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A/N: Here is chapter 2. Thanks for all of your reviews so far.

E/N: You're so formal.

Chapter 2: Taking Care of You

(Yuna's POV)

I got up and got ready for school. It was about 7 o'clock when I was just finishing up, and I heard Tidus talking. I looked out my window and saw him throw his backpack out the window. I kept watching and saw that he was talking on a cell phone.

"Yea, I'll be there soon. Tell the coach I'll be there in five minutes." He hung up and put the phone in his pocket, disappeared for a minute, then came back and was putting on a shirt. I quickly backed away from the window for fear of being caught and took my stuff downstairs and got in the car.

I left before he could get to his own vehicle and made my way to school. I found a parking spot and headed to the mean office. Upon stepping in the office doors, I was greeted by a cheerful old lady behind a desk.

"Hello, miss; what can I help you with?"

"I'm here to pick up my schedule," I told her. I stepped up to the counter and told her my name.

I looked out the window as I waited and saw Tidus pulling into the parking lot. He threw his backpack over one shoulder and started walking in the direction of what looked like the stadium. I watched him disappear and turned my attention back to lady helping me.

She handed me a small piece of paper. I thanked her and left. It contained my classes and a locker number. I found my way around the school easily and already knew where my classes were by the time the bell rang.

My first class was Magic. I smirked. This should be easy. I walked into the class and noticed that the teacher hadn't arrived yet. Most of the students were already here just talking.

I decided to head to the back of the room until the teacher returned when I felt my senses warn me; a heated object was coming towards me. I quickly turned around and focused on the spell 'Nulblaze'. The fireball dispersed as it came nearer and I saw everyone gaping at me. Everyone, that is, except a girl leaning against the wall on the other side of the room.

She had extremely light skin and long, dark hair that was in a bun with braids hanging down. She had piercing burgundy eyes and wore a black dress. She raised an eyebrow at me.

"So the new student's a White Mage," she pondered. "Interesting."

"A Black Mage, fascinating," I countered. She pushed off the wall, smiled, and came towards me.

"I'm Lulu," She held out her hand.

"I'm Yuna," I was about to take it when, again, my senses warned me. She was going to use Blizzara on me when we shook hands. I focused on Fira (A/N: I'm not sure if white mages can use spells like fire but oh well.) and shook her hand. Both spells released when our hands touched and steam arose from the ice melting. Her smile widened as everyone started whispering around us.

"Very interesting…" Lulu murmured.

"I thought you would have learned your lesson the first time. I guess not."

She laughed and released my hand. "I like your style, Yuna." I grinned in return. Then the teacher walked in.

"Ah, Lulu, I see you're already welcoming our new student. I hope it's a peaceful one," He suspiciously looked at her.

"Of course, Mr. Black," Lulu replied, looking somewhat innocent. He looked at her for a minute and then told the class to sit down. She turned back to me and rolled her eyes. "Come on, sit back here." I followed her to some seats in back and sat next to her.

Since I already knew the stuff he was teaching I didn't really have to pay attention. Lulu sat there and told me about the class. We laughed occasionally and talked about some of the things going on in the school. Apparently everyone was excited about the big rivalry game against Luca coming up soon.

The bell rang and we got up and left the room. Next, I had the history of Spira, which I already knew, so again another easy class. I said goodbye to Lulu and entered the class.

I just took a seat in the back and watched as the time ticked by slowly. The teacher was a slow talker and made me want to go to sleep. When the bell finally rang, I sighed with relief when I got out in the halls. I had one more period until lunch and I couldn't wait. When I was walking down the hall, I saw a familiar blonde boy walking towards me.

(Tidus's POV)

First period was Blitzball practice, and the coach was going hard on us since the game was coming up. After that I had Al Bhed with Wakka and Gippal. It was same old stuff and I wasn't paying attention because I couldn't stop wondering how Yuna knew about Jecht and my worries yesterday.

I kept thinking about her all day, despite that I hardly knew anything about her. I didn't even know what school she was going to. I wasn't focusing on what Wakka and Gippal were talking about until I heard him mention something about a new student.

"Dude, did you hear about the new girl?" Wakka asked.

Gippal shook his head. "Nah, what's her name?"

"I think it's Yuna. I heard her and Lulu had a little 'fun' in magic today. Everyone in their first period class has been talking about it. Apparently this Yuna girl's a White Mage."

I drowned out the rest of their conversation. She was going here! I totally zoned out the rest of the period until I heard the bell ring. I was leaving with Wakka and Gippal right behind me.

"Dude, Tidus, you alright?" Gippal asked as we were walking down the hall.

"Huh, oh yea."

"I think someone's thinking about the new girl," he poked me. I just looked at him and rolled my eyes. I looked back in front of me and saw her walking towards us.

"Whoa, is that her?" I heard one of them say, but I couldn't answer. She smiled when she saw me and I felt the corner of my lips go up automatically.

"Hey, Tidus," Yuna called when we got closer.

"Hey, Yuna, you didn't tell me you were going here!" We stopped walking in front of each other.

"Where did you think I'd go, silly?" She laughed and then looked behind me. I realized she was looking at Wakka and Gippal. I felt a nudge on my arm and quickly introduced them. Gippal winked at her and Wakka kept staring; I felt like smacking them both. If Yuna hadn't been there, I probably would have.

"So, what class do you have next?" I asked.

"Math." I felt myself get excited as I told her I had that class too.

"I'll walk with you, see you guys later." I nodded at my friends as I left with the brunette girl. She waved and walked beside me. I kept thinking of a way to ask her about yesterday, but I couldn't come up with anything.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye and saw her looking at me too. She smiled and looked away quickly. We reached the room and I opened the door for her. We both sat down in the back in silence.

I watched her as she took out a notebook and wrote down what was on the board. Her every movement was graceful and perfect. What was it about her that seemed so different?

"Yuna, I need to talk to you," I whispered as more people came in the class. She looked up from her paper and the look in her eyes told me she knew what I was talking about.

"At lunch, not now," she mumbled as the bell rang. I nodded and tried to focus on the lesson.

(Yuna's POV)

The bell for lunch rang and my heartbeat quickened, as I knew what was coming next. Tidus was going to ask me about… me. I grabbed my stuff and looked at him as the class emptied out.

"What'd you want to talk about?" I asked pleasantly. He looked around the room and grabbed my hand.

"Come on, let's go where we can talk in private." I felt butterflies in my stomach at the feeling of his touch. He led me outside under some trees. He let go of my hand and looked at me.

"How…did you know what I was…?" His voice died away and he looked at the ground.

"What you were thinking?" I asked, finishing his sentence. He looked into my eyes and nodded. I sighed. "Why do you think I knew your thoughts?" I asked.

"You said that nothing would happen…and nothing did. How did you know that? There's no way you could've known."

I bit my lip as I tried to think of a way to answer that without telling him that I was an angel. Yevon said he would discover the truth himself so I would just let him keep asking questions.

"And then there's the whole healing thing. I saw you in a dream, or what might have been a dream, and you healed my injuries. You weren't even here yet, let alone in my room, how could you've done that?

"I know you're a White Mage, but you'd have to be a really powerful one to do something like that and…how'd you know where I lived and that I needed curing? You'd have to be something other than a White Mage." I raised my eyebrow at him as he kept rambling on. He was getting closer.

"What do you think I am then, Tidus?" I challenged him. His brows furrowed.

"You're going to think I'm crazy," He sighed.

"Maybe not," I smiled.

"Are you some kind of—" he stopped and looked at me.

"Why can't I just say it? 'Are you an angel?'" I smiled as his thought rang in my head clearly.

"Yes," I thought softly. His eyes grew wide as he continued to stare at me. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when someone called his name. We both turned to see his friends Wakka and Gippal walking up.

"I'll try to explain later," I whispered as I looked back at him. He sighed and rubbed his hand through his hair.

"Dude, where have you been? We didn't see you at lunch." Gippal called as they got closer.

"Yea, I was talking to Yuna." Tidus replied never taking his away from mine.

"I should probably go," I told him. "I'll talk to you later though." It was a promise. He nodded and I turned around and left. This wasn't going to be as easy as I thought it would be.

The rest of the day passed by quickly. I couldn't wait to get back to the house. I grabbed my books from my locker and headed to my car. I saw the Blitzball team standing on the field with the cheerleaders. I rolled my eyes while putting on my sunglasses and started the car. I drove past them all and ignored the looks the girls were giving me.

I got home fast and noticed something different about Tidus's house. I don't know what it was but it gave me a bad feeling. I set my stuff on the floor in my room and lay on the bed.

It seemed like a lot of things have happened already yet this was only the beginning. I was starting to miss everyone back home as I sat here thinking. My eyes got heavy and I started to drift off. That's when the dream occurred.

I was in a house. The layout was somewhat familiar but the furnishings weren't. My stomach was uneasy and my hands were shaking as I stood there. Something was wrong. I heard yelling coming from somewhere in the house and tried to follow the voices.

I slowly walked around until I saw two men fighting. As I looked more closely I noticed that they weren't fighting, but rather one of them was beating the other. I tried to move forward to help the one in need but it seemed that my feet were stuck to the ground. I strained to see their faces but the man being beaten was on the ground and the other had his back to me.

"Stop!" I yelled but it was no use. It was like they couldn't even hear me at all. The beating stopped for a moment and the man tried to get up off the floor. He was immediately met with a kick in the ribs. I winced and felt a tear slide down my face as I heard a deathly cracking sound when the foot hit the bone.

The body fell back to floor and the beater turned to leave while yelling and cursing. When he finally looked away from the bloody man and at me, I felt my breath hitch. It was Sir Jecht… that's when I realized who was on the floor. It was Tidus!

"NO! Tidus…" I cried as more tears came and Jecht just left his son lying there. A door slammed and made me jump…

"Tidus!" I screamed as I flew up off my bed breathing hard and crying. I looked around me and realized I was in my room. I sighed in relief. I glanced at the clock on my dresser. It read six o'clock. Man, I was out for a while.

I was torn from my thoughts when I heard a door slam and ran to the window to see a mad Jecht leaving his house. The panic and worry came back to me now. I needed to get over there and see if Tidus was all right.

I summoned my wings and opened the doors to my balcony. I stepped back and ran towards his open doors. I stepped off the balcony railing and felt my wings spread open wide as I soared through the air and into his room.

I landed on the floor and looked around; he wasn't there. I quickly opened the door and ran downstairs not bothering to put my wings away. I reached the kitchen and saw him lying there.

"Oh my God, Tidus!" I went to his side and carefully flipped him onto his back, laying his head in my lap. A sob escaped my lips as I looked at his face. It was worse than the time I saw him in the Farplane.

I needed to get him off this floor to see where else he was hurt. I gathered as much strength as I could and picked him up in my arms. My wings opened, slowly lifting us off of the ground. I flew up the stairs and into his room. I gently laid him down on the bed. He moaned but didn't open his eyes.

I carefully started checking his injuries. His face was bruised badly and was bleeding in a few places. You could tell he'd been hit there many times. His head wasn't bleeding but I'm sure it hurt a lot. My hands started shaking as I knew where I had to check next: his ribs.

It wasn't just any nightmare I had; I must have had some kind of connection with him. All of this was real. That means that loud, cracking sound must have been real too. I lifted up his shirt and saw dark bruises already forming. He definitely had a least one broken rib. I went into his bathroom and got a towel damp so I could clean up the blood.

As carefully as I could, started cleaning the blood off his face. After many trips back to the bathroom to rinse the towel out, his face had no more blood but a few cuts and many bruises. I sat down on the edge of the bed beside him when his eyes fluttered open and he looked around the room before looking at me. He was about to say something but I placed my finger against his lips.

"Shh, don't speak now Tidus. You must rest; I can only heal you half way. We can talk when you've rested some. I'll explain everything, I promise, but you've been hurt badly…" I trailed off as I looked at his face. He nodded and then quickly looked around the room tensing slightly.

"He's not here, he left about an hour ago. Relax," I placed my hand on the side of his face. "I'm watching over you," I whispered and smiled, his body seemed to unwind a little. "Now I'm going to heal you so that you can sleep." He nodded again and watched as I placed my hands above his chest.

Like last time, a humming came from my chest as bits of white magic formed at my palms. I tried to use more curing power than I did last time. I felt my wings spread out and glow brighter as I summoned more power.

I felt the magic flow into his body as my strength decreased. My humming stopped and my hands went back down to my sides when his pain went away. I felt drained but willed my self to stay strong.

My wings went back down to my sides and disappeared, for I wouldn't need them for a while. I got up off the bed and was going to sit down in a chair when he grabbed my hand. I looked down at him.

"Don't leave," He whispered in a weak, raspy voice. I smiled and slowly walked back to the bed, still holding his hand.

"I'm not leaving, I promise. I'll be here while you sleep and when you wake up." I sat down on the bed and rubbed small circles on his hand. "Now rest, you'll feel better." He looked at me for a long time until the battle for sleep finally won him over.

His grip on my hand didn't loosen for a while, as if he was sub-consciously making sure I didn't leave him. I slowly let go of his hand, got off the bed and tried to clean up the blood downstairs before Jecht came home. It was about 9:30 when I finished.

I went back upstairs to check up on him. It looked like he was sleeping peacefully. I sat down in his desk chair and relaxed a little myself. I was worn out from curing him. I closed my eyes, for what seemed like ten minutes, and woke up with a blanket covering me.

I looked around and saw that his bed had one less blanket on it than it had when I was awake. I got up, wrapped this blanket around my body, and checked to see if Jecht was home. He wasn't.

I looked at the clock and saw it was 12:30. I wondered how late Jecht usually stayed out at night. I looked out his balcony doors at the night sky. It was so beautiful and peaceful. It made me feel relaxed just looking at it.

I heard movement and turned around to see Tidus sitting up. I noticed he had taken off his shirt and changed into pajama pants since I was asleep.

"How are you feeling?" I questioned, walking to the side of the bed.

"Better than I did." I nodded as I looked at his face in the moonlight. I put a finger underneath his chin and moved his head slightly left and right.

"The bruises aren't as bad. They'll probably be better in the morning." I told him. "But your side is different," I placed my hand gently on the skin. "That'll probably take a few days to fully heal." We were silent for a few minutes when he asked what I thought he would ask.

"How did you know that I was hurt?"

"I saw it in a dream. I… I saw it happening and then woke up when Jecht left. I thought it was just a nightmare but when I heard him really leave, I freaked out a little." He looked down at his hands and then back up at me.

"Why are you here helping me? I just don't understand," His brows furrowed as he tried to get out what he was thinking. I knew what I had to do, though; I had to explain everything to him. So I did, everything from about the Farplane to now. By the time I was done it was around two o'clock and I was seated across from him on the bed.

"I understand if you don't believe all of this." I said.

"I do," He replied quickly. I smiled.

"Why?" I asked curiously.

"There's just something about what you're telling me that seems true. I have this feeling about you that makes me know you're more than just a human; something more special than that," Tidus grinned sheepishly, and I blushed.

"… Like… that I'm you're Guardian Angel?" I murmured, looking in his eyes.

"Yea, my Guardian Angel…" His voice faded and I slowly looked away; I felt his eyes stay on me though. I heard a car coming and ran to the window. Jecht was back. He was pretty drunk and would most likely pass out as soon as he reached the couch. I was surprised that he could even drive here. I felt Tidus move next to me and looked up. He looked out the window and clenched his jaw as Jecht pulled up.

"He's too drunk to even make it up here. He'll pass out almost immediately," I muttered. He nodded and kept watching, his eyes dark. I touched his arm and made him look at me with my other hand.

"Please, calm down," I said, trying to sooth him.

"I hate him so much. He's screwing his life up, and trying to screw up mine, too!" I felt the muscles in his arm tighten as it started to shake.

"You're a better person than he is, Tidus. And by being the better person, you can't let him control your life like this. You have to control your anger. I don't want you to end up like him." I rubbed my hand up and down his arm as he calmed down.

"Don't let that happen, Tidus. You can do this. You're not alone; I'm here for you." His eyes softened. The front door slammed and made me jump. "I should go, in case he does make it up the stairs and catches me in here."

"How are you doing that exactly?" He questioned. I smiled.

"I do have wings, you know." He raised an eyebrow at me. I closed my eyes and focused on them. They appeared quickly as I opened my eyes. His mouth was open and his eyes were wide.

"…Whoa." I grinned and then remembered that I needed to leave.

"I need to leave and you need to get some rest. The spell won't have its full effects if you don't." I started floating slowly as my wings flapped. "I'll see you in the morning!" I kissed his cheek and winked as I flew across the distance to my balcony. I turned around and saw him still standing there.

'Lay down already before you get in trouble!' I thought. He smiled and disappeared. My wings disappeared and I fell into a deep slumber as soon as my head hit the pillow.

(Elder's POV)

"I'd have to say the day went well," Auron commented.

"Yes, they both handled it nicely." Braska agreed.

"I think it's time we sent in our first surprise for her. Cid, you know what to do," Yevon said as he looked at Cid. He nodded and left the Chamber of Elders.

And once again, it was night. Slowly fading into the cold, blue darkness was the conscious of the two young people, bound together by fate. With the setting sun comes rest. With the rising moon comes a wish. With the rising sun comes the promise of tomorrow. The rising sun brings hope.

A/N: Well, I hoped you like it. Please R&R!

E/N: I hope you liked it, too! And if you don't review, I'll… I'll… I'll feed Yuna to Seymour (Yevon knows he's a cannibal) and watch Tidus cry! Muahahaha!