Disclaimer: I do not own any Sqaresoft products as much as I would like to.
I would like to say, before this story starts: Yuna was kidnapped by Seymour just two weeks ago, and the party is still stationed on the outskirts of the Sanubia desert.
Chapter one- A Newfound Hope
I had never seen the boy so sad. It was like he had lost his will to live. Since Yuna was missing, nothing seemed the same. Everyone missed her, but no one as much as Tidus. I am not particularly good at comforting, but I figured someone needed to try. I walked over to him slowly. He was sitting on a large greenish rock covered in moss, staring blankly into the fire.
"May I?"
"Sure." He looked sort of surprised to see me there.
"Are you thinking about her again?"
He sighed openly. "Yeah."
This wasn't going as I had hoped it would. "Tidus I'm sorry, it's very hard for all of us but we won't stop searching until she is safely back with us." He smiled wearily at me.
"Auron, are you trying to make me feel better?"
He said it a bit teasingly. I half grunted, half laughed, but if could have seen my mouth he would have known I was smiling. He seemed to feel somewhat better, because he stood up and in his old leader fashion and said; "lets go!"
From somewhere in the dark I could here the muffled voice of Wakka saying "Not now, it's the middle of the night ya. Most normal people would be sleeping now." Tidus jumped up and walked over to where Wakka was trying to sleep, and cast watera right over his head.
He jumped up rather annoyedly, and Tidus turned to the rest of the party. "Well if you're all so worried about Yuna, then why don't you stop lying around and start looking!"
Everyone could tell there was no chance of going to sleep now, unless they too desired Wakka's punishment. Wakka squatted down near Lulu and started grumbling to her about how wet and cold he was sitting there in the night.
"Lulu, you're a black mage, can't you use your magic to make a towel appear?"
"I can't blame him for doing that to you, you deserved it. After all, we should be helping him look, we are Yuna's friends, aren't we?"
"Well, he didn't have to wake me up like that ya? I mean can't a poor guy get some sleep around here!" He shambled off looking for sympathy from one of the others.
I felt a tugging at my sleeve, and looked up to see the ever-energetic Rikku sitting there, she must have wandered over when I was watching Wakka…
"Yes Rikku?"
"Do you think we will ever see Yunie again?"
Her large blue eyes shimmered in the light.
"I'm sure we will," I said, trying to keep her spirits up. Truthfully though I wasn't sure. I of course hoped we would, but you can't get your hopes too high, for fear of having them broken. That is what I have learned in my years of being a warrior.
Suddenly I was the only one still at the campsite, I must have gotten lost in thought. I could hear Wakka's voice in the distance calling to me to meet them. As I was about to call back a monster struck me from behind. It was nothing to worry about, a simple wolf. It was rather large for a wolf though, brown, something you would find on the outskirts of Sanubia desert. I made quick work of it, but I was surprised to see that it dropped a shred of Yuna's dress. So there was still hope. I quickly rushed through the dunes to show the others what I had found.
When I arrived, they all seemed quite busy fighting off a horde of sand worms. They looked like they needed some help, and so I dove in, ferociously slashing the front three beasts in two with a powerful sweep. But the rest would not give up so easily; they used a powerful quake attack sending Rikku and Kimhari flying. I could not see where Kimhari landed, but Rikku flew into the base of a palm tree and I presume was knocked unconscious. I was to busy trying to stabilize myself from the blow to pay any attention. What I did notice was that Wakka and I were the only ones left standing.
I called to him over the rumble.
"Wakka where is Tidus? Were gonna need him for this one!"
"I dunno, I saw him running up ahead and that's when we got attacked!"
"And Lulu?"
"Lu? I didn't even see her, she must have run up ahead after Tidus before the battle started."
"This is a fight we cannot win, take Rikku and run, I shall take Kimhari!"
He nodded as if he understood, and he ran off to get Rikku. I on the other hand was cornered by the five worms still standing. I saw a glowing blitz ball fly off of the very left one's head. I took the chance I was given by the distracted worms to flee, but a sand worm swerved into my path at the last second. I had not the time to stand and fight, so instead I took a giant leap, and landed on the top of its head, knocking it to the ground. That's when we ran. We ran for all we were worth. The five worms gave chase for a while, but eventually they gave up and returned to the sands. It was lucky for us, because my lungs felt as if they would burst.
Only then did I realize that I had left Kimhari behind! In the fury of the battle I had forgotten all about him! Meanwhile Rikku remained unconscious; she had taken a heavy blow to her head. The only thing Wakka and I could do was wait and wonder what had become of Tidus, Lulu and Kimhari…
Kimhari sat up and looked around. It appeared he had overslept. But where are my comrades? he thought to himself. It was already morning, and the blue pink sun was steadily rising over the dunes to the west. He stood up quickly, but his left leg gave way from pain, it felt as if he had broken it… Suddenly it all flooded back to him, the sand worms and flying through the air; what did not come back was where his companions had gone.
He gingerly touched the back side of his left ankle, indeed it was broken, and spaces of his blue fur were missing.
"Large fight has happened," he said, looking at the imprints left by the two sand worms Wakka and Auron had knocked down (not to mention the 2 that lay dead). Grabbing two branches and some leaves off of a nearby palm tree he made a makeshift splint and hobbled off into the desert…
This is my first fanfiction, and so if you are planning on reviewing it, please include some thoughts on how to improve for later chapters and fictions. Thanks.
