A/N: I've redone all the chapters so instead of having the i b codes, there's actual italics and bolds!! Hope it makes it easier for you to read!
Chapter One
"Rikku! Wake up!!"
Rikku yawned, rolling over in her bed. It was an early summer morning. She opened her eyes, seeing her newlywed husband Gippal. "Mornin!" she smiled. She sat up, looking around. "Gippal, it's barely morning. What's your problem?"
Gippal grinned. Rikku was odd but he loved her. "We got a call from Brother. He says they've found a sphere that Yuna should see."
"Well come on!" she exclaimed. "Let's go get Yuna!" Rikku jumped out of her bed, dressing as quickly as she could. She ran out of their house in Besaid, hurrying across the path to where Yuna lived. "Yunie Yunie Yunie Yunie!!" she yelled.
Yuna shot up out of her bed, expecting the world to end. She saw Rikku and sighed. "Rikku," she said to her cousin, "It's too early. Can't it wait?"
"Nope! We got a call from Brother. He's found a new sphere!"
"What's on it?"
"I'm not sure. But he says you should see it!"
Yuna looked at Rikku, her thoughts wandering.
It's been five years since our journey together. I know you have to be out there, somewhere. Three years ago we saved Spira from Shuyin by reuniting him with his thousand year old lover Lenne. Now I'm home in Besaid again. Rikku and Paine live here too. We've all changed so much.
"Well then we should get Paine, shouldn't we?"
Rikku nodded. She ran out of Yuna's house and into Paine's.
Paine was already awake, having heard Rikku's yells. "Don't worry," she said, "I'm coming."
"How'd you know?"
"I think everyone in Besaid heard you Rikku."
Rikku crossed her arms. "Well it's good news! Everyone should know!"
"Why don't you go fix your hair and we'll meet you outside the village in a few minutes."
Rikku looked in Paine's mirror. Her normally neat blonde hair was sticking out everywhere. "Oh okay!"
Paine laughed slightly, shaking her head. "She's too funny."
About ten minutes later, Yuna, Rikku, Paine, and Gippal were sitting around an old shrine, waiting for Brother to come.
"So, do you really think it'll be him this time?" Paine asked.
Yuna smiled slightly, "Just because it's a sphere I want to see doesn't mean it has to deal with Tidus."
Rikku shrugged. "You never know. After all, what else could it be?"
Their thoughts were interuppted by the sound of the Celsius coming to pick them up. Everyone hopped on, getting onto the bridge where Brother, Buddy, and Shinra waited.
"Yuna!" Brother cried happily.
Yuna grinned. Well, maybe some of us haven't changed that much. "Hello Brother!" she greeted.
Rikku and Gippal talked to Buddy, "Anything interesting happen lately?" Gippal asked.
"Not much," Buddy sighed, "Spira's been quietly enjoying the Eternal Calm."
"Gee, fun," Rikku said, sarcastically.
"So are you guys gonna sit here and talk or are you gonna watch the sphere?" Shinra asked.
Shinra has changed a lot. He's been the champion in the Sphere Break competitions and he's been working on something he calls 'The Time-Porter.' No one really knows what it is. He just mentions it sometimes. Yuna took in a deep breath. "Let's do it."
Shinra pressed a few buttons and everyone gathered around the screen.
Tidus and a girl in a pink dress are sitting outside the ruins of an old temple, talking.
"So how did you get here?" the pink dressed girl asked.
Tidus shrugged, "Well Aeris," he said, "I don't know. I'm trying to find my way back..."
"Why's that?"
"I promised Yuna I'd show her my Zanarkand."
Aeris smiled, "Maybe I can help you."
"You can get me back to Spira?" Tidus asked, suprised.
Aeris nodded, "Yes. But my story isn't over yet either... it all began when I sold a flower to a young mercenary... named Cloud..."
The sphere stops for a moment that clicks on again, obviously a little later.
"Sephiroth... killed you?" Tidus asked, eyes wide.
Aeris nodded solemnly. "It was five thousand years ago..."
"None of your friends would be alive," Tidus said.
"Well of course not. But you said you had traveled one thousand years into the future... why not five thousand years into the past?"
"Sin is gone. We defeated it."
"Surely," Aeris said, "there has to be a way."
"I s'pose we could find a way..."
"Of course!" Aeris said, more cheerfully.
"So we go to Spira! I'm sure we'll find something!"
Aeris smiled, hugging Tidus. "And we'll find Yuna."
"Then we'll all go back to your world and find your friends."
The sphere ended.
Yuna looked at her friends. So you are out there somewhere. But who's Aeris? And when are you coming back?
"Well?" Rikku asked. "What are we gonna do about it?"
"How old is the sphere?" Paine asked.
Shinra pressed a few more buttons. "It's pretty recent. But it doesn't come up in any place in Spira. All I can get is the Ruins of the Temple of the Ancients. I don't think that's anywhere here," he said.
Yuna sat back. "Who is Aeris?"
"I've heard of her somewhere before," Gippal said.
"Really?" Rikku said, bright-eyed. "Who is she?"
"Well it was a long time ago before Spira was created. Aeris was an Ancient, some kind of person who had lived in the quote 'Promised Land.' She helped some of her friends on this journey to stop Sephiroth, who wanted to re-created the Promised Land by destroying all life. He summoned Meteor with the black materia. Materia is what they used for magic back then. Aeris died, praying for the white materia," Gippal told.
"How'd you know all this?" Rikku asked, suspiciously.
"Well I found it in a sphere about four years ago. It didn't make any sense at the time so I didn't think anything of it."
Paine nodded, taking in the information. "So Aeris wants to go back to her friends. She can help Tidus get back here. How will we know when they get here? Or even if they do?"
Brother shouted, "Time for the Gullwings to go sphere hunting!"
Rikku grinned, "Another journey!"
Paine smiled, "Hopefully we'll really find him this time."
Another journey, another chapter in my story. When I turn the page, will you be there? "Let's do it!" Yuna giggled, punching her fist in the air.
Chapter One
"Rikku! Wake up!!"
Rikku yawned, rolling over in her bed. It was an early summer morning. She opened her eyes, seeing her newlywed husband Gippal. "Mornin!" she smiled. She sat up, looking around. "Gippal, it's barely morning. What's your problem?"
Gippal grinned. Rikku was odd but he loved her. "We got a call from Brother. He says they've found a sphere that Yuna should see."
"Well come on!" she exclaimed. "Let's go get Yuna!" Rikku jumped out of her bed, dressing as quickly as she could. She ran out of their house in Besaid, hurrying across the path to where Yuna lived. "Yunie Yunie Yunie Yunie!!" she yelled.
Yuna shot up out of her bed, expecting the world to end. She saw Rikku and sighed. "Rikku," she said to her cousin, "It's too early. Can't it wait?"
"Nope! We got a call from Brother. He's found a new sphere!"
"What's on it?"
"I'm not sure. But he says you should see it!"
Yuna looked at Rikku, her thoughts wandering.
It's been five years since our journey together. I know you have to be out there, somewhere. Three years ago we saved Spira from Shuyin by reuniting him with his thousand year old lover Lenne. Now I'm home in Besaid again. Rikku and Paine live here too. We've all changed so much.
"Well then we should get Paine, shouldn't we?"
Rikku nodded. She ran out of Yuna's house and into Paine's.
Paine was already awake, having heard Rikku's yells. "Don't worry," she said, "I'm coming."
"How'd you know?"
"I think everyone in Besaid heard you Rikku."
Rikku crossed her arms. "Well it's good news! Everyone should know!"
"Why don't you go fix your hair and we'll meet you outside the village in a few minutes."
Rikku looked in Paine's mirror. Her normally neat blonde hair was sticking out everywhere. "Oh okay!"
Paine laughed slightly, shaking her head. "She's too funny."
About ten minutes later, Yuna, Rikku, Paine, and Gippal were sitting around an old shrine, waiting for Brother to come.
"So, do you really think it'll be him this time?" Paine asked.
Yuna smiled slightly, "Just because it's a sphere I want to see doesn't mean it has to deal with Tidus."
Rikku shrugged. "You never know. After all, what else could it be?"
Their thoughts were interuppted by the sound of the Celsius coming to pick them up. Everyone hopped on, getting onto the bridge where Brother, Buddy, and Shinra waited.
"Yuna!" Brother cried happily.
Yuna grinned. Well, maybe some of us haven't changed that much. "Hello Brother!" she greeted.
Rikku and Gippal talked to Buddy, "Anything interesting happen lately?" Gippal asked.
"Not much," Buddy sighed, "Spira's been quietly enjoying the Eternal Calm."
"Gee, fun," Rikku said, sarcastically.
"So are you guys gonna sit here and talk or are you gonna watch the sphere?" Shinra asked.
Shinra has changed a lot. He's been the champion in the Sphere Break competitions and he's been working on something he calls 'The Time-Porter.' No one really knows what it is. He just mentions it sometimes. Yuna took in a deep breath. "Let's do it."
Shinra pressed a few buttons and everyone gathered around the screen.
Tidus and a girl in a pink dress are sitting outside the ruins of an old temple, talking.
"So how did you get here?" the pink dressed girl asked.
Tidus shrugged, "Well Aeris," he said, "I don't know. I'm trying to find my way back..."
"Why's that?"
"I promised Yuna I'd show her my Zanarkand."
Aeris smiled, "Maybe I can help you."
"You can get me back to Spira?" Tidus asked, suprised.
Aeris nodded, "Yes. But my story isn't over yet either... it all began when I sold a flower to a young mercenary... named Cloud..."
The sphere stops for a moment that clicks on again, obviously a little later.
"Sephiroth... killed you?" Tidus asked, eyes wide.
Aeris nodded solemnly. "It was five thousand years ago..."
"None of your friends would be alive," Tidus said.
"Well of course not. But you said you had traveled one thousand years into the future... why not five thousand years into the past?"
"Sin is gone. We defeated it."
"Surely," Aeris said, "there has to be a way."
"I s'pose we could find a way..."
"Of course!" Aeris said, more cheerfully.
"So we go to Spira! I'm sure we'll find something!"
Aeris smiled, hugging Tidus. "And we'll find Yuna."
"Then we'll all go back to your world and find your friends."
The sphere ended.
Yuna looked at her friends. So you are out there somewhere. But who's Aeris? And when are you coming back?
"Well?" Rikku asked. "What are we gonna do about it?"
"How old is the sphere?" Paine asked.
Shinra pressed a few more buttons. "It's pretty recent. But it doesn't come up in any place in Spira. All I can get is the Ruins of the Temple of the Ancients. I don't think that's anywhere here," he said.
Yuna sat back. "Who is Aeris?"
"I've heard of her somewhere before," Gippal said.
"Really?" Rikku said, bright-eyed. "Who is she?"
"Well it was a long time ago before Spira was created. Aeris was an Ancient, some kind of person who had lived in the quote 'Promised Land.' She helped some of her friends on this journey to stop Sephiroth, who wanted to re-created the Promised Land by destroying all life. He summoned Meteor with the black materia. Materia is what they used for magic back then. Aeris died, praying for the white materia," Gippal told.
"How'd you know all this?" Rikku asked, suspiciously.
"Well I found it in a sphere about four years ago. It didn't make any sense at the time so I didn't think anything of it."
Paine nodded, taking in the information. "So Aeris wants to go back to her friends. She can help Tidus get back here. How will we know when they get here? Or even if they do?"
Brother shouted, "Time for the Gullwings to go sphere hunting!"
Rikku grinned, "Another journey!"
Paine smiled, "Hopefully we'll really find him this time."
Another journey, another chapter in my story. When I turn the page, will you be there? "Let's do it!" Yuna giggled, punching her fist in the air.