Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Love Beyond Eons ❯ A Shocking New World ( Chapter 13 )

* ::sighs:: Final Fantasy 10 belongs to Squaresoft…*mutters* who else? But this fic is mine! -.-() *

Chapter 13

A Shocking New World

Yuna opened the wooden door and her hands began to tremble as sunlight hit her eyes and the noises of the city hit her ears. Her staff fell from her grasp and her knees buckled when she saw thousands of people and children walking and playing, buying and selling… `how is this possible? Where am I? Am I dreaming?'

"High Summoner? Are you all right?" Terrance asked as he rushed to her side.

"What happened to Zanarkand? It was supposed to be in ruins! Sin destroyed it a thousand years ago?!"

"Your talking nonsense my lady. Zanarkand has been standing since the dawn of time. Are you sure you feel all right?"

"I'll be fine." Yuna answered, "Once I get this all figured out." She managed to get up and grab her staff. Without saying goodbye, she began to walk off into the ocean of people.

This is impossible! The last thing I remembered was being in the lake of the dead Fayth! I saw the cyclone…I felt Kael and Wakka…then the press from the water! But I went under…

"Am I really dreaming?" she asked herself. A person next to her heard her question and smiled, "That's what I asked myself when I moved here." The man laughed and walked off. Yuna examined the skyscrapers and buildings. They were bright and colorful and the streets were like highways! She noticed below her that the sea flowed beneath the roads and she nearly got stuck trying to pass through a crowded market. Cats and dogs slept on every sunlit porch and windowsill, as sea gulls flew in the air hoping to find a few scraps of food.

Yuna's tummy growled at the thought of food and she checked her bag, only twenty-four thousand-gil left. Maybe she could find a café or something, maybe a restaurant.

After pushing through several crowds, she found a store with little people inside. She glanced up only to squint from the glaring sun.

"The Red Bay Cafe. Sounds interesting…" Yuna murmured. She walked down the wooden steps that creaked slightly under her weight. She opened the oak door to reveal a dimly lit room. Candle like structures lit up corners and several people sat by tables drinking and eating. All eyes were on her as she entered. Yuna felt like a beacon outshining their dull moods. Quickly, she found a waiter cleaning a wineglass.

"Excuse me sir? Um, do you have anything good to eat?"

"Yes we do. Sit wherever you want and Joe will be right with you." The fat man answered. Yuna nodded hesitantly and sat down in a single chair table. From across the room, a man sat drunk as a loony shoopuf. He moved a bit and brought his head up from his arms. He looked so familiar…

"What are you staring at?" he said in a rough voice. He tried to push his hair away and missed twice. Yuna almost laughed, but she held her tongue. She didn't want any trouble from anyone and not here. He managed to heave himself up only to reveal his face. His crimson eyes pierced through his strands of black hair. Yuna now knew who this was! Was it likely that…

"Sir Jecht!" Yuna exclaimed as she scrambled from her table to help the guardian who was about to fall over.

"How…how the hell do ya know my name?" Jecht hiccupped, "Of course! *Hic* I'm the great Blitzball player of the Zanarkand Abes! *Hic*" Jecht blurted out pointing his arm up. Yuna grabbed him by the arm and held him still.

"Sir Jecht! This is not how a guardian should behave!" Yuna scolded, "Now where do you live so I may take you home?" Yuna inquired angrily.

"I donno…around." Jecht said after another hiccup. Yuna was a bit frustrated at Sir Jecht, but Auron had told them all how Sir Jecht used to drink. Then something dawned on her…if Jecht was here, then Tidus should be too! Maybe that cyclone flew her back a thousand years?! But how could a dead lake just come alive? Was there a Fayth still out there dreaming? There were so many questions piling up in her mind that she groaned and tried to sit Sir Jecht down. Once the man was sitting his head fell onto his arms again.

Yuna sat down until the bartender called her over. She walked up to the guy and sighed, "Yes?"

"Whom are you talking to?"

"Sir Jecht! Who else?"

"Girly, I think your hallucinating. Jecht, the famous star player of Zanarkand has been missing since ten years ago."

"But he's right over there!" Yuna exclaimed and pointed her finger to the man at the table. The bartender cocked an eyebrow and looked to where she was pointing and sighed.

"That's not Jecht, that's Rison. The daily drunk at this tavern." The guy replied. Yuna marched over to Jecht and pushed his head up to find another mans face.

"Oh shit…I swear that was Jecht." Yuna whispered. She placed the waking mans face back onto his arms and whispered her apologies. `I'm seeing things…' Yuna thought and left the tavern, not even thinking of food.

The fresh air outside seemed to cleanse her head of the confusion. Yuna trotted away from the tavern and took a few turns down streets she never seen before. Her destination was the sea that stopped her in her tracks. She admired the view until a Blitzball hit her in the back of the head.

"Ouch!" she yelled angrily rubbing her head.

"Oh sorry…Yuna?!" a voice exclaimed.

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* Such a big cliffhanger there… Curious? You're going to have to wait till I write the next chapter! ^^ Mwahahahahhahaaaaaaa! *