Hey you guys! I have constructed a TIKKU!!! BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! YES! I love that pairing and I just couldn't wait to get it started!! Well... I must say that I am very sorry to all of yall for the long wait on the Link/Kagome story, but I am almost done and can't wait to get these both started with full swing!! please RXR because writing is the only thing that keeps me sane!! oh yeah... and food!:) Apologies to all Yuna/Tidus fans... but I don't like her.. she doesn't seem stable and Rikku is always the one lifting everyone up... and she seemed like a good pairing with Tidus, so I immediately fell for them... ciao and enjoy the story!! Oh yeah, almost forgot... this is my first POV story and I hope to do well on it! Disclaimer: I do not own Tidus... (DAMN!) or any other of the Squaresoft characters...

Prologue Normal P.O.V

She stood tall, looking over the vast peaks of Mount Gagazet, staring into the chasm. Lately, she hadn't the strength to talk to anyone, for fear of breaking down... because lately, everyone's talk was of him.. she just never even tried to talk to anyone.... not since Tidus passed away... she hadn't the strength to think properly... or react...

Rikku hadn't even talked to Yuna in over three months... she never had the desire to... because Rikku wasn't the only one missing Tidus.. and she grew farther from Yuna with each passing day.

"Why did you go?" she sobbed to herself, "You left me here..... all alone......" she fell to the ground and slammed her fists on the ice in rage, "WHY DID YOU GO??!!" she screamed to the mountain, hearing its echoes all around her.

Rikku curled in a ball and shook with unbearable, hiccuping cries. She mourned for her soul, her heart, her life...and her love. As she stood on the tallest edge, all of the memories of him flooded her mind...

The machina to steal Yunie....

Tidus helping her to her feet after a reuniting with him...

She remembered when he looked at her.... gazing lovingly into her swirling eyes as they flowed deeply into a sea of jade green oculars.....

Her first encounter with Seymour and how badly she did not want to go into the Farplane... nothing was worse to her than seeing her dead relatives.. she would rather keep them in a wonderful memory than to see them there... floating soundlessly by a sea of spirits...

The ultimate hatred of the cracking lightning that swept the Thunder Plains...

The thought of her clinging to Tidus's ankle on the ground...

The night that they shared their first kiss under the Macalania skies, amidst the sparkling crystal trees that glowed and smiled crystal happiness as if sharing their joy..

A small, fragile smile formed slowly on her lips at the thought. She loved Tidus.... with every bit of her..... although, every thought of his beautiful cerulean eyes and spiky blonde hair made her want to weep..... cry until all the hurt flowed out of her and never returned. And he was gone now... forever. So that the sweet memories of him only showed in the depths of her mind.

That was all she had.. 'Sin.....' "Sin.... that THING took him from me......" her anger was sparking in the icy winds of Gagazet. "YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME, YOU...OUI PYCDYNT!" She shouted at nothing.

She screamed and threw a rock over the cliff, hearing the smack and counted...

1...

2...

3...

4...

5...

6...

Then a faint "clack" of rock against rock reached her ears from the darkness of the chasm.. She shook her head and lay on the ground and ceased in the attempt to wipe the sadness from her face.

She could recall a memory... wait.... not a memory she wasn't ready to call that a memory yet, but she could recall the promise that he made to her,

"Hey! I'll take you to Zanarkand! I promise!"

She'd always wanted to go to Zanarkand.. Tidus's Zanarkand.... When he talked to her about that place.. he told her of giant Blitzball stadiums all lit up at night.. and the millions of screaming fans jumping and cheering in the stands.. and the bars and pubs that never slept... and all of the city lights and tall buildings all cramped together....

"You didn't keep your promise oui pek veaht!" she shook an accusing finger at the sky and gave a sad smile.Rikku sniffed and drug her self from the ground, turning away from the wind as it howled, to start the long journey back to the Calm Lands.

She stopped when she heard whispers behind her... like a ghost... The ghosts surrounded her with soft, incomprehensible words... they called her name hauntingly... and she was fully entranced.

"Rikku..."

"Rik..ku" they said... wrapping around her body and swooping all around. She turned and turned, following the whispers... there was nothing around her but, curious, she walked to the sound. She got close to the edge of the peak and stopped. Snow and wind swept up and around, swirling about in one spot, forming a certain spiky haired teenager right before Rikku's wide eyes...

"T-Tid..us?" she whimpered, "Oh my god...." she whispered.

He looked up quickly and went wide eyed "Rikku?"

Rikku slowly, carefully, walked to the edge of the peak where Tidus stood, "Are you another figment of my imagination? Because if you are.... I think I will just die..." she said holding out her hand to touch his face.

He clutched her cold hands gently, "I'm real, Rikku." he leaned forward and kissed her tenderly on the lips, " and.. I've missed you so much..." he sighed and met her lips with his again.

"I..gave up hope.. I almost let my memories... our memories fade like a passing dream... like it never happened.. but you were gone for so long, Tidus.. I never stopped missing you... I never forgot about you.." she felt the tears come again. She stopped and let a few tears fall to the frozen ground, chilling in the places that they trailed her face. Tidus wiped them away with his hand.

"D-do you remember the song that I taught you in Macalania? The one that I sang before the day that you disappeared?" she said softly.

"Rikku, don't cry. I hate it so much when you cry.." he murmured, going closer to her.

"I didn't stop when you left.. and until you are safely back in my life... I will continue.."

"I..I'm sorry..." he said, a feeling of guilt lining his voice.

'I caused her so much pain....'

"Tidus.... you do remember the song.... don't you?" she said hopefully.

Tidus gazed at her with a softness that could have turned Seymour's heart straight around, "Yes, Rikku.. I always will..." he hugged her tenderly and felt the wrapping of Rikku's slender arms around him. So strong... yet so... loving...

She whispered sweetly in his ear, "This is the song I will always remember.. not just because of the tune.. not because of the beauty, but because it is the song that will bind us together.."

Rikku sat on the nearest rock and Tidus lay his head in her lap and she played with a few tendrils of his hair.

'This reminds me of our first hours together.' she thought quietly.

Tidus looked at her from her lap and reached up with a gloved hand to stroke her cheeks. Rikku took his hand and kissed his forehead with her soft lips. He looked at her and sighed. Rikku smiled and opened her mouth slowly... beginning to sing the sweet song that she would never forget.

Their song....