Whatever Happened to My Story
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy X/X-2or any other thing relating to it, if I did Tidus wouldn't be part of it.
Message from Drak: This chap has actually been done for a week, but I didn't have time to post it, sorry peoples.
Chapter III
We didn't really talk when we got back to the village; everyone was down at the beach so it was just us. I didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to do, what could I really do? I looked up at Yuna, who was standing beside me, eyes to the ground, she didn't have clue about what to do or what was really going on either. We just stood there in our silence.
Tidus walked up not long afterwards, calling up to us. I looked over at Yuna for what to do, she put on a smile and turned to Tidus. How she could pull that off, I don't know. Tidus ran up, hugging Yuna, I wasn't jealous about it for once, mostly because my mind was set to more important things. "So what's up you two? Didn't see you guys at the beach." Tidus seemed worried and gave me this strange look. I don't understand why he gave me that look, I wouldn't hit on Yuna or anything, and even if I did she would ignore my advances completely.
"Gippal felt sick so I brought him back here so he could get some sleep and I could make him some soup or something." I have to admit that she may not be a good liar but she was still able to convince Tidus.
"He does look a bit pale," He took a few steps closer to me and examined me some more, "Get better soon, ok bud?" Don't ever call me 'bud', I wanted to say that so much but I just did a slow nod then looked back at Yuna who grabbed my arm and slowly brought me into her house and sat me down, then sitting beside me.
"What do we do Yun?" There was a brief silence once more. She took a deep breath and stood up. She was just as horrified as I was. Usually this sort of thing wouldn't bug me, probably wouldn't have bugged her, but it was so unexpected. Both Yuna and I have been on a battle ground multiple times, but a cult, with so many people supporting it, and only the two of us. Going back there to try to stop it would be just like suicide. Yuna walked over to the stove and started to make soup. I know neither of us was hungry but Tidus probably would've noticed if the smell of food wasn't in the air.
"I don't know what to do Gippal, but we have to tell someone, someone who will believe us! The only problem I see is that would anyone really believe that there is a cult around here killing people without anyone noticing?" I nodded, the chances weren't exactly in our favour, Besaid is the most unlikely place for something like this, and everyone knew everyone, the main thing thought is where were these 'sacrifices' coming from if it was none of the town's people? "Gippal... When you leave can I come with you? I need to clear my head a bit but I can't do it here, not with those people here, I don't want any more people to die but..." I nodded, not exactly sure what she was really talking about but I still agreed.
"What about Tidus, he'll be worried about you."
"I'll talk to him. If he wants to come, he can, I just need to get away from here for a bit." She looked up, then down at the soup with this dissatisfied look, walking over to the sink and drained it. "Where would we be going anyway?"
"Luca, you might want to be careful though, you'll get attacked by hordes of fans." I smirked a bit then looked back over at her. She seemed like she was a little happier again. I lay down and patted the spot next to me, waiting for her to come over. She walked over and laid by my side. I was trying to think of a way to get our minds off it, it was obvious she was thinking about the same thing. I looked over at her every now and then, and she did the same thing, not a little long afterwards I felt her hug me. "Uh, Yun?" I looked down and she looked up at me.
"Yeah?"
"Why are you hugging me?"
"Am I not allowed to?" I shook my head, smiling playfully. She hugged me tightly again and smiled in false defiance. As the memories of the cult faded, we grew more playful and started to wrestle, I have to admit Yuna's pretty good for a girl. We stopped a while later, laughing like crazy. I took in a few breaths and looked at Yuna, who was still laughing and trying to regain her composure, failing multiple times, when she finally did though, it didn't take much for her to lose it again. It was good to see Yuna back to semi-normal. She turned to look at me and started to laugh once more, and I just smiled. It grew calm and we grew quiet. I lay back down, staring at the ceiling, Yuna lying by my side. When Tidus walked in the silence ended, as he smiled and picked Yuna up. Oddly enough, she didn't seem as happy as when we were joking around. She flashed a smile at Tidus and asked him who had one. Tidus smiled.
"Who do you think?" Yuna pointed to Tidus and he nodded then looked over at me. "Hey, you look like you're doing much better! With Yuna's cooking I figured you'd be doing way worse." Yuna looked over offended and pushed his shoulder; I let out a small laugh even though I found her cooking just fine, and sat up. Yuna looked over, jumping out of Tidus' arms.
"Don't laugh at me!" She smiled and lightly punched my arm. I smiled back, standing. "Where are you going?" She looked upset and worried.
"I'm going to look around a little bit, wanna come with?" She nodded, kissing Tidus on the cheek and ran out of the hut. I looked over to Tidus and waved bye before joining Yuna.
We ended up at the temple. It was very small, and very quiet. We were the only ones in there. Yuna turned to me, smiling. "This is where I got my first aeon."She announced it so proudly, and she had every right to be proud, she did defeat Sin, and this was where it all began, for her, her guardians, Tidus, and everyone in Spira, this was where our tomorrow was born. I looked around at the statues, my eyes landed on Braska's statue.
"How well did you know your dad?"
"Not very well, I don't remember too much about him. He left when I was six years old, I just remember when we were at my Mom's funeral, and he said that we need to stay together because we both need each other, and when he left he told me that he's not going to be here to protect me anymore so I have to be strong." She took a deep breath looking back up at the statue. "I also remember when he died. I was so happy! But, then I realized that he's dead, and I was by myself. Then Kahmari came and brought me here." She took another breath and looked away for a bit. I walked over, I have no doubt that bringing up the past would bring back plenty of memories and emotions but when she looked over at me, she looked fine. "What, you thought I was going to cry?" I nodded and she laughed a bit. "I'm not going to cry, I've talked about this to hundreds of people. I'm used it, no matter how sad that sounds. What about your parents? What are they like?"
I never talked about my parents to anyone, not even Baralai, Nooj or Paine. I looked up at the ceiling, a mural of Yevon and Sin painted elegantly. "My mom died shortly after I joined the Crimson Squad, during the attack on Home. Thankfully Cid was with her when she died so she didn't die alone. My dad... Not much to say, got taken by Yevonites when the first Home got destroyed. I'm not sure what happened after that, some say he got tortured, some say executed, I don't know. My brother is still alive, he was helping Nooj out, he never was interested in machina or even acknowledging the fact he's al bhed." I scratched the back of my head, looking down at my feet. I looked up at Yuna, she frowned and walked back around the temple. "Enough bad stuff though, alright Yun?" She nodded and sat on the stairs, I went and joined her, just realizing how late it's become, the moon was visible through one of the stained glass window. Just then the sound of an airship came in to disturb the peace. "I guess that would be our ride." I stood, helping Yuna up.
"I'm going to go pack, see you in a bit." She ran off to her hut. I looked up at the statue of Braska.
"I promise I'll take care of her for you, ok?" I know talking to statues is for crazy people. Well, after the cult I've been doubting my sanity so cut me a break. I walked down the stairs grabbing my bags, and heading down to the beach, shortly joined by Yuna and Tidus. I looked over to Yuna who mouthed a 'thank you'. I nodded and climbed on the airship.
This was either one of my worst or greatest mistake.
Another message: The good thing about using a character not much is known about, you can make stuff up about him and no one can accuse you of getting your facts wrong.