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Chapter Fourteen: The Whistle Blown
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Gippal knew that Rikku was thrilled to be
leaving the Farplane as she practically pushed Gippal the remaining few steps that it took to be clear of
the place. Although he was aware that she was happy to know that Baralai was content and happy, simply being around all that
death was obviously making her skin crawl. However, both of them were now
more determined then ever to make sure Baralai�s killer was brought down.
Whoever
it might be�
�Rikku,� Gippal said from behind
her, putting a hand on her shoulder gently, �I need to tell you something.�
The
perky blonde turned to him and smiled, �What is it?�
Gippal had decided on the silent trek to the entrance that this would be
his one and only chance to tell her that he wasn�t lying about loving
her. However, with her bright eyes staring up at him, Gippal
found himself unable to form words. His mouth opened and closed like a
fish and he felt ridiculous. He was always so confident, especially
around Rikku. Why was he acting like a moron
now?
�There
you are! I can�t believe you did this, Rikku!�
came a shout from a few yards ahead. Gippal
looked up and was happy as well as slightly annoyed to see Paine, Nooj, and LeBlanc coming toward them. Although he was
happy that his friends were there, he felt slightly annoyed at the realization
that he wasn�t going to get the chance to tell Rikku
anything right at that moment. However, considering that those words had
remained unspoken � with the exception of the one time she didn�t believe him �
for almost 19 years, he figured waiting a little longer wouldn�t hurt anybody.
�Did
what?� Rikku asked, stupidly, before giggling at her
realization, �Oh, you mean busting Gippal out.
Well, I had good reason for that. See, he�s not guilty. Baralai just told us.�
Nooj stepped forward with a powerful glide, �You spoke with Baralai? In the Farplane?�
�No,
Nooj, at the caf� up the street.� Gippal
replied sarcastically, �Of course in the Farplane!�
�Well
I see that jail hasn�t softened that wit of yours,� hissed Paine glumly.
Gippal laughed, �Did you think it would?�
�Not
bloody likely,� returned Paine.
Nooj sighed, �Can you two stop it? We�ve got more important
things to do.� It was just like being back at the Crimson Squad trials
with the exception of the two blonde female and the absence of one blonde male,
and Gippal easily fell back into place amongst the
ranks. He listened with extreme interest while Nooj
explained Baralai�s whereabouts just before his
murder and realized with a sudden chill that he had been right all along.
Tidus had murdered Baralai�
LeBlanc
chimed in after Nooj had finished, �I think that
whatever Tidus was really looking for in the cave is
what Baralai found. That�s what got Baralai killed.�
�Yeah,�
Nooj said with a nod, �but we don�t have any idea
what that object might be.�
It
was like lightening struck Gippal�s
brain. Baralai�s cryptic message that had made
no sense to him until now, suddenly became crystal clear. He gasped and
grabbed Rikku�s wrist, �That�s what Baralai was talking about!� he turned to Nooj with a wide grin on his face, �Baralai
told us that if we found the locket we�d find the killer. That had to
have been what Baralai got from the cave!�
�A
locket?� Paine questioned, �Well, if that�s the case then Tidus
must have it on him. Wouldn�t Yuna have
noticed?�
Rikku scrunched her nose and frowned, �Speaking of Yunie,
where is she?�
�That�s
the problem,� Paine replied, her voice grimmer then
usual, �She�s still out with Tidus.�
�Well
that�s just�well�� Rikku searched the eyes of those
around her, grasping for the right word before she blurted, �stupid!�
�We
need to tell her what we know.� Nooj announced,
taking a few steps and motioning with his hands, �Come, let�s tell her.�
Gippal held his hands in the air and shook his head, stray strands of
blonde falling in his eyes, �Now wait just a sec, Nooj.
We don�t have any proof yet. We have speculation. Besides, I�m
thinking she�ll be more then a little pissed that I�m
not in jail.�
�Then
what do you suggest we do?� Nooj asked.
�Baralai said we should talk to the fayth
� the little purple one from Bevelle, I think.
I think we should do that.�
Paine
sighed, �That�s all well and good, Gippal, but how do
you expect us to sneak you into Bevelle? You�re
public enemy number one to all Yevonites.�
�Well
who says we need to go to Bevelle?� Gippal asked, a stroke of genius suddenly coming to him, �Fayth are the souls of the dead. Let�s just call him
at the Farplane.�
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It
was strange to Yuna to be back onboard the
Celsius. The Al Bhed had told her that it was
okayed by Cid to allow the crew back onboard, but the former summoner wished that he�d just burned the place to the
ground. There was nothing but death that seemed to follow her every
step. Not to mention the fact that every time Tidus
touched her, she had to stifle a tremble.
The
entire trip back to the Celsius was frought with
worry. How could he not know the Jecht
shot? That was his father�s shot? He had done it several times
during her pilgrimage. How could he not know it?
There
was only one way he couldn�t have known it, and that reason began with an S and
ended with an N. There was a �huyi� in the
middle. However, no matter what Yuna did, she
couldn�t force herself to say the entire word, even if she was alone. The
thought terrified her.
She
felt herself inexplicably drawn to the crews quarters. The scene of the crime
that had taken Baralai�s life. She sensed Tidus stop at the doorway as if unsure of whether to enter,
but Yuna continued. She needed to force herself
to enter this room and look around. It was as if she needed to make sure
there were no dead bodies lying under the other beds.
There
weren�t, and Yuna let herself relax. She
strolled over to the nearby table, noticing that Tidus
was hanging out almost guiltily at Barkeep�s bar, not daring to venture toward
the stairs. She frowned, wondering why. Leaning her weight against
the table, it rocked slightly, causing the plant on the table to tilt and slide
from the table along with something golden that caught her eye. Bending
to reach for it, to her surprise it was a necklace with the Zanarkand
Abes symbol on it.
She
almost called to Tidus to tell him she�d found his
necklace when something forced her to stop. She had never seen this
necklace before. This wasn�t the one that she had seen Tidus wear during her pilgrimage whose chain had
subsequently broken a few hours after he had come back. No, Wakka still had that one. He had been entrusted with
fixing the chain and returning it to Tidus on their
next trip to Besaid. This one was
different. It seemed heavier then Tidus�
necklace.
Then
her mind flashed to a memory she had suppressed due to its seeming lack of
importance. Mere seconds after Tidus and Gippal had run into the room after Baralai�s
death, she had seen Tidus lifting this golden chain
from around his neck, placing it gently on the table behind the plant that sat
there as if trying to make it appear as though it had always been there.
She had thought it seemed out of place to concern yourself with a necklace
after someone had just been killed and she had quickly pushed the act from her
mind, but it suddenly came back in full force.
Glancing
quickly down to make sure Tidus was still by the bar
which he was, Yuna focused back on the
necklace. There was something about it that seemed out of the ordinary
and when her eyes fixed on a tiny opening, she realized why.
This
was a locket.
Prying
gently with her fingernail, she forced the necklace to open and show its
contents to her. The picture inside was whithered
with age, but Yuna realized immediately who it was
and thought that her heart had stopped for the second time that day.
Lenne�and Shuyin.
She
looked down at Tidus as she closed the locket, a grim
face forming upon her features. Why did Tidus
have a necklace with Shuyin and Lenne�s
pictures inside? Was it even Tidus that was standing
down below her?
There
was only one way to find out, and she was determined to do so.
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To
everyone�s surprise, Gippal�s hairbrained
scheme to call the fayth in the Farplane
actually worked. The fayth child hadn�t changed
much since Rikku had seen him last. His
features were still impossible to see and he was still the size of a child but
with the wisdom of an adult. He fascinated Rikku.
�Hello
everyone.� The fayth said, nodding at each person as
he spoke, �I wondered when I would be called to speak with you.�
�So
you were expecting us?� Paine asked.
The
fayth nodded, �Any friend of Lenne�s
is bound to be a smart person.�
Rikku tilted her head in confusion. Lenne?
Just what was the fayth talking about? Rikku dropped to a cross legged seat in front of the fayth, �We�ve never met Lenne.�
�Yes
you have.� The fayth replied, a hint of a grin in his
voice, �I know it is confusing, but let me explain. Lenne
is Yuna and Yuna is
Lenne. After her death, Lenne
was given the opportunity to be reborn. The future needed her to defeat
Sin, and she wanted another chance for a future with Shuyin.
I was able to grant her that wish.�
Gippal sat down next to Rikku, immediately
intrigued by the fayth�s story, �So Yuna is Lenne�reincarnated?�
�Precisely,�
responded the fayth.
�But,
she didn�t get Shuyin. She got Tidus. How did that happen?� asked Paine.
The
fayth�s voice got sad, �That was my fault. I
didn�t realize how unstable Shuyin would become in
the aftermath of Lenne�s death and his own impending
demise.�
�Impending
demise?� questioned Nooj, �Didn�t he die with Lenne?�
�No,
he survived and was let to die in the Cave of Woe. That is the reason his spirit
haunted that location and preyed on the souls of the Crimson Squad.� The fayth explained, �I didn�t realize he wouldn�t be able to
deal with the results of his decisions. I had already promised to Lenne the return of the man she loved, but he was so far
gone that there was no way I could return Shuyin to Lenne in the condition he was in. Therefore when
dream Zanarkand was created, I included Tidus, created exactly the way I remembered Shuyin being. There were other characters and other
stories. Tidus hated his father, but Shuyin adored his. Shuyin
had his past with Allyn, but Tidus
didn�t have a past with any woman. Shuyin was
mostly alone after the death of his parents, but Tidus
had a support system of caring neighbors. However, no matter the
differences, Tidus� personality was just like the way
Shuyin�s was before his instability kicked in.
�The
way you remember Shuyin being??� LeBlanc
tilted onto one hip and blinked slowly, �Why, love, whatever do you mean by
that?�
The
fayth said, �I wasn�t always like this. I used
to be a blitzball player for the Zanarkand
Abes. My name was Bruttam
Sabal. One day during the war with Bevelle a bomb was dropped on the stadium while I was
practicing with my teammates. Shuyin was late
as usual, although I found out later � after becoming a fayth
� that he was outside with Lenne on their way
in. I was the only survivor of the incident, but was in a coma and wasn�t
expected to live. When Yu Yevon turned the
residents into fayth, I was one of those people.�
Rikku smiled, �Bruttam�I like that name.�
�Thank
you.� The fayth � Bruttam �
responded with a smile, �I�m not sure why I ended up with the body of a child,
but I suppose there is no use complaining about it.�
�Well�Bruttam,� Gippal began, �What is
going on with Tidus?�
The
purple cloaked fayth replied, �The person you see is
wearing Tidus� skin, but is not Tidus.
The person you are seeing is Shuyin.� After the
shocked faces faded on his audience, he continued, �I didn�t think through the
creation of Tidus too carefully. I didn�t think
what would happen should the two souls meet. I just wanted to fulfill my
promise to Lenne. Now that they have met, the
merger has begun.�
�The
merger?� Nooj asked.
�There
cannot be two of the same soul wandering the world � even if one of the souls
is a dream of the fayth. When Shuyin and Tidus connected in the
Farplane briefly, that contact interrupted Tidus� ability to function normally. He was
constantly barraged with memories of a life he never lived. This made his
mind weak enough to receive Shuyin�s soul.� The fayth paused, �Shuyin is not
possessing Tidus. He cannot possess that which
he already is. Tidus and Shuyin
are the same person. The only difference is that I created Tidus from my memories of Shuyin.�
�So
what exactly is happening?� Nooj pushed.
�When a merger begins, the real soul receives all of the
memories as it absorbs the fake soul. At the end of the merger,
the fake soul no longer exists as a separate entity. In theory, Shuyin should receive the memories and erase Tidus� existence because Shuyin
should be the real soul, however that is not what is happening.�
Rikku sat up straight, �What do you mean?�
�I
created Tidus as an exact duplicate to Shuyin�s original personality. I knew that a
half-hearted attempt wouldn�t pass muster. I had promised Lenne that I�d give her Shuyin
and I needed to do the best I could. Apparantly
when I created this Shuyin duplicate and sent him to
the real world, I canceled out the real Shuyin�s
existence. The real Shuyin changed so
drastically from what he had been, that he became the fake soul and Tidus became the real soul.�
�So
what are you saying, love?�
The
fayth tilted his head to the side and a hint of a
smile could be seen, �I�m saying that the merger is working in Tidus� favor. Shuyin was
stronger initially. He was able to take over Tidus�
body and keep Tidus at bay. He had complete
control. However, I�m sure that recently Shuyin
has been having more and more trouble keeping Tidus
under control. Tidus is getting stronger and
gaining more and more memories from Shuyin. The
more memories he gains and the stronger Tidus
becomes, the weaker Shuyin is getting. Shuyin thinks that the merger will work for him, but in
reality it will make him disappear.�
Rikku giggled, �What sweet justice! He starts the merger and it
ends up destroying him!�
Paine
hit her on the head, �It�s not funny, Rikku. Yuna�s still with him!� her crimson eyes locked with the fayth, �Will Shuyin hurt Yuna?�
The
fayth shrugged, �I�m not sure. He has developed
feelings for her, which was something else I didn�t account for. I didn�t
realize his feelings for Lenne would trickle over and
effect his feelings for Yuna. If I had to
guess, I�d say that he�d do anything not to hurt her. He knows that she
is Lenne and he�d never hurt Lenne,
no matter how disturbed he becomes. However, there�s no telling what
he�ll do if he�s trapped. Baralai trapped him
and��
��he
died for it.� Paine whispered.
�Precisely.�
�Where
are they?�
The
fayth was silent for a moment and sighed before
speaking, �At the scene of the crime. She has just found his
locket. Pray she doesn�t show it to Shuyin the
way that Baralai did. It could prove deadly if
she does.�
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Shuyin didn�t like being in this room. He could still hear Baralai begging for his life through gasping breaths and
tears. He could still feel the belt in his hands as it slowly squeezed
the life from his victim. He could hear the snap of Baralai�s
neck as his body went limp with death.
�Tidus! Come on up here!�
Shuyin frowned a little. He didn�t want to get close to where he�d
left the body, but he couldn�t refuse Yuna�s
request. He just wished that she had called him by his real name.
Somewhere along the line he had started to care what Yuna
thought of him, and what Yuna thought in
general. He wasn�t sure what it was he felt for her. She was like a
Lenne replacement and he wasn�t sure if that was a
good thing or not. All he knew was that she had indefinitely put his
plans on hold so that he could explore these new and confusing feelings he had
for her.
As
he climbed the stairs, he felt a breeze on his face and realized that Yuna had opened the window � the one that was always to
remain closed � and was standing in front of it with her arms spread as if she
was going to fly away.
�What
are you doing?� he asked her with a smile.
�I
just wanted to feel the breeze on my skin,� she replied, with a sigh. He
followed her line of sight and realized she was staring off at the Oasis which
could be seen in the distance, �Seeing that water makes me think of the times
when you were gone. I used to stand at the beach in Besaid
and whistle for you constantly, hoping you�d hear me.�
�I did.�
Shit.
Tidus was awake again. This was becoming a
regular occurance and Shuyin
didn�t understand why. It was just starting to piss him off.
Yuna didn�t hear the sudden intruders reply and she turned to Shuyin, �Let�s whistle together.� She said as she
placed her fingers in her mouth and blew, a high pitched whistle forming and
being carried into the distance by the wind.
She
looked at Shuyin with an expectant look, �Oh come
on! You can do it!� she said with a laugh as she whistled again.
Shuyin ran a hand tenderly through her hair before turning to stare out
the window again, �Actually,� he replied, �I�ve never been able to do that.�
A
rustling caught his attention and he turned to face Yuna
only to find himself staring down the barrels of two guns that had been in Yuna�s holster just moments before. Her hands were
trembling as she took two quick steps away from him, �Who the hell are you and
where is Tidus?�
Author�s Notes: I�ve had this chapter
planned out since I initially thought of this story. By the end of this,
everybody knows everything and Shuyin�s in
desperation mode which is never a good thing. Enjoy!
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