A/N: Since I'm only talking to Reyavie. Thanks for reviewing. This story is coming to end and I'm not gonna press people to review. My chapters have gotten shorter, and my patients even shorter. So Yep. I hope you enjoy it. If you review, you review. Whatever. Later

Disclaimer: If you don't know by now that I only own the plot along with Brooke her family, and Tyseuh along with the other OCs except Crystal and Sakura who belong to my friend Kristy.

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Mutual Feelings

He looked at me strangely; there was no recognition in the blue eyes that stared back at me. He stood over me, looking down a good six inches. "What are you doing down here?" he asked sharply as his hand lingered over a machina gun that hung at his waist. "What jurisdiction do you have to be down here?"

I ignored his questions, as I looked deep into his eyes. He didn't remember me. He didn't recognize me. "Tidus… you… don't you know me?" My voice began to crack as my emotions began to show through my words. How could he have forgotten me? It hasn't been that long, has it?

I couldn't even tell you, I had lost my sense of time long ago. Days faded into weeks and honestly, I can't tell you if weeks faded into months yet. Regardless of that, how could he not immediately realize who I am?

I'm not exactly sure what got into me. Maybe I was at my breaking point, but I have no real explanation for what I did next. "You have to remember me, it's me! Brooke Rassi!" I grabbed onto his forearms. "You're Tidus Manzi! We grew up in Besaid together. We loved the Bevelle Brutes blitz team. You, me, and my little sister used to play blitz at the beach everyday. We… we were supposed to get married…" My actions grew frantic as I began to realize I might as well be talking to a stranger because he has no recollection of what I was talking about. "Oh Yevon! You have to remember!" I pleaded as I shook his, as if that would make some kind of difference in the matter.

That's when it happened. In my whole eighteen years of life I would have never seen this coming, but it did. Using the butt of the gun he had, he jammed it into my stomach, causing me to bend forward, before he used it to knock me to the ground by slamming it into the back of my head. "I don't know you, woman. Don't touch me."

As I remained kneeling on the floor holding my stomach as pain roared through my head, I could feel the tears begin to well up in my eyes. Sure, the pain from the blow hurt, but it wasn't that that caused the tears. Those words, 'I don't know you' those four words hurt more than any injury I could have ever obtained.

The little bit of hope I had vanished, the reason for e being here was gone. Maybe this is what the Fayth meant when he said "He is not among the dead. And yet, to you he may not seem alive." Is this some kind of sick joke? Because I'm not laughing. I felt as if my heart had just been forcibly ripped from my chest cavity and thrown to a pack of wild dingoes. It might as well have been, because this was the worst possible thing that could have ever happened to me.

"You said we'd get married… when you got back from the war," I whispered. I don't know if he heard it, or if he even cared, but I said it anyway. "You gave me this ring," I continued as I looked down at my left hand that was sporting the beautiful ring he had given me before this whole ordeal had occurred.

I didn't listen as he continued to question me for me reasons about being down in the prison, I merely kept muttering, pretty much incoherently, to myself about how this isn't supposed to be how this worked out and all that fun stuff. Slowly, but surely as the time continued to pass, my emotions began to change. It went from sadness to guilt to anger. I was angry that this was happening. If thing weren't bad enough, this had to happen.

I got so mad that when he place his hand under my chin to lift my head up to get my attention I swung out at him, hitting him square in the eye. "Don't touch me," I hissed as I stood on my own and took a few stepped back away from him. "I risked my life looking for you, then when I accept that you're gone forever you just show up again. And to top it off? YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!"

I was livid by this point, and I was loosing at restraints on myself. I was about to lunge myself at him, when I felt an arm snake around my waist. "Brooke, what are you doing?"

It was Tyseuh and this was bad timing on his part. I didn't waste a minute as I slammed me elbow into his stomach. He released me from his grip as he stumbled back out of pure shock. Spinning around to face him, I swung my face as hard as I could, connecting with his jaw. "YOU LIED TO ME!" I screeched as my eyes flared with anger.

Grabbing his jaw he lifted his head and looked at me incredulously. "What are you talking about?"

"Auron is right here, you asshole," I was so angry my hands started to shake. I don't know what I was going to do, but if I didn't let this feeling go, I was going to have an emotional breakdown. "AND TIDUS! HE WAS HERE!"

"I didn't know," he tried to tell me as he reached his hand out.

"LIES!" I screamed as I swung at him again, this time completely missing.

He jumped at me, tackling me to the ground. He pinned my hands over my head to be sure I couldn't swing at him again. "Brooke, listen to me."

"No!" I snapped as I spat in his face. "Let me go!"

I struggled a bit trying to get free from his grasp, but it was proving to be futile as it became apparent, really quickly, that Tyseuh was a lot stronger than I was. "You're stubborn curiosity is going to be your downfall," he sneered as he tightened his grip on my wrists. "I give you an outlet, an escape and this is how you repay me? Sneaking out in the middle of the night to do your own investigation?"

"You lied to me," I said again, just as forceful as before. "I hate you. Now, let me go!" I shouted out, probably waking up about half of the captive in that area.

He jerked his head upward and glanced at Tidus. "You remember that room I told you to have prepared if I was having connubial problems?" Tidus nodded his head, waiting for Tyseuh to continue, "We're going to need it now."

Within the blink of an eye he was literally dragging me by the arms down the hall. I tried to best to get free; I kicked, screamed, and finally ended up crying. Everything was wrong; this whole thing was so messed up

By the time we reached the room, every part of my body ached from trying to escape and getting dragged across the building. He forcibly shoved me up against the wall and glared at me. I was so distraught that the only thing I could mutter was "Why?"

His eyes seemed to hold a hint of amusement. "Why?" He laughed in my face. "Why?"

I nodded as I slid my back down the wall, to the floor. Pulling my legs up to my chest, I buried my face in his knees. "I don't understand," I muttered.

"Dearest, with you by my side, I can take down Zanarkand…" he smirked before he continued, "Along with the rest of this wretched filth ridden planet." He sat down before me. "You thought I care about these pathetic people?" He scoffed at the thought. "Not in the least. Though, I won't lie, you did catch my eye. I was willing to spare you, and do not fear, milady, you still shall be spared, but this rebellious attitude will not go unpunished. After I destroy this disgusting little planet, you shall find out first hand what its like to feel the wrath of an angered deity."

He stood up and looked down at me in disdain before saying; "See you in the morning dear, bright and early. Enjoy your last bit of freedom, because from the moment you say 'I do' you're mine, for the rest of eternity." Then with those words spoken he turned his back to me and stalked out of the room, leaving me to wallow in my own self-pity, and that's what I did. I cried. I cried until I eventually passed out from sheer emotional exhaustion.

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I woke up to someone roughly shaking me. "Get up," was the order from the said person. Cracking my eyes open, I laid sights on Tidus who was still wearing a Zanarkand Uniform. My heart broke all over again as he pulled me from the floor and practically shoved me out the door.

"You don't have to be so rough," I growled as I stumbled forward.

I couldn't take this. If it wasn't bad enough that everything is already so messed up, I'm being shoved around by my old fiancé, who doesn't remember me in the least. I wanted to shake him and make him remember, but that wouldn't work. I know, I tried it. The only thing it resulted in was me getting hurt.

"Silence!" he ordered as he shoved me again.

If he wanted silence, that's what I would give him, but not how he wanted. I was sick of everything going by other people's rules. I mean hell, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place and one out come is no worse than the other. At this point, Death would be a gift and I would welcome it with open arms. So … what have I to loose, right?

I turned and looked at him. He sent me a glare and motioned for me to continue walking, but I had other ideas. Spotting a ring of keys at his waist I grinned. If I couldn't walk away with him, or walk away from this at all, I could at least help my friend out of this mess that I put him in. Lunging at him, I took him by surprise and tackled him to the ground.

He fell to the ground with a loud thud as his head slammed into the ground. Grabbing frantically at the keys I pulled them off the latch at his waist. "Mine!" I cried triumphantly as I stood and made a dash down the hall. As I sped past Auron's cell I flung the keys through the bars and kept running forward, not waiting for any kind of response.

"Come back here, infidel!" he called after me.

'Infidel? Damn, he may not be the caring guy I knew, but jeez, he got a lot more intelligent. I don't think he even know how to say infidel back on Besaid,' I rolled my eyes at the thought before throwing open the door before me and running down the flight of stairs.

I really don't know where I was going, but anywhere was better than there. And with Tidus hot on my trail, the last thing I wanted to deal with was a strong blitz player gone militaristic. Luckily for me, I was a bit faster than Tidus. It gave me a small advantage, even if it was just a small one.

Running into an unfamiliar area, I looked around frantically. There had to be somewhere I could hide, even if it were only til the blond had run past. I was running out of ideas and fast. As a last resort, I hid behind a long curtain that hung from a pole. 'Please run past… please run past…' I guess by saying that in my head, I was subliminally sending him messages that would make him run past the window? Yeah because a bulge in a moving curtain isn't noticeable.

I knew this was pathetic, Tidus was dense, but not a complete idiot and now that he's been here, he seems to be along me in tune with his surroundings. Though I still managed to catch him off guard. However… I did tackle him… and not many people would consider doing that to a soldier that held their life in their hands. Then again… my life sucks either way, so what difference would it make?

My breathing was almost non-existent as I waited for something to happen. I had heard a door open before, but nothing after that. It was strange, and I didn't trust it, so I waited. A few more minutes passed before I sighed. Of course that was stupid, because no sooner had the air left my lips had someone jumped at the curtain, grabbing hold of me. "Gotcha!"

"AH!" I screamed as I frantically punched at the curtain at my unseen enemy who I could only assume to be Tidus. I did anything I could, I punched, kicked, screamed and eventually my knee connected with a vital point and I was free. Well, free in the aspect that I was shoved against the wall, or… the door that the curtain concealed.

As I spastically moved my arms as I stumbled backward, I pushed down on a bar that opened the door behind me. "Whoa!" I cried out as I tumbled backwards out the door and onto the balcony. I rolled a few times, in reality the only reason I stopped moving was because I hit the railing that was a barrier so that people didn't go walking right off of it. "Why can't anything be normal?" I muttered as I stood up and took in my surroundings.

The gravity of the position I was in didn't exactly click right away. Though it was made perfectly clear when a ticked off Tidus stepped out on the balcony. Backing up against the railing, I quickly realized I wasn't left with many choices. It was fall to my death… or… ok, I wasn't even sure. Tidus could kill me now, and say I fell, no one would know, or he could bring my to Tyseuh, which would be worse than death.

Hm, well my choices were Death, death, or living eternally with Tyseuh.

I choose death, by my own hands, or… falling… whatever.

I hefted myself onto the railing and glanced at Tidus. "Get away from me," I warned, like if he moved, I wouldn't jump. Right, that's it.

"Get down from there," he replied, sending me a stern look that told me if I didn't bad things were going to happen, but… this was a bad thing, and… I really didn't want to go through with this thing with Tyseuh, or Spira. If I die, what do I care what happens to the world? I lost everything I had. EVERY THING. The one person I was still fighting for doesn't know me, and my new friends, well that sucks for them. Though I'm sure they can handle this. They are more experienced than I.

"Kiss my ass," I told him bitterly as I leaned backward and began to let myself drop to my death. Or would be death, if the jerk hadn't leapt at me and caught my wrist.

"Are you stupid?"

"ARE YOU?" I shot back as I watched him struggle to stay on the balcony and keep me up. "Let me go!" I screeched as I began to swing myself, hoping his grip would falter.

"You want to fall in fiend infested, polluted water?" He questioned as he began to get a secure footing on the balcony. I nodded my head as I continued to try to loose him. "No! Orders are to bring you to Master Tyseuh, and that is what I'm going to do."

"No, you're not," I growled as I force my body to spin, or turn to the side enough to put a pressure on his elbow. Which would be enough for him to let me go. This was one advantage I had. I may not know everything he knows now, however, I do know his physical weaknesses, much like his weak left elbow that he had hurt when he fell from the top mountain thing at the beach.

Fate was on my side. But what else would you expect, I'm trying to kill myself, Fate hates me of course it would work. He grimaced as his hand let go of my wrist and I began to fall. "Shit!" he called out as he watched me go.

I didn't once question my actions. Death was welcomed and now it would be mine… or one would hope, but did I mention that Fate hates me?

I landed in the water in such a way, that it didn't kill me. It hurt, more than anything I've ever felt before, but I was still alive. As I surfaced from the ice-cold waters I screamed just about every vulgar term I knew, and then some. Again I was cheated out of what I wanted. Death was my only escape. My only freedom, but I couldn't have that. Or, I could, but it would be after I froze to death and drowned! THAT'S LONG AND PAINFUL, DAMN IT!

"Frig it," I muttered as I began swimming in the direction I thought shore to be.

I was a lot closer to the shore than I had anticipated, and I really wish that wasn't the case. Because no sooner did I begin to stumble up the shore was I greeted with the friendly faces of Tidus, Tyseuh, Yuna, and about fifteen other soldiers.

"How nice of you to join us," Tyseuh sneered as he narrowed his eyes in my direction. His expression turned to a smug one as he continued, "You know, your little stunt worried us. I'm please to see you are still well. That means we can start the wedding, immediately."

Why? I don't get it. I was a good kid. Why was I always screwed out of everything? I looked up at the sky and let out an aggravated scream. "WHY DO YOU FUCKING HATE ME? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL I DID TO PISS YOU OFF!" After releasing my anger I dropped down to my knees and cried. It was the only thing I could do before the soldiers grabbed me by the arms and dragged me off.

I don't know whom I was yelling at. Maybe it was Fate, Karma, or maybe Yevon himself. Regardless, someone up there hated me, and as of right now the feeling was mutual.

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A/N: Well that sucks for Brooke... psh.. to0dles!