II: Starting Over
Yuna sat on the bow of the ship staring out at a beautiful sunset. She put her fingers to her lips and whistled. 'He said if we ever got separated, and I whistled, he'd come running... he promised.' They were heading home to Besaid after the assembly at Luca Stadium. Yuna was famous now, as were her brave guardians. Rikku was following the others back to Besaid to make a new home there.
Rikku watched her cousin stare at the empty sea. She would call out for Tidus with the whistle that he taught her, and then scan the horizon hopefully. Then she would collapse into tears when she realized that the barren waves wouldn't bring him back to her. After a few minutes she would try again… and the cycle continued on into the evening.
Rikku went over to console her devastated friend. "Yunie, don't cry." Rikku sat down next to her.
"Rikku, why did he have to go?" Yuna erupted into another mess of tears. She laid her head on Rikku's shoulder and cried. Rikku stroked her cousin's hair and gently sang to her the soothing Hymn of the Fayth. Her soft and gentle voice carried the serene melody on the wind.
Lulu, Wakka, and Kimahri stood aside while Rikku soothed her cousin. Wakka kicked a blitzball around on the empty deck, while Lulu and Kimahri watched. Wakka had retired from the game, but now he was having second thoughts. Lulu loved watching him play. She pretended to like watching the game, but it was really him that she liked to watch… his strong muscles bulging underneath his golden skin, his deep brown eyes, and the way he smiled at her when he realized that she was watching.
"Yuna sad." Kimahri said.
Lulu looked over at Yuna and nodded. "I think Yuna will be sad for a long time." Lulu noticed that Wakka wasn't playing anymore. Kimahri got up from the bench and went to Yuna.
"I feel bad, Lu." Wakka said.
"Me too." Lulu added. Wakka set the ball aside and sat next to her on the bench. She noticed that Yuna had stopped crying and the three of them were talking together.
"She'll be okay, ya?" Wakka looked to Lulu for an answer. She nodded with assurance, but she really didn't know.
The light of the sun had faded, but the moon was full and shone brightly upon the ship. They could see the torches lighting the tiny village that they called home. Each of them stood on the bow of the ship, gazing longingly to Besaid. "We're home." Yuna said.
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More on the way... Please tell me what you think.
Darcee :)
Yuna sat on the bow of the ship staring out at a beautiful sunset. She put her fingers to her lips and whistled. 'He said if we ever got separated, and I whistled, he'd come running... he promised.' They were heading home to Besaid after the assembly at Luca Stadium. Yuna was famous now, as were her brave guardians. Rikku was following the others back to Besaid to make a new home there.
Rikku watched her cousin stare at the empty sea. She would call out for Tidus with the whistle that he taught her, and then scan the horizon hopefully. Then she would collapse into tears when she realized that the barren waves wouldn't bring him back to her. After a few minutes she would try again… and the cycle continued on into the evening.
Rikku went over to console her devastated friend. "Yunie, don't cry." Rikku sat down next to her.
"Rikku, why did he have to go?" Yuna erupted into another mess of tears. She laid her head on Rikku's shoulder and cried. Rikku stroked her cousin's hair and gently sang to her the soothing Hymn of the Fayth. Her soft and gentle voice carried the serene melody on the wind.
Lulu, Wakka, and Kimahri stood aside while Rikku soothed her cousin. Wakka kicked a blitzball around on the empty deck, while Lulu and Kimahri watched. Wakka had retired from the game, but now he was having second thoughts. Lulu loved watching him play. She pretended to like watching the game, but it was really him that she liked to watch… his strong muscles bulging underneath his golden skin, his deep brown eyes, and the way he smiled at her when he realized that she was watching.
"Yuna sad." Kimahri said.
Lulu looked over at Yuna and nodded. "I think Yuna will be sad for a long time." Lulu noticed that Wakka wasn't playing anymore. Kimahri got up from the bench and went to Yuna.
"I feel bad, Lu." Wakka said.
"Me too." Lulu added. Wakka set the ball aside and sat next to her on the bench. She noticed that Yuna had stopped crying and the three of them were talking together.
"She'll be okay, ya?" Wakka looked to Lulu for an answer. She nodded with assurance, but she really didn't know.
The light of the sun had faded, but the moon was full and shone brightly upon the ship. They could see the torches lighting the tiny village that they called home. Each of them stood on the bow of the ship, gazing longingly to Besaid. "We're home." Yuna said.
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More on the way... Please tell me what you think.
Darcee :)