Chapter 10: Getting Ready....
Author: Suzaku no miko
Disclaimers: I do not own the series Final Fantasy or its characters, they belong to Square...I do own Angela, however...

Later that night, the group left the festival early and followed Auron and Kimahri back to the old command base. None of them could believe what they were just told....

*FLASHBACK*
"What are you talkin' about?" asked a very confused Tidus.
"I can't really say much now until we get back to the military base. This is too much to talk about here, we need to be somewhere away from sensitive ears." Auron whispered into the blonde youth's ear.

"Is it bad?" Rikku asked, following the group.

"Very bad...it nightmare...." Kimahri replied, hurrying them along.

"Why can't you just give us a clue?" Yuna insisted, stopping suddenly. This also made the rest of the group stop. Everyone then turned around to find a very concerned Yuna. Slowly, a very serious Auron came up to her. Making a grim smile, he looked down at her.
"Unfortunately, our research showed us that Seymour is back...very much alive and well. We have to team up again and put a stop to him before there are disastrous results." he explained, sadly.

At that moment, hearing those words, everyone gasped, shocked. No one wanted to believe what he was saying. Especially Yuna.

Everything seemed to disappear all around her, time stopped, everything was frozen. Her eyes grew wide and began to quickly fill with tears. Not wanting to hear anymore, Yuna covered her ears and shut her eyes very tightly.

"Let's just go..." Lulu stated, taking the young summoner under her arm.
*End of FLASHBACK*

"I say we go after him!" Wakka exclaimed, looking at his friends.
"Uh...that's not all of it..." Auron began.
"What do you mean?" a very confused Rikku asked.

"He talk big portal! Scary...It close..." Kimahri tried to explain.
"So that means we have to go investigate that too?" Tidus questioned.

"Yeah... well, if everyone is ready we can leave right now and I'll explain the whole plan on the way there." Auron replied, looking around the room. On each of their faces, he saw expressions of angst, sorrow, even fear.

"What are we waiting for?" Tidus replied, finally. He was sure that everyone was just as curious as he was and needed to end the mysteries... the mystery of why and how Seymour came back and the mystery of this strange and mysterious portal that just suddenly opened up. And with that, everyone left the room and into the awaited vehicle.

Soon....
"Okay, we have the location of the portal. Is everyone ready?" Rikku stated, staring at the screen in front of her.

Everyone looked at each other before nodding in agreement.

"Are you sure you're gonna' be okay, Yuna?" Tidus asked, noticing her frown. Forming a small smile, she looked up at him, assuring him that she was ready.

After a few moments, they landed just next to the portal. There, they prepared themselves and slowly began to make their way, slowly, through it. They were frightened yet grateful that everyone was going in together. As long as they had each other, they weren't as afraid of anything.

Just one question entered each of their minds.....
Where were they going?

To be continued......