A/N: This chapter is so incredibly short the a/n might be longer.
To Daniel: Yay!
To Blushnbabe: Thanx
To Aj: huggles Cloud plushie Don't worry, I'd kill Cloud if he didn't show up!
To Emrelle: gives Tidus a Yunie plushie Okay, let's see if that helps!
To SongstressLenne: MUSHY!
To Shelbie: Oh yes I know, I spent hours figuring out how to get that ending before I cheated and got a walkthrough but this is one of those unhappy endings... aww...
To Dr. P: Hehe, that's okay. He will be now because Emrelle gave him a Yunie plushie ;)
To Saikia: blushes Thankies. I'd like to write but whenever I write original stories, the plot gets very long and boring and people do fall asleep. So I stick with characters everyone knows, hehe.
To Rinoa: I'm not quite sure... I think mostly because at the time I wrote that chapter I was so pissed off at Sephiroth in KH because he kept kicking my butt then when my brother fought him, he kicked Seph's butt... which made me angry. So I said, "Ha Seph. Take this!" and then Seymour killed him... Maybe I'll go into it in the sequel.
To tranquility: Okay, here yah go.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Much More Work to be Done

Yuna awoke suddenly, as if from a bad dream. But if she had dreamed, it wasn't important and slipped her mind almost immediately. She looked around, and saw Aeris sitting nearby, a bright smile on her face. More importantly, Yuna saw Tidus sitting up, smiling as well. "Hey, you're better again," she said, yawning.

Tidus nodded, "Yup. Thanks to Aeris."

Yuna smiled, "That's wonderful, but how did you do it when the healers couldn't?"

"Well," Aeris said, "I talked to the healers about his condition and it seemed he had the same symptoms as a person with Mako poisoning."

"Mako poisoning?" Yuna echoed, puzzled.

"Yes. That's what had me confused: there isn't Mako in Spira. But I found out that the Spellball you destroyed was actually brought here from the past; it was powered by Mako energy." Aeris grinned, "So I used a time-key and went back in time for a cure, and found it."

"Isn't that what your step-mother or someone had? Yuffie had said she died," Yuna said softly.

Aeris sighed, "Yeah. But see, she was exposed to an extreme amount of Mako during her life, and Tidus was only exposed to a small amount at one time. Most people don't contract the disease because they build immunities, but I suppose about five thousand years, the immunity isn't needed."

"I guess that makes sense," Yuna said, still a little confused. "I'm just glad you're okay," she smiled.

Tidus yawned, stretching his arms, "Hopefully I'll be out of here today."

"Most likely," Aeris nodded. "Well, I'm going to go get dressed. Anything planned for today?"

Yuna closed her eyes, thinking, "Not really. The men will have to get their tuxedos and things fitted."

"Do I have to?" Tidus whined.

Yuna laughed quietly, "I think other than that, it's inviting people." And keeping the secret of Cloud from you, she thought. It was hard to keep quiet about it.

"Sounds like fun!" Aeris smiled, walking out of the room.

"What did you do?" Tidus asked after a moment. He wrapped an arm around Yuna's shoulder, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"Huh?" Yuna looked at Tidus innocently. "I didn't do anything."

"Yes you did! That grin on your face tells me that you did something. What was it?" Tidus inquired.

Yuna smirked, "Oh now you think you can just read me like a book?" She poked him playfully in the side.

"Always could," Tidus chuckled. "So? It has something to do with Aeris."

"Well, you have to be quiet about it. I don't want her to know in case it doesn't happen," Yuna said.

"Okay. What is it?"

"Yesterday, I went back to Aeris' time. I sort of feel like we owe her a lot for all she's done. She had told me while were getting dresses that she was afraid Cloud hated her. So I went back in time and invited Cloud to our wedding. I was hoping they'd get along better this time," Yuna said.

"Aww that's my Yunie!" Yuna and Tidus turned to see Rikku and Gippal in the doorway. "He better come or I'll march straight to the past and kick his butt!" Rikku growled. She jabbed the air in front of her a few times with her fists.

Gippal laughed. "Oh I bet Cloud will be terrified of you," he joked.

Rikku glared at her husband, jabbing at him. "He will be!"

"Well, we better get going man. We get to be pretty for the wedding," he said in a mocking voice.

"Oooh Gippal, you just don't know when to quit, do you?" Rikku giggled at the thought of a 'pretty' Gippal.

Tidus stood up, stretching. "Yeah. See you guys later!" he waved to Yuna and Rikku as he and Gippal left.

"Boys," Rikku sighed.

"Oh it's not that bad, is it?" Yuna said, "We better get started. There's much more work to be done."
A/N: See, short, simple, and boring. That's why I put the next chapter up right away!