Hey ok, chapter 2! Sorry the update took so long! I seem to have some update disease that prevents me from updating for a long time!
Can you imagine being in love for the first time... and then losing it immediately?
Can you imagine thinking it's gone forever... then reclaiming it?
Yuna Pov
I sat staring out at the Ocean. The sun was setting and the water was slowly changing from a reddish purple to a dark midnight blue colour. It would have been beautiful to watch the sunset. But I was too lost in thought.
Two years. Two years. I couldn't believe it had been two years.. Two years today. Two years since we defeated Sin, two years since we freed Spira from the spiral of death. Two years since I lost you…
Everywhere, all across Spira, there were celebrations. It was a national holiday. In every village, town and city there was some 24 hour party, to celebrate the day we saved the world. I wish I could be happy. Wish I could be singing and dancing around one of Wakka's massive fires. But I can't. And I don't want to. Any other day, and I would. I would put on a smile and join the festivities. But today is not the right time. It is a time to remember you.
Not that I don't remember you any other time. I think about you everyday. But then, you already know that, wherever you are…hopefully.
I stared across the now black sea, and, slowly, lifted my hand to my mouth and let out a shrill whistle, just like you taught me.
I lowered my hand to rest on the dock. Every night I went to the docks or the beach and whistled for you. Every night for two years. And it hasn't changed anything. Yet I continue to. Why? I guess it keeps me connected to you, makes it feel like you aren't really gone forever…
I let the tears fall freely from my eyes. Why try to stop? I wouldn't be able to.
If only I could see you one last time. Perhaps you are on the Farplane, watching over me. Perhaps you cease to exist completely, nothing more than a faded dream…well that's what you are…but didn't the fayth say you and Jecht were too connected to Spira to fade completely. That's what I hope. That you are still here, on the Farplane, where I will be able to be with you one day.
But what I really wish…is that you were here…
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Tidus Pov
The first thing I was aware of was the warm breeze around me. And the faint light of pyreflyes. And slowly as I became conscious of my surroundings I saw that I was in a field or meadow, surrounded by waterfalls. And then I recognised it from the pilgrimage. The Farplane. I was sprawled on the ground as if I had fallen from some great height, which I may have done.
I sat up and looked around…the Farplane. But I was meant to be non-existent; nothing more than a faded dream, so how was I here. And why did it feel as if a very long period of time had passed since I jumped off the airship?
It was strange here. The air seemed…stale, a slightly musty smell lingered here and there seemed to be a lack of oxygen as it was slightly suffocating. There were many beautiful flowers around me, yet I could not smell them, no fragrance filled the air. And the sky, instead of being a wonderful bright blue was a dull orange colour. It was as if every sense was dulled here.
I stretched and got to my feet and, just as I was deciding what exactly I should do, or where I should go when I saw many pyreflyes floating to some spot behind me.
I turned around to see them grouping at my feet, and a few moments later the familiar fayth of Bahamut was standing in front of me.
"Uh…Hi." I looked down at the fayth I had seen many times.
"Hello Tidus." It was weird, the first time he had called me by my name. It seemed like, well…more important, or something like that.
He didn't wait for me to speak, he just continued talking.
"You have been important to Spira. Helping Yuna defeat Sin for good, sacrificing yourself in the process. Letting the Fayth finally rest. The dream that ended all dreams."
He obviously had something else to say, but apparently, I was meant to reply to his little speech first.
"Uh, yeah, well…" I had no idea what to say. This person…wait could I call him a person? Well anyway this fayth could change most things in Spira, just by thinking it. That's a little intimidating.
"Yet the fayth cannot rest, not yet."
"Huh?" I scratched the back of my head in confusion, an old habit. We had defeated Yu Yevon. They didn't need to dream anymore.
"You and your father are connected to Spira too much for you to fade completely. However, you are still a dream."
He stopped talking. As if he had no more to say, yet he'd hardly explained anything. Why was I all of a sudden here? And what about my old man?
"So…uh…" He took that as a cue and started talking again.
"End the dreaming." Great, cryptic messages.
I was about to reply when everything around me went dark…
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…Before I opened my eyes I knew that I was not in the Farplane. Though when I lifted my head I could see a few pyreflyes floating around me. I was squashed in a ball position, which was not comfortable at all, so I stretched, and found myself in the water. And unlike when I was in the Farplane, I was much more aware of everything, I could feel the fresh, cool water all around me, I could taste the sea's salt in my mouth.
I kicked out, eager to get to the air above me.
As my head broke the surface of the calm water, I gulped down the fresh, crisp air. I noticed I was in front of an island, but as it was night, I couldn't make out any distinguishing features of the land, so I didn't really know where I was. However deciding that it was better to be on dry land than in the water at night, I swam towards the beach.
And it was when I reached the beach I realised. I wasn't on some unknown island. I was on Besaid. Just the spot I had appeared last time, when Wakka had so kindly awaked me with a Blitzball.
And if I was on Besaid, that meant I was back! I was back! I didn't know how long I had been away, or why I was here…no wait I was here to stop the fayth's dreaming…again.
Well that could wait. If I was here in Besaid, that meant I could see Yuna again.
"I hope she's here." I muttered to myself, as I started to run toward the village.
I was about to go up the path to the village when I turned and ran in the opposite direction. I ran to the edge of the cliff, where Wakka had once pushed me into the lagoon below, and leaped into the water. It felt so good to be here, alive.
The swim to the village was short and soon I emerged at the monument that travellers would pray to for a safe journey. I walked down the dirt path to the village, and went to the hut I knew was Yuna's.
As I pulled back the cloth that acted as a door, I smiled, expecting to find Yuna sleeping peacefully there. But the smile was soon wiped off my face as I saw her bed was empty, and there was no where else in the hut that she could be.
Maybe she wasn't here; maybe she was in Luca for a blitz tournament. I had no idea what time it was, she might return tonight, or maybe not. Maybe this wasn't even her hut anymore, maybe she lived somewhere else. I took one last look around the room, and something caught my eye. A green light was coming from her bedside table. I looked over at it properly and saw that is was a digital clock.
What the hell is a digital clock doing here? Isn't it a forbidden machina?
Now was not the time to ponder the fact that it was here, now was the time to actually use it to see just what time it was.
1:04 AM
Ok, so it was the middle of the night. And as I looked at Yuna's bed I noticed that it had been slept in. Yuna must be somewhere on the Island, she wasn't one that would leave her bed unmade. I knew this from the pilgrimage when she would neatly fold up whatever rag or blanket she was using as bedding, while the rest of us, apart from Lulu, would scrunch ours up and stuff it in our bag.
Ok. So, places on Besaid that she might be. Temple. No, I doubted she would be there after Yevon was found as a false tradition. Possibly by the waterfall. She had always liked it there. Or the beach.
Well, I decided to start with the furthest away place, which was the beach. Though, I had been there a few minutes wouldn't I have seen her there? Maybe she was at the docks. I would check there.
Then I heard something that both broke my heart and made me swell with love.
A whistle…
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Yuna Pov
That was the last whistle tonight. I had probably already woken the whole village.
I brought my knees up to my chin, and rested my head. I was extremely tired and just wanted to go to sleep, yet being there on the dock was comforting, hearing the lapping waves on the beach, watching the waves roll across the oceans surface and seeing the bright moon in the sky. That was the one place where I felt at peace.
I was lost deep in thought, thoughts mainly about one person, when I heard something, something that sounded like footsteps, approaching me.
As quick as I could I spun round, with my guns (a present from Rikku that she had given me the day of Wakka and Lulu's anniversary) pointed at whoever or whatever was drawing near.
However, when I saw who was there, my guns dropped to the dock with a loud clatter. I felt my heart skip a beat and when I spoke, my voice was filled with emotion and nothing more than a whisper.
"Tidus..?"
Woo! Second chapter finished!
Sorry for all the Pov changes, but it was necessary for this chapter, the next ones won't be as confusing!
Anyway I will TRY to update quicker. Sorry in advance if I don't!
Till next time!
