Okay, sorry again for the long wait! An INCREDIBLY short chapter, but hey, at least it's something, right? (Please say you don't mind too much! Aww! Too much going on!) I did my best to finish this, but it truly is difficult when you're playing six to eight hours of tennis a day on average! (My parents say I'm going to overwork myself, but yeah right, like that'll happen!) But yeah, I hate excuses and all...But...Okay, I was going to try terribly, terribly hard to finish this story before school started, but I doubt that'll happen! Does the summer just fly by, or is it just me? Okay, enough rambling, chapter eleven has arrived after a terribly long wait, so what are you waiting for? READ! And I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 11: Good Things Can't Last Forever
"One room please!" Tidus told the attendant at the desk of the Travel Agency, while pulling some gil out of his pocket.
The attendant gave him a key, and said, "Okay, it's the second room on your right. Enjoy your stay."
"Will do!" Tidus said, nodding to Yuna as he walked down the incredibly narrow hall, and stuck the key into their room's lock, and entered the bland little room.
"Man, I could sleep right now!" Tidus cried, plopping himself wearily down onto the bed, "I'm so tired!"
"Oh, get up Sleepy-head!" Yuna cried, picking up a pillow and tossing it at him, "You want to eat something, don't you?"
Tidus sat straight up and smiled. "Okay, food, then sleep! Wait a minute, where can we eat around here?"
"There's a dinky little place off of the side road closer to Luca," Yuna said, as Tidus stood up and stretched, "We'll just buy a sandwich, and head on back over here!"
"Lead the way!" Tidus said, as Yuna smiled and ran out the door, with him right on her heels.
"It's right up here!" Yuna said, after the two had been running for some time, "And hey? What happened to the sun?"
The sky had darkened and ominous looking clouds had appeared, and it looked as if it were to rain any moment.
"I never want to see rain again!" Tidus moaned, as they walked into the small café. They ordered sandwiches and Tidus gobbled his up in no time, and then asked if Yuna was going to finish hers.
With an eye roll, Yuna pushed her sandwich over to Tidus, and said "Go ahead, it's all yours."
"Yeah!" Tidus cried, and in no time gobbled the rest of hers down too, "Okay, now what? Nap time?"
"Eat, sleep, eat, sleep," Yuna said, shaking her head, "Is that like all you do?"
"Basically..." Tidus said, "Except it's more like this: Eat, Sleep, Blitz, Eat, Sleep, Eat, Blitz, Eat again, Blitz, Eat again, Sleep, Eat, eat, eat, sleep, Blitz..."
"Okay, I think I get it," Yuna said, shaking her head, "Well, now that I knew every single thing you've been up to all week..."
"YUNIE! You don't know how much trouble you're in!" Tidus and Yuna both turned around in their chairs to see Rikku stomping up to them, looking quite angry.
"How dare you two pull a disappearing act without letting anybody else know about it!" Rikku cried, "Do you know how worried we were? Why, with the whole "hearing voices" deal! We were all worried so sick!"
"We're just fine," Tidus said casually.
"Yeah, I can see Yunie's eye under all that make-up!" Rikku cried, "What happened, you two get in a fight or something?"
"Yeah, we did," Tidus said, rolling his eyes, "More like we just wanted some time to ourselves..."
"Whatever!" Rikku just cried, "Yunie, you and Tidus are coming straight back to Luca with me, and explaining to everybody what's going on! Got that! Ooh, you've really done it now, Missy! And you," Rikku motioned toward Tidus, "How dare you put such terribly ideas into Yunie's head! I know all of this was your idea! And then you go and hurt her..."
"That's enough Rikku," Yuna said, standing up, "What are you doing, trying to act mature and older?"
"Yeah!" Rikku replied bubbly, "Is it working for me?"
"Not one bit Kiddo," Tidus just said, standing up also.
"Hey! No calling me that!" Rikku cried, "So, why didn't you guys tell me about the voices that you've been hearing? Wakka said it was from the Fayth! Is that true? What have they said?"
Yuna shot Tidus a warning look, as if to not say anything, but he didn't exactly catch it.
"Just that Yuna's gonna die, and it'll all be my fault," Tidus said, shrugging. He'd gotten quite used to shrugging the whole deal off, being that Yuna was the first to shrug it off.
"What?" Rikku gasped, "You're gonna kill Yunie?"
"That's not what he s—." Yuna tried, only to have Rikku interrupt her.
"Brother, we have a code red!" Rikku was saying into the contraption attached to the strap that hung around her neck, "It's almost worse than we thought!"
"What are you doing Rikku?" Yuna just moaned, and looked at Tidus with an annoyed look in her eyes.
"Calling for reenforcements! Tidus, away from Yunie!"
"You're crazy!" Tidus just said, taking Yuna's hand, "What are you doing anyway?"
"I'm on my way!" Brother's voice cackled from Rikku.
"This is ridiculous Rikku!" Yuna cried, "What is wrong with you?"
"Nothing," Rikku said, "But Tidus is obviously a threat to you! The Fayth told you that Tidus would lead you to your death, didn't they?"
"Uh..."
"Right? So if we keep him away from you...BINGO! No dead Yunie!"
"That's not how it'll be!" Yuna argued, and turned to Tidus, who was looking at the ground.
"Maybe she's right..." Tidus just said slowly.
"Uh! Tidus!" Yuna cried, "That's not true! That's not how it is! Why are you just going to stand back?"
"Because! It's probably the only thing they can do to...To save you..."
"But...!" Yuna put a pouting look on her face, and turned from Rikku and then back to Tidus. What was going on?
"What's wrong with either of you!" she cried, "Both of you are acting so...So..."
"Where is Yuna!" Brother's voice could be heard as he walked into the café, "Come Rikku and Yuna, let's get away from that...that..."
"Tidus?" Rikku finished for Brother.
"That disgusting figure that's in front of me!" Brother said, causing Tidus to look rather angry, "Come on Yuna!"
Rikku grabbed Yuna's right arm, while Brother took her left.
"Wait a minute!" Yuna was yelling, "Why? What is wrong with all of you?"
As Brother and Rikku dragged the unwilling Yuna into the airship, all Tidus could do was stand there. He had no idea what was up with Rikku's attitude, nor Brother's, but he knew quite well why he was acting the way he was acting.
As far as he could tell, he was the only one who could save Yuna. He knew it. Why did he just let them take her like that then?
"That's right. If she's away from you, she's out of harm's way. You're doing the right thing."
The Fayth's voice echoed over and over inside of his head, and all he could do was watch as Yuna was boarded into the airship.
Sighing, he could only watch as the ship slowly lifted off of the ground.
Brother and Rikku dragged Yuna into the ship, with her fighting the whole time, not knowing what was going on. Why hadn't Tidus stood up for himself? Why was Rikku acting like this? So many questions were filling her head, making it impossible for her to think straight.
"Let me go!" Yuna yelled, and now realized that she too was on the verge of tears. Why couldn't things have just gone smoothly?
"Okay!" Cid said then, smiling, as if trying to lighten the mood, "Isn't about time we got this tanker moving?"
"Aye-Aye Father!" Brother said, and ran to the driver's seat, as if eager to leave.
"No!" Yuna shouted, "We have to go back for Tidus! What if he disappears again or something!" Yuna began to cry, as large tears slid down her cheeks, "We can't leave!"
"Sorry Yuna," Cid said, "But you were fine without that killer anyway."
"But...But..." Yuna's lip was sticking out in a pout, and more tears were slipping down her cheeks.
Rikku was looking at Yuna with a sorry look on her face.
"I'm sorry, Yunie," she said, "But your life is more valuable, don't you think?"
"Rikku!" Yuna cried. An idea popped into her head then, and she decided to just make a run for the door. She was just about there, when Brother lifted off.
"No..." Yuna said under her breath. Not only that, but now Rikku was blocking the door.
"I'm sorry Yunie," she said, looking tearful herself, "But it's for your own good."
"No..." Yuna just thought, allowing even more tears to slide down her cheeks. Then, she got an idea, and ran into the elevator, closing the door before Rikku could catch her.
"Please hurry!" she screamed at the elevator, as it finally reached the deck. Yuna ran out, and realized that so far they weren't traveling too terribly fast, and they weren't too terribly high off the ground.
"I would rather die from this fall than be stuck without you," Yuna said, almost prayer-like, and then closed her eyes. Then, she jumped off of the ship.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter seems really...Strange and quick. I'm having a terrible, terrible time concentrating on it right now! My match tomorrow decides whether I play Varsity or not! (So, I'm just a little nervous, and having trouble staying focused!) I hope you enjoyed anyway!