Sup y'all. I feel like updating early, so I am! Okay, I won't make this a long author's note, since this is a really really long chapter. Well, I hope you enjoy!

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YUNA POV

I didn't see Tidus for the rest of the day, and I was glad. Had he actually heeded my request and decided to stay away from me? Or was he planning something else?

The day went by quickly, and I was very happy when the last bell finally rang. Lulu and I walked to our lockers and grabbed our backpacks, which were empty being that no one ever gave homework on the first day of school. Then, we headed out the door.

On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and the weekends, Lulu and I worked at Opurson's. I personally loved working there, it was such a cute café, and was never extremely noisy. It never had a ton of people from our school eating in it either, which was a major plus. It also paid $8.25 an hour, which was good for Lulu and I, since we both lived alone.

As we walked out of the school and toward Opurson's, I thought about the days events. I really had changed. And the weird thing was, during the summer, I literally woke up and did not have anymore feelings for Tidus. It sounds impossible, right? Well, that's what happened. And boy, was I glad that it did.

Lulu and I turned the corner onto a busy street. Opurson's was at the end of Santay Street, a street that was at the south side of Besaid Island, which had only a couple of specialty shops on it. It had a small bakery, called Mr. Hypello's that had the best cookies I had ever tasted. And there was also a small vegetable tent owned by a young woman named Shelinda.

Lulu and I talked the whole way to Opurson's. We talked about how our new teachers were, if there were any new people this year, and how exciting it was; knowing that in exactly year we would be leaving to fight in wars as a summoner and guardian. When we finally reached the small building with a green neon sign with Opurson's in cursive letters, we had probably walked about a half a mile. We were both used to walking long distances, because Lulu's house was about as far from school as mine was, and neither of us could afford any type of transportation.

We walked into the door and into the EMPLOYEES ONLY room, where there were two other people getting ready for work. One, Wakka Relner, was the only other person who worked here that also went to our school. He was one of Tidus' buddies, and they would would usually hang out when they weren't in school Wakka was sort of a jerk to us, but not as bad as a lot of the people at school. Sometimes, he could actually be decent. Wakka was the captain of the blitzball team, and had reddish-orange hair that stood straight up in the front. Wakka's hair had always puzzled me. I mean, did he spend time actually styling it every morning? Or was his major cowlick just natural?

Then, there was Gippal Versef, who used to go to Besaid High, but dropped out when he was sixteen to work full time. He also dropped out because people gave him a real hard time about being an Al Bhed. Gippal was a really cool guy, though, and was pretty nice to Lulu and I. The three of us would get together every once in awhile, just for coffee or something like that. Gippal was a really down-to-earth kind of guy, and was pretty easy to talk to. He could also make you laugh like there was no tomorrow.

"Sup my ladies!" Gippal said as soon as we entered the room. Wakka merely grunted.

I giggled at Gippal's comment. "Hello, Gippal, how are you?" I asked him.

"Pretty good, for once. I just got a bonus at my other job as a mechanic, so I was able to pay off my bills on time."

I smiled. "That's good."

"So how was you guys' first day of school?" Gippal asked, referring to Lulu, Wakka, and I.

"Okay. I would rather not be there at all but considering I have to it was alright," Lulu shrugged.

I sighed and looked down at my feet, not wanting to mention my outburst in the morning. "Same," I merely said. Lulu looked at me as if to say, 'You don't wanna tell him?' I flashed her a warning look, and she got the picture and looked away.

"Fine," Wakka murmured. Gippal then looked at Wakka with fake disappointment on his face. "Now, Wakka, I don't understand why you don't socialize with us!" Gippal teased. He was always trying to get Wakka into talking to all three of us more, and it seemed like it had worked a little bit over the past few months. Wakka used to not acknowledge us at all, and now he would say a word every now and then.

Wakka didn't reply to Gippal's comment. Gippal then walked up and slung an arm around Wakka's shoulders. "C'mon, buddy! So what if we're cooler then you? Does that mean that you have to ignore us?"

I giggled. Gippal could be such a dork sometimes. Well, actually all the time. Wakka then flashed Gippal a dirty look and stomped out of the room.

"Fine, then, be that way!" Gippal clucked his tongue. "Well, anyway, I was wondering if you ladies were interested in blitzball?"

I smiled at him. "Yeah, I love blitzball, actually."

Lulu looked at me, then back at Gippal. "It depends on the occasion," she said with a hint of suspicion in her tone.

Gippal smiled. "Well, how would you ladies like to go to Luca with me to see a professional championship blitzball game?!"

I gasped. "I would love to!" I had loved blitzball since I was a little girl, but had never actually been to a game before. I didn't want to go to school games because since Tidus was on the team, all of his friends would be there, and I didn't want to face them. And I could never afford to go to a professional blitzball tournament.

Of course, Lulu had to go and ruin my moment of happiness.

"Well, Gippal, how do you plan on getting three tickets to a blitzball game? You know that neither Yuna nor I could afford to buy a ticket, and I'm pretty sure you can't either," Lulu said, putting her hands on her hips. I let my head droop down. Of course we wouldn't be able to go to the game. We could barely afford to pay our bills, let alone a ticket for a blitzball game, which was usually around seventy-five dollars.

But Gippal continued to smile, even after Lulu's comment, and then pulled out a manila envelope from a bag he had brought with him. He opened it, and then pulled out three long, new tickets.

I gasped and started to jump up and down. I ran up to Gippal and hugged him.

"Gippal, where did you get those?" Lulu asked. Even she was shocked.

"Well, I'll be able to tell you when Yuna stops suffocating me!" He gasped. I blushed and quickly let go of him. Gippal then breathed a sigh of relief.

"I won them from a radio station. They were having a contest about Al Bhed heritage, so of course I won!" Gippal smiled smugly.

I couldn't believe it. I was actually going to a blitzball game in Luca!!! Wait a minute...LUCA!!!

"Oh, no!" I yelled and dropped to my knees.

Gippal looked at me strangely. "Yuna, what's the matter?"

I looked up at him. "How are we going to pay for our tickets to Luca? I mean, sure we have the tickets to the game, but we can't get to the game without tickets to Luca!"

Gippal's happiness was completely erased at that moment. He also dropped to his knees and looked at the tickets as though they had failed him. "Damn it. I hadn't thought of that."

Lulu also looked disappointed, which almost never happened. Lulu never expressed much emotion towards things. Usually, she would only be happy around me.

"Wait a minute..." Gippal looked at the tickets once more. "Oh, I forgot! The game isn't until March! Maybe we can take a little bit of our money from our paychecks and save it. I'm sure we'll be able to get enough by then. Plus, since Luca's not too far from Besaid, I'm sure a boat ticket will only cost about one hundred dollars."

This made Lulu and I perk up a bit. "Okay, if that's what it takes, then we'll do it," I looked at Lulu, who nodded with a small smile, and I smiled back. I knew I would sacrifice a bit, but it was the first time that I would ever travel outside of Besaid, besides when I lived with my parents in Bevelle when I was a young girl.

Thinking of my parents took my current perk away. I frowned and looked at the floor, trying hard not to cry.

"Hey, Yuna?" Gippal said, tilting his head to try and see my face. "What's wrong?"

I quickly hid my sadness and looked up at him, smiling. "Nothing, I'm fine. Now, we'd all better get to work before we're fired. Then we definitely won't be able to go to the blitzball game."

Lulu and Gippal nodded in agreement, and we all walked out the door to get to work.

Opurson's wasn't a huge place, but it always had a ton of people in it. Strangely, with all the people, it was never extremely noisy. Unless, of course, I had gotten used to all the noise, being that I had worked there for about two years now. Opurson's had a small section towards the back of the store that had a bunch of used books and two computers. The rest of the place was a restaurant. All over Opurson's was wood paneling, though. The walls, the floor, and even the ceiling was paneled with a cherry colored wood. Dim lights hung above the small tables, making the place seem more like a pub then a café.

I quickly tied my small black waitress' apron around my waist (A/N: I couldn't think of what the apron was actually called at the moment hehe) and looked at my schedule for today. I was waiting on the east side of the small café today, so I quickly walked over to see if I had any customers. There was currently a group of two people sitting in the corner table, so I walked over to ask them what they wanted.

"Welcome to Opurson's, my name is Yuna and I'll be your server today. What can I get you?"

I breathed in a sigh of relief as I walked out the front door of the now busy Opurson's. It was evening now, and it was quickly getting darker. I looked at my watch. It was seven thirty. I had worked an extra hour today because Mr. Opurson had needed extra help, and I would take all the money I could get, especially since I now had to save up for my Luca ticket. Lulu had left early, at the time I normally got off, and I insisted that she didn't wait.

I slung my backpack over my shoulder and started my walk home, which usually took about a half an hour, being that I had to walk back to town and then about a mile and a half to my house. I usually ran, since it was good exercise, but since it was dark, I didn't want to risk running. Thus, I just slowly walked down the deserted road towards town.

Along the way, I pretty much just thought about nothing. I just kept absentmindedly walking, and I guess I was just enjoying the scenery. By the time I reached town, I figured that since I was here and I had no homework tonight, I should probably do a couple of my errands real quick.

I walked towards the grocery store, being that I was really running low on food. I could usually cook with what I had growing in my small garden, being that I didn't eat that much, but I had to admit, I was starting to miss sweets, so I thought I would just pick up a little bit of chocolate along with some other things.

I walked into the store and grabbed a grocery basket. I then walked towards the dairy section and got a half gallon of milk and some cream cheese. I also picked up a loaf of sandwich bread, some bagels, cherry fruit snacks, and, for my sweet tooth, a pure chocolate candy bar.

As I waited in the checkout line, I thought I saw someone I recognized out of the corner of my eye. I looked over, and gasped. There was Tidus, Rikku, Dona, and Barthello all hanging out in the magazine section. I quickly ducked behind the candy rack, and put my things on the counter while kneeling. The checkout girl, who looked at me like I was crazy, started to check out my things. I willed her to hurry up, and when she gave me the total of eighteen dollars, I threw a twenty at her and told her to keep the change. I grabbed my two bags and hurried towards the door.

"Hey, look who's here!" I heard Dona tell the others, and I heard footsteps coming my way. They had spotted me. I started to run out the door and across the street, praying that they wouldn't want to come after me now. I dared to look back and saw that they were following me. Crap.

I started to power walk down the sidewalk, but I knew that they had caught up to me.

"Hey, Yuna, where ya goin?" Rikku asked.

"Yeah, we just wanna talk!" Dona said, obviously lying.

I knew that I had to stop running. I had to face them. If I didn't, I was sure that they would follow me home, and I certainly didn't want them knowing where I lived.

I abruptly stopped and turned around to face them. There they were, the four of them, standing there all together just like in the hallway this morning.

"May I help you?" I said stiffly.

Rikku laughed. "Oh, Yunie, why so angry? We just wanna hang out!" This made them burst out laughing. But then I noticed that Tidus actually wasn't laughing. Had he told his friends about the incident in the hallway this morning? Probably not. He's too proud to admit to something like that.

"Okay, could you please not act stupid for once and tell me what you want?" I snapped. This made Rikku glare at me like she did in history class.

"Okay, then Yunie. I won't act 'stupid'. Actually, I'm feeling pretty hungry..." Rikku said, eyeing my grocery bags. Oh, no. I couldn't afford to go and buy more groceries. I had just spent twenty dollars on these, and I didn't get another paycheck until Friday. I would starve!

"Well, that's good for you, Rikku," I said, trying to be tough. Rikku glared at me again, and I knew that any minute now, she would try to tackle me. But then, I heard something amazing, like I had witnessed a true miracle.

"Just lay off of her, Rikku."

All three of them turned to look at Tidus, and looked at him as though he had just spoken forbidden words. Even I gaped at him. I didn't think it was possible. I thought I had hallucinated. But, I knew, that while they were all looking at Tidus in amazement, it was my chance to escape.

So I ran. I ran as fast as I could. I didn't stop until I reached the end of the town, and I was panting like a dog. And even though I knew I couldn't see him, I looked back anyway. Because for the first time in my life, I was grateful to him.

TIDUS POV

I don't know what came over me, or why I said it. All I knew was that I had actually stuck up for Yuna, and not only were my friends shocked, but so was I.

I stood there after Yuna had run off. Rikku, Dona, and Barthello were still staring at me. And I couldn't blame them. I knew that they would start criticizing me right away, so I had to come up with an excuse. Then it hit me. Yuna's journal.

"What the hell was that about, Tidus?" Dona asked angrily. "That was the craziest freakin' thing you've ever done! Don't tell me you've been getting all buddy-buddy with her behind our backs or something."

I shook my head quickly. "No, no. I just didn't want you to waste your energy on her. I mean, what's the point, you know?"

They all looked at me like I was crazy.

"Oh, and look at what I found today," I pulled the journal out of my jacket and handed it to Rikku, who looked at it strangely.

"And this would be...?" She asked, holding it by its edge as if it were infected.

"It looks like a journal. I just found it on the floor in the hallway this morning. I don't know whose it is, but it might have a juicy secret in it." I, of course, didn't tell them it was Yuna's, because then they would want to know how I knew, and then everything would become a big mess.

"But it's totally in Al Bhed," I continued, "So I was hoping you could read it, Rikku."

Rikku opened Yuna's journal and scanned through the page. All of the sudden, she whooped and started jumping up and down.

"Whoa, Rikku, what's up?" Dona asked, looking at Rikku like she was crazy.

Rikku stopped hopping and then pointed to a signature at the bottom of the page. We all leaned in to look, even though I knew what I was about to see.

There, right at the bottom of the page, was a perfectly written word that clearly said 'Yuna'.

Dona and Barthello gasped. I just didn't say anything.

"Oh my God!" Dona yelled, making heads turn her way.

"Yeah, who would've thought!" Barthello laughed.

"Well, Rikku, why don't you read a page?" I asked, eager to know what it said. Rikku nodded, and turned to most recent entry, which seemed to be written the day before. She then began:

Dear Journal,

Tomorrow is the first day of my last year in hell. Then, I will finally be able to take summer courses, and in the fall, become an official summoner, with Lulu as my guardian. It seems like the end of the year is so far away, and out of reach. But, I just have to be positive and keep my head up.

But, of course, you can't forget the people who always seem to bring me down.

Tidus, Rikku, Dona, and Barthello. To me, they are like robots, who are only programmed to hurt and taunt people, not to feel regret or love or any other positive emotion. To me, they are the only things that stand in my way of having a good life. But, I never stood up to them because of that one reason. That one feeling that I couldn't seem to get rid of, to stop from flowing through my veins.

But now, it's completely gone. I will not have to worry about trying to look nice and wasting my money just to get him to notice me. I will not curl up into a ball every time he says something hurtful. I will no longer fear nor love him. I...

Just then Rikku stopped talking. She was just standing there, staring at the page. Then, she looked up at me with a disbelieving expression.

"Well, go on!" Dona urged her.

Rikku gulped and then looked back down at the page and began again.

I don't know what happened to me, but I don't have any feelings toward him anymore. It's like a blessing I thought would never be bestowed upon me. I feel like a two-ton weight that I've been carrying for the past five years has finally been lifted from my back, and I can once again walk tall and not be afraid.

Because I no longer love Tidus Monti. And I will never again love him.

Never more.

Yuna

I couldn't think. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. There had to be some mistake. This couldn't be what Yuna had felt all this time. She couldn't have...loved me...for all these years, while I tortured her and was cruel to her. I just didn't understand it.

And now, the reason she is sticking up to us is because she no longer has these feelings for me? All it took for her to let us push her around was her secret love, for me.

I looked from Rikku, to Dona, to Barthello, who looked almost as shocked as I did. I knew that none of us could believe it. The only thing that had been holding her back was me, this whole time. And none of us could see it. I suddenly regretted picking up Yuna's journal today. I wished that I had never found out. It was one of those things that were meant to be kept hidden, not be known.

And somehow, I felt changed that night. I don't know how or why, but I felt completely different towards Yuna. I didn't hate her, and I didn't pity her. Should I apologize to her? Maybe the four of us could prove her theory about us having no feelings wrong.

I looked up, and knew that the other three were not thinking along the same lines as I was. They all had evil smirks on their faces, and I knew that I definitely should've never picked up that journal. I knew that by doing so, Yuna's life would probably more of a living hell then it ever had been before.

Chapter four is DONE!!! So, my loyal reviewers, what do you think? See, what it is, is that Tidus really isn't that bad a guy after all! He doesn't want to hurt Yuna anymore then he has already. He just wants to leave her be. But the other three don't! Tell me, do you think that maybe he should still feel sort of hostile towards Yuna? Or just leave her alone? I know what I think, but what do YOU think? Please tell me! Oh, and about that new fanfic, I think I'm going to do idea number 2. It won't be exactly like it is in the description, but the idea will be easier for me to work with right now then the first idea. It doesn't mean that I won't do the first one, I just might do it later. Well, PLEASE REVIEW!!!

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