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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I've got some good news! Well, I hope you find it good, anyway! This isn't the last chapter! I was aiming for eleven chapters, but it looks like it will definitely stretch onto a 12th! Yay for that, right? So yup...Pretty sure the next chapter will be the last. And then I don't know what I'm going to do! Oh no! I really wanted to finish this story before the end of June, but with vacation and camp and everything...Yeah...Also, I'm not sure how much I like this chapter. I had a very hard time writing it. I hope you enjoy just the same!

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Chapter 11: At Any Cost

Yuna ran across her yard toward Jyscal's without even a flitter of a thought entering her mind. She ran up the porch, and rang the doorbell, standing there more impatient than ever.

The same exact servant as always answered the door, but said, "I'm sorry Lady Yuna, but Jyscal is in a meeting with someone right now."

"I don't care. I need to see them," Yuna said, trying to gain access to the house, only to have the servant push her back.

"He has asked me to show no visitors in," the servant said.

"I need to get in there!" Yuna just said, and then quickly slipped under his arm. He grabbed her arm though.

"He said, no visitors," the servant sneered.

"Let go of me," Yuna said, "I need to see them!"

She managed to pull out of his grasp, and ran down the hall, but realized Jyscal wasn't in his usual room. She then heard voices coming from another room, where she quickly ran to.

She didn't even bother knocking. She just pulled the door open, and walked in.

Jyscal, who was facing her, looked up at her, and the blonde in front of him, turned around and looked at her.

She had been expecting Jyscal to get angry and tell her to get out, but it wasn't him.

"Yuna!" Tidus said, standing up, "What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" Yuna asked then.

"It's not your business!" Tidus just said.

"It is too! Tidus, I know you didn't kill Braska. It was...It was Jyscal!"

Jyscal looked shocked, and so did Tidus.

Tidus just gave Yuna an amazed look, as if too surprised for words at what she'd said.

Breaking the shocked silence, however, Jyscal began to laugh.

"Sit down, both of you," he just said.

"Yuna, get out of here now," Tidus just said, through clenched teeth.

"Don't even bother," Jyscal just said, "I've locked you both in now."

"Locked us in...?" Yuna said, as she complied to Jyscal's wishes. She looked up at Tidus, only to see fear in his usually cool blue eyes.

He sat down then, next to Yuna, and leaned over Jyscal's desk, and said, "Let her out. She's done nothing."

"She knows," Jyscal just said, "So I'll have to take care of her, just as I did her father."

"You did kill him," Yuna said, feeling dazed. Still, something wasn't hitting her. Nothing was clicking. She felt absolutely dumbfounded.

"You won't lay a finger on her," Tidus continued, through clenched teeth.

"You won't be able to protect her, once you're on death toll," Jyscal just returned.

"But why...?" Yuna just murmured.

"For protecting that brat!" Jyscal roared, and Yuna noticed he was looking straight at Tidus.

"He never protected Tidus!" Yuna said, "He–He hated Tidus!"

"We knew! We knew he killed my son!" Jyscal said, "But what did Braska do? He had everything erased!"

Tidus looked started, and he said, "Braska–he did that?"

"He liked you more than you ever would have known," Jyscal just said.

Both Yuna and Tidus just sat there in a startled silence, before Tidus said, "So?"

"So, my son couldn't rule Spria!" Jyscal just said, "So I decided, I needed to rule Spira. All by myself."

"So you killed him," Yuna mused, "But why do you bother with Tidus? Revenge?"

"You could say that," Jyscal just said.

"Then let Yuna go," Tidus just said, a look of blankness coming onto his face.

"I'm like you two," Jyscal said, "I don't trust anybody."

"What about Gippal?" Yuna said then, "Did you have him killed too?"

"I did that," A gruff voice said then, causing Yuna to jump. She noticed that a tall man, clad in black was standing in the corner, and had been for her entire visit. She just hadn't noticed him.

"You're the man I saw with Tidus!" Yuna said.

Jyscal laughed, and said, "He befriended Tidus. I wanted Paine, Baralai, and Gippal out. They're the ones that got me this close to you two. I would never have guessed everything I found out by them."

"You mean those three told you everything?" Tidus said, pounding his head on his desk.

"How does it feel to be the one betrayed?" Jyscal just said, smiling an amused smile.

"Not very good," Tidus just said, and looked up at Jyscal. Then, he suddenly threw himself at Jyscal from across the desk, pinning Jyscal down and holding his hand on his throat. The tall man, however, pulled Tidus off of Jyscal. While this was going on, Yuna couldn't help but notice an open window where the man had been standing.

Jumping up quickly, as Tidus threw a punch at Jyscal, and the man punched Tidus in return in the stomach, Yuna dove out the window, landing on the grass below.

She rolled a ways, and could hear Jyscal yelling for someone to get her. She didn't look back though, but instead ran across Jyscal's yard to her car, which she dove into, and she started off, as fast as she could possibly drive. She had no idea what she was going to do. Jyscal was the leader of Spira. He could do as he pleased. No one would believe her story, and she really didn't have any proof. No one would listen to her, and no one would listen to Tidus–everyone thought he was guilty, after all.

"What am I going to do?" Yuna cried, as she sped down the road. The only thing that was coming to her was to kill Jyscal, but she couldn't do that. She had to do something...

It seemed like she was in a movie. But in the movies, everything always worked out. Everything was always perfect. Now though, she was in a world of trouble. If Tidus had only told her...Heck...If she had only trusted him.

It was no use thinking about it now, she told herself, what was done was done. Everything was over. Everything...

Yuna suddenly slammed on her brakes, and pounded her head into the steering wheel on purpose. She was done for, Tidus was done for...Gippal was dead...And really, it was all her fault. She'd had to know. She couldn't have just let Tidus take care of things. He knew what was going on better than she, after all. It wasn't his fault for not telling her. After all, even if she had known, she probably would have still been in the same mess. It was her fault. Her fault...

Tears were streaming down her face as she realized just how incredibly helpless she really was. Her breathing became heavy. That's when she realized what she had to do. Tidus had saved her, no matter what the cost. It was her turn to save him...And at any cost.

At that, Yuna turned around, and sped toward Jyscal's house.

She didn't even knock, but ran straight into Jyscal's house. That servant didn't even say anything as she passed him.

Yuna opened the door to Jyscal's office, surprised that it wasn't locked. Horror hit her, as she noticed that Jyscal was sitting at his desk, almost peacefully, and the tall man was again guarding the window, which was now closed, as if nothing had happened. She looked quickly to her left, only to see a mass of blood and bruises.

"Tidus!" Yuna said, as she ran over to him and bent down next to him.

He looked at her, through one good eye, being that the other was beginning to swell over. His lip dripped blood, as did his nose. The opposite side of his bad eye was all bruise, and his clothes were torn. Apparently he'd received quite the beating.

"Why the hell did you come back?" Tidus only sneered at her.

"We're glad you did," Jyscal only said, "After all, we figured you would."

Yuna stood up, and faced him. She eyed the man that was sitting only a few feet away. Then, she closed her eyes.

She had taken the long way around, and had stopped at her house first. Her father had a gun case, where she had managed to take two guns. Two matching hand guns, to be exact. Then, she'd slipped on a pair of gloves, and had rushed out the door, tucking the guns carefully in the skirt that she wore. She figured it'd be very awkward to pull two guns out of her skirt, but it's what she'd decided on.

Then, she'd nervously made her way to Jyscal's.

Yuna reopened her eyes, and took a deep breath. She knew she didn't have much time, but she was still unable to decide exactly what to do.

She swallowed hard then, and quickly pulled the guns out.

All three of the others' eyes opened wide, and Yuna aimed at Jyscal.

Tidus was on his feet faster than Yuna would have ever expected someone wounded to be, and he said, "Yuna, give me the gun."

Shocked, Yuna handed him the gun.

The tall man, however, was already pulling out his own gun.

Not before Tidus had already pulled the trigger of his own gun. Jyscal stood for a while, before falling down the wall, leaving a trail of blood.

The man aimed his gun at Tidus, but Yuna was quicker than he, and shot him in the leg, on accident, actually.

The man dropped his weapon, falling over, and Tidus quickly picked it up, holding his gun to his head.

"You son of a bitch," Tidus just muttered, "I'll kill you."

"No!" Yuna yelled, "Leave him, Tidus. He killed Jyscal, and my father. Not you."

"What?" Tidus said, although his eyes didn't leave the man.

Yuna reached over to Jyscal's phone, and, through her very shaky voice, said, "I need some Yevonites over here immediately."