Whoo...I'm updating somewhat on time! That's because I realized that I needed to get this chapter out today! I've made a little schedule: Today, Tuesday, I updated this chapter. You can expect an update on Thursday, and then one on Saturday. I'm pretty sure there will be a chapter up next Tuesday or Wednesday (Depending on whether or not my Gackt CD comes!), and then the last chapter should be up on Thursday or Friday! Gosh I'm excited! Alrighty then, chapter 11 is here! Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Goodbye Dance
"YUNIE, YOU LIAR!" a voice squealed, and Yuna felt something jump on the bed at her feet. She heard Tidus groan from next to her, and her eyes slowly opened.
"What?" she said softly, and tilted her head up, only to see Rikku bouncing at the end of her bed, looking excited.
"Tidus," Yuna cried, lying back, "Didn't you lock the door?"
There was no reply from Tidus, who had turned on his stomach and buried his head under his pillow.
"Nope, the door was unlocked!" Rikku said happily, "I can't believe you, Yunie! Lied to me so that you could...well...you know what with your boyfriend!"
"Rikku!" Yuna cried, sitting up, and pulling the blankets off of her, "Don't you dare get any wrong ideas!"
"Is Tidus NAKED!" Rikku then squealed, causing Yuna to look extremely annoyed.
"No," Yuna said, and looked over at Tidus, who still had his head buried under his pillow.
"Aw, you two are no fun," Rikku said, and then said, "Well Yunie, since you were out late last night, I guess ya coulda told me you weren't going to dance..."
"Dance?" Yuna cried, "What time is it?"
"Eight," Rikku said.
This caused Tidus to moan again, as if protesting that he had to be awake at eight in the morning.
"What?" Yuna said, jumping out of the bed, "Dance started a half hour ago!"
She didn't wait for anything else, for she zoomed into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. The sink turned on, and she could be heard hurriedly brushing her teeth.
This left Rikku alone with Tidus.
Smiling, Rikku poked Tidus' back, and said, "Ya know, if you and Yunie you knowed, then you could tell me."
"Shut-up and leave me alone," came Tidus' muffled reply, "Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?"
"Up late last night?" Rikku asked, "Doin' what?"
Tidus yanked the pillow off of his head and threw it at Rikku, and then grabbed Yuna's and placed it back over his head.
"Hey!" Rikku said, as the pillow hit her in the head, "What was that for?"
At that, Yuna emerged, still in her pajamas and her hair everywhere.
"Come on Rikku," Yuna said, "We've got to get going!"
"What about Tidus?" Rikku protested as Yuna grabbed her arm.
"Just let him sleep," Yuna said, and dragged Yuna out of the room, shutting the door behind her, leaving Tidus with the morning silence.
"I can't believe it!" Rikku kept saying as they drove, not fast enough, in Yuna's opinion, toward the dance studio.
"There's nothing to not believe," Yuna just said.
"As soon as your dad's gone, Tidus is right over! I always thought you were a good girl Yunie, but I guess not!"
"My Yevon Rikku, nothing happened. Tidus was upset last night and came over. That's all. I was tired and he was tired. Besides, he probably has a headache."
"Ooh, let me guess! From a hangover? Yunie! Were you drinking last night?"
"My gosh Rikku...You have the silliest ideas!" Yuna said, shaking her head at her cousin, "Tidus...hit his head really hard last night."
"'Cause he was drunk?"
"Rikku! Stop it! Tidus doesn't like to drink!"
"I heard all Blitzers are drunks!"
"Well that's not true with Tidus," Yuna said, "Can't you go any faster?"
"I heard all Blitzers are losers too."
"Rikku!"
"Sorry..." at that, Rikku went a little faster than she had been going.
The two drove along in silence, and were almost there, when Rikku smiled to herself and said, "So really Yunie, you can tell me...What happened?"
"I told you!" Yuna said, shaking her head again.
"Come on Yunie..."
"Rikku, I told you all there is to tell!"
"Note to self," Yuna then thought, "Never let Rikku catch you sleeping with a guy again!"
Finally, after what seemed like forever, Rikku pulled up to the dance studio, and Yuna quickly got out, and practically ran inside.
She ran down the marble hallways of the studio, toward the music she heard that was from the show. She wondered how they had started rehearsal without her, and figured they must have called her understudy.
She finally reached the double doors that led to the practice area and opened them quickly, and started saying, "Sorry I'm la-late..."
She trailed upon seeing who exactly was dancing in her spot. Why, it was none other than Dona, her ex-best friend.
Madame Belgemine and the others all turned and looked at Yuna, who was standing there with her mouth agape.
"Hello Yuna!" Dona said from the stage, smiling evilly, "I see you're late."
"D-Dona?" Yuna said, not being able to believe it was her that stood on the stage, "What are you doing here?"
"Perhaps I'd better explain, Madame Belgemine started, "We needed someone for the scouts of dance universities to look at. Since we knew you weren't interested, we called Dona."
"What? Why?" Yuna said, feeling shock come over her.
"Someone has to represent this dance academy," Shelinda said, leaning over her crutches, "And the only two available are Dona and you. And since you can't..."
"I can," Dona just said, and smiled at Yuna.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Yuna then said, glaring at her instructors, "I put three months into this performance!"
"And indeed you worked hard," Belgemine said, "But you just...crushed us when you said you couldn't go to a dance school."
"That doesn't explain why you didn't tell me!" Yuna roared.
"No need to get upset Yuna!" Dona said, and jumped off of the stage, "Come now, a hug for you best friend?"
"You wish!" Yuna said, turning her back from Dona, "I refuse to quit!"
"We never wanted you to quit!" Shelinda said, "We just want you to perform on Sunday. Dona will perform your role on Saturday. The scouts will be here on Saturday. Yuna, for the good of this studio, we need someone to represent us!"
"And Dona is that girl," Madame Belgemine said, "We tried for three months to get you interested in representing us and going to a school, but your heart's set on the Yevon school here. We don't want to tear you away from that dream!"
"What about you, Dona?" Yuna snapped, "Aren't you going to the Yevon school?"
"Well, I was supposed to," Dona said, "But Yuna, they called me and practically begged me to come! What was I supposed to do? Say no and break their hearts like you did?"
At that, Yuna lunged herself at Dona, knocking her to the floor.
Dona let out a squeal as she fell to the floor with Yuna landing on top of her. Yuna punched Dona, but only got one punch in, for the rest of the girls were suddenly lifting Yuna off of Dona.
Yuna had tears streaming down her face, and felt like screaming. Dona was still lying on the floor. To Yuna though, everything was just a blur of tears.
"That was highly uncalled for!" Madame Belgemine said, "You can say goodbye to being in Sunday's performance! And you can say goodbye to graduating from this studio. Go home Yuna."
"You're going to stick up for that-that bitch!" Yuna cried, shocked by her own language, as were the other girls.
"She just called me a bitch!" Dona cried, and Yuna could see Dona's famous fake tears sliding down her face.
"Out of here!" Madame Belgemine said, "Now!"
Yuna stood there for a little bit, overwhelmed by everything, and finally sprinted out of the studio with tears in her eyes. She ran outside and looked at the already heavy traffic that was going up and down the street.
"That's it!" Yuna cried, "I'm going to kill myself! I'm through with this!" Yuna sprinted off toward the road, only to stop and fall to her knees before getting there.
How could this happen? How could Dona come all the way back from Kilika to steal her role and her...her possible scholorship? How?
Yuna slowly rocked, in plain view of everybody. She must have been quite a sight. She was still in her pajamas with her hair everywhere and tears coming down her face.
Suddenly, Yuna felt two strong arms wrap around her, and she opened her eyes to see Tidus. Shocked, Yuna pulled away from him, wondering what he was doing.
"W-Why are you here?" Yuna asked.
"Um...Rikku said your dance would be getting over soon. I thought maybe you'd like to go have a late breakfast...Something wrong?"
"No..." Yuna said, as more tears slipped down, "Everything's just peachy."
"Your definition of 'peachy' must be different than mine," Tidus said, helping Yuna to her feet, "Now come on, what's wrong?"
"Th-They kicked me out of dance."
"What?"
"They kicked me out of dance," Yuna repeated, "Dona's back."
"That bitch?" Tidus said.
"Yeah...Her," Yuna said.
"So...Why'd they kick you out?"
"Because I attacked her," Yuna said, "And called her a...a..."
"Bitch?" Tidus finished for her.
"Yeah," Yuna said, smiling slightly.
"Shoulda called her a damn whore. A rotten son...or daughter...of a bitch. No, the queen of the bitches. No..."
"Tidus, please, that's enough," Yuna said, for he wasn't making her feel better.
"Well it's all true," Tidus just said, "Want me to march in there and tell them that?"
"I don't think that will help any..." Yuna just said.
"Well, let's go get some coffee, and you can tell me everything," Tidus said.
"With me looking like this?" Yuna asked, "I look like crap."
"Nah, you're better looking than crap...At least mine..."
"Tidus, please," Yuna said with a small smile.
"Then again, my crap is–."
"Tidus! I said please!" Yuna said, her smile somewhat larger.
"Okay, okay," Tidus said, and then shrugged and said, "I don't look much better than you do. Come on, we can be a crappy looking couple enjoying some coffee. All I can say is I really need some after your evil cousin had to wake us up like that."
"Alright," Yuna said still wearing her small smile, "Let's go."
"So that's why they said Dona had to have the part instead of me," Yuna said, finishing her story and sipping her coffee. She had barely finished hers, but Tidus already had refilled his cup two or three times. She wondered how much caffeine he could pump into his system, but he actually still appeared tired.
"So you could've gone to Zanarkand..." Tidus said slowly, "Damn Yuna, you're one lucky chick, know that?"
"Not anymore," Yuna said, leaning her head in her hands, "Everything's over now Tidus. Dona will make her major debut this weekend, go to Zanarkand, and I'll be stuck here. Next week is graduation, I'll graduate with honors, but I won't go anywhere in life. I'll just be here, forever. And ever, and ever. I'll probably get stuck marrying some Maester's son or some popular political figure. I'll have kids. I'll die. And my kids will suffer just as I have."
"Better sounding than my life," Tidus said, his eyes drifting downwards, "'Killed three men, all in less than six months, will spend the rest of my life in this horrible city, and worst off, had to see you cry today..."
"I cried last night too," Yuna said.
"Yeah, but I was too busy being a baby to notice," Tidus said with a sheepish smile, "Want me to add Dona to my hit list? Already had her father taken care of..."
"Tidus!" Yuna said, "Of course not!"
Suddenly Tidus snapped his fingers.
"Yuna, I got a great idea!"
"What's that?" Yuna asked.
"Just trust me. When's your dad gettin' home?"
"In about two hours...Why?"
"Yuna, I'm gonna take you back to the studio. Everybody should be gone now. Go in and apologize. Then, lie and say you're gonna take that scholorship. You're a much better dancer than Dona. If they don't take you back in, then I don't know who will. They should at least give you Sunday back. In the meantime, I'll get it so that Dona won't be able to perform."
"Tidus!" Yuna said, "What are you going to do to her?"
"Nothing she wouldn't do to you," Tidus just answered.
Yuna tried to push him for more details, but he wouldn't say anything. Instead, he talked about the Blitzball game that would be occurring later that night, and about other petty little things like the weather. Then, he took Yuna back to the dance studio, although she protested.
"Just go in there and be your normal self," Tidus said, "And apologize...A lot. I'll pick you up in a bit!"
He practically shoved her out the door, and left her there. Sighing, she knew she had nothing better to do than talk with her instructors. At that, she walked back down the marble hallways, and still in her pajamas. She could only hope that Tidus' plan–whatever it was–would work. At that, she took a deep breath, and continued onwards.