When Yuna chooses to return to Bevelle for the summer, will that spell disaster in every single way? The summer supplement to "A Foreign Home"
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PART IV
The Summer Supplement
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Hello all, I am BACK from France! again, below this are just some things I typed when I wrote this, which must have been on June 4th, apparently. Well, I'm completely jet-lagged right now, being that we just got home at two in the morning yesterday. It's ten here, which means I guess I got my usual amount of sleep. Anyway, thank you so very much for all of your support of this story, and I hope you continue to enjoy!
I'm just going to say some quick words! I'm going to make this story go by kind of quick. On the fourth fo June I was downloading like four hours worth of Gackt stuff and the entire plot for this story came to me through like chapter six or seven. I'm pretty sure this story will be at least eleven chapters, but no more. After all, already I am working more on this story than my actual summer projects! It's such a good thing the summer is so long! So yeah, this all was typed on June 4th, 2005. Again, I have no idea when I will/did post this! (And if I'm confusing you, just ignore me and read the story! Hopefully that won't confuse you!) But I know you're all very smart people...So...Yeah. Anyway, here is chapter 2, and I hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 2: Bad News
Yuna awoke the next morning to the alarm she had set, and slowly rubbed her eyes. She rolled over to see if Tidus had woken up to the alarm, only to find his side of the bed still empty. Sitting up, Yuna stared at his vacant spot for a while, and decided that his practice must have gone even longer than she had thought.
Sighing, Yuna began to re-pack her belongings, and sighed again, wishing that Tidus was there so she could at least say goodbye to him. He wasn't though, so there was really little use in wishing.
Yuna hauled her suitcase out to her car, which was parked inside the parking garage of the apartment, and then climbed in. She was still very unfamiliar with the city, so she decided she'd probably get stuck driving around for a while before she could find the right exit to the right highway.
Sighing, she began her quest, and actually found the right way just at the right time. However, as she was leaving the downtown area, she suddenly found herself trapped in heavy, heavy traffic.
"Great," she murmured to herself, "I'm never going to get out of this."
At that, her cell phone rang, causing her to jump. She quickly dug it out of her handbag, and hopefully glanced to see if it was Tidus. It wasn't though. It was Rikku.
"Hello?" Yuna answered, and before Rikku could say anything, Yuna said, "Rikku, what are you doing up this early?"
"Well Yunie, um..." Rikku said, "What time is it?"
"It's eight in the morning, Rikku," Yuna said, "Don't you usually get up at like ten or later?"
"Yeah, but I'm afraid something came up. Where are you?"
"I'm on my way back to Bevelle," Yuna said, and before Rikku could say anything else, Yuna said, "Here, let me tell you the story!"
"Yunie, I—."
"No really, I'll tell you it, I'm stuck in traffic and have a while," Yuna said, "So yesterday, I find myself in Zanarkand, which is a million times more beautiful than any other place I've ever been, alongside Tidus, right? Well then, all of a sudden I get this horrible feeling like I have to get home. It's unexplainable. So, I told Tidus right then and there that I had to go back, and he was a little reluctant, but said I could. Oh, but I didn't even tell you the best part! I got into that dance school! It's the finest in all of Spira, you know. And we talked for some time, and Ms. Zidana Webs–I love her name, by the way!–told me that we start in August. So that gives me all summer! That school in Bevelle–Yevon, I don't even remember the name!–starts in late July! How awesome is that? So Rikku why don't you tell me your summer plans?"
Rikku was silent for quite some time.
"Um, Rikku?"
"Yunie, there's something I need to tell you!" Rikku said.
"Alright, go ahead," Yuna said, but then said loudly, "Oh my Yevon! There's Tidus!"
"What?" Rikku cried, as Yuna craned her neck to get a look at the blitzer.
"Just a second, Rikku," Yuna said.
Sure enough, walking down the street alongside someone clad in a dark coat, although it was quite warm out, was Tidus. He seemed in deep discussion with whoever it was he was walking with. Yuna tried roll down the window quick, but she knew he was probably too far away to hear her anyway. Sighing, she watched as he turned around the corner, and then picked up the phone that she had dropped on the passenger seat.
"Sorry," Yuna said, "I just saw Tidus."
"Where was he?" Rikku asked.
"He was outside, walking with some guy."
"Wasn't he just with you?"
"No, I haven't seen him since last night. Last night, he and I were...Well, I needed to go to bed, but he got a phone call and said he had practice, but that he'd be back soon. But he wasn't there this morning, either."
"That's odd," Rikku said, "I mean, that he'd have practice that late."
"Nah, here in Zanarkand, they're up like all night. Blitzball's not just a sport, it's life."
"Sounds...Wait a minute Yunie, there's something really impshhhh...zzz."
"Rikku? Rikku?" Yuna said, as her phone continued to go in and out, "Rikku, I'm losing you. I'll talk to you when I get home. Bye!"
Then, even though she was pretty sure Rikku didn't hear her, she hung up the phone, and tossed it back into her handbag, and then tossed that into the back of the car.
Traffic was starting to move along, so Yuna turned on a CD, and prepared herself for the rode that lay ahead of her.
It was already late afternoon by the time Yuna finally reached Bevelle. Yuna had to smile at the familiarity of her home, but she still couldn't help but prefer Zanarkand over it. Zanarkand was so free while Bevelle was just...closed.
Yuna continued on down the streets. People were out and about, for it was a lovely afternoon. Yuna stopped at a stop light, and looked to her right, only to see a very familiar looking young lady standing there, waiting to cross. She did cross then, which only caused Yuna's mouth to drop.
"It can't be..." Yuna said, watching her cross the streets, "Paine? But...Isn't Paine...I mean..." Yuna shook her head. It just had to be a girl who looked like Paine, the girl whom Yuna had befriended and trusted. It couldn't be her.
Although, Yuna suddenly realized, she had no idea what had happened to Paine, or Baralai, or Gippal, either, for that matter. Still, it couldn't be her, and Yuna moved the thought out of her head.
Yuna drove toward her side of the city, reminding herself that only days ago as she had left, she felt as if she would never return. Now look at her...here she was, returning.
Yuna couldn't help but smile upon the thought, but her smile disappeared quickly. Cars were everywhere down her street.
She saw news vans, Yevonites, and a bunch of unrecognizable vehicles. People also swarmed the area.
Yuna was forced to pull over far from her house, and walked, wondering where the people were coming from, and what was going on.
"Two of the politicians must have gotten in a fight again," Yuna thought, laughing to herself. However, as she continued down the road, toward her house, she countered more and more people.
Suddenly, a camera crew turned and faced her, shocking her. Did they know she was coming back? Was all this for her?
"Oh my goodness, here she is!" the news lady said and ran over to Yuna, "Miss Yuna, how are you taking this? I see you've come back. Rumor had it that you would never come back."
Sighing, for Yuna realized that it was all about her coming back, Yuna said, "Well, I was only in Zanarkand a day or so, and decided that it was time to come back. I got into the dance school I wanted to go to and—." Yuna stopped. The lady was giving her a weird look.
"Did you come back just for the money?" she asked, her mouth dropping.
"Um...What money?" Yuna asked.
Suddenly, Yuna felt a hand on her arm, and looked up to see a man she didn't recognize.
"Miss Yuna will not be answering any questions!" the man roared, causing Yuna to wonder if she was in trouble.
Her heart began to speed, and she wondered if her father was angry with her.
"Come here," the man said, and Yuna could tell that he was one of her father's body guards by the badge that was clipped on his shirt, "Don't answer any questions. I'll answer any you have, though."
"Um, may I just go home?" Yuna said, feeling frightened. If her father was going to yell and scream at her though, she wanted to just get it over with.
"I'm afraid no one is allowed near the house."
"What? Why not?" Yuna asked.
The man stared at her and finally looked away and said, "You don't know, do you?"
"Know what?" Yuna asked, her heart racing again.
The man looked at the ground, and then back at Yuna. Then, he said the last thing she expected to hear: "Last night, your father...was killed."