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Yuna was never happier to wait in line for second-hand tasting food and sit in an overcrowded lunchroom than today. Lenne was ahead of her and taking her time sweet time picking her choice of the fruit and dessert platters.

" Come on Lenne. I'm getting old," Yuna said prodding the other girl in the back with her tray. Lenne stick out her tongue at the impatient schoolgirl.

" You must learn to wait your turn, young grasshopper," intoned Lenne in a sage-like voice. Yuna rolled her eyes in disgust. Grasshopper? Sounded like something her grandmother would have said.

Yuna then proceeded to budge in front of the slow-moving Lenne. Taking the first thing that her fingers touched, she whirled to the checkout counter and paid. Making a beeline for Rikku's hair, she maneuvered through the maze of tables and chairs.

" Hey Rikku." Yuna said breezily. The blonde's eyes alighted and she gave her cousin a thumb's up.

" Guess what Yunie?" squealed the Al Bhed. Yuna cocked her head. " Gippel asked me out!"

" Really!" Yuna's eyes widened in shock.

" Well, it was more of a ' Wanna go and get some lunch sometime?' kinda question, but it's still good!" Yuna rolled her eyes. Rikku was in her own fairyland now. Lenne came over and plopped her tray next to the dazed blond.

" Ti and Shu should be around her sometime. Knowing them, they probably got lost." Lenne said with a fork in her mouth. Yuna and Rikku both laughed.

" Yup, sounds about right." A voice said drawled behind them. Lenne and Yuna both gave an inward sigh. " When I dated Tidus, he was always late to our dates."

Lenne clenched her teeth. " Did you ever think that Ti was late for a reason?" Yuna agreed with Lenne.

Dona gave them a pathetic look. " My dears, you obviously don't know what your saying. Tidus would always come to me." Yuna choked on the piece of spaghetti she was sucking in.

A large hand came smacking down on her back and the string went shooting out onto Rikku's tray. The latter squealed and gave a dirty look to Yuna.

" Not my fault." Yuna said massaging her throat. Dona disappeared out of Yuna's eyesight.

" Sorry 'bout that Rikku." A cheery voice said behind her. Yuna looked up and saw two blue eyes looking down at her. A pair of eyes that contained much laughter at Yuna's misfortune. " My D.I.D. still needs saving apparently. I KNEW I had a sole purpose in life." Tidus said snapping his fingers.

" Tidus!" Dona squealed with joy. Yuna and Lenne covered their ears from the shriek. Shuyin came up behind them grinning his goofy smile. He pointed at them with his eyes screwed up with laughter and his finger making the gun sign.

" Not funny, brat." Tidus strangled out. Shuyin ducked and laughed and sat down next to Lenne. " Dona! Geroff me! I hate you, we never went out, so go away!" Tidus cried out in a childish whine. Dona took her arms off the blond as if she had been shocked.

" But Tidus----," Dona began. Tidus dove under the table and emerged next to Rikku.

" No buts girl. I hate you, go away!" Tidus repeated. Dona huffed, and sauntered off. The entire group let out a collective breath.

Gippal came over. " What a bitch." He said in his usual lilting tone of voice. Tidus and Shuyin nodded.

Yuna couldn't help but notice something. " She's kinda like that girl LeBlanc, she just doesn't give up." Putting emphasis on the last two words. Lenne waved her fork in Yuna's face.

" You're so right Yunie. Dona can just die. Don't you know any killing spells from that special magic class that you're in? I read something about a Doom spell. Think that'd work?"

The shorthaired brunette shook her head. " No, the Doom hex isn't allowed unless you're battling fiends. I'm not even sure it works on humans." She confessed. Lenne looked put out and returned to her ravioli. Tidus, Shuyin, and Gippal all let out a combined cross between a gurgle and a groan.

" Yeah, but what if it does? We can test it out on Dona!" Rikku piped in. The entire table suddenly became thoughtful and quiet.

" Pros and Cons?" Yuna asked aloud.

" She'd die and we'd get blamed." Gippal offered.

" One for each." Yuna wrote on her notebook. " Nice Gippal." The Al Bhed looked down modestly. Tidus felt resentment against his new friend. He spoke up.

" Don't you have any strong summons that could just happen to go awry?" Tidus asked. Yuna put her pen to her mouth. Thinking, she DID have one, but it was really strong and could break free of her grip. Bahamut might just be what they're looking for.

" I do, but I'm not allowed to summon without someone stronger than me with me just in case something should go wrong." Yuna pointed out, removing the pen from her lips. " I could try Bahamut, if the need arises."

The group heard the distant bell ring. All of them sighed, a longing for more time. " Our lives are ruled by bells, bells, and more DAMN BELLS!" Rikku moaned as they walked out the door. The others couldn't help but agree with her eloquent speech.

Tidus, Gippal, and Shuyin went to Weapon Training with Professor Auron, a grizzled old man with a tendency to fail everyone. Yuna, Rikku, and Lenne skipped off to Fashion Merchandising. Having been assured this was an easy credit; the girls had taken it for a semester.

" Now kids, you've probably heard that I'm a mean old bastard that always fails people." Auron began. " I won't do it unless you deserve it. Some kids piss and moan that it's MY fault that they fail. It's all yours you lazy bum. Are we on the same wavelength?"

The class nodded. Aside from the trio, there were about twenty other guys in there, including Wakka. " So, does anyone have any weapon preference?" Auron asked. " We'll start with Mr. Kand there.

Tidus' pointed at himself. Auron nodded. " Okay, well, I'm pretty good with a longsword."

" Next, your brother."

" A longsword too." Shuyin said.

Auron went down the line. Gippal preferred large guns, and Baralai liked a glaive. Some kids were handy with shield work, like Ormi, or as Wakka put it, flying projectiles.

Auron had been amazed at Wakka's weapon. " Mr. Wakka, what is your weapon?" Wakka held up a normal blitzball. " Is that so?" The guy pressed a hidden button and spikes came up from the ball, forming a deadly throwing object. " Nice." Was all the man could choke out.

A laugh went up from the kids. Auron collected his wits. " Ah, good class. So today we'll just do a couple of assignments. If any of you have your particular weapon, bring it tomorrow. We'll have a couple of duels to size one another up."

A dull assent echoed throughout the room. Passing out insurance and other assignments that needed to be filled out, Auron took his seat and watched as the young men fumbled their way through the rather difficult papers. He chuckled briefly as the boys scratched their head in bewilderment.

What a fun way to spend the day.

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I'm so sorry for the horribly long update. . I'll try and have the next one up pretty soon.

-Spearie