Chapter 4
Two years earlier...
*A flash of bright, white light*
What? Where am I? What happened?
Fayth: Tidus.
Who? Me? Who am I...?
Fayth: Tidus. You are being born anew. You have done a great service to all of Spira. We Fayth may now rest.
I remember...now, why aren't you guys sleeping yet?
Fayth: We, the Fayth, want to repay you. Along with three others who deeply care for you and High Summoner Yuna.
Yuna?!
Fayth: Please accept our gift. It is permanent. Do not mess this up.
Auron: New evil is rising.
Braska: Don't leave her side.
Jecht: I believe in you. Be good. And... kick some ass for me, boy!
*Another flash of white light*
Tidus was surrounded by water. Dazed and disoriented, he looked around. Slowly, letting his muscles get used to moving once again, he kicked his legs and swam toward the surface, breaking into a cool breeze. He smiled; he was back at his home, Spira. The place he belonged.
Softly he said, "Thanks, everyone. I won't fail you, I promise."
He began to swim to shore.
***
Rikku and Yuna just finished showing Paine the sphere Tidus had left for Yuna. Her face was bare of all emotion.
"All this... just to find more of his spheres? With no guarentee he made any more?"
Yuna stared at her. The newcomer was so...cold. "There is always hope, for anything, either big or small."
Rikku crossed her arms. "Besides, it's fun!" She stated in a Rikku-like fashion.
"Are you...hoping," Paine started with a sneer. "That he will come back to you? He's a dream of the Fayth. The Fayth have been put to rest, they are no longer of this world. He will never come back. Get over it."
"Don't say that!" Cried Yuna. "You never know what the future may hold! I just..."
"You just have nothing else to cling to. Pitiful." Paine walked over to the other side of the room, and stood facing the wall.
Rikku walked up to Yuna and put a hand on her shoulder. "Is it just me or does that girl have some issues? Remind me why, again, shes part of the Kamome-Dan with us?"
Yuna stepped toward the girl, breaking from Rikku's touch. Yuna would try her best to be courtious to Paine, although she silently agreed Paine did have issues.
"If it is alright with you, I would like to visit Guadosalam, and go to the Farplane, while we are so close to it."
"Let me guess, searching for loverboy among the pyreflies?" Paine sneered.
"Some questions may be answered."
Rikku stomped her foot impatiently. "Why are you so bitter?! What do you have against Yuna's search?"
"I know what it is like to have hope. It is nothing but a setup for a long fall."
"What's that supposed to mean?! Paine, I don't understand you!" Rikku was very impatient.
"Few do."
***
At the Farplane entrance, Paine was once again questioning Yuna, much to Rikku's dislike.
"Why are we here? Who are you calling?"
"When...I was here on my pilgrimage, Tidus called his mother Amia by accident. She too, was from his Zanarkand, which means she was just a dream. Yet she was here. Perhaps... perhaps Tidus will be here."
"This trip just to call Tidus? This is a waste of time. Please tell me you are calling forth a memory of someone else, too." Paine stood with her arms folded, and a loof of dislike on her face.
"Yes, of course. I will call Sir Auron, my guardian. He wasn't from Zanarkand...but I would like to see him. Also, Sir Jecht. He was too a dream, so if he is here, and Tidus is not..."
Paine snorted. "Silly girl. This will just leave you feeling disapointed. And are you telling me you have not tried this already?"
Yuna shook her head. "I came here, many times, over the past two years. I've never had the courage, though, to come in and call them."
Rikku was tired of being silent, so she added in, "But you do today, Yunie! Let's go!"
Rikku and Yuna had assumed that Paine had never been to the Farplane, by her hesitancy when entering the other world. Little did they know, was that Paine had been here all too many times before. She came, to seek someone she loved. She was hesitant, becuase she never saw him there, and she feared that this time she would.
iIf only I could see you again, Nooj,/i She thought. Looking around, she felt as if a weight was pulled from her shoulders. He did not come.
IIf this means he is alive... does he remember me? Is he different?/i She shook her head at herself. iYes, he is. Sin changes everyone. Sin...changed me./I
Paine now joined the other two women. "Well?"
"Sir Auron came. Tidus did not."
Rikku was biting her fingernails. "When she called Jecht, this will tell us so much." She then whispered to Paine, "It will make or break her spirit."
Jecht... did not come.
Yuna looked down and tried to control her emotions.
"Well, I guess dreams do not go to the farplane."
Rikku was puzzled. "Then howcome Tidus could summon forth his mom? She's a dream!" Rikku was beginning to get excited.
Paine shook her head. "Until the Fayth stopped dreaming, she was real. Real people can go to the Farplane."
Yuna sighed. "I would know so much if only I could summon her."
Rikku was puzzled. "Why can't you?"
"I have no tie to Amia. I've never met her. You can only bring forth those who you have memories of."
Paine walked away. "I'm leaving now. Come if you will."
Two years earlier...
*A flash of bright, white light*
What? Where am I? What happened?
Fayth: Tidus.
Who? Me? Who am I...?
Fayth: Tidus. You are being born anew. You have done a great service to all of Spira. We Fayth may now rest.
I remember...now, why aren't you guys sleeping yet?
Fayth: We, the Fayth, want to repay you. Along with three others who deeply care for you and High Summoner Yuna.
Yuna?!
Fayth: Please accept our gift. It is permanent. Do not mess this up.
Auron: New evil is rising.
Braska: Don't leave her side.
Jecht: I believe in you. Be good. And... kick some ass for me, boy!
*Another flash of white light*
Tidus was surrounded by water. Dazed and disoriented, he looked around. Slowly, letting his muscles get used to moving once again, he kicked his legs and swam toward the surface, breaking into a cool breeze. He smiled; he was back at his home, Spira. The place he belonged.
Softly he said, "Thanks, everyone. I won't fail you, I promise."
He began to swim to shore.
***
Rikku and Yuna just finished showing Paine the sphere Tidus had left for Yuna. Her face was bare of all emotion.
"All this... just to find more of his spheres? With no guarentee he made any more?"
Yuna stared at her. The newcomer was so...cold. "There is always hope, for anything, either big or small."
Rikku crossed her arms. "Besides, it's fun!" She stated in a Rikku-like fashion.
"Are you...hoping," Paine started with a sneer. "That he will come back to you? He's a dream of the Fayth. The Fayth have been put to rest, they are no longer of this world. He will never come back. Get over it."
"Don't say that!" Cried Yuna. "You never know what the future may hold! I just..."
"You just have nothing else to cling to. Pitiful." Paine walked over to the other side of the room, and stood facing the wall.
Rikku walked up to Yuna and put a hand on her shoulder. "Is it just me or does that girl have some issues? Remind me why, again, shes part of the Kamome-Dan with us?"
Yuna stepped toward the girl, breaking from Rikku's touch. Yuna would try her best to be courtious to Paine, although she silently agreed Paine did have issues.
"If it is alright with you, I would like to visit Guadosalam, and go to the Farplane, while we are so close to it."
"Let me guess, searching for loverboy among the pyreflies?" Paine sneered.
"Some questions may be answered."
Rikku stomped her foot impatiently. "Why are you so bitter?! What do you have against Yuna's search?"
"I know what it is like to have hope. It is nothing but a setup for a long fall."
"What's that supposed to mean?! Paine, I don't understand you!" Rikku was very impatient.
"Few do."
***
At the Farplane entrance, Paine was once again questioning Yuna, much to Rikku's dislike.
"Why are we here? Who are you calling?"
"When...I was here on my pilgrimage, Tidus called his mother Amia by accident. She too, was from his Zanarkand, which means she was just a dream. Yet she was here. Perhaps... perhaps Tidus will be here."
"This trip just to call Tidus? This is a waste of time. Please tell me you are calling forth a memory of someone else, too." Paine stood with her arms folded, and a loof of dislike on her face.
"Yes, of course. I will call Sir Auron, my guardian. He wasn't from Zanarkand...but I would like to see him. Also, Sir Jecht. He was too a dream, so if he is here, and Tidus is not..."
Paine snorted. "Silly girl. This will just leave you feeling disapointed. And are you telling me you have not tried this already?"
Yuna shook her head. "I came here, many times, over the past two years. I've never had the courage, though, to come in and call them."
Rikku was tired of being silent, so she added in, "But you do today, Yunie! Let's go!"
Rikku and Yuna had assumed that Paine had never been to the Farplane, by her hesitancy when entering the other world. Little did they know, was that Paine had been here all too many times before. She came, to seek someone she loved. She was hesitant, becuase she never saw him there, and she feared that this time she would.
iIf only I could see you again, Nooj,/i She thought. Looking around, she felt as if a weight was pulled from her shoulders. He did not come.
IIf this means he is alive... does he remember me? Is he different?/i She shook her head at herself. iYes, he is. Sin changes everyone. Sin...changed me./I
Paine now joined the other two women. "Well?"
"Sir Auron came. Tidus did not."
Rikku was biting her fingernails. "When she called Jecht, this will tell us so much." She then whispered to Paine, "It will make or break her spirit."
Jecht... did not come.
Yuna looked down and tried to control her emotions.
"Well, I guess dreams do not go to the farplane."
Rikku was puzzled. "Then howcome Tidus could summon forth his mom? She's a dream!" Rikku was beginning to get excited.
Paine shook her head. "Until the Fayth stopped dreaming, she was real. Real people can go to the Farplane."
Yuna sighed. "I would know so much if only I could summon her."
Rikku was puzzled. "Why can't you?"
"I have no tie to Amia. I've never met her. You can only bring forth those who you have memories of."
Paine walked away. "I'm leaving now. Come if you will."