Quote of the chapter: Over and over I fall for you. Over and over, you make me fall for you.
To Be With You Again
Chapter 10
Methods
"Tell us what you know." Nooj began watching the Ronso fall to his knees inside the jail cell from the tranq they had injected into him earlier. "Why are you involved with Seymour? What is he planning?"
The Ronso groaned as the tranq began to come into effect with this judgement and mind.
"What is Seymour trying to achieve? He murdered Braska and now ends up here in Luca after Yuna again. What is he offering you to do his dirty work?"
"Seymour have his revenge—on the world." The Ronso spoke through difficulties as his mind grew into a daze. "You all die!"
"Even with the tranq, he still isn't telling us much." An officer told Nooj. "At this rate…"
"Don't give up on him. I have to make some phone calls and should be back within the hour." Nooj replied walking out of the room and into the main office.
Yuna tiredly opened her eyes the next morning and stretched out her arms with a yawn. Looking over to her side, she had noticed that Tidus wasn't there. Sitting up, Yuna glanced over at her nightstand and noticed a note placed down on it. Leaning over and grabbing it, she began to read what was written.
Come to the kitchen when you wake up.
Wondering what he was up to, Yuna jumped out of bed, got dressed for the day and walked out of her bedroom, across the hall where she could smell the delicious scent of breakfast. As she walked into the room, there she saw Tidus preparing a wonderful breakfast for the two of them.
"Just in time." Tidus began, smiling over at her. "Take a seat."
"Wow Tidus, this is…it looks great." She replied taking a seat at the table as Tidus presented the food down in front of her.
"I hope your hungry." He joined her at the table next to her, placing a soft kiss on her cheek.
"You didn't have to go through all this trouble for me." Yuna told him.
"I don't mind. I actually enjoy cooking, it's a skill I picked up when I was in Bevelle."
Yuna smiled at him then resumed to the beautiful plate full of breakfast food in front of her and the two began to eat.
This is nice, just the two of us like this." Yuna spoke.
"It sure is." He replied. "And it can be like this—" But he was cut off by the ring tone off his cell phone going off. He grabbed it out of his pocket and answered the call.
"Keller here." He began.
"Its Nooj." Came a low troubled voice.
"What's up?" Tidus stood up from his seat and began to walk around the kitchen as Yuna watched him.
"We're having trouble with Ayde—the Ronso. We could really use your help here down at the station."
Tidus sighed. "But I was hoping to spend today with Yuna."
Yuna looked down knowing that he would most likely have to leave.
"I know, I know, I apologize for that but we could really use your help down here."
"Alright then, I'll be there soon." Tidus finished, hanging up.
"You have to go, don't you?" Came Yuna's voice.
"I do." He replied walking back over to her. "I'm sorry."
"Its okay. I don't want to get in the way of your work." She turned her head at him and smiled. "Besides, it'll give me some time to go see how Nhadala is doing in the hospital. I heard that she gets out today."
"Okay then. You want a ride there?" Tidus offered.
"Nah, that's okay. I'll give Rikku a call and us two will go."
"Okay." He then lead in and gave her a kiss. "I'll call you later then." And with that, Tidus left her apartment to return to the police station.
Yuna sighed, she was really hoping to spend some time with Tidus like she did last night. She smiled like a little schoolgirl thinking about it. Finishing up breakfast, Yuna then called Rikku and waited for her to arrive so that the two of them could go see Nhadala at the hospital.
"Grr." Seymour groaned slamming his hand down on the table, the other stroking his forehead.
"You okay?" Garik spoke.
"I'm fine!" He replied angrily. "This damn bullet…"
"Does it hurt?"
"Of course it does you idiot!" Seymour snapped, pausing for a moment. He closed his eyes to endure the pain that was passing through his head for the next few minutes. "…What's your next plan?"
"Garik knows that only Nooj and Tidus standing in way." The Ronso told him. "Eliminate them."
"Yes…you do that. But not Tidus—not yet." Seymour trembled, clutching his fist. As he sat there to try and pass the pain, thoughts of Yuna quickly passed through his mind.
"Won't your father suspect you're gone?"
"Nah, don't worry about him, he's always busy. He never has time for me now a days anyways." Yuna told him.
Seymour smiled and kissed Yuna. "If you say so."
"Someday I hope I can travel the world, just to see what's out there in Spira. I don't want to be in Zanarkand with my father for the rest of my life." Yuna told him.
"We could go together." Seymour said. "Once you finish high school. Just the two of us."
"I would love that." Yuna replied.
Seymour smiled. "Yeah…we'll go together…"
"They're our memories whether you like them or not. It'll always be a part of you."
"I like to focus on my newest memories more."
"Of what? Keller? Are you still hung over him? He never cared about you the way I do. He was going to leave if it wasn't for me stopping him."
"Then why did you?" Yuna asked.
"Unfinished business."
Seymour then stood up and threw his chair across the room. "Fucking Keller, I'll kill him!" Looking up, he saw Garik looking straight at him. "What the hell are you looking at? Get to work!"
"Uh—yes." The Ronso replied, giving Seymour a small bow.
"Bring Tidus to me."
The Ronso nodded then left the room to begin.
Seymour then walked around the room until he finally decided to sit on the couch. "As far as Yuna goes—I have something else in mind with her."
After seeing Nhadala at the hospital, Yuna and Rikku decided to bring her back to the apartment where she could spend the next few days to recover from her knife wound from Seymour. It had just past 8:00 that evening and still there was no word from Tidus. Not that it worried Yuna, she was just wondering why he hadn't called yet.
"So how about the three of us watch a movie?" Rikku suggested. "Girls night, eh?"
"That sounds like fun, it's been a while since I've watched a movie." Nhadala agreed.
Yuna smiled at the two girls. "Okay then. You two get comfy in the living room and I'll go make some popcorn."
"Seymour doesn't give us the details." Ayde began as he lay on the cell floor. "Ayde doesn't know."
"Seymour hired you for a reason and you wouldn't have agreed to do it unless he told you what you'd be doing." Tidus spoke. "Look, if you tell us what you know we can help you, okay? Just tell us what Seymour is trying to do and why did he hire you Ronso's for his work?"
Ayde turned his head away and looked down.
"Please." Tidus asked. Nooj stood behind Tidus leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest watching him.
"Seymour wants Yuna." The Ronso began to speak. "He'll do anything to get her back."
"Yes, what else?"
"Us Ronso's are strong, that's why he hired us. He said that if we do his work—that we can have Zanarkand all to ourselves, the Ronsos."
"Have Zanarkand? Is that why he had you assassinate Braska?"
"Yes, that was also for to draw Yuna back into town." Ayde continued. "Seymour won't stop until he has Yuna."
"Thank you for this information, Ayde. We really appreciate it."
"Wait, one more thing."
"Yes?" Tidus asked.
"Seymour knows that he can't force Yuna so he might use other methods."
"Other methods? Like what?"
"Hey, come on, Ayde doesn't know everything." He finished, looking away.
"Well, at least he told us something."
Nooj nodded his head. "Well that's enough for now. Have you checked in with Yuna yet?"
"Not yet. I know that she is with Rikku and Nhadala so I'm not worrying too much."
"Okay. Anything on Seymour yet?"
"Surprisingly he hasn't called me yet like he usually does. No leads to him yet either. But I'm sure something will turn up soon."
Nooj chuckled. "Yeah, something usually does." He then began to walk out of the room. "Your dismissed for the night, go and see Yuna."
Tidus smiled, following him out of the room.
Gathering up his things, Tidus then left the police station and walked over to his car, stepping in and driving off back to Yuna's.
Out on the road, he noticed small water droplets beginning to fall. Looking up at the sky through the windshield while waiting at a red light, the rain began to fall down faster and harder by the second until it turned out into a full rainstorm. He turned his windshield wipers and continued down the dark rainy road to Yuna's place. The roads were completely deserted for everyone was probably at home considering it was already quite late out.
"Rain in the middle of January, its gonna be slippery tomorrow morning with the snow and cold whether." Tidus mumbled to himself, turning on the radio to listen to some music to keep himself occupied.
Flipping through the radio stations, there wasn't much to his liking to listen to. That was one thing he and like most people hated, it was hard to find a song you liked on the radio. Finally stopping on a station to listen to, he looked back on the road. As he came to the next intersection, he continued on through the green light. But just as he drove through, a car from the opposite road came at full speed, crashing into the back end of Tidus' car, causing him to spin. "Crap!" He cursed, slamming on his breaks as his car windows began to crack and shatter from the impact.
Once at a stop, Tidus took a deep breath and placed his hand on his forehead to discover blood. It was a minor injury but all he could feel was his body tingling from the impact. Removing his seatbelt and opening his door, Tidus then crawled out of the car, feeling very light headed. He fell to his knees as the rain poured onto him and the cold winter air surrounded his body.
Then trying to stand up, looking out in front of him, someone began to approach from the other car. From his height and size, he was easily recognized as a Ronso. But unable to do anything, he remained on his knees, trying to regain conscious. "Dammit…" He spoke. That's when a second Ronso came up from behind and knocked Tidus out. He fell to the floor as the other Ronso approached and picked him up, bringing him back to the car and driving off.
Chapter done. What will happen next, you ask? Next chapter is to come soon!