Chapter 2
The holographic Tidus was being recorded at the Zanarkand Ruins, when everyone but Tidus was sitting around a campfire.
"This sphere...is for Yuna. I hope that someday, she sees this." He began. Yuna gasped
again.
"Yuna... I know we'll find a way, a way to defeat Sin. Without calling the Final Aeon. So...I know you will be alive to see this, after I'm gone..." He got a determined look on his face. "I just know we will defeat Sin!"
He continued. "But...Yuna, I'm sorry. I won't be there to share the calm with you.
Today...when I passed out...the Fayth spoke to me. I'm just...a summoned dream of the Fayth. And we know that when Sin, Yu Yevon, is defeated once and for all, all the dreams of the Fayth will disappear."
Tidus had a pained look on his face. "I'm so sorry. Just remember, I love you always. I promise." The sphere stopped.
Yuna had tears in her eyes. She blinked them away.
"He promises? He didn't keep his promise that he would come running when I whistled. I
don't know if I trust his promises."
"Yunie! You know it was impossible for him to keep that promise! And I do know he does love you. Please, think about coming sphere hunting with me! I'd bet that Tidus left more spheres behind for you, too! It is possible, you know."
Yuna smiled. "Thank you Rikku. You're pretty good at cheering people up. I will consider it. Actually, I really do having nothing to do, here around Besaid."
Rikku punched a fist into the air. "That's the spirit!"
"Though, I do want to talk to Lulu first."
"You do that, Yunie! I have to go take care of a couple things on the Celcius. Come let me know when you decide, okay?" Rikku called as she exited the tent.
***
Yuna found Lulu back in her and Wakka's tent.
"Lulu? Can I speak with you?"
Lulu nodded and set down her moogle doll. She patted a space beside her on the bed. "Sit down. Tell me about Rikku's visit."
"That's what I want to talk to you about." Yuna told her everything about Tidus' sphere, and Rikku wanting to form a sphere hunting team.
Lulu pondered this, then spoke. "I think it would be a wonderful opportunity for you. There is so much about Spira that you can to learn. But, Yuna, I know what you are thinking, and I don't want you to get your hopes up. This will not bring him back."
It was obvious Yuna had gotten her hopes up. "I will go." She announced, after thinking for a moment. "Lulu. Please let me have my hope. It is the one thing I have left to cling to, and hope does pull you though. Spira, it always had hope, and then we turned that hope into something. So, I promise, I won't get my hopes up even more, but I will have at least some."
Lulu nodded and sighed. "You're getting wise, Yuna. It's just that I don't want to see you get hurt any more."
Yuna nodded with a slight, "Mmm."
Wakka walked in. "Ay, Yuna! Hey, there, Lu." He gave a slight wave to Yuna.
"Yuna has decided to make a sphere hunting group with Rikku, Wakka. Aren't you happy for her?" Lulu stated, looking at him, as if daring him to speak otherwise.
"Ay, that's a great idea, ya?" Wakka said, cheerfully. If he did have any concerns, he did not express them. He knew Lulu well enough to be wary of her special looks.
"Oh! I have an idea! Lulu. Wakka. Why don't you two come, too?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Yuna. We can't go with you. This is your story." Lulu said,
patting her back.
"That is not a good enough reason," Yuna said with a slight smile.
"True, it is not." Lulu said.
"I know! It's becuase Lulu n' I are expectin' a baby, ya?" Wakka said, proudly, rubbing his neck as he usually does.
"Oh, Lulu! Is that true? I'm so happy for you both!" Yuna hugged Lulu.
"Thank you, Yuna. Now, I'll get some supplies together for you. Go see Rikku. Knowing her, she'll probably be bouncing off the walls, waiting for your answer."
***
When Yuna boarded the Celcius and told Rikku her answer, the Al Bhed girl jumped up and down with delight.
"Perfect! Now we're officially the Kamome-Dan clan!"
"Kamome-Dan?" Yuna asked, tilting her head to the side and putting a finger thoughtfully on her chin.
"Yup! Isn't it great? Brother thought of the name! Now, I have a surprise for you. I had been working on some new outfits for us, before I came. I put some finishing touches on it while you talked to Lulu." Rikku ran off to fetch them.
"Hmm. Quite confident I'd say yes, I see." Yuna smiled.
"Yep!" Rikku came back, dressed in a new outfit. "Here's mine!" She said, showing it off.
"Oh my!" Yuna gasped. Rikku was dressed in hardly anything besides a yellow bikini top, and a short skirt with a yellow thong showing. It did come with some cute bow-like sleeves and a redorange scarf, though. "I must admit it suits you, Rikku." She smiled.
"You know it! Now here's yours!" She tossed Yuna a pile of clothes.
"I'm not so sure, Rikku. It seems quite skimpy." Yuna was skeptical, even before holding it up and looking at it.
"Just try it on. You'll like it."
"Allright."
Soon enough, Yuna emerged in a white halter, short shorts, and a train like peice of cloth on one side of her hip. Her halter was slit in the middle with a black Zanarkand Abes symbol in the middle. Tidus' blitzball team.
"Oh Rikku. I do like it. And...thank you." Yuna said wistfully, gesturing to her top.
"I knew you would like that." Rikku said softly.
Becoming her normal loud self again, Rikku pulled out two guns and tossed them to her cousin.
"For you." She said. "We can't have you go weaponless, now can we?"
Yuna smiled, and didn't speak, becuase she knew Rikku had more to say.
"Also, here. This... this is Tidus' Brotherhood sword. I saved it just for you. When we fight, we can switch jobs, and use different weapons and stuff...you know, you also can change to a White Mage, and heal me up, okay?" Rikku teased.
Yuna embraced Rikku. "Thank you so much for everything, Rikku. This is really helping me."
"Come on, Yunie. Let's go say goodbye to everyone." Rikku said, pulling her along by the hand.
***
After Yuna had announced her departure, the entire town of Besaid gathered around the airship to wish a safe journey to the famous ex-summoner, and her legendary guardian. Yuna and Rikku stood on the deck, waving.
"Goodbye everyone! Goodbye!" Yuna called.
Lulu came up close enough to the ship to softly yell to Yuna. "This is your story, now, Yuna. Do as you will. And never let your hope slip." Lulu gave her a rare smile. "Come back soon, now. And Rikku? Take good care of her."
"Thanks, Lulu." Yuna said, and Rikku butted in with an "I promise!"
Lulu and the the crowd backed away, and the airship launched.
Yuna waved as she looked apon the retreating Besaid Island.
"Goodbye, Besaid. Wish me luck." She said softly, before going inside to the bridge.
The holographic Tidus was being recorded at the Zanarkand Ruins, when everyone but Tidus was sitting around a campfire.
"This sphere...is for Yuna. I hope that someday, she sees this." He began. Yuna gasped
again.
"Yuna... I know we'll find a way, a way to defeat Sin. Without calling the Final Aeon. So...I know you will be alive to see this, after I'm gone..." He got a determined look on his face. "I just know we will defeat Sin!"
He continued. "But...Yuna, I'm sorry. I won't be there to share the calm with you.
Today...when I passed out...the Fayth spoke to me. I'm just...a summoned dream of the Fayth. And we know that when Sin, Yu Yevon, is defeated once and for all, all the dreams of the Fayth will disappear."
Tidus had a pained look on his face. "I'm so sorry. Just remember, I love you always. I promise." The sphere stopped.
Yuna had tears in her eyes. She blinked them away.
"He promises? He didn't keep his promise that he would come running when I whistled. I
don't know if I trust his promises."
"Yunie! You know it was impossible for him to keep that promise! And I do know he does love you. Please, think about coming sphere hunting with me! I'd bet that Tidus left more spheres behind for you, too! It is possible, you know."
Yuna smiled. "Thank you Rikku. You're pretty good at cheering people up. I will consider it. Actually, I really do having nothing to do, here around Besaid."
Rikku punched a fist into the air. "That's the spirit!"
"Though, I do want to talk to Lulu first."
"You do that, Yunie! I have to go take care of a couple things on the Celcius. Come let me know when you decide, okay?" Rikku called as she exited the tent.
***
Yuna found Lulu back in her and Wakka's tent.
"Lulu? Can I speak with you?"
Lulu nodded and set down her moogle doll. She patted a space beside her on the bed. "Sit down. Tell me about Rikku's visit."
"That's what I want to talk to you about." Yuna told her everything about Tidus' sphere, and Rikku wanting to form a sphere hunting team.
Lulu pondered this, then spoke. "I think it would be a wonderful opportunity for you. There is so much about Spira that you can to learn. But, Yuna, I know what you are thinking, and I don't want you to get your hopes up. This will not bring him back."
It was obvious Yuna had gotten her hopes up. "I will go." She announced, after thinking for a moment. "Lulu. Please let me have my hope. It is the one thing I have left to cling to, and hope does pull you though. Spira, it always had hope, and then we turned that hope into something. So, I promise, I won't get my hopes up even more, but I will have at least some."
Lulu nodded and sighed. "You're getting wise, Yuna. It's just that I don't want to see you get hurt any more."
Yuna nodded with a slight, "Mmm."
Wakka walked in. "Ay, Yuna! Hey, there, Lu." He gave a slight wave to Yuna.
"Yuna has decided to make a sphere hunting group with Rikku, Wakka. Aren't you happy for her?" Lulu stated, looking at him, as if daring him to speak otherwise.
"Ay, that's a great idea, ya?" Wakka said, cheerfully. If he did have any concerns, he did not express them. He knew Lulu well enough to be wary of her special looks.
"Oh! I have an idea! Lulu. Wakka. Why don't you two come, too?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Yuna. We can't go with you. This is your story." Lulu said,
patting her back.
"That is not a good enough reason," Yuna said with a slight smile.
"True, it is not." Lulu said.
"I know! It's becuase Lulu n' I are expectin' a baby, ya?" Wakka said, proudly, rubbing his neck as he usually does.
"Oh, Lulu! Is that true? I'm so happy for you both!" Yuna hugged Lulu.
"Thank you, Yuna. Now, I'll get some supplies together for you. Go see Rikku. Knowing her, she'll probably be bouncing off the walls, waiting for your answer."
***
When Yuna boarded the Celcius and told Rikku her answer, the Al Bhed girl jumped up and down with delight.
"Perfect! Now we're officially the Kamome-Dan clan!"
"Kamome-Dan?" Yuna asked, tilting her head to the side and putting a finger thoughtfully on her chin.
"Yup! Isn't it great? Brother thought of the name! Now, I have a surprise for you. I had been working on some new outfits for us, before I came. I put some finishing touches on it while you talked to Lulu." Rikku ran off to fetch them.
"Hmm. Quite confident I'd say yes, I see." Yuna smiled.
"Yep!" Rikku came back, dressed in a new outfit. "Here's mine!" She said, showing it off.
"Oh my!" Yuna gasped. Rikku was dressed in hardly anything besides a yellow bikini top, and a short skirt with a yellow thong showing. It did come with some cute bow-like sleeves and a redorange scarf, though. "I must admit it suits you, Rikku." She smiled.
"You know it! Now here's yours!" She tossed Yuna a pile of clothes.
"I'm not so sure, Rikku. It seems quite skimpy." Yuna was skeptical, even before holding it up and looking at it.
"Just try it on. You'll like it."
"Allright."
Soon enough, Yuna emerged in a white halter, short shorts, and a train like peice of cloth on one side of her hip. Her halter was slit in the middle with a black Zanarkand Abes symbol in the middle. Tidus' blitzball team.
"Oh Rikku. I do like it. And...thank you." Yuna said wistfully, gesturing to her top.
"I knew you would like that." Rikku said softly.
Becoming her normal loud self again, Rikku pulled out two guns and tossed them to her cousin.
"For you." She said. "We can't have you go weaponless, now can we?"
Yuna smiled, and didn't speak, becuase she knew Rikku had more to say.
"Also, here. This... this is Tidus' Brotherhood sword. I saved it just for you. When we fight, we can switch jobs, and use different weapons and stuff...you know, you also can change to a White Mage, and heal me up, okay?" Rikku teased.
Yuna embraced Rikku. "Thank you so much for everything, Rikku. This is really helping me."
"Come on, Yunie. Let's go say goodbye to everyone." Rikku said, pulling her along by the hand.
***
After Yuna had announced her departure, the entire town of Besaid gathered around the airship to wish a safe journey to the famous ex-summoner, and her legendary guardian. Yuna and Rikku stood on the deck, waving.
"Goodbye everyone! Goodbye!" Yuna called.
Lulu came up close enough to the ship to softly yell to Yuna. "This is your story, now, Yuna. Do as you will. And never let your hope slip." Lulu gave her a rare smile. "Come back soon, now. And Rikku? Take good care of her."
"Thanks, Lulu." Yuna said, and Rikku butted in with an "I promise!"
Lulu and the the crowd backed away, and the airship launched.
Yuna waved as she looked apon the retreating Besaid Island.
"Goodbye, Besaid. Wish me luck." She said softly, before going inside to the bridge.