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Chapter 4

Staring at the sea...

"Will he come?"

Deep inside she still had this hope that Tidus would come back, somehow.

"You said you would come running..." So she went to one of the many docks of Luca, to whistle. But it didn't worth it, he was dead... and there she was, alone, empty.

"Is there hope for me after this is all over?"

She didn't know. After this speech, she had no idea of what to do.

Tidus should be the one there, alive; she should be dead, like every Summoner before her. It was all wrong. She was there, living and breathing; she should be happy. But she could give it all away, give her dreams, give her life, anything at any price...

"All of this for you."

But there was nothing she could do; she couldn't bring him back…. So, there she was, standing at the dock, looking at the endless sea. She felt the water, the sea, the entire ocean, pulling her close, whispering in her hear, the currents speaking to her, revealing her destiny, the one she had chosen... it was all becoming clear as she realized that there was nothing she could do; it was over. Now she just wished that that ocean, that currents would wash her away, make her disappear...

She gave a second whistle.

- Yuna, It is time. - Lulu appeared behind her, and they left the dock in direction of the Stadium.

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"It is now"

She was at Luca's Stadium's backstage getting ready for the speech. She thought again about what she was going to say. The text was pretty simple; the people of Spira already knew about Sin's death, she would only confirm that Sin was gone forever, and give them some strength to begin this new era of Spira's history.

"New era..." That reminded her about last night's conversation with Lulu, and how she opened herself to her... And that lead to Tidus.

"You said that you would come running..." She stopped herself from thinking about that. "Focus on the text..."

- Ya ready? - Wakka looked cheerful

Deep breathe in. Deep breathe out.

- Yes - "No"

She entered in the stadium's podium. What she saw seemed surreal: the stadium was full, like the most important Blitzball game ever was about to begin; from her point of view, she could see the amount of people who couldn't enter in the stadium, and were around it, looking to the monitors.

- Everyone...everyone has lost something precious. Everyone here has lost homes, dreams, and friends. Everybody... Now, Sin is finally dead.

Yuna could swear the stadium walls were shaking when she said that; the people just went insane.

- Now, Spira is ours again. Working together... Now we can make new homes for ourselves, and new dreams. Although I know the journey will be hard, we have lots of time. Together, we will rebuild Spira. The road is ahead of us, so let's start out today.

She felt a little hypocrite: she was telling them to build new homes, new dreams, but she couldn't see herself doing that. "Not without you"

She was about to turn around and leave the podium; but she had to add a little thing...

- Just, one more thing... The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded...

She remembered everything. Besaid, the boat, Kilika, Luca, the tournament, operation Mi'hen, Guadosalam, Home, the fake marriage, the spring in Macalalia,... "Tidus..." She was struggling against tears. "Don't cry now... Just don't... not in front of them!"

- Never forget them.

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"Calm down... just open your eyes..."

Then he realized he had no eyes.

He tried to hear.

Then he realized he had no hears.

He tried to scream.

Then he realized he had no mouth.

He panicked. He tried to run, to anywhere... just run, far away, back to Spira.

Then he realized he had no body at all.

End of Chapter 4

Sorry I didn't post this earlier, but I'm still with some problems with my Internet server... Anyway, this chapter is about my point of view about the scene when Yuna gives her speech... it's a small chapter, I know, but there isn't much more to say about it.

Oh, and... Nine Inch Nails for the win! The first part of this chapter has some lines taken from one of the best musics in the world... "The Great Below" - Nine Inch Nails. Go hear it, now! xD Just kidding... but the music is really beautiful...