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Tidus woke up to a pressure on his chest. He suspected it was Yuna sleeping on him as usual, but this pressure was very painful. Like something was jumping and stomping on him, trying to make his heart stop while he breathed. He gently moved Yuna off of him and went to look in the mirror. He pulled his shirt off and was absolutely shocked. On his chest was a black greenish mark the size of his hand. It had lines streaking from it, spreading.
"You don't have to admire yourself in the mirror, you know? Yuna's there for that." Said Rachel as she opened his door.
Tidus rushed to get his shirt on and then turned around, "Morning." He said. He gave a simple smile as Rachel proceeded into the room.
"Wakka wondering if you'd like to go practise with him." Rachel said.
Tidus was very tempted to go along, but the pain on his chest forced him to say no.
"Nah, im kinda tired, I think I'll let Wakka train without me this time." Tidus said as hE walked Into the small kitchen and flicked the kettle on.
"Alright. You'd better wake Yuna up, it's nearly 11am." Rachel said as she shut the door and headed down stairs. As soon as she left, Tidus went straight for the medicine cabinet. He took about two painkillers, dropped them in water and waited for them to fully dissolve.
Strange… right where I was shot… Tidus thought as He brought a hand to his chest.
"Good morning." Said Yuna as she circled her arms around his waist.
"Morning. Sleep well?" Tidus asked as he tried desperately to hide the painkiller wrapped out of plain sight.
Yuna with her hawk eyes though, notices the silver wrapper and examines it carefully.
"Headache?" Yuna asked as she throws the wrapper in the bin.
"Yeah." Tidus Said bad, hoping that he wouldn't stammer.
"Hmm, poor baby." She says as she brings herself in front of Tidus and kisses him. Tidus only nods his Head and returns her kiss.
"What do you wanna do today?" Tidus asked before he swallowed hiS painkillers.
"Let's go… to the beach. Besaid had a beach, right?"
"Yeah, but I was looking at something a little more specific. Do you want to play Blitz? Sunbath? Be lazy and lie down all day?"
"Be lazy and sunbath." Yuna said giggling. Tidus on the other hand wasn't coming up with any good ideas do get out of it.
"Alright. Be right back."
Tidus knew he was going to regret this, but he had no choice. Sunbathing meant no tops (for guys) and right now Tidus wasn't in the best shape of his life. If he said, "No." she would wonder why and he couldn't show her his chest, it would only make her worry. Therefore he had no choice but to man up and ask.
He approached Lulu and Wakka's hut and said, "Anyone in here?"
"Tidus?" Said the voice of Lulu. "Come in."
"Hey, Lulu. I was wondering, do you have any skin toned make up?" Tidus said as he began to blush furiously.
It took a lot of convincing that the make up was for Yuna, as Lulu had already noted that Yuna doesn't wear make up, but eventually he got it off of her and soon began running back to the agency. He got into the bathroom and began rubbing it into his chest. He was quite please with the results. He couldn't see any black or green on his chest as he examined himself once more. With a confident smile, he closed the lid to the makes up Lulu had given him and he made his way back to her hut. Explaining to her why it was nearly empty had been a struggle, but in the end she shrugged and threw it in her bathroom.
They made their way to the beach soon after and Tidus found it was easier then he had thought. All Yuna did was fall asleep occasionally on his chest, so he took this time to look at her, her body and clothing.
She was dressed in a bluish bikini top and bottom and beige sandals. Her body, as always, held no flaw, except for her stomach. Already, there was the smallest bump Tidss had ever Seen in his life and this Tiny bump was his Child. As usual, she wore the necklace he had given her for her 18th birthday. The golden plated Always.
He smiled and then dozed on and off.
After a few hours, Tidus woke up to The voice of Yuna screaming His name. He felt a slight stinging on his neck and Saw That he had been stabbed with one of those things that make you dizzy and eventually, unconscious. He was already feeling a dizzy spell coming on as he looked up and Saw Yuna being taken away by a familiar face.
Seymour whacked her around the head, knocking her out. It seemed the thing he was stabbed with was also a paralyzing needle; he couldn't move or speak. But he was trying like hell. He was trying to shout to Yuna, run after her, beat the crap out of the blue haired douchbag, but he only laid there, listening to her scream. It took a while for him to lose it, but after a while, he faded into darkness.
He woke up once again later on that day. Surrounding him was Virin, who had Rachel seated on his lap, Wakka and Lulu and lastly, Lenne.
"What… happened?" Tidus said as he felt the life in his tongue come back. Lenne was the first one to turn heel and hug him, and as the painkillers had worn off, it nearly killed him.
He struggled to regain his breathing when she let go. Then he remembered…
"Yuna!" He shouted, forgetting his own pain but worrying now about Yuna safety.
"Seymour took her." Said the familiar voice on Auron in the back ground.
"Rachel called us as soon as it happened." Said the other voice of Kevin.
Tidus looked around at his 3 friend and said, "Where? Do you know-"
"We have no idea, we only just arrived." Auron said as he urged Tidus back onto his back.
"No. We- I have to-"
"Why do you always think you have to do things on your own, we are here to help, You know." Said Kevin.
Tidus only nodded as he couldn't really argue, only think about his beloved.
"Whether you like it or not, im getting up now, and I am going to look for Yuna. Now let me go."
"Alright." Auron said as he backed away from Tidus. "Now what? Where are you going to start looking?"
"Where's my phone?" Tidus said as he searched his pockets.
"I think we left it on the beach, we had to get you to hospital." Rachel said.
"Then back to the beach we go then." Tidus said as he went through the door, leaving startled people behind him. Before he went to the beach, though, he went to the agency and reached into his bag, bringing out a silver gun.
He arrived at the beach and sure enough, his phone was right where He had left it. Before he picked it up, however, he got the strange feeling, the one where he was being watched. Tidus looked around, but saw no One. Lenne came out of the bushes with blood running down her leg. "You made me run through a bush, knob head!" She shouted as she ran to the water, the salt water. But that wasn't Tidus' concerns. Tidus picked up his phone and looked around. In the distance he could see a man dressed in black, aiming a rifle straight at Lenne.
"LENNE!" Shouted Tidus, but he was too late. The great Bang! Could be heard through out the island. Lenne dropped into the water, a pool of blood surrounding her. He took out his gun, aimed and fired. The man fell to the ground and Tidus ran over to him. Making sure he was dead before taking his gun and hurrying to his partner.
The sight wasn't pretty. Lenne had two bullet holes in her chest, both resting comfortably in her heart. Tidus removed her of her top, leaving her in her bra, and tried desperately to take the bullets out, but he did so in vain.
Lenne's hand come over his and said, "We cant all be as lucky as you. At least let me die in dignity." She said as she looked over at her top. Tidus grabbed her top, dressed her and began putting pressure on her wound.
"Stop. Its not going to work." Lenne said as she smiled a little. Lenne had always been like that, even when her parents had died, she smiled.
Tidus couldn't do the same though. He let the tears run down his face on onto her as he continually wept. He brought her head to his chest and rocked her back and forth while kissing and stroking her hair.
"I love you, dude." Lenne said as she felt her last breaths coming.
"I love you too."
"Don't forget me, no?"
"I wont."
Lenne brought her hand to the back of Tidus' neck and forced him down so that her stone cold lips were pressed to his ear. "You go get her back, Spiky." Those were Lenne's last words.
Tidus stayed in that position for a while, not wanting to let go. Ignoring the added pain, swung the rifle over his back and then he picked her up bridal ways and carried her to the village.
Rachel stood up as he entered, thinking Lenne was asleep in his arms. Tidus put Lenne down on the bed and held her hand as he silently said Goodbye to her. Rachel quickly saw what had happened and then crawled into the bed, clinging onto Lenne's lifeless body as she wept uncontrollable. Virin grabbed Lenne's other hand and kissed it, doing the same Tidus was doing; Saying goodbye.
The other men just stood there and bowed their heads, knowing that a friend and partner and past on.
After Tidus had fully said farewell to his beloved friend, he took out his phone and pressed his thumb to the screen. The screen was recognising his fingerprint and when it did he was taken into a tracking process. A red dot appeared on the screen and was moving rapidly across the water. He starred at the screen until it reached a destination; Guadosalam.
"We've got her. Lets go." Tidus said as he kissed Lenne on the forehead and headed out of the door. Kevin ran after him and said, "How?"
"Remember the necklace I gave her from her birthday?" Tidus said as Kevin nodded.
"Well, I figured that in case anything like this happened, it would be wise to add a tracking device to it. It doesn't make any noise or have lights or anything. So I thought it would be perfect… Arhggg!" Tidus explained/shouted as he hit to floor, clutching his chest. He couldn't stop screaming as he curled up on the ground, struggling to breath.
Soon, he was in the local hospital, yet again. He was wheeled into the examination room. The first thing the doctor did was wash his body down with warm, soapy water, gradually revealing the Black and Green mark, which had now spread to half of his chest.
A.N: Wow, this was a very depressing Chapter. Lenne was one of my Fav. Characters in this Fic. It doesn't really matter how many times I used her or not, I need her to die for the ending Chapter, however harsh it may sound. Tell what you think of this Chapter :..(
