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
Chapter 9: Beginning
Shuyin sat rubbing Lenne's shoulders as they looked at the collection of ultrasound pictures on Mahra's coffee table.
"That's our little baby." Lenne smiled up at Shuyin.
"Sure is. Look, he got your nose." He joked and kissed her lovingly, before picking one of the pictures up to have a closer look. "Why didn't you ask if it was a boy or a girl? Then I would have an idea of what to paint the nursery."
"Part of the fun of being pregnant…" Lenne said as she slowly pulled herself to her feet. "Is that when the baby is born, you get a surprise when you find out what gender it is. I'll be back in a minute." She kissed him again before going into the kitchen to help her sister with dinner.
Shuyin sat looking at the collection of pictures, amazed at how they showed the growth of the baby. Suddenly his pocket buzzed and he pulled out his phone, answering a call from the commander.
"Sir? No Sir… I've been caught up in my Blitzball work, and I have a family I need to take care of… Yes Sir…" Shuyin stepped over to the window over-looking the sea, with his back to the kitchen; he didn't see that there was someone behind him.
"I was planning on going one night next week. I know how to work the machine there won't be too much of a problem, unless their guards decide to follow me and stop me…But Sir… Yes sir… goodbye sir." Shuyin put shut his phone and put it back in his pocket.
"Shuyin?" A quiet voice whispered.
Shuyin turned around to see Lenne holding a silver tray with two plates on. Seeing his worried expression, she placed it on the coffee table and went to his side.
"Are you okay? What's wrong honey?"
"Lenne," he immediately took her hands and kissed them, looking at her with wide worried eyes. "I'm sorry, that was the Commander."
"What did he want?" She asked with a disgusted tone. She hated that man, but Shuyin had to do as he said since he was working for him now.
"He wants me to go to Bevelle, and continue my mission that I stopped when I found out about the baby."
"No Shuyin." Lenne sighed; shaking her head at him, then began to walk away. "Not this again."
"Lenne I have to do what he says." Shuyin replied.
"You have to, or you want to?!" Lenne protested, turning to face him again, her hair whipping around and falling over her left shoulder.
Shuyin looked away and leant against the window. "I'm not having this argument with you again Lenne. He's my boss; I have to do what he says. But yes, I do wanna do this because it'll help us win the war." He strode over to Lenne, who was now on the brink of tears from hearing that her husband wanted to run off again. "Please understand. I don't wanna lose you or the baby to those monsters from Bevelle."
Lenne looked into her Husband's eyes and wrapped her arms around him as much as she could without squashing her large middle. "Fine, but don't get yourself shot. And remember this; you're not going to lose us to anyone. You're my Blitzball player, and I am your Summoner. I always will be."
The couple happily kissed one another, but Lenne felt a piece of her heart tear away as she watched him walk out the door and get into his airship. He drove away and disappeared within a matter of seconds. He would be in Bevelle in a few hours, working on some crazy and stupid plan to save Zanarkand from this pointless war.
Lenne sat alone and ate her dinner in Mahra's living room, then threw Shuyin's dinner away before going for a nap in Mahra's spare room.
DAYS LATER
The baby's room was finished finally with Mahra's help, who had decided to stay overnight again in case Lenne needed her desperately. Shuyin got back to Zanarkand late again, and headed straight to the temple to report back to the commander.
Lenne could see a long hallway ahead of her, and the sound of piano notes echoed through the chamber. She ran in the direction of the sound. Footsteps were getting louder from behind her and she could hear men's voices shouting after her.
She then found herself face to face with a huge machina monster that was somehow being activated. She ran forward and saw Shuyin above its head, playing on some sort of musical organ.
"You must stop!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, spreading her arms and legs like a star, then stepped forwards once more when he turned to look at her. "That's enough!" She protested.
When she woke up she found herself in her room. Her heart was pounding as though it wanted to release from her rib cage. Her nightmare had terrified her to the core, and once more she was alone, worried for Shuyin in case what she had seen later in her sleep was a vision of what had actually happened to him in Bevelle underground.
There was suddenly a painful twinge in her stomach, and her legs were wet along with her bed sheets. She gasped and felt the baby as it moved inside her slightly.
"Oh Crap, please not now! MAHRA!" She screamed and threw the covers back off her legs, having to clutch the bed post to pull her body into a sitting position and throwing her legs over the side of the bed to stand up, she yelled again "Mahra! Get you ass in here now!"
Mahra immediately called the doctor once they had gotten Lenne changed into something suitable to give birth in. Teran and Jecht came over of course; Teran was in the bed room with the girls whilst Jecht tried desperately to get a hold of Shuyin, who was nowhere to be found. He also showed the doctor where to go when he got to the apartment.
Lenne's contractions immediately weren't too far apart, which meant that Shuyin would have to get here quick if he wanted to be at the birth of his child.
"Where the hell is Shuyin? It's his kid!" Teran complained, in a lot of pain from Lenne's death grip on his ball throwing hand.
"No one's seen him since he went back to Bevelle." Mahra replied at the same high volume.
"Would you both shut up?! I'm trying to give birth here!" The youngest sibling yelled whilst resisting the urge not to push, and screaming at the top of her lungs whenever she had a contraction. The nurse dabbed her forehead with a damp cloth when she relaxed back onto the pillows behind her. "Where's Shuyin? He should be here."
Suddenly the door burst open. "I'm here!" A man called, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Thank Yevon!" Lenne proclaimed, looking towards the door.
"Are you the father?" The doctor asked.
"Yes sir." Shuyin replied, almost out of breath.
"Then get in here and hold her. We're almost done here."
Shuyin closed the door and ran in, taking Lenne into his arms as he supported her back and held her other hand as she pushed and screamed at the top of her lungs for about another half hour, before she finally collapsed back into his arms.
"You did it babe, I'm so proud of you." Shuyin kissed Lenne's forehead and they both smiled, their baby was finally here.
Lenne looked up to see where the baby was, only to see the Nurse with her back to everyone else, towering over a small bundle.
Shuyin and Mahra saw it before her and tried to engage her in conversation to stop her from seeing, but they were too late. Lenne saw and immediately asked, "Why isn't the baby crying? Is something wrong?"
"No, there's nothing wrong." The doctor hesitated, getting a little fidgety. "He's just under a little stress that' all."
Lenne couldn't handle everyone talking to her at once, and in the midst of the confusion and heartbreak she yelled, "Don't give me that bullshit! I know there's something wrong!"
The baby wasn't breathing, and it looked as though all was lost. Shuyin found it hard to hold back his tears, but he forced them back so that he could support his sobbing wife.
"Shuyin! He never had a chance." Lenne sobbed "He didn't even stand a chance!"
"Shh." Shuyin hushed. "I'm sorry hun." He rocked with her gently and muffled her crying. It was a good job too; otherwise they might not have heard the second cry that filled the room.
"Lenne…" Mahra tapped her arm to get her to look. Lenne lifted her head to see the Nurse with a smile on her face, holding in her arms a tiny bundle wrapped in a blue blanket.
"Congratulations lady Summoner, it's a beautiful, healthy, baby boy." The nurse said, helping Lenne to receive the bundle in her arms.
Shuyin wrapped his arms around Lenne's to cradle their son in. "I'm sorry I've been away so long, I didn't get a chance to think of any names."
"That's alright." Lenne replied, smiling at their baby, she didn't care about that anymore; she only cared about the new man in her life. "I have the perfect name for him."
"What's that then?"
Lenne sighed, her smile growing even more as she began to well up. "Tidus Shuyin Nutini."
"That's absolutely perfect for him." Shuyin praised and kissed his tired, but beautiful wife. Then he kissed his newborn son.
Absolutely wiped out from giving birth, Lenne gave the baby to Shuyin to hold whilst she slept. Shuyin gently rocked the stirring baby in his arms and looked into his eyes. He felt a change in himself as he saw some of his own characteristics already showing in the baby; Shuyin had been wide eyed when he was first born, now Tidus was the same. Shuyin was born with bright blue eyes, Tidus was the same. Shuyin was also born with a birthmark just above his eye, Tidus was also the same.
Shuyin sighed and couldn't help but smile at his miniature self in his arms. "Listen, I never thought I would be the type of person who would have a kid. My dad was never really there for me, and now I'm not sure what to do either, it's a good job that your Mother's sister is good with kids, or I'd be at a loss… I really love your mother, she's the most wonderful, most loving person I've ever known, and she hates it when I go away. But I only go away because I'm determined to protect her, and now I'm even more determined because I wanna protect you now too. I don't t know what I would do with myself if I lost both of you to Bevelle. Which is why I'm willing to do whatever it takes to win this war, even if it means giving my own life to protect you both."
YAY!!! The baby is finally here.... see where their stories fit into it now, well, it your still at a loss... read on when the update comes on and it'll become clearer. xxx