~*~ Yeah ok, now you're REALLY gonna kill me. See, last night, as I was looking at my chapters… I seemed to be seeing something weird about them. Truth is, I FORGOT, yes i said FORGOT 2 chapters…they're called 'One Sweet World' and 'Don't Panic'.  My computer crashed during the loadup on Don't Panic and caused it to be a different chapter. I am so so so so so so so so so sorry for the inconvenience.  I truly am. Please, be a good fan fic reader and just read that one part… I am really sorry that I did this to you guys… I am only human though…. And for those who have not read the story yet and have no clue what I am saying….my suggestion would be to shake your head and nod…. I'm sorry guys… I feel like I let you down!!!! Arg!!!! Polishness!~*~

The group and I walked up the dirt path to where we eventually met Auron, who was now by the gates leading into Djose Temple. After Auron rejoined the group, we said our farewells to the Mi'Ihen highroad and made our way past the gates of Djose where we would arrive at the next temple.

Tidus looked around the new area, scanning the surroundings, looking at the ruins brought by Sin hundreds of years ago, and sighting the different trees and people that were citizens to this new village. He was so overwhelmed with the new village, that he stopped our pilgrimage at a fork in the road.

"Hey," he said, holding his hands behind his head, "how much longer till Zanarkand?"

The group stopped and turned to the curious blitzball player. They were not used to having someone constantly asking them, "What is this?" or "Where are we?" or "What is that?" Ever since Tidus joined the group though, they were bombarded with thousands of questions concerning the history of Spira.

Wakka stepped up beside him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Still a ways."

Lulu cleared her throat and lowered her Moogle magic doll to the ground so it could walk by her side. The doll stretched out its bat like wings and rubbed its crossed stitched eyes.

"First down the Moonflow to the Guado city of Guadosalam." She said. "Then we cross the Thunder Plains to the temple of Macalania"

Tidus sighed in devastation, "Oh, boy."

"And before that," Yuna said with a jolly tone, "we get to pray at the temple in Djose!"

Tidus sighed and lowered his hands to his side, not believing their long journey ahead. "We can't just skip all that? Can we, huh?"

Yuna shook her head with that smile that never left as she moved, "I have to pray to the Fayth in every temple in order to earn the Final Aeon."

Wakka nodded in agreement, "That's a Summoner's training."  Wakka walked over to Lulu and then crossed his arms as he stood next to his friend, "She's gotta prepare, mind and body, all just to get ready for the Final Summoning."

Tidus was shocked. He was new to Spira's customs and he never knew the difficulty and duties that a Summoner had resting in their hands. He felt a sharp pain come from within his heart as he heard the new knowledge of Yuna's pilgrimage. "Must be tuff, Yuna."

Yuna simply smiled to him and held her hands in front of her while tilting her head to the side. "I'll be fine, with you here!"

Tidus smiled back to her and couldn't help but scratch the back of his head. Yuna looked over to me and then reached her hand out towards my direction. I smiled to her and grabbed her hand as we began walking towards the bridge that separated the highroad, from the temple.

Lulu looked down to the ground and found her Moogle doll walking by Tidus, poking his leg and jumping up and down to get his attention. Lulu smirked at the small doll innocence and watched as her doll continued to jump for Tidus. The doll then grew irritated by being ignored by the human and lifted up its arms which indicated that he was beginning a black magic spell. The Moogle's antenna began to shine a bright red light and its stitched eyes began to glow.

Lulu noticed the Moogle's anger and kneeled down to the ground with her arms out before her. "Hei!" she yelled and gave the doll a vicious stare. As soon as Lulu yelled out the foreign word to the doll, it instantly ceased its black magic spell and quickly ran back to its master. She waited until the doll ran into her arms and then lifted herself up to her feet where she tapped he nose of the little doll to scold him of his wrong doing.

Everyone began to run down the path towards the bridge to begin Yuna's praying to the Djose Fayth. Auron and Tidus though, stayed back and started talking to each other before heading to the temple in front of them.

After their conversation, Auron and Tidus eventually met up with the rest of the group where they found Yuna talking to the three familiar Chocobo Knights that they met in Mi'Ihen highroad. Tidus scratched his head in confusion as he only saw one Chocobo beside the Knights.

The captain of the Chocobo Knight's explained to us that their troops have unfortunately been decimated by Sin during the crucial battle. Yuna's expression dropped to a low frown and bowed her head as she heard the critical news. She looked back to them and wished them a farewell and kindly told them that she would pray for them as they were in the temple. The Chocobo Knight's departed form us and we continued to the temple of Djose.

Tidus stopped short from everyone else and raised his head high in to the air to get a better view of the huge stone temple before them.

"This is the Djose temple?" he asked, not really sure if this is what everyone was talking about.

Everyone reaches the temple and the closer they approach the temple, the more the ground violently shakes from underneath them. A large pillar stone is in front of them, reaching almost 150 feet tall from the ground. Electricity flies out of the top of the pillar and with another low rumble from underneath their feet, the stone explodes. Tidus and I have never seen this temple before and what it was expected to do. The moment the electricity shot out from the top and caused the stone to explode, Tidus and I shielded our eyes form the sudden action. We opened our eyes again and found the temple being completely surrounded by large chunks of the stone.

Tidus' eyes went wide and were filled with astonishment, "Awwsome!"

The chunks of stone that are floating around the temple are being suspended together by the electricity that caused the pillar to explode in to beginning.  Lulu smiles at the amazing temple entrance and remembers her last pilgrimage when she was here no more than 3 years ago.

"Ah, the Lightning Mushroom Rock." She said with pleasure. "It only opens when a Summoner is addressing the Fayth."

Wakka nudged Lulu's arm and smiled along with her, "Must mean that another Summoner's already in there."

Yuna's face turned almost to the point of white. She tightened her fist lightly and brought it up to her mouth, almost biting the tip of her thumb.  "We must hurry then." She said silently and wasted not time entering the temple. Everyone else followed their Summoner.

We entered the temple, unsure of what to do first. We were debating if we should buy weapons and items first or complete the Cloister of Trials.  Yuna did not want to debate the dreadful thought of another Summoner, so she headed up the stairs of the Trials and entered the doorway leading to the puzzling maze.

"Well," Tidus laughed, "I guess we know what Yuna wants."

I giggled to myself and nodded in agreement. Yuna was not going to waste any time if there was another Summoner in the Chamber of the Fayth. It's not that she was looking for competition, she just was very curious on who it might be…well, at least that's what she told me.

I ran up the stairs and once I made my way to the top, I turned to the rest of them below and waved my arm in the air. The group followed my lead and they soon followed me up to the stairs and into the door.

If there is one thing that sucks about being a guardian, it would have to be the Cloister of Trials. These Trials were meant for Summoners and their guardians to test their intelligence, their strength and their courage to attempt tasks that no other being could possibly do. To me, they were aggravating.

During the whole Trail, Auron and I argued about the different spheres that were needed to open certain doors in the intertwining corridors. In the beginning, he was ok and would keep to himself about what should be done. Then, after Lulu and I both tried to figure out this one sphere and its location, Auron just stepped in, grabbed it from us, and walked to a different door. Lulu and I protested about his ignorance and asked him numerous times what his problem was. He didn't say anything and just continued to do what he was doing and placed the sphere in the recess in the door's wall. Lulu and I grunted to each other while Wakka and Tidus waited for us in the newly open room in which Auron had figured out. I rolled my eyes and ran after Tidus and down the hall to where I met up with Auron.

"Hey meanie." I said sternly.

Auron continued walking hastily down the dark hallway where he led the other guardians and Yuna to the Chamber of the Fayth.

I walked his pace and eventually had to jog along side if him to keep up his speed. No matter how hard I tried, he would not talk to me.

"Auron, do you hear me?" I pouted and demanded. Still no response.

"Are you death?" I asked again and got no response. "Hello?!"

Auron didn't look to her; he just continued to walk down the hallway where in the distance he saw the room before the Chamber of the Fayth.

"See," he said in a low tone, still not slowing down for me, "I told you I was right."

I grunted in frustration and stopped walking beside him. I kicked some stones on the ground in his direction and was hoping that one would fly off the ground and beam him right in the back of the head. I stood back and watched him enter the room and finally stop walking away from the group.

Yuna came up from behind me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "What happened this time?" she asked with some laughter.

I turned my face from her and pouted, "He's being a butt head."'

Yuna laughed and covered her mouth, "Well, if he is being a one to you, maybe you should return the favor and be one yourself."

I looked to her and saw her wink at me soon after she said the joking statement. I thought about what she said to me and then snapped my fingers to show her that she was right.

"You're right Yunie," I smiled, "I think I'll do that!"

The hallways were dark and the other guardians were still walking behind us because of their inability to see in the dismal hallway. I saw their dilemma and patted my pouch that was attached to my right thigh. I dug deep into the pouches pockets and searched the little pocket for a device that I might have made myself to shine some type light. My fingers found a small flashlight that my brother made for me and I immediately took it out of the pouch. I fiddled with the device and reattached some wires to create a small light to shine from the base.

I shined the light down the hallway and saw Lulu, Wakka and Kimahri all grasping to the wall to find their way to the Chamber.

I waved my arm in the air and started walking towards them, "Here, I got a light!"

Lulu was extremely relieved. "Thank you."

I nodded my head and then turned back around to Yuna and used my small flashlight to guide us to the Chamber.

As the guardians and I entered the Chamber, Yuna hurried to the door which led her to the room with the Fayth. She bowed her head courteously and waited for her prayer to be heard by Yeavon above. Soon, the door shook violently and opened up to our Summoner, allowing her prayer to be accepted. She entered the room and the door lowered to the ground immediately after her. After the door closed, Kimahri stood beside them, his arms crossed and his eyes determined like a guardian.

Auron stood beside the entry way of the dark hallway and rested his back against the wall along with his right leg, like he usually does.

Lulu and Wakka stayed together and talked quietly among themselves, deciding whether or not to spend the night here and rest from Sin's attack.

Tidus walked around the room and would occasionally stop in front of a statue and read about its past and such. Watching him absorb everything about Spira really made me think about his world and his Zanarkand. Like he always told us, he was absolutely clueless to the world and habitat of Spira.

Our silence was soon interrupted by another Summoner and guardian who rudely entered the Chamber of the Fayth. The Summoner, Donna, followed by her guardian, Barthello did not hesitate to announce their arrival in the Chamber.

"Well, well." she said in a snobby voice, "You again." She slanted her hip to the side and placed her hand on top while the other was in front of her face, searching for dirt in her nails.

Tidus turned to them and had anger racing across his eyes.

Dona looked to everyone and laughed, "Still traveling with quite the crowd I see."

I quickly walked over to Tidus and held his hand to cease the raging fire in his eyes. For some reason, I had no trouble in figuring out that they had met before.  So I stayed beside him, and rubbed his arm to try and cool off his temper.

Barthello looked around the room with Dona until he saw Auron. His arms were crossed and remained that way as he approached the silent warrior in the back of the room. Auron stayed cool and just watched as the muscular shirtless man headed in his direction.

Dona turned to her husky guardian and sighed, "Now what Barthello, do you know this riff-raff?"

Barthello stopped a couple of feet in front of Auron and raised a brow to the legendary monk.

"You are… Auron, no?" he asked in a deep and low tone.

Auron looked to the burly guardian and rolled his eyes discreetly, "What of it?"

Barthello lowered his arms and leaned in closer to Auron. "Can I…" he began.

I walked away from Tidus and crept around the side of the room and stopped several feet before the two guardians.

"Can I…" he continued, "shake your hand?" The well-built man soon lost his pose and got excited to finally meet his hero.

"Auron!" he shouted in utter joy. "No, Sir Auron! You're the reason I became a guardian!" He then smiled and posed like he was appearing in a muscular fitness magazine.

Auron looked to the man and laughed in amusement. Ahh, just exactly what he wanted to hear… It seemed that he would never escape his reputation. But, what else could he do? He laughed again and shook his head, not believing that someone would become a guardian just because of him. He extended his hand out to him and Barthello wasted no time to shake it.

Barthello smiled brightly, which was unusual to appear on a man his size and his strength. "Thank you sir!" he said, "This means so much to me!"

Wakka smiled devilishly and crossed his arms, sneering to Dona, "Calling the personal guardian to Lord Braska a riff-raff?"

Lulu did the same and shook her head, "And you call yourself a Summoner."

Dona was steaming up inside. She felt utterly embarrassed and knew that they were right. No matter how big of an idiot she looked, she still remained her bossy and snobby self.

"Barthello, enough!" she said as a last resort, "Come here!"

Barthello bowed his head to the legendary guardian and held his hand that Auron just shook.

"I swear I'll never wash this hand again!" he said happily.

Dona rolled her eyes, "Touch me with that hand and I'll remove it!"

I laughed silently to myself as I watched everything unravel to me. My eyes traveled to Auron and I bit my lip as I looked at him standing against the wall. It made me feel weird; a good kind of weird, when I saw Barthello tell Auron that he was the reason for his becoming a guardian. The largest smile grew on my face when Barthello said that to him, and I bit my lip harder as I thought about how cool and calm he was about it. Barthello's hero was my savior, and my secret admirer. I knew that if it were me, I would be acting very proudly about it. But Auron, he just remained silent and stood against the grey stoned wall, waiting for Yuna to come out from the Chamber.  He was so dreamy…the butt-head.

Boy, did I wish I would have done something when he rescued me from the river just an hour ago.

Some time passed by in the room and it was a while until the doors leading into the Chamber final opened. As if an angel were being sent from heaven, the door rose to the ceiling and Yuna's figure was shone, surrounded by a bright light from behind. She had one hand placed on the side of the wall as she slowly made her way out of the Chamber.

All of her guardians gathered around the entryway and waited patiently and eagerly for their Summoner to appear from the blinding light. I crept my way to the front of everyone else and began to slowly walk up to the doorway, no longer able to contain my patience. I stopped a couple feet away from the door and squinted in hopes to find my lost friend. The light gradually dimmed to nothing and there was Yuna, her head down, her knees shaking, and sweat trickling down from her head.

Yuna looked up to everyone very weakly, almost as if she were in there for days in and days out. Her eyes scanned everyone's faces and then she looked down to me. I held my hands out to her, ready for any sudden moves that may happen. Out of the corner of my eye, Kimahri was also doing the same. I returned my eyes to Yuna and a small but pleasant smile fell on my face. The young Summoner saw the small happiness and also returned the favor by doing the same.

The small gesture must have drained her out of energy completely and her eyes suddenly rolled to the back of her head. I gasped in horror as I saw my friend gradually drop to the ground. I was in complete shock and my hands were frozen from the sudden movement. Kimahri took immediate action and pushed me out of the way and quickly held her hand before she hit the ground. The Summoner woke from her moment of unconsciousness, a bit dazed and confused, and used Kimahri's arm to lift her to her feet.

Dona shook her head in disgust and crossed her arms, walking closer to the young girl and the Ronso.

"You owe much to your father."

Yuna hesitantly looked up to the other Summoner and bit her lip with hatred.

Dona turned her head and looked at all of her guardians that now separated from the entrance.

"All these guardians." She shook her head again. Then she placed on hand on her hip while the other waved at her face, "And Sir Auron, too?"

Dona sneered at the other Summoner who was still on the ground. "And I hear Maester Seymour's quite taken with you." Her eyes grew with hatred and jealousy, "The world must look different when you're the daughter of Lord Braska."

Yuna looked up to Dona and tried to moisten her dry mouth, "This has nothing to do with my father!" Oh how she hated it when people accused her of doing everything just because her father did the same ten years ago. She had to prove to her once and for all that she was not trying to fall in her father's footsteps. "I am traveling on my own, as a full –fledged Summoner!"

Dona smiled in ignorance, "Oh is that so?"  Still with her hand on her hip and the other in the air, she walked past the guardians and stopped at the entryway of the Chamber. She turned to Yuna and leaned down to her, "Then try standing on your own too feet for once."

Dona smirks and straightens her back, "Your guardians won't be able to protect you when the time comes."

Yuna grunts in anger and watches as the other Summoner waves to her sarcastically and enters the Chamber of the Fayth.

Kimahri holds her and slowly helps her to her feet. Yuna stands, and looks to everyone with sweat still streaming down her temples. "We rest." She said in a tired tone.

The guardians all nod and wait for Kimahri and Yuna to exit to the Chamber first. Wakka and Tidus follow, along with Lulu and Auron. I glanced around the room and saw Barthello still holding the hand that Auron had shook several minutes ago. I giggled to myself and began walking behind Auron as we began to return to the temples main entrance.

As I looked up to Yunie's face after Dona had left her mark, I could see something different hiding beyond her gentle smile. It was something unusual to Yunie's everyday thoughts or emotions. Walking beside Auron as we made our way out of the Trials, I realized what Yunie was hiding.

She seemed to be hiding something that she had lost,

 and it meant a lot to her.

~*~ Hey guys. I just wanna say that I am sorry again that I made that mistake….please don't burn me at the stake!!!....mmmm stake….. o.o oh heh heh heh~*~