I was just so excited for the next few chapters I had to write them.

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Yuna woke and looked around her, nothing in sight but yellow sand. She covered her eyes from the sun and felt reluctant to move, it was too hot. She had a vague idea where she was, she had never been here before but she had heard her mother and father talking about it. This was where her mother was headed when Sin attacked her boat and killed her. This was Home to the Al Bhed. She was too busy looking at her surroundings to notice two Al Bhed sneaking up behind her whispering to each other.

"Cra ec y cissuhan."

"Fa sicd dyga ran fedr ic drah. Ymm cissuhan'c sicd pa gabd eh dra Sanctum."

"Nekrd."

"Huh," Yuna turned and the men were upon her. They produced a cloth and were about to place it over her mouth when claws appeared through both of their stomach's and Yuna was dropped. She looked up terrified at the Guado who were cleaning the blood off their claws.

"Lady Yuna, we are to take you to Maester Seymour."

"I won't go," Yuna said firmly and stood up.

"We are not required to bring you conscious," one of the Guado warned. Yuna looked around terrified and tried to make a run for it but the cloth the Al Bhed tried to use found it's way over her face and she fell unconscious, the Guado abducting her and left no sign once their work was done.

Rikku woke and looked around, there was nothing but sand and yet she was overly joyed. She smiled largely and welcomed the sight of the dunes and the warmth. She looked around and realized she was alone, panic started to set in. The desert was dangerous if one didn't know where they were going and none of her companions had the slightest clue where they were or where to find each other. As if the heat and endless dessert wasn't enough, the fiends weren't exactly a push over either. She immediately grabbed her things and set out to try and find her companions before something else found them first.

Kimarhi found himself among the dunes, Yuna no where in sight. He immediately began to panic, mentally scolding himself for losing sight. He thought back to Yenke and Biran's tormenting words, he had lost his summoner. That thought alone was enough for him to get up and begin his search. The desert was torture for the poor Ronso, his thick fur worked against him and kept the heat in. He desperately needed something to keep him hydrated. He needed to find Yuna quickly or at least another of his companions.

Wakka landed near what looked like a vendor's tent in the middle of nowhere. His immediate thought was to find Yuna, he was worried when he saw she was nowhere in sight. He looked around for any of his companions and cursed under his breath, he was alone. He looked up at the sun, it wasn't anything like Besaid. This sun was brutal and unforgiving, it beat down on him and he could feel his already tanned skin beginning to burn. He went to his water pouch and drank from it to get some relief and coolness washed over him. He paused only a moment when he heard the sound of something great and bulky sneaking up on him. He turned quickly to see a rogue machina locked onto him and switching itself into attack mode. Wakka moaned.

"Just great! Just what I need," he yelled in frustration and battled the machina by himself. It proved to be difficult, the machine didn't grow thirsty, it didn't grow tired, it didn't feel hot. Wakka felt all of these and by the time he was rewarded with a satisfying explosion as the machinery short circuited and sparked, he was exhausted and crawled under the tent to get out of the shade and followed the rule of separation, stay put until you're found.

Lulu was stranded on the far side of the desert, she could feel the sun burning into her fair skin and she briefly worried about sun burn but shook her head. She needed to focus, she knew Yuna was gone and she was furious with herself for letting that happen. Her previous summoner had died and she'll be damned if she sees her sweet little sister die. Her scarlet eyes briefly filled with tears at the thought and she shook her head, it would do no good to dwell on those thoughts. She needed to find Yuna, she needed to protect her little sister. She paused a moment hearing something in the distance as her thoughts were interrupted, was that a battle? She thought for a moment before deciding to check it out, it could be one of her companions or help.

Auron woke up and he rolled off his stomach and stared at the blue sky before spitting sand from his mouth as he sat up. He frowned and glared at the sand all around him as if trying to burn a hole through it all with his gaze. The sun was brutal and he was already sweating from just laying there motionless. He shrugged off his coat and took a sip of his jug before collecting his thoughts. Three things were in order, first find Yuna...or was it Rikku...his summoner or his wife? He growled in frustration before deciding either of them was good enough as long as he found them alive. He then turned his thoughts to Tidus, he also better find the boy before he did anything stupid and got himself killed. He had a mental image of Tidus falling off one of the larger sand dunes and smacking his face into the sand, he sighed and thought that might be a possible scenario. His thoughts were interrupted by the clear sound of a battle, he paused and listened before he swore he heard Tidus's voice. His heart stopped for a moment and then began racing as he turned and ran towards the sound hoping the boy wasn't taking on fiends alone, or at least wasn't stupid enough to.

Tidus had woken up with his lower half in some kind of pool, an oasis. He grinned and dove in to cool off for a few moments before climbing back out and shaking the water from his blonde hair and body. He looked around, sand as far as the eye could see and no one else in sight. He sighed, couldn't you at least have dropped me off with someone, Tidus thought to himself, I'd even settle for Auron.

He trudged along the sand, frowning as he got sand in his boots but realized it would do no good to keep emptying it out and he continued. He kept walking until a giant bird swooped down in front of him.

"Whoa! You're huge," Tidus yelled and drew his sword. He struck first and the bird immediately became enraged. It tried to peck Tidus to death but the blonde quickly jumped to the side and and counter attacked. The next time he wasn't so lucky and found himself with a gash down his arm. He cursed and uncorked a potion and poured it into the wound. He grimaced before going to attack again and again. He soon found himself tired and fell down to one knee. He caught a flash of red out of the corner of his eye and turned to see Auron hacking through the birds flesh before quickly retreating to his side.

"Need some help," he asked and Tidus nodded.

"That wound be alright with me," he said pushing himself up and gaining some energy back, "What is this thing?"

"A Zu," Auron said before running forward and unleashing a flurry of attacks. Tidus ran forward before flipping in the air, propelling himself off the ground a couple times before bringing his sword downward. He and Auron unleashed attack after attack, enraging the bird further as it desperately tried to skewer them with its beak.

They were both growing tired and hot when they saw a flash of lightning strike the Zu's head and it shrieked in pain.

"Are you alright," Lulu asked the two of them and got two nods. Together they finished the Zu off and they stood panting.

"The others," Tidus asked gasping and wheezing.

"Haven't found them yet. We're supposed to stay in one place if we get split up," Lulu said and they both turned as Auron stalked off. He had found Tidus and now he was worried about Yuna and Rikku. Tidus watched him and looked back at Lulu slightly amused.

"Wait here if you want. He's not." Lulu sighed and thought that was typical before following the two men. They walked through the dunes, everything looked identical and they had no idea if they were going in the right direction, or any direction, or going in complete circles. Eventually they wandered until they found Wakka under the the vendor's tent.

"Wakka," Tidus called and run up to him, "you alone?"

"Mm-hm. Where's Yuna," Wakka asked crawling out from under the shelter. Tidus and Lulu exchange glances and Wakka became infuriated.

"Dammit," he yelled and kicked the support before hopping and clutching his foot, "First I lose Yuna, then I'm ambushed by machina! Great day I'm having."

"It'll be ok Wakka, we'll find her," Lulu said reassuringly. Wakka nodded and looked at her gratefully.

"I hope you're right Lu."

"Hey come on, we're the best of the best," Tidus said arrogantly, "We'll find Yuna or die trying!" Wakka grinned and they bumped fists.

"I hear that Brudda!"

"If you two are done, we need to keep moving," Auron said his eye searching the horizon, he was growing worried. The three stopped and watched him before nodding and they began to move again. They trudged through the sand until they found Kimarhi trying to walk up a steep dune. The Ronso tried again and again until Tidus touched his shoulder and the moping Ronso shook his head in frustration and disappointment with himself.

"Yuna...gone," Kimarhi sighed.

"It's not your fault, Kimahri," Tidus reassured him, "We all lost her and we're gonna find her. Don't you worry big guy!" Kimarhi nodded, Tidus' charisma and energy made it hard not to believe him. He knew they would find Yuna and he felt a little better. They continued their search, everyone was looking in every direction before Auron spotted a familiar figure and broke into a run and stopped before Rikku. Everyone ran after him.

"Oh! Hey, guys," Rikku said happily and squealed when Auron picked her up and held her close.

"I was worried about you," he growled into her ear and she giggled.

"You didn't have to be, I know exactly where we are. I grew up in this dessert. I'm jut glad you're ok." They hugged again before Auron set her down as everyone finally caught up to him.

"Where's Yunie," Rikku asked noticing Yuna was not with the group.

"Gone," Tidus said sighing.

"Gone..." Lulu echoed and shook her head in self loathing, "some guardian I am."

"Umm... There's something I wanna tell you, but promise not to say anything," Rikku said beginning her fidgeting and for good reason as she got a baleful look from Wakka. She immediately turned to him and put her hands on her hips and fixed him with a stare, what she didn't know was Auron was also giving him a death glare daring him to do something and Wakka immediately put his polite face on, "No glaring either! I know where we are. We're on Bikanel Island. There's a place us Al Bhed call Home near here. Yunie's there, I'm sure of it! Other Al Bhed must've come and rescued her!"

"Rescued? You mean kidnapped," Wakka said despite the threatening glare he received that only turned more menacing, daring him to say one more word or have his neck wrung out.

"What does it matter as long as she's safe," Tidus snapped at him.

"That's right! Anyway, I will take you there if you promise... that you won't tell anyone about it. Especially not Yevonites, okay? You know they don't like us Al Bhed. Who knows what they'll do if they knew?"
Wakka: Gimme a break. What are you accusing Yevon of this time?

"Yevon did something really bad to us before."

"Well, you Al Bhed must've deserved it," Wakka said and Auron was about to throttle him, seeing the hurt expression on Rikku's face, before Tidus jumped in and broke up any scuffle about to happen.

"Argh! Can't you guys...talk about this later?"

"Just promise you won't tell anyone about this island. Promise," Rikku asked, her lip trembling.

"Wakka, come on," Tidus groaned, he was reluctant to wait any longer.

"All right, I promise! Lead the way," Wakka said scowling and Rikku smiled.

"You got it!" She immediately scampered off and led them through the desert. They faced many fiends and machina. They quickly learned that having Rikku with them was useful as she could pick the machina apart piece by piece before any of them had to worry about them. Even Wakka looked at her thankfully and with praise. Finally they stopped after many hours of trudging through sand.

"Over here," Rikku called and ran over the dunes before freezing and letting out a shout and dashing down the slope despite everyone calling out for her.

"Rikku," Tidus called.

"What? Yuna's down there," Wakka asked looking at the city on fire and being attacked.

"Of all the places... Let's go," Lulu said. They chased after Rikku and Auron caught up with her and caught her wrist and stopped her.

"Rikku what's going on," he demanded, seeing her wild frenzy to jump into danger without a second thought. He was worried and she struggled against him, nearly kicking him in vital spots a couple of times. He was worried she was losing her mind due to the heat.

"Let me go! I have to get down there!"

"I think it's best we stay up here," Auron said looking down at the city, it didn't look like a fantastic place to be. The entire structure might go down at any moment and he momentarily forgot that Yuna might be down there.

"Auron!"

"What?" Rikku glared at him.

"Our son is down there," she screamed at him. His heart stopped and he let her go. She turned and ran and he followed, both silently praying their son was unharmed.