A/N: Yes I know, fast update!! But because of stupid reasons... I got layed off (ON MY FIRST DAY ) and so now I am job-less once more. Happy news for you guys though, I can update more!
To Daniel: Sorry... I know that it's kinda creepy. And Hojo will die, I promise. Just not rite now. This chappy isn't too much better for happy-go-lucky disney stuff either.

Chapter Nineteen
Escaping the Void

"Let me out of here!" Yuna screamed. She kicked the door but it wouldn't budge. The smoke was making her eyes water, the tears cutting clean paths through the dirt on her face. "Help me!" she yelled. Flames danced around, trapping her. She had already used all the magic power she had left. "Someone!! Anyone..." she slid down against the door, sobbing. It can't end like this... "Damn you Sephiroth!" she screamed as loud as she could. But her scream was drowned out by the sound of shattering glass. The window exploded, sending shards of glass everywhere. Getting up, Yuna dashed to the window, the flames licking her legs. "Is anyone out there?" she shouted, looking around. Smoke was pouring out of the window. "Oh my..." Yuna bit down on her lower lip until it bled. The entire village was ablaze. Which village this was, Yuna didn't know. She didn't reconize anything. The room she was trapped in was two stories off the ground. If she jumped, she was bound to get hurt. But it'd be better than burning to a crisp. Yuna put one leg out of the window, taking a deep breath, the smoke causing her to cough. She threw her other leg over and let go of the windowsill, falling on something soft. It was a haycart. That was lucky... she thought to herself. Quickly, she jumped off of the cart, knowing it soon would catch fire. She looked around, "Where am I?"

"This is Nibelheim..."

Yuna spun around, seeing another young woman, full of soot and charred clothes. "Lenne?"

The songstress nodded. "Yes."

"Nibelheim. I've never heard of such a place. Is it from your Zanarkand?" Yuna asked.

"No," Lenne shook her head. "Sephiroth destroyed this place, and slaughtered the villagers. It's Cloud and Tifa's hometown."

"How do you know this?"

"I guess part of my spirit was still with you. I know everything Sephiroth knows. And my spirit and body are seperated, like yours. Your body is with Tidus, Paine, and Aeris. You won't wake up," Lenne said.

Yuna followed, attempting to wipe soot from her face. "Lenne, how do we get back?"

"We can't. Not yet."

"Why?"

Lenne shrugged. Their surroundings change completely from the inferno night to a normal day. The village wasn't burnt down, or charred in anyway. Villagers walked around, talking gaily and working.

"What happened?" Yuna asked.

"This is how Tifa and Cloud saw their village, five years after Sephiroth raged. No one remembers anything about the fire," Lenne spoke. "Come on. There's nothing else here."

Yuna followed Lenne out of the village, and their surroundings changed again to an infirmatry.

"Are you also here to see the boy in the coma?" a doctor asked. Lenne nodded.

"Coma...?" Yuna seemed confused, but followed Lenne into the next room. "Cloud!" Sitting in a wheelchair was a spikey-headed blonde mercenary. He looked pale and sickly. Beside him was Tifa, asleep sitting up. "What happened?" Yuna asked.

"Mako poisoning." Suddenly the ground began to tremble violently.

Tifa awoke, but didn't notice Lenne or Yuna. "This is bad... The tremors are getting worse. Come on! Let's get out of here!" she took the wheelchair, and pushed Cloud out of the hospital, Yuna and Lenne behind them. From under them, the ground began to split, a green energy shooting from the cracks. "Oh no!" Tifa cried as she, Cloud, Lenne, and Yuna fell in.

Yuna opened her eyes, but couldn't tell. She was in a empty void abyss. "Hello? Lenne?" she called out. Her voice echoed until it faded into nothing. "Anyone?" She sat down. The ground was hard and cold like ice. "Where am I?" she listened for anything as she rubbed her bare arms. It was so cold.

"Yuna..."

"Who's there?"

"Yuna, wake up! Please!"

"I am awake!" Yuna said.

"Please Yuna. You can't leave me..."

"Tidus...?" Yuna whispered.

"Yuna, you have to wake up," she heard Aeris speak. "We need you."

"She fell into the void. I don't know if she can wake up," Lenne said softly.

"She'll be okay!" Paine argued.

Yuna stood up. It was still so dark. "I am okay! I'm right here! Where are you guys?!" Something tore at her, pulling her towards a bright light. She cried out in pain. Everything was dark again, and she couldn't find the strength to move. She felt so helpless. A soft hum was the only thing she could hear. But the hum suddenly became a dark shriek. What is that noise? she thought. She didn't even have the strength to speak.

"The planet," a voice said from beside her.

Who's there?

"That doesn't matter. Yuna, you have to wake up."

I can't. I'm so... tired...

"I know. But if you don't wake up, Sephiroth and Seymour will win."

We can't beat them... she thought sadly.

"Don't say that. You can win. You need to believe in yourself and your friends."

I can't... I just can't... So... tired...

"Oh Yunie," Rikku whispered. She sat up, looking at Gippal. Both of them had recovered greatly. "They've been gone for a week. Where could they be?"

"Shinra says they've disappeared off of Spira, it seems," Gippal sighed.

"But Yunie... she's lost. It's like..." she put her hand over her heart, "I can feel her pain. She just wants to come home."

Gippal walked over to his wife, limping slightly. "Hopefully she knows we're all out here, waiting."

Rikku nodded. "I think she knows. But she's too weak." The Al Bhed leaned against Gippal's shoulder, closing her eyes. "Yunie..."

"Why won't she wake up?" Tidus asked.

"She's too weak. I tried to get her out," Lenne sighed, "but she couldn't hold herself together long enough. She fell into an empty void."

"Yuna. Don't you realize what you're giving up?" Aeris whispered. An entire day had passed and Yuna was still unconscious.

"Still trying to wake her up?" Hojo asked, walking in the room.

Aeris closed her eyes. She didn't want to listen to him.

"I suppose your magic would help, wouldn't it Ancient?"

Aeris had thought of that, but she knew Hojo wanted her to use magic. Something would happen. "I'm not that foolish."

"I feared that."

"Why are you keeping us in here?" Paine demanded.

Hojo laughed. "Oh you guys are so funny!"

"Huh?"

Hojo tugged on his face, pulling it off. It was just a mask. And it revealed to be...

"Yuffie!" Paine, Aeris, and Tidus cried at once.

"Hehehe. You guys didn't think you'd be trapped in here forever, did you?" Yuffie asked, taking off the lab jacket.

"Was that you the whole time?" Aeris asked.

"No. The real Hojo is fighting Cloud right now. We really have to get out of here." The ninja ran over to the computer, pressing a few buttons. The glass walls of the cage disappeared, freeing them. "What's wrong with Yunie?" she asked, using Rikku's nickname for the former summoner.

"Her spirit took a lot of damage when Sephiroth came back to life. Yuna might not be able to recover," Lenne said.

"Right-o... We'll get someone to check her out once we get out of here!" Yuffie said.

"Okay," Tidus said. He picked up Yuna, silently praying she'd be all right soon. A time portal opened up for them, allowing them to step into their own time, on the Celsius.

"Yunie..."

Rikku? Yuna opened her eyes slightly, seeing a blur of a figure in front of her.

"Oh Yunie. Will you wake up? Everyone's so worried. I'm worried, Tidus, Aeris, Gippal, Yuffie, Paine, everyone!"

Rikku can you hear me?

"Please wake up..."

I guess not... The blur became sharper, until Yuna could see Rikku's crying figure. "Rikku..." she whispered. Her voice was hoarse and barely audible.

"Yunie!!" Rikku looked at her cousin with big emerald eyes.

I'm so tired... Why can't I wake up? she wondered. Her eyes drooped, "Rikku..." she repeated.

"Don't worry. You'll be back with us soon." Rikku faded away, and Yuna was alone in the dark abyss again.

"Enjoying yourself?" a voice echoed around her.

"No..." Yuna answered hoarsely.

"That's a shame. We can't let you go yet Yuna. You'll stop us."

"You're right. But you can't stop me..." Yuna whispered. "My friends are waiting for me..." She opened her eyes again. It was dark, but it wasn't the void where she had been trapped. She rolled over, seeing Tidus asleep beside her bed. They were in the Celsius' cabin. Aeris, Rikku, Gippal, and Paine were asleep in other beds. "I'm back..." she whispered.

A/N: Just to let you know, the horizontal lines are there to tell you when it changes from Tidus and co to Yuna to Rikku and Gippal. Hope you all like this chappy (and the last!) I might put yet another chappy up today... or tomorrow! My writers block has dissapated! w00t!