Spira's Savior: Lord of Blades [N,V]

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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2 or Starcraft. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fan-fiction and all three games probably would have done terribly.

Chapter 1

You've probably heard Tidus' story about how he saved Spira. Perhaps you even heard Yuna's story about lost lovers and saving Spira a second time. This is the story neither of the Spirans would have mentioned because the hero isn't Spiran. This is my story.

Finally going to make landfall, I thought to myself as the Zerg Drop-sac burned through the atmosphere of an alien planet. After the Sac burst open and dropped me into a crystal clear ocean, I looked toward the nearby beach and noticed what appeared to be a human in strange sports wear walking into the jungle. Once I reached the beach myself, I concentrated and spawned a pair of Larvae. Commanding the Larvae to morph into Drones, I followed the trail into the jungle and found a fresh water source just in time to watch a red headed man push the first man into the water before jumping in himself. Keeping at a distance, my Drones and I followed the two men and watched them fight off a few creatures while fighting off a few creatures ourselves. A short time later we came to a cliff view of a village with a large temple as the central feature. Keeping my Drones close, I followed the trail down the cliff and into the village. After watching the sports wear man walk around the village a bit, I walked into the tent house where the other man was waiting with a nearly prepared meal.

"Suppers almost... Wait, you're not Tidus. Who are you and why do you have a pair of Fiends following you?" The red head asks.

"Heh. Nice to know you pay attention. I don't expect you to believe me, but I'm not from this world and neither are the two Drones you referred to as Fiends. My name is Chris Ham and my title is Lord of Blades. I may set-up a few defenses to fight Fiends as well as threats from off world if I can gain the trust of the locals. What is your name and what can you tell me about this world?" I reply while sitting in a clear area of the tent with the Drones on either side of me.

"Uh... My name is Wakka. This is Besaid Village, the only inhabited part of Besaid Island unless you count the docks. Except for the Al Bhed, everyone in Spira worships Yevon who's primary temple is in Bevele. Fiends are violent spirits who attack the living out of jealousy. Guardians are the main group that fight the Fiends but their primary duty is to protect the Summoner they are traveling with so that the Summoner can pray to the Fayth at all of the temples on the way to Zanarkand to get the Final Aeon and fight Sin. Fayth are spirits of people who died to give Summoners a weapon to fight while Aeons are the resulting Battle Spirit when a bond is formed between Fayth and Summoner. Sin is a punishment because people relied on machina too much. You should go to the Temple and talk to the priests with Tidus. Supper will be ready when you get back." the red head answers.

When I get to the Temple after commanding the Drones to stay with Wakka, Tidus is causing a scene and shoves his way into a back area that is probably off limits to most people. "Excuse me, is there anything I can help with regarding the man who just entered the back area?" I ask the nearest priest.

"The Cloister of Trials is off limits to all but Summoners and their Guardians. You do not look like either." The priest replies.

"What would it take for me to become a Summoner?" I ask out of curiosity.

"At this point you would need to show you cam summon an Aeon or other combat aid." The priest answers. I immediately spawn another Larva and mutate it into a Drone. "Now you may enter, but most Summoners travel with at least one Guardian." The priest comments when he sees the Drone.

"I'll be his Guardian for now." Wakka says as he enters the Temple. I shrug my acceptance and the two of us enter the Cloister of Trials with all three drones much to the bafflement of the priest. A few simple puzzles later, we enter a small antechamber where Tidus is being glared at by a woman in a black dress with lots of black straps buckled to it.

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"Just what are you doing here Wakka and who are these others? Yuna has enough serious Guardians that DON'T need your help." The dark clad woman barks as Wakka walks towards Tidus.

"Relax Lu. Mr. lavender skin is named Chris and he became a Summoner just to retrieve Tidus who entered the Cloister of Trials without permission. I'm here acting as Guardian for Chris." Wakka replies as I step between Tidus and 'Lu'.

"Fine. Yuna should be coming out soon so you can all leave unless you were serious about becoming a Summoner Chris. My proper name is Lulu if we ever meet again." Lulu comments just as the door to the Chamber of the Fayth opens to reveal Yuna. The young Summoner takes a few steps forward before suddenly collapsing. Even as Lulu and a large blue anthropomorphic cat rush to catch her, I fly forwards with a psionically enhanced leap and gently fold my arms around her.

"I'm okay." Yuna says in a gentle whisper as she climbs back to her feet. "I have done it. I have become a summoner." She adds only slightly more loudly when she is standing again. With a nod of acknowledgement, I leave her to Lulu and the cat and enter the Chamber of the Fayth to obtain my own Aeon. As the door closes behind me, I notice that the room is bare except for a large gem with a well preserved corpse inside it. Clasping my hands in a Christian prayer, I am only mildly surprised when the spirit of the corpse appears and offers it's power to me. With a nod of acceptance from me, a bolt of light enters my chest filling me with warmth and knowledge of my new Aeon. Returning to the antechamber, I notice that Yuna and her Guardians as well as Wakka have lingered as though to ensure my safety. "If you haven't changed your mind about becoming a summoner, you will need a focus. Here, take this spare rod." Yuna says as she offers me a simple rod with a pale blue ball at one end.

"I thank you for your kindness Lady Summoner, but I would like to return to the surface and test my old methods before obtaining a focus." I reply as I dismiss the Drones to burrow to the surface. When we arrive at the surface, everyone in town throws a party and insists we give a public demonstration of our new Aeons even as they try to drive Tidus out of town. "I'll summon my Besaid Aeon now." I announce as Yuna tries to take the blame for Tidus' earlier behavior. Moving to the center of a clearing, I give a sweep of my claws as though knocking away weeds while channeling a small fragment of psionic energy through my connection to the Fayth within the Besaid Temple. In reaction, a beam of energy pierces the sky before a strange bird I identify as Valefore dives to a landing and preens for a few seconds before I dismiss it. After it vanishes, Yuna performs a nearly identical summon using a summoning rod instead of her hands.

"Chris, Yuna, get some sleep. We don't want to miss the boat to Kilika tomorrow." Wakka says before guiding me to a tent run by a group known as Crusaders.

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Chapter 2

"Good, you're safe. Where were you last night Chris?" Wakka greets me in the morning as he Tidus and Lulu exit Besaid Village with Yuna close behind.

"I used my Drones to set up a Hive Cluster out in the jungle as well as do a little training with Valefore." I reply as a pair of experimental Hunter Swarmlings unburrow beside me. He rolls his eyes and the seven of us proceed to the cliff top shrine where the group stops to pray to the gods for a safe journey. It seems a little odd that the prayer is the same as what Tidus remembers as the Blitz ball symbol of victory. I just use my own prayer methods and pray to the Christian God while facing the shrine. Afterwards, Wakka leads Tidus through a few battles against Fiends while I stand back and watch until a giant bird type Fiend appears and Wakka suggests the Summoners of the group show what we can do. I allow Yuna to summon Valefore and instead put on a show while using a quick mental command to summon a Nydus Worm that spits out three advanced Hydralisks. While Valefore pushes the Fiend back with damaging gusts of wind, the Hydralisks turn the monster into a pincushion. When the Fiend dissolves, we proceed to the docks where final farewells and the arrival of the cat from yesterday, who is named Kimari, delay departure for a few minutes.

Once underway, the most interesting thing to happen is Tidus perfecting a Blitz Ball technique that his father had made famous in what he remembers of Zanarkand. Wakka said something about Zanarkand being destroyed by Sin over a thousand years ago but he seemed somewhat uncertain. Before I could ask for more detail, Sin himself appeared like a giant whale or perhaps one of Kerrigan's Leviathans. The ships crew immediately shoots Sin with the harpoons while Yuna, Wakka, Lulu and I protect the passengers from small Fiends called Sin Scale when not using our ranged attacks against Sin's fin. After a lengthy battle, the harpoons are broken off and we lose track of Sin before arriving at the ruins of Kilika port.