Siren's Song

Author: Chimera Dragon
Title: Siren’s Song
Warnings: Auron X Seymour


Chapter Two:


Seymour was awakened by a commotion coming from the front of the temple. Ignoring his guards he quickly made his way outside to find out what all the commotion was about. He stopped just outside the entrance and searched for the location of the commotion.

“Wakka! It’s Tidus!” Yuna called from the temple steps. She knelt once more next to the unconscious blonde.

Wakka quickly made his way through the crowd from his own hut. While Seymour quickly made his way to Yuna’s side.

“Is Sir Tidus alright?” Seymour asked as he knelt next to Tidus and Yuna, trying to look as unobtrusive as possible.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with him,” Yuna said quietly. “Some of the Aurochs were up practicing early this morning when they saw Tidus on the beach and that mysterious merman pulling himself back into the ocean.”

“They get a good look at him, ya?” Wakka asked.

“No, by the time they thought to look up he was too far away,” Yuna replied with a sigh.

“Would you allow me to try and see if I can help him? Seymour asked quietly.

“Sure,” Yuna replied with a shrug. She moved aside to allow Seymour inspect Tidus’s unconscious form.

Some members of the crowd gasped as they realized who the blue haired half-Guado was. There were several whispers of, “that’s Maester Seymour!”

Seymour ignored them as he placed his hands over Tidus and closed his eyes and concentrated. After a moment he whispered a Cura spell and looked up at Yuna. “He’ll be alright, he’s just exhausted. I’m not sure how he ended up here but it took a lot of his energy.”

“We’ll take him into the temple and let him rest there,” Yuna said with a definitive nod just as Seymour’s guards rushed up next to them.

Wakka and Seymour both reached for Tidus at the same time.

“I can get him, ya,” Wakka said.

“As can I,” Seymour replied calmly.

“You get ‘im then, but you best not drop him, ya,” Wakka threatened. “He’s like a brother ta me. I’d hate to see anythin‘ happen to him.”

Seymour nodded silently and gently cradled Tidus in his arms; the process made awkward by the shackles on his hands, before he stood up. They quickly made their way inside the temple. The majority of the crowd quickly dispersed and went back to what they were doing. A few stayed behind to watch the proceedings but were waved away by the Aurochs that had been guarding Seymour.

“We could place him in the room I was in last night, I doubt I shall be needing it,” Seymour suggested.

“So, what do you think we should do?” Yuna asked. “Do you think he’s been reborn like you?” she asked Seymour as the half-Guado gently laid Tidus on the bed.

“That is my guess,” Seymour replied. “We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane and he has very little of it on him. He smells as though he recently visited it but he doesn’t smell unsent.”

“What you mean he doesn’t smell unsent?” Wakka asked confused.

“Do you remember Sir Auron?” Seymour asked patiently.

“Ya,” Wakka replied warily.

“I could smell that he was unsent from the moment we were in the same room. The
scent of the Farplane follows those that are unsent. It differs a bit for each person, but it’s still the same,” Seymour replied. He leaned down and took another deep sniff of Tidus’s hair. “He barely has the scent of the Farplane on him anymore.”

Wakka leaned down and sniffed at Tidus. “I don’t smell nothing, ya,” Wakka said.

“You are purely human, and as such you can not smell the Farplane nearly as well as I can, if at all,” Seymour replied. “It is a very rare human that can catch the scent of the Farplane.”

“I see your point,” Wakka conceded. “You bein’ half Guado and all. So, Yuna, what we gonna do now?”

“I don’t know,” Yuna admitted quietly.

“Shall we look at those photos from yesterday? We may be able to see more with the sphere,” Seymour said quietly.

“Rikku!” Yuna said suddenly as Wakka pulled the camera sphere out of his robe. “She’d be able to help us enlarge the image.”

“She’s your energetic Al Bed friend, correct?” Seymour asked.

“That be her, ya,” Wakka replied.

“Ungh,” Tidus groaned quietly and stirred a bit. He slowly blinked his eyes open and saw the blurry image of Seymour, he reached out to the blue-haired man. “Kumo?” he asked quietly.

“How do you know that name?” Seymour asked, looking mildly shocked.

“Hey, you’re not Kumo!!” Tidus exclaimed suddenly. Now awake, he scrambled away from the blue-haired man.

“Tidus,” Yuna called softly as the blonde fell to the floor in his haste. “You don’t have to worry; Seymour has promised to cooperate with us.”

“Oh,” Tidus replied as he allowed Yuna and Wakka to help him to his feet. “Hi Yuna, hey Wakka,” Tidus said scratching his head, mildly embarrassed by his display.

Yuna pulled Tidus into a fierce hug which he; somewhat awkwardly returned. “I missed you so much!” she said as she let him go.

“Good to have you back, ya,” Wakka said as he gripped Tidus arm before pulling the blonde into a brief hug.

“Excuse me, Sir Tidus?” Seymour said quietly as he watched Tidus.

“Yeah?” Tidus asked.

“You called me Kumo,” Seymour began.

“Sorry, ‘bout that,” Tidus replied quickly.

“That is alright, but where did you learn that name?” Seymour asked, curiosity getting to him.

“Um, well…” Tidus tried. “I…I met him on the Farplane.”

“Who’s Kumo?” Yuna asked quietly.

“He’s Seymour’s twin brother,” Tidus replied after a few moments.

“What?” Wakka demanded.

“Kumo is the name of my twin brother who died a few days after birth,” Seymour said. “He is physically identical to me except that his hair is lavender and the three locks of hair where I only have two.”

“Yeah,” Tidus replied with a small sigh.

“You miss him,” Yuna said awestruck. He watched as Tidus looked at the ground, blushing slightly.

“Yeah, I do,” Tidus replied, still blushing. “So, what’s going on?” he asked switching subjects.

“Well, it’s been two years since you died,” Yuna began. “I’m a Healer now and as far as we can tell, Sin is gone forever. And you?”

“Well, I don’t remember much before I woke up here,” Tidus replied with a shrug. He shook his head. “I know I was with Kumo when I saw my old man walk up to us… I don’t remember much after that. And I know I should!”

“The same thing happened to me,” Seymour said. “Except I saw my own father instead of Sir Jecht.”

“Dat be real strange, ya,” Wakka said thoughtfully.

“Well, it matters not at the moment, I should be getting on the ferry soon so that I can be taken to Bevelle,” Seymour said. “There are only three ferries to Besaid, correct? One in the early morning, one at midday, and one at sunset.”

“Yes, I guess we should take you,” Yuna said uncertainly. “And we probably should escort you so that nothing happens and to make sure you get there.”

“If you wish, I will remain here at the temple while you clear your schedule. Or; if you would like, I can assist you,” Seymour said.

“I think it shouldn’t take us more than two days to get caught up with your help,” Yuna replied thoughtfully. “You are a powerful mage. Oh, and Wakka, you’ll need to uncuff him.”

“You sure that’s a good idea?” Wakka asked skeptically.

“With you and Tidus, I’m sure I’ll be safe. Besides, Rikku and Lulu should be back soon. Then we can have Rikku look at that sphere and see what she can do with it."

“What sphere?” Tidus asked, curious.

“There’s a merman in the waters around the island,” Yuna said.

“We got pictures of him, ya,” Wakka said as Yuna pulled the sphere out of her pack and handed it to Tidus.

Tidus took the sphere carefully and turned it on. He saw several pictures of the merman from the day before.

“Wow… he looks really familiar.

“He should, ya! He dragged your sorry butt to shore,” Wakka teased.

“No, it’s not just that…” Tidus said. “There’s something else about him that’s really familiar. Is there anyway to enlarge the picture.”

“Not until Rikku comes back,” Yuna replied.

“Well, that sucks,” Tidus said with a shrug. “So what’s the plan?

“I need to tend to my patients,” Yuna said.

“You be on your best behavior, ya?” Wakka said sternly as he unshackled Seymour.

“I shall be on my best behavior for Lady Yuna,” Seymour said with a small smile.

“Me too, Wakka!” Tidus teased.

“Fine, tease me,” Wakka sighed as the group followed Yuna to the clinic she had set up just outside the temple. Upon entering they saw over a dozen people, patiently waiting for Yuna.

“Hello everyone,” Yuna greeted gently as she walked past them to the counter. “I will need your help to tend to everyone as quickly as possible. I will be needing to make a trip to Bevelle soon.”

“Aw, Lady Yuna is there anything we can do to help you?” an elderly woman asked kindly.

“Just help me to get through all of my appointments for the day as quickly as possible,” Yuna replied.

Several Hours Later ….

Rikku and Lulu arrived at the island. “Yunie!!” Rikku called as she ran towards the brunette.

“Hi Rikku!” Yuna greeted with a smile. “How did your trip go?” Yuna asked as she hugged the blonde.

“Oh! It went great, we got lots of cool stuff! And we made a killing on all the stuff we found in Zanarkand! And …” she trailed off as she caught sight of Tidus.

“Hi,” Tidus waved nervously.

“You’re alive!” Rikku cried happily and tackled Tidus in a hug. “I can’t believe it!”

“Rikku,” Tidus gasped. “You’re choking me.”

“Oops, sorry about that Tidus. I’m just so happy to see you again,” Rikku said sheepishly as she released her hold on the blonde.

“It’s okay,” Tidus replied with a cough and ruffled her hair. “So now what are we going to do?”

“Well, we can have Rikku work on that sphere if she’d like or we can wait until we go to Bevelle to figure out what’s on it,” Yuna said.

“What sphere?” Lulu asked quietly.

“We used a photosphere to take pictures of the merman that’s been showing up around
the island recently. He looks really familiar but we’re not sure where or why,” Yuna said as she held up the sphere. She turned it on and showed a picture of the merman with most of his upper body out of the water.

“You’re right, he does look familiar,” Lulu replied looking thoughtful. She studied the picture for another moment or two before shrugging her shoulders. “I can’t make it out very well.”

“That’s okay! Once I hook it up to the ship we’ll be able to enlarge the image,” Rikku said happily. “But for right now, I’m hungry.”

“Me too!” Tidus whinned

“Alright, we’ll get some lunch,” Yuna consented.


That evening the group was sitting on the beach Seymour had been found on. Seymour was closest to the water with Tidus and Wakka sitting next to Yuna. They all heard a sudden cry and saw the merman break the surface dragging someone with him.

“He has someone!” Seymour said standing up.

"He's right, ya," Wakka agreed rushing out to help Seymour pull the unconcious form onto the beach along with Tidus's help they quickly had the new person on the sand.

"He looks just like Maester Seymour," Yuna said looking at the form before her.

"It's Kumo," Tidus said taking in the lavender hair, and three forelocks. He knelt next to the unconcious Guado and rolled him over. "Kumo, can you hear me?"

"Uh," Kumo groaned.

"The merman, he's leaving!" Rikku cried as she noticed the red tail diappearing into the waves. The merman broke the surface again and he looked back at the shore. He stayed still, watching Seymour for a moment before he started singing again. Seymour seemed in a trance, and began walking into the ocean towards him. Yuna walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder and he jumped a bit, turning sharply to look at the young woman but keeping his eyes on the merman.

"Lady Yuna?" Seymour asked not looking at her, his eyes locked on the merman.

"Why do you keep staring at him?" she asked gently.

"He's calling me, Lady Yuna," Seymour replied sounding mildly distant.

"He's calling you? How is the possible? Do you understand what he's singing?" she asked.

"There are no real words, it's the feeling behind the sound. You can feel it yourself, as can anyone who truly listens to him," Seymour said. He looked at her briefly and she could see the longing in his eyes before he turned back to the merman.

As the sun finished sinking into the horizion the merman stopped singing and disappeared into the ocean with a quite splash. Seymour sighed and turned back to the group and silently made his way back to his twin's side. He looked breifly at Tidus before checking on Kumo.

"He'll be okay," Seymour said gently as he placed a long fingered hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"Seymour? Tidus?" the lavender haired Guado asked groggily as he looked up at the two men that were leaning over him. "What's going on?"

"You're alive now," Tidus said with a soft smile. "We were sent back from the Farplane to live our lives. I don't know why, but we have the option to live again."

Kumo smiled back at Tidus. "I am very glad."

"Now what do we do?" Rikku asked looking at everyone.

"We get some rest, we'll deal with everything else in the morning," Yuna said with a happy smile.

TBC . . .