Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or any of its characters. I only own my character, Danaya. The following OCs belong to the following people. Any of my plot similar to anyone else's is simply pure coincidence.
Alisa, Taehyr - Xedina Fairlady
Rhys - Teamplaya101
Analise - MemoriesoftheForgottenGuardian
Xanxus - Big K Studios
Iyana - Roseria Sylvester
Sargent - AcidRain14
Okay, guys. Let me just start by saying that I am really, really, really SO SO SO sorry I haven't posted a new chapter in a really long time. As you may or may not have known, I started sophomore year in high school. It might not seem too bad to most of you, but to me, it's really a lot. My sister started as a freshman and I have had to help her around A LOT. There were so many issues I had at the beginning of the school year, and now that I'm about two months in, I'm neck-deep into club activities (UNICEF and Key Club), Dance Practice, Homework, Projects, Important Tests (PSATs, etc.), and many more. It might not mean much to you guys when I say this, but I'm really busy right now. I'll TRY to post up another chapter, but for the month of October, I am BOOKED. XD Anyways, I'm rambling. Just enjoy this chapter and review please! :) Hope you guys like it!
Danaya's POV:
Analise's sword and my sword were both pointed to the sky as we called out our special move. Small, comet-like balls of light flew down from the ground. They hit a lot of the fiends and killed them instantly. I watched as Uncle Rhys' was saved by one of the balls of light. Everything was silenced. I could only hear a ringing sound in my ear as Analise brought her sword down and swiped it all around her. Streaks of light wrapped themselves around most of the fiends that the comet balls missed. The streaks instantly crushed the fiends and burst them into pyreflies. As Analise did that, I shrieked very loudly as I cast Holy everywhere. The Holy attacks blinded everyone as I couldn't help but shield my eyes. Once I thought it was over, I slowly opened my eyes while panting quickly. I adjusted my eyes and looked around. The whole stadium was ruined. Stands were crushed, people were lying on the ground everywhere, and pyreflies flew everywhere. Just when we thought the worse was over, an Oversoul Behemoth King dropped down from below a few feet away from me and right in front of Analise and Alisa! It slashed Analise so quick that she flew back and burst into pyreflies. *ANALISE! Are you okay?* I asked.
*Yeah…I'm fine…* I could hear Analise struggle to say. The Behemoth King started advancing towards Alisa. "ALISA!" I shouted. The Behemoth King was huge; it was about ten times bigger than its usual size. It growled menacingly. The Behemoth King went to strike Alisa, but Uncle Rhys saved her just in time. I looked around to see Iyana, Mom, Sargent, Lulu, Vidina, Nooj, and Paine unconscious. I didn't have time to heal any of them because I needed to help everyone else with the Behemoth King. As I ran over to it, I noticed Xanxus struggling to get up to go help. I placed his arm around my shoulders and led him to a piece of debris to lie down on.
"What are you doing, Danaya? I –cough- I have to go help the others." Xanxus explained. I shook my head and looked at him. I handed him three X-Potions and hugged him.
"Please stay here and recover." I begged of him as I ran off to go help fight the Behemoth King. As I made my way over there, Baralai was knocked back by the Behemoth King. He landed a few feet behind me. I turned back to get him, but he shook his head.
"Go! Don't worry about me!" Baralai shouted. I nodded my head and hurried over to the others. I came just in time to see Uncle Rhys form a Fire Dragon. It's similar to Vidina's attack, but it's much more powerful.
Uncle Rhys shouted, "Fire Dragon: Blaze of a Thousand Suns!" I stumbled back as the fire dragon roared viciously and flew towards the Behemoth King. The Behemoth roared in agony, but it still stayed standing as it shook off the fire. Uncle Rhys' eyebrows furrowed as I watched him run towards the Behemoth King and strike it in its back. After that, Uncle Rhys immediately jumped up and pointed his sword at the Behemoth King, shooting huge fireballs at the Behemoth. Aunt Rikku smirked and followed up the attack by running up the tail of the Behemoth King, stabbing her twin scythes at the top of its backs, and dragging her scythes down until she reached the tail once again. Aunt Rikku jumped off and backed away as Alisa prepared her sword attack. Alisa jumped up and struck the Behemoth King on its left shoulder. She jumped off and gave Dad a chance to run full force at the Behemoth with his sword. To prevent the Behemoth from seeing, I quickly cast Blind on it.
"Nova Force!" Dad exclaimed as he unleashed lightning-fast attacks onto the Behemoth King. His sword formed a huge ball of energy, and Dad unleashed the ball onto the Behemoth King. While Dad was doing all this, Wakka was preparing his attack. Wakka smirked because when he threw his Fire-covered blitzball, it multiplied into fifty of them. Fifty blitzballs shot at the Behemoth King, and the original one bounced back over to Wakka. The Behemoth King didn't have any recovery time as Gippal, Taehyr, and I ran at it in full force. While Gippal was running, he shot continuously at the Behemoth, releasing different types of bullets. Taehyr and I ran together, but then split off as I took the left side and she took the right. I used the Behemoth as leverage and jumped up high into the sky. Taehyr did the same, and we exchanged quick glances at each other. We both nodded. *Be careful….* Analise told me.
"Holy Apostles!" Taehyr and I shouted as we both pointed our weapons towards the Behemoth King. Light came out from my sword and Taehyr's two small scythes as beams of light shot from the sky. Taehyr and I both landed on the ground successfully as the Behemoth King screeched in pain. Just when we thought everything was going to be fine, the ground began to rumble. I looked around at the others in panic.
"METEOR!" I shouted as everything suddenly turned slow-motion. A bright light blinded me, and everything turned white.
"Augh…" I groaned as I tried to move my body. It was so sore that I struggled to get up. I first moved my legs and bent them. I then moved my arms and placed my palms against the ground, trying to lift myself up. My head lifted as I surveyed the damage. There was debris everywhere, and everyone was on the ground. The blitzball sphere had broken, resulting in water everywhere. I blinked my eyes once…twice…and got up. I picked up my sword and found my skirt tattered in different places. I had bruises, scratches, and cuts everywhere. I tried to find the person closest to me, which happened to be Uncle Rhys. There was a silence as I stumbled over to him. Complete and utter silence. When I reached Uncle Rhys, he was already getting up and shaking the debris off him. "Uncle…Rhys…" I whispered as my legs buckled underneath me.
"Whoa there." Uncle Rhys exclaimed as he caught me and placed my arm around his shoulder. "Come on, let's go check on everyone else." He suggested. I helped him by trying to walk, but my legs felt like jelly. We found Taehyr, Alisa, and Iyana all in one place. Forgetting about my current pain, I ran to my cousins and sister. I looked back at Uncle Rhys and signaled for him to find the others. He nodded and left me to do what I needed to do. I lifted Alisa's head up and placed it on my lap.
"Alisa. Alisa, wake up." I whispered as I shook her urgently. Alisa groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She sat upright quickly and realized the situation in which we were in.
Alisa explained, "I got them. Go find the others." I kissed her forehead and made sure she was all right, before walking away from them. I found Sargent, Gippal, and Nooj. From afar, I could see Uncle Rhys helping Auntie Rikku, Lulu, and Wakka up. Gippal and Nooj were already waking up when I got there, so I healed them right away. My attention went to Sargent, whose leg was bleeding profusely. I quickly used my White Magic on him as much as I could. Thankfully, the bleeding stopped and all that was left was a scar.
"Thanks, Danaya." Sargent muttered as I helped him up. I silently nodded as we walked over to everyone slowly gathering up. I noticed a few people missing: Vidina, Mom, Dad, and Baralai.
"Hey, wait. Where's Vidina, Baralai, Mom, and Dad?" I asked the others, who were all injured and looked terrible.
"I'm…right…here…" Vidina coughed from afar. All of our heads turned to where the voice came from, and we found Vidina lying underneath a huge piece of debris.
I yelled, "VIDINA!" I ran over to him quickly and tried to get the debris off him. Sargent and Xanxus ran over to help me. With their help, I was able to pull Vidina out from underneath. I laid his head on my lap and cupped his cheeks. "Are you okay?" I whispered, making eye-contact with him. He looked towards his legs, and I followed his eyes. He then tried to turn my head around so I wouldn't see what happened, but it was too late. His left leg was gone. It was then that I also realized one of his eyes had a huge cut on it, so it stayed closed. Tears squeezed out of my eyes as I hugged him tightly. I tried to heal him as much as I could. Once I was done healing Vidina, someone gasped. Vidina's head and my head both shot up. I helped him walk to the others. Gippal took Vidina from me as I made my way over to Alisa, who was looking down at something.
While I made my way over to her, Taehyr stopped me. She placed her hands on both my shoulders and forbid me to go any further. "You can't!" Taehyr whispered fiercely with tears in her eyes as she looked away from me. Something in my heart began to collapse as I tried to push past her, scared of what had happened.
"Taehyr, let her go." Uncle Rhys commanded, though there was a very sad tone to his voice. Taehyr reluctantly let me go as I walked past her. Wakka, Lulu, Alisa, Nooj, and Auntie Rikku were hovering over three bodies. Once I made out who were those three bodies, I almost collapsed to the floor in despair. I shook my head, not believing a single thing. I ran over to them and tried to heal them.
"No…" I mumbled. Alisa followed me as she kneeled and tried to heal Mom, Dad, and Baralai. Nothing would work.
"Why aren't my powers working? W-why?" Alisa panicked. I looked at her in horror. Her powers always worked. I felt the pulses for all three of them, and I couldn't feel them at all.
"No No No!" I shouted. Tears were running down my cheeks as I used Curaga as much as I could, to the point where I felt like fainting. "NO!" I shrieked. "M-mom…D-dad…Baralai. No. No, please! PLEASE!" I begged as I shook their bodies. "Please…" my voice got softer. I looked up at everyone else, but they were all either looking down or away with hurt faces. "Mom…Dad…Baralai…" I whispered. "Mom…Dad…" I whimpered.
Nooj mumbled, "You have to send them." We all looked at him in surprise and confusion. "You can summon Analise, who's an aeon, right? You have the powers to send people. You…you must send all of them." I looked on in horror. *Sending people? I …I don't have the strength to do that. I can't…I can't make all these people disappear..*
Auntie Rikku rejected the idea immediately and said, "There's too many people for this…" I could feel Analise's nod as I stood up and made my hands into fists.
"I'll do it." I declared. "Please…please watch over them." Everyone knew I meant Mom, Dad, and Baralai. I walked off to the nearest group of people that were killed. I haven't felt this before. I couldn't speak; I could only cry as I use my sword as a staff. I had no idea how to perform a Sending, but I had Analise help me lead my body. This was a dance of sorrow. My body twisted and twirled as my arms and hands moved. I spun my sword and lightly jumped on my feet. I could see and hear the people slowly turning into pyreflies and going away to the Farplane.
I had performed the Sending for about twenty more times until I came back to my parents and Baralai. I didn't start the Sending yet, but instead, I stared lifelessly at the three bodies lying on the ground in a line.
"Baralai! Can you give me a piggyback?" my six-year-old self asked Baralai. Both Baralai and Paine chuckled at me.
"Of course, Danaya. Come here." Baralai replied as he bent down.
"YAY YAY YAY!" I shrieked as I jumped onto his back. Baralai went 'oof' as he stood up and ran around with me. I laughed and shrieked in joy as he ran super fast.
My eyes switched over to my parents. My silent cries turned into whimpers as my lips quivered.
"Oh wow, Mom! Dad! Oh Spira, thank you!" I exclaimed as Dad handed me my sword for my tenth birthday. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I continuously shouted as I alternated between kissing Mom and Dad on their cheeks. Alisa was smiling with a gap in between her teeth as I gave her a huge kiss on the cheek and hugged her tightly.
Mom giggled, "You're welcome, sweetie. Be careful with it now." Whereas Mom was cautious with the sword, Dad slapped me on the back.
"All right, sweetie! Time to kick some ass...Uh…butt with that sword! Let's go!" Dad boomed as he grabbed my free hand and dragged me out of the hut.
"Train her first!" Mom called out worriedly. Alisa giggled happily.
I didn't realize Alisa hugging me for comfort, her head buried in my arms. I didn't do anything but grasp her tightly as we both mourned for our parents. "It's okay…" I whispered, trying to be the big sister I was supposed to be. *I need to be strong…for Alisa…* Everyone was in tears as we mourned over the loss of my parents and Baralai. Surprisingly, Paine came up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
She muttered, "Send them." My hand gripped my sword so tightly that my knuckles turned white. Both of my arms and hands were shaking a lot. Alisa and I kneeled down to our parents and gave them both kisses. Taehyr took Alisa's hand and led her a little distance away from me. Uncle Rhys and Auntie Rikku placed their hands on my shoulders as well. Everyone stared at me, trying to give me strength to do it. At a painfully slow speed, I lifted up my sword up and over my head. I shook my head and shut my eyes tight, not wanting to have this really happen. *This isn't real. None of this is happening.* I felt my body twirl and spin. I felt my arms and hands move my sword. I could hear the pyreflies begin to form.
"I love you, Mom. Dad. Baralai." I whispered as I opened my eyes and finished the Sending. I watched as the pyreflies flew up and above. In the dim sky, I could see my parents' and Baralai's faces smiling above. My tears flowed endlessly down my cheeks as I watched the pyreflies slowly disappear. I heard my sword clatter to the ground as I dropped it. They were gone. It was over. Everything was over for me. I glanced at everyone's faces, and they were all filled with despair. Even on the emotionless faces, there was a hint of sadness in their eyes. I dropped to my knees and closed my eyes, the tears rushing out.