Much Needed Closure
Chapter Six - On The Way....
By: Digi-Esca Girl
NOTE: When I said in the last chapter that the group will be traveling to Guadosalam, I meant
to say that they wouldn't make it there, seeing as the final scene in the game took place
on Cid's Airship. They will be taking the ship there, and the scene will unfold on the way.....
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"Yo everyone!! Come 'ere a sec!" Wakka called, stepping out of Tidus' tent and plastering a smile onto
his face, despite his dreary mood. Lulu, Rikku and Yuna walked over from their place by the morning
fire, which was now being extinguished as the sun rose.
"What's up?" Rikku asked cheerily, cocking her head to one side with a smile.
"Eh...Lu and I have decided to go to Guadosalam." He announced after a slight pause. Lulu raised a
questioning eyebrow at him, but he simply winked, egging her to play along. She just nodded when the
other two women looked at her, allowing Wakka to elaborate, which he did.
"We've decided that it's been....long enough since we last visited Chappu on the Farplane, so we're
going back. You're all welcome to come, ya?" He explained, glancing behind him briefly as Tidus exited
his tent, walking over to the group. Yuna subconsciously noted that he had skipped his usual cat-like
stretch; the one she found very amusing every morning.
"I'm game!" Rikku replied, anxious to go on her father's airship again, as that was the only transportation
they could use to get there fast.
"I...suppose I'll come along. I do want to visit my father." Yuna said after a minute, smiling at Wakka.
They all looked to Tidus, who seemed to be staring absentmindedly at his right hand. Rikku frowned
briefly at the sight, knowing what was distracting him: His time was obviously running out.
"Tidus?" Yuna called gently, which he responded to almost instantly, snapping his gaze up to meet hers,
then flick away to Wakka's.
"Yeah sure. Wherever it is...I'll go!" He said, smiling brightly, deciding then and there to remain
cheerful, remembering Kimahri's words from so long ago as they walked the Djose Highroad....
~*~
"Do not worry. You worry, Yuna worries; tries harder. You happy, Yuna happy. You not be happy,
Yuna will try to be happy for you. Kimahri will try too."
(AN: I'm not sure that this is exact, but you get the general idea!!)
~*~
"Great then! I'll go get in touch with Cid, ya?" Wakka said, smiling. He then started off towards the temple,
heading for the communicator within.
"Yunie c'mon!! We're going to miss the blitzball game!!" Rikku begged, tugging on her cousin's wrist.
"There's a blitzball game going on down at the beach....the Aurochs are one player short...?" Yuna said,
turning to Tidus with a slight pleading look in her eyes, as if she enjoyed watching him play.
'Anything to make you happy, Yuna.' He wanted to say, but instead settled for, "Of course!!"
Yuna smiled, a simple act that could bring Tidus to his very knees if he didn't keep his cool. He did,
though, and followed the two girls down to the beach.
Lulu, on the other hand, was curious about Wakka's modd, which she knew wasn't cheery as he had
displayed to everyone else. She also knew it had something to do with Tidus.
She found the flame-haired man inside the temple, hanging up from his call to Cid.
"Wakka?" She called softly, coming to stand beside him.
"Cid said he'll be here in four hours." He stated simply, ignoring the hidden- but clearly visible
to him- question in her tone.
"Wakka. What's wrong." She said it in a more demanding tone than she had intended, and immediately
wished the words back into her mouth as Wakka's smiled faded and his head dropped to his chest.
"Tidus...he....He's gotta plan but....if it dosen't work....." Wakka said quietly, telling Lulu have of the story
in that statement alone. The mage offered her support, placing her hand lightly on his shoulder. He covered
the pale object with his own large, tanned hand, as if drawing the support from her very hand. Taking
a deep breath- and never letting go of her hand- he slowly spilled out the details.
"But...." Lulu started as he finished, "if it does work, he'll get to stay here with us and be happy."
"But what if it doesn't work, ya?" Wakka countered, closing his eyes as the possibilities passed
through his conscious mind, "We've already lost him once, ya know?"
"And we won't again. Now come, they're playing blitzball by the beach." Lulu replied, wanting to
end the conversation and convince Wakka that Tidus was here to stay. Well she did end the
conversation, but Wakka's mind was still plagued with doubt.
Upon reaching the end of the long, winding forest trail, the sight that greeted them was enough to
make even Wakka smile.
Trying to create a spherical boundary for their game, Tidus was trying to make the marker stay
afloat, as he was told that it was a heavy, but hollow weight the Aurochs often used. It was,
in fact, nothing more than a painted rock. Rikku's face was aldready as red as it could get, as she
tried to hold in her laughter at the sight, doing everything but roll around on the ground.
Wakka and Lulu approached the hysterical Rikku, and the softly giggling Yuna, concealing laughter
of their own.
"How long...?" Wakka whispered.
"Ten minutes by now...." Yuna replied, almost bursting out laughing as Tidus got fed up and thrust
the rock into the water....and directly onto his toe.
"OWWWWWWW!!!!!" Came the strangled cry from the water, turning everyone's heads and causing
Rikku to finally burst. Her laughter came forth loud and clear, like a wave that had been dammed up.
"THAT HURT, DAMNIT!!!!" Tidus shouted again, simply falling back into the water to float, seeing as
hopping wasn't working out too well. Back on the shore, Yuna subsided her giggling and began to
concentrate. Wakka was about to shake her and ask what she was doing, but when Lulu directed
his vision to where Tidus was now floating, his question disappeared.
Yuna, using her Holy magic, was levitating Tidus out of the water, still laying on his back. He
hadn't noticed yet, but they were sure he would soon. The blonde blitzer then opened his eyes,
widening them a second later as he took in his surroundings.
"What the....?" He whispered, looking around and seeing Yuna staring at him with a smile, her
fingers moving very slightly under her sleeve. He smiled back and allowed her to float him back to
where he'd dropped the rock. She set him down gently, creating a seat of water to cushion
his fall as she switched from one spell to the other. The Holy magic disapated, and Tidus could no
longer feel light-headed, as he had before. The young summoner was now concentrating fully on her
Waterga spell, using it to create a swirling throne of water that Tidus perched happily on while the
village dwellers watched in delight at the display.
After a few minutes, Yuna let the spell slip from her mind, the seat slowly spiraling down until
Tidus rested with his sneakers on the sandy bottom again. He then noticed that the rock was floating
steadily in place, and showed no sign of moving. It was Lulu who smiled at him this time, as she was
also testing out her newly aquired white magic spells as well as letting the game begin.
Jassu finally entered the water, carrying the blitzball. He gave the ball to a small boy, who was the
unoffical referee for the game. The other players got into position, and with a nod from the two
mid-fielders, he tossed the ball into the air.
"HOLD IT!!" Came the cry from the beach. Tidus, who had grabbed the ball right away, stopped,
dropping unceremoniously into the water. The call had come from Rikku who was now whispering
excitedly to Lulu and Yuna. After a minute, the two smiled and nodded, walking to seperate ends of
the circular cove. Once there, they gave a signal to each other and began a strange...dance with
their hands.
The blitzers were left in shock as the water around them began to swirl and churn into a sphere,
perfectly round and looking quite stable. Tidus grinned widely at Yuna before jumping into
the pool, the others following him. Enhanced with magic, the pool was exactly like that of a
stadium, but- in Tidus' opinion anyway- much, much better.
The ball was thrown again, and the game offically began.
Several hours later saw the end -a tie- of the game, all the players involved exhausted, but very
happy to have been able to play in a sphere pool. Everyone was relaxing on the beach, enjoying
the feel of the sun on them, despite the stagnant, breeze-less heat that accompanied it.
Everyone suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from the shoreline, and looked to the sky,
where the sight of a giant, looming shape met their eyes. Rikku smiled brightly and waved
up at the huge object as it became recognizable as her father's airship.
'It's here already?' Tidus thought, the ship having disturbed his conversation with Yuna. Sure,
the subject had only been about the annoyance of those little rodent creatures with the long tails
that ran around in Djose, but it was still conversation.
"Well...let's go then." Yuna said, watching the ship land on the shoreline and lower it's entrance
ramp, allowing Rikku to run forward and embrace her father. The man's expression turned from
happiness to sheer surprise as he took in the sight of Tidus, but Wakka rushed forward, telling him
to keep his cool and act as if he'd never known him in front of Yuna.
"I'll explain the whole thing later okay?" The Besadian blitzer whispered, receiving a nod as a reply.
"Vydran!" Rikku cried in Al Bhed, racing into her father's arms for a hug,"Ed ec cu kuut du caa oui ykyeh!"
(Father!) (It is so good to see you again!)
Cid returned the gesture, replying to his daughter in their tongue.
"E ryja seccat oui, Rikku. Ruf yna oui?"
(I have missed you, Rikku. How are you?)
Rikku was about to answer in Al Bhed once again, but noticed the confused stares of all her friends....
....except Tidus.
"You don't look confused at all, ya?" Wakka whispered as the others moved to greet Cid.
" E lusbmadamo ihtancdyht dras." Tidus replied, causing Wakka to blink rapidly in frustration.
"What?!?!?" He finally cried, waving his hands around over his head for emphasis.
"I said," Tidus chuckled," 'I completely understand them.' "
"How do you DO that?!?"
"I remembered it. Yuna and I used the Primers and learned together one night on the airship...." The blonde's
voice once again grew saddened as he recalled yet another memory Yuna didn't share with him. Wakka
noticed the change in mood and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Everyting will be alright, okay? You gotta believe that, ya?"
Tidus nodded, and looked up as Yuna whistled for him. She was waving her hand in the direction of the
airship, motioning for the two blitzers to board. He and Wakka both nodded and headed for the ship with
everyone else.
"Do you think the story will hold until we get there?" Lulu asked, placing a pale hand on the window pane.
Putting an arm around her shoulders, Wakka quietly answered.
"It's not the story that you're worried about, ya?"
"You're right," The mage replied, lowering her head, ".......What if...she doesn't remember, even when we get there?"
"She told you she loved him, right? Plus we all heard it for ourselves last time."
"Aaaaaand....."Came a voice from their left. The source was Rikku.
"Their so called "last scene" didn't happen in Guadosalam anyway, right?"
Lulu was about to counter her statement, when she started thinking. Wakka must have done the
same thing, because when they both looked at each other, the answer donned on them.
"It happened here...." Lulu whispered.
"On the airship deck!" Wakka finished.
"Exactly!" Rikku said cheerfully, "Now all we need to do, is get everyone out onto the airship deck and
let fate decide what happens."
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I know that this chapter is short, and I know that it has been a LONG, LONG time since I've posted, but there
is an explanation for both things!!!!
One:
This chapter is short because the next one will be the FINAL chapter! Plus I have to watch the ending of the game
again so I can get the quotes right, so expect a short delay.
Two:
I haven't been posting because FF.Net would not let me log in!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!! That made me so angry I was
considering breaking my computer!!! But thankfully I didn't, and here I am!! Hope you like!!
Peace out,
Digi-Esca Girl
laurie_22@hotmail.com
Chapter Six - On The Way....
By: Digi-Esca Girl
NOTE: When I said in the last chapter that the group will be traveling to Guadosalam, I meant
to say that they wouldn't make it there, seeing as the final scene in the game took place
on Cid's Airship. They will be taking the ship there, and the scene will unfold on the way.....
*************************************************************************
"Yo everyone!! Come 'ere a sec!" Wakka called, stepping out of Tidus' tent and plastering a smile onto
his face, despite his dreary mood. Lulu, Rikku and Yuna walked over from their place by the morning
fire, which was now being extinguished as the sun rose.
"What's up?" Rikku asked cheerily, cocking her head to one side with a smile.
"Eh...Lu and I have decided to go to Guadosalam." He announced after a slight pause. Lulu raised a
questioning eyebrow at him, but he simply winked, egging her to play along. She just nodded when the
other two women looked at her, allowing Wakka to elaborate, which he did.
"We've decided that it's been....long enough since we last visited Chappu on the Farplane, so we're
going back. You're all welcome to come, ya?" He explained, glancing behind him briefly as Tidus exited
his tent, walking over to the group. Yuna subconsciously noted that he had skipped his usual cat-like
stretch; the one she found very amusing every morning.
"I'm game!" Rikku replied, anxious to go on her father's airship again, as that was the only transportation
they could use to get there fast.
"I...suppose I'll come along. I do want to visit my father." Yuna said after a minute, smiling at Wakka.
They all looked to Tidus, who seemed to be staring absentmindedly at his right hand. Rikku frowned
briefly at the sight, knowing what was distracting him: His time was obviously running out.
"Tidus?" Yuna called gently, which he responded to almost instantly, snapping his gaze up to meet hers,
then flick away to Wakka's.
"Yeah sure. Wherever it is...I'll go!" He said, smiling brightly, deciding then and there to remain
cheerful, remembering Kimahri's words from so long ago as they walked the Djose Highroad....
~*~
"Do not worry. You worry, Yuna worries; tries harder. You happy, Yuna happy. You not be happy,
Yuna will try to be happy for you. Kimahri will try too."
(AN: I'm not sure that this is exact, but you get the general idea!!)
~*~
"Great then! I'll go get in touch with Cid, ya?" Wakka said, smiling. He then started off towards the temple,
heading for the communicator within.
"Yunie c'mon!! We're going to miss the blitzball game!!" Rikku begged, tugging on her cousin's wrist.
"There's a blitzball game going on down at the beach....the Aurochs are one player short...?" Yuna said,
turning to Tidus with a slight pleading look in her eyes, as if she enjoyed watching him play.
'Anything to make you happy, Yuna.' He wanted to say, but instead settled for, "Of course!!"
Yuna smiled, a simple act that could bring Tidus to his very knees if he didn't keep his cool. He did,
though, and followed the two girls down to the beach.
Lulu, on the other hand, was curious about Wakka's modd, which she knew wasn't cheery as he had
displayed to everyone else. She also knew it had something to do with Tidus.
She found the flame-haired man inside the temple, hanging up from his call to Cid.
"Wakka?" She called softly, coming to stand beside him.
"Cid said he'll be here in four hours." He stated simply, ignoring the hidden- but clearly visible
to him- question in her tone.
"Wakka. What's wrong." She said it in a more demanding tone than she had intended, and immediately
wished the words back into her mouth as Wakka's smiled faded and his head dropped to his chest.
"Tidus...he....He's gotta plan but....if it dosen't work....." Wakka said quietly, telling Lulu have of the story
in that statement alone. The mage offered her support, placing her hand lightly on his shoulder. He covered
the pale object with his own large, tanned hand, as if drawing the support from her very hand. Taking
a deep breath- and never letting go of her hand- he slowly spilled out the details.
"But...." Lulu started as he finished, "if it does work, he'll get to stay here with us and be happy."
"But what if it doesn't work, ya?" Wakka countered, closing his eyes as the possibilities passed
through his conscious mind, "We've already lost him once, ya know?"
"And we won't again. Now come, they're playing blitzball by the beach." Lulu replied, wanting to
end the conversation and convince Wakka that Tidus was here to stay. Well she did end the
conversation, but Wakka's mind was still plagued with doubt.
Upon reaching the end of the long, winding forest trail, the sight that greeted them was enough to
make even Wakka smile.
Trying to create a spherical boundary for their game, Tidus was trying to make the marker stay
afloat, as he was told that it was a heavy, but hollow weight the Aurochs often used. It was,
in fact, nothing more than a painted rock. Rikku's face was aldready as red as it could get, as she
tried to hold in her laughter at the sight, doing everything but roll around on the ground.
Wakka and Lulu approached the hysterical Rikku, and the softly giggling Yuna, concealing laughter
of their own.
"How long...?" Wakka whispered.
"Ten minutes by now...." Yuna replied, almost bursting out laughing as Tidus got fed up and thrust
the rock into the water....and directly onto his toe.
"OWWWWWWW!!!!!" Came the strangled cry from the water, turning everyone's heads and causing
Rikku to finally burst. Her laughter came forth loud and clear, like a wave that had been dammed up.
"THAT HURT, DAMNIT!!!!" Tidus shouted again, simply falling back into the water to float, seeing as
hopping wasn't working out too well. Back on the shore, Yuna subsided her giggling and began to
concentrate. Wakka was about to shake her and ask what she was doing, but when Lulu directed
his vision to where Tidus was now floating, his question disappeared.
Yuna, using her Holy magic, was levitating Tidus out of the water, still laying on his back. He
hadn't noticed yet, but they were sure he would soon. The blonde blitzer then opened his eyes,
widening them a second later as he took in his surroundings.
"What the....?" He whispered, looking around and seeing Yuna staring at him with a smile, her
fingers moving very slightly under her sleeve. He smiled back and allowed her to float him back to
where he'd dropped the rock. She set him down gently, creating a seat of water to cushion
his fall as she switched from one spell to the other. The Holy magic disapated, and Tidus could no
longer feel light-headed, as he had before. The young summoner was now concentrating fully on her
Waterga spell, using it to create a swirling throne of water that Tidus perched happily on while the
village dwellers watched in delight at the display.
After a few minutes, Yuna let the spell slip from her mind, the seat slowly spiraling down until
Tidus rested with his sneakers on the sandy bottom again. He then noticed that the rock was floating
steadily in place, and showed no sign of moving. It was Lulu who smiled at him this time, as she was
also testing out her newly aquired white magic spells as well as letting the game begin.
Jassu finally entered the water, carrying the blitzball. He gave the ball to a small boy, who was the
unoffical referee for the game. The other players got into position, and with a nod from the two
mid-fielders, he tossed the ball into the air.
"HOLD IT!!" Came the cry from the beach. Tidus, who had grabbed the ball right away, stopped,
dropping unceremoniously into the water. The call had come from Rikku who was now whispering
excitedly to Lulu and Yuna. After a minute, the two smiled and nodded, walking to seperate ends of
the circular cove. Once there, they gave a signal to each other and began a strange...dance with
their hands.
The blitzers were left in shock as the water around them began to swirl and churn into a sphere,
perfectly round and looking quite stable. Tidus grinned widely at Yuna before jumping into
the pool, the others following him. Enhanced with magic, the pool was exactly like that of a
stadium, but- in Tidus' opinion anyway- much, much better.
The ball was thrown again, and the game offically began.
Several hours later saw the end -a tie- of the game, all the players involved exhausted, but very
happy to have been able to play in a sphere pool. Everyone was relaxing on the beach, enjoying
the feel of the sun on them, despite the stagnant, breeze-less heat that accompanied it.
Everyone suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from the shoreline, and looked to the sky,
where the sight of a giant, looming shape met their eyes. Rikku smiled brightly and waved
up at the huge object as it became recognizable as her father's airship.
'It's here already?' Tidus thought, the ship having disturbed his conversation with Yuna. Sure,
the subject had only been about the annoyance of those little rodent creatures with the long tails
that ran around in Djose, but it was still conversation.
"Well...let's go then." Yuna said, watching the ship land on the shoreline and lower it's entrance
ramp, allowing Rikku to run forward and embrace her father. The man's expression turned from
happiness to sheer surprise as he took in the sight of Tidus, but Wakka rushed forward, telling him
to keep his cool and act as if he'd never known him in front of Yuna.
"I'll explain the whole thing later okay?" The Besadian blitzer whispered, receiving a nod as a reply.
"Vydran!" Rikku cried in Al Bhed, racing into her father's arms for a hug,"Ed ec cu kuut du caa oui ykyeh!"
(Father!) (It is so good to see you again!)
Cid returned the gesture, replying to his daughter in their tongue.
"E ryja seccat oui, Rikku. Ruf yna oui?"
(I have missed you, Rikku. How are you?)
Rikku was about to answer in Al Bhed once again, but noticed the confused stares of all her friends....
....except Tidus.
"You don't look confused at all, ya?" Wakka whispered as the others moved to greet Cid.
" E lusbmadamo ihtancdyht dras." Tidus replied, causing Wakka to blink rapidly in frustration.
"What?!?!?" He finally cried, waving his hands around over his head for emphasis.
"I said," Tidus chuckled," 'I completely understand them.' "
"How do you DO that?!?"
"I remembered it. Yuna and I used the Primers and learned together one night on the airship...." The blonde's
voice once again grew saddened as he recalled yet another memory Yuna didn't share with him. Wakka
noticed the change in mood and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Everyting will be alright, okay? You gotta believe that, ya?"
Tidus nodded, and looked up as Yuna whistled for him. She was waving her hand in the direction of the
airship, motioning for the two blitzers to board. He and Wakka both nodded and headed for the ship with
everyone else.
"Do you think the story will hold until we get there?" Lulu asked, placing a pale hand on the window pane.
Putting an arm around her shoulders, Wakka quietly answered.
"It's not the story that you're worried about, ya?"
"You're right," The mage replied, lowering her head, ".......What if...she doesn't remember, even when we get there?"
"She told you she loved him, right? Plus we all heard it for ourselves last time."
"Aaaaaand....."Came a voice from their left. The source was Rikku.
"Their so called "last scene" didn't happen in Guadosalam anyway, right?"
Lulu was about to counter her statement, when she started thinking. Wakka must have done the
same thing, because when they both looked at each other, the answer donned on them.
"It happened here...." Lulu whispered.
"On the airship deck!" Wakka finished.
"Exactly!" Rikku said cheerfully, "Now all we need to do, is get everyone out onto the airship deck and
let fate decide what happens."
**********************************************
I know that this chapter is short, and I know that it has been a LONG, LONG time since I've posted, but there
is an explanation for both things!!!!
One:
This chapter is short because the next one will be the FINAL chapter! Plus I have to watch the ending of the game
again so I can get the quotes right, so expect a short delay.
Two:
I haven't been posting because FF.Net would not let me log in!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!! That made me so angry I was
considering breaking my computer!!! But thankfully I didn't, and here I am!! Hope you like!!
Peace out,
Digi-Esca Girl
laurie_22@hotmail.com