I do not own Final Fantasy 7 or Final Fantasy 10
Shinigamichild... Why be surprised? Technically she is supposed to be light damage but quicker Tidus when she moves. Hypothetically against one who would use a sword as large as Cloud's, she should be able to block it. And it is simply because she would have the time to do so.
FriggyEsquire.... Heh...thanks...not to bad for a girl whose only copy of FF7 went out the window years ago...*Whimpers Still can't find a replacement.
Chapter 20
Guadosalam and the Farplane 1
Approaching the home of the Guado, Cloud turned towards Vincent and Auron both. The two other men were nodding their heads in agreement to a shared message between them. Mostly on the fact that they were now entering what could be called enemy territory.
Yuna smiling brightly as she chatted with Tidus up ahead they entered the small home of the Guado and already Cloud feels the pull of something upon him. Memories playing through his mind, as all though the buildings are different....
The feel has never changed....
"Over a millennia of time and yet is still has that same feel." Vincent said quietly. The black haired man walking around the village of the Guado stated. Yuna and the others puzzled as they look at him in confusion, the gunman looks to Cloud.
"Although the land and area around it has changed, the feel hasn't. This place...was once Midgard...our home."
Surprised by the words he has spoken, they were about to ask when they found themselves approached by an older male Guado. A kind and gentle face upon his features, the older man bowed in respect to Yuna and the others around her.
"Aahh Lady Yuna, you have arrived. I am Trommell; Lord Seymour has requested your presence tonight in his home for dinner. Please...please follow me."
"What about my guardians? I...go nowhere without them." Yuna said softly. Her voice gentle and the smile warm, the older man flusters at the almost insult he had inadvertently given the young woman and those who protect her.
"Forgive me Lady Yuna, but they are to come as well. We have set up a great feast for you and your guardians to partake of during your visit here."
"Thank you." She smiled kindly. "Please lead on."
The guardians and summer heading down the road, they come across as they turn a large expressive mansion of some kind. Extravagant compared to most of the homes around the village, Trommell was heading toward it and all took in the elegance of the home as the wide double doors opened.
A little gaudy, the manor as they entered Rikku who was towards the front next to her cousin zeroed on the roast meats, cheeses, and other various goods. Her stomach choosing that moment to let itself be known the blonde girl immediately headed straight for the food.
"OOO! ROAST APPLES! YUM!"
Proceeding to munch on various things to her heart's content, the others started moving around to look at the other dishes set out for them to enjoy.
Quiet conversation starting in various parts of the dining room, it is where Cloud and Vincent find themselves standing next to Auron. Kimahri never to far from Yuna, she was chatting amicably with Tidus and Rikku whenever the blonde girl didn't have her mouth full. Wakka and Lulu also talking amongst themselves as well, it left the three men to be thoughtful and contemplative.
"Vincent, what do you think?"
"He wants something from us. Or should I say specifically Yuna." The gunner replied. "We were afterthoughts to Trommell, when he approached yes on behalf of his master."
"So you think Seymour will not be expecting us." Auron said with doubt in gaze.
"No, I think he will." Cloud interrupted. "Or at least he will be expecting us. As of yet other then Tidus, only we three are blatant about our dislike of him. Even if Yuna had gone on her own."
"We would have followed." Vincent stated simply. "I have noticed the way the Guado are at the mere mention of his name."
"It is like those who worshipped Sephiroth all over again." The man in black commented as he spoke up. "He can do no wrong in their eyes."
"It could be a problem then." Auron said as he listened. "One thing, you should both realize about those who follow Yevon, is this. For as long as some have listened to the teachings.... There are those who can be quite fanatical and with Seymour as a Maester."
"Hn...it is why you have not told them of your uniqueness have you?" Vincent questioned curiously.
"Yes. Tidus may believe as does Kimahri. Rikku as well... But to Yuna, Lulu, and Wakka, it is what they know. They will have to see for themselves."
"I have a feeling they may not have the time." Vincent said quietly as the Maester himself came in. The first time he has seen or met Seymour, he can already see why Cloud and Auron dislike him. There was something about this half human/half guado being that rubbed him wrong.
Even that which is within him felt restless in his presence.
Charming to say the least as he speaks, Vincent knew that tone well. It was the same with Hojo, and after what that man had done to him, Cloud, and many others in the name of science.
Following the man alongside the others into another room behind them, the summoner and her guardians, were confused at first when everything became empty.
Then images of a long dead city, that Cloud recognized surrounded them...
The memories stepping forth as Seymour spoke of Zanarkand and the past, he could see them even now in his mind. Everyone from so long ago who tried to help him.
And died...
Watching the memories and scenes unfold of that time with Yunalesca and Zaon, something begins to happen. Seymour who was at this time talking with Yuna was equally surprised at what was happening as the images based on the memories of the Fayth and spirits themselves began to change to something else.
Supposedly always the same images from before as projected from the Farplane itself. Images of another time far earlier than that of Zanarkand...
Ruins of a once great city, there were two fighting above it...hard to see who it was but the power they were releasing was phenomenal. Words spoken could literally be heard...and what was said chilled them to the bone.
For it seemed so real...
".... what do you want?"
"The last thoughts of Geostigma death. Those remnants will join the Lifestream and girdle the planet…choking it, corroding it. What I want is to sail the darkness of the cosmos with this planet as my vessel… just as my mother did before long ago."
They continued to watch as the sky grew dark and the clouds seemed to circle the two fighting and the ruins that they stood upon. The two men fighting still the coldness in one voice was challenged by the voice of one that all but one recognizes....
"Then one day we'll find a new planet and on its soil we'll create a shining future."
"What about this planet?"
"Well, that's up to you..."
The battle continuing on, the images fade as it shows seven glowing pulsing swords work on one....
Seymour watching with a quiet kind of thoughtfulness about him walks out as do Yuna and the others. All of them silent and thoughtful...Yuna as she sits down was deep in thought.
Finally it is the younger blonde whom after talking about something with Lulu, that brings out their deepest question about their mysterious friend.
"What...what was that we just saw."
"It was a battle." The older blonde replied as he ran a hand through his spiky hair. But before he could respond even further, Yuna spoke softly as she looked up at him in thought.
"It was him wasn't it?" She said softly. "Ifrit...remembers him. He told me...that man, who exuded so much power. That was Sephiroth. So much hate in him... It hurt..."
"I am not surprised you felt it, through those images." Cloud said quietly. "Everyone could all across the world, his power that time as well as the time before when he was alive. And even though we fought him, if not for her and what she did to help us stop him..."
"Who?" Rikku asked inquisitively. The blonde girl tilting her head, she was openly about who the older man spoke of fondly.
"A dear friend of ours..." Vincent replied as Cloud had gone silent. "She died long ago. Sephiroth killed her, but it did not prevent her from lending us her power."
Yuna hearing this, she took a cue from Tidus that she had learned in the time she had spent with him. Seeing the pain in Cloud's face at the memories, she made a decision to try and ease some of it. Her own discomfort taking a back seat at the moment. She gathered up what courage she had and decidined to speak about what Seymour had asked her.
Softly and with a calm voice, the young woman spoke and immediately distracted everyone as they stared at her in surprise...
"Seymour...asked me to marry him."