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Hey y'all. Third chapter. Here we go!!!

Finding Hope

I had never been hit with such pain before, even with a spell like that. It must have been Thundaga or something like that. Wakka had been the one who stood by me as I woke up, and Lulu had hit me with White Magic, obviously learnt from Yuna. I still felt a little dizzy as I came to earth, and my eyes felt itchy and sore. I first saw Wakka, who had a cup in his hand, making me drink something from it.

"Here, Rikku. This'll make it much better, ya?" I heard him say.

I groaned as the liquid slid down my throat, making it burn. I fell back onto the soft bed, every muscle in my body aching in pain. I just felt like crying out. I couldn't take it and I knew Wakka was trying to help me, but only Lulu or Tidus could make it work.

"How is she doing?" I heard someone with a light voice say.

"Just fine, she should be up by this afternoon. It isn't that bad." Wakka responded.

"It was pretty stupid of them to take on such a superior Lightning Elemental."

"I agree," Wakka said again.

I turned my head to face the light voice, and spotted a woman I had never seen before. Someone with such light complexion and wispy brown hair. It was a girl, about the age of 20. She held flowers in her hand and wore a long blue dress with a dark over coat on. She put the flowers by my bed and gave Wakka a hug.

"I hope she gets better," the girl said in a barely audible whisper.

Wakka smiled and said goodbye to the girl, turning his attention to me.

"Who…Is she?" I croaked.

Wakka sighed. "Liane. Just a good friend from childhood, I suppose."

"Oh, ok."

I gave up on talking completely and fell asleep. I would deal with all the stress of trying to feel better when I woke up. I could feel my hair sticking to my neck and I had been dressed in a loose night gown. It seemed everything was going to be ok.

That night, when I sat by the camp fire, completely better from the attack on me, I listened to Tidus tell of his stories from Zanarkand.

"And then I kicked the blitzball straight into the goal and everybody cheered. I was gonna be famous!" He said and jumped up and down miming the scene.

I laughed along with Lulu, and then Tidus came and sat next to me.

"I have had a great time in Spira, I never want to leave," he told everybody and I closed my eyes, gently rocking back and forth.

Auron was missing that night, but I wasn't worried. He was usually missing, but as he came running up the gravel path, obviously having something on his mind, I knew something was horribly wrong.

"Everybody! I have just discovered something horrible!" he said.

Yep, just as I suspected.

"Yuna, her soul. She hasn't accepted death and she is freely walking around Spira, causing destruction and chaos!" he yelled at us. "If we don't stop her, she can come to Besaid and ruin our homes!"

I stood there, completely shocked. Yuna hadn't accepted death and now she was walking, just like Seymour had. It was awful and she had to be stopped.

"How do you know this, Auron?" Lulu asked.

"I heard, from an Al Bhed woman on the beach who speaks English. S-she has seen Yuna in action. I could tell she wasn't lying.. She had obviously come to Besaid to stay. She claims to know Rikku!"

"It was probably Keyakku's sister, Reni. I hadn't seen her for a while.

I heard Wakka grunt a little then glance at my frowning face. He straightened up after.

"What are we going to do?" I heard Tidus say.

"We need to equip a summoner, and go and find her, and then send her. It's that simple," I heard Lulu say calmly.

"Can I be of any help?" I heard Liane, the beautiful girl from yesterday say.

"Liane! Of course, you are a summoner aren't you?" Wakka asked.

Liane nodded sharply. "I can come with you to stop Yuna," she smiled and glanced at me, noting my swirly green eyes in disgust. An Al Bhed hater, like Wakka. I sighed. That was too easy; I mean a summoner had just appeared.

"Well, then. If we all get our weapons, and change outfits for this adventure, we are all ready!" I said, punching my fist into the air.

"Outfits?" I heard Auron mutter.

"Everyone needs change." I giggled and nodded at everyone, and they all agreed on the change.

By the end of the night we had decided to leave in two days, going along the same path as the pilgrimage. Everyone seemed excited and ready. We would find Yuna, Tidus would see her. Maybe Yuna would remember us.

"This is your chance Tidus. You can see Yuna again," I said to Tidus afterwards, trying to cheer him up.

"Your right Rikku. I can see her again. I can't wait to go!" he said profoundly and brought me into a hug. "Thank you so much."

"Heh, anytime." I muttered