The Fantasy Games (Final Fantasy Fanfiction)

Chapter Eleven: She Did It For Love

Pain coursed through her body as she hit the ground in an awkward position. Her neck strained and her shoulder clicked when she landed on both first, she sent a quick thank you to Yevon that she hadn't broken any bones as she scrambled to her feet.

The leather handles of her guns rubbing against the palm of her hand sent a small feeling of security through her as she watched the chaos unfold around her. Despite the fact that she had weapons and training, she still felt helpless and lost as everyone seemed to be in combat with another. She didn't know who to help first.

Ashe was lying unmoving on the floor and Yuna decided that the young warrior needed her assistance more than the others. She ran over to the girl, evading the battles around her and shook the girl slightly in an attempt to wake her up. Yuna wasn't even sure if she was breathing and unfortunately, her suspicions were confirmed when she saw the bullet hole in the side of Ashe's head.

Unshed tears lined her bottom eyelids but with determined blinks she pushed them back and stood to her full height. She could only hope to Yevon that Ashe's soul would move on by itself to the Farplane as she quickly observed the activities around her. There was no time to send anyone now.

Tidus had currently unsheathed his sword and was successfully dodging and blocking every fatal blow Kain, the purple dragoon, was throwing at him. It was slightly mesmerising to watch the two, their movements precise and so swift that they seemed to become a blur of purple and blue and yellow. However she was jarred back to reality when Dagger's scream pierced her ears.

She whirled around so quickly she nearly lost her balance in the process and nearly screamed herself at the scene in front of her.

Dagger had tears streaming down her cheeks as her big brown eyes stared disbelievingly at the sight before her. Despair and sorrow was etched all over her face making Yuna's heart wrench with pity. She knelt down completely ignoring Garland and Gabranth and hugged Zidane's battered bloody body to her chest. His dead eyes stared up at the young girl as his crimson blood leaked onto her clothes, creating dark stains. Dagger's lips were moving even as they trembled and white magic kept sparking at her fingertips but dying down again, showing the spell was useless in the current situation. It was then Yuna realised what she was casting.

Life...

Yuna could feel it then, she could feel Zidane's soul leave his body but lingering slightly. She mentally urged him to move on, to travel safely to the farplane, to not become unsent. However it did no good, although his soul had separated from his body, it remained hanging in the air, like a forgotten lantern.

It was a strange feeling to have. She'd never experienced anything like this before, where she could actually sense a soul departing. Although she couldn't see it, she just knew he was there. She found herself losing control of her limbs as her hand reached out and touched the aura of his soul from a far. Bright light exploded from her fingertips and Zidane's form appeared for everyone to see.

Garland and Gabranth jumped back in shock as colourful inhuman patterns ran over the deceased boy's body. Zidane looked down to the ashen girl who was looking at him with eyes containing awe and hope as she hugged his previous form to her chest still. Zidane's spirit gently caressed a hand across the girl's cheek and seemed to smile, if not slightly sadly, as he kissed her forehead one last time.

He then turned to face Yuna, his form full of every colour of the rainbow shimmering, as if pleading with her. She had no clue what he wanted her to do exactly, but her body seemed to. Her free hand rose to meet the other as she gently probed his aura, before latching onto it with a firmness she didn't know she possessed and jarred her two hands apart with a sudden swiftness. A small grateful smile crossed the colourful spirit's lips before he dissolved into pyreflies, some drifting up into the night air but one straying from its course and travelling to Dagger's chest area.