AN: I am again sorry for the long wait but school begun just a while ago and I am pretty busy. Why did I sign for an economy Gymnasium again? Sigh, anyway I have difficulty to decide how the wedding of Yuna and Tidus should look like. Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are in a more Japanese setting but in the despised wedding scene with Seymour Yuna wore a more western style dress. I think, I take more the Japanese way and mix both somehow. That means research for me. Am I still babbling on? Enjoy the new chapter! There is a very fluffy scene in there (I think at least its fluffy) so beware if you don't like such things! But really Yuna and Tidus are just so cute I had to write something like that for them. Ahh! I almost forgot. A thanks to sanchez2010 for the review and a virtual hug for Gambit Hawk for his constant support!

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy X or X-2

Chapter 14

This night no nightmare disturbed him. Maybe he was much too exhausted for it. He wouldn't complain about it. Tidus sneezed and shivered. In exchange he caught a cold. Not the best trade he ever heard of. Yuna had made him wear a long-sleeved, white shirt under his normal robe. It was much colder this day than the day before and she didn't want him to get seriously ill.

She had donned a white jacket and long, skin-tight trousers with her normal boots. It certainly didn't expose as much skin as before. He smiled at her when she completed her outfit with black gloves and examined her appearance in a mirror.

"Ready?" Tidus asked and cringed when his head throbbed painfully. Yuna watched him concerned and took off one of her gloves to touch the back of her hand to his forehead. "You should stay in bed." She said sternly and stroked his cheek gently. "You have a bit temperature. Not much but if you don't rest it certainly will grow."

He reassuringly took her hand in his and rubbed his thumb over the back of hers. "I promise I will rest when I've done what I need to do. It won't take long." She was obviously torn. Her gaze switched between curiosity for what he was about to do and concern for his health.

He made the most pleading gaze he knew and smiled slightly. She melted immediately with a sigh. "Alright. But this is a one time thing." Yuna meaningfully glanced at him. Tidus nodded in understanding happily smiling. "Sure." He said. Tidus knew how to wrap her around his finger. The problem was that most of the time she was better at it than him.

"Did Rikku call Shinra yet?" Tidus asked and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Yuna shook her head and grasped him around his waist leaning into his side. "No but she promised to do it soon." He needed the help of the genius boy for the repair of his Machina arm.

"We'll on our own for today?" He continued his questions. She nodded with a small smile. He hummed approvingly and nuzzled her cheek. On their way down the stairs Yuna fetched a blue scarf and wrapped it around his neck. He frowned at her. She dared him with her gaze to challenge her.

Tidus grinned and shook his head in amusement. He took her hand in his squeezing softly. She smiled at the gesture of affection. Lenne was waiting for them at the hatch. The last day she stayed in the airship. She was much too afraid of the water but now it was gone and she followed her two masters outside.

As soon as she saw a monkey she disappeared after the animal. At the end of the day she would be back at the ship. After all she wanted to eat. Tidus carefully chose their way through the city. Their first destination was the generator he needed to make sure that the important parts of the city had energy. It was necessary for his plan to work out.

Yuna curiously examined this area of Zanarkand that she had never seen before. "Told Rikku already that we want to get married in two months? I'm sure she would be excited about it." Tidus said with a wistful smile. His love shook her head. "No. I haven't told anyone yet. I think, I'll tell Lulu today." He nodded at her reply.

The silence of the once sleepless city Zanarkand made Tidus uneasy. He could still remember the bustling crowd hurry through the streets. They went to work, to shop or to visit friends. He could still remember when he was one of them. Tidus had to admit that some part of him missed the past he had when everything was still easy.

A cold wind blew through the empty streets and Yuna huddled closer to him. Tidus smiled. He may miss his past but he wouldn't trade the present for anything. To have Yuna love him was the greatest gift the world could offer him and it may be selfish but he wouldn't let her go again. Never again.

"That's the generator?" Yuna asked astonished when they reached Tidus' intended destination. He nodded absentmindedly and moved to the small monitor Machina at the generator. It showed the plan of Zanarkand and the town parts it was divided in.

Blue lines stood for intact energy cables and red lines for the ones that were not intact. Tidus furrowed his brows in thought and tipped onto the town part with the words Life Insurance. The map shifted and showed a more detailed map of this area.

Yuna was curiously examining the generator and cables around. She wasn't aware of what he was doing. Tidus sneezed and rubbed his running nose in annoyance. It was like he had expected. The energy cable leading to the Rebuild and Repair Center was red. A clear sign that the supply was cut. He only needed to figure out now where the problem was. Tidus frowned in thought. His eyes fell on the spare cables on the ground or more like part cables. It was much easier that way to repair any damage at the energy system.

Tidus lifted one of them up onto his shoulder and grunted under the weight. Yuna raised an eyebrow at him. "What do you want to do with that?" She asked. Tidus grinned at her. "You'll see." He quipped and turned his back to the generator. Yuna followed with a worried frown at his cryptic words.

The day got even colder while they moved through the ruined city. All the debris made it difficult for Tidus to choose the exact way to the inactive cable but he managed to find the place where he needed to go down.

The thick energy supplying cables were under Zanarkand. When the city sank partly to the bottom many of them were damaged. It wouldn't have mattered that much if one of them wasn't the cable to the Rebuild and Repair Center. The Rebuild and Repair Machina would have as the name said it repaired the damage immediately. It was an automatic system and only needed to be activated.

He looked down into the blue water underneath and up at Yuna in uncertainty. She wouldn't like to let him go swim in his slightly ill condition but only he knew what to do. Her eyebrows rose a bit higher in suspicion at his look.

"I need to go down there." He said finally and motioned to the small, practical and artistic hole in the ground of Zanarkand. She crossed her arms and sternly glared at him. "You are sick, Tidus and the water is cold. You shouldn't do something like that. You could get seriously ill!" Tidus saw the concern for him flicker through her stern gaze. He placed the cable carefully on the ground and grasped her upper arms gently.

"Yuna." He said softly and leaned his forehead against hers. She relaxed and shifted a bit closer. "I want to show you the sunrise in Zanarkand when the lights go all out, one by one. Remember?" She smiled slightly at the memory but looked only seconds after in confusion at him. "But what has this to do with going down there?"

Tidus' lips quirked upward in a half-smile and he moved to press a kiss to her forehead. "I wouldn't want to do it if it hadn't." He said his eyes sparkling. Yuna sighed and shook her head. "Sometimes I think you are going to be my death someday, you know?" Tidus grinned at her words and gave her a thumb up. "I try my best." He replied cheekily.

Yuna laughed softly at his comment. "I see. I should have known. Just be careful, alright?" Her smile faltered a bit at her last words and she avoided looking into his eyes. His gaze softened. He should have known that his disappearance still settled deep in her bones. Tidus gently laid his finger under her chin and turned her head up for her eyes to look into his.

"I would never hurt you on purpose." He said sincerely. Her eyes searched his for any sign of doubt and found none. Her stance relaxed again and she tilted her head in a nod. "Much better." He said satisfied. She blushed slightly. Tidus placed another kiss on her forehead and picked up the energy cable part.

"That won't take long." He said and jumped into the water before she could say anything more to stop him. The icy water bit painfully into his skin and his headache grew worse. He grimaced. Now it was too late to get out of it. Tidus didn't need much time to find the damaged cable part. He made quick work of it and detached it even with only one arm. Tidus slung the damaged cable part over his other shoulder and attached the intact one.

A blue glow emitted from it almost immediately and showed that it was active like many other under the city. Tidus quickly returned to the small hole he jumped through into the water and climbed out. He shivered and dropped the damaged cable carelessly on the ground. Yuna worriedly helped him up and took in his shivering form.

"I told you." She murmured with slight annoyance and squeezed water out of his robe. "S-sure did." He said with clattering teeth. Yuna sighed and took his hand tugging him in the direction they needed to take to get back to the airship. Tidus stood still and resisted against her pull.

Yuna glared at him angrily and worriedly. "What's wrong? You need to warm up!" Tidus shook his head and splattered icy droplets of water around him. "N-n-not yet. Need t-to d-d-do some-thing first." He said through clattering teeth. Yuna sighed in annoyance. "Alright but only if you promise me that we will go back to the Celcius after that." Tidus nodded. Yuna accepted his response but didn't let go of his hand as if he would try to run any second.

"Th-this way." He said and guided her into one of the buildings. The lights automatically hummed to life and warmth spread around the hall they were in. Yuna jumped in surprise and pressed to his wet side. She shrieked and hopped away from him again dropping wet. Tidus laughed at the sight of her dismayed expression. She glared at him and muttered angrily under her breath. He caught the sight of a small smile that played around her lips.

In the hall was nothing besides a small panel at the wall. Tidus moved over to it Yuna close on his heels. Her eyes moved uncomfortably over the empty hall. Tidus suppressed a smile and began to tip in a series of codes into the Machina. Words in blue began to appear on the Monitor.

Access Granted

Rebuild and Repair Mechanism reactivated

Automatic System will take action

Please wait while the severity of damage is detected…

Tidus impatiently thrummed his fingers against the wall. Yuna watched in curious fascination the words on the monitor. From time to time she raised her hand only to let it fall to her side again and a small glance at him. Tidus' lips twitched in amusement. More words appeared on the monitor.

Severity of damage detected

Rebuild and Repair Bots will be send out

Calculated time span for Rebuild and Repair of Zanarkand

2 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 14 hours 59 minutes 6 seconds

Tidus smiled satisfied when he heard a small rumble form inside of the building. Surprised Yuna looked around to find the source of it. Tidus took her hand and squeezed the delicate limb. She looked up at him questioning.

"Now we can go back." He said a smile playing around his lips. His teeth had finally stopped shattering. This time Yuna was the one who was reluctant to leave.

At the time they got back to the Celcius Tidus' head had begun to throb even more painfully. He massaged his scalp to lessen the pain but it wouldn't work. Yuna threw him worried glances noting the paleness of his normally tanned skin. Tidus had no glue why his body was so weak.

Normally something like a swim in ice cold water wouldn't have affected him this badly. He got not sick like others did. Tidus was a Fayth. He was far more resistant against something like that but here he was lying now after he had showered wrapped in a thick blanket and with a fever.

He frowned in thought. Maybe this new body created from the Fayth wasn't as strong as a normal body. It would explain it but it would mean as well that it would stay like that and he needed to be much more careful. His frown deepened. This was nothing he wanted to think about.

"Here, drink this it should help." Yuna said sitting down on the bed next to him. He smiled thankfully at her and took a deep breath of the warm liquor in the mug. It smelt like some sort of tea. He took a sip and sank contently into the cushions. Yuna grinned at his reaction and brushed his sweat drenched bangs from his forehead.

"Tastes good, hmm?" She asked playfully and soaked a cloth in a bucket of water next to his bed. Tidus chuckled. "Sure does but it would taste even better if I did it." He replied cockily. Yuna rolled her eyes and placed the cool cloth on his warm forehead. It had a wonderful soothing effect to his headache. He sighed in relief.

"You should sleep." Yuna said caringly and took the mug out of his hands placing it on the nightstand. Tidus' face darkened at the thought. His normal nightmares were already worse enough but a fever induced nightmare? He was not very keen on finding out. "Do I really need to?" He asked inwardly cursing at the weakness in his words.

Yuna cradled his head in her lap and worriedly noticed his distress. "Yes, it will help you recover." She replied gently. "But then I will have nightmares again." He said quietly before he could stop his tongue. This fever was really messing with his head.

"Again?" She coaxed him for more information. A light frown began to build on her brow. He nodded slightly feeling his head throb already at this small movement. Yuna lightly ran her fingers over his cheeks and through his hair in soothing motions. "Tell me." She murmured encouragingly. He hesitated. Tidus didn't want to burden her with his sorrows and regrets.

"I don't mind." She continued as if she had read his thought. Yuna held him a bit closer to her to ease his mind. Slowly, unnoticed by him his worries about expressing his nightmares to her began to fade away. Later he would shove it onto the fever. It made his mind fuzzy.

Biting his lip he thought about his next words. "It's only that…" He frowned at his own inability to form his thoughts into words. Yuna just smiled and softly rubbed his aching scalp. "In the war I witnessed and did some horrible things that just come back again and again and really I shouldn't…" He broke off looking to the side in shame. How could he burden her with this? She deserved better.

Yuna's palm pressed against his cheek to force him to look at her again. Her gaze tortured him with all the love and understanding in it. She deserved better but he couldn't let her go and she wouldn't either. They were trapped. Love really makes blind.

"I've heard" She said gently with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes. "that yelling helps." Tidus chuckled. "Really?" He replied smiling slightly. "Strange, I've heard that, too." They shared a secret smile and Yuna kissed his feverish, warm lips. Tidus as much as he appreciated this gesture of love couldn't help but worry about her health.

"You shouldn't do that. You could get sick as well." She shrugged at his remark and threw back the blanket over him to snuggle against him covering them both with it. "Well, when it happens at least I'm not alone." She replied and got more comfortable against his body. Tidus raised an eyebrow at her.

"But Yuna…" He began to protest. She shook her head and interrupted him. "I'll keep your nightmares at bay." She mumbled soothingly and grasped his hand in hers. Tidus felt his eyes water but determinedly fought back his tears. He was not a crybaby anymore!

"I love you." He said tenderly. She squeezed his hand and he saw her smile on his chest. "I love you, too." Whenever this time in his sleep a nightmare tried to lurk its darkness into his mind a soothing warm presence pushed it away.

It took him a week to recover from the sickness that had befallen him. To his great relief Yuna didn't get infected by him. She told Lulu, Rikku and the others of the fiancées' decision to marry in two months. Girlish, delighted squealing broke loose and his head did almost burst at the pain. Yuna quickly hushed the loud noises when she noticed his agonized expression.

The girls (Lulu included) decided to go shopping in Luca for the wedding. Tidus was almost sad that he had recovered. Now he had no excuse to not go shopping with them. That got him into the position he was in the moment in. Packed with hundreds of bags and trailing after the chattering girls.

He sighed and hung his head. Did they never hear of a proper rest time after you recovered from an illness? Obviously not. "Brudda! Why did you pull me into this, ya?!" Tidus heard a familiar voice of an orange haired Blitzer next to him. He was carrying at least as much bags as Tidus. The blond Blitzer grinned at him.

"Moral support?" He suggested meekly. Wakka snorted and muttered under his breath curses against Tidus. The blond Blitzer chuckled amused about the antics of the orange haired man. Vidiny was still in Besaid. A woman of the village Tidus didn't know so well took care of him for the week until his parents returned.

Something small and wet connected with his cheek and he looked up. Snow crystals were falling from the sky and got caught in his hair. Tidus grinned and nudged Wakka into the side motioning to the sky. "Look! It snows!" The orange haired Blitzer followed his gaze and began to grin, too.

"If it is enough I'll hit you with a snow ball…at your head." Wakka said a teasing gleam in his eyes. Tidus laughed and threw him a challenging glance. "Only if I am not faster." "Want to bet, ya?" Wakka asked slyly and straightened up confidently. "One day of shopping with the girls…alone." Tidus suggested placing bags on the ground to offer him his hand for a shake.

Wakka gazed shortly at the back of the girls that began to notice the snow, too. Rikku's squealing was indication enough. Determinedly and with a grin he took Tidus' hand shaking it. "Deal." He said and hurriedly went after the girls looking right and left observing the height of the snow. Tidus rubbed his hands in anticipation and was close on his heels.

Hours past with walking and shopping. His back began to hurt from all the bags he was carrying and Wakka didn't look quite happy as well. Tidus frowned at the four laughing girls. How could they be so happy?

"We have everything!" Yuna said happily and turned to him. Her eyes were gleaming in excitement. He couldn't help it. Her happiness was infectious. A smile formed on his lips. "So, we could get married right away?" He asked teasingly. She blushed and shook her head.

"The invitations are all out already! That would be rude." She scolded him and waved her finger in front of his face. Tidus grinned and held up his hands in defense as good as he managed. "Okay, okay. It was only a question." She frowned at him for a second before dismissing it. She pecked him on the cheek and hurried back to the girls.

Tidus beamed if he always got a kiss for carrying their bags he might do it again. His Machina arm was repaired. Shinra came in the week he was sick and did his best listening to Tidus' instructions. The genius boy had been excited to help and wrote every observation down. He would come to their wedding as well. Gippal freed him of his work for him that day. The Machina Faction leader will come as well.

Tidus tried to imagine Yuna in her wedding dress dismissing the image of the one she wore when this Seymour bastard kissed her but couldn't come up with anything. He was frustrated that he wasn't allowed to see it before the wedding. Besaid marriage custom. Yuna wanted one in the style of the isle she called home and not one like she had with Seymour. The thought about this freaky guy alone made his blood boil.

Filthy beings like him shouldn't even be allowed to look at her. She was much too pure for such greedy gazes. He watched her cheerfully chat with the girls and his eyes softened. In his eyes she was perfect.

Suddenly something wet hit his cheek hard and his head jerked sideways. "What the hell!?" He shouted angrily and rubbed his stinging cheek. Wakka laughed and triumphantly trusted his fist into the air. "Won, ya!" Tidus grumbled when he saw the girls laugh at him from the front.