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Chapter 6

Attack 1

Luca

Two days later

After the services to honor the dead of Kilika, the day before Tidus found himself along with Yuna and the others watching the Sphere screens as the Opening ceremonies for the tournament begins from the locker rooms.

Annoyed even further as once again, they disparaged Wakka and the Aurochs as lousy; his determination to shock those in Luca grew. But surprisingly enough, he was startled as Yuna approached him with a gentle and curious smile.

"Tidus...have you heard?"

"Heard what?"

"Sir Auron is in town!" She replied with a measure of excitement as she clasps her hands together. Her blue and green eyes mirroring her joy, she looks at him with something akin to anticipation. "Perhaps if we find him he might know where Sir Jecht is."

A beautiful smile on her face, Tidus could not help that after reassuring a newly arrived Wakka that he would return in time for the first game, allow himself to be pulled out to go find Auron.

Never did it occur to him though, that the two were different people. But then, as he allowed himself to search Tidus was in thought, and a frown crosses his features as memories he tried hard to forget came forth.

Did he really want to find his father?

Did he really want to see the man who made him feel unwanted as a child?

This troubled Tidus quite a bit. Pausing for a few minutes, he turned as he could no longer see or hear Yuna. Knowing the Ronso, who never left her side if he could help it from his short time with them; he found them moments later as Yuna was surrounded by many admirers.

Shaking his head, he could see her looking at him with a please get me out of here expression on her features. Resisting the urge to chuckle as she gently tried to escape from her admirers; Tidus approached and looked to Kimahri who nodded his head.

"All right coming through!" He yelled. Startling people left and right, the blonde barged through and firmly grabbed onto Yuna's hand with his own. Giving her a gentle squeeze, the brunette could not help but giggle as Tidus kept going. Every so often shooting out a comment as people tried to close ranks to get a glimpse of the girl, it took about 10 minutes before they were free of a majority of the public.

Giggling between the two of them, the two look behind them at the absolute puzzlement expressed on the features of all they just escaped from. Taking it now as a chance to hide, they run off even further, until they find themselves at the last plaza of Luca, before the Mi'hen High road.

Seeing not many places open to the public as the area they were was mostly homes and little pushcarts, they were about to turn and go back when Yuna pointed out an inn in the distance.

Nodding his head his takes the lead as Kimahri follows close behind as always. Having no problem in protecting the young woman between them so far, what was to happen next caught them completely off guard.

Entering a sports bar at the moment, which was filled with visitors watching the screen, Kimahri was set to watch from the door for any trouble as Tidus and Yuna mingled within. It was two who were already there that had caused the Ronso in their group a lot of grief.

Biran and Yenke of course had decided now was just as good a time as any to start shit with Kimahri with whom they had an apparent history with. Trying hard not to rise to the bait of challenge that they were dangling in front of him, neither one noticed the group of Al Bhed sneaking up and taking Yuna away.

But as this was going on, someone else was indeed watching.

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Sitting in a far corner alone with a drink and a decent view of the sphere screen, Cloud glanced over as the three who had entered were being confronted. The two Ronso that he had twice helped the Bartender boot for causing a ruckus seemed to a degree to be starting it again.

But unlike this time, he watched as someone else began to move as well. Two Al Bhed, whom had been close to the door, had said something about the girl to one another from what he could hear over the crowd.

Judging by her dress, Cloud already knew she was a summoner. Figuring what they are about to do. Normally he would have interfered, but something about these three intrigued him.

He couldn't figure it out quite yet, but as events unfolded, he noticed the immediate concern appear in the eyes of the two Ronso harassing them. Startled by this, he watched as the other blonde and the blue are shocked as they realize that the girl was gone.

Seeing how they immediately take off he moves to help them out of habit, but is stopped as a familiar figure of a boy appears in front of him.

"Not yet... It is not time." The boy replied. "Will you help them? The time to do so comes soon."

"I see. What makes this time so different? It always comes back."

The boy just smiled. "Will you?"

Sighing softly, Cloud just nods his head. Despite not wanting to help, not wanting to grow attached to anyway from spending too much time with them. Not wanting to honestly care....

He can not help but do so. Something about the way he is being asked and how the lifestream in his body is pushing him to accept much like she would have....

What will you choose Cloud? Us or a memory?

"But why? Why me, why now? And who would they be?" Painful memories coming forward, the spiky haired man sits back in his seat with a anguished look upon his features. The boy looking sorrowful at him, Cloud feels the warmth of the boy reaching out to give him reassurance.

"Through those you will help, they will bring you to awaken the other who sleeps with Chaos. And why you? It is simply because this one still hopes, as do you Cloud Strife and the one imbued with Chaos. All though you both try desperately to hide it, we can feel it in you. It is there and that is a great power indeed. "

Startled by the fact this boy knew his name, and that this boy knew of someone who could only be Vincent, for the first time in ages Cloud is caught off guard by the sound of a crash in the kitchen as looks over to it for one second.

As people yelp in shock, over the fact that the Besaid Aurochs won a game, he notices when he turns back around... that the boy is gone.

His name known, and the fact he can literally count on one hand the few he can trust with it in this time period. Coupled with the knowledge of Vincent and his whereabouts on top of that?

Musing, he smiles as he looks off into the windows up towards the front of the bar. Although the figures are small and faint, he smiles at the sight of the blue towering Ronso and the smaller figures around him.

"So they got her back safely."

Nodding his head in agreement, Cloud gestured to the other side of the table. Already knowing that it was Auron who stood beside him, he watched as the other man took his offer of a seat with acceptance.

The two men silent with one another for a few minutes, questions begin to be asked and are answered to the best of one's ability. Still nothing seems to go anywhere as both were lost in thought.

"You really think that Sin is something that Yevon created?"

Cloud nods his head, as he looks up. "It feels like it. Meeting those men from Yevon, something about them felt wrong. Felt to much as Shinra did when Sephiroth had started his rampage. Sin is not the monster that everyone believes it to be."

"It is something else." Auron quietly stated as he finished what the blonde was about to say. Said blonde listening and about to speak up, it is then that the startled screams of those outside reach their ears. Both men, looking outside rapidly they look around as fiends are appearing left and right all over Luca.

"So it begins."

"Indeed...."

"Will you help me protect them?"

"Yes."

Leaving a small pile of money there on the table to pay for their drinks, Cloud and Auron move out to the side. The people safely inside could tell as hands reach for weapons what these men were about to do. Wishing them luck and safety both men say nothing and just nod their head to indicate they have heard.

Auron sliding his free arm of his coat to brace himself for his style of battle, as Cloud slides his sword into separate ones.

Weapons in hand, both men begin to cut through.