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"It's not far from here," Tidus recognized the trail now. "My hou—hotel is coming up."
"Do you know where you are now?" Yuna asked him, looking up at the beautiful houses and the buildings that were lying on top of the hill.
"I think so." Tidus and Yuna continued walking.
"Maybe you could go on by yourself, then," Yuna suggested.
Tidus laughed, "What, you don't want me around? Am I that annoying?"
"No, no, it's not that!" Yuna said, honestly. "It's that … well, I'm not really supposed to go up there. On the top of the hill."
"Why not?" Tidus asked her, his traces of laughter faded. He truly wanted to know why she couldn't. He remembered Yuna saying that before …
"I don't have a clear reason why …" Yuna said, slowly. "But my mother – she just never wanted me to go up here."
"Hey! Ignorance is bliss, right?" he said, grinning.
Yuna gave a small smile. "Yeah, but …"
"its okay. I understand," Tidus told her. "I mean, it would've been nice to take you up there and treat you to something, considering I took away about half your day from you."
Yuna nodded.
"But I know how you feel," he said.
In reality, Tidus had no idea how Yuna felt. He usually had no problem escaping from his mom. His mom was just so formal, and in his opinion, too much of a control freak.
"So this is goodbye then?" Yuna said, smiling sadly.
Tidus shook his head, "Never goodbye – you never know where we could meet again!"
Yuna looked at him in confusion. "Huh, that's poetic. And strangely familiar."
"Like it? I remember it from a movie," Tidus said, grinning stupidly.
"Ah, nowI remember where that comes from," Yuna said, amused. "But you're right. Younever know what happens."
Tidus nodded, still feeling sad that he's leaving Yuna, despite being with her for only a few hours. That was new. He usually didn't like meeting someone he hadn't talked to before.
"But how long are you visiting Zanarkand?" she questioned.
"Oh, uhh …" Tidus paused. "About three weeks?"
'Hard to answer a question like that, considering I'm not visiting Zanarkand. I'm living in it.' He thought.
"That's definitely enough time to see each other again," Yuna said happily. "Maybe you could visit us again. I mean, if you have the time."
"Definitely," Tidus said, confidently.. "I'll probably get lost again though."
"Just remember me!" Yuna said.
"Well, better go now …" Tidus started walking away. "I'm a bit in a rush,"
"Oh, all right then …" Yuna said, waving. "Bye, Tidus! I know we'll see each other – one more time at least."
Yuna stood there for a while, just staring into the distance, even though Tidus was long gone. It was an unusual day, but she liked it. Not only did she liked the day – she liked Tidus.
Tidus …
Remembering the fun they had, she also remembered something important.
"Tidus! His food!" she cried. "He left it in my shop!"
What to do now? Tidus had been gone for a few minutes, and only Yevon knew where he was! Even if Yuna was able to travel freely on the top of the hill, she wouldn't know where to go.
Yuna sighed. 'Hopefully Tidus will notice soon and will come running back down. Soon.'
Yuna stood there and waited.
"We've already been through here already," Wakka complained. "Where are they?"
"We've been everywhere," Lulu said, simply. "We've searched all over town. Your friends aren't here anymore."
"How could they leave me, ya? Some friends they are," Wakka was astonished.
"Where are you staying?" Lulu asked. "At a hotel or something?"
"Uh …" Wakka went silent.
"Well where else would you live if you are visiting Zanarkand? On the streets?"
Wakka made a note in his mind to slap himself later. Luca! How could he forget? He'd been searching for Tidus or Gippal for a couple of hours, and if he didn't find them now, he probably would never find them. He decided to just go home. Now, to make Lulu to take him home … well, that was another situation.
"Oh, right!" Wakka said. It was time to give his acting a try. "Ya. A hotel."
Lulu nodded.
"What?" Wakka said, looking at her. "Ya, I'm staying at a hotel. Can you take me to it?"
Lulu rolled her eyes. "There are thousands of hotels in Zanarkand. Which one are you staying at?"
Wakka made another note to make sure he would slap himself two times later. What were the names of hotels around his neighborhood? Zanarkand Grand Hotel … hey, that was one!
"The Zanarkand Grand Hotel," Wakka replied.
"Hmm … never heard that one, or seen that one," Lulu commented.
"It's on a hill, ya?" Wakka told her.
Lulu looked around. "That hill?" she pointed.
"Ya," Wakka nodded. "You know how to get there?"
"I know the way there," Lulu said. "But I've never actually been up there."
"Really?" Wakka was surprised. "It's nice."
Lulu decided to change the topic, she wasn't that comfortable talking about 'the top of the hill.' Instead, she looked up at the hill again, "It's only about a three minute walk from here. You're lucky this time."
Gippal was rolling his eyes. "Can't I go now? Yuna's just standing there, waiting for him to come back. Personally knowing Tidus myself, he's not going to notice."
"Wouldn't it look just a bit odd if you jumped out of the bushes and started walking?" Rikku whispered.
Rikku wasn't sure why Yuna continued standing where she was. She'd been there for at least a good five minutes. It was obvious that Tidus wasn't going to come back …
Suddenly, Yuna sighed. Then she spoke to herself, "Well, I guess he can't remember why he came down to this village in the first place. To get food!" she started to walk away.
Rikku noticed Yuna walked with her head down. Yuna seemed to be disappointed that Tidus didn't come back.
"Well, I'm out of here," Gippal said once Yuna was out of sight. "What did that prove? Following them around …"
Gippal got out of the bush and left without a word.
"Well, good-bye, to you too!" Rikku yelled after him.
Rikku thought she heard some reply, but decided it was probably her imagination as she couldn't make out what the words were. She decided to run after Yuna and talk to her about that day. It wasn't any ordinary day.
Gippal ran, searching for Tidus. His eyes darted right to left, trying to find anyone with spiky blonde hair. One of the most recognizable features of Tidus was his hair, it was easy to spot if Tidus was ever caught up in a crowd.
He saw Tidus walking to his house, completely unaware of the food that his mother expected him to bring home.
"Tidus! You MORON!" Gippal screamed at the top of his lungs, ignoring the negative glares he got from people close by.
Tidus turned around quickly, wandering who just insulted him. He saw it was Gippal. "Me? The moron? Are you sure about that?"
"I'm not kidding Tidus," Gippal continued.
"Okay, so explain," Tidus stood waiting for an answer.
Gippal rolled his eyes. "What was the point of this trip, going down the hill, Tidus? Huh? Tell me!"
"Uh … to … umm …" Tidus was at a loss for words. "Well we were supposed to … HOLY SHIT!…"
"Exactly."
"WAKKA!" Tidus blurted.
Gippal slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand, "What else?"
"The food!" Tidus did what Gippal did, slap his forehead with the palm of his hand. "I was just so busy talking to Yuna … I forgot! We have to go down there, quick! We might know the way easier this time …"
"Tidus Aikona!" shrieked a voice. "There you are!"
At the sound of the voice, Tidus drew in a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"Why, Roxanne and I have been looking all over for you!" the voice continued.
Gippal cast a pitiful look at Tidus. "Well, what are you going to do now?" he whispered to him.
"Shut up," Tidus said. "I'm thinking of a reason."
"You're not carrying food, Tidus," his mother's voice now getting closer. "Where's the food?"
"Any ideas?" Gippal asked.
Tidus slightly shook his head.
"If she kills you, can I have your guitar?"
Tidus eyes shot open and he gave Gippal a death glare. 'If only looks could kill …'
"Tidus?" now Selena was right behind him. "Where's the food?"
"Are you all right, Tidus?" Roxanne asked, gently.
Tidus drew in one more breath and turned around. "Hi Mom … Hi Roxanne."
Selena rose an eyebrow, expecting an answer. Roxanne smiled at him warmly.
"Uh, well there is a good reason the food isn't here .. And well, that's because …"
"Go on," Selena said.
"I didn't think the food was good enough down there."
Selena and Roxanne exchanged looks.
"Are you saying, young man …" Selena began.
Tidus winced. This didn't look good.
"I could see me playing the guitar now …" Gippal was saying. He had backed off when Selena had started speaking.
" … that I don't have any food for the people that are to attend my party?" Selena finished. She was not happy. Not one bit happy. Tidus was surprised smoke wasn't flying out of her ears. OR that she didn't turn big and Tidus incredibly small.
"Are you trying to ruin this party on purpose, Tidus?"
And that's it for this chapter! I hope you liked it.
Next chapter, what will Tidus do? What will Selena do to him? And where is Wakka and Lulu anyway? And how's Yuna doing …? So many questions, so many answers that are going to be found in the next chapter!
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