This is chapter 2. The first paragraph written in italics is the perfect ending from Final Fantasy X-2.

Arriving in the engine room Yuna said to Tidus: "Welcome to the Celsius".

"The Celsius? " he asked "I can't remember the Celsius like that."

"This is another Celsius. You could say it is Celsius II. Brother and Buddy found it after Sins defeat."

"Eh, who is Buddy?" he asked.

"Oh, I forgot. He's an Al Bhed like Rikku, Brother and Shinra. I'll show you around the airship and introduce Buddy to you. As you can see, this room here is both, the engine room and the entry room. Let's go upstairs to the elevator and then to the cabin first. Then we go to the bridge." Yuna went upstairs to the elevator. As he followed her, he wondered who Shinra was. He couldn't remember an Al Bhed named Shinra. Just as the elevator-doors were closing, he saw Rikku running up the ramp and pushing a button to close it. Not a second went by and the elevator began shaking. "Whoa! " he said, "I suppose this elevator needs to be serviced again."

Yuna giggled. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked. "This wasn't the elevator, it was the airship. It just took off."

"What? What's going on? Where are we going?"

"To Zanarkand, I suppose. I-" Yuna hesitated for a second, but then she decided to say what was on her mind "We kind of kidnapped you" she blushed and looked down to the floor. "I wanted some time to be alone with you. But on Besaid, I wouldn't get the chance to. I know it's not fair to the others because they're happy too and want to speak with you too but - "

"Yuna" he said in a deep voice, looking into her eyes "It's ok. ". She didn't know exactly why, but as he said this, she felt relieved. The elevator-doors opened and as they went out into the corridor leading to the cabin, he said to her: "You've really changed. But in some way you're still the little Yuna who tries to please all of the people."

Rikku went into the elevator and pressed the button that took her to the bridge. As she arrived there she looked around as if she was looking for someone. Buddy, Brother and Shinra were sitting on their seats. Paine stood behind Shinra, her arms folded. Then Rikku asked: "Where are they?"

"I don't know." Paine responded. "They haven't been here yet. Maybe Yuna is showing him around the airship". Buddy stood up from his seat and went to Rikku and Paine. "So, this is the guy Yuna was looking for? The one who just faded away?"

"Yep" Rikku answered.

"But if this is true, how did he return?"

"Don't ask me." Rikku said, looking to Shinra, who responded: "I'm just a kid."

"This is the cabin." Yuna said as she walked through the door. She showed him the whole room and introduced him to Barkeep. Then they went to the Bridge, where she introduced him to Buddy and Shinra. "And this is Brother." she said. Do you remember him? He flew Cid's airship." Tidus nodded. How could he forget? The airship, the Guado, the destruction of the Al Bhed's home, the search for Yuna and Seymour, who forced her to marry him. But he had no time to think about this. Yuna began telling him what had happened after his disappearance. Then she gave him the spheres that showed Shuyin. When she told him about the hole in the Djose Temple and the whistles in the Farplane he looked at his hands as if to make sure they didn't fade away again and said: "I… I can remember."

"What do you remember?" Yuna asked, not knowing what to feel.

"I don't really know. When I jumped off the airship I saw Auron, my dad and Braska. Then everything was white. Sometimes blue. And I felt as if I was swimming. Sometimes I saw the Farplane. And I was thinking of you. Sometimes it felt as if you were talking to me. And suddenly I felt your presence. I saw you in the Farplane, sitting on the ground, all alone. I wanted to call you, to whistle, to get you out of the Farplane. I don't really know how much time has passed. Later I saw you again in the Farplane. I tried to whistle again. Then I saw the faith and everything turned black. Everything felt so real but at the same time it felt all unreal. It was as if I was dreaming. Suddenly I felt fully alive and I woke up in Besaid." he said and looked up to Yuna. "I could hear your whistle" she said calmly "You lead me out of the Farplane back to Spira."

"But how is that possible?" Rikku asked. "I don't know" Tidus said, looking back at his hands "maybe…" then he was silent again. He didn't know what to say. How did he come back? Had he been dead or alive while he was in the Farplane? He had no answer. All was silent until Paine said: "Do you wanna hear the rest of the story?" He nodded. When they had finished telling him the story Buddy said: "We're in Zanarkand, the ramp is open."

"We're going to the Calm Lands." Rikku said. "Just use your little microphone when you want to be picked up again."

"Thank you" Yuna said. When she and Tidus went outside the sun had already begun to set.

Tidus went up the little hill he was standing on two years ago and looked around. Then he said: "I got a theory. I think the fayth gathered up my thoughts and put them together to bring me back. Maybe. Something like that." he was silent again, thinking. Then he continued:" Or maybe…I'm still a dream."

"Wait! So you'll disappear?" she asked sadly. All was silent. Then he turned around to her and said: "Cherish me, Yuna. And I'll cherish you. All right? We gotta stay together. That's what we have to do." he turned around again. Yuna went towards him and hugged him from behind. "Is that what the fayth told you?"

"Nah. But I like it." They both began laughing. Then Yuna let go of him and gave him a shove so that he lost his balance and fell down into the ocean. "Whoa! Hey, that's not cherishing."

"You didn't disappear." she said. He looked at his hands and began smiling. Yuna began smiling too.

Then he put up his hands and said: "C'mon, help me getting out of the water." Yuna bended down and gave him her hands. But his plan wasn't getting out of the water instead he pulled her into it. As she hit the water it made a splash. "Hey, that's not getting out of the water." she said as she wiped it off her face. But all Tidus could do was laughing. 'Just you wait!' Yuna thought and splashed him with water before she started running away. "Catch me if you can!"

"Hey!" he said and started running after her. She ran out of the water and to the campfire site before he caught up with her and wrapped his arms around a giggling Yuna. Then he whispered in her ear: "I caught something, may I keep it?"

"Well," she said, "if you love something set it free. If it comes back to you it's yours forever." After that he let go of her. Yuna took two steps forward and turned around just to run into his arms. "I've missed you so much" she said before he kissed her. Then he said: "It's getting dark. Maybe we should call Rikku to pick us up."

"Yeah, you're right." she said before she turned on her little microphone and spoke into it "Rikku, can you hear me?"

"Clear as ever. I guess you to be picked up?" Rikku asked. "Yes."

"Well, I guess that's a problem. There's something wrong with the airship. It doesn't fly anymore. Shinra says he knows where the problem is but it will take a while until it's repaired. He says we'll be able to pick you up by tomorrow morning. Is that ok?"

"Don't worry, we'll be fine."

After they had lit a little campfire they sat there and talked. The stars lit up the dark night sky and Pyreflies flew all over Zanarkand. "I can't remember this spot being beautiful like this" Tidus said and lay down on his back, his hands behind his head, looking at the stars. "Me too" Yuna said and lay down on her back as well. Then he raised his right arm and pointed to the stars up in the sky and said: "Do you see the bright star there? The little ones next to it are looking like a Condor."

"You're right. And next to the Condor is a Bite Bug"

"Ugh. I hated them. Below the Bite Bug is a Bomb."

"A Bomb? If this is a Bomb it's a very skinny one."

Tidus laughed. "Yeah, and the Bite Bug is a real fat one. It can hardly fly." This made Yuna laugh too. After a short period of laughing both were silent. Then Yuna said:"Do you…" but was interrupted by a snorting Tidus. She turned around to watch him sleeping and smiled. Although she was very tired she didn't want to fall asleep. She was too afraid of waking up without him being there. She feared that he'd disappear again or that she was only dreaming and that he had never come back. But no matter how hard she tried to stay awake, she fell asleep.

When she awoke the next morning the sun had already risen. The sunbeams shone through the clouds that must have come up during the night. "What a beautiful morning" she said but didn't get an answer. When she turned around to look at Tidus he wasn't there. She sat up and looked around but she couldn't see him. So she stood up and run around, but he was nowhere to be found. Suddenly the fayth appeared in front of her and said: "We're sorry, but we're too weak. We can't dream anymore, we've run out of power."

"No!" she whispered. "Not again. Nooo!"

Yuna woke up with a start. The sun had already risen and the sunbeams shone through the clouds. She sat up and turned around to make sure he was still there, but he wasn't. Tears welled up in her eyes as she put her fingers to her mouth and whistled.

"Yuna" she heard from behind a ruin. As she looked from where it came she saw Tidus coming out from behind this ruin, dropping something that looked like half of a ball. He ran towards her and asked: "What's wrong?" Yuna fell into his arms and buried her face in his chest. "I…" she sobbed "I had a nightmare." Tidus ran his fingers through her hair to soothe her. "I woke up and you were gone. And then the fayth of Bahamut appeared. He said that…"

"Yuna, it's all right, I'm here." he said calmly. "I know." she said, wiping off her tears. "It's just that when I woke up with a start you weren't there. I feared that you had disappeared again."

"I'm sorry" he said.

"You don't need to apologize. I shouldn't have -" "It's ok. I should have waited until you're awake." A look of confusion appeared on her face, so he started to explain. "As I awoke I heard something hitting the rock. So I went to see what it was and fished it out of the water."

"What was it?"

"I don't know. But maybe you do." he picked up the black thing that looked like half of a sphere. It was as big as a blitzball and had seven hollows in its middle. As he moved it, it gleamed with a hint of blue. Yuna took a good look at it and said:"I've never seen something like this before. It looks like an oversized, broken sphere. But that doesn't explain the hollows. Maybe Shinra knows what it is."

"Let's ask him." Tidus said as he saw the Celsius approaching Zanarkand.