While Rikku was trying her best to ignore the thunder, Yuna was in deep thought. She listened to Lord Jyscal's last will, but what should she do about it? What was Seymour doing? Should she tell someone from Yevon? Should she go to Bevelle and tell Grand Maester Mika?
No, she thought. She should take care of Seymour herself. He wanted to marry her for some reason... is it all a trap or did he want to include her in his plans? Anyways, she had to find out. And she had to face him personally.
And she knew of the right way to do it.
When they passed one of the bigger lightning rod towers, she slowed down. "Everyone," she said. "I've got someone to say."
"What, right here in the open?" Tidus wondered.
"We're almost through here," Rikku said. "Let's go!"
"I... have to say it now," Yuna said in a very serious sounding voice.
Auron looked towards the big tower. "Over there," he said, and the group took shelter in its shadow.
Akane, Nabiki and Ranma looked carefully at each other. What was Yuna going to do?
Yuna turned around. "Everyone... I've decided to marry."
'I thought so...' Ranma sighed mentally.
"B-but why?" Wakka stuttered. "Why change your mind?"
Yuna was very careful with choosing her words. This was really hard, lying to her friends...
"For Spira's future... and Yevon's unity. I thought it would be the best thing to do."
"That's not good enough," Auron said sternly.
"I won't quit my pilgrimage." She knew that was Auron's biggest concern.
The ex-guardian of her father nodded. "Then it is fine."
'Strange,' Akane thought. 'Doesn't Auron care about Yuna's future? Is he only fixated on her pilgrimage? Something must have happened... is it a promise he made to her father?'
"Yuna, just one question," Wakka interfered. "Can't you just talk to Maester Seymour? Do you have to marry him?"
"I... think it's the right thing to do," she answered.
"Yunie..." Now Rikku was really worried about her cousin. She wanted her to stop the pilgrimage, that's true... but marrying that guy? She was going to say something, when another thunderbolt came crashing down. Rikku looked angrily at the sky.
"Quiet," she yelled. Then she turned back to Yuna. "I wish we could help somehow..."
"It's okay," Yuna smiled. "I'll be fine."
'Yes, you will be fine,' Ranma thought. 'I'll make sure of that. Don't worry, Yuna.'
----
Goba Guado dismounted the Grendel. The small dragon let out a small growl, and Goba sent him away.
The mini-Alpha Fiend was perched on his shoulder. "Master," it said. "What are we doing here? Shouldn't we prepare everything for Lord Seymour's wedding?"
"I finished most of the preparations," Goba grumbled. "But I have to find that runaway fiend. Imagine what it would do to everything around the temple with its abilities. Lord Seymour wouldn't want a chaos factor like it to disrupt the flow of his plans. So I have to catch it."
They slowly walked through Macalania's tall trees. Swarms of butterflies surrounded them, but Goba didn't pay attention to them. He followed the 'stench' of pyreflies, to which all Guado are sensitive, towards the Jusenkyomorph's hideout in the small pond.
The big blob of liquid rose before their eyes. It just saw another victim, nothing else.
"Stop," Goba commanded. "I am your creator. You have to obey me."
The Jusenkyomorph didn't listen. It just continued to approach Goba.
"Hear my command," Goba thundered. "Stop right there and follow my orders."
"I think it's not working, master," the Alpha Fiend observed.
"I can see that," Goba snarled. "It must have absorbed too many fiends... Every Guado would have problems controlling that much fiends at one time." He stretched out his arms and hit the Jusenkyomorph with a Fire spell.
It just absorbed the spell. Goba tried out Fire, Ice, Lightning and Water magic - all the known elemental spells within Spira - but every time, the Fiend absorbed them and grew a little.
"It must have absorbed fiends from all four element groups," Goba said. "My magic won't hurt it."
"Maybe it would be best to RUN AWAY, master?" the Alpha Fiend suggested.
"NO!" Goba shouted. "I gave it life! I am it's master! I have to restrain it!"
"Good luck with it," the tiny fiend said and jumped off it's master's shoulder, as the Jusenkyomorph reached them...
----
They barely managed to escape.
"I told you, master," the Alpha Fiend snickered. "You should have run when you still had the choice."
It batted against it's master's red pompom with it's paw.
"Shut up, kupo," Goba the moogle grumbled.
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(Posted Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:40)
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