A/n: I'm sorry if there was a cliff hanger and it kept you guys waiting for a long time. So um... yeah okay, here you guys go...

Ps. Sorry for any spelling errors... enjoy! Fluff in the next chappie!


Chapter fourteen: Reasons


Lenne looked helplessly at the young woman. She had seen her in Zanarkand, also ready to giver her life to her homeland. That lady, she too, was a summoner but a summoner to young. They didn't let her fight in the war because she was to young. Maybe this is where she went when they were all busy with the war? Lenne thought that but she wasn't sure. Yeah, she saw her left but then she didn't know that she was over here. Since she and Shuyin had gotten shot, that was why they didn't see what was going on. Lenne slowly took her eyes off the girl but then quickly said, "We have to follow her deeper into the temple!"

"Why?" Paine asked. Weren't we just here a while ago? I don't think that it's a good idea, you know. We've been here so why are we here again?" the spunky teen said in a tone with an uncertain state of worry. She kept on glancing everywhere just to make sure that they were still in the clear.

Lenne kept looking at the young woman and then back at them. She tucked a strand of loose brown silky hair behind her right ear. "Look, we'll talk about this later. Right now, I feel that we have to follow that girl! I saw her in Zanarkand, she was a summoner too but she didn't get evolved in the war. The people said that she was to young buy she was only one or two year younger than I was." Again, she looked back and forth. "Come on!" She didn't bother to stay. Running to the girl without making her notice that she was actually there, the others followed her.

Rikku shook her head and followed after Lenne as Shuyin was at her side, Rikku talked to him. "Sometimes, I don't get your girlfriend, Shuyin. Is she always like this when she knows something is important?" Shuyin was a faster runner than she was, she strained to keep up. Shuyin wasn't answering. "Huh? Huh?" Rikku asked getting impatient. "I want to know."

Shuyin answered in a simple answer. "No." He ran off going to Lenne. Leaving her with the others that were still making their way to catch up with the songstress.

"Wow, talk about serious," Rikku said to Gippal. "Do you think he's always like that?"

Yuna talked before Gippal could. She made her way to Rikku's side and then said between little pants, "Sometimes. He's just like that because he wants to make sure that Lenne's okay. You get what I mean? He wants to be sure if she's alright."

Rikku lowered her voice, "Well, I wished that Gippal was like that. He can't be close to serious, Yunie. Sometimes, I can't understand why he's like that," she joked but Gippal still heard.

"Don't think that I didn't hear you , Cid's girl," Gippal said in a mocking voice.

Rikku heard that and then pouted, "HEY! I Have a name you know, it's Rikku! Rikku! Rikku!"

"Yep, I got all that down-"

"Shut it! We're losing them!" Paine said rushing right passed them. "I didn't know that Lenne can run that fast! I knew that Shuyin could but then who would've thought that Lenne could!" She didn't say anything else and then just ran ahead. The others kept running, trying to keep up. Finally catching up where Lenne had stopped all of a sudden.

Shuyin was there beside her and the both of them watched the girl. She didn't seem to notice them so it was useless to keep quiet. "Why is she here?" Lenne asked and Shuyin answered her.

Shuyin didn't take his eyes of the girl and talked to Lenne with looking at her at the corner of his eye. "I don't know. Why don't we just look and see?" Lenne and the others didn't say another word.

Passing the altar, the woman walked up to this wall. It seemed to be glowing in a blue light. The strange thing was that it was coming out of a crack in the wall. The girl whispered some words and the crack became bigger, bigger until it was big enough for her to fit in. Scared that something was going to happen to her, Lenne walked forward but then Shuyin stopped her. "Why are you stopping me?" Lenne asked.

"Because I have a feeling that she came here for a reason and it is not for us to interfere with. You have to stay here with me or else who know what will happen to you." Lenne didn't fight back and just watched. The girl disappeared into the crack and then it closed.

"What do you think that was?" Yuna asked shaking her head to get the fuzziness of the light away from her eyes. She cocked her head to one side and then looked at all of them. She knew that it was important.

"I have no-" a sudden blackness interrupted Rikku. Everyone blacked out.


When they woke up, the girl was standing beyond all of them. She was older now not to mention that she was also taller a bit. She also looked like that she was more mature. There was this look in her eyes that she was serious about something... she was determind. Lenne gazed at her in pure disbelief was this really her? How could she grow up so fast in a day? "Are you the girl that came here yesterday?"

Looking down a Lenne, the girl nodded her head. She noticed them now but how come not before? "I know you. You are the famous songstress and is a summoner. Do you know me? I'm a summoner too but then they said that I was to young to fight. They sent me here and said that I was to go into the crack of time so that I would forward my age there. Today, I am finished and I can now go back to Zanarkand and fight in the war."

Lenne glanced back at Yuna and she nodded. "This is why we're here," Yuna said. "Just to find out how the ReBirth works! Yevon damn it! I just had to risk loosing Yulina and Tidus just to find this out"

"Shhh..." Tidus took her between his arms and she hushed down, she was almost crying. "Shhhh... it's okay, Yuna, look." She looked up at him and he smiled. She turned her head and saw that the girl was glowing.

"What is happening to me!" the girl said. She was scared but then there was this hint of relief in her voice. A blue portal formed behind her and she fell in, falling backward.

"I she got the ReBirth then why did she go?" Rikku asked turning around looking at all of them. "I mean she was ready to fight and then she had to go afterwards."

"Rikku, be quiet!" Paine said. Rikku was about to complain but then she had saw it, too. There was this projection infront of them and saw that is was that same girl again. She was in a house in that world that they had gone to from Spira. "Look, it's that girl in that place." Everyone nodded. Then they heard her voice. That girl's voice.

"You all may be wondering why you are in that world. Well, you saw that I got the ReBirth and ended up here. Like I said, a crack in time was needed to let me pass an age or more. Then I came here. It was because the crack in time was needing to heal after the crack was needed. I will stay here until the fragment of time will be healed. If it is not then I can make serious damages to the formation of time..." her voice faded away and Rikku looked at Yuna. She was nodding now, knowing why they were there.

"Well, you guys know why you're there already. So why are we there?" Rikku said. "Got any ideas, Lulu?" Rikku played with her hands in the air feeling like something was going to happen soon. The black mage shook her hea but then she said something.

Crimson eyes looking around, she said in her same usual emotionless voice, "I think that we need to get back to that world now. Yuna and Tidus know now so we have to go. But how, though?" She shook her head not knowing. Neither did the others. A sudden gun shot made them break from their thoughts.

"What?" Paine said. They all turned and saw that there were soldiers. "Shit! I told you guys that we shouldn't go here but did you listen? No!" She held her sword up to fight and so did the others with their weapons. Guarding herself with her sword in front of her, it was too late. The bullets hit her and she fell backwards onto the ground.

"NO!" Baralai screamed. As he rushed to her, her body became a light timid blue and she bursted into pyreflies, disappearing. "Where did she go?" he said turning to the soldiers. He was so angry, he didn't even think about protecting himself. "What did you do to her" they shot him and then what had happened to Paine happened to him.

"I guess that we all have to get shot on purpose to follow them," Jecht pointed out lowering his sword. The others of the group looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Are you sure?" Atrena said. "I don't have any idea why you'd think of something like that-" Tidus interrupted her.

"Well, I think you made a point, Mom and Dad but I think we have to do what you said, Dad. One of the first times when I actually think you're right. Strange but true. You go first."

Jecht smirked at Tidus. "Ha! You just want me to go first because you're just scared. I'm better than you for now and always. Fine, I'll go first then your mom will and then you and your wife, 'kay?" Tidus rolled his eyes and then shook his head.

After Jecht had gone, Atrena asked him something. "Tidus, dear, are you mad at your father?" She cocked her head getting ready to get shot herself.

"Surprisingly, no. I don't know why but hurry, go." Atrena listened to Tidus and then disappeared. One after another, they got shot on purpose and they all disappeared...


"Well, lookie here, I'm bleeding!" Rikku squealed pointing at her arm that was damaged from the bullet. Her arm hurted but she didn't seem like she felt it.

Gippal gave her arm a sideways glance and then let out, "Psh. Come on Rik, all of us are hurt to." He was out of breath and so was the others but it was different for Rikku. They had made it back to the world Yulina was in and Yuna and Tidus were happy.

"We're back!" Yuna said happily not noticing her bleeding arm. She was just thinking about how getting shot would bring them back here. She threw her arms in the air but then she collasped in pain, falling into Tidus' arms. "Ow..."

"You shouldn't be moving a lot..." he said as she lifted her head off of his chest and looked at him. "I don't want you to..." their lips met and they avoided to look at them. Rikku on the other hand was too nosy, she was peeking at them through her fingers that were partly covering her eyes.

Yuna and Tidus pulled back and Tidus held her even though he knew that a bullet was resting in his back. He didn't feel it though, like he was numd or something.


Clyde stopped talking and then looked up and then talked again, "Do you hear that? It's coming from the kitchen-"

Yulina stood up and shouted, "They're back! Come on guys, let's go and see them!" The three of them rushed to the kitchen, and they were there. All of them. They all looked hurt but were armless with weapons.

Pain muttered something and they all looked at her. "Damn, I wished I had my sword..." she looked up and saw Yulina. The teen jumped to her Mom. It had almost been two days.

"MOM!... Are you okay?" Yuna was going to say something in Yulina's return but then the door bell rang...


-Yuna-Blueo'Hara