FINAL FANTASY X-3: LOST VIRTUES

CHAPTER 1- PROLOGUE

SPIRA, two years later since X-2. Our main focus right now , is in Besaid.

The Besaid Aurochs are practising blitzball. The ball keeps on flying here and there. Wakka observes them. He walks up & down looking at their performance.

"Jassu, watch the ball carefully!" Wakka calls out.

"Gotcha." says Jassu.

"Not with me here!" Tidus yells as he jumps into the air. He is about to perform the Jecht Shot style. But suddenly...

"Hey everyone! Time for lunch!" yells Yuna from the tent.

"Huh? Whoa whoa whoa! Shit...!" Tidus becomes distracted, loses his balance in the air & falls onto the ground with a thud.

Everyone laugh upon this. Tidus rubs his butt in disgrace. Yuna comes out to check & joins in the fun. Lulu appears too, holding her son.He had been able to walk now. Tidus becomes blush. He quickly run past Yuna & into the tent.

NIGHTFALL, but still quite early.It is the second anniversary of Tidus's return to Spira. A campfire party is hold to celebrate again. Most of the guests are old & close friends. Among those who come is Ronso Elder Kimahri, Youth League leader Nooj & of course, the Gullwings. Rikku & Paine are also there.

After the campfire, the whole group sit together again. Not much have change among them. Yuna is still a gunner. Rikku & Paine are still sphere hunters.

"So what's so special about celebrating it this year?" Tidus begin to talk.

"So that we get to be together & play again. Right Yunie?" Rikku intercepts.

'There's time when you should be working & playing." says Paine.

"So what you guys do now?" asks Yuna.

"Now we're part time workers. We help people all over Spira, but of course we charge them for our services.But Paine sure spent most of her time with her man now." Rikku continues.

"What do you mean?" Wakka's turn to ask.

"She got married to Nooj! Now she lives with him at the headquarters!" Brother exclaims.

They can't believe what they just heard.Wakka let out a gasp. But Paine shakes her head instead . "Here we go again."

"Anyway, congratulations, First Lady of the Youth League." says Yuna. Everyone let out a giggle. Paine shakes her head again.

"I'm gald you take the time off to come , Kimahri." says Yuna.

"Yuna finally live happily with him. Yuna happy, Kimahri happy for Yuna too."

"So how's Gippal & Baralai?" Rikku turns to Nooj.

"They're doing just fine. But there's been problem at Djose Temple recently.It's more like a power shortage. Gippal had to take care of the problem, so he couldn't come."

"That's weird. Power shortage in Djose? It never happens before. Must be the fiends again.' says Wakka. " So, how's the Gullwings now?"

"Great! We got ourselves two new members. Well, two non-Al Bhed replacements for Yunie & Paine. There. There's the two of them. Whester & Cagalli." Rikku seems excited to tell them.

"Where? Oh, I think I got what you mean." Yuna's confused at first.

At another corner of the village,there's another group of people having fun with the Aurochs. There is a girl & a man who looks unfamiliar to them. They are Whester & Cagalli.

Whester ; He used to train as a warrior monk in Bevelle years ago, but then he left Bevelle to support the Youth League instead. He's clad in heavy black jacket, long hair & wore a bandana.( Wait a minute. Doesn't he looked more like Vincent Valentine instead?) Seeing him makes Tidus remember the moments he was with Auron years ago.Yuna feels the same too. It's been long since Auron went to the Farplane, forever, after a decade being killed by Yunalesca. The other one is Cagalli, a dual mage. She excels in both white and black magic, which makes a perfect mage.Short & white hair,looks a little like Yuna's. She dons a thick blouse & a skirt with high heel boots. ( When I mean Cagalli, it's not Cagalli Yula Athha!)

"Well you know, Whester's a little weird. He talks a lot of crazy stuffs but gets serious when it comes to fights." say Rikku.

" What about Cagalli? She looks friendly to me ." reply Yuna. Rikku nods her head.

"Why don't just call them here together? We can share our experiences & adventures together." says Lulu. Rikku got up & runs to Whester & Cagalli in reply.

At midnight, somethig weird happens. Everyone have gone to sleep. Nothing really happen among them, except for Tidus & Yuna.

Tidus dreams.He dreams the dream that Yuna had dreamed as a sphere hunter two years ago.The dream was about Tidus & Yuna running somewhere in a tunnel in Bevelle. They reached to an end where Vegnagun was located. The Yevon guards came after them & shot them to their death. Yuna on the other hand,dreams a weirder one. She was floating in the air & could see Bevelle from there. Moments later, an explosion occured, destroying part of Bevelle.Suddenly, Vegnagun rose up from the fire.Someone was controlling it, but Yuna couldn't see him. She tried to yell out at him to stop, but suddenly everything went black.

Tidus wakes up in the morning all of a sudden. He almost yell out when Buddy comes in to check on him.

"Tidus, are you alright?"

"Huh?...yeah. It must've been a dream." Tidus starts to sweat. Then he turns to check on Yuna. She doesn't seem to look good either. Suddenly she rise up, yelling 'No'. Then she open her eyes & look in disbelief. Tidus & Buddy jump back in shock.

"Huh... what..."

" What what?" Tidus asks.

"It, it must've been a dream."

"You had a dream too? Such a coincidence." says Tidus.

"You too? It's impossible. It can't be." Yuna just can't believe it.

No one speak after that.But after breakfast, Tidus & Yuna decide to tell the rest of them. So they call everyone together. Of course, not everyone's there.

"I see that Kimahri & Nooj are not around." says Yuna.

"Kimahri left this morning. Said he still had to keep an eye on the Ronsos." Rikku answers Yuna.

" Nooj had gone back to the Youth League. I thought of leaving later in the day." Paine stands up for Nooj.

" It's okay. But I think Whester & Cagalli should come & listen too." says Tidus.

Upon hearing that, Rikku stands up & walks to Whester & Cagalli. The three of them walk to the group shortly.

"You sure it's okay for us to listen as well?" Cagalli asks.

"How to say again? Of course we help summonner if she has any problems." Whester starts fussing again.

"The Gullwings are our friends too."says Wakka.

Lulu nods her head in support. Tidus begins to tell his dream to everyone.They didn't say anything throughout the time. But upon finishing, Yuna, Rikku & Paine stands up at the same time.

" I had that dream two years ago." Yuna explains. "It was related with with Shuyin and Lenne, & also Vegnagun.But Shuyin & Lenne are gone."

"Then what was your dream?"Tidus asks.

"It's far worst than that." Yuna starts telling her dream to everyone in detail.

"What! Vegnagun? Destroying Bevelle? But Vegnagun's gone right? Rikku gasps.

"Something's totally not right here." says Paine." I wonder if it's still..."

But the conversation's short-lived. There is chaos in the village all of a sudden. People running here and there. It seems that the trouble's coming from the temple.

"What the ass is going on here?"Tidus yells.

"Fiends in the temple! Help!" One of them exclaims as he continues running.

"What,again?" Rikku exclaims. Wakka scratches his head.

"I don't give a damn it's Shuyin again." says Yuna.

"Hey, don't say like that." exclaims Rikku.

"What?" Yuna's confused . Rikku turns away.

"We'll have to check it out." says Tidus as he runs to the temple.

"Lu, take good care of our kid." says Wakka. Lulu nods.

"Let's go guys !" yell Cagalli & Whester together.

The whole gang except Lulu rush into the temple.They make their way into the Cloister of Trials. There are lots of fiends in there, especially machinas that went haywire.Cagalli uses a wand for her magic. Whester wields a Claymore blade. They bash their way through & enter the Chamber Of Fayth.The hole is still there, no sign of fiends. Suddenly, there's a crash. They jump back in surprise. An RSX 004 defender stands in front of them.

"That's the main fiend?Where the hell did it came from?" Whester becomes mad.

"Let me handle it first." says Paine.

"What you gonna do?" asks Rikku.

"The dressphere, remember?" Paine holds out the Full Throttle dressphere for the transformation.

But the fight's not easy as expected. the machina had a chainsaw attached on its arms, doubling the damge inflicted on Paine. when it uses the Blast Punch attack.Paine can't take it anymore.

"We'll help you." Wakka and the rest of them rush forward, except Whester.He closes his eyes and holds his blade in a weird position. The rest withdraw their weapons and start fighting. But they can't hold long either. This defender's tougher than the previous ones.Finally Whester rushs forward. His blade's glowing. He swings it at the defender at the speed of light. It hit the centre torso. The defender lets out sparks and falls to the gound, its body parts being disconnected.

"That was... close.You... you should've help ealier." says Wakka panting.

They didn't say a single word after that. They look into the fayth hole, then walk out of the chamber & out of the temple. The villagers greet them with joy, for the fiends have been terminated. Peace is restored in Besaid.

'CHAPTER 1 COMPLETE'