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SINS OF OUR FATHERS

Chapter Two: Zanarkand Sunset

“WHERE IS HE?” a deep, yet scratchy voice boomed throughout the wide rooms and long corridors than made up the Zanarkand Dome-Palace. “WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM... THAT CRY-BABY WON’T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM!” echoed the angry, and, not to mention drunk voice of Jecht, the leader of Zanarkand.

Shuyin’s head snapped up in attention as soon as he heard the yelling, he turned and winced at the volume that was assaulting his ears. He sighed, shaking his head thinking, what have you done now little brother? Whatever it was, it most definitely was not good. His twin had managed to piss of their father more than usual.

“He’s really going to get it this time,” said a melodic voice coming from beside him. He turned to face the beautiful long-haired brunette sitting to his left, and she continued, “Maybe we should go find Tidus, and warn him of your father’s current... mood.”

A small smirk took place on his face as he replied, “Oh, I’m pretty sure he’s well aware of dad’s feelings right now, why do you think he’s nowhere in sight.”

She grimaced slightly, “Well perhaps but... I still think that we should go find him. Your brother’s been acting so strange lately; I don’t understand what’s gotten in to him. He used to be cheerful most of the time but now he just runs away, or sulks around the city getting into trouble.”

A thought made Shuyin laugh, “Maybe you could ask him what’s wrong and you two could write a song about it,” he said and gave her a wink. She was giving him a look that meant business however, so he cleared his throat and said, “Alright, let’s go find him, I’m pretty sure both of us know where it is that he went.” He could never say no to the shining brown orbs that were staring up at him. He leaned in and placed a small kiss on her lips before offering her his hand to stand. She smiled and graciously took it. They made there way out of the Palace, careful to avoid Jecht at all costs, incase he mistook Shuyin for Tidus, in his current state of inebriation.

The golden sunlight was starting to fade lower into the horizon. Splashes of pink, orange, and red bled slowly from the sky. The colours became more intense as the sun neared the edge of the city, and reflected off of the ocean that surrounded parts of Zanarkand. As the light from the sky would start to grow dimmer, the city itself would become its own glowing festival of lights and sounds. It came alive as the rest of the world around it, wound down for rest.
He loved this city, as if it was part of himself, as much as any of his thoughts or his feelings. Tidus breathed out a prolonged sigh. He was sitting on his favorite spot in the whole area that surrounded the city. It was a small hill on the outskirts. It overlooked everything and made him feel connected to the city, but able to view it all at once and see the beauty and the chaos of it. It was a place to think and to clear his head. The air was always sweeter at this spot.

He could see two people heading away from the city and towards him on a lift. He knew immediately who it was. He could make out the shaggy blonde hair coming his way, accompanied by long brown hair. It was his twin brother Shuyin, and Shu’s fiancée Lenne. She was the legendary songstress of Zanarkand. Well, maybe not legendary yet, but Tidus always loved to tease her about it. Everyone in the city loved them. They were examples of the perfect couple. She was a talented songstress, whose voice, beauty, and kindness touched everyone that she met, and his brother the intelligent heir, and eldest of the twin sons of the leader of Zanarkand. Tidus had to agree with everyone of course, how could he not. They really were the perfect couple, but he wasn’t swayed by the peoples reasoning, and their biases. Shu and Lenne completed each other, and that was all that mattered.

Inside he longed for a relationship like theirs; someone who he could really related to and enjoy the company of. Not like any of the girls he ever fooled around with, he could barely stand them past the next morning. Of course, he would never admit that he wanted anything to change about his life; it was his job to be the younger, irresponsible, stubborn one, because although Shuyin and he had the same tanned skin, the same blue eyes and shaggy blonde hair... They were completely different in every other way. This was something that made it very difficult to understand one another. Of course Shu always tried his best to stick up for his brother, and Tidus did appreciate the effort that he gave but, he knew there were things that Shu, no matter how hard he would try, would never be able to understand, Such as Tidus’ relationship with their father, Jecht.

They had never really got along, at least for as long as Tidus could remember. It was always “Shuyin wouldn’t...” this, and “If your brother were here...” that. Tidus didn’t blame Shuyin for any of it, it really wasn’t his fault that their father was a complete mental case, and perpetually drunk. It was just a fact that Shuyin was better at everything, and Tidus had more emotional issues then he could count. When he was little, Shuyin would always try to consol Tidus after a large fight with Jecht, Tidus always ended up crying, and although the tears had stopped, the name stayed on. Cry-baby. He immediately grew angry at the many memories of his father calling him that, but as he saw Lenne and Shuyin approach, the anger ebbed a little. This was due to more pressing concerns. Such as how he was going to explain what happened to make them come and search him out.

He cleared his throat as Shu stepped in front of him, “Hey there bro, having a nice stroll on the outskirts?”

Shu just studied him for a minute, “You know why we’re here Ti.” He crossed his arms, “What happened with dad?”

Tidus hadn’t quite figured out what he was going to say yet so he decided to play innocent. “What do you mean?” he asked, flashing them with one of his many winning smiles.

Lenne firmly put her hands on her hips and said, “Tidus, your father is drunk, furious, and walking through the halls threatening you. What happened?”

Tidus suddenly felt a surge or irrational anger , so he stood up and walked away, “What the hell do you care! What’s with the surrogate parenting! If it has to do with me, then it makes it my problem!” He stood at the very top of the hill with his back towards them. They were all silent for a moment, and Tidus kicked at the ground. He hated admitting faults to anyone, but especially to Shuyin. It frustrated him, but he sighed, it didn’t call for him to be rude, they were just concerned about him. He turned back to them, “He found out about something that happened last weekend...”

Shuyin interrupted him, “What happened, it bet...” he was cut off of by Lenne who shushed him and turned back to Tidus.

“..Thank you Lenne. As I was saying, I think it might have had something to do with drunken, disorderly conduct and...uhhh...” he hesitated for a moment, “... Senator Brahms daughter...”

Before he got the chance to completely finish his sentence, both Lenne and Shuyin’s mouths dropped and they shouted in surprise, “DONA!”

Tidus thought for a minute, “Oh right, I guess that was her name,” he chuckled, “that night is kind of hard to remember a lot of.”

“Ti...” Shu said after a minute, obviously angry about his brothers confession, “What the hell were you thinking, that’s the senator from Kilika’s daughter... do you know what he would do if he found out! Oh yevon...” Shu said closing his eyes, “Please tell me he didn’t.”

“I think the obvious answer to your first question was that I wasn’t thinking. And no he doesn’t know... I don’t know how dad found out, but I’m assuming one of his little spies was no doubt involved.”

“If you’d just stay out of trouble,” said Shuyin, “He wouldn’t need to send someone to make sure that things didn’t get out of hand.”

Tidus just sighed in irritation; he really didn’t want a speech right now. Lenne seemed to notice this, and placed her hand on Shuyin’s shoulder. “We’re only worried about you Ti,” she said, “Have you thought about maybe taking a vacation, getting away for a little while.”

He stared at the sky; maybe he could us a vacation, go see Wakka and Chappu on Besaid Island. It would be a nice break from Jecht, and the problems that had been lately turning up. “Maybe,” he said slowly, “I could go to Besaid for a little while.”

Lenne smiled, “I’m sure Wakka would love to see you, it has been awhile since you were there.”

Shuyin nodded his approval, “If you do go, say hi to them for me.”

“Yeah, I think I will go.” Tidus said, and he started moving past them down the hill.

“You’re leaving right now?” asked Lenne.

“Of course,” Tidus replied with a handsome smile and a wink, “Zanarkand never sleeps.” He walked off leaving the two alone.

Shuyin sighed taking a seat on the hill. “I really don’t know what to do with him.”

“Maybe the vacation will do some good, have Wakka knock some sense into him.” She said.

“Perhaps,” he said, “That’s all we can hope for.”

Lenne sat down beside him and draped her arms over his shoulders, planting a kiss on his cheek. “Don’t worry love, he’ll be alright. He is your brother after all.”

Shu smiled and looked back at her, he took a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her face and carefully tucked it behind her ear. “How do I ever deserve you,” he asked her.

She winked at him and teased, “You don’t. I just have a high tolerance for pain.”

They both laughed together, and shared a kiss beneath the Zanarkand sunset.

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SINS OF OUR FATHERS

Chapter Two: Zanarkand Sunset

“WHERE IS HE?” a deep, yet scratchy voice boomed throughout the wide rooms and long corridors than made up the Zanarkand Dome-Palace. “WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM... THAT CRY-BABY WON’T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM!” echoed the angry, and, not to mention drunk voice of Jecht, the leader of Zanarkand.

Shuyin’s head snapped up in attention as soon as he heard the yelling, he turned and winced at the volume that was assaulting his ears. He sighed, shaking his head thinking, what have you done now little brother? Whatever it was, it most definitely was not good. His twin had managed to piss of their father more than usual.

“He’s really going to get it this time,” said a melodic voice coming from beside him. He turned to face the beautiful long-haired brunette sitting to his left, and she continued, “Maybe we should go find Tidus, and warn him of your father’s current... mood.”

A small smirk took place on his face as he replied, “Oh, I’m pretty sure he’s well aware of dad’s feelings right now, why do you think he’s nowhere in sight.”

She grimaced slightly, “Well perhaps but... I still think that we should go find him. Your brother’s been acting so strange lately; I don’t understand what’s gotten in to him. He used to be cheerful most of the time but now he just runs away, or sulks around the city getting into trouble.”

A thought made Shuyin laugh, “Maybe you could ask him what’s wrong and you two could write a song about it,” he said and gave her a wink. She was giving him a look that meant business however, so he cleared his throat and said, “Alright, let’s go find him, I’m pretty sure both of us know where it is that he went.” He could never say no to the shining brown orbs that were staring up at him. He leaned in and placed a small kiss on her lips before offering her his hand to stand. She smiled and graciously took it. They made there way out of the Palace, careful to avoid Jecht at all costs, incase he mistook Shuyin for Tidus, in his current state of inebriation.

The golden sunlight was starting to fade lower into the horizon. Splashes of pink, orange, and red bled slowly from the sky. The colours became more intense as the sun neared the edge of the city, and reflected off of the ocean that surrounded parts of Zanarkand. As the light from the sky would start to grow dimmer, the city itself would become its own glowing festival of lights and sounds. It came alive as the rest of the world around it, wound down for rest.
He loved this city, as if it was part of himself, as much as any of his thoughts or his feelings. Tidus breathed out a prolonged sigh. He was sitting on his favorite spot in the whole area that surrounded the city. It was a small hill on the outskirts. It overlooked everything and made him feel connected to the city, but able to view it all at once and see the beauty and the chaos of it. It was a place to think and to clear his head. The air was always sweeter at this spot.

He could see two people heading away from the city and towards him on a lift. He knew immediately who it was. He could make out the shaggy blonde hair coming his way, accompanied by long brown hair. It was his twin brother Shuyin, and Shu’s fiancée Lenne. She was the legendary songstress of Zanarkand. Well, maybe not legendary yet, but Tidus always loved to tease her about it. Everyone in the city loved them. They were examples of the perfect couple. She was a talented songstress, whose voice, beauty, and kindness touched everyone that she met, and his brother the intelligent heir, and eldest of the twin sons of the leader of Zanarkand. Tidus had to agree with everyone of course, how could he not. They really were the perfect couple, but he wasn’t swayed by the peoples reasoning, and their biases. Shu and Lenne completed each other, and that was all that mattered.

Inside he longed for a relationship like theirs; someone who he could really related to and enjoy the company of. Not like any of the girls he ever fooled around with, he could barely stand them past the next morning. Of course, he would never admit that he wanted anything to change about his life; it was his job to be the younger, irresponsible, stubborn one, because although Shuyin and he had the same tanned skin, the same blue eyes and shaggy blonde hair... They were completely different in every other way. This was something that made it very difficult to understand one another. Of course Shu always tried his best to stick up for his brother, and Tidus did appreciate the effort that he gave but, he knew there were things that Shu, no matter how hard he would try, would never be able to understand, Such as Tidus’ relationship with their father, Jecht.

They had never really got along, at least for as long as Tidus could remember. It was always “Shuyin wouldn’t...” this, and “If your brother were here...” that. Tidus didn’t blame Shuyin for any of it, it really wasn’t his fault that their father was a complete mental case, and perpetually drunk. It was just a fact that Shuyin was better at everything, and Tidus had more emotional issues then he could count. When he was little, Shuyin would always try to consol Tidus after a large fight with Jecht, Tidus always ended up crying, and although the tears had stopped, the name stayed on. Cry-baby. He immediately grew angry at the many memories of his father calling him that, but as he saw Lenne and Shuyin approach, the anger ebbed a little. This was due to more pressing concerns. Such as how he was going to explain what happened to make them come and search him out.

He cleared his throat as Shu stepped in front of him, “Hey there bro, having a nice stroll on the outskirts?”

Shu just studied him for a minute, “You know why we’re here Ti.” He crossed his arms, “What happened with dad?”

Tidus hadn’t quite figured out what he was going to say yet so he decided to play innocent. “What do you mean?” he asked, flashing them with one of his many winning smiles.

Lenne firmly put her hands on her hips and said, “Tidus, your father is drunk, furious, and walking through the halls threatening you. What happened?”

Tidus suddenly felt a surge or irrational anger , so he stood up and walked away, “What the hell do you care! What’s with the surrogate parenting! If it has to do with me, then it makes it my problem!” He stood at the very top of the hill with his back towards them. They were all silent for a moment, and Tidus kicked at the ground. He hated admitting faults to anyone, but especially to Shuyin. It frustrated him, but he sighed, it didn’t call for him to be rude, they were just concerned about him. He turned back to them, “He found out about something that happened last weekend...”

Shuyin interrupted him, “What happened, it bet...” he was cut off of by Lenne who shushed him and turned back to Tidus.

“..Thank you Lenne. As I was saying, I think it might have had something to do with drunken, disorderly conduct and...uhhh...” he hesitated for a moment, “... Senator Brahms daughter...”

Before he got the chance to completely finish his sentence, both Lenne and Shuyin’s mouths dropped and they shouted in surprise, “DONA!”

Tidus thought for a minute, “Oh right, I guess that was her name,” he chuckled, “that night is kind of hard to remember a lot of.”

“Ti...” Shu said after a minute, obviously angry about his brothers confession, “What the hell were you thinking, that’s the senator from Kilika’s daughter... do you know what he would do if he found out! Oh yevon...” Shu said closing his eyes, “Please tell me he didn’t.”

“I think the obvious answer to your first question was that I wasn’t thinking. And no he doesn’t know... I don’t know how dad found out, but I’m assuming one of his little spies was no doubt involved.”

“If you’d just stay out of trouble,” said Shuyin, “He wouldn’t need to send someone to make sure that things didn’t get out of hand.”

Tidus just sighed in irritation; he really didn’t want a speech right now. Lenne seemed to notice this, and placed her hand on Shuyin’s shoulder. “We’re only worried about you Ti,” she said, “Have you thought about maybe taking a vacation, getting away for a little while.”

He stared at the sky; maybe he could us a vacation, go see Wakka and Chappu on Besaid Island. It would be a nice break from Jecht, and the problems that had been lately turning up. “Maybe,” he said slowly, “I could go to Besaid for a little while.”

Lenne smiled, “I’m sure Wakka would love to see you, it has been awhile since you were there.”

Shuyin nodded his approval, “If you do go, say hi to them for me.”

“Yeah, I think I will go.” Tidus said, and he started moving past them down the hill.

“You’re leaving right now?” asked Lenne.

“Of course,” Tidus replied with a handsome smile and a wink, “Zanarkand never sleeps.” He walked off leaving the two alone.

Shuyin sighed taking a seat on the hill. “I really don’t know what to do with him.”

“Maybe the vacation will do some good, have Wakka knock some sense into him.” She said.

“Perhaps,” he said, “That’s all we can hope for.”

Lenne sat down beside him and draped her arms over his shoulders, planting a kiss on his cheek. “Don’t worry love, he’ll be alright. He is your brother after all.”

Shu smiled and looked back at her, he took a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her face and carefully tucked it behind her ear. “How do I ever deserve you,” he asked her.

She winked at him and teased, “You don’t. I just have a high tolerance for pain.”

They both laughed together, and shared a kiss beneath the Zanarkand sunset.