The Purity of Love and Friendship:
Chapter One: Hopes and Dreams
Later that night, Lady Yuna was comfortably lying in her bed fast asleep, beginning to have a dream. It was soon approaching dusk, and Lady Yuna was sitting on the edge of the pier staring down at the water, after she did her daily whistle blow. Yuna thought, "I hope you'll return someday Tidus, because I'm beginning to miss you too much." Her thoughts then drifted towards, "Why did you have to go away Tidus?"
As she was staring down at the water, while a young blonde haired boy was walking down the pier towards her. He mentioned, "Is that you, Yuna." Yuna was startled by the sudden sound of her name, belonging to a voice that sounded so familiar to her. She quickly stood up and turned around to see the man that she loved standing there. So Yuna ran into the arms of Tidus and started crying. "Please don't cry Yuna, because it hurts me to see you cry," mentioned Tidus as he brought her closer to him to kiss her. When they broke their kiss, Tidus stated, "I promise I'll never leave you again, Yuna…"
Yuna suddenly woke up from her dream crying, so Kimahri quickly came over to her side. He asked, "Kimahri wonders why Yuna can't sleep." "I just had a dream that felt so real, I actually thought Tidus was really back, but he's not is he, Kimahri," stated Yuna. "Kimahri knows Tidus may come back soon," mentioned the Ronso guardian. "I hope you're right, Kimahri." Kimahri wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Kimahri wants Yuna to try and get some rest." Eventually Yuna drifted off to sleep again, while Kimahri sat down in a chair nearby, and he too drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile Wakka let go of Lulu, and she walked over to the window. She looked outside to see that Rikku was still leaning against the tree, so she said, "Rikku's still out there by that tree, Wakka." "I'll go out there and get her," replied Wakka. "I'll prepare the couch for her." "Where you gonna sleep, Lu," asked Wakka. "We'll discuss that after you go get her, okay," mentioned Lulu. "Okay, Lu," he answered as he walked outside to go get Rikku.
Wakka slowly approached the young Al Bhed girl, so he didn't wake her, in case she was asleep. As Wakka got closer to the tree that Rikku was leaning against, he saw that she actually asleep. Wakka carefully picked up the young Al Bhed girl, and carried her back to his hut, while Lulu prepared the couch for Rikku to sleep on.
After a couple of minutes later, Wakka was back inside his hut with Rikku, and Lulu was done preparing the couch for Rikku. Wakka gently laid Rikku down on the couch, and Lulu covered her up. Then Wakka walked over to his bed, and said, "Come here Lu, you can sleep next to me." Lulu replied, "Are you sure about that, Wakka." Wakka got into his bed, while Lulu just stood there. Wakka mentioned, "Lu, I like ya, so please come over and get some rest, okay." "Okay, Wakka…" she replied as walked over toward his bed.
Wakka said, "Hurry up Lu, I'm getting really sleepy, ya know." So Lulu crawled into the bed with Wakka, and he said, "Goodnight, Lu." "Goodnight, Wakka." Wakka pulled the covers up and then put his arm around Lulu, as she put her arms around the arm that Wakka had around her. Eventually the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.
The young Al Bhed girl, Rikku was comfortably situated on the couch inside Wakka's hut fast asleep, beginning to have a dream. It was nighttime in this surreal place that looked kind of like Tidus's Zanarkand, Rikku was standing there watching Yuna preparing to do another sending. Although this sending wasn't anything like the others she had performed before, because she was sending the legendary guardian Sir Auron, an unsent. Rikku and the rest of the gang watched as Yuna waved her Nirvana staff around, while Auron began to disappear. Rikku thought, "Auron…why do have to end like this. Why do you have to go away…couldn't you of stayed a little longer."
Rikku stood there staring at the man she thought she had feelings for, and she thought, "I wonder if he's gonna miss all of us…although I know I'm gonna miss him." In a little while the sending was complete and the legendary guardian Sir Auron had been sent, and was now gone forever. As she watched the last of him disappear, a single tear trickled down her cheek, and she thought, "Auron…" This dream alone startled the sleeping form of Rikku, but it wasn't enough to wake her up.