Chapter 3 – Time To Go

"So, Yuna and I are gonna get married. Isn't that great?" said Tidus to Rikku. Yuna clamped her hand over her face in disappointment.

"Tidus, we weren't going to tell anyone until later!" she said firmly.

"You never said that!"

Yuna sighed. He was right. She must have just not expected him to tell anyone. "Well, Rikku knows so I guess the cat's out of the bag" she thought,

"Well, congratulations guys! When are you thinking of having the wedding?"

Yuna noticed that neither she nor Tidus had discussed this at all, and said "Well, we haven't actually discussed that yet. Speaking of which, Tidus," she turned her head to face him, "Let's talk about it."

Rikku quickly said "Well, off to tell Wakka and Lulu the good news!" She ran off, leaving Yuna and Tidus alone. "So, let's talk dates" said Yuna.

"Well … how about after this trip?" replied Tidus. Yuna pondered it for a while, eventually asking

"Straight away?"

"No, give it a few weeks for preparation."

"Okay! Sounds great!" replied Yuna giddily.

Tidus was excited - about the wedding, the marriage, about spending the rest of his life with Yuna. She was also excited, she wanted a perfect wedding and to plan it together with Tidus. Then again, he wasn't really the planning type. Perhaps Rikku could help.

Generally feeling quite pleased with herself, Yuna told Tidus that they should get some rest. Rikku conveniently offered to wake them up.

As Yuna woke up, startled by Rikku, she walked over to Tidus' bed to find that he had no doubt been scared out of his slumber as well. Feeling a tap on the shoulder, she spun around to see Tidus. He was holding their bags, and seemed to be quite comfortable with their weight.

"Hey," he said, "Come on, let's go!"

Walking outside, Yuna gazed up and saw the gigantic Celsius airship bellowing and glowing in the night sky. Rikku and Tidus had just come outside as well, and Tidus was marveling at the crimson airship.

"Well, all aboard!" said Rikku in a jolly tone. She pulled out a small machina disc which expanded to about two metres wide. They all stepped on and hovered up into the cockpit.

As Rikku showed Tidus around and introduced him to the ship's crew, Yuna wandered around looking for their room. Eventually, she ran into someone.

"Yuna?" said a dull, uninterested voice.

"Paine!" replied Yuna, looking up to see her comrade. They both stood back and regarded each other up and down.

"Whoa, you look different" they said in almost unison. Embracing Paine, Yuna saw that she was dressed in orange. Paine was equally amazed, seeing Yuna wearing all dark blue. Yuna suddenly asked "So, why the change in style?"

Paine began to tell Yuna about how she met a man who opens her up and makes her happy. She began ranting about how friendly and handsome he was, leaving out one detail.

"So," Yuna asked, interrupting Paine in the middle of a fast spoken sentence, "What's his name?"

Nervously, Paine replied "Um… Clasko?"

Yuna lifted her head curiously.

"Oh..."