Chapter One

The Tournament Begins

"Tidus, wake up!"

"Hum?"

"C'mon! You don't think that you're going to sleep all morning!"

"Oh, Yuna... Calm down! We have all the time. Now we're safe..." Tidus said calmly.

"Yeah, I know, but... Before Sin appeared, people had thought they had all the time for their lives and then, millions of lives were lost!"

"Yuna... You don't have to be so worried. If anything dangerous appears, I'll protect you." Tidus hugged Yuna, putting his arms around her. "Now that we're together, you don't have to be afraid. I'll protect you forever, no matter what happens."

"I wish that that could be truth but... Spira will never be away from problems." Yuna said in a worried tone.

"What are you trying to say? Do you feel anything dangerous in the future?"

"Well... It's just a feeling and... I'm afraid, Tidus. I don't wanna lose you again."

"Take a deep breath. Like I said to you before, I'll protect you of everything! And, I swear to you, we'll never be away from each other. Never!"

Suddenly, their "romantic moment" was interrupted by...

"Wakka!" yelled the blond boy.

"Hey, calm down, ya? It's just the old Wakka!" said him, smiling to Yuna. "Good morning, lovely couple!"

"Get out of here!"

"Hey! What a bad mood..."

"I just wanna be with my Yunie..." Tidus joked.

Yuna and Wakka looked at him and started to laugh very loud. So loud that Lulu came to see what was happening.

"Lulu, where's the baby?"

"He's fine, but I'm not! You said that you're going to buy some food and you came here to laugh! I'm not a babysitter! He's your son, too!"

"Lulu is angry..." Yuna murmured to Tidus.

"I wouldn't like to be in Wakka's place..."

"And don't think that you can-"

"Are you feeling this?" Wakka asked to his wife.

"Yeah, I'm feeling, be quite!"

"Ok, you don't have to be so-"

"Shut up!"

"It's here..." murmured Yuna.

"Is this the feeling that you were talking about?" asked the blond guy.

"Yes..." Yuna pressed with more strength her arms around Tidus' neck. "I'm scared..."

"Prepare to fight." warned Lulu.

"What you mean, honey?"

And then, all around them disappeared. They disappeared from Besaid but… Where were they?

"Hum… What happened?" Yuna woke up and looked around. "Tidus! Tidus, where are we?"

"Well… I don't know. But...this seems very similar to...Zanarkand...My Zanarkand."

"This place is strange…"

"Really, Wakka? I didn't realize that!"

Suddenly, at their side, more and more people appeared in Zanarkand.

"Rikku? Paine?" asked Yuna confused.

"Hi Yunie! Auron and Khimari came too. Look, over there!" pointed Rikku, like if they where in some café, drinking their coffee.

"What's going on, Yuna?" asked Paine.

"Well, we don't know, actually…"

"I think that I can answer to that question…" said a voice, in the middle of the arena.

"Who are you?"

"Hello! If it isn't the great Tidus!"

"Stop playing with us, and talk!" said the blond guy.

"If you wanna know… I'm the Mastermind, not a person, neither a fiend. But, at the same time, both of them. What actually is important to you is that I'm a master of magic and fight. I can do what I want, just with a blink of eyes. And, right now, I want to see the greater fighters of Spira, from all the ages, fighting with each other, 'til death."

"What? You're crazy! You can't do anything against our strength!" said Paine.

"We'll see. Now, would you like to hear the rules?"

"What rules? We won't fight!" Lenne said.

"You'll have to fight against each other, 'til death, like I said before. In the end, only two persons will survive to the final match. The winner will gain his memories back."

"Our memories?" asked Yunalesca.

"Yes. You'll lose your memories before the tournament, because it's obviously that you'll never hurt somebody that you like, so…"

"You got to be kidding! How can you do such thing?" Ashe yelled.

"And who is she?" Yuna murmured to Tidus.

"I don't know… Maybe some fighter from the future…"

"Maybe…" agreed Yuna.

"Well, let's begin! Mind's Control!"

At the time that Mastermind make is spell, all the area was covered by a white light. Everyone was laying on the floor, in some kind of sleep.

"Excellent! The tournament is about to begin!" Mastermind congratulated himself.

Ashe woke up. She looked around. Where was she? And how did she get there? What was going on?

"Good morning." said a nice voice.

"'Morning. Excuse me my question but...who are you? And were are we?"

"Well, my name is Lenne and...I also don't know where we are."

Ashe looked to the girl. She seemed to be the same age as her. On one hand, Lenne looked taller then Ashe, but on the other hand, Ashe wasn't short. It was Lenne that was a tall girl. To make a combination with her height, her hair was long too. It had a bright brown colour and it looked very soft. Besides all of her bright skin looked very soft. Her big eyes captured all of the sun light making them glare in the small that only had the sun light to illuminate it.

"So...What's your name?" Lenne asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Ashe. Nice to meet you, Lenne." She said showing a smile to the girl.

Now it was Lenne that was looking to Ashe.

Ashe was a very beautiful girl with a long brown hair, similar to Lenne's hair, but darker and smaller. She had two green eyes shining like two emeralds lost in a vast desert. Her lips were soft and sweet like a piece of sugar. Her skin had a tanned colour like a golden autumn leaf.

"Is there somebody else outside?"

"Yes, I think I heard some voices... I just got up and my room is just next to yours!" Lenne said with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"I just wanted to know why we are here..."

"Yeah, me too. What do you think of us going to explore a bit of this unknown place?" Lenne suggested.

"That's an excellent idea! Let's go!"

The green eyed girl passed through Lenne and went in the door's direction and opened it to both of them. They walked out of the room and passed through a corridor.

In the exact moment that Ashe passed for the door, someone opened. A girl walked out of the room and crashed against Lenne.

"Hey! Watch out you-" The girl interrupted herself looking to Lenne.

Ashe, which listened to all the noise, turned back and looked to both of them.

"Hey, are you girls twin?" Ashe asked, looking to the girls that were like a reflection of themselves.

The girl in front of Lenne had the same height, the same body and face. The only difference between them was the hair and eyes. The girl had a brown hair too, but shorter, very shorter. And her eyes, they were the most fascinate thing in that girl. She had one blue eye, and one green eye.

"Who are you?" Lenne asked to the girl.

"What do you have to do with it? Get out of my way."

"How rude..." Ashe said, after the girl get out of sight.

"Yeah... Well, let's go?"

"You bet!"

The girls went out of the building and looked around. The place was very big and... Technologically advantage? It was sure that it had very machines and all that things. Before they had time to look to some other thing, they suddenly...

"Welcome, welcome! I expect that you are all prepare to the first round of Spira Tournament!" Mastermind said.

Strangely, they all knew him. And they all knew what was expected for them to do, in the moment. But, how didn't they know it before that? Something very strange was going on.

"For the first battle we have... Tidus and Shuyin!"

The two boys just made a surprised expression. They gave a step towards the arena that was in front of them. The rest of the others looked to the blond boys. They looked similar to each other: same hair, same eyes, and same bodies. It was like Lenne and the other girl.

"Are you ready?" Mastermind asked. "Three..."

The blond boys looked to each other and suddenly, two swords appeared in their hands.

"What the-" Tidus said, the younger boy.

"Two..."

Shuyin analyzed Tidus, like seeing if he was strong or not. Tidus made the same thing.

"One..."

Ashe, without realizing, was watching with some worry and, at the same time, curiosity, to the younger, Tidus.

"FIGHT!" Mastermind shouted, starting the match.

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