It Begins…again
Chapter 1: It Begins
The Airship, over Besaid, one year after Tidus' Return
It had been one year after Tidus' return. Rikku and Paine had welcomed Tidus into the Gullwings soon after Yuna had introduced him to Paine.
Instead of collecting spheres for the use of history, the Gullwings now searched for the spheres in order to find hidden treasure.
They were now flying toward the skies of Besaid.
"Okay, I'm picking up a strong treasure sphere signal in Mi'hen Highroad," said Buddy loudly, informing the crew.
All eyes turned to Buddy.
"Yay!! Another adventure for the YRP gang!" said Rikku, jumping up and down excitedly.
"Ahem," said Tidus, clearing his throat, looking at Rikku sternly.
"…Oh, I mean the YRP 'T' gang," said Rikku, awkwardly.
"It could be nothing you know," said Paine, negatively.
"Paine?" whined Yuna.
"What? The last three were nothing…why would this be different?" Paine said, walking away and slumping up against a wall, unenthusiastically.
Rikku rolled her eyes and said "Honestly Paine, why can't you just be…normal?"
Paine raised her left eyebrow and stared right at Rikku and said, "Define normal Rikku, because if normal means I have to giggle loudly and act like a fool, then I'd rather stay the way I am."
Rikku gave Paine a dirty look and stomped off to her cabin.
"So…have I proved myself as a worthy member of the Gullwings yet? Because no one has really told me how well I'm doing?" asked Tidus, waiting for someone to answer him.
Brother, who really liked Yuna more than a cousin, jumped up from the drivers' seat of the airship abruptly, walked over to Tidus and screamed "No!"
Tidus pointed to the front of the airship and began to gape.
"Err…I'm no expert when it comes to driving an airship, Brother, but aren't you meant to be like, you know…driving this thing?" asked Tidus, shouting the last part in particular.
Brother, who was still giving Tidus a dirty look, frowned a little as the last comment began to register in his brain.
Once it registered, Brother suddenly turned 180 and ran towards the drivers seat, yelling something in Al Bhed.
Yuna and Paine laughed, which was really weird for Paine to actually find something humorous.
"Wow…this is a rare moment," said Shinra, out of the blue.
Everyone looked at Shinra with a surprised look.
"Yes, I agree," said Paine. "You actually spoke."
"No…I mean you laughed," said Shinra, annoyed.
"Well, I guess this is a rare moment for both of you, then," said Tidus, trying to lighten the mood.
"It's going to get even rarer in a minute if you don't shut up." Paine said glaring at Tidus as she punched her fist into her hand.
Tidus gulped. He knew that Paine could kick ass, and he'd hate it if she beat him in a fight, especially in front of everyone.
Tidus raised his hands up in defence and looked away.
Meanwhile, The Island of Besaid, in Wakka's tent
"Wakka…we need to talk about this," said Lulu, concerned.
"What's to talk about Lu? I've made my decision and that's final," exclaimed Wakka as he walked out of the tent.
Lulu followed Wakka out of the tent and yelled "We're a family now…what ever concerns you, concerns me. I wish you would have talked to me about this beforehand."
Wakka turned around to say something to Lulu only to see someone in the village being attacked by a fiend.
Lulu saw his shocked expression and followed his gaze.
She gasped.
Lulu realised that the fiend was too powerful for her to use her magic only, so she ran into the tent and threw Wakka his Blitzball.
Without thinking, Wakka threw the Blitzball at the fiend, but it did not budge. Instead the fiend retreated towards the beach. Wakka and Lulu decided to follow, forgetting about the baby.
When they got there, they defeated the fiend with a series of Wakka's Blitzball attacks and Lulu's black magic.
Suddenly Lulu gasped.
"The baby!" she cried.
Wakka's eyes widened at the realisation that they had forgotten their child.
Just as they were about to venture back to their tent, they saw a rather large blue figure running towards them. He appeared to be carrying something small in his oversized arms. They realised that the blue figure was in fact the elder, Kimahri of the Ronso tribe.
Shocked by his presence, they ran towards him, to find that their child was resting safely in his arms.
Lulu relieved him of the baby, thanking him.
"Kimahri save baby…big trouble come…no time," said Kimahri.
Wakka and Lulu looked at Kimahri with confusion.
Meanwhile, the Island of Besaid, the area where the road forks
A dark, hooded figure stood looking over the Island of Besaid with his bi-coloured red and black eyes, up where the road is forked and the first cipher is located.
He wore a long black cloak, trimmed with a light blue edge and under his hood; he had a mass of light blue hair.
He laughed to himself and whispered under his breath: "It begins."
A/N: Hey everyone, this is Yunie and Yuffie here. I hope you like our story. We are co-writers. Please read and review our story. By the way, this story is set one year (in the first chapter) after Tidus returned (happy ending) in Final Fantasy X-2. All the chapters following this, is set one year and three months after. Enjoy!
Yunie and Yuffie signing out!