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Chapter Seven: Out of Control
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“So
how did it go?” Zaon asked the next morning as he and Shuyin ate their
breakfast at a table outside of their favorite restaurant. The two always
met there once a week since Zaon had gotten his license and it was a tradition
that they had continued. The husband of Lady Yunalesca was very anxious
to hear how his best friend’s date with Lenne had gone the night before.
He hoped that, despite Allyn being back in town, that Shuyin would be willing
to give it a decent shot with Lenne.
Shuyin
took a long drink from his cup of juice before saying, “It was nice.”
“Just
nice?!” The two men looked in the direction of the voice and smiled when they
saw Skirpa and Bruttam sauntering towards them. Skirpa – who had spoken –
plopped down in one of the spare chairs with Bruttam in the other and said,
“You went out with the hottest thing to hit A-East in years and it was just nice?!”
Shuyin
gave them a confident smirk, “Yep. It was nice.”
Bruttam
placed a hand on Shuyin’s arm and looked at him pleadingly, “What we really
want to know is, did you get laid?”
“Maybe.”
Was the blitzer’s response. Zaon saw a glint in Shuyin’s eyes and smiled
a little. He knew that glint. It was when Shuyin was enjoying
driving people crazy. Zaon also knew that it wasn’t the glint Shuyin got
in his eyes after having a date that ended in bed.
Yunalesca
would be relieved to know that Lenne’s virtue remained intact.
Unfortunately
for Shuyin’s fellow teammates, they didn’t understand the blitzer the way Zaon
did and his answer was driving them crazy. Skirpa slammed his hand onto
the table, “Maybe?! Either you did or you didn’t.”
“Come
on, Shu!” Bruttam begged, “you gotta spill!”
Shuyin
shook his head, “What happened between Lenne and me is our business. It’s
not yours.”
Skirpa
and Bruttam looked from each other to Shuyin several times before Skirpa looked
at Zaon and asked, “Did Bevelle soldiers kidnap the real Shuyin and put a fake
one in his place?”
Laughing,
Zaon said, “No, I just think he’s growing up a little. That’s all.”
Skirpa
frowned and looked at Shuyin, “I liked the immature you who would spill
everything the day after. Did Lenne swear you to secrecy? We won’t
tell anyone if you tell us. We swear!”
Shuyin
shrugged, “I didn’t sleep with her.” He stated, “We made out for about 20
minutes and then I left.” The blitzer leaned forward, “And no, she didn’t swear
me to secrecy about anything. I was just screwing with you guys.”
Bruttam
smacked him on the back of Shuyin’s head and, as Shuyin rubbed his skull, his
friend hissed, “Well, that is just mean.”
“Yeah!”
Skirpa agreed before adding, “Anyway, I figured she’d make you leave. She
doesn’t strike me as the type that would go that far on the first date.”
“Is
that a bad thing?” Zaon asked.
Skirpa
shook his head, “Not at all. Besides, Shuyin gets all the easy ass.
It’s about time he has to work for it.”
The
three guys started laughing but Shuyin sat with a confident smile on his face
and after a few minutes of mirth his friends noticed it. They looked at
him questioningly and Shuyin said with a grin, “I didn’t say she made me
leave.”
Zaon
looked from Skirpa to Bruttam then finally focused on Shuyin. If he
understood what his friend was saying then maybe Skirpa was right. Maybe
someone had switched Shuyin with someone else. The Shuyin that Zaon knew never
would have left if he thought there was a possibility that he’d get laid.
It was a behavior that Zaon had come to expect from Shuyin. He wasn’t
thrilled with it, but he’d come to expect it. If Shuyin had left even
after Lenne asked him to stay…Yunalesca would have no reason to hate Shuyin
anymore. That was for sure. Pushing a strand of his blue hair from
his face, Zaon asked, “What are you saying?”
“She
wanted me to stay.” Replied Shuyin, “I said no.” It was exactly as Zaon had
assumed and his shocked look caused Shuyin to choke on his gulp of juice as he
laughed, “It’s really not that shocking, Zaon! If I had done what Lenne
wanted then I would have run the risk of her hating me and I don’t want
that.” Shuyin wiped some juice from his chin and said, “Besides, even if
she didn’t hate me, Yunalesca would have had me castrated and I don’t want to
be a unich, thanks. Especially if Lenne wasn’t mad at me.”
The
blitzer winked and the entire table burst into laughter that was quickly
squelched when a voice echoed from behind them.
“Glad
to see you’re in a better mood today, Shuyin.” Allyn said as she
approached, running a tapered finger through Shuyin’s hair. Shuyin tensed
and moved his head as Allyn whispered in his ear, “Heard about your date with
the singer. How’d that go?”
Shuyin
turned to face the woman behind him. His breath caught for a minute when
he realized she was wearing the necklace he’d bought for her but he quickly
recovered from the shock and replied, “It went fantastic, Allyn. Best
date I’ve ever had.”
The
female leaned down a little further and Shuyin tried to hide two distinct
feelings at the sight of her cleavage – disgust and desire. Allyn said,
“Better than the dates we used to have?” she asked with a lilting tone and a
wink.
Shuyin
knew she was referring to the non-dates they would have where they wouldn’t
make it out of her front door before they were ripping clothes off of each
other. The memory of those dates was something that Shuyin didn’t want to
be reminded of. He didn’t want to remember how much he’d loved the whore
in front of him. It sickened him to think about it. The blitzer
gave her a smile and said, “It was 100% better, Allyn.”
That
was obviously not the answer the woman wanted to hear and she snapped back up
and put her hands on her hips as she hissed, “You honestly like that prissy little
virgin more than me?!”
“Yes,
I do.” Was Shuyin’s response.
Allyn’s
eyes caught sight of Lenne and Yunalesca approaching from a few yards
away. They were far enough away to see them but not close enough to hear
their words. Suddenly a wonderful idea came to her. Grabbing a
shocked Shuyin’s shoulders, Allyn pressed her lips against his and, although
she felt him stiffen, he didn’t immediately pull away. She knew that
Shuyin couldn’t resist her for long. She was just about to congratulate
herself when she suddenly realized that he’d shoved her away but before she
could react she ended up with her butt firmly planted on the cement.
Shuyin glared at her and wiped his mouth hard and purposefully before hissing,
“Don’t you ever do that again.”
She
could see Lenne’s shock at the entire scene as the songstress and her friend
stopped a few feet behind Shuyin. Allyn calmly climbed to her feet, “You
used to love that.” She said, “You used to love me.”
“That
was a lifetime ago, Allyn.” The blitzer said, “I don’t anymore.”
It
was then that Lenne moved closer to Shuyin and put a hand on his shoulder,
“Morning.” She said. Allyn felt her fury mount when Shuyin smiled up at
the songstress and kissed her gently before saying good morning to her.
Allyn
poked Shuyin hard in the shoulder and, when she had his attention, asked,
“What? Do you love her now?!” Shuyin’s lack of an answer frightened
Allyn. There was no way that Shuyin was falling in love with that
songstress, right? She leaned over and hissed in Shuyin’s face, “She’s
just a distraction. You’ll be running back to me in no time.”
“Don’t
bet on it, Allyn.”
Allyn
seethed, “I heard you got her a job as the Abes opening act. Couldn’t she
find something on her own or is she completely helpless?”
It
was Lenne’s turn to speak. In her sweetest tone, she said, “Why don’t you
stop worrying about my job and get back to yours. Isn’t there a street
corner you should be working or something?”
Shuyin
let out a laugh and Allyn rolled her eyes, “Laugh it up, Shuyin. The
bottom line is, she is just a distraction. You know I’m right.” Turning a
little, Allyn said, “Good luck in the game tomorrow. I just hope your
little girlfriend isn’t too much of a distraction.” Glaring at Lenne, Allyn
walked off in the direction the hover station.
When
the furious female was gone, Shuyin patted his lap and said to Lenne, “Have a
seat. There aren’t anymore chairs.” Lenne smiled and accepted his
offer with Yunalesca doing the same with her husband. Once Shuyin’s arms
were safely around Lenne’s waist, he said, “I guess I have some explaining to
do.”
Lenne
shook her head, “It’s not necessary. Yuna told me everything that Zaon
told her last night.” She turned a little and smiled at him, “Everybody
has a few skeletons. Yours just happens to be in the form of an obsessed
ex.”
Skirpa
made a face, “She’s such a slut, I swear. The way she used to rub my
thigh all the time…”
“She
did that to you too?!” Zaon cried.
Laughing,
Shuyin reached for his juice glass, “I think she did that to every man that was
nearby. She really is a slut.” He took a sip before saying, “She’s
also totally out of control.”
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The
city of Bevelle was the second largest in Spira. It was second only to
Zanarkand in size and population and it was because of this that Bevelle had
taken to hoarding and creating an army of machina. They wanted
desperately to top Zanarkand and therefore become the best. Since their
location in Spira made extending their city virtually impossible, their only
hope was to become the most powerful.
Years
ago, Bevelle and Zanarkand had been allies fighting together to defend each
other and the sacred mountain, Gagazet, from invaders from Luca and the various
Al Bhed nations.
After
peace had been brought to Spira and there was no more fighting to be done, the
leaders of Zanarkand and Bevelle started to drift apart and eventually the two
nations became the bitterest of enemies. The citizens of Bevelle envied
the citizens of Zanarkand for their size while the citizens of Zanarkand envied
the citizens of Bevelle for their power. The sacred mountain that both
nations used to defend together had become the only means of keeping them apart
aside from the city of Nagi that sat between the two on a spacious frontier
just behind Mt. Gagazet.
That
particular morning, the leader of Bevelle and its army, Reiber Ackmard, was
going over the most recent report he’d received from his men on their newest machina,
Vegnagun. So far Vegnagun had failed every test they’d given it in terms
of response and this morning’s was no different.
The
damned thing seemed to have a mind of its own.
He
threw the paper down in disgust and stepped out of his office and onto the
balcony to breath in the fresh air. It was beginning to look like using
Vegnagun wasn’t going to be an option. All the tests indicated that if it
was used, the machina would probably destroy Bevelle as well. Reiber
couldn’t let that happen. Going to war with Zanarkand was years overdue
and the fact that Bevelle relied totally on its machina rather than Zanarkand’s
pathetic reliance upon summoners guaranteed Bevelle’s victory. Bevelle
had enough machina to make Zanarkand bleed without using Vegnagun.
That
colossus was overkill.
No
date had been set between himself and his generals on when the invasion would
be. His meeting with the leader of Nagi would determine that. Once
the treaty allowing Bevelle soldiers to cross Nagi lands was signed, Bevelle
could attack their enemy and Zanarkand would be blindsided.
Of
course, the invasion also depended on when Reiber’s daughter decided to leave
the Zanarkand and come home to Bevelle. For reasons Reiber didn’t
understand, his only child had taken a liking to Zanarkand several years before
and moved there against his wishes. He kept telling her that war was
inevitable and that he could only hold it off for so long. He wanted to
make her understand that once those papers with Nagi were signed, his generals
could invade Zanarkand and the bombs could start dropping and there was very
little Reiber could do to prevent it. Although he was the leader of
Bevelle and, therefore the army, the true power in war belonged to the generals
who could override his decisions and demands if they so desired. It was
written in the laws of Bevelle and, although Reiber thought it was ridiculous,
he couldn’t change them. It was to protect the people of Bevelle from a
tyrannical leader and if he changed them, he’d have a mutiny on his hands.
Hearing
the door to his office open and shut, Reiber turned and was greeted by the
sight of his daughter. He rushed back inside from the balcony and cried,
“Please tell me that you’ve come to your senses and are coming home!”
She
shook her head, “Honestly, daddy. I’m not finished in Zanarkand
yet. You can’t blow it up just now.”
“Allyn!”
Reiber said, “I meet with the Nagi leader today. Once those papers are
signed, Zanarkand’s fate is sealed. It’s only a matter of time.”
“Look.”
Allyn said, “It’s taking a little longer than I expected to get Shuyin
back. He’s distracted by someone. I just need a little more
time. Another month or two maybe and he’ll be mine again. Then he
and I will move to Bevelle and you can start dropping the bombs.”
Reiber
sighed, “I can’t guarantee anything, sweetheart, but I will try.” He
touched his daughter’s hair fondly, “Who is Shuyin distracted by? Who on
Spira could be more wonderful than my sweet baby girl?”
Allyn
frowned, “Oh, she’s positively vile, daddy. A total witch.” She pouted a
little then got a grin on her pretty face, “But don’t you worry.
I’ll have Shuyin back soon enough and then we’ll get married just like we’re
supposed to.”
Smiling,
Reiber put a hand on his heart and said, “And I just hope that you don’t get
distracted by someone like you did with Georg. That guy was a huge
mistake, you know.”
“I know, daddy. Shuyin’s still a little mad about that, but he’ll come
around when he sees how much I love him and how sorry I am.” She looked
at her watch, “I need to get going. I’ve got a hover waiting and those
drivers charge by the minute.” She laughed and kissed her father on the
cheek before saying, “I just need a little time. Stall!”
Author’s Notes: This chapter takes place one
month after Chapter Seven. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do this chapter
and thought about it for a while which is why the update took longer than
usual. In the end, I decided that this chapter would really help set up
the rest of the story in the direction that I want it to go so I decided to
write it. Hopefully it will be as well received as the rest of the story
has been so far. This is just the beginning of the angst that will be
starting over the next few chapters.
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