Part II

Chapter 18

- I'm sorry

- I'm sorry... - Josh whispered as he came out of the dark corner and grabbed the priest that was walking by the temple. The priest screamed and tried to break free, but Celia casted a spell to put the man unconscious.

- Let's get out of here, now! - Celia whispered to her partner as he picked the sleeping yevonite from the ground.

- Hey, calm down. - 'Why does Celia has to be always in a rush?...' - Let's just focus on not being seen, alright?

- That guy had already screamed, the rest of the priests will be here in a few minutes, we have no time to be discrete. - she said, as she started to walk fast to the doors of the temple. - You should have covered his mouth, you're an idiot.

- Whatever you say... - Josh grunted to himself and started to walk after Celia, while carrying the priest.

They got out of the temple, putted the priest's limp body inside a bag and started to walk through the streets. Even with the decreasing amount of yevonites, Bevelle was still considered the religious capital of Spira, and it still had a big population. The streets were crowded, not as much as Luca's streets (mainly in this time of the year, the Blitzball season), but crowded enough to make the two kidnapers walk there without having to act suspiciously. They arrived at one of the many Inn's in Bevelle and entered in one of the rooms.

- Hey, I did my job alone and still managed to do it faster than you two guys! - Marckus laughed as he got up from a chair and greeted his two companions. Lying in the bed, there was a body of an unconscious Yevonite priest. Josh dropped the bag he was carrying on the bed too, and revealed the priest that he and Celia had kidnapped.

- So, here they are... - Josh said as he stretch out his back, obviously tired of walking around with the priest o his back.

- Yep, two half-dead yevonite priests, perfect. - Marckus said, smiling.

- Two more for the club... - Josh whispered.

- Now you just have to do your thing and bring those guys back. - Celia said, as she lied on the bed.

- What are you doing? - Josh asked, looking at Celia disgusted.

- Resting...?

- You are... lying in the bed, along with two people that we had just kidnapped.

- So? - she raised her head to look at Josh.

- That is... weird, at the very least. - and said this he sited on the floor; Celia just laughed.

- Say, Marckus, when you brought us back it was with priests too, wasn't it? - Celia asked.

- Yeah. - he was now drinking from his bottle.

- Why this fetish for priests? - Josh asked this time.

- Fetish? - Marckus laughed - Nah... I don't like priests. I think that was the main reason.

- Oh, come on, you don't like anyone. - Celia joked.

- True, true... - Marckus gave a mouthful of his drink - But priests are this thing... They aren't just idiots like the rest of the people, they are,... eeeevil...

- And you're not? - this time Josh asked, also joking.

- And you're not? - Marckus asked back. - We all are, right? Bah, priests... deceiving everyone with their beliefs, preaching about what life is worth, covering their sins with their church. They do whatever they want, these demons can run around free and no one suspects a thing. - he punched the wall - They deserve to die.

- Oo... kay... - Josh was surprised with Marckus' sudden demonstration of hate towards Yevon.

- You're not gonna tell me they don't, are you? - Marckus got up - Priests, Yevon, Yunalesca, Zanarkand, bah... all lies, and you know that very well. These fuckers just keep feeding lies to the people over these thousand years, there is no crime if some priests are killed to bring people like us to life. - he putted the bottle back to his backpack - It's the least we can do... We are all evil, but we're also victims of this game.

- Victims? - Celia was now sitting in the border of the bed.

- Yes... Come on, what did we do to be on the middle of all this? One day I'm living my life in Zanarkand, in the next day I find myself in Spira, being hunted down like an animal by the priests and the Fayth.

- Now that you mention that, I guess that bringing those two guys back will cause the Fayth to go mad again, right? - Josh asked, unsure.

- Yeah, same old shit as always - Celia let out a sigh - But, hey, at least we get some action, right?

- Damn right! - Marckus shouted. - Let's bring them back!

--

'How much longer will it take?...'

'Impatient already? Ah!'

'Shut up, you...'

'Look, kid, we ain't gonna leave this place, so it's bett...'

'Right. And Zanarkand never existed. And Sin will never be destroyed. Why do you have to be so closed minded? Besides, we still don't know who that guy was.'

'Hhmm...'

'Come on, this time you heard the guy too!'

'Yeah, but don't put your hopes to high...'

'I wanna put the hopes high! If I can, why not? What do I have to loose?'

'Your sanity?'

'Oh, right, that is very usefull in here!'

- Not in here, but you might want to keep it in Spira.

'Wha...'

- Although being insane it's not bad at all...

'Wait. Who are you? Are you the guy who...'

- Yes, I'm the guy.

'Can you get us out of here?'

- Yep. Right back to Spira.

'Wait. First, who are you?'

'Who cares? Take me out of here!'

- That's why I'm here.

'Wait just a second!'

- Look, I know that it might sound weird right now, but I'll explain everything once we meet... face to face.

'Yes, it sounds very weird. You don't sound like the Fayth.'

- That's because,... wanna guess? I'm not a Fayth.'

'Yeah, yeah, whatever. If you wanna stay here, do as you want, old man. But I wanna go back, okay?!'

'If you ain't a Fayth why and how are you gonna bring us back to Spira?'

- I'll explain everything when you are back. Now we must hurry; if the Fayth knows about this we're toasted... Well, I'm toasted, the Fayth can't get you any worse, I guess...

'What? Why? The Fayth said that they were gonna bring us back. What the hell are you talking about?!'

- Yeah, right. The Fayth say a lot, but they only do shit. Some Fayth said the same to me, but if I had trusted him, I would be trapped in this place for ever. You will be trapped here for ever if you trust the Fayth. They said that they would help me, but they ended up trying to kill me... well, sort of, as I can't really be killed, like you guys.

'Explain that better...'

'I guess I'll have to wait until you are satisfied, right, old man?'

- Look, I don't really have time to explain here. We are from Zanarkand, we got accidentally attacked by Sin and ended up in Spira. The Fayth didn't like it and now they are trying to keep us caged in here. I bet that they said to you that they were trying to find a way to bring you back to Spira, or whatever... That's another lie, they'll just keep saying that for ever, and you will never get out of here. Unless you trust me. I'll give you the whole story when you are here, in Spira. But if the Fayth finds that I'm talking to you... bad things will happen, for all of us.

'That's enough for me.'

'You are from Zanarkand too?'

- Yes... Really, trust me. Why would I want to hurt you, or make something bad to you? I know how you are right now, I have already been trapped here. Besides, there are more people like us, they were in this place too, until I managed to bring them back, now they are living in Spira.

'I guess... that's enough for me too. Do whatever you have to do to bring us back'

--

- Ya'll ready?!

- Yeah!

- Let's win this tournament!

- For Tidus!

- Yeah!

The Aurochs were all excited about this year's Blitzball tournament. After last year's victory, they practiced harder than ever to try to win again this year.

- What's our goal? - Wakka shouted.

- WIN! - the team screamed, making their room the loudest locker room in the whole stadium.

- Hey, Wakka, if you keep doing that you'll be out of energy during the game! - a woman laughed, making the team turn around to the door.

- Yuna! - Wakka exclaimed, as he walked to hug his 'little sister' - You came!

- Of course I did. - she giggled. - I never missed a game, did I?

- Hey, look at you... How long have you been out?

- I... don't know, I...

- We missed you in Besaid, yah? - he said as they both sitted on one on the benches of the room.

- I missed you too, but... - she lowered her head, not knowing exactly what to say.

- Hey, let it be... I understand. - he said, putting one hand on Yuna's shoulder.

Yuna looked to him and smiled.

- Thank you.

- Hey, capt'n! I found the games schedule! - Datto entered in the room with a paper on his hand. - Our first game is in two hours, and we have another tomorrow.

The Aurochs began to talk all at the same time, excited to finally know who they were playing against in the first phase of the tournament.

- You didn't know your games yet? - Yuna looked surprised, as usually the players knew the games some time after the tournament actually begins.

- Hey, we've just arrived here in Luca! We had to delay our boat one day because Keppa had disappeared! - he justified.

- Disappeared? What happened? - Yuna looked concerned.

- Don't worry, nothing special. - Wakka laughed - The guy just happened to fall in the river, and ended up in a cavern that exists behind the waterfall!

- What waterfall? - Yuna didn't remember having a cavern behind any waterfall in Besaid.

- Oh, you know, that big one that is on the way to the village. Who would know that Besaid had caverns, yah? Anyway, Keppa accidentally ended up inside that cavern, we looked for him during the entire day, but he only showed up almost at night, so we had to take the boat to Luca in the following day. - Wakka stretched and looked to Yuna – So... how've you been?

- Good... great, actually. - Yuna leaned to the wall - It's being good to have a break from Besaid... Being with Rikku and the guys is great, and I feel, more... - she closed her eyes. - I don't know... free, maybe.

- Great to hear that. Me and Lulu were worried about you, that you would continue to stay like, hmm... - he wasn't sure of what he should say in order not to bring those bad memories back - you know...

- Like I was in Besaid, I see... - she opened her eyes and looked down - Don't worry, I'm fine, better, I guess...

- Hey! Let's go see Lulu! - Wakka suddenly stood up - I think she's outside, yah?

- Yes, let's go then. - she got up too and began to walk to the exit of the room.

- Hey, capt'n, we're you goin'? - one of the players asked.

- Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Just keep an eye on Keppa to see if he doesn't disappear again, yah? - said this, the whole team started laughing.

End of Chapter 18

New, chapter finally. I don't even wanna see how long I haven't posted a new chapter... Anyway, good news: my exams are over! Finally! I'm officially on vacations from now on! And that means that I have a lot more time to write, so, you can expect new chapters more often :D