Final Fantasy X-2 : Wasted Years

Prologue

I...don't know how it happened really. I don't know why it happened, either.

I just know that it did. I remember...I remember defeating Yu Yevon alongside the others, I remember that it was Yuna who struck the final blow on Valefor, he first ever Aeon and the last she chose to fight. I remember my final blow to Yu Yevon...the one that finally ended his reign of terror as Sin once and for all...

And I remember...Yuna saying she loved me. I never told her I loved her in return...I couldn't find the words, so I expressed them through actions. I knew...I didn't have the time to kiss her goodbye...but I just wanted to hold her one last time...and I did.

I remember fading away...seeing my old man, even giving his a high five. I guess that's when everything went blank for me.

But then...something incredible happened...and I still don't understand how it happened, but I'm glad it did.

I woke up. Floating underwater...tucked in a ball, I opened my eyes as they adjusted to their surroundings. It felt like...it felt like being born again. I had to look at my hands for proof of this existence...and soon found myself ecstatic with happiness, swimming to the surface.

As I broke the surface and took in deep gulps of air, I looked all around me, and I didn't see land. Where was I? How did I get here? So many questions were running through my mind...and then I heard a voice. I seemed to recognize it from somewhere...somewhere...it sounded like the Fayth, no...it was the Fayth, I was sure of it.

'Sometimes, Tidus...' it spoke to me.

I looked around to find the Fayth, but I didn't see it anywhere. It continued speaking to me however, and I heard it as if it were right in front of me.

'Dreams...become reality.'

And then a flash of a bright light flooded my vision. I squinted to see, afraid of what was happening, and yet the light calmed me. I could feel the Fayth...I felt like I was flying. Heh...little did I know how true that thought was.

I guess I blacked out after all of that, but I remember waking up in the water again. No longer out in the middle of the ocean, as far as I could tell.

My eyes scanned the area for land and I soon found it, in the form of a blitzball nearly taking off my head. I ducked my head down quickly, dunking myself underwater and soon popping back up again, sputtering. My eyes were wide as I shook my head violently, water droplets flinging off of it.

"HEY BRUDDA! YOU ALRIGHT?" I heard a voice shout. Looking up...I almost thought it was just too good to be true. But the orange hair...that cheesy accent...it had to be him.

Wakka was waving on the shore; he couldn't see me very well apparently, as he didn't recognize me. I dove underwater, swimming my fastest to the shore. I popped my head up briefly to see if Wakka was still there.

I got a rude awakening when a blitzball smacked me square in the face.

"WOAH!" I yelped as I was rocked back a bit from the shot, the blitzball being popped up in the air.

"Whoah there Botta! Not so hard, ya?" I heard Wakka laugh. "You almost beheaded that poor guy out there."

"Sorry Wakka." I Botta replied.

I shook the cobwebs loose, looking up and catching the blitzball as it came back down. Turning my attention to the shoreline I realized they still couldn't see me well enough to recognize me, as Wakka waved his arms and shouted to me.

"HEY BRUDDA, CAN YA GIVE US OUR BALL BACK? SORRY ABOUT THAT!" Wakka scratched the back of his head, laughing. I smirked, shouting back at him now.

"SURE THING WAKKA! AND I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU AS ONLY THE STAR PLAYER OF THE ZANARKAND ABES WOULD!"

Wakka and Botta froze onshore.

I popped the ball up in the air with my head and dove under, before swimming back to the surface and launching up into the air, flipping around and kicking the ball straight at them. Wakka caught the ball, stumbling back several feet before he fell flat on his ass, just staring out at the ocean as if he'd seen a ghost.

"No way...he's back...?" Wakka stuttered as I re-surfaced, swimming to shore and smiling at him.

Wakka threw the blitzball to the side and staggered to his feet, rushing to the water and diving out into it, soon we met up in the air and Wakka gave me one giant bear hug, laughing along with me, although he wasn't the one struggling to breathe as well.

"I can't believe it! Star player of the Zanarkand Abes huh? Ha! Even after you leave and come back...you still got it brudda! Welcome home!"

Wakka put plenty of emphasis on the word home, and to be honest...I can't argue there. My Zanarkand was all just a dream...but Spira...

Spira was my home...Spira was my reality. And it felt damn good...to be a part of it again.

Author's Notes: SQUEEEEEEEEE~!!!! I just finished Final Fantasy X today and my God...the ending was spectacular! ^_^! I've been writing fan fiction for awhile now...but after playing the legendary game known as FFX...and seeing that ending and all the beautiful and amazing scenes in it...I just couldn't resist making a fan fic with my own continuation of the story. Mind you this is short because it's a prologue. Also, the entire story won't be in Tidus' POV, it'll mostly be in third person narrative format, however there will be some points in the story where I'll write in another character's POV, don't worry however. I'll put up a notice when it's in their point of view. Anyways...review people! Chapter one will be up either later today or tomorrow, guaranteed!

Also, a future warning. This fanfic WILL contain a few lemons, nothing serious though. And don't worry, it won't be anything stupid, pointless or extreme. Everything I write will have meaning to it, and I promise all my readers that ^_^. I really hope you all enjoy, I love Final Fantasy X, it's an amazing game. So I can only hope that I do the characters from it...and the story it held throughout the game, justice.