(Authors Note: For right now I should mention that I am going to be doing an alternation between chapters for a while. Every even numbered chapter will be focusing on Tidus's adventures in Spira while the odd numbered chapters will be showing Kymaera's own journey. Tidus and Kymaera will meet up eventually but that's not for some time. I tried to figure out how to divide time equally between them and I felt this was the best way. In any case I hope you enjoy this chapter and for those that want to see what Kymaera's up to, please wait patiently for Chapter three which I am currently working on.)

Chapter 2: Waking up in a Foreign World- Tidus

Tidus: When Sin swallowed both Kymaera and me, each of us had a different experience since the two of us were taken in at different times.

Kymaera: I'm letting Tidus talk a bit about what happened to him first before I get to what happened to me.

Tidus: This was mine.

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Tidus's eyes fluttered open as he then felt himself able to move again but as he looked around he saw he was still in Zanarkand... except he was floating.

"Hey!" Tidus shouted. "Is there anyone here?" He looked around floating and moving in different directions until he felt something. _It feels... like my old man..._

He then started to float over to the center of the city where he saw a little kid. Once he landed he saw the kid... looked like him.

_What in the world...?_ Tidus blinked as he stared at his younger self.

Tidus: I thought about a lot of things... like where I was, what I'd got myself into. I started to feel light-headed... and then, sleepy. Yet everything was turning white instead of black. I think I had a dream. A dream of being alone. I wanted someone--anyone, beside me...so I didn't have to feel alone anymore.

Tidus: And then... I woke up.

"Uhhh... my head..." Tidus groaned as his eyes started to flutter open. However his returning vision did not show light but rather darkness. Once his eyes were open he could see it was now night. He lying on the ground on his back. Getting up slowly, he dusted himself off as he started to look around for any signs of life.

"Hello? Anybody there?" Tidus called out but he got no response. Raising his voice he then called out for Auron to see if he was here but Auron did not respond to Tidus's call. Finally he just screamed. "Heeey!"

The sound of a bird's cry caught his attention as he looked up at the bird that was now flying over his head and towards a large structure that looked very old. _Wonder if there's anyone around in those ruins over there?_ Tidus mused but then shook his head. _Well it beats sitting around here doing nothing._ he decided as he picked up his longsword and then after securing it to his back, he dove into the water and started to swim toward the ruins.

About ten minutes later he reached opposite shore and took a few moments to catch his breath before walking any further into the ruins. He walked along the path and over a stone walkway. Unfortunately his luck was already bad and had just gotten worse; the bridge collapsed.

"Oh shit!" Tidus cursed as he fell into the water. _Great! Just great! What else can happen?_ he thought as he looked forward ready to go back to the surface but then seeing a small group of large piranha coming his way made him change his mind. _Why me?_ he groaned as he unstrapped his sword from the back strap and then prepared to fight. Surprisingly he found it a bit easier to hold the sword underwater. _Probably because I'm a blitzball player. Being in water is second nature to me._ he shrugged as he swam over to one of the piranha and then swung his sword out in a wide arc before he got there so that he could hit the fish. He carved it in half with his first shot. He then had to avoid getting hit by its angry friends.

Tidus avoided the first one but then the second brushed past him as was able to gnash his teeth at his right arm. He felt some pain and looked at his arm. Thankfully it wasn't bad. Just a flesh wound. It would heal rather quickly and it wasn't deep.

What he was concerned with was what blood that was coming out his arm would be attracting any sea predators to him as if they were metal and he was a magnet.

_I better finish and fast!_ Tidus decided as he then went after the piranha that had cut him to begin with and by attacking from behind ensured his victory. Tidus then turned to face the last one however the sound of rumbling and the shift in the water made him and the piranha stop. _Now what?_

His question was answered when he looked straight ahead to see a gigantic grotesque fish creature coming straight at him. It was totally oblivious to its surrounding Tidus observed as it just went though an underwater stone pillar without even slowing down after going through it or showing any signs of pain.

_And apparently he thinks I'm on his dinner menu!_ Tidus wisely dove out of the way, as the monster fish took care of his other problem by literally swallowing the piranha. Seeing it was now engaged in chewing its meal, Tidus decided to go attack the giant fish while it wasn't looking at him. Unfortunately he found he could not even penetrate its scales and what he got for his trouble was getting its attention.

_Okay! That was stupid!_ Tidus began to swim away from the massive creature trying to get as much of a head start as he could. He didn't even have time to strap his sword back on his back but if he dropped his sword he'd be weaponless if he survived this monster and he didn't want to be defenseless in a place like this. _There's got to be away out of here!_ he cried as he looked around, and saw an opening he could swim into. He began to swim to the opening as quickly as possible, as the fish gained on him. Tidus flung through the opening into another section of the ruins and landed safely into a thin layer of water. Several stones from above collapsed and blocked the passage.

Tidus just started coughing a bit and then started to get his second wind. "That... was too close..." he groaned as he got up on his feet. At least he didn't have to worry about that mutant fish again. _When the heck did any fish get that big anyway?_ Shaking his head he started walking knowing that he wasn't going to get anywhere by just standing there.

Tidus: I had made it out of the frying pan...and into the freezer. As soon as I entered the next room all that I saw was that was huge and completely empty. When I felt that wind come over it me it was like an arctic chill. I thought I was going to die in this place.

"Brrrrr!!!" Tidus breathed as he saw the air he breathed out chilled. He wrapped his arms around himself trying to keep warm. "Cold.. so cold..." his teeth were chattering but he didn't care. He had only one thought in his mind.

He needed fire.

_There's got to be something that I can use to start a fire!_ Tidus shivered as he was looking around. It was starting to get colder around her and he needed to get warm fast. Near the center of the room he saw the remains of a campfire. _Just need to find some tinder and flint and I can start a fire!_ The motivation was what kept his going as he started going up and down the stairs on either side of the room and searching every crack and corner until he found what he needed. He brought the flint and tinder back to the campfire spot and started a fire with it. He warmed his hands above the fire and starts feeling warm.

"That's much better..." Tidus smiled weakly as he lied on his back and looked up at the domed ceiling. "I'm so hungry..." he then just closed his eyes and then started to drift away.

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"What do you want?" Tidus asked as he lifted his head up off of table and looked at the man that had just entered his house.

"It was a bad call." Auron said to him. "Your team lost because of you."

Tidus chuckled dryly. "You came to say that?"

Auron shook his head. "It's been... ten years hasn't it. I thought you'd be crying."

Tidus smirked at him as he pointed to himself. "Who, me?"

"But you did cry."

Tidus turned around but as light was now filling his sight... but not before he saw him.

The little boy from Zanarkand.

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"...wha?" Tidus's eyes fluttered opened. _No way. That same kid again. Why was in my dreams? In that memory?_ he then looked down and saw his fire was dying.

"Hey, wait!" Tidus exclaimed jumping to his feet. "Wait! Don't go out on me! Just hold on! I'll get more wood!"

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!

"Huh?" Tidus then looked around. "What was that was that sound?"

It was then that Tidus spotted the giant insect running on the walls. Once at the top of the ceiling it then detached its claws and then fell down and landed face to face with Tidus.

"What the hell is going on here!" Tidus cursed, frustrated about how lousy his luck had been this day.. "First isn't giant fish now giant bugs! What's next? Giant cute little kittens?" Drawing his sword, he then attacked the insect slashing at its legs. _I take out its legs and it won't be able to support that big body its got._

The insect then tried to attack him with his claws but Tidus managed to pull out of harms away. However just as he landed the second slash onto the creature he then heard something explode. "Huh?" He saw one of the doors of the ruins had been blasted wide open. "An explosive?"

He didn't have much time to muse as to what was the cause as he saw several strangely dressed people wearing either goggles or sunglasses. In front of them was a girl in a red-yellow suit wearing goggles. She then walked over to Tidus and stayed by him.

"I'm going to take a wild guess and say you are on my side... right?" Tidus asked her.

Rather than answering she simply pulled something out of pocket which Tidus recognized. A grenade. She threw it at the giant insect and when it hit it, there was fairly decent sized explosion.

Tidus just blinked. "...I guess that answers that question." he was then knocked down from behind. "Huh?" his attacker had been one of the people that been with the girl that had come to his aid. He was bald save for a blonde mohawk hair style and he had tattoos on his chest.

And he had a gun pointed at his head.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Tidus shouted.

"Stay where you are fiend!" was what he spoke.

But what Tidus heard him say was, "Cdyo frana oui yna feaht!"

Tidus just blinked at this person. "Huh? What did you say?"

However before he could say anything else he looked up and saw the giant bug come out of the smoke from the explosion.

"Fryd? Edc cdemm ymeja! {What? Its still alive!}" the girl cried as she fell backwards to avoid the bug but then tripped and fell on the ground. The giant bug was now advancing on her.

"Rikku!" the man that had had the gun on Tidus cried out. He was pointing it at the insect and tried to fire it off but it jammed.

Tidus however had had enough. He had been put through a lot of crap ever since the attack on the sphere. He had reached his threshold of holding it in. He needed an outlet to pour out his frustrations.

That big bug had just become his outlet.

Grabbing his sword and dashing past the man that had just moments ago held a gun at his head, he ran at the bug that was about to attack the grounded girl. He could feel the adrenaline running through his body, his blood pumping, his heart racing, and he felt an exhilaration he hadn't felt before. He then jumped forward doing a cartwheel and then a summersault and then he swung his sword and screamed, "DIE!!!"

When Tidus's sword hit the giant bug there was a loud sound, then came the sound of steel cutting through flesh and bone and finally there was the death screams of the creature. Tidus then struck the ground with the sword and just leaned on it for a moment as he caught his breath. However he was then surprised as he saw the insect then fade away into nothingness leaving behind only departing energy.

_Its just like those Sinscales... and come to think of it those piranha when killed them... they evaporated into this energy I'm seeing._ Tidus mused. He then looked at his sword hand. _Did... I did just preformed my own Overdrive... didn't I?_

Unfortunately Tidus didn't have much more time to muse about that as he was then knocked down by the man that had a gun at his head before and now once again had that gun at his head.

"E'mm gemm oui! {I'll kill you!}" he cried.

"Cdub! {Stop!}" the girl ordered to him as she motioned to the others and had them pick Tidus up and restrain him.

"Cu fryd ec ed? {So what is it?}" one of them asked.

"Ed echd ed upjeuic! {Isn't it obvious}" the blonde haired main shouted. "Ra ec fiend eh risyh teckieca {He is a fiend in human disguise!}"

A few of them were all yelling and even through Tidus couldn't understand them he figured that they were agreeing with what the guy with the blonde mohawk had said.

The man with gas mask then pulled out a jagged knife and put in front of Tidus's face, which did show worry. "Hey man. Get that thing out of my face okay?"

"Fa gemm ed huf! {We kill it now!}" gas mask said.

"Fyed! Fryd ev ed ec risyh? {Wait! What if it is human?}" the sole female of their group spoke.

"Drao yna dra cysa eh taydr. {They are the same in death.}" he replied as he was about to slit Tidus's throat when suddenly the girl struck out with her right hand, and Tidus could see that it was a glove with a claw attached to it.

"Hu! Fa pnehk ed fedr ic! Ra cyjat so mefa! Huf namayca res! {No! We bring him with us! He saved my life! Now release him!}" she commanded.

Tidus felt better but not by much as he was let go. He moved away from them but then ended up bumping into the girl that had just saved his life yet he didn't understand her language at all. She then leaned forward to him and put her mouth near his ear.

"Cunno {Sorry}"

That was the last thing he heard before he felt that he just been punched in the gut. He doubled over in pain and felt his eyes roll backwards.

He was then greeted by the healing bliss of sleep and darkness.

Tidus: I guess you could say things changed then. On one hand I had gotten out of the freezer. On the other I had just stepped straight into the fryer. I had no idea who these people were. I sure didn't speak or even understand their language and I had the impression I wasn't that well liked. That thought was reinforced a bit when I woke up from my 'blackout'. However as strange as this may sound, I'm glad this happened to me because if it didn't I wouldn't have met one of the best friends I have ever head.

"Uh... not again..." Tidus groaned as he opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by the same people from before.

"Ced, lybdeja! {Sit, captive!}" the gas masked one said as he hit Tidus from behind sending him to the ground.

"Hey, that hurts!" Tidus shot as he tried to get back up but the gas masked person had a gun in his face.

"Tu hud suja un I femm gemm oui, ihtancduut? {Do not move or I will kill you, understood?}" he said.

Tidus immediately backed off. "Whoa! Whoa! Okay you win! Just point that gun away from me okay?" he then noticed the girl from early and the guy with the mohawk approach him. He then saw the mohawk man patting him down as if he was searching him. Tidus was not happy. "Okay that's it. I want some answers. Who are you people anyway and why are you doing this to me!"

"Tu oui hud cbayg? {Do you not speak?}" the gas mask man said.

"For the last time I don't understand I single word you are saying!" Tidus exploded. It was then three of the men pointed their guns at Tidus, who paled. "Oh this is perfect..." he muttered.

"Fyed! {Wait!}" the girl shouted. She then looked at Tidus. "He said you can stay if you make yourself useful."

It took him a full minute to get over that shot. "You... you... you understand me? You speak my language!" Tidus exclaimed however he was hit the back by one of the men's guns. "Hey! Look I'll help you if it means I get to live another day okay!"

"Ra yknaac du fung fun ic. Huf mayja ic. {He agrees to work for us. Now leave us.}" she said and to Tidus's surprise they did just that. She smiled. "Kinda helps to be me."

Tidus just scratched his head. "... just have to take your word for it. Hey. Thanks for saving my life."

"Hey you saved my life first remember." She said. "Let me show you around the ship. You are going to be here for a while. We aren't scheduled to end up near any major towns for a week at most due to our work. Something you'll be getting used to I hope."

"As long as I'm not working for you for the rest of my existence I think I can handle a week." Tidus returned. "By the way, I'm Tidus. What your name?"

"Rikku. Pleasure to meet you Tidus." she smiled.

"Rikku! Cid fyhdc du caa oui! {Rikku! Cid wants to see you!}" the mohawk man called out them.

"Pa nekrd drana! {Be right there!}" Rikku said in her native tongue. She looked back to Tidus. "Stay right here. I'll be back in a bit." she then rushed off and followed the man that had called out to them.

Tidus then looked up at the stars and sighed. _I wonder... will I ever get back home... back to Zanarkand?_ It was then that a very disturbing thought crossed his mind.

What would he find once he got there?

To be continued...