A/N: Heya! I've got the next chapter here for ya! I found my disc, and now I'm just itchin' to write! I found my disk…. And now… I'm coming up with ideas everywhere! Now… let the fun begin…
I groaned lightly to myself, staring up at the clear blue sky… trees lining the rims of my vision. "Besaid… such a beautiful place…" I sighed. I was lying on the ground, or how about sprawled on the ground. I knew that there was going to the a huge bon fire later tonight… and hopefully I wouldn't completely go insane… and pyromaniacal. Or what ever you wanna call it. Yes…. I am a pyro maniac. PROUD OF IT TOO! Whoot! I still wondered how I had singed Tidus's clothes… but I got excited thinking about it, since what happened to his clothes had to deal with fire. Geez. I'm gonna be off the hook when we get to the Kilika Temple. With fire everywhere… Just wait until the bon fire. I could already hear myself yelling "I WANNA START THE FIRE! LEMME PLAY IN THE FIRE!" And maybe start yelling in Al Bhed that I wanted to play in the vena. Yeah. Vena. That sounded pretty cool. Hmm… pyromaniac in Al Bhed… bonusyheyl. Bonus! ALL RIGHT! I twitched a bit and pulled out my MP3 player and started to look through all the songs that were on it. Auron's theme, Assault, Seymour's Theme, wait… SEYMOUR'S THEME!? I clicked about quickly, trying to delete it. It didn't work. "Awwww." I whined. I started looking at the songs again. Entire Bleach soundtrack, every Demon Hunter song, Crazy Bitch, Animal I have become, and last but not least, Headstrong. I liked that song. It described me… a lot.
I sighed and looked around, then sat up a looked around like a normal person. I had my nameless sword in it's sheath on my hip and my laptop in it's bag, in my pocket. Don't ask how. Must be something with the Bahamut Fayth. Maybe he made it so my laptop could fit in my pocket. Weird…
"Zari!" An ooooh so familiar voice called. I looked around and glared at Wakka. "He's gonna drag me to the sit-around-the-fire-and-talk party." I thought, quickly putting my Mp3 player away.
"Hey Wakka." I muttered, flopping back on the ground, lifting up my hand in a weak wave… I wasn't enthusiastic enough to give him anything stronger than a freakin' weak wave. Just a flip of the hand and more flopping on the ground is fine.
"Hey. Don't act like that yah? The party's gonna be fun, yah." Wakka said, taking a seat next to me, though he didn't lie down in the dirt. I didn't really care much. About him not lying down next to me or me lying around in the dirt. I'm sure if a prissy bitch had been brought to Spira, she would die without her hair dryers and make up. And all her perfume too. Gah. Perfume. The stench of it killed me. Be walking around school then cover my nose and slam into a wall. Ouch. Not really. Fell for it. Hehheh.
"The party? Be fun?! Yeah right!" I cried out, giving him a big glare. I sat up, looking out over Besaid village. I noted the spot where I got my sword through my leg. That was one hell of a weird experience. Wakka with green eyes and purple flames floating about. Scary. "By the way. Why did you help me earlier, when I got injured?" I asked, not mentioning the fact the injury was actually cause by my own stupidity. He shrugged.
"Cause you needed it?" He supplied, but he didn't exactly sound so sure of himself. It was like he didn't even have an answer.
"Awww." I mumbled sarcastically, shooting another glare at him. I looked at my leg again. My left leg. My leg that was scarred. The leg I got STABBED BY MY OWN SWORD! GAH! This was insanity! How many people get stabbed with their own sword. I know Tidus didn't in the game. Auron never did. Kimahri never seemed to accidentally get his spear stuck in his flesh! Why me?! I rubbed my thumb over my scar absentmindedly. I got up and walked around a bit, and starting jumping around all hyper as they were about to light the fire. "I WANNA DO IT! LEMME LIGHT THE FIRE!" I cried out, very hyper… and a large scale. I didn't even wait for an answer and I grabbed some of the wood, my mind on fire… a lot… since I'm a pyro… who was hyper… because of fire. The moment I touched the wood it lit up in flames. "WHEE! FIRE!" I shrieked, throwing my hands up in the air. Tidus ended up grabbing me and dragging me back away form the fire before I hurt myself. How cruel.
"You didn't have to do that you know." I muttered, glaring at him.
"Unless we want the village to be up in flames," he muttered back to me. "If I hadn't of pulled you back, the village would be up in flames… and most of us would be dead."
"I hate you." I mumbled. I didn't really mean it, it just fit the mood for the time being.
"Then hate me."
"Damn you Tidus." I growled. "I wanna play in the FIRE!"
"No."
"…" I growled. I sat around, with him holding onto the back of my shirt. Damn loose shirts. Though I did love them, they made this situation no fun. There was a giant fire in front of me… and I couldn't play with the fire… It made me want to cry. "WAH!" I cried out as Tidus decided to go talk with Yuna, and I was nearly dying as he dragged me farther from the giant fire. "I WANT THE FIRE!" I cried. I didn't bother to pay any attention to Yuna and Tidus's lovely conversation since I had heard it before and I was too distracted… by the fire. "Tidus!" I whined, looking back up at him, since he had promptly dragged me instead of making me stand up and walk with him. "I wanna play with the Fire! Lemme go!" I whined. I was truly acting like a little sister. Which… I basically was. And Tidus assumed the role of big brother rather well. He was 15... And I was 13. He bopped me on this head, like what any big brother would do to their little sister when she was whining.
"Shh!" He said, not even looking down at me. "I'm trying to talk." Yeah… he took that big brother role… and he did it well. And he was an only child too! Like me… but anyways!
"I don't wanna listen to your boring conversation anyways." I muttered, rubbing my butt from being dragged across the ground.
Later after escaping Tidus's grasp of doom on my T-shirt, I sat around plotting on a way for how to play in the fire. Tidus had finally stopped his talking to Yuna, let go of me to go talk with Wakka and the Aurochs. I blinked. Talk… with the Aurochs… NOOOOOO!!
"VICTORY! VICTORY! VICTORY!" They cheered. I looked back at them… with tears running down my cheeks. Nothing bad about those tears. Just tears of terror from the terrible cheering of the team that tried to get Wakka to do CPR on me.
"Wah….." I let out. I got up off the ground and started walking toward the Crusader's tent/Lodge thingie/place. My plans of playing with fire had been shattered after that. I had no wish to stay out there… I collapsed onto a near by bed, crying my dear heart out in the terror of the Aurochs and what they tried to get Wakka to do, whether or not it was for my well being, and my lack of playing in the fire. That… was how I ended up falling asleep.
"Zari? Where are you Zari?" I turned around to see my mom… or my adoptive mom… anyways.
"Mom.." I whispered, walking over to her quickly.
"There is something that you must do. YOU must stop your brother." She said, walking over to me and hugging me. "I've been waiting for you to go back home. Back home to Spira." She whispered, smiling.
"M-my brother?" I stuttered out. "My home…. Spira?" I let out. "Mom! You're insane! My home is here! With you! In America!"
"No my dear Zari. You belong in Spira. But you must listen to me! You must stop your brother! You must stop him before your father loses his life!"
"Mom! No! I don't belong in Spira!" I yelled. "I belong here in America! This is where I was born! I don't have any brothers! Or sisters!" This was insane. Here she was, in her home… and her mother was telling her that she had to go stop her brother. And that her real home was Spira. What the hell? She didn't have any brothers. Or sisters. I looked around slowly. "Well.. Uhh… mom… if I do have a brother… the one you're telling me to stop…erm… well… What's his name?" Mom nodded…slowly though.
"His name is ---" "ZARI IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP!!!"
"AHHH!" I cried out as I got a blitz ball in my gut. Thrown by courtesy of Tidus. I sat up straight and nearly leapt out of bed. "GREAT GOSH!" I shrieked. "That hurt you little! GRR!" I growled and started chasing him around.
"Run!" Tidus cried out, taking off quickly.
As I chased after Tidus in pure rage, I noticed Brotherhood strapped to his hip. "So it's almost that time already…" I thought, still chasing after him. "GOT YOU!" I yelled as I tackled him. "That HURT!" I shouted, hitting him over the head repeatedly with my sword.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Tidus cried out as I beat him over the head.
"All right now! I'm gonna go on ahead, scout for fiends… you know." I said, starting to walk off already, doing a simple wave.
"Hey! Zari! Take some potions with you this time!" I turned around as Wakka spoke and caught the potions he threw at me. I smiled and waved.
"Thanks Wakka!" I said, before turning around and taking off quickly. It was nice today. The sky was clear and blue. Everything seemed perfect. But that dream. What was it? Did I really have a brother? But… geez! Tidus's timing was perfect! Wake her up right before she learned the name… She sighed, slowing down to a walk before abruptly being fallen on. "Gah!" I cried out, making a face plant in the dirt. "What the h--!" I froze as I felt goo going down my neck. Then I felt the goo on my head… and a big piece glopped onto the ground right in front of me. I looked up from the dirt slowly. "Ah hell…" I whispered. The goo… was blue… "W-wa-water flan…" I choked out slowly. Jumping up to my feet, I shook my head vigorously and shouted, "GREAT GOSH! A STUPID FLAN ON MY HEAD! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT FLAN!" I didn't even bother with unsheathing my sword as I started stepping on the flan, getting my feet covered in goo. "Gah!" I grabbed my blade and hacked at it, spreading the goo of the flan everywhere. I didn't stop my hacking, even after pyre flies left the body, leaving the body to slowly disappear. When I finally stopped… it was just a bunch of goo… everywhere.
"Geez this is really goopy… ack!" I slipped and fell on my back as I started to walk forward again to scout ahead for fiends. "Gah…." I groaned, lying there on my back covered in icky goo. I was sprawled… on the ground.. .which was covered in blue goo… and I was also covered in it. "This is just… great…" I muttered sarcastically, closing my eyes. I sighed.
"Did you not get enough sleep, Zari?" I opened my eyes and glared at the owner of the voice, Tidus.
"I hate you!" I grabbed a hold of his foot and pulled, making him fall into the goo as well. "HAH!" I shouted, grabbing up handfuls of the sticky goo and throwing it at him before scrambling to my feet and running away as fast as possible. "Can't catch me now!" I shrieked, taking off as quickly as possible. I slid my way around, nearly falling into the water/waterfall numerous great times. Once reaching the beach I wasn't sure what to do. With that, I dove off into the water, in high hopes to wash off the goo.
Scrubbing… scrubbing… and more scrubbing. I managed to get most of the goo off… and then waited around while lying on the nice warm sand to dry off. I really liked how nice the sand was. It wasn't to firm, not to … not firm… ermm… SOFT! It was also really warm. More like hot. I sighed quietly. "I wan' some chocolate… GAH!" I shouted out as someone shoved a piece of chocolate in my mouth. "Who did that?!" I sat up and looked around, and saw the same girl that had given Wakka the antidote.
"There. You have chocolate now, yah." The girl smiled at me and ran off. I stared. I knew fully well that this village hated me… one because of the Cloister of Trials thing… two was unknown, they just called me a thing. Which I was not!!! But this… girl… who was she? She was nice to me… even though the village seemingly hated me. Hmm…
"Zari! Come on! We gotta get on the boat, yah! Wouldn't want to leave you behind!" I glared at Wakka for the last part of his comment before jumping up and racing over to the boat and jumping on. I stayed hidden as everyone waved good bye, mainly to Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, and Tidus. They would just make faces for me.
"Well…" I muttered, sitting back against a wall on the boat. "Looks like…
The Journey Begins Here."
A/N: All righty! I'm just really happy that I found my disk. Whee! Now to just play more, and refresh my memory! n.n Review Please!