Chapter 2

After Yuna fainted, she woke up an hour later. She sat crossed legged on her bed listening in silence at Lulu's stern voice telling her the danger that she was in. She was frightened and as she listened her eyes widened and tears began to form. Someone wanted to have her killed, and he was willing to pay many assassins to kill her. Lulu and Wakka felt that Yuna was well... a wimp. So they were sending her to a combat school in the ruins of Zanarkand so that she could learn how to defend herself from the assassins and fiends that were going to try and kill her. However, she needed someone with her to protect her constantly. They were sending her childhood rival Tidus to protect her. Tidus was someone that Yuna never understood. She tried becoming friends with him, but he never let her. The thing with Tidus was that he was scared to get close to someone and lose them. So he chose to be alone. Yuna gaped and stared at Tidus angrily when she discovered that she was stuck with him.

"So umm... you're sending me away?" She asked sadly.

"Well we're sending you away so that you'll learn how to protect yourself, not because we don't want you around," Lulu answered kindly. "In a couple of hours you're going to be on a ship with Tidus, so that it'll take you to Zanarkand."

"Why Zanarkand? It is just ruins." Yuna and Tidus both said in unison. They looked at each other and Yuna began blushing.

"Hidden in the ruins of Zanarkand is a combat school that teaches things from fighting to magic." Wakka answered.

Yuna lifted her knees and placed her head in her hands. She said goodbye when Lulu, Wakka, and Tidus walked out to prepare for the trip. She hadn't expected anything like this to happen at all. It was probably four in the morning so she spent the rest of the night packing clothes and her magic staff for the trip to Zanarkand.

"I can't believe that this is happening to me," She said to herself sadly.

When Tidus walked out he rubbed his should as Wakka walked up to him and gave him a friendly pat on the back. Wait scratch that… Wakka had friendly intentions, but he sort of whacked Tidus on the back really hard instead. Tidus stumbled forward and gave a frustrated look in Wakka's direction. When Wakka looked towards him he forced a friendly smile, making it look like he was in pain. Tidus slowly walked towards his home, pondering on the events that just took place.

"Why me?" he asked himself outloud, "I was never a close friend of anyone. I don't want to leave Besaid, to go to a stupid school in Zanarkand." With irritation he kicked the closest thing that was nearest to him. Unfortunately, it happened to be a huge rock. Tidus screamed in agony, and jumped on one foot as he held his injured toe like a baby. He turned around and saw Yuna staring at him with a confused manner. He turned around hoping that she wouldn't see his tearing eyes.

Yuna watched Tidus jumping up and down like a seal. She quickly covered her mouth hoping not to embarrass Tidus by laughing at him loudly. So as she covered her mouth, she quietly giggled to herself. She walked up to him.

"Umm… Tidus are you ok? Do you need help?" She asked him.Tidus looked at her wondering why she wasn't in her home. He looked up at her eyes. One eye was green and the other eye was blue. He looked down hoping that she didn't notice him staring. He jumped away from her trying to avoid her and he hit is other toe against the same rock. Yuna this time feeling sorry for him, walked up to him and grabbed his arm making him balance.

She began pouting when Tidus pulled away and sarcastically said, "No thanks. I'm a big boy. I can take care of myself."

Yuna felted offended, so she left him and walked away without saying a single word. Tidus watched her walk towards her home. He felt a little bad, but he decided that he would just talk to her when they boarded the ship.

Once Yuna reached her home, she sat down.

"Why is he such a jerk to me? Sure we've been competing against eachother since we first met, but that's just competing. I've never hurt him or said anything really mean to him." She said to herself sadly. She finished packing, then she decided to sleep for the remaining hours that was left until she had to board the ship for Zanarkand.

Yuna woke up to see Wakka gently shaking her.

"Yuna it's time, the ship has arrived, and it's by the pier." Wakka told her with a sad expression on his face. Yuna gave a long sigh, then she picked up her small luggage and followed Wakka to the beach. She watched patiently as the people who were working on the ship, picked up and brought that bags of the passengers onto the ship. She held her luggage close to her.

"Umm... Miss Yuna, we need to have your luggage, so that we can put it with all the other luggages," One of the workers told her. Yuna shook her head in disagreement. She held her staff and her luggage. The worker took that sign as a no, so he shrugged and walked up to the ship. Yuna looked up to Wakka, who was standing next to her. As though reading her mind,Wakka stepped closer to her and hugged her like loving brother. Yuna smiled through the tears that were falling down her cheeks.

"Wakka, you're the closest thing to a brother that I've ever had. I'm going to miss talking to you so much," She said unhappily. Wakka smiled at her and gave her another hug. Yuna left Wakka's arms and slowly headed towards the ship. Once Yuna was finally onboard the ship, she placed her hands on the cold steel railings. She smiled when she saw Lulu appear next to Wakka. When the boat began to finally move, Yuna waved goodbye to Lulu and Wakka. She stared at them as they began to become smaller and smaller to the point where she could no longer see them. Yuna placed her head in her hands, but then jerked up suddenly and thought "Where's Tidus? He's supposed to be protecting me!"

Meanwhile, on another part of the ship, Tidus was leaning over the edge of the railings feeling sea sick. He stumbled back and fell to the floor. He sat down thinking "What the heck did I get myself into?" Suddenly he heard his name being yelled out by a familiar voice.

"Tidus! Tidus! Where are you!"Yuna screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Oh no," Tidus exclaimed as he placed his hand on his forehead. Yuna looked around on the ship and saw Tidus lying on the ground with his knees against his head.

"Woah Tidus, I thought that you left me. I thought that you didn't want to come on after our fight last night. I'm so scared of going to a school. What if no one likes me, and worse what if the killer shows up at the school and I die..." she said as she droned on and on and on about her worries and feelings. After droning on and on for about five minutes she looked down at Tidus. Yuna knelt down beside him, and touched his shoulder. "Tidus, are you sea sick?" Tidus merely nodded his head, then fainted from being so dizzy. Yuna gasped in shock and she gently slapped his cheeks trying to wake him up. When he didn't wakeup she decided to carry him to his room. She looked around then began pinching his cheeks.

"Hahaha, whoo just wanted to do that." Yuna then lifted his arm thenpicked him uphim up. She picked up his legs and began carrying him bridal style. Tidus was so heavy that each step she took caused her to drop lower and lower. Eventually Yuna was so tired she dropped Tidus on the floor wishing to rest. Tidus landed with a thud. Yuna placed her elbow on the railings and bent over panting like a tired dog.

"Woah, good thing he didn't wake up." She said as she smiled. She picked him up once more. After what seemed like long and tiring steps to Tidus' room on the ship, she finally reached his room. She threw him onto his bed. Breathing heavily she dropped to her knees and threw her arms in the air. "WooHoo! Gosh Tidus you are freakin heavy! We've made it Ha!" She smiled proudly at herself and walked out to her room, which happened to be right next to Tidus' room. She looked out through her door and watched as the sun began setting. The sky turned from a beautiful baby blue color to a mystifying orange. She thought of how she watched the sunset on the pier in Besaid everynight. She smiled and said goodnight to herself. When the sun was completely gone and the moon had taken its place, she plopped onto her bed and went to sleep.

Tidus woke up right after Yuna left. He wondered how he got to his room. All he could remember was feeling sea sick. He thought back to what events had taken place awhile back. Then he remembered that Yuna had appeared screaming his name. She had been looking for him. Then that's when he remembered, he had fainted.

"But how did I get here?" he asked himself as he scratched his head. "Wait did Yuna carry me here... Nah?" He shook his head then placed it on his pillow and went to sleep again.

A few hours later, Yuna woke up. There was this annoying sqeaking noise under her bed. She got of her bed and decided to look underneath. But before she looked below her bed she stopped.

"Oh my gosh what if there's a monster right here on this ship." She walked slowly to the corner of her room. She stared at her bed. Then as she saw something. They were a pair of red glowing eyes. She gasped then ran screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Tidus... Tidus!" She yelled as she ran to the room next door. She pounded on the door and yelled saying, "Tidus if you dont' open this door I swear i'm going to get an aeon to kill you!" Tidus opened the door with dark bags under his eyes. Without thinking she jumped into his arms, so he was practically carrying her bridal style.

"Oh my Gosh Yuna what's the matter," he said through gritted teeth.

"Tidus you won't believe me but... umm.."

"But what Yuna?"

"Ok there's a monster under my bed with humungous glowing eyes."

Oh my gosh Yuna thought I just sounded like a four year old. Yuna began blushing red, embarassed by what she had just said.

Tidus rolled his eyes then put Yuna on the floor.

"Geez Yuna I dont know why you have to bug me about childish things like this." Tidus walked to Yuna's room then looked under her bed. Yuna yelled then covered her mouth. There was a pile of live rats running under her bed. She ran out of her room and into Tidus' room. She jumped onto hisbed. Tidus rolled his eyes again then walked into his room. He found Yuna lying on his bed.

"What are you thinking of Yuna? Go sleep in your own room." He said impatiently.

"Are you kidding with me! There are rats there I'm sleeping in here tonight," Yuna said defensively.

"Well, where the heck do you expect me to sleep!" He yelled with great authority.

"You can sleep on the floor or in my room. NO WAY am i sleeping with rats running about."

"Well I'm not sleeping next to YOU!" He yelled out angrily.

Tidus rolled his eyes, and then stormed into Yuna's room. He sat on her bed. He surprised himself when he began smiling in spite of all the annoying things that Yuna had just done. He shook his head then went to sleep.