Chapter Fifteen: Another Story

Yuna's head popped from out of the ocean beside Besaid Island. She looked up at the clear sky, smiling. It had been months now since the mysterious man and his heartless had left Spira, along with Sora and his two friends.

"We have to go to another world and save it." Sora had explained. "This world's door has been locked and shut and no heartless can enter it now. My Keyblade is the one of darkness, and it shut and locked the darkness up." He had then smiled as his two friends, Donald and Goofy – who had been revived after the man fled with his heartless – entered another portal. Yuna had smiled back, her friends behind her, for they had been revived as well. "Sayonara, Yuna! We'll meet again, and if we don't…then this is a happy good-bye!"

"And it was." Yuna said softly, pulling herself from the ocean. She stood on the sand, looking up at the sky. 'Two minutes and forty seconds – a new high." She turned as she heard Wakka come up.

"Yuna, C'mon!"

"Be right there!" Yuna shouted and took her towel, racing over to Wakka. He folded his arms and smiled.

"Pretty good at holding your breath now, ya?" Wakka smiled, and Yuna nodded.

Yuna laughed softly. "Not as good as you!"

Wakka shrugged. "Well, I haven't even practiced recently." Yuna giggled as Wakka rubbed his forehead.

"It is not like you are the one having the baby!" Yuna replied. Wakka sighed and turned, heading back to the village. Yuna looked back up at the sky as a breeze came, moving her shorten hair and beads. 'It's been two years since then, and three months since Sora left. I can hold my breath underwater for a full two minutes now. Its more than just a physical strength, there are a few tricks to it that you need to figure out – I didn't understand when it's explained in words, but after a lot of practice I finally got it.' She started to walk to the village, her pace slow. 'I never thought there was any kind of trick to it. I couldn't afford to think about anything back then.' Yuna stopped and turned, looking over the ocean view. 'The Eternal Calm. Its my two minutes and forty one seconds and Wakka's pudgy tummy. It's not much – just a quite kind of happiness.' With that thought she turned and ran to her village.

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Yuna entered Wakka's hut, watching. Wakka was talking to a man that had recently come to the village, his name was Tasgio. He was a fairly decent man, nothing special about him. Just a plain ordinary man. Yuna came beside Wakka as he nodded to her, the man named Tasgio's eyes widened.

"I saw you from a distance at the stadium two years ago." He spoke to Yuna. "But I never thought I'd see you in person…You are as beautiful as ever." Yuna smiled and nodded in a thank you. "I have a favor to ask about my grandson. He joined up with the Young Persons' Alliance. Now, not to say the alliance is bad in and of itself, but me and the missus are both with New Yevon—my son and daughter in law too. My grandson used to come to our meetings too. But one day, he just…" he sighed. "There are a lot of folks in the Alliance, so I'm sure it's exciting for him. But still…." He sighed again.

'A number of groups have formed across Spira since then.' Yuna thought as Tasgio shook his head. 'How should we build this new world? What should Spira be like in the future? Everyone is looking for their own paths.'

"I feel that…" Tasigo continued. "My grandson and his companions are moving too quickly."

'With so many different thinking, at times conflict is inevitable. Some people are uncomfortable with the new ways of things. Honestly, I too sometimes… but this is good enough for now. That's what I kept telling myself.' Yuna thought, and nodded to Tasgio. "I understand how you feel but try talking it over with your grandson. His actions might appear reckless to you, but his feelings for Spira are the same as you." Tasgio nodded, and Yuna bowed her head, turning and leaving the hut, feeling as if her business was done.

 Yuna walked. She sighed. With so many of these groups forming, and herself the "savior" of Spira, she was asked many times to join the groups to gain power. Yuna did not want to join any of them. She sighed again, walking. Her old purple skirt snaked with her legs as she walked, a breeze tickling the back of her neck, since she had cut her hair and made it shorter. She now traveled to a spot by the ocean. Rikku had come back to the island from her teachings around Spira, and said she had something to show Yuna that Kimhari had found. The old Ronzso had returned to his mountain tribe after Sora had left Spira.

Yuna boarded the boat as Rikku fished out a small ball. She came over to her cousin, looking the ball over. "A sphere?" she asked.

"Look closely, Yunnie!" Rikku instructed.

The scene inside the sphere changed to what seemed a jail cell. The image was hard to see, distorted along with the sound. Yuna watched as Tidus appeared his blond hair and striking blue eyes. Yuna's own eyes widened and she made his name with her mouth, but she did not speak his name.

"What the hell did I get arrested for? Let me go already! You hear me, don't you?" Tidus shouted. "What would you have thought if she was your girl?" Yuna's eyes narrowed a little, wondering who this "other girl" was that Tidus spoke of. "Who cares if I used the enemies machina?! It was the only way to save the summoner!!" his voice began to crack. "What would you have done instead? Let me out of here!! Let me see her!!" The image faded and sobs were heard before the sound also dissipated.

'A voice…a voice that have been close by for what seemed like forever…' Yuna thought. "What is that? Is that really him? What prison is he in?"

"I don't really know…" Rikku said. "Do you wanna find out?"

"Yes."

"Then let's go!"

"Where to?"

"I don't know, lets go see Kimhari first and then think about it, ok?" Rikku suggested.

Yuna nodded. 'The Eternal Calm, its my two minutes and forty one seconds and Wakka's pudgy stomach. It's a small and quiet kind of happiness…but I guess I can ask for a little more, can't I?'

"Tidus won't truly be gone forever; Yuna…as long as you love him, a piece of his heart will always be inside you. Believe me I know." Sora's voice came back to Yuna. Yuna looked down at her hands, flexing them. But if she could not only have him inside, but in form beside her, Yuna would finally feel complete.

"Yes, I want to go." Yuna smiled at Rikku.

THE END.

A.N. That is the end of installment 1. Yes, there is a sequel! This last chapter contained scenes from Final Fantasy X: Another Story. It also has some edited things to fit in the story. The next installment of the story deals with Final Fantasy X-2. J