Yep. I made it to chapter two. This here is like . . . cool. . . . really. Did I already explain the song lyrics and then the artist thing? I tried not to use the name of the band. . . and it all links in together. Right. This chapter introduces and old buddy. . . . actually, a few old buddies. Eheh. Please read and review. . . . (cricket chirps)

Chapter: 2 Butterflies and Hurricanes--Yume

Change,

Everything you are

and everything you were

your number had been called

fights, battles have begun

revenge will surely come

your hard times are ahead.

---Chris Walstenholme

What was it about the cold metal of a ship to bring into perspective how much warmer human skin is? I truthfully don't know. Ever since I was a child I wanted to fly on the Celsius, but right now, I didn't even want to smell the exhaust.

Brother had cursed me to no end. It was because of mother's condition and I had a feeling that I had something to do with it all. Dad was intense. Vadina stood firmly behind me, bringing me strength. That was a true friend. I hoped he wouldn't regret it.

We all went inside the ship, and went to the control room, where the sky and ocean met my gaze. It was an extraordinary sight, but the solemnity drained the moment of my awe. An older, blond Shinra sat behind the console of the master computer that was growing with his homemade extensions. He saw Tidus and gave a nod. But when Shinra saw me his singular green eyes drew to almost a close. Rikku patted my shoulder and stood close to the huge screen.

All of us, out eyes ready to view this much anticipated sphere, were beginning to hold our breaths as Shinra inserted the sphere to the viewer. There was some white noise and Shinra adjusted something. The picture came in perfectly clear and a child's voice was heard. The vision was of a field of flowers and light.

"The dream is taking its toll." came the words from a child. In the field of flowers, there faded an image of a blue hooded child. He smiled to the camera and the view shifted dramatically to a dark cave. I noticed that Shinra's gaze was still searching the image.

"Lady Yuna is paying a price that we never meant her to pay," came another child's voice. The camera was moving in the dark cave.

"Love cannot succeed when there is something unnatural latching onto her." came another voice. Finally the dark cave came to an opening. It looked like Zanarkand, or at least what my father described to me. There was a woman with long hair much like Mom's and she was sitting with a man that looked nearly identical to my Dad. She waved to the sphere as it came closer.

"It is a dark parasite indeed," said the child. "Lenne, say hi to Yume, Yuna's daughter."

At this moment, I felt a chill fall down my spine. Lenne, the woman waved, but she became sad once more. "Shuyin, you too," said the kind woman.

The Dad-look alike waved and then stood.

The vision shifted once more. This time Shinra stood straight up in his chair. He said out loud that this was never on the sphere before. On the screen there was a new structure that looked like a perfect temple from a thousand and some odd years ago. There were pyreflies flowing from the columns as if they were apart of the structure itself. I could feel something within my self waking as I saw this. My eyes started to sting. I hate it when I cry because everyone always notices. My tears are of silver.

I saw several Sins emerge, Aeons from different times, monsters and other beings. People were coming back. The camera seemed to be dropped and the sound of a child falling into deep sleep was heard and the screen blinked shut.

The monitor was black for a few moments more before Shinra finally turned it off. Dad let out a breath. Vadina touched my hand, making me breath once more.

"This is connected with Yuna's sickness, somehow. And Yume, but that is all we know," Gippal said. "Spira is in for a rude awakening."

Dad narrowed his eyes at that. It felt as if the tension could be cut with a bastard sword.

"What do you suppose we do, Mr. Doom and Gloom?" yelled Rikku. Paine finally stepped in.

"It appears that not all of the beasts that we have seen on the sphere are all on this plane just yet," said the silver haired woman. She was truly an admirable woman. But what she said had a point.

"What do you mean by plane?" I asked. Paine stepped towards me.

"Planes. Like our plane is Spira. Those who are dead live in the otherworld, you know like your mother used to send people's spirits to the afterlife. Well, what do you suppose Aeons and the Fayth are? They are from the land of the dead."

Suddenly, it was all making sense. "Who cares about that? I want to know how whoever was controlling the sphere got it to move through places that fast!" Shinra yelled. I raised an eyebrow. That seemed fairly obvious.

"Well, can't they just turn it off and turn it back on?" Vadina said, beating me to the punch. Shinra shook his head.

"No. This was a continual loop. It was actual time. And how did that last section just appear?" Shinra was making a fuss and pecking at his computer furiously. I turned my attention to the older generation.

"What needs to be done is this: Lets find out what the hell is really going on and prevent all of those beasts from coming over to our plane!" Rikku yelled. Maybe she wasn't as old as I needed her to be. I looked to Paine and Gippal. Dad was also listening in closely.

"Obviously this has something to do with Yume. And the Farplane. You know how the Fayth are, Tidus." Paine said. Rikku nodded. Tidus sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"How does this link to Yuna's illness? They mention an unnatural parasite, but how do we even begin to look for something that we know nothing about?" Tidus asked. Gippal gave a heave of air.

"Are you really that simple minded? Yuna's illness is somehow connected to the appearance of the dead things leaking out into our world. We love Yuna just as much as you do, but we have to look at the big picture here. Yuna is something small compared to the millions of people all over Spira. Can you even imagine what mayhem is going on? The Al Behd have been trying to save their own people when Cid himself is on his death bed! Grow some balls, Tidus!"

That was something I never wanted to hear. Eww . . . . But other than the gross factor, I was able to smack Gippal about as fast as Paine, Riku, and the punch my father threw in. Dad stormed out of the Celcius, Vadina grabbed my hand and forced me to come along, and Paine and Rikku followed.

It was already sunset at Besaid Island. Paine folded her arms and shifted her weight to her hip.

"Sorry about Gippal, but he does have a point. We must think about Spira at this point. We must assemble a team, just as New Yevon, the Al Behd, and the Youth League are doing. Judging from their previous actions, I feel as if we can't trust them to get the job done one hundred percent," Paine said.

"Yeah, seriously, when Shuyin and Lenne were having relationship problems that could cause world obliteration, everyone wanted to duke it all out!" Rikku interjected. Dad merely nodded in response.

I felt like a lump on a log. Until it dawned on me. Well, didn't Mom used to talk about the Chamber of the Fayth?

"Why don't we look for clues in the temples?" I suggested. Dad looked at me for the first time since we had left the Celcius. "Vadina, Dad, and I could go. You two could review the sphere some more!" I exclaimed.

Dad nodded. Rikku and Paine just said that they wanted to go with us. And so we made our way to the temple.

Yes. The temple.

I could remember the temple from childhood memory. Vadina and I used to play hide and seek around it as it crumbled. Even now, it was still crumbling like a bad memory of hard times. The walls echoed with the hymn of the Fayth and the prayers of hundreds. And then there was a gutteral sound from the depths, and scratching on the door.

Wakka gave a gasp. And all five of us gave some kind of shriek. Lulu was also standing there, but she was smiling.

"I had a feeling that would do the trick. Why don't we see who is knocking on the door?" Lulu suggested. Slightly miffed by their sudden appearance, Vadina went up to his dad and wanted to know what he was doing there. But when the door opened everyone was silenced. The dagger and sword in my hands were ready to go for whatever came out.

A man in a red yukata and a bottle of sake stumbled through the portal. Dad, Wakka, Lulu, and Rikku gasped. Vadina, Paine, and I were ready to launch attacks, but when this huge beast came through, we decided that he might need some help.

The beast gave a roar that shook the rocks in the temple. The walls began to crumble with the sound of his voice. It was like a bad nightmare, only all over. Something awoke within me and I could feel this huge, birdlike creature crying in pain. It had dark feathers, and its eyes were leaking silver tears.

Free Me Summoner.

So I hoisted my sword and dagger. And I began to charge. Nothing else existed as I struck the beast, severing it from its dark form and releasing the light. A great red bird flew from the pile of black feathers and everyone around me gasped as the bird plunged towards me.