A/N: I'm finally back; I would like to thank those who waited patiently for this chapter. It's long, I mean it's freaking long (for me anyway)

Sdreamz: Thanks for understanding! I hope I kicked ass in that stupid Mark Twain essay.

Thanatos: Yeah, school sucks a lot. But it's something everyone has to go through. And to think I have to spend my Spring break studying for two AP exams.

Gohan-ec-rud: yeah Gippal is an ass. Even though in that chapter he was a "meanie" I still like him. I mean who doesn't find a guy with a missing eye sexy?

Celsie: I always thought that Rikku was a little deeper than how they portrayed her. She's a human being with thoughts and feelings not some blond ditz running around half naked.

Sciguy: Thanks for pointing it out. I'm a stickler too. I was beating my brains out playing both games trying to find my story line. I tried my best making the story not conflict with the real stories of FFX and FFX-2. But I guess I missed some points. (No one's perfect) I get what you're saying. The quote would mean that Rikku would have met Tidus way earlier in the real FFX (is this right?) but in mine she doesn't and I made both the Crimson Squad selections and Operation Mi'ihen happen separately. Oh well, I guess that's what fan fiction is about right. It's about people writing a unique and well developed yet plagiarized story lol .I hope it doesn't bother you later on.

Insanely-Hot-4-U: I'm glad you find brutal animal deaths horrifying and wonderful.

Ataramos: Thank you so much, your view made my day today. Let's see what happens in the future.

To Lynn: Thanks for cursing me out in school! I really appreciated it.

Now on to the Story

Disclaimer: If I really did own FFX and FFX-2 then everyone would most likely own a share because it was so easy to get and I'll end up with like $1.25 profit. No, I don't want to own FFX or FFX-2.

Chapter Five: Lean on me…I'll be your friend

Waking up to a bright red room was not my idea of a good morning. It made me feel like I was drowning in a sea of blood. I got up and headed to the bathroom. An hour later I came out and looked at his sloppy bed. It looked like a woman slept in it, which I doubt ever really happened. I frowned at the site and fixed his bed. I packed my bag making sure the journal was never behind and left.

I proceeded through the tunnel and up the stairs to the dinning room. The secret doors opened and revealed a feast. It was full of exotic fruits, different flavored cakes and juices. My stomach grumbled at the site of enough food to feed Besaid for a year.

"Would you want to join…?"

I sat down before Logos could finish his sentence and started to pile my plate up with food.

"Where's Leblanc?" I asked with a mouth full of food.

"The boss is visiting Nooj" Ormi said.

"Looks like noojie woojie won't be able to sleep for weeks"

Ormi laughed. I felt eyes stare at me. I swallowed what I chewed and looked up.

"You sure you won't explode?" Logos asked raising an eye brow.

"Nope, I'm a black hole" I said and filled up my plate again.

"Really, then what explains your manners?" logos smirked.

"Hey I have manners!" I snatched the last of pancakes from Ormi and put them on my plate. I rubbed the butter on them and used the last of the syrup.

Ormi looked at me in horror of what I did. I didn't feel bad; it wasn't like he needed the pancakes anyway.

"Do you mind me if ask a question?" Ormi asked.

"Shoot"

"A-re you…are you pregnant"

I nearly choked on my orange juice.

"I'm sorry! But you're looking like you're eating for two"

"I could have sworn three" Logos added.

"Are you crazy? I'm not pregnant" I laughed. The humor was gone when I saw Logos look at Ormi and nod his head.

"We have to go. We have some errands to run" Ormi said

I looked at the both of them.

"Cool! I'll let myself out." I chirped. I poured some more juice in a glass. Both of the men got up and left the dinning room.

Something about them always made me wonder about the closeness of their relationship.

I finished my large breakfast and packed an apple for a snack. I left Leblanc's and was met with Tobli's band performing. People were around admiring their soft tunes. I walked through the crowd and sat down on a risen root and sat down. The band's tunes were almost hypnotic and relaxing. I took out my journal and continued.

Journal entry # 4

Life on a ship wasn't any different from life at home. Pops wanted to resurrect a sunken airship. The purpose of the sea voyage didn't really matter to me.

I kept my self busy most of the time. I taught my self Spiran and after that I got bored. I had no one to talk Spiran with but my dad. And I obviously didn't want to talk to him.

I started seeing another Al Bhed. His name was Nimrook and his wife left him for his best friend. They both died on the honeymoon when Sin attacked their spot. I never really loved him and as time pasted I got tired of hearing him talk about his problems all the time.

He smothered me and worried that I would go off with someone else. The relationship was bringing nothing but stress.

I tried to break up with him as gently as I could but he got all obsessive and paranoid. He started freaking me out when he talked about me being his soul mate. He said that I would soon give birth to his child who would defeat Sin.

He would try and find ways to get me pregnant. He would hide my birth control or not use protection. He even had slipped me some fertility drugs. At some point I caught him rubbing semen on my underwear.

I was tired of trying to talk to him. So instead of me going after him all the time, I would make him come to me. I decided that I would give him the message and make it clear.

I was in my room and I set up some celebration drinks for us. I was working on my mixing skills and chose to mix a sleeping potion and petrify. It wouldn't hurt him one bit. I mixed them into his glass grateful that they were odorless and tasteless.

I heard a knock on my metal door. I turned around and welcomed him with a bright smile. He came inside and closed the door behind him and walked up to me.

"You wanted to talk? What's wrong?" He asked looking worried at my stomach.

"No, I just want to celebrate" I giggled and pointed to the table with the drinks. His eyes lit up. I felt a tiny pang of guilt. I wasn't pregnant but I planned to get him asleep and wake him up. In his drowsy state, I could tell him to leave me alone and that I wasn't meant for him.

He picked me up and spun me around laughing.

"I'm so happy." He exclaimed. I shushed him and took him to the bed. We sat next to each other and I gave him his drink. We toasted to a new beginning. His eye lids grew heavy and with every blink he looked like he was about to fall. Finally he blacked out and fell backwards on my bed.

I put the glasses back on the table and laid him down properly on the bed. I checked his pulse. It was there but it was faint. I didn't worry. Usually under those spells the heart tended to beat slower.

I sat on his torso and reached into my pocket and took out a soft. I made sure the liquid went down his throat. The warm sensation ran through his body and I felt it jolt a little. Nothing happened. I took out another one and did it again. No response.

I settled on a mix. It had to be a strong mix since a mix was what got him this was in the first place. I combined a soft and a remedy. His body radiated an eerie green color. He didn't move. I checked his pulse again and felt nothing. I placed my head on his chest and heard nothing.

I got off him almost tripping backwards in the process. He looked asleep on my bed. My hands were shaking with a cold sweat. I rubbed my arm looking around the room. How was I going to explain this? I wasn't even allowed to date, let alone have an affair with a crew member and accidentally kill him.

I looked every where, trying to avoid eye contact with the body. I saw my huge trunk by the small window. An idea came to mind and I quickly went to it and pulled it up to the bed. I opened it and emptied it out of all of what was inside. The trunk was long and deep. It had enough room for him.

I stood up and pulled his legs into the trunk. He slid in. I fixed the body so that nothing would be hanging out. He didn't quite fit since his head was the only thing that stuck out. I bent his knees trying to make him sink in a little deeper and closed the lid.

It wouldn't close all the way. I sat down on it and tried to lock it but it wasn't giving in. I got up and stood on my bed and jumped on it. There was a loud crack, like bone breaking, and the lid closed shut. I didn't want to know what was broken in the trunk.

I pulled and pulled but it wouldn't budge. I decided to push and it didn't work either. I gave pulling another shot and I pulled so hard that I fell back and rolled to the door.

I rubbed my heard and heard a loud bang on the door.

"Rikku, open up!" Brother yelled.

I got up and opened the door. Brother walked in like he owned the place. Buddy at least had manners and waited to be invited. I nodded my head and he came inside. Brother looked around my messy room. I walked over and stood in front of the trunk.

"So um… what's wrong?" I asked trying to seem like nothing ever happened. Brother looked at me suspiciously and looked behind me. His eyes widened in shock and horror. I felt my heart skip a beat. He knew that Nimrook was in there.

"Rikku! You are drinking?" he pointed to the table. I let out a sigh of relief. "I'm going to tell father!"

"Oh come on let it slide, I'm sure she won't do it again" Buddy said coming to my defense.

Brother grunted. "But you are too young; I don't want you drinking Rikku"

"I promise I won't drink anymore" I said

He nodded his head in satisfaction and smiled, but it faded away when he saw the trunk.

"What is that?"

I looked at the trunk and then at brother, then at the trunk again.

"Um… just some junk I want to get rid of"

"Do you need any help?" Buddy asked

I had to think. If I didn't get help then I was stuck with the trunk. And if I was stuck with the trunk and it begun to smell then I was going to be in big trouble.

"Okay…I guess"

Buddy picked up one end and looked at Brother who moaned in annoyance. They both counted to three and picked it up.

"Rikku this weighs a ton!" Brother said

I went with them. I watched the trunk carefully, scared that Nimrook would scream for help and blow my cover. We reached the deck and they let the trunk drop on the metal floor of the ship. It bounced up and the cover almost popped opened. I held my breath and closed my eyes for I feared the worse would come. I feared that Buddy and Brother would see a dead Nimrook with a broken head.

"Rikku are you ok?" Buddy's voice brought me back to reality.

I opened my eyes and saw the trunk, which was still closed. I looked at Brother and Buddy and smiled.

"I'm fine"

They pushed the trunk over the side and I looked over the railing. I saw the trunk splash into the dark blue water. And just like that he was gone.

"Thanks" I said walking away.

"Rikku wait!"

I turned around.

"Do you want to hang out with us? There's going to be a party tonight" Buddy asked.

I smiled at them. "It's ok, I'm sort of tired" Buddy looked a little disappointed. I turned and walked back to my room wondering if the ocean floor was as cold as my heart.

Weeks went by and no one questioned his sudden disappearance. Did I care about what I had done? At first I did. The image of the trunk being dragged on the ocean floor haunted me. I would wake up from a nightmare and see wet foot prints on my floor. But as the dreams stopped I cared less and less. If I was evil enough to do the deed then why should I consume myself with the guilt?

I was getting used to cutting myself. The more I cut the more immune my body was to the pain. I would set an ice cold bath and afterwards I would go in, clothes and all. The cold would stop the bleeding so I didn't worry much.

I liked the way it felt. It was a shock to my system. The icy water burned so much that it numbed my body. I would pass out sometimes and awake hours later in the tub. My body would tingle and ache back to life. Afterwards I would strip off my stiff clothing and go to sleep naked.

This was a routine that I followed faithfully until that one day.

I was looking through a book on machine parts. I was bored out of my mind. We didn't find the sunken and Pops was a little grumpy about it. So we were going home.

I heard a bang on my door and I decided that it was too loud to ignore. Brother barged into my room.

"Rikku, father has an assignment for us"

"Yeah, yeah" I said pushing him out of my room. I closed the door and walked over to my closet.

I put on my heavy gear and equipped myself with my grenades. I went to the deck where there was about ten other Al Bhed including Buddy and Brother. Pops was in the front talking to the group. I was all the way in the back and I couldn't see.

"Rikku, you're late" pops said as I made my way through the group. I nodded my head giving him a silent apology.

"Now, as you know our mission was a failure. But that doesn't mean that we won't head out there again to find the ship." He walked around a little then paused.

"We got a message from home; they want us to eliminate the fiends at Baaj Temple. The summoners are beginning to flood the temples to get their Aeons. We want to at least lend a hand." He looked at me "Plus it would be good training. I know that being on a ship for a long time can make you rusty."

We were dismissed. Since the ship couldn't go to the temple ruins we had to take a small life boat to get there. We got off and left one of our members guarding the boat. The rest walked up the stairs.

I never really liked these ruins. The atmosphere was dark and gloomy. The murky water crashed every once and a while against the decayed stone. The air was cold and misty. The thick quilt of the milky fog seemed to make the temple ruins look haunted. I walked carefully behind the group. The thunderous skies rumbled in anger and threatened everyone with rain.

"Stick together! We don't know what type of fiends are lurking around" Our leader said.

The group went ahead of me. I stayed behind and found some treasure chests that were already opened. That meant that someone was either already here or they left.

I looked up and decided to catch up with the group. They stopped and looked like they were about to plan something.

"Look, the area is too big; we need to make two groups." The leader said

I was put in charge of one group that consisted of Brother, Buddy, and two others. We excavate the area we were assigned to. There was a large purple door that wouldn't open.

"Lets leave, there isn't anything here"

"Wait" I said. I went near the door. Something was pulling me towards it. Something was telling me something was on the other side.

"Oh come on Rikku! There is nothing!" Brother complained.

I pressed my ear to the door and tried to concentrate on the sound. I closed my eyes and stopped breathing. I heard a roar. My eyes opened and took a deep breath.

"Something is in there! Stand back" I said and placed a grenade on the foot of the door. We all stood back and it exploded. After the smoke cleared it revealed a young man with a sword and a fiend opposite to him. We walked in but I was the only one who stood next to the young man. I whipped out a grenade and saw the fiend shriek in pain.

"Cool, you're on my side!" he said.

I never spoke a word. My attention was on the fiend that seemed to have razor blades for its feet. The fiend jumped high and prepared to attack. I jumped backwards but I still felt the wind of the blades as they almost touched me. The young man ran towards it and dug his red sword into its tough skin. A black liquid leaked out. The fiend used its arm to try and hit the young man but he moved with lighting speed. He jumped out the way and delivered another clean cut to the fiend. I threw a grenade at it and it shrieked in pain and confusion. The young man attacked again and the fiend finally gave way. It fell and disbursed into pyreflies.

We stared at each other. I took off my goggles and saw the look of surprise on his face.

I opened my mouth to say something but the group past by me and went to examine him.

"We should kill him" one of them said holding his knife to the young man's throat.

"No" I said moving to the front of the group. It was bad enough he was fighting for his life but it would have been worse if he was killed after wards.

"He's a fiend" another said pointing his light on the young man's face. His eyes squinted and he put his hand up. They took a step back thinking that he was going to attack. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"No, he's a young man" I said stating the obvious.

"It's a fiend disguised as a human" Brother unintelligently chipped in

I gave brother a stern look.

"I won't let you guys kill him!" I said seriously angry and annoyed that they were that dumb to think he was a fiend.

"I don't understand!" the confused blond responded.

No one did anything and no one dared to question me when I walked up to the boy. He looked a little confused. I leaned in close to his ear.

"Sorry" I whispered. Then I punched him in the gut so hard that he blacked out. My hand hurt from his rock hard stomach but I didn't want the others to know. I turned around leaving the unconscious young man behind me.

"Get him back," I said exiting the room and leaving the group to bring him.

We got back to the boat and went back to the ship. Pops waited for us on the deck.

"Took you long enough" he grunted.

The young man was placed on the floor and the group was dispatched.

"Who the heck is that?" Pops asked

"I helped him fight a fiend…"

"She wanted us to bring him" Brother interrupted.

Pops gave me the look. The look that meant I was in trouble.

"Come to my office, we need to talk" he walked away and opened the metal door to go inside.

I looked behind me. Buddy and Brother stood by the young man.

"Don't lay one finger on him" I said "especially you!" I pointed at Brother.

"Don't worry, we'll have a guard" Buddy said.

I nodded and followed the same steps pop took. I opened the door to his office

"Don't you darn kids know how to knock anymore"

I sat down in a chair. Pop was silent then he looked at me.

"Rikku, what were you thinking? We can't take him in"

"But he was alone in the ruins of the temple. How was he going to survive alone?"

"I don't know how he got there and I don't care. That boy is not one of us. What if he's an Al Bhed hater?"

"Then….then I'll take full responsibility of all his actions." I said

"He has to earn his stay on this ship. Everyone works hard here, and since you trust him so much I want him to go with you when you go and excavate the ship."

"Wait, I thought we were going home."

"I changed my mind. Just because we didn't find it the first time doesn't mean we won't on the second. Plus the ship is near by. I couldn't believe it was under our noses this whole time. It'll be some hours before we get to the site so when he wakes up tell him he has to help"

My heart swelled with ecstatic happiness "He's good pops. He's quick on his feat and has this really cool sword"

He grunted. Not impressed with what I said, my heart sank.

"When he wakes up, ask him who he is and AFTER he helps we'll take him to his home" he said and turned around on his chair. I sighed happy that our meeting was over.

I left his office and went to my room. I took a nap and even that was short lived. I played with some cards but that just made my attention wonder.

I knew the site of the ship was close. I decided to go to the deck where the young man was. There was a guard with a gun. I waved him off and he left me alone with him.

I stared at him. He had unusual clothing. A white hooded yellow shirt that met his body half way. It was open to reveal a silver necklace with a pendant that matched his earring. The leather suspenders, which connected to the rest of his clothes, was a style that I've never seen anyone before. One pant leg that was shorter than the other one and the same logo that was on his necklace and earring was on the longer one. Maybe he was on a team. But where could he be from? His sun kissed skin would point to an island like Besaid or Kilika. But what would explain his clothes?

I looked at him and saw that he was sleeping comfortably. He was cute. But I knew better than to go there. All of my relationships ended up with someone getting hurt.

He stirred. I moved back. He slowly opened his eyes. They were this clear ocean blue and in the night they seemed to glow like the morning sky. He sat up and rubbed his stomach and groaned the word food.

"Hey are you ok?" I spoke in perfect Spiran.

His eyes widened in amazement.

"You can understand me?"

"Yeah," I said and decided to go straight to business. "Listen I know you must be hungry but I can't give you any food until you help out. It's a way to gain stay on the ship,"

"I'll do anything," he said standing up a little too fast for his own good.

"Great! There are some ancient ruins on the ocean floor. I think that if we work together and get the main control turned on we can bring up the big prize,"

He was a strong swimmer and good at holding his breath. I had trouble keeping up with him. That was when it hit me. He was a bliztball player.

When we got to the ruins activated the main generator. The electricity lit the other wise dark water. But the light attracted an un-welcomed guessed. We had to face a giant squid. We took our battle positions.

Tidus went straight towards it and sliced at a tentacle. I made sure that he wasn't too close to the fiend and threw a grenade. The squid retaliated and sent two tentacles my way. I tried to dodge but I wasn't fast enough. I got hit four times. It hurt and stung at the same time. I felt weak and heavy. Tidus rushed tot my aid and gave me a potion. I felt the warm sensation run through my body. I jolted up and attacked. Tidus did the same.

The battle kept going and that was when wee decided to change our plan. He gestured me to go behind and attack the fiend from behind while he attacked from the front. I swam over and decided combine two grenades. The fiend seemed to roar in pain but its misery wasn't complete with out Tidus hitting his over drive. He seemed to power up and hit the squid with all his strength. The squid stood still and melted into pyreflies that signaled our victory.

I saw a whole near t he side of the room and swam towards it. Tidus followed suit. We reached the surface and we were helped on board.

"I'll get you something to eat" I told him. He was going to follow me but some one stopped him

"Hey I helped didn't I!" was the last thing I heard before hearing the metal door shut behind me.

I went into the kitchen and scrambled something up. I put the plate of food on a tray and made my way up to the deck.

"You're feeding him!" Brother said outraged before I could open the door.

"Well yeah he's hungry and he helped out"

He mumbled something angrily but I chose to ignore it. I opened the metal door and the guard took it as a signal to leave. The boy was on the floor so I placed the tray close to him.

He started eating too fast. Like he was racing against his hunger to see who could eat the most. I wondered how many days he spent at the ruins alone. He started gagging.

"You're eating too fast" I said and gave him a canister of water. He drank his fill.

"Are you better?" I asked taking the flask away.

He nodded his head and then stood up laughing. Then he took my hands. Either he was happy that he was alive or he was crazy.

"What's your name?" he asked me.

"My name is Rikku"

Then he laughed.

"So you do understand me!" he said "Hey how come you didn't speak to me earlier?"

"I wanted to but then the group came in. They all thought you were some kind of fiend". I made a gesture of a slashing of the throat.

Tidus nodded his head at my answer. "Who are you guys anyway?"

I was a little surprised. Everyone knew what an Al Bhed was. Our blond hair and swirl decorated green eyes were a dead give away. But I decided to explain it to him anyway.

"We're from the Al Bhed tribe. We work a lot on improving machina and using it in everyday life. People don't like us very much. It's not hard to find us in a crowd. Our language and eyes usually give us a way."

"Oh" he said letting the information sink in.

"Do you hate the Albhed?" I asked. I doubted that it was true but pops was right. You just never knew.

"Hate you? I don't even know who you guys are!" he said throwing his hands in the air.

"Oh…so where are you from?"

"Zanarkand." He smiled. "I'm the ace of the Zanarkand Apes, the city's Bliztball team." He made a kicking gesture.

I looked at him now with worry. If he was talking about the Zanarkand ruins then I have a bigger problem on my hands.

"Did you hit your head too hard?" I asked.

"Nope, but you hit me" he said.

"Oh yeah, sorry about that…umm…do you remember anything before that?"

He told me about that he was staring in a major bliztball game in Zanarkand, then Sin's attack during the game, getting help from a man named Auron who gave him the sword, then hanging off a cliff, being wrapped into a bright light and being almost swallowed by a monster.

"And then I met you"

I let all the information marinate in my head. If he really was from Zanarkand then that would make him over one thousand years old.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"Oh…." I snapped back into reality.

"Maybe you just got close to Sin. But that's okay. We can fix you up. People who get too close to Sin usually get their heads mixed up. So, you're not the only one." I said trying tot make to the situation a little better.

"I'm sick?" He questioned.

"Zanarkand doesn't exist anymore…It was destroyed by Sin a thousand years ago. So, you can't be a Bliztball player from Zanarkand"

He was quiet letting the information sink into his head. And when it did he looked paranoid and a little scared.

"A thousand years ago? I saw Sin attack Zanarkand and that was a thousand years ago! I can't believe that!" he yelled frantically. The guard looked our way and raised his gun. I looked over and shook my head no.

The last thing I needed was Tidus having a nervous break down and getting shot.

"Hey" I said suddenly. It stopped him from going on his ranting.

"What?"

"You're a Bliztball player, right?"

"Yeah"

"Maybe if we go to Luca, we can figure out something. Bliztball is really popular over there. Maybe there's someone there who knows you. Maybe it'll help you remember something."

"Luca?"

"Okay! Just leave it to me! I'll take you to Luca!"

He looked unsure.

"Don't you want to go?" I asked "or do you want to stay here?" I pointed to the guard.

He shook his head no vigorously. I laughed a little. Before I left to go tell Pops, something popped into my head.

"Ah, from now on, remember this. Its better not to tell people that you're from Zanarkand. Some people will probably get offended because Zanarkand is aholy place. I don't want you getting hurt" I said smiling.

"Sure..." he said smiling back.

I left and went to pop's office. I didn't bother telling him about Tidus being poisoned by Sin. It was decided that we were going to go to Luca to get more supplies and drop Tidus home.

Having Tidus around wasn't bad at all. In fact I liked him a lot. He was different from anyone I had ever met. He was cheerful and sweet. He was the only person that talked Spiran and we were always together. He was my new best friend. He made me happy in a goofy sort of way. He found ways to make me laugh. He told me about his Zanarkand. It sort of reminded me of home.

Brother didn't like him at all. When we were alone in my room Brother would interrupt us every five minutes making sure that Tidus didn't try anything.

After another argument with Brother I went to the deck where Tidus was waiting for me. I walked up to the railing and looked up at the sky. The cool night shimmered in it's cape of diamond stars. I looked at Tidus and he smiled as if knowing what I was looking at.

"Tell me more about Zanarkand" I said

He looked like I caught him off guard.

"Um…well what do you want to know?"

"What's fun besides bliztball" I asked.

He laughed and started talking about something called video games. I half listened. What were catching my attention were his eyes. In the day they looked like t he cloudless sky, but at night they looked like a dark sapphire. Almost as if his eyes glowed with danger. If he didn't smile as much, in the night he would look menacing.

"You have really pretty eyes," he said

I snapped out of my train of thought.

"Huh?" I felt my ears heat up a little. I felt embarrassed that he caught me not listening to what he was saying.

"I said I never seen anyone with eyes like that" he said leaning in closer trying to look.

"Well, all the Al Bhed has these eyes. The swirl is what make us part of who we are"

We were both quite for a second. He turned around and slowly walked back and forth as if trying to find something to say.

"I want to thank you Rikku," he finally said.

"Me?" I walked up to him to make sure if he was really talking about me.

"Yeah you" he said laughing "who else? You saved me"

I smiled and playfully punched him.

"Yeah by knocking you out"

"Yeah…but you were my friend, thanks to you…I don't have to be lonely" he looked out to the ocean learned over the rail slightly. I joined him.

"You're welcome…" I said. "You know… you're my first true friend…Tidus" I looked at my feet. I couldn't look him in the eyes.

"I am?" he looked at me and smirked "Well then I guess we're best friends!" he said

"Yeah! Best friends!" I cheered

The ship rocked violently. We fell away from each other. He went over board and I hit my head on the metal floor.

"Sin!" I heard someone yell before darkness consumed me.

I stopped writing when I noticed when everything around me was quiet. Tobli's band wasn't playing anymore. The crowd was gone. People were back to walking around and talking. I put my journal away and stood up.

I made my way down to the tunnel saying good bye to a man standing there and stopped at the exit.

Looking at the eerie fog covered land; I changed into my Black mage dress sphere and proceeded to the Thunder Plains.

A/N: So there you go. I made it long to make up for the delay. I tried my best with the battle scenes, hope they were good. Again I will take another break from this story for the fact that I have exams (I swear school is a bitch) But there is some good news. After the first week of May I'll be able to work on this story faithfully which means regular updates.