A/N: Short, but I'm finally getting to this and updating it!

-Chapter Two-
Boat Ride

Tyani replaced the hat on her head, and put in the crystal blue contacts. A regular Yevonite. She and Vidina boarded the S.S. Cay the night after Sin attacked Home. She hadn't spoken much since she had regained her consciousness at the oasis. It didn't matter that she was Al Bhed anymore. She was a victim of Sin. That was all that was important now. "Vidina, do you think my family... made it out?"

"Well your grandfather does own the airship, doesn't he?" Vidina said, "It looks pretty good."

"Where do you think they went?" Tyani asked.

"Hopefully not Besaid," Vidina replied. "Don't worry Ty. It'll be okay."

The Al Bhed girl smiled weakly, "I know." She sat on the railing of the boat, kicking her feet softly. Home was something she'd have to worry about later. Now she had to pray at the temple in Besaid, and try to become a summoner. Hopefully the Fayth would understand that she wanted to become a summoner, even though she was Al Bhed. But something kept nagging at her. When she had fallen unconscious, she saw something... she wasn't sure what it was. Someone spoke to her, but who was it? Well it wasn't something to think of now. She had much more important things to think about, like her pilgrimage. It was strange to think that. Pilgrimage. She had been brought up, told that summoners were poor idiots who followed the Yevon religion. But when she was fourteen, she realized that she wanted to stop Sin. She knew that machina did not work. Only summons.

"Tyani, no! I forbid it!" Rikku shouted.

"But Mom, I won't let myself die!" Tyani argued. "I'm not like your stupid cousin and uncle! I won't go off and kill myself. Especially when my friends try to stop me!"

Rikku's lower lip quivered. With anger or tears, it was hard to tell. "Don't ever bring Yuna into this! You cannot become a summoner and that's that. Besides, you are an Al Bhed. Do you know what it's like to be out there Tyani? You've hardly ever left Home alone!"

"Maybe if you'd let me leave, I could do something about it!" Tyani yelled.

"No! That's it! End of discussion Tyani! Go to your room now!"

Tyani stomped her foot. "That's not fair!"

"Go!" Rikku screeched.

Hot tears stung in Tyani's eyes. She couldn't stand her mother. All her stupid rules and ideas. All her secrets. But if her mother died, she didn't know what she would do. I'd finish my pilgrimage, in hope that her death wouldn't be in vain. That was one of the reasons she was doing this.

"Mommy? Daddy? Zane?" four year old Tyani called out.

A strong pair of arms picked her up, "Tyani, are you okay?" her father asked. His single eye was full of sorrow and tears. He held her close, as if he was afraid of losing her forever.

"Where's Mommy and Zane?" she wanted to know.

Gippal closed his eye, doing his best to hide tears from his daughter. "Zane... he's gone."

"Gone...?" young Tyani repeated. "But..." she began to sob loudly, her wails reaching the ears of the other Al Bhed sitting in the small shelter. Zane was her twin brother, and her best friend.

"I'm sorry," Gippal cried softly with her.

Tyani sighed quietly. Her twin brother had been captured by a group of Yevonites. Apparently, some people were still very angry that an Al Bhed had guarded a summoner. They attacked an Al Bhed shop, burned it to the ground, and killed many. She didn't know if Zane was still alive, but she hoped that by traveling Spira, she'd find out. And maybe, just maybe, defeating Sin would be the one thing that could bring together the Al Bhed and the Yevonites.

"I heard the Al Bhed Home got attacked by Sin," a black haired man snickered. "Serves them right, damn bastards. It's their fault Sin's here anyway."

Tyani stood up, her fists and teeth clenched, but was held back by a firm hand. "Let me go," she growled at Vidina.

"And let you blow your Al Bhed lineage?" Vidina argued quietly.

The Al Bhed girl exhaled loudly, leaning back against the railing of the boat.

"Yeah!" a young brunette man chuckled. "Of course, wait until Maester Baralai finds out."

The other male rolled his eyes, "That dumb ass is always helping out the stupid Al Bhed."

Tyani crossed her arms, and sauntered toward the two young men. "Do you always talk like this about the great leaders of Spira? Or just when they aren't around?" she asked, emphasizing the word 'great'.

"Who are you?" the brunette demanded.

Vidina stepped forward, towering over the two young men by at least half a foot. Sometimes Tyani forgot just how tall he was. Of course, she wasn't the shortest girl in the world either. "This," Vidina said with a smug grin, "is the Lady Summoner Tyani from the isle of Besaid."

"Oh!" the black haired male took Tyani's hand, shaking it eagerly. "We're looking forward to a long Calm again Lady Tyani!"

Tyani gave a fake smile, "We'll see, won't we?" The two young men hurried down the steps into the cabin area, setting both Tyani and Vidina in fits of laughter. "Did you see the look on his face when you said I was a summoner?!"

"Oh, Milady Summoner!" Vidina mocked, "Wait until we find out who you really are after you bring us a Calm that lasts forever!"

The Al Bhed smiled, "A Calm that lasts forever. Sounds like a dream doesn't it?"

"You'll make it come true," Vidina flashed a grin. "Don't worry."

"Thanks Viddy," Tyani looked out at the sea, "Thanks."

suteki da ne

The High Summoner wandered Spira, as she had for over eighteen years. She searched, high and low, for the blonde blitzball player who had given her a gift no one else could have given her. Love. It was something the Yevon religion strictly forbid on pilgrimages. Now she knew why. She picked her lover, Tidus, to become the Final Aeon and defeat Sin, and take her life. Yuna had done this, expecting to be with him eternally in the Farplane. But he was still alive, somewhere, somehow. Now Sin was back, and her death was in vain.

futari te wo tori aruketa nara

The Den of Woe. That's what they called it now. Yuna thought so too. There was another unsent in there. His name was Shuyin. She had mistaken him for her Tidus, and spent three years chasing him over Spira. He had been unsent for over a thousand years, since the time of the machina war, searching for his lover Lenne. iThis is how I will "live" the rest of my "life",/i Yuna often thought.

ikitai yo

If only she had questioned Yunalesca. If only she could have lived to defeat Sin again, forever. If only... There were millions of those "if only" and "what if" thoughts. She knew Shuyin had them too. He often lamented about his death along with Lenne's. But the one thing Yuna feared, was becoming like him. He wanted to destroy Spira, because it was the same. War after war, death after death. He scolded her often for following the unethical and stupid laws of the Yevon religion. She agreed.

kimi no machi ie ude no naka

Yuna was always sorry. She had decided to help any summoner she came across... and hope they would hear her cries. Her apologies. And her warning. The Final Summoning was a false tradition. It should be thrown away.

A/N: I wanted to have this chappy up MUCH earlier but the thought struck me. SHUYIN. And it was like, aw crap. But I'm finding a way to put him in. Anyway, I know this chapter is short but the next chappy Viddy and Ty will be in Besaid! Hurray! To Jami-bunny: Oh hi you. Thanks. Hope your story is going well To Emmy: OKAY! Come back soon from... wherever you went with Evan super-glued to you XD
Anyway, I will be putting up things for Yuna and Tidus (and maybe Shuyin) every chapter because they will still play a big part in the story. And I'll probably always make a tiny 'songfic' out of their part because it'll always be short and just because I think I should.
Always - Letselina