Lust for Blood

Part III: A Story's End

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Ooh, I'm so sorry it took me so long to update! Sorry, sorry! Tennis even ended, so it's not like I've been all that busy! Well though, this is the end. The last chapter! Sad, ne? In all honesty, I must say I lost interest in this story. I'm sorry...I don't know why I did, but I did. I wanted to finish it before summer ended, and now look. It's already November, and I'm just now finishing it. I actually had wanted to release another fanfiction, this one being a geisha story and blah blah, but I just don't think I can put my heart into it right now. So in other words...This may be the last chapter you ever see from me! –Cries– I've been writing fanfiction now for nearly two years, and there's a lot of things I haven't finished thanks to my time being taken up by these. I didn't want to give it up though, even though I promised I would after A Foreign Home, so here I still am with this story. –Sigh– I guess this will just have to be my finishing story.

However, it doesn't mean you'll never hear from me again. I have my website, and am thinking of creating more. I've also put up a story called "Darker Secrets Have Been Kept", which is a story told from Baralai's point of view: something I'd never done before. So, check up on my website occasionally, and maybe I'll have links to more stories! In the meantime, please enjoy this last chapter! Thank you to everybody, readers now and readers of the past. You guys have really made my fanfiction era surprisingly successful, and have even given me the courage to continue on writing. I can't even say enough words to thank you all.

And...For the last time...Enjoy!

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Chapter 19: Zanarkand Sun

Yuna swallowed, staring into the barrel of the gun. She wanted to run forward and attack her husband, crying, wondering why. Why?

She felt Tidus tense up next to her, and she wondered what he was going to do. Rikku, standing on the other side of Yuna grabbed her arm, and was nervously squeezing it.

Seymour's eyes went to Tidus, and he said, "Everybody is looking for you, Lord Braska's killer. Who knew you were right here?"

Tidus just shook his head, and said, "How long before they figure it out? Get rid of me, and there goes your excuse."

"I'm off to Bevelle after this, anyway," Seymour said, "Turns out, they want me in Bevelle. Governor, to be exact. Ruler of all."

"Why?" Yuna finally managed.

"Why? Yuna, isn't it obvious?" Tidus answered for Seymour, "First he had to get rid of his father, and now yours. That's all there is to it!"

"All I had to do was tell the village that there was a beast, and they all freaked," Seymour said with a crazy laugh, "I didn't realize at the time that there really was a beast–two, to be correct."

Tidus glared at Seymour, and said, "Alright, fine. Go to Bevelle. Rule over Spira and destroy it."

"I'm afraid it won't quite work like that," Seymour said, "There's a beast there, too. Does the name Jecht ring a bell?"

Tidus took a step toward Seymour, but Seymour only backed up, saying, "Not so fast, Tidus. This gun can kill Yuna faster than you can kill me."

"You'll kill us anyway," Yuna just said, looking at Rikku, who was still gripping her shoulder.

"That's right," Seymour said with a smile, "But first I must thank you, Lady Yuna. You gave me the ticket to your father. In all honesty, I wanted to keep you as my wife, but you...fell in with him." Seymour glared at Tidus, and then back to his wife.

Seymour's eyes went back to Tidus, and Yuna felt Rikku's grip relax on her shoulder. Yuna looked at the Al Bhed, only to see that her eyes were fixed on the door. She was going to try to run for it.

Sure enough, in a blink of an eye, Rikku darted toward the door, surprising both Tidus and Seymour.

Seymour shot at her, only to miss, and chased her into the hallway.

"Quick, we gotta get out of here," Tidus said, grabbing Yuna's arm, and leading her toward the other door.

Bang!

It roared through the house, louder than even imaginable. Things seemed to slow, and go out of focus. In a period less than ten seconds, it felt almost like it lasted longer.

Tidus felt her go down at his side, and it pulled her hand right out of his grip. He stopped, but didn't dare turn around. He only stood there, his back toward the ricocheting noise, and shook his head slowly.

"Her back was toward you," Tidus said softly, his eyes filling with tears. He slowly turned away to face the guado in the doorway.

His tear-filled eyes looked to the ground, where Yuna lay. To his surprise, she was still alive, but blood was gushing onto the floor.

Seymour slowly raised the gun, and suddenly fear struck into his eyes. He shakily raised the gun, and shot at Tidus. It hit him, and blood came out, but Tidus didn't feel anything.

Again, Seymour shot, hitting Tidus again. By that time, though, Tidus had already reached him.

Tidus grabbed Seymour by the throat, and pulled him to the ground. Seymour looked at him helplessly, but Tidus didn't even bother giving Seymour the kind treatment he usually gave his victims. In fact, he didn't even want Seymour's blood.

Instead, Tidus grabbed the guns from Seymour's hands, and shot him in the leg, hearing him yelp.

"How does that feel?" Tidus cried, shooting him in the other leg, "Does that hurt?" He shot him in the arm, and then in the other arm, causing Seymour to scream out in pain.

"One more shot," Tidus said, glaring at Seymour through his tears, "Can you guess where this one's going?"

Bang! He didn't give Seymour time to respond. Instead, he sent the bullet straight into the guado's head.

As if waking up from a dream, Tidus turned around swiftly, seeing Yuna lying there. Her breathing was uneven, and she was making crying noises.

He walked over to her, bending down.

"Yuna," he said, trying to pick her up in his arms, "I'm so sorry."

She stared at him, almost lifelessly, and breathed, "Can you save me?"

He just shook his head, causing tears to slip down both of their faces.

"I can't do this to you," Tidus cried, "Believe me, you'll just regret it."

Blood came from Yuna's mouth then, and he could tell it scared her. She was going to die.

He cradled her, and said soothingly, "But what way would you rather die? Here, in my arms, or alone, with Seymour?"

She managed a smile, and at that, her body went limp.

"That's what I thought," Tidus said in a whisper, and then hugged her body close to his. He cried into it, and then heard footsteps in the house, as well as Rikku's voice jabbering fast. She had made it, and had brought help. Only...To late.

Tidus stood up, and fled, leaving the bodies where they were, Seymour's inches from Braska's, and Yuna's across from their's.

All he knew was, he wasn't sticking around.

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I wanted to kill him. To relieve him of his pain. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized he didn't deserve it. He didn't deserve it at all. He deserved what he had, his suffering. I didn't kill him. I let him live, suffering.

I made my way toward Bevelle, where my gravestone, although nearly destroyed, sat. My body was no longer under there, and neither was Yuna's, but just the same, I took out a knife and carved her name next to mine. From there, I thought of Yuna, I thought of Paine, I thought of Nooj, I thought of my father...After much thought, I then new where I needed to go. I knew where I belonged.

Even in the ruins, Zanarkand looked beautiful in the sun. It hurt me, too look at my city that I had destroyed, but at the same time, it felt like I was finally home. The Zanarkand sun was beautiful, but so was the sun overall. It had been years since I saw the sun.

I was born in Zanarkand, and I would die in Zanarkand. In the sun.