I'm totally losing it!

Chapter 10

No one moved. Only our eyes shifted everywhere in the room, looking for the source of the voice. The statue's glow was slowly fading in and out. Neither of us wanted to make a sound as we listen with intense concentration.

"Who are you?" Said the soft voice. It sounded sadly. "How did you all get here?"

Suddenly, a ghost image of an old man appeared over the glowing statue. The ghost was actually tanned like the other Zanarkandians, and he was wearing layers of robes. He also had white hair and a long white beard. But his eyes were the palest blue I've ever seen, and they were full of sorrow.

"Who...who are you?" Yuna asked, bravely. The ghost glared down at all of us.

"I am Lord Yevon. The leader of Zanarkand." He said. My eyes widen, and I could tell that everyone else had their mouths hanging.

"You're Yevon?" I asked, completely puzzled. He looked irritated.

"You are not of this world. I can sense the aura that circulates around you all. I ask...who are you? And what are you doing in My Zanarkand?" He demanded, but still in a soft voice. Yuna bravely stepped forward.

"We are from the future of Spira." She started to explain. Suddenly, I felt unsure if she should say this. "We managed to travel through time, and we landed here in Zanarkand."

"Impossible!" He spoke. "My Dream Zanarkand can never be located."

"But we did." I spoke, suddenly feeling suspicious. "We used memories from the pyreflies and a powerful machina to teleport us."

"You used machina?!" He said, obviously angry. "I will not allow any outsiders find my Dream Zanarkand! I will travel to your time, and destroy this powerful machina!"

"No!!" Yuna shouted, but then Paine stepped forth.

"Dream Zanarkand? There's no such thing." She said, amazingly calm. "And how can Yevon himself be the 'ruler' of Zanarkand. Yevon is the religion of Bevelle." He laughed, but looked too tired to laugh.

"It seems someone has tampered the true history." He said, with a smirk. "It is true. I am the ruler of Zanarkand...at the time during the Machina War. But I could sense it...my city was going to lose. I was too stubborn to allow it. So I ordered all the surviving citizens and summoners to sacrifice themselves and become fayths."

Suddenly, the room went black and I couldn't see a thing, but I could see the faint outline of Gippal, Yuna, and Paine. Then, the scenery changed and we were outside, but we were floating in the air, looking down at a crowd of people. A man, who looked like a younger version of Yevon, stood on top of a rock, looking down at the surviving people of Zanarkand.

He rose his arms and the people walked up to the rock walls of Mount Gagazet. One by one, they began to merge with the wall, and the pyreflies flew out of their bodies, and were absorbed into Yevon himself.

"I used their memories as a basis for summoning a replica of the city. A city that was total paradise, a city without conflict, and cut off from the real world. No man could find it."

Yevon absorbed all of the pyreflies and was suddenly in full power. I was scared, as I watched Yevon tranformed. His skin glowed light blue, and his hair turned pure white and softly waving in the wind, and his eyes also glowed a very faint blue light. Thunder clouds gathered in the sky as the scenery went black again. I found Gippal and grabbed his hand.

I was so scared.

"I was sure that my people would be safe in their memories..unaware of the outside world. But I had to protect myself everytime I summon the city, so I created a massive armor. With it, I also use it to destroy other cities with advance technologies."

Suddenly, I was facing Sin. Yuna gasped, and fell to her knees. I was scared too, as if Sin was suddenly back again. But then the scene changed again, and we stood in front of a beautiful woman with exotic hair and clothes. Lady Yunalesca.

"My daughter, Yunalesca, stayed in the real world. She convinced the people of Bevelle that in order to maintain myself, Sin, they must offer sacrifices, summoners. But in reality, I just use their souls to summon my Dream Zanarkand. The Bevelle fools listened to her and called it their teachings."

Then, we saw Yunalesca in arms with a tall, handsome man.

"But leaving my daughter in the real world, she foolishly fell in love with Lord Zaon. He motivated her to end my life. She thought that my destruction should end, and that My Zanarkand shouldn't exist. Her fate was already sealed."

I saw Yunalesca slowly sinking to her knees, as she watch Sin approach her. Her eyes were filled with tears. She didn't even fought back as Sin gave the final blow. The room changed back to the Chamber of Fayth, and I saw The Ghost Yevon hovering before us.

"If what you speak of is true...then my Dream Zanarkand is no longer safe again. I will find your world, and destroy it." He said with definite fatality and faded away.

"Wait!" Yuna yelled, but it was too late. He was gone.

"Yuna! He's serious! Is he going to destroy our present time Spira?" I said, my hand squeezing Gippal's. She was totally speechless.

"This is our fault." Paine spoke, quietly.

"What do you mean?" I said, my voice an octave higher. Paine stared at me...with fierce blue eyes.

"We've changed everything. History says that Sin attacked Spira after it's first attack on Zanarkand, right? It's because we traveled back in time. It's our fault!" She yelled.

"What can we do? Defeat Yevon? He's hardly solid." Gippal pointed out.

Suddenly, Yuna stood up and walked towards the other end of the room. She touched the wall, and then pushed it. She tried harder, so then I walked next to her and helped.

"What are you guys doing?" Paine asked. Yuna didn't answer.

"There was a door here back when Yuna came to get the Final Aeon two months ago. But it won't move." I explained.

So all four of us helped Yuna push the door opened. Slowly, it moved and we walked in the forbidden room. It was the same as before when I first came here. The tall stairs led up to the strange chamber where the ceiling looked like a night sky. Yuna paused at the stairs before she slowly climbed up.

Memories suddenly filled my head. I saw flashbacks of when I was traveling with Yuna on her pilgirmage...with Tidus by my side. Suddenly, Tidus's necklace grew warm, and the faint pulse beated harder as if it was alive. I grasp the pendant, feeling the warmth flow through the rest of my body.

Why is it acting like this?

"Whoa." Gippal and Paine whispered as we entered the room. It was the same with its ruins and moss growing on it, and the night sky with hundreds of stars. But Yuna kept walking foward.

"Yuna, where are you going?" I said, but she didn't say anything.

Yuna was leaning over the edge, about to fall down into the bottomless sky, but she turned around and stared at us with fiery in her eyes. Her eyes were also blue...

"I will find him...and end this." She said, and walked back to the center. She shouted to the sky. "Show yourself, Yevon!!"

He appeared. Only he looked more solid...

"If you want your death, I'll give it to you." He said.

He slowly raised his arms, and I felt a shiver down my spine. Pyreflies appeared out of nowhere and was absorbed into his body. He transformed into his most powerful state. His skin turned pale, and his hair and eyes glowed. He held out his hand and gathered energy, ready to fire at Yuna.

I ran up to her.

"Yuna!" I shouted, trying to pull her down. But my mind screamed a different name...

Tidus!

Suddenly, Tidus's necklace glowed in a blinding light. I couldn't see anything, but for some reason, I felt as if Tidus was close by. I was too scared to even breath when I heard the famliar warm and anxious voice...

"Rikku?!"

"Rikku...Rikku! Wake up!" Someone said, shaking me.

Slowly, I opened my eyes. Gippal's face was right in front of me with Yuna and Paine looking over his shoulder stood. I sat up, and they gave me some space to breathe.

"What happened?" I mumbled.

"That light got us out of the temple. We ended up here." Paine explained. I looked around.

We were at the park, and the sun was setting.

"How's that possible?" I said, totally confused.

I tried to stand up, but for some reason I was having trouble. Then, Gippal offered his hand to me, and he pulled me up with his hand carefully behind my back.

"Rikku...you look, uh...bigger somehow." Paine said, trying to be honest.

"You saying I'm fat?!" I glared at her, sticking my lower lip out.

"Actually..." I heard Gippal mumbled. I looked down and gasped. I haven't realized how much my stomach was sticking out.

It was growing...

"Are you okay?" I heard another voice.

I was suddenly went very stiff, and my heart was beating faster. I stared at Gippal, Yuna and Paine, making sure it was only us and that I wasn't hallucinating. I looked at Yuna, and she was smiling. I bit my lower lip as I slowly turned around.

"Uh...hey." Tidus waved at me, with a shy smile.

I gasped before I fainted in Gippal's arm...

I think I was dreaming. I was most certain of it, because I was in a desert. It wasn't hot, maybe because I'm Al-Bhed, but even I know that most desert winds can sting without proper clothes. I was actually enjoying the scenery, so I stared to sing a lullaby and dancing.

I felt someone was nearby, and it wasn't as if someone was stalking me, but as if someone I was comfortable with was next to me. But there was nothing but wind blowing. So I danced with the wind, singing louder. Soon, the wind picked up the sand and formed a cloud of sand. The sand began to form into a body, with a famliar face and spiky hair.

I was smiling as I danced with the wind and the sand body that looked awfully like Tidus. Suddenly, the wind blew away and I saw his real body on the ground, lifeless. I ran up to him and kneel next to him.

I felt the necklace around my neck growing hot...

It felt as if I was lying on a bed. I tried to open my eyes, but it was too heavy, so I didn't force myself. My voice felt weak, so I didn't spoke. Then, I heard voices.

"Umm...where are Paine and Gippal?" I heard Yuna asking someone.

"The other two? They were exploring my houseboat. It's like they never seen anything like it or something." I heard Tidus replied back.

"Oh..." Yuna said. There was a long pause.

"Will she be okay?" Tidus asked this time.

"I'm sure she's just shock to see you." Yuna said. I could hear her smiling.

"I'm sorry. I've shouldn't have come." He said.

"Why?"

"Well..." I heard heavy footsteps walking closer to me. Then, the bed sank a little as he sat next to me. "The last time I saw her, I told her I didn't want anything to do with her."

There was another long pause.

"Do you really...don't remember at all?" Yuna asked, quietly.

"I...I don't know!" I heard Tidus said, almost panicky.

"What happened? Why did you come to the park?" Yuna asked. I heard another pair of footsteps walking closer. Tidus took a deep breath and sighed.

"I'm not sure myself. One minute, I was playing my video games, and then I heard this voice...it was calling for my help. And I bolted out and thought of the park. And I found you guys." He explained. "What about you? What happened to you guys?"

"Well, we sort of explored the Southern District-"

"What?! You guys went there? Why? I told her not to-" He cut himself off. I heard Yuna giggling.

"You told her not to go? You care for her." She said, matter-of-fact.

"I..." He couldn't defend himself.

"Anyways," Yuna continued. "We found the temple. And we found this ghost of Yevon-"

"Really?!" He said, shocked.

"Yeah. And...well, uh, we kind of got him angry. And then, Rikku's necklace glowed and we somehow landed in the park."

Suddenly, I felt warm hands lightly brush the base of my neck to hold the pendant. I decided to keep still, wondering what he would do or say.

"That's strange." Tidus mumbled. "This looks famliar...somehow."

"Wasn't it yours?" Yuna asked kindly. But then, Tidus got up and walked away with fast, angry footsteps.

"Argh! Why can't I remember?!" He practically yelled. There was an even longer pause before Yuna replied.

"Is there anything you remember at all?" She asked. Tidus sighed, calming down.

"Well...I did had this dream, a few days ago. It was very nostalgic." I heard Tidus walking back towards me. "In it, I made an important promise to someone. A girl name Rikku...but I can't remember what she looks like." I felt his hand brush away a loose hair strand from my face. "This girl...she says her name is Rikku. But I can't compare how they look."

"Tidus," Yuna said, trying to show sympathy. I felt his hand moved away.

"I feel like I'm missing something. Come tomorrow, I probably lost even more memories. Who is she? Who are you guys? Where did you come from? Who am I?!" He said, getting more anxious.

"I could tell you everything...but you should try to remember-"

"I can't!" He yelled at her. "I've tried ever since I first met Rikku. But I've come up with nothing!"

"Okay." She said, calmly. "But it might be too much for you all at once. And I think I don't have the right to say it." She said. I could feel there eyes on me.

"I'll try to behave." He said.

"Okay. I'll go check on Gippal and Paine." She said, and I heard her footsteps climbing up the stairs to the upper deck.

Wow! I'm alone with Tidus!

"Rikku?" He said, "Are you awake yet? I'm sorry I gave you a shock back at the park." He chuckled a little.

I decided not to say anything. Let's see where this goes!

"I'm also sorry for what I said last time." He said, more serious. "I guess, I was just scared. I mean...is it really true? I'm going to be a dad?!"

He took another deep breath.

"I'm sorry that I can't remember. I wish I can, Rikku. I really do...You know, it was kinda strange before I ran to the park. I...I heard you calling me. Your voice. And all I was thinking was if you were okay. I actually was worried about you."

My heart was beating faster. Then, I felt his hand holding the pendant again, and then he made a small gasp.

"Where did you get this, Rikku? I thought I've seen it before. I bought it once, and there was only one left. Now you have it?" He squeezed it. "It feels...so warm. And there's a pulse...as if it's alive."

Suddenly, I felt the pulse too. It was so strong, as if there was something alive beating on my skin...

"Rikku!" He said. I opened my eyes, and his blue eyes gazed into mine.

"Tidus?" I said, confused. "What was that?"

He quickly dropped the necklace, embarrased that his hand was so close to me. I held the pendant, squeezing it again, but the pulse was faint again.

"I could have swore that it was alive." I said to myself.

"Are you okay, Rikku?" He asked.

This time, I looked at him. I bit my lip again. He really was there! I quickly rolled to my side, looking away and blushing. But then, Tidus was on the other side of the bed looking into my eyes. I gasped, to shock to move.

"Don't try to avoid me." He said, innocently. "I want to apologize."

I just took in a short breath.

"And please don't faint again." He said, with a smirk.

I slowly sat up, and tried to get off on the other side of the bed. Suddenly, he was there next to me.

"I already heard." I said, trying to avoid looking into his eyes.

"How much?" He asked.

"Pretty much everything." I said, looking down at my hands. Then, I felt his hand on my chin and he turn my head to face him.

"Then you know I'm really sorry for what I said." He said. His face so close then ever before.

"Then...why did you say you were scared?" I asked, and his hand slowly left my chin.

"I didn't mean it like that." He said, scratching the back of his head. "I meant...I was just so shocked to find out."

I looked down at my hands.

"I'm really sorry." He said. "After what happened today...when I heard your voice in my head, I want to make it up to you."

"But...what can you do?" I said, feeling depressed. "You don't really know me."

"Then tell me." He said, determined. I stared at him. "I can't remember. Maybe if you tell me...everything that happend to us...maybe I can remember something."

I took a deep breath.

"You promise not to interrupt?" I asked.

"I promise." He said. I kept taking in deep breaths. Then, I felt his arm around my shoulder. My face was burning. "I want to hear everything."

I took another deep breath and sighed.

"Well...it all started when I found you alone in a forgotten temple..."

OMG!!!! they are together!...well, not yet! Tidus has to truly remember. and what about Yevon?! that is actually the true history, the game creators intended it to be...with a little bit of tweaks.

Will Rikku and the gang find a way to stop Yevon before he destroys Spira? Will they manage to get out of Dream Zanarkand? Will Tidus remember? What is up with that necklace?

please review!