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Chapter List
- 6
- 7
- 8
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Chapter Seven: One More Last Chance
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In
the week that followed, no one had noticed that Shuyin
was not in complete control of Tidus� body. In
fact, they were all so busy focusing on getting supplies and men that it was
far too easy for Shuyin to formulate his plans
without interruption. That particular morning, Shuyin
lay on his side as the sun came in from the large bay windows behind the bed on
which he slept. Sunshine on his skin was a simple pleasure he would never
take for granted again. He felt a hand running softly over his back and
for a moment he thought it was Lenne until he rolled
over and saw Yuna�s eyes gazing lovingly at
him.
Correction,
she was staring at Tidus.
Shuyin was greatly relieved she had assumed he was asleep when she had
joined him in the bed the night before � as had been custom for the entire week.
The sleeping arrangements were something that he hadn�t considered when he
decided to completely take over Tidus� body in order
to complete his plans. He hadn�t even considered how long he might have
to pretend to be the man she was in love with before his plans were
finalized. However, he would have to think about these things now.
He couldn�t give Tidus control again because now the
dream of the Fayth knew too much. He couldn�t
risk letting Tidus spill the beans to Yuna.
�Good
morning,� Yuna whispered as she snuggled closer to Shuyin�s bare chest. He felt himself tense and forced
himself to calm. It had been 1000 years since a woman had pressed her
body against his like this and he wasn�t used to it. However, as Yuna snaked her arms around him, Shuyin
let himself smile a little. She felt just like Lenne
in his arms and if he didn�t know better, he could have closed his eyes and let
himself believe that his beautiful Lenne was in his
arms again.
He
ran a hand lazily through her hair and whispered, �Good morning.�
Technically
Lenne was in his arms again. Shuyin was shocked when he reached the Farplane
to discover that the female he believed was Lenne was
actually an apparition that had come from the songstress dressphere.
His Lennie was still in Spira.
His Lennie was Yuna, the
same little bitch that had destroyed his attempt to annihilate Spira. However, Shuyin was
now grateful for that. He had no idea at that time that Yuna was Lenne and by
annihilating Spira, he would have murdered Lenne. He was grateful to Yuna
for stopping him.
The
songstress dressphere that was the main focus of his
new plan held Lenne�s memories and feelings so when Yuna used it; she was given a glimpse into her life with Shuyin 1000 years before. However, she didn�t realize
what she was seeing. This was a good thing for Shuyin.
This meant that Yuna wouldn�t be onto his plan until
it had already been carried out.
Yuna slowly extracted herself from Shuyin�s
arms and stood up, strolling slowly toward the chair where she had deposited
her clothes the night before. Shuyin grinned to
himself as he noted her black panties and bra which was all she had worn to
bed. He could definitely get used to this view. As she slipped her
hot pants on, she turned to him, �I�ve got to go with Gippal,
Baralai, Paine and Rikku
this morning to finish rounding up the supplies and men we�ll need. Did
you want to come with us?�
Shuyin shook his head, �I�ve got my own errand to run.� He replied with
a wink. He had decided the night before that it would be best for him to
make Yuna think he was working on a surprise for
her. Well, technically it was a surprise, just not one that she
would particularly like.
�What
kind of errand?� Yuna asked with a smile as she
hooked her side skirt over the shorts.
�It�s
a secret.� Shuyin replied in a hushed tone.
When Yuna�s eyes shone with excitement, she really
reminded him of Lenne and as the former summoner crawled closer to him on the bed, Shuyin gently kissed her lips. Everything about her �
even her kiss � was so different from Lenne and yet
so similar at the same time. Shuyin didn�t know
what to think or say as he distanced himself from her. She seemed
disappointed that it ended with a perfunctory kiss, but that was all Shuyin could bring himself to do. She didn�t love him
and he didn�t love her. He was pretending to be her boyfriend for the
time being and she was reminding him of his girlfriend. The sudden desire
he had to flip her beneath him was based solely on that.
Yuna smiled at him as she slid across the bed and let her feet slam
against the floor in her knee-high boots, �I�ve got to get going.� She said,
�You sure you don�t want to come along?�
�I�m
sure.� Shuyin replied.
�Okay,�
Yuna said with a shrug, �I�ll see you later.�
�See
you later.�
With
the beautiful brunette casting one more look over her shoulder at him, Shuyin counted to twenty before climbing out of the bed and
pulling Tidus� clothes on. Tiptoeing silently
down the stairs, he managed to sneak past Barkeep without the blue alien
noticing. His next move was to make sure that YRP and their two blonde
companions had actually left already.
The
bridge was silent when Shuyin arrived and he saw out
the front window that all five of his companions as well as Brother and Buddy
were making their way toward Home�s main building.
Excellent�
Making
his way to �Shinra�s Spot�, Shuyin
was thrilled to see that Buddy hadn�t moved Yuna�s
songstress dressphere from its spot on the
chair. Lifting the plastic ball, Shuyin gently
broke the two halves apart and gazed down at the diamond. It was the
perfect size for Shuyin�s plans. Removing the
diamond from its perch, Shuyin slipped it into his
pocket and closed the sphere again, replacing it on the chair.
Next
stop�Home�s marketplace.
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�I�ve
finished researching those skulls for you.� Shinra
said. Baralai was really surprised that the Al Bhed child had finished so quickly, but he noted that no
one else seemed shocked and he realized that quick work must have been this
child�s trademark.
�What
have you discovered?� Yuna asked.
Shinra placed a finger over the sieve like opening to his mask and made
a �shh� noise, �Let�s discuss it in the conference
room.� He said.
Suddenly
Baralai got a very bad feeling in the pit of his
stomach. Just the way Shinra said �Let�s
discuss it in the conference room.� made him think that the little child had
discovered something that they weren�t going to be too thrilled about.
Following behind Rikku and the others, Baralai noted the way Rikku held
close to Gippal�s side as they walked into the
conference room and he frowned. There had to be something he could do to
make her forget about Gippal.
The
conference room looked pretty much the same as it had a week before except for
the fact that there were several spheres sitting on the table ready to be
played against the screen. Shinra had also
lined the skulls up facing the direction that Baralai
and his friends would be sitting.
The
child had definitely found something.
�Have
a seat,� Shinra said, �and we�ll begin.�
Rikku sat with Yuna on her right but when Baralai made to sit in the chair on her left, Gippal snuck in and plopped himself down next to the perky
blonde with a confident smirk directed at Baralai.
Rikku didn�t seem to notice and went about asking Gippal why he wasn�t wearing his belt. With a frown, Baralai sat down next to Paine, farthest away from Gippal, and decided to sit and stew. There had to be
a way to get Rikku to forget about Gippal. There just had to be.
Shinra walked to the other side of the table directly opposite the group
and lifted the first skull. His finger went over the bullet hole and he
said, �I will start by introducing you all to President Reiber
Ackmard of Bevelle.�
�The
president of Bevelle??� Yuna
repeated, confused.
�Yes,�
Shinra replied, �Official records state that he and
his daughter left Bevelle during the war with Zanarkand, but�� his fingers played at the bullet hole
again, �I suppose he didn�t make it too far.�
Rikku shuddered, �He was murdered...� she scooted a little closer to Gippal and asked, �Well who killed him?�
�Well,
no one even knew he was murdered until just now.� Shinra
replied, �However my money is on a man named Benedict Cyton.
He was Ackmard�s general and he became president
after Ackmard and his daughter vanished.�
Yuna�s eyes focused on the female skull that was next in the line that Shinra had set up. Pointing to it, she asked, �Is
that his daughter?�
Nodding,
Shinra lifted the skull in his hands, �Yes. Let
me now introduce to you, President Ackmard�s
daughter, Allyn.�
A
silence went through the room and Baralai was sure
that the world had stopped. The look on Yuna�s
face was one of a stunned person. Rikku was the
only one that moved and it was to put a hand on Yuna�s
shoulder. With a tremble in her voice, Yuna
whispered, �Did you say�Allyn?�
�Yes.�
Shinra said simply, �Do you know that name?�
�You
could say that.� Yuna answered and at Shinra�s inquisitive look, she explained about Tidus calling LeBlanc by that name. Her shaking hands
couldn�t be stilled even as Rikku and Paine each
grabbed one to hold them down. With tears forming in her duel colored
eyes, she asked, �What does it mean?�
Shinra sighed as he pointed to the final skull, �I think it connects to
this skull somehow, although I�m still not who this skull belongs to.�
�But
I thought you said you were finished researching.� Said Gippal.
�I�ve
done as much as I can with this skull.� Shinra
replied, �He�s not in any of Bevelle�s files and the Zanarkand files are incomplete at best. I do,
however, have a good idea of who he is.�
Yuna�s voice squeaked as she spoke, �Who is he?�
Climbing
down from the chair on which he was perched, Shinra
pulled the screen behind him down to the floor and then climbed back onto the
chair to reach for the middle sphere, �I found this while I was searching old
newspaper records. Bevelle had a very
interesting article and picture that I think tells us who this man was.�
He stopped short of starting the sphere to look at Yuna,
�Are you sure you want to see this. It might upset you.�
Yuna nodded, �I want to see it.�
Shinra pressed the button and an old newspaper article flashed on the
screen. Quickly shifting the sphere, only the headline was visible as he
read it aloud, �Allyn Ackmard
and boyfriend celebrate Zanarkand Abes
blitzball victory over the Zanarkand
Duggles.�
Baralai felt a tightening in his stomach.
Somehow he knew what would happen when Shinra raised
the screen so that the picture would be visible, but when it actually happened
he wasn�t ready.
Allyn Ackmard was a beautiful girl who looked
to be about 16 in the picture. Although her blonde hair was longer, there
was a definite resemblance to LeBlanc. Her eyes dance in the picture as
she smiled with her head leaning affectionately upon her boyfriend, Zanarkand Abes star�Shuyin.
Shinra sighed and read the photo�s byline, �Allyn
Ackmard and boyfriend Shuyin
Bacohl celebrate at Irvine�s Tavern after he led his team to
victory over the Duggles.�
�NO!�
Yuna shouted suddenly, ripping her hands away from
Paine and Rikku to pound them repeatedly against the
wooden table, �NO! NO! NO!�
�Yunie! Stop!� shrieked Rikku
as she grabbed her cousin and forced her to sit down. Yuna�s
breath came out in ragged sobs as Rikku gingerly
rubbed her back. Baralai could understand Yuna�s upset and anger. Everyone knew that Tidus was acting strangely, but to suddenly realize that
their greatest fear as to the reason was true�.
Baralai let his mind wander to the strange
behavior Tidus had been emitting since his return to
life. One minute he seemed fine and the next he seemed completely
crazy. However, Baralai believed Rikku when she said she didn�t think he was
possessed. His behavior would have been much different if that had been
the case and as Baralai�s eyes caressed the skull now
identified as Shuyin�s, Baralai
formed the question that had been bothering him since they had followed Tidus, �Why would Tidus go to the
Cave of Woe looking for a skull? It doesn�t make sense.�
�The
same reason,� Gippal said with a smirk, �that you
suddenly think you�re a lady�s man.�
Baralai was suddenly on his feet and storming over
to Gippal who also rose to his feet, �Do you have
something to say to me?�
�Yeah,
actually I do.�
�Then
say it!�
Gippal leaned closer to Baralai until his
breath was hot on his face, �I find the way you pant around her
disgusting. You�re pathetic.�
�I�m
pathetic!� Baralai said, incredulously, �What about
you and you�re little �look at my belt� action. That was truly
pathetic.�
�Well
at least I don�t pant after something that I don�t stand a chance with.�
Baralai narrowed his eyes at Gippal
and the blonde Al Bhed did the same with his good
eye. Neither said a word to the other as both let their barbs sink
in. Finally, Baralai hissed, �I don�t pant, my
friend. Panting is for dogs and that is exactly what you are�a dog.�
The
fist came out of nowhere and Baralai couldn�t duck in
time before Gippal�s fist came crashing into his cheek,
spinning him around with the force of the blow. Although the
embarrassment of being knocked off his feet in front of Rikku
wasn�t something Baralai particularly wanted, the
sudden realization that she was by his side on the floor to see if he was okay
made it perfect.
�Gippal!� shrieked Rikku as she
tentatively ran a finger over Baralai�s cheek,
�You�re such an idiot!�
�He
had it coming, Rikku!� hissed Gippal
back at her.
Rikku shot Gippal an angry glare, �You�re
just lucky that I�m too nice to give you a well deserved ass kicking.�
Gippal threw his hands in the air in an exasperated move, �I�m so sick
of this, Rikku. Are you interested in him or
not?�
�What�s
it to you if I am?!� she shrieked back.
Gippal glared first at Rikku and then at Baralai before he leaned closer to the blonde man and
hissed, �Stay away from her or you�ll regret it.�
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�How�s
this setting, sir?� the jeweler asked Shuyin as he
lifted the diamond which was now mounted upon a solid gold ring.
Shuyin grinned and accepted the ring the jeweler handed him, �This is
perfect.� He stated as he looked at the glittering jewel. Buddy had said
that without the plastic covering the power of the jewel was unknown and Shuyin hoped that it would do exactly what he needed it to
do.
�Well
Sir Tidus, I�m confident that Yuna
will say yes.� The jeweler said, �Good luck.�
Shuyin shot the jeweler a tense smile and quickly turned to walk
away. He kept forgetting that he appeared as Tidus
to everyone. He also frowned at the thought that the portly man thought
he was going to propose to Yuna. The only
person Shuyin wanted to propose to was Lenne, and this ring was his only way.
It
was a mile walk back to the ship and it was one that Shuyin
was very deliberate in executing. He didn�t want anyone to know that he
was back at the ship. He needed to get into the ship without others
noticing for fear they�d find the ring upon his person. No one could know
about the ring until he was ready.
Luck
was with him that day and when he reentered the ship everyone was gone.
Buddy had left a note saying that he and Brother had gone to Home and wouldn�t
be back until late. Shuyin also knew that Yuna and her crew wouldn�t be back until that evening which
gave Shuyin plenty of time to plan his next move.
Casually
strolling into the crew quarters, Shuyin was
pleasantly surprised to find that Barkeep had also left the premises which
meant that he was completely alone. He climbed the stairs two at a time
and then sat down on the nearest bed to gaze at the ring again. It would
fit Lenne�s �. correction, Yuna�s
finger perfectly. Everything was going according to plan.
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Baralai couldn�t believe that he was on an Al Bhed airship flying to the Cave of Woe
when he should have been spending time with Rikku,
milking the punch for all it was worth. He just couldn�t fight the
feeling that Tidus hadn�t been looking for skulls and
needed to find out what he really had been looking for. He had lied to
the three females, saying he was going to look for Gippal.
They had believed it and gone off to finish hunting for supplies.
The
ride was bumpy, but short, and before Baralai knew it
he was back at Mushroom Rock Road
looking down the precipice that contained the cave. He sighed. He
needed to do this, not only for Rikku but for Spira as well. Finding out what Tidus
was up to was the most important thing right now.
The
door to the cave was still ajar from their last visit which was a mere two
weeks before, although it seemed so much longer. Baralai
shoved the door open a few more feet with his shoulder and stepped into the
cave. The stagnant air filled his throat first and he almost turned to
leave, but forced himself to stay. This was important. He couldn�t
back out. Traveling slowly to the back of the cave where Tidus had crawled about looking for �it�, Baralai dropped to his knees as well and felt around in the
dark secretly praying not to discover any more skulls. Memories of the
massacre of the Crimson Squad flashed through his mind and he forced himself to
breath steadily. Being in the Cave
of Woe wasn�t exactly his
idea of a nice way to spend the afternoon. He knew he had to hurry since
the Al Bhed pilot was impatiently waiting in the
airship, but he also knew that if he rushed he could miss what he was looking
for�
He
gasped. His hand brushed something cold in the dark. Steadying
himself, Baralai brushed his hand casually in the
opposite direction and brushed the cold object again. He gripped it in
his hand. There was a large object and it had a chain connected to
it. Unsteadily standing, Baralai ran into the
light that shone from a hole in the roof of the cave and held the object
beneath it.
It
was a locket in the shape of the Zanarkand Abes� symbol. Tentatively opening the locket, he
frowned and realized that his worst fears � everyone�s worst fears � were
true. Inside was a picture, yellowed with age. It showed a
beautiful girl sitting with a smile on her face while her boyfriend had his arm
over her shoulder protectively.
The
boyfriend was Shuyin.
Filled
with a new kind of urgency, Baralai slipped the
locket into his pocket and rushed from the cave and back toward the
airship. He needed to get back. He had been right. Tidus�no, Shuyin hadn�t been
looking for skulls. He had been looking for the locket. The only
question that remained now was, if Shuyin was the one
in the cave then�where was Tidus?
The
landing back at Home was bumpy and Baralai didn�t
even thank the pilot as he rushed from the ship and fairly flew back to the
Celsius. Due to the setting sun, Baralai could
see Tidus� outline in the crew quarters as the blonde
paced back and forth seemingly talking to himself. He then noted that the
trio of females were coming over one of the sand dunes carrying three separate
bags. Gauging their progress and the lack of Gippal
nearby, he assumed that they still thought he was with Gippal
and were taking their time. Baralai�s eyes went
back up to the Celsius� window and he gripped the locket in his hand.
Making sure that the girls didn�t see him as he climbed onboard the airship, Baralai entered and made his way back toward the crew
quarters.
This
was Shuyin�s last chance to destroy Spira and it was Baralai�s last
chance to make Rikku notice him. Gripping the necklace
harder, Baralai smiled to himself as he came upon the
door.
He
knew just whose chance ended here.
AUTHOR�S NOTES PLEASE READ: After
much consideration, I have decided that this twist in the chapter is necessary
in order to send the story in the direction I want it to go. I�ve thought
of other possible directions, but none seem to be as good as this one. It
might upset people because I�m almost positive that something like this hasn�t
happened in a FF fanfiction before although I could
be wrong. Now that I�ve got you sufficiently interested (I hope), below
is chapter 8.
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