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"I would be honored to do so Lady Belgemine, though may I ask, what brought on you wanting to test me?"
"Even if you aren't a conventional summoner by any means, you are still a summoner, and I see the potential you have to go much further than any before you. So prepare yourself, and the test shall begin." With that said, she summoned Valefor to fight me. I still wondered what was happening, but figured that my presence in itself must have caused this. So I went along with it, and summoned my ice dragon.
Belgemine covered her mouth, and giggled for a little bit, before commanding her Valefor to attack. I wasn't going to allow that though, and had my Ice dragon attack at full force from the get go. It couldn't use its overdrive, but it could still shoot beams of ice from its mouth, and conjure ice twisters with its wings. The battle went back and forth for a while, before my dragon came out victorious, but not without it having a lot of wounds. (For those reading this, can you guys/gals/whatever you identify as, come up with a good name for the ice dragon? For each dragon summon, there will only be one, so I think it would be a good idea to come up with names for them. I will go back and change it in future chapters once a name is decided upon.)
I petted my ice dragon's head, thanking it for doing a wonderful job, then I unsummoned it. My party cheered for my victory, and Lady Belgemine gave a slow clap.
"Wonderful job. I see a very prosperous future ahead of you. Here, take this, and allow me to heal you as well." She restored my mana, and passed me a floating blue orb that felt somewhat hollow. When I took it from her, it went straight in my sphere grid. I checked my inventory to see what it was, and was blown away by what I saw. [Summoner's Soul (AMS Variant)]. In the game, the normal version of this was given to Yuna after she beat or lost to Lady Belgemine in Moonflow.
It would normally just allow the player to use items to teach their summoners new abilities. Then Yuna would get the [Aeon Soul] from beating her in the Calm Lands, which allowed them to use items to boost attributes. With that being said, mine allowed me to do both, for all of my summons. The best thing about it is, for the weaker summons like my fairies, or normal constructs, when I boost one, it boosts them all. Also, I don't have a limit on how strong I can make them, I just need enough items. This…Changes…Everything.
I stood still for a good amount of time, before Yuna tapped my shoulder to wake me up from daydreaming. Belgemine already left, and everyone was preparing to rest for the day. It seemed like the day/night cycle seemed to be functioning normally now, and isn't in a weird state of being frozen. (To touch up on this, the reason why time seemed to be frozen around Yole and his party, to the point that a day/night cycle didn't appear, was because he was in a period where there were a lot of events where it wouldn't make sense to happen at night, or bright and early in the morning.
Now, around the time that the game allows Tidus to freely play blitzball from the save sphere, I figured it would be good to have the day/night cycle. I just wanted to explain this point so nobody got thrown off by the day/night cycle all of a sudden appearing when they are traveling, because I know that it is almost always day time in the game unless you are traveling to certain locations.) With that being the case, I asked everyone to stop trying to prepare a camp, they looked at me weird, but complied regardless.
In The Middle Of The Road
With a smirk on his face, Yole raised his hand towards the center of the road, and an inn, similar to the one in Kilika was spawned in the place that his arm was aimed. Most of the party were shocked, while Auron, Lulu, and Wakka were chuckling.
"I need to make a bunch of adjustments to the inn itself, so feel free to rest inside, everything you need should be within it, including food, water, bathrooms, and more. I also marked each room with a name on it so we know who's room is who's. There are a few spare rooms, but I'm sure they will get put to use at some point." With that being said, everyone went inside, excluding Yole, Lulu, and Yuna who was curious as to what else Yole would add to their new mobile home. Yole handed Lulu something that seemed like a book, but it had a cover with a picture on it.
"What is this Yole? It looks a lot more different than what I usually read."
"Well, it's something that I created, called manga. It's a new book format that appeals to a wide variety of audiences. This particular one has a multitude of chapters, and is called One Piece. If you like it, let me know and I'll print out more chapters for you." Yole smiled when he described it, like he was talking about something wonderful. Yuna resonated with his energy and asked for a copy of her own.Yole passed her a different manga titled 'Guilty Crown'.
Yole
I internally chuckled, because I wondered what Yuna's reaction would be once she read Guilty Crown. Lulu though, was a very avid reader, and was running out of things to read, so she was craving more books. One piece should satisfy that craving because surprisingly, she loved reading shounen-like books. We shall see if the story that never ends will be enough for her. When the two of them left for their rooms, I spent the time upgrading the inn, to make it more advanced like the Al Bhed ones.
I managed to hack into Home, and it was extremely easy. They didn't have any systems in place to protect it. I'll have to discuss this with Rikku once we meet up with her, to see if she would be fine if I put a bunch of protections in place to help out with the security systems. That being said though, this gave me a ton of crafting recipes for a multitude of things ranging from homes, vehicles, inns, computers, laptops, tablets, and much more. 'Home' was extremely advanced and ahead of its time.
I wonder if I will be able to recover some of the more advanced technology from Zanarkand though? Only time will tell. With that being said, I worked through the night to upgrade the inside and outside of the inn. By the time I was halfway through, Lulu interrupted me, asking, or rather, demanding for more chapters of One Piece. I just passed her the next 10 chapters, so I wouldn't be bothered for the rest of the night.
A similar situation happened with Yuna though, and I passed her the rest of Guilty Crown, since I already had it printed out. One might wonder how I have the knowledge of all of these manga. Well, whoever sent me here, saw it fit to put every manga, anime, light novel, anime opening, and ending, in the miscellaneous section of the menu, under 'entertainment'. There was even a section for h*****(If you know, you know.). So I decided to spread this culture to the world of Spira, and get rich off of it at the same time. By the time FFX-2 happens, Spira will be completely different. My goal is to turn all of Spira into weebs.
Once I finished upgrading the inn, it looked more like a hotel. The thing was four stories tall, with twenty rooms on each floor, outside of the first floor. The entrance had automatic doors, there was a nice front desk with a computer on top of it to manage people coming in/out. It had a dining area on the first floor, with a kitchen attached to it. A rest area, with a large, flat screen tv, several couches made out of the fur of various fiends, and there was even a place for an indoor pool/jacuzzi.
There is no way I would have been able to pull this off without waking up, or disrupting everyone, unless the crafting skill had some magical bs to go along with it. At this point, I was inclined to believe that was the case. There were also elevators, and stairs that lead to the upper floors. Each room except the ones on the fourth floor have one to three beds, one bathroom, and a desk.
Each of the rooms made for the party were customized with one king sized bed, several desks, a book shelf, a weapon rack, a tv, a phone for room service in the future, a walk-in closet, and a bathroom that would normally be attached to a master bedroom in a 5-star hotel. I felt that I outdid myself with this one, and everyone in the party was thankful for it. I had to have them step out of their rooms temporarily when upgrading them, but they were able to use the other rooms for the time being.
When they stepped into their own personal rooms however, all of them were shocked at the luxurious look of them. Wakka had a strange look on his face. Probably excited at the fact that the room is amazing, and thrown off at the amount of machina in the hotel. He eventually just shrugged his shoulders and got over it though, our friendship being strong enough that he would get over something like this. I'm thankful for that, because it might mean Wakka won't be nearly as harsh on Rikku in the future. I also put soundproofing in the rooms, which should help Rikku once I have to deal with dodging 200 freaking lighting bolts. Man, I am not mentally prepared for that right now.
Once That was done and figured out, I decided to create a miniature inventory like item that would help for whenever we get separated. I made them in the form of different accessories so that they wouldn't draw suspicion. I made a necklace for Lulu and Yuna, and bracers for everyone else. I'll end up making a necklace for Rikku in the future. We called it a night after that point.
The next morning, I noticed that Lulu was already up and sitting at one of the desks in our room, reading One Piece. I know she slept last night, but she must have gotten up early to spend some time reading that. She was also wearing a gray version of her normal outfit that I made for her. I loved it since gray was my favorite color. (Before anyone makes a comment saying gray isn't a real color, I do not care, I like it, and that's all there is to it.) I hugged her from behind, kissed her on the cheek, and then went to take a shower.
After having an enjoyable shower, I went down to the first floor, and saw that Lulu was manning the front desk, and that there were a good amount of people lined up to try and rent out some rooms for a day or two. She noticed I came down stairs, looked towards me for confirmation, and I just gave her a thumbs up. All of the pricing for the rooms will be right on the computer, so she shouldn't have any issues there. Everyone else, except Yuna, and Kimahri seemed to have headed out, probably to train/grind. I took that as my cue to head out as well and prepare myself to grind up some levels and loot.
My first encounter was with a large amount of white elements. I think there were about 15 of them. It was honestly crazy to think about. So I summoned a few flame warriors and mages to take them out. Then I just sat back to watch them take out my enemies. I really only got a bunch of Antarctic Wind from them, which came in the form of whitish-blue powder in a vial. There were about eight vials. My luck is once again pretty bad it seems.
The enemies themselves weren't difficult since I could bombard them with summons. The only difficult fight I had was when I had to fight a bunch of dual horns and bombs. The Dual Horns could take a lot of hits, and the bombs detonated sooner than I was hoping. So I had to adjust my strategies against them. I managed to get ten horns from the dual horns and seven bomb fragments. It would be more if a bunch of the bombs didn't blow up.
Thankfully I can shield myself with ice. I went on like that for several hours, until I managed to fully clear out the water part of my sphere grid, and got halfway through earth. I decided that I would keep going until I got to whatever the hard limit on my experience for this area is. I've noticed that at a certain point, enemies would stop giving me experience, but would still give loot.
Everyone else could continue to get experience though. Probably because of how strong my ability is. I haven't felt it yet, but I will probably get close to it once I get to the life part of my sphere grid. My sphere grid itself reached a point where it split into two paths. After earth, I can go into either lightning or life. I plan on going into life, because I saw a particular spell in there that might help a ton in the near future. (The reason why I am not listing each and every fight, is because it can get repetitive after a while, but just know that I am still randomizing each enemy, loot drop, and even how some scenarios will play out in the fights. So I will only list the fights that have interesting scenarios I rolled. So if you want to blame something, blame the d20 I have.)
It wasn't until I called it a night that my luck went pretty good. I encountered 10 dual horns, but I was ready for them this time. I summoned warriors and mages of each element I could utilize, and even fairies since they can provide shields, and had them take out the dual horns. Once I took them out, I got one horn, one potion, and one Hi-Potion from each Dual Horn. (For context, whenever I roll a Nat 20, ((DnD context: It means a natural 20)) each monster in the fight drops one of each drop they can drop, at the amount it would normally drop. This situation is a prime example. Sorry that I explain this stuff, this should be the last time I interrupt to drop some info on how I determine drops. Thank you.)
I was fairly happy after that, so I called it a night and went back to the hotel. When I got inside, there was a noticeable amount of people inside, trying to rent out some space. This time Wakka was manning the front desk. I see they decided to rotate out of the position, or draw straws, who knows? He smiled and waved when he saw me, then went back to handling a customer. I checked my gil balance, and noticed that I already made 30k gil from today alone. Damn, sucks that we will have to probably head out the day after tomorrow since I feel like I'm getting less and less experience. Oh well, this will also give me the opportunity to check out the forest off the main path of Mi'ihen highroad, since you couldn't do that in the game. I wonder if it's like Kilika forest? Which probably has much stronger enemies. I'll figure it out soon enough.
Lulu practically pulled me into our room, and requested that I print out the rest of One Piece for her. Instead of that though, I made something probably more advanced than most things here, glasses that projected holograms, and allowed her to read One Piece at her leisure. I had a
very good time that night because of that. Thank you crafting, truly a wonderful skill.
"Hey Yole! Can I ask you something?" The blonde boy wonder has decided to grace me with his presence when I stepped outside to take a breath of fresh air in the night.
"What's up Tidus?" He shuffled around for a bit with an uncomfortable face, before reassuring himself of what he was going to ask me.
"I know this may be way over my head, but can you tell me about Wakka's brother?" Ah, the question I was waiting for him to ask. I knew he would eventually, but this is sooner than I thought. And it was during an in between time when I am putting off the story.
"You didn't think of asking Wakka himself? Or even Lulu?" I smirked a little when he turned his head to the side and gave me a deadpan look.
"First off, Lulu barely interacts with anyone that isn't you or Yuna. Heck, I don't even think she talks to Wakka that much, even though you three have known each other for a long time. Secondly, there is no way Wakka would tell me unless the situation forced him to do so. Also, speaking of Wakka, I thought he hated machina. What happened there?"
"Lulu is understandable, she is not a woman of many words. She does talk to me quite often, but not when many people are around. She is relatively introverted in the talking department. Also, Lulu and I see Yuna like a little sister, that's why she is so talkative to her as well. Wakka makes sense as well, he is pretty uncomfortable about speaking of his brother, so I guess it's understandable that you would ask me about it, and to answer your question, Wakka doesn't hate machina. Heck, he doesn't even dislike it, and that is only because I managed to convince him otherwise with the things I have made over the years we have known each other.
He has come to realize that machina is a material or tool, and it is the people that make the mistakes when using it. Sin isn't punishing people for using machina, otherwise we wouldn't have things like blitzball. I have been crafting for a long time, making things of all kinds that were very advanced, like this hotel behind us. So no, Wakka doesn't hate machina, he is ok with it. He has his gripes with the Al Bhed, but he doesn't hate all of them either, just those that captured Yuna."
Tidus looked at me with a variety of emotions throughout my entire speech. Ranging from surprise, to shock, to excitement, and ending at him just being calm. I sighed for a second when I looked at him. I brought out a bench from my inventory that I made, and sat it up against the hotel wall we were standing near. I took a seat, and Tidus sat by me.
"To answer your question about Wakka's brother, I'm only gonna tell you a little bit, since it's up to Wakka when he wants to tell you the full story. Chappu was…A very adventurous kid, much like yourself. He always had giant ambitions, and wanted to stop sin from continuing to wreak havoc across Spira. Instead of becoming a guardian and joining a summoner on their journey though, he joined the crusaders. He went out on an expedition to fight Sin with a good majority of the crusaders at the time.
As you could most likely tell, the crusaders lost that battle, and Chappu didn't come back. He never took the sword I crafted for him either, deciding to use weapons that the crusaders gave him. He said that my weapons were too good for him, and that he would earn the right to wield them." I was pretty sure I actually had tears in my eyes when I finished speaking. Huh, I guess since those memories were fully there, the feelings were too. Damn, why did it have to get so blurry all of a sudden.
"Thank you, Yole. Not just for telling me this, but for everything you have done for me so far. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been a guardian until Auron came around. I probably would have been tossed around by Donna's guardian if it weren't for you too. The new armor, and the weapons that you made for me as well, I am forever grateful for what you do. I have been meaning to just thank you, but never had the time to do it. I'm just glad that I could have you as a friend. If you ever need anything, remember that you aren't alone, you don't have to fight everything by yourself. You didn't have to tell me anything, but you did, so…Thank you."
Damn that protagonist-like speech had me all up in the feels. That son of a protag. He tapped me on the shoulder, got up, and headed back inside. I just sat there, and stared at the sky. Honestly, I know I don't have to fight my battles by myself, and I know that everyone, including my summons, have my back when I need them. But, just hearing it from someone, makes me feel better, happier even. Tidus is a real one. I don't care what anyone says, that kid knows what to say, and at the right times too. I don't know how long I sat at that bench, but I'm pretty sure I fell asleep at some point, cause I woke up in bed with Lulu beside me. I felt like a little weight was removed from my shoulders as I looked at the sky, and watched the sun rise.
[Emotional Wall has been breached, second, and final set of memories unlocked.]
It was then that I passed out again.
With The Two Fake Chocobos
Tidus walked inside the hotel made by Yole, and just lost himself in his own thoughts. It wasn't long before he got near his room and spotted Wakka standing by his door.
"Finally decided to talk to Yole eh? Took you long enough." Wakka gave Tidus a smirk, before shifting to a somewhat serious look.
"Yeah, when I first met everyone, Yole just seemed like…I don't know how to put this. Th…"
"The mother hen? The leader of the group? The guardian of Yuna's guardians? I could go on, but it would get redundant. Instead, before you continue with how your conversation with Yole went, since I could guess how it went, let me tell you more about him. Since you asked him about me. Or rather, someone close to me."
Tidus wasn't sure how to feel, since he could tell that Wakka heard the conversation he had with Yole, if waiting by his door wasn't telltale sign enough, that last bit was confirmation.
"So, Yole is a bit of an enigma, but not at the same time, if that makes any sense. He was the first guardian Yuna had, and the one that actually raised her. He might tell you that Kimahri was around her more, but that isn't true in the slightest. He was the one to convince Kimahri to stay with Yuna, and become her guardian. He met Lulu a longtime ago, around the same time he met me, when we were all kids.
We didn't see each other for a while after that though, I heard that he kept in touch with Lulu ever since they met though, through one of his inventions to transmit messages easier. He gave me one as well. Now though, computers are a thing, alongside communicators, so we don't worry about it as much. As I was saying though, after an incident, Lulu went back to Besaid after going out for a while, and let Lulu stay with him. I was around for a while too.
So, just remember that if you want to get in the good graces of Yuna, you need Yole's approval yah? Not mine, not Lulu's, not even Kimahri's, just his. Yuna cares about him just as much, if not more, than her own father, which says a lot. Same with Lulu. I see him as one of my best friends, and even Kimahri cares for him a lot, in his own way. He was there for all of us when we needed him most.
He is also the reason why I don't as he would say: 'Hate machina', and hate the Al Bhed. One, because most of the amazing things that he has made, has some form of machina in it, and secondly, because he saved some Al Bhed kid when they were being attacked by a fiend, and took care of them for a while, before their remaining family member found, and picked them up."
It was then that Tidus thought back to many things when Wakka finished talking. Yuna and Yole's interactions didn't seem like that of a father and daughter at first, until you look deeper. Yuna didn't seem to care all that much when her actual father was mentioned, not caring all that much about living up to his name, or when other people talked about Lord Braska. Instead, whenever she talked to Yole, she seemed extremely happy, everytime he patted her head, she looked like she would explode from joy.
She even fell asleep on his shoulder or lap quite a few times without a care in the world. Kimahri wasn't even around like he normally is whenever Yole is near her. Yole would also always make sure she was eating right, and made sure to check up on her hygiene, even if it would embarrass her at times. How this all went over Tidus' head all this time, was beyond him.
Wakka gave him a look like he read his mind when Tidus came out of his brief flashback.
"I can't believe I didn't realize it until now. But that doesn't make sense, why did Yuna tell me that Kimahri was the one that was always around her since she was a kid then? She never said anything about Yole being there as well."
"Because you weren't ready for the full truth yet. Plus, most people would go crazy if they found out that Yuna's father didn't really pay much attention to her when they went on their pilgrimage. Her mother passed away when she was a kid and her father went on a pilgrimage with Sir Jecht and Sir Auron. Granted, they did spend quite a bit of time with her, but Yole was there when they weren't. Which was a longtime. They could only stay there for so long until they had to go on their pilgrimage. This caused Yole to mature quite early as well, granted, he was still a teenager at the time, but he learned how to use his unique summons early on, and had been crafting since he was a kid.
He made sure that his summons always gathered food for him and Yuna whenever there wasn't enough, and crafted many things to make things easier for them. He taught Yuna as much as he could, and the people of the temple helped him as well. The only reason Yuna even became a summoner, was because Yole was one, but since Yole's summoning magic seemed unique to him, she became a normally recognized summoner, and filled in after her father's footsteps. I know it's a lot to take in, but it's better to tell you this now, so you get a general idea of who Yole is to Yuna. I didn't tell you everything, but I told you enough."
After that, Wakka patted Tidus' shoulder, and headed to his room. Tidus sighed for a bit, and decided to sleep for the night, while he took in all of this information.
