Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or X-2.
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Tidus stood on the deck of the Celsius, breathing in the fresh air, nothing you could have found in Zanarkand. 'Yuna'. His thoughts never wandered far from her. 'Does she still care about me the way she use to?' He smiled to himself sadly. 'Probably not, it's been two years after all. Rikku says she thinks about me a lot, maybe more about just as her guardian'. She probably already has someone in her life.' "She looked for you you know, you were the reason she became a sphere hunter." Tidus turned around to see the woman from earlier.
She walked to his side, "Kimahri found a sphere on Mt. Gagazet. It had someone who looked like you on it."
"Shuyin right?" Paine gave him a skeptical look. "I've been called Shuyin more times than I can count recently."
She nodded, "Fair enough. Kimahri gave the sphere to Rikku, who in turn went to Besaid and showed it to Yuna. The minute she played the sphere, she felt somewhat compelled to go. She left Besaid the following day and was with the Gullwings ever since. The whole Vegnagun thing and Shuyin turned out to have nothing to do with you, or so it seemed." Paine gave him a questioning look.
"To be honest with you, I have no idea whatsoever how I got back. I just think that it's better not to ask." Paine nodded once again. "By the way, I'm Tidus." The two smiled.
"So I've heard," she held out her hand. "The name's Paine." Tidus shook her hand. Paine began to head back to the lift, but before she got in she slightly turned her head to say one last thing to Tidus, "By the way, she never stopped loving you,"
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A little while afterwards Tidus stepped onto the bridge and spoke with Rikku, "We're just over Luca, Yunie's getting ready for the show," Rikku had a mischievous look about her, "I have an idea on how we can reunite you two." Tidus gave her a confused look. Rikku looked out, "Yuna's going to start her show in about half an hour. Until then you can catch up with the gang, they'll be in the stands."
Tidus seemed impatient, "When do I get to see Yuna?"
"Relax, I have an idea, when Yunie finishes her song we can get you on the stage!!!!" Tidus gave her a skeptical look. "Don't worry, it'll be romantic."
"All right Rikku," the Al Behd girl, happy she got her way, smiled and skipped away. The former guardian heard someone mutter in Al Behd and turned around to see the Al Behd with the tattoos.
"Hey! I remember you, you were on the airship with Cid and everything. You told me to guard Rikku." Brother quickly covered his mouth.
"Keep it down, I don't want people thinking that I worry about my sister." By the time Brother had Tidus' mouth covered Buddy had already heard.
"Aww, isn't that adorable. Big brother Brother wants to look out for his baby sister."
Brother put his finger to his lips. "Shh!" He let go of Tidus.
"Hey! You can speak English now!" Brother nodded. Tidus noticed his sad expression. "You seem kind of glum, something wrong?"
"Nothing," he said in his broken English and climbed back into his seat. Tidus walked back to Rikku.
"What's up with him?"
Rikku giggled, "He's sad because you're back and he's in love with Yunie!!!!!"
*"RIKKU!!!! MNOD OB!!!!!"
Rikku turned around to face her brother. *"Ez, em myliyri viecuom?" She waved a finger at him. She turned around to face Tidus again. Brother grumbled and ignored her remark. "Don't worry about him, he's just jealous."
"Right."
Shinra turned around form his chair. "I just talked with Lulu, Yuna's getting ready so she won't be coming out until it's time for the concert."
Rikku gave him thumbs up. "Cool! Come on you," she grabbed Tidus' jacket, "let's go see the gang!"
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Rikku led the way through the stadium, there were too many people packed into the stadium and no one took notice of the man who looked Shuyin. Rikku led him to the box where the maesters once watched. She whispered to him to stay outside for a moment. Rikku entered the balcony as Tidus listened from behind the curtain. "Hey everybody!!!!" Tidus heard greetings exchanged between them. From what he heard, their voices belonged to Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, and Rikku. "Kimahri! What are you doing here? I thought that the Ronso elder couldn't leave the mountain?" Kimahri responded, "Other Ronso promise to take care of sacred Mt. Gagazet and told Kimahri to support Summoner Yuna. So Kimahri came to Luca." Rikku sounded absolutely delighted, "Isn't this cool guys? Pretty much everybody's here, the summoner and her guardians, well except one, but you know, the whole sending thing."
Lulu's stern voice cut off Rikku. "Rikku, what are you talking about? And what do you mean except one? You better not have mentioned this to Yuna."
"What are you talking about? Sir Auron was sent to the Farplane yah? And Tidus, well, ya know."
"I haven't completely lost my mind you know!"
"Kimahri worry about Rikku. Rikku not making sense."
Rikku put her hands on her hips. "You guys are such meanies! You don't get it do you?" The former guardians all looked at the youngest confused. "Fine! I'll show you!" She went behind the curtain but found no one there. "Tidus? Tidus where are you? This is not the time to be playing games!" She went back into the balcony, "I just saw him! He's here, I swear!"
Lulu put a hand on Rikku's shoulder. "It's alright Rikku, we all wish sometimes, but please, don't mention this to Yuna."
But Lulu's statement did not reach Rikku's ears seeing as she was too angry looking at Tidus in a corner of the balcony laughing. "YOU BIG MEANIE!!!!"
Tidus put his hands up and shrugged, "What? It was funny seeing everyone thinking you went crazy." She attempted to hit him with her daggers but he seemed to always dodge her attempts. While Rikku continued to attack Tidus everyone was in a state of shock.
"Tidus that you man?"
He dodged Rikku's latest slash and looked at Wakka, "In the flesh," he looked at his clothes and hands, "literally."
Wakka's face broke into a grin, "Really?"
"Yeah," and with that statement Wakka whacked him over the head.
"Where ya been the past two years? Huh? Yuna's been worried sick about you ya?"
Tidus put his hands up in defense, "Hey! It's not like I had much of a choice in the whole fading thing. The last thing I remember was jumping off the airship and then I woke up in Macalania. That guy, Baralai, he helped get to the airship where Rikku started helping me out."
This time Lulu spoke, "You say the praetor of New Yevon helped you?"
Tidus looked confused, "New Yevon's one of those new political groups right?" He looked at Lulu hopefully.
Unfortunately, she shook her head sadly, "Still as clueless as ever."
"Hey! It's not my fault I'm never here when something important happens!" He waved his hands wildly.
Wakka laughed, "It's too bad yah? This time, we can't blame it on Sin's toxin!"
"Hey!" Tidus looked at the blitzball player, "I thought you were on my side?"
Wakka gave him a playful punch on the shoulder and walked back over to his seat.
Rikku walked up to Lulu, finally giving up on trying to get Tidus, "Where's Vidina?"
Tidus looked around at his friends, still confused as ever, for answers. "Who's Vidina?"
Wakka walked from behind Lulu and proudly put his arm around her, "Our son yah. He was born not too long ago."
Lulu rolled her eyes at her husband, "The Aurochs are taking care of him back in Besaid, we thought that we should wait a little before bringing him to Luca."
"Ohhh," Rikku frowned, "It's too bad that Tidus couldn't meet him."
Tidus shrugged, "I will when I get back to Besaid."
Lulu tapped him on the shoulder, "Has Yuna seen you yet?"
Tidus shook his head sadly and jerked his head towards Rikku, "She's got an idea." Lulu gave the youngest of the group a questioning look.
"Don't worry," Rikku said coolly, "I've got it all under control." She looked back to Tidus. "We'll go back stage when the song is just about over." Tidus nodded showing he understood. Suddenly, the lights went out one by one and the spotlights began to shine, revealing the former high summoner standing there on the stage.
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My proofreading sucks. I'll probably replace chapter one simply because I'm annoyed at how many grammar mistakes I've made. I cower in shame. Ok, you can review now.
*- RIKKU! SHUT UP!!!!! *- Aw, is someone jealous?
Billy- Thanks a bunch for the nice review. It helps a lot!
Amara the Emerald Phoenix- Well hey, I've already talked to you!!!! But thanks for the review!!!
SPOILER- Well, I was kind of, um, surprised (?) when I read your review. Um, yeah, thankfully I'm the kind of person who can be pretty much told everything but I personally like to see it for myself. Did you also know you used no punctuation whatsoever? I'm just kidding.
Drace- Fair enough, you usually can't get a feel for the story when you've only read one chapter.
Falcone- Thanks for the early birthday greeting and your review. And
thanks for the tip about
Vegnagun. I also did try putting a bit more detail than last time.
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Tidus stood on the deck of the Celsius, breathing in the fresh air, nothing you could have found in Zanarkand. 'Yuna'. His thoughts never wandered far from her. 'Does she still care about me the way she use to?' He smiled to himself sadly. 'Probably not, it's been two years after all. Rikku says she thinks about me a lot, maybe more about just as her guardian'. She probably already has someone in her life.' "She looked for you you know, you were the reason she became a sphere hunter." Tidus turned around to see the woman from earlier.
She walked to his side, "Kimahri found a sphere on Mt. Gagazet. It had someone who looked like you on it."
"Shuyin right?" Paine gave him a skeptical look. "I've been called Shuyin more times than I can count recently."
She nodded, "Fair enough. Kimahri gave the sphere to Rikku, who in turn went to Besaid and showed it to Yuna. The minute she played the sphere, she felt somewhat compelled to go. She left Besaid the following day and was with the Gullwings ever since. The whole Vegnagun thing and Shuyin turned out to have nothing to do with you, or so it seemed." Paine gave him a questioning look.
"To be honest with you, I have no idea whatsoever how I got back. I just think that it's better not to ask." Paine nodded once again. "By the way, I'm Tidus." The two smiled.
"So I've heard," she held out her hand. "The name's Paine." Tidus shook her hand. Paine began to head back to the lift, but before she got in she slightly turned her head to say one last thing to Tidus, "By the way, she never stopped loving you,"
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A little while afterwards Tidus stepped onto the bridge and spoke with Rikku, "We're just over Luca, Yunie's getting ready for the show," Rikku had a mischievous look about her, "I have an idea on how we can reunite you two." Tidus gave her a confused look. Rikku looked out, "Yuna's going to start her show in about half an hour. Until then you can catch up with the gang, they'll be in the stands."
Tidus seemed impatient, "When do I get to see Yuna?"
"Relax, I have an idea, when Yunie finishes her song we can get you on the stage!!!!" Tidus gave her a skeptical look. "Don't worry, it'll be romantic."
"All right Rikku," the Al Behd girl, happy she got her way, smiled and skipped away. The former guardian heard someone mutter in Al Behd and turned around to see the Al Behd with the tattoos.
"Hey! I remember you, you were on the airship with Cid and everything. You told me to guard Rikku." Brother quickly covered his mouth.
"Keep it down, I don't want people thinking that I worry about my sister." By the time Brother had Tidus' mouth covered Buddy had already heard.
"Aww, isn't that adorable. Big brother Brother wants to look out for his baby sister."
Brother put his finger to his lips. "Shh!" He let go of Tidus.
"Hey! You can speak English now!" Brother nodded. Tidus noticed his sad expression. "You seem kind of glum, something wrong?"
"Nothing," he said in his broken English and climbed back into his seat. Tidus walked back to Rikku.
"What's up with him?"
Rikku giggled, "He's sad because you're back and he's in love with Yunie!!!!!"
*"RIKKU!!!! MNOD OB!!!!!"
Rikku turned around to face her brother. *"Ez, em myliyri viecuom?" She waved a finger at him. She turned around to face Tidus again. Brother grumbled and ignored her remark. "Don't worry about him, he's just jealous."
"Right."
Shinra turned around form his chair. "I just talked with Lulu, Yuna's getting ready so she won't be coming out until it's time for the concert."
Rikku gave him thumbs up. "Cool! Come on you," she grabbed Tidus' jacket, "let's go see the gang!"
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Rikku led the way through the stadium, there were too many people packed into the stadium and no one took notice of the man who looked Shuyin. Rikku led him to the box where the maesters once watched. She whispered to him to stay outside for a moment. Rikku entered the balcony as Tidus listened from behind the curtain. "Hey everybody!!!!" Tidus heard greetings exchanged between them. From what he heard, their voices belonged to Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, and Rikku. "Kimahri! What are you doing here? I thought that the Ronso elder couldn't leave the mountain?" Kimahri responded, "Other Ronso promise to take care of sacred Mt. Gagazet and told Kimahri to support Summoner Yuna. So Kimahri came to Luca." Rikku sounded absolutely delighted, "Isn't this cool guys? Pretty much everybody's here, the summoner and her guardians, well except one, but you know, the whole sending thing."
Lulu's stern voice cut off Rikku. "Rikku, what are you talking about? And what do you mean except one? You better not have mentioned this to Yuna."
"What are you talking about? Sir Auron was sent to the Farplane yah? And Tidus, well, ya know."
"I haven't completely lost my mind you know!"
"Kimahri worry about Rikku. Rikku not making sense."
Rikku put her hands on her hips. "You guys are such meanies! You don't get it do you?" The former guardians all looked at the youngest confused. "Fine! I'll show you!" She went behind the curtain but found no one there. "Tidus? Tidus where are you? This is not the time to be playing games!" She went back into the balcony, "I just saw him! He's here, I swear!"
Lulu put a hand on Rikku's shoulder. "It's alright Rikku, we all wish sometimes, but please, don't mention this to Yuna."
But Lulu's statement did not reach Rikku's ears seeing as she was too angry looking at Tidus in a corner of the balcony laughing. "YOU BIG MEANIE!!!!"
Tidus put his hands up and shrugged, "What? It was funny seeing everyone thinking you went crazy." She attempted to hit him with her daggers but he seemed to always dodge her attempts. While Rikku continued to attack Tidus everyone was in a state of shock.
"Tidus that you man?"
He dodged Rikku's latest slash and looked at Wakka, "In the flesh," he looked at his clothes and hands, "literally."
Wakka's face broke into a grin, "Really?"
"Yeah," and with that statement Wakka whacked him over the head.
"Where ya been the past two years? Huh? Yuna's been worried sick about you ya?"
Tidus put his hands up in defense, "Hey! It's not like I had much of a choice in the whole fading thing. The last thing I remember was jumping off the airship and then I woke up in Macalania. That guy, Baralai, he helped get to the airship where Rikku started helping me out."
This time Lulu spoke, "You say the praetor of New Yevon helped you?"
Tidus looked confused, "New Yevon's one of those new political groups right?" He looked at Lulu hopefully.
Unfortunately, she shook her head sadly, "Still as clueless as ever."
"Hey! It's not my fault I'm never here when something important happens!" He waved his hands wildly.
Wakka laughed, "It's too bad yah? This time, we can't blame it on Sin's toxin!"
"Hey!" Tidus looked at the blitzball player, "I thought you were on my side?"
Wakka gave him a playful punch on the shoulder and walked back over to his seat.
Rikku walked up to Lulu, finally giving up on trying to get Tidus, "Where's Vidina?"
Tidus looked around at his friends, still confused as ever, for answers. "Who's Vidina?"
Wakka walked from behind Lulu and proudly put his arm around her, "Our son yah. He was born not too long ago."
Lulu rolled her eyes at her husband, "The Aurochs are taking care of him back in Besaid, we thought that we should wait a little before bringing him to Luca."
"Ohhh," Rikku frowned, "It's too bad that Tidus couldn't meet him."
Tidus shrugged, "I will when I get back to Besaid."
Lulu tapped him on the shoulder, "Has Yuna seen you yet?"
Tidus shook his head sadly and jerked his head towards Rikku, "She's got an idea." Lulu gave the youngest of the group a questioning look.
"Don't worry," Rikku said coolly, "I've got it all under control." She looked back to Tidus. "We'll go back stage when the song is just about over." Tidus nodded showing he understood. Suddenly, the lights went out one by one and the spotlights began to shine, revealing the former high summoner standing there on the stage.
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My proofreading sucks. I'll probably replace chapter one simply because I'm annoyed at how many grammar mistakes I've made. I cower in shame. Ok, you can review now.
*- RIKKU! SHUT UP!!!!! *- Aw, is someone jealous?
Billy- Thanks a bunch for the nice review. It helps a lot!
Amara the Emerald Phoenix- Well hey, I've already talked to you!!!! But thanks for the review!!!
SPOILER- Well, I was kind of, um, surprised (?) when I read your review. Um, yeah, thankfully I'm the kind of person who can be pretty much told everything but I personally like to see it for myself. Did you also know you used no punctuation whatsoever? I'm just kidding.
Drace- Fair enough, you usually can't get a feel for the story when you've only read one chapter.
Falcone- Thanks for the early birthday greeting and your review. And
thanks for the tip about
Vegnagun. I also did try putting a bit more detail than last time.