OK I won't be able to update tomorrow so please accept this for today but next week it shall hopefully be the same as usual. I'm updating early this week because tomorrow I won't be here because I have a tournament to attend. Thanks for your co-operation. Oh yes and when you're finished please review but PLEASE no flames.
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Title: You're One Step Ahead
Summary: Rikku found a sphere that when Yuna looked into it she saw Tidus, the person who left 2 years ago, after they defeated Sin but now he is back. He remembers Yuna just as she was but now when she meets him for the first time in 2 years, she forgets or is made to forget about Tidus but still remembers everyone else. Tidus is always one step ahead of Yuna and who wants them to be separated? Is it the girl Tidus meets or who?
Genre: Romance/Tragedy
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or X-2 but I'm playing X and I'm going to start playing X-2 when I'm done and also I don't know how the plot is in X-2 so I'm making some of it up.
Aging: Yuna – 19, Tidus – 19, Rikku - 17, Paine - 18
NOTE: It is going to be part game setting and maybe part modern … I'll have to think about that. Also that I already mentioned that I'm taking some characters from X and putting them in X-2 because I'm not sure if they are mentioned in X-2. The whole fic is gong to be in Yuna's POV and if I change it you'll see it.
--Chapter 3: Enter Shuyin and Lenne--
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I awoke to some one yelling at someone outside. The person who was yelling sounded like a male and the other, a female. Wait, the male one was Tidus but who was the female? Rikku? Lulu? Paine? I had to go out and check but no what were they talking about. I would listen first.
"Would you just leave me alone!" That I could tell was Tidus, "I told you I'm not this Shuyin guy!"
Shuyin? Who's that? I decided to listen closer.
"Yes you are! You have to be! You look exactly like him! You have to be Shuyin!" There was the female voice. Wait, that person thought that Tidus was this Shuyin guy. Maybe I should go outside and see what's really going on.
"Good morning Tidus," I yawned.
"Oh thank Yevon you woke up! This girl claims me to be this Shuyin person." Tidus said with disgust when saying Shuyin.
"I'm sorry," I directed my attention the girl, "But this is not Shuyin, the person you're looking for this is Tidus." The girl looked disappointed.
"I'm sorry to disturb you." The girl said finally giving in. Tidus studied her, trying to make sure that he would never mistake her for me, since she looked so much like me. Especially in my songstress outfit, but wait... the outfit was, it was the same as my songstress outfit and the only difference was her hair. It was longer than mine and well, her eyes too. Her eyes were a brown colour and my eyes were bi-coloured, sea blue in my left eye and emerald green in my right.
"Who is Shuyin?" Tidus asked after carefully studying her. (kinkyho-slayr: I know this doesn't seem right but he needs to make sure that he doesn't mistake her for Yuna. Sorry all and no I would never like the couples TidusxLenne or YunaxShuyin.)
"Huh? Oh Shuyin is my one and only true love but he had to leave to go somewhere, I'm not sure where, and it has been over 2 years since he left and I have searched all over Spira to find him." The girl answered, "I have not once seen him since then and I am worried if he is..." She started to cry.
"Oh please, don't cry. I'm sure when he came back home he was looking for you and saw that you were gone. He's probably looking for you even now." I said softly trying to calm her down. Finally the girl stopped crying.
"Thank you." She said, "I'm going to go back and retrace my steps. Maybe then will I find him.." She then walked toward the beach, went back into her airship and left.
"You know.." Tidus started, "Her story.. It's like ours.." I thought about it or a while and then..
"Yeah, you're right but that girl still remembered the person who she loves. I don't." I said, sad that I didn't have a clue who I loved. I knew I loved someone but who? Was is Tidus? I wasn't sure.
"You'll find out soon." Tidus sighed and left, 'Or I hope she does.'
I sat there thinking about what Tidus said, 'You'll find out soon.' Did that mean he was my lover or that he would tell me soon? I didn't know but I hoped for the best that I would be alright, and Tidus too.
That morning we cleaned up the island because of the party last night, I hated cleaning up the next day. Couldn't we just have the party and then when we got up in the morning everything would be clean? No that wouldn't be possible. I was silly to think that.
"Hey!" I heard a voice and I thought it was calling to me, "Hey Yunie! Hey!" It was Rikku. She was the only one who called me 'Yunie'.
"Yes Rikku.." I said with a large sigh.
"Buddy said that it's mission time!" Rikku said with excitement, "We have to go to the Zanarkand Ruins to get the sphere there."
"OK. Let me finish up here and get ready to go."
"OK, but hurry up Brother doesn't like to wait too long." Rikku warned before running off the finish cleaning up the area she was assigned.
I finished cleaning up and was back in my hut getting ready to go.
"So you're going to the Zanarkand Ruins?" I heard a male voice behind me and immediately knew who it was.
"Yes, why?" I said while turning around. It was Tidus, he was leaning against the side of the door.
"Well since you're going there.. could I come with you?" He asked, probably concerned that we would get hurt or something.
"Well I can't decide that on my own. You'll have to ask Rikku and Paine too." I said brushing past him and out the door.
"OK then come on. They told me to tell you, they're waiting on the beach." Tidus said gaining speed so he could walk beside me. He grabbed my hand and held it tight but I didn't mind.
We got to the beach and immediately saw where they were because Rikku was excitedly waving her arms so we could get her attention. We ran over to them.
"Uh, Rikku, Paine, Tidus wants to know if he can come with us." I asked nervously.
"Sure. It would be great to travel with Tidus like we used to." Rikku replied quite happy.
"Sure, I guess." Paine answered.
"We traveled all around Spira with Tidus?" I asked realizing what Rikku had said. I still didn't remember where I knew Tidus from but no one told me that Tidus went and traveled all around Spira with us that time.
"Oh yeah... You forgot huh?" Rikku said, "Well come on we've got to get going." She had totally forgotten what I just asked hadn't she?
"I wish you a safe journey.." Someone said from behind.
"Huh?" Rikku asked surprised.
"Oh Lulu... Why aren't you coming with us?" I asked. Wakka laughed.
"Oh yeah we forgot to tell them didn't we Lulu?"
"More like you forgot to tell them Wakka."
"Tell us what?" Rikku asked excitedly wanting to hear the news.
"Me and Lulu got marred quite a few months ago and now Lulu's uhh.. about hmm.. 2 or 3 months pregnant." Wakka answered quite calmly.
"WHAT!" Rikku screamed, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US SOMETHING LIKE THAT!"
"Calm down Rikku Wakka had just forgotten that's all." I said hoping to calm her down.
"Who are it's godparents going to be?" Paine asked but didn't seem interested at all, she probably was just wondering.
"God-... godparents?" Wakka stuttered, he alone had probably forgotten.
"Why Yuna and Tidus of course." Lulu said and for once, she smiled.
"I'm a- I'm a god-.. godfather?" Tidus asked as if he didn't even know what a godfather was, though he was probably just surprised.
"Yes why? Is there a problem." Lulu asked concerned.
"No. No problem at all it's just.." He trailed off.
"What?" I asked him.
"Oh.. It's just that.. I don't really know what it's like to be a godparent. I didn't even know who mine were." Tidus said while scratching the back of his head.
"I've never known my godparents either but I'm sure we'll be great god parents." I said calmingly.
"Can we get going now?" Paine asked annoyed from the long wait and conversation.
"Yeah! C'mon Yunie!" Rikku called.
"OK." I told her, "Goodbye Wakka! Goodbye Lulu!"
"Bye!" Tidus called.
"Goodbye and good luck." Lulu called back.
"BYE!" Wakka shouted.
We got onto the airship and Brother was complaining to Rikku, in Al Bhed, that we were talking too long. She just nodded and said, "Let's go already!"
Brother sighed and mumbled something that sounded like, "OK, OK.."
"Tidus why don't you go up to the cabin and take a rest?" I asked politely.
"Sure." He said with a smile on his face. When Tidus left I asked Shinra if I could take a look at the Treasure Spheres. I took a look at them and then noticed that the one sphere I was looking for was in fact there. I smiled and took a look at it. The person there did look like Tidus but was it Tidus? The clothes were different and the voice.. rarely. I just heard sadness and sorrow in his voice but in Tidus' voice I heard happiness I wondered why?
After I thanked Shinra I went up to the cabin, to check on Tidus and to get some rest myself. Tidus was sound asleep and so I stocked up on items from Barkeep and got into bed, the bed next to Tidus, and fell into a deep sleep.
I was running to someone in my dream. Who was it I was running to? It looked like.. Tidus? All of a sudden he disappeared and I was left alone in the darkness.
"TIDUS!" I yelled so loud that anyone in the same house (kinkyho-slayr: I know she not in a house but what was I supposed to say? Anyone in the same darkness?) would be able to hear me but... there was no answer.
"Lenne, I haven't seen you for so long. I've missed you." Came a distant voice but who was this Lenne?
"I'm not Lenne!" I yelled, "Who are you?"
"Of course you're Lenne! You look exactly like her." The voice came back to me and then out of nowhere someone came out of the darkness. It was... Tidus!
"Tidus!" I called and ran up to hug him. "Where are we?" I asked looking up. His face showed me that he was confused.
"Tidus?" He asked, "Who's that Lenne?" He frowned.
'Wait a minute,' I thought, 'He looks like the guy in the sphere!'
"Are you ... Shuyin?" I asked. He smiled.
"So you do remember me Lenne." He said. So this was the Shuyin that the girl was talking about. If he was Shuyin then that girl had to be...
"LENNE!" I yelled as I awoke. I realized it was only a dream. Then it hit me. I looked over at Tidus who only stirred in his sleep. It didn't seem like he was awake.
"Why... did you go away.." Tidus said in his sleep. I found he looked quite cute in his sleep. Then I thought about my dream.. That Shuyin person... He looked like Tidus, and Lenne... she looks like me. I thought about it for a bit and then Rikku called to us.
"YUNIE! TIDUS! WE'RE HERE!" I decided to wake Tidus up.
"Wake up Tidus." I said gently shaking him awake.
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A/N: How was that? Did you like it? I hope you did because I don't want to get another flame. -groans- Oh yeah I need to tell you all that I will be updating about every week or so, so expect me to get another chapter every week. If not I'm sorry.
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