Reliving the past

By: Bree-2006

AN: I made a large boo-boo! I wrote this chapter thinking it would be the last one but now thinking back I hated this ending! So…to fix it I wrote a new epilogue and made this just another chappy! Sorry to those of you that are confused.

Chapter 22

Her body, light and fragile lay securely in his arms, cradling her as he trudged haphazardly through the Farplane. They walked beside him each holding onto one another for support, Rikku and Gippal, Baralai and Paine, and then him and Yuna.

She had fainted, right after their brief conversation at the end of the battle. He picked her up, ignoring the extreme exhaustion that he was feeling. Still she was light to him, maybe it was the petite-ness of her body or the love he had for her, either way he had no intention of letting her go. She wiggled in his grasp showing him that she was awake. He quickly looked down at her and smiled slightly when she placed her cold hand on his cheek. She smiled back and nuzzling herself into his chest. Pushing away her legs fell softly onto the floor. Steadying herself she grabbed his hand for support.

"So…we going home?" He asked a slight smirk on his face.

"No I'm not tired…let's go save the world again…" she replied sarcastically. He smiled and she did the same.

"The way your life is I wouldn't be surprised if something came up." She frowned catching him a little off guard.

"This…was the last time. I'm passing the torch, moving it into Rikku's hands."

"Naw I don't want it." Yuna stopped.

"What do you mean by that? Is our little Rikku ready to settle?" The Al Bhed blushed.

"Maybe…if I found the right guy." Rikku said nudging a curtain machine faction leader who just grumbled in response. Yuna smiled and giggled girlishly, Paine surprising smiled too.

"Wow that is something I'm going to have to get used to." Yuna laughed, her eyes shimmering brightly.

"Huh?" Rikku asked questionably.

"The fact that you and Gippal are actually getting along, and the fact that Paine actually has a great smile." Rikku, staring at her cousin confusedly spoke.

"What's so weird about that?" Tidus scratched the back of his head.

"Think about it Rikku." Putting her finger to her lips she stopped walking.

"Think about what?" The group burst out in laughter. Rikku turned her head to look at Paine.

"So Dr. P any plans for the future." Paine shrugged.

"No I think I'm just going to go with the flow." Tidus looked behind him.

"What about you Baralai?" smiling to himself he looked at Paine.

"I don't know…going with the flow sounds nice."

Suddenly a bright light lit the shadows. Looking forward they saw the Farplane opening ahead, they all began smiling brighter as the cool air from the outside hit their faces. Yuna stepped out of the Farplane first followed closely behind were the others. Suddenly she got an uneasy feeling. The room grew dark, Yuna's heart began to race, and her palms grew sweaty. She clung tightly onto Tidus picturing the last time Yevon had been defeated.

"No…he wont be taken again." She cried wrapping her arms fiercely around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her in a comforting embrace, kissing the crown of her hair. Tears welled up in her eyes just making her cling tighter to his body. Looking ahead, finally Bahamut's Fayth appeared. He opened his arms wide gesturing Tidus to move away from the others. Tidus shut his eyes as Rikku gasp beside him.

"No not again." She whispered.

No I promised her…always

"NO!" he yelled forming angry fists at his side, Yuna still refusing to let him go.

"I wont go back." He shouted removing Yuna's hands from his neck.

"You brought me back, and now you want me to leave again!" He shouted his voice wavering.

"We are truly sorry, but we must rest." Yuna shook her head.

"Don't make him leave please!" she begged tears falling onto the floor below her.

"We're sorry." Yuna glared angrily.

"You were the ones that brought him here in the first place, you are the reason he's here. You brought back Yevon, you were the one's that screwed up…so then why should we be punished?" Bahamut's fayth bowed its head.

"It was a mistake." Yuna wiped the tears from her eyes.

"So was helping you…" everyone looked at her. Her eyes filled with hatred.

"If you take him…you take me too." Reaching over she quickly grabbed Tidus's sword placing the cool blade slightly over her neck.

"Yuna!" they all screamed. Tidus carefully reached for her, trying his best not to startle her.

"Please, put it down." He begged and pleaded. She mouthed the word 'no' and gripped the sword tighter.

Tidus turned his head to glare at the fayth, his eyes red with grief.

"I promised I'd stay with her always…if you make me leave, then you will make me a liar." Bahamut's Fayth stood stoically in place.

"Please…we must leave." Yuna cringed as she pressed the sword tighter to her throat, a trickle of blood flowed its way down her neck and into her shirt.

"Yuna!" Rikku screamed being held back by Gippal. Tidus fell to his knees.

"Yuna put the sword down…it isn't worth it!" she shook uncontrollably but wouldn't put the sword down.

"It is worth it…" she trailed. Tidus shook his head.

"Think of Rikku, Paine, Gippal, Baralai, Wakka, and Lulu, think of the people you would leave behind." She closed her eyes.

"No, you think of them!" she screeched. "Why aren't you fighting this, why are you trying to get me to let them take you?" She cried.

"Because…I'm not a liar." She lifted her eyes to look at him. "I said always and I meant always." Yuna looked at him strangely. He smiled.

"Sorry Yuna." He whispered as she lifted an eyebrow. He kicked under her, surprising her by catching the blade from her hands. She fell forcefully onto the floor, and Paine ran forward inspecting the wound on her neck. Yuna pushed her away and looked up at Tidus.

"NO" she screamed as he held the sword to his own neck.

"I can either kill myself now and live in Spira as an unsent…or you can keep dreaming." He smiled.

"Your choice." Suddenly the room brightened, the air cleared. Tidus looked down at the fayth.

"You would do anything to stay?"

"Yes."

"Even kill yourself?"

"Yes" The Fayth looked at the floor.

"You would live as an unsent?" he nodded.

"But you must be real before you can be an unsent…" Bahamuts Fayth began to glow.

"And?" Tidus asked the blade still across his neck.

"You are a dream…therefore you must become real." Tidus raised an eyebrow. Yuna stood up from the floor clasping her hands together in front of her. Praying silently the lone pyrefly appeared.

It grew like those times before, only faster this time. Yuna smiled tears once again returning to her eyes.

"If he's a dream why then…can he love?" everyone turned to the voice. There stood Lord Braska frowning sadly at the group.

"If he's a dream why then…can he be loved?" the long since deceased man stepped forward.

"How can you stop this un-dying love…The kind that binds two together, the kind that goes against all odds?" Tidus slowly put the sword down. Yuna ran forward grasping onto his hand tightly.

"The kind worth dying for." Braska spoke. There was a long pause as Braska tried to find the right words to say.

"Don't let it end this way…let him live a life the real way it's supposed to be lived."

"We can not." It said sadly.

"Give him my life…let him have it." Yuna shifted confusedly in her spot.

"What do you mean my life?" she asked grasping onto Tidus's hand tighter.

"I was given the chance to watch over you, the chance to watch you live your life happily ever after…but now I know that if he isn't there with you there is no happily ever after."

Bahamuts fayth rose, floating aimlessly over the ground.

"You want this so badly Lord Braska?"

"I…want my little girl happy." The Fayth nodded.

"The so be it…we shall work to make him real."

"And until then?" Braska asked.

"He remains a dream." Yuna's father smiled. Yuna jumped up and ran forward, releasing Tidus hand she ran to her father.

"He can stay?" Braska nodded. "For now..." Yuna's eyes clouded with tears as she embraced her father. Tidus walked over to them bowing respectively at Braska.

"Thank you" he spoke softly. Braska nodded.

"Take care of her, you are still her guardian." Tidus smiled.

"Yes sir."

Backing away Tidus and Yuna smiled goodbye as Lord Braska once again turned into the lone Pyrefly and soon disappeared from site.

There stood the Fayth.

"We give you his life…at Yuna's side, we shall work to make you real." Tidus nodded.

"Thank you." Bahamuts fayth nodded and too disappeared. Tidus looked over to the woman beside him.

"So what now?" Yuna smiled.

"Just like my father said…live happily ever after."

AN: Next is the epilogue hope you like!