Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, I already stated it at the beginning.
Notes: It may take a while for another chapter.
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"I think Tidus made the right decision in not trying to wipe away your dream, Yuna." Lulu spoke from the CommSphere on the desk.
Yuna sat in a hammock like linen chair next to a beautiful wood desk. She looked deep in thought as she glanced up from her folded hands to Lulu in the sphere.
"I know." She replied and bit back her lip.
"I'm at a loss for words as to why your dreams may have returned as well. But you say this was the only one thus far?" She asked in her calming voice. Yuna nodded. "If the dreams persist, I would take to caution, but for now, I would not dwell on it too much."
Yuna sighed and glanced towards the open door that lead out into the hall.
"What else is bothering you?" Lulu's face changed, as though she were trying to get through to the younger woman without success. "What wrong?"
Yuna hesitated, rolling her thoughts over in her head. She tried to phrase the words before she spoke them and wondered whether to push the discussion further. If she wasn't going to spill herself out to Lulu, then she wasn't going to, to anyone else. She took another breath and looked Lulu in the eyes. "I dreamed that Liya was there." Lulu's attention caught at the child's name. "She watched as they shot Lenne and Shuyin. She screamed out to them." Tears threatened her eyes. "I don't know what's going on."
Lulu glanced away from the sphere. "I'm not sure either." She said softly. "Will you keep me up to date if your dreams persist?"
Yuna nodded and Lulu gave a faint smile. They sat in silence for a few moments before Lulu shifted herself.
"So, when were you three planning on getting out here to Besaid?" Lulu asked playfully. "Bevelle can't keep you locked up forever, can it?"
Laugther escaped the high summoner then. "Tidus and I were hoping to come out to see everyone within the next week or so."
"Good, Vidina won't stop pressing me on when he'll get to see Liya again." Lulu smiled.
"Tell him soon." Yuna gave a faint laugh. "She's driving us both out of our minds locked up here at home while school is out."
"Now, don't you just over enthusiastically love motherhood?" It was Lulu's turn to stifle a giggle.
"All right missy, let me see what you've got." Came Tidus' voice from the yard behind their house. He stood ready about twenty feet from his daughter and waited. His knees were bent and he held his hands at the ready as if waiting for an attack.
She stood silently with the blue ball in her hands. The white writing had started to fade over the years, but he had refused to replace it.
Her eyes squinted against the sun as she looked out to him. Taking in a breath, she took a step back and jumped forward into the air. The ball, still held in her hands touched the ground and she flipped her body into the air then launched it at him when her feet returned to the grass.
His hands came together and the ball hit his forearms perfectly square and went straight up into the air. He bent his legs and jumped up to reach the sphere and lightly spiked it down at the small girl. She took to a ready stance and her arms went up over her head. The ball was cradled slightly in her limp hands before it was shot back up.
She turned so that her back faced Tidus and waited for timing. She jumped straight up and kicked her legs up over her head and when her foot connected with the ball, it shot towards her father with a force no six year old normally possessed. It sent air from his lungs and she touched back down to the grass with ease.
He'd jokingly thought to teach her his father's signature move when she was four, not expecting so much as an attempt, and she'd learned it alarmingly fast. He glanced up and stared at her for a few moments while his thoughts wandered. Wandered to the amazement of how agile she was, how quick and susceptive she could be to everything he had to teach her.
She stared at him for a few moments, then gave up on waiting and rushed over to the small tire swing. She stood up on the rubber tube and used her legs to make it move.
He thought about her playing blitzball, a lot. How good she could really be given the chance to really feel the game. To feel what it was like to move through the water so quickly and slam the ball into the goal. Then he thought about the way she seemed to move presently, even without water as her support. It was as if it were always around her, as if the air itself was like the watery environment a sphere could offer.
She'd gotten off the swing and approached him. He watched her progression, but his facial expression remained fixed and she moved towards him in a fluid manner.
"Daddy, are you okay?" She asked with a tilt of her head.
He smiled at her. "Yeah. I'm fine, baby." He handed her the ball. "I'm going to go and take a breather, okay?"
She smiled and nodded her head as he moved into the house. The glass door was pulled open and Tidus moved to the one of the cupboards and pulled out a glass. Turning to the sink he paused as he watched her.
Her feet moved in faint circles and tapped the earth lightly. Her eyes followed the pattern of her body's movements. Her small hands held the ball out before her and she swung it around with grace.
Without thinking, he set the glass down on the counter and moved back towards the glass door. His pulse pounded in his ears.
"Yuna…" He called softly.
Yuna turned at the faint sound of her name. Lulu smiled and the younger woman returned to the sphere. "Sounds like he needs you." She said softly. "I need to call Vidina in for the evening anyway."
"All right." Yuna said with a smile. "Guess I should go and call mine in as well."
"I'm holding you to your word, Yuna."
"I know." She stood up and the pair exchanged goodbyes as the sphere went dark. The faint light spilling into the room from the outside was pale. Pink and purple cascaded on the white walls and Yuna sighed as she moved out into the hall and down the stairs.
She entered into the kitchen to find him staring out into the backyard. A smile stole across her face as she moved up behind him. Her arms went around his waist and she breathed him in. A hand set on hers and pulled her to stand next to him.
"What is it?" She asked as she looked up at him and he motioned outside.
Liya continued with the small dance and Yuna straightened. The girl's movements became more concentrated and she crouched low for a moment as she brought the ball around to her front once more. When she pushed her legs up, Yuna's breath caught in her throat as the girl was magically raised up off of the ground and pyreflies rose from the grass.