OMG, I just keep filling, don't I? XD, I should probably just get on with it, huh? OMG…Sorry. I promise the next chapter will be JAMPACKED with excitement…Or at least, I hope it will be. XD Also, have any of you ever read my Journey To/After Remembrance stories? I'm not telling you to run out and read them, or anything, but I was looking through my documents the other day, and I found that I had started a third installment, titled "Journey From Remembrance". XD, it was like seven pages long, and actually pretty good. So, I've been gently toying with the idea of writing it, but if I do, it probably won't be for a while. Tell me what you guys think! Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 14: Failure to Comply

"Okay, how in Spira am I going to find her?" Tidus questioned himself, as he pulled out a map of Luca from his dashboard. He had made it to Luca in record time, and was now cruising down the major streets, wondering where he was going to start his search.

"Hmm," he mused out loud, as he attempted to examine his map and the road at the same time, "Where were the nicer districts? Here? No…Here?"

Finally, he sighed and shoved his map back into the dashboard, wondering how he could ever know.

His phone started to ring (he had just ran out and bought a new one), and he noticed it was Gippal.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Where the hell are you?" Gippal asked.

"Luca."

"What the hell are you doing there?"

"You mad at something?" Tidus asked.

"It's not that," Gippal said, and Tidus heard him take a deep breath, "Rikku's here. Turns out, Dona just committed suicide."

"What?" Tidus cried, and slammed on his breaks.

"yeah," Gippal said, "And Leblanc is claiming that you were the last one there. I told her that couldn't have been true, but then you disappeared, and now you're in Luca."

"Gippal, how'd she do it?" Tidus asked, pulling over to the side. He was too shocked to drive.

"Hung herself," Gippal said, "So were you at Don'as or what?"

"I was," Tidus said softly, "But I swear I didn't do anything to cause her to commit suicide…exactly…"

Gippal sighed, and said, "Rikku and Leblanc are pretty upset. Apparently, Yuna is too."

"Have you heard from her?" Tidus cried.

"Yuna?"

"Yeah!"

"Rikku has."

"Where is she?" Tidus demanded, "I've come to find her!"

"Like I should know," Gippal said, "Do you not care about Dona?"

"I do," Tidus said, "Honestly. It's just…I guess Dona hinted toward it. But I didn't think she'd do anything that drastic."

"Well, she's dead," Gippal said.

Tidus didn't say anything. So that's why Dona had told him to tell Yuna she was sorry. She wouldn't get the chance, because she was going to kill herself.

"It's sad," Tidus repeated himself again, "But I can't let Yuna make the same mistake! Gippal, you have to tell me where she is!"

"I have no idea!" Gippal said.

"Ask Rikku. You have to make Rikku tell you!"

Gippal was silent, and he finally said, "Just a second."

"She's there, isn't she?" Tidus asked, "Rikku is there."

"Yeah. Wanna talk to her?"

Tidus nodded, although he knew Gippal couldn't see him. "Yeah," he said.

"Here she is."

"Tidus?" it was Rikku. She sounded rather upset, something he had never witnessed before.

"Where's Yuna?" he demanded to her.

"…Luca," she replied.

"I know that," Tidus said, "I need to know the address."

"I can't give you that," Rikku said.

"Rikku, Dona's gone now. Please tell me the address."

Rikku was silent, and she finally said, "It's 101 Cherry Lane."

"Got it," Tidus said, and then hung up the phone without saying anything else."

He drove as quickly as he possibly could, speeding toward Yuna's address. He wondered if Yuna had heard the news about Dona. She probably had, he figured.

As he pulled down Cherry Lane, he realized how large the houses were. If he had thought Yuna's was huge, he had been mistaken. These were what huge really was.

He finally found 101, and wondered how he would enter. Would he knock and ask for Yuna? Would he break in? Would he find an open window and just hop in?

For some reason, he liked the last option. Especially as he noticed many of the windows were wide open. And the house was so huge that he figured the chances of being caught were at least fairly slim.

He parked his car down the road a ways, and then snuck up to the house, praying they didn't have any large dogs or anything of the sort.

He found a window that led to a deserted kitchen, and climbed on in, smiling at himself as he remembered how Gippal and he had once snuck into the house of a rival blitz player, and vandalized their kitchen.

The inside, like the outside, was amazingly grand. He began to wonder just who Yuna's fiancé was. Suddenly, his heart fell. What if Yuna was in love with this man? All this time he'd convinced himself that it was something she had to do, something Dona was forcing her into. But what if Yuna really wanted to marry this man? Yuna never had exactly flat out told him that she loved him…

He brushed this thought out of his head. Even if it was true, he wanted to hear it from Yuna himself.

He found a grand staircase, and cautiously went up the stairs, wondering where Yuna was. So far, the house was appearing very vacant.

Tidus began peaking in random rooms, praying he didn't run into anybody that wasn't Yuna. He made it to a large room that was open in the middle. He realized that he could see down to the large floor below him, which must have been a ballroom, or something. People were all over that room, preparing it for what looked like a party. He assumed they were decorators, preparing for the wedding.

His eyes skimmed the crowd, but he was unable to spot Yuna. Sighing, he continued on, looking in each room that he came across.

He finally came across a room at the very end that was concealed by a shut door. Gently and quietly, he pushed the door open. The room was large and mostly vacant, other than a few pieces of furniture, and there was a large window seat across the room. Sitting quietly on the seat was none other than Yuna.

She appeared deeply in thought, so Tidus walked on in, and shut the door carefully behind him. Then, he walked softly up to her.

"Yuna?" he finally said, just as he came up to her.

She jumped, and turned swiftly around, and then gasped upon seeing him.

"Tidus?" she cried, and then hushed herself, "What are you doing here?"

"I had to find you," he said, "I---."

"Tidus," she said, and he noticed she was crying, "Dona's dead. Do you know that?"

"Gippal just told me," Tidus said softly.

"Dona always said---," Yuna didn't finish her sentence, but instead looked at the ground, "Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"You could have told me you were getting married."

"I did," Yuna said, harshly.

"Yeah, but you didn't say you were getting married now!" Tidus said, "I figured you would get married in five years or so…"

"No," Yuna said, shaking her head, "I'm getting married in just a matter of weeks."

"Yuna," Tidus said, scrunching his face, "Please don't."

"Don't what?" Yuna asked, looking startled, "Don't get married."

Tidus nodded. He didn't know why, but a huge lump had appeared in his throat.

"I have to," Yuna said softly, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. Dona advised me not to."

"Yuna, she's gone!" Tidus cried, "You don't have to do what she says anymore."

"Tidus, she was one of my best friends."

Tidus didn't say anything for a while. He just stood there, wondering what he was going to do. For some reason, he had been expecting Yuna to rush to him, to thank him for saving her from the horrid wedding, and then they would burst out the door together…

"Yuna," he said finally, "I spoke to Dona earlier today."

"What?" Yuna said, turning her head to face Tidus, "You didn't---?"

"She told me," Tidus said, "To tell you she was sorry."

"Sorry?"

Tidus looked away from Yuna's imploring gaze, and said, "She told me to tell you she was sorry for making you go through everything she made you go through. She was jealous, you know. And when I came along, she got even more jealous." He laughed then, and said, "But I don't know why."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Dona said she was jealous, because you had someone who cared about you. But I see now, that you don't care. I thought maybe you did, maybe there was some chance that you understood why Dona was jealous—jealous enough to kill herself even!—but I see you don't have a clue."

"I do too," Yuna said, as Tidus turned around and started walking toward the door, "But I just keep ignoring it."

"Why?" Tidus said, turning around and giving her a disgusted look.

"Because I can't," Yuna said, "Because I'm engaged."

"But you can," Tidus said, walking up, "Dona even told me you could."

"What exactly did she tell you?"

"Ha, we wrestled around," Tidus said, and his eyes dimmed, "Literally. I told her…I told her I felt bad for her, really I did. I should have known she was…well, you know." He sighed, "But the only thing I could think of was you."

"Tidus, just don't," Yuna said, "Just leave. Please!"

"Okay," Tidus said, backing away from her, "No problem."

"I've accepted this, Tidus, and you should too," Yuna said.

"Alright, I accept," Tidus said, although he knew he didn't, "I guess, I just wanted to make sure."

Yuna nodded.

"But Yuna," Tidus said, "Nothing's holding you back. You don't have to do this!" Suddenly, he squinted his eyes at her. Or was there?

Yuna gave him a small smile, and she said, "I know."

Tidus stood there, speechless. This wasn't going as planned.

He started to leave then, and Yuna said, "Tidus?"

"What?" he asked as he turned around, praying she would change her mind or something and go with him.

"You don't blame yourself for Dona's death, do you?"

"No," Tidus said, "But if anything happens to you, I will."

Yuna looked at the ground, and she said, "Then I suppose it's best you leave."

He shook his head at her, but only out of confusion. And with that, he walked out of the room, shutting the door softly behind him.