The sun shined brightly upon the small island of Besaid. Children ran about, playing with each other, while the adults watched their children and chatted with each other. But all came to a stop as a small group of girls entered the village. "Lady Yuna! Lady Yuna!" Little children yelled as they ran over to her. Yuna giggled slightly as she knelt down by them, patting their heads. "It's good to see you too."

Wakka and Lulu walked out, their child in Lulu's arms. "It's nice to see you again, Yuna." Lulu said calmly as he baby boy began to cry. "Hush," She cooed as she walked over to the wooden bench and began to sing to him. "Hey, Yuna!" Wakka began to say, "What took ya so long?"

As Yuna began to speak, Rikku drifted off into thought. Rikku loved her cousin to death, but she envied her greatly. I wish I could be more like her... The main reason why the young Al Bhed wanted to be like her older cousin was Tidus. Secretly, she adored him, but she didn't like the fact that Yuna loved him, and he loved her back.

"Rikku...Rikku!" Paine said as she waved her hand in front of her Rikku's face. "Huh? What?" The young blonde said, blinking, with a bewildered look upon her face. "You coming or what?" Paine spoke as she walked down the dirt road. "There's a surprise for Yuna."

Anger filled her, but she quickly shook it off, and then followed Paine. They walked into Wakka and Lulu's house and Yuna's eyes widened. "Tidus!" She said with great emotion as she wrapped her arms around her love. "I missed you so much!" Tidus wrapped his arms around her waist. "I missed you too, Yuna." He said softly into her ear. "I have so much to tell you!" Yuna said as she got out of Tidus' grip, grabbed his hand and took him out of the house.

Tidus brushed past Rikku without saying anything, causing her to feel cold and hallow. He didn't even notice me... Rikku felt tears form in her eyes as she turned around and walked out of her friend's house.

"Mad sa ib (Let me up)!" She yelled to her brother in the large, red airship. Brother opened the door and she ran into the cabin and sat on one of the beds. Rikku leaned back, rested her head on the pillow, and drifted off into a slumber.

When she awoke, her green eyes gazed out the window. The sun was hidden behind dark grey clouds. Rikku's ear twitched as she heard the sounds of sobs. Curiosity filled her as she got off the bed and walked down the stairs. "Tidus?" She said to him as he sat in the chair, crying. "What's wrong? What happened?" She ran over to Tidus and sat besides him. "It's...It's Yuna." His voice trailed off.

Rikku placed her hand on his arm. "What about Yunie? What happened to her?" Tidus turned his head so he was looking at Rikku. His blue eyes were filled with tears. "She's...She's...' He mouthed the word 'dead' as his voice vanished. "She what?" She couldn't read his lips. Rikku placed her other hand on his other shoulder and shook him. "Tell me! Please, Tidus!"

Tidus cried harder and placed his head on his friends shoulder. "She's...Yuna's..." He couldn't finish his sentence. Then as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by the sounds of the sliding doors opening. "She's dead." Gippal said. He walked over to them, and sat down in a chair, next to Rikku.

Her eyes widened as tears formed and ran down her cheeks. "How! When!" She recalled wanting to be Yuna and thinking about all these bad things over the past couple of days, only so she could be with Tidus, but know she wished she never thought that. Her cousin, and best friend was gone, and Rikku wished it was her, instead of Yuna.