I want to appologize for taking so long to post this chapter. I had to give my own personal laptop to a friend(in the hopes that he can fix it), and I had a 15 page term paper due on Tuesday. Yesterday, I had 5 of the 15 pages complete. But anyway, I managed to Steal some time to use the school computer to post this! Happy reading, and I hope this chapter makes up for the delay.

--sad Nashiil

Title: Random Bits 4 - Chapter 2

Setting: Now that Sin has been defeated, Yuna takes Tidus sightseeing in Bevell.

St. Bevelle Palace - The Guardians are discussing rescue plans, of a sort.

Rikku dropped a Phoenix Down over the stone parapet while an argument broke out over the best way to get Tidus back up. Auron was leaning towards letting him get his own self back up, while Lulu and Kimahri both agreed that they should use and Auto-Life (the one Tidus had acquired from a dare) on him, then knock him off the ledge with Wakka's blitzball. Of course Yuna was against any plan that would hurt Tidus. The arguing continued while the covey of priests regrouped, ready for the next rescue attempt, shouting helpful suggestions like "Jump!" and "Push him!"

Rikku and Wakka volunteered to fly the airship as close to the ledge as they could get, and drop a rope down for Tidus. Yuna was the only one who realized that Wakka was going to do the actual flying. (Rikku was too short to reach the pedals and Cid was lost in the temple somewhere in search of a bathroom.) She was about to point out that Wakka knew as much about flying as a two ton brick, but Kimahri put a heavy paw on the Summoner's shoulder and shook his head.

Sometimes it was best to let stupidity run its course.

It wasn't until the ship wobbled unsteadily into the air with an inexpert revving of the engines, and all the grace of a bloated seagull, that Auron's brain kicked itself. The veteran Guardian cursed as he remembered that Wakka was an Island bumpkin and knew nothing about flying (unless it involved a fork). The Guardians on the tower and the priests below watched in terrified fascination as the airship bobbed ponderously up from the deck, Wakka and Rikku's squabbling voices screeching over the intercom, and crashed into a nearby building, wallowing to a halt in its ruins.

Yuna looked at Lulu, who was wiping a hand over her face; embarrassed to be standing on the same continent as the man, then back to the crash site. She waved to Rikku and Wakka who emerged from the top of the ship, wheezing and blaming each other. Yuna turned to Auron next, but found that he had vanished, probably in favor of a more normal Guardianship. She leaned over the wall, causing another colony of gray hairs to sprout in his fur, (Seeing Yuna jump off a tower once had been more than enough.) and spotted Auron. Wakka was busy directing him as he attempted his own rescue. She leaned out a little more to see what Tidus was doing.

The youth was currently dancing around on the small ledge for he entertainment of the priests. He yelped in surprise as an arm thrust itself through the wall a few feet away from him.

"Farther down." Wakka's voice floated down. Tidus looked up to see his friends peering down at him. He realized that from this angle he could almost see up the statue's robe. Maybe if he turned a little to the right...

"Don't move Brudda!" The Auroch's captain shouted. "Auron's comin' for you."

"Right there Auron. No, more to the left." The arm withdrew and thrust back out, this time a little closer, and slapped against the wall.

"Left. Left. Go left. Left! Lefter!" Wakka shouted in frustration, trying to direct Auron to the blond.

Fed up with Wakka's inept directions, the Unsent Guardian stuck his head through the wall. He glared around and spotted Tidus standing at the edge of his perch, dancing and posing. Just to see if the priests remembered the boy, he grabbed the back of his pants and yanked. The clasps snapped open and Tidus stood a few seconds in blissful ignorance as the priests screamed at the unHoly sight. Most of the senior priests began shaking their fists angrily. Yep, they definitely remembered him. Realizing that there was breeze where there shouldn't have been one, Tidus relived that Temple Pantsing, only it was a thousand times worse.

Auron didn't give the boy time to recover. He dragged the mortified teen backwards towards the wall.

The Legendary Guardian passed through the wall, mentally muttering to himself, only to find that his progress was suddenly halted. He looked over his shoulder to see that his arm was stuck firmly in the wall.

For several minutes Auron attempted to yank Tidus through the wall behind him, before finally realizing that the ability to pass through solid objects was only inherent to the Unsent. He pondered this revelation for a moment, then banged Tidus against the wall a few more times, ignoring his broken protests. For future stupidity, yeah, that's it.

Auron stuck his head back through the wall catching the dying echoes of laughter from the priests. He grinned into his collar at the sight of the little yellow stars orbiting Tidus' head.

"I can't pull him through." he shouted up to his companions. Yuna gave him a look that suggested that it had been obvious after the first try. Rikku, who was bouncing excitedly next to Wakka called out "Try the window!"

Auron glanced to his right and saw a small (at least by temple standards) window. He scowled at the window, blaming it for ruining his fun. He gave Tidus just enough time to get his pants fastened before grasping the odd straps and ghosting back through the wall. He only thumped the boy against the wall once this time, and made his way down the hall towards the window.

It presented and odd sight when viewed from the outside. Tidus appeared to be scooting horizontally along the temple wall, traveling slowly towards the window. (Actually, he was being 'scraped', but 'scooting' works just as well) As he dangled in his own pants, desperately trying to avoid bisection, he managed a bright smile and an embarrassed wave for Yuna.

After a bit he began to scoot diagonally as Auron hit the stairs. Everyone cheered when Tidus was finally yanked through the window to safety, the moment taking on a celebratory mood as a small flock of white doves took flight, startled by the sound of the smack from the Hand of Justice hitting the back of Tidus' head.

Kimahri was looming behind Yuna with his ever present predatory scowl when Auron and Tidus finally made it back to the top of the tower. "Here." Auron snapped as he thrust Tidus towards Yuna, who waited for the inevitable lecture. Auron told her the same thing he had always told her when she was little.

"You should be more careful with your toys."

The End.

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