Yay, this is my first ever fan fiction on here. First of all lets start with the disclaimer!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Final Fantasy or the gaming series, the original characters are not mine although i have put some original characters of mine in this, so please do not steal them! This is a purely fan based fiction, All right for the original FF characters go to their rightful owners at SqaureSoft.
So then, what do you need to know about this fanfiction of mine??? - well basically, this is a fanfiction of Shuyin and Lenne before the beginning of FFX and FFX-2.. it's also, how i think their stories could have fit better into the story of FFX, please review, but also please don't be nasty, this is my first fanfiction to be published here.. Thanks xxx
By the way, i know it wasn't stated, but hte first chapter of the fanfiction was titled "Home".
Chapter 2: The Talk of War
Both Lenne and Shuyin were awake early the next morning, even though Shuyin had been away in Bevelle for some time; he was still the star player for the Zanarkand Abes and couldn't afford to miss any practices. They were both out the door as soon as they were ready to go.
His airship speeder was parked just outside the doors to Lenne's apartment block, they walked out together and he opened the door for her. Shutting it again as she secured herself in and sprinted around to the driver's side where he hopped into the seat next to her.
People on the outside had no clue that they were a couple, lovers now, after their reunion last night. No one would ever know either. They had decided mutually to keep their relationship a secret, in fear that they would be torn from each other if they were ever discovered by anyone, including their own family.
The love between a summoner and a blitzball player had never been allowed in the history of the world, a priest once told Lenne when she was a small child, training, that the first ever High summoner to grace the land of Spira had lost her lover in battle, and from that day forward had prophesized that the love between a summoner and a blitzball player, though eternal, would be forbidden forever from rising again.
Neither Lenne nor Shuyin had believed in old fairytales or legends, but to make sure that they weren't deported, or even decapitated by the protestors, they decided to keep their true relationship private from everyone other than themselves. Everyone else just thought that they were exceptionally good friends who loved each other like siblings.
If that were even remotely true, it would have made last night really awkward. Lenne thought to herself randomly as she saw a few people pass by.
Right now she glanced over to the handsome young man next to her and smiled contently, adding a small sigh. He saw it as he glanced back at her before going back to concentrating on driving his shiny little speeder.
"What are you so smiley about?" He asked, a smile creeping onto his own face.
"Last night," She replied, stretching her arms and chest. They could talk openly here in the cruising speeder, no one could hear then whilst it was going at this speed. Lenne was surprised that she wasn't having brief mouthfuls of her long brown hair in addition to her breakfast this morning as the resistant air blew through it.
"What about last night?" Shuyin asked again, the slight smile on his face now turning into a cocky grin.
Was he really that proud of himself for what he did last night? Lenne thought, though she didn't mind. She too was quite happy with herself for accomplishing such a goal that most girls her age had already achieved two years earlier, maybe even earlier than that.
"All of it." Lenne smiled, "I loved every moment of being with you."
"Same here, I've never had such a good night in my entire life." Shuyin said in return and smiled at her quickly before returning his eyes to the road. "I've never loved a girl as much as I love you, Lenne. I really mean that."
Lenne was speechless with his confession, she could see, even though only looking at the side of his face, that every single word he uttered was true. Though she knew it was all true anyway. He never had been able to lie in front of her; he just claimed that it was because he was in the presence of a summoner. Lenne knew that it was because he couldn't lie to the woman he loved.
Shuyin pulled into the staff car park at the Zanarkand Dome Stadium and reverse the procedure that he has performed when they got into the car. "Thank you," Lenne whispered quietly. There was no one else around, but not wasn't the time to be affectionate in case there were any hidden eyes. Hugs and Kisses could wait until the lovers were behind closed doors and curtains.
They entered the building together via the large entrance ramp. Inside is where it got messy. There was no chance for them to even breathe before they were torn apart by Shuyin's team mates and Lenne's girl pals, both groups yelling something about waiting for over ten minutes and trying to call. The last thing Lenne saw of her secret boyfriend that morning was when they both turned around and laughed at their current situation.
Lenne was led by her friends into the empty seating area; the adjustable roof of the Dome was open today due to nice weather, letting in the warm sun light onto the girls' faces.
"So, we tried to get in touch with you last night," Tiah, her young blonde friend said to her.
"Oh, did you really? I didn't get any messages." Lenne replied calmly and suddenly the entire scene turned into some sort of interrogation, questions flying from the mouths of about four different girls.
"Were you with someone?"Tiah asked again
"Not likely.." Lenne answered
"Were you out shopping, we know you love shoes?"
"Actually.." She spoke again.
"Ooo, was it a boy?!"
"No!"
"How about a cute boy?!"
"I said no..."
"A bodybuilder?"
"Not my type."
"A waiter?"
"Nope…" Lenne grinned.
All the girls gasped and asked at the same time. "Was it your sound check guy?!"
Lenne grimaced "No way! Look girls, I wasn't with anyone last night, you can even ask my brother, he's the one who walked me home. And don't even get any of those kinds of ideas into your head; you know he's engaged to a lovely girl from Kilika.
The girls' mood changed a little and they all huffed and puffed. "Ya," Limen replied, "If she ever makes it over here."
"What's that supposed to mean? Why wouldn't she make it?"
"There's this war that's about to start ya? Soon it's gonna be almost impossible for anyone to fly anywhere. We're all gonna be stuck here whilst the men go out and fight, and none of us migrates are gonna be able to see our families for a long time, ya?"
"Limen, please don't be so down hearted. The war won't be that bad, it's just a silly argument between Zanarkand and Bevelle about who wants to be the capital city of Spira."
Lenne looked around at the faces of her friends; all of them had suddenly changed from being so upbeat to feeling disheartened in a split second. They had been like this before, when the talk of war was first in the air. Mostly because they thought that the war would cause them to miss out on the valuable shopping days that they held close to their hearts.
In the months since the first announcement of war, they had come to truly value what was more close to them than just shopping, and now those that had been able to travel across the seas, were at risk of being cut off from their homelands and families forever.
It angered Lenne to see the friends she treasured so much, hurting inside due to some silly argument between cities. Even though she was a High summoner, she did not have enough power to stop a war, only the power to battle in it.
"Why are you all being such cry babies?!" She chuckled, and her friends stared at her in shock, she was so forceful, yet had a beaming smile on her face. "You know I hate to see you like this, so let's have a little bit of faith shall we? I promise you that you'll all be able to see your families again when this war is over, I won't let Bevelle take away what I hold close to me, and I won't let Bevelle take away what you all hold close either. This war will be settled once and for all."
"But Lennie," Tiah replied, "This is a machina war."
"So, I'm not gonna let any machines stop me from fight for the things I love. Like I said to you before; I won't let Bevelle take away what I love the most."
All the other girls smiled, "Lenne you're the bravest girl I've ever met." Hayna, the only other brunette in the group smiled at her.
Then another voice joined the group from behind Lenne as she stood before her friends. "I've been telling her that ever since she was little." A woman's voice said.
"Mahra?! Is that you?!" Lenne exclaimed and turned around to see her older sister's face which bore her familiar warm smile, that reminded Lenne so much of her mother. "Mahra!" Lenne squeaked and threw her thin arms around her larger sister.
"It's nice to see you little sister, I hope you haven't run our brother out of town." Her tone was formal as usual, the result of much temple schooling. Whenever Lenne was re-united with her sister, the girlish charm returned to her entire being, like a butterfly being released from a cramped cocoon.
It was always refreshing for her friends to see her return to being a girl again, it reminded them that although their best friend was High Summoner, deep down she was just like the rest of them.
"Unfortunately, no" Lenne replied, "How was your honeymoon?"
"Everything I could have hoped for. Besaid is a wonderful little island, Jecht even saw his old friend Auron."
"Oh, what a small world." Lenne replied. Her smile still hadn't faded; all she cared about was having her sister back safe from her honeymoon. In all honesty, she didn't get along very well with Jecht. He liked to drink often and was tough on Shuyin when they were training, though Shuyin himself didn't mind, Lenne hated to see him worn out because of one man's orders.
Even Jecht's body language made Lenne revolted in him, her sister deserved so much better than a man who drank, hardly ever shaved and had a huge tattoo of the Zanarkand emblem on his chest. But Lenne never voice her opinion about him, after all, he was Mahra's choice, just like Shuyin was Lenne's choice.
Suddenly the men appeared in eye sight, but not anywhere close. Jecht swam out into the sphere pool first, followed by the other players and the training session began. Mahra accompanied Lenne and the other girls as they sat and gossiped whilst the players worked their butts off to improve their physique and stamina.
Shuyin caught Lenne's eyesight a few times whilst training, and had decided to show off a little today; usually, Lenne wouldn't take much notice of the rare wink of his eye at her, but today, every time she saw those sea blue sapphires, her heart leaped higher than the stars.
"Lenne did you see that?!" Tiah exclaimed.
"See what?" Lenne replied, not yet fully conscious after her hearts most recent jump.
"Shuyin winked at you! Now tell me there's nothing going on between you!" She demanded with excitement.
Lenne paused blushed slightly as she was without an answer. Damn, what do I say?
"I knew it!" Tiah shouted in a high pitch. "There is something going on between you two!"
Busted! Lenne thought and was about to turn bright red in embarrassment and confess the whole love secret, that was until Mahra came in quickly with a reply.
"Now, don't be so foolish Tiah, let's not forget that Lenne is a High summoner, and as such knows the rules and fate that is to be met by all summoners and blitzball stars who find themselves falling in love with each other."
Mahra's words cut into Lenne like pins. She was right; Lenne knew the rules and the fate that doomed the love of a Blitzer and a summoner. But then again, Lenne never truly believed in fate. She believed more in destiny.