The End
Chapter Four:
"No." Yuna whispered as she shook her head violently, tears beginning to pour freely down her face. "I can't watch you fade away, not again."
Tidus slowly closed the gap between them, lifting one of his hands to her face. He wiped away a tear and brushed her cheek gently. As he stroked her cheek, she lifted one of her own hands and grasped his.
"I don't have much time left Yuna." He said as they gazed into each other's eyes. "The fayth, he doesn't have enough strength to keep me here permanently, not by himself."
His hand faded slightly, causing Yuna's hand to pass through his and rub against her own cheek. She was surprised at how wet it was, the flesh had been drenched with her own tears.
He took Yuna's hand and held it in his own, their fingers intertwining.
"I love you." Tidus said softly as he lent closer to Yuna. Before she could respond, he pressed his lips gently against hers and kissed her.
Yuna closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation that was over shortly after it begun. She re-opened her eyes to see Tidus fading once more. Her tears returned in full force and as Tidus faded out of sight, Yuna fell to her knees and let out an anguished cry.
The others had been standing a short distance away through the entire exchange, watching in shocked silence. When Tidus disappeared and Yuna fell to her knees on the stone platform. Rikku, after exchanging a quick glance with Paine, approached her cousin and friend.
"Yunnie." Rikku said as she got down on her knees besides Yuna.
Yuna didn't responded, hugging herself tightly she cried as she desperately tried to remember his touch, the way his hand felt against her cheek.
As Rikku attempted to comfort Yuna, Nooj spoke to Paine. "We should leave this place." He said quietly, his eyes occasionally wondering over to where Yuna and Rikku were.
Paine nodded in response. "We can head back the way we came, emerging in the labyrinth under Bevelle." She said.
"Why Bevelle?" Gippal asked, coming to stand beside Paine.
"Because that is where Brother is waiting for us."
"What about her?" Nooj asked as he looked over at Yuna. "Will she be okay?"
"She is in a pretty bad way. Who was that guy anyway?" Gippal said.
"He was one of her former guardians, he helped her alone with her other guardians to defeat Sin. His name is Tidus I believe, she has been searching for him for quite some time now." Paine said as she gave Yuna a sympathetic look.
"You said he was one of her guardians right?" Leblance said from where she stood next to Nooj. "The why does he look so much like Shuyin?"
Paine turned her back on the others. "I don't know." She said simply as she looked at Yuna once more.
Turning back around to face her old friends, she saw as Baralai was just beginning to get to his feet.
"Easy there big guy." Gippal said, with a laugh, to the groaning Baralia as he helped his friend to his feet.
"You four head back to the Celsius." Paine spoke once more. Looking at Leblance she added with a smile. "Don't forget your friends, they should be cowering somewhere back there."
Turning to make her way towards Yuna and Rikku, Paine heard the others departing in the opposite direction.
Crouching down besides Yuna, she placed a hand on her friends shoulder and looked across at Rikku, who have her a worried look.
"Yuna, we have to go." Paine said.
With a little help from Rikku and Paine, Yuna slowly got to her feet. She allowed herself to be guided back towards the glen. As they travelled across the platforms and the walkways of the Fareplane, Yuna never made a sound, other then the occasional sob as her tears continued to run freely down her face.
They reached the end of a metallic walkway, where the orange and black swirling portal waited them. When Yuna dislodged herself from her friends, turning to them, she gave them a teary smile before she spoke.
"I can manage the rest of the journey by myself." She said. "Thank you for your help."
"Don't mention it Yunnie." Rikku said, once again sounding worried for her cousin. "We are here to help after all."
Paine nodded to show agreement with Rikku, Yuna smiled once more at the pair before turning to face the portal.
"Lets go." She said as she jumped into the portal that lead into the Fareplane Glen.
Chapter Four:
"No." Yuna whispered as she shook her head violently, tears beginning to pour freely down her face. "I can't watch you fade away, not again."
Tidus slowly closed the gap between them, lifting one of his hands to her face. He wiped away a tear and brushed her cheek gently. As he stroked her cheek, she lifted one of her own hands and grasped his.
"I don't have much time left Yuna." He said as they gazed into each other's eyes. "The fayth, he doesn't have enough strength to keep me here permanently, not by himself."
His hand faded slightly, causing Yuna's hand to pass through his and rub against her own cheek. She was surprised at how wet it was, the flesh had been drenched with her own tears.
He took Yuna's hand and held it in his own, their fingers intertwining.
"I love you." Tidus said softly as he lent closer to Yuna. Before she could respond, he pressed his lips gently against hers and kissed her.
Yuna closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation that was over shortly after it begun. She re-opened her eyes to see Tidus fading once more. Her tears returned in full force and as Tidus faded out of sight, Yuna fell to her knees and let out an anguished cry.
The others had been standing a short distance away through the entire exchange, watching in shocked silence. When Tidus disappeared and Yuna fell to her knees on the stone platform. Rikku, after exchanging a quick glance with Paine, approached her cousin and friend.
"Yunnie." Rikku said as she got down on her knees besides Yuna.
Yuna didn't responded, hugging herself tightly she cried as she desperately tried to remember his touch, the way his hand felt against her cheek.
As Rikku attempted to comfort Yuna, Nooj spoke to Paine. "We should leave this place." He said quietly, his eyes occasionally wondering over to where Yuna and Rikku were.
Paine nodded in response. "We can head back the way we came, emerging in the labyrinth under Bevelle." She said.
"Why Bevelle?" Gippal asked, coming to stand beside Paine.
"Because that is where Brother is waiting for us."
"What about her?" Nooj asked as he looked over at Yuna. "Will she be okay?"
"She is in a pretty bad way. Who was that guy anyway?" Gippal said.
"He was one of her former guardians, he helped her alone with her other guardians to defeat Sin. His name is Tidus I believe, she has been searching for him for quite some time now." Paine said as she gave Yuna a sympathetic look.
"You said he was one of her guardians right?" Leblance said from where she stood next to Nooj. "The why does he look so much like Shuyin?"
Paine turned her back on the others. "I don't know." She said simply as she looked at Yuna once more.
Turning back around to face her old friends, she saw as Baralai was just beginning to get to his feet.
"Easy there big guy." Gippal said, with a laugh, to the groaning Baralia as he helped his friend to his feet.
"You four head back to the Celsius." Paine spoke once more. Looking at Leblance she added with a smile. "Don't forget your friends, they should be cowering somewhere back there."
Turning to make her way towards Yuna and Rikku, Paine heard the others departing in the opposite direction.
Crouching down besides Yuna, she placed a hand on her friends shoulder and looked across at Rikku, who have her a worried look.
"Yuna, we have to go." Paine said.
With a little help from Rikku and Paine, Yuna slowly got to her feet. She allowed herself to be guided back towards the glen. As they travelled across the platforms and the walkways of the Fareplane, Yuna never made a sound, other then the occasional sob as her tears continued to run freely down her face.
They reached the end of a metallic walkway, where the orange and black swirling portal waited them. When Yuna dislodged herself from her friends, turning to them, she gave them a teary smile before she spoke.
"I can manage the rest of the journey by myself." She said. "Thank you for your help."
"Don't mention it Yunnie." Rikku said, once again sounding worried for her cousin. "We are here to help after all."
Paine nodded to show agreement with Rikku, Yuna smiled once more at the pair before turning to face the portal.
"Lets go." She said as she jumped into the portal that lead into the Fareplane Glen.
