AN: So, I didn't really like FFX-2, not enough Tidus in it, so I made an alternate ending for FFX.

Chapter 1: Fading of the Sun

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As I watched Yuna do her flowing dance, I thought back to that time, So many months ago, the first time I ever saw a sending. I thought she was graceful then, but she had practice since then…a lot of practice, which also meant that there had been a lot of death. That death would finally end. But with the ending of that death, and the sorrow it brought, came my own death. I wondered what would happen, how it would happen. 'What is going to happen? Will it hurt? What will happen to Yuna? I guess she'll be okay…that's all that really matters…she's the only thing I care about now.' As she neared the end of her dance, I continued to wonder when I would disappear. Suddenly denial came over me. 'The Fayth said that I was "just a little bit more than a dream." Maybe I won't die…maybe I will be able to stay with Yuna…maybe…' Yuna had finished her sending, and she turned to look at me, but I didn't see her gazing at me with fear, because I was looking down at myself as a wave of blue light flashed across my body and with it, a chill ran down my spine. 'So I am going to die. Why? Why do I have to leave Yuna?' As I gazed down at my body, and my heart was crushed under the burden of my fate, tears filling my eyes. I couldn't help it. Sure, I was supposed to be strong, but I just couldn't handle it any more. "No!" she whispered, when she too, saw the blue ripple across my body. I looked up at her through my tears, and in my peripheral vision I saw more ripples flow across me. 'I should leave…There's no hope for me now…it would be less painful for her if she doesn't have to watch me fade.' "Yuna…I…have to go." I struggled to say the words, and my voice cracked as I spoke. Every fiber in my entire being longed to stay with her, but I would to do what is best for her, no matter how much it hurt me. The other guardians stood by, completely silent. In my heart I thanked them, I wanted these last moments to be just me and Yuna. She forcefully shook her head and shout-whispered, "NO! I need you!" 'No, Yuna, you can't need me. I can't stay with you!' I forced a slight smile onto my face, despite my tears. 'It's the least I can do for her.' "I…have no choice…if I stay, it will only make it worse…I'm really sorry I never got to…show you…Zanarkand." Despite my most desperate struggling to keep my voice steady, it broke at the word, "Zanarkand." 'So much pain linked to that one word, that one place…' I almost felt angry at myself for leaving her, but I couldn't help it. There was nothing I could do about it. I would have done anything to stay, but I couldn't. She grimaced. "NO!" She wailed as she ran towards me. I reached out my arms and caught her, wrapping them tightly around her, just like in the spring, only this time, it was I who was dying, not her. Tears poured down both of our cheeks. As we looked at each other, sharing unspoken words, my tears dripped onto her face and melded with hers. I leaned down and gently place my lips over hers, letting them linger there as my heart pounded in my chest against hers. I held her there, in my mind I could see her joy-filled smile right after our first kiss, so long ago in the spring at macalania. I only hoped this would once again bring her that same joy. I heard the other guardians gasp behind me, but I ignored them, holding her even tighter, as if somehow I could anchor myself to this world if I just held onto her, then I could stay with her always. I knew in my heart I couldn't stay here forever though. I slowly leaned away from her, and opened my still weeping eyes, hoping to see a smile on her face. My hopes where dashed. She too, was still crying. My heart broke for her, but there was nothing left I could do. My voice cracked again as I said my final word to her. "Goodbye." Then, I turned and walked towards the edge of the airship, preparing to leap to my own death into the sea below. My feet felt like lead, every step took all my strength, but I had to do it, I had to do it for Yuna, the girl I loved. I heard Yuna cry out behind me, and her footsteps pounding on the airship. I turned around, and saw her running towards me with her arms outstretched. I reached out my own to catch her, but when she got to me, and I should have caught her in my arms, instead, my vision turned blue for a second as she fell right through me. Pyreflies screamed as they flew from my body. Disbelief surged through me as I looked down at my translucent hands. The pyreflies continued to pour from my body, reflecting the cries of my heart with their own. Yuna didn't stand up for a moment, I heard her sobbing, and then I heard her push herself to her feet. She continued for another moment, and I still kept my back to her, I was almost completely paralyzed with sorrow. Then, she spoke the words. Those three wonderful words that would have brought such joy to me, except for the horrible calamity that had come upon us. She said, "I love you." I had once hoped that she would speak those words to me, but when I learned of my fate, I hoped it wasn't true. If only she didn't care about me, then, my leaving wouldn't hurt her. But it was not that easy. I turned around to look at her, but she continued to gaze out at the sea. I walked towards her, but I couldn't even feel the airship beneath my feet. I felt like I was floating. I placed my arms around her shoulders from behind her, though I was not actually touching her, I was not part of her world anymore. I hoped she would understand what I was trying to tell her, because I didn't have the strength to speak. I was trying to tell her how much I loved her, I loved her more than life itself, I loved her more than anything in my world or hers, or any other world. Then, I stepped through her body, took a running start, and as my heart begged me to stop, I leaped off the edge of the airship. As I fell through the clouds towards the sea, the mist soaked my whole body, the freezing wind made my face sting as I plummeted towards certain death. I turned into a diving position as I neared the water's surface. I plunged beneath the water, and continued to fall, but the water began to slow me down. I saw blackness ahead of me, and then my body slammed painfully into the ground. White flashed in front of my eyes, agony roared through me, and I gasped in pain. When I gasped, I took in a deep breath, and realized that it was not water I was lying in…it was…'air?' The white faded to blackness, a blackness that was thick, and heavy. My head spun, and I tried to remember where I was. 'How did I get here? What's going on?' a voice entered my thoughts. "NOOOOOOOO!" 'That's Yuna's voice! Yuna?' Suddenly, everything came roaring back. 'What? How did I hear Yuna?' "Yuunaa!" I screamed. "WHYYY?" I heard Yuna's weeping voice, and I looked around desperately searching for her. Suddenly, I saw her, on her knees staring seemingly out into nothing, surrounded by blackness, the same blackness that surrounded me. She was transparent, like I had been when I was in Spira for those last moments…I looked down at myself and I appeared solid. Yuna didn't seem to see me, so I ran up to her and cautiously reached out to touch her, but my hand passed right through her face. "Tidus! I need you! I love you! I…." she sobbed several times. "I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you!" As I stared at her image, I realized her lips weren't moving at all… 'Am I…hearing her thoughts?'

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TidusxYuna Always