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Yuna's POV (Spira)

For some reason, sometimes I feel like that I'm more descriptive when I'm doing it on Yuna's point of view.....ahem, on with the show!

Chapter Three: Truth Revealed, A New Beginning

Somthing or someone was holding on the sides of my arms. My eyes were closed. Water, I felt it all around me and my body against the soft wet sand. Was this a dream or was it reality? Groaning, I coughed the water out of my throat and forced myself to open my eyes.

And there I saw it. The most cuttest guy I've ever seen. I could tell that he was sympathetic all over me right now, really. Those eyes of his, they were a crystal ocean blue-- and they twinlked the slightest bit from cathcing the moonlight from around us. His hair was blonde with a base of light blue and, man, it was spikey! But it looked good, I mean it...."Are you okay?" His voice woke me up from la-la land.

I found myself hard to speak. He let go and sat back onto the wet sand. Instead of talking I nodded.... Then a thought came into my mind, "Oh, fudge, where's Auron?" Standing better than I thought I would, I started to head out from the water but he took a hold of my hand and pulled me baack.

"Where are you going?" He asked me. "I could give you food and water."

This time I managed my words. "Thanks but no thanks. Besides I've already got alot of water. I need to find a man named Auron, have you seen him anywhere? And, well I have business with him."

His eyebrows went up. "You're dating Auron?" I knew that he was waiting for an answer. Besides did he know Auron?

"No!" I said defensively. "I...uh...look do you know where he is or who he is? I've got more important things to do you know."

"Okay, slow down girl, come on. He said he was coming ot the celebration."

"You mean he didn't get washed up like me?"

"Yep."

I crossed my arms. "We were on the same boat! What the heck!? How'd he make it without ending up like me?" My gaze met his as he made it to his feet and stood intfront of me. "Hey and what do you me celebration?

"Oh." He scratched the back of his not seeming to be interested. "For me, becoming a summoner."

"You becoming a summoner?" I bursted out into laughs. In Zanarkand, mom told me about summoners.

"Yeah...I didn' t really wanted to be one though but I had to."

I asked, "Why thought?"

"Because."

"Because?"

"Because it's for the sake of Spira--"

"Yes! I'm in Sipra! Ooops, sorry, go on."

"And well Sin came back. My father defeated Sin when I was seven but for some reason Sin came back. Sometimes I wonder if he just put Sin to a rest and now it awoke, again." He let out a small laugh."Ha. Sometimes I feel like I'm into it so much. Why don't you come with me to the village and we find Auron?"

To tell you the truth I felt sorry for him. "Yeah, sure." I answered.

"Come on," I followed him in his tracks.

By the time we reachedthe village, it was quiet and I was guessing the people were back in their local huts. My eyes drifted around the place and landed to a bigpile of wood with light traces of thin smokethat reached up tothe sky.

I heard him mutter, "So they finised without me when it was for me." He was also looking at the burnt pile of wood. "Looks like it went out. I'll relight it later." Face turned to me he says, "Right now, we find Auron. By the way, name's Tidus. And you?"

"I'm Yuna...."

"Okay, Yuna. Let's go over ot my cousin Rikku. She might have saw Auron around here somewhere."

"Sure," I say. A perfect smile spreads across his face and he grabs my hand making me have no choice but to follow him. So it was like, he runs and I just follow.

As we ran, we slowed down when we reached the front of a giant red airship. It reminded me of the machines in Zanarkand.... "Rikku! Rikku! You there?" Tidus yelled over the humming of the big machinary.

I was going to open my mouth to ask a question but a sudden sound from the airship cut my words. The platform went down and opened up the entrance. A young blonde female popped up into my view. Eyes were and emerald green. She wore a sleevless golden-orange turtleneck and had a pair of fashionable goggles around her neck. She had a few arm bands and on her right hand she had a glove simalar to mine but the other side was completely different. For her bottom structure, she wore short shorts- kind of- with a colour of green. Her belt were one of those big kind that went slanted down towards the middle. Two thick dark blue ribbons were on her back.

"Hiya, Tidus! how'd the celebration go?" I didn't expcet it but this girl had some bubbly attitude.

"You didn't go? I thought--"

"Who's the girl, Tidus? Is she you girlfriend? You know Lulu said that it'll interfere with your pigrimage." Rikku said in a mocking manner.

I turned my head ever so slightly to Tidus' direction; he was blushing, eyes glued to the ground. "No, she's not!" Ididn't find myself hurt. "Anyway, have you seen Auron?"

"Nah. Why don't you sit by the bonfire and wait for him?" Responded Rikku. She walked off the platform and it slammed shut behind her, she jumped, surprised. "I could go with you. And maybe Lulu and Wakka could, too."

Tidus' face was still flushed from embarrasment. "Yeah, whatever," was all he said.

"Okay follow me!" Rikku said. "You'll just have to relight it."

So now that we were back at the pile of wood, Tidus was supposed to relight it. With what though? A match? No match could light that big pile of wood.

"Stand back,"Tidus signaled us.

Rikku and I stood back away from him and she whispered something in my ear, "Now watch this." I nodded and we watched.

Tidus took out this staff rod thing out of nowhere and started to spin it out in the air. A speck of fire formed then later on it had become larger. A wolf like creature then appeared and then it looked like Tidus whispered something to it. it lit the bonfire then disappeared, and so did Tidus' staff.

"So," Rikku started, "what did you expect? That he'll light it up with a match?"

Letting out a samll nervous laugh, I say, "Nope, not at all," I lied. I didn't want to make a fool of myself.

We pulled dry hunks of wood near the fire and sat. It was quiet and it made me feel unconfortable. "Rikku, I change my mind about having Lulu and Wakka join us. And, hte reason is because Lulumight be over her limits of being strict and Wakka would probably laugh hysterrically. Get what I mean? Yuna," I looked. "you'll meet them later."

"Yep," I replied wondering who they were.

When Tidus looked away to the dark sky, I found Rikku leaning over to me. "So, you're Yuna," my reply, a nod. "Where were you from anyway?"

So many things had passed by so fast, I didn't know how longI was stranded in the sea and washed up on shore. I shook my head trying ot shake away the tears from remembering what happenedto my mom. "I'm from Zanarkand."

"Whoa. That's a long way from here! And, how'd you meet Tidus?"

"He found me, I think, when I was on the shore."

"You know, take him while he's still up for grabs. I would've if he wasn't my cousin."

I wasn't sure but I swear that my face was turning to a shade of pink. It was good it was night; I hoped Rikku didn't see. "I...don't think that's possible. You see, I just met him a few hours ago- or even minutes."

"Well," she patted my back," you'll have time to get to know him better. Here's some of the basics: he's cheerful, active, at sometimes shy, and other times agresive."

"...Kind of sounds like me back home."

"Well, like I said, you'll get to know him better."

As we closed our mouths, tlk arose from our rights. I turned my head and there was the man I knew with a high collar red jacket. "Auron!" Avoiding Rikku's and Tidus' glances, I stood up and went over to him. "You! Where were you when the boat sank!?" He didn't alk, just like I had expected. "Tell me!" I snapped.

"Here you dropped this." Auron ignored my question and took out a sheathed sword from inside his jacket; he handed it to me.

"Thanks," I said, annoyed. then I asked, "Why aren't you wet?" My clothes were waterproof but my hair was almost dry.

"Sit, Yuna." Said Auron, in his normal slow voice. As his command were called out, I sat in the between of Rikku and Tidus. Auron sat across from us on the other side of the fire. "Would you like me to explain?" Auron asked.

"Yes! Of course!" I tried to not let a temper tantrum get loose.

"When the boat sank, I got on another boatthat was happening to come by. I didn't see you fall off the deck but I knew that you would be okay."

There, I had my answer. "We'll then, let's leave. Our plan is to get away from Jecht, isn't it?"

It seemed like he refused to stand, "There is more."

"What?" I asked.

"This running away from Jecht was only a plan to get you here to Spira. Jecht and I agreed to kill your mother. Since we knew that you would'nt leave her if she was alive, we decided to perform this doing. The real reason why you are here is because you are needed in Tidus' pilgrimage."

Time around me seemed to have stopped, breathing was a problem for me. I turned to face Tidus. "You were a part of this, Tidus!?" His ocean blue eyes looked right trough me.

"No! I never knew about this. No one ever told me what you had to go through."

"Dammit! I just want to be home!" Hot tears streamed down my cheeks. I wanted to run, run away from all of this. As I made my way through Auron and Tidus, I tripped and as milliseconds passed I seemed to have tripped slow motion into the fire. My vision became an orangey- red and degrees around me seemed to have shot up in huge numbers. Pain seared throughout my body , I screamed. Tidus was the only one that I saw reaching out to me. He got me out and his outer robe caught on fire. Taking it off, he carried me and ran to a hut. Tidus laid me gently down on a colt and brought over herbs, along with water. "Thanks," I said hoarsely.

"Your arm isn't that bad." I glanced down at it and got a glimpse of his wrists, they were burnt, like my arm but it hadn't turn black just like my arm. Reaching over, he put smashed herbs onto my burnt skin, I flinched. "Don't worry it'll get better." I couldn't even nod. Tidus put a hand on my forehead and he clicked his tongue. "You're burning up a fever." He was worried alright, for sure. Talking a damp cloth that was put to his side, he placed it evenly on my burning forehead.

As he stood, I called out to him, "Don't...go. Stay... with me... please." A warm smile appeared on his face and he sat back down beside me.

"It's okay. This is mt hut anyway."

Afraid that he still would leave, I said, "But... don't go." Words were hard for me to manage right now but with the slightest bit of effort, I was capable of saying them.

"Well, I could stay with you right now." Settling himself a seat he asked, "Are you hungry?"

"No, it's okay," I said trying to be polite.

"Could I ask you something?"

"What is it?''

"Um," Tidus started. "Are you... well... uh...." He looked at me and I nodded waiting for his what he wanted to ask. "Are you... well....Are you going... out with anybody during your days right now?"

An akward silence arose between us. I managed to say, "Why do you ask?" Already, I knew why.

"I was just- I mean I just wanted to know."

"I know why." His shy crystal blue eyes met my own piar. A light shade of red was flushed on his cheeks. I continued, "You like me.... Don't you?"

Tidus lifted his right hand to the back of his head and scratched the surface. "Well you know just if, like--"

"I admit it."

"What?"

"... You knowhow you like me?" Slowly, he nodded. " I... like you, too. Ever since I first saw you after I opened my eyes when I was washed ashore."

Smiling, he says, "Well, you've got yourself a guy."

I don't know how I did it but I slowly sat up and fell into his arms; it felt so right. "I'm lucky I got you... I just need somebody right now-- from going through everything of what happened. Though I just met you a while ago, that was good, right?"

"Yeah." Not expecting it, he bowed down and planted a soft kiss on my forehead after he took off the cloth.

"Thanks, I really needed that." I said.

"You know," Tidus started, "now that you know the truth about why you're in Spira, you're goin through a new beginning."

"A new beginning?"

"Yup."

Author's note: I hope that was good enough for you guys! Well I'll try to update soon! Later days.

-Yuna-Blueo'Hara