Another Journey

By: Slash Fanatic

Ch.1

The Start of Something New

A/N: ::double-casts Ultima on all the ff.net administrators and on the person that reported me:: Well, now that I got THAT out of the way…::coughs:: Hey people! I had to repost this story. Since it's untimely demise, I took the opportunity to rewrite the whole fic, and hopefully it'll come out better. Sorry it took forever to repost it, I had lost faith within this site, but alas, I can't stop myself from writing so I came back.

Shout-Outs: My bad for the inconvenience to the readers that had been following this story before its deletion. I'm still rewriting all the chapters (and I'm illustrating some things too), which included this one, so please r/r me even if you had in the past. Thanks.

Shameless Promotion: Oh, this story is a sequel to my first fan fiction, "Wakka Laments." So please r/r it as well. It explains how Tidus and Auron come back and why they're alive in the beginning of this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to FFX or FFX-2, which is owned by their respective owners. ::pouts::

Warnings: There will be yaoi and yuri in this story so if you don't like that kind of stuff, then don't read this fic. This story is also a rewrite of FFX-2, it'll sort of follow the game but there will be changes (like yaoi couples and different events and stuff) It's a work in progress so bear with me.

[text] = thoughts

"text" = dialogue

=time or scene change

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It is a bright sunny day in Luca. The city is full of people from all over Spira, trying desperately to get into the blitz ball stadium to witness a performance from the former summoner, Yuna. People were rushing to get their seats, not wanting to miss this exclusive event. Children laughed happily and adults smiled widely at the spectacle, they had missed their High Summoner and appreciated her greatly for what she had done in the past. Although everyone seemed to be in high spirits, there was someone in the midst of the crowd that wasn't.

"I hope I'll get the chance to beat her down like the her mother never did…"

A young woman in a moogle costume was talking to herself as she stood on the second pier outside Luca. She looked ticked off, which clashed with the humorous mog costume that she was decked out in.

"I can't believe I promoted her concert too…passing out those balloons when I didn't want to. This just isn't my day." She could hear the enthusiastic wails from the stadium as Yuna performed a song called "Real Emotion," apparently the fans couldn't get enough of the song.

"Wait till I get my hands on her…I'll…I'll…(she started to strangle an imaginary person)…Ugghhh!!!" She threw her arms to her side in frustration. Still pissed off, she folded her arms and just stood there, tapping her left, little moogle foot impatiently.

[What's taking them so long…]

"What could I do for you? What could I do for you? What could for you? I can't hear you…" Yuna stepped with the beat of the music, along with the two hot, dark skinned men that she had as backup dancers. The men were wearing identical clothing, a torn faded blue-jean vest (that displayed their muscular chests and chiseled abs perfectly) with matching ass hugging shorts. Yuna couldn't tell if the audience was cheering for her or if they were encouraging her backup dancers to strip fully nude. Fan-girls (and fan-boys) kept hollering at the handsome men, which made the songstress insanely jealous.

"I can't hear you…" The songstress was just finishing her song when she saw two familiar faces approaching her quickly on a hijacked floating machina. It was Rikku and Paine, who had "borrowed" a hover board from a guitarist performing Yuna's song.

The thief and the warrior leapt from their transport and landed on the centered platform. "Well hey there Yuna, we finally caught up to you."

"You know what we came for so give it up!" Rikku said as she swirled her twin-daggers menacingly.

"I was just having a little fun…" Yuna said innocently. Paine pointed her skull sword at the brunette. "Well, play time is over. Now hand over the garment grid."

Yuna's two male dancers left hand in hand as they fled from the upcoming battle and were replaced by some male thieves. By this time, the audience within the blitz ball dome saw that they had a perfect opportunity to raise a panic and decided to do so. They ran and shouted as if they were under attack by Sin again, even though there wasn't a true cause for mayhem.

"If you want it back so badly, then you'll have to take it from me." Yuna sneered. She looked at the goons standing beside her. "Come on boys! Make the LeBlanc Syndicate proud!" The green clothed men nodded to their boss and took out their daggers.

Paine smirked and shouldered her blade. "Lets dance…"

Both goons took on a female foe as Yuna began to cast a spell in the background. Paine easily blocked her opponents attacks with her long sword. Their weapons continued to clash until she drove the henchman to the edge of the floating platform.

"No! Don't push me over!" The goon shrieked, dropping his weapons. "Humph. Okay." She fisted her free hand and punched the cowering man in the jaw. He fell backward and laid defeated on the stage. Then she heard the sound of a lightning bolt being casted.

"Ow!" Rikku was struck by a Thunder spell and fell to her knees. She had successfully knocked out her male attacker as well, but was left open and was assaulted by Yuna.

Paine smiled. "Lets see if a little songstress can handle a warrior and a thief all by herself…" She rushed toward the brunette and started to slash at her. Rikku trembled as she got back to her feet. "You'll pay for that spell you casted on me!" She picked up her daggers and quickly joined her comrade.

Yuna managed to dodge both of her assailants attacks successfully but was finally backed to the edge of the circular platform. The brunette gritted her teeth. "You haven't defeated me yet!" She casted a Flash attack on her enemies, which mimicked a darkness spell. Rikku and Paine saw it coming and instantly closed their eyes so they wouldn't be blinded. They knew of the conniving tricks that their foe could utilize.

After the Flash spell, they saw that Yuna had escaped. "Quick! She couldn't have gone far!" Paine dashed toward the stadium exit with Rikku on her heels.

"Hehe, that was fun." Yuna ran out to the streets of the seaside city and made her way along the docks. People continued to run and yell in disarray even though no one was attacking them still. She easily blended into the crowd and ran by a person in a Moogle costume on the second pier.

"Oh no! She's getting away!" The mog started to bounce up and down cutely in alarm. Then Rikku and Paine showed up and spotted the costumed woman. They hastily approached her.

"Did you see where she went?" the silver haired youth asked.

The moogle nodded, healed RiPa with her white magic, and then pointed to where Yuna had ran by.

"Thanks babe." Paine smiled and winked before taking off after Yuna with Rikku leading the way.

It was a good thing the mog costume was hiding the woman's face or it would reveal her blushing fiercely. "Wait for me guys!" She gave chase and began to discard her moogle costume as she ran.

Rikku and Paine easily dispatched their unworthy opponents, the Lablanc Syndicate, whom they ran into instead of finding Yuna. The main henchmen of that sphere hunting group, Logos (a tall gunman) and Ormi (a large man that carried a shield that doubled as a boomerang weapon), were cringing on the cold cement of Luca, amazed at the strength of the Gullwings, their rivals.

Then Yuna came to the Syndicate's aid. "Uhhh, I don't know why I put up with you two slackers." She was still dressed as a songstress.

"Why do you want this stupid "garment grid" thing anyway? You could just make yourselves another one!"

"Because that grid was fashioned for me only to use, which is why you have stolen my identity and must be punished."

Everyone turned their heads to see who had spoken. Miraculously, another Yuna came out! Except this Yuna was dressed in a gunner's outfit. She made her way to join Rikku and Paine.

"You give back Yuni's garment grid right now before you give her new dress-sphere stretch marks." Rikku said, smirking.

The imposter gave the peppy girl a frosty glare. "Fine."

Without hesitating, she removed the grid from herself and tossed it at Yuna. The female gunner caught it and immediately attached it to her default attire; now she could change into her other outfits that her friend Shinra had made her.

Suddenly, the phony songstress started to glow; she was changing back into her original appearance. She tossed her microphone into the air and it disappeared. Out of nowhere, the woman pulled out a gray/blue fighting-fan weapon and opened it to cover her face. Her midnight-blue songstress dress faded and manifested into a strange hot pink costume that looked completely ridiculous. Even Paine smiled at how stupid it looked.

"That grid isn't yours for long, loves!" The new bombshell blond, known as LeBlanc, pointed her weapon at Yuna. She rushed foreword, entering a futile battle against the Gullwings.

"You won't win so easily next time!" Leblanc shrieked as she ran away from the fight, tail between her legs. She wiped her eyes in vain, trying to null the effect of the Darkness that blinded her.

"This way boss…" the fat man known as Ormi started to say.

"I know where I'm going!" Leblanc snapped, cutting her henchmen off.

Yuna, Rikku, and Paine watched as they saw the pathetic losers run away. They were stunned at how easy the fight against the main members of the Leblanc Syndicate was but regardless, their mission was completed.

"Okay Buddy, we're ready to leave. Mission comp…hey! What's going on!?" Paine turned around and raised an eyebrow at what she saw. At that moment, for some reason Yuna decided to do a little victory dance.

Rikku ran up to the brunette and started a little jig of her own. "Come on Paine! Join us!" Both girls giggled as they danced to an unheard song.

Paine gave the thief a "Are you stupid? Do I look like the type to dance?" look. "No thanks," she simply replied.

"Awww, Paine. You have to stop being so anti-social." Yuna stopped dancing with Rikku and frowned.

The silver haired woman folded her arms in defense. [I don't like dancing. But if it would make Yuna happy…] She was about to approach the songstress when their transportation arrived in the form of a scarlet, motorcycle-looking airship.

Paine sighed, she missed her chance to dance with Yuna. The Gullwings entered their aircraft, known as the Celsius, and made their way to the Bridge where they were greeted by Brother, Buddy, and Shinra; the male counterparts of the Gullwings.

"Guess what ladies, we detected another sphere on Mount Gagazette." Buddy said as he walked up to YRP.

"Awww, but I thought we were supposed to go to Besaid Island next! We haven't been there since I became a sphere hunter" Yuna said.

"Just one more sphere Yuni, it's not like anything happens in Besaid anyways" Rikku said, flopping into a chair.

"Grrrr…I hate this thing!!!" Tidus wailed furiously as he inputted his latest computation into the orange sphere. Sphere Break wasn't as fun as he thought it would be. It required a quick mind combined with reasonable math skills; something he didn't possess.

"Complicated, huh?" Wakka said as he hugged his boyfriend closer, peering over the blond's shoulder to view the latest craze in Spira. The couple sat by the ocean's edge, wasting another day at the beach as they anticipated Yuna's return.

"Damn it! To hell with this stupid game!!!" Tidus chucked the small circular device into the tranquil blue sea. It made a, "bloop!," sound when it collided with the water. "Tell me, who in their right mind would play that thing instead of blitz ball?"

"Not you, eh?" Wakka replied, still holding his boyfriend. They've been together for two years and were still going strong.

"That's right!" Tidus retorted. "You know why they call it Sphere Break Wakka?

"Why?" the redhead asked, humoring his lover.

"They call it that because people end up "breaking" the sphere by throwing it to the ground from frustration, that's why!" he said, sounding like he was the only person in Spira to come up with that remark.

"Oh, really? That's why they call it Sphere Break, ya?" Wakka said as he hugged Tidus tighter.

"Uh huh." Tidus said cheerfully as he was pulled closer into the older man's embrace. Despite his headache from the arithmetic he just performed in his head, it didn't seem to faze him anymore. He's with Wakka, the love of his life. There's something about that man that can erase anything negative from the atmosphere. The redhead was the strongest man he knew (besides Auron) yet he's the gentlest, kindest man as well…he reminded Tidus of a cute, cuddly teddy bear. A teddy bear he has slept with every night since they got together two years ago. His offbeat sense of humor just adds more to the attraction. And he returns Tidus' love. The blond was thankful that he was in his life.

"Whatcha' thinkin' about? Me?" Wakka teased as he tightened his main squeeze in his muscular arms.

"Naahhh." he replied, almost shocked that his boyfriend knew what he was thinking. "Now why would I be thinking about you?" Tidus said with a small hint of sarcasm in his breath. He liked to get a rise out of Wakka and enjoyed seeing his adorable reaction.

Wakka stuck out his bottom lip and pouted. "Why'd you have to say that?" The redhead started to tickle and pinch at the sides of the younger boy. "You're just mad cuz you lost five times in a row to Rin's Sphere, huh?"

"Ack! Ah. Ha ha ha. Wakka stop it! HAHAHAHA!!!"

Needless to say, the tickling didn't stop. Wakka knew just the right places to tickle his beloved to render him useless. Tidus was lying on the soft sand, laughing his head off; the cool, refreshing water of the tide hitting him sporadically. A few moments later, a pale young woman seemed to materialize out of nowhere. Lulu seemed to have that stealth ability, she could sneak up behind you and scare you without trying.

"Having fun kiddies?"

"Yeah, lot's of fun Lu."

The appearance of his close friend didn't hinder Wakka from his tickling attack. He didn't even turn around to recognize that she was there.

"HaHaHaHa…Lu…Haha…Lu…Hahaha…HELP MEEEE!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" Tidus pleaded between laughter. Wakka was getting him good. He was tickling fast enough in just the right spots that it made Tidus completely vulnerable.

The black mage turned around to make it seem like she was going to leave. "Tell me whenever Yuna arrives…" Without looking back, she gave a backward goodbye gesture, a smirk spreading across her face.

"NNOOOO!!!! HAHAHALULUUU!!!! HAHAHAPLEEAASEE!!!!" Tidus exclaimed with his eyes closed shut. His stomach felt like it was going to burst from the intense laughter.

Lulu turned around, smiling. [They're so cute together…] She began to feel guilty for not helping Tidus in his situation. He looked so cute, who wouldn't aid him in his time of need?

"Fine, I'll help you… just this once." She raised her arms in the air and looked directly at the older man.

"Wakka, do you feel thirsty?"

The redhead knew what was coming but had no time to react. A split second later, he was hit with a minor water spell, compliments of Lulu. Even her lowest water incantations can do a considerable amount of damage, but fortunately, she was standing from a distance. Her water spell was forceful enough to knock the man into the clear water of Besaid Island's beach.

Tidus was clenching his mid-section. "…Thanks… Lulu…" His chest heaved in and out as his lungs took in gulps of air. Just then, Wakka sat up from the water.

"Yo Lulu! What's the big deal, eh? I was getting him real good and ya had to ruin my fun!"

Slightly giggling, she replied, "Yeah, you were getting him real good. Too good in fact…" She turned to face Tidus, who was still gasping for air.

"Damn, Tidus. You were screaming like a little…"

"Rich. He'll be rich, Brother tells us. He claims the next mission will be "the one." Humph. Doubtful. They're still not here, I see." Auron came from the village, looking to find where everyone was at.

"Yeah, they're no where in sight." Tidus said as he slowly got up from the creamy white sand.

"So you're done laughing? I could hear you even before I entered the beach." Auron said in a matter-of-fact tone.

The blond was brushing off sand from the back of his body. "Yeah, well I wouldn't have been laughing if it wasn't for HIM!" he said, then pointing to the man sitting waist deep in water.

"What did I do?" Wakka said innocently with a look of disbelief on his face.

[How can you not feel warm and fuzzy after witnessing that.] Lulu thought.

Auron couldn't help but smile. That was something he was getting used to recently. He had never smiled on a regular basis before, but after living with his friends in Besaid Village for the past two years, what did you expect? He had grown accustomed to it. Rikku used to call him a grouch or a stick in the mud before because of his attitude but in all honesty, he wasn't anymore. He changed. Not significantly, but he's now a more friendly, easy going kind of person.

The salt and peppered haired man chuckled to himself after realizing how "soft" he was getting.

"Now what are you laughing at?" Lulu inquired.

"Nothing really." Auron said. "I'm just wondering if Tidus and Wakka are adults or children is all."

"I'm not a child!" Wakka and Tidus said in unison, not intentionally.

"Humph. Like I said, children." Auron smirked. "Well, I'm going back into town. Come get me if and when Yuna gets back." He turned around and proceeded in the direction of the village.

A moment passed before Wakka playfully splashed some water in Tidus' direction, grinning like an idiot.

"Punk!"

The blond scooped up some wet sand and tossed it at him. The mud broke into little pieces in the air and decorated Wakka's flesh with sandy sprinkles. Once again, the two men were horsing around.

"They just don't know when to quit." Lulu said to herself as she shook her head at the scene. [But no one can deny it when they see them together. They really do love each other, regardless that they're two men…] Her black lips formed a smile as she continued to watch the two men play. They were now wrestling and were trying to pin each other in the shallow water.

Seeing no point in sticking around, the black mage turned around and started to make her way to Besaid Village. She didn't go far when she stopped immediately in her tracks.

Lulu was a natural born mage and had been blessed with magic skills and keen senses. Just then, her heart felt something…but what was it? Her very soul seemed to shiver at that moment. She looked around at her surroundings and started to gather magic within herself incase something should happen at that instant. But immediately, her senses went back to normal, like nothing ever occurred.

Still wondering what had happened, she continued her walk. Everything appeared to be fine. Or so it seemed…

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End Ch. 1

To be continued

Author Notes: Kay, let me clarify some things. ;; First of all, I know I introduced sphere break a LITTLE too early in this story. But whatever, this is my story! Things are obviously going to be different, okay? Oh, and I imagined sphere break as a spherical "Game boy" type of thing. Just thought I'd point that out.

Well, I did add more stuff in this chapter and made it a bit longer. I'll slowly, but surely revise and add more to my other chapters as well. They should be out soon…unless I procrastinate or get distracted by something!

Do you have any comments? Suggestions? Questions? Criticism? Would you like to read something that I didn't put in my story? Then leave me a review! Thanks.