken.
"You like Blizt Ball, ya?" He tried to stand taller as he pointed to the group of Blizt Ball players behind him, "I'm captain of the Besaid Au…"
"The team that hasn't won for as long as people can remember?" I cut him off and hoped this would get him away from me, "Yeah… I know…" I turned away from him and scanned the 'celebration' for Yuna. Tidus was talking to her. I don't know what Wakka did, I think he started to say something when I walked off toward the Crusaders tent. Keira walked up to me at that point with an apple in her hand, "Here, this is for you," she holding out the fruit beaming with a smile, "You dropped the one you had when we first met."
I slowly shock my head in amazement, "Thanks, but I already eaten enough. Get to bed, we have a long trip tomorrow and you'll need to be rested up."
"What about you?" she asked putting the apple in a new leather bad I didn't see her get.
"Moving forward with my plans… Get in there and don't say anything about this to anyone." With a nod she walked into the tent and I melted into the shadows and made my way to the tent I saw Yuna go into. Thankfully Kimahri had his own tent next to hers. I cut a slit on a corner so it wouldn't be obvious to anyone until it was too late. To my non-surprise it was littered with gifts she had received over the years from the village. They treasured her way to much. Silently walking up to her bed, I couldn't help but feel like I was some kind of pervert. Guess I was sneaking into a girl's room while she slept. Pressing all thoughts aside, I got to work.
I formed the ball of mist in my hand. To anyone else it would look like a black ball, but I could see the inside. It was like a mass of tangled wires, each had its preposes, each with a task. Looking down on my victim it almost amused me to how peaceful and easy going she was. Always wanting to help people, bring happiness to all of Spira. Little did she know it would be her undoing. Placing the ball next to her head, it immediately broke up into individual pieces and slipped into Yuna's head. She started to toss in her sleep. Nightmares of her being too weak to defeat Sin even with the Final Aeon. Only part one of the change I was forcing on her.
Slipping back out again, I made my way back to the Crusaders tent. I was extremely tired now, the weirdness of sleeping in the same bed with a girl I've only known for twenty-four hours didn't matter, only sleep. I pulled off the armour, sword and laid down. Keira almost immediately cuddled up to me. 'This is nice,' was my last thought before slipping into sleep's darkness.
LordShadow: Yay for Matt's evil plan for Yuna. Can you guess what it is? Huh? Can ya? Anywho, I noticed a great lack of you people writing reviews. Only Zenumasu has reviewed, and thanks for the review, man. Means a lot to me :). Anywho, this is my longest chapter yet. A lot has happened, 'n a lot more is going to happen. First see sin in the next chapter, and some early signs of Yuna's change. Review and give me that fuzzy feeling.
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Next Chapter: A sinless angel, soon to be mine.