Yuna, Tidus, Rikku, Paine, Lulu, and Kimahri stood outside the front of the temple as the sun was starting to set. They could see Cloud and his friends helping clear some of the rubble.
"I wonder why they don't want to work together, with us," said Yuna.
"They don't seem like heartless people," said Rikku, watching them.
"From their point of view," said Lulu. "We got in their way."
"Well, you can't please everybody, I guess," said Paine.
"But!" exclaimed Yuna. "What if we could please everybody?"
"Go on…" Paine said with an exhausted face.
"We need everyone to know that we can help," Yuna explained. "I know it was a rough start, but if we have enough people behind us; getting eyes and ears in all the right places, then when that Aeon shows up next time, we'll be there put it in it's place! We can get Shinra's CommSpheres going. What do you say?"
Tidus and Rikku cheered in excitement.
"That has got to be the most nonsensical, short-sighted, Yuna-plan I think you've ever had," said Paine. "It's bound to work. Where do we start?"
"We got to go where there are a ton of people," Tidus started. "Some sort of Luca or Bevelle-type place. I'll go ask around."
"Alright, but we don't even know where this place is," Lulu said.
"Don't sweat the small stuff, Lulu!" Tidus said as he walked off toward the town.
"Our current location is not small stuff!" Lulu called, throwing her hands over her head. "Sometimes I wish I was that carefree, but then I remember that it comes a host of the other cognitive deficiencies he has."
"Come on, Lulu," Yuna laughed. "It's just optimism. Let's go, too."
"Not you, Yuna," Lulu interrupted. "I have a husband whose wounds need tending to. You and Kimahri go back to the Celsius. Rikku, Paine, and I will head off into the town."
"Right!" Yuna said, and she walked off to where the Celsius had landed with Kimahri.
Lulu, Rikku, and Paine walked down a path from the temple to the town, which had mostly been cleared of rubble. The three could see Cloud and his party leaving the area with a man and a young girl. They joined Tidus, who had been busy talking to some of the townsfolk.
"Hey!" Tidus said with excitement. "I got some crazy news. So apparently, this temple, the one we were just inside, is the Baaj temple. Or at least that's what it's called."
"Baaj temple?" asked Rikku. "As in, the same one I found you in when you came to Spira? This temple looks nothing like the Baaj temple though."
"Right," Tidus agreed. "And the ruins were in the middle of the sea."
"There wasn't any water to be seen for miles around when we flew in," Paine added.
"It gets weirder still," Tidus continued. "I asked about like a capital city or whatever, and everyone told me to go to Bevelle."
"So, are we in Spira or not?" asked Lulu.
"You are definitely not in Spira," said a voice behind Lulu.
She, Rikku, Tidus, and Paine turned to face this voice. It belonged to a tall man with long silver hair and bright blue eyes. He wore a long black coat and carried an even longer sword. They stared in awe at this man for a moment.
"Well, Hiya!" Rikku finally said.
"You know about Spira then?" Tidus asked. "Where exactly are we?"
"I don't about your Spira," the man said. "But this place… is a very new and special place. It feels very strange; as if built from the broken pieces of other worlds to make something different."
"Uh-huh," nodded Tidus, pretending to understand him. "Well, we got to be going."
"I as well. The work here is done," said the man, and he walked away from the town.
"Stay safe!" Tidus called after him. "He seems like the kind of guy who's got a sweet theme song, like a blitzball player."
"Definitely," agreed Rikku. "With an orchestra!"
"Mmm-mmm, guitars," Tidus said.
"We should get back to the Celsius," Lulu interrupted. "That is if you two are done drooling."