Hello. I have come to answer all of your questions, or rather, some things I feel need answering:

Firstly, you may be wondering why Seymour is Still 28 and yet Tidus has aged when he was with the fayth. It is as follows:

Tidus wasn't exactly dead. He just sort of…faded…like Auron and Jecht (no, they're not coming back to life…not in this story, anyway). But Seymour actually was killed. He didn't fade. Yuna and her guardians actually killed him. My little theory is that all the people who were killed were sort of frozen, where as all the people who faded—y'know, at the end of the game, where that giant mass of water near Zanarkand turns into a sphere and then splits into little spheres of water, and you can see the faces of people in them, then there's Tidus' face? Those people— do actually "keep up with the time", so to speak.

Secondly, you may also be thinking, "Who the hell is Rai? How did Auron get a son?"

Well, Auron is allowed a love life. He wasn't bad looking when he was younger, so…therefore he had a son. If you're wondering what Kane really looks like, look at the young Auron, and imagine short black spiked up hair instead of the ponytail. Also, Rai is wearing all black— He has his Dad's chest armour, along with the black pants, and a long black coat— Kind of like a matrix coat— thrown over it. He, unlike his father, speaks a lot more, and has a better sense of humor. I was thinking of giving him a little story of his own after I finish this one. What do you think?

Thirdly, you may be wondering about the "Inferno Tempest Avalanche Torrent" Thing. I thought it would be interesting to introduce some new magic into the game. If any of you have any magic you would like to see, go ahead and say so. I'll put it in, and give you full credit of course.

Also, the inner flight magic thing was a new line of magic that only Seymour has. It's a maester thing (nope. Baralai doesn't have it). I suppose you could call it inner defense, but it can only be used outside of battle, to help you while traveling. It like…flying, healing, jumping really, really high, becoming non-solid, super speed, and moving from one place to another in the blink of an eye.

Then, there is the question of how Tidus remembers Seymour even though he only remembered the last thing he saw. The explanation is pretty simple. When everyone was explaining to Tidus about everything that happened, they decided to add Seymour and that story in too. As to why they did it, you will see in this chapter.

If anyone has ANY questions at all, or suggestions even, please feel free to ask. I take pride in explaining things, and I will only bee to happy. Also, I feel touched that you are nice enough to ask. So… On with the story!

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"So…Allow me to recap…" Nooj paused. "Seymour has recently raised himself from the dead, and you're afraid that he may wreak havoc on Spira, so…you…" he pointed at Tidus. "Want to find him…and…then…this is where I get lost. What exactly are you going to do when you find him?" Tidus shrugged. Nooj frowned.

"Well?"

"Well.. I just want to make sure that he isn't going to do what he did before."

"And how are you going to do that?"

"We'll keep him with us. That way we can keep an eye on him."

"And what am I here for?"

"To help us find him?"

"And what use will I be?"

"You know new Spira better than I do."

"Any others coming?"

"Someone called Paine, someone called Baralai, someone called Gippal, And Rikku."

"Okay…How will they be of help?"

"The more the merrier. Plus Seymour might be strong."

"Alright then…"

"Please help?"

"I never said I wouldn't."

"Great!" Tidus slapped Nooj on the back. "Where to next?"

"Well, I suggest Sanubia Desert. Rikku and Gippal are more the traveling types."

"Okie dokie. Brother, take us to Sanubia!"

"Not with That Attitude!" Tidus slapped his forehead.

"Fine. Brother, please take us to Sanubia. You are the king of the world and a very

handsome man."

"That is better. We go now." Tidus grinned with pride at having bribed Brother. Shinra

leaned in.

"Did you mean the handsome part?"

"No."

"I heard that!"

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"Yuna? Is that you? Man, You've changed! Is that a dress you're wearing?"

I am pregnant, Paine, so I had to change my wardrobe." True, Yuna had switched from the shorts and halter to dresses and…more traditional items. Right now she was wearing a knee length sky blue dress with thin straps. Paine smiled over the sphere communicator.

"You aren't even showing yet, Yuna! That won't happen for a month! You look gorgeous in that dress, though." Yuna smiled shyly.

"Thanks, paine. You look good too. Love the jacket." Paine had only made small changes to her appearance; she had swapped the clinging shorts for clinging pants, and had decided to throw a sleeveless, long red coat over her black top.

"Thanks, but I have a feeling you're not here to discuss fashion."

"Well…yeah. Something weird has happened and we need your help."

"We?" At that moment, Tareika jumped in front of Yuna.

"Hi, Auntie Paine!"

"Hello, Tareika! How are you?"

"I'm good thank you!" Tareika chirped. "Mummy and I are taking a trip!"

"A trip? Where to?" Tareika's face grew serious

"We're trying to find a man."

"A man?"

"Tareika, honey, why don't you play with Rin, and I'll tell Auntie Paine about the man,

okay?"

"Okay!" Tareika bounded off. As soon as she was gone, Paine rained down the questions.

"Yuna, what's this about a man? Is it a friend? Is it a friend of Tidus? Are you up to

something? Are you che—"

"Paine, quit it! He's not a friend. He's not a friend of Tidus, or me for that matter…Not just yet. I am not 'up to something', as you put it, and I am NOT CHEATING ON TIDUS!"

"Alright, alright." A pause. "You never answered my first question." Yuna sighed."

"Promise not to overreact?"

"I promise."

"Um…how do I put this?" Yuna thought for a second, then decided that it would be best to be blunt.

"Seymour is back." The reaction was as she expected.

"What?" A few birds shrieked in alarm and flew from a tree behind Paine. "How is

this possible? He's dead! You killed him!"

"Apparently he's back. Just like Tidus." At the 'just like Tidus' part, Paine seemed to calm down a little.

"So…would that mean that…He can't remember anything either? Just the last thing he saw?"

"I'm hoping so. But the thing is…what was the last thing he saw?"

"Only you can answer that, Yuna. But I have one question."

"Yes?" Yuna didn't like the tone in Paine's voice.

"Why did you mention Seymour to Tidus? I mean, I don't mean you harm by this, but wouldn't it have been better if you'd never mentioned him? Then this wouldn't have started in the first place."

"Paine, he has a right to know his past," said Yuna irritably. "Its his life, he should know everything. Besides, how was I meant to know that Seymour would come back?"

"Okay, okay." Paine sighed. "I'm sorry."

"Its alright. It was…a reasonable question."

"So…why did you call?"

"I need you to help."

"Find him?"

"Precisely."

"You may want to call Rikku. Though she may be doing 'stuff' with Gippal"

"Ew! Paine! I didn't need to know that about my COUSIN!"

"Sorry…Look, I'm Kilika right now…"

"Guess what? I'm headed there right now. We'll be there in an hour."

"Right. I'll meet you at the docks."

"Okay. Bye, Paine."

"Take care." And with that, Paine disconnected.

Yuna suddenly felt tired, as though the talking had put a burden on her back.

"Why did you mention Seymour to Tidus? I mean, I don't mean you harm by this, but wouldn't it have been better if you'd never mentioned him? Then this wouldn't have started in the first place."

Why did I mention Seymour to Tidus?

He had a right to know what happened in his life…

But then again…None of this would have happened if you hadn't told him.

Tidus didn't remember. It was good that you told him.

Was it good? Imagine if You'd gone to find Seymour instead of Tidus, and if Tidus didn't know Seymour existed…

Within moments, Yuna was dreaming…

"Mummy!"

"Tareika, honey, You're all wet! How did that happen?"

"I was hot," Tareika whined. "Is he here yet?"

"Not yet.," Tidus said from behind. "Don't worry, sweetie, he will be. Then we can all go swimming together, okay?"

"Okay, but Daddy?"

"Yeah, Hon?"

"You lied." Tidus was slightly taken aback.

"Huh? I lied? About what?"

"When you said he'll be here soon."

"But he will be."

"No he won't! He's here right now!" Tareika squealed, giggling madly, pointing out to sea. Tidus laughed with her, then turned, just in time to see a small, sleek blue airship pull up. Tareika jumped to her feet and ran to the water, waddling through the shallow shoreline.

"Uncle Seymour! Uncle Seymour!" The man turned around with a smile. His once sky blue hair looked…normal…without the two ear-like attachments at the side, and it was now a midnight shade. He wore a long sleeved navy blue shirt, and baggy black trousers with what looked like half a skirt flowing from the back. Over all of this, he had thrown a navy blue coat, with a strange gothic pattern flowing around it.

He looked relaxed, so unlike his previous appearance; no grandeur, no charming smile masking murderous intentions…This was…him.

Yuna smiled, as did Tidus, both getting up and following their daughter's path to where the man stood.

"Seymour, great to have you here." He smiled.

"It is good to be here. Apparently traveling doesn't agree with me" Yuna laughed.

"You survived. That's the important thing. Come on, lets get some food into you. You look hungry!"

"Uncle Seymour, can I have a Piggyback ride?" He tapped his chin in mock thought.

"Have you been a good girl?" Tareika nodded. He crouched down.

"Well then, I don't see why not." He lifted her up, and started running down the path, with Tareika riding high on his back, arms thrown skyward and laughing with glee. Yuna looked at them, smiling. Everything was so…perfect

"Yuna. Yuna, wake up, sweetie." Yuna stirred sleepily.

It had been so perfect.

"Huh? What's wrong, Uncle Cid?" Cid ruffled her hair gently.

"No, no, nothing's wrong, sweetie. We've just landed." Yuna sat up at this comment

"What? Already? Just-just gimme a minute!"

"Woah, woah, woah!" Cid grabbed her shoulders. "We have more than enough time. Get a drink. Calm down a little. Then go out."

"Where's Tareika?"

"She's playing."

"Playing where?"

"On the docks." Yuna gasped and covered her mouth.

"On the docks? No, no! what if she falls off? What if she falls into the water? What if she injures herself?"

"She's fine, Yuna. She knows how to swim. Plus there are adults sitting around. They're only too happy to help the high summoner's daughter."

"Oh…kay." Yuna let out a sigh. Rin, who had been standing beside Cid silently all this while, decided that it would be a good time to speak.

"Yuna, it would be unwise to stress yourself while pregnant. I suggest you and I take a little walk; we have about 45 minutes. Cid would he more than willing to look after your daughter."

"Yeah, she has her great uncle Cid."

"Literally", agreed Yuna, laughing. Then he nodded.

"Thank you. Both of you. Lets walk." And they all split up.

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Yuna set her glass of water down gratefully

"Thank you, Rin. I feel better now"

"You're quite welcome. Tell me, Yuna, what is it you are planning to do if you get to Seymour before your husband?"

"I…don't know, really. I always pictured me getting there just in time." Yuna stared at a scratch in the otherwise flawless metal wall before continuing on her…train of thought.

"I suppose I could keep him with us…keep an eye on him. If he is just like Tidus…Whar harm can he do to people?"

"It is more the question of what harm people will do to him."

"I…never thought of that." Suddenly Yuna felt like a summoner again— young, vulnerable, careless, someone without a proper plan; a child to wanted to travel the world and see all the lovely things in it. Well, Yuna knew that Spira was far from…lovely. Rin seemed to sense her hesitance.

"Your plan of quite solid. We need to refine it a bit, though. I suggest we speak to Paine. She way be able to contribute." Yuna's eyes brightened a bit.

"Paine! How could we forget? Thank you, Rin!" She threw her arms around him. Rin was a little taken aback by her affection, but returned the gesture all the same.

"Any time you wish, Yuna."

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"Cid! How're you doing, old man?" Paine called out jokingly. Cid glared.

"Watch who you're calling old, girl. At least my hair isn't silver." He retorted. Pained raised her eyebrows.

"You have no hair, Pops." Cid made a face, and as about to throw a reply back, when he was interrupted by his niece jumping off the airship runway and onto the docks. Paine cocked her head to the side.

"Pretty active for a pregnant woman…"

"You can say that again", said Cid, watching as Yuna ran up the boardwalk, waving enthusiastically.

"Paine! Paine, over here!" She reached her destination, and threw her arms around Paine as she did to Rin.

"Woah there! Good to see you too," said Paine, wrapping her arms around Yuna. "Lets walk, shall we? We've got a lot to catch up on. See you guys later." The men nodded, and the two set off.

"So…you were saying about semour…How did this happen? Did he just Pop up like Tidus?" Yuna nodded.

"Where?"

"Zanarkand. He was flung up on the shores. Who knows where he may be now."

"This is weird. First Tidus, and now this guy…I don't even know him and I want to hurt him."

"Paine, we want to get to him before other people hurt him."

"Why would we want to do that?"

"Remember the state Tidus was in when he came back?"

"You mean the amnesia?" Then it hit Paine. "Oh! You think that…"

"Yes. I think that Seymour is in the same state."

"So…somewhere in Spira, there is a confused Guado running around?"

"If you want to put it that way, yes."

"Getting Tidus' Memory back was hard enough; we always had to answer his questions about things, we weren't allowed to show him stuff unless he asked otherwise he would get suspicious…That was tough work. Think about how hard it'll be for this guy." Yuna did remember…

"Hey! Heya." Tidus had finally caught up with the strange silvery haired woman. She turned around.

"Yes?"

"We haven't had a proper introduction. Paine, right?"

"That's right."

"Wanna take a walk?"

"Sure." They began to amble away from the village.

"So…What is this place?"

"Its Besaid. One of the few quiet places in Spira." Tidus looked puzzled.

"Spira?"

"The Earth? Duh."

"Right, right, the earth! So…what do you do for fun?" Paine shook her head.

"I don't have time for fun. I do a lot of work for the machina faction, the youth league, and new Yevon—"

"Woah woah woah… Hold on…New Yevon…That means there was a Yevon?"

'Yeah, but hardly any people know about it now. It sued to be everyone's…religion, so to speak. Everyone believed in Yevon. There used to be maesters— priests of a sort. There were also summoners, who worked for new Yevon to destroy Sin, which was an evil creature. Then we found out all the lies that they were telling. Yevon was banished, and New Yevon took its place."

"Okay…got it. What's the youth league?"

"The former opposition to new Yevon."

"Former?"

"Yes. Both New Yevon and the Youth League were rivals. New Yevon thought the Youth League a group of ruffians and barbarians, focused solely on bringing their religious ideas down. The youth league thought that New Yevon was poisoning the minds of the new generations and turning them into what Yevon used to be. In the end, a young summoner brought them together and made them realise that fighting wasn't the way." Paine smiled faintly.

They were at the beach now. They walked up to the docks; Tidus sat down cross legged, removed his shoes, and dipped his feet in the water. Paine, however, merely sunk gracefully down beside him, marveling at his innocent childishness.

"So…what's the Machina Faction?"

"It is a group of people studying old Machina, or machines, and trying to advance them to make new and improved— or else unusual— models."

"Woah…That's a lot to take in…Wait…one question…who was the young summoner?"

"What?"

"When you said a young summoner brought the Youth League and New Yevon together. Who was it?"

"Yuna." Tidus' jaw dropped.

"Seriously? Yuna did all that? She never told me!" Paine didn't know what to say now. All she could to was to make it up.


"Yuna…doesn't like to talk about it. And…it isn't as big now as it was then…"

That was a complete and utter lie.

It was big.

Yuna was famous.

And poor Tidus knew nothing about it.