A Child's Story

A/N: Hello every body, this is my first fan-fic so any comments are appreciated. This fic was designed to explore an idea I had and unfortunately Yuna didn't fit the criteria, so I made her children do it, so it is obviously a post-game fic. I own none of the characters at this point, Square Enix does so please don't sue me.

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Prologue: The Secret of the Names

Quote: To give a departed friend's name to a child is to give them their soul as well.

She awoke to a soft kiss on her lips; even without opening her eyes Yuna knew who it was, there was only one person who could pack so much love into a kiss so soft, her husband of just under a year, Tidus. Resisting the urge to sleep more, Yuna slowly opened her eyes and tried to sit up, the previous nights labor had been harder than she imagined for two reasons and they were, for the moment, sleeping in the basinet next to her bed. She never imagined she would give birth to twins.

Tidus put his arm gently around her shoulders and kissed her cheek. "Good morning Yuna," he whispered into her ear, "today is our first official day as parents, I already made breakfast, and I'm sure when the kids wake up the quiet will be gone, so we had best eat now."

"Are you still excited," Yuna smiled as she got up, "even after several months?"

"That was when you were pregnant and I was a father-to-be," Tidus replied, "Now we actually have a family, there's a difference."

"Oh, is that it huh? I guess I'll just sit back and enjoy the pampering while I can." Yuna stated as she sat down to a breakfast of chocobo eggs and sausage. "It's nice to actually eat breakfast again." Yuna said as she dug in.

"It's nice to actually be able to cook something normal for you again." Tidus smirked, "Some of the stuff you ate before had my stomach turning."

"It wasn't my fault I had morning sickn…" Yuna was suddenly cut off by the sound of crying, the twins had finally woken up. Getting up from the table, she smiled at Tidus, "I guess they want their breakfast now."

Yuna gently picked up the twins and fed them before returning to the table. Tidus had finished by then and was in the closet staring at his Blitzball outfit intently.

"Do ya think Cap'n Wakka would let me skip out on practice for awhile?" Tidus asked aloud. "He did let us off early yesterday when your labor started, so maybe he'll let me take the week off?"

"You can take off more than dat, Brudda; Yuna needs ya more than we do."

Tidus jerked his head over in surprise, "Whoa, Wakka, Lulu, when did you get here?"

"We heard the twins crying and figured you'd be up by now." Lulu replied.

So, do they have names yet?" Wakka asked excitedly now wiggling his finger at the blonde boy Yuna was holding. The boy cooed happily.

"Not yet." Yuna replied, "I have a feeling though, that the perfect names will come to me soon."

"I hope so," Tidus said taking the brunette girl from Lulu, "it feels weird to not have names to call them."

"It took Wakka awhile to name Vidina," Lulu stated, "Give it time, a name is not something to be rushed into."

"I wonder," Tidus asked to no one in particular, "if all parents have this problem?"

(A/N Bold is in Al Bhed)

"Brother, Could you put the ship down closer to land next time," Rikku shouted into her commlink as she ran down the path to Besaid Village, "Now I'm wet as well as late."

"Well excuse me, next time you walk." Was the reply, Brother had only recently begun to accept Tidus and Yuna's marriage so he still refused to come see her child. "His loss." Rikku thought as she saw the gates of the village come into view.

Yuna, Tidus, and probably the entire village hear the Celsius's approach, so by the time Rikku got to the gates, Yuna, Tidus, Wakka, and Lulu were waiting for her.

"Sorry I'm late Yunie, we were over Gagazet when we heard so, Hey," Rikku stopped when she saw both Tidus and Yuna carrying a baby, "why are there two… OH MY GOSH, Yunie, you had twins!" she exclaimed.

"Yes Rikku, Yuna gave birth to twins." Lulu said gently.

"So," Rikku continued, "do they have names yet?" placing a finger within the grip of the baby boy in Yuna's arms.

"No, not yet," Yuna replied with a small smile, "but I'm sure the perfect names will come to me."

"If you think they will, Yunie, then I know they will." Rikku said as she managed to get her finger back from the boy's tiny grip. "Whatever his name will be, I'm sure he's gonna be a blitzer, he nearly took my finger off.

Laughter ensued as the group headed back toward Yuna and Tidus's hut, but just as they entered the living space, Yuna saw a pair of figures in their bedroom.

Yuna recognized them instantly as the pair of lovers she helped reunite only a year or so prior, but there was something different about them. They were barely visible yet clearly happy as they floated in the air over the basinet. The two smiled, nodded then vanished with a nearly inaudible whisper, "We meet again, Lady Yuna."

Tidus nervously whispered into Yuna's ear, "Did you just see the same thing I saw?"

Yuna nodded, smiled, and then whispered back, "I'll explain later."

"Hey Yunie, we're still here ya know." Rikku said, "You two can sweet talk each other later."

Yuna and Tidus Joined the others sitting down, when Yuna calmly announced, "The perfect names just came to me," Yuna took the stunned silence as a sign to continue, "the twin are named Lenne and Shuyin."

"Wait a minute Yunie, what brought this on?" Rikku asked a little confused.

Yuna looked to Tidus, who had just realized the significance of what he had seen, and when he nodded Yuna said, "Not telling."

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(A/N well there it is the prologue for the main story. As I said earlier I welcome all comment, but I love constructive criticism, it helps me write better. I'll update as often as I can but my work schedule is very inconsistent from week to week so please wait patently.)