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By the way, I didn't realize the the full summery wasn't showing, so here it is:

Yuna fell in love with Tidus when they first met in seventh grade. The only problem: Tidus has always picked on Yuna and spread rumors about her. Even now, in the 12th grade. But now, Yuna no longer has feelings for Tidus. Will Yuna's new and strange behavior cause Tidus to develop feelings for her of all people? And if he does, will Yuna resurface her feelings for Tidus as well?

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Never More- Chapter 2

I couldn't move. I couldn't breath. All I wanted to do was melt right into the floor. I hadn't seen them all summer, so seeing them now was just more of a struggle for me. I slowly turned to see the four of them standing there, looking at me with evil grins on their faces.

First, there was Dona Marqees, with her long, exotic, dark hair and olive skin. She was the daughter of the richest man on Besaid, Narmen Marquees, who created a new and improved sphere recorder. Dona was a real sleaze, always dressing in crop tops that showed a ton of cleavage and clearly visible thongs. She also always hung all over Tidus, which was why I had hated her more in my past years of school.

Then, there was Barthello Hartnenon. He was incredibly built, being captain of the wrestling team, and sort of like the group's body guard. The way I saw it, he was kinda like an oaf, but that was just me. He never particularly bothered me much, except for when he pushed me onto the lockers a few times, but it only left a couple of bruises.

Now, as for Rikku Gaplardi, she was worse then both Dona and Barthello. She always seemed to be the one to call me names like bitch and slut and it would hurt the most. I didn't know why, and it was kinda weird. Rikku was an Al Bhed, so I guessed that was why the group never made fun of my one green eye and my one blue, and I was very grateful for that. I also wondered how Rikku managed to fit into the popular group when the people in Besaid were all major Yevonites. Most of them hated Al Bheds, but everyone seemed to like Rikku. Granted, most of the guys probably liked Rikku because of the way she dressed: extra-short mini skirts and bakini tops to school. I didn't even know that they let girls where the kinds of clothes that Rikku and Dona did, but they never got it trouble, so I figured that there must've been some kind of negotiation with the school board.

And, last but not least, was him. The one who had tormented me for five years and counting, the one who had escalated my misery to its maximum level.

The one who, even though he was cruel, had had my love since the first moment I saw him.

Tidus Monti. I hated him, yet I loved him. I hated the way he was cruel to both me and Lulu, I hated the way he would always sneer at me when he passed me in the hallways, how he would hurt me so much and not even care. Yet, I still loved the way his golden hair seemed to fly in the breeze, his bronze skin, and especially his ocean blue eyes. But for the first time, when I saw him standing there, with Dona's arms around his neck, Rikku smiling at me maliciously to the side of him, and Barthello right next to Dona, waiting to attack at any moment, I had only hate for him. I could feel no love pulsing through my veins, I could not feel my cheeks getting red at the sight of his muscular appearance. For the first time since the seventh grade, I was not afraid of him. And it felt incredibly good.

"Good day, Yuna," Tidus said, smiling at me with a fake sweetness. "I hope you had a good summer."

I glared at him. I hated the tone of his voice, I hated hearing his voice at all. I just wanted him to go away right then, to just leave me alone. But, knowing this wouldn't happen unless a shoopuf came stomping down the hall, determined to kill him and his three groupies, I sucked in all my courage, and actually spoke back to him.

"It was pleasant, thank you," I said coldly. I could tell they were surprised by this, because for a moment they all looked at me like I was from another planet, and I was pleased by this. But, of course, a moment later, Tidus spoke right back.

"Well, I'm glad you had a good summer, because this will be one hell of a year for you, and I promise you that," Tidus said, no longer with the mock sweetness in his voice, but an evil, threatening tone, that went along well with the look on his face, which now looked as if he wanted to kill someone, most likely me.

But I was not backing down. Not now. This felt too good to stop.

"Well, you know what Tidus? I have a feeling that this is going to be a nice year for me," I said, me now using the sweet tone. It felt so strange to hear his name emitted from my lips, to hear it spoken so fearlessly by me, of all people.

Tidus snorted. "What like all these other years?" At this he and his friends started giggling.

I sucked in my breath. I hated to hear that giggling, and hated it even more to know that it was directed at me. Then I said something I thought I would never hear myself say to them.

"Piss off."

This made them stop giggling and look at me in disbelief. Even Lulu, who was still standing next to me at out lockers, looked at me strangely. I usually wasn't much of a cusser, and even saying this was a big step for me.

"What did you just say, bitch?" Rikku finally spoke up, and looked at me with anger, now realizing that I had just cussed at them, and was clenching her fists, even though it was probably the wimpiest thing I could ever say.

Hearing Rikku call me a bitch made me explode.

"I SAID PISS OFF YOU STUPID SLUT!!!"

This made them all drop their jaws and books and anything else they had been holding. Even Dona let go of Tidus, who stared at me in pure disbelief. I had decided it right then. I wasn't going to take their crap anymore. It just wasn't worth it. It was like I had had a total sudden attitude change, something I thought would never happen to me. Since I no longer had feelings for Tidus, it was like standing up to them was so simple, so easy. I had done what I never thought I could do. I felt brave, and confident. It was like nothing could stop me.

But my feeling of glory didn't last for long.

At that moment, Barthello started walking towards me menacingly. I knew I had made a mistake, that I should've never shot off my mouth like that, especially when Barthello was there. I backed up, knowing that this beating would hurt much more then the usual shove. I shut my eyes tight, hoping Barthello would do whatever he was going to do very quickly.

But, right when I expected the hurt to come, it didn't. All of the sudden, I heard an "Oomph!" that sounded like Barthello. I opened my eyes to see Barthello lying flat on the floor in front of me, clutching his stomach. I looked up to see Lulu clutching a water orb in her right hand.

"Leave Yuna alone," she said fiercely. Then she turned to look at me. "Yuna, come on. Let's get to class."

But, instead I turned to look at Barthello, who looked badly injured. I couldn't believe it, but I actually felt sorry for him. I had never felt sorry for anyone in that group before. Instead, I realized that I had always felt sorry for myself. And I didn't want to live that way anymore. I wanted to be proud of the things I did, and I wanted to feel good about myself. I wanted to know that I did good things for other people, even when they were people that I despised.

I hurried down to Barthello's side. "Move your hands," I told him. He just groaned louder and turned away from me. For a brief moment, I looked up to see the looks on the other three's faces. All three of them were standing there in shock, and staring down at me with frightened looks on there faces. This made me laugh on the inside, knowing that they thought I was going to hurt Barthello some more. But remembering Barthello made me snap back into reality, and look back down at him.

"Barthello, move your hands now," I ordered him. When he didn't move but continued to groan, I started to get angry again.

"Barthello, do you want me to help you or not?" I asked him, putting my hands on my hips. This made him stop groaning, but he still didn't move.

"Well?" I asked impatiently. Suddenly, Barthello turned over to me, and looked up at me with hope in his eye. He then moved his hands, revealing a bruise the size of a blitzball. I sighed, knowing that what I was about to do was right, and telling myself that I shouldn't think about what Barthello had done to me in the past.

I put my hands over his stomach, closed my eyes, and concentrated all of my energy onto his bruise. I could soon feel the heat of white orbs forming around his bruise, and I could feel them sinking into his skin. Soon enough, I removed my hands and opened my eyes to see Barthello sitting up and looking all around his stomach, as if to see where the bruise had gone. I quickly stood up and walked over to Lulu, who smiled at me.

"Good job," she said.

I smiled back at her, and knew that I had done the right thing for Barthello. The real question was, were they going to do anything to me?

I looked up at them. Barthello was now standing up beside Rikku, looking at me strangely. The rest of them just looked at me like I was a freak. Then Rikku spoke up.

"We don't need your help, you nerd. Barthello's a big boy. He can handle himself."

I closed my eyes to keep the tears from running down. I knew that no matter what I did, no matter what I said, Tidus and his friends would always be jerks to me. It was just the way they were.

"Come on, Lulu," I said quietly, and brushed past Tidus. I could hear Lulu following me, and I stopped once I was out of the hallway to wait for her. She walked up beside me, and stared at my face, which was now damp with tears.

"Yuna..." Lulu said softly. I looked up at her.

"What? It's not like I expected them to praise me for helping Barthello or anything. It's not like I expected that they would suddenly leave me alone. Or to be decent to me. Or..."

Before I could say another word, Lulu pulled me into a hug.

"You did the right thing, Yuna. I know they didn't act like it, but I'm sure they were grateful to you. You just saved their bodyguard, after all," At this I giggled. It felt good to laugh. With Lulu, I could do that. No one else had ever made me laugh like Lulu could. Even though she didn't have a big sense of humor, she could say things that were only slightly funny, and it would make me burst out laughing.

"Thank you, Lulu. You're a truly good friend, you know."

Lulu pulled away from our hug and put her hands on my shoulders. "Well, we'd better get to class now. We both have Mr. Auron's math class first, and you know how he is if one of his students is late!"

I smiled and nodded. "Okay, let's go."

But just when we were about to walk away, Tidus, Rikku, Dona, and Barthello came out of the hallway. When they saw me there, they just looked at me for a moment, and then they walked away. Just as I was about to turn the opposite way and go to math, I saw something I never thought I would've seen before.

While he was walking away, Tidus paused for a moment. He then turned his head, and looked straight at me. I had expected him to throw me a dirty look or something, but instead, there was a different look on his face. It was soft, almost...caring? No, it couldn't be. All that I know is that he looked at me like he never had before, as if he had just seen something in me that he never knew was there.

Before I could contemplate his look anymore, he turned around and went to catch up to his friends. I sighed. This really would be quite a year.

Chapter 2 is complete! Okay, again, I would appreciate constructive criticism, and as many reviews as I can get! Oh, and tell me what you think about the little Tidus looking at Yuna thing at the end. Was it too much too soon? Oh, well, just give me your opinion!

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