Yuna was a little nervous. "Do you think Tidus will stay here?" she finally asked Wakka. He shrugged.
"Sir Auron knows him, apparently. I was kinda right, ya? He did meet someone he knew."
"Do you think he'll find a way back to his home?" Kasumi wondered.
"Well, in any case, I'll miss having him around," Wakka replied. "Anyways, I'm also worried about that cat-like fiend. I've never seen anything like it before..."
"The commotion in town has settled down," Yuna pointed out. "I'm pretty sure they managed to win."
Kasumi tilted her head. "Somehow... I had the strange feeling I've seen this fiend before..."
Suddenly, Ranma and the others appeared on the scene, together with Shampoo. Tidus and Auron weren't with them.
"Hey," Ranma grinned. "Look at who we found," he said, gesturing towards Shampoo.
Kasumi smiled. "Shampoo! I'm glad you're okay!"
"Shampoo is glad too," the Amazon replied. "But still doesn't know what happened in meantime and how she get funny-looking ears." She brushed away her hair to show them her ears.
Yuna gasped. "Those ears," she quietly murmured. "Could it be...?"
Akane quickly ran towards her. "Sshhh," she whispered. "Don't tell Shampoo anything about what she did in the stadium. It WAS her, all right, but she doesn't remember, and I don't think she did it willingly."
"What violent girl whispering about?" Shampoo wanted to know.
"Um, nothing," Akane turned around and giggled nervously.
Yuna looked around. "Um, where are Tidus and Sir Auron?"
Ranma pointed behind them. "There they come."
Auron and Tidus came up the stairs, together. The legendary guardian approached Yuna.
"Yuna."
"S-sir?" she asked nervously.
"I wish to become your guardian. Do you accept?"
"You serious?" Wakka asked, bewildered.
"You refuse?"
Yuna shook her head. "No, no. We accept! But... if you don't mind the question... why?"
"Because I promised Braska. And..." he pulled forward Tidus. "He's coming, too."
"Um..." Tidus waved uncertainly. "Hi there!"
"This one I promised Jecht," Auron added.
"Sir Jecht?" Kasumi asked, excitedly. "Is he alive? Oh, that would be wonderful news, right, Tidus-kun?"
Tidus shifted his feet around uneasily.
"Can't say," Auron finally answered. "Haven't seen him in ten years."
"Um, Shampoo has question..."
Everyone turned their attention to the lavender-haired girl.
"Shampoo... has heard about what... pilgir... pil... what journey is all about and wanted to come along as well. As guardian... is okay?"
Wakka whistled. "Man, at that rate, we'll have an entire army of guardians following Yuna around."
"I wonder if Yevon would accept that..." Yuna wondered.
"Feh," Ranma exclaimed. "No big deal. We just say half of them are my guardians! After all, I'm a summoner, too."
"Yes, but the temples do not know about that," Akane pointed out.
"If they don't believe it, they can ask the fayth... or I'll show them my summons. Either way, I think it would be better to 'divide' all of you guardians between Yuna and me."
"Well, I don't mind at all," Yuna smiled. "Okay, Wakka, Akane and Kimahri are already officially my guardians. If Sir Auron wants to be one as well... then Tidus, Shampoo, Ukyo and perhaps Kasumi can become your guardians."
"Um... I'm not going to become a guardian," Ukyo said.
"Hey, why not?" Ranma asked, surprised.
"I... already promised Clas-chan... he wanted me to join the crusaders... and I didn't want to disappoint him, so... he wanted to fetch me here after the game was over. He should be arriving soon."
"Oh..." Ranma said. "Well... if it's what you prefer, then you should go for it.
"Really?" Ukyo asked. "You don't mind?"
"Sure, it's your decision! After all, the crusaders are trying to protect Spira, as well!"
"Thank you for understanding, Ranchan," Ukyo happily exclaimed. "I'm going to do my best as well..."
----
Seymour Guado was walking through a corridor of the Luca blitzball stadium. He entered the basement and approached a certain door.
When he opened the door, the occupant of the room behind it flinched. "Oh, Lord Seymour," Goba Guado smiled nervously. "I didn't expect you. I thought the plan was that you immediately wanted to travel back to Guadosalam..." "Never mind that now," Seymour said coldly. "I'd like you to explain to me what exactly happened in the stadium. I thought the Alpha Fiend would be unstoppable. Care to explain?"
Goba shifted uneasily around his chair. "Well, Lord Seymour, you see..."
"I'm waiting..."
The servant gulped. "Well... it looks like that boy... who fought the experiment, had some traces of magic on his body as well... similar to those of the experiment itself."
"Strange," Seymour mocked. "I didn't exactly see him changing."
"That he didn't, mylord, that he didn't," Goba quickly added. "But he also had a... certain strong phobia hiding inside his head. And when this phobia got control over his actions, he... turned into a savage beast himself. And somehow, his strength increased."
"But I saw that he somehow did return to normal! How did that happen?"
"Well, I think... the pyreflies, that were still inside the experiment, reacted somehow with the magic he contained within himself, and his strong fear... It somehow gave it some sort of... conscience! And now it is safely hiding within his mind. You could say, it is sorta like an Aeon that rests within a summoner's head, but..." he quickly searched around his memos. "He certainly couldn't summon it, of course..."
Seymour glared at Goba. "What about the mind control? Will we still be able to control the Alpha Fiend?"
"Well... under certain circumstances, I think yes. But... one of us had to be close to give it commands. And I think its powers are a little reduced, because of the influence of the other unknown magic, within that boy."
"Goba, I expect you to continue your research. I want that fiend back under my control! Do your best and you better do NOT fail me! Did I make myself clear?"
Goba quickly bowed again and again. "Oh, yes, certainly, mylord... I promise to do my best."
"Good! Now, I shall leave! I leave it in your hands..."
And Seymour Guado left his servant alone.
His thoughts went back to the young summoner he saw in the stadium.
'These eyes, that hair, this powerful aura... she's fascinating,' he thought. 'I think I'll have to invite Lady Yuna inside my mansion some time later...'
And so, the sinister half-Guado continued on his mad plans.
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(Posted Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:07)
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