Chapter 2: Memories of a Love

Finally her toes touched the water, forming numerous ripples and sent a tingling sensation through her entire body. It was so nice. It felt exactly the same as it did the last time she had been here. She then let her feet slip in slowly, trying not to disturb the water's stillness.

As she stood there gazing into the water below, she saw her own reflection staring back at her. She saw a young girl, with short honey-brown hair, who had bi-coloured eyes. The right one was emerald-green, the left one was a sky-blue. She wore a long dark-lavender skirt which had an intricate pattern of pink flowers crawling up from the bottom right hand corner and trickled along the bottom as well. Around the middle of her waist she wore a thick gold sash, which tied into a huge bow at the back. It was embroidered with a dark-blue circle in the centre. Then there was a pattern of light-green tiny leaves, which flowed all the way around the sash in two separate vines. There were also little dabs of diminutive lilac flowers. In the middle of the gold sash a white cord was holding up a large dark-red flower, and two long beaded cords hung from it. The beads were beautiful shades of blues and yellow. The gold sash held together her tiny white top, which crossed over at the top. Around her arms hung two long pieces of white material, which blossomed into a faint pink at the bottom. These were held around her arms by another lot of beads strung onto a cord. Around her nicely shaped neck sat a silver necklace in the shape of a tiny 'J'. In her honey-brown hair hung a set of beads braided in on the right side, which were much the same colour as the ones that hung from her sash.

After this brief look over of herself she closed her eyes and allowed her entire body to fall gracefully into the lake so that the water sat just above her waist. Slowly she waded out to the centre of the lake and let herself feel the serenity of the spot she was now in. It was so peaceful for some reason. She expected to feel sad by coming here, to the last place she was truly happy. But perhaps her fears and pain had been blocked out by some unknown force, so as to let her feel happy once again. She closed her eyes and captured the moment.

A few minutes later she opened them and noticed that the sky was now dark and the stars were like specks of glitter. Yuna was shocked. How long had she had her eyes closed for? There were pyreflies glowing brightly around her in the air above her head.

This is almost exactly like the night we shared together two years ago. Thought Yuna mystified by the beauty of the night. Then another thought brought her down.

Except it can't be exactly like that night, because there is one vital thing missing from this picture and it's the only thing that I need.

However only moments after this a wonderful sound touched her ears.

"Yuna!" called the voice.

Yuna froze daring not to turn around. It couldn't be. No it's impossible. Yuna you're imagining things.

However, no matter how hard she tried to agree with the voice in her head, she could slowly feel herself giving in to the feelings that washed over her. She started to tell herself, who cares if it's a dream? Who cares if I'm imagining things? I finally get to see 'him' again. Even if 'he' doesn't last.

So slowly she turned her body around to see 'him', wading through the water towards her with a tiny smile sitting on his luscious lips. Yuna turned away and whispered to herself, "If 'he's' still here when I look up again, I'll let myself live in a fantasy for a while. If 'he's' not, then I'll…"

Suddenly she was engulfed in a loving hug by the one man she could ever love. She felt happiness flow through her entire body, finally letting herself let go of the reality that Lulu had told her to face, and just let herself be swept away in the moment.

She moved out of the embrace to look at 'his' face again. Looking at 'him' like this was better then looking into any sphere.

This couldn't have been a memory, perhaps a long-awaited fantasy that she was able to live in finally, because this wasn't exactly the way the night they had first shared together had gone.

She closed her eyes once again as she felt 'him' lift his hand to her face and stroke it affectionately. When she felt his hand move away she opened her eyes, and felt a pang of gloom wash over her. 'He' was gone just like that. She felt a stream of tears spring to her eyes and slowly glide down her cheeks for the first time in two long years. Strangely enough this was where she had last cried and now the past memory came into play.

'He' once again appeared. 'He' hadn't gone after all, 'he' was only standing behind her, and soon made 'his' way to stand in front of her again.

"Yu-" 'he' started. But didn't finish her name when 'he' saw her tears.

Gently 'he' tilted her chin to look up at 'him'. She gazed into 'his' ocean-blue eyes as he stared into her bi-coloured, emerald-green, sky-blue eyes.

Slowly 'he' lowered his lips to hers and she left her eyes open to make sure 'he' wouldn't disappear.

However, 'his' kiss was so real on her lips that she finally let her dreamy eyes close and felt herself drift away from reality, to live with 'him', in their own world of freedom and love, where no one could say that they weren't real and that they were only a dream.

Hay you made it this far. Let's see if I can keep you entertained all the way to the end. And the chapters get longer by the way. The first few beginning chapters are just talking about Yuna's feelings.

P.S. Remember whenever you see, 'he', 'his', 'him' etc in italics with apostrophes around them, it is referring to Tidus. Just a reminder so that you don't get confused. The worst thing that can happen is for you to get confused.

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