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As I walked down the hallway with Lulu towards our math class, I thought about what had just happened. I had never stood up to anyone before, let alone Tidus. And now, I felt that I had taken such a big step, that I was born again. I know it sounds stupid, but it was true. I felt like I had like I had new self-esteem and confidence, like I felt different towards everything. I had never realized it before, but being so afraid of and loving Tidus had held me back from the things that I wanted to do.

"Yuna?"

I looked over at Lulu, who was still looking straight ahead. "Yea?"

"Well...you kind of surprised me back there."

I turned away from her, feeling guilty for acting like I did in front of Lulu.

"I'm sorry, Lulu. I surprised myself as well. I should've never said something so mean. I feel really guilty."

Then I heard Lulu giggle. I turned to look at her curiously. "What's so funny?"

Lulu looked at me with a smile on her face. "Oh, nothing. It's just I've never seen you of all people cuss someone out before. You were goin' to town back there!"

At this Lulu and I both giggled. "I could do much worse then that!" I said, with mock resent, which made us both laugh harder.

By the time we reached our math class, we had about ten seconds until the bell rang. We both hurried in and grabbed two vacant seats in the back row as Mr. Auron, who people said was the toughest teacher in school, walked in the door.

"Good morning, class. I trust you all had a good summer." At this comment a murmur swept the class as people told others about things they did during the summer. Lulu just sat there quietly, as I looked up at Mr. Auron.

I actually knew Mr. Auron very well. He was my closest neighbor, about a half a mile from my tiny house on a deserted beach, which was about two miles away from school. Mr. Auron, even though he was very strict to class, was a very sweet person. He would stop by my house once in awhile, and would visit with me over a small dinner. And every fall, when I made my delicious apple cider, I would always bring him some. Mr. Auron was more like a friend to me then a teacher, and was the only person who really seemed to care for me besides Lulu.

"Alright class, I'm guessing all the talking means you did have a good summer, but I suggest you stop now if you want to have a good school year," Mr. Auron said, glaring at the class, which ceased their talking at once.

After that, Mr. Auron went into a boring lecture about all the school rules, which all of us had heard on the first day of school our past three years. By the time we had finished and I was about to fall asleep, the bell rang. As the class flooded out of the room, Lulu and I behind them, I heard Mr. Auron call my name.

"Yuna?"

I turned to face him and smiled. "Good morning, Mr. Auron."

He smiled a small smile at me also. Mr. Auron didn't really seem like a happy person, usually, but he usually seemed content around me. "Did you have a good summer?" He asked me.

I nodded. "It was alright. How was yours? You didn't seem home much. I stopped by a couple of times with some food."

Mr. Auron nodded. "I took a little vacation to Kilika Island this summer. I meant to tell you, but I didn't get to it before I left. I apologize."

I smiled and shook my head. "No, Mr. Auron, it's not a big deal. Don't worry about it."

Mr Auron looked at me thoughtfully. "Yuna, there seems to be something that's making you...especially happy today. May I ask what it is?"

I smiled bigger. Knowing that I seemed happier made me feel happier. "I'm just having a good day, Mr. Auron."

Mr. Auron smiled back. "Well, that's good. Now, you'd better get to your next class or you're going to be late."

"Yes, sir," I said, flashing him another smile. I then stepped outside of the room, where Lulu was waiting for me. "What did he want?" She asked.

"Oh, he was just asking how my summer went, that's all," I said as we walked towards our lockers to exchange our books. My next class was social studies with Mr. Maechen, who seemed like he could babble on forever about what he called 'the mysteries of Spira.' Well, it seemed to me that the real mystery was: How could an old man hold so much info in his tiny wrinkled head?

As I walked down the hallway towards my locker, memories of Tidus filled my head. I was sure that I had done the right thing, but somehow, I felt that I was wrong for lashing out at them like that. I knew it was because I just wasn't used to standing up to people. I was sure that I'd be doing a lot more of it now, seeing that I had cussed at the most well-known people at Besaid High. But, there was still something tugging at the back of my head. I couldn't put my finger on it, but I knew it had something to do with the way Tidus had looked at me before I had gone to math.

I put in the combination to my locker, but when I went to open it, it wouldn't open. I tried my combination a couple more times, and I even tried kicking it, but it wouldn't open.

"Crap!" I whined, and leaned my forehead against the cool metal of the locker.

"Just go and get the janitor, Yuna. He'll open it. I'll come with you."

But I shook my head. "No, it's alright, Lulu. You can go to class. No use in both of us being late, right?"

Lulu looked at me thoughtfully. "Are you sure, Yuna?"

I smiled at her. "Yeah, go ahead. Don't worry, I can handle it. I'm a big girl,"

Lulu smiled. "Okay, see you after class," and she walked off. Soon after, I went to get the janitor, because if I didn't soon, I was sure that I would break my locker in frustration.

TIDUS POV

I walked down the deserted hallway after the bell signaling second hour. I didn't want to go to class right now. I had Maechen anyway, and his class was a total snore-fest. Instead, I found myself thinking about the incident with Yuna.

I couldn't believe it. I really couldn't. Yuna had never done anything like that before. She would just let us cuss at her and taunt her. She had never actually done anything about it, like she had today. I guess I had never thought she would actually say anything to us about it.

But today, she had. Yuna had cracked. And, somehow, it made me feel just a little bit guilty. I didn't know why. I had never felt guilty about doing things to her before, or anyone else, for that matter. But now... I wasn't sure what I felt. I didn't feel like I had all these past years, that was for sure. Who would've thought that a couple comments from a person could do so much. Yuna was the first person to ever stand up to me like that, out of all the people I had ever taunted.

Rikku, Dona, and Barthello had gone to their second-hour class, but I hadn't. I just wanted to wander the halls and think, maybe even take a ride on my motorcycle.

Just then, I heard someone. I wondered who else was out in the hallways now. Usually, not many other people skipped classes that I knew of.

I walked towards the sound. Right when I was about to turn the corner, someone flew around it and bumped into me, knocking both of us off of our feet.

I sat up and rubbed my head, wondering who the hell could be in such a hurry. Then, I looked up to see that, of all people, I had bumped into Yuna.

It was her, alright. Yuna was now scurrying around, picking up all of her books and papers, which were all over the hallway.

"Hey, I'm really sorry. I was looking the other..." She began. Then, Yuna looked up, and saw that it was me that she had bumped into. Her face darkened. "Oh," she said, and continued picking up her books without another word.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Watch where you're going, you freak," I said.

Yuna looked up at me again. I could see the faint glow of tears in her eyes, and that small part inside of me started to feel guilty again. She stood up until she was eye-level with me, and stared into my eyes. Well, not exactly eye-level, being that I was about six or seven inches taller then her.

"You know, I said it once, and I'll say it again. PISS OFF. I am not going to take this crap from you or your little friends anymore. Life's too short to be worrying about some jerk like you all the time. Just get away from me. And stay away." And with that, she picked up the rest of her books and hurried off.

I stared after her, even after she had gone, for I don't know how long. Once again, she had surprised me. I don't know what had happened to her over the summer, but Yuna had changed. And I had a feeling that I really should follow her advice and leave her alone.

But what really made me confused was that Yuna had said that she worried about 'some jerk like me' all the time. Did that mean that I bugged her so much that she couldn't get me off of her mind? That didn't make much sense. I mean, it's not like we did anything that bad to her. At least it didn't seem that bad from my point of view. But, now that I thought about it, of course it wouldn't seem bad to me. Now, putting myself in Yuna's shoes...

Then, I noticed something on the ground. It was a book. Yuna must've dropped it and forgotten to pick it up. I bent down to pick it up. It was an old, flimsy leather-bound...was it a journal? It had another language on the front. Al Bhed, maybe? Was Yuna Al Bhed? I knew that she did have one green eye, but I didn't know what it meant. Now that I thought about it, I remember Rikku mentioning green eyes being a symbol of an Al Bhed.

But the real question was: Could I read Yuna's journal? I mean, it's not like her life is probably really interesting or anything, right?

After looking around, as though someone would actually be watching me, I quickly flipped open to the first page.

"DAMN IT!!!" I yelled once I saw it, not realizing that someone could hear me and I would get detention right away. Looking around again, I realized that I had gotten lucky and no one had heard me. I sighed and looked back down to the journal. Yuna had written the whole thing in Al Bhed. That girl was crazy, I swear.

Unless she did have a secret. A very BIG one that she didn't want anyone to know.

My curiosity getting the best of me, I decided to hold onto the journal and get Rikku to translate it for me. I mean, who could resist? I quickly tucked the journal into my jacket pocket and walked on down the hallway.

YUNA POV

I hurried down the hall away from Tidus. I couldn't understand how someone could be so mean, so cruel. I could tell that he knew I was about to cry. The types of comments that he made still hurt me, though not as much as they had before.

But, when I had looked into his eyes and told him to leave me alone, I saw something there. I know I did. Was it guilt? Regret? I didn't know. And I was sure that I would never know.

I hurried down the hallway, and when I finally reached the door to Mr. Maechen's class, I burst through it, which was a mistake. All heads turned my way, and people threw me dirty looks. I could feel my face get red, and I looked down at my feet as I walked up to Mr. Maechen, who was standing at the chalkboard, writing notes. He looked at me strangely.

"Ms. Braska?"

"Sir, I'm very sorry, but I couldn't get my locker open, so I had to go and get the janitor, and then he couldn't find the right key, so he had to use a wrench, and then when I was running down the hall I...fell, and then I had to pick up all of my books, and all of my papers got messed up, and..."

"Alright, Ms. Braska, calm down. It's quite alright," Mr. Maechen said quickly. I gapsed for breath, and then realizing how fast I must've been talking. A giggle swept the classroom, making my face turn redder then it already was.

"Yes. I'm sorry Mr. Maechen," I said quietly.

"Do not worry about it, Ms. Braska. But please do not be late again. It is not a good way to start out the school year, yes?" I nodded. "Good. Now please take your seat."

"Yes, Mr. Maechen," I said, and I quickly took a vacant seat in the second row. As Mr. Maechen went on with his lecture, I felt like someone was watching me. I looked over to my right, and my eyes widened. I was sitting right next to Rikku Gaplardi, who was staring at me menacingly. I tried my best to be cool and rolled my eyes at her, and then brought my attention back to the board. But I could feel that Rikku was still staring at me. Impatiently, I looked at the clock. Two minutes until class ended. But it didn't seem to go by quickly enough. By the time the bell rang in what seemed like an eternity, I quickly gathered my books and got out of there.

By the time I got to my locker, I felt like I had just run a mile in track. I was just glad that I was able to get out of there before Rikku could harass me. Or try.

I quickly opened my now-functional locker and started to put my books. I had home economics next, so I wouldn't need my agenda. But as I put my books up, I felt like something was missing. I went through my books again and again, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

But then, BAM, it hit me like someone had just shot me in the head.

My journal.

"Oh my Yevon..." I said in a shaky voice.

Just then Lulu came down the hallway carrying her books. When she saw my face, she instantly became worried. "Yuna, what's wrong?"

"My...my journal," I said quietly. "It's gone."

Lulu looked at me strangely. "Gone? What do you mean, gone?"

"Gone as in not with me, Lulu!" I panicked. "It's not here!"

Lulu opened her locker with a thoughtful look on her face. "Well, where could you have lost it? I mean, it's not like you've been many places today. Just the first two classes." She brushed her dark braided hair behind her shoulders and looked at me questioningly.

I started to think hard. "I went to first hour, then came back to my locker, and then I couldn't get it open. Once I did, I hurried to class and...OH CRAP!!!"

Lulu jumped at my sudden outburst. "Yuna, what's the matter?"

I sighed and slouched up against my locker, my face in my hands. "How could this happen? How could I have been so stupid?!"

Lulu closed her locker and took me by the shoulders. "Yuna, calm down. Do you know where you lost it? Or who has it?"

I nodded solemnly. "Yeah, I do," I said quietly, and then I looked up at her. "Lulu, when I was hurrying to class, I sorta bumped into Tidus."

This shocked Lulu. "You mean, you ran into him? Literally?"

I nodded. "Yeah, and my books went everywhere. I must've forgotten to pick up my journal. Oh, man, what am I gonna do?!"

Just then something made Lulu relax and smile. "Yuna, I just remembered something."

I looked up at her hopefully. "Huh?"

Lulu took her hands off of my shoulders and looked at me with a small smile on her wine-colored lips. "You write your journal in Al Bhed, do you not?"

This made me smile a very, very big smile. "Of course! No one will be able to read it because it's in Al Bhed! Oh, thank Yevon!" I slammed my locker and walked down to class with Lulu. I just hoped that if Tidus had picked it up that he wouldn't be able to read the Al Bhed. And I hoped that he wouldn't be able to find a way.

END OF CHAPTER THREE!!!!!!!!! REJOICE!!!!! Okay, I'm pretty happy with the way this chapter turned out. And, no, for all you people who are thinking that Tidus is falling for Yuna already, he isn't. He's just thinking about giving Yuna a break. THINKING being the key word there, because now that he's got Yuna's journal...you'll just have to keep reading and find out! Cuz in the real world, no bully would give up that easily. Especially if he discovers a bit of juicy info about the person he's a jerk to. But, in this chapter, there was a bit of Tidus/Yuna interaction, which I put in there to make you guys happy. And also, in my profile I have two new ideas for Tidus/Yuna fics that I want you guys to give your opinions on as well in the reviews for this story. Just choose which one you think sounds better, and I will start it soon!

Hugs n' Kisses,

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