7. Yuna's Destiny?

"Yuna, why are you doing this?" Tidus asked me as I started to shove some clothes into a tiny suitcase. He was still slightly damp from practicing blitzball with the Aurochs, so he was drying his hair with a towel. I was running around grabbing things from different parts of the house, silently praying that I had everything. I didn't answer him because I didn't know the answer. Why was I such a goody goody?? Honestly! Paine once told me that I jump into things head first, and she's right. Even though I don't want to go save the world again, I knew that I had to. I had a stern look on my face the entire time, and Tidus grabbed my shoulder as I grabbed my jean shorts, white shirt, arm bands, and pink hood....my adventure clothes. "Okay first of all, I love that outfit on you. You look so sexy in it."

I gave him a glare and just sighed. "Why am I doing this, Tidus?!" I asked as I threw my outfit down on the bed next to my suitcase out of anger.

"Um, I have no idea why you're doing this. That's why I asked you." I sighed again and picked up the outfit I just threw down. I started to change into my 'adventure outfit,' and Tidus started to take off his wet clothes. I really wanted the mutual stripping down to go somewhere...but I was too pissed off to do anything sexual right now. I had to catch a damn airship to fly all over Spira again.

"I'm not the way I used to be!" I said as I put on my jean shorts. They were slightly more 'break and enterish' than the flare jeans that I was wearing earlier. "I'm growing up! My last adventure was to find you, and look! I found you! Now all I want to do is die surrounded by fat grandchildren, but I guess that'll never happen!"

"Why do you say that?" Tidus asked me as he noticed me having issues with my arm bands. They're yellow and tie on the sides, making it nearly impossible to tie them by myself. Rikku usually was the one to help me, but she and Gippal went to the shop on the island to pick up some supplies and stuff. Tidus, who was only in his boxers, helped me with my arm bands so I would get overly frustrated. "You're still young, Yuna. You have plenty of time for stuff like that in the future."

"But why can't the future be now? Why do I always have to jump in the fray like this? Why can't I just say 'no' for a change?" I let out a frustrated scream and started to change into my shirt. Tidus was either way too interested in watching me change or just didn't know the words to say because he was quiet. "I'm not even sure if I have it in me to fight anymore!"

"Okay, let's kind of put this in my position now, because I haven't fought anything in two years. I got to be a fairly decent fighter, but now I don't know if I can lift a sword anymore. Hell, I don't even have a sword anymore." He sat down on the bed and thought for a second. I put on my pink hood and sat seductively on his lap. He put his hand on my thigh and kissed my shoulder.

"You'll be fine, I'm sure of it. Besides, I still have one of your swords." Tidus gave me a queer look and I stood up and showed him my collection of dresspheres and garment grids that I kept in my drawer. "I don't know why I even kept all these."

"What are they?" He asked as I put them in my suitcase.

"They're the garment grids and dresspheres that I talked about. Ya know, the invention that Shinra made?" Tidus nodded as he put his fingers through his slightly damp hair. He looks so sexy with wet hair. It reminds me of how we kissed at the Macalania springs...I wish every day could've been like that one. "Anyway, in my warrior dressphere, I have one of your swords that I used. I really don't use that dressphere, so you can have the sword. It's...the one that Wakka gave you."

"You kept it?" He asked me as he started to put on his black shorts. Also his 'adventure clothes.'

"Of course I did. I mean, hell, Tidus, look at my outfit. It has the symbol of the Zanarkand Abes right on the front of it. What do you think my goal was for the last two years?" He smiled as he ran his finger along the symbol. "My goal was to find you...and I just ran into the Shuyin/Lenne situation at the same time. It was the fact that he looked so much like you that I pursued it more. If he wouldn't have looked like you, I probably wouldn't have cared."

"Yeah, I think that you would've cared. You love the people of Spira, Yuna. You would've gone and helped everyone." For some reason, him saying that really pissed me off.

"I don't want to be that way anymore! I want to live a normal life!" Even as I said that, I knew that it wasn't possible for me to live a normal life anymore. I was the High Summoner who defeated Sin for good. That was basically my ticket away from living a normal life. Not to mention that I know what goes bump in the night...

"Yuna, I think that it's more or less your destiny." I tried not to blow up at him...mainly because I knew that he was right. I huffed and then started to lace up my boots. "Seriously, think about it. Ever since you were younger, you knew you wanted to be a summoner. You knew that it would cost you your life, but you told me that if people could rest in their beds without fear of Sin, even for a little while...it would be worth it. I remember your words that you spoke to me that day on the Mi'ihen Highroad, Yuna."

"But...why did it have to be me?" I know that I was just being difficult, but I couldn't stand it. I hated being the good one all the time. Yeah, adventure was fun, but I could name about a million things that were better than getting your ass kicked by random fiends in every part of Spira.

"I asked myself the same question when Auron told me that he was watching over me." He started to put his shirt on as I finished lacing my boots. "Sometimes, it's just destiny."

"Well, destiny sucks my ass then." I said as I searched my closet for my belt/gun holder. "Ah, there it is." I said as I picked it up and put it around my waist. I then found a box that contained my two guns. "Wow, it's been a while since I held these puppies."

"Those are some nice guns ya got there," I smiled at Tidus' remark and put them in the holsters. Tidus finished getting dressed and I started to brush my hair. It was a little shorter than usual, it was the length that it was when I started my adventure to find Shuyin. However, I did cut the rat tail thing that I had going on. I have no idea what the hell I was thinking when I grew that. Not to mention that sometimes when I turned around it would brush my shoulders or something and I thought it was someone trying to get my attention. I looked pretty dumb turning around in a circle trying to figure out what it was. I threw my brush into my bag and zipped it up. "Wow, you're taking a lot of shit with you."

"It's funny, I never took anything with me on my previous adventures besides myself. I don't know why I feel like I need to bring all my possessions with me." I sighed as I put on my necklace that was lying on my dresser. I looked at myself in the mirror and tried not to cry. "Why am I doing this, Tidus?"

He came up behind me and put his hands gently on my shoulders. The second he did this, I felt like I was having an out of body experience. Something about it felt so familiar. I wanted to whisper the words, "don't touch me," to him. Why would I want to say something like that? I wanted him to touch me. I wanted to feel his arms around me, holding me tight. He then whipped me around into a hug. He was almost rough about it by the way he moved me like that. He then put his arms around me into a embrace and held his cheek to the top of my head. It all happened so fast that I didn't get to react to it while it was happening. Then, I felt like my mind returned to me and I looked up at Tidus in pure horror, and to my surprise....he looked at me in the same way.

"Whoa..." Tidus said as he backed away from me slowly. "What...what was that?"

"Tidus..." I said as my eyes widened. "Why is this happening?"

Shuyin....

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