"Where in Spira have you been, Yuna's been kidnapped" Lulu had venom in her voice The opening ceremony finished and before they could so much as make way back to the stadium this happened
"I let her out of my sight…this is my fault!" Sora shook with anger he let his features change with his emotions
"Don't worry will get her back, no sweat those Al Bhed won't know what's coming, they may be blitzball players but they can't be that tough" Tidus smirked
"Don't be naïve, think like that I'll leave you behind, this is important, Tidus" Sora pushed forward
"Sheesh, what's his deal!?" Tidus shouted
"He sees this as serious, and he really cares for Yuna, you could learn a thing or two from him" Lulu turned away from the blonde
"Who'd want to learn a thing or two from that angsty jerk?" Tidus shot back before following suit of the raven haired man
"We have to get to dock four, Lulu called to the group" Sora only nodded at her words they ran towards the dock entrance only be stopped by machines guarding the path
"Thundara!" Sora shouted only one blew up Lulu shot another blast of lightning at the other machine causing it to freeze up and explode
"Don't rush ahead so brashly!" Lulu shouted he only looked back
"I can handle myself, Lulu worry about yourself and who were trying to save, I'll be fine!" he rushed on destroying even more machines as he ran until a monitor caught the groups attention.
Wakka was taking an unjustified beating and it looked like he was out for the count
"Still in there!" Tidus cheered
"He won't last, we'd better hurry" Lulu said off-handedly
"Ouch" Tidus responded
"If you're worried, head back, I'll get her back, no problem" Sora nonchalantly called looking off in the distance
"Uh-uh I'm not leaving so easily, will all save her!" Tidus waved him off and ran ahead
"Don't tell me…" Sora looked to the black magic user
"…You don't…have fe-"Sora cut her off
"Don't, she just…reminds me of some people I lost, is all, I – you don't have to worry about me loving her, Lulu" Sora sighed
"Don't let those feelings warp into something more…" Lulu sighed and made way after them
Running out to the dock the boat that obviously held Yuna was leaving the dock
"Let's go!" Lulu commanded Sora rushed ahead and leapt onto the boat ahead of the trio only to stand in front of a slowly rising machine
"Oh, this just looks like loads of fun," He sighed Tidus, Lulu and Kimahri came to his side in battle stance
"Hey, maybe we can use that crane!" Tidus called ad tried messing with only for no response
Lulu shot lightning at the crane only for it to slowly spring to life "Just needs magic" She stated
"You two, take care of that…I'll protect you guys" Sora stated darkly
The machine started to shoot blitzballs and Sora and Kimahri started deflecting balls. Sora hitting, guarding and casting reflect to defend the black mage until the crane sprang ti life and grabbed the machine ripping it apart.
"It's on its last legs!" Lulu shouted
"Yo, Kimahri, shoot me skyward!" Sora commanded, the Ronso dejectedly did as he was asked and shot skyward and Sora began his assault
"Lightning surge strike raid: Judgment!" Sora shot barrage after barrage of keyblades filled with lightning magic until the machine crumbled and exploded
"Haha, way to go, Sora"
"Of course, I intend to save my friends no matter the obstacle" Sora looked off to the side a door ajar from the fight opened and Yuna came strolling out, Lulu quickly began stroking her hair caringly – concern evident
"I hope you hurt them" She seemed relieved
"Only a little" She smiled back
Tidus looked around curiously and the others turned to him
"What is it?" Yuna asked
"Some… Al Bhed awhile back saved me, sin came up right at us and attacked I made it out, I hoped it was the same ship…but it isn't." Tidus looked off
"Was…someone named Cid on the ship?"
"Oh…Oh god Cid's here?" Sora looked completely surprised
"You…know Cid?" Yuna looked surprised
"We…We go back a ways" Sora muttered
"So, who's Cid?" Tidus asked sitting on a railing oh god the stories Sora had on the blonde
"He's my uncle, but I've never actually met him"
"Didn't know he had a sibling, small world I suppose" Sora commented
"How, long have you known him exactly?" Yuna asked
"Four…five years now? He's not really that hard to track down, he'd always show up when I least expected it" Sora mused
"Wait, so, you're Al Bhed too?"
"On my mother's side, yes, Cid is my mother's brother, he became…distant after my mother married, but she told me to seek him out, if I ever needed help!"
"Help? You've got use what other help could you need?" Sora scoffed a bit
"Oh hush, you really aren't good at reading the scene, are you?" Lulu countered
"And you aren't good at actually being a considerate person you miserable –"He paused
"-Whatever, despite your attitude, I can't say you and I are any different…" Sora waved off his insult she dismissed it
"Don't tell Wakka about Yuna's lineage, he doesn't have much love for the Al Bhed"
"Woah, I gotta tell Wakka"
"Dumb ass" Sora shot out on impulse"
"I thought I told you not to tell Wakka!" Lulu added in
"The game!" Yuna gasped out turning towards Lulu, who shot a flare in the sky momentarialy blinding the keyblades chosen
"This world really loves screwing with my senses!"
"We won!" Tidus cheered
"We're in the finals!"
"Oh, god i…don't know if I care enough to be here!" Sora mentally wined
"Not the most, graceful win, if it was Chapu, he'd still be standing" Lulu shook her head
Sora wanted to berate her, he really did, her constant remainder of her past love only made him remember his and it only made it that much harder for him to suppress his anger, even still Tidus beat him to it.
"Aren't you just being a little unfair"
"Excuse me?" She looked offended
"I know I could never take Chapu's place, you yourself said that, right Lulu, and I don't Wakka would try to-?"
"You don't want, to finish that sentence" Lulu threatened Sora scoffed at her attitude only to be reminded of specific things in his past only to feel his anger resurface.
"Where…are you" He growled out it was unintentional – it really was but the group looked towards him
"Something...bugging you?" It was Tidus who asked
"When he shows up, I'll be.." Sora stopped and turned to the group
"Never mind, let's just go, Lulu you could learn to go a bit easier on him it isn't his fault the look alike Trust me" Sora looked away remembering Roxas and his past enemy
They made it back to the locker room with a weakened – at least bruised Wakka
"Miss me?" Tidus joked
"Lady Yuna, your alright!" One of Wakka's teammates hollered
"All of this, because of me, I'm sorry I'm so sorry" Yuna felt horrible
"Why apologize, it wasn't your fault, Yuna" Sora berated
"How could you let those Al Bhed capture you like that" Wakka seemed…angrier than he should
"Hey…let it go alright?" Tidus defended
"For once I agree, it wasn't her fault, don't blame her, it's not like she's a close range fighter – or had experience in that field don't go expecting her to just have no trouble at all, that's why you all are guardians remember?" Sora shot silencing any form of argument
"Well, just don't go near any more Al Bhed, okay their trouble"
They made way outside and Tidus saw the trio off – which consisted of Yuna, Kimahri and Sora
"I hope they do well," Yuna smiled softly
"For your sake, I hope so" Sora felt…agitated
"You okay?" Could she really see through him that easily…?
"If…" He paused looking at her "If they win I'll treat everyone to a dinner, my treat, alright?" He smiled softly
"Why can't I just tell her? Damn it." She smiled softly
"I'll cheer extra hard now, I can eat as much as I want, right? Kimahri too? I can't wait to tell Tidus!" She smiled brighter at the mention of the boy's name he looked off annoyed but he couldn't figure out why
"He's doing this, giving me time to grow attached to these people just so he can rip her – " He paused "Them away" He corrected himself
They found seats in time to see Tidus and the team swim out and Sora felt…a familiar aura around the field
The game seemed completely rigged from the get go they barely managed to pull ahead, everything seemed to be going fine until screams erupted from the crowd sinspawn shot onto the field and Tidus and Wakka shot into battle.
"Damn it, don't worry, I'll take care of them" Sora started to run but stopped "Ah, and don't worry, I made you a promise I intend to keep" Sora smirked
He ran off and leapt towards some running fans only to run into a basilisk like beast.
"Oh, don't growl like that, c'mon sit" Sora's joke was lost upon the beast he felt a familiar presence behind him
"Move kid, you're in the way" The man said, Sora turned to him only to feel nostalgia come forth it was him Auron entered battle stance only with Sora next to him
"I thought I told you.." Sora shook his head
"Will show this doggy together, the way of Bushido!" Auron cocked a brow but smirked as they charged the beast they struck quickly and effectively and it went down without much of a fight and Sora finally felt that spark, that life return to his veins.
"Auron!"
"Sir Auron!" Wakka and Tidus called out
"What, no concern for me?" Sora joked, Tidus…looked perplexed
"When did you care enough to even joke around?" Tidus commented off-handedly
"Hmm…I dunno, I guess seeing an old friend does that" Sora shot back then he looked a bit perplexed
"Wait, so you do know him" Tidus felt even more confused
"Yeah, best guardian there ever was" Wakka looked on in awe
Tidus walked up in time for a flying sinspawn to make an appearance
"Let's see what you've got kid" Auron shouted
"Hopefully you can keep up, Auron" They both smirked at the banter
Sora and Auron got into bushido stance attacks came out of the woodwork and even if the best could fly it couldn't stop the attacks, Sora leapt high into the air using shooting star to send the beast into Auron's spinning slice.
"Your pain shall be two fold!" Auron shouted his catchphrase as a tornado came into fruition with the contact of their blades the monster fell only for more to take its place
"Damn it…I may have no choice" Sora whispered to himself
He rushed the first beast only for a second to attempt to take a bite out of him only for Auron to stop, deflect and kill it, Sora finished off his quickly to face off against another flying monster destroying it quickly only for more and more to appear.
"I guess I have no choice" Sora clutched his chest before he could summon his power the sky turned black and a claw shot down into the ground
"Yeah…that…is totally not me" Sora said aloud a hulking beast came sprawling out of the ground with a menacing scream
"That thing feels…so similar to me and I don't know why" Sora looked on with weird interest
The beast destroyed all of the sinspawn around them Sora…looked on amazed as did everyone else - excluding Auron.
"Sorry for makin' you wait Yuna, had some promises to keep" He paused
"From now on I'll be your fulltime guardian"
"Then good to have you back, sir Wakka, good to have you with us" Yuna gave a curt bow
"HEY YOU DON'T JUST STAND THERE ALL OF THIS WAS YOUR FAULT, GETTING SWALLOWED UP BY SIN ENDING UP IN SPIRA NOT TO MENTION NOT BEING ABLE TO GO BACK TO ZANARKAND, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING" Sora cocked an eyebrow at his words
"I'm tellin ya' It's all your fault"
"Tidus-"
"Shut up, Sora, this is between me and Auron!" Tidus spat at his obvious defense of the swordsman
All Auron could do was laugh
"Who are you, anyway?!" Tidus finally asked
"You knew my old man, didn't you?"
"Yeah," Was all he said
"And you knew Yuna's father?"
"Yeah…"
"Hey, man there's just no way that's possible"
"Nothings impossible about it" Auron started
"Jecht, Braskam and I defeated Sin ten years ago, then I went to Zanarkand where I watched over you, so that one day I could bring you to spira" Auron continued
"Why…why'd it have to be me?" Tidus turned away Sora scoffed at his response
"Jecht asked me to"
"Is he alive?" Tidus asked him quickly somewhat hopeful?
"Depends on what you mean by alive, he's no longer human, but then I felt something of Jecht, you must've in that shell when you came close to sin"
"Sin, is Jecht"
Tidus began to have an outburst that Sora honestly couldn't see why he had, wasn't what Tidus wanted to finish his father? Didn't he want the worst? Why…why was he upset in the first place?
"Come or don't come; what am I supposed to do, you tell me it's my choice but I don't have one do I you're the only one with the answers so I have to do with you, I have to!"
"You can always find the answers on your own, it's your life, Tidus, you don't have to rely on him," His words were lost on the blonde his glare still rested on the enigmatic swordsman
"Will…I ever go home, back to Zanarkand?" The question was almost childish – hopeful but at the same time sad
"I don't know, that's up to Jecht" He walked off
"I'm going to offer my services to Yuna, come" Auron commanded the man looked to Sora as if motioning him to follow as well
They met up with the trio and words of awe came out – admiration was evident even as Sora and Tidus looked off in different directions behind the man.
"Sir Auron…" Yuna…looked star struck
"Yuna, I wish to become your guardian, do you accept, or refuse?"
"No, no we accept, right everyone?"
"O-Of course no trouble at all!" Wakka looked eager
"But, why?" Lulu asked cocking an eyebrow
"I promised Braska" He stated simply
"And, He comes too" He flung Tidus forward, Sora felt a pang of jealousy
"This one I promised Jecht"
"Is Sir Jecht alive?" Yuna asked curiously
"Can't say, haven't seen him in ten years" Auron half lied.
Sora looked off to the side while the two – Tidus and Yuna began talking dismissing it completely
"Do I, have a purpose here anymore? If Auron's here…They'll be fine I should…" the forced laughing began and it was as if that made his choice for him,
"Yeah….I'm out" Sora started walking up the steps
"Going somewhere?" It was Auron
"With you here, my reason for being here has passed, hopefully you can keep her safe more so than I can" Sora responded before walking away
"But, you have your own reasons for coming, don't you, Sora?" Sora turned to him a bit perplexed that he remembered his name but he couldn't call him on it, he felt it, the tightening in his chest.
He turned to meet steel he looked up slowly and he felt his heart beat go out of sync anger rose but he wouldn't let himself get lost in it, he wouldn't let that power control him.
He pushed him back attacking wildly
"I guess you've learned to control yourself, but I wonder, if you'll be able to once I get within sin's grasp I wonder how much use that ability of yours will be then!" It was Genesis, Sora's eyes hardened
"Maybe I should test you…but not here" He laughed
"But…this isn't the right area for it, not yet anyway, I want to see that despair, I want to see you so close, happy before I decide to rip it all away, and right now, you've kept yourself at bay, but I intend to change that, I'll destroy you from the inside out!" Genesis sent a ball of flames at the raven haired teen. He reflected it only for the man to be gone, he grit his teeth.
"Yuna!" Sora shouted the girl looked back slowly
"I'm becoming your guardian, I will kill sin with my own hands, and I'm going to rip Genesis apart"
A/N: After the next two or three chapters, I intend to deviate from the actual plot a bit for the sake of the story, gets kinda boring like this, that and I intend to go back and fix the mistakes I made way back when in the beginning…not proud of it :P Anyways just a bit longer and it'll start getting a bit more fresh.