When Paine and Kairi returned to the stadium, they found Rikku had already returned and was lying on the ground, staring off into space, across the doorway. Paine frowned and nudged the thief with her boot.

"Get up." She ordered lazily, as Kairi simply hopped over Rikku and continued on her way. Rikku grinned up at Paine.

"Ummmm…no." she replied, stretched and adjusting her position to make herself more comfortable. "You found Kairi?"

"What does it look like?" Paine asked irritably. Rikku's expression turned serious as she sat up, eyeing the warrior suspiciously.

"You didn't get mad at her, did you?"

"Ye…" She stopped in mid-word, realizing that she had only intended to get angry with Kairi, but didn't actually vent her anger. Perhaps this was why she was being so short with Rikku, and maybe it was better this way; Rikku was used to having Paine be short with her. "No."

"Well, that's good. She's new, we should try to be nice." Rikku reasoned, standing up and brushing the dust off her back. She looked around. "Where'd Kairi go, anyway?"

"She's already gone inside. I had assumed you noticed as she had to jump over you to do so." Paine replied. She started inside as well, taking only a few steps before noticing that Rikku wasn't following her. She turned around to face the defiant girl. "Well?" Her voice was impatient. Rikku stuck her tongue out.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Sheesh."

Back inside the stadium, Kairi found Yuna and Tidus sitting in some of the lower level chairs, settled quietly in each others arms. Kairi felt her heart twisting. No. I should be happy for them, not feeling sorry for myself. She thought resolutely. Yuna caught sight of her and smiled. Kairi smiled in return and walked up to them, sitting next to the ex-summoner. Once she was sitting, Yuna's expression of quaint contentment turned to worry.

"Is something wrong, Kairi?" she asked quietly. Kairi tried her best to look confused.

"No, why would you think that?"

"Well, you ran off with no explanation for one thing." Yuna replied, looking Kairi in the eyes. Kairi shrugged.

"Don't worry about it." She turned her attention to Tidus. He was watching her intently, the look on his face clearly telling her that he had no idea who she was. "Hi! I'm Kairi. You're Tidus, right?" She offered him her hand. He took it and shook it uncertainly.

"I'm Tidus." he agreed, nodding and looking still more confused. Kairi grinned.

"Yuna talks about you a lot. Well, she must. I wouldn't really know. I only met her about an hour ago, so I guess if she told me about you already then she must talk about you a lot." Kairi said, her grin widening as both Yuna's and Tidus' faces turned very red. Tidus smiled, cupping his gloved had around Yuna's cheek and turning her face toward him.

"So I hear you talk about me a lot…" he said, touching his nose to hers. Kairi's heart twisted in her chest again, but the feeling passed mush faster this time. Kairi let her eyes wander, feeling rather uncomfortable. Thankfully, the arrival of Rikku and Paine saved her.

"Well, isn't this charming." Both Yuna and Tidus looked up quickly, their faces turning red again. Paine was standing with her arms crossed, looking very amused with a smirk dancing across her usually expressionless lips. Rikku came running up behind her, grabbing her shoulders to use as a spring as she leapt over Yuna's head and on top of the chair just behind. Paine stumbled, catching herself on the arm of Kairi's chair.

"Well! I guess we'd better get going!" Rikku said brightly. Everyone looked at her, bewildered. She tilted to head to one side in reply. "Well?"

"Well what, Rikku?" Paine asked, finding Rikku was being more than just annoying.

"Well we'd better get going on finding the Fayth!" Rikku replied. Yuna and Paine seemed to understand.

"I guess your right." Yuna agreed reluctantly. She was about to stand up, but she paused, thinking out loud. "Now wait…. the Fayth said he'd find us though, right?"

"Right" Rikku agreed exasperatedly, "but it wouldn't hurt to look, right?"

"It would hurt to look." Paine argued. "The Fayth obviously knew we were here, that's why that crisis was here, so it will be here that he will look for us."

"But if he wanted to find us here, he would have found us already!" Rikku whined. Paine rolled her eyes.

"Great. Rikku's bored. Won't this be a pleasant wait."

"So what if I'm bored?" Rikku asked defensively.

"You're annoying if you're bored." Paine replied. Rikku was going to reply, but Kairi spoke first.

"So, what's going on?" She asked. Tidus nodded in agreement.

"The Fayth said he was going to come find us." Paine replied.

"Why?" Tidus asked, puzzled once again.

"So we can go home, silly!" Rikku replied, jumping over his head and landing smoothly on the ground in front of Paine.

"Where's home then?" Kairi asked. It was looking very mush like she was the only one who was still unsure of what was going on.

"In Spira." Yuna said kindly. She turned to Tidus. "Only if you want to though. If you want to stay, I'll stay with you."

"Won't Brother be devastated." Paine said, half smiling. Yuna looked horrified. Paine seemed mildly surprised. "What? You didn't know?"

"Yes…I did." Yuna replied, blushing again. Tidus looked utterly lost again. Rikku was about to explain, but Yuna cut her off. "Don't worry about it, Tidus." she said hurriedly.

Hours passed. Rikku had resorted to running laps around the stadium to be rid of her excess energy. Kairi was sitting next to the huge hole, staring down into it. Paine was pacing, swinging her sword lazily. Yuna was half asleep in Tidus' arms. Tidus seemed to be edging toward sleep as well. Rikku was rounding the final bend on her most recent lap, when she slowed, and then stopped next to Paine, gasping for breath.

"I don't think the Fayth is coming here. I think we need to look." Rikku said.

"He shouldn't need to look. This is his dream, he should know what's happening where, right?" Yuna replied.

"Let's do something." Rikku whined. Paine sighed.

"I'm all for doing just about anything but this."

Meanwhile, Kairi was staring into the darkness, not sure if she should be happy or not. Riku… you seemed so trustworthy. You looked like you really were sorry. Was that real, or was I just so desperate to leave that place I imagined you to look trustworthy, so I could let myself follow you, let you lead me out of there? I hope it was real. I hope you were really back to your normal self. If you were telling the truth though, I should find Sora in this world, because you wouldn't have led me here otherwise. But, now Yuna and the others are leaving this world…I don't want to be here alone, but I want to find Sora. I wish I knew what to do. Rikku's voice pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Come on Kairi! We're gonna go do some exploring!" She called, waving to her as she followed Yuna, Tidus and Paine out of the stadium. Kairi stood up, running to catch up to them. She pushed her heavy thoughts out of her mind, deciding that she's have more than enough time to think about them later. Catching up the group, Kairi found herself walking next to avery happy Rikku. Suddenly, the yound thief's expression fell. "Ohhhh....I'm hungry."