Wednesday, March 30, 2005

   Chapters 10, 11, and 12
k here they r..
Chapter 10: Two new Guardians

OMG CHAPTER 10!!!!


Yuna woke up on her soft bed in the morning still soaked. She got up and changed her robes. There was a knock on the door. “Come in.” Yuna responded in her best summoner voice. Ro pushed open the cloth and smiled. “What was that?” she taunted. “A lame excuse for a summoner voice? I had a better one!” She walked over to the bed, sat down, straightened her back, and demonstrated. “Ahem…Come in.” She said in a summoner voice clearly better than Yuna’s. She smiled. “So get any sleep last night?” she said, not looking at Yuna but walking around and examining the room, picking up random items and throwing them in the air. “Nice place you got here by the way.” She added.
Yuna nodded. Ro turned around and looked at Yuna as if seeing her for the first time and started walking closer, a confused look on her face. Soon Ro was staring into Yuna’s eyes, examining them too. Yuna shifted. She realized just now that Ro was an Al-Bhed because her pupil was replaced with a spiral in her left eye. Ro leaned in a little closer and kept staring then she moved away and started pacing, so Yuna could only see her back. “hmm..” She said thoughtfully. “Does the temple know?”
Yuna felt a twang of fear in her stomach. Her mother was Al-Bhed. She now knew that Ro was examining her two colored eyes. Yuna knew that the temple did not accept Al-Bhed summoners. She also knew Ro went through torture to become one. She shook her head as an answer.
Ro shook her head. “I’d rather you not become a summoner Yunie.” She said. “I thought they would get wise…How did they not make the connection with you but did with me? I thought it might be different now…seven years…”
Yuna stared at Ro while she spoke. “This is all kind of weird..” She thought. “this person standing here claims to be my best friend that I have not seen for seven years because she was lying dead in Zanarkand Ruins!” Yuna laughed and spoke, interrupting Ro.
“Are you sure it was me who was you best friend?” Yuna asked. “Are you sure it was not someone else? I mean, I don’t remember you!” The hurt look on Ro’s face made Yuna stop talking. Ro just shook her head and said. “I am sure..C’mon! We got a boat to catch! You might even get to talk to Tidus again!” She said elbowing Yuna. She blushed.

***
Tidus lay awake in bed. Thinking. “That girl…she seemed so familiar…Did I know her from Zanarkand? Wait!” He thought, sitting up in his bed. “I did! Ro!” He got up quickly and ran into Besaid square. It was bright out side and a crowd was gathered on the temple steps.
Yuna had a few suitcases ready for the trip. Ro was taunting her and said that she didn’t need any of that stuff.
Yuna spotted Tidus and ran down the steps, dragging Ro along with her. Ro somewhat waved at Tidus and smiled. Yuna then asked if Ro and Tidus could “accompany her on her pilgrimage as guardians.” Tidus agreed but Ro said that she would “accompany her” as a “co-summoner” Yuna laughed as Ro teased her more about the performance.


WOW CHAPTER 10!!! YAY!! (happy dance) lol

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Chapter 11

As the group of Two summoners and four guardians made their way onto the departing ship, Tidus caught up to Ro who was talking to Yuna.
“uh…Excuse me?” he said interrupting Yuna and Ro’s laughter. They both turned their heads to look at him. When he did not say anything, Ro spoke up. “Yes?” Ro said expectantly. Yuna stifled a laugh Ro’s tone could’ve made Lulu laugh. “umm..I wanted to talk to Ro…” Ro and Yuna exchanged looks and Ro moved out of the group to talk to Tidus. “uh-huh?” she said.
“Do I know you?” he asked, sounding kind of stupid. “I have never seen you before in my life.” She answered, starting to walk away. Tidus grabbed her arm and whispered. “you played for the Abes right?” Ro’s eyes widened. She turned around. “You remember? Sin’s toxin didn’t get to you?” She asked. “guess not.” Tidus answered. “even though that’s the excuse I’ve been using.” Ro laughed. Tidus remembered how much he like her laugh. Ro’s face turned serious. “I’m sorry I dragged you into this…” she said quietly. She looked up at Tidus. She took his hand and took it off her arm where it lay and walked away to catch up with Yuna who has stopped so she didn’t get too far ahead of Ro .

***

“so what did he say?” Yuna asked intently as Ro walked up. “Nothing!” Ro responded a little too quickly. Yuna gave her a suspicious look. Ro smiled weakly. “Let’s just say we go back a ways..” she said pushing Yuna forward. “C’mon. the boat’s about to leave! I’ll be right there!” Yuna reluctantly continued a little faster.
Tidus still stood in that spot. The n Ro yelled. “C’mon Tiger! Don’t wanna miss the boat do you?” Tidus looked up. Ro was smiling hugely, hands on her hips. Tidus smiled and ran to her. They walked the rest of the way, talking.

***

They soon made it over to the boat where all the rest were waiting. Lulu gave her a weird look for she just walked the way talking casually with Tidus. Ro’s face turned bright Crimson. She took a step away from Tidus and said. “sorry we took so long!” she said in a high voice. Yuna gave a little laugh.
They soon were all standing on the deck, on their separate spots. Yuna was surrounded by a crowd of fans, Lulu and Ro were talking in hushed voices, Wakka explaining some things to Tidus, and Kimahri standing a little distance away from Yuna.
Tidus looked up from speaking with Wakka and watched Ro speak with Lulu. Wakka stopped talking because he knew he wasn’t being listened to. “she’s pretty, ya?” Wakka asked, elbowing Tidus. “yeah..” Tidus said absentmindedly. Wakka shook his head. “I’ve never seen a summoner who dressed so ..so…” He drifted off. “so.. revealingly!” Wakka said. Ro suddenly whipped her head around to see Wakka and Tidus gawking at her. She shook her head, said a word to Lulu and walked to a cabin. Lulu followed. “wanna follow her?” Wakka asked. Tidus looked startled. “uhh..” he said. Wakka let out a huge laugh and walked away.
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Chapter 12: New look


“She’s pretty ,ya?” Wakka asked, elbowing Tidus. “But you should go for Yuna…She’s not as much as a troublemaker!” Wakka walked away, leaving Tidus.
Tidus thought for a moment, then it hit him, Ro was an Al-Bhed, Wakka was an Al-Bhed hater. He sighed and looked around the deck of the ship.

***

“Whadda ya mean dress more presentably?!?” Ro yelled as she sat down on the bed opposite of Lulu. Lulu spoke calmly. “You are a high summoner. You should not go around wearing less clothes than Chocobos do.”
Ro blushed at this statement, then whispered. “But Kumo gave me this jacket…”

***

Ro sat on a bench in the park the next day waiting for Kumo. All sorts of thoughts were going through her head. She sat back and admired the afternoon sky. She lost herself in her own little world until there was a tap on her shoulder.
Ro jumped and looked up to see the silver-haired boy staring back at her with his pitch black eyes. Ro straightened and looked at him. He was in a new jacket with a Black Rose design on the right pocket. He was also carrying a small Black bundle.
“Hey.” He said simply. “Hi.” Ro replied looking away. Kumo motioned for Ro to get up. She did and they started walking. “so….” Kumo said as they turned a corner. “I heard form a few people that you play the guitar..and sing…” he finished.
Ro’s eyes turned wide. She sung and played her guitar in private..Or so she thought. “I saw you yesterday..” He continued slowly. “You’re pretty good…Why didn’t you mention it yesterday?” He glanced at her from the corner of his eye. Her eyes were fixed on the path ahead, but sometimes they met his. “because…” Ro hesitated and then said. “You…umm..never..asked?”
Kumo laughed and stopped walking. Ro stopped too. “Y’know..” He said. “If you want..You could perform with me..You know..Make some money? I know what it was like living alone…I have no parents too..” He looked up at her. “Whadda ya say?” He held up the jacket. Ro hesitated and took it. Kumo smiled. “Put it on!” He insisted. Ro first unfolded it and held it up to herself. It fell just below her ultra-short Chinese shirt.
She looked up at Kumo in astonishment. He laughed. “I thought it’d be just your style ,no?” Ro laughed and put it on. She zipped it up. “Perfect fit.” She said. She smiled. “So..When do I start?” She asked.

***

Lulu saw how dreamily Ro was looking into space and asked who Kumo was. Ro forgot she had not yet told Lulu anything about Zanarkand or what happened there. Her face turned from pale to bright crimson again. “uh…he’s…uh..” Ro burst out everything about Zanarkand and Kumo as Lulu listend wide-eyed. When Ro finished. Lulu shook her head. “Here, try to change into your old summoner clothes..” Lulu said. Ro sighed.
She spun around and in a flash of light she was in the same summoner dress as she wore as a kid, but bigger. Ro examined herself in a mirror and sighed. Lulu said. “just because you have these powers, doesn’t mean that you should be using them for just everything.” “This isn’t comfortable at all..” Ro said, clearly ignoring Lulu. Lulu sighed, used to it. “Go show it to everyone else.” She said. Ro walked out the door uncomfortably.

***
The crowd around Yuna had dispersed for ii had become late. The stars sparkled in the sky above. “hey.” She heard To say. She looked up to see Ro in the exact outfit she did in her dream that time. Yuna laughed. “Looks like Lulu won the war.” Ro put on a sour face. “yep..unfortunatly for me..” Her face lit up. “Hey, How bout’ you summon something! I missed it when you did during the party! I wanna see how good you are! C’mon!” Yuna hesitated. “umm..okay..”
“Ok..You ready?” Ro said making her own staff appear out of mid air. “How did you do that?” Yuna asked. Ro just laughed and started to spin her staff around carelessly. “I haven’t seen this in a looong time!” She said sending tiny blasts of water everywhere. Then she stopped. “C’mon! Summon something!” She said. “ok..” Yuna said.
She summoned Valefor, and the giant flying beast came down from the sky with a thud on the deck and flapped over to Yuna. Ro looked at it and sighed. “peh..The temple needs to get some new aeons!” Yuna laughed and dismissed the creature. Ro shot a few more blasts of water out of her staff and then suddenly spotted a Blitzball lying on the deck. “BLITZBALL!!” She yelled. She dropped her staff and when Yuna stumbled to catch it, it disappeared. Yuna looked up to see Ro Kicking the Blitzball like a professional. She obviously did not notice Wakka and Tidus staring at her in amazement as she did a backflip and hit the ball over her head.
When she got bored, (wich only took a few minutes) She spotted Wakka and Tidus staring at her. “What?” she asked, holding the ball under her foot.


well, 3 more chapters tomorrow~

~/\/eko
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