The group had a long discussion with Cid about what happen ever since the wedding intrusion; the encounter with the whole Ronso, their last encounter with Seymour, how they had to fight Yunaleska, everything that they had gone through. They even had to go back to Bevelle to ask of Maester Mika's help, but he was only hopelessly confused, soon to disappear to the Farplane himself; which wasn't most help. Remora sat on a nearby seat where an unusual panel was next to her as she watched Tidus and Cid talk curiously.

"So this is it, eh?" Cid asked determined.

"Yu Yevon's hiding somewhere inside Sin, and we gotta find him." Tidus replied.

"Well that sounds pretty simple."

"Hey, simple's the way you like it, right?"

"You got that right!"

Rikku turned towards them from her standing spot. "Pops! I'm counting on you!"

"Right! Got you covered! Yeah." Cid replied. He then walked up to one of the panels and pressed a button or two. After a second, the Hymn of The Fayth was broadcasting through the airship speakers from the outside, yet loud enough to hear a little from the inside. "How's that?"

"Oh, right on!" Rikku replied eagerly. Then there was a moment of silence on the ship, letting everyone listen to the Hymn.

"A singing ship in the sky..." Lulu said quietly.

"I hope everyone got the message." Wakka said.

While the hymn was giving off its sound outside the ship, Remora looked over at Fang, who was standing near the door to the other hallway and seemed to be staring off at the distance through one of the giant windows. When Remora walked up to her, she didn't seem to notice.

"I'm just curious. Did anything back at Zanarkand frighten you at all?" Remora asked her curiously. Fang turned her head a little from the question.

"A...little bit. But I'd figure that things would go well for us. And once it did, I wasn't frightened anymore. But I almost thought Yunaleska would kill you."

"Not a chance." Remora replied, smiling. Fang snorted a little.

"You're always so confident. What made you this way, I wonder."

"Don't know. Maybe I really do have my mother's charm."

Fang smirked at Remora's answer, but then what sounded like a thud (though it wasn't) had attracted everyone's attention. Brother had gotten up from his seat and was peeking very hard through the window in front of him, and then his gaze became alarmed.

"Sin!"

Everyone then looked through the panel and the windows, seeing what Brother was shouting about, for Sin was nearby, its nose in focus, floating passed the airship yet looking determined to wreck havoc.

"Alright! We're going in!" Tidus shouted.

"How are we going inside?" Wakka asked.

"The easy way! How else?"

"Figures." Rikku replied.

"Well let's go then." Lulu then said. Everyone headed out of the room, Fang and Tidus a little behind of them because Cid called out to them.

"Wait, how do you plan on getting inside?" He asked. Tidus turned around with a smirk.

"Yeah..." Fang said. "You lost me with your previous answer, but how are we going inside?"

"Well if we can't get in through the mouth, we'll have to rip open a new one! You with me?" Tidus asked. Cid cackled as well as Fang.

"Now that's what I call a plan!" Cid replied. Brother turned around and said something in Al Bhed, but luckily for Remora, she had all of the Primers (just never mentioned getting all of them).

"Father! I know what to use!" Brother said.

"Aha! Of course!"

"Of course!" Tidus repeated.

"So now what?" Fang replied.

"Alright! We'll give that thing a new blowhole! All you have to do is jump." Cid answered.

"Roger!" Tidus replied.

"Now I won't tell you to be careful." Cid then said. He looked over at Fang. "Especially not you. I've heard that you know how to do damage, and how you deal with it." Fang chuckled a little at his impression. "Do your worst, kiddos!"

"Roger that!" Fang then said, taking Tidus's words out of his mouth. They were about to leave the room again until another voice halted them.

"Wait!" Brother said. They both turned around to see him standing on one of the smaller lanes next to his panel. "Rikku, you...guard." He said. Fang figured that he wasn't entirely taught of English.

"Will do." Tidus said. Fang nodded in agreement and they both then left the bridge. They managed to catch up to the rest of the group around the third floor, who waited for the two of them patiently. Fang had forgotten all about Rin. He was onboard once again, smiling as they passed by, but Fang couldn't help but lag a little.

"Any last minute supplies before the showdown?" He asked her. She came to a stop and he chuckled from the look on her face.

"Oh? Oh, no thank you. I'm fully armed." She replied. Rin rubbed his chin with one of his fingers, looking as if he were thinking; only he was staring right at her. "Something wrong?"

"Ah, no, dear. I had just realized something. On our first meet, I had something to give to that lovely summoner you're guarding."

"Yuna or Remora?"

"I'd suppose it's Remora. You see, I meant to give it to you to give it to her on our in our first encounter, but I was a little late to deliver, yes." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little navy colored bag and handed it to Fang. When her hands closed around it, it felt like flat coins against her palm.

"What's in here?" She asked curiously.

"It's gil, to be honest." Rin said, clearing his throat. "It may not be of use to either of you back where you're from, but it's works wonders as proof that you were here."

Fang smiled at his description and placed the little bag in her pocket. The moment she stuffed it inside, she felt two soft yet slightly rough hands cup her face. She felt her face being pulled to face Rin's own.

"Take good care of her." And he softly placed his lips on hers. The kiss lasted for at least five seconds, and Fang felt like her face was in flames. Rin then parted there faces away from each other and then pointed towards half a laughing face sticking out from a nearby corner from the next door. "I think your friend is waiting for you."

Fang blinked, but then nodded as she walked away from him, waving goodbye to him. He waved back as she caught up to catch Remora hiding behind the wall, possibly watching Rin and Fang the whole time.

"Looks like you two have a thing for each other." She teased. Fang elbowed her playfully.

"Oh hush." She replied, grinning. They all then made it to the lift that lead them all to the outside deck, where the loud sound of the Hymn of The Fayth echoed through the air.

"I can hear the song!" Rikku said, sounding pleased. Lulu walked passed her, eyes looking up at the clouds.

"Yes. I can hear the hymn too."

"They listened to us!"

"We won't let them down!" Tidus said. He walked forward until he was looking over at the edge. And then he turned back around. "Hey, Yuna." Yuna glanced at him curiously. He then pulled out the sphere that she had accidentally dropped at Gagazet and showed it to her. "You don't need this anymore, right?" Yuna then gasped in surprise, checking most of her pockets and folds of her garments, unaware that she had dropped it. "Right?" Tidus repeated. He then turned towards the side of the ship and chucked it into the air as it fell down into possibly anywhere. Fang could feel a laugh coming up, mainly from the fact that Yuna didn't know that Tidus had it all along, but she could only smile, and Yuna then smiled and nodded at his action. It was only a few seconds before a very strong vibration shook the ship.

"Hey, guys? Guys? That's not good, ya?" Wakka said, sounding frightened. Sin was right behind them somehow extracting a purple beam from its mouth, which seemed to react with most of the forces around it, including the ship. As the sphere got bigger, the tremor got stronger, and everyone on deck had stumbled on their knees. Remora saw what Sin was attempting though. It was like a gravitational pull, sucking in most matter towards the sphere that it developed, and the shockwaves would probably be unbearable to the people below them, let alone close to them. But all of the sudden the force had stopped quickly, and the group then got out of their defensive position to see what happened. Sin was still in place, but it was as though he didn't do anything yet, but it had. From what Rikku and Fang noticed, there was what looked like a tunnel punched right through the water and dirt ahead of them, and it seemed very unusual. Just when they thought nothing else was going to happen, Rikku gasped in surprise, noticing that the ground and water was suddenly towering forcefully from their stilled position. They both came crashing down, heading in the direction towards the airship, and putting everyone in immediate danger. There were four different upcoming explosions, the closest one to where Tidus and Yuna stood on the deck, but everyone ran to the center of the deck since all four bursts nearly knocked them overboard. The tremor stopped, and everyone was either on their back or face flat. Remora looked up to where she laid and saw that Sin was right in from of the ship, staring back at them.

What did we do to deserve this? Remora thought to herself. Sin could have read her thoughts, but she didn't care. She managed to pick herself up, not in too much shock anymore from its previous attack, while a buzzing sound came from the intercom of the airship.

"Hey! I saw somethin' shine at the base of Sin's arm! I reckon it's a weak spot." Cid said. At that point there was another ship shake.

"Shoot!" Came out Brother's voice.

"What, what!?"

"We are pulled by Sin!"

Figuring that half of the group didn't know what Brother or Cid was saying, Rikku said it in her own words. "Sin's pulling us in!"

"Everyone, back inside!"

"Too late! It comes!"

The group then ran to the front of the deck, ready to take Sin apart, piece by piece.

Vera woke up from what seemed like a long blackout after her last visit with Seymour, and it was around midnight from what she saw on her clock. The lamp light was a little dim, figuring the nurse came in and lowered it a little, so Vera reached over to brighten her room up a little more. She remembered the last thing that happened before she fainted for good. Looking at herself, she pulled her shirt down a little to examine her chest. She remembered Seymour trying to scratch something into her, but there were no markings or feelings anywhere on her, but what exactly did he trace on her? She did notice that something did feel a little different, and she didn't know if it had anything to do with her encounter with Seymour or not. She felt a little...nostalgic, as if she just woken up from something else other than her mind raid. Her recent headache had went away early and her scars were beginning to heal quicker. Somehow, she felt as if something she took...or realized had healed her a little. She hated to admit it, but she missed talking to Jeckt. She wanted to tell him about all of the things that she had learned ever since they talked at the library and what she almost did. And she especially wanted to tell him that she wished that she could go back to Spira and bring back things the way they used to be. So that she could reveal the fraud that Yevon has been for most of their years and explain the reason why she had to leave home. Wait a minute...Had she just thought about this just now? She place her head on her forehead.

"Wait...I remember now...what?"

It was just now that she had realized her previous life living in Spira. How she had been born already assigned to guardians, how she became a summoner many years later, how people wanted to kill her for disobeying the teachers; everything suddenly came back in a long flashback in her mind. Oh my god...oh my god...She had to tell Jeckt. She had to tell someone that knew her that well, but not Seymour, unless he was the one that caused this to happen.

"Feeling nostalgic?"

Vera blinked, confused by the sudden voice that appeared, but as much as she probably wouldn't recognize it before, a name suddenly popped in her mind from the tone of it.

"Mika?"

"Indeed it is. And Vera, a question for you."

"What?"

"Your memories of your past or your daughter's safety. Which one is more important to you?"

"Remora, of course! What happened with me in Spira was the past, and I'm safe from it."

"But Remora isn't. You see, after you had that flashback, you weren't the only one who remembered your existence in Spira."

"What do you mean?"

"After your last encounter with Maester Seymour, it was when he brought these memories back to you that it wasn't just you that remembered, but everyone and everything that connected to you remembers now as well, and they'll have many more questions for Remora."

Vera sighed. "If she's made it this far as to already being in Zanarkand, then I'm sure she can handle a few more questions."

"Even if it left her dead in the end?"

"From what she told me, she's gone through many situations such as that, yet she still lives, and now that the truth is revealed, then there's nothing left to hide. Everyone remembers now that I escaped to Earth. What are they going to do?" Vera replied sharply. There was silence for a while as if Mika was at a loss of words. Vera could have sworn she heard a groan another moment later.

"For a mother of a traitor, you have your reasons. But you still worry me so."

"The only way that they can reach me is in my thoughts. That's it. Its not like they're going to meet me in person and massacre me."

"Seymour nearly did massacre you in your thoughts. It doesn't take being in person with someone to hurt them. Apparently you haven't learned that. Besides, one person from these grounds have met you in person already."

Vera felt a lump in her throat. "Jeckt is gone now. And there is no way I can save him."

"You'd wish to speak with Jeckt for one last time?"

Vera only nodded. She couldn't see Mika, but she was quite sure that he could see her clearly.

"Very well. I shall relieve you of your misery; now come. Jeckt wishes to see you too."

Vera blinked for a moment, looking around the room for a sign of any changes. "How can I? You're not around-"

She was immediately cut off by a sudden black vortex appearing slowly in front of her bedroom window. It made it as though the night outside her house had suddenly blew a hole right through her room, but there was nothing but emptiness. It reminded her a lot about her last confrontation with Jeckt before she left Spira for good, and now she could possibly be going back.

"Go." Mika's voice urged. She was slightly startled by the command, figuring he hadn't spoken for a while once again. She stuck her hand in just to see what would happen, and it was only darkened and wrapped around by caressing shadows. She had looked up to the ceiling, as if Mika was watching her from there, and slowly stepped through the abyss.

"Yeehaw! Where next?!" Cid asked eagerly through the airship speakerphone. At this point, both of the arms of Sin were shot off and everyone needed to go to the next destination while they were bought more time.

"It is over." Brother's voice chimed through.

"What? We have only begun!"

"But the main gun, it is broken!"

"Th-that cannot be!"

Rikku translated. "The main gun's busted!"

"Dang it! All right everyone, back inside! Time for another plan!"

Tidus turned around and shouted at the frame in front of him. "No! We're going in! Every blitzer knows: When you got the ball, you gotta score!"

For some reason this reminded Remora of a quote her coach gave her when she was in the cheerleading team, but right now wasn't the right time to mention it, even to Fang. But she did want to Tidus in agreement. "Hey, Tidus."

He turned around with question on his face. "Huh?"

"Ladies first." She said. Then without warning everyone, she ran to the edge of the airship and leaped off, aiming to land on Sin's head.

"Remora, are you crazy!?" Fang yelled. "You're not going anywhere without your guardian!" And then she jumped off after her.

"H-Hey! Star players, first!" Tidus yelled out after them, and then he ran towards the edge with everyone else, about to land on Sin's head and eliminate one of the important parts of it.

Spira was going through another sunset as Sin was on its weak stage. In failure to stay in its position, it eventually began to fall down, then collapsing on top of Bevelle, which shocked nearly anyone in its surroundings. A large crash sound shook the acres surrounding Bevelle as Sin laid temporarily on top of it.

"Father! I cannot believe what I see!" Brother said shocked.

"Believe it, son. They've done it! It is happening!"

At that point, everyone walked back inside, faces looking as though they were ready for another plan, seeing that the battle wasn't finished just yet. Brother turned around, still in his seat.

"Rikku! Excellent!"

Remora stepped through the soon scattered crowd. "Something tells me...it's going to come back."

Fang stepped next to her. "Well, all we did was destroy the little fish. The real money's inside of Sin."

"I know." Tidus then replied in agreement.

"What? You gotta be kidding!" Cid yelled out in surprise.

"No! We have to beat the guy inside Sin!" Tidus explained.

Wakka folded his hands over his chest. "The Crusaders would be out of job if it were this easy, ya?"

Fang nodded. "But like I said, we did weaken it. This buys us more time for a strategy."

"Yeah! We're winning!" Rikku agreed.

"Alright, I'll do what I can with the main gun!" Cid replied. He then walked through the hall where the group entered to do his repairs. Everyone watched as he walked away, but then Yuna began to walk off as well as if something troubled her. Remora glanced at her curiously as the door to the hall opened for Yuna to step through. She noticed that Auron was leaning against the wall in the area, looking focused. She then turned to Fang, who was doing the thousand-yard stare once more through the window.

"I'm...going to talk to Auron for a moment." Remora said. Fang didn't flinch at all.

"You do that."

Remora had a slight feeling of doubt about if Fang was okay or not. She seemed to get the battle plan well enough, but what was she really thinking was what Remora wondered. She let Fang have her moment of peace though and went ahead through the hallway to face Auron. When they were face to face, she saw that through his shades that his eyes met hers.

"This isn't over. Not yet."

"That's what I heard."

"You're not concerned at all?"

"Well, I noticed that Fang was acting a little different, but I-"

"I don't care about how she feels, I want to know how you feel about this."

"I'm just fine...We discovered the real way to beat Sin, and now we don't need a Final Aeon to destroy it or take its place." There was a moment of silence after that, and Auron looked like he didn't know whether to believe her or not. But then he did a little gasp as his eyes averted to Remora's neck.

"Remora, what happened?" Auron asked anxiously.

Remora blinked a little. "What do you mean?" Auron pushed himself up from against the wall and got closer to Remora, moving her hair behind her head to reveal a long red slit on her neck.

"You didn't tell anyone you were hurt."

"I didn't even know I had this." Remora said, mouth agape. She stroked it a little and it stung her, reminding her it was a brand new cut. "I didn't get hurt fighting Sin with you all."

"How would you know?" Auron asked a little bit sharply. The tone in his voice frightened her a little bit, but she knew that he was just worried about her, as a guardian should be. "And the fact that you said that you didn't know you had it, it's almost as though you ignored it the whole time."

"But isn't this what a summoner should be? Vigorous and courageous, not being brought down by a small cut anywhere on his/her body...I think I'm doing a pretty good job."

She felt a small tear run down her cheek as she closed her eyes, not knowing how far the conversation would go. She saw nothing, but she heard a footstep or two coming towards her and a few seconds after a funny feeling touched the cut on her neck, and it only stung a little but a second afterwards, not at all. She opened and rubbed the wetness out of her eyes to see that Auron bent down to kiss the slit on her neck, supposed to make it feel better she guessed. He brought his head back up a moment later to stop another tear from streaming down her face.

"You are doing a good job. Sorry if I sounded like I misjudged you." Auron said quietly. She stared blankly passed him at the wall he used to be leaning on. Long arms had then wrapped around her to pull her into a long embrace as she closed her eyes once more, feeling at ease. It almost felt as though they were in the middle of nowhere, seeing that they were in a hall all by themselves and there weren't any noises or interruptions. This suddenly made her wonder when was the last time she bathed. At Macalania, which had been a while. She felt fresh, but at the same time a little askew, but no one seemed to care, and at that neither did she. A thought had then popped into her mind.

"I'd like to see Jeckt one last time before we...eliminate him." Remora said quietly. There was a pause but then she could hear Auron inhale a little.

"I do too." Another pause, but then Remora opened her eyes and parted the embrace so that she was just standing in front of Auron.

"I should speak to the others also." She said. Auron nodded her head to do what she had to do, and then she continued to walk through the hall in search of Yuna. She couldn't have possibly followed Cid; despite that he was her uncle, but he had repairs to do, and probably wouldn't want her to touch anything anyway. She saw Kimahri and Rin on the way, but she continued to wonder how long Rin would be staying on the ship, and he caught her glance immediately.

"Something troubling you?" He asked curiously. Remora shook her head 'no'.

"I'm just wondering a little how long you'll be on this airship. It's been a while now. Were you on it while we were gone in Bevelle also?"

"I was actually. Until Home is rebuilt again, I've got nowhere else to run business."

"I see..." Remora replied. She almost completely forgot that he was Al Bhed and what happened to their Home a while ago. She wasn't even there when it all happened, but from the way that everyone told her about it, it sounded like something she'd rather not see in person. One of her hands tapped the side of her hip but she felt something more soft and a little edgy. "Huh?" She looked down to see that she tapped her pocket, and she dug into it to find a little navy bag. "How'd this get here?"

"Ah, I see you got my gift." Rin said eagerly.

"Your...gift?" Remora repeated confused. She glanced back at the little bag and then back to Rin. "How'd it get in my pocket?"

"Don't know. I told your little friend...- Fang was it? - to deliver it to you for me. I thought you were watching us though, but apparently you missed that part."

"Oh." Remora said surprisingly. She did remember spying on them for fun, but she must have missed the part about him asking Fang to give it to her. "But she never did mention to me anything about this."

"I suppose that she was sneaky then." Rin said, grinning. Remora peaked in the bag to find 2 gil in the bag. "Its a souvenir for you to take home with you. To help you remember us."

"Don't worry, I'll never forget this place." Remora said smirking. Rin grinned back and then Remora thought of something else. "That reminds me...did Yuna pass by earlier?"

"She did. I think she standing outside on the deck. Not sure what she's doing though. I think Tidus went to look for her also. You'll probably find them both up there."

"Ah, thank you." Remora then said. She waved at him as she then kept walking in the directions that led to the upper deck. She saw other shipmates looking through the windows and pacing around the halls. She nodded, waved or said 'hello' to most of them when she passed by before she went on the lift. It rose slowly as she saw the door above her open to let in the sunset light. As soon as the lift stopped moving, the door was completely open and she stepped outside to feel the warm air hit her face. Rin was right, Yuna and Tidus were already on the deck, and probably talking about something personal, and she didn't want to interrupt such a thing. But she did need to talk to them before they fight against Sin once more. Her footsteps clattered against the ship's surface as she walked towards them, and they both turned to find her walking towards them.

"Hello, Remora." Yuna greeted. Remora stepped next to her and said hello back as she looked down to see that they were still over the corrupted Bevelle.

"I'm guessing it's unconscious or something of the sort." Remora then said. Tidus then nodded.

"He's been lying there for a while now."

"He?" Remora repeated confused.

"My old man." Tidus elaborated.

"Oh..."

"I wonder if Sir Jeckt is in pain?" Yuna then said.

"Lets just end this...quickly. The fayth said they'd help us, right?" Tidus replied.

"Whenever I spoke to the fayth, that's what it seemed like they said." Remora stated, her thumb lying on her chin.

"It bothers me, the way they said that." Yuna then said.

"Did they say something different to you, Yuna?" Remora asked curiously.

"I mean, they've been fighting alongside us the whole time, but now they say they'll...help?"

"Yikes...that is weird."

"Wait! Sin is reborn when Yu Yevon merges with an aeon, isn't that right? If I summon an aeon, Yu Yevon will join with it. But at first, it'll be small, won't it?"

"Yeah...then we might be able to beat it without the Final Summoning." Tidus replied.

"I don't know. What if Yu Yevon jumps again?"

"Then we'll take it down again! We'll fight him until he's got no place else to run!"

"So it's come down to this." Remora said, half to herself.

"Yeah, I know. Hey, the fayth, they're tired of this whole thing too. Let's let them rest."

Yuna looked up at the orange sky. "The fayth said it's pointless to keep dreaming. The dream will disappear, he said. What did he mean? And what is it that Yu Yevon is summoning from within Sin?"

"The dream of the fayth." Tidus replied. At that, both Remora and Yuna glanced at him with an anxious face.

"You won't...go away, will you?" Yuna said. Remora didn't want him to say 'yes', and luckily she was saved by the bell when she heard the intercom buzz on. Rikku's voice echoed through all of the ship.

"Yunie! Rem! Guys! Come look! Something's happening to Sin!"

The three of them glanced at each other and then looked down. Sin had woken up, and what looked like giant illuminating wings sprouted from it's back. It began to float once more as it rose above the Bevelle tower, not looking anymore weaker than it was before. That was a cue for the three of them to go back inside and join the others to discuss the next attack. They all headed off the deck and made their way back to the bridge of the airship, where everyone else awaited for them.

"Jeckt...he's waiting for you." Auron said, turning his head towards Tidus. Cid was looking through the window, and then turned to face the group.

"Well, son, the main gun's still busted. We can't give you any cover fire!"

"Hey, just take us in. We'll do the rest." Tidus said. Remora then took a moment to glance at everyone else that surrounded her, and then she sighed a little to say what she really had to say.

"By the time this is over, Fang and I will have to go back home." She announced. She felt Fang glance at her and multiple stares meet her gaze. No one said anything, but she knew that she had only increased the suspense by a little bit. Tidus then looked around himself, seeing that all of the guardians and the two faithful summoners agreed with his strategy. Cid then nodded his head up and turned towards the front of the bridge.

"Alright. Take us up, flush to the mouth. No mistakes, or I'm going to tear that mop out of your hair!"

Brother looked a little frightened. "Eh...Trust...me. Me...take you there. No problem...ya?"

"Let's get ready to blitz!" Tidus shouted, making their next move seem more exciting than they thought.

Everyone stood on the deck as the sunset continued to shine through everything. Sin was floating at the same level with the airship, turning so it would be face to face with everyone else. The tension rose as it looked liked it was ready to take a challenge, but it didn't stop anyone from what was about to occur.

"Here we go!"

"I'm coming for you dad!" Tidus shouted. Everyone then ran to the very front of the deck, about ready to take down Sin for good.