This chapter is TOTALLY short. It's the shortest one by far that I've written, but I really wanted to end it where I ended it. Don't worry, it's not quite over yet...Although things aren't looking too good at the end of this chapter! I should be able to sum up this story for the most part over the weekend, being that I don't have tennis! (By the way, my partner and me won our first match on varsity, and even got our names in the paper! How cool is that????) Okay, being that this chapter was so short, I think I'll give you guys a preview of the stories I'm thinking of writing at the end of this chapter! Sound good? If you don't care, just don't read them! Chapter 13 is here, read and enjoy! (By the way, if it's confusing, just know that it'll all be cleared up later on!)

Chapter 13: Backfired

"Now it's too late," Tidus repeated slowly, still looking into Yuna's shocked eyes, "Oh yeah! Just try!" He shouted the last words at nothing, as if the Fayth could hear him.

"It's okay, I'm not worried about it," Yuna said, although Tidus could tell that she was.

"Well you shouldn't be," Tidus said, taking a deep breath, "Because everything will be just fine."

Yuna nodded, but Tidus could tell she wasn't completely convinced.

"It's not myself I'm worried about..." Yuna just said slowly.

"But me, right?" Tidus finished for her, shaking his head, "Don't worry about me either! I told you everything will be fine, and it will! Okay? So no more worries!"

"That's so easy for you to say," Yuna said with a sigh, but she smiled anyway, "How long do you think Rikku searched for us?"

"Being that it's only for you," Tidus said, crossing his arms, "I would guess not very long."

"Uh!" Yuna cried, and picked up a pillow and flung it at him, "That's not very nice, you know!"

"I know, I know," Tidus just said, throwing the pillow back at her, "I'm a mean guy, what can I say?"

"You're evil, vile, and..."

"Whoa, aren't you just a little harsh?" Tidus asked.

"Maybe just a little," Yuna said, flashing him a cheeky smile.

"Huh, yeah, try like a lot," Tidus just said, and put his arm around her waist, "Ready to head out?"

"Yeah," Yuna said softly, "I am."

"Okay," Tidus said, and took her hand, "Let's go."

"You two are both dead now!" the two turned around to face an unruly looking Rikku, "I've spent all night looking for you two! Yunie, are you okay?"

"I'm fine Rikku," Yuna said, narrowing her eyes angrily at her cousin, "We were heading back to Luca now."

"Good," Rikku said slowly, "But Yunie, you aren't mad at me for trying to separate you two yesterday, are you?"

"Of course I am!" Yuna said, "How can you expect me not to be!"

"But it wasn't my fault!" Rikku cried, running over to the two, "It seriously wasn't! This weird voice thing kept on tellin' me to keep you two separated. I was only doing what it said...I'm really sorry."

"Wait a minute, a voice? Was it kind of like a little boy's voice?" Tidus asked, looking thoughtful, "You know, like the Fayth's?"

"No," Rikku said, looking at them strangely, "It was a female voice."

"A female?" Yuna asked, looking over at Tidus.

"Yeah, a female," Rikku said, nodding.

"But—." Yuna couldn't finish, as suddenly everything went black all around them. She clenched Tidus' arm, and he was looking around, looking quite shocked. Rikku was spinning in circles, yelling, "Hey! What's going on!"

There was a strange laughter, and suddenly everything was black, except for the fact that everybody was giving off light, making it easy to see each other.

Suddenly, Yuna, who was still clenching Tidus was hit by something from behind and flew onto her stomach.

"Yuna!" both Rikku and Tidus yelled at the same time, and Tidus ran over to Yuna and helped her up.

"Are you okay?" Tidus asked her.

"Yeah," came Yuna's reply in a small voice, "What was that–?"

Suddenly Yuna let out a yelp as something hit her again, knocking her out of Tidus' arms.

"Hey! Leave Yunie alone!" Rikku cried, as both Tidus and she ran over to the sprawled out girl, helping her up.

"Yuna's death...Yuna's death...Yuna's death..." was echoing all around them, as Yuna breathed heavily in between Tidus and Yuna, looking quite alarmed.

Suddenly Rikku was struck hard, knocking her far from Yuna, with Tidus getting struck by the unknown attacker. Then, Yuna took a huge blow to her head, and Tidus knew it knocked her unconscious.

"What do you want her dead for!" Tidus screamed, as he ran over to Yuna again, wrapping his arms protectively around her seemingly lifeless body. Rikku had run up to Tidus, and was kneeling by her cousin protectively also.

"Yeah! Show yourself, you big meanie!" Rikku cried.

"Is that really what you want?" a new voice said, a voice that was unfamiliar to Tidus. At first...

"That voice..." Tidus trailed, and then angrily thrust Yuna into Rikku's arms as he unleashed his sword, "What do you want, ZED?"

"Zed?" Rikku asked, looking confused.

"It's over! I know it's you!" Tidus screamed, "What do you want with Yuna?"

"Nothing, it's really you we want."

Tidus turned behind him, and saw his oldest and best friend standing there casually, his hands thrust into his pockets.

"You didn't pass our test," Zed said, looking expressionless at Tidus, "So now Yuna will be the one to pay the price."

"What test?" Tidus demanded, still holding his sword threateningly.

"We did everything in our power to separate you two," Zed said, shaking his head sadly, "But it was pretty impossible. Until now."

At his words, a blow struck Rikku in the back, also affecting Yuna.

"Stop it Zed!" Tidus cried, "What are you doing this for?"

"You are so clueless," Zed said, still shaking his head, and Tidus heard Rikku yelp as yet another blow struck her.

"Leave them alone!" Tidus shouted, and ran full speed at his old friend, his sword aimed for Zed's chest. However, Tidus merely ran right through Zed, and sprawled out on the ground, and then saw Zed across the room from him, an evil smile on his face.

"Argh!" Tidus just cried, running again after Zed, only to go straight through him yet again.

Tidus was now breathing heavily. He had no idea what was going on, what Zed was doing, or even really how Zed was connected to anything. How had he gotten to Spira in the first place? And why was he trying so hard to kill Yuna?

Zed was laughing, and Tidus looked over at Yuna, who was stirring, and was looking at Rikku with a confused look on her face.

"Yunie!" Rikku cried, "Stay close to me!"

"What's going on?" Yuna asked, and Tidus could tell she was quite all with it.

Suddenly, right before Tidus' eyes, Zed began to have an almost eerie white glow around him, and to Tidus' uttermost alarm, turned into the fiend that Yuna and he had come across in the Thunder Plains.

"She'll be easy to finish now!" Zed said in a raspy voice. His eyes turned the same white glow that his body had turned, and Tidus knew that he was conjuring his most powerful spell.

"Watch out!" Tidus cried to Rikku and Yuna, as he grabbed his sword and began to run over to them.

The spell went everywhere, but was mainly directed at one person: Yuna.

It his her once, causing her to black out again. Without as much as at thought, Tidus threw himself on top of her, taking in every single blow the spell offered.

Terrible pain soothed its way into Tidus' body, and all Tidus could do was stare at Yuna's closed eyes, taking the blows.

Rikku watched from the side in horror, not knowing what to do. She knew she had to do something, but she had no idea what it was she was going to do.

Tidus' arms were beginning to tremble, and he could basically feel his life slip out from him. Zed continued glowing whiter and whiter, hitting Tidus with all he had, apparently unaware that he was hitting Tidus, and completely missing Yuna.

Suddenly, the Mi'ihen road began to come into view, as did the lightness of the day. The fiend slowly disappeared in the light, and everything was then back to normal.

Except for Tidus and Yuna. Tidus took one more breath, and then without truly meaning to, fell on top of Yuna, his body no longer having any strength left in it.

Rikku ran over to them. They almost looked peaceful. Except for the fact that there was one difference. Yuna's chest rose even underneath Tidus' chest, but as for Tidus'.

Rikku felt a tear slip down her cheeks. Yuna would come back any second. As for Tidus...He was gone.

A/N: Okay, since I know you are all dying of hearing about my new stories, I'll have a preview right here! I'll just put in some summaries and stuff. Okies? Here we go!

First off, I'm going to try to finish my story: "The Truth of Brotherhood", my first fanfic, but no promises there. So far I think I'm like six or so chapters into it, and I have some pretty big plans for it and all, but I just haven't felt like writing it. For a preview for that, it's somewhere in the Final Fantasy 10 section, or just go to my bio.

I decided to try my luck at a Final Fantasy X highschool fiction! So far I'm a chapter or two into it, but don't want to put it up yet. It starts out with Yuna, seventeen, whose father finally allowed her to take her driving test. While almost finished with her test, she is on the road with her instructor and slams into a car. Her instructor fails her, and the young man she ran into is a jerk to her, and tells her not to report it, and then drives off. (By the way, go ahead and take a guess on who the certain "young man" was!) Her father, not wanting to accept the fact that his daughter failed at something won't allow her to retake the test until much, much later. Then, when invited by her boyfriend to see a Blitzball game, lays eyes upon that young man who had crashed into and caused her to fail her test! A lot more will happen, but I haven't really thought that much in advance on this story, although I know how it'll end! By the way, this story is untitled so far.

Rikku just so happens to be my favorite character and so far I haven't done a lot of fictions with her in them, so I decided to start my own Rikku story! And no, it's not going to be one of those: Rikku wants love, finds Gippal! Stories either! It'll be about Rikku, and how she lands upon Spira's greatest mission without even realizing it. There'll be tons of mystery and suspense, mixed with some action and romance, and of course, lot's of Rikku! By the way, I think so far the title will be "It All Began When I Defied My Father".

I have a few ideas for some other stories, but I haven't really thought of anything serious yet. There is one story I wrote a long time ago that I might post, but I'll have to fix some things in it. This story takes place after the perfect ending, and is kind of a lot like some of my other stories, mainly being that I took a lot out of it and put it in my "Journey to Remembrance"! So far it seems as if someone is after Tidus for some unknown reasons, and Yuna is incredibly suspicious of Brother. Is there something more to it though? This story may even have a sequel to it, if I decide to ever post it. (By the way, this story has a lot of fluff in it...I'm not very good at writing fluff!)

Well, that's all I have so far! I might try like this one-shot that I have in mind. 'Haven't quite decided yet...

Well, I went to the oral surgeon today and had to get surgery done on my mouth! So I'm like totally out of it due to the laughing gas! (I guess that'll explain if this chapter was a little...strange...!) Anyway, I hope you enjoy! By the way, again, I am terribly, terribly sorry for the short chapters and cliffys! (The cliffs are just to hook you, know what I mean? I know they're mean! I'm sorry!)