(A/N) Hey everybody, long time no see. I haven't really had the time to update, and I got into a car accident Sunday night, so my back wont allow me to sit at the computer for too long. Well, I really felt bad about not updating this past Friday…so I guess I'll have to settle for a Thursday. Anyways, thank you to everybody that has reviewed so far, I really appreciate it! Thank you! I never thought I would have this many!

Oh, and this chapter will be a little more…well…you'll see! Lucifer's Garden gave me some tips! Can you believe it! I'm still trying to calm down! Anyways hope this runs more smoothly!

Chapter 10

"I Promise"

"Where is Yunie?" Rikku asked, squinting her eyes as she leant over the handrail, nearly tumbling.

"Rikku!" Lenne yelled dramatically, pulling on the young blondes arm to fall away from the rail.

"Ouch! Hey Lenne! What gives!" Rikku yelled disoriented, nearly tripping over her own feet, rubbing her elbow vigorously. Lenne shifted her eyes about her surroundings before leaning in closer to Rikku's ear.

"I…think everybody…just saw you're…well…your panties…" Lenne said softly, as the young Albhed girl jerked back in dismay, clinging to her bottom, tugging her mini skirt further down, her emerald wide eyed stare shocked with embarrassment.

"Your lying Lenne! Stop it!" The young Albhed girl yelled back, shaking her head in horror.

"Rikku…just sit down your making a scene—"Hey there princess! How much for the full show!" A young male student called out from a few stands above. Rikku's face blossomed a bright scarlet tint as she curled her fists.

"What did you say? Do you wanna run that by me again ya big meanie!" Rikku yelled stamping her foot onto the cement stand, shaking her fist in the air. The male student laughed off her childish antic, and resumed his seat.

"Rikku! What are you trying to do? Get us kicked out!" Lenne retorted pulling Rikku into the seat beside her. Folding her arms as a child would, Rikku slouched back into a pout, her pink lip-gloss reflecting the sphere's cool water. After mumbling a few Albhed words beneath her breath, her eyes were full of amazement, eagerly looking toward the initiation pads. Her hands fluttered into thousands of pyre flies.

"Lenne! Look! The game is starting! Wait…why isn't Yuna back yet?" Rikku's once enthused voice now halted into a bitter whimper.

"Lenne! Where is she? She's going to miss the second half!" Rikku pleaded, her eyes still set on the players above. Lenne scanned the room cautiously. Her soft brown eyes, slowly wandering above her to the initiation pads, where the two teams stood awaiting the whistle.

"Hey, Rikku…I remember her saying that she was going to get a drink, she'll be back soon." Lenne concluded, the anxiety now being wiped clean from their furrowed brows.

"Lets just enjoy the game…" Rikku continued, now biting into a box of candy.

"Yea… I'm sure everything is fine…must be a long line…"

The announcer cleared his throat, releasing a bellow into the microphone. His voice seemed a bit raspy from the first half of the game, and he gurgled a cup of water before continuing. Both opposing teams exited from the locker rooms. Tidus jogged energetically his glare set onto Shuyin's deep cerulean eyes, now full of vengeance.

"I wont let you have her…" There thoughts one in the same, as both released their grip off one another's eyes. Tidus stood at ease, smirking, provoking Shuyin to make any sudden movement, however Shuyin kept his wits about him, fully knowing how Tidus intended to make a fool out of him before the entire university. Assuming their stances, the deafening buzzer sounded, and one by one they submerged themselves into the clear, cool water.

"We are now in the second half ladies and gentlemen, but it looks like our Saints may be too far behind to catch up to these challengers!"

Oh, this is gonna be good Lenne!" Rikku spat through her chipmunk cheeks, full of candy, as she leaned off the edge of her seat. Lenne sat still, calmly lost in a trance like state, irrelevant to her surroundings.

"What might Rikku think…if I told her that…that I like Shuyin…what…would Yuna think? Would they understand…would they hate me?" Lenne thought contemplating her own situation rather depressingly, fidgeting her fingers about.

"The Blitz ball is up! Graav takes the ball, he hands off to Captain Shuyin! He goes for the ace! It is just sliding through that water folks…it's in! It's in! This game may just be turned around here folks!" The announcer reported sounding rather bias to the opposing team.

"Hey Lenne! Did you see that? Shuyin scored!" Rikku yelled uncontrollably with more mirth then she was suggested to hold.

"Shuyin…are you too far gone for me to have? Can you see no one else…but Yuna…" Lenne mulled over, her eyes sunken, fighting back the tears that threatened to fall with a single fluttering eyelash.

"Gippal has stolen the ball back from the Saints! Oh my Yevon! Shuyin has just reversed the steal! Shuyin has the ball!"

"Look Lenne, Shuyin took the ball back! He has the ball back! What a steal huh?" Rikku smiled wit fully, turning to face Lenne who seemed not to respond to a thing she had said.

"Lenne…why are you crying?"

"Oh my Yevon! We have a triple reverse! Tidus has retrieved the ball; he is haste fully moving through the sphere! He goes for the shot…it's in! It's in! The challengers are only ahead by a few points! The Saints need this one for the win!"

"Lenne? What's the matter? Lenne talk to me? What happened?" Rikku yelled over the crowd shaking onto Lenne's forearm.

"10 seconds are left on the clock! Shuyin has the ball!"

"Rikku…" Lenne let out in a small breath. Rikku's eyes were full of distress, squeezing securely onto Lenne's palm.

"I'm sorry…Rikku…I can't tell you…not now…" Lenne thought closing her eyes allowing her tears to flow freely, silencing any words that dared to part her lips.

"5 seconds are left on the clock! Shuyin goes for the shot…"

The announcer screamed enthusiastically. Both Rikku and Lenne halted their conversation and turned to the sphere pool. The entire stadium held there breath, some grasping onto one another in suspense. Lenne's mouth was held ajar, as she followed the small inflatable blitz ball through the sphere. Tidus held his breath, there was nothing he could do. No way to catch up with the blitz ball now, and it had obtained a straight, narrow, clear pathway. Picking up speed it slammed itself into the goals sidebar…bouncing back…away from the net loosing its severity to damage.

"…Well…uh, folks…that's a game…goodnight." The announcer concluded sounding a bit shocked with disbelief that they had lost. With a loud thud he placed the microphone onto his stations table. Most of the students filed from the stadium too caught up with such a riveting game. As the toned bodies climbed out of the water Tidus caught a glint of astonishment held firmly behind Shuyin's eyes. Smiling to himself, he continued toward the locker room where his fellow teammates had retired.

"I…lost." Shuyin stated the obvious toward Tidus, but he continued nonetheless.

"Actually your pretty good…did you want to join the team?" Shuyin questioned, striking a chord deeply that lay within Tidus causing him to halt where he stood, stopping his legs from moving any further.

"What did you say," Tidus began baffled, "I just stole your girl… and now you want to be friends? Are you kidding? Did that loss knock a screw loose up there or something?" Tidus concluded, now proceeding to the locker room.

"It's business…not personal. I think that you would really benefit the team. I know how to distinguish my business life from that of my personal life." Shuyin stated smartly, wise enough not to let Tidus' remarks grip firmly onto him. Spinning about on his heel Tidus smiled, amused at Shuyin's maturity. However Shuyin stepped forth, concealing his curled fist.

"However…if it is a personal thing that you want…then listen up. You may think that you have my girl… but in Yuna's eyes… all she will ever see…is me." Shuyin retorted sharply, now brushing against Tidus' bicep, pressuring him a step sideward. Snickering slightly Tidus turned around to face Shuyin's bronze back.

"On another personal note…whomever Yuna chooses in the future…I will always be there to change her decision…she is mine, just give it up, before you get embarrassed. It is a shame that she couldn't see you lose tonight…I would've loved to see the look on your face." Tidus remarked, glancing to where Yuna and her friends had been sitting. As for business, my boys and me will think it over. " Tidus concluded not affected in the least by Shuyin's intimidating approach. Shuyin's grin slightly maneuvered behind him, silently accepting his challenge, he continued.

Her thin body, submerged beneath its porcelain encasement, her cool tears slipped gently, rippling onto the tranquil water's exterior. Placing the nape of her neck onto the warm glasses edge she exhaled in relaxation. The water was severely warm, more then she usually set it, but tonight…she just needed to relax. Her honey brown hair soaked from the steam's moisture clung to the sides her face. Her thin, fragile limbs lay anchored beneath the water's surface. Licking her lips, before parting them to speak, she stopped. Another tear slipped gently along side her pink face; the room trapped the heat making it unbearable to hold a conversation with oneself. Thinking internally was much easier.

"What am I going to do now? How am I going to get Shuyin to forgive me…" She thought tiredly, her chin slowly slipping, balancing itself just above the liquid's surface.

"He…went…too far to say what he said to Shuyin…" Yuna fought through the words…her strength slipping rapidly away from her.

"Why did he kiss me…so suddenly…" Yuna thought now trying to raise her small, pruned fingertips to her lips. Jumping slightly from the distant phone ringing, she glanced to the door.

"The phone…I have to get the phone…it might be…mom…" She fought out, gripping onto the side of her bathtub, slowly standing. Yuna extending her palm slowly clenching onto her bath towel that she had set aside, and wrapped it around her. Stumbling forward she met the door, turning its perspiring lock. Weakly moving toward the phone she picked it up numbly, trying to breathe.

"Yuna? Is that you?" A gruff voice sounded through the line.

"May…may I ask who is calling?" Yuna stuttered, her body now swaying feebly, her vision severely blurred.

"It's Jecht! Hey, I was just giving you a ring, cause your mom called, said she wasn't going to be home until late…suggested that come over for dinner? What do you think?" The man sounded happily on the other end, rather fond of his future daughter.

"Sir…Jecht…I…I," Yuna began with much effort, "I can't breathe…" Yuna sounded, as her eyelids covered her bi colored eyes. Releasing the phone from her grip it landed with a harsh thud against the kitchen floor, as her body smacked callously against its tiles.

"Little Yuna…you there? You okay? Are you there?" Jecht sounded concerned pressing his ear forcefully against the receiver, "That was odd…maybe I should go check on her?"

"Check up on who?" Tidus sounded from behind him, rather exhausted from his game, now towel drying his dirty blonde hair. Jecht turned around surprisingly that he was home this early, and speaking to him! Taking a seat on the couch, Jecht scanned all of the papers that lay before him atop of his oak coffee table.

"Yuna…I think something happened to her…she didn't sound well at all. I would go check up on her, but all of this work has to be done by tonight—

Slam.

This unexpected, rather sudden sound, made Jecht jump from his flesh. The sudden draft churned his feathered hair back behind his shoulders, looking up to the seat before him was now empty. Tidus had left…and with much haste.

He knew where her and her mother stayed; he had only been there a couple of times. Only once when Yuna was at home, but enough to have mapped out a few shortcuts. Jumping over a few clumps of underbrush, he forced himself to continue. Why he had become so instantly worried was beyond him…he too could feel something wasn't right. His shins pulsated as though they were to split right open, his ankles ached and steadily became numb. His heart pounded against his chest, heaving up and down for air. The tips of his hair clung to his perspired forehead. Beads of sweat formed along his brow, and his stomached churned, full of knots. The complex in which she stayed came into view. His dry mouth yearned for a glass of cool, refreshing water. Fiercely stomping up the steps with everything he had left halted at her doorstep.

"I didn't come here just to look at it…that's for sure…" He thought now knocking softly, when he really wanted to just kick it in.

No answer.

Knocking once more, this time a bit harder, he cried out, "Hey Yuna! It's me…Tidus…my…uh, Dad sent me over. Yea, my dad sent me to check on you. So open up." He called yelling into the door, cupping the side of his mouth for his words to echo inwards.

No answer.

"Yuna…I know you're mad, but I am not leaving, till you open this door up." He stated confused as to why she hadn't opened the door up yet, and slowly placed his grip onto the door handle.

"Hey Yuna…I'm coming in, okay?" To his surprise the door wasn't locked, and he entered into the dim lit apartment.

"Hey Yuna…are you here? It's just me…Tidus, so don't try and jump out from a corner with a frying pan…okay?" Tidus spoke with a tint of humor concealed in his voice. Stepping to the side he searched the wall for a light switch to see more clearly.

Flick.

The tiny plastic taped against the wall illuminating the entire living room and front kitchen.

"Yuna!" Tidus yelled toward her collapsed body, covered in nothing more than a thin towel. Rushing toward her side he lifted her head into his lap with ease.

"Yuna! Wake up! What happened?" He yelled, feeling her temperature. She was searing hot, her skin a dark pink, and breathing softly if at all. Tidus looked at her towel. In any other situation would have found it intriguing, but Yuna needed his help. He may have been a jerk at times, but he wasn't about to disrespect Yuna in that way, and ran into the linen closet. Returning with a lavender tinted sheet, he covered her entire body, towel and all with its soft breathable texture.

"Come on Yuna, I'll take you to my house…I can't leave you like this." He replied, now glancing down to her rosy face. Thin streams of blotted mascara, with a combination of eyeliner blotted her cheeks.

"Why…was she crying?" He thought, but best not be left to contemplate for too long. Lifting her into his arms, his toned biceps lifting her with ease. Her fragile limbs falling weakly to her sides. Exiting her home, he could see the bathroom's light illuminating into the hallway, holding onto her more securely he took several steps toward it. Stepping into the bathroom, he flicked the light off. It felt like a sauna.

"She must have over heated…and passed out." He thought now looking unto her angelic face, and her tender lips.

"Don't worry Yuna…I'll take care of you…I promise."

All right that is all for this chapter. Sorry if it was bad, but it has been really hard to concentrate since that stupid accident. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it! REVIEW PLEASE!!!