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Reluctant Visitor

Chapter 3

The Revival

A.N. Sorry kids, it ain't Tidus.

Anthony sat at the foot of his cot. He rested his head on the palm of his hand, with his elbow on his knee. He had been in Spira for about a week now. He was in a small hut, only the size of the bedroom in his apartment back home. He insisted it be a temporary hut.

*Flashback*

"Don't put that much time into it, I'm going back home."

"But you don't know when, ya? You may be here awhile."

"I'm going home".

"But."

"I'm GOING HOME".

"Okay man, if you're sure."

"I am".

*End flashback*

Anthony gave a deep sigh. But when? Wakka was right; I may be here for weeks, or even years! He sighed again.

"Hello?"

"Come in."

Yuna walked into his hut. "Bad time? I can leave if you want."

"It's fine. Just kinda.I'm thinking about stuff."

"Just brought you lunch. You don't look like one to cook."

"Was that an insult?" Anthony said sarcastically.

"Oh no! I'm sorry, I just"

"It was a joke, calm down." Anthony smirked "You take everything too seriously. Thanks for lunch"

"Hmmm. Well, are you coming to the telling?" She asked, still rather peeved.

"It's the only thing I do here. I wouldn't miss it for the world" he said, as he started in on his sandwich. "Mm, *gulp* this is great! My compliments!" He smiled.

"Hehe, come on! We have guests and they want to meet you!"

"Don't tell me, they want to see the idiot who, for the first time in recorded history, fell into the sphere pool. Great," he growled, "I'm an idiot whose only point in life is to amuse others. Just like home". He took a rough, tearing bite of his sandwich.

"Don't be like that, they just want to meet a new friend. C'mon!" she walked outside.

Anthony gave a grumble of resignation, and followed her.

Rikku saw Yuna walk out of the new hut. "Yunie! Over here!" She smiled and waved at her. A boy about an inch taller than her walked out behind her. Hmm, interesting, she thought.

"Hi Rikku! This is Anthony."

"Yunie, oui luimt ryja lrucah y paddan napuiht kio." She said in al behd, "drah ykyeh, oui luimt'ja lrucah y funca uha" (Yunie, you could have chosen a better rebound guy. Then again, you could've chosen a worse one).

"Rikku! Id'c hud mega dryd!!" (Rikku! It's not like that!!)

"Uh, what are you saying?" Anthony asked, a surprised and questioning expression on his face.

"Oh! Sorry! I'm"

"Rikku, I've heard about you. I'm"

"Anthony, Yuna just said so."

He gave her a quizzical look," Okay, three questions. One, what was that, two, what did you say, and three, how do you and Yuna know it?"

"One, that's Al Behd. Two, just girl talk. And three, It's my native language and Yuna picked it up on her pilgrimage. My turn."

"You get three, I owe you three questions, so you get to take three questions."

"Works for me! Ok, where are you from, why are you here, and why did Yunie come out of your hut?"

Anthony snorted. He held up three fingers and started to fold them up as he answered each question. "One, I'm from Earth. Long story, so don't ask. Two, I have no idea why I'm here beyond the fact that Yuna, Wakka, and Lulu take pity on idiots like me. And Three, Yuna was brining me lunch and asking me to come to the telling of the story of the Eternal Calm. We're even now, right?"

"Right," Rikku concurred.

"Good, new question. Who's he?" Anthony said jerking his thumb towards a large, blue, cat-like creature behind Rikku.

"Kimahri. You owe me now, you know." Rikku said in her high-pitched voice.

"Perfect," he said with a smile, "now, shall we?" he said as he started to walk to Wakka and Lulu's hut.

"Hey! Wait up!" Rikku shouted as she ran after him. Yuna, who had just been smiling through the whole conversation, giggled.

"C'mon Kimahri." She said as she began a leisurely pace after them.



Anthony leaned against the wall. It was a bit awkward, as he was the only adult listening to the story, and not telling it. Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, and Rikku were sitting in chairs and speaking to the entranced children. Kimahri had elected to stand, like Anthony.

"So, there we were, standing in Sin, and there was Seymour ya! And he started in about how we should accept death an stuff, so we had to,"

"Fight him, you know! He wasn't just stopping us from continuing, he was stopping us from defeating,"

"Sin. Yuna summoned Anima, the Aeon from his own mothers Fayth. I found it a bit ironic. It really was rather sad, looking back."

"We didn't want to kill anyone, but he wasn't a person anymore. He was a fiend, so we did what we had to. It was my duty as a summoner to send him. We did what we had to do,"

Suddenly a woman, Anthony saw from her clothes she was a nun from the temple, burst in. "Milady Yuna! The Fayth! It, It," She chocked, still in shock.

"What is it? What has happened to the fayth?"

"It has revived! It's singing!" she finally gasped out.



A.N.Hi there! This is the third chappy! I hope you like it. It took a little longer for three reasons. 1. Finals week. 2.Computer trouble. 3. It's a bit longer than previous chapters. Now for the questions. Only rock-star-vt asked any, so of course, only he will be answered.

It will be a Tidus/Yuna, but it will take a while. He IS dead ya know.

Auron will make a few cameos, but he's dead and happy about it. So, no coming back.

Cheddar milkshakes? What was I smoking!? It was a rant I wrote in the summary when I thought no one was reading, and it caused more people to read. Weird how that works, huh?

Trashalanach!

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