Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or X-2.
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His eyes slowly opened, he lifted his head above the water and swam out towards land. It was, Tidus, the young man who had been a guardian to High Summoner Yuna. He looked at the woods surrounding him. 'Macalania Woods'. His thought drifted to the night when he had kissed Yuna. 'Yuna.' His thought went to the summoner. 'Yuna, I have to tell her.' He ran as fast as he could out of the dying woods, running to Bevelle.
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She stood on the deck of the Celsius, her eyes closed, breathing in the fresh air. 'Vegnagun is gone.' She began to quietly hum to herself swaying with the wind. "I know that your hiding things. Using gentle words to shelter me." 'Shuyin and Lenne are gone too. Shuyin, the closest thing I had to Tidus, is gone. But, but you weren't him.'
Paine walked out of the lift to stand beside Yuna, "We're heading out, Brother wants you to choose where we'll go."
Yuna continued to stare into the endless sky. "I dunno Paine."
Paine looked in the direction of Yuna and smiled, "You know, not everyone heard your song in the Thunder Plains, why not give them an encore in Luca?"
"But didn't blitzball season start?"
"I'm sure that they won't mind giving up the stadium for one day."
"All right."
Paine began to walk towards the lift. "Luca it is." Yuna continued to stare ahead and listened to Paine's footsteps walk away and the lift doors open and close. She smiled thinking of the night in the Macalania Woods, 'And your Zanarkand Abes would play!' She laughed silently to herself once again and headed for the lift.
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Tidus stumbled onto the highroad weak. As he walked the people whispered to each other, he didn't take notice. He came upon the doors of the great city and was stopped by two warrior monks. "H-Halt!" He looked at them with weary and exhausted eyes.
"Please let me through," the monks stood their ground, but as Tidus noticed with a certain nervousness and anxiety, "if this is about the whole breaking into Bevelle to save Yuna thing is it? Come one! We had to do something! She was going to marry Seymour!"
One of the monks gained the courage to speak to Tidus. "Your lies do not trick us Shuyin! Praetor Baralai has spoken of you!"
Tidus looked at them confused and stepped forward, "Shuyin?"
"Stay where you are or we'll shoot!" Suddenly the doors to Bevelle opened, revealing the praetor of New Yevon.
"What is going on here?! I can hear your threats being shouted from the temple!" His gaze finally fell toward Tidus. "Shuyin?" Baralai looked at him in a panic. "Monks, shoot him!"
Tidus waved his hands frantically as if to stop them, "Wait! I'm Tidus, I don't even know who Shuyin is!" The three men looked on unconvinced. "I'm one of Yuna's guardians! She can tell you!"
Baralai was the one who now looked confused but his guard was still very much there. "High Summoner Yuna has not needed a guardian since she defeated Sin with her real guardians two years ago." Baralai's cold glare went through Tidus.
Tidus' head went down as he heard this, "Two years, it's been two years...." He lifted his head back up. "Please, I don't know who you are or," he looked around, "what's happened in the past two years, but please, I just want to see Yuna."
Baralai looked at Tidus long and hard for a while before speaking. "Shuyin controlled me, and when someone controls you for awhile, you begin to get inside their mind. As far as I know, you are not Shuyin." Tidus' heart lifted, "But I'm still not sure who you are," Baralai nodded to the monks and the two walked into the city. "High Summoner Yuna is holding a concert in Luca from what I've heard. I will call the Gullwings to pick us up."
Baralai left to leave, "Wait, what do you mean concert?"
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Several hours later, the two once again were on the high bridge, this time waiting for the Celsius. Baralai had told him of the events that had happened while he had supposedly been gone. About Vegnagun, New Yevon, the Youth League, and the Machine Faction. Within a few moments of the two arriving at the end of the high bridge a loud noise of machinery was heard. Baralai motioned to Tidus, "Don't say anything until I explain to them understand?"
Tidus nodded, "Yuna's on this ship right?"
The praetor responded, "She should be, yes."
The Celsius now hovered above them, and a speaker was over heard, A young woman's voice, "Baralai! Hurry and get on board! Yuna's back in Luca getting ready for the concert!"
Tidus looked to Baralai once again and Baralai responded to the woman's voice. "All right Paine! We're coming on board!!" The two climbed onto the airship and once they were secure the ship left back for Luca.
Baralai led them towards the lift but before entering he reminded Tidus, "Remember what I said earlier, the Gullwings might take your arrival a bit," he smiled, "alarming."
They entered the lift and it whirred to the bridge. The lift's doors opened and everyone on the bridge was too busy to notice who came out of it. Tidus and Baralai stepped out of the lift and the former guardian looked around. He recognized no one, except one person who seemed vaguely familiar, but it couldn't be. Could it? It had been two years after all.
Suddenly, a yell was heard coming from the driver. "AH! SHUYIN!" Everyone's gazes were now glued to the lift with Baralai and Tidus.
Paine pulled out her sword first, "Baralai what are you doing?!"
Baralai put up his hands to try and calm her down, "Paine, let me explain that's not Shuyin."
"Like hell it isn't."
Suddenly Rikku began to run towards Tidus as Brother tried to stop her. "Rikku!"
"Tidus!" She leaped on him and gave him a hug. Everyone looked on shocked and confused including the one who was being hugged. "We wondered what happened to you after Yunie sent the aeons! Yunie's gonna be so happy to see you!!!!"
Tidus looked down at the Al Behd and looked at her curiously, "Rikku?" She nodded ecstatically. His uneasiness and curiosity soon turned into a large smiled as he hugged her back. "Rikku!"
Rikku's smile grew even larger, "It took you long enough you big dummy!" She laughed. She finally let go of him.
Tidus looked at her clothes, "You certainly look different Rikku."
Rikku she stared at him straight back, "Hey, that's not very nice." She looked at his face as if to determine something. "You know, you're not very good at hiding things." Tidus smiled. "Yunie's fine. She thinks about you a lot."
Tidus looked at his friend, "I've missed her."
Rikku looked around at everyone else on the bridge, still confused. "Why don't you go on deck for awhile? Catch your breath. We'll be in Luca in about an hour." Tidus nodded and headed back into the lift leaving Rikku and everyone staring at her. "What? We're old friends."
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Well, what do you think? You know, around Christmas my cousin got Final Fantasy X-2. She played and played. She kept saying how good Final Fantasy games are. I personally had never played a Final Fantasy game before. She suggested I buy FFX. So I did with a Best Buy gift card. I couldn't stop playing it and when I finally beat it I was all like oh no!!! So then I had an urge to go buy X-2. Too much money, so now I have to wait until March 2 when I parents give it to me for my birthday. I've just been renting and last time I played was when I just made it to the Farplane Abyss. So I haven't gotten any ending yet so if my details are kind of off just tell me, k? Alright, after that long monologue I hope I haven't discouraged you to review.
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His eyes slowly opened, he lifted his head above the water and swam out towards land. It was, Tidus, the young man who had been a guardian to High Summoner Yuna. He looked at the woods surrounding him. 'Macalania Woods'. His thought drifted to the night when he had kissed Yuna. 'Yuna.' His thought went to the summoner. 'Yuna, I have to tell her.' He ran as fast as he could out of the dying woods, running to Bevelle.
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She stood on the deck of the Celsius, her eyes closed, breathing in the fresh air. 'Vegnagun is gone.' She began to quietly hum to herself swaying with the wind. "I know that your hiding things. Using gentle words to shelter me." 'Shuyin and Lenne are gone too. Shuyin, the closest thing I had to Tidus, is gone. But, but you weren't him.'
Paine walked out of the lift to stand beside Yuna, "We're heading out, Brother wants you to choose where we'll go."
Yuna continued to stare into the endless sky. "I dunno Paine."
Paine looked in the direction of Yuna and smiled, "You know, not everyone heard your song in the Thunder Plains, why not give them an encore in Luca?"
"But didn't blitzball season start?"
"I'm sure that they won't mind giving up the stadium for one day."
"All right."
Paine began to walk towards the lift. "Luca it is." Yuna continued to stare ahead and listened to Paine's footsteps walk away and the lift doors open and close. She smiled thinking of the night in the Macalania Woods, 'And your Zanarkand Abes would play!' She laughed silently to herself once again and headed for the lift.
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Tidus stumbled onto the highroad weak. As he walked the people whispered to each other, he didn't take notice. He came upon the doors of the great city and was stopped by two warrior monks. "H-Halt!" He looked at them with weary and exhausted eyes.
"Please let me through," the monks stood their ground, but as Tidus noticed with a certain nervousness and anxiety, "if this is about the whole breaking into Bevelle to save Yuna thing is it? Come one! We had to do something! She was going to marry Seymour!"
One of the monks gained the courage to speak to Tidus. "Your lies do not trick us Shuyin! Praetor Baralai has spoken of you!"
Tidus looked at them confused and stepped forward, "Shuyin?"
"Stay where you are or we'll shoot!" Suddenly the doors to Bevelle opened, revealing the praetor of New Yevon.
"What is going on here?! I can hear your threats being shouted from the temple!" His gaze finally fell toward Tidus. "Shuyin?" Baralai looked at him in a panic. "Monks, shoot him!"
Tidus waved his hands frantically as if to stop them, "Wait! I'm Tidus, I don't even know who Shuyin is!" The three men looked on unconvinced. "I'm one of Yuna's guardians! She can tell you!"
Baralai was the one who now looked confused but his guard was still very much there. "High Summoner Yuna has not needed a guardian since she defeated Sin with her real guardians two years ago." Baralai's cold glare went through Tidus.
Tidus' head went down as he heard this, "Two years, it's been two years...." He lifted his head back up. "Please, I don't know who you are or," he looked around, "what's happened in the past two years, but please, I just want to see Yuna."
Baralai looked at Tidus long and hard for a while before speaking. "Shuyin controlled me, and when someone controls you for awhile, you begin to get inside their mind. As far as I know, you are not Shuyin." Tidus' heart lifted, "But I'm still not sure who you are," Baralai nodded to the monks and the two walked into the city. "High Summoner Yuna is holding a concert in Luca from what I've heard. I will call the Gullwings to pick us up."
Baralai left to leave, "Wait, what do you mean concert?"
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Several hours later, the two once again were on the high bridge, this time waiting for the Celsius. Baralai had told him of the events that had happened while he had supposedly been gone. About Vegnagun, New Yevon, the Youth League, and the Machine Faction. Within a few moments of the two arriving at the end of the high bridge a loud noise of machinery was heard. Baralai motioned to Tidus, "Don't say anything until I explain to them understand?"
Tidus nodded, "Yuna's on this ship right?"
The praetor responded, "She should be, yes."
The Celsius now hovered above them, and a speaker was over heard, A young woman's voice, "Baralai! Hurry and get on board! Yuna's back in Luca getting ready for the concert!"
Tidus looked to Baralai once again and Baralai responded to the woman's voice. "All right Paine! We're coming on board!!" The two climbed onto the airship and once they were secure the ship left back for Luca.
Baralai led them towards the lift but before entering he reminded Tidus, "Remember what I said earlier, the Gullwings might take your arrival a bit," he smiled, "alarming."
They entered the lift and it whirred to the bridge. The lift's doors opened and everyone on the bridge was too busy to notice who came out of it. Tidus and Baralai stepped out of the lift and the former guardian looked around. He recognized no one, except one person who seemed vaguely familiar, but it couldn't be. Could it? It had been two years after all.
Suddenly, a yell was heard coming from the driver. "AH! SHUYIN!" Everyone's gazes were now glued to the lift with Baralai and Tidus.
Paine pulled out her sword first, "Baralai what are you doing?!"
Baralai put up his hands to try and calm her down, "Paine, let me explain that's not Shuyin."
"Like hell it isn't."
Suddenly Rikku began to run towards Tidus as Brother tried to stop her. "Rikku!"
"Tidus!" She leaped on him and gave him a hug. Everyone looked on shocked and confused including the one who was being hugged. "We wondered what happened to you after Yunie sent the aeons! Yunie's gonna be so happy to see you!!!!"
Tidus looked down at the Al Behd and looked at her curiously, "Rikku?" She nodded ecstatically. His uneasiness and curiosity soon turned into a large smiled as he hugged her back. "Rikku!"
Rikku's smile grew even larger, "It took you long enough you big dummy!" She laughed. She finally let go of him.
Tidus looked at her clothes, "You certainly look different Rikku."
Rikku she stared at him straight back, "Hey, that's not very nice." She looked at his face as if to determine something. "You know, you're not very good at hiding things." Tidus smiled. "Yunie's fine. She thinks about you a lot."
Tidus looked at his friend, "I've missed her."
Rikku looked around at everyone else on the bridge, still confused. "Why don't you go on deck for awhile? Catch your breath. We'll be in Luca in about an hour." Tidus nodded and headed back into the lift leaving Rikku and everyone staring at her. "What? We're old friends."
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Well, what do you think? You know, around Christmas my cousin got Final Fantasy X-2. She played and played. She kept saying how good Final Fantasy games are. I personally had never played a Final Fantasy game before. She suggested I buy FFX. So I did with a Best Buy gift card. I couldn't stop playing it and when I finally beat it I was all like oh no!!! So then I had an urge to go buy X-2. Too much money, so now I have to wait until March 2 when I parents give it to me for my birthday. I've just been renting and last time I played was when I just made it to the Farplane Abyss. So I haven't gotten any ending yet so if my details are kind of off just tell me, k? Alright, after that long monologue I hope I haven't discouraged you to review.