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Maiyah flinched and bit back, taking a step back from the man at the snap. Quite frankly, Maiyah was getting a headache of meeting all these people who have either been dead or have disappeared for a couple years. Was she just going nuts? First Braska... then Tidus... And now Lenne... and Shuyin... Who looked exactly like Tidus. She was going to soak in the Gagazet hotsprings after this. And sleep. In the hotsprings. She didn't care if anyone happened upon her.

She shook her head, "She is Lenne. She woke up from a long sleep in the Bevelle Underground. I found her and removed her from the Palace... we laid waste to many soldiers of the Temple getting out... and I fear we may be in danger still. Please, she is Lenne! If she's here, and you're here too, you have a chance to be with her again."

Everyone who was dead seemed to be coming back to life... all except Kaiyah.

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Lenne's eyes welled with tears as Shuyin told her to leave him alone and when Maiyah tried convincing him, Lenne could hardly manage to keep herself calm. "How dare you tell me to leave you alone?! Shuyin... I..." Lenne grasped tight to the front of his Blitzer attire, pulling him to look at her again. "I am Lenne. The only Lenne you've ever known! If my songs do not convince you then... you are not my Shuyin."

Stepping back from him, tears streaked her face and Lenne clenched her jaw. "What must I do to prove it to you? Summoning would not prove it, for there are many other summoners. Singing has not proved it. What, Shuyin? What?!" Her gaze fell and Lenne shook her head slightly, walking past him and towards Maiyah. "This is not my Shuyin. He does not hear me. Not truly." She grasped Maiyah's hand, wanting to just leave now. Now that her heart was broken. Again.

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Shuyin clenched his fists when she grabbed him, and would have struck her if he hadn't felt floored by the heartbreak in her voice. He hit his knees when she walked past, shaking his head a little. Something in him snapped, and he wanted to cry, only he was far past that, and far too dry to have tears, "Yeah.. that's right.." he muttered the words. She hadn't even told him she loved him, when they'd died, "Just.. just go, before I get you killed again." he hugged himself and shook softly, seeming to curl inward a little, the feeling of power crackling around him again.

This is why he'd wanted the city gone.. without it, he'd have been left alone to suffer as he'd become accustomed to, this was new, and the pain was raw.

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"What? Wait!" Maiyah looked between the two of them. She let Lenne take her towards the exit of the dome. "Lenne, wait..." she hissed, jerking her back a bit, "..Look at him." She looked over to the man. "You have to stop him.. he's going to go back into that state again. If you could make him snap out of it, then you can bring him to his senses now."

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She looked over at Shuyin, frowning at him. "He's always like this..." she mumbled, mostly to herself. After a moment, she looked at Maiyah. "Alright..." Lenne walked towards Shuyin, standing in front of him and drawing his head to rest against her stomach, her hands threading through his soft blonde hair. "Shuyin. My darling. Please, remember me. I am Lenne. You must believe," she murmured, her voice low and almost ghostly. The pyreflies swam around them, ghosting over his skin and hers, creating soft, sweet breezes between them.

Her fingers hooked under his chin and she tilted his head back to look at his face. "Believe in me," she whispered, looking at him with as much love as she could muster, the whole of the dome filled with pyreflies that created ghosts of Zanarkand; people, buildings, sounds, moments shared... it all seemed alive for a moment. "Shuyin, my darling, I love you."

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The look in his eyes would have been tearful, but there was just despair, tempered by hope. He whispered something so softly that Lenne might not have heard, "You.. never told me, before the end.." he clung to her tightly, desperate for her to be the real thing this time. Shuyin didn't think he could take another time without Lenne.

"I.. I want this to be real.. I want it to be you, Lenne. I love you." he still shook, and managed to stand up, staring at her, before looking around at all the different memories of Zanarkand they shared.

He bit his lip, "They.. they destroyed it all, Lenne.. We let 'em win."

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Maiyah blinked and watched them, near the entrance to the dome. She felt then that she shouldn't be there. She She was glad at least that they found each other, not just physically, but within as well. She looked down at the ground silently, letting them have their moment before turning and inching out of the dome. She walked over the rubble and looked out over the northwest past the dome. She watched quietly over the horizon, losing herself in her inner thoughts. She was going back to Gagazet... soon. Very soon. To bury herself in the snow. Or go to sleep in the hotsprings. Whichever seemed more appealing at the time.

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"I know, love. I know. I see it all..." she replied, her voice laced with sorrow. "You have me, though. They didn't destroy us. Not after a thousand years." She reached her hand to stroke his cheek gently, though her attentions were dragged away as she heard Maiyah retreat. Looking in the direction of her friend's exit, Lenne frowned. "Maiyah?"

She grasped Shuyin's hand, pulling him towards the exit of the dome, frowning still. "Shuyin, you must meet Maiyah. She saved me." Lenne smiled back at him, jogging down the steps and towards the outside, frowning as she saw Maiyah.

"Maiyah? You're not leaving, are you? I need you with me," she murmured, looking at her friend. She knew she had no place to ask Maiyah to accompany her and Shuyin any longer but they were both criminals now. She didn't want to see Maiyah harmed or taken to Bevelle and killed. She was a dear friend, thanks to all they'd seen and done together, and Lenne didn't want to lose her. She needed Maiyah in a different way to how she needed Shuyin but a summoner could always use more guardians. Especially two she trusted so deeply.

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Shuyin went easily with Lenne, frowning a little at Maiyah's reticence. Lenne was a Summoner, and being one of older traditions, Shuyin figured that Maiyah might as well have been Lenne's Guardian, the same way he was. He put a hand on her shoulder, and might have spoken more harshly than he'd intended, "Hey!" he even sounded like Tidus, albeit with a keener edge to his hard voice, "You can't walk away on Lenne! Ya did great keeping her alive and well outta Bevelle, but that doesn't mean you're done, dammit. You're a Guardian, like it or not, so you've gotta come with us."

Really, what did the woman think she was doing? Even with him, Lenne had need of Guardians, people to keep her safe when there was danger, happy through her grief, and warm when chill winds blew. "Thank you for what you've done for her," he said it in a softer manner, and let go of her arm, "Please, don't leave her now on my account." Shuyin was selfish, he knew, but he wanted Lenne to have her friend, and him, no matter what.

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Maiyah shook her head, "..I am no guardian." She just wasn't. She couldn't accept such a title. Not after what happened to her sister. "I killed many at the Palace of Bevelle... Even though it was the fault of the clergy that I have lost everything... I am still nothing but a murderer now. In my own sorrow I obliterated hundreds of lives. You're safer without me here, especially. They're after me, not you. I am their primary target."

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"Maiyah... I killed people too. Men who probably have families and children. Shuyin has killed in his time, as well." She curled a hand around Maiyah's arm, looking out the same direction the older woman was. "We need each other, no matter how much damaged we've caused. Maiyah, we're all in the same stance, against Bevelle, so we might as well stay together and remain stronger," she tried resoning, sighing softly.

With a helpless look at Shuyin, she shrugged slightly. "Maiyah, we need you. So much has changed in the world that Shuyin and I have no one to rely upon but you." Leaning to look at Maiyah's face, she gave a weak smile. "Please, Maiyah. Don't leave us... don't leave me. You are a guardian. You're my guardian."

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Much as it might have stirred vague jealousy in Shuyin, he also understood their need for someone more.. modern. He nodded to Maiyah, "Considering where we are, and that we cannot remain here or in Gagazet with the Ronso, we will have to pass by Bevelle again. Undoubtedly someone will recall Lenne, and by the time they get a gun up, they'll be as good as dead," steely resolve was in his eyes, a man who would easily be able to kill again and not care for the life he took. "We don't know anything about modern Spira, really.. we could use you around."

He just about wanted to toss her over his shoulder and tell her that like it or not, she'd be going with them, but he figured Lenne wouldn't appreciate it. "Every Summoner needs a Guardian or two to watch out for 'em. Right now, she'd just be swappin' out a useful one for a guy who mighta been useful a thousand years ago."

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"Whatever the case, we will never be safe anywhere in Spira. Nobody is safe right now with us around. The soldiers of Bevelle are ruthless pigs... We will have to find somewhere to lay low... somewhere where nobody would think to look for us..." There were few options Maiyah knew of. Apparently, Auron.. ..Sir Auron... occupied the crevice in the mountain in the Calm Lands... the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth was full of terrible fiends... but what about Remiem Temple? Or they could ...sail off to find some other continent. Lord Braska she remembered, said that there were lands beyond Spira... though he had little information to offer her on the subjec.

She looked back over the horizon. "As much as I.. hate Yevon scum.. for all that they've done to me and the people I love--" Kaiyah wasn't killed by Bevelle soldiers, but considering the circumstances to Sin's arrival, she might as well have been, "--I don't know for how long I can keep killing off soldiers... both physically and mentally. They are bound to find us sooner or later... I suggest we hide out somewhere. And I don't think Zanarkand is the best place to do so."

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"No, I don't think Zanarkand has much to offer us anymore," she murmured, looking around. "We should head south, to Luca. I think we'd be able to blend into the crowds until we can get a safe place." Lenne looked at Shuyin, frowning slightly. She didn't like that he seemed to think he wasn't useful to her now and Lenne wasn't happy that he'd say it so openly but that could be discussed at a later date.

Keeping a grasp of Maiyah's arm, Lenne curled her free hand into Shuyin's gloved one, looking up at him. "Shuyin. You've been... present in the world for a long time, right? Is there anywhere you can think of that we'd be safe?" Whilst the Remiem Temple came to mind, Lenne wasn't to know it was occupied by Nobodies but she did figure the soldiers would check there.

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He thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers. "Yeah.. some of the people I've met," killed. Horribly. "There are all kinds of places that aren't Spira.. we'll head down to Luca, yeah, then we can hop an airship to some new place.. there's the Gestahlian Empire near the Kingdom of Figaro on one continent.. and another has a place called Rabanastre where it's easy to vanish. How 'bout we find a nice place to vanish, and try on some new hats?" he winked and tapped the top of his head, chuckling.

The man squeezed Lenne's hand, and smiled to the two women, "Let's put the killing aside for now, and just go see something beautiful, huh? There's a whole wide world out there."

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Maiyah sighed softly and nodded, "Alright... When do we leave?" The thought of leaving Spira was terrifying. She couldn't keep from thinking about what she had done at Bevelle... What would Braska say? Or even Kaiyah...? Would Braska and his guardians come after her...? She shuddered, every worse case scenario popping into her mind every second she thought about it.

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Lenne grinned and bounced in place, a soft giggle coming from her as she did. A new world, a new adventure! She even had a few plans for herself to earn enough gil to survive on. Sure, it might be a little awkward to get going at first but she knew her talents were going to be greatly appreciated in this world that seemed so void of real music.

"We leave right now! I say we scale Gagazet, get on one of those hover machinas to cross the Calm Lands, kick some Bevelle butt and high-tail it to Luca!"

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"Works for me!" Shuyin grinned and pumped the air with one of his fists, and nodded brightly. His sword, an ancient weapon that was still sharp enough to part flesh like butter, appeared crossed over the back of his waist, simply coming into being. "We'll be able to make it to Luca, at least, then we'll figure out what to do." he figured Lenne would want to sing for her supper, as it were, and he didn't blame her, the woman's voice was divine.

"You okay with that Maiyah? I'll look out for ya, too, just worry 'bout Lenne. A Guardian always watches after their Summoner, and I ain't no Summoner."

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