I dont own FFX!!!


NEXT STEP…

Yuna and Tidus walked side-by-side into the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. Rikku clung helplessly to Yuna's arm. Auron and Kimahri walked ahead of the trio, destroying as many of the fiends that attacked as possible. Lulu and Wakka guarded the rear.

"Wow…Auron was right, this place is infested," Rikku murmured, pressed against Yuna's side.

"Is this the Cloister of Trials for this place?" Tidus asked.

"I don't know," Yuna replied. "What Aeon would I get here?"

"Yojimbo," Auron said. "He's expensive."

"Lady Ginnem…" Lulu murmured.

"Huh?" Wakka wondered, staring at the mage."

Lulu shook her head, her dark braids tapping against each other. "It's nothing, Wakka."

They walked on. The time seemed to stretch on forever. Slowly, Pyreflies gathered ahead of the group. Lulu stared worriedly at the shimmering orbs.

"Peh, another Guado fiend?" Wakka asked.

"No," Kimahri said. "An unsent!"

The Pyreflies joined to form the figure of a lady--a summoner. Lulu strode forward, slightly bewildered.

"It is…it's you, is it not, Lady Ginnem?" Lulu stared at the ground for a moment. "Forgive me. I was too young," she said guiltily.

Yuna looked at Auron, then walked up and stood a little behind Lulu. She rose her staff to begin a Sending. Lulu's first summoner ceased Yuna's action. Lulu stood there, a forlorn look in her eyes.

"There is no human left in you now, is there?" Lady Ginnem made a motion with her arm as though to say 'no'. Lulu sighed regretfully. "Very well then. Allow me to perform my last duty to you. My last as your guardian."

Lulu strode towards the dead summoner, Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku right behind her.

Lady Ginnem summoned an aeon…it was large; colourful, and closely followed by a dog-like creature as multicoloured as the aeon itself. Lulu cast Fury-Firaga at the Aeon. The bursts of fire were closely followed by the silver globes of Holy, which Yuna had cast. Tidus leapt forward and attacked the aeon, only to be struck back by its sword. Tidus leapt to his feet and retreated to the rear of the group. Yuna moved to help her guardian, but stopped at a warning word from Auron. The summoner froze, torn between her duty as a summoner, and her duty as a lover. She whirled around and summoned the smallest aeon she could call upon, that would fit in the cramped space: Shiva.

The crystalized woman swiftly attacked Yojimbo without mercy, and, before long, Lady Ginnem's aeon faded away. Lulu murmured something as Lady Ginnem vanished as well.

As Shiva left the cave, Yuna staggered over to Tidus, who knelt, leaning against the wall of the cavern. Yuna cast Curaga and Tidus winced as his wound knitted together. Yuna dropped next to Tidus and gingerly touched his face.

"A-are you okay?" Yuna asked, her eyes filled with worry.

Tidus laughed and hugged the summoner. "I thought it was my job to worry?"

Yuna beamed at him. "Why don't we go get this aeon?"