Last Chapter
"Just hang on a little longer..!" Yuna told him.
By this time, Sin was fully regenerated and struck again, using some of its powerful magic, hitting the bottom of the cliff, causing Yuna to let go of Tidus.
"Tidus! NO!!" She yelled in fear watching him fall into the clouded mist caused by Sin. Tears began to fall down her face.
Chapter 4
Lulu quickly ran up to Yuna who was leaning over the cliff, her hand stretched out downwards towards the water and Sin where moments ago Tidus fell but unable to reach.
"Yuna, we must go now. Seymour will handle the rest." Lulu said, helping her to her feet.
"..but...Tidus..." Yuna trailed off sadly.
"We can't do anything about him now. Come, its too dangerous here. Me must go to safer ground." Lulu told her. She then helped Yuna and headed down the cliff with the others.
Two hours later, Sin had finally left and the chaos was over, well most of it at least. Now that Sin left, people were rushing all over the place, helping the hurt and wounded people.
Luckily for Yuna, all her guardians were with her, all except Auron and Tidus. Yuna still thought of him as a guardian although he wasn't one yet. Auron had disappeared after the collision, and Tidus, well, Wakka and Lulu mostly thought that he didn't survive from the drop and was dead.
They all stood on the beach widely looking for Yuna's missing friends.
"They'll be searching for survivors in the morning. Until then I suggest we rest." Wakka told everyone.
"No. We can't leave without them. I won't leave without them. What if they were hurt?" Yuna said.
"The sun is setting and it will be dark soon. Do you really think that we'll find them, if they are still alive, that is." Lulu said coldly.
"How can you say that Lulu?" Yuna asked sadly.
"Auron is old enough to take care of himself. I know that he's fine. As for Tidus, its not likely he survived from that fall into the water from the cliff." Lulu replied.
Yuna almost broke into tears. "Fine! Think what you want but I'm going to look for them!" Yuna shouted at Lulu then ran away, disappearing into the darkness of the beach.
"Yuna!! Wait!" Lulu called but failed to get her attention. No one followed her. They all knew it would be pointless to search for them in darkness.
As for Yuna, she searched and searched and was determined to do so until she found someone. She mostly thought of finding Tidus cause she knew, as what Lulu told her, Auron was old enough to take care of himself.
"Tidus!!" She continued to shout out, hoping for a reply.
But she could only hear silence.
Yuna began to walk some more, "TIDUS!!!" Yuna continued to shout, until finally,
"...Yuna...." Tidus forced out.
Yuna rushed to the direction of his voice and found him, laying in the sand, wounded.
"Tidus..are you okay?" She asked as she kneed down beside him. Tidus slowly sat up and leaned against a broken machine.
Yuna looked down at the side of his stomach and noticed he was bleeding intensively.
Tidus shivered a bit, his hand over his wound to stop the bleeding. "I can't..feel..much..but the bleeding...it won't stop." Tidus forced out.
Yuna found a ripped cloth lying on the beach and carefully wrapped it around Tidus' wound. "You're going to be okay. You have to be okay." Yuna said as she began to cry.
Tidus smiled, placing his hand on her cheek, slowly wiping the tears away from her face. "Thanks Yuna. I'll try and stay awake as best I can until I fall asleep. You should get some rest." He told her.
Yuna sat down beside him. "I'll stay awake until you fall asleep. I want to make sure nothing happens to you." Yuna replied.
Tidus smiled then rested his head on the metal object he rested up against and slowly closed his eyes, falling asleep.
Meanwhile back with Auron, after he had woken up from the run-in with Sin, he found himself in a house, lying in a bed.
Auron looked around. "Where the hell am I?" He asked himself.
By this time a young girl entered the room. "Hey! Your finally awake!" She said.
Auron looked at her awkwardly. "Yeah..where am I?" He asked.
"Oh yeah, well you see, I'm Sarah. I found you on the beach unconscious and took you in until you work up." She replied.
"Oh, well thank you." Auron thanked.
"No prob! I always like to take care of cute guys-I uh, mean, I like to help people when they're in need." Sarah said.
Auron stood up from the bed and began to head towards the front door.
"Hey!!! You're leaving already? We just met!" Sarah freaked.
"Forgive me but I must leave. I am an important guardian and must get back to my duties. Thank you for your care." Auron explained to her.
Ah, you're on a pilgrimage! Coolie! Can I come too? I can help out! Please!?" Sarah begged.
"Don't be ridicules. It's way too dangerous."
Sarah looked depressed from his words. "Well...will I ever see you again?" She asked.
"You never know. Well then, goodbye?" Auron said looking at her then turning around and leaving the house.
"Ah! What a man! The way he looked and talked at me..so...DREAMY!" Sarah said to herself. She then rushed around her little cabin and packed her things and ran out the door.
As morning approached, Yuna woke up to find Tidus still peacefully sleeping. She checked his wound which seemed to be doing okay but was still bleeding a bit.
She then stood up, brushed herself off and looked around. The beach was a complete mess and was no sign of anyone in sight. Yuna hoped that the others would soon find her so that they could get Tidus to the next temple to be treated.
Yuna looked back at Tidus who gave out a small yawn as he woke up.
"Hey sleepyhead! Looks like your okay!" Yuna said with a smile.
Tidus laughed. "I guess so but I sill can move or I'll reopen my wound." Tidus replied.
"We'll have to wait until the others find us. There is still no sight of them-"
"HEY!!!" Wakka shouted, distracting Yuna from finishing her sentence.
Yuna turned around and saw Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri and Rikku running towards them. Yuna smiled cheerfully to see them once again.
Rikku quickly ran passed everyone and sat down beside Tidus. "Are you okay? Man, you're really hurt!! Stupid Sin! He'll pay for what he did yesterday!!" Rikku said.
Tidus smiled. "Don't worry. Sin will pay cause were gonna defeat it!" Tidus said.
"Let's get you to the nearest temple." Wakka said helping Tidus up very carefully. Kimahri picked him up and began to carry him.
"Next is the Djose Temple." Lulu said smilply and began to walk.
Hours later they reached the temple and Tidus was taken into a room to be treated while Yuna went off to the Cloister of Trials to obtain her next Aeon.
Once Tidus was fully healed, he was released and approached Wakka.
"Hey Wakka, is Yuna done in the Cloister of Trial thing?" Tidus asked.
"No, we probably won't leave until tomorrow morning. Then we'll be heading off to Moonflow." Wakka replied.
"Cool. So, um, what does Yuna do in the Trials anyways?" Tidus asked.
"Yuna prays with all her soul and might to be accepted by the aeon. If her prayer is heard, the aeon joins her, making one step closer to obtain the Final Aeon, which is used to defeat Sin. She won't give up until the end." Wakka explained.
"The..end?" Tidus questioned.
"Uh, you'll find out soon enough. Anyways, I have something to tell you." Wakka said.
"What is it?" Tidus asked.
"You are now an official guardian of Yuna's. Congrats, ya?" Wakka told him.
"I'm, I'm a guardian?" Tidus asked in surprise and joy at the same time.
"Yep!! Now that you're a guardian there are a few things I gotta tell you. First of all, you have the right to know everything that is involved with the pilgrimage, in which we will tell you later. Also, it seems that you're controlling your feelings for Yuna, which is good. On a pilgrimage like this, she needs a close friend to be there for her no matter what. It seems she choose you." Wakka explained.
Tidus smiled.
By the time they finished their conversation, Yuna had returned from the Cloister of Trials and Kimahri helped her to her room to rest for the night.
"I guess she only needs two more aeons now." Tidus told Wakka.
"Yep. Looks like we'll be facing Sin soon, eh? It will be a tough battle but if we work together we might actually pull it off, ya? Try not to think of it mush for now. Time for us to get some rest." Wakka replied then headed off to bed. Lulu soon followed afterwards.
"Hey Rikku, shouldn't you be going to bed too?" Tidus asked as he approached her.
"I will. I'm not that tired right now. So tell me what's on your mind Tidus, you looked troubled." Rikku replied.
"I don't know. It just this..Sin. All this began when I was sucked into it back in Zanarkand. I thought I could go back if I was close enough to Sin again like yesterday but that didn't work. Now I'm starting to think that I'll never return home." Tidus told her.
"So that gives you an excuse not to leave! And besides, I won't let you. Since you're a guardian you have to stay until we defeat Sin and then some. We need your help with the pilgrimage." Rikku said.
"I guess but..this..isn't my world. I don't belong here. Although I want to stay, I can't." Tidus told her. Even though he was happy in Spira with all his new friends, he missed his home. He missed Zanarkand and Blitzball. Tidus only wished her could return but there was only one thing holding him back.
Rikku looked at him suspiciously. "There is something else, isn't there?" Rikku asked.
Tidus looked away. "Its..Yuna." Tidus told her.
"Yunie? What does she have to do with it-wait a minute, I know. YOU LIKE HER!!" Rikku shouted.
"I think I'm in love with her. Its just that, the more I'm with her, talking, laughing, smiling, the worse it is. Wakka told me that it's forbidden for summoners to fall in love, but even so, I can't stop thinking about her." Tidus confessed.
"Forbidden, eh? Tell ya what. It's not forbidden for them to fall in love." Rikku told him.
Tidus turned to her. "What!? But Wakka said-"
"Wakka is trying to protect Yuna. Its not forbidden, I can tell you that much. He just doesn't want to see her get hurt."
"Hurt?" Tidus questioned.
"Its hard to explain. Wakka will tell you soon." Rikku said.
"Spira is so complicated. Maybe it will be better if I leave. If I do, Yuna can concentrate better on her duties to defeat Sin. I'm just in the way." Tidus told her.
"Your not in the way, Tidus. Yuna can't summon the Final Aeon on her own. She needs us all to help her. She needs you too. You may think you're not a big help but you are. Wakka is right. For Yuna being in a relationship might make her happy, but in the end, I know she won't be able to handle the pressure. Whew, all this talking has made me sleepy. I'm off to bed." Rikku said then began to walk away.
Just before she entered her room, she looked back at Tidus and said, "Think about it Tidus. Does Yuna really need more pressure to handle? She already has to deal with the pilgrimage." Afterwards, she entered her room and went to sleep.
'Think about it? I don't even know the whole story to 'the end' they keep talking about. If only they can tell me what will happen in the end. When Yuna defeats Sin. Summons the Final Aeon. Why she couldn't be in a relationship. Why!? Why can't anyone explain this to me?' Tidus thought.
All these questions and more surprises awaits in the next chapter. I don't want to give it away and tell you all but for all Tidus/Yuna fans reading, they will like the next chapter.