CHAPTER SIX

It had been at least four month's since the Gullwings had found Marlene. Everyone was getting on with their lives now; Rikku was helping Cid, Brother, and Buddy rebuild home, Paine was going with the flow and living in Bevelle, Tidus had gotten married to Yuna not long after Vidina was born, and Yuna was pregnant, Marlene was still living with the newly married couple.

Marlene was playing outside with the other children while Yuna talked to Lulu, Tidus was busy talking to Wakka sharing blitz ball tips. "Yesterday Marlene called you something very strange." Lulu told Yuna, the two talking women sitting on the temple steps.

"Yes." Yuna said nodding. "She kept on calling me mother. Tidus and I talked to her about it though. But it turned out that she thinks that I am her mother."

"Did you find out why?" Lulu asked cuddling Vidina.

"She said that parents are the ones that love, help and raise you. That's why. I could sort of agree with her."

Lulu nodded thoughtfully. "Who raised her before then?"

"Her real mother. But she died, Marlene wouldn't say how. All she said was that there was a man and lots of blood." Yuna explained watching as Marlene played with her

Friends.

Marlene saw a figure outside the gate to the village and wondered who it was. There was no one in Besaid with blue hair. She was about to walk out the gate to see who it was when she remembered that Yuna didn't like her to go off on her own.

Marlene walked over to Tidus and patiently waited for him and Wakka to stop talking.

At last they shut up. "Tidus." Marlene said pulling on his trouser leg causing him to look down. "I saw someone outside the gate with blue hair. Mo… Yuna doesn't like me to go off on my own so if you come with me I won't be on my own will I?"

When Marlene had said blue hair it made the hair on Tidus's neck stand up. "Tell me Marlene, did he have large hands too with long fingers and claws?"

Marlene nodded. "And he's right out there!" She pointed to the gate where the figure was once standing.

"I've gotta go talk to Yuna." Tidus said walking over to Yuna. "Yuna Marlene's just said that she saw a man with blue hair and large hands and fingers including claws." Tidus whispered in the lowest voice he could do with her still being able to hear him. "I'm gonna check it out."

Yuna shook her head. "It's too dangerous. What if he hurts you?"

"Yuna, he'll hurt everyone if we don't know it's him." Lulu said. "I'll ask Wakka to go with him."

"Tidus! Hurry up!" Marlene called.

Tidus got Wakka and they set off to look for this mysterious stranger who looked like Seymour. They must have searched for hours by now since it was dark, and Tidus guessed that everyone must have been getting worried. "Marlene. It's getting late we should go." Tidus told her taking her hand causing her to look up from the bushes she was looking in.

"I agree with Tidus ya. Everyone's gettin' worried now!"

"No! We have to find out who it was." Marlene insisted. "I want to know if it was him."

Tidus sighed. "Wakka, go back to the village and tell Yuna that Marlene won't go home until we find him."

"But what if you do find him?" Wakka asked. "Fine." He ran back.

Even more hours went by, now it was pitch black! "Yuna. Its cold, it's late, we have to go home." Tidus told her trying to make her go back.

"But..."

"No buts! We should have been back hours ago!" He shouted hoisting her up off the ground and carrying her home.

By the time the got back Marlene was asleep. Tidus walked into Yuna and his hut and carried Marlene up to her room. He walked into the room that he and Yuna slept in and closed the door. He was surprised to find that she was still awake. "Sorry to worry you." He apologised kissing her and taking off his shoes.

"You should be!" Yuna told him. "I thought you had both died!" She said in a louder voice.

"Yuna. Marlene's asleep. You'll wake her up." He took his sock off and saw how blistered his feet were from walking.

Yuna shook her head and picked a book up. "What you reading?" Tidus asked trying to lighten the mood a bit.

"Ten million ways to have a breakdown." Yuna sarcastically told him.

Tidus smiled and stripped down to his boxers. "I thought you were reading, Five million ways of how to murder your husband?"

"It's the sequel." She told him. "But, Marlene is easily controlled, how comes she wouldn't listen to you?"

"She wanted to find out who it was. Wouldn't she recognise her own old man she saw him?"

Yuna shook her head. "She's only ever seen him in sphere's and even then it's all just a blur."

Tidus shook his head and fell asleep.

The next morning Tidus and Marlene were still asleep, after staying out until two in the morning. Yuna was down stairs making breakfast and trying to get Tidus up. "You're so lazy!" She screamed the hormones getting to her.

Tidus moaned his head under his pillow. He knew that if he didn't get up soon then it would all end in tears... but weather the tears would be his or Yuna's he didn't know. "Alright I'm up… just five more minutes."

He heard Yuna walk away. "Marlene. Time to get up." Yuna said walking into Marlene's bedroom. She saw a lump under covers and lifted them up. "Marlene." She said pulling Marlene up by the arm.

Marlene just moaned and went limp as Yuna continued to pull her out of bed. Marlene fell on the floor like a rag doll and didn't move. "Marlene!" Yuna shouted. "Fine then! I'll drag you down stairs." Yuna said dragging Marlene out of the room.

Tidus came out of their room fully dressed and laughed when he saw Yuna and Marlene. "And I thought I had it hard." Yuna just glared at him and dragged her down stairs.

Kay I no it was a weird place 2 leave it but I dunno what to put in next! Review!