Oh yay! I am SOOOO excited how these next two chapters turned out!!!! EEEEE!!!!! (okay I won't scream like that in public again...lol) Okay, I had to write these two together because they kinda meld into each other. There's quite a bit of fluff in the next couple of chapters....which is good because there hasn't been a lot in this story so far. I didn't think I would be done with these chapters so quickly (I needed to write them together....I should've written the last one with these two as well...You'll understand as you read) but ideas just kept flowing!! :o) I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!!! There are a couple notes that I have to add at the end of the next chapter....but I think you'll all figure out what....Ooooh....can't say! Okay, just read, all right??!?! Enjoy!!

15. Just A Dream?

"I want to be married, I want to settle down. I don't want to be the one that everyone always counts on. I feel so used all the time."

"It's because people know they can depend on you."

"I don't want to be dependable anymore. I want to be able to have my own life and not have to fight in this war anymore. I don't want to die, I'm too young to die. I just want to be able to be with you, I'm sick of being a summoner...Don't let them kill me..."

"Look at me...I won't let you die."

"Let's run away."

"Where will we go?"

"We don't need to be here. This war is pointless and I don't want to be a part of it anymore! I can't die, I just want to stay with you."

"I'm sure there's another way. I promise you that I will find it..."

I slowly blinked my eyes to open them. I had to let myself become accustomed to the bright sunshine that streamed in through the blinds that were located on one wall. I had to let out a sigh of relief. It was only a dream. There weren't any faces in that dream...only voices. The voices faded in and faded out, and it was not the first time I've had that dream. The voices I heard...They sounded so familiar...

I was lying down, covered only by a thin white sheet. I looked at the blank white walls that were around me and as I looked to my left, I saw Tidus. He was sitting in a chair next to me and had one of his feet propped up on the bed I was lying in, with his forehead on his knee. He had intertwined my fingers with his and I had to smile at him.

"Hi," I said quietly as he jumped about a foot.

"Oh, you're awake!!" He leaned over and kissed my face at least a dozen times. "Thank god, you're okay. I was so worried about you!"

I had to giggle at him and he helped me sit up. I slightly groaned from a pain in my wrist so I looked down at it. It had bandages all over it, and an IV hooked into the top of my hand as well. I was thoroughly confused at where I was...and why I was where I was. "What...what happened to me?"

"You fainted in the Via Infinito, don't you remember?" I looked at him blankly and he sighed, yet smiled. "Yeah, I figured you wouldn't have remembered."

"I remember being in the Via Infinto and finding Paine and Baralai, but then everything becomes fuzzy in my mind." I tried to remember, but I couldn't. Tidus moved the chair he was sitting in so he was closer to me. He gripped my hand tighter and ran his fingers through my hair with his other hand. "Where am I?"

"You're in the New Yevon Hospital in Bevelle," he said as he kissed my hand. "As soon as you fainted, I called out to the others and we left the Via Infinito to bring you here. You've been in here for a few days, you know."

"It's funny," I said slowly as I started to remember my dreams. "I kept dreaming of Lenne and Shuyin..."

"I'm really not surprised, you know," he said as he wrinkled his forehead. "Before you fainted in the Via Infinito, you were talking as if you were Lenne talking to Shuyin. You kept talking about how summoners were being sent to the front lines of a war, and if I recall, that's what happened with Lenne, right?"

"Oh my god..." I said as I looked at him in the eye. "The Machina War between Zanarkand and Bevelle. I remember Maechen telling Paine, Rikku, Brother, Buddy and I about how Shuyin didn't want Lenne to die, so that's why he tried to activate Vegnagun."

"You were telling me how you wanted to run away from everything because you were sick and tired of being the dependable one that everyone always calls on."

"Well, that's not too far from reality, you know," I said with a smile. "Tidus, now that you're back, the only thing I want to do is start a family. You're the only person I can imagine spending my life with, and I want to start that part of my life now."

We smiled at each other and he bent over and passionately kissed me on the lips. "Yuna, I love you more than anything in this world. I think that's why the fayth brought me back to life...and made me real this time. I'm no longer a dream. I'm really here. Like I told you, I'll cherish you as long as I live."

"I love you too," I couldn't help the tears of happiness that started to well up in my eyes as he said those words. I didn't know what else to say, so I gently put my hand on the back of his neck and brought him into a kiss. It was very difficult to kiss him while he was in a chair and I was in my hospital bed. I'm sure he would've sat down on the bed with me if he didn't think he was going to get in trouble by the New Yevon doctors. "Never leave me, Tidus."

"Yuna, I have been sitting here since we brought you to this hospital. The others are out in the waiting room and have been in and out on occasion, but the nurses have been pretty strict with only having one person in here with you at a time. Thankfully, everyone else has been really understanding about it and have let me stay here with you." He let go of my hand, walked over to the counter, poured me a glass of water from the pitcher that was placed there and walked back over to me. He handed me the glass, and the cool liquid felt wonderful and refreshing as it passed my parched lips. I thanked him as he flashed me a loving grin. "I promise you that I'll never leave you and I'll always look after you, Yuna."

"What did I do without you for two years?" I asked him as he only ran his fingers through his blonde locks. There was silence between us for a moment and I silently sipped from the glass that was in my hands. He sat back down and grabbed one of my hands again. "So, um, did they find out what was wrong with me?"

"No, they tried doing some tests, but they figured that they would need you awake to do the rest of them." With that, he reached over and pushed the button to call the nurse into the room. "I should've done this about five minutes ago, sorry."

"Don't apologize to me," I said as I gently squeezed his hand with my own. "Besides, having a little alone time with you is all I ever could want."

"Yeah, but Yuna, you're sick and I want you better," he flashed me a seductive smile and leaned in closer to me. He then whispered, "that way I can have alone time with you where we know we won't have any interruptions."

I couldn't help but giggle at his suggestion and I would've said something back, but the nurse walked in and unfortunately asked Tidus to leave. He mouthed the words, "we'll finish this conversation later" with a wink, kissed me on the cheek and then left the room.

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Having the High Summoner in the hospital definitely caused quite a fuss. Not only were there constantly three doctors or nurses doing tests at all time, but there were a lot of reporters trying to find out information to spread to the rest of Spira. I started to feel claustrophobic. Rikku once told me, "You're famous, Yunie. Better get used to it." But I don't care, I don't think I ever will get used to it. I then told her, "All I want's some peace and quiet." And to that I still hold.

After about six hours of tests, I was finally allowed to have more than one visitor in the room at a time. The nurses took about ten blood samples, a urine sample, three head examinations, a couple perception tests, reflex tests, and the list goes on and on. I felt like they were draining the life out of me by taking all that blood. Of course I'm not a fan of needles, so it freaked me out even more. It's funny though, I can take a real beating from a fiend, but you stick a needle in me and I start to shake like a three week year old puppy who just saw a shoopuf for the first time.

After all that, the doctors and nurses told me that I could have more than one person in the room, and I was thankful to be around my closest friends. They all bought me some sort of gift; Rikku and Gippal bought me chocolate (leave it to Rikku to buy me food of some kind. I was shocked when the box was actually still sealed and she didn't sneak one. That girl is a sucker for eating!), Leblanc and Nooj bought me about a dozen balloons, and Baralai and Paine bought me a 'Get Well Soon!" cake. (Yay! More sugar!!!) and my Tidus bought me a dozen moonlillies (and said that we would need to make a trip to the Moonflow at night so we could see it light by pyreflies. How romantic!) and a medium sized stuffed moogle doll. I squealed when he handed it to me and I fell in love with it instantly. I have always loved moogles. As a matter of fact, when Lulu first started to cast spells by using her dolls, I once took her moogle one and kept it for several weeks before she found out about it. I was sad to give it back to her, but it was better than getting into an argument with Lulu.

I was positively gleaming to be around all of them at the same time, and I felt mostly fine. My wrist and head still hurt slightly from the impact of me hitting the ground when I passed out, and some of the pricks from the needles still hurt, but otherwise I was perfectly normal. The doctors told me that I needed to spend at least one more night in the hospital so they could figure out what was wrong with me, but as soon as they told me (and as long as nothing was seriously wrong with me) I could go home. Key word there being 'home.' They told me that I would have to 'take it easy' for a few weeks. As much as I did want to go home, I wanted to know what was up with all the wandering unsents floating somewhere around Spira.

I brought these concerns up with Tidus and he said that maybe for once someone else could be in charge and investigate. Rikku, Gippal, Paine, Baralai, Nooj, and Leblanc said they would take over until I was better. Well, they were all willing except for Leblanc. Nooj volunteered her and she whined about it for a minute, but I think she got over it.

After spending only about a half hour with my friends, the doctor came in announcing that visiting hours were over and I needed to have my rest. Unfortunately, they wouldn't even let Tidus stay because I now was awake, so I was quite upset. I hugged them all goodbye, thanked them for the gifts, and gave Tidus a passionate kiss (with everyone making mock kissy noises during it...What would I do without my friends?) and watched them all leave.

I wasn't exactly tired due to the fact that I spent three days being unconscious, (the doctors informed me of that when I asked during my tests) so I simply watched the nurse turn off the light and waved to her. It was amazing how empty a room could feel, you know? I looked around the room to find something entertaining to stare at, but white walls were only engaging for so long. I decided to give up, snuggle with my new moogle doll, and try to sleep.