Our Memories…

A tribute to Lenne and Shuyin…

Disclaimer: Do Not read the next disclaimer or the story if you have not played Final Fantasy X-2 or do not want to read about what happens in the game. This whole thing has HUGE spoilers.

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me. They belong to Square Enix. Also, the italic never happened in Lenne and Shuyin’s life. Well, not that I know of. The non-italic happened without the whole emotions added and the speaking of Lenne. ALSO, the soldiers probably didn’t care that they killed the most awesome couple in all that has ever been in a game or anything else and Lenne probably has never heard of the Farplane. I would also ((too many alsos)) love if you could send me feedback. Maybe I’d write about what happen over the 1000 years in the Farplane leading up to Yuna’s quest to stop Shuyin and Vegnagun, but only if you send LOTS of feedback. *ponders* Why did I just think about a Hypello in the Farplane annoying Shuyin until he got the idea to destroy everyone with Vegnagun?

He quickly jumped away from the controls of Vegnagun and ran down to me, where he pulled me to him, holding me tightly. Vegnagun stood behind us, as soldiers, in front of us, aimed to shoot us. I was so scared, and my heart was hurting. Why was my heart aching so? Was it the fact that in seconds we would be killed in each other’s arms? Was it the fact that the soldiers were so cruel to kill us together, to kill us? Or maybe it was the fact that I had so many things to tell him, to say to him, and now I have no time to say it… Maybe if I hadn’t left… I shouldn’t have left…

“You’re leaving…You’re going to the front lines?” he asked looking at me with those perfect blue eyes.

“Yes…I have to…” I turned my back to him; if I looked into those perfect eyes I wouldn’t be able to get myself to go. “For my people…”

“‘Your’ people?” he question lightly taking my shoulders under his warm hands.

“Yes…They look up to me, and need me…They depend on me…” I whispered in reply, turning my head away from his beautiful face.

“But what about me? I need you…I depend on you…I look up to you…” he whispered in my ear, sweet sensation running through me.

“You can defend yourself…And if I go…I’ll be protecting you and everyone else…” I answered trying to pull away from his hands, his breath, his love, if just for a moment.

“But I need you here, with me…” he argued letting his hands drop to my hips.

“You don’t understand…This isn’t all about you, these people need me, they need my strength,” I implied getting angry at his selflessness.

“Because you’re a summoner?” he asked his own anger showing.

“Yes…And I give them strength with my voice…” I agreed.

“Fine…Go…I don’t need a caring songstress…” he muttered turning, and walking away.

“Save you’re tears…‘Cause I’ll come back…” I whispered walking through the door that ruined our life.

I looked up at his now worried face, looking for something to tell me we would make it through. He kept his eyes away, watching the soldiers. Another pain in my heart for shorter then a second. Was this one because I was worried I’d die in his arms and never see him? Was it because I abandoned him and now I have no time to say how sorry I am? Or is it because he risked his life to save mine and now I have no time to say how thankful I am? I betrayed our love…That has to be it; I betrayed our love, if only for a second.

“You must be the infamous songstress,” a young man grinned.

“Yes…” I replied shortly.

“So, why risk your life for the damned people who started this war?” he asked nudging my arm.

“They depend on me to stop it…” I replied, again, shortly.

“I see, so why did you leave your love behind to save these people that depend on you?” he asked.

I shook my head and looked away. “I…I don’t have a ‘love’”

He looked at me with a shocked face, then stood up and turned to leave. “You shouldn’t lie…”

I looked up at him as he left, he was right.

I looked at his eyes this time; I need something to tell me it was alright. He looked at me and smiled, the only thing he could do to make me feel better, or maybe that was the only way he could tell me he loved me. I could do nothing but mimic his move and smile back with a few tears. Why did it have to be this way? After all, we promised…

“Infinity!” I yelled happily as I jump onto his back.

He laughed and held me so he could carry me on his back. “You weigh a ton!”

“Hey, that’s not nice!” I growled.

“That’s okay kitten, I can hold you,” he grinned before letting me drop on the bed.

I laughed and pulled him onto the bed, then crawled on top of him so I was sitting on his waist. “Kitten? When did I become ‘kitten’?”

“That’s right, you’re not a kitten, you’re a songstress,” he laughed pulling me down so I was laying on him. “I love you Lenne…”

“I know,” I laughed resting my head on his chest. I looked at the night’s sky outside and listened to his stead heartbeat.

“Do you…Love me?” he asked also looking outside at the sky.

“Of course, Shuyin…How can I not?” I replied looking up at him.

“Promise me…We’ll always love each other, and we’ll always think of what’s best for both of us…”

“I promise, Shuyin, I promise…”

I was so stupid, why didn’t I remember that promise when I made the decision to go? We wouldn’t have ended up like this if I had remembered…

So now he pulls me closer against him, I can’t pull out of his grip; but why would I want to? I’m lost in the moment as the bullets slowly dart towards us. Time seems to stop as the first bullet hit him. My poor Shuyin, he wouldn’t be dieing if I hadn’t left. I’ve destroyed us…I’ve destroyed our life.

The bullets hit them and we soldiers felt so stupid. As they flew out of each other’s arms and hit the metallic ground, we began to wonder why we wanted to kill the two, but looking behind them, we knew the answer, Vegnagun. They had tried to defy us, the boy tried to use Vegnagun to help the girl and the girl tried to stop us with her own self to help the boy. So we took orders and killed the two, but couldn’t there have been another way?

As we watched they slowly died, so slow one of us fainted from the trauma, it was like their love held them together and alive. Even sadder was the fact that the girl lived a few more heart breaking seconds then the boy. We killed the most loving couple in the world. We killed the High Summoner Songstress and her lover. We defied all laws and will never be forgiven... Never…

The last few moments before we hit the ground were a blur. He hit first, then myself, we were separated just enough to stop each other from touching. I looked at him for help and he could do nothing but smile again and reach for my hand. As if a demon between us he couldn’t reach. I only smiled and prayed that maybe we would meet again. Maybe we would meet in the Farplane, the place he didn’t believe in, maybe, just maybe.

There was a soft whisper in my head and I wanted to yell to my lover how much he truly meant to me, but it seemed I lost my voice. Would he ever forgive me? Suddenly there was a deathly silence; the heartbeat I had memorized had stopped. He had died. I tried to scream, I wanted to crawl over to him and hold him like he once did me, but I couldn’t move, and then, the next thing that silenced was my own heart. It was finally over. Our life had ended and we had finally left this hateful world.

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