Unsent and Unseen

Unsent and Unseen- Chapter 5





Author’s notes: Al Bhed will appear in italics. The English translation beside it



Example: “E cibbund kyo Synneyka” I support gay marriage



Get it? Great! Moving on!



Albhed translation can be found at: http://albhed.netfirms.com/ The website is super handy for fic writers. Bless the geek the made it!





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Heero knew as soon as closed his eyes to the flash grenade that the fiends were dead. The smoke was filling the village square and the twinkling of pyreflies was peeping through the smoke. A breeze blew through the trees and the smoke was clearing, Blonde hair was the first to peek through and Heero saw it walking back up toward the porch and the Barton house.



Where was he off to so quickly? He could see the shape of a body on the porch, female, but he couldn’t see who it was. Duo came closer. Heero smiled as he felt Duo’s arms around his neck.



“Yna oui ymnekrd?” he asked. Are you alright?



“I’m fine, Heero. But some shit went down while you and Fei were off playing in the woods together.” Duo said.



“What kind of shit?” Wufei asked from his perch inside the jeep. “Did royal guards come?”



“No. But a summoner did.” Trowa said inspected the fiends on the ground. “We’re going to need to start a fire soon. Or more are going to come.”



“Wait!” Heero asked pulling off his goggles. Duo stepped back and folded his arms. “There’s a summoner here? With her party? You have to get rid of them Trowa!”



“I can’t exactly do that…” Trowa said.



“You should be more concerned with Quatre’s safety than anybody!” Heero said. “You know what will happen to us, to him if we’re taken back to Besaid!”



“My father’s with them!” He yelled. “Auron is a member of the village. He brought them here for sanctuary. We cannot ask them to leave.”



“Your father was one of Braska’s guardians.” Wufei said quietly. “If he’s alive then he saw…”



“Vilg,” Heero ran his fingers through his hair. “E ryja du kad cusa yen” Fuck, I have to get some air.



“You’re already outside!!” Duo yelled as Heero walked back up toward the river. “Now, look what you did!” He turned and walked to his own hut slamming the rickety wood door.



“The fiends will keep for an hour. I want to meet your father.” Wufei said.



Trowa nodded from where he was gathering wood, stood and went with Wufei inside the house. Rikku hurried in after them. This place was great for gossip!



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Auron, Wakka and Lulu had watched the battle from the window.



“They were fast; as fast as us.” Lulu said.



“No one’s as fast as us.” Tidus said sitting on the kitchen counter.



“You didn’t even watch ‘em!” Wakka said. “How’d you know?”



“I just know we’re the best! After all, Auron and I are the fastest swords men; Wakka can throw a mean ball and Lulu’s the best mage I’ve ever seen!” the blonde said in the cocky way that made Auron want to punch his lights out.



“He must not have seen much.” Wufei said coming in.



“Well, he certainly didn’t go to academy.” Lulu said. “How are you Wufei?”



“You know him?” Wakka asked Lulu, Trowa could detect jealousy perhaps in his voice.



“We were apprentices together that year I studied magic in Luca at the academy. Wufei was one of the students there for a while. He left for his pilgrimage half way through my stay there.” She said.



“And how’s yours going?” he asked.



“Better than yours I suppose.” She replied flatly.



Wufei laughed and Wakka’s eyes narrowed. ‘Who the fuck is this guy’ he thought. ‘That was not a funny joke. Lulu is not a funny person.’



Rikku smiled as she watched Wakka fume as Wufei was introduced to Sir Auron by Trowa. This day was getting better by the second!



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“Cdibet Cissuhanc yht draen cdibet bemknesykac. Cdibet, eteudel namekeuh! E ryja y knayd etay, ruf ypuid fa tnacc ib cusa getc keja dras cusa cdelgc yht cruja dras yd ceh! Uhla ra'c hu muhkan rihkno, ra'mm dyga y dah oayn hyb yht fa'mm zicd tu ed ymm ujan ykyeh! Vyclecdc-!” Heero was raving mad as he walked over the rocky terrain toward the river. To be honest, he didn’t even know what he was going to do once he got there, but it was his plan and he was going to do it! (Stupid Summoners and their stupid pilgrimages. Stupid, idiotic religion! I have a great idea; how about we dress up some kids give them some sticks and shove them at sin! Once he's no longer hungry, he'll just take a ten-year nap and we'll just do it all over again! Fascists-!)



He was so absorbed in his rant and not falling over the rocks, he didn’t even look up and see the girl until he slammed into her. They both hit the dirt and proceeded to roll down into the riverbed. She let out a squawk as she hit the cold water.



“Sorry, sorry.” He said. “Are you hurt?”



“No, just wet…” she said standing up. That’s when Heero realized what he had run into. The new summoner, she was beautiful as most summoners were. He took her hand and helped her out of the water.



“Sorry I didn’t see you.” He said. “I wasn’t paying attention.”



“Neither was I. I was thinking about my own worries, when the important thing was the worry about the problem of getting back to the village. Which to be honest, I don’t really know where it is.” She said softly laughing.



“Up and down the hill, Take a left at the fork.” He said looking down. He was unsure whether this summoner was okay with the Al Bhed or not.



“I’m Yuna. Your name?” she asked.



“Heero, Lady Yuna.” He said.



“Are you a guardian to Lord Quatre?” she asked.



Heero paused at the question, trying to feel out any darkness in her. Anything evil, but all he saw was a wet girl; a wet girl that to be honest looked very much like Quatre had a year a go.



“I am, my lady.” He said.



“Then may I ask you a question about the aeon Lord Quatre found here?”



Heero paused. She knew about it. But how? Had Quatre shown her? Did he trust her? Was she a spy?



“Depends on the question.” He said. “You may ask as I walk you home. It is almost dark and it is not safe here once the sun sets.”



They walked. “Being that you’re of the Al Bhed fayth and the aeon is machina. How do you think such a miracle happened?” she asked.



Heero stopped walking and looked at her.



“You think it’s a miracle?” he asked. “Not something forbidden?”



“I think that Yevon created something to bring our two sides together. He would be unwise to create something that would only bring discourse within the religion. Yevon only wants peace for all people. I think the Al Bhed are an important part of the people of Spira.” She said not looking at Heero as she spoke.



“I think you are very wise Lady Yuna.” Heero said. “If what you say is what you really mean.”



“Heero, you should trust more and not be so quick to think everyone will betray you.”



“I will try.” He said. They walked, the sun sunk lower and Heero could see the smoke rising from where someone was burning the fiends from earlier.



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One Year Earlier



“I cannot believe we’re lost! Damn it, Wufei you’re supposed to be on navigation!” Iria said. “I’m not going to be mothering you three boys all the way to Zanarkand!”



Wufei handed her the map he was holding and sighed. “I think I see a blip on the map about a click north east. From there we can have someone point us in the direction of the calm lands.”



“Sounds good to me.” Quatre said standing up from where he was sitting on the ground.



“You tired Quatre?” Heero said in his accented English.



“Always, but it hasn’t stopped me before. If Wufei ever finds the village we can stop there!”



“Yeah, I know…. I suck!” Iria cut through the tree limbs with her machete and the four made it through the small, narrow path. An hour later they made it upon a stream and something that made Quatre’s blood turn cold. A temple of Yevon, half destroyed by Sin and blood in the river.



“Quatre don’t look.” Iria said.



“I’ve seen worse.” He said. They walked up a small hill that was very rocky and past a few bodies that were not buried.



“Is everyone dead here?” Wufei asked. They found a path and followed some smoke to the left. There in a small town square, everything was destroyed and the devastation was huge.



“Hello!” Iria called out. A small cat scared by the noise ran out from behind a small box between Heero and Quatre. The trees rustled and Iria drew her sword. A girl stepped out with blonde hair and soot across her face.



“Oh thank Yevon. They sent some one.” She said.



Quatre looked at Heero a little confused and Heero tapped his staff.



‘Oh’ he thought. ‘He thinks the temple sent me’

They followed the blonde girl through the trees and saw 20 people standing, digging, and praying as they were trying to bury the rest of the village.



A boy dressed in black with a long braid came over shovel in hand.

“Lord Summoner, thank you for coming. We don’t have them all yet. There’s too many…” He stopped; Quatre could tell he was about to break.



“It’s alright. My guardians and I will help you. When did the Sin attack happen?”



“A week ago. We’ve been asking for assistance but no one’s been able to come.” He said.



“Do you know how many?” Heero asked. “How many we still need to find for you?”



“We’re missing thirty five villagers.” Duo said. “But we’re mainly running out of room to bury them.” He ran his hands through his bangs.



“Who is the head of the village?” Iria asked.



“I guess I just inherited the seat. My name’s Duo, second council is my cousin Trowa. It’s an honor to meet you Lord Summoner.” Duo said. “Forgive me for not seeming more pleased.”



“It’s quite alright, I’m sure we’ll be on good terms before I leave.” Quatre said shaking Duo’s hand. Eyes met. A shiver ran down Quatre’s spine. It just felt right to be here. Death in the air, sweat on the brow, tears on the cheeks. They buried their dead and sent their souls to the farplane. And this was the day that Quatre met Trowa.