Hey, I've never done a FFX submission before, so this is kind of a first
for me. Anyway, I've read what seems like dozens of the "Tidus returns to
Yuna" stories and writing on FFX-2 seems like a mute point unless it has
something to do with Tidus's and Yuna's futures (probably involving
marriage). So, I decided to write a completely fictional story using the
characters from the FFX universe. All the characters will probably end up
out of character at some point in time, I'll just warn you of that now. I
tried to take a different approach in introducing Tidus and Yuna but I
guess I'll know if I'm being too repetitive if someone tells me so in the
reviews (that is if anyone even reviews). As for the rest, you can read
for yourself. I hope you like it.
Sidenote: This has nothing to do with the story, but, has anyone ever seen a "Spiran" with blond hair? I was thinking about it briefly, after reading a story where Tidus is taken in by the Al-Bhed and I realized that I couldn't think of a single Spiran with blond hair. It brings up the questions: why didn't they mistake Tidus for and Al-Bhed, how come they never realized that blond seemed to indicate Al-Bhed, and why the heck does this even matter. Oh well, I guess that's a brief glimpse into my mind, sorry if I wasted your time.
Disclaimer: I don't own them and that's all I'm going to say. The story plot is mine but just about all the characters belong to someone else (so much for "all I'm going to say").
Yuna's alarm clock burst off, signaling another day for the eighteen year old girl. Slowly, she got up from her bed and slapped it off. She was very tempted to give it a one way trip into the wall but she convinced herself not to for fear that she would bust it if she did. She was really in no mood to go to school today, especially since it was the first day of school. It was pointless, all the teachers would do is go over their rules the entire hour and put at least half the class to sleep.
Grudgingly, she made her way into her bathroom and stared at the complexion in the mirror. "Great," she muttered to herself as she stared at the hideous form that returned her gaze. She had definitely partied too hard last night.
She had gone to an end of the summer bash held by most of the Seniors at Besaid High. She spent the night dancing and talking about everything and everybody. Around three in the morning, a cop finally broke up the gathering and everyone went home. She had had to serve as designated driver for her twin sister and three other people who hadn't been very sparing in their alcohol consumption.
Lenne, the thought of her last night almost made Yuna laugh. She had spent most of the night hanging off of Seymour and drinking one beer after another. In the end, she was barely able to walk, so watching her try to dance with Seymour was definitely a highlight of Yuna's evening.
It was amazing to think how different she was from her sister. Her sister was always concerned about popularity and being the hottest girl in school, but Yuna viewed it more as a privilege than a necessity. Sure, she loved it when guys hit on her and she always made sure she was more than presentable, but she viewed those as her rights. As part of the richest and most well known family in Spira, it was almost a given that hundreds of boys would be vying for her affection. Her looks just made her more desirable. As for popularity, her popularity was pretty much assured because of her family so she didn't strive to be the most popular, that was Lenne's field of expertise.
She started her shower and stepped in, instantly forgetting about what she was thinking about and refocusing on school. Besaid High was a private school reserved only for the most privileged of kids. There probably wasn't a single person in the entire school who's family wasn't worth a money figure in the millions or beyond. She was used to private schools, they allowed her to carry on her life without encountering the usual "scum" that was almost inherent in public schools.
She finished showering and went about preparing for the rest of the day. After brushing her hair, putting on makeup, and dressing she made her way to the dining room. Lenne was already sitting at the other end of the elongated table, eating on a bagel and rubbing her head.
Yuna made her way to her seat at the other end of the table and was immediately handed her bagel by their servant. She looked across the long table to see Lenne massaging her temples slowly, with her half eaten bagel still in hand. "Hangover?" Yuna asked with a slight snicker. It wasn't really a question since she already knew the answer, but the reaction she got from Lenne was a classic. She stared at Yuna with an almost deadly intent that clearly said "drop the subject, NOW!"
Holding back any remarks she could have made, Yuna instead asked, "so any news?" To anyone outside the family, it might have seemed like an odd question to be asking in the morning but to Yuna and Lenne it was almost tradition. Lenne, being the social butterfly she was, was privy to just about every piece of gossip that passed through the school. Naturally, that meant that Yuna turned to her for all the juicy information and rumors.
Lenne's expression lightened at the thought and she quickly started with her tirade of the latest news. "Well, Bickson has apparently been cheating on Dona and she caught him at the party last night. Let's just say that the last I heard, she told Bickson she was going to personally castrate him. The worst part about it is that I think she might actually do it."
Yuna gritted her teeth at the thought of how Dona would deal with Bickson. Dona was a bit eccentric, to say the very least so being in Bickson's position was probably a very unenviable position indeed. "Anything else?"
"Well. apparently we're going to get some new students this year."
"Really," Yuna replied with a little interest. Besaid was pretty much an exclusive school so there were very few transfers.
"Yeah, but don't get too interested because they aren't exactly the high society types. Apparently, Zanarkand High got shut down, something about not being able to meet safety standards or something like that. Most of the kids are being bused to nearby schools, but some idiot came up with the idea to send a couple of them to our school. I'm not sure who they are but I know Seymour isn't going to take kindly to them. In fact, I've heard that he and some of the other Seniors are planning a 'proper greeting' for them." She let out a small snicker, obviously amused with whatever Seymour had planned. "I just hope they don't get used to it at Besaid High because I guarantee they won't last through the entire year without flunking out.
Lenne tone made it very clear she had no respect for kids from Zanarkand High. Ever since she started going after Seymour she had pretty much turned into one of Seymour's lackeys. Seymour hated Zanarkand High ever since they utterly stomped him in blitzball his sophomore year and since Seymour hated them, everyone who looked up to him came to the conclusion that they hated them too.
Zanarkand High was a public school located in a very rundown part of Zanarkand. It was notorious for its routy, if not juvenile, students. Of all the high schools in Spira, Zanarkand had the lowest test scores by a huge margin. The government had been trying to close the school down for quite some time but it always seemed to squeak by inspection. But finally, they were being closed down. Normally, Yuna would have been happy, the Zanarkand fans had always found ways to embarrass Besaid during blitzball games, but the fact that Besaid now had to take in a couple of them definitely dissipated any happiness she might have felt. "How many are there?"
"I heard ten, but I'm not sure."
Yuna sighed in frustration. One or two, they could handle easily, but ten bad eggs in a school that contained only 100 students meant that the school average was definitely going to drop a lot more than the bigger schools. That was the last thing she needed. She had every intention of getting into the best college possible and "Graduate of Besaid High" usually looked pretty good on a college application but now she wasn't so sure it would look quite as good as she thought it would. Perhaps it was just paranoia, but she was a little afraid of what the new kids would do to her normally orderly school.
Lenne spotted her anger and agreed with her verbally, "Yeah, I know. If daddy were here, he'd settle this in no time." Yuna and Lenne's father, Lord Braska, was away on one of his seemingly endless business trips. Normally, he had a big hand in the affairs of the school, since he contributed a significant amount of gil to Besaid High every year. But lately, Braska Enterprises was in the middle of a massive expansion project and he was almost always gone on business.
Yuna nodded her head in agreement and ate the last bite of her bagel before checking her watch. They had an hour before school started but she suddenly remembered something. "Lenne! I totally forgot, we're supposed to meet the gang in the blitzball stadium before school."
A look of realization passed over Lenne's face and she followed the already dashing Yuna to the garage. It was tradition that the students met in the blitzball stadium before the first day of school. It really didn't serve any purpose. In fact, most of the time, it was used to discuss how they were going to terrorize the new freshman. This year's meeting would probably include something about the new students as well. Both girls hoped into matching SUV's and sped out of the garage, intent on getting to Besaid High as quickly as possible.
Hey, sorry about that. I really wanted to write the next part of this story and release it as well but my father decided to play on the computer all yesterday so I didn't have time. Sorry if the ending of this chapter seems a little different then the first part, I just wrote it today so I was in a different mindset. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon but in the meantime if you can give me a review on what I'm doing wrong or right, I'd appreciate it. Hope you liked it.
Sidenote: This has nothing to do with the story, but, has anyone ever seen a "Spiran" with blond hair? I was thinking about it briefly, after reading a story where Tidus is taken in by the Al-Bhed and I realized that I couldn't think of a single Spiran with blond hair. It brings up the questions: why didn't they mistake Tidus for and Al-Bhed, how come they never realized that blond seemed to indicate Al-Bhed, and why the heck does this even matter. Oh well, I guess that's a brief glimpse into my mind, sorry if I wasted your time.
Disclaimer: I don't own them and that's all I'm going to say. The story plot is mine but just about all the characters belong to someone else (so much for "all I'm going to say").
Yuna's alarm clock burst off, signaling another day for the eighteen year old girl. Slowly, she got up from her bed and slapped it off. She was very tempted to give it a one way trip into the wall but she convinced herself not to for fear that she would bust it if she did. She was really in no mood to go to school today, especially since it was the first day of school. It was pointless, all the teachers would do is go over their rules the entire hour and put at least half the class to sleep.
Grudgingly, she made her way into her bathroom and stared at the complexion in the mirror. "Great," she muttered to herself as she stared at the hideous form that returned her gaze. She had definitely partied too hard last night.
She had gone to an end of the summer bash held by most of the Seniors at Besaid High. She spent the night dancing and talking about everything and everybody. Around three in the morning, a cop finally broke up the gathering and everyone went home. She had had to serve as designated driver for her twin sister and three other people who hadn't been very sparing in their alcohol consumption.
Lenne, the thought of her last night almost made Yuna laugh. She had spent most of the night hanging off of Seymour and drinking one beer after another. In the end, she was barely able to walk, so watching her try to dance with Seymour was definitely a highlight of Yuna's evening.
It was amazing to think how different she was from her sister. Her sister was always concerned about popularity and being the hottest girl in school, but Yuna viewed it more as a privilege than a necessity. Sure, she loved it when guys hit on her and she always made sure she was more than presentable, but she viewed those as her rights. As part of the richest and most well known family in Spira, it was almost a given that hundreds of boys would be vying for her affection. Her looks just made her more desirable. As for popularity, her popularity was pretty much assured because of her family so she didn't strive to be the most popular, that was Lenne's field of expertise.
She started her shower and stepped in, instantly forgetting about what she was thinking about and refocusing on school. Besaid High was a private school reserved only for the most privileged of kids. There probably wasn't a single person in the entire school who's family wasn't worth a money figure in the millions or beyond. She was used to private schools, they allowed her to carry on her life without encountering the usual "scum" that was almost inherent in public schools.
She finished showering and went about preparing for the rest of the day. After brushing her hair, putting on makeup, and dressing she made her way to the dining room. Lenne was already sitting at the other end of the elongated table, eating on a bagel and rubbing her head.
Yuna made her way to her seat at the other end of the table and was immediately handed her bagel by their servant. She looked across the long table to see Lenne massaging her temples slowly, with her half eaten bagel still in hand. "Hangover?" Yuna asked with a slight snicker. It wasn't really a question since she already knew the answer, but the reaction she got from Lenne was a classic. She stared at Yuna with an almost deadly intent that clearly said "drop the subject, NOW!"
Holding back any remarks she could have made, Yuna instead asked, "so any news?" To anyone outside the family, it might have seemed like an odd question to be asking in the morning but to Yuna and Lenne it was almost tradition. Lenne, being the social butterfly she was, was privy to just about every piece of gossip that passed through the school. Naturally, that meant that Yuna turned to her for all the juicy information and rumors.
Lenne's expression lightened at the thought and she quickly started with her tirade of the latest news. "Well, Bickson has apparently been cheating on Dona and she caught him at the party last night. Let's just say that the last I heard, she told Bickson she was going to personally castrate him. The worst part about it is that I think she might actually do it."
Yuna gritted her teeth at the thought of how Dona would deal with Bickson. Dona was a bit eccentric, to say the very least so being in Bickson's position was probably a very unenviable position indeed. "Anything else?"
"Well. apparently we're going to get some new students this year."
"Really," Yuna replied with a little interest. Besaid was pretty much an exclusive school so there were very few transfers.
"Yeah, but don't get too interested because they aren't exactly the high society types. Apparently, Zanarkand High got shut down, something about not being able to meet safety standards or something like that. Most of the kids are being bused to nearby schools, but some idiot came up with the idea to send a couple of them to our school. I'm not sure who they are but I know Seymour isn't going to take kindly to them. In fact, I've heard that he and some of the other Seniors are planning a 'proper greeting' for them." She let out a small snicker, obviously amused with whatever Seymour had planned. "I just hope they don't get used to it at Besaid High because I guarantee they won't last through the entire year without flunking out.
Lenne tone made it very clear she had no respect for kids from Zanarkand High. Ever since she started going after Seymour she had pretty much turned into one of Seymour's lackeys. Seymour hated Zanarkand High ever since they utterly stomped him in blitzball his sophomore year and since Seymour hated them, everyone who looked up to him came to the conclusion that they hated them too.
Zanarkand High was a public school located in a very rundown part of Zanarkand. It was notorious for its routy, if not juvenile, students. Of all the high schools in Spira, Zanarkand had the lowest test scores by a huge margin. The government had been trying to close the school down for quite some time but it always seemed to squeak by inspection. But finally, they were being closed down. Normally, Yuna would have been happy, the Zanarkand fans had always found ways to embarrass Besaid during blitzball games, but the fact that Besaid now had to take in a couple of them definitely dissipated any happiness she might have felt. "How many are there?"
"I heard ten, but I'm not sure."
Yuna sighed in frustration. One or two, they could handle easily, but ten bad eggs in a school that contained only 100 students meant that the school average was definitely going to drop a lot more than the bigger schools. That was the last thing she needed. She had every intention of getting into the best college possible and "Graduate of Besaid High" usually looked pretty good on a college application but now she wasn't so sure it would look quite as good as she thought it would. Perhaps it was just paranoia, but she was a little afraid of what the new kids would do to her normally orderly school.
Lenne spotted her anger and agreed with her verbally, "Yeah, I know. If daddy were here, he'd settle this in no time." Yuna and Lenne's father, Lord Braska, was away on one of his seemingly endless business trips. Normally, he had a big hand in the affairs of the school, since he contributed a significant amount of gil to Besaid High every year. But lately, Braska Enterprises was in the middle of a massive expansion project and he was almost always gone on business.
Yuna nodded her head in agreement and ate the last bite of her bagel before checking her watch. They had an hour before school started but she suddenly remembered something. "Lenne! I totally forgot, we're supposed to meet the gang in the blitzball stadium before school."
A look of realization passed over Lenne's face and she followed the already dashing Yuna to the garage. It was tradition that the students met in the blitzball stadium before the first day of school. It really didn't serve any purpose. In fact, most of the time, it was used to discuss how they were going to terrorize the new freshman. This year's meeting would probably include something about the new students as well. Both girls hoped into matching SUV's and sped out of the garage, intent on getting to Besaid High as quickly as possible.
Hey, sorry about that. I really wanted to write the next part of this story and release it as well but my father decided to play on the computer all yesterday so I didn't have time. Sorry if the ending of this chapter seems a little different then the first part, I just wrote it today so I was in a different mindset. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon but in the meantime if you can give me a review on what I'm doing wrong or right, I'd appreciate it. Hope you liked it.