AN: Finally, the next instalment of Blue Eyes is at your command. A very big thanks to those who gave me priceless tips about my writing, you guys are god-sends! :glomp:
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WARNING: Characters may be a little OOC, but they'll fall into their real personality as the story progresses. Spoilers ahead for those who haven't played FFX.
Al Bhed language was altered and twisted to include Usagi in this story. I used the Al Behd translator. You can find it on the google search by typing in "Al Behd Translator".
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Blue Eyes
Chapter Two: Al Behd
By Angel-Goddess
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Tidus heaved remains of a broken stone pillar away from opposite entrance of the way they had come from and both of them stepped into the large circular open area that it had revealed upon being moved. The area was spacious and water droplets continually dripped from the high ceilings. There was a terrace above them that lined the sides of the circular room and Tidus concluded that it was an upper floor, for you could access it through stairs nearby. The air was almost bitter with the arctic winds that seemed to blow out of nowhere.
Great. I've just jumped out of the frypan and into the freezer. Just my luck. Tidus thought bleakly as the chilly air in the open room bit into his flesh like dry ice. Just trying to breath in this place made his nose numb and his lungs feel as though icicles were starting to grow inside them.
"It's so cold." Usagi voiced out his exact thoughts out loud, her teeth chattering to prove her point as she looked around the place curiously. The fact that they were still drenched wasn't helping. She rubbed her arms furiously, trying desperately to keep her body warmth up. "Maybe there's an exit around here somewhere?" She wondered out loud.
Tidus watched as his short blonde companion walked around the circular room, checking the doors. He felt guilty for bringing her into this mess. It was only times like this that he saw how vulnerable she really was and he couldn't help feeling as though he had to buckle down for her safety and health for he would feel responsible if anything happened to her. It was probably mostly his fault for allowing her to come with him when Auron had appeared, but it wasn't like he knew what was going to happen.
"The large door doesn't open and I have a feeling that it's the exit." She reported, grim-faced. "We're going in freeze in here if we don't get through that door."
"We'll find a way. Meanwhile, there seems to be some remains of a campfire over there. Maybe we could find a way to light it up." Tidus stated as he suppressed a shudder and stiffly rubbed his numb hands together. "You should stay here, I'll look for something we can use to light it."
She frowned slightly and looked at him with her penetrating eyes that never ceased to catch him off guard, "I'm not a child, I can take her of myself. I'm going to explore too." She told him stubbornly and walked off, heading towards the stairs that led to the upper floor.
Tidus shook his head with a roll of his eyes. So much for feeling sorry for her.
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Tidus looked up from the fire and towards the source of footsteps, alert. He allowed himself to breathe a sigh of relief when Usagi appeared. Lately, too many odd things had been happening and you certainly couldn't be too sure of what could be hiding in the depths of this sanctuary. "I managed to get the fire started with a flint I found. Did you find anything?" He enquired as he watched her walk towards the fire and himself.
"Hmm… I found a potion and some … grassy things." Usagi answered blandly with a shrug as she sat down opposite to him and held her cold hands close to the fire, smiling happily as warmth immediately spread through her body like wildfire. "This is a rather nice change." She remarked. When he looked at her with a questioning gaze, she shrugged again and explained, "Ever since we've ran into your friend, we've had nothing near relaxing happen to us."
He grinned at her, silently agreeing before letting out a tired yawn and lying down, idly looking up at the large dome ceiling. "I need food…" he mumbled. From his peripheral version, Tidus could see his travel companion raise a delicate eyebrow at him.
"Maybe you should just sleep it off for a while?" She suggested leaning back and stretching her legs out.
He turned his head slightly to look at her nonchalantly, "Hmm… I might just do that. Wake me if something's up, k?" With that said, he turned his back to her and the fire and started to nod off.
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"Tidus, the fire's going out!"
"Huh? Wha?" Tidus shot up, looking around wildly and blinking his eyes to get rid of the bleariness. When his eyes had finally focused he looked down at the withering flames of their campfire. "Hey, wait! Don't go out me! Just hold on. I'll get more wood!" Tidus waved his hands around. His pleading didn't seem to have any effect on the diminishing flames for it had slowly thinned out and died.
"U-um… T-Tidus?" Usagi's quavering voice made him look up at her. She was staring at something behind him. He swivelled around and jumped up from his crouched position, seeing a larger-than-human sized bug on the wall.
"Where are all these monsters coming from?" He asked in irritation as he pulled out his weapon seemingly out of nowhere.
The large insect started ran around the walls, circling around. It's head never left them as if it was waiting for the exact time to launch an attack.
"Usagi! Go take cover!" Tidus ordered her as he slowly moved into a slightly shaky defensive stance as his eyes followed its movements.
"No!" Usagi refused with a violent shake of her head, although she seemed a little hesitant. "I-It's my fight too! I'm not letting you take all the fun." She argued stubbornly.
His eyes softened as he glanced at her for a moment before they hardened as he switched his gaze on the insect that jumped down, landing in front of him with unnatural ease. "It's not like you can do anything. Y…you'll only get in my way!" He warned her as he readied himself to strike.
Usagi frowned and looked down, her blue eyes darkening in hurt. She knew he was right. She ran behind a large remnant of a broken pillar that was far enough from the creature's reach, but close enough to be in Tidus' assistance if he needed anything.
Her heartbeat quickened as she watched the scene unfold before her eyes, its outcome would determine both his, and her fate. If this large bug manages to squish Tidus, no doubt it would munch on her after it was done with him. Usagi paled at the numerous horrific thoughts that her brain conjured up. Sometimes she wished she didn't have such a big imagination.
Tidus ran in dangerously close and shifted the blade of his sword so that it would actually do some damage before following a crescent moon-like action that allowed his sharp blade to bite deeply into the bug's gristly casing that protected its insides in one clean sweep. He took two steps back and used twisting back flip technique to put some distance in between himself and his opponent. "Oh yeah!" He cried triumphantly.
The creature let out a savage roar of pain and anger. Blinded by rage, it charged at Tidus - swiping at him with a large, curved front leg that acted like a claw. Tidus, however, had managed to dodge the beasts' attack by scant inches.
"Whoa, hey buddy! If that's the way you wanna play…!" Tidus didn't finish his sentence as he dove at the creature and switched his sword to his other hand, making a follow-through mirror image of the first crescent moon slice he had used on the creature beforehand. He crouched and flipped backwards again, thankful for his agile movements that he had acquired from playing Blitzball for so long. "Man, am I on fire today!"
Enraged at the fact that this measly two-legger had actually managed to scar it, the large bug took two quick steps forward and clawed at Tidus with both its front legs, succeeding in cutting Tidus on the side and throwing him several metres back from the force it had charged at him.
"Oh no! Tidus!!" Usagi cried, fearing for his safety.
Tidus flinched as his body and head collided hard against the large stone pillar that Usagi was hiding behind. He dropped down to the ground and clutched his side in pain. His sword had landed a few metres away from him with a loud clang as the hard metal dropped onto the stoney floor.
The large door that they couldn't open was suddenly blasted into rubble just before bug started to approach him, scattering debris and pieces of rocks around. The creature's attention was then diverted to the smokey entrance in which several figures started to appear.
Usagi quickly left her hiding position, using the entrance of several strangers that were armed with guns as a distraction and bent down next to Tidus to inspect the wound. It had begun to bleed. Thankfully, she could tell that the cut wasn't deep or long. "Don't worry Tidus, you'll be fine!" She stood up and offered him a hand, which he took.
He gave her a wobbly smile that steadied. "Course I'll be fine!"
He ran over to his fallen sword and picked it up before jogging towards the large creature that was now being faced by a strangely dressed girl that wore goggles. She threw a grenade at the creature and it hissed at her. Tidus grinned at the action, "You on my side? Cool!"
Tidus ran towards the creature, and jumped up to avoid its claw before slashing at its body twice in an 'X' shape. He could visibly see the murky green liquid that spurted out from the cuts as he dropped back.
The newcomer hurled another grenade at the bug when it had tried to attack her. Before the smoke could fully disappear, Tidus ran in and jabbed his sword straight into the creature's abdomen before dropping back to see what the result was.
The large bug emitted a strange noise that made Usagi block her ears as it swayed and tried swipe at them unsuccessfully before dropping down with a large thump that echoed in the room, greenish liquid oozing out from underneath it.
The girl lifted the yellow goggles that she wore and looked at Tidus who in turn, looked back at her. He heaved a large sigh of relief. "Whew, that was close!" He commented, grinning at the girl that looked at him rather oddly.
"Oww! Stop! You're hurting me!"
Tidus immediately recognised the pained cry as Usagi's and turned around to see a masked man gripping Usagi's wrists tightly as she squirmed and tried to pull away from him feebly. "Hey! Let her go!" Tidus cried, angrily taking several steps toward Usagi and her captor. What on earth was going on! Didn't they just help them?
Someone suddenly grabbed his hair tightly from behind and he winced. "What are you doing!?" He shouted. Two men surrounded Tidus and pointed their guns at him. They obviously meant business.
"Fryd yna drao?" The voice came from the man that was holding onto his hair.
"Drao'na fiends! Eh risyh teckieca!" One of the other cried out in return.
Tidus and Usagi stopped moving just enough for them to exchange questioning glances. It definitely wasn't a language they had ever heard before. By the way they were acting, it didn't seem like they were talking about something very nice.
"Oac! Ed ec cu!"
"Fa gemm dras?" It seemed to be a question, for the one who had spoken pulled out a knife from his boot and put it close to Tidus's throat.
The girl walked forward, "Fyed!" The attention was then moved onto her. She frowned, "Fryd ev drao yna risyh?"
There was a brief silence before the man with the knife pointed it at the girl. "Drao yna dra cysa eh taydr."
The girl seemed to look a little irritated at his reply, "E vunpet ed! Fa pnehk dras fedr ic." She looked at Usagi and Tidus, seemingly trying to decide on something.
Walking up to Tidus, she looked at him steadily with a gaze that unnerved him. She moved her face close to his ear and whispered something that Usagi couldn't hear. The girl suddenly punched Tidus hard in the stomach and he dropped down to his knees before falling down, unconscious.
"Omigosh! What on earth are you doing do to him?" Usagi cried out, her eyes widening in fear of what they might do to her.
"Pa xiead!" The man who was holding her wrists in a painful grip growled roughly. She didn't know what he was saying, but she didn't like the way he said it. She quietened and her eyes started to fill with tears.
The girl seemed to notice that she was about to cry, "Don't worry, we're just going to take you with us."
Usagi's eyes widened in surprise, "Wha-! Yo-you spoke i-in…!" she stopped herself short, out of breath from the fact that someone could understand her.
"Ghulg ran uid." One of the men said, directing the comment to the person who kept her in his hold. The next thing Usagi felt was a blow on the back of her head and everything started going black.
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Tidus stirred and his eyes slowly flitted open. He squinted a little, letting his eyes adjust the lights. Glancing briefly at his surroundings he spotted an unconscious Usagi not far away from him and the group of men that they had both encountered earlier. He carefully stood up, realising that whatever he was standing on was moving ever so slightly now and then.
One of the men, seeing that he was now awake barked at him, "Ced, lybdeja!" As he shoved Tidus roughly back down against the hard metal floor.
"Hey, that hurts!" Tidus yelped, mentally and physically 'wounded'. The man snarled at him.
"Whoa… okay." Tidus replied, even though he didn't undestand. He frowned. These people were rather rude. He looked around again, and realised that both he and Usagi were aboard a large ship. From the looks of it, they had set sail a long time ago for no speck of land could be seen in the distance. Stormy dark grey clouds hovered through the atmosphere, menacingly. The sky was getting darker by the minute, the reddish and orange tints in the west indicated that it had been sundown only mere minutes ago.
A door opened and the girl that had knocked him out approached him, accompanied by an odd looking man with a blonde Mohawk that had several tattoos imprinted all over his body.
"Caynlr res!" The blonde man said before grunting and making funny gestures with his hands that strongly reminded Tidus of swimming.
Tidus frowned, and gave a slow nod. "Right. Whatever."
"Tu oui hud cbayg?" The blonde man asked. He pulled out a necklace and showed it to Tidus, pointing to it as he continued to grunt.
"I said I don't understand!" Tidus cried, putting his hands up in defeat. He felt rather ticked off.
"Ehcumahla!" One of the men cried, and pointed a gun at Tidus, glaring.
"Fyed!" The girl cried, "He said you can stay if you make yourself useful."
Tidus turned around to look at the girl in surprise. "You… you understand me?" He asked, incredulous. And here he was beginning to think that no one spoke normal languages here. A large whack in the back made him turn around again. It was the guy that had pointed his gun at Tidus. "Okay!I'll work!"
"We found some ancient ruins beneath us." The girl explained, "It isn't active now, but there's still some power left. We have to go down there to activate it, then we should salvage the big prize!" She finished excitedly.
"Uhh… okay."
"Let's get to work!" She was literally raring to go activate it.
Tidus nodded and was about to jump into the water when he hesitated. "What about Usagi?" The girl tilting her head in a silent question.
Tidus jerked his head in the direction of the still form of Usagi. "Her."
"Oh, the girl. She'll be fine. They'll treat her well. I hope." She said, muttering the last part to herself. She was silently glad that the boy beside her didn't hear her the last part.
"Okay then! Let's go."
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Usagi groaned and turned to her side. Man, did her head hurt! It felt as though someone had hit her with a hammer continuously. The last events recollected in her head, and she groaned again. Someone did hit her. She sat up slowly and rubbed the back of her head, sure enough there was a small lump growing. "Stupid person." She mumbled darkly. A shadow was cast upon her, looming over her in almost an intimidating way.
"Oui'na yfyga." A male voice commented in that odd language she heard earlier.
Usagi cranked her head up at the large figure that was standing above her. She couldn't see their face because light from what looked like a lamppost was exactly behind him. She tried to squint. "Sorry?" She asked softly, not wanting to anger him.
"Ouin hysa?" It was a question.
"Umm… I'm sorry, but I don't really know what you're talking about…" Usagi said softly, biting her lower lip.
The figure moved out away from the light and in front of her, and she saw tattoos covering his body. He had blonde hair styled in a Mohawk and had dark goggles covering his eyes. Usagi found it rather odd that he was wearing dark goggles when it was already dark.
"What are you going to do with me?" She asked, starting to feel fear build up inside of her. Looking around, she realised that Tidus wasn't around. Maybe they'd killed him… and she was next! She gulped. "Please don't kill me…" She pleaded, even though she knew that he probably didn't understand a word she said.
"Fa vuiht dra airship!" Someone yelled loudly, making the man that stood in front of Usagi divert his attention.
A drenched person suddenly jumped onto the boat, surprising Usagi.
"Tidus!" she cried out, stunned.
Tidus shook away some water droplets that was running down his form and looked up at her direction before grinning. "Hey! You're awake!"
The three men on the deck started to move towards the door that led deeper into the ship. Tidus and Usagi exchanged quizzical looks, each mirroring the same emotion. Confusion.
Tidus followed them but was stopped near the entrance by one of them. "Oui, uidceta!" He said gruffly, before shoving Tidus hard on the chest to push him away.
Tidus looked offended. "Hey! I helped out, didn't I?" He asked. A frown settled upon his features as the man ignored him and closed the door, keeping Tidus and Usagi at the deck.
"Man, what's their problem?" He grumbled softly to no one in particular as he ambled over to where Usagi sat. "You ok? You seem a little … how do you put it… worried."
She smiled at him, but he could tell it was slightly forced. "Nothing really. I was just wondering how my brother is…" she trailed off, looking into the endless distance of raging waves.
Tidus put a hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze of reassurance. "I'm sure he's fine. You know, he's lucky to have a sister that really cares about him. Right now, we ought to worry about what they're going to do with us!" He joked, trying to lighten the tense atmosphere as he let his hand drop from her shoulder.
A small smile lit her face, and Tidus knew that she was no longer forcing it. "Yeah, I guess you're right." She agreed. Tidus' stomach suddenly growled and he scrunched up his face in dismay, making Usagi giggle. "Hungry?"
He sheepishly scratched his head, "Yeah…" Tidus sighed and took in the appearance of Usagi, "Hey, what happened there?" He asked, pointing to a large rip in her white undershirt that ran down in a vertical strip on her right shoulder where the seams of the cloth met.
Usagi shrugged and picked at it, pulling a thread and making the rip larger, "Whoops. Umm… I don't know. I just woke up, and it was like that."
The door behind them opened and a girl stepped out, carrying a tray of food.
Usagi immediately recognised her as the 'one who knocked Tidus with one punch'. "Oh, hey! You're the one that knocked Tidus out!"
"That doesn't mean anything!" Tidus argued, a light pink hue appearing on his cheeks from embarrassment.
The girl grinned and put the tray down in front of them. "Here, I'm sure you're both hungry." She told them.
Using the food as some sort of distraction to avert Usagi's fascination from the fact that he had fainted from a punch delivered by the girl, Tidus immediately dived at it, "Oh yeah! Right on!" He crowed happily.
Usagi, seeing Tidus grab the food with his gloved hands and stuff it into his mouth before scooping up some more, cringed in disgust. He motioned for her to do the same with his hand, letting the stray pieces of food that stuck to his glove fly around. "Uh… I'm not hungry." She declined, edging away. Her appetite had just been spoiled by the way he ate.
Tidus looked at her incredulously, "Mfhy fwa?" He asked, his mouth full. She glared at him, and he shut his mouth and shrugged, before scarfing down some more so fast that he started to choke. He waved his hands around like crazy and the girl handed him a water bottle. He drank the contents of the bottle gratefully and sighed in relief.
"Tidus, that's disgusting." Usagi exclaimed, making a face at him. He looked at her, almost innocently and she pursed her lips in mild amusement.
The girl laughed. "It's 'cause you eat too fast!" she told him with a shake of her head.
Usagi looked up at her, "What's your name?" She asked, "You never told us."
"My name's Rikku."
Tidus stood up and shook her hands, "Hey, you really do understand us! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I didn't get a chance to! Everyone thought that oui were fiends." Rikku explained shrugging.
Usagi blinked. Did that sentence even make sense? She wondered.
"Uhh… 'we'?" Tidus asked, puzzled.
Rikku shook her head, realising that they had comprehended the sentence in a different way, "Oh, 'oui' mean 'you'." She explained.
Realisation dawned on both Tidus and Usagi. "Ohh…"
"Who are you guys, anyway?" Tidus asked. He had so many questions to ask, but he wasn't sure if this girl would be able to answer them all. So many things were running through his mind right now, he wasn't sure of what was going on anymore.
The girl looked oddly at him and walked over to the railings on the deck to look at the sea, "We're Al Behd. Can't you tell?" She asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Hearing no answer from the two, she turned to look at them as she continued, "Wait, you're not an Al Behd hater, are you?"
Tidus walked around a little, "I don't even know what an Al Behd is." He told her truthfully. This earned him a shocked look from Rikku who then turned her head to look at Usagi, who shook her head at the silent question.
"Nope, sorry, I don't know what an Al Behd is either."
Curiosity overtook Rikku, "Where are you guys from?"
Usagi smiled, "We're from Zanarkand." Hopefully this girl would know where Zanarkand is and maybe… just maybe, she could show them the way to get there.
"I'm a Blitzball player!" Tidus added pointed his thumb at his chest and kicking the air, "Star player of the Zanarkand Abes!" He bragged, making Usagi sigh and hit herself on the forehead.
Perplexed, Rikku asked, "Did you guys hit your head or something?"
"Uhh…. You guys hit me." Tidus reminded her.
She leaned casually on the railing with a sheepish look, "Oh, right… do you remember anything before that?" she enquired.
Tidus and Usagi exchanged another look, each silently wondering whether they should tell the girl the truth.
Usagi hesitated, biting her lower lip before looking up, her blue eyes cloudy – recollecting the events. "Well… you see…"
Tidus's POV
So we told her everything there was to tell about Zanarkand... About life there, blitzball, and Sin's attack... and about how Auron, Usagi and I were engulfed in this light. I just said things as they came to mind. But then I started to wonder…
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Rikku stared at them both, looking almost solemn about something.
"Did I say something funny?" Tidus asked, for he had filled in bits and pieces of Usagi's story and had taken over halfway.
"You were near Sin." Rikku stated simply, her eyes showing sympathy for them. Sympathy for what, they didn't know. "Don't worry, you'll get better in no time!" She told them, trying to lighten the mood.
"What do you mean?" Usagi asked softly, feeling as though they were missing something.
"People say that you head goes all funny if you're near Sin. Probably from its toxin. Maybe it was a dream?" She suggested.
Usagi shook her head, "Both of us couldn't have had the exact same dream." She protested.
Rikku shook her head, struggling to find a way for her to explain to them. "But there's no Zanarkand anymore…" This drew a gasp from Usagi. "Sin destroyed it a thousand years ago. So … no one plays Blitzball there." Rikku finished.
"A thousand years!" Tidus cried in disbelief, and he walked over to the railing. "B-but Usagi and I saw Sin destroy Zanarkand! It couldn't have happened a thousand years ago!" Looking at Usagi, he saw her nodding in agreement profusely.
Seeing as there was no real logical explanation, Rikku sighed. "You say you play Blitzball?" when Tidus nodded, she continued, "Then you should go to Luca. Someone there might know who you are. Or, they might recognise you. I'll take you both there. I promise!"
Rikku turned to leave, but then she turned around again, "One more thing. Don't tell anyone that you're from Zanarkand, ok? Yevon believes that it's a holy place. You might offend someone." She advised them and left.
"Um, Tidus. Did you, by any chance, recognise any of the places she said? Yevon? Luca? …" Usagi asked, her face pale as she joined him near the railing.
"None. Zanarkand? Holy? Heh. As if." Tidus sniffed. "You know, maybe Sin took us a thousand years into the future." He said softly looking up at the sky and letting the sea breeze gently blow onto his face and allowing his already-messy locks of hair fly around lightly.
Beside him, Usagi watched him in incredulity. "Are you crazy? That's stupid. There's no way anything like that could happen." She tried to shout the sentence to knock some sense into the Blitzball star, but instead her voice came out breathy and hoarse. Usagi didn't want to believe what he said. She couldn't even make herself believe what she just said. Maybe what she said was just something to try and reassure her? She was no longer sure.
…Why is this happening? Is it even possible? Usagi wondered staring down at the current of the ocean.
Tidus sighed deeply, looking at his stricken friend. "It's the only logical explanation." He told her, seriousness lining his voice. True, he had only known her for less than twenty-four hours but already he could feel a strong tie with her. It was odd. Maybe it was because they've stuck together and been through things no one in the world could ever dream possible. Tidus's train of thoughts were suddenly cut when the boat lurched sharply, throwing both of them hard into the metal railings and almost over it.
Usagi was hit in the stomach by the horizontal bar and she gasped for air as the wind in her lungs immediately escaped, her hand instinctively wrapped around the top railing to attain her balance.
Far out in the distance of the sea Usagi and Tidus saw water starting to shoot up into the air wildly. Something abnormally large was coming straight towards the boat at a very high speed.
The door opened and people ran out, only to fall down as the ship gave another severe jerk, making Usagi scream and flip onto the opposite side of the ships railing, clinging onto the handrail for dear life with just her right hand.
There were numerous terrified cries from the people on the deck.
"Sin ec lusa!"
"Ihtan ic! Ihtan ic!"
Neither Usagi nor Tidus needed to understand the language to know that they were in trouble and that Sin was the cause of it all.
"Usagi! Grab my hand!" Tidus called down, tightening his hold on the railing and reaching down towards the screaming Usagi.
Usagi looked up, eyes wide. "I-I can't reach!" she gasped. Her grip started to loosen and Tidus bent down further, half his body on the other side of the railing.
"Tidus! Help!" She shrieked. Just before her right hand let go of the balustrade, Tidus' hand caught her wrist.
"I got you!" Tidus assured her. "Don't worry, Usagi! I'll get you back u-"
The ship gave a final violent jolt and Tidus was rendered off-balance, causing him to fly off the ship and into the whirlpool that Sin had created underneath the ship, taking a screeching blonde with him.
The strong current of the rapidly moving whirlpool that started to suck them into the depths of the sea pulled and tugged at them brutally, almost suceeding in prying Tidus' grip from Usagi's wrist.
"Usagi!" Tidus shouted and coughed, swallowing a mouthful of seawater.
"You… jinxed us! Again!" Usagi accused him through mouthfuls of seawater.
Tidus pulled Usagi towards him, and it seemed to take every ounce of his strength just to pull her closer. Remembering the large rip on her white undershirt he slipped his hand into the hole and ripped off the hanging cloth from the already damaged seams with one pull.
"Hey!" Usagi cried in protest. "What are you doing!"
He tied the cloth around his wrist with some difficulty and tied the other end to hers. "Just so we don't get separated!" He told her as the water's raging current dragged them under.
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LunarPrincess – Another fantastic review from such a patient reader! :glomp: I'm blessed! Lol, not too much following of the game. Lol, think how LONG the story will be! :Tenshi-M shrieks in horror at the thought of having to write 200 chapters all 10 pages long: Yes, true! I find those fics a little on the odd side. Making her such a perfect warrior all of a sudden. :sweatdrops: Yes, intriguing triangle, ne? :whispers: Shhh… don't spoil it for those who haven't played it yet… that's my job. Lol. Yes, I have played FFX-2 omg, it's so DIFFERENT! O.o Thanks for the lovely long review, I hope to more from you!
yami - :glomp: Ohayou! I can't believe how patient you are! Lol, always taking the time to review my humble fics. I really hope you're enjoying them. :giggles at review: Thank you for your nice compliments! It's always such a joy to read them! Tell me what you think about this crazy chapter, ne? About you're other review. It's okay. Don't worry, 'breathe'! I'm not angry. Lol! It was a simple mistake. Don't worry about it!
Concrete Tenshi - :giggles: I just adore love triangles. It adds more plot and depth to the fic, plus it makes readers want more. Lol! Summoner… Um, I don't really want her to overshadow Yuna's spot. Cuz that would be mean :pouts: Besides, one summoner is enough ;. And yes, she'll be a magic user. Lol, make Yuna fall for another guy? Hm… how about we corrupt the time lines and stick Baralai or Gippal in? :cracks up wildly: That'll be so crazy. But I won't do that. Umm… lol, I won't tell you about Tidus, but if you BADLY want to know, just send me an e-mail or something. Update faster? :sweatdrops: I very much doubt I can do that.
Letselina – Hehe, nice advice and I'll take a note of that but w, but it's kinda hard to follow because of my really screwed writing style. :sweatdrops: I can't call her the moon princess though, because in this story, she's not… exactly a moon princess. I don't think I'll make her Sailor Moon in this story either. It just… doesn't seem to fit for this plot line I'm planning. So if you're willing, just sit back, and enjoy the wild ride!! Thanks so much for the nice review! I hope you liked this chappie! Any more improvements I need to make?
BabySerenity – Lol, sorry about the lack of update, ne? I'm rather busy :sweatdrops: Longer!? Ne!? Nande? O.o Ain't it long enough for you? I thought it was. Lol. Hm, you have a good point about the pairing though. But we'll just wait and see, ne? :sweatdrops: Boei Academy? Um… it shall take a while for the next chappie to come out. I'm still going to write a chapter for The Princess's Royal Guards. So I'll get to BA as soon as I can. I swear!
Bunnie Mouri – Really? I've answered your prayers? Looks amazed. Lol, Well this prayer will take a long time to finish :sweatdrops: Maybe it'll be complete by the year 2005. Haha!! Yes, true. I don't want to make this Usagi a goddess that can obliterate anything. Cuz that would be very Mary-Sue like. Thank you for your lovely compliments! I hope you enjoyed this fic.
Xtreme Nuisance – Wow, really? The first!? That's an amazingly high standard. I'm really glad that you liked it . Lol, the ending…. We'll see what I can do. Hehe! :sweatdrops: By the way you say no FFX-2, you seem to kinda hint that you're supposing I shall make a sequel to this. Lol. There's still FFX-2, even though it's not a continuation to this fic. Lol. So don't worry, you still have Baralai and Gippal :pats Xtreme's back: It's one of my fave games too! Ohh… I think I'll also adore FFXII :eyes shine:
Phoenix Infinito – Lol, you don't like Yuna? I think she's okay. But I guess you're kinda right about the damsel in distress thing. I might just give Usagi magic. I don't really think she's the kind of person who would stick a sword into anything. Hehe! I'm glad you like the fic so far though, I look forward to more of your nice comments, Any chance you can give me a tip of improvement?
setsuna-3000, devilsheart, Choas Babe, Kitty Kat-chan, datajana, Taiki, koldy, Chibi-Midnight-Sakai, Zodiac1231, platinum star - I absolutely loved your encouraging comments!! And I definitely appreciate the time you took to write the review. It really helped to boost me into writing this chapter. Lol, most of you seem to really be rooting for Tidus/Usa. Lol. Back up there, you might just convince me! I hope you liked this chapter of the story. And if there's a chance that you can point out to mistakes or tips on improving, do so! I would love to hear it! And if I get better at writing, you'll enjoy the story a lot more. Benefits both, ne? :glomp:
A/N Aha! FINITO! Finally! :wipes head with cloth: that was an amazingly long chapter to write, I didn't think I'd ever finish! Please review; it would really help me get the next chapter out. Comments about my writing style, grammatical errors or just advice on my writing will be greatly appreciated! Like it? Don't like it? Feel free to tell me why!
Much Love,
Angel-Goddess
aka Tenshi-Megami