Final Kingdom
Chapter 4: Rejoined.
"We do not know what it is that has happened, but it seems that she has come a long way." Kaori heard someone say, though she did not know whom.
"Yes, and she fought exceedingly well, even though it seems she is from some far off place." Yuna said, though she sounded different.
After some time, she finally was able to sit up, and realize where she was. She was in the tent in the middle of the valley.
When they realized that she was awake, Yuna came over, and started questioning her.
"Who are you? Why were those people chasing you? Where did you come from? What are you doing here? Why are you alone? For what purpose did you come? Who-" Yuna asked, being cut off by Kaori herself.
"Now you're starting to sound like me. You know who I am, I am Kaori. They were chasing me, because, I don't know. I came from New York City, but more recently, I came from Besaid. I am here looking for you. I am alone, because that is how I was left. I am here to ask why you left me, and how I can get home." Kaori said, answering all of her questions, just like they did opposite when she herself first got to Spira.
"I do not know you." Yuna said, looking confusedly at her.
"Yes, you do, a impostor took my place in the journey, and so I had to get help to find you, so I could make it right, so Vahe helped me." Kaori explained.
"I am not sure whether to believe you or not, but right now, I choose not to, just because it seems that the person that has come with us this far, is truly Kaori from New York. But then, if she was, then how do you know about that place?" Yuna asked, looking even more confused that she was a moment ago.
"I would know about it, because I'm trying to get back to it. Ask Auron, he will know." Kaori said, looking at her confidently.
"Alright then, I will get him." Yuna said, knowing that somehow she was supposed to be with them.
As she was walking outside looking for Auron, Kaori had the doctor, that was who she guessed it was, leave so she could get dressed, and get something that would undoubtedly prove her story.
After she had changed, she got something out of her bag, and put in on the bed beside her, and sat back down.
After a few more moments, Yuna returned with Auron, and surprisingly, Auron had someone with him.
"The impostor." Auron said, in his usual slow low voice.
"Yes, it must be, she does resemble me, doesn't she?" Kaori said, looking closely at the girl.
"I still do not know which one is the true one." Yuna said, looking between both.
"Since you still doubt, tell me what this is." Kaori said, holding up the package, which was still wrapped.
"I recognize it already." Auron said, looking at what she was pointing to.
"Yes, I believe I do too, but I cannot be sure." Yuna said, walking slowly towards Kaori, and reaching out to take the package.
As she slowly unwrapped it, slowly, you could see a hilt, and then a blade. Finally she pulled all of it out, and realized, that it was one of Aurons old swords, that he had given to one of the priests of Besaid.
"But this was a gift to Vahe." Yuna said, trying still to believe both sides of the story.
"But he gave it as a gift to me, so that I would have a somewhat safe journey, and he taught me how to use it as well." Kaori said. "But I was also hoping, that when I got with you again, then I could get lessons from Sir Auron. So that if something like what happened today happened again, then I could defend myself better."
"It has been four days. If you did not wake up soon, we would have been forced to leave you, the only reason we stayed even this long, was Auron made us." Yuna said, looking at her solemnly.
"I will be forever grateful for that, if you had not, then I would have kept following you. I will do what I must, so that I may get back to my family. My mother was supposed to have my baby brother soon, and I wanted to be there, so that I could help out around the house, and show that I didn't just play around." Kaori said, tears starting to come to her eyes.
After several more hours, she finally convinced all of them, that she was indeed the real Kaori. Since it was starting to get dark out, then they decided that they would find something to do with the impostor, and stay the night, leaving the next day.
In the morning, when everyone was awake, they were all surprised to see that Kaori was already awake, and that she was out fighting fiends, so that she would not have to wake anyone, but she could still practice.
When Auron realized that she had not yet noticed him, he decided that he would now see if she was worth teaching. It would take a lot from her, and it would take a lot of his time, but if she was able to learn, to his extent, then he was willing to teach her.
After she had killed some fiend that she was fighting, then he went out to join her, and told her that they would be fighting each other, to disarm.
After some time of this, some of the others started to watch, and see some of her fighting skills. Whenever Auron and Kaori were done, Lulu came over and asked her if she knew any Black Magic.
"Only a little, and that's just mostly what I know from using the sword." Kaori told her, looking a bit discouraged.
"Well then, we must fix that." Lulu told her, starting to smile.
For quite some hours, they worked at the magic, and then finally Lulu said that it was time to stop. They must start on their journey again.
All that day, when they came to a battle, Kaori tried her magic, like Lulu had told her to use, and when she fought with her sword, she used it like in their sparring this morning.
When finally they stopped to rest, Kaori just sat down, ready to eat, and go to bed. But everyone had other ideas.
"You shall train with me. It is good that you know how to fight, and use black magic, but you must learn white magic as well." Yuna told her that night, before Kaori laid down to sleep.
"Can we do that tomorrow, or some other time? I'm so tired, and I'm really just wanting to sleep." Kaori told her, in a bit of a whining voice.
"No, tomorrow, you shall train with Auron, like today, along with Lulu, and then tomorrow night, you shall train with me. Just like tonight. When you get used to this schedule then we shall have Rikku teach you how to steal, such as items, and some of her other…abilities. After some more time, Tidus will teach you his abilities, and then Wakka. We do not yet know if Kimahri is willing to teach you his, but if he is, it will be in his own time, so if he says come, then don't question, or complain." Yuna said, looking at her toughly with determination.
"I suppose I must then. What will we learn tonight?" Kaori asked her, standing up slowly, for she felt very stiff.
"Do you know how to heal? To cast silence? Or how to use Esuna? These are actually essential, and it will be some time before we teach you how to cast Life. We will push you many times to finish something by a certain day, but that is only if it is needed. You will be fighting the most, since you are the newest to this, but that does not mean that you will fight alone." Yuna said, starting to feel like a Summoner again.
"How do I know, I mean, how is it that you keep up with everything? It seems that you all know basically the same things, and yet, some are better than others at it. How is it that you keep up with all of them?" Kaori asked, hoping that all they would be doing tonight was talking about what she knew.
"That will be part of your lessons. Now, what do you know how to do?" Yuna asked her, getting back on subject.
"Well, Vahe put some names to these, he said that I could use cure, and I can cast shell, protect and reflect. And I can use some of the swords abilities. Like Blizzaga, Firaga, Waterga, and Thundaga. With it I can also cast stone, and petrify, along with poison. Along with death and doom." Kaori said, struggling to remember all that Vahe had taught her.
"Then you know much, I will not be teaching you how to cast the black magic without the sword, that will be Lulu, but I will teach you how to cast Stone ward, and petrify, and poison, and holy, also stone, and Esuna, as I mentioned earlier, along with many others. You will have to remember everything that we teach you, for it may mean your life one day." Yuna told her, getting very serious, yet also having fun teaching someone magic.
"Well, I better learn fast then. Will I still be able to use all this in my world? Or will it just not work?" Kaori asked, thinking that if it did work, then she could possibly teach some of the better stuff to people, and stop all the bloodshed, and families losing loved ones.
"I do not think that it would work in your world. It seems to me, that things are so much different. Though I could be wrong." Yuna told her. "Though if you're still wanting to learn how to summon, we had better start teaching you to be an apprentice Summoner."
"I would very much like to be a Summoner, but I'm not sure what good it will do, I still plan on going home soon." Kaori said, trying to act mature.
"I do not think that you will be going home as soon as you would like, or thought. I have been searching for a way to get you home, and I have not found anything yet, and neither has any of the others." Yuna said, starting to think again how it had worked for the last little while.
"Is there not any way that we can find? How did Tidus get home? Or even how did he get back? Maybe it's the same as that." Kaori said, thinking back to how she had been told of all the events previous her coming.
"Tidus used to be just a dream of the Aeons, but it is possible that we talk to the spirit of the Aeons, and ask if they could help us." Yuna said, doubting still.
"Then lets get started with this thing." Kaori said, starting to hope that she would soon be home.
"We shall go to the temple of the Magus Sisters. They are the closest, and should be able to help." Yuna told her, "But for now, lets get you some better White Magic."
That night, when finally they finished, Kaori was even more tired, than she had ever been, and playing with her daddy, she could get pretty tired. When she fell asleep, she again dreamed of the girl, and all the other people, but there was a new addition. A little boy. He did not look to be very old, only about six, but it seemed that he would have to be her little brother, for he looked somewhat like her, but also like her mommy and daddy. She started to wonder why he was already so old, and yet, just a few months ago, he wasn't even born yet.
In the morning, when she woke up, she was again, the first one to wake, but soon Auron was awake as well, and they started with their training again.
When they finished that, Lulu came out, not giving her any sort of rest, and started with the Black Magic. When they finished with that, and she could now do the four basic spells, then they had breakfast, and left.
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