Tidus Looked out the window of Wakka's hut.
The whole town was busy sorting through the rubble of Yuna's hut. It was the least they could do, they had said. She and Tidus had, after all, saved their homes and their lives.
It was the middle of the night, and it was still pouring. Yet they still worked. They planned to sort the wood and rebuild the hut. They had had plenty of practice, of course. With Sin around, something had always needed repair.
Tidus turned and walked back to the chair he had been sitting in. Yuna was fast asleep in bed. He, however, couldn't sleep. He was too afraid he would come close to losing her again. So he had decided to stay up and watch over her, to make sure she stayed safe, especially on their engagement night; also the eve of their wedding.
He tried to relax, but he couldn't. He was afraid…afraid too much…. Of not being able to save her next time. "Please never let there be a next time" he said, too loudly.
Yuna awoke from her dream. "Still can't sleep, huh?" she said, startling him. "No" Tidus replied. "I… Well, just no."
Tidus stood up and walked over to Yuna. He bent down and kissed her. "Get your sleep," he said. "We are getting married tomorrow, after all." He said, smiling.
"Ok." She said, closing her eyes and drifting back to sleep.
Tidus returned to his chair and sat down. He turned his attention back to keeping an eye on Yuna. He must have been much more tired than he thought he was, because he soon fell asleep. And he remembered……
He remembered waking up in the water near Zanarkand. The fayth had made sure he was real. They owed that much to him, they had said.
He remembered the three months he had spent 1000 years away from the woman he loved. He remembered the night the fayth had brought him to the edge of the Farplane to speak with Braska, Jecht, and Auron.
"We have decided" said Jecht.
"Decided what!" Tidus asked. "To make me suffer a lifetime without Yuna?!"
"Of course not" said a voice from above. "We owe you far too much."
Auron turned away from Tidus and began to walk away. "We wish to give you something" he said.
"We have the power to hold you here for a millennia" Braska said. " For you, it will appear to be over in an instant, but for us, since we are already dead, it will be 1000 years."
"Why?" Tidus asked Braska.
"Because my daughter loves you" Braska replied. "Are you ready?" he asked.
"Yes." Tidus answered.
There was a brilliant flash. Tidus "Awoke" to see Braska and Jecht in front of him. They appeared somehow older.
Braska lifted his hands. "I will now teach you what you may need through your life." He said. "You will remember what you need when you need to."
Braska smiled. "Good luck" he said. "Make my daughter happy." He said, before disappearing in a shimmering light. Jecht stepped forward. "Have a good life, kid" he said. "At least this time around it will be for real." Jecht disappeared in a shimmering light.
Tidus turned. "I'm Ready" he said.
The voice from above spoke again. "There is a condition." It said. "In one year an awesome force of pure evil will threaten the fragile peace of Spira. You must destroy it. If you error, Yuna will die."
Before he could respond, Tidus felt himself falling. He could see the water rising toward him. Or was he rushing toward the water? He saw Yuna on the dock. As he hit the water Tidus awoke suddenly.
It was morning. He could hear hammering. The construction on Yuna's hut and the wedding platform had begun.
Yuna was still asleep. Tidus stood up and walked to the doorway. "I have to talk to the others" he said, as he walked out the doorway.
The whole town was busy sorting through the rubble of Yuna's hut. It was the least they could do, they had said. She and Tidus had, after all, saved their homes and their lives.
It was the middle of the night, and it was still pouring. Yet they still worked. They planned to sort the wood and rebuild the hut. They had had plenty of practice, of course. With Sin around, something had always needed repair.
Tidus turned and walked back to the chair he had been sitting in. Yuna was fast asleep in bed. He, however, couldn't sleep. He was too afraid he would come close to losing her again. So he had decided to stay up and watch over her, to make sure she stayed safe, especially on their engagement night; also the eve of their wedding.
He tried to relax, but he couldn't. He was afraid…afraid too much…. Of not being able to save her next time. "Please never let there be a next time" he said, too loudly.
Yuna awoke from her dream. "Still can't sleep, huh?" she said, startling him. "No" Tidus replied. "I… Well, just no."
Tidus stood up and walked over to Yuna. He bent down and kissed her. "Get your sleep," he said. "We are getting married tomorrow, after all." He said, smiling.
"Ok." She said, closing her eyes and drifting back to sleep.
Tidus returned to his chair and sat down. He turned his attention back to keeping an eye on Yuna. He must have been much more tired than he thought he was, because he soon fell asleep. And he remembered……
He remembered waking up in the water near Zanarkand. The fayth had made sure he was real. They owed that much to him, they had said.
He remembered the three months he had spent 1000 years away from the woman he loved. He remembered the night the fayth had brought him to the edge of the Farplane to speak with Braska, Jecht, and Auron.
"We have decided" said Jecht.
"Decided what!" Tidus asked. "To make me suffer a lifetime without Yuna?!"
"Of course not" said a voice from above. "We owe you far too much."
Auron turned away from Tidus and began to walk away. "We wish to give you something" he said.
"We have the power to hold you here for a millennia" Braska said. " For you, it will appear to be over in an instant, but for us, since we are already dead, it will be 1000 years."
"Why?" Tidus asked Braska.
"Because my daughter loves you" Braska replied. "Are you ready?" he asked.
"Yes." Tidus answered.
There was a brilliant flash. Tidus "Awoke" to see Braska and Jecht in front of him. They appeared somehow older.
Braska lifted his hands. "I will now teach you what you may need through your life." He said. "You will remember what you need when you need to."
Braska smiled. "Good luck" he said. "Make my daughter happy." He said, before disappearing in a shimmering light. Jecht stepped forward. "Have a good life, kid" he said. "At least this time around it will be for real." Jecht disappeared in a shimmering light.
Tidus turned. "I'm Ready" he said.
The voice from above spoke again. "There is a condition." It said. "In one year an awesome force of pure evil will threaten the fragile peace of Spira. You must destroy it. If you error, Yuna will die."
Before he could respond, Tidus felt himself falling. He could see the water rising toward him. Or was he rushing toward the water? He saw Yuna on the dock. As he hit the water Tidus awoke suddenly.
It was morning. He could hear hammering. The construction on Yuna's hut and the wedding platform had begun.
Yuna was still asleep. Tidus stood up and walked to the doorway. "I have to talk to the others" he said, as he walked out the doorway.