Okay, my mild writer's block is still going on, but I think I have the story basically figured out! Fillers and all! I'm sorry it took me so long to update, I've been going through writer's block, and then I hurt my wrist pretty bad in tennis...So, yeah. Well, here it is anyway! Enjoy! Again, I'm terribly sorry for making you guys wait so long for an update!
Chapter 6: Musings of the Fayth
Yuna's bicolored eyes snapped wide open suddenly and she was covered in sweat. She sat straight up in her bed, allowing her eyes to adjust to the darkness that surrounded her. It wasn't hot in the room, nor stuffy. In fact, it was actually quite chilly. Yuna realized she was shaking, and wondered what it was that she was shaking about.
"Did I have another dream?" she wondered, and realized she didn't honestly know what had awaken her. Something just didn't seem right.
She looked over at the make-shift bed next to her own and saw Paine sleeping soundly. Deciding she needed a drink of water to calm herself down, Yuna silently crawled out of her bed and into Dona's tiny bathroom, and sprinkled water onto her face. What had it been that had awaken her like it had? She stared into her reflection in the mirror by the sink, trying hard to remember what it was. Finally convincing herself that it had been nothing, Yuna silently went back to her bed, and after lying awake for some time, fell back to sleep.
"If I can't have him, no one can. You think you can hog him all to yourself? Well, you're wrong! Either he's mine, or he's nobody's!"
Again, Yuna's eyes flashed open, as she tried to figure out where the voice she was hearing was coming from. A familiar voice...
"The Fayth?" she asked herself out loud, "Did that voice belong to the Fayth? What did it mean, "If I can't have him, no one can?"' Yuna laid her head back into her pillow, as she stared straight up at the ceiling. Surely she had just dreamt the voice; something just of her imagination. Then again, she didn't truly recall falling all the way asleep...
As she lay there, looking at the ceiling, she became more and more convinced that it hadn't been a dream.
"It sounded as if the Fayth was trying to tell me that I'm hogging someone...But what could it mean?" Of course she knew the Fayth was referring to Tidus. "But what would the Fayth want with Tidus. And why–?"
"You always have conversations with yourself?" Yuna heard a voice whisper, making her jump, as she looked over to see Tidus standing over her.
"What are you doing here?" she whispered harshly, as Tidus was grinning, looking satisfied with himself. His smile disappeared, however, after Yuna's question.
"I came to tell you that I heard the Fayth again!" Tidus said.
"What?" Yuna was now feeling alarmed. Had Tidus heard the same thing she had?
"Yeah," Tidus said, "Now the Fayth–."
"Sh," Yuna said, putting her finger to his mouth, as she noticed Paine stir, "Come on, we'll discuss it outside."
Tidus nodded and took her hand, pulling her up. Still clenching his hand, Yuna followed Tidus down stairs, past a sound of snoring, although Yuna wasn't sure if it was coming from Barthello or Dona, and out the door.
"Tidus, the Fayth spoke to me, too," Yuna said, as they exited the hut.
"Really?" Tidus seemed as alarmed as she, "What did the Fayth tell you?"
"Uh...Well, the Fayth's voice said, "If I can't have him, nobody can have him." Then, the voice continued on saying that I was hogging "him" and that "He's either mine or he's nobody's."'
"Huh?" Tidus said, looking confused, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I have no idea," Yuna said, looking at the ground, "I was just lying there, thinking aloud when you came. So, what did the Fayth say to you?" If the matter hadn't been so serious, she may have laughed. Here they were, talking about the Fayth's voice as if it were some everyday conversation type of thing.
"Hmm, well the Fayth said something like, "Without you, I'm nothing. I need you back."
"Is that all?" Yuna asked, thinking, "It's almost as if the Fayth was musing to me. Did it seem that way to you, too?"
"Yeah," Tidus said, nodding, "It was like the Fayth was trying to convince me about something."
Yuna nodded, thinking of what the Fayth had told the two. Suddenly, a terrible feeling spread over her, and she threw her arms around Tidus.
"What if it means you're going to disappear again?" she whined, leaning her head against his chest, "What if it's trying to say that it wants you back? As in, you're going to disappear again!"
"Naw, I don't think it's that," Tidus said, trying to calm the now-trembling Yuna down. As if words could do that.
"If that's not it, what else would it be?" Yuna asked, feeling her eyes grow teary. Just the thought of him disappearing again was far too much for her to bear. This wasn't what she needed, not now...
Tidus was staring up at the sky, which was beginning to brighten, being that it was early morning.
"I don't know about you," Tidus said, "But I'm not tired anymore. Wanna go for a walk, or something?"
"Sure," Yuna said, "Just let me go leave a note!" Yuna ran into Dona's hut and quickly scribbled out a note, and then ran back out, "Okay, ready to go?"
"You bet!" Tidus said, and smiled. The two started off silently, toward the forest.
"Where do you want to go?" Yuna finally broke the silence, running up to Tidus and taking his hand.
"I don't know, I figured we could think about that later!" Tidus said.
Yuna just shook her head. She figured basically, they were just walking to walk, to no where in specific.
"I think we need to go to Bevelle," Yuna said, breaking the silence again.
"Huh? Why?" Tidus asked, stopping.
"Because. I want to visit the chamber of the Fayth there," Yuna looked at the ground, "I want to know what's going on."
Tidus looked in thought. He hadn't wanted to think about the voices. Perhaps he figured it would just be better to completely ignore the voice...Still, it did bother Tidus. If he didn't do something, then the Fayth's words might come true. What if Yuna did die? All because of him? He would rather be killed one million times than have Yuna be killed even once.
"I can't go," Tidus said slowly, "The Blizball tournament...It's coming up soon, you know. We're leaving to Luca the day after tomorrow."
"Tidus, you don't need the practice!" Yuna said, "You could beat all of Spira's teams all by yourself! I'll explain to Wakka if I have to..."
"Yeah right," Tidus interrupted, "After the scrimmage? Wakka acted like I played my worse or something. I'll be surprised if he isn't completely angry at me for staying here instead of going back to Besaid and practicing."
"But..." Yuna looked away from Tidus, and Tidus knew exactly what it was that was going through her head.
"Yuna," Tidus said, kissing the top of her head, "It's not that I don't think this whole Fayth deal is important...But..."
"But Blitzball is more important," Yuna just said, and it bugged Tidus how there was absolutely no emotion in her voice. She didn't sound angry, or happy...Maybe just sad.
"That's not what I was going to say," Tidus said, "It's just that..."
"You can't choose between Blitzball and me," Yuna said, and now sounded angry, "I get it."
Tidus couldn't believe how foolish she was being. "Yeah, you're right," Tidus said, sarcastically, "I think I'm leaning a little more towards Blitzball right now, but..."
"Oh, knock it off," Yuna cried, smiling, and shoving him, "I know it's not because you can't choose. I know you promised Wakka you'd help him win. And since you had some, er, problems, at the scrimmage, you're worried he wouldn't give you time off. And you don't want to disappoint him."
"Right!" Tidus said, "Besides...I'm..."
"Afraid?" Yuna put in, and Tidus nodded slowly.
"Yeah, I mean, what if the Fayth tells us something we definitely don't want to hear? Then what?"
"Then I guess you really won't be able to concentrate on your Blitz game!" Yuna teased.
"Hey, this isn't a teasing matter!" Tidus said, and Yuna smiled.
"You have like two personalities, you know!" she giggled, "One minute you're completely easy-going, and then next, you're the most serious!"
"You really aren't worried about this, are you?" Tidus asked, his dead-serious tone causing Yuna's smile to fade.
"Nope, not one bit," Yuna said, as the two finally began walking again, "Well, I am, but...I'm just not sure, you know? I mean, that's why I want to go to Bevelle. I just want to make sure what we heard is really what we heard. Any other time the Fayth spoke to me, he actually visited me."
"Yeah, same here," Tidus admitted.
"How is the Fayth getting inside of our brains? How would he get inside our thoughts? That's what I want to know," Yuna finally said, and then lowered her voice, "And...I want to make sure you won't disappear again."
"Right," Tidus said, nodding, "Alright, I'll go, but you have to do the Wakka convincing, got it?"
"Thank you!" Yuna cried, wrapping her arms around him, "When are we going?"
"We'll have to go today," Tidus said, "'Cause I think I can at least miss practice for today."
"Okay, and I don't have much going on either!" Yuna said, happily, "Come on! I want to go right now!"
"Right now?" Tidus cried, as she pulled him back toward the entrance of the forest, "Can't we eat breakfast first or something?"
"We can eat all we want later!" Yuna said tugging Tidus along, "You know, why we're in Bevelle–."
"You sure this isn't some attempt to get me to do something for you?" Tidus asked, smiling, however, as he said it.
"Well, no," Yuna said, shaking her head, "But after we see the Fayth, we could spend some time together, that's all. We haven't really been able to do much together since everything's been going on, know what I mean?"
"Yeah, sure do," Tidus said, as the two reached the clearing of the forest.
"Oh, by the way," Yuna said, turning to Tidus, "We're taking my Uncle's airship. Hopefully he won't question us nearly as much as Brother and Rikku would."
"Do you want Rikku to know?" Tidus asked then.
"Well," Yuna said slowly, "I don't think we should tell a lot of people. I told Paine a little of it, but not much."
"Yeah, I told Wakka," Tidus said, "So Lulu probably knows too."
"That's fine," Yuna said, and gave a little laugh, "I don't know about you, but I kind of like to keep things inside until I know for sure what's going on."
"Yeah, I kind of noticed that about you!" Tidus said, giving a little laugh himself.
"So, I'm going to contact my uncle, and then I'm going to quickly tell Paine that we're leaving, okay?"
"Okay," Tidus said, "Make it fast though, 'kay?"
"I will," Yuna said, pecking Tidus on the cheek. She smiled and ran off into Dona's hut, leaving Tidus standing there, yawning, although he wasn't really bored or tired.
"That's right! Leave her unguarded! It'll be easier for us!" Tidus heard the voice in his head, and felt a terrible feeling erupt. What if something had happened to Yuna already? Without even thinking, Tidus ran into Dona's hut, yelling for Yuna.
He realized Dona and Barthello were gone, but only slightly, being that he was too busy looking for Yuna.
"Yuna!" Tidus cried, running quickly up the stairs, "YUNA!"
He was running around the small hut wildly, yelling Yuna's name, allowing sweat to drip. Where was she? He noticed Paine wasn't there. But neither was Yuna. Was she gone?
"YUNA!" Tidus cried again, only to receive no answer. However, somewhere, distantly, he heard laughter, and without even realizing it, he knew where the laughter was coming from. The Fayth...
A/N: Okay, sorry for the long wait and the rather short chapter. I'm finally gettin' back into this! I started it like four days ago, and I'm just now finishing it! Isn't that terrible? Oh well, hopefully I'll have less trouble next time, right? Hope you enjoyed!