Wow sorry it took me a long time to write this, hope its good enough for you all, well here it is.

Chapter 8 I'm not afraid

"So what are we to do now?" Asked Rikku as they crossed back over the thunder plains

"I'm not sure we.. we'll look all over Spira if we have too" Said Tidus now realising what he had just done in anger.

'I didn't know I could care so much for someone to lose my temper' he thought to himself.

Sin entered the cell where Yuna stood now recomposed and calm.

"I have one question to ask you?" Yuna spoke up

"What is it?" said Sin quite intrigued

"If you are Sin in human form, why aren't you just.... Yu Yevon" she said

"Good question, the answer is simple I am stronger than both Sin and Yu Yevon and the aeons I am a mixture, not human nor am I dead so when you said in human form it is not true. I an the almighty, the destructor out to gain all the power of Spira, now enough small chat,

Child tell me now who you saw, if you know what's good for you"

"What's in it for me... death"

"Well you will be free of this world and it's pain."

"I don't think I'm ready to leave this world just yet" Said Yuna turning her back to him

"Well that's a shame, if you don't tell me your friend will suffer." Said Sin as he magic an image of them one by one, "And this one in particular will suffer the most" he said Walking up to Tidus.

She slowly turned around

"No you can't you won't"

The image of Tidus started to speak

"You must or all of us will suffer"

"I don't believe you"

"Okay have it your way," the rest of her friends images disappeared leaving just Tidus

He slowly drew out a small dagger from his pocket and dragged the dagger across Tidus's arm, it slowly drew blood.

"So what, this image is bleeding I think your trying to trick me, the real Tidus won't bleed"

"Take a look for yourself" Said Sin as he showed Yuna what was happening to the real Tidus.

Tidus led in front of the group head bent low in thought of where Yuna could be. A sharp pain grew up his arm he looked down at it to see an open wound that was bleeding.

"Ahhhh" said Tidus quietly

"Tidus are you okay?" said Rikku running up to him she looked down at his arm

"Wow how did you do that?"

"I.. I don't know" he stuttered

"Stop it, STOP IT" Yuna shouted

"So will you tell me then who you saw?"

Yuna fell to the floor in defeat.

"I'll tell you" he whispered

"You've made a good choice, so who is it"

slowly she whispered "Seymour"

"Ahhh the guado leader" Then he vanished

'I've got to get out of here,' thought Yuna

and as if someone heard from above, an Aeon flew down it was Valefore

"But how could this be" said Yuna "Aeons disappeared when my father defeated Sin"

she did not care any more about who or why she just wanted to escape

"Please help me" she said softly to her new friend

It broke through the bars of the cell and grabbed Yuna ,

"Take me to The spring" she said

he listened and did as she asked.

As she flew over the land she decided to do magic, she had not done it properly in years, but she thought she must try to help save her friends, she cast a spell over her and her friends so that Sin could never find them.

Valfore flew low over the spring water and gently lay Yuna to rest on the bank before flying off into the sky, she lay there tired from practising she slowly fell into a deep sleep

"I'll heal it for you" said Lulu noticing the mass amount of blood flowing from the wound, it stopped a moment later.

"We should go to Spring and Clear our minds" said Kimhari they all quickly turned around noticing Khimari speak

"Ya, something will turn up" said Wakka

they all slowly trudged on in defeat, wondering if Yuna was lay somewhere I pain, and yet they all somehow knew that she was watching out for them, they felt like they had been touched by her somehow, and that she was waiting nearby for them to save her.

As they entered Macalania wood, the group felt tired and wearily they needed rest so they did not go immediately to the spring instead they rested in a nearby area, everyone fell asleep straight away, everyone except Tidus he lay on the ground staring at the midnight sky.

"Yuna I will find you and I won't let you go this time" he whispered to himself,

"Tidus?" said Rikku opening her eyes she hadn't been able to sleep either,.

"Do you love her?" she questioned

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"yea"

"What's it like?" she said turning to face him.

"Well its hard to explain, its like.... well all of my emotions take over me and all i can think of is how to protect her, and how I failed before." He said clenching his fist

"ohhh, Tidus don't worry Yunie is stronger than she looks and when we find her well... you can protect her then"

he stood up at her words

"I hope your right" he walked away from the camp, he needed to clear his head now.

He walked through the trees to the spring, absent mindidly looking up at the sky

He bought his eyes down to earth, then noticed Yuna's figure lay on the shore.

"Even my thoughts are betraying me, I see Yuna yet I know it must be the pyreflies" he spoke softly

and yet his body made him walk over to her, he took off his glove and lay his hand over her hair, he felt its softness,

"wait a minute" he had realised that it was Yuna

he tilted her head towards him, and stroked it, placing his glove back on his hand,

she slowly woke up,

"Tidus?" she said with a sad smile on her face

"yea it's me" he brought her into a hug "I'm never letting you go" he said into her ear

"who took you? What happened"

"Sin his back but this time he's different."

"Why?"

"He's in a different form, and he's out to get all the power in Spira"

"Well we'll stop him" Tidus said without fear

"I think there's only one way to stop him"

"What?"

"Calling upon, a hidden fayth one that has more power than all of the other faiths put together"

"That doesn't sound to hard"

"But you don't understand, once we call this fayth I don't know what will happen"

she started to cry

"What is it?" he asked

"I have something to tell you"

"what?" he said found it hard looking at him,so she looked away

"what is it?" he said puzzled

"You... you..." it was hard for her to spit out what she had to say

"what?" he said more softer

"Your.. you're the fayth" she said crying

"I'm not... what do you mean... I'm dead?"

"Yes" she said slowly

he went quite looking at himself

"But I can't be, it's not possible, no I don't believe you, how could I not know or not remember"

"I don't know, I'm sorry" she whispered he let go of her and walked to the edge of the spring and breathed in deeply, now that he knew images of his childhood images flashed before is eyes, he was taken as a child one of the few survivors of sin's attack on Zanarkand.

Yuna ran up and hugged him

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" she said crying into his clothes

"hay don't worry" he said it all makes sense how I didn't really remember my childhood but know I know.

"but.... I don't want you to go"

he looked at Yuna

"Yuna... I love you, an if that means I have to give my life up for you I will"

"I don't want you to... I won't"

"Yuna..." he said softly

she shook her head trying to make it all go away.

"no..no, no" she repeated

he hugged her

"I'm not afraid" he whispered.

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awww cry well that's the end of this chapter, what will they do? What will the others say?, what happened to Seymour?, well I guess your just going to have to wait for the next chapter. Sorry again it took so long, well hopes you liked it.

Faithxxx