Wakka was in the act of inviting Kairi and Paine inside to see Lulu when a blitzball whizzed by his head at speeds he had barely even imagined. For a split second, it reminded him of the time he'd first met Tidus. He could remember practicing on the beach, and accidentally hitting this random person who seemed to have just appeared in the ocean. The random person, who turned out to be Tidus, had kicked the ball back at him, narrowly missing his head and seriously impressing him. He hadn't realized that he's stopped speaking in midsentence. Paine and Kairi were looking at him with expressions of confusion. He snapped back to reality when he heard someone calling to him in a voice he swore he recognized. He looked pasted Kairi and Paine and his jaw dropped.

"No way, man! But this is impossible, ya?" He said, staring opening as Yuna walked toward him, hand in hand with none other than Tidus himself. Tidus grinned.

"Almost impossible." He corrected, greeting his old friend and teammate. Wakka started to laugh. Kairi turned and grinned at the approaching couple and then laughed at the look on Wakka's face. Rikku came out of one of the huts, followed closely by a woman whom Kairi didn't recognize. As the woman walked out of the hut, she called to Wakka.

"What's all this fuss, Wakka?" She asked expectantly. Wakka spun.

"Lu! You're never going to believe this!" Wakka shouted, overly excited. Lulu looked entirely bewildered at Wakka's behaviour.

"Believe what…?" She asked. Wakka grabbed her free arm (the other was cradling a baby) and gently pulled her forward. As soon as she saw Tidus, she gasped. She opened her mouth to say something, paused, then shut it again, having nothing to say. Tidus grinned at her.

"Hey Lulu! How've you been?" He asked, waving and slightly overwhelmed. Lulu smirked.

"Pregnant." She replied bluntly. Wakka started to laugh again. All the laughter reminded Yuna of her pilgrimage, and yet, it was very different and in a very good way.

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Gippal, Baralai, Nooj, Sora, Donald and Goofy all walked through Luca. Nhadala had just contacted them and told them that she wasn't ready to have them land in Bikanel for another long while. She said she'd contact them when they should start heading over, so Gippal, Baralai and Nooj had decided to show the other three around. As they approached the blitzball stadium, Gippal shaded his eyes and looked up to the top of the building.

"Ever played blitzball, Sora?"

"What-ball?" Sora asked, glancing at Goofy and Donald. Both of them looked just as confused as he felt. All Gippal, Baralai and Nooj looked incredulous.

"You've never heard of blitzball?" Baralai asked. Sora shook his head. Gippla threw up his hands.

"Where have you guys been for the past two thousand years!" He asked disbelievingly. Sora looked at him.

"Two thousand years? This planet has lasted two thousand years!"

"We've had our fair share of troubles, but we've lasted." Nooj replied. Sora still didn't believe it. A beeping caught his attention and he forgot his surprise. Baralai answered Nhadala's call.

"Baralai."

"We're about ready for you guys to land, so you can starting heading to you ship any time now." A woman's voice replied, layered with static. There was another beep as the transmission ended. Gippal nodded.

"Let's go."

"Why in such a hurry?" Nooj asked. Gippal shrugged.

"We don't have anything else to do here, do we?" The Al Bhed asked in reply. Nooj nodded and followed Gippal. Sora and Baralai went next. Donald and Goofy didn't follow. Sora glanced back at them.

"Come on!"

"We can't!" Goofy replied. Sora looked curiously at them. Donald looked apologetic.

"King Mickey has called us back to the castle." The duck explained. Sora shrugged, stopping. Baralai stopped too, wondering what was going on.

"So, I guess we'll just have to come back to this world later. I'll be two seconds, I just have to tell the others what's up." Sora said simply Donald shook his head.

"The King said you were supposed to stay here." He said quietly. Sora looked even more confused now. Goofy frowned.

"We got our orders last night. King Mickey said that we were supposed to look for a bunch of people, and that once we found some of them, the rest would meet up later."

"Some of the names he gave us were Gippal and Baralai and Nooj" Donald interjected. Goofy continued.

"The King said that once we were sure that you were gonna stick with them, we were supposed to fly back to the castle." He explained. It was strange hearing Goofy explain things. Sora looked thoughtful for a moment.

"I guess whatever Mickey says goes. Just don't leave me on this planet here forever, got it?" He replied, sounding surprisingly good natured about it. Donald and Goofy smiled.

"See ya Sora!"

"Bye!"

"See you guys later!" Sora called, walking up to Baralai.

"What was that about?"

"Goofy and Donald are leaving. The king's ordered them back to the castle."

"The king?"

"The king of the Kingdom."

"Where is this 'kingdom' anyway?"

"Ummm, about three hours from here by our gummiship. Then again, ours goes just a little bit faster thanan average gummiship."

"Your what?"

"Our gummiship? I though Gippal said we were going to the ship?"

"He did, but it's definitely an airship, not a gummiship or whatever you called it." Baralai said as they caught up to the other two. The ship came into view and Sora's jaw dropped.

"That's your ship? I've never seen one so big!"

"That's right!" Gippal bragged. "Pride of the Djose!"

"He doesn't like to admit it, but the Celcius rivals his ship in size." Baralai muttered. Sora grinned as they boarded. Just as they began to lift off, Baralai noticed something flashing on the control board.

"Hey, we're getting a distress signal." He announced. Nooj and Gippal glanced at him, signaling for him to go on. "It's from…The Temple of Vevon-Baaj…" He said, looking confused. Nooj looked at him.

"The submerged ruins? You sure?"

"Very. Hey, the signal is signed! It's the LeBlanc Syndicate!" Baralai said, studying the screen further. Nooj frowned.

"That's not a good thing."

"Even weirder, it looks like it's only being transmitted to a couple of ships." Baralai said, hitting a couple of buttons. "Us and the Gullwings." He looked at the others. Nooj looked at a loss. Gippal wasn't paying much attention; he just wanted to get the action. Sora looked at Baralai, at the screen and then back at Baralai.

"Is it just me or does that sound like a trap?"

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Dun dun dun! Read and review and wait and see:D You guys should be so excited for the next chappie because I've been waiting to write this chapter ever since I started the story :P Well, like I said, R+R and tata til next chappie!