A/N: Yay! Finals are over! Woah. Okay. So, let's hope I passed history and science, no? Blah. -shakes a fist at evil teachers- anyway.... I apologize for the long wait for you -er- faithful readers... (?) but you know with finals and all that I couldn't update, unfortunately. Anyway, onward to the next chappie!!

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Chapter Five - Spells and Sphere Grids

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((Yuna's POV))

"Yunie? We're going to board the airship now, you're still coming, right?"

I was sitting on my bed playing around with one of my sphere grids, changing dress spheres one after another for something to get my mind off of what happened to Tidus.

"Yunie? Come on, Brother's getting antsy." my cousin poked her head through the flap of the hut I shared with Wakka and Lulu since I was a child.

Berserker. Gunner. Black mage. Trainer. Mascot. Songstress.

Rikku came and grabbed the sphere grid out of my hand. "Yunie, what are you doing?"

"N-nothing..." I replied. I reached for the sphere grid but Rikku kept it out of my reach. "Rikku, please give me my sphere grid, I want to change back then I'll come on the ship."

"Fine," Rikku sighed as she handed me back my sphere grid. "Be quick or Brother will leave without you... no, he'd only leave without me!" She dashed out the door.

Sighing, I changed into my black mage dressphere. So what if people were going to look at me funnily, as it was not my usual outfit. It fit my mood for the moment. Besides, if I wanted to, I could convince anyone I wanted to to leave me alone by a simple spell.

I lifted the flap of the hut that served as a door and stepped out into the blinding sunlight.

"Yunie! What are you wearing!!" Rikku yelled from the airship deck. Paine stood beside her, grinning, which was a rare sight.

I walked over to the airship and created a set of stairs out of ice. I loved this dressphere. Walking up to the airship deck, I was greeted by the confused look of Rikku. Oh well, let her be confused. It's not like she didn't dress in clothes other than her thief outfit once in a while.

"Brother, we're ready!" I shouted into the intercom hidden in the Gullwings symbol at the front of the airship. I was ready. I was going to find Tidus.

"Rogggggggerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!" Brother shouted back, catching the attention of a few Besaidians. Brother always liked making a big deal about driving the airship, it made him feel special or something, I guess.

"Lady Yuna! Lady Yuna!!" A group of small children, about six to eight years old were shouting up at the airship deck as the ship was starting to take off. It had become tradition that whenever I left Besaid on the airship I would do something special with my magic. Raising my arms into the air beside me, I called on the most powerful water spell I could manage. Flicking my wrists, I sent water droplets cascading down onto Besaid village. The spell was strong enough that the rain would probably stay long enough to give Besaid village enough much-needed moisture. I could hear everybody cheer faintly, but only faintly, because right then, I fell over into Paine, and blacked out.

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"Yuna! Yuna! Where am I? I don't know where I am... help me, Yuna!"

"TIDUS!" I jerked awake and sat bolt upright on the bed I had been placed on. I looked frantically around the room, but only saw the stoic gaze of Paine, sitting on the bed beside me.

Paine got up and came and sat beside me. "Yuna, it's okay," Paine said as she rubbed my back in a circular motion. "We'll find him. It was just a dream."

"N-no it wasn't," I said through my stuttered sobs. "It wasn't just a dream, he was calling to me, I know it."

"Calling to you or not, we can't do anything until we get to Bevelle and ask the Fayth if they had anything to do with this."

"The Fayth?" I was confused. "They're all gone, We fought them all, remember?" I looked at Paine, her scarlet eyes had a hint of laughter in them. Only a hint.

"Actually, Shinra found out that the little boy Fayth whose Aeon is Bahamut has been spotted at Bevelle temple. Rikku and I decided while you were blacked out that we should start there, maybe he knows something that can help us find Tidus."

I sighed. I didn't want to ask the Aeons for any more help, they had helped me enough as it was. "Okay." I stared at the floor as I played with Tidus' necklace.

"Did Tidus give you that?" Paine pointed at the necklace clutched in my fist.

"Yes." I replied. "Right before he disappeared."

"Right before he disappeared?" Paine said. "Hmm..."

"Hmm what?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing" Paine sighed. "Just thinking, that's all."

"Oh." I said, disappointed. I had thought she was onto something.

"Y'know," Paine said. "You really need to learn how to control the amount of energy you put into your magic. That's the third time you've blacked out while we left Besaid."

I hated to admit it, but Paine was right. Maybe this time my emotions had just taken over when I cast the waterga spell as we left. It's not like it was my fault! I didn't plan on Tidus disappearing again, especially after only a few days with him.

We're almost at Bevelle, Buddy announced over the intercom. Yuna, you up?

"Yes." I replied.

Good. We'll be there in about three minutes so get ready to confront some Aeon!

Sighing, I changed back into my Gunner dressphere and pocketed my sphere grid. "Let's go to the deck," I said to Paine.

"Roger, Capitan!" Paine joked. She was starting to change a little, I noticed, she was smiling a bit more often, and had more of an outward sense of humor.

When we arrived on the deck, I saw Rikku standing at the front of the ship, her arms spread wide on either side of her. Paine motioned for me to be quiet and she started stealthily sneaking up on Rikku from behind. I followed behind Paine quietly.

As we got closer to Rikku, we could hear her humming the Gullwings song that Shinra made up sometime during our journey to save Spira again.

"NEGGI NEGGI NEGGI!!!" Paine shouted, using Rikku's Al Bhed name as she grabbed her arms.

"RUMO CRED PAINE!" Rikku yelled, cussing in Al Bhed. "You nearly made me fall off the airship!!" Rikku whined.

"Did not!!"

"Did too!!"

"Did not!!"

"Did too!!"

"Minus three respect points, Rikku!" Paine said as she blew a raspberry in her direction.

"No faaaaaaair!" Rikku whined. "You're the one that scared meeeeee!"

Girls, let's settle down, Buddy advised through the intercom. We're landing in Bevelle now, please don't make the Gullwings look like a group of Kinderguardians, okay?

As the airship touched down, I saw in disbelief that the Bevelle Temple was engulfed in flames.

A/N: Well, how was it? Hopefully it was worth the wait! Reviews are always welcome, because guess what? They make me feel gushy and make me want to write more! -nods-. Next chappie should be up soon, hopefully... cause this chapter I really struggled through in finding ideas about what to write. Hopefully the next chapter will be easier for me...