Much Needed Closure
Chapter Three - The Victory Party
By: Digi-Esca Girl
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X.
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'But...this can't be the same guy in the hall of fame.....'Thought the astonished Goers forward
as he tried vainly to take the ball from Tidus,'That guy was in Zanarkand.....1000 years ago!!!'
None of the other Goers had recognized him, probably because he was swimming far too fast to
get a good look at him.
Tidus was using the forward's shock to his advantage, manuvering around the stooped player with
ease as he set up for the 'Jecht shot.'
'Might as well get ahead early...'He thought with a smirk, shooting towards the ball and pushing it
straight up with his head. It left the water and was in the air, Tidus right behind it. Executing a perfect
backflip, Tidus felt his foot connect solidly with the ball and watched with an amused expression as it
sailed past the unsuspecting goalie and into the net, just like when he and Wakka had played on Besaid.
The entire team was staring at him now, but Tidus ignored them, waving to the cheering crowd before diving
back into the water orb.
The forward finally snapped out of his trance, and swam up to his left defenceman quickly. The man was
about 6'0, 220 lbs respectively. Whispering something into his ear before taking his position, the forward
saw that Tidus hadn't noticed the smirk that'd passed across the defenceman's face.
A couple of minutes later, Tidus had set himself up on the left side of the Goers' net, waiting for a pass.
He never saw it coming.
The defenceman faked diving for the ball, ramming into Tidus and sending him flying into the stands at a
break-neck speed. He was speeding towards Yuna, and all the young summoner had time to do was
shut her eyes.
Tidus rammed into her, sending them both skidding a couple of rows up, before finally stopping, laying
sprawled across several reclined seats. Tidus had dimly realized that it would hurt when they stopped,
and had rolled over so that, when they did stop, he was laying on the seats with Yuna on top of him.
Startled gasps rose from the crowd when there was no movement from the young couple.
Yuna twitched, and a collective sigh was heard.
"You..okay?"Tidus whispered, cracking open one eye slowly. Yuna moaned, holding the side of her head.
"What....just happened?"She asked, pushing on his chest so she could sit up. Once she'd taken up residence
in an untouched chair beside her, she pulled Tidus into a sitting position.
"The defenceman went for the ball and rammed into me...."He chuckled, checking himself over for injuries.
He found that all he'd sustained was slight cuts and abraisions and a light headache. Yuna was just as fortunate,
her only major injury being a thin cut on her forehead.
Tidus stood up, smiled widely and waved again, getting a standing ovation from the crowd.
"Anything for the fans huh...."Yuna muttered with a smile, standing beside him as Lulu and Rikku finally
made it up to them.
"Can you still play Tidus?" Lulu asked, looking at the scrape on his cheek.
"I'm fine!!"He exclaimed, turning to Yuna with a smile,"Thanks for breaking my fall..."He whispered, grinning
widely at Lulu before running back down to the field and jumping effortlessly back into the orb.
"Well...."Yuna said with a smile,"That was....interesting....."
Meanwhile, Tidus swam right up to the defenceman.
"I know what you did. But I'm not going to report you this time. If there ever is a next time, count on being benched."
He hissed, swimming back into the center of the orb for the face-off.
There was two minutes left, and the game was tied at 4 - 4. Tidus had the Aurochs in a huddle.
"Okay....what do you guys think? Should I use my shot or should we do it the old-fashioned way?" He asked.
"They'll be expecting either one..."Muttered a red-haired player, getting several nods from the others. Tidus' brow
wrinkled as he strained to find a solution. Then, his eyes suddenly snapped open and a smile appeared on his
face....
The clock had wound down to the final thirty seconds,and Yuna, Lulu and Rikku were on the edge of their seats. They all
knew that the team had a plan, and that they'd been setting up for it for the past minute and a half, but they had no
clue as to what they'd be doing.
The answer suddenly became clear as Tidus' head made contact with the ball again, sending it above the orb, with him close
behind.
"He's doing his shot!!"Rikku gasped.
"But why? They're expecting that..."Lulu muttered.
Yuna was about to put her two cents in, when suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the red-haired player leaped up
from behind Tidus,stealing the ball away from him and speeding towards the net. While the Goers had set up to block the
shot from flying at the net, the sides of the net were completely unprotected. The player came up on the goalie's left side,
shooting the ball into the net with little effort as the clock wound down to zero.
The cheer that erupted from the stadium sent Rikku off her seat with the volume.
Wakka was jumping up and down in the locker room, screaming for all he was worth.
Lulu was cheering with the rest of the crowd, waving exuberantly at Tidus from the stands.
Yuna was just standing there with a smirk on her face, thinking about the sheer genius of the plan.
Tidus and the others were dog-piling on each other, hugging and screaming and yelling and just being happy. They then
swam out of the orb, hoisting Tidus onto their shoulders and waving to the crowd.
'I haven't seen him that happy since he got back...'Lulu thought as the Aurochs were presented with the trophy.
Tidus tried to push it away when they handed it to him, but he just had to hold it up when they finally got him to take
it. By this time, Wakka was behind Lulu, yelling for them to follow him down onto the field.
He was the first one down there of course, and he hugged Tidus so tight it looked like he was going to kill him. He finally
put him down, racing over to the rest of the team, who were currently being positioned with the trophy for a picture.
Catching sight of Yuna, Tidus ran over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist and spinning her around,
laughing out loud as she screamed in surprise.
"Tidus!!Get over here for a second!!"Wakka called. The words barely registered to Tidus as he slowly lowered
Yuna to the ground, setting her gently on her feet. Their faces were once again very close, but Yuna smiled and
pointed him towards his team. He nodded, running over and sitting front and center in the picture, holding the trophy with Wakka.
"What was that all about?"Rikku questioned, looking at Yuna with a sly look on her face.
"He was just happy that's all. I was the closest thing to swing around I guess!"Yuna laughed. Rikku was going to persist,
but Lulu's hand on her shoulder stopped her. She nodded with a sigh, watching Yuna laugh loudly as Tidus gave Wakka
bunny ears as the camera flashed...
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Later that evening, Wakka decided to throw a victory party. The Aurochs, of course, were there, but they invited the Goers as well.
Heck, eventually, Wakka was letting in fans that came to the door!
"Excuse me?"Came a voice behind Yuna. She turned to see a little boy standing there, a blitzball in his hand.
"Yes?" She replied, leaning down to the boy's height.
"Where's Mr. Tidus? I...I wanna get his autograph."
"You just stay right here, okay? I'll go get him for you."Yuna replied, watching the boy's face light up instantly.
She had to wander around for a minute, but she eventually found him. Surrounded by girls no less. At first she thought he
was enjoying it, but then she noticed that he was trying to politely excuse himself from them. She smiled, walking up to
him and snaking her arm through his. The girls needed only a second to recognize her as the girl that Tidus had swung around
after the game. The image of the two of them hugging had been broadcasted to the entire stadium on the screens. They all
left without another word, leaving Tidus looking at Yuna with a raised eyebrow.
"How did you....?"
"Everyone thinks we're a couple now because of that stunt you pulled earlier."Yuna answered, leading him slowly
towards where the boy was waiting.
"Oh.....well I'll clear that up at the press conference tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure."
"So....where are we going now?"
"To meet one of your loyal fans."
"Uh...incase you haven't noticed, I just spent about an hour getting RID of those loyal fans."
"I know, but this one is....this one loves you because you play blitzball not because of your looks." Yuna replied,
letting go of his arm as she finished, reaching out and leading the boy out from behind the table.
"Hey there."Tidus said, smiling widely and bending down to the boy's height like Yuna had before.
"Hi."Came the quiet answer.
"What'cha got there?"Tidus asked, gesturing to the blitzball under the boy's arm.
'He'd make a great father....'Yuna thought with a smile, watching the shy way the boy slowly began to open up.
"It's my blitzball, sir."
"Please, call me Tidus. Sir makes me sound old, huh?"
The boy laughed, stepping closer to Tidus cautiously.
"Would you like me to sign that for you?" Tidus asked, once again motioning to the blitzball. The boy nodded
vigorously, and handed the ball over. Tidus started looking around for a pen, but stopped when Yuna held
one in front of his face. He smiled, taking it from her and writing a small note on the ball.
The boy almost fainted when he saw Tidus writing more than just his name on the ball, and his face broke out in an
ear-to-ear grin as Tidus handed the ball back to him.
Just then a young woman with dark brown hair ran up to them, looking frantic. She rushed up to Yuna and spoke.
"Have you seen-"She stopped short when she saw her son laughing with Tidus. THE Tidus!!
"Don't worry. Your son is fine, he just got his blitzball signed."Yuna reassured.
"Tidus signed Kyle's blitzball?"She asked, shocked.
"Yes. Why is that bad?"
"No but the Goers told me that Tidus hated giving autographs to children when I asked about him."
"Quite the opposite in fact. The Goers obviously are sore losers. Trust me, Tidus loves children,and he's always been
willing to give autographs." Yuna answered, a conversation between her and Tidus being her information source.
It never even registered that this conversation had taken place over ten months ago, and it never did register because
as quickly as it'd come, it was gone again.
The woman looked relieved, sighing lightly before walking up to them with Yuna.
Tidus looked up and stood upon noticing Yuna and the woman.
"Mommy Mommy lookie!!!"Shouted Kyle, thrusting his ball up towards his mother so she could see it,"Tidus signed it!!!"
"Make sure you take extra special care of it now, Kyle."She replied with a smile.
"I will I will!!"
"Thank you so much."She said, turning her attention to Tidus, who was now standing beside Yuna.
"It was nothing. I love kids!"Tidus replied enthusiastically.
"Thank you!"Kyle said, taking his mother's hand.
"No prob!"Tidus said, rufling Kyle's hair playfully.
"I hope you two stay together, you really look happy."She said with a smile before turning and leaving.
Tidus and Yuna both blushed lightly, watching them leave.
"Clear it up at the press conference huh?"
"I will I promise!!!"Tidus said, throwing his hands up in mock surrender. Yuna playfully slapped his shoulder
before walking off to find Lulu. When she was out of sight, Tidus' face fell slightly and he ran his hand through his
hair with a heavy sigh.
"Women eh?"Wakka said, clapping a hand on Tidus' shoulder as he came up behind him.
"Yeah..."
"But, what can ya do?"
"Not much unfortunatly..."Tidus replied with a smile,"Hey let's get the dancing started shall we?"
"Ya! Where's the DJ?"Wakka asked as they started looking for the platinujm blonde man.
"Over there!"Tidus replied after a minute, spotting the guy talking to one of his friends.
"Hey DJ!"Wakka shouted, drawing his attention,"You can start now ya?"
The man nodded, walking over to his desk, and turning on his mic.
"Hey everybody! Can you all hear me okay?"He asked, getting a chorus of 'yes' as a response,"Alright! Well I've
been told to get this party going so that's what I'm gonna do!"Loud clapping and cheering ensued, the fans and
players still riled up from the game.
About a minute later, a futuristic trance mix blasted out of the speakers, and people started hitting the floor.
"Look at that blonde girl! She must be drunk or something!"Yuna laughed from the sidelines as she watched a
young blonde fall over numerous times as she danced. Lulu nodded her agreement, wanting to have her voice
intact by the next morning.
The loud base began to fade as the song concluded, and Yuna could feel her eardrums pounding from the volume.
Another club song wafted out onto the floor, and Yuna laughed again and pointed towards a sight that made even Lulu
laugh loudly.
A young red-head had dragged Tidus out onto the floor and was proceeding to grind against him. This obviously
disturbed him, as he was trying to politely send her on her way.
"You should go save him again, I think he's starting to blush."Lulu yelled in Yuna's ear. Even though she was yelling,
Yuna could barely make out what she had said, but she did and walked out onto the floor with a smile, despite the
fact that her eardrums seemed to have burst by now.
Coming up behind the frightened blonde man, Yuna couldn't help but laugh again.
This time the obviously drunk girl was beginning to run her hands over Tidus, making him blush and squirm even more.
Tidus thought he was going to die.
One: He had never danced before EVER
and Two: He had never been in close contact with a girl like this.
Both of these facts put him in an extremely awkward situation that got way worse when she started groping him!
Then he felt two more hands snake around his neck, and he was about to turn and tell the girl to buzz off, when he
suddenly realized who it was. He could never forget that night in the Macalania woods, especially the way Yuna's
arms had wrapped around his neck.
Even though she was drunk, the red head saw the other pair of arms and growled, walking around Tidus to
screech at the interrupting girl.
"What do ya think you'rrre doin!"She slurred, pointing at Yuna accusingly.
"Nothing. I just think you've had him long enough."Yuna replied with a warm smile.
"Bitch..."The girl muttered, but then seeming to forget everything that just happened as another man began to dance with her.
Laughing again, Yuna withdrew her arms and stepped in front of the grateful blonde.
"Thank you thank you thank you!!!"Tidus yelled over the pulsing base.
"No problem!!"Yuna yelled back, starting to walk off the floor.
Just as she caught Lulu's gaze, the music faded into the slow beats of the song 'I Never Had A Dream Come True'.(AN: I thought this
particular song by S Club 7 would be appropriate for Yuna and Tidus. ^_- )
She then felt a hand wrap around her wrist gently, and she turned into Tidus, who was smiling at her warmly.
"Do you want to dance?"
"Well we're already here aren't we?"Yuna replied, letting him lead her into the center of the floor.
Lulu watched the entire exchange with a knowing smile on her face. Wakka came to stand beside her, and raised and eyebrow
as she looked at him. She leaned up to his ear so he could hear better, and she summed up what had taken place. Wakka laughed
lightly as he turned his own gaze on the swaying couple.
"They look good together, ya?"
"Yes. They do...."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just have a lot on my mind."
"Tell me bout it. Maybe it'll help eh?"
"Maybe tomorrow, okay?"Lulu replied, watching Wakka smile and nod before walking over to the drink table.
Meanwhile, Tidus again thought he was going to die.
This time it was different however. He wasn't going to join the deceased because he was holding Yuna so close, no that was
what he loved. What was killing him was the fact that she had no memory of him whatsoever, and he couldn't whisper in her
ear right now and talk about their first kiss in the woods, and about how he hoped for a repeat performance soon.
Right now, all he could do was hold her, store this memory away with all the others and hope she would be able to reminice
with him again someday...
'Why does this feel so....perfect?'Yuna thought as she listened to Tidus' heartbeat. Somewhere in that back of her head, her
mind was screaming that this heartbeat was familiar; that she had fallen asleep listening to it before...
Yet again, that curtain was pulled, and the thought left her. She simply sighed, leaning more into his warm embrace, wanting
to enjoy the moment as best she could.
Hours later, after the last guests cleared out of the hall and Wakka and the others had left and went back to their Hotel rooms,
not one person was sleeping. They were all laying in bed, on the verge of sleep, and these were the thoughts in their minds.
Rikku - 'Watching those couples tonight....I miss Auron....'
Wakka - 'I should have asked her to dance wit me....'
Lulu - 'They better get their memories back soon....I wonder what would have happened if I would have danced with him....?'
Tidus - 'I never thought it was possible to feel such an enormous amount of love and pain at the same time....'
Yuna - 'Everything about him...his smile...his eyes...his touch...even his damn heartbeat!! Why is he so familiar....?'
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Well, there it is, the next chapter!!
I'd like to thank deanine for the great feedback on my story and once again to Dream-Tidus for being so
nice to me!! *sniff* I feel so loved.... *sniff*
Look for the next Chapter soon!!!
ja ne,
Digi-Esca Girl
laurie_22@hotmail.com
Chapter Three - The Victory Party
By: Digi-Esca Girl
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X.
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'But...this can't be the same guy in the hall of fame.....'Thought the astonished Goers forward
as he tried vainly to take the ball from Tidus,'That guy was in Zanarkand.....1000 years ago!!!'
None of the other Goers had recognized him, probably because he was swimming far too fast to
get a good look at him.
Tidus was using the forward's shock to his advantage, manuvering around the stooped player with
ease as he set up for the 'Jecht shot.'
'Might as well get ahead early...'He thought with a smirk, shooting towards the ball and pushing it
straight up with his head. It left the water and was in the air, Tidus right behind it. Executing a perfect
backflip, Tidus felt his foot connect solidly with the ball and watched with an amused expression as it
sailed past the unsuspecting goalie and into the net, just like when he and Wakka had played on Besaid.
The entire team was staring at him now, but Tidus ignored them, waving to the cheering crowd before diving
back into the water orb.
The forward finally snapped out of his trance, and swam up to his left defenceman quickly. The man was
about 6'0, 220 lbs respectively. Whispering something into his ear before taking his position, the forward
saw that Tidus hadn't noticed the smirk that'd passed across the defenceman's face.
A couple of minutes later, Tidus had set himself up on the left side of the Goers' net, waiting for a pass.
He never saw it coming.
The defenceman faked diving for the ball, ramming into Tidus and sending him flying into the stands at a
break-neck speed. He was speeding towards Yuna, and all the young summoner had time to do was
shut her eyes.
Tidus rammed into her, sending them both skidding a couple of rows up, before finally stopping, laying
sprawled across several reclined seats. Tidus had dimly realized that it would hurt when they stopped,
and had rolled over so that, when they did stop, he was laying on the seats with Yuna on top of him.
Startled gasps rose from the crowd when there was no movement from the young couple.
Yuna twitched, and a collective sigh was heard.
"You..okay?"Tidus whispered, cracking open one eye slowly. Yuna moaned, holding the side of her head.
"What....just happened?"She asked, pushing on his chest so she could sit up. Once she'd taken up residence
in an untouched chair beside her, she pulled Tidus into a sitting position.
"The defenceman went for the ball and rammed into me...."He chuckled, checking himself over for injuries.
He found that all he'd sustained was slight cuts and abraisions and a light headache. Yuna was just as fortunate,
her only major injury being a thin cut on her forehead.
Tidus stood up, smiled widely and waved again, getting a standing ovation from the crowd.
"Anything for the fans huh...."Yuna muttered with a smile, standing beside him as Lulu and Rikku finally
made it up to them.
"Can you still play Tidus?" Lulu asked, looking at the scrape on his cheek.
"I'm fine!!"He exclaimed, turning to Yuna with a smile,"Thanks for breaking my fall..."He whispered, grinning
widely at Lulu before running back down to the field and jumping effortlessly back into the orb.
"Well...."Yuna said with a smile,"That was....interesting....."
Meanwhile, Tidus swam right up to the defenceman.
"I know what you did. But I'm not going to report you this time. If there ever is a next time, count on being benched."
He hissed, swimming back into the center of the orb for the face-off.
There was two minutes left, and the game was tied at 4 - 4. Tidus had the Aurochs in a huddle.
"Okay....what do you guys think? Should I use my shot or should we do it the old-fashioned way?" He asked.
"They'll be expecting either one..."Muttered a red-haired player, getting several nods from the others. Tidus' brow
wrinkled as he strained to find a solution. Then, his eyes suddenly snapped open and a smile appeared on his
face....
The clock had wound down to the final thirty seconds,and Yuna, Lulu and Rikku were on the edge of their seats. They all
knew that the team had a plan, and that they'd been setting up for it for the past minute and a half, but they had no
clue as to what they'd be doing.
The answer suddenly became clear as Tidus' head made contact with the ball again, sending it above the orb, with him close
behind.
"He's doing his shot!!"Rikku gasped.
"But why? They're expecting that..."Lulu muttered.
Yuna was about to put her two cents in, when suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the red-haired player leaped up
from behind Tidus,stealing the ball away from him and speeding towards the net. While the Goers had set up to block the
shot from flying at the net, the sides of the net were completely unprotected. The player came up on the goalie's left side,
shooting the ball into the net with little effort as the clock wound down to zero.
The cheer that erupted from the stadium sent Rikku off her seat with the volume.
Wakka was jumping up and down in the locker room, screaming for all he was worth.
Lulu was cheering with the rest of the crowd, waving exuberantly at Tidus from the stands.
Yuna was just standing there with a smirk on her face, thinking about the sheer genius of the plan.
Tidus and the others were dog-piling on each other, hugging and screaming and yelling and just being happy. They then
swam out of the orb, hoisting Tidus onto their shoulders and waving to the crowd.
'I haven't seen him that happy since he got back...'Lulu thought as the Aurochs were presented with the trophy.
Tidus tried to push it away when they handed it to him, but he just had to hold it up when they finally got him to take
it. By this time, Wakka was behind Lulu, yelling for them to follow him down onto the field.
He was the first one down there of course, and he hugged Tidus so tight it looked like he was going to kill him. He finally
put him down, racing over to the rest of the team, who were currently being positioned with the trophy for a picture.
Catching sight of Yuna, Tidus ran over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist and spinning her around,
laughing out loud as she screamed in surprise.
"Tidus!!Get over here for a second!!"Wakka called. The words barely registered to Tidus as he slowly lowered
Yuna to the ground, setting her gently on her feet. Their faces were once again very close, but Yuna smiled and
pointed him towards his team. He nodded, running over and sitting front and center in the picture, holding the trophy with Wakka.
"What was that all about?"Rikku questioned, looking at Yuna with a sly look on her face.
"He was just happy that's all. I was the closest thing to swing around I guess!"Yuna laughed. Rikku was going to persist,
but Lulu's hand on her shoulder stopped her. She nodded with a sigh, watching Yuna laugh loudly as Tidus gave Wakka
bunny ears as the camera flashed...
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Later that evening, Wakka decided to throw a victory party. The Aurochs, of course, were there, but they invited the Goers as well.
Heck, eventually, Wakka was letting in fans that came to the door!
"Excuse me?"Came a voice behind Yuna. She turned to see a little boy standing there, a blitzball in his hand.
"Yes?" She replied, leaning down to the boy's height.
"Where's Mr. Tidus? I...I wanna get his autograph."
"You just stay right here, okay? I'll go get him for you."Yuna replied, watching the boy's face light up instantly.
She had to wander around for a minute, but she eventually found him. Surrounded by girls no less. At first she thought he
was enjoying it, but then she noticed that he was trying to politely excuse himself from them. She smiled, walking up to
him and snaking her arm through his. The girls needed only a second to recognize her as the girl that Tidus had swung around
after the game. The image of the two of them hugging had been broadcasted to the entire stadium on the screens. They all
left without another word, leaving Tidus looking at Yuna with a raised eyebrow.
"How did you....?"
"Everyone thinks we're a couple now because of that stunt you pulled earlier."Yuna answered, leading him slowly
towards where the boy was waiting.
"Oh.....well I'll clear that up at the press conference tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure."
"So....where are we going now?"
"To meet one of your loyal fans."
"Uh...incase you haven't noticed, I just spent about an hour getting RID of those loyal fans."
"I know, but this one is....this one loves you because you play blitzball not because of your looks." Yuna replied,
letting go of his arm as she finished, reaching out and leading the boy out from behind the table.
"Hey there."Tidus said, smiling widely and bending down to the boy's height like Yuna had before.
"Hi."Came the quiet answer.
"What'cha got there?"Tidus asked, gesturing to the blitzball under the boy's arm.
'He'd make a great father....'Yuna thought with a smile, watching the shy way the boy slowly began to open up.
"It's my blitzball, sir."
"Please, call me Tidus. Sir makes me sound old, huh?"
The boy laughed, stepping closer to Tidus cautiously.
"Would you like me to sign that for you?" Tidus asked, once again motioning to the blitzball. The boy nodded
vigorously, and handed the ball over. Tidus started looking around for a pen, but stopped when Yuna held
one in front of his face. He smiled, taking it from her and writing a small note on the ball.
The boy almost fainted when he saw Tidus writing more than just his name on the ball, and his face broke out in an
ear-to-ear grin as Tidus handed the ball back to him.
Just then a young woman with dark brown hair ran up to them, looking frantic. She rushed up to Yuna and spoke.
"Have you seen-"She stopped short when she saw her son laughing with Tidus. THE Tidus!!
"Don't worry. Your son is fine, he just got his blitzball signed."Yuna reassured.
"Tidus signed Kyle's blitzball?"She asked, shocked.
"Yes. Why is that bad?"
"No but the Goers told me that Tidus hated giving autographs to children when I asked about him."
"Quite the opposite in fact. The Goers obviously are sore losers. Trust me, Tidus loves children,and he's always been
willing to give autographs." Yuna answered, a conversation between her and Tidus being her information source.
It never even registered that this conversation had taken place over ten months ago, and it never did register because
as quickly as it'd come, it was gone again.
The woman looked relieved, sighing lightly before walking up to them with Yuna.
Tidus looked up and stood upon noticing Yuna and the woman.
"Mommy Mommy lookie!!!"Shouted Kyle, thrusting his ball up towards his mother so she could see it,"Tidus signed it!!!"
"Make sure you take extra special care of it now, Kyle."She replied with a smile.
"I will I will!!"
"Thank you so much."She said, turning her attention to Tidus, who was now standing beside Yuna.
"It was nothing. I love kids!"Tidus replied enthusiastically.
"Thank you!"Kyle said, taking his mother's hand.
"No prob!"Tidus said, rufling Kyle's hair playfully.
"I hope you two stay together, you really look happy."She said with a smile before turning and leaving.
Tidus and Yuna both blushed lightly, watching them leave.
"Clear it up at the press conference huh?"
"I will I promise!!!"Tidus said, throwing his hands up in mock surrender. Yuna playfully slapped his shoulder
before walking off to find Lulu. When she was out of sight, Tidus' face fell slightly and he ran his hand through his
hair with a heavy sigh.
"Women eh?"Wakka said, clapping a hand on Tidus' shoulder as he came up behind him.
"Yeah..."
"But, what can ya do?"
"Not much unfortunatly..."Tidus replied with a smile,"Hey let's get the dancing started shall we?"
"Ya! Where's the DJ?"Wakka asked as they started looking for the platinujm blonde man.
"Over there!"Tidus replied after a minute, spotting the guy talking to one of his friends.
"Hey DJ!"Wakka shouted, drawing his attention,"You can start now ya?"
The man nodded, walking over to his desk, and turning on his mic.
"Hey everybody! Can you all hear me okay?"He asked, getting a chorus of 'yes' as a response,"Alright! Well I've
been told to get this party going so that's what I'm gonna do!"Loud clapping and cheering ensued, the fans and
players still riled up from the game.
About a minute later, a futuristic trance mix blasted out of the speakers, and people started hitting the floor.
"Look at that blonde girl! She must be drunk or something!"Yuna laughed from the sidelines as she watched a
young blonde fall over numerous times as she danced. Lulu nodded her agreement, wanting to have her voice
intact by the next morning.
The loud base began to fade as the song concluded, and Yuna could feel her eardrums pounding from the volume.
Another club song wafted out onto the floor, and Yuna laughed again and pointed towards a sight that made even Lulu
laugh loudly.
A young red-head had dragged Tidus out onto the floor and was proceeding to grind against him. This obviously
disturbed him, as he was trying to politely send her on her way.
"You should go save him again, I think he's starting to blush."Lulu yelled in Yuna's ear. Even though she was yelling,
Yuna could barely make out what she had said, but she did and walked out onto the floor with a smile, despite the
fact that her eardrums seemed to have burst by now.
Coming up behind the frightened blonde man, Yuna couldn't help but laugh again.
This time the obviously drunk girl was beginning to run her hands over Tidus, making him blush and squirm even more.
Tidus thought he was going to die.
One: He had never danced before EVER
and Two: He had never been in close contact with a girl like this.
Both of these facts put him in an extremely awkward situation that got way worse when she started groping him!
Then he felt two more hands snake around his neck, and he was about to turn and tell the girl to buzz off, when he
suddenly realized who it was. He could never forget that night in the Macalania woods, especially the way Yuna's
arms had wrapped around his neck.
Even though she was drunk, the red head saw the other pair of arms and growled, walking around Tidus to
screech at the interrupting girl.
"What do ya think you'rrre doin!"She slurred, pointing at Yuna accusingly.
"Nothing. I just think you've had him long enough."Yuna replied with a warm smile.
"Bitch..."The girl muttered, but then seeming to forget everything that just happened as another man began to dance with her.
Laughing again, Yuna withdrew her arms and stepped in front of the grateful blonde.
"Thank you thank you thank you!!!"Tidus yelled over the pulsing base.
"No problem!!"Yuna yelled back, starting to walk off the floor.
Just as she caught Lulu's gaze, the music faded into the slow beats of the song 'I Never Had A Dream Come True'.(AN: I thought this
particular song by S Club 7 would be appropriate for Yuna and Tidus. ^_- )
She then felt a hand wrap around her wrist gently, and she turned into Tidus, who was smiling at her warmly.
"Do you want to dance?"
"Well we're already here aren't we?"Yuna replied, letting him lead her into the center of the floor.
Lulu watched the entire exchange with a knowing smile on her face. Wakka came to stand beside her, and raised and eyebrow
as she looked at him. She leaned up to his ear so he could hear better, and she summed up what had taken place. Wakka laughed
lightly as he turned his own gaze on the swaying couple.
"They look good together, ya?"
"Yes. They do...."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just have a lot on my mind."
"Tell me bout it. Maybe it'll help eh?"
"Maybe tomorrow, okay?"Lulu replied, watching Wakka smile and nod before walking over to the drink table.
Meanwhile, Tidus again thought he was going to die.
This time it was different however. He wasn't going to join the deceased because he was holding Yuna so close, no that was
what he loved. What was killing him was the fact that she had no memory of him whatsoever, and he couldn't whisper in her
ear right now and talk about their first kiss in the woods, and about how he hoped for a repeat performance soon.
Right now, all he could do was hold her, store this memory away with all the others and hope she would be able to reminice
with him again someday...
'Why does this feel so....perfect?'Yuna thought as she listened to Tidus' heartbeat. Somewhere in that back of her head, her
mind was screaming that this heartbeat was familiar; that she had fallen asleep listening to it before...
Yet again, that curtain was pulled, and the thought left her. She simply sighed, leaning more into his warm embrace, wanting
to enjoy the moment as best she could.
Hours later, after the last guests cleared out of the hall and Wakka and the others had left and went back to their Hotel rooms,
not one person was sleeping. They were all laying in bed, on the verge of sleep, and these were the thoughts in their minds.
Rikku - 'Watching those couples tonight....I miss Auron....'
Wakka - 'I should have asked her to dance wit me....'
Lulu - 'They better get their memories back soon....I wonder what would have happened if I would have danced with him....?'
Tidus - 'I never thought it was possible to feel such an enormous amount of love and pain at the same time....'
Yuna - 'Everything about him...his smile...his eyes...his touch...even his damn heartbeat!! Why is he so familiar....?'
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Well, there it is, the next chapter!!
I'd like to thank deanine for the great feedback on my story and once again to Dream-Tidus for being so
nice to me!! *sniff* I feel so loved.... *sniff*
Look for the next Chapter soon!!!
ja ne,
Digi-Esca Girl
laurie_22@hotmail.com