CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER IV

Yuna, Rikku, and Lulu stepped up the marble staircase in Luca that led to the Mi'ihen Highroad. No more machina patrol the Highroad anymore since they went haywire that one time.

"Shouldn't we wait for Kimarhi?" Rikku asked.

"He said not to wait up for him," Yuna stated.

"He's wasting his time by telling Wakka what's going on," Lulu added.

"Aw, Lulu, don't be so hard on Wakka," said Yuna.

"You're the last person I'd expect to say that, Yuna. I'm just mad at the fact that he put Blitzball before Tidus."

"Yeah, but I know he didn't mean it."

The woman standing by the cluster of chocobos approached the group. "Lady Yuna, an honor to meet you."

"Hello." Yuna replied.

"Welcome to the Mi'ihen Highroad, would you guys like to ride chocobos?" She noticed Lulu carrying Vidina. "And we have special pouches that we strap to the chocobo for babies who can't ride chocobos."

"That'd be wonderful," Yuna said.

The woman brought three chocobos over to them. Yuna and Rikku mounted their chocobos. Lulu strapped the pouch onto her chocobo and placed Vidina inside it, and she got on her chocobo sitting sideways.

"Where will you be riding to?" the woman questioned.

"Djose," Yuna answered.

"For all four of you plus the length of the journey, that'll be three-hundred gil, please."

"I got it you guys," said Rikku searching for her gil. She found it and handed the woman the gil.

"Ok then, when you get to Djose ride up to the agency and use the choco-porter to send the chocobos back here. See you guys again."

Remember the Choco-Porter? It's one of Shinra's inventions. Wow, he must be hauling in gil from that.

Crossing the Mi'ihen Highroad on chocobo makes it seem like the road is so much shorter than it really is. Within a few minutes they already passed Rin's Travel Agency and were nearing Mushroom Rock Road.

Mushroom Rock Road is desolate now. Since the Youth League no longer exists there is no one here. But you will find people at the old Youth League headquarters. It has been transformed into the new Chocobo Knights' headquarters which is led by Elma. Lucil and Yaibal are also in the Chocobo Knights also. The original Chocobo Knights were destroyed by Sin during Operation Mi'ihen two years ago.

The massive rocks which electricity surging around them floated majestically around Djose Temple. Lots of machina were here because Djose is the home of the Machine Faction. Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku rode up to the agency where they saw the choco-porter. They stepped off their chocobos, and Lulu took Vidina out of the pouch.

"How exactly does this thing work?" asked Lulu, puzzled.

"It's really quite easy!" claimed Rikku while she messed around with it. "And… there!" She hit a big green button and the three chocobos they had ridden glowed then vanished.

"Neat," said Yuna, impressed.

"Well, long time no see."

They looked at the man who was leaning against the wall of the agency.

"Gippal!" said Yuna in surprise

Gippal walked over to them and put it has on Rikku's head. "Hey, Cid's girl. What brings you guys here?"

Rikku swatted his hand so he took it off, and she groaned, "I have a name…"

Yuna didn't say anything because she didn't know what to tell him.

He looked over at Lulu. "Ah someone I haven't met before. Hiya, I'm Gippal of the Machine Faction."

"I'm Lulu, a friend of Yuna."

"Lulu, huh? Now that name is familiar. You're one of her guardians."

She nodded.

"And who's this little guy?"

"This is my son, Vidina."

After the greetings Yuna finally told Gippal what was going on. She figured it was a good idea because not that long ago he was in the Farplane with them trying to stop Vegnagun.

"Hmm. So you want to jump down the hole in the Chamber of the Fayth and find Tidus in the Farplane along with whatever has captured him?"

"That's right," nodded Yuna.

"Sounds pretty solid… except…"

"Oh no, not another problem," Rikku complained.

"Well, you see, we filled the hole in Djose's Chamber of the Fayth with stones. So it's impossible to go down it now," explained Gippal.

"Well that does stand as a problem now does it?" Rikku said, annoyed.

"You mentioned you need the garment grids anyway so I'll tell ya what, we still have that commsphere so I can let you use that to talk to Shinra and the others in the Bikanel Desert," stated Gippal.

They followed Gippal into Djose Temple and into the small room on the right of the entrance hall. Gippal dug through a chest and pulled out the commsphere. "Here we go, it should still work."

Yuna took it from him and turned it on. "Thanks, Gippal."

"Just helping out anyway I can."

Rikku and Lulu's faces hovered over Yuna's shoulders looking at the screen of the commsphere which was all static at the moment. Rikku started tapping the screen arguing with it to get a signal. And oddly enough, Rikku won the argument. The static thinned and a picture was forming.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Yuna asked into the commsphere but no one replied.

"Brother's Yuna senses should be tingling right about now," said Rikku teasing Yuna.

"Shhh! I heard a door shut! Hello?"

A familiar voice replied, "Well if it isn't Yuna."

"Buddy!" Rikku and Yuna said joyfully in unison.

Again, Yuna told her story about the dreams and what they planned to do. Buddy agreed to bring the garment grids to them along with the airship for easier travel, and Brother and Shinra are also joining them. But Djose is too small for them to land the airship so they must travel to the Thunder Plains to pick up Yuna, Rikku, and Lulu.

Yuna turned off the commsphere and handed it back to Gippal and said, "Ok, so we have to cross the Moonflow and go through Guadosalam then to the Thunder Plains where they'll meet us with the airship. And then I guess we'll go to Besaid's Chamber of the Fayth and jump down the hole there."

Gippal had been holding Vidina while they were talking on the commsphere, she took him from him and said, "Well, we won't be able to cross the Moonflow tonight. Shoopufs don't cross after dark, so we'll have to stay here for the night. And Yuna, if Rikku was right, you'll have another dream tonight."

What Lulu said caused Yuna to have a sickening feeling in her stomach.

Gippal nodded. "If that's the case then, allow me to get you girls some rooms."

These dreams are frightening. I'm a little scared to go to sleep tonight, but I guess it's what I have to do. It's the only way I can find out what's going on and save you. I just hope we make it to you in time.

Tiredness finally overcame Yuna and she fell asleep, and once again she found herself in the Farplane Abyss.

We will stop him.

It wasn't black anymore, but it was foggy. The voice she heard wasn't the one that was laughing at her; it was that of the Fayth's.

We aeons will fight him Lady Yuna.

Figures started appearing in the fog, she could make them out. It was the aeons! She could see Valefor, Ifrit, Ixion, Shiva, Bahamut, Yojimbo, Anima, and the Magus Sisters.

"Please tell me, who are you fighting?" Yuna pleaded with them but they didn't answer her.

Morning came and Yuna awoke bright and early. She woke Lulu and Rikku up and told them about her latest dream. Then she told Gippal who said he thinks before they enter the Farplane they must visit every place with a Chamber of the Fayth and sleep there so Yuna will have a dream.

They emerged from Djose temple and waved goodbye to Gippal. They left Djose and walked to the southern Moonflow trail. Like Kilika, the Moonflow is also an amazing sight to see.

"To the Thunder Plains then?" asked Rikku.

Yuna nodded and the three of them began walking.

"Not without us you're not!"

The three girls turned around and saw Kimarhi and Wakka walking to them.