(Time for a drastic twist to stir things up. Heh heh heh…)

Yuna paced across the bridge room impatiently waiting for the thumbs up from Shinra. She couldn't believe that she was going to see Tidus, and in Zanerkand no less! She had always wondered what it would be like to live there… especially after she met Tidus. She always wanted to see it, and now her dream was finally coming true. What would she say to him? Were there odd customs there…?

Meanwhile, Paine was watching her friend pace nervously.

"Yuna," she said. "Calm down. You might run a hole into the floor…"

Yuna turned and kept pacing. "I know… but I can't stop thinking about what I'm about to do… What's about to happen…" turn. "I can't believe I'm going to see him again. I was so convinced it couldn't happen for 3 years, and now…" turn. "…it is!"

"Yes, we know…" Paine said, her eyes moving back and forth watching Yuna cross the room. Finally, Shinra approached her.

"Yuna, it's time to go. Are you ready."

She only nodded, because that's all she could handle. Beyond words… she wasn't sure what would happen. In the back of her mind, she had always worried. Worried that maybe… maybe Rikku didn't make it there. Maybe it was all a joke. Maybe she wouldn't see him again.

Yuna stepped over to the machine. It was like a large metal circle that was large enough for someone Yuna's size to step through. Shinra walked over to the control box and gave her a thumbs up. She nodded back. Shinra flipped the switch…

Nothing happened.

He toggled the switch…

Still nothing.

Finally, he smacked the little metal box and flipped the switch…

A purplish whirlpool type cloud showed up in the center of vortex. Yuna smiled, then frowned.

"Shinra… wasn't it green when Rikku went through?"

"Yeah, I noticed that myself."

"You aren't going to go through there, are you?" Paine asked with a look of concern in her eyes.

"I…"

"No Yuna!" cried Brother. "It might hurt you!"

"It won't hurt her Brother, it might not take her where she wants to go…"

Suddenly, the machine stopped. The cloud disappeared, and an electrical current went through the machine. There seemed to be a tiny explosion inside of the box.

"What was that?" asked Yuna, quickly stepping back.

"The machine over fried itself. It looks like I'll have to fix it… it…"

"How long!" Yuna blurted out.

"I don't know. I'm just a kid." Shinra shrugged, then crouched down to work on the machine. Yuna was in a haze. What had just happened? She slowly turned and walked towards the cabin. She needed rest to figure this whole thing out.

Zanarkand

"Tidus! Slow down! I don't know where I'm going!"

"Uh, sorry!" Tidus said, stopping to wait for Rikku. "I just, uh… I'm just excited. That's all…"

Rikku pouted. "Yeah… but I have to leave! I don't want to leave here…"

"Well… you'll come back to visit. Won't you?"

"Of course I will! Will you be looking forward to seeing me?" she asked, playfully nudging his arm with her elbow.

"Yeah, yeah!"

"Good. You know… we've all missed you."

"What?"

Rikku ran foreward quickly. "Come on slowpoke!"

"Hey! I thought you didn't know where we were going!"

"I lied!" Rikku called back cheerfully.

Tidus laughed, then ran to catch up to his friend.

(Okay, asking for pairings. I'm going to change this story a bit… here are the choices. You can choose multipal ones. TidusxYuna, RikkuxTidus, YunaxBrother, YunaxGippal, RikkuxTravis, RikkuxRandom person, TidusxRandom person, YunaxRandom person or none of the above. Please tell me in a review, because I need to know before the next chapter!)