Indigo Wings

Author's Notes: Hey! Here's a FFX fic that takes place much before the actual game! It's about a young guardian named Juka and her trip throughout Spira with her summoner.

Time for the story!

"My name's Juka," Juka held out her hand to shake Adrian's. "Nice to meet you!" Adrian flashed her a cold look and Juka recoiled her hand as Adrian kept walking down the lines of possible guardians.

Adrian Lexington was a woman by the age of 19 that came from an extremely wealthy family. She knew that she was going to become a summoner the minute she was able to comprehend human words. It was her destiny to become a summoner, to throw her life away for the lives of others.

Juka scowled as the rich, cold girl, dressed in a white tunic and black skirt walked down the aisle of guardians. Her blonde long hair with black streaks hung loosely on her shoulders, only held by her black ivory circlet. Black hanging earrings dangled from her ears and a dark black choker tightly grasped her neck. Juka made a face at Adrian as she passed. Adrian stopped. Juka held her throat, thinking that Adrian may have seen her, but to her relief she just turned, looked up and down at a man and nodded, "Him."

Her first guardian had been chosen, and it was only her first time of going down the line! Juka leaned her head over, needing to see who this guy had to be to be chosen for this amazing summoner. The man stepped out of the line and Juka heard many ooos and ahhhs from the crowd as he walked down through the rows.

The man had short, messy brown hair and cold blue eyes. He wore dark blue goggles that only slightly revealed his eyes and a long blue necklace with the Yevon symbol on it. A long blue coat that reached his knees hung loosely on his shoulders and his chest was bare. His legs were covered by long, baggy black pants and dark blue boots. On his back was a large silver axe. Juka smiled at the man, he didn't seem much older than her, in fact, he could have been her age. But obviously, Adrian had seen something in him that had made her choose him almost immediately as her guardian. She flashed the "thumb's up" sign at him and he turned to face her. He smirked, slightly, and flashed the same sign. He reached the end and sat down on the stairs in the front of the room.

Juka gulped. One out of eight chosen. Juka desperately wanted to be a guardian, more than anything! She had heard how they defend summoners on their quest to defeat sin, and Juka was ready for the adventure. She smiled to herself and grasped her fists. "No need to be celebrating yet," a dark voice came from the aisles and Juka scowled to see it was Adrian, "After all, I haven't picked you...and don't get your hopes up that I will..."

Juka would have responded, but it wasn't orderly that a guardian speak to a summoner like that so she just scowled more and stood back in line. Adrian turned at the end and surveyed the other side, not really finding anyone that stood out to her. Once she turned the other side she surveyed Juka's side again. Adrian stopped in front of Juka again and Juka made an angry face, "What are you here for?" she asked, huffing.

Adrian's eye brows raised slightly but her scowl remained fixed. She didn't say anything, but just kept walking. Juka's side was once again evaluated, and Adrian moved on. Once she turned, she stopped and Juka almost saw a smile streak across her face. "Her." She pointed at a woman with black hair and green eyes. The woman nodded solemnly and walked down the aisles. Juka poked her head out to see the woman.

The woman was wearing a baggy tank-top that was colored bright red. The color matched her tight shorts and long shiny boots with black soles. Black fingerless gloves and long red earrings finished the look. Juka noticed two guns on her belt and that the woman was smiling triumphantly as she sat next to the young axe man.

Adrian continued to walk up and down the aisle...up and down, up and down. She reached Juka for the third time and Juka sighed, "Would you please move on? You won't find what you're looking for in me, I guarantee you..."

Adrian pivoted on her heel and continued down the lines. This time, she only walked for a short distance before she stopped and pointed at someone, "Him."

The young man laughed slightly, then covered his mouth. He walked out and ran down the aisles to join the other guardians. He had orange spikey hair and was wearing a matching headband. A dark orange vest and white tee shirt top decorated his torso and attached to his legs were a pair of tight orange denim pants. Orange shoes with white socks clung to his feet and a golden handle sword hung on his back. A few freckles decorated his face. He bowed to the older guardians and they nodded their heads towards him.

Adrian made another round around the group and once again stopped at Juka. Juka sighed and sat down, "Should I just leave now? Or am I here to amuse you?"

"Neither," Adrian simply said and kept walking down the lines. As she rounded the corner again, she smiled widely, "Ashnigh!" she hugged the person in the line, and Juka wondered what had come over the girl, "I'm so glad you came! I didn't think you would!"

Juka leaned out of her spot to see that the girl, or woman, was a smiling one with strawberry blonde hair and was wearing a lavender kimono skirt and white long top. White high heels decorated her feet and a lavender Yevon necklace hung tightly around her neck in a choker. Lavender hair clips were in her hair. She smiled at Adrian, "You know I wouldn't miss it for the world, sorry I was a little late."

"No problem," Adrian pointed to the other guardians, "Just join them over there."

"Thank you M'lady summoner," Ashnigh bowed and Adrian laughed.

"I've told you not to call me that," Adrian insisted as Ashnigh walked off. Adrian regained her serious composure and kept walking around the line until she once again got to Juka.

"Old friend?" Juka asked and Adrian scowled.

"None of your business," she swiveled once again and stormed down the line before she finally stopped and pointed to a man, "Go."

The man smiled and waved to the rest of the candidates as he ran down the line. Juka scowled at his cocky attitude, but maybe that was just because she was mad that there were only three spots left. The man wore a yellow shirt with a light yellow hanging top. His yellow baggy shorts and sandals convinced Juka that he was some sort of Blitzball player. A yellow and blue headband decorated his head and his hair, dark brown and curly bounced as he walked. Finally, he sat down with the other guardians and Adrian continued her survey.

She stopped in front of a girl with bouncy brown hair and glasses who was trying hard not to laugh, "What's so funny?"

The girl couldn't help herself anymore and she let all of her laughter out. "Hahahahaha!" the girl couldn't stop laughing and Adrian chuckled with her. She laughed a little too and then pointed, teary-eyed to the batch of guardians, "That way..."

The girl kept laughing as she made her way over to the group, who welcomed her warily, scared of the laughing girl.

The girl's clothes were green, a green short dress and long greens sleeves with a floppy green hat. Long green boots with black trim slid up her legs and her eyes, once she opened them were shown to be a bright brown. Her glasses had no frames.

Only two spots left, and about 45 guardians left for choosing. Adrian kept walking up and down the aisles, looking up and down, making special care to choose the right people. She stopped once more at Juka, who was drawing something in the tile. "Whaaat?" she whined and Adrian rolled her eyes and kept moving. She finally stopped in front of a young guado man decorated in an gray tank top and ripped gray pants. Black shoes decorated his feet and white arm bands decorated his arms, along with seemingly useless gray sunglasses. His spiky light brown hair stuck out at odd ends and he nodded as Adrian pointed to him. He walked down the hall and sat with the rest of the guardian troupe.

Final person. Juka gulped. She knew she wouldn't get picked, but still, she wanted to know who would take her spot. Adrian kept walking up and down the group, up and down, up and down, it must have taken her thirty minutes, walking up and down, up and down, up and down. Juka thought she would go dizzy with all of the circulation by Adrian. She sighed gruffly and stood up, ready to leave the room. Adrian made one last survey of the room, and then stopped in front of Juka.

"What?!" Juka asked her, short sword in hand, "Gonna tell me to go home?"

"Her." Adrian pointed at Juka and Juka's eyes almost shot out of her head. She looked behind her, but saw no one that Adrian could be pointing at. She turned back and pointed at herself.

"Me?" she asked.

"Yeah, you," Adrian gruffly said, "I'm not pointing at the wall, now you have ten seconds to get over there or I'll reconsider my choice."

"Ah! Yes ma'am!" Juka ran over to the group and sat down quickly. Juka brushed off her indigo tank top that went to her neck that had an elevated yellow circular. After her exposed naval was a short indigo skirt and long indigo knee socks. On her shoes were large yellow boots and yellow wrist bands decorated her wrists. Indigo fingerless gloves and an indigo high head band that laid on her dirty blonde short messy hair were slightly askew, so Juka adjusted them slightly. She smiled at the rest of the guardians and the axe man showed her the "thumb's-up" sign. She flashed it back and Adrian took the stage.

"I have chosen my guardians," she told the group, "You may all leave now." The rest of the candidates glumly walked out of the large room, leaving only the guardians and Adrian behind. She turned to face them, "Well," she started, "I believe that introductions are in order."

"Spiler Nairmen," the yellow clad man spoke up, "Guardian and Blitzer for the Kilika Beasts."

"Luna Lee," the laughing girl giggled, "Black Magic user from Bevelle..."

"Tai Toca," the red haired man nodded, "Long Sword Master of Besaid!"

"Ashnigh Imman," the lavender skirted healing smile girl waved slightly, "White Magic Mage from Bevelle as well..."

"Tiffa Carminata," the gun totting woman told them, "Expert marksmen from Kilika."

"Kevi Sora," the "thumb's up" man told them, "Axe user from the temple in Macalania..."

"Briu Guado," the Guado told them, "Spear wielder from Guadosalam."

"And you?" Adrian asked Juka and she gulped.

"Umm...Juka Sammisan," Juka smiled at the group, "Sword wielder from Djose Temple!"

"And I'm Adrian Lexington," Adrian told them, smiling ever so slightly, "Summoner from Bevelle...we start our journey at dawn, be ready."

All of the group stood up and followed Adrian to where we would be staying. In the morning, their journey would start.