Final Kingdom
Chapter 6: Aeons
Kaori knew that something was different, but she was not sure what. So she went on with life as she knew it, meaning that she was going to help get rid of the Witch/Queen, and become a Summoner, like she had been planning on.
Next Kaori would be going to get another Aeon, and she was going to train with them as much as possible so that she would be as strong as she possibly could, so that she could fight the Queen better.
In their journey, Kaori practiced with everyone just like before she lost her memory, and now she even trained with her Aeons, so she would know as much as everyone else, for she wanted to be able to help with everything.
Next they would be going to Bevelle and getting Bahamut. Kaori was excited about this, since Bahamut was the first Aeon she had ever seen.
Kaori felt bad, that they had already come this far, and now they were going back, just so that she could get her Aeons, but there was something else involved. For some reason, she knew that she had to help get rid of the Queen, and she also had to get back to Besaid, she was not sure why, but she just knew that she had to.
During the trip, Kaori didn't know why, but there was always something occurring to her, and she didn't even know what any of it was, except for the parts that would show her.
There were some parts where she was playing with a man, in a place that she didn't know, there were parts of her cooking with a woman she didn't know, there were parts with a little girl, that wasn't her, and with a little boy. All of these people she didn't know, and she didn't even recognize the place that they were standing.
When she saw these things, she would just stop walking, and be in a sort of trance, so when that would happen, then Auron would pick her up, and they would continue.
When she would come out of the trance, she would be, for some odd reason, staring at Aurons butt, since that was the way that her head was positioned, from being over his shoulder.
These happened about two or three times a day, but sometimes they wouldn't be very clear, so she couldn't really see them well, and sometimes they would repeat, so she would see the same one a couple of times. When she saw something that wasn't very clear, then she would get a bit annoyed, and then when she saw them again, then she would understand, and see why it took twice, because some of the visions as she called them, were somewhat understandable, messing with someone, in a place with not much grass or trees, but sometimes they would show her watching some kind of box, or sometimes she would be listening to some kind of rectangle, and she wouldn't know how it was happening, but sometimes with the visions, came sound, and sometimes they did not.
After she had gotten used to having these weird visions, she could train without having to worry if she would get hurt or do something really bad, as she had a couple of times, from blanking out. She had once used doom on Lulu when she blanked out.
When she started getting used to having the visions, they were nearly to Bevelle, so she was getting nervous again, since she would be getting the first Aeon that she had ever seen, and that had given her the idea to become a Summoner.
It took another three days to Bevelle, and then before they went to the temple, they got enough provisions to get them to Macalania next, since that would be their next stop.
After that, they got a couple rooms at an inn, and then they went to the temple. Kaori, now nervous more than ever, went first, since she had heard that that was what you were supposed to do if you were the Summoner. She was walking very slowly, but she finally got to the Trial, and got through, with a little help every now and then.
Once she had finally gotten to the end, she was ready to turn around and go back. But she knew that she didn't want to have to do that again, so she figured that she would keep going, just make sure to be able to go through with the summoning.
When it was time for her to go into the Aeon room, she looked behind her, and saw everyone looking at her, and felt like she was part of a show. She looked down for a few seconds, and then looked at everyone again, and realized that they were nodding their heads, or doing something that they were holding their hands in fists except for their thumbs, which were pointed up. She thought that she knew what it was, something like 'thumbs up' but she didn't know from where, since she had never seen it except for with them.
Thankfully she knew that they were all her friends, since they had shown it time and again.
While she was inside, everyone outside wondered how long it would take this time. The longest that she had ever been in there was a day and a half, but this could be even longer, since, by now, she had already been in there a day.
They had to stop several times to think and make sure that they had refused and dealt the harshest punishment. Death.
Several times it had crossed Yuna' mind, but every time she denied it, thinking that it was just very hard on her this time. She had been training to the extreme. Yet, until they had gotten here, she had not shown any effort to keep going. Everyone had thought that she was able to just keep going, but Yuna knew that it was an act, for she had had to do it at one time as well. Though the thought was not confirmed until they had come here, and sent her through the trial.
With every meal, they had postponed it until they knew that she would not be there for that specific meal. Much to the distaste of Tidus, who always wanted to eat.
At the end of the second day, she still hadn't come out. Now every one was really starting to worry. There had only been one time that they could remember was ever recorded that it had taken this long. This could only be bad.
On the eighth day, everyone had given up, and was getting ready to leave, when the doors opened, and out came a person that they had a hard time recognizing. She was walking subconsciously, but it was indeed Kaori.
She looked like she was going to fall, but instead she just sat down. Nearly everyone went over to her, and Yuna had to start feeding her so that she could get back to normal as soon as possible. They decided that instead of continuing the journey like they had confirmed before Kaori went in, they would just rest at the inn in Bevelle.
"I've…finally got…Bahamut." Kaori said, quietly and slowly.
Because she was unable to walk, they had to carry her out of the temple. When they passed others, people would stop what they had been doing, to watch and see who it was, and what had happened. No one recognized her, but everyone knew by her dress and the way that they were carrying her that she was a Summoner.
Several times a day, they would wake her up, so that she could eat something, and get plenty to drink, and so they could make sure that she was still able to talk and move.
At this rate, it was nearly nine full days before she recovered enough to walk around without someone following her to make sure that she either didn't over exert herself, or incase something happened.
They stayed in Bevelle for another fifteen days after she started walking somewhat normally, just to make sure that she would in fact, be able to make it for more than a couple hours of walking.
For a total, they were in Bevelle about a month. Usually that would be unheard of, since they were trying to get trained as much as possible to beat the witch, and get back to the normal life, and possibly get Kaori' memory back.
"So where will we be going now? Macalania? So that I may get Shiva?" Kaori asked, while they were packing to leave.
"Yes. Then we will be going back to Djose, and you will get Ixion, and we will then continue back to Kilika and get you Ifrit. Then we will be back home in Besaid, and I will get to see my daughter. While you get Valefor of course." Yuna said, making sure that she had everything that she needed.
"You have a daughter? I didn't know that." Kaori said, turning to face her.
"And another on the way." Yuna said, smiling. "You can't tell right now, but it hasn't been very long."
"What is the name?" Kaori asked, getting somewhat interested.
"The little girl that I have now is Aiko. And if it's a girl, then I'm going to name her Leonita. If it's a boy, I'm not sure yet. I'm hoping for another girl." Yuna said, pulling out a picture.
"She's pretty. How old is she?"
"Going to be three this winter."
In the picture, Kaori saw a little girl that looked neither like her mother or her father. She had blonde hair, but it had a weird tint to it. She had blue eyes, and she was very pretty, but she looked more like her grandfather, in Kaori' opinion.
"She can be an angel, or a little devil. It depends on how much sleep she gets." Yuna said, getting her little knapsack and tying to her shoulders so that she would have more free movement.
"Well, we're all ready out here. You guys ready?" Tidus asked, stepping into the room.
"Yeah, lets go." Kaori said.