Disclaimer: Chapter 1 as always .

Okay, Happy New Year to you all again. I'm sorry for the rush I had last time. But it was New Year's Eve, and my family was waiting for me.. Well, here's chapter 5. I hope you all enjoy it, and more reviews would be much appreciated. Feels like sometime I'm writing it and nobody's reading. Haha, just kidding. But seriously, more reviews would be nice. And to all those already reviewing, I thank you all deeply and I hope you really enjoy what I'm writing. I seriously enjoy writing it, and I hope it's not a waste of my time. I will somewhat try to get this story started up a bit more and into where it really begins. But it feels like I have to take things slow, I really don't like rushing everything. As it somewhat is a dissapointment and sometimes really brings the story down in depth and background. I hope you all understand and enjoy it either way.
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Chapter 5 - Remember Me Not

It felt as though hours had passed and Yuna was still in Tidus embrace, not wanting to let go. The feeling was mutual, and Tidus kept her close as he savoured everything. She gave him strength, she gave him hope in whatever misery he might've felt of his strange condition. As long as she was by his side he could manage anything, that was his thought as he held her closer. He loved her, and he hoped she knew it. He wished her to know it. And maybe she did, since she only held him in a stronger manner. He didn't complain, not once would he complain when she was near. He would shove the painingly feeling off if it threathened to come, he would ignore it for her. He would ignore his life for her. He let his hand slide down the length of her hair, caressing her soft silky hair in the smoothest of strokes. He then turned his face to let his lips gently kiss her left cheek. It was a soft and innocent brush of his lips, and yet it warmed Yuna's heart in a flaming feeling. Staying in that position a few more minutes they both got their own chances and ways to remember and savour that very moment inside their hearts and put it deep in their deepest memories of favourite moments. Soon they slowly broke apart, still close to each other they only broke apart to look at each other. Tidus cerulean eyes meeting her bi-coloured green and ocean blue ones. That was surely proof that she was the daugther of an Al Bhed mother. And he loved her all the more for it. Then he smiled again, he smiled of his fondness of her, he smiled of his joy. But most of all, he smiled for her, he smiled out of love. He didn't know if she knew it or not, but he wanted her to know, so he chosed this moment to reveal it all. He would say it in five simple words, nothing more, nothing less. Five words from his to her. Five words of expressness. Five words for them.

"I love you, you know." There, he had said them. He didn't think of anything else but his love for her. If there was someone else involved that he had not gotten to know about, he didn't care. If she had stopped loving him, it would hurt dearly. But he would endure, beacause all he wanted was for her to know what he felt. There and now, he only cared for her and that she knew of his feelings.

She kept the same calm expression that she had moments before he had spoken. He was starting to get nervous, but he would await. After all, for her; he'd give a lifetime of waiting.

But then her expression changed; she smiled. A wonderful smile that he could give anything to wake up and sleep too every day for the rest of his life. She then spoke, still wearing her smile.

"I know..." she said, tilting her head in a girly manner to her side continuing smiling.

"You do?" he smiled back, he didn't know how, but he was glad she did. But the question was still there deep within him, asking how she knew, he didn't remember telling her. Or was it just that he was so obvious?

"Yeah, you told me on the beach before you... either way, you told me. Don't you remember?" She asked slightly confused.

'On the beach...before..what? remember?..' Tidus thought as it all overflowed his head, now he had questions. He had expressed his feelings for her on the beach before.. what? Why had she not finished the sentence? He wondered. A thought in the back of his mind told him that it had something to do with him waking up in what he assumed was her place with the painfully throbbing headache.But he wouldn't act on that thought just yet, maybe something else had come up.

"N-no, Yuna. I can't really say that I remember any of that..." Tidus said truthfully. Why couldn't he remember? He bit his bottom lip too keep himself from lashing out whatever curse he wanted to let out.

Things were just so confusing for him at that moment. Hadn't everything he'd done been enough already? Seeing his Zanarkand be destroyed, sent 1000 years into the future by Sin. Learning of his true existance as a dream of the fayth, defeating Sin, defeating his own father. Forever ending the Spiral Of Death with the banishment of Yu Yevon. Having to fade into nothingness before Yuna as his existance ceased to exist. Wasn't it all enough already? Why couldn't he remember the moment he actually told the one he loved that he loved her? Damn was he getting angrier by the second as these questions rose within him, demanding unknown answers.

Yuna noticed this, she could feel it as Tidus remained quiet, slowly trying to process his anger and control it. She could feel his rage as well within her. She shared the same anger, things never seemed to be enough when it came down to the two of them. It seemed that they would never live a life of peace and quiet. There would always be that curse hanging above them, she thought.

It was unfair, sad and true. Was it even worth living on while knowing that she was forever doomed to this unpeaceful life, she wondered? Was it worth living with all this stress, pain and misery?

One look at the blonde haired, blue eyed person in front of her sent her kicking herself for ever asking this. Of course it was worth it if he was around. With him with her she would manage to live whatever life held in store for both of them. With him, she could and would conquer it all.

The door to Yuna's room flung open as Rikku and Paine entered with energy that would last them a life-time. Yuna's eyes flew right towards them as she could only look on, not knowing what to say or do. Tidus, from where he laid did the same. His eyes was although staring up and down the blonde half-naked girl in front of them that stood beside a leather-clothed girl as well.

'Is that Rikku!' He thought incrediously, if it was, she sure had changed since he last saw her. She had a more mature look to her, and her image mind-blew him into oblivion. He would never really understand Rikku or her way of life. Niether did he want to find out either, he thought. But even so, he was glad to see her yet again. He would never forget the Al Bhed that had helped him into the beginning of knowing Spira's and Sin's story. She had been one of the Al Bhed's to help him when he arrived at the strange world, and she had been the one to tell him of Zanarkand's destruction 1000 years earlier. She made him realise that he had been thrown into the future by a thousand years. But with this in mind, he only stared at the girl in awe.

"Rikku!" Yuna stated, confused by her incoming, and slightly worried of the look Tidus had on his face as he looked at her cousin. What his intentions were she didn't know, nor did she want to know. But she assumed it to be the shock of seeing Rikku again after such a long time. And by her change of style into a more mature and less-clothing one. She merely thought this to be a bit funny, as Tidus had missed out a lot.

"Rikku!" Tidus shrieked blown-away. It really was Rikku! Crazy Al Bhed Girl Rikku! Tidus could only smile in joyness to her unique Rikku-grin. Rikku was surely one of her kind, she was an amazingly funny girl whom he could always enjoy a crazy chat with. "Oh my god, how you've grown!" he let out in a whisper.

"You bet, welcome back stud." Rikku smiled teasingly. She was overjoyed of seeing Tidus in a waken state again, but she would hold her hyperness for herself for now. At least for a short while she inwardly thought wickedly.

"Yeah, but you'll never grow ahead of me, little Bean Rikster." Tidus teased in a over-brotherly way as he made this a point in his life to always tease her one way or another.

"Heey, don't call me a bean you big meanie!" Rikku said with a pointing finger towards him. She would get him back.

A cough was heard from the black-leather-clothed girl standing beside Rikku, and Tidus turned his attention to her and was meet by piercing red eyes. He looked at those eyes in awe as well for a while. Red eyes was always something he thought of being a cool thing. He had once in a while wished himself to have red fiery eyes. It sometimes made people look evil and hateful. But on this girl, no other color could fit her better than red. She wore leather-clothes that was tight onto her body, she reminded him very much of Lulu. Except for her hair, which was short and a bit spikey in a shade of grey. She looked tough, not someone you would want to mess with, he thought. He wondered, who was this girl?

"Paine!" Yuna then let out, adressing the girl by her name. Tidus couldn't possibly know who she saw, if he couldn't remember anything from that moment on the beach, surely another presentation was in order. "Tidus, this is Paine." Yuna then added as she turned to look at Tidus face. He was still looking Paine up and down. She sighed lightly, jelousy would not take over her. She knew Tidus loved her, he had said it twice, but only remembered the latest confession. But it was the first that she held dearly, the one he couldn't remember. The fact that he refused to lose his consciousness before he had let her know touched her deeply than any other thing. She would always keep that moment with her. That painful and hurting moment of his aching weakness, she would keep. Just because of that confession during it all.

"I don't think another introduction is needed, Yuna. You introduced us down at the beach earlier, remember?" Paine stated from where she stood, back towards the wall with her arms crossed across her chest.

Yuna went to answer this with a reason to it all, but Tidus beat her to it.

"I'm sorry, but Yuna needed to do that.." He quietly started, it was as if he was ashamed of what he was about to say. "Because.. I can't remember anything from that moment on the beach. I can't remember anything about being on a beach to begin with to tell the truth."

"What!" Rikku questioned. "What do you mean you don't remember?"

Tidus remained in a silent state at this, Yuna guessed that he was ashamed of what had happened. He probably felt himself being weak and dumb for not remembering such an important event of their time together. She understood a bit, she too would feel ashamed and bad if she couldn't remember the first time she told him that she loved him. It was such a painful thing to forget.

"It means what he said, Rikku. He can't remember..." Yuna softly spoke in Tidus place. She then turned her eyes back to her love to see him inside his own little world of thinking.

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"So how's it going with everything, Nooj?" Gippal asked the mevyn as they walked down the road of Mi'ihen Highroad.

Both had taken a time off to walk around, Nooj had walked down from the Youth League's Headquarters in Mushroom Rockroad, and Gippal from his Machina Faction in Djose Temple to meet by Mi'ihen and talk things over. Such as work and life.

"I'm not really sure. Everything in the headquarter's going fine, The Youth League is on good grounds with New Yevon. Our followers are expanding quite good, and we're keeping Spira quite safe from fiends together with the corporation with New Yevon. But, there's something that's bugging me a bit."

"Oh, yeah?" Gippal curiously questioned, as Nooj caught his ears on something that he felt was off. And from what experience Gippal had gathered from working together with Nooj earlier, was that when Nooj felt something, he was usually right.

"We recieved a distress signal from Guadosalam about a day ago about an malfunction and something about someone escaping something over there. Much more we didn't get as the signal broke." Nooj informed in a deep and disturbed voice.

"Malfunction and escapage? That can't be right, who would escape from what? All they got over there is that huge inside palace belonging to Leblanc and her gang, the shops, a few Guado houses here and there, and the Farplane. It's not like they have prison or something." Gippal explained from his previous Guadosalam experiences.

"I know, that's why I didn't call in a squad. Instead I sent Aiko and Laq over there to see things over and report back. But they haven't returned yet. A day or so is more than enough to get there and see things over and report back. But they've been gone for almost 2 days now." Nooj was worried, whatever it was keeping Laq and Aiko from returning had to be big.

"Hmm, yeah. I can admit that it's wierd. But hey, maybe they've just lost track of time. Before you know it they'll probably be back with loads of information for you." Gippal encouaraged in a half smile as they continued walking around aimlessly.

"I hope so." Nooj only answered in deep thought.

"Yeah, chill Noojie." Gippal teased. "And while on the subject of Noojie, how's things with Leblanc?"

"Can't really say, haven't heard from her in a while, last I heard she was in going through the Thunder Plains with Logos and Ormi on their way to Macalania. Said something of wanting to inspect the Temple there." Nooj answered.

"Inspect the Temple?"

"Don't ask me, I can't understand her sometimes either." Nooj only answered. "How's it going for you then? Anyone out there for you?"

Gippal laughed as he scratched his head lightly before settling on an answer: "Well, I do have my eyes for one girl. A very hyper-special girl." he grinned.

"I see." Nooj smirked knowingly. Gippal was in for another wild ride.

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A/N: That's all for this chapter people. Next one should be up within a week or so. Or maybe earlier if the reviews really edge me on to writing faster. School's coming up now on Tuesday for me. So, it will take up much of my time. So the time to cheer on for another chapter will have to be before that, I think. Oh well, let's see of it goes. Thank you for reading once again.

/ Alexiel91