Balthier: Hahahaha, I was telling you this entire time!

Fuu: Grr, I can't believe you were right about me being the Legend!

Balthier: Who will say this Disclaimer now?

Vossler: Ahem. Fuu doesn't own Final Fantasy XII, and that goes for the characters, settings, and plots of the game. However, she owns herself, the young girl Yuko, and these two others named Fini and Misa.

Balthier: So, enjoy chapter ten :)

Fuu: That's my line!!

Chapter Ten:

Vossey goes boom?!

There I was. Standing in the Tomb of the Dynast-King…I was face to face with his spiritual figure, and he was telling me that I was truly the Legend he was speaking of. This was superb.

"Now, now, my child. You seem very tense." Raithwall spoke up, ending my jaw-dropped facial expression.

"I…uh…I…I WASN'T LITERALLY EXPECTING TO BE A LEGEND, DUDE!" I suddenly shouted. The ghost suddenly began to laugh.

"It was pretty obvious." He gently smiled towards me. "No matter. Now that you know what you are now, I must give you my warning." I sighed. There were certain precautions to being a Legend? Might as well give me "Raithwall's Legend: For Dummies" as a gift.

"Give it to me." I muttered. (That's what she said!)

"Your powers are controlled over anger and agony. If they were overused…well…it wouldn't turn very nice. Your mind will only think of those two emotions and will completely take over. You will turn violent and would destroy anything in your path, and that would greatly affect your comrades." Raithwall said, putting his hands on my shoulders again. The ghostly presence on my shoulders gave me chills down my spine, forming goosebumps all over my arms and the back of my neck. "The ability to tell upcoming events in life and to control Espers is a strong, willing gift to have. It can also be a nightmare. Please keep in mind that you're using your own skill and strength put into this ability you were given. Use it only when you need it, as it will drain you and weaken you."

"Don't worry." I said with full confidence all of a sudden. "I trust myself and my needs."

"Very good. That's my girl." Raithwall gave a final smile before his figure faded back into his "Shiny Form"…and he disappeared. I got the last glimpse of him before he vanished, and I collapsed to my knees. I was just talking to King Raithwall.

"Fuu." Yuko said.

"I'm fine. With Belias and other Espers out there, I think we can save Dalmasca from destruction." I grinned at my new group of friends. Vossler nodded his head, and then he looked at Princess Ashe.

"Your Majesty, we must go."

"Not yet, Vossler." Ashe said, rising up her hand. She walked towards the Dawn Shard, sitting untouched on the pedestal only a few feet in front of her. She then gasped at what she saw next…a ghostly image of her dead husband. "Rasler!" The image disappeared not long after her gasp, and she exhaled. She then grabbed the Dawn Shard.

"Let's leave." Fran said, turning around back into the trials of the tomb. I got up and went up to Balthier.

"Balthier." I said softly. He turned around, and he was shocked when I hugged him, wrapping my arms around him. "Thank you…for earlier." I could tell by his silence that he didn't know how to react about this, but he hugged me back gently, only for a few seconds, but good enough to get rid of my chills from before. My heart beat fast as he gave me that sexy, crooked smile.

"There is nothing to thank me about…but if the young lady wants to thank me, then she shall have my gratitude." He said. He then brought his face closer to mine, whispering to me. "My Legend." He then walked away back where everyone else was walking. I blushed madly, grinned, took out my iPod, and listened to every love song there was on there. One I listened to especially was "If I Fell", originally by the Beatles, but I only had the Across the Universe version, and it was pretty.

"Obsessed much?" Fini asked me, noticing what the screen of my nano said.

"Shut your trap, pixie." I said happily.

"Yeah, she's extremely obsessed." Misa sweatdropped.

We finally made it out of the tomb safe and sound…until we saw a horrible sight. Airships…and they were heading towards us. Ah, crap, they found us. A large airship landed in the area of the Garuda battle and its doors opened up, numerous imperial soldiers coming towards us. There were too many to fight off, so we had to surrender, unfortunately. One guard grabbed my wrists roughly and he was dragging me down the stairs. I took one glance at his face…you've got to be kidding me.

"When will you stop this mischief, girl?" Garbuden asked me, smirking.

"When will you stop appearing everywhere I go?" I muttered to him as I was brought onto the airship.

…

Ghis was smiling at us, not at all shocked to see the group of us again. He was especially smiling at me, since I was the one who really whooped his ass the last time I fought with him.

"Such an honor to see you again, Majesty. The same goes to you, Legend." Ghis smirked. I gave him the finger, but like when I did it before, no one understood my message. "I had begun to worry that we may have given some cause for offense."

"What a large display of remorse, Ghis." Ashe said. "Now what is it that you want?"

"The Nethicite, please." Ghis replied.

"The Nethicite." Penelo said, staring at the prettiful jewel in her hands.

"We seek Raithwall's legacy! We must have the Nethicite!" Ghis said.

"Is power really that wonderful to you, huh?" I yelled. "Leave us alone!" Garbuden punched me in the stomach and I fell to the floor, clenching my stomach in pain.

"Why would I ever leave the Legend of Raithwall alone? Especially with your power, the Nethicite will give me that, as well! Power is great when you think about it; it is no game… Even you should know that, Fuu." Ghis stated.

"Tch. You are right, I do have power, but like I'd use it 24/7, you damn psycho." I said, my voice slightly deepening from the pain. I was actually proud with those words, cuz now I sounded like those tough, Badass babes in TV shows and stuff. One point Fuu, zero points Ghis.

"Hmm…anyway, we must seek out the Nethicite. Did you not tell them Captain Azelas?" Ghis questioned. Everyone stared at Vossler.

"Vossey?" I asked; feeling totally betrayed by someone I trusted. Although I knew it would happen since I played the game before, but; it felt like a much harder situation to face because I became pretty good friends with the guy.

"He speaks of the Dawn Shard. That is the Nethicite." Vossey said.

"Have you gone mad, Vossler?" Basch asked, disappointed.

"We will have to accept the truth for the sake of Dalmasca." Vossler replied. Basch growled angrily and turned to the other direction.

"Think of it. Give us the Dawn Shard and Princess Ashe will restore her throne. A tough choice, I must say. An entire kingdom for a stone." Ghis grinned.

"Damn PSYCHO!" I screamed, running up to Ghis and about to punch him, but I was pulled back by Garbuden and onto the ground. And, sadly, once again, I was out cold.

…

I woke up in a dark chamber, where I saw my wrists tied up in front of me. I sighed. Fuu minus 1, Ghis plus 2. I looked over at everyone else as I walked up to Vaan.

"You didn't miss much. Just Vossler being a traitor."

"This sucks." I sighed.

"Agreed. This sucks bad." Vaan replied.

Then, out of nowhere, Fran was gasping for air, slightly crouching down to the ground.

"Fran?" Vaan asked.

"Such…heat…the Mist, it's burning!" Fran shouted. Uh oh, the scientists were testing out the power of the Dawn Shard. Not good, especially for Fran. She crouched onto the ground completely, gasping more and more in pain. A guard came up.

"You! Stand!" He shouted. Then, out of nowhere, he was thrown back. Everything got quiet…and the only thing heard was Fran's growling. Her long fingernails screeched along the ground into her fists…and her vicious scream broke her shackles and she attacked the guards with her high kicks.

"What's wrong with her?" Penelo asked frantically.

"I always knew Fran wasn't fond of being tied up." Balthier replied, picking the lock of his shackles, releasing them from his wrists. "I just never knew how much."

"Fran's got a good plan. Let's scram, lil doggies!" I shouted, running towards the exit. Before I ran any further, Vossler jumped out in front of me and grabbed my arms, pulling them over my head and turning me around to face the group.

"Fuu!" Yuko shouted.

"No farther, or your precious Legend will have her pretty little throat slit!" Vossey said, putting his sword in front of my neck.

"That would be an awful mess to clean up, you know. I learned that from Sweeney Todd, since they have some rather nasty throat-slitting scenes in the barber shop and—." I said, not very afraid for some odd reason. I guess because I was so used to Vossey that I didn't find him very intimidating.

"First thing I'll cut is that tongue of yours!" He sneered.

"Put her down, Vossler!" Basch said.

"Why do you do this, Basch? This struggle is futile! You must know where it leads!" Vossler stated.

"I do know…a little too well." Basch replied. Vossler aimed his sword at Basch, still clinging onto my wrists. Fini and Misa then flew over and got out my ninja sword and cut the hand Vossler was holding me up with. He let me go and I grabbed the sword, running over to the group.

"There's only one way out…and we must take desperate measures to get to that exit." I said, aiming my own sword at Vossler. "Forgive us, Vossey." We all charged at him and took our best shots. He collapsed onto the ground in pain, and it pained me to see him in that state. All of a sudden, the room began to shake.

"Let's get out of here!" Yuko shouted, grabbing my hand and dragging me to the exit. I turned around and saw Vossler.

"No! Vossey!" I screamed. I managed to get out of Yuko's rather tight grip and I ran back to Vossler. I kneeled down at him.

"Forgive me, my dear Fuu. I'm sorry for holding you up and threatening to end your life." He said, lightly touching my face with his hand.

"There's still some time to stand and come with us! Come on!"

"No. Leave me." Vossler said weakly.

"Vossey, please don't do this!" I said, biting my lip.

"I must. Because I am a son of Dalmasca…" He said, giving me a smile. I lightly hugged him before he pushed me back into Basch, who picked me up.

"I can serve the princess and Legend Fuu no more. You must take my charge." Vossler said. Basch nodded and ran out of the room. We quickly got into the Strahl and I sat in the nearest seat I saw. I glanced out the window as we took off…and the airship self-destructed into flames. Vossler was gone. He will go down into history as a true Dalmascan warrior. I put my palm against the window and the tears came pouring out.

"VOSSLER!!!!!" I cried out, sobbing.

To be continued…