Tidus wiped his brow. "Wow, that was some battle... I doubt we could've done it without your wind Aeon, Ranma..." Then he looked around in confusion. "Hey, where's Auron?"
"I'm here! I was searching for something that Braska, Jecht and I left behind when we were here on our pilgrimage..."
Tidus blinked. That definitely didn't sound like Auron.
A very short girl, dressed in oversized warrior clothes, stood up from the ground, grasping some kind of sphere. She was really petite, even Yuna was taller than her. But... what she DID have was an extremely well-endowed bust. They were a match even for Ranma-chan's breasts. She wore shades and a really huge sword that was almost bigger than herself.
"This sphere was left behind by Jecht," she said in a high soprano voice. "It contains a message for you, Tidus. Play it back and watch it."
Suddenly, she realized that everyone was looking at her with wide eyes. "What... are you all looking at?" she asked in a curious voice.
Tidus stepped up to the girl. "Um... Auron? You seem... different."
Auron looked up. And up. And finally saw Tidus' face. "When... did you get so big?"
"Uh... it's more the fact that you got smaller. Take a look into the lake."
Auron did. And a petite, but cute black-haired girl looked back at him/her, barely older than 16. She sighed. "Well, this experience is new... even for me."
She struggled around in her oversized clothes that hung like a tent over her slender frame. "I guess I need some new clothes. Does anyone have something that fits?"
"Hey, we could always splash you with hot water, and you turn back into your manly self," Nabiki snickered.
"I guess it would be best for me to get used to this form," Auron decided. "What should I do when I'm in a situation where there is no hot water available?"
"Good point," Wakka agreed. "I believe Yuna has some spare clothes."
----
A few minutes later, Auron-chan was dressed in a robe that looked similar to Yuna's, only without the big bow on her back. The main colors were red and yellow. She was a little shorter than Yuna, so the dress didn't fit her perfectly, but she made up for it with her big breasts.
"Can you even use your sword like this?" Akane wondered. Auron smirked. "Watch!"
And she grabbed her sword, swung the giant blade over her head effortlessly and cut down a small tree that was growing nearby.
"Wow!" Nabiki stared. "That's one powerful little girl!"
"I'm not little," Auron protested. "I'm only short." In her high voice, it sounded somehow cute, almost like a pout.
"Anyways," she said. "I just wanted to give Tidus this sphere."
Tidus took the record sphere out of her slender hands and looked at it. "From my old man?" he said. Auron nodded.
Tidus just sighed and activated it.
----
Jecht was sitting on the ground before the lake, alone.
"Hey," he said. "If you're sitting here, watching this... it means you're stuck in Spira, like me. You might not know when you'll get back home, but you better not be crying. Although, I guess I'd understand. But you know what? There's a time when you have to stop crying and move on. You'll be fine. Remember, you're my son. And... Well, uh... Never mind. I'm no good at these things."
He got up and the image flickered. When it got clear again, Jecht was once again sitting on the ground. "Anyways... I believe in you. Be good. Goodbye."
The image got blank as the message was shut off.
----
"He sounded almost serious," Tidus said. "But it's too late."
"He was serious," Auron replied in her high voice. "Jecht had already accepted his fate."
"His fate?" Tidus asked.
She nodded. "Jecht always was talking about going home, to Zanarkand. That's why he took all these pictures - to show them to you when he returned. But as he journeyed with us and came to understand Spira, and Braska's resolve... It happened gradually, but Jecht changed. He decided he would join Braska in his fight against Sin."
"So he gave up going home?" Tidus said in a small voice.
"That was his decision. He loved you, you know?"
Tidus got furious again. "Oh, come on! Enough about my old man!"
She smiled. "I just thought you should know."
Tidus sighed. "Okay, now let's get out of here, yeah?"
They got ready to leave. Auron took several steps, then stopped and let out a giggle.
A real, honest, girly giggle.
"I guess it will take me some time to get used to this body..."
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(Posted Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:41)
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