It was the next day after the fight with Yunalesca. Brother was flying the airship around aimlessly with no real destination.
Tidus, Rikku, Wakka, Auron, Lulu and Sarah all stood around the bridge thinking. Yuna and Kimahri had wondered off earlier giving the others a chance to think.
"I still can't believe what we just did to Lady Yunalesca. So......what are we suppose to do now?" Wakka asked.
Everyone was silent. Frankly no one really knew what to do at this point.
"Maybe we should go to Bevelle?" Rikku suggested.
Just then Cid entered the bridge and walked up to everyone. "Well ain't you a glum bunch..." Cid comments.
No one replied to his smart remark.
"Where we goin'?" Brother asked.
"We don't know you pin head! Give us a sec to think, okay!?" Rikku yelled at her annoying brother.
"Well? Hoping for inspiration?" Auron asked looking over at Tidus.
"We'll think about it together." Tidus replied. But under all the pressure, Tidus couldn't think, yet alone the others too.
Feeling the sudden need to be with Yuna, Tidus then walked out of the bridgr in search for her. Finally, on the top deck, he found her with Kimahir looking out one of the large windows silently.
Tidus then quietly walked up behind Yuna and wrapped his arms around Yuna's waist, pulling her against his chest. But under all the pressure and stress, she wasn't startled at all.
"I've......failed." Yuna said after a while of being in Tidus' silend embrace.
"Why do you say that?" Tidus asked puzzled.
"I always thought about how I would defeat Sin. From the beginning I was ready. But now......without the teachings to guide me I......I know nothing." Yuna spoke softly leaning back further into Tidus' arms.
"Don't apologize Yuna." Kimahri spoke.
"Huh?" Yuna asked looking over at Kimahri.
"It makes it sound like your giving up. Kimahri knows its not like you to do." Kimahri explained.
"You're right. Thank you Kimahri." Yuna said smiling sweetly.
"Do does that mean you have an idea?" Tidus asked Kimahri.
"The Yevon Teachings......" Kimahri began.
"But the teaching won't help us anymore Kimahri." Yuna interrupted.
"The answer not within teachings, but outside them. Must know both sides to find answer." Kimahri finished.
"Hmm, the teachings......" Yuna asked thoughtfully.
"Kimahri wouls say to ask Mika. Make him talk." Kimahri said.
Happily, Tidus turned to Kimahri. "That's it! Kimahri you rock!" Tidus then slowly pulled away from Yuna. "I'll see you later then, I have to get back to the bridge to tell the others."
Yuna nodded and smiled.
Minutes later, Tidus had just stepped back onto the bridge alone when Wakka jumped out in front of his path, a smile covering his face. "Hey Tidus, I got this great idea, ya?"
Pushing Wakka to one side, Rikku now stood in front of Tidus. "Hey I thought of it so I get to tell him!!" She yelled at Wakka.
"Anyways......" Wakka tried to continue easily pushing Rikku out of Tidus' path again.
"What 'I'M' trying to tell you is......" Rikku shoved back.
"It's the Hymn of the Fayth." Lulu said off to the side halting Wakka and Rikku's pushing war.
"Aaah!!" Both yelled in unison, Wakka still holding Rikku's arm and Rikku clutching his shirt.
"The Hymn?" Tidus asked intrigued.
"Jecht likes the Hymn of the Fayth right?" Lulu continued.
"Yeah." Tidus replied.
"So maybe hearing the song might keep Sin from being so aggressive." Lulu told him.
"But, hey......sorry we're talking about your old man like this." Wakka trailed off.
"No, its alright, it can't be helped." Tidus responded.
"As I was saying, we won't stand a chance if we face Sin head-on. But if he hears the hymn it just might give us a chance to take him down." Lulu continued with the plan.
"We might stand against him. Well, its not really fair but I guess that's not the point, right?" Wakka said puffing out his chest like he was proud of the thought it was 'his plan' the whole time.
"Pretty nice pan, don't ya think?" Rikku said pushing Wakka out of the way again, onlt this time he lost his balance and fell over.
"I'd say its worth a try." Tidus said as Luu went over to help Wakka to his feet. There, their eyes connecting for a moment, holding each other's gaze.
Tidus then thought. "Funny......the look Wakka gave Lulu when their eyes met......its almost like......no it can't be......but still its almost like how I look at Yuna. Heh, I must be going crazy, I couldn't of seen I?'
"So figured out where we're going yet?" Cid asked.
"Lets go to Bevelle. We have a few things to discuss with Mika." Tidus replied.
"Sounds good to me kid." Cid said powering up the engines.
After much chatting, they finally made it to Bevelle. Their ship descended into Bevelle where the group walked the short distance to the Great Bridge, located in the Holy Bevelle Shrine.
As expected they were greeted with the highest rate being the 'traitors of Yevon.'
"Yuna the traitor!" A Bevelle guard yelled spotting the entourage approaching the guarded entrance to the shrine.
"Gah, what a pain this is gonna be." Wakka sighed.
"Hiw dare you show your faces here!! We'll stop you in the name of Yevon." The guard yelled in response.
"Blah, blah, blah, yeah hello!!" Rikku said mockingly.
"If they want a fight then they got it!" Tidus yelled enthusiastically.
"Prepare to fight!" The guard warned crouching down into a threatening fightingg stance.
"Stop!!!!" Came the voice of a young woman, the face of who attached the name of the commander Shelinda.
"Mi'Lady Commander?" The guard asked halting his attack on the traitors.
"Summoner Yuna is not to be harmed! This comes direct from Lord Mika!!" Shelinda told the guard.
"But, what should I do now??" The guard asked.
"Get outta here!!" Tidus shouted at him.
"If you please." Shelinda said politely motioning for the group to follow her through the gates and into the temple. "It's been total chaos here in Bevelle ever since Maester Seymour's Wedding. Just terrible! The monks are trying to take care of everyone at once. Oh, what will become of the people of Yevon...!? But! There's nothing I can do if everyone else is confused too. Best of luck to you, Summoner Yuna." She said after escorting the group through the gates.
"Its no problem, but is there a way for us to speak to the High Priest Mika?" Tidus asked.
"That shouldn't be too much trouble. Just wait in the courtroom while I go fetch him." Shelinda replied running off.
The group the walked into the courtroom. Mika then came.
"What are you doing here? You must defeat Sin quickly! Meet with Lady Yunalesca and obtain the Final Aeon." Mika commanded before anyone had a chance to say anything.
"But we've already seen Yunalesca." Tidus explained.
"Oh?" Mika asked.
"We've fought and defeated her." Yuna said knowing the reaction her words would receive.
"WHAT!?" The elder yelled.
"No longer will Summoners and their Guardians be sacrificed for the Final Aeon." Auron said motionless, the only wish he had was that this had been done a generation ago when it would have saved the lives of his friends.
"You mean to say that you've halted a tradition that has gone for a thousand years!? What have you done!? Do you even know!? That was the only way to defeat Sin......" Mika said passing the lengh of the room a couple of times before turning back to the group the hear their rrefute.
"But it's not the only way to do it! We've thought of another." Tidus explained.
"Wha—?" The Maester was startled at the words. "There is no other way!" He said making Tidus think that it was foolish to even think that there might be another alternative.
"Perhaps you should turn tail and run to the Farplace?" Auron grumbled to the dead Maester.
"The Final Aeon was Spira's salvation. Now, there is no escape form destruction. The spiral of death is broken, and Yu Yevon is complete. I'd like not to witness Spira's final moments......" He said seeming as if he was seriously contemplating Auron's suggestion.
"That won't happen!" Yuna said firmly.
"About Yu Yevon......" Tidus started.
"Lady Yunalesca spoke of it as well." Lulu said continuing Tidus comment.
"Come on gramps! What's Yu Yevon!?" Rikku asked placing her hand on her hips expectantly.
"The compounded souls of the dead come together and clothed in armor. That armor is none other than Sin itself. Sin is the armor that protects Yu Yevon. And you have destroyed the Final Aeon, the one thing able to pierce that armor!! None can defeat it now." Mika said fearfully before trying tail and fleeing.
"Son of a bitch!!! He says whatever he wants, then runs away!" Wakka grumbled.
They all turned when the sound of the doors hehind them opening. "Where is Hihj Priest Mika?" Shelinda asked.
"Well, I......" Yuna began to say that he had run off but Auron interrupted before she could continue.
"He's not here yet. How long do you expect us to wait?" Auron said impatiently.
"That's strange......I will go look for him." Shelinda said before running back out the door intent on finding the Maester.
As they waited for Shelinda to return, the familiar image of the young Prayer Child appeared before Yuna and Tidus.
"It's you........." Tidus said, astonishment filling his voice with a small amount of fear arising in the back of his mind at the thought of him telling Yuna about the whole 'dream' scemario.
"Come to my room." The child said simply, before vanishing again.
"Okay." Yuna said to thee air in front of her where the boy once stood.
"Who are you talking to?" Wakka asked strangely.
"Oh um nobody!" Tidus said quickly.
"I need to go to the Fayth." Yuna told everyone, leaving the room with Tidus.
"I see........." Was all Auron said as the two left.
Inside the Chamber of Clostiers, the two found the Prayer Child standing in the middle of the room.
"Welcome." The Prayer Child says at their entrance.
"We are ever in your debt." Yuna bowed to the small boy.
"You wanted to see us?" Tidus asked.
"Have you found a way to keep Sin from being reborn?" The Prayer Child asked.
"Well, actually we have an idea." Tidus said slowly.
"What will you do?" The Prayer Child responded.
"If Sin hears thee Hymn of the Fayth it might not fight back so much." Tidus replied.
"Perhaps......" Said the boy thoughtfully.
"Won't it work?" Yuna asked, worry filling her voice.
"Your father has been Sin for a long time now, so he might not be able to haer it so well anymore." The boy said.
"That's a possibility......But if there's even a chance, we've gotta try it." Tidus told him.
"So what will you do? The song alone won't defeat Sin." The boy said, his voice full of what sounded like wearriness.
"We'll defeat Yu Yevon." Tidus answered fisting his hand as if to show he was strong enough to take on the world.
"Right. If you defeat Yu Yevon the cycle will stop. But what do you know about Yu Yevon?"
"It is the key to Sin's rebirth. And that Sin eexists as armor to shield it." Yuna replied.
"Yes. The Final Aeon would defeat Sin but not Yu Yevon. Yu Yevon would posses the Aeon thus become the new Sin." The boy said confirming the group's knowledge and theories about Sin's rebirth.
"Yu Yevon posses it......" Yuna began to say but trailed off thoughtfully.
"Yu Yevon can continue its summoning, protected by the new Sin. The Prayer Child continued where Yuna left off.
'So that's how my old man became Sin. He was the sacrifice and became the Final Aeon. But Yu Yevon wasn't distroyed and he possesed Jecht, making him Sin.' Tidus thought placing all the pieces of the puzzle together.
"For eternity?" Tidus asked.
"But eternity won't last becausee you will bring it to an end." The Prayer Child replied.
"Right." Tidus said.
The Prayer Child chuckled. "You've truly done a great job......despite what you are."
"I......I don't want to think myself only as a dream." Tidus said shaking his head trying to convince himself of his own words.
"A dream?" Yuna asked looking over at him puzzled.
"Yu Yevon is inside Sin. Yuna, you must be willing to summon when the time comes to fight Yu Yevon. We will do what we can to help you for I doubt your weapons and maic will not be enough. So call us, you much without fail." The Prayer Child told her.
"I will." Yuna assured.
Outside the gates of Bevelle, they regrouped to leave just as Shelinda arrived.
"I'm sorry but I can't seem to find High Priest Mika anywhere." She says apologetically.
"Don't worry about it, we were just leaving." Tidus replied.
"Umm, one more thing. Could you help us get a message out to a bunch of people?" Rikku asked.
"Yes, what is it?" Shelinda replies asking.
"Have them watch for a big ship high in the sky singing the Hymn of the Fayth. And to join in when they hear it." Rikku explains.
"Everyone in Spira!" Wakka joins in.
"I don't understandd why, but......" Shelinda started before Rikku cut her off.
"That's okay, but can you help us out anyways?"
"Tell people to watch for a ship high in the shy singing the Hymn of the Fayth and join in when you hear it......right?" Shelinda said repeating the message.
"If everyone sings, it might just allow us to defeat Sin." Tidus told her.
"Ah truly!?" Shelinda asked amazed.
"Yes." Yuna responds smiling.
"That's wonderful news!! Just leave it to me! I shall tell all of Spira!!!" Shelinda said proudly at receiving such an important job, saluting the group as they headed back to their airship.
On the bridge, Tidus heads over to the map to head out to their next destination.
"Our next destination is Sin. We're going to attack head on." Tidus told Cid.
"I hope you know what your planing kid."
"Don't worry, we have a plan. Just get us out there." Tidus replied.
"Yeeeeeeee Haw!!!!!!!!!!!! Here we go! Everyone hang on!" Cid yelled in excitement as the airship picked up speed and headed for Sin.
That's it for this chapter. R AND R for some Tidus/Yuna fluff in neext chapter.