The Story of Tidus after Sin
I don't own any of these characters. Squaresoft does.
Author's Notes: What excuse am I gonna give this time? Ehh...laziness. I'm not a writer, I've never been one. I try, but it seems too tough. I dunno. Oh yeah, [ ] is Tidus's thoughts. { }is others' thoughts. Well here's 5 which is longer than normal.
Chapter 5 "R-I-K-K-U!"
Yuna stood there completely dumbfounded in her boots. She could not believe what she saw. For what seemed like an eternity must have only been a couple seconds. She simply did not know how to react. Here she finally met her love kissing her cousin, her best friend. She saw Rikku's eyes in absolute surprise turn as they started to roll to the back of her head.
All who were in the ice cream shop witnessed the whole scene. They could not believe their eyes. Yuna's guardians, Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri: they were just as shocked.
Before anyone could react, a red headed woman went behind Tidus and tapped his shoulder. With an extremely uncomfortable tone, Yuna heard her whisper, "Umm...Tidus? Uh...that's not Yuna."
Tidus suddenly broke his kiss with Rikku in sheer disarray. In a surprised tone, he said, "What?"
A lightheaded Rikku could not believe what just happened to her as she fell towards the ground. Luckily, Kimahri reacted swift enough to catch her. He laid her down in a nearby booth as she was on the verge of losing consciousness.
The red headed girl directed herself to Yuna and her guardians trying to talk to them before they had to chance to react to this incident. With her voice still shaky, she said, "Allow me to explain. Uhh...my name is Halley. Umm...Tidus here has lost all of his memories. Well, except this one image of a woman as he explained it to me. He had no clue who this was, and I suggested it was to be you Yuna. I mean, it would only make sense. I didn't think anything like this would happen."
Yuna was at a loss of words. She could not grasp what happened. How could this happen? She finally found the man of her dreams, and suddenly, he is kissing her cousin. Too many emotions tried to enter her mind at once. Shock, anguish, denial, anger, jealously, were some just to name a few. What could she do?
She decided she needed a walk as Wakku and Lulu followed her. She needed to take in what happened. As she walking out the door, Wakka and Lulu followed her. Halley ran after her shouting, "Hey! Wait! I need to talk to you more."
Tidus stood there with a confused look. He looked at the pretty blonde girl who he thought was Yuna, but it turned out that the brunette with one blue and one green eye was actually Yuna.
Yuna walked out of the ice cream shop, and stopped after taking a couple steps. The first emotions were finally settling in. Her head went down; her eyes welled up; her heart sank below her knees. She fell on her knees and broke down. She could not feel even worse after seeing what just as happened. Wakka, Lulu, and Halley watched hopelessly as the High Summoner sobbed uncontrollably. Somehow, through all the tears, Yuna managed to speak. "So tell me again what happened to Tidus?"
Halley, with a tone filled with sorrow, said, "Tidus has lost almost all of his memories. He doesn't remember you. He doesn't remember Sin. He doesn't remember anything."
After a silence, Yuna's voice raised in a more furious voice, "Then why does he remember Rikku?"
Halley could not raise her voice. She felt so sorry for her. After waiting for so long, everything seemed like it was going to turn out to be fine, but, in reality, it seemed to be just beginning. Poor Yuna; after what Yuna's been through, who could not pity her?
Yuna raised her voice again. "Why does he remember Rikku?!"
Halley could not even take a glance at Yuna. It was too painful to see a fellow human being, especially someone like Yuna, be in the torture she was in. She got the nerve to speak, and answered, "He remembers one image. And that image turned out to be Rikku, and not you."
Yuna's emotions started to turn into signs of jealousy, not at Rikku, but at this Halley. "So why didn't anyone take Tidus to see me or any of the guardians?"
Halley had to justify the purpose of Tidus not meeting anyone he used to know. She replied, "I didn't want Tidus to suddenly get overwhelmed by seeing all you, you know? He hasn't been able to remember anything else but Rikku and blitzball. He doesn't remember playing it at all, but he can play like he used to."
Slowly, Yuna got up to her feet, but her legs still couldn't bury the weight of all this. Wakka caught her and helped her up. She turned around, cheeks puffed up from the crying tears, and asked, "Will he ever remember everything?"
Halley, exhausted from the day's events, replied, "I don't know, but I hope so. Umm...I have something to ask you..."
Meanwhile, Kimahri accompanied Rikku, who was out of breath, trying to keep her conscious. She still could not comprehend what just happened. From one second, she was filled with happiness to finally see her best friend. Then her happiness changed to an impatient anxiety as waited for Tidus and Yuna to finally get together. And then both of those dwarfed in what she was feeling next. As Tidus kissed her, she was in total shock. She could not believe what just happened to her. And from that, she felt drastically lightheaded and was about to faint when Kimahri caught her.
And now, she was sitting in a booth, trying to make some sense out of what just happened. She saw Tidus confused as almost like a lost child. Still, she could not get over the kiss. {Whoa! What a kiss! I know Yunie said he was a good kisser and all, but Wow! Gosh, my first kiss is from my cousin's love. Does it have to be the last from him? I mean...it's nothing. Nothing's going to come between us.} Rikku felt her cheeks burning, embarrassed by feelings she never had before. {Oh man, Yunie couldn't get mad at me, right? I didn't know anything. And what about me? I hope Yunie asks about how I am holding up.}
She then shook her head trying to get these unknown feelings out and to act normal, with her cheeks less red, and started to pick up a conversation with a bewildered Tidus. "So...How are ya Tidus? How have you been?"
Tidus answered, with no real sense of what occurred, "I've been doing okay. Blitzball's real fun and stuff. So wait, you're not Yuna?"
"Of course not, silly! It's me Rikku!"
Tidus just realized what he done. His eyes practically popped up. His voice raised, "What?! You're not Yuna?"
Rikku felt like she had to spell it out for him. He was never very bright when it came to things. She raised her voice and talked in a real slow manner, "No...I'm Rikku...R-I-K-K-U!"
Confused, yet again, Tidus questioned, "Rikku?"
Annoyed by Tidus's lack of competence, Rikku went up to Tidus and playfully hit his shoulder saying, "Yes, Rikku! I'm your best friend, remember?"
"Best friend?"
"Uhh...yeah, I'm your best friend, and you're my best friend." Rikku felt her cheeks burning again. Why couldn't she say this without blushing? It was true that he was her best friend. He was the first non Al-Bhed to call her a friend. Perhaps, that kiss got to her more than she wanted it to. She turned her face away from Tidus. She could not let him see her like that.
"Oh...so we're best friends? Oops, umm... I'm sorry that must have been really awkward for me to kiss you in front of Yuna."
Still turned away from Tidus, Rikku quickly replied, "That's okay. I mean; it seems like you lost your memory, because you don't even remember who Yuna is."
Before Tidus could say anything else, Yuna quickly entered the ice cream shop and took Rikku's hand. She did not even take a glance at Tidus. "I need to talk to you, right now." They exited the ice cream shop.
Everyone was outside except Tidus and Kimahri. Rikku did not know what exactly was going on. Halley approached her and introduced herself, "Hello Rikku. I'm Halley. Obviously, as you can tell, Tidus isn't himself because he doesn't remember anything but you. Umm...Yuna?" She seemed uneasy talking to Rikku.
Yuna finished, "Rikku, we need to you to help Tidus regain his memory back. Halley here has been trying to slowly regain his memory by slowly easing him back into Spiran society. And now that he remembers you, you can help Tidus." Rikku could tell Yuna was still feeling sick about what happened. Yuna seemed distant; she was heartbroken. She continued, "Me, Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri will be around to help you out."
Rikku replied, "Umm...okay. So you'll be right beside me."
Yuna answered, "Not exactly. We'll be in the distance. We don't want Tidus to be overwhelmed by suddenly remembering everything." Yuna trusted Rikku, even through what just happened. She knew Rikku would not let a silly kiss come between Tidus and her. She was not so sure about Tidus though. At the moment, he did not know much, and his feelings and emotions could be confused.
Now, Rikku was really feeling uncomfortable. The thought of Tidus and her alone startled her, but she knew she needed to do it to help Tidus. She responded, with some hesitation, "Okay, I see. So Yuna, how are you holding up?"
Yuna was really good at putting a smile on. She managed to smile even through this mess. "Just seeing him makes me happy, even though, I could be better."
Rikku really admired her cousin. Through all the pain and anguish, she still brought herself to smile. She knew now that nothing could come between Tidus and Yuna, including her. Rikku did not have to worry about her relationship with Tidus, because Yuna will always be there for Tidus. "Alright, I'll go talk him."
As she was about to leave, Yuna said something. "Wait...one more thing. Umm...how are you doing?"
Rikku replied, "Huh?...Umm...I'm fine."
Yuna questioned, "Even after what just happened?"
Rikku again, "Yeah! Of course! Why wouldn't I feel fine?" She lied. What would Yuna think if she told her that she might have a thing for Tidus? Sure, she knew nothing would separate the two, but was it wrong to have a possible crush on Tidus? She just wore a smile like Yuna, and tried to play it cool.
As Yuna watched Rikku enter the ice cream shop, she wasn't sure if Rikku was feeling fine. Her cousin's lover just kissed her. Who would be feeling fine? Rikku was probably just still dazed. At least, that is what she hoped.
Tidus saw Rikku walk in, and he ran up to her like a little kid. He suddenly was just filled with a sudden burst of cheerfulness. "Hey there, best friend! What's up?"
Rikku, surprised yet again, just going back to her own cheerful self, "Oh nothing much! Hey, Tidus, wanna go do something tomorrow? You know, to help you remember more about everyone and everything?"
"Oh sure! Of course I would....oh wait, I have a blitzball match tomorrow. How about tomorrow night?"
"That's fine, Tidus. I guess we'll be watching you play then, tomorrow, huh?"
"Sure thing. Wait, so is Yuna and everyone else coming along too?"
Rikku froze. Why was she having so much trouble grasping the concept of her and Tidus by themselves? She finally answered timidly, "Uhh...no...I guess Halley could come along too." She thought Halley would help because then she and Tidus would not be alone together.
"Oh okay. She's got a little brother, though. Can he come along too?"
"Sure. The more the merrier!" She said that with a huge, bright smile.
"Yup! Alright, it's getting kind of late. I think I'll be heading back to my place. You all are welcome to join me." Tidus said politely.
"That's okay. We got a place to crash for the night." (Which was the airship)
Tidus was already heading out the door; he wanted to say goodbye to Yuna personally. "See ya, my best friend Rikku!" as he waved.
He exited, and saw Yuna. He felt a wave of guilt upon him. He was at a loss for words. He murmured, "Umm...bye Yuna." And off he went back to his apartment, while everyone else just stood and watched.
Who knows when the next chapter will be done? I've started it, but ending it is another story. Like I said, I'm not much of a writer.
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