The battle was heating up fast, more and more monsters appeared to join in and only Tidus and Yuna could fight them. The other guardians were in the city getting supplies. When the first monster attacked it seemed like it would have been a quick fight then another came and another until there were more than the two could count. "I'd say this is bad." Tidus said as he slashed his sword back and forth at the attackers. "Stand back!" Yuna warned. She began to twirl he staff and she said a few words in a language Tidus could not understand. Suddenly the ground shook as the Ifrit ripped it apart to come out. Only an aeon could win this fight. Immediately the Ifrit launched his attack on the monsters blow after blow pummeled the mass but more seemed to constantly replace those struck down. "It's time to show them what we can do!" Yuna said with a slight smile. The Ifrit ripped a huge piece of the ground from it's place then threw it at the mass, most of it was destroyed but on HUGE lizard-like monster still remained with a scattered small ones. "Where's Auron when you need him?" Tidus groaned. Then the giant, unknown monster shook. Taken back by the strange site the two teenagers began to run. Whatever the monster was doing, it was probably not pleasant. They were right, it explored sending a ripple in the ground toward Tidus and Yuna, fast. They were thrown down by the force of the blow and both of them blacked out on the ground. Yuna woke up a long time later. She was on a hard, rocky surface and her head hurt immensely. Once on her feet she shook her head and blinked a few time to clear the foggy feeling. When she realized that it wasn't going away she looked around. She was surrounded by a green fog. She saw Tidus next to her still unconscious. She knelt down and shook him. "Tidus, wake up! Common Tidus!" she urged. Tidus groaned, "Five more minutes." "I think you are going to see this Tidus!" Yuna said. Coming out of his grogginess, Tidus stood up. "Wow! Where are we?" he asked. "I have no idea!" Yuna said quietly. Suddenly the green fog closed in around them. They covered their faces with their arms and when they finally looked, they were once again in another place. They stood in a field of dry, yellowed grass. It was very quiet and no one was around. "This is weird." Tidus said. Yuna nodded her agreement. They turned around swiftly when they heard a voice. They both jumped back when they saw the giant monster encircled in green fog. They were even more shocked when it began to change shape. As it spoke it became a man. He was tall and muscular with black hair and wore a black trench coat. He looked a little like Auron but sinister looking. "You fell right into my trap summoner! You and your friend are now on the planet Jask, and you will be for a very long time I'm afraid." He said with a wicked smile on his face. "Unless you can get into the Galaxy Gate you will be here forever, and rest assured, only I know the secret of the gate!" he said. Then the ring of green fog began to close. "Oh and summoner, that piece of wood you're holding won't do you any good." He said with a laugh. Tidus tried to attack the man but the ring had already closed and all he hit was air. He pounded the ground with his fist. Yuna was in too deep of thought to notice his frustration. "If he was telling the truth and I understood him right then there is a gate way between time and space and we just traveled through it." She pondered. "That's just great, but how do we get back?" Tidus asked impatiently. "That I don't know, the way he made it sound, we can't, but there could be a way." Yuna answered ignoring his tone. Just then there Yuna heard a growl, she turned around slowly and saw a creature like she'd never seen before, it had a body like a lions, a head like a crocodiles and a long, spiky tail. This was definitely not there to greet them. Tidus drew his sword, ready to fight but when the creature pounced and Tidus stabbed at it, the sword only slightly bruised it. Yuna tried to summon an aeon but as the mysterious man had said, it didn't do any good, nothing happened. From the looks of it, running would do nothing because the creature could most likely run faster. The weak swords would have to do. Tidus tossed Yuna his extra blade. Copying the words Auron had said to him he told her, "I hope you know how to use this!" and began to fight. With surprising speed and strength Yuna attacked the creature but this time, he hit it on the head with the handle of the sword. The creature wobbled, then fell to the ground. Yuna grinned, "I guess killing it isn't always the way to do it." She said. Tidus smiled a little too but was embarrassed that she had won with the first hit. "Look at this!" Yuna exclaimed a few hours later. They had been wandering through the endless grass trying to sort out their very strange problem. Yuna picked up a flat stone tablet from the ground. "What is it?" Tidus asked. "I'm not completely sure but I believe it's a puzzle stone." Yuna replied. Tidus still had a blank look on his face that told Yuna that he didn't have a clue what she was talking about. "A puzzle stone is a tablet like this one. They are a way of passing on messages. It was once a very large stone that had the complete message carved on it, it was then broken into pieces and scattered along trails." Yuna explained. "So there are people here?" Tidus asked. "Well, there are a few possibilities. One, you are correct and there is intelligent creatures here, Two there were people here at one time but they are gone, Three this tablet it absolutely nothing and was made naturally , or Four this is how we get back home." Yuna said. "Let's just hope that your last guess was right." Tidus said. Yuna nodded her agreement. "We need to look for more tablets like this one." Yuna concluded. "We know that it is a puzzle stone now!" Tidus said happily as he connected two more tablets to the original. They had found the two near by as they continued to search. "It is Al bhed text, I do not know much, but my father taught me some. Maybe when we find more, I'll be able to find words that I know" Yuna said. The words were carved into the stone deeply it said: Du dra bund. "I sure wish Rikku were here." Tidus groaned. As the pair continued, no more creatures attacked, the planet was very peaceful. "I see another piece!" Tidus exclaimed. It was the 6th tablet. They didn't seem to be hidden well at all. "I think this is the first tablet, look at the rounded corner." Yuna pointed out. The stones now read Dra bydr du dra bundym ec drnuikr dra. "It says, the path to the portal is through the, and it stops there." Yuna reported. Tidus was beginning to think that she knew a lot more Al Bhed that she had told him.