Chapter Thirteen: A Time to Move
Yuna slowly opened her eyes and looked up. She found the ruined Zanarkand around her. Her friend's bodies were no longer there. Yuna gulped and bit her lip, looking down at Sora's form in her hands. The teen's color was returning, and Yuna sighed happily. She placed her hand over one of Sora's major wounds and casted Cure on it.
Sora began to move, and Yuna placed him down, and stood. Sora opened his eyes, finding the blue sky. He slowly sat up, pain exploding in almost every part of his body. He looked around; everything was normal…no more dead people running around, or fading into Destiny Island. Sora looked over at Yuna, finding her different colored eyes. Yuna smiled at him and placed his arm around her shoulders and helped him up.
"Come on Sora, we should keep going." Yuna said simply. "Sora…do you know where we are to be going?"
"We have to get to the Temple." Sora said weakly. "There we will be able to find who is causing all of this – monstrosity to happen." He gulped, fearing that it may be his friend Riku – he hoped it wasn't. He and Yuna started foreword. Sora looked around with his sky-blue eyes as the moon-bugs flew through all the homes of deceased people, river of moonflows flowing through out the ruins of Zanarkand. Sora sighed, one would have never had guessed how beautiful this city once was. Yuna helped him through the ruins and up to the Yevon Dome. There Sora stood shakily and walked through the doors. He continued down the paths in the Yevon Dome until he came to the chambers were Yunalesca resided. He opened the doors, finding the Princess of Spira standing in her glory, her spirit slowly dissolving. "W-where are you going?!"
"My time has ended, after a thousand of years." Yunalesca said. "Yevon-Ju and Sin were both destroyed, and Yevon-Ju was sent to the Fareplanes. Now I must join my father and husband there."
Sora walked up to her translucent figure. "But…but Princess…if you are gone, then what is the point? I'm guarding you light…I don't understand."
"I am going to the Fareplanes, but, you are still my guardian and I am your Fayth, your Aeon. If they defeat you, they will be able to summon me and use me to destroy Spira." Yunalesca stated softly. "I am going to the Fareplanes to put more distance between myself and your enemy, Sora-sama." She looked up and smiled warmly at Yuna. "Ah, Yuna-sama….it has been a long time since I spoke with you." Yuna nodded solemnly. "I must regret to tell you what I must, Yuna-sama."
"H-hai..?"
Yunalesca stepped forward to Yuna, placing her translucent hand on the girls face. "The Tidus that had appeared was not your Tidus, Yuna-sama." Yuna's eyes grew large and she looked shocked. "The enemy of Sora-sama's who controls the heartless used your memories and everyone else's memories to bring back an idea of Tidus to trick you….gomen nasai, Yuna-sama."
Yuna looked down, lowering her head and closed her eyes tightly. Tidus was back…he was still in the Fareplanes. She felt tears well up under her eyes. She brought her hand up to her eyes to cover them if she started to cry. "What…what of my other friends?"
"They have been taken by the darkness Sora-sama faces." Yunalesca said softly. "You will have to defeat them in order to bring back your friends, Yuna-sama."
"Where is he?!" Sora asked. "I want to find this enemy and destroy him now! No one has the right to treat people like this, to use their feelings like that!"
Yunalesca turned to Sora. "Sora-sama, you've grown in your valiant. In order to defeat this enemy you need to go to the Ruins of Zanarkand and wait for them to attack, like you were….beware the Ides of March, Sora-sama, for that is when they shall come to destroy you and take your Keyblade…." The last part of Yunalesca's soul dissipated and left the dome dark and empty.
"Beware the Ides of March." Yuna repeated softly. "March fifteenth…that is in three weeks." She looked at Sora who sighed bluntly. Yuna looked down at her hands then up at the ceiling of the Yevon Dome, the clear glass showing the night sky above. Moon-bugs flew around outside among the nights and Yuna closed her eyes sadly. 'Tidus-kun…' she thought sadly. 'I am sorry for being tricked so easily, I am truly sorry. I miss you Tidus-kun….' She opened her eyes and a tear ran down her face. She thought she felt two arms wrap around her. "Arigatou."
Sora watched Yuna as she closed her eyes again. His face grew saddened as he saw Tidus's glowing transparent glowing form behind Yuna, his arms wrapped around her and his head against her hair. He continued to watch as Tidus's arms dropped and he looked at his love sadly, pain etched into his face. He looked over at Sora, who nodded sadly. Tidus looked at his childhood friend, and for a long moment the two stood looking at one another. Sora smiled and nodded, tears in his eyes. Tidus returned a small sad smile and gave him a friendly gesture. Tidus disappeared, returning the Yevon Dome into darkness. Yuna fell to her knees, her eyes still closed and cried softly. Sora wrapped his arm around her shoulder friendly, trying to comfort the poor woman.
Sora looked up at the Moon-Bugs. They were now flying around inside the Yevon Dome. He looked around at all the different people, many he sure that Yuna knew personally. Sora turned his head and saw Kairi standing there. She smiled at him softly, and waved to him. Sora smiled back sadly as she disappeared. Sora looked back at Yuna. "Tidus won't truly be gone, forever; Yuna….as long as you love him, a piece of his heart will always be inside you." Yuna looked up at him with tears on her cheeks with question. Sora smiled. "Believe me I know." He turned his head again to where Kairi had just stood. "I know."
