Well guys, here's the last chapter! Sad, huh? And although I can't say for sure, this will probably be my last fanfiction in a while, at least. BUT, I have a fictionpress account if you're interested! My penname is Endless-Story, and I can be found if you search the name, I think. Also, my webpage (LiveJournal) is on my bio, socome on over if you're interested! (Oops, I'm not meaning to like advertise or anything, I swear!) Okay, anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 17: Meeting Again

Why did she have to see him? Worst of all, why did he appear so shocked to see her then? He didn't seem all that shocked when she had arrived in her drunken state…not that she really remembered.

"So then I was walking the dog—you know, Elsie, the poodle—and she started to run, and I was like, 'I'm not running!"

Why had she acted so stuck-up and nasty? Had she even said anything to him? Why hadn't she at least acted casual and said 'Hello, how are you?'"

"So there I am, running, in high heels, and I'm like, "Elsie, knock it off right now!" I knew I should have gotten a poodle…Especially not a prissy one like Elsie."

What was he doing in Luca anyway? Was it time for blitzball to start already? He probably got there early.

"Yunie, are you listening to me at all?"

"Huh?" Yuna's head snapped up from the floor tiles she had been examining. They were sitting at the hair salon, where Yuna was getting the final touches of hair spray added to her hair.

"I was telling you about Elsie, and I don't think you were listening at all!" Rikku cried.

Yuna looked at Rikku, and then sighed. She hadn't been listening. She started to wonder if Rikku was the best maid of honor in the world, being that the last thing Yuna wanted to do was listen about Elsie, but there really was no other choice. Dona was supposed to have the honor, but…

"I'm sorry, Rikku," Yuna said, "My head is kind of…out there."

"So I've noticed!" Rikku said, "Are you nervous, Yunie?"

Yuna simply nodded.

"Well, if things get bad, just tell me, and I'll fix it," Rikku said, smiling a knowing smile.

Somehow, Yuna doubted Rikku could do anything.

"Alright, Rikku," Yuna simply said.

"Wait, you're upset 'cause we saw Tidus, aren't you?" Rikku asked, her face turning surprisingly serious.

"Um…no, of course not," Yuna said, shaking her head, much to the stylist's dismay, "It was nice to see him…kind of…"

"You should have just told me you didn't want to see him!" Rikku said, "I figured, you know, being that you two were friends and all…Hey, is he invited to your wedding?"

"Of course not," Yuna said, "Rikku, we aren't friends!" Yuna was surprised at how harsh her words sounded.

"Oh, sorry then," Rikku said, sighing and leaning back in her chair, "I always thought you two would make the cutest couple."

"Everybody seemed to," Yuna said through gritted teeth.

"Was he actually a big jerk?" Rikku asked, "I've heard stories about him…"

Yuna nodded. Of course, he hadn't been though. She'd been the one to be a jerk.

"But you know, I hung around with Tidus kind of a lot last week," Rikku continued.

"You did?" Yuna questioned, turning her head to face Rikku, despite the gasps the stylist made.

"Yeah. You know, Gippal and I kind of started to see each other, and Gippal is Tidus' best friend. At first I got annoyed, you know, 'cause Gippal would always be with Tidus. But then Gippal explained that it was because Tidus was really depressed."

Yuna didn't know it, but Rikku was watching her very carefully, diagnosing Yuna's facial expressions.

"Oh really?" Yuna asked, and her eyes got a rather distant look to them.

"Yeah. He wouldn't party with us or anything. See, at first, I thought he was just a jerk, but I knew better. A long time ago, when you two were still kind of together, Tidus came in and talked to me. He was so bummed…Haha, I remember he was on like his fifth milk shake, and Gippal was all, "Hey man, at least drink some liquor or something!"' Rikku laughed, "But then Gippal left, so I talked to Tidus. Like I said, he was so bummed and heartbroken. Poor guy."

"Well, it's not like he didn't deserve it," Yuna said, "Dona told me about all the horrid things he did behind my back…"

"None of what she said was true," Rikku said, giving Yuna a very serious stare, "Tidus told me that, and I believe him. I think he truly was in love with you. Didn't he like chase you down a million times?"

"Not even close," Yuna said, "Maybe only like three…"

"Probably because he loved you," Rikku said, still analyzing Yuna's expressions.

"No, he doesn't," Yuna said surely, "I…On my bachelorette party, somehow I ended up at his house, and I passed out there. But when I woke up, I…"

"What Yunie?" Rikku asked, smiling to herself.

"Nothing," Yuna said, and then turned to her stylist, who she realized was listening immensely to their conversation, "Um, is my hair finished?"

The stylist blushed and said, "Yes, just one more spray…"

She sprayed it down for the hundredth time, and then helped Yuna out of the chair, wishing her good luck at her wedding.

"Yunie," Rikku said, as Yuna started out the door, "I just have to know…Do you love Tidus? Still?"

Yuna seemed shocked at the question, but she turned to Rikku and shook her head. "No, Rikku, I don't."

"So you love Kinoc then?"

Yuna simply pretended she didn't hear.

-

"Gippal, why the hell didn't you tell me that the wedding Rikku was going to was Yuna's damn wedding?" Tidus yelled angrily in his phone.

"Whoa, calm down!" Gippal said, "I guess it's just something I left out!"

"Well thanks a lot," Tidus said, "Thanks to you, I had a nice face-to-face conference with Yuna, who's getting married today!"

"What? You bumped into Yuna?"

"Well, and Rikku…"

"In Luca? That city's pretty large. How the hell did that happen?"

"Got me," Tidus said, crossing his arms, "But I…"

"You what?" Gippal asked.

"Gippal, I'm still…I think…I'm…I think I'm still in love with…Yuna."

"I kinda figured that," Gippal said, "That's why I didn't tell you."

"But I…I always told myself that she was probably married by now, you know?"

"Well after today, she will be."

"Yeah, but I always told myself that the reason I couldn't have her was because she's married, you know?"

"Yeah, well, after today, you can honestly tell yourself that," Gippal seemed to be attempting to calm Tidus, to get his mind off of Yuna, or something.

"No Gip, you don't get it!" Tidus cried, "Because, I had one more chance, you know."

"You mean when you went to Luca earlier?"

"No, I had a chance after that," Tidus said softly, "Yuna came to my place in Bevelle not too long ago. She was all drunk and then she passed out, right in my arms. And the next morning, she stood there, and told me she loved me."

"Well, then what went wrong?" Gippal didn't sound too interested.

"I told her I didn't."

"What, you lied to her?"

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

"Tidus, look, it's over. Okay? You're going to just have to get used to it."

"I know," Tidus said, nodding again, "I just can't help but wonder what would have happened if I'd been nice that night, you know? If I had only told her…maybe things would be different."

"Man, you can't live in the past," Gippal said, "There's no good in wishing you'd said the right thing. Think about it this way: if Yuna and you were still together, what fun would playing blitz be?"

"…" Tidus couldn't think of anything to say.

"Exactly," Gippal said at his silence.

"But I…I don't find that kind of thing fun anymore," Tidus said softly.

"Yevon Tidus!" Gippal cried, "That's like your life! Just party. Okay? I promise, the first time you get laid, you'll be like, 'who's Yuna?'! Trust me!"

"I don't want to forget her though," Tidus said.

"Okay, in that case, if you're that upset that Yuna and you aren't together, go and take her. Okay? Ti, I tried to be nice, I tried to walk you through this. But I just…"

"Gippal, it's okay, you're right," Tidus said at his friend's outburst, "I've been a jerk this whole summer." Tidus forced a laugh, "Heck, I probably ruined this summer. It wasn't much fun, it was all heartbreak, and I took you with me. I'm sorry, man. But you're right. I have to forget her."

"Right," Gippal said, "So go find a nice Luca party and join. Enjoy your last couple of days before blitz. Get laid. Find a nice, pretty, sexy Lucan girl, and maybe she'll teach you some things."

Tidus forced a laugh.

"Okay, I gotta go," Gippal said then, "I'll talk to you tomorrow afternoon, and you'd better have some good news for me."

"Right," Tidus said, "I'll tell you all about it."

"Yeah," Gippal said, "Talk to you then."

"Bye," Tidus said, and shut his phone off. Gippal was right. And Tidus knew he was going to have the night of his life. As long as things went his way.

He knew exactly what he was going to do.

-

"Well Yunie, this is it," Rikku said, smiling broadly, "Are you ready?"

"Do I look okay?" Yuna asked, looking in the mirror for the hundredth time, "It stinks that this wedding is so big. I always wanted a simpler one, know what I mean?"

"Well, you're marrying Kinoc, remember," Rikku said, shaking her head at Yuna, "So in that case, it has to be big! But you look great, Yunie. Okay, I'm going to go now. The wedding starts in five minutes!"

"I know," Yuna said, "Oh, and Rikku?"

"Yeah?" Rikku asked, turning around in the doorway.

"Thanks for the help."

"You're welcome, Yunie," Rikku said winking, "But um, Yunie…"

"Yeah?"

Rikku swallowed, and said, "If you want to run right now, I'll guard the door while you make your escape."

Yuna laughed.

"Funny," she said between her laughter, "But you know there'll be no running."

"Right, right, just checking," Rikku said, although Yuna noticed that Rikku seemed disappointed.

Rikku left then, leaving Yuna all to herself.

Yuna sat down and examined herself in the mirror again. Today was her wedding. According to Dona, this would be the start of the end of her life. Yuna sighed, deciding that she didn't want to think of it in that light. Dona was gone, after all. Yuna had to smile though, and think of how grateful she was to have Rikku as her maid of honor versus Dona. It was definitely lighter.

Yuna heard the music change in the temple, and she knew that the wedding was starting. Fear began to grip at her, but the fear was simple: What if I trip? What if I faint? It was hot…

Finally, she began to tell herself there was nothing to worry about. Only, she was afraid of kissing Kinoc. In honesty, they had barely seen each other. She barely knew him.

She found herself smiling. She had to admit, she was thankful that Dona had made her go with Tidus. At least this wouldn't be her first kiss. Of course, the night's activities probably wouldn't go so well…

Tidus. Ugh, the one person she didn't want to think about. She forced the thought of him out of her head, although it was rather hard to do.

She couldn't think of Tidus, not now.

Suddenly, a young boy poked his head into her area, and said, "Miss Yuna? It's time."

"Oh," she said, forcing a smile. She lifted her skirts up as she walked. She literally was wearing a ball gown—a white one of course—and it was huge. She grabbed her bouquet from the boy, and he placed her veil over her face.

With that, she walked to the doors, and prepared to enter.

The doors opened slowly, and everybody's head turned to see her. She bit her lip nervously, and walked slowly out, just as she'd rehearsed. She continued to force a smile, but she found herself shocked at how many people there were.

She saw Kinoc up ahead, and suddenly, she found herself stopping. Of course she had to go through with this. Her stomach began to hurt. People were staring at her.

She took another step forward and everybody seemed to sigh in relief, but she stopped again.

Tidus. He was the only thing she could think of. She scanned the crowd, in a sad hope that he would have invited himself. Of course, she didn't see him.

"Forget him," she told herself, "He's not here."

Her jaw began to tremble. What was she doing?

Her eyes began to well up with tears. She heard the door to the temple open behind her, and eyes went to the opener. She took this opportunity and turned around, deciding she was going to leave.

Only, as she turned around, she ran straight into someone.

Her eyes looked up, only to see Tidus.

"Tidus?" she asked.

"Yuna, I--."

"Tidus, I love you!" Yuna cried before he could even say it.

"R-really?" Tidus asked, and then took her hand, "Shall we leave then?"

"Just leave?" she asked.

He looked around and said, "I think that may be the wisest thing to do…"

She nodded, and with that, the two ran out of the temple, leaving everybody else staring in shock, except for Rikku, who stood up and clapped.

-

The two sat on a strip of grass in a park that was by the ocean. Had Tidus been a little nicer dressed, they would have appeared to be a wedding couple enjoying a picnic before or after the wedding. Of course, this wasn't the case.

"So what now?" Yuna asked Tidus.

Tidus looked at her and smiled sheepishly, and said, "I guess I don't know. I didn't think…I didn't think you still loved me."

"I didn't think you loved me to begin with," Yuna said, giving him a light shove, "But Rikku told me how depressed you were."

Tidus laughed, "Oh yeah…"

"Do you think Kinoc is angry?"

"Probably," Tidus said, nodding, "But who cares about him, anyway?"

"You're right," Yuna said, smiling widely.

"I…I shouldn't have let you go the time you came to my place," Tidus said, "I was a jerk."

"But I shouldn't have let you go all those other times," Yuna said, "I was the jerk."

"Okay, so maybe we both were," Tidus said, "But that doesn't answer the question: now what?"

Yuna laughed and said, "I was hoping you would answer that question."

"Well, blitz starts soon," Tidus said, "But I don't want that to play a part in any decision."

"That's alright, I can deal with that," Yuna said, and laid her head on his shoulder, "Besides, guess where I've decided to go to college?"

"What, you're still going to school?" Tidus asked.

"Yup," Yuna said, "I just decided."

"Okay, so where are you going?"

"Luca University," Yuna said, "It's five blocks from the blitz stadium."

"So you're saying…"

"…that you can play blitz, and I'll go to school," Yuna said, smiling, "Doesn't that sound like a good enough plan for now?"

"But what you're saying is…" Tidus looked at her, "That you want…"

Yuna simply smiled and said, "That I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Tidus didn't know what to say, so he kind of stared straight ahead, before smiling, and saying, "What do you think Kinoc would think if we ran back to that temple and got married?"

"Um, I don't think he would like that very much!" Yuna cried, but Tidus had already pulled her up, and was leading her back to the temple.

"What can he do, anyway?" Tidus asked, "It's not like he can stop us!"

"True, but—."

"But what?" Tidus stopped.

"But nothing," Yuna said, and started pulling Tidus this time, "But I don't know if I'm ready for marriage yet, know what I mean?"

"Right," Tidus said, and stopped, and began to pull Yuna the opposite way, "So we'll just wait a few months."

"Right," Yuna agreed, laughing, "I always wanted to get married in autumn, anyway."

"I was thinking winter."

"Spring."

"Summer?"

"It is summer!" Yuna laughed.

She stared dazedly into the distance then, and said, "I don't care when it is. As long as it's with you."

Tidus smiled cheekily, and said, "Then in that case, I'm the same."

Tidus pulled out his phone then.

"Who are you calling?" Yuna asked.

"Gippal. I have to tell him I followed his advice."

Yuna pulled Tidus' arm down, pulling the phone with it. With that, her lips met his, and the two kissed into the lovely August afternoon.

A/N: OMG, I'm so sorry to go all Takano Yuri CM 2005 on you! (XD, if you want to know what I'm talking about, you can seeon my webpage. I even took the chapter title (Meeting Again) because SaikaiStory is like Meeting Again Story or something like that...XD OMG, I think Gackt is so hot in that commercial! Fans self Um…Anyway, where was I…?) Anyway, that was the end! I hope you guys enjoyed it! I think I'm going to write up how much this story was different at my website, so visit my bio and go to the page to see how different this story is from what it was supposed to be! Again, I hope you enjoyed it!