Remora and Yuna were surrounded by a whole flock of men in odd attire as two others held them down tightly. They both tried to break free, but lacked the strength to get out of their grasp.

"Don't work yourself. We're only using you as bait."

"Get the -- off me!" Remora cried out, yet it only gave her a gloved hand to cover her mouth. She muffled out many frantic screams, as did Yuna, as the men roughly escorted them away from the courtyard. Most of them paid no mind to the two girls, yet talked in their own manner of things.

"Will they be here soon?"

"They'll make their own choice. Let's just hope they make the right one." The man chuckled as she whispered about to the other. Remora's throat gave out from all of the screaming, and she stayed silent and breathless, hoping the others were aware that she and Yuna were being taken away.

The group walked until they were around the port where everyone was dropped off by the boats. Remora closed her unrested eyes to find out the headache she had at first began to come back, yet she felt as though it was more than a headache. She felt as though something was trying to call her again, yet...it wasn't the same voice that had escorted her to Spira. It wasn't familiar either, but at that very moment, nothing seemed clear to her except she and Yuna were in danger and being held captive. They all approached a boat that seemed to be made out of mainly machina parts that were just imported. The boat was rather large, yet cargo and tons of machinery, and other men on guard of possible intruders took most of the space. The men that had Remora and Yuna in their arms stopped in front of a large iron door where other two men stood. Their arms slightly nudged at the summoner's backs, making them take an extra step forward. The hand that held Remora's mouth shut had slowly raised off of her, the man most likely knowing her throat was too tired to make another sound.

"Keep these two inside until the time is right."

Yuna slightly hesitated. "Until what?"

The man did nothing but smirk grimly, then him and the other man pushed them both towards the men in front of them as they then got hold of the girls to take them inside the ship, and the door shut and locked behind them. The men actually let go of the two summoners, and Remora leaned against the scrap walls holding her hand to her forehead, her headache feeling more intense than their trip here. Yuna noticed her distress and approached her with a concerned look.

"Are you alright?"

Remora blinked once. "I have a headache, and it feels worse than before. I never felt like this before."

"Well, the way you're describing it seems to sound like more than a headache." Yuna said. It wasn't till that moment that the two men that brought them inside were actually staring at Remora suspiciously.

"Is this the kind of thing your kind of people catch?" One of the men asked.

"I'm not telling." Remora replied, trying to ignore the approaching built figure, but suddenly a hand grabbed her chin to turn her head towards the stranger's.

"Well...if you keep secrets from Spira, then why should we trust you? You're from another world. We should share the same knowledge."

"I don't know you, though." Remora sneered. The man then glanced at the chain hanging at Remora's neck, yet the charm was hidden in her dress.

"What's connected to that chain?" The man asked suspiciously. Remora glanced down where she could see the charm actually glowing green again. She stuttered for a moment, immediately covering the glowing green spot on her white silk, but the man noticed before she could cover it.

"Nothing of your concern." She replied.

"It's all of our concern." The man's hand left Remora's chin to quickly clutch her hand to pull it away, staring at the constant green glowing spot that appeared through her dress. "I see. Well, I'm going to have to see for myself."

One of his large hands went down dress to see if it could find the charm, but it suddenly slid right out as he cried out as through something just hit him. Hard. He fell to his knees as he held his head tight. Remora looked to see that Yuna had whacked him with her staff. The other man's eyes grew big as he saw that one of his enforcements was in pain.

"You two! Get over here!" He ran straight towards Yuna yet on the way, he was greeted with a gloved fist to send him down as well. The other man tried to crawl over to the iron door, and struggled to reach into his pocked to grab something. The voice in Remora's head returned, and she suddenly felt as though she wasn't herself anymore.

Pain...so much pain...I want it.

Remora didn't seem to realize that she was acting on her own, yet she began to walk towards the man that still searched his pocket for some kind of tinker toy.

I want it...

The words echoed in Remora's head as her own hands reached out, about to grab hold of the man, so close to caress his irritated skin on his back, yet a startling blow outside the room had woken Remora up, and it startled Yuna as well. All was silent, too silent, yet the two summoners saw that the door that locked them all in had fallen off of its track, and the man leaning on it tumbled with it. Outside, they saw Tidus and the others staring back, looking anxious. The vision was slightly dark until Remora and Yuna stepped out onto deck. Tidus then ran towards them both as did the group behind him.

"Yuna! Remora!"

Yuna smiled brightly as Remora had dusted herself off of the foul dirt that clung to her from the many feelings of unknown men that tried to abduct her. Lulu glanced at them both.

"I hope you hurt them."

Yuna giggled. "A little bit."

"Why did they kidnap us?" Remora asked Tidus.

Tidus held out a little note for Remora to read.

We keep the summoners or you forfeit the game!

"So they were just using us as a cheat!" Remora realized, slightly aggravated. "But wait- aren't you supposed to be in the tournament now?"

"Wakka's in there right now, I'm about to go and help him and the team out."

Remora smiled, then saw that Lulu had leaned in to whisper something to Tidus, a bit loudly.

"Don't you dare let them wonder off on their own again, that is, if you're still a guardian."

"I know! Won't happen again. Promise."

The game was midway over while Remora, Yuna, Lulu, and Kimarhi were left to watch Tidus and Wakka team up on a nearby screen they watched back at the cafe. Wakka actually got injured during part of the game, and that's when Tidus came it to replace him as captain temporarily. They were currently playing the Luca Goers in the finals, and they were two points behind, yet they were determined to catch up. After a few moments of playing, the game was actually halted because the captain, Tidus, had his place wanted. The screened rotated to show that Wakka was actually entering into the aqua globe towards the team players. The others didn't exactly know if his arm was healed completely or not, yet Wakka looked eager to blitz.

"They have to gain victory this tournament, don't you agree?" Remora asked Yuna.

Yuna nodded happily. "I'm sure that they can manage as long as they stick up for each other."

Lulu seemed to be more concerned about how Wakka seemed to be 'fondling' with the team before his arm got sprained. "This happens every time Wakka lets his guard down."

Remora blinked. "Let's make the best of this." It was a few moments later that the last minutes was going through on the clock, so the Besaid Aurochs had only that time to beat the Goers. The team seemed more determined and quick once Wakka joined back in, and they have improved on their techniques ever since. Ten seconds left and Tidus was holding the ball closing in on the other teams goal. He broke through two defenders, relieving the fans, to finally shoot. The clock reached zero, and the ball went through, the catcher unable to get a hold of it. The point was raised and the Besaid Aurochs scored 4 out of 3. Remora and Yuna both cheered in eagerness, Lulu sighed deeply relieved of all anxiety, and Kimarhi still watched the screen, showing no sign of emotion throughout.

"They did it! They won!" Remora shouted happily, clapping.

"They really did!" Yuna agreed.

"Practice makes perfect." Lulu said silently, yet she gave out a small smile. The rest of the people watching inside of the cafe, too, cheered on for the Auroch's victory. Everyone shouted and cheered for joy for the Besaid Auroch's first win. The screen rolled over so everyone was looking at Wakka's eager face, and Tidus approaching him from afar. As soon as they were neck and neck, they high fived each other, but suddenly the cheers were gone and the stadium all of the sudden echoed with screams, not of love but fear. Remora could have sworn she could hear some frightened cries outside the cafe as well, and something had rammed into the door from outside. Remora looked back at the screen to see that the crowd had frantically began to run around and out the stadium, and the aqua sphere was being invaded by fish looking creatures, while the crowd watching was being chased by monsters in hot pursuit of them. Yuna gaped at the sight in the screen, which had suddenly gone static and off the air after a few seconds.

"Fiends!!" Someone had shouted from outside the cafe. Lulu and Kimarhi took a step forward towards the cafe entrance, but they looked back at Remora and Yuna. Lulu's face had no happiness to it.

"Stay close." She ordered. Remora nodded as the two walked towards the others until they were in a small group again. Kimarhi stepped forward to open the door, and once it was a bird like fiend came crashing down into the pavement in front of them. Not only that, but the entire city was being invaded; thousands of frantic endangered people running for safety away from the sudden catastrophe. Kimarhi stepped in front of the two gaping summoners for protection.

"Let's go!" Lulu shouted through the crowd as the group ran towards the path of the stadium. Remora went with them too, but her pace slowed down and it seemed as though time had frozen at the point when she found a surprising sight. She turned her head to find the other man she found in her dream of Zanarkand. Shades. Red long coat. Bottle hanging at the side. Silent stance. And he was holding a long blade. She didn't know him as much as Tidus, but it was all too much of a coincidence that both men existed in Spira yet in illusion on Earth. She was anxious to stop, to run to him and ask of his name, but knowing the danger that was all around her, she'd want to catch up with the group, who was a little bit distant from her that very time. Remora sighed to herself before she kept running along.

It was a long moment later before the group finally reached the stadium, where most of the fiends were. Some of them actually tried to attack the 2 guardians, but Kimarhi had stabbed them fiercely with a spear he carried along. Some sudden bursts of magic had fried the other monsters that tried to tread near; Remora figured it was from Lulu. Speaking of her, Lulu turned to head to the side to look straight at Remora.

"Remora, do you know how to summon yet?! We'll need your help, along with Yuna's!"

Remora nodded fast before she stood in the middle of the small group who was constantly being attacked. She rose her arms to energize her stance.

Calling forth...Sh-

Her concentration faded immediately as she suddenly heard something familiar to her calling, but it didn't sound like Yuna. A man's voice, from afar, had shouted loudly.

"Come, Anima!"

Remora had opened her eyes and turned to actually find Seymour once again, standing at the main stage of the stadium. The sky had gotten somewhat darker after a moment, and a void had opened up, sending a chain down to the center of the stadium, behind the aqua sphere, which was half disintegrated. Lulu, Kimarhi, and Yuna too, had halted their actions to see the sudden calling of the maester guado. The chain had clung onto something beneath the ground, or better yet, hell. The crowd continued to panic, but Remora had heard some sudden outbursts from the crowd.

"What is that!?"

"Is it another fiend!?"

"Don't we have enough danger as it is!?"

A creature became visible as the chain rose from out the ground. It was like a giant corpse, wrapped completely of dreaded cloth and held together with heavy chains. Remora was a bit frightened at first, but a sudden flash entered her mind, as well as words.

More...pain...I have come for you my liege.

Remora then was back to reality, dumbfounded but then figured it was the words of the beast in front of her, Anima. It lowered its head back as a sudden energy charge ran through its eye. Once it was released, a prowling fiend suddenly had been vanquished. Remora's eyes widened at the sudden burst, but there was more to come. Anima had done the same thing once again to yet make another fiend disappear, possibly two at once. From this, some of the crowd had began to stop to view the beast for themselves. Whispers and fast talks had ran through also.

"It's...saving us!"

"It must be an aeon..."

"We're saved!"

Anima kept beaming, and fiends quickly vanished and bursted in defeat. So little was left in little time from the attacks from Anima. The last fiend that quickly depleted had almost reached the crowd. Some people were still left to cower a bit, but everything was very quiet, and the crowd gathered around to view the beast, the aeon that had protected them, they assume. Staring right through the aqua sphere, Anima had done one last cry before staring back at the crowd looking agile. Remora was in great awe of the aeon, but she noticed that behind Anima, Seymour still stood, staring at the awestruck crowd of people. He then closed his eyes and opened out his arms as though he wanted to gain praise. Lulu could see Remora staring at Seymour as though she just saw a ghost.

"...Remora..would you like to speak with Seymour?"

Remora had wondered at first on how Lulu knew what she was thinking, but then she thought that Lulu saw her expression, the way she stared at the maester. Remora slowly nodded, then ran around the stadium until she reached Seymour. She slowed down to a steady walk as she reached the stairs that led to where he stood. Seymour turned to find Remora approaching him. His smirk was filled with determination.

"So...you've seen Anima's power."

"It...it was so powerful." Remora nearly stuttered. A long hand had reached to rest on her shoulder.

"As much as an aeon would need practice to become stronger, I assure you, I am of no higher rank than you."

Remora was silent for a moment. She had to prepare Shiva for the worst to come also beside herself. The hand on her shoulder trailed until it was fingering around with the ruby ends of her hair.

"You too, will need practice, but be in no rush. Everything needs time."

The hand had slid from her space, and Remora noticed that Seymour was looking over at where Lulu, Kimarhi, and Yuna stood, and Wakka had joined them a moment ago while she was talking with Seymour from what she figured.

"Well, I'm glad you found yourself some guardians. You'll need them on your travels." Seymour nodded before turning his head somewhere else.

"Will we meet again, Seymour?" Remora asked. Seymour turned back towards her and smiled.

"Guaranteed."

"Seymour's aeon...it...was so powerful." Yuna said, still a little bit in awe from the scene.

"That reminds me, I never got a chance to ask him how long he's been a summoner. Or anything." Remora said, sighing a bit. Momentarily, the sun had began to set, and the group was later greeted again with the return of Tidus, and the man with the red coat. Yuna gasped.

"Sir Auron!"

Remora had blinked, beaming as well. "Auron?"

Auron slowly turned his head towards Remora as soon as he was around the whole group. She couldn't tell if he was smiling or not since the top collar of his coat did cover half of his face. "I see you were heeding my words."

Remora gaped. "Wait...heeding? That was YOU!?" Auron laughed at her surprise.

"If it weren't for me guiding you up to here, you'd already be dead."

Remora slightly scowled, yet she then knew it was Auron that helped her throughout as well, so she had to give him a little credit.

"Anyway...I need to ask something of Yuna...I would like to be your guardian." Yuna's eyes widened at his request. Everyone was staring at her, eager for her decision, even Remora, even though she knew only so much about Auron.

"I would be honored to have you as my guardian." Yuna decided.

"So it's settled." Auron said, pleased. There were multiples as chatter in the group, but at that point, the only thing that Remora could hear was her own questions and thoughts. She walked over to the balcony to see the view of the city beneath her and the ocean ahead of her. That fiend raid...was it because of Sin? She'd figured if Sin were part of the doing of the attack, it would have attacked by itself instead of raiding it with many other species of monsters. Compared to Seymour, Remora still felt like a beginner, but his words ran through her mind like a snake.

I am of no higher rank than you.

It didn't seem like it, especially for a maester too. But it seemed like no matter how strong or weak a summoner is in Spira, you get the same amount of praise from everyone. Remora knew she had to learn that.

Stay out of trouble. Auron's voice greeted her.