Quest True Friendship 5

Chapter 4: Destruction of Home

It's been almost five days since Koneko and Tidus were separated, during that time she learned how to summon Anima and to fight not only with her staff, but also with a Machina Weapons aka a gun and explosives. She also learned how to cast white magic spells up to Cura and Black Magic up to Black Sky (Second Strongest Attack of the Dark Knight Dress sphere). She was still wearing her old clothes, but she added some little Al Bhed modifications to it: the kimono sash was replace by two ammo belts, her top now has sleeves with thin sheets of metal for extra protection, light gauntlets to protect her hands, she now had form fitting leather pants with light metallic shin and knee guards and steel capped combat shoes. She also cut her skirt to let one of her legs show (think of the Gun Mage skirt) with a holster holding a semi-automatic pistol with a High capacity magazine strapped to it, plus hair was now in a high ponytail. Koneko now considered the Al Bhed Home, as her new home. On the fifth day, someone decided to launch an unprovoked surprise attack on home. Koneko was resting in her room peacefully, until alarms started blaring disrupting her rest and making her fall off her bed. When she heard sounds of battle outside, she quickly grabbed her staff and her rifle and ran out to bolster the defenses. In the corridor, two Chimeras and a Guado intercepted her. Koneko quickly killed the Guado with her rifle to shut him up. One of the Chimeras threw a Meddigo Flame attack at her, she didn't have the chance to dodge and received it head on. The pain she felt was excruciating, but it didn't kill her. When she looked at her hair and frowned. "You singed my hair!" She yelled while taking out her staff. "You'll pay for that! Anima!" A triple hook on a chain fell out of a dark portal and slammed into the floor creating a doorway to hell. Then the chain started to move back into the portal while reeling in whatever it hooked, so the Aeon came out of the floor. "Anima, make them pay." Said Koneko quite bitterly. The Aeon simply roared and used its special attack, Pain, on both Chimeras leaving nothing but Pyre Flies.

After destroying them, Koneko unsummoned Anima and continued on her way. Once outside, she was just on time to see her friend, Keyakku, fall after getting injured. What really surprised her was seeing Rikku, whom she missed for the last three days, run to her boyfriend and asking who was attacking them, but Keyakku died instantly. "Rikku! Yevon's yddylgehk ic vun hu naycuh yd ymm!" Yelled Koneko.

"Caneuicmo?!" Replied Rikku.

"Oac! Cu kad uvv ouin pidd yht vekrd!" Said Koneko. Rikku was about to say something until her father, Cid, came to see what happened. He checked Keyakku, then turned to Rikku's friends.

"Your Rikku's Friends? Well don't just stand there. Let's go kick those Guadoes out of our home!" He said. Then a young man, that looks extremely familiar, walked up to Rikku.

"Tidus! Ed'c kuut du caa oui ykyeh!" Said Koneko as she gave him a hug.

"What the? Neko?! Is that you? Man, you've changed!" He replied.

"Oab! Pid oui ryjah'd lryhkat y ped!" She said after giving some breathing room and killing a fiend in process.

"What did you say?" Asked Tidus. Koneko realized that he doesn't understand Al Bhed.

"I said 'but you haven't changed a bit'. Now, come on. We got work to do." Said Koneko as she ran inside along with Tidus, Rikku and their friends. Once inside, they formed a defensive circle. "So Tidus, who are the these four people?" Asked Koneko.

"Well the woman with the braids and with a fetish for belts is Lulu, the guy with gravity defying hair is Wakka and he hates Al Bheds by the way..." Answered Tidus.

"Luckily, I'm not Al Bhed even thought I'm dressed like one." Said Koneko as the group now headed further into Home while dispatching fiends and Guadoes along the way.

"...the guy in the red trench coat is Auron, he raised me by the way, and the over grown cat with broken horn sticking out of the forehead is Kimahri." Finished Tidus. Just then, Cid blared in on the intercom saying to head underground, because he'll destroy Home along with fiends inside. This really scared both Rikku and Koneko.

"What did he say?" Asked Lulu a concerned.

"We have to get underground." Hastily replied Rikku.

"Where's Yuna?" Demanded Wakka.

"Who's Yuna?" Whispered Koneko to nobody in particular.

"Summoner Sanctum, this way!" Replied Rikku as she led the group even further into Home. Everywhere they went, they saw the corridors in flames, in ruins and with dead bodies. Once they found the right door and went through, it locked itself behind them.

"This place's done for." Said Wakka.

"You're right. You're right, Wakka." Replied Rikku with tears in her eyes. "We, Al Bhed, weren't always like this. Sin destroyed the island we lived on. We were then scattered across Spira. Cid brought us back together and said that if we work hard we could make a new Home. Everyone worked hard, we had our Home back, but now..." Then started crying on Wakka's chest.

"Damn those Guado, what are they thinking?!" Asked Wakka slightly pissed off just as two Chimeras formed with the PyreFlies. Koneko drew her pistol and started shooting one of the fiends as Kimahri screwed the other one with his lance and overdrives. When both fiends fell, the group continued down two sets of stairs.

"Rikku, what is the Summoner Sanctum?" Queried Lulu.

"It's a place where the Summoners to and keep them safe there." Answer a depressed Rikku.

"You kidnap them." Said Wakka matter-a-factly only to get a nod from the Al Bhed girl. "I get why you did it."

"Well, I don't get it Wakka." Said Tidus while coming down the stairs. "You're afraid that the Summoners might get hurt on their pilgrimage, so you kidnap them. But Guardians are there for that, if the Guardians do their jobs well then the Summoner will be safe. Right? Right!?" His answer was silence.

"It's quiet. Kimahri go now." Said Kimahri as he went down the second flight of stairs with everyone, but Koneko and Tidus.

"They're hiding something." She said.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Asked Tidus.

"I was told that a Summoner's journey is suicide, because the Final Aeon destroys the Summoner that calls it." Said Koneko as she joined the others. "That's why I will not get the Final Aeon to destroy Sin." That really hit Tidus like a tone of bricks, he didn't know that he was leading his Summoner to her death. When he recovered, he joined the group in the Sanctum where the group met up with Dona, Isaaru, Maroda and Pacee. While they were talking, a large fiend took shape behind Yuna's guardians. Kimahri faced it with his weapon drawn and the Summoners that sent the dead Al Bheds summoned their Aeons while saying why they travel and saying that a world without Sin is the dream of all Yevon's children. During that time, Tidus was mentally beating for what he told Yuna. After a while, all of them exited the room by a door on the other side of the chamber and climbed aboard a large Machina. Once on board, the main hatch was sealed to prevent any stowaways and Tidus was arguing with Cid demanding where Yuna was, until Rikku's father threw him away.

"So you know where she is?" Asked Tidus after recovering from the throw.

"Of course not! That's why we're gonna look! Using this Airship!" Replied Cid.

"Airship?!" Said a rather scared Wakka.

Just then the Airship shook to life and Cid said that it was a flight that was a millennia overdue. The hangar doors above open to reveal the clear blue sky and the Airship lifted and sped off at top speed in one direction. A few moments later, both Cid and Rikku's brother, Brother, sang the hymn of the Faith in a sad tone. Both Rikku and Koneko were on the verge of tears because they knew what is going to happen.

"What's going on?" Asked Lulu.

"We're..." Began Koneko, but couldn't say it because it was too hard on her.

"We're gonna blow up our home." Finished Rikku with tears in her eyes.

"How?" Asked Lulu.

"With the forbidden Machina." Answered Cid as he turned to the gunner. "Nayto? Vena!"

The top section of the Airship opened up two rows of missile launchers, one on each sides, and fire at least forty missiles with enough punch to mimic the power of the Hiroshima Nuclear bomb, minus the radiation. On board, Wakka noticed that both Koneko and Rikku needed a lot of cheering up. "Don't feel bad. Boom! Like happy festival fireworks!" He said, but that only earned him a swift and strong kick in the groin from Koneko.

"You'll never know the feeling of having to destroy your own home, you heartless PIG!" Yelled Koneko as Wakka fell to the ground in the fetal position holding his crotch. "Brother, set course for the heart of Yevon!"

"Huh? Why?" Asked Rikku.

"Because I got a gut feeling that this Yuna person is there and I'm in the mood for a healthy dose of pay back!" Replied Koneko.

"By the way, who are you?" Pondered Lulu.

"My name is Koneko and I'm a Summoner." Replied Koneko. "And I'll defeat Sin without the Final Aeon!"

(NOTES)

1 Yevon's attacking us for no reason at all!

2 Seriously?!

3 Yes! So get off your butt and fight!

4 It's good to see you again!

5 Yep! But you haven't changed a bit!

6 Ready? Fire!