Chapter Two

Memories

Tidus analyzed his opponent, for the second time. On the other side he was receiving the same looking. On one hand, Shuyin seemed more experienced then Tidus, but on the other hand, Tidus seemed more agile.

Shuyin advanced in a fast run, decided to won the match. He elevated his sword, trying to hurt Tidus, but him was faster, and blocked it.

Shuyin moved away from Tidus to gain some air. Now it was starting the counter attack of Tidus. He also initiated a fast run but, unlike his adversary, he made a magnificent jump over Shuyin, attacking him from the back, hurting him.

Shuyin felled, breathing with some difficulty. Tidus moved away to let him breath. It was sure that he would have to kill him, but he didn't to make it in a barbarian way.

Finally, Shuyin got up, apparently recovered from the pain. And then again, a new round of attacks started.

Tidus and Shuyin involved themselves in a quick fight, where the only sounds that everyone could hear, was their breathings and the constant shock of their swords.

Shuyin tried hard to hit Tidus, no matter what. A hit on the leg, maybe in the arm, or even in the head. Unfortunately, thanks to his younger and smaller body, Tidus could move away from all of Shuyin's attacks. Or at least, it was what it seemed.

It was then, that at the end of an half an hour of a swords' dance, Shuyin obtained to hurt Tidus in his chest. His hit made a very deep wound, and then, immediately, Tidus' blood started to gush out abundantly.

In a desperate act, Tidus craved his sword with all of his strength, in Shuyin's heart, killing him.

Shuyin dissolved in many tiny coloured lights. They were flying over the arena, like if there were waiting for something.

In the public, Lenne felt a pain in her heart, but why?

Lenne was running through a corridor, grabbing someone's hand. It was Shuyin. His blond hair was waving in accordance with the running. His blue eyes were glaring, but at the same time, Lenne saw fear in his look. It was sure that they were running away from something, but what?

"SHUYIN! NO!" Lenne yelled, starting to cry.

How couldn't she remember him? How could she forget him? How could she forget her true love?

"Lenne, you know him?" Ashe asked, looking surprised to her friend.

Lenne didn't answer and jumped to the arena, grabbing her weapon and started a dance. She didn't knew what she was doing but she felt she had to do it.

The bi-coloured eyed girl, was looking at what Lenne was doing. It reminds her something, but she didn't know what...

Yuna was in Kilika Island. Sin attacked that poor island some time before. Her summoner's duties obligated her to conduct the poor souls to the Farplane. She was dancing over the water, with delicate steps. She was twisting over and over her body, at the same time that the pyreflies were surrounding her in a spiral of coloured lights. Many people were looking at her, especially a boy, Tidus. He was looking amazed to her. In his look, was something more than amazedness. It was...

Lenne stopped her dance, and it there was no more pyreflies in the arena.

"Bravo!" Mastermind said, without specifying if he was congratulating Tidus or Lenne..

A light surrounded the winner, restoring his wound. What mastermind didn't know, was that the battle against Shuyin made Tidus recovery a bit of his lost memory. The cause of it is unknown, but, sooner or later would discover it.

Tidus was sitting in front of the Blitzball Stadium. A very important game was about to begin. The stadium was full of people screaming and supporting for their favourite team, The Zanarkand Abes. And, especially, for the star of the team, Tidus.

The game started, and Tidus made some excellent moves, scoring for his team. He was blocking all the other of the other team's moves. The game continued with the Zanarkand Abes making an excellent game. The other team didn't have any chance against Tidus. Despite the fact that they didn't have a chance, a member of the other team caught the ball, but Tidus went against her with all of his speed and strength and pull her out of the game's perimeter.

The game was about to end, but the other team caught the ball again, preparing for an impressive kick, but once again, Tidus was faster and jumped to the sky. He twisted his body, and prepared to give a bicycle's kick on the ball, and then...

...Sin... Yuna... Spira...

"Tidus? Are you alright?" Tidus heard someone saying at his hear.

He opened his eyes, looking to the person that was talking to him.

"Yuna?"

"Who is Yuna?"

"I don't know either...I only have this name on my head." He declared getting up.

"Are you two alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine...And who are you?" Tidus asked.

"I'm Ashe. Nice to meet you. What happened to you Lenne? What kind of dance was that?"

"I...I have my memories back..."

"WHAT? How?" Ashe asked surprised, looking now at Lenne.

"Well...I'm not sure but... I think that you have to see someone that you loved..."

"I hope that here is someone that I loved..." Ashe said lowering her head.

"I had remembered of something... A memory of..." Tidus said thinking. "Wait a minute; my memory is about of this city!"

"Are you sure? And what's the name of the city? Isn't it..."

"Zanarkand!" Tidus and Ashe said at the same time.

"How do you know? Did you gain your memory back too?" Tidus asked stunned.

"No, no... I just...Feel it."

"So we can assume that both of us lived here or, we knew it very well..." Tidus concluded.

"Yeah, I think you're right!"

"Well... Let's go?" Lenne asked, obviously bothered about the conversation.

She want to hear anything about the city or Shuyin, besides, it was better that she had never recovered her memories. But she couldn't let her new friends stay in ignorance. Sooner or later, she would have to tell them.

"Are you prepared for another fight?" Mastermind asked to all of them.

"Stop this immediately! It isn't enough? Why have you had to cause us so much pain?" Lenne said, with her eyes full of tears.

"Well, it isn't my fault that you recovered your memories sooner then I expected. But now you just have to live with the pain of losing your love twice." Mastermind said, causing more suffering in Lenne's heart.

All of the looked to Lenne. How could she have recovered her memories and they not?

"But if you have so much pain, I can handle it. Second match: Lenne and Yuna!" Mastermind revealed.

Automatically, the two girls were involved in two balls of lights and stayed suspended in the air.

"Yuna? I know that name!" Tidus screamed.

And then, a memory came again.

Yuna was coming out from the Cloister of Trials of the Besaid's Temple. She was sweating and very tired. She tried to go down the stairs, but she was so tired that she couldn't support her own body. So when she was about to fall from the stairs, Khimari run off and grabbed her. She was very fragile. Tidus to the beautiful girl, and felt that... thing.

And the he heard her sweet voice saying to them, "I've done it. I have become a summoner!"

"But wait, you won't fight today. You have to handle your pain, Lenne. Good luck!" Mastermind said, disappearing.

Lenne and Yuna were off of the balls and started to fall from the sky like two feathers of some angel's wing.

Guided by his instinct, Tidus run off to catch Yuna. But, who was going to catch Lenne?

Ashe run to try to catch her new friend, but someone passed by her, running faster. A man caught her. It was...