The final sending We had just defeated Jecht. Finally! it was all over for good! Although I still felt sorry for Titus, even if he hated him he was still his father after all. I glanced over and noticed Yunie. She was dancing! I looked to Auron, pyrflys were surronding him. "Yuna-!" Wakka called. Auron cut in. "Keep on dancing Yuna. It's about time I join Jecht and Braska" He said calmly. My mind was racing. 'Auron no! don't do this!!' I thought. I felt dizzy I couldn't, just couldn't let Yunie send him! I had wanted to get to know him for so long and if he was gone..I'm afraid I'll never get to know him. My heart was aching standing there watching Yunie and Auron.I couldn't watch anymore. I had to do something! I just had to! . "Yunie stop!!!!" I yelled. Yuna stopped for a breif minute and said "Rikku...It's sir Auron's wish" "I don't care what he wants! this whole journy we've been listening to his what he's wanted us to do! what about what I want, no, what we want this time!!??" I shouted upset and on the brink of tears. everyone just looked at me as if they felt sorry for me. I ran over to Auron, pyrfiles surrounding his body, half way sent...the sight of him like this just destroyed my insides. "Auron don't leave...don't leave me.." I just couldn't help it, I let myself wrap my arms around him and start crying uncontollably. He looked at me, astonished that I had actually dared to do something that bold."Auron you canÕt leave me bacause....because I love you!" I said inbetween sob's. I could tell everyone had gasped sighlently, I wasn't a fool. Auron after being halfway shocked finally decided to speak. "Rikku..I'm sorry you have such feelings for me-" I cut him off. "don't say anything Auron! just let me..let me enjoy this moment because I'll never experience this again..if you leave.." What suprised me the most is when Auron decided to wrap his arms around me. Was this his way of comforting me? or did he just feel sorry for me?..Or did he actually.. return my feelings..? I pulled back a little to look directly into his eye. "I..I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. Maybe if I had it wouldn't come to this. Maybe if I had I would have experienced more moments like this. Maybe If-" I stammered until Auron interupted me. "It's no use to think about what could have been, you live for the future and that's that. If you stay in the past to long it will destroy you..thats what I've learned" He almost whispered that last part. I kept scilent trying to keep my sobs at bay and then- "I can't say what feelings I do have for you Rikku but I know theres something there if that makes you feel anybetter." he said calmly yet reassuringly. He then sofly kissed my cheeck and then turned to Yuna. "Yuna,you know what to do" "yes...but I-what about Rikku-I..." "now!" he demanded. she just scilently noded looking to me for approvle. I hesitated, 'it's what he wants...' I told myself, I finally noded back to her. As I just stood there watching Auron disappear before my eyes I colapsed on the ground, speechless but still icy tears spilled from my eyes. Auron was just about gone and then he looked streight at me and said "come visit me on the farplain." and with that, compleatly surrounded in pyrfly's, he disappeared into the cool night air. I opened my hand and looked down at it, when I had grabed Auron I had taken the single string of beads hanging from his jacket. I replayed that moment in my head and had he-yes he did! he saw me take them. He let me?why?... A tear spilled into my hand on the beads. I closed my hand and looked over to Yunie and Titus. I had lost something, but I had this bad feeling that they where going to loose something to. They stood together, Titus had his arms around her as to comfort her for what she had just done to Auron and me.