Final Fantasy X-2: Nightmare of Spira
PART 1: Secret of the Farplane
"It all started when I found this sphere of you," Yuna said. "Sphere? What sphere?" Tidus asked. "I'll show you later," she replied. Rikku and Paine watched the pair. "Think she'll be okay, now," Rikku said. "If not, we can kidnap her again," Paine replied.
That morning, the pair walked down to the beach on Besaid. The two talked for the longest time, as they sat in the sand. Suddenly, two separate splashes were heard. Tidus swam out to investigate, and suddenly he was looking at himself! And when he turned, he was looking at Yuna! Or was it Yuna? No. She had long hair.
Yuna sat on the beach, looking out. Suddenly, she saw two Tidus'! No. It was Shuyin…And Lenne! But they looked alive! Were they? She looked in disbelief as the two that had entered the farplane, stood before her. "Hey, look who it is!" Tidus said. Lenne smiled and Shuyin gave an uncomfortable look. "How did you get here? Yuna asked. Lenne frowned and said, "It's the farplane. Something's wrong with it. The Farplane is sending the sent back to Spira." "But, that's impossible!" Yuna argued. "No, it's not," Shuyin said, as he touched his hand to Tidus'. Tidus gasped. "How the? He's alive!" he said.
The pairs of practical-identical twins went back to Besaid. Yuna rushed and grabbed her two-way receiver. "Mayday! Mayday! Gullwings, report!" she yelled. After twenty seconds, a sleepy voice came onto the receiver. "Hello?" it said. Yuna recognized it right away. "Rikku! You guys have to come to Besaid! Something serious has happened!" Yuna said. Within an hour, the Celsius docked, and Rikku, Paine, and Gippal met Yuna on the beach. The four went back to the hut where Tidus was waiting. "I still don't get it," he said. Inside were Shuyin and Lenne. "They're supposed to be dead!" Rikku shouted. "If they're sent, then why are they on Spira?" Paine asked. "It's the Farplane! It's sending back the sent!" Yuna said.
"Paine? Would Baralai know about this?" Rikku asked. "It's possible," she said. "If not, he may know, now." Yeah, but the thing is," Tidus interrupted, "are Shuyin and Lenne the only ones? To be sent back, I mean." "Why?" Shuyin asked. "Just curious," Tidus replied. "Well, we could go find out what's going on at the Farplane," Rikku said. "Good idea!" Lenne exclaimed. So, the group boarded the Celsius, and headed to the Farplane Glen. Gippal gasped. "Whoa! The Farplane is decreasing!" he said. "How? Why? Why is this happening?" Yuna said. "The Fayth! They should know!" Just as she said it, the Fayth of Bahamut appeared. "Hello, Lady Yuna. It's good to see you again." Shuyin scowled and said, "Stop beating around the bush. Tell us what is going on." The Fayth looked down. "We don't know. But we suspect it was one of the "Sents". We think they may have broken the seal to Spira."
"What seal?" Rikku asked. The Fayth looked up, facing the group. "The seal provides a one-way path to the Farplane from Spira. If that seal is broken, the Sent will return to Spira, alive," the Fayth replied. "There are 'good' Sents and 'bad' Sents. This was the work of a 'bad' sent." Shuyin snuffed, "Of course it was. When a positive sent is sent, they remain good. But, if the sent person is evil or corrupted, they remain that way," he said. "Exactly," the Fayth replied.
"So, how do we know it wasn't you who broke the seal?" Paine said, pointing at Shuyin. "If it had been Shuyin," the Fayth interrupted, "He would have taken the power source of the seal." "Power source?" Tidus asked. "Yes," the Fayth replied, "the power source. The power source is a crystal. There are rumored to be three others, but no one can say for sure. If the crystals were to fall into the wrong hands, Spira would be destroyed." "That super-sucks!" Tidus said. "But," the Fayth continued, "Whoever broke the seal, took the crystal. Once, they take it, it's absorbed into their body. And, we Fayth can see it, if it is in a body." "You mean the crystal?" Rikku asked. "Yes," replied the Fayth. "So, all we have to do is get back a crystal?" Paine asked. "Yes," answered the Fayth. "Looks like we're no longer Sphere-Hunters, now! We're Crystal-Hunters!" Rikku exclaimed.