Author's Note - Okay, well I forgot to add an author's note to the first chapter. Anyway, my story has lost of events from both FFX and FFX-2, but they are not in order. so at this point, Yuna has stilll not kissed Tidus. I hope you like the chapter.

A Summoner's Sacrifice

by : Blueorgreen Yuna

Chapter Two : The Nightmare After the Fall

Yuna awoke with stabs of pain on the side of her head. Her eyelids were heavy, and it was difficult to keep them open. When she did keep them open however, what she saw wasn't right. Everything was in it's proper place, but still, something felt very wrong. It was as if her vision was blurry around the edges, like a dream. Was she still dreaming? Or was her head still suffering the dramatic effects of the blow she received earlier? Whatever had hit her, had left a large bump. She pressed her hand to the place on her head, and cringed as pain shot down her spine. Quickly, she took her hand away and searched for the bed railing. Yuna was in bad condition, her stomach felt nauseous, and her hands were cold and clammy. She looked around the room, observing everything with confusion. Words stumbled out of her mouth, to fast for her tongue to catch them, "Why am I here?" She raised her torso quickly to an upward position, and braced herself on the railings with both hands. Looking around again, Yuna now noticed helium balloons attached to her bed spread, and a few cards standing on a table tray next to her. Her attention was drawn when she heard a rustle at the far side of the room, and saw the door handle turning. Scared of not knowing who was going to enter, she laid back in her bed, and closed her eyes, as if to say she had never awoken. She heard the door open and felt the cool wind flick her blankets. Following this were soft footsteps. The person had obviously thought that she was still fast asleep. Yuna lay in her bed wondering who this person above her was. Surprised with terror, she felt the tickle of breath at her ear. Her heart jumped into her throat and her hands reached for this person. The person in who had attempted to kill her and her guardians before.

She forced her to awaken to reveal doctors and nurses rushing to her side. "He was here!" she shouted at them. "How did he get in? Why did you let him?" Tears were streaking down her cheeks and her throat hurt with fear. "Did you not see him?" she asked in a hurry looking at them all in astonishment. How could they have not seen him leave? He was here I know it! I just know it!

"Who?" was all the nurse in a white uniform replied. She answered with a QUESTION! Who other than the man that ran out? You stupid women! How did no one see him? "Lady Yuna, you were sleeping. You must have had a nightmare. I was right here, watching you sleep."

"Watching me sleep!" Yuna exploded. "You're wrong! I wasn't dreaming, I wasn't." She paused and took a second to mull it over. Was it possible I was dreaming? It felt so real though. Maybe I was. As she was thinking, the doctors and nurses were busy trying to inject something in her arm. "What's that you're putting into me? Is it drugs? What will it do?"

"It won't hurt, you're just going to sleep a little longer, and then we will explain everything." That was all the doctor replied with. The nurse, however, was checking her blood pressure and heart rate. "Is that necessary?" Yuna asked softly, the doctor must have injected a drug, because she was very mellow at the moment. "Of course it is Lady Yuna, I need to check that you are still healthy, and it seems you are, now close your eyes and got to sleep." Yuna obeyed the nurse and quickly shut her eyes. Soon after, she drifted into a very unpleasant sleep.

Yuna was having a hard time in her dream. She was confused, and Tidus was there with her, holding her. At this point now, Yuna knew she was dreaming. It was too real to be real. They just stood there embracing one another, oblivious to everything around them. They held each other for sometime, until Tidus broke the silence. "Yuna," he said, "look at where we are. Look at the beauty around you." Yuna obeyed him, and looked around. The wind was blowing softly around her ankles and her skirt lifted slightly into the air. Rose pedals and other countless flowers flew magnificently in the wind. The grass sparkled with dew and the trees rustled in the breeze. They stood in a field so beautiful, it took Yuna's breath away. She delicately removed herself from Tidus's embracement and spun slowly in circles with her arms outstretched. "Where are we Tidus?" She stopped and looked at him with a innocent expression upon her face. "Are we in Heaven? No, we must be in," she walked towards him, hands in front of her, "we must be in The Calm Lands." She stopped a few feet ahead of him, and held her hands out, waiting for Tidus to retrieve them.

"Yuna, we are in neither of those places." He said taking a step towards her. "We are in the Farplane." He smiled and pulled her body to his gently. He looked down to see her face, but instead, saw the shimmer of her chestnut, brown hair. "What is it?" He asked her lifting up her chin to see her green and blue eyes. His heart sank as he saw disappointment and fear in their beauty. "Are you not happy that you are with me?" His voice portrayed sadness, and, it seemed, a little bit of anger as well.

"Well, yes of course I am grateful to be with you, but the Farplane? Are you sure? I mean, why would we be here? And, I see no pyerflies flowing around us, clearly that says that we are not dead. And if we are, then who sent us?" Yuna tried to sound as if she was not scared, or as if to say she was not on the verge of crying, but Tidus could see right through it. "There is no need to be scared, or sad for that matter. We are together, isn't that all that matters?" He looked at her with a hint of heartache and, strangely, a lot of anger. "Isn't it?" His gaze was fixed upon her. Unsure of what he was thinking, Yuna began backing away. His hand slid down her arm as she stepped back, but his grip only tightened when he reached her wrist. "Tidus," she said, "you're hurting me, let go." She tried shifting her wrist form side to side, but her only tightened more. "Tidus, let go of my arm!"

She yanked her arm back forcefully, but he would not let go, and his gaze had not moved. He was looking at her with fury. She grabbed his hand with her other free hand and dug her nails into his. His grip loosened and she pulled away quickly. Tidus yelped in pain and looked at his hand in shock. As he lowered his arm, he raised his head, and cast her an expression of hatred. She began to run. I'm not dead, I can't be. I just dug my nails into him. She heard the thumping of footsteps behind her. Faster and louder, until she was pushed violently to the ground. Her face hit the grass first, and turned on her back swiftly, in order to see who this really was. It was Tidus. It really was him. His eyes, although filled with anger, were blue like the water, and his hair moved like waves in the wind. Why is he so mad at me? "Now I know," he said with tears swelling in his hatful eyes, "now I know for sure that you loved him. Why did you not just tell me? It could have just ended there, and I would have only protected you like a brother, but no, everyday, I dreaded that you were going to die. You made me suffer for a year Yuna, a year! Do you know what's that like, to love someone and not know if they love you back? DO YOU!" He was shouting at her, with hot tears falling on her cheeks. His tears. "Yes, I do know," she gulped, "of course I know." She hoisted herself up. "How could I not, I have loved you, never Seymour. How could you even think otherwise? Is this why you look at me with so much hate right now? You were jealous?" She moved her hand towards his cheek nervously. What am I doing? Wasn't he just trying to kill me? Her fingers moved to his eyes and whipped away the tears. "I will never love another man more than I love you Tidus." His lips curved into a weary smile, and he leant down to embrace her once again. They stood up, and again, Yuna was confused. Tidus was there with her, holding her. They just stood there holding each other. Oblivious to everything around them. They held one another for sometime, until Tidus broke the silence. "Yuna," he said, "look at where we are. Look at the beauty around you." Yuna looked around her as Tidus told her to. Did this not just happen. The wind was blowing softly around her ankles again, and rose pedals flew past them in the air. She looked at Tidus. And instead of seeing his sea-blue eyes, she saw nothing. He had no face. She jumped away in fear. His face, there was no face. It was as if someone had erased it. In it place was shadow. Nothing but shadow. The shadow then moved from his face and reached for her. She looked around her hastily, searching for an escape, but there was none. The flowers had vanished, and the beautiful dew grass seemed to have disappeared. The trees were gone and the ground was rough. The wonderful sunset was replaced with a deep, shadowing wall. There were now edges, and she now saw where she was, in the Farplane. She was in the very same Farplane that she had come to visit her father in. The shadow closed in around her and she felt as is she couldn't breath. Suddenly she heard voices, and everything slid into blackness.

She was alone, yet she heard voices. Light seemed to pierce through the black wall. Not in one point, it covered everything, it was like a red glow. She became aware that her eyelids were closed, and opened them slowly. The light that came through the window was marvelous. It shone on the entire room. Blinking widely, she looked around the room. Shifting to an upward position, she saw Tidus standing there, talking to the doctor, with his back turned towards her. It was only a dream. Praise Yu Yevon. The doctor moved his head to the side of Tidus' shoulder and saw that she was awake. "Ahh. You have finally come around. Well you have a visitor. He says that he knows you," he looked from Tidus to Yuna, and smiled. "I'll be on my way now. You should be fine to leave in a few hours. We'll just have to take another look at you head soon. I expect to see you later then. Good evening Lady Yuna," he nodded to Tidus, "Sir." Then he left the room closing the door behind him.

"Tidus?" She looked at him with curiosity. "Where are the others? Is Lulu here?" She flowed him with her gaze as her walked around the her side."Tidus, where are they?"

"Yuna, what are you talking about? No one knows where they are, they have been missing for three days now." He bent his head silently, "I found you in the calm lands near the Inn. No one was around you. So I checked you into the Luca hospital, and went back to search for them. I couldn't find them though. I looked everywhere. I'm still looking, but it just seems so hopeless, they could be anywhere."

The whole time that Tidus was talking, Yuna was replaying over and over again in her head, the promise Lulu had made to her. "I will always be here to watch you, I promise." She had broken it. She wasn't here now. Tidus was here, but she wasn't. She turned to Tidus, and wrapped her arms around him. For a second it seemed that Tidus was unsure, but then her held her tighter. "I was so afraid that you were dead, Yuna. I can't go on with out you. I just can't." He sighed in relief and held her at arms length. He stared into her eyes, and moved his head closer. Yuna, never experiencing anything like this, moved her head to the side. "We shouldn't Tidus," she said, as his lips touched her cheek. "the others are missing. We should look for them before this." She looked at him. His head was bowed. "Yeah, I guess you're right." He raised his head. "You'll be out soon, and then we can begin our search, together." He smiled and stood up. "I know we'll find them some where." He smiled slightly, "I am so hungry. Do you want something to eat?" He rubbed him stomach as he asked.

"No," Yuna replied and looked down at her hands. She couldn't help but think of finding Lulu and the others. "I fine, thanks anyway." She fiddled with her fingers for a second and looked back up at him. He was smiling at her again, but she could see past it. On the inside, Tidus was scared as well. Behind those sea-blue eyes of his, he was lost. "Okay, well I'll be back soon then. Don't run away now." He nodded and walked towards the door. "Tidus," she said, raising her hand.

"Yes?" He stopped and questioned.

"Don't be too long, I'm scared."

He walked back to her side. Taking her hand, he let out a long sigh. "Yuna, I won't let anything ever happen to you. I love you." He said this as he kissed her hand, and looked up. She was surprised, well that what her face showed anyway. She knew that he had loved her. From the first day she saw him she knew, but she was not going to admit it. This was too much to take on at one time. She had to find the others. She had to find Lulu. How could he be so stupid as to say it now? Why now? Why not after, after they had found everyone. Sure she liked him, but she didn't love him. Yuna thought that she simply had no time to love. Not with the others missing and Sin still alive. Sin, yes he was still alive too. How was she going to defeat him now? All her guardians, except Tidus, were gone, and he was too love sick to know any better on defeating an enemy. What was she to do? "Uhhh..." She was at a loss for words. "Tidus, don't you think love is a bit... a bit... foolish? I mean, love is really powerful." She looked at him as best that she could to not hurt his feelings, or worse, change his mind, but if he loved her, then changing his mind would not cross his thoughts.

He stared at her in disbelief. "What does she mean?" he thought. "Did she not love me back?" He had always thought she did. She had flirted with him ever since they met. The first day he met her, he knew that she had loved him too, but why was she not admitting it.

"Yuna," he said, letting go of her hand. "I can't go on not knowing that you might feel for me too."

"I know, but I cannot answer you at this moment. It is too soon to talk of this issue." Yuna met his eye. "I care for you, but I cannot say if I feel for you or not. I'm sorry" the word hung on her tongue like a heavy weight. 'I'm sorry.' The last person to say that, was the one who put her in here. The voice was so recognizable, but so far from her mind. She could not put a name to who it was. It was so familiar, and yet, she could not tell who it was. Was it someone she knew or maybe it was-

"Yuna, why is it not the time?" Tidus said it so suddenly that it broke her train of though. 'Damn it TIDUS! Why did you have to talk. I had it. The name was right there.' And it was. It was right there, waiting for her thoughts to retrieve it, but now it was lost. Lost amongst the mess inside her. Inside her heart and inside her mind.

"Why can she not just tell me now?" he thought. "Why does she not just admit that she loves me too."

"BECAUSE IT JUST ISN'T THE TIME, TIDUS!" she had shouted it so loud that Tidus backed away immediately. "Just go." she thought. Why was he not leaving. Was it not clear that she wanted to be left alone? But in the inside, she really didn't want him to leave. She didn't want him to go, she liked him, but she was not going to admit it, not now.

He looked at her with hurt and stubbornness in his eyes. Turning on his heel swiftly, Yuna took a double take on what she had just done. Almost the same as what she had done in her nightmare that she had just endured. She opened her mouth to call out his name, but no words came out. She was trying to find the words, but the more she searched, the worse the words seemed to get. Just as she was about to talk, Tidus sung open the door, and turned to face her. Anger combined with hurt, was etched into the creases of his face. She was instantaneously reminded again of her nightmare.

"I'll see you later, when you can think clearly." And with that, he turned around and stomped out of the room, attempting to slam the door behind him. He was unsuccessful, and turned out looking ridiculous, as the door would not close fast enough to make a bang. He gave up quickly and walked away.

She placed her hand to her chest and drew in a long breath. "Oh my goodness." She said as she exhaled. Laying back in her bed, she stared at the closed door, waited for his return.