Title: Life and a new home

Paring: Seymour/Tidus

Life and a New Home

Were could he be? I have to find him. I promised Ject that I would bring him and watch over him and now he's gone. "DAMIT!!!!!!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I kicked a large rock into the water. Why did this have to happen? Damn this mission! Damn Seymour! Damn Sin! Dam this whole thing! "TIDUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Sir Auron?"

"What?!"

"Don't ya worry bout him. I'm sure he's safe yha." I turned to look at the blitz ball player.

"That cry baby. No way."

It had to have been three hours since the search started, and it was getting dark. We would have to start again in the morning. Lady Yuna and troupe headed to Dejose Temple a half an hour ago. Lady Yuna passing out from all of the sendings she had been doing, and I had to admit that I too was starting to feel fatigue. Soon we would have to head back to Guadosalam.

"MEASTER SEYMOUR!!!!" I quickly snapped out of my daze, and looked over to one of my guards. He was carrying a small blonde boy in his arms. "We found him in the water. He's almost frozen to the touch, but he's alive. Is this the boy you were looking for?" Looking closer at the youth confirmed he was the one traveling with Lady Yuna and her guardians.

"Yes, he's the one." On closer inspection he was shivering like a rattle snakes tail. We would need to get him warm or he'd die of hypothermia. "Get me a blanket. And tell Measter Kinock that we are leaving for Guadosalam at once!" I took the shivering Tidus into my arms and held him as close as possible to keep him warm.

"Sir. Shouldn't we send him to Lady Yuna? After all he is one of her guardians." I thought about that as well, but for some reason I just wanted to keep the boy with me. I didn't want to let him go or have him taken from my arms.

"No, he will be coming with us to Guadosalam. Now go inform the men, and get me the blanket and a chocobo!"

"Yes Sir" And he quickly left to perform the tasks given to him. I looked down at Tidus and brushed some of his golden hair from his face. He looks just like a child. Too young to be in this war, but he must have a good reason to risk his life fighting something that just comes back. But isn't that why I went on that same pilgrimage to Zanarkand. To beat Sin and bring the Calm even though Sin would come back? Yes my reason was the same and not only I, but my mother also paid a price to get the final aeon. I was interrupted from my thought when my guard came back with a thick blanket to wrap around Tidus, a chocobo following close behind.

"Thank you Yano. Did you tell the others that we are leaving?"

"Yes sir. They are waiting for us down at the pass."

"Good." I wrapped the blanket securely around Tidus's small frame and held him close as I mounted the sturdy chocobo. "Then on ward to Guadosalam. The sooner we get home the better. We don't want to get stuck out in the dark with all the fiends roaming around."

"Yes sir" And I steered the chocobo towards the opening in the cliff's edge and left with Tidus snuggled close in my arms. Thank goodness, I was beginning to have doubt that you were alive. I couldn't help my self from holding him even closer in relief. I looked forward as I gathered with the rest of my men, and began our journey home.