First off, BIG THANKS, to everyone who commented on the first two chapters, you have inspired me to continue on with this.

As usual, I don't own FFX-2, or anything FF, or anything belonging to Square Enix. I'm just, um, borrowing.

Apologies for not going straight to the end of FFX-2, I just wanted to write a few bits that I saw as kind of important to the game, and really wanted to write them. Next chapter, I promise, will be the reunion.

Now… I debated about making this story talk about Lenne and Shuyin, and how they're connected to Tidus/Yuna, but I've finally come to the choice that, if I did that, it'd be hideously long and probably confusing. So, it's just Yuna and Tidus. I'll leave the Lenne/Shuyin stories to those who like to write them. Not that I didn't like the story, I just don't want to write it in this. So I've pretty much cut it out completely. Apologies.

If it seems like I'm skipping too much, or the story doesn't make sense the way I'm doing it, please tell me and I'll do something about it. This chapter was hell to write, trying to figure out what to write and what to leave. I'm not proud of this chapter, but it's done.

About updating- I'll try to update at the very least, once or twice a week. Hopefully more, but I can't promise anything because I'm juggling a lot of stuff right now.

Now! I'm shutting up! Here's Chapter 2!

(The set up for this page is different from the previous too. This is because I figured out a better way to upload the files… so it looks different, but more like I wanted it to, less stuffed together. I hope it's not too confusing.)

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Chapter 2 - (Two months later)

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(AN: This chapter takes place directly after Yuna's fall into the Farplane. I was going to write that part, but it proved to be too long and didn't work out with my future plans for the story. So instead, this chapter serves as a mini review, and Yuna's feelings about what has happened.)

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Sitting on the edge of her bed in the cabin, Yuna looked down at the sphere in her lap with little emotion on her face. The sphere was playing, but she wasn't watching. She knew it too well, she had seen it too many times before, captivated by the hope that the contents were what she wished them to be.

'But they're not.' She thought, and the world seemed to darken a little around her.

'It's not you. It looks like you, but it isn't. It's someone I don't even know. He just looks like you.'

Slowly setting the sphere down on bed, she lay back with a sigh. Outside the sky was dark and the stars were sparkling brightly. Over in the other two beds, Paine and Rikku were sleeping. Though Paine slept quietly and looked almost dead she was so motionless, Rikku was a constant churning turmoil of movement. It seemed the Al Bhed could never get comfortable in the beds, even though she was fast asleep. Yuna smiled a little. Her cousin never seemed to get tired, and even when she was sleeping, she was bouncing around.

But the distraction of her roommates did not last for long. Very quickly her mind returned to where it had been. The sphere glinted in the moonlight beside her, but she made no move to touch it. She had watched it so many times before, and now she felt as if she wanted nothing to do with it.

'It's not you.' The miserable thought dragged itself through her head again and plummeted her mood down even further. She felt like crying, but she didn't want to wake Rikku or Paine up. She didn't want to have them see her crying all the time. She didn't want to cry all the time, even though the urge to was hard to resist in the turn of recent events.

Closing her eyes she tried to forget the events of the day, wishing she could just fall asleep and escape all of it. Though now she was even wary of her dreams, never knowing when she might have another nightmare from emotions that didn't even belong to her, or of seeing the tortured forms of the Aeons die. Everything just felt too overwhelming.

Then the sound of the whistling echoed back into her mind. Snapping her eyes open she sat up abruptly. When she had woken up in Bevelle, she hadn't been able to remember how she got there. Suddenly the memory was flooding back into her mind.

What did it mean? She knew she didn't imagine it, she'd heard all the whistles clearly. She'd seen the figure walking ahead of her, just out of reach, and too far away for her to make out what the figure looked like. But she'd felt something then, a reassuring feeling, completely unexplainable. It was him. She didn't know how she knew, but the truth just sat there in her mind and prodded her with it's clarity. Somehow, someway, it had been him, leading her out of the Farplane and to safety.

Falling backwards again onto her bed she let her breath out in a long sigh. But it still didn't make any sense, and it still didn't answer any questions. If she saw him in the Farplane like that, all it meant was that he was truly no longer alive, and just a memory was dwelling on the Farplane.

Now she really felt like she wanted to cry.

Covering her face with her hands she forced herself to stop, and tried to calm down, but to no avail. First the discovery of Shuyin being the man in the sphere, now the knowledge that all that was left of Tidus was a shadow of a memory on the Farplane.

Dragging herself into bed, she pulled the covers high up to her chin, and tried to nestle down into the soft bedding. Tomorrow would no doubt be another busy, confusing day. She had to be ready for it, even if she did feel like crying. She had to save the tears until she knew what was really going on, when she finally had the answers she needed.

'When I finally figure out if I need to let go of the memory.'

Shutting her eyes tight, she forced her rampaging thoughts from her mind and tried to fall asleep. But with Rikku's endless movement, and the thoughts overtaking her mind once more, she soon found that it was impossible.

Sighing, she threw off the covers and stormed down the stairs, heading to the elevator. If she couldn't sleep, then there wasn't any point in staying in bed to let her thoughts assault her.

Heading up onto the deck, she was surprised by the warmness of the air. Taking it as a good sign, she walked out slowly to the middle of the deck, and looked up to the stars. Standing silently, she let go of her thoughts and lost herself in watching the stars, trying to see patterns in them. Anything to get her mind off everything else.

"Yuna?" Asked a voice, and she turned around to see Brother poking his head out onto the deck. "What are you doing up here? It is dangerous!" He cried, walking over to her quickly. She smiled at him and looked back up to the stars.

"I was having trouble sleeping, so I came up to get some fresh air. I'm sorry to worry you."

He didn't say anything for a long moment, and seemed to take great delight in looking up at the stars as well. But after a few moments, his patience with it seemed to die and he threw his arms down, suddenly pacing the deck. Yuna looked down from the stars and watched him silently, wondering what it was he was doing.

"Yuna, I…" He started, then stopped abruptly, and rubbed his head with his hands.

"Yes, Brother?" She asked, curious to what he was having so much trouble saying.

"I… uh… It is unimportant!" He suddenly exclaimed, and headed towards the elevator. She watched him as he went, wondering what in the world it was he had been trying to say. It had sounded like it was important to him, but he seemed to act as if he was too embarrassed to speak.

When he was gone, she sighed and sat down on the deck. Lying back, she stared up at the stars sightlessly. The thoughts had started to haunt her again.

Closing her eyes, she tried to block them out.

Then another memory filtered in and over powered her defenses.

Shuyin had embraced her in the Farplane, though it was more he was embracing the memory of his lost love that somehow he saw in Yuna. But the embrace had upset her, both because of his close appearance to Tidus and the warmth of it. As he held her, all she could feel inside was the urge to push him away, to tell him not to touch her. It had felt so wrong, and she had felt almost guilty for not trying to stop him. But at the same time, she had felt an overwhelming feeling of happiness, of relief, and of love. But it wasn't him. It was Shuyin she was embracing.

"Why am I feeling like this?" She said aloud, sitting up angrily and shaking her head in frustration. "Aren't my own feelings enough? Why do I have to feel hers too?" She asked up at the stars, tears forming in her eyes.

Pulling her knees up she rested her chin on them, shutting her eyes and wiping away the tears. "I'm sorry." She said aloud, as if just saying it would let him hear it. She wanted to tear out the image of Shuyin in her mind, but she found herself unable to. The other feelings inside of her were too strong, and hung onto it with a grip of steel.

"I don't want to feel what Lenne felt!" She shouted, shaking her head violently in frustration. But it wouldn't go away, no matter what she did. Blinking away tears, she slowly lifted her head to take one last look up at the stars before she headed back down to the cabin.

In her mind she could picture his face clearly, and even after two long years, she could still feel their last embrace. But other images were clouding her mind, and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't push them away.

"I'm so sorry."

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Vegnagun had been defeated. Shuyin and Lenne, reunited, and gone to rest forever. As Yuna walked across the Farplane's field of flowers, she finally felt at peace. No longer did she have the emotions of Lenne swarming around her, nor the question of who the man in the sphere was. Now it was all clear, though the truth somewhat saddened her. Her hopes of finding Tidus now were slipping away, though she refused to let go of the memory of him.

Taking a deep breath, she paused as her friends continued on, through the portal and back to the waiting airship. Turning slowly around, Yuna watched the pyreflies wander aimlessly around the sky.

'I wonder, if I can see him here.' She thought, but somehow she doubted it. If he had been truly a dream, he wouldn't be here. He wouldn't be anywhere. Sighing she hung her head, trying to stay happy with the knowledge she'd kept Spira out of danger again, but unable to let go of her own loneliness. She hadn't wanted to save the world again, it just had planted itself in her lap. Now that it was all over, she was back to where she had been. But this time, she had no hope of a sphere.

Turning back towards the portal, she slowly made her way towards it when something suddenly pierced the air. A whistle. She stopped and spun around, trying to see where it had come from. Nothing but pyreflies could be seen, and the misty waterfalls flowing from the islands.

Just as she began to wonder if she had imagined it, another whistle called through the air. Still seeing nothing, she looked down to the flowers to see a large group of pyreflies suddenly forming.

Together they formed together, and revealed someone Yuna had not expected. She tried to hide her disappointment, but she doubted the Fayth would have believed her even if she had been able to smile.

"Thanks." He said quietly, a smile to be seen from underneath his hood.

"You're very welcome." She bowed politely, meaning every word she said.

"You heard it, didn't you." The boy spoke, and somehow Yuna felt a hint of a smile in his voice. She simply nodded. They both knew what he had meant.

"Do you want to see him?"

Yuna's heart leaped, but she fought to control herself. Maybe he wasn't talking about what she thought. She couldn't get her hopes up, not after all this. She didn't want to go home broken hearted again.

"Him?" She asked quietly, only daring to believe in her heart that the Fayth was serious.

"Yes. You want to walk together again?" The Fayth continued, almost as if he somehow saw into her mind. Her heart was suddenly beating fast, and she struggled to calm herself. It couldn't be true, after all this time, that it would be this easy? That after all that had happened, the answer had been right in front of her? She didn't dare to hope, or think about what the Fayth meant.

Swallowing all of her raging emotions and the impulse to cry out her answer, she simply nodded. The Fayth nodded back to her, and as he spoke he already began to disappear.

"I can't promise anything, but we'll see what we can do." With a glimmer of light, the pyreflies separated and the image of the boy was gone. Disappearing into thin air, soon even the pyreflies could not be seen. Surprised by his abrupt disappearance, Yuna found herself suddenly wanting to ask him what he had meant, if it was truly possible she could see him again. But the Fayth was no where to be seen, and a voice inside of her told her it was better to wait and see. The Fayth had said, that he couldn't promise her that it would work. Maybe they wouldn't be able too.

Despite all the questions running through her mind, all she could do was smile. Slowly turning away from where the Fayth had been, she walked towards the portal. She didn't look back as she passed by the waterfalls, the flowers, and the beautiful sky of the Farplane. What she had come to do was finished, and she did not belong in this place of spirits. It was time to go home.

"You sure look happy. Where were you?" Rikku asked, leaning towards Yuna with a questioning smile. Standing in the middle of the bridge, Yuna tried to hide her own smile but found she couldn't. They were on their way back to Luca, to drop Gippal, Nooj, and Baralai off to address the people of Spira. Yuna had been the last on board, and everyone had wondered what had kept her. But she refused to answer them, only giving a shy smile and walking to the bridge.

"Just on the Farplane." She replied softly, looking out of the window to the sky. Rikku gave a frustrated groan of annoyance, and prodded her cousin with her finger.

"Come on, Yunie, tell us what happened! Or I won't share my secrets with you!" She added with a mischievous grin. Yuna only smiled back at her and kept her mouth shut.

"Aw, give her a break already, you've asked her that about a thousand times in the last two minutes. Why don't you go sit down and be quiet like a good little girl?" Gippal chided, walking over to them and towering over Rikku. To this Rikku glared, and waved her hands as if brushing off a fly.

"I'm not little! Don't tell me what to do! You think you're so important, just because you run the Machine Faction. Well if you ask me-" She started, but was cut off when Gippal laughed.

"The thing is, I didn't ask you." Rikku gave a shriek and smacked him, but he only kept laughing.

"Can you two stop bickering?" Paine growled from her place in the corner. Rikku stuck her tongue out at the warrior and then began chattering at Gippal in Al Bhed. Gippal just kept laughing, and added a few comments in his defense when she paused to take a breath.

Rolling her eyes, Paine sighed and looked over to Nooj.

"You think it's going to work, this speech of yours? Do you think they'll actually settle down and listen while their leaders tell them they led them wrong?"

Nooj shrugged a little, then shook his head. "I don't know. But it's all we can do. From what I hear, Yuna helped settle them down already. They're willing to listen now, something they weren't ready to do before."

"So what do you plan to do now? Go back to leading factions? Sit and wait for the next conflict?" Paine continued, raising an eyebrow at the three of them.

"We don't want conflict in Spira. It seems that if we do lead factions, conflict is inevitable. The only solution may be that we join together and try to form a new Spira." Baralai spoke up, turning to look over to Paine who avoided his gaze.

"Isn't that a bit like Yevon? One set of people ruling Spira and calling the shots?" The warrior asked with a frown.

"We don't want to make that mistake again. What we hope, is that we can form an agreement of leaders, who will be able to work together for the better of Spira. Not just one ruler, from one faction, ruling over everyone."

"So you'll create a council." Everyone turned to Yuna at the sound of her voice. Nooj nodded.

"We hope so, or something like it. It may be the only answer, as there are so many different people that all must be heard. The Ronso, the Guado, the Al Bhed, the Yevonites, and the Youth League. Spira can never hope to become one if we all stay away from each other. That can only lead to war. If we stick together, then maybe things will go smoother. That is what we hope, at least."

"It sounds like a good idea." Yuna looked away, back to the sky outside the airship. Her mind was not on the subject, though she still felt a pull towards the people of Spira. She wanted to make sure it would go smoothly, but she didn't want to become so involved. Not again.

"Of course it's a good idea! That's because my Noojie-Woojie thought of it." Leblanc announced, walking out of the hallway and onto the bridge. Paine rolled her eyes, and Yuna couldn't help but giggle.

"There goes any hope of an intelligent conversation." Paine muttered under her breath.

As Leblanc came up beside Nooj and began swooning at him, and Gippal and Rikku continued to argue, Yuna found her mood becoming lighter. Finally, everything was going back to the way it had been. Peaceful and happy, though somewhat noisy.

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With a slow fade, Bahamut rejoined the other Fayth who dwelled within the heart of the Farplane. Though there was no real leader between them, Bahamut was looked to as the one who had the best ideas and the most power over dreams and speaking to mortals. As they had felt the release of Shuyin's tortured spirit, he had left to speak one last time to the mortals who were leaving the Farplane.

"Well?" Asked Ixion, looking to the young boy.

"Shuyin and Lenne have finally gone to rest. Vegnagun has been destroyed, and all the mortals have gone from the Farplane."

"Then these are good tidings, and we may rest again." Shiva murmured, looking over to the other Fayth who surrounded the boy.

He hesitated at her words, and to this she raised an eyebrow. "You have more words to share?" She asked, voicing the thought of all Fayth gathered.

"It was Yuna and her friends who defeated Vegnagun and led Shuyin to rest." A silence fell on the gathering and for a long while, no one spoke.

"She has done much for us, and Spira." Ifrit's rough voice spoke almost fondly, as he looked to the ground and seemed lost in thought.

"She wishes to see him again. And I told her that we will try." Bahamut concluded, looking to every Fayth for their reaction.

"What? Why did you tell her that?" Cindy frowned, crossing her arms and looking unhappy.

"We have already dreamed enough for Spira. When our forms in Spira died, so did we to the eyes of all who dwell in it. Even she did not know we still were alive until Shuyin destroyed the peace. Let her forget the simple dream." Yojimbo spoke harshly, shaking his head.

"Have you forgotten what she has done for us?" Shiva suddenly snarled, giving the warrior a sharp look. "She was ready to die for Spira to bring a calm that would never last, when she found another way with the help of that simple dream, as you call it. She released us from our bonds. Now we are no longer chained to Spira and trapped in an endless sleep, always to fight Sin and watch our summoners die. That time is over. Now we are free and no longer bound to that cruel destiny, all thanks to her. And you would give her no thanks? You, like all the others, who swore to protect and love the people of Spira as a Fayth?"

"The time of summoning is over. We have nothing more to give to the world of Spira." Cindy argued.

"Have you lost all care for Spira?" Anima cut in calmly, her eyes burning through the minds of all the Fayth gathered. "A simple dream is not difficult. It can be our gift to her, and then we may rest forever here. If we all gather the dream, it shall not be an ordeal. It is only one dream."

"Shared by all of us, it will not trap us as did the dream of Zanarkand and all of it's people." Ifrit mused aloud, then looked up to Bahamut who had not spoken for a long while.

"Then we shall try?" He asked simply, looking around the Fayth. Slowly, they all nodded, save Yojimbo who merely stood in the corner with a dark look upon his face.

"All of us must work together if this will be complete." Valefor spoke softly. "Will you not for once give up your love for money and yourself to show kindness to one who freed you from your trappings?"

After a long moment of uncomfortable silence, Yojimbo finally came forward. "I will do this one thing. But no more."

"Thank you." Shiva whispered, bowing her head.

"Then we will begin?" Ifrit asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Let us try. If all goes well, and her will is strong enough to believe, the dream will be hers and we will not have to bind ourselves to it fully." Slowly, all the Fayth came together in a circle, and silence again overtook the Farplane, as pyreflies floated aimlessly.

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"Thanks for dropping us off." Baralai smiled as he, Nooj, Gippal, Leblanc, Ormi, and Logos walked off the airship and onto Luca's docks.

"How about staying for the party?" Gippal grinned, turning around to face Yuna. "They'd love to see you there. Seeing as you keep saving the world." His voice had a joking tone, but Yuna knew he was serious about wanting her to stay. He was right, the people of Spira would love to see her again, and ask her to give them a speech just like she had two years ago. Turning away from them, she wondered what she should do. Paine and Rikku watched her with questioning looks, but didn't say anything. Paine looked as if she just wanted to go someplace quiet, where as Rikku was bouncing at the word party.

'But what do I want?' Yuna asked herself, putting her hand to her chin thoughtfully. This time, she wasn't going to do what everyone else wanted her to do. She had left all that behind when she'd left Besaid at the start of her adventure. She had to stop doing what everyone wanted, or expected, her to do.

Twirling around with a smile, she shook her head. "It's time for me to go home!" Grinning, she gave them a little wave, then headed back towards the Celsius and her companions. She heard Gippal laugh behind her, but no objections were voiced.

Her heart soaring, she walked up the airship's ramp and headed towards the elevator. Behind her Paine followed without hesitation, but she could hear Rikku giving a groan of disappointment, and aiming one last insult at Gippal. Skipping up the ramp she too finally followed them, and behind her the ramp shut with a dull thud.

"Brother, let's go home!" Yuna shouted with a grin, as she walked onto the bridge. He responded with a crazy yell and before he'd finished it they were already lifting up off the water.

"I'm going onto the deck." Yuna announced to no one in particular, and turning around, headed back towards the elevator.

"The deck?" Paine repeated, looking somewhat surprised. "What for?"

Yuna gave no reply, and continued down the hall, feeling almost as if she wanted to skip. The world seemed so much brighter now, for some reason. All the questions and the worry were behind her, and no longer important. Spira was safe, and she was ready for another dose of peace and quiet. And maybe, somehow, in the future, she'd know what the Fayth had meant. Maybe she'd get to see him, one more time.

Walking out onto the deck, she stretched and leaned against the wind. The fresh air was so refreshing, she was surprised to realize how suffocating the Farplane had seemed. Cold and dead, though enchantingly beautiful. The memory was not pleasant in her mind, and she found herself pushing it away.

'This is where I belong. Here, where everything is alive. This is home. Spira.'

Though she felt happiness, there was still a part inside of her that was not content. 'I just wish you could be here with me.' Still smiling, she closed her eyes and let the wind buffet her face with it's soft caress. Somewhere inside of her, she felt hope, more hope then she had when she had started out on her journey. And though a part of her told her not to get her hopes up in fear of disappointment, she found she could not stop herself. Opening her eyes, she looked out into sky above her, and the blue expanse of water below.

Already, Yuna could see the familiar sight of Besaid on the horizon.