Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own FFVIII, Nor do I own FFX. But I do own this story because I wrote it!

A/N: Sorry about not updating this fic in a very long time, I was just caught up in other things, and had a bit of a writers block, well, hope you like the new chapter =) More to come sometime soon (I hope).

Soon we were nearing our destination: Kilika. I looked towards the small village. It was in pieces! Sin must have been here… The small village had been completely torn apart! Some of the docks had been completely destroyed as well. Only a few of the small huts were still standing. People were scattered everywhere trying to fix up whatever they could. It was a sad site to be seeing. Selphie would know how these people felt. I could only imagine.

As the boat docked, I watched as everyone exited. I came off after everyone else had. Pretty quickly we were already going somewhere. After Yuna had talked with one of the villagers, we continued down the dock until we had reached a small torch-lit spot. In the water were many coffins. They were nicely decorated with flowers… The people were crying. All around me, there were tears in the eyes of the people. Sin must have killed half of the villagers here… including some of the children.

After talking to a few people, Yuna looked out to the ocean. I stood next to Lulu, and watched Yuna. She began to walk on the water! How bizarre! It must be something only the summoners can do I thought. She stood in the middle of the coffins, then began to dance. I didn't understand what she was doing, but I was too afraid to ask. Everything seemed so surreal. The fiery sun was setting behind Yuna as she danced.

It was amazing! Her dance was so elegant. As I watched, I noticed many of the people were almost bawling their eyes out. Mostly the women. I, too, was actually feeling sad, and came quite close to tears. A lot of the people in the village were gone… and they weren't going to come back. I shook my head and continued to watch as Yuna danced. Suddenly, the water arose from beneath her feet, as if she was controlling it. The sky was pink and orange, and it reflected off the water, making it look like the water was pink also. The flames on the torches were now coloured blue, as if they were icy flames. It was spectacular! I have never seen something like this in my whole life! This world… Is different and quite interesting.

Soon the dance was over, and Yuna returned to the dock. Tidus was in a complete trance. I have a feeling he likes Yuna. In fact, I know he does. I can see it in his eyes whenever he looks at her. They would make a cute couple. People began to talk, and eventually, we had left the dock. It seemed to be getting a little late, so I guessed we were going to sleep the night and then continue in the morning. It wouldn't make sense to travel during the night, it wasn't very safe. The sun had finally set and it was dark out when we finally reached the travellers lodge. Everyone just sort of sprawled onto their beds.

As I laid in my bed, I couldn't help but think of Squall. Will I ever see him again? I clenched the ring on my chain. I wouldn't be able to live if I knew I would never see my love again. We were so happy together, and I couldn't even bear to think that I would never see his face again, never hear him speak again. I know I'll see him again. I know I will… Many thoughts crossed my mind and before I knew it, I had drift off to sleep.

I happened to be the first one up that morning. I sat up in the bed and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, then stretched out my arms and took a deep breath. The air was fresh and smelled almost of forest. I quietly made my way outside the travellers lodge and stood on the broken dock. It really was sad to see a small village such as Kilika almost completely destroyed by this inhumane monster. The hate for Sin grew even larger inside of me. He was the reason I got to this world in the first place. It's all his fault that I'm here, away from Squall and everyone. My life was just fine, everything was going well, I was happy, Squall was happy. Why did this have to happen to me? Why did I have to be torn from my love?

I sighed and walked further down the creaky dock. A few of the villagers had gotten up early to continue working on the docks. Moments after I had exited the travellers lodge, Yuna and the others had woken up. All of them except for Tidus came out. Wakka talked to one of his friends about something, then continued down the dock a little further. Minutes later, Tidus came out of the small lodge and was talked to by Wakka's friend. Tidus nodded and headed in Wakka's direction. I just stood at the end of the dock watching everything that was going on, and just simply watching time fly by. Eventually we had regrouped again.

"Well," Wakka began to speak, "I guess we better get back to the pilgrimage." Yuna nodded in agreement and we continued into the forest. Almost immediately after we had entered the forest, we encountered a monster. In a matter of seconds we had defeated it. It wasn't a very strong monster. After, we proceeded forward, and were encountered by to men.

"Hey," one of them said, "you might not want to go this way. That's Lord Ochu over there, and it's not an easy battle." The other man standing next to him nodded. I looked behind them, and sure enough, there was a pretty big Ochu. Nothing I haven't handled before. This Ochu shouldn't be too difficult, I've beaten a few of them before. Everything just slipped my mind at that moment. I don't know what I was thinking, but I really wanted to fight this monster for some reason.

"I say we take the challenge!" I jumped up at the opportunity. After a small argument, I got my way, and we engaged the battle. This should be a walk in the park, I have a little something I like to call a Guardian Force. I patiently waited in the back for an opportunity to jump into the battle. At first, things were going really well. Wakka had managed to blind the monster, thus making half of its attacks miss. Tidus and Kimahri were doing pretty good by physically attacking it, while Lulu used her magic and Yuna healed. This Ochu was putting up a good battle though, it wasn't giving up and half of the group was now low on HP. Now was a good time for me to jump in, they seem to really need my help just about now.

"Now it's my turn," I declared as I ran in to help with the battle. Immediately, I began to focus on summoning Diablos. His attack should take about ¾'s of the Ochu's HP down. Before I could summon him though, I noticed everyone had confused looks on their faces. They looked pretty bedazzled, but I shrugged it off and continued with the summoning. Soon enough, I was able to call forth Diablos. Everyone around, including myself, disappeared as Diablos appeared to fight in battle. He did his move in a matter of moments and was successful in depleting ¾'s of the Ochu's HP. The GF then faded away back into myself, and everyone around reappeared again.

I looked at the expression on everyone's face, and it was all the same confused look. This was going to need some explaining… I know it. The battle continued as normal for a few more minutes, and then the Ochu fell over, and disappeared from existence. We had won the battle! It was a pretty tough battle, but with the help from Diablos, we were successful in killing the Lord Ochu. After the battle, everyone just sort of looked at me oddly.

"That," Wakka began to talk, "has got to be the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life, ya." Yep, this was definitely going to need some explaining. Aeon's and GF's are two different things… Hmm… Wakka stood there and looked at me oddly, as if something was wrong with me. He shook his head and turned to Yuna.

"What exactly was that?" Yuna questioned. I knew what she was thinking. She probably thinks I am a summoner or something. Well, now is my chance to tell them more about my world, where I come from, what things are like there.

"Well," I started, "that was a Guardian Force. It's like your Aeons, except, they aren't Aeons. In my world, anyone who obtained a Guardian Force, could Junction it, and then be able to summon it during a battle, to aid them. Unlike your world where only 'Summoners' could summon these, in my world anyone who had one, could use it. The Guardian Force I used was Diablos. He comes in handy a lot." They still looked a little bit confused as to the concept, but they'll understand.

"Interesting," Lulu added. "Well, we have a pilgrimage to be on, let's not forget." Everyone nodded.

"Right," Yuna agreed. We continued through the forest and encountered several more monsters. During that time, I thought about my GF's. I wasn't able to find them earlier. What was going on? When I was looking for them before, I didn't have a single one Junctioned… Maybe they only come out while I am actually in a battle… I closed my eyes for a few moments to think.

"Rinoa… Rinoa!" I faintly heard Tidus' voice. I couldn't move my body at all, and I couldn't open my eyes either. Underneath me I could feel the dampness of the forest floor. How did I get down here? I was just standing a moment ago.

"Let me try this," I heard Yuna's voice. I suddenly felt a jolt of energy surge through my body. I was finally able to move, so I rubbed my eyes then opened them. Everyone was standing around me. Tidus helped me off the hard ground and smiled.

"Wha… What happened?" I asked. I had no idea what happened. It was the weirdest thing, I closed my eyes for a few moments and I find myself laying on the forest floor unable to move. What could have happened in that short period of time?

"Just as you entered the battle," Lulu began to explain, "the Lord Ochu cast a Sleep spell on you, and ever since, you've been asleep." I looked over and there was no more Ochu. They must have defeated it while I was sleeping then, and that means me summoning Diablos was just a dream too. Just to make sure, I checked again for my GF's, and again, they were not there. I checked the chain around my neck for Squall's ring, and it was still there.

I gave a sigh of relief and smiled, "Come on, don't we have a pilgrimage to be on?" We continued through the forest, encountering several monsters on the way to the other side. Eventually we made it to a large stone staircase. Wakka's Blitzball team was already there stretching. Before I knew it, Tidus had engaged a race. As they raced up the stairs, Lulu smiled and said something. I was too far away from her to hear what she said though. I only took a few steps before I heard someone yell out Sin's name. I knew this couldn't be good. The rest of us who weren't racing quickly climbed up the stairs to where everyone had stopped. We were surrounded by tentacles and a large ugly plant-like monster. This couldn't be too good.