Cursed
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Story Summary: She's known everywhere! There is no privacy in her life, wherever she goes…Everyone follows. This is the story of Yuna's cursed life…The life of a teenage singing sensation who is desperately trying to find her sense of belonging.
Chapter Summary: A week has passed and the commotion of Yuna being in Zanarkand High has died down a little. Dona will stop at nothing to make Yuna's days at Zanarkand High pure misery, but when everything seems to go wrong a certain Blitz player will be the cheerer upper! Club hopping is in store, as well as a challenge Dona has put Yuna against!
Chapter Two:
After a week of Yuna's arrival in Zanarkand, things were, seeming to die down a little bit. Although there were rather interrogating requests for Yuna to sing twenty-four seven, she politely ducked out of them, earning snide remarks from Dona. Yuna merely shrugged them off, vowing to herself not to let Dona get the better of her. Rikku had complimented her with: "Yunie, you're a saint to be able to put up with Dona!" But it had been Yuna's headstrong part of herself that stubbornly refused to be lured into Dona's childish games. Besides, Yuna was an idle to many students attending Zanarkand High had she had a reputation to hold!
Yuna began walking up the steps to the school grounds when, she was suddenly stopped by the gate. A tall male figure stood in her way and it was impossible to avoid him. Yuna accidentally bumped into him, falling on her butt and earning a chuckle from the figure. She quickly looked up to see the source of the eerie chuckling and mentally scowled. The figure had been Seymour, one of the most popular guys in the entire school. She began fumbling around to grab her fallen books when a slender hand was placed over hers to stop her. Seymour graciously picked up Yuna's books for her and handed them over, an all too creepy smirk formed on his lips. She shuddered slightly and smiled.
" Thanks." She said as she brushed a lock of her shiny mouse-brown hair out of her face.
" You're quite welcome Yuna." He replied in an abnormally formal voice. Yuna suddenly realized that the only reason why Seymour was popular was because he had a whole bunch of power, and be "power", I mean money! Though, to Seymour's dismay, there were two popular crowds. One consisting of his cronies and sometimes Dona, while the other consisted of herself, Rikku, Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Baralai and Gippal. " So Yuna, we haven't really had much of a chance to talk since your arrival in Zanarkand, tell me…do you find it fit to your standards?"
" Is there a reason I shouldn't?" Yuna demanded coolly, clearly offended by Seymour's question. He shrugged and chuckled again. Yuna had to fight back a look of repulsion from flickering across her face as she watched him. His version of a friendly conversation or small talk was really idiotic and Yuna thought he was rather embarrassing rather than the popular sexy guy that most thought he was. She began to try to walk around him, mumbling something about having to get to class when Seymour stopped her with more annoying questions. Truth was, Yuna didn't have a class right now since Biology was cancelled due to the regular teacher's family issues.
" Come now Yuna, don't be like that-" Seymour began but was cut off by Yuna.
" Be like what?" She demanded and she stopped for a moment. Seymour took her hesitation as a chance to block her path once more. Yuck! She was positively disgusted with him now! Her luck dramatically changed as a blonde haired figure made it's way towards them. Tidus had come to her rescue! Thank Yevon!
The sexy blonde Blitzer strode towards them, giving Seymour a lethal glare. Oh if looks could kill Seymour surely would have been in his grave! Tidus placed a hand on Yuna's lower back and began leading her away.
" Cutting in!" He exclaimed with one of his famous boyish smirks before finally succeeding in leading Yuna away from Seymour. Yuna sighed in relief and wrapped her arms around Tidus is a delighted hug.
" Oh Yevon, thank you so much! I was near ready to explode! " Yuna voiced happily. Tidus grinned.
" Well you should've exploded, maybe he would've gotten the message loud and clear then! " He replied, running a hand through his hair and succeeded in gaining a blush from Yuna. " You know, you look kinda cute when you blush."
Yuna blushed a bright red again before laughing quietly to herself. Tidus was the biggest flirt she had ever met, yet beneath his ego Yuna seen a sweet and charming boy. He was polite and he was humorous and had a funny way of making Yuna smile in the down parts of her days. Knowing the well-known Blitz player was quite an honor as well, not to mention that he lived beside Rikku and herself! Though Yuna had never had the time to go visit him outside of school much to her dismay.
" Hey, we're all going club-hopping tonight, you wanna come? Rikku's already agreed to go…" He asked hopefully. " Besides it's Friday and you have a whole weekend to do your homework so don't use that as an excuse…"
Yuna giggled at Tidus' persistence and smiled. " I wasn't going to, now if you had given me a chance to answer I would have said yes!" She laughed. " Though I just don't like being mauled by the crowds if you know what I mean…" She trailed off and grimaced at the thought of people ogling her because of her fame.
Tidus snorted and puffed out his chest. " In case you haven't noticed, you're not the only one who has a rep!"
" Oh right…So Tidus, what's it like to be Star-Player for the Zanarkand Abes?" Yuna asked, mocking the voice of a journalist or news reporter. He grinned again, sending strange sensations through Yuna as he did so.
" Well Yuna, I can have any woman I want so I guess it's great." He answered teasingly, earning another laugh from Yuna. He liked her laugh, and her smiles just seemed to make her whole face light up. But their common jokes and fun were sadly ended when none other then Dona came running up. Her annoying voice rang out into the hallways in a high-pitched whine.
" Tidus, how come you didn't invite me to go club-hopping with everyone?" She demanded, putting her hands on her hip and cocking her head sideways a little bit. Yuna soon got hit full-force with the "Bitches Glare". She clenched her fists slightly, but relaxed. Dona clung to Tidus' arm tightly like a leach, giving him an expression of pretend offence. Tidus looked uncomfortable as he answered.
" I was just going to uh, ask you!"
" I wouldn't have!" Yuna thought bitterly. "Why does Dona have to ruin every good moment I have in Zanarkand?" Without another thought, Yuna hugged her books tighter to her chest as she turned to leave when Tidus' arm snaked out to grab her wrist. She turned in surprise and offered another light smile at him.
" I'll pick you and Rikku up around eight!" Tidus called as Dona began ushering him away from Yuna, much to his distaste. Yuna nodded in response before turning to head to her class. She had Math class now…
It was around six-thirty when Rikku and Yuna began getting ready for the night out. Yuna sighed as Rikku fussed with her clothes, throwing each outdated outfit to the ground before picking out a sunshine yellow V-necked tank top for her shirt. It had patterns of thin pink butterflies dotting it and was simple, yet looked extravagant on the Al Bhed girl nonetheless. She chose a simple beige mini-skirt and a pair of sandals to complete her look. Her hair was twisted and braided into that usual funky style that she was famous for. Looking at herself in the mirror, Rikku was finally satisfied with the way she looked.
" Yunie, tonight is gonna be soooooo much fun!" Rikku squealed enthusiastically. Yuna nodded and walked over to her closet to pick out her clothes. She wasn't going over the top with her wardrobe tonight, I mean they were only going to have fun…right?
Taking out a pair of tight blue jeans with fashionable faded spots marking it in various places, Yuna quickly pulled them on and checked her appearance in them in the mirror. They hugged her hips nicely and made her seem to have a bit more of a curvy lower figure. She rummaged again through her closet and pulled out a shimmering linen white hued strapless shirt. It had a tie on the back to pull the shirt closer around her bust and again, it worked wonders on her figure! What more could you ask for in your clothes? Grabbing a pair of light brown boots, she put them on and went to go fix her makeup. Yuna only wore a little bit, but she looked stunning anyways! Gloss was put on her lips, along with a little brown eyeliner and mascara. Lip-liner gave her heart shaped lips a more defined looks and once Yuna was completely satisfied with her look, she and Rikku went downstairs to wait for Tidus to come and get them.
Sure enough, ten minutes later there was a ring of a doorbell and Rikku opened the door to be greeted by an expectant Tidus. Yuna anxiously fiddled with a silver locket around her neck that her father had given her for her birthday once. As she appeared, Tidus was a loss for words for a moment. Ocean blue eyes swept over curves he never knew exsisted on Yuna, her lithe form was enough to take his breath away. He had thought so the very first day he set eyes on her!
" U-um, Yuna you look great." He finally managed and opened the door for them wider. Yuna smiled at his compliment, pleased that Tidus was agreed with her choice in clothing.
" Thanks, did you expect anything less?" She asked teasingly, her tone of voice was flirtatious but she had done it sub-consciously. She walked through the door and claimed the front seat of Tidus' yellow sports car, making Rikku sit in the back.
" Hey no fair Yunie! You meanie!" She pouted and stuck out her tongue at her cousin. Yuna giggled and fastened her seatbelt securely just before Tidus got in the car. He looked over at Yuna and grinned as he put the key into the ignition. Yevon, Yuna had to admit he was damn sexy!
" You weren't fast enough Rikku!" Yuna replied in obvious delight that she had gotten the front seat…the reason was because she was next to Tidus of course. Oh no, I think our teen singing sensation has developed a crush on teen blitzing sensation, Tidus! Who couldn't guess something this tragic would happen?
The club they were going to first was called " The Red Moogle". It was packed, neon lights flashing made Yuna a little dizzy but she soon adjusted to it. As soon as she arrived, Yuna noticed that the entire club had gone silent. Heck! Even the D.J put a halt on the music! What were both Yuna and Tidus doing here? That's what they were all wondering. I mean one celebrity was fascinating but two was overwhelming! The crowds started gathering, wanting autographs from both senior students. Yuna smiled as she quickly scribbled out her signature on a book thrust at her. When the crowds gradually began to disperse, Yuna and Tidus both sighed in relief and sat down at a table with the rest of the group.
" Enjoy your glory moment back there?" Gippal asked as he slapped Tidus on the back.
" Ha-ha, very funny." Tidus said." I could barely breathe!"
Yuna laughed and took a sip of water from her glass. The neon lights flashed once more and then Dona came towards them. She wore a smug expression on her face as she walked straight to Yuna. Actually this surprised Yuna because Dona usually made a point of not noticing her at all. She stood in front of Yuna, her sly expression grew more visible and caused the whole group to appear slightly uneasy. Standing up on the table, Dona yelled over all the music, asking for everyone's attention.
" Shut-up everyone, I have an announcement to make!" She screeched. When everyone finally quieted down, she smiled wickedly and pointed to Yuna. " Yuna here has kindly agreed to sing everyone a little song! So how about it people, do you want to here Miss Yuna sing!"
The crowd cheered and Yuna groaned. She had come here to get away from the stress of her career and here was Dona making things worse. Yuna could've killed Dona right on the spot after saying that, Yuna stood and dragged Dona off of the table. Gippal put a firm hand on Yuna's shoulder, reminding her not to do something she might regret for Yuna's reputation was important. She inhaled a sharp breath before turning to the giddy Dona. It was clear Dona expected Yuna to fail and disappoint her fans.
" I really didn't want to sing tonight Dona!" Yuna hissed angrily.
" Ready to admit you actually can't?" Dona asked in an innocent voice.
" Yeah when pig's fly!" Yuna ground through clenched teeth. She looked at Tidus' confused expression before sighing and releasing her hold on Dona. Yuna stood and walked confidently over to the D.J and in a low voice asked him to play the music to one of her songs. The D.J gave her a microphone before returning to his station. Yuna took a deep breath and smiled as one of her hit songs called real Emotion started playing. She opened her mouth, words of the song were sung.
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
I can hear you
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
Yuna could here people cheering loudly and begin dancing. Yuna did a couple impressive choreographed dance-steps herself and got an even louder cheer in response.She grinned and shook her hips in rhythm to the music swirling around the club. She could see Tidus and everyone watching her from the table before Rikku ran over and jumped up onto the stage. Yuna began singing again.
Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart
I could see a place that's something like this
Every now and then I don't know what to do
Still I know that I can never go back
But the things I've seen in those hazy dreams
Can't compare to what I'm seeing now
Everything's so different that it brings me to my knees
And though I know the real world of emotion has surrounded me
I won't give in to it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to me
"You'll never be alone"
Rikku bounced around, doing the dance steps Yuna had taught her to do to this song with the singer. She counted the beats in her head and matched them perfectly with her cousins. Yuna grinned and swung to the music again as Rikku repeated the dance steps over again while she sang.
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
I can hear you
And if I find the real world of emotion has surrounded me
And I can't go on
You are there the moment that I close my eyes to comfort me
We are connected for all of time
I'll never be alone
The grand finish! Yuna danced a few more sequenced dance steps with Rikku before she did an entirely different number. Rikku took the hint and stood back as Yuna did a one-handed flip, landing gracefully on her feet once more before returning to the remaining dance steps left to do. The two girls' performance had been flawless, and Dona was furious!
And though I know the real world of emotion has surrounded me
I won't give in to it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to me
"You'll never be alone"
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
I can hear you
I can hear you…
The song has ended and there was an ear-splitting roar of applause from the crowd. Yuna was relieved she hadn't screwed up and as she walked by Dona, she smiled smugly in response to Dona's dropped-jaw. Tidus strode over to her and took her hand, twirling her around once before looking down at her slightly flustered face. The excitement of Yuna's spontaneous performance was still fresh, and shouts saying; " We love you Yuna!" were still thundering throughout the club. Okay, she had proved Dona wrong with the singing thing…but Yuna didn't quite feel satisfied with herself. The guilt she felt was overwhelming, she had to say something to Dona. Making her way over the pretty exotic girl, Yuna offered a smile.
" I guess you had a right to wonder if I could really sing or not Dona, I mean I didn't really give you reason to believe I could." Yuna started apologetically." So thanks for getting me up there tonight…I really had fun!"
She saw Dona's eyebrows rise in surprise with Yuna's thanks to her and gave a small unsure smirk. Okay so things weren't completely patched up between Dona and Yuna yet, and Dona wouldn't be friends with Yuna because of Tidus and her jealousy but Yuna knew somehow Done wouldn't be as horrid as she had been the past week. Looking over at Tidus, he was grinning at her. Well, not just grinning but laughing at her! What was so humorous?
" You look like you could use some air…I'll take you outside Yuna." Tidus offered and walked her out the door. Her eyes were drooping and she was completely exhausted from her performance. She couldn't help but chuckle at herself as well. Yuna knew the night wasn't quite over yet, so she didn't relax fully on the benches outside. Instead, she gazed out at the ocean that was nearby. A sense of peace washed over her and she looked over at Tidus who was standing a little ways away. An awkward silence fell between the two before Yuna patted some extra space beside her, motioning Tidus to sit with her.
" You were really great tonight Yuna…The look on Dona's face was priceless…" Tidus said as he sat down.
" Thanks, but I didn't really feel satisfied by embarrassing Dona like that…I mean, I guess I felt a little like a fiend." Yuna replied while scrunching her nose in disgust at her previous acts of revenge.
" Well you don't look like one." Tidus announced after a moment of silence. Yuna blushed a deep shade of red making him laugh in spite of her again." Awe c'mon Yuna, you can't tell me you haven't been complimented before!"
When Yuna didn't answer his question, he suddenly stood up. " Lets go, everybody is probably wondering where you are!"
A/N: What did you think? The next chapter will be a continuation of this one,(what happens on later in the night). In case you're wondering, Paine will be in the story soon. I'll place her in this story as the "New Kid". Anways, REVIEW!