Ok, don't hate me for this chapter, I think it is the worst of the fic so far. I dunno, I guess my muse died for this chapter. But read on little, eh, readers!

Tidus POV

The fayth have one strange imagination. Couldn't they have just sent us to the airship before we fought Sin or something? It would have been way easier than this. But I did have a feeling that this time round the pilgrimage would be so much more fun.

At that moment, I was running along behind the various huts in Besaid, hobbling every now and then, as I had just hurt a very fragile area trying to climb through that dam window. I was about to head up the path towards the beach, but then, Wakka would see me approach the beach, and I would have had no idea what to say to him. So I veered off and headed through a rough patch of forest until I came to a cliff that dropped down to the sea. I could see the machina ruins a little to my right, so I knew the direction of the beach.

I looked over the edge and saw that it was about a 20-foot drop. Man, that would hurt if I landed the wrong way. Nevertheless, the bonus was that Besaid had very calm seas, and there were no rocks, only a flat white sandy seafloor. And I was a Blitz star! So I could easily pull of a neat dive that wouldn't result in anymore injuries.

I walked back a bit to give myself a nice long run up. When I bumped into a tree, I knew I was far back enough, and immediately sprinted to the edge. However just as I launched myself into the air my foot caught on a loose root or twig or something, I'm not sure what, but it sent me off balance in the air. Which was NOT a good thing.

I rotated my arms like an out of control helicopter, but nothing helped me right myself. I was falling at a very bad angle and was about to hit that big blue sea, which may as well have been solid concrete, in about 10 seconds…

5 seconds…

3, 2, 1 second…

And then everything went black. Ouch…

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I was rudely awoken by a blitzball hitting my head then landing in the water, and floating by innocently. I had one hell of a headache now.

"Heeeeey! Ya ok out there?"

I started laughing. It was Wakka. Wakka was there, just like last time. I waved manically.

"Hey Brudda, come over here, and bring the blitzball with ya!"

Well may as well make a good impression. I groped for the blitzball, but missed. My head was still spinning from when it had hit the water. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths to try and calm my head.

After a minute I reached for the blitzball, this time grasping it. I dove under the water and shot up; taking the blitzball with me, and performed a Jecht Shot Mark III. The ball went zooming towards the Aurochs, and I heard a "Wooooooah" from Wakka.

It was then that I decided this whole travel back in time thing was rather cool.

I swam towards the shore, where I was swarmed by the Aurochs, all asking about the move I had just performed. I answered their questions as quickly as I could, and made my way over to Wakka.

As I approached him he waved at me.

"Hey that was one awesome move ya!"

"Hey Wa…..Heywah!" Oh that was way too close. I really need to think before I talk. "I'm Tidus"

"Wakka." He punched my arm in an all too familiar gesture. " How'd ya get out there!" He nodded his head at the sea.

"Eh, I got too close to Sin, and I got washed up here." Best to stick with that story.

"So where ya from?"

To lie? Or the truth? Truth. It would be easier to stick to the story I had previously anyway.

"Zanarkand. I'm the Star Player of the Zanarkand Abes." I said, pumping my fist in the air.

This was greeted with a burst or wild laughter. "You really did get too close to Sin, ya!"

The whole Zanarkand thing I would deal with later. Right now I had to get to Yuna. But that didn't look like it would be a problem.

"I'm hungry ya! And you must be too, after being washed up in the sea!"

He was headed back in the direction of the village, and was still talking to me so I was following.

As we approached the fork in the road and took the right path, towards the lake, he questioned me about what I could remember. I told him I couldn't remember much.

Then we reached the cliff. And I knew he would push me off. So I jumped instead. I had already had a bad experience falling into water once already, I didn't need another. He was surprised to see me jump, and when he followed he gave me a questioning look.

"You were gonna push me right? I saved you the trouble." I smirked and turned to swim in the direction of the village. Of Yuna.

Wakka swam at a steady pace beside me, occasionally asking me things about blitzball. I answered, but I was finding it seriously odd, having to pretend I didn't know him. It would be like this with all the others. Great… and Lulu would hate me again. Ok, maybe not hate, but seriously dislike. She had at the beginning last time. I think she saw straight away that I liked Yuna, and was protective of her. I was thinking about what lay in store for me, when a bunch of those little fish things attacked us. Auron and Wakka had told me what they were called a million times, but I could never remember. I went to draw my sword, when I realized, I didn't have one. Would Wakka be able to handle these by himself? I looked to him in a slight panic, but he grinned and threw his blitzball at them, and before they had a chance to attack they were dead, and a few pyreflyes disappeared into the water. Turns out, he can handle them himself rather well.

When we reached dry land I thought I'd compliment his fighting skills, try and get in his good books.

"You're pretty good with that Blitzball!"

"Yeah, not as good as you though…" His eyes darted about for a minute as if thinking about something. "Hey, eh…our team, well we're not that great, and eh…there's this big tournament coming up in Luca, and well, do ya think you could play with us, help us win? It's my last game; it'd be really great if we won…" He trailed off, as if continuing to talk would put me off wanting to play.

"Wakka, I would be glad to help the Aurochs win."

He looked at me, narrowing his eyes. "How'd you know the teams called the Aurochs? No one told ya."

Oh dear… I scratched the back of my head, an old nervous habit.

"Eh…well… I read it on… your pin!" Spotting the shiny pin on Wakka's Blitz strip I pointed a little too enthusiastically at it. It showed the Aurochs name and logo, and was about the size of a bottle cap…or slightly bigger.

"Hey, you're the observant one, ya!" He gave me a nudge down the hill towards the village, his raucous laughter echoing over the island.

As we approached the center of the Village, I was dragged by the back of my top, behind a hut.

"Hey!"

"Before we go anywhere, I gotta ask, you remember the prayer right?"

"I remember the prayer." There was a slight sneer in my voice as I said prayer. Anything to do with Yevon I didn't like, including the dumb prayer, which was originally a Blitz celebration.

It was at that point my stomach let out a large grumble.

"Good thing I brought you back here! Come on, I'll get ya some food."

I followed him to his hut where he cooked some Chocobo eggs, then told me to take a nap. Apparently I looked tired. I wasn't. Not one bit…

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Ok maybe I was a little tired. When I got up Wakka had disappeared. Casting my mind back I tried to remember where he had gone last time, I had a feeling that unless Yuna or I intervened, things would turn out pretty much the same.

The Temple. He must have gone to see how Yuna was doing, if she was out of the Chamber of the Fayth yet.

I sprang to my feet and jogged the short distance to the temple. When I ran over the center stairway I was told by an old priest that I was "not to run in the place of worship." See how much notice I take of that.

Then when he saw me start to climb the stairs he got really mad.

"You are not permitted to enter! Only Summoners and their guardians may enter!"

"Yeah, I know, I am a guardian. If you don't believe me, ask Yuna later."

Without waiting for his answer I darted up the remaining stairs and through the cloister of trials which was already completed, by Wakka, or even Kimahri and Lulu earlier. I reached the circular elevator thing, and as it slowly descended, I prepared myself for my confrontation with Lulu.

I walked into the smaller room to see Kimahri standing near the stone door to the fayth's chamber, ever the protective guardian.

"Who are you?"

Oh God…

Lulu's eyes, scary to begin with, glowed an even fiercer crimson with the flickering flames on the wall reflected in them.

"I uh… a friend of Wakka's… I was washed up on the…" I was cut off by the sounds of stone grinding on stone as the door to the Chamber opened, and out stepped Yuna. A smile lit up my face at seeing her. She looked so much younger in her summoner's clothes, yet more grown up at the same time. Like a youth sent to do an adults job. Which in a way she was…had been.

"I have done it…I have…Become a summoner…" I knew what would happen next, what had happened last time. I rushed forward, determined to beat Kimahri to catching her. Her knees gave way as I was almost at her, and she grasped my shoulders for support.

Her eyes were glazed over, she was obviously about to pass out, however just before she did, she used the last of her strength to whisper in my ear "Welcome back…" And then she went limp in my arms. I turned to the other guardians, and was met by a confused look, a glare, and an expression I couldn't read.

All I could so was smile sheepishly at them, and hope they wouldn't ask why I had been so bold as to catch their precious Summoner. Little did they know, she meant more to me than she did to all three of them combined…

And there you have chap 7! I know this was kinda similar to chapter 6, but I thought introducing them back separately was a good idea, ya know, let you see how they both react. Anyway the next chapters won't overlap like that. Update will be soon, probably on Saturday. R&R.