Yuna took a small step closer to Yunalesca. "I... can send you to the farplane, if you like... you and Zaon would be reunited then."
Yunalesca shook her head. "I can't... I just can't... just leave me alone!"
Aura put her hand on Yuna. "Yuna, it's her decision. We can't force her. Seymour was different, he's a threat to Spira, as was Lady Ginnem, when she was controlled by evil. But Yunalesca won't be a threat to anyone... Yevon's cult will fall apart by itself."
Yuna took one last sad look at the quivering form of the spiritual woman, before she followed her friends outside.
----
Lenne was sitting down and looked at the ground.
Shuyin sat down next to her. "What is on your mind?"
Lenne looked at him. "You know, all this time, I thought we could have had a better future if... if you didn't..."
Shuyin sighed. "If I hadn't gone for Vegnagun, right?"
She nodded. "Right... But, you know... if Sin was being summoned shortly after we left for Bevelle, I'm actually pretty relieved that we didn't have to witness our hometown's destruction. After seeing Zanarkand in ruins, and hearing from Yu Yevon's plan... I'm happy that I followed you. I just wish it all happened differently."
He nodded. "Yeah, me too. But at least..." He hugged her. "I can atone for my sins by helping them free Spira from Sin. It was our people that brought Sin to life, so for a small part, it was also our fault."
----
"So, where to now?" sighed Akane as they left the Yevon Dome. "We have to find Sin, but where do we start looking? Most of the time, he swims through the ocean, right?"
"Well, most of the times," nodded Wakka. "But, sometimes he just crawls out of the sea and heads for the nearest town... as you saw in Kilika..."
"What we need," Ranma murmured. "Would be some sort of vessel that could take us over the land very quickly... Now where to find such a thing..."
But while he was thinking about that, they could hear the loud engine of an all-too-familiar airship that was flying over their head."
"The Red Horse," Akane shouted enthusiastically and jumped up and down. "Just in time!"
----
After getting on board, they instantly went to the bridge. Cid welcomed them with a grin. "Well, aren't we the happy-looking bunch, eh?"
Ranma waved. "Good to see you again, Cid."
"Frana du huf?" Brother asked from his seat. "Frana? Frana?"
"Where? Where?" Rikku asked. "Can't you think for yourself?"
"Well, what do we know?" Aura asked.
"Sin is Tidus' father," Nabiki said. Tidus nodded. "Yeah, and I got some kind of link to him. So maybe he will come for me, as he did at the Djose shore."
"You know..." Kasumi pondered. "I just had this idea... Your father likes the hymn of the fayth, right, Tidus-kun?"
"Um, yeah," Tidus replied. "But why should that help?"
"Well, when Leviathan sung the song while carrying us to Bikanel, Sin was getting sleepy. Maybe that's our chance of getting inside him."
"Ya know, that idea isn't that bad," Cid agreed. "And when he's dizzy, our cannon's can shoot a big hole in his belly."
"Yeah," Tidus cheered. "And through this hole, we can get inside."
"Um, even if he will be a little off guard while listening to the song, wouldn't he disagree with us just shooting him like that?" Rikku asked. "I mean, he probably will be pretty upset."
"But the hymn will slow him down," Ranma pointed out. "And it will be a lot easier to battle him. But forget about your cannons, Cid, they might be not accurate enough. Or has your technician fixed them by now?"
"Well, not exactly..." Buddy chuckled.
----
Down in the machine room of the Red Horse, a small boy was busy working on the cannons. "Do this, Shinra, do that, Shinra," he muttered. "Can't they do anything by themselves? I'm just a kid, after all..."
----
"Well, leave it to us," Buddy said. "Me and my men go all over Spira and tell the people of singing the hymn. We will go to Luca, Bevelle, Kilika..."
"Don't forget to go to Mushroom Rock," Cid reminded him. "The Youth League wants to join in as well, I'm sure."
"Youth League?" Ranma wondered. "Who are they?"
And while Cid explained to Ranma what Kinoc and Nooj managed to build up on Mushroom Rock, Rikku and several other Al Bhed prepared some huge loudspeakers that they were planning to attach to the outer side of the ship.
"With these things, the people surely will be able to hear the hymn and join our little song," Nabiki smirked. "Provided that you manage to do your job."
"Hey, I'm an Al Bhed," Rikku shouted offended. "I grew up with machines. I know what I'm doing." She threw several switches. "Well, I turned the volume down... let's test it, guys!"
One of the Al Bhed nodded and pressed a button.
Nothing happened.
Rikku sweat-dropped. "Weeeell, perhaps we forgot one tiny, important part while putting this together..."
Nabiki smirked. "If you know what you're doing, then why did you forget this?" And she held up the end of a cable and swung it around. "No electrical device works without plugging it in first, you know?"
Rikku just grumbled something unintelligible.
----
Baralai nodded to the Al Bhed messenger. "Understood, we'll be ready. Thank you." He turned around to face his troops, including Shampoo and Ukyo. "Well, you heard it: When the 'singing ship in the skies' appears, we will join them in singing the fayth."
"That's what we were trained for?" one of the soldiers grumbled. "Singing a song?"
"Hey," Shampoo shouted. "You better do what Airen says."
"Right," Ukyo nodded. "If it's to defeat Sin, why not? Besides..." She grinned. "I believe I have quite a good singing voice."
"Hah," Shampoo shouted. "Shampoo bet you sound like Mousse under shower. But Shampoo was winner of all Amazon music tournaments."
"Well, I don't want to know what your backwater village counts as music."
"Spatula girl care to repeat that?"
"Okay, enough with the squabbling, girls," Baralai chuckled.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THAT!" two angry Nerimian girls shouted.
Baralai gulped. "Right..."
....
Deep in the depths of the farplane, a tiny moogle chuckled. "Finally... now that I managed to build this organ stool... I'll be able to control Vegnagun! Bwahahahahah! Now, everyone will face my wrath. I'll destroy them all: Seymour, Sin, Yevon... everyone!
Well... it's too bad that there is no hot water down here, kupo..."
....
"You serious?"
"Kweeeh!"
"Can't be..."
"Kweeeh!"
"You mean we're finally here?"
"Kweeeh!" Choco nodded.
Ryoga grinned. "Hooray! Finally! Just you wait, Ranma... you're not the only hero! When you are going to fight that 'Sin', you won't be the only one... I'm as powerful as you are, just you wait!"
'Can't we just go now?' Cerberus' voice echoed inside his mind.
'Yeah, get moving already,' agreed Typhoon.
Ryoga shook his head. "Not yet! Nothing is more important then my speech against Ranma. If not for his stupid quest, I wouldn't have spent the past weeks travelling through countless worlds, just to find the way back here."
He snarled. "RANMA, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Ryoga's Espers sweat-dropped.
----
"All ready?" Cid asked. Rikku gave him the thumbs up. "Time to Rock and Roll, Pops!"
"All right, let's try this," the Al Bhed leader nodded, and activated a switch.
From outside, the hymn of the fayth could be heard.
"How's that?" Cid asked.
Tidus grinned. "Right on."
"I hope everyone will get the message," Kasumi said.
"They have to," Ranma answered. "This is our big chance of getting rid of Sin forever... so everyone must do his best."
"Well, then let's hope..." Wakka stopped his sentence when he heard some strange cry from outside. "W-what's that?"
"I heard that cry before," Ranma muttered and ran out of the room.
"Ranma, wait," Akane shouted and followed him.
----
They all ran out on the Red Horse's deck. And before them, an enormous colossus was slowly approaching them, floating through the air.
"He's here," Ranma grumbled. "Sin."
"Looks like the party's about to start," Nabiki sighed.
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