From Past to The Future
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Chapter 4: Kilika and The FaythEveryone's on board the boat heading for Kilika Port. Someone with a pair of binoculars is looking out at the city. Jurina goes up to her, does a series of somersaults and tumbles, and finally grabs it. He looks at the city, then Kai, then Atsuko, then Rena and Akimahri. Rena waves at him. The binocular girl grabs them back. He scratches the back of his head and giggles
Jurina approaches Rena, who's surrounded by a group of people
"Word is that summoner's got noble blood!" said a random people
"I heard she's Lord Matsui's daughter!" said another people
"Ya don't say?"
"Lord Matsui's...daughter?" Jurina murmured. He wonder about what’s those people were talking about. And he goes to talk to Kai. "So, is Rena's father famous or something?"
"Ah, Jurina! She's the daughter of High Summoner Matsui! You saw his statue at the temple. Lord Matsui defeated Sin ten years ago. Rena's the heir to a great legacy!"
"It's tough when your father's famous." He let out a big sigh, and then stood near the boat’s sidewalk. Kai goes "Huh?"
"Kai's...a bit lacking in the imagination department." Atsuko suddenly spoke up. Kai goes "Huh?" again. Jurina giggles
"Thank, Atsuko. I'll keep that in mind ahahaaha."
Everyone walks away from Rena. Jurina walks up beside her. They're both at the front of the boat, looking out to sea. Jurina stretches
"The wind...it's nice." Said Rena. Jurina goes "Mmhmm". Then, for no particular reason, they start giggling and laughing. "You're a blitzball player, aren't you? From Zanarkand, right?" Said Rena again
Jurina turned to Rena "You hear that from Kai? Kai doesn't believe me at all."
"But I believe you!" Rena said. Jurina mutters a "Huh?". "I've heard in Zanarkand... there is a great stadium, all lit up even at night! Great blitzball tournaments are held there, and the stands are always full!" she continues
"Heyy, wait, How do you know that?" Jurina said still confused
"A man named Kumi told me. He was my father's guardian." Rena answered. Jurina looks surprised, then slightly pissed, and turns around, muttering "Kumi" in a low voice several times "My father...his name is Kumi!"
"Amazing!" She does the prayer gesture. “You know, our meeting like this must be the blessing of Yevon!" Rena said
"Sounds like him, but it can't be him."
"Ehh? Why not?" Rena said moving closer to Jurina
"My old man, he died. Ten years ago, off the coast of Zanarkand."
Rena turns away "I'm sorry." She looks down.
"He went out to sea for training one day...and never came back. And no one's seen him since then."
"Why, that's the day that Kumi came to Spira. It's true! I first met Kumi ten years and three months ago! I remember, that was the day my father left. The date fits, doesn't it?" Rena said, trying to make the story fits Jurina’s story. Jurina fumbles with her words
"Yeah, but how would he get here?" Jurina replied still in disbelieve
"You're here, are you not?" They look at each other. Rena smiles and giggles. Jurina smiles too. All of the sudden, the boat shakes and rumbles. Rena falls down; Jurina grabs hold of her hand. The ship begins tilting to one side. Jurina and Rena's grip fails. Rena falls to the side of the ship. Akimahri jumps to there and holds her. The ship levels out. A massive grey fin shoots out of the water.
"Sin!" Everyone gasps. The one who yelled "Sin!" positions himself behind a harpoon
"What do you think you're doing? Stick a harpoon in him and we'll all get dragged under!" Kai yells to that person.
"Sin is going for Kilika! We gotta distract it!" said a person behind a harpoon
"Our families are in Kilika! Forgive us, Lady Summoner!" said the other guy. Rena nods
"Wait!" Kai yells, try to stop them. “Oh, boy..."
They fire the harpoon at the fin another harpoon is fired. The two harpoons connect. The fin drags the boat along. A ton of water splashes onto the deck. Jurina looks around for a hand to grab. Tons of small pods from the fin are let loose onto the deck of the ship; they transform into bug things.
A battle begins vs. the bug things, and a boss, Sin (which is really Sin's fin) started~
“Oh SH*T! we meet again, fella!!” Jurina said welcoming the bugs with his sword.
“Hey, you know ‘em?” Asked Kai, still busy throwing his spiky blitzball and tied the bugs with his chain.
“Hell yea of course I DO KNOW THEM! Arrgh!” Jurina said still trying to cut off the bugs.
“Speak later, let’s clean up these things first!” Warn Atsuko. Still busy casting magics. “Kai, give me some Ether!”
“O-okay” without saying many words, he throws the Ether to Atsuko. Atsuko catches the Ether and drinks it. “Oh yeah! You will regret casting this cuts in my body, you B*ITCHY BUGS!” then she rushes to the bugs and defeated them.
“WOW, she can be that wild too? Awesome!” Jurina said, releasing his block and attacks the bugs.
“Just say it is her other personality when it comes to fight.. hey, Akimahri, Jurina, just attack the bugs, will ya? I will attack his fin!” Answer Kai throwing his blitzball to Sin’s fin.
They do this for few rounds. Eventually, it gets defeated.
Sin tears out the harpoon device and swims away. All is silent in the boat. Kai looks around frantically. He then dives into the water. Underwater, Jurina is floating without moving. Several fish attack him. “DIE, FISHY!” Kai throws his blitzball and the fish die. He then casts a spell on Jurina, who wakes up. He gives Jurina the thumbs up symbol. Before they can return to the boat, they got a battle to face Sinspawn Echuilles.
“They’re here too?!” Jurina said surprised, but also amazed by this creature.
“Here, your sword!” Kai throws Jurina’s sword, Jurina catches it. Kai throw and wrapped the chain on that creature. “JURINA, NOW!” Jurina swims to that thing, then throws him a few slices. It gets defeated and blows up
-Meanwhile in Kilika-
The quiet town of Kilika... a massive tidal wave approaches. Some kids are playing with a blitzball and see it, but it's too late. The entire city is engulfed in water. Everything begins to get sucked into the guy houses, humans, everything. In the sky, a whirlwind of corpses and debris is formed, above Sin, who's floating on the surface. Then the end blow a shot of the city, peaceful once more, with debris and a lone blitzball floating in the water...
-Back to the Boat-
"When Sin attacked Zanarkand that day, I woke up in Spira.
"I kept hoping it would work in reverse, too."Rena looks outwards, sadly "I will defeat Sin... I must defeat Sin."
"I was just fooling myself."
"Maybe it was that day... on the sea, under the burning sun."
Various shots of people on the boat, heads hanging in sadness, are shown
"I started to give up hope."
"I was in a foreign world, I wasn't going home."
"This was my new reality and I was stuck in it for good."
Screen fades to black. It fades back in on Kilika harbour. Rena approaches several people
"Greetings! I am the summoner Rena. I have come from the temple in Besaid." Said Rena.
"M'lady Summoner!"
"If there is no other summoner here, please allow me to perform the sending." Rena said to the people.
"Thanks be to ye!"
"Our loved ones... We feared they would become fiends!"
"Please, take me to them." Said Rena
Two people lead the way. Rena follows, as does the rest of the group, except for Kai and Jurina
"We'll go see what we can do to help in town." Kai said to Jurina.
Kai and the Aurochs run off. Jurina follows. On the next screen, several people are standing, looking out to the water silently. Jurina approaches Atsuko "Uh, what's a ‘sending’? Are we going somewhere?"
"You truly are clueless. Are you sure it's just your memory that's the problem?" Atsuko let out a big sigh, and shook her head "The dead need guidance." She continues
In the background, Rena is talking to someone
"Filled with grief over their own death, they refuse to face their fate. They yearn to live on, and resent those still alive. You see, they envy the living. And in time, that envy turns to anger, even hate. Should these souls remain in Spira, they become fiends that prey on the living. Sad, isn't it? The sending takes them to the Farplane, where they may rest in peace."
"Summoners do this?" Jurina asked. Atsuko goes "Hmm". They turn to face Rena. She begins to step onto the water
Rena walks on the water. She begins moving around with her wand/sceptor. In the background, the people of Kilika cry. Atsuko, Jurina, and Akimahri watch on. Small globes of energy begin to rise out of the water, gathering upwards. Nearbye, a flame turns blue. The water Rena's standing on rises into the air, bringing her up with it, as she continues the motions, while the strands of energy (the souls of the dead, more or less) begin to fly up as well. People keep crying.
Rena walks back towards the others
"It must be tough, being a summoner." Jurina said.
"Rena chose her own path. She knew from the beginning what it meant. All we can do is protect her along the way. Until the end." Atsuko replied.
"Until the...end? What's the end?"
Everyone turns and stares at Jurina. Atsuko gets visibly frustrated "Until she defeats Sin." Atsuko said and then walks away. Rena runs up to Atsuko
"I hope... I hope I did okay." Rena said looking at the older girl. Atsuko puts her arms around her, "You did very well. They've reached the Farplane by now. But...no tears next time, hm?" Atsuko said trying to cheer the younger one.
"I wished there would never be a next time. No more people being killed by Sin. No more sendings for Rena."
"Everyone stood there watching her."
"It was strange, and somehow...horrifying."
"I never wanted to see it again."
Screen goes black Jurina sleeps, and wakes up in the inn. He stretches. He leaves the inn; Oya from the Aurochs runs up to him
"Hey! You awake? Cap'n Kai's waitin' for you!" the one of the Aurochs said, Oya to Jurina.
“Aye aye~” then Jurina goes to meet Kai. Kai is helping the Aurochs to fix a damaged boat
"Ah, there you are! Besaid Aurochs! Huddle!" The Aurochs leave the boat to rejoin Kai and Jurina
"On to the temple, where we pray for victory!"
The Aurochs leave
“High Summoner Matsubara used to live in the Kilika temple here. Yep, Lord Matsubara was once a great blitzer, you know?"
"Kai..."
"Hm?"
"Praying for victory's all good...but is this right?" Jurina Asked
"Something wrong with enjoying blitzball?" Kai said
"Is this really the time?" Asked Jurina again
"This is the only time! The players fight with all their strength: the fans cheer for their favorite team. They forget pain, suffering... only the game matters! That's why blitz has been around for so long. Least that's what I think." Kai explained
"Whatever you say then." Jurina said, still in bored face.
"Let's play...and win! Right?" Kai said, punches the air
"Right!" Jurina said and did the same with his midget captain. Kai turns around
"Temple's beyond the jungle there. Let's go!" Kai said, bringing Jurina with him. They go to the jungle. Atsuko and Rena are there
"What's up?" Kai said
"Rena's saying she wants you with us, Jurina." Atsuko said. Jurina exclaims a surprised "Huh?"
"I want to ask you to be my guardian." Rena said
"Rena! What? This is no time for jokes, ya? He may be a blitzball whiz kid, but up against fiends, he's a newbie." Kai said denied Rena’s words.
"Not a guardian, then... I just want him nearby." Rena said with her childish attitude. Kai is very surprised
"What? What do you mean?" Jurina still confused.
It seems that our lady trapped in your charm already, Jurina. Fu..fu..fu.. Rena turns to Jurina, "It's just that, well..."
"We're all going to the temple anyway. Can't this wait till later?" Atsuko said. Rena nods, and turns back to face Jurina
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have..."
"There's nothing to be sorry about. I'm just not really sure what's going on." Jurina said to Rena, smiling sheepishly
"My apologies." Rena said
Akimahri walks to them and crosses his arms. Jurina and company run forward. Gon and Mori are there. In the background is a large red tentacle monster
"Company, halt!" Mori said
"The fiend before us is Ochu, Lord of the Wood! We've had trouble with this one before. Remember, discretion is the better part of valor." Gon continues
“Sure thing…” Atsuko turns to Akimahri “Let’s go, Sayaka!” Akimahri nodded and they run onto their enemy. “Hey I wanna fight too!” Rena said and follows them up.
Kai throws his blitzball several times. Akimahri with his power break. But it seems its wasn’t enough for this Ochu.
“Move aside!”Atsuko yells. Then she casts Fira spell to that Ochu. “Heyy!” Kai yelling at her, but it’s too late. He and Akimahri jump aside, avoiding the fire casts.
The Ochu burned and turned into ashes. Mori goes "Whooooa”
"A summoner and her guardians. Very impressive!" Gon said
"Sir, we should fight, too!" Mori said looks at Gon
"We'll get our chance soon enough." He replied
They begin to leave
"Young Crusaders gather round! We'll beat Sin into the ground!" Mori sings.
The group makes their way through the forest, eventually arriving at some stone steps
"These stone steps have a history, you know? Yep, Lord Matsubara trained here at his peak." Kai said
Jurina looks up the steps. The Aurochs stretch, and then laugh a somewhat evil laugh
"A race, huh? Think you can beat me?" Kai, Jurina, and two Aurochs line up in a row
"Rena, if you would." Kai said looking to Rena
"Ready?" Rena said. She begins to run up the steps
"Hey! Hey! That’s cheating!" Kai yells. Kai and the Aurochs follow her. Jurina runs up the steps after them. The Aurochs run back down
"L-Look out!" Oya said
"Everyone, quick! Sinspawn!" Kai warned
Atsuko, Sayaka, and Jurina run up the rest of the steps. Battle vs. Sinspawn Geneaux.
“Holy crap! HUUGE!” Jurina said Amazed by this thing again.
“Urm… guys if you don’t mind?” Rena smiling sheepishly. “Of course, I just want to ask you for it!” Kai said. Then Rena summon Valefor. Valefor attack this thing non-stop. It’s seemed that he wont give it a chance. “Guys, come here and help valefor!” Rena said. First is Jurina and Akimahri. They cuts its arm, and lower body while Atsuko and Kai attacks it’s upper body with spell and blitzball attack.
And it's defeated, of course. After the battle, Jurina is out of breath
"Yeesh!"
"Sorry about that! Hoped to break you in a little slower." Kai said
"Being a guardian's tiring!"
"You handled yourself pretty well. You got talent." Kai replied
"Nah.. So, what are these ‘Sinspawn’ anyway?" Jurina asked
"Fiends. They fall from Sin's body, and are left behind in its wake." Atsuko answered
"Leave 'em alone, and Sin comes back for 'em. You gotta be quick!" Kai continues
Everyone walks up the stairs, leaving Jurina alone
"Kai told me I had talent in battle..."
"I think that was when I started seriously considering becoming a guardian."
Jurina walks up the stairs and catches up with the others
"So, uh...they got fiends in Zanarkand, too?" Kai asked with his hand on his head
"Just a few. It's a big deal when one shows up, though. Hey! Since when have you believed me about Zanarkand, anyway?"
"I been thinking. Maybe people Sin gets to don't die. Maybe Sin carries 'em through time. Like a thousand years through time. And then, one day, maybe they just pop back, see?" Kai said
"Amazing. Simply amazing. You make up one theory after another, refusing to face the simple truth. Sin didn't take Minami anywhere. Sin crushed him and left him on the Djose shore! Your brother won't just pop back. Oh, and one more thing. No matter how much you want it, no one can take Minami's place. No one can replace Sir Kumi, for that matter. And there's no replacement for Lord Matsui, either. It's pointless to think about it, and sad." Atsuko said. Atsuko walks off, as does Sayaka. Rena follows them. Kai, sitting down, punches the ground
"I...I could never be what Minami was." Kai punches the ground. [poor ground]
Then He stands up
"Well, stuff happens. Best not to worry."Kai sighed
Kai walks up the stairs
"Kai, Atsuko, and Kai's brother Minami."
"Something had happened between them a long time ago. I was sure of it."
"Well, whatever it was, it was none of my business, that's for sure. Best not to go there." Jurina runs up the stairs. An overview of the Kilika Temple is shown, as the group walks up the stairs and approaches it. A trio clad in purple outfits leave the temple, and walk towards the Aurochs
"You here to pray for victory, too?" Kai asked
"Us? Pray? Who needs to pray? The Luca Goers always win!"
"Oh, yeah? Then why are you here?" asked the Luca Goers
"We've been praying for some competition this year!" Gon said
"So what's your goal this time? You gonna "do your best" again? Ha! It's too bad your best isn't good enough! Why even bother showing up?" asked the Luca Goers guy
"This time, we play to win!" Jurina said with irritably tone
"Oooh! Play away! Just remember even kids can play, boys."
The trio walks away
"See you in the finals!" Kai said
"We'll beat them. We have to!" Jurina said irritably
"You know that team?" Asked Rena
"Putting people down... They're as bad as my old man!" Jurina said still in irritably tone. Especially the ‘old man’ one.
"But, Sir Kumi was a kind and gentle man!" denies Rena
"Well, not my Kumi." Jurina said
"Even ten years after he left..."
"just thinking about my old man got me angry. But maybe that was just my way of keeping him... Nah.."
Jurina enters the temple, and approaches the praying Kai
"Lord Matsubara, guide our feet." Kai said
Jurina prays too.
From the door that leads to the Cloister of Trials, a scantily-clad woman and a muscular man exit, and look at Rena
"A summoner, are you?"
The two of them walk down the steps to meet Rena face to face
"My name is Rena--from the Isle of Besaid." Said Rena
"Dada."
"So, you're High Summoner Matsui's daughter. That's quite a name to live up to. My, my, my... And all these people are your guardians? My, what a rabble! As I recall, Lord Matsui had only two guardians. Quality over quantity, my dear. Whatever were you thinking? I have need of only one guardian. Right, Sae?" She turns to her guardian. Sae, the muscular man, nods. Akimahri steps forward and faces him
“I only have as many guardians as there are people I can trust.I trust them all with my life! To have so many guardians is a joy, and an honor! Even more so than being my father's daughter. Of course, I would never think of questioning your ways, either. So, Lady Dada, I ask of you: please leave us in peace." Said Rena.
"You do what you want. Sae, we're leaving." Lady Dada said
Suddenly a woman appears and approaches Dada, “Irritating as ever, eh, DADA?!”
“Huh?” Dada turns to that voice. “Oh, it’s you, Kitagaga.” She said smirking. “So what’s your problem?”
“I should be the one who asking, lady DADA! Can’t you keep your bad attitude towards people? Hey, remember, you still new as a summoner, brat!”
“Unn unn, Gaga-san is right!” said a girl beside Kitagaga
“What did you said?!” Dada turns to that girl. Facing her with Lady DADA’s ultimate gori face. The girl goes “KYAAAN” and quickly hides behind Kitagaga
“Look are you, you make a girl scared like that! Just get out from here, gorilla!” Kitagaga said
“I’AM going to go.” Dada and her guardian run away. Rena sighs and looks at Kitagaga
“It’s okay, Miori—“ Kitagaga said to that girl.
"A guardian is someone a summoner can rely on. Someone she can trust with her life."
"I wondered, did Rena feel that way about me?"
Rena looks at Jurina and smiles
"What's she smiling about?"
They enter the door that leads to the Cloister of Trials
"The fayth is below. Let's do it!" Kai said
"The "fayth"?" Jurina asked
"But first, the Cloister of Trials. Sayaka? Kai? Ready?" Atsuko asked to the other guardians. Kai and Sayaka nod
"Strength, everyone!" Rena said
Everyone steps onto the platform that leads them down. Sayaka pushes Jurina off
"Hey, what gives?" Jurina pouted
"You're not a guardian yet." Atsuko said
"We'll be back as soon as we can, okay?" Rena said
The platform descends
"Oh, sure! Soon like "tomorrow" soon, I bet!" Jurina said.
The platform returns. Dada and Sae enter
"Hi~ Where's Rena?" Dada asked. Jurina points to the platform
"Then why are you here?" Dada asked again
"Hey, I'm not a guardian, so I'm not supposed to go in, right?" Jurina said
"Not a guardian, you say?" Dada gives Sae a sign
Sae picks up Jurina
"Hey! Wait! Ah! Lemme go!" Jurina complains
Sae throws Jurina onto the platform
"Hey! What's the big idea?" he yells
"Just a little game. Bye bye" Dada said to Jurina, and waves her hand. Jurina goes "Huh?", as the platform descends
"This is bad, really bad." He runs to the door of the Cloister of Trials]
"Only guardians allowed, and I'm sure no guardian. Well, I guess it's too late now."
He enters the Cloister of Trials, and completes them. He eventually meets up with Atsuko, Akimahri, and Kai. Inside the room, a song can be heard. This same song is heard in all the areas near the Chambers of the Fayth it is known as the Hymn of the Fayth
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Kai looks at Jurina
"It was Dada and that big musclehead man!"
"Rena will be the one to suffer the consequences!" Atsuko said
"What consequences?" Jurina asked
"She could be excommunicated!"
They wait for Rena to be done
"Just wait." Kai said
"So, what's in there anyway?"
"The fayth, remember?"
"Oh yeah, that thing. Right."
"The fayth are people who gave their lives to battle Sin. Yevon took their souls, willingly given from their still-living bodies." Atsuko explained. Jurina goes “Huh?”
"Now they live forever, trapped in statues. But when a summoner beckons, the souls of the fayth emerge once again. That's what we call an aeon." Atsuko continues
"All that in this room? S-So what's Rena doing in there?" Jurina asked
"She prays with all her heart for a way to defeat Sin." Kai said
Rena exits from the Chamber of the fayth and falls on her knees. Atsuko and Kai run to her side
"There was something I didn't tell anyone else that day."
"That song we heard there, in the temple... I knew it from my childhood."
"It was proof that Spira and Zanarkand were connected somehow. At least to me it was."
"Maybe that's why, suddenly, I felt like...I just wanted to go home."
"I tried to say something, to tell them. But the words wouldn't come." They leave the temple a group of people surround Rena, and nod. The screen goes white, and fades back in on another Jurina flashback. In it, he's surrounded by people, who are clapping, waving, and cheering him on (though we don't hear it)
"I thought I had put my feelings for Zanarkand behind me."
"But they were there, and they grew inside me, bigger and bigger, till I was just about ready to burst." everyone leaving the temple. Jurina stops walking. Rena approaches him
"Are...are you okay?" Rena asked in worry
"I...I don't know." Jurina replied
"What do you want to do?" Rena asked
"To scream real loud." Jurina said. Rena giggles. Jurina screams real loud. Everyone turns around. Scene ends; everyone leaves the temple, makes their way through the forest, and head to the boat in the Kilika Port
"Off to Luca at last! The matches start soon as we get there, so rest up on the way, ya?" Kai said.
They get on board and the boat leaves
Sorry for don't make Yuki appears in here--
I will keep her and Yuko for later~
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