Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy X.
Hee. I know I was supposed to update Friday, but I was too lazy... To repent for my laziness I made this 2 chapters rolled into one...or something like it...
Chapter 5: Only the Beginning
A week had passed since Yuna was found in the alley. She still hadn't revealed what Sin had done to her, and most couldn't help but lean towards that subject sometimes.
"So Yuna..." Tidus trailed off. He really wasn't sure what he was going to say in the first place, it just slipped off his tongue. Grinning nervously, he quickly placed his hands behind his head.
"If it's about Sin..." Yuna glanced up at the blonde, already knowing. "I'm not telling. Besides, I don't really even remember what they really did. Just some vague memories and...some strange feeling."
"What kind of feeling?" He cocked his head toward the summoner. Tidus was a little proud of himself, even though he really hadn't done anything. Yet he'd still gotten more out of Yuna than anyone else had. Even more than Rikku or Kimahri.
"I'm not sure..." She stared at the ground, rubbing her right arm in a nervous motion. "It makes me utterly petrified of Sin."
"Maybe Sin put it in you or something." Tidus had realized how stupid that sentence had sounded. How can you 'put' a feeling 'in' someone. "I mean... So you'd be to scared to go up against them..."
Yuna cut him off. "Thus I wouldn't go and seek to destroy them!" She jumped up, hugging the surprised blitzer, almost knocking him over. "You're a genius!"
"M-me?" Tidus regained his balance, patting her back, not knowing what to do. "What did I do?"
"You figured out what my feeling was!" Yuna looked up at him with gleeful eyes, still holding on to him tightly.
"You figured out half of it." He looked down at the girl who was squeezing him half to death. "Besides, I don't see how it will help."
"Maybe you're not such a genius after all..." She had a playful look on her face as she teased him. "Now I'm not so afraid anymore."
"...Oh." Tidus started glancing around at miscellaneous things, blushing. She still had a tight gripe on his abdomen. "Umm...heh."
Yuna had forgotten she had a hold on Tidus. She looked down to find that she had her arms encircled around his waist. "Heh...heh...whoops. Sorry!" Slowly, she moved her arms down to her sides, but didn't back away.
"Don't be. Everyone gets excited every now and then." He grinned down at her, coking an eyebrow. Tidus wouldn't have minded it if she had stayed in his arms longer, but his stupid conscience had to but in.
Yuna giggled. She began to wonder why she felt so comfortable with him. She usually didn't come to trust someone so easily, especially after Sin. Yet she always felt safe with Tidus. She almost felt as if she had known him before. Something was coming back to her. Little by little, but it was coming. Tidus was feeling some similar effects.
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"You wanna go where?" Tidus gave the summoner before him a questionable look, leaning further back in his chair.
"Kilika Island!" Yuna yelled, throwing her arms up in the air. She had been hanging around Rikku too much.
"Why Kilika? That place recently got bombarded by Sin." He leaned forward, crashing the front of the chair into the floor. "There's not much there."
"But there's a fayth there." She leaned forward in her chair, mere centimeters away from Tidus' face.
"A fayth?" It had sounded familiar to him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Aeon? You should at least know that." It was now her turn to give him a questionable look.
"Yeah. I know what aeons are...sorta. Heh." To say the least, he felt dumb.
Yuna quickly explained the basics of the fayth. Tidus had gotten a hold of most of it, but was still a little perplexed. To his luck, Yuna gladly went over the parts he hadn't understood so well.
"Okay. I think I got it." Tidus rubbed his chin thoughtfully, running over what Yuna had just told him.
"Good. 'Cause I'm getting tired of explaining." She sighed heavily, falling back into her chair.
"Hey! I thought you enjoyed explaining it." He had a playful shocked look on his face.
Yuna pouted, mocking him. "Is my little Tidy-widy getting upset?" She was using a baby voice, pinching his cheek.
He reached up and took hold of the offending hand. "Oh. So now I'm your 'little Tidy-widy'?"
"Of COURSE!" She threw her hands up, jumping into his lap, knocking the chair over.
"Whoa!" Tidus flailed his arms as the chair tumbled down. Yuna was sprawled out on top of him, pinning the blonde to the ground. She was suddenly overcome by sleepiness. Subconsciously, she snuggled further into his warmth, dozing off.
"They're getting along surprisingly well for only knowing each other for a week." The pale woman observed from the doorway.
"Of course." Auron stated his claim and shuffled off to the shower. That man always seemed know everything. Lulu had a feeling he was keeping a very important secret from everyone else.
"Hey, Lu, how's it goin'?" Wakka greeted enthusiastically. Lulu slumped down slightly. And this man was clueless.
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"Ah, the S.S. Wino!" Tidus' voice was happy and cheerful, much like Rikku's. "I'm glad to finally get out of that dump!"
"It wasn't THAT bad." Wakka paused, rethinking what he had just said. "Wait. You're right. That place was a dump!"
"Wakka, do me a favor." Lulu glanced over her shoulder at the red haired man.
"Sure, Lu. What da ya want me ta do?"
"Think before you speak." She boarded the S.S. Wino, leaving Wakka to think on the dock.
"But, Lu! You've already asked me to do that favor before!" Wakka exclaimed, running onto the large boat.
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Tidus let the ocean wind rustle his short strands of blond hair. It was getting far into the night and the ship was still sailing on with good speed.
"Mind if I join you?" Yuna cautiously approached the relaxed blitzer.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" he asked, turning towards the summoner.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" Yuna shot back.
"Touché." Tidus scooted over slightly. He glanced back at Yuna, who was still sanding there. "I thought you wanted to join me, not stand there like an idiot."
Yuna 'humphed' and took the spot next to him. "That wasn't very nice." She stared out towards the dark ocean.
"What? I was being perfectly nice...and I still am!" He took a quick glance over at the girl beside him. Her eyes were closed peacefully and her short brown locks fluttered all about her face.
"You said I was an idiot." She grinned teasingly. "Not very gentleman-like at all!"
"Aw, come on! You know I didn't mean it." Tidus couldn't help but snicker lightly.
Yuna pouted. "I didn't know. I thought you ment it."
"Yuna, I thought you knew me better than that!" He was using he pretend hurt voice.
"I've only known you for a week, dummy." She grinned at the sea.
"Ack! Now I'm hurt." He flailed his arms.
"Tidus, I thought you knew me better than that!" Yuna mocked him.
"I've only know you for a week." Tidus turned his head towards the summoner. "You know. You've been hanging around Rikku too much."
"Are you sure it's Rikku that's effecting my behavior?" Yuna rested her head against Tidus' shoulder.
"Dah...I...umm..." He was seriously at a loss for words.
"Don't you think that we've possibly gotten too close for only knowing each other for a week?" She scooted closer to him.
"Yeah, but...I got this feeling..." Tidus felt tongue-tied again.
"I know...I have it too." She intertwined her arm with his. He gulped. "Maybe well find something...to bring back lost memories."
"Probably." Tidus fidgeted slightly in her hold. He wasn't exactly used to a girl 'clinging' to him like this. "I know I've lost some memories. Sin took them."
"Were...are you a survivor of Sin's attacks?" Yuna tightened her grip.
"Yeah..." He began to subconsciously rub the top of Yuna's hand with his thumb.
"I know I've lost some memories, too." She nuzzled his shoulder. "And I really want one of them back."
End chapter
Okay. So maybe this one wasn't two chapters rolled into one. BUT, I'll try to make the next one long. That one will hopefully be up on Tuesday...
Heh. The main reason why I added the stupid little plot twist thing was so I could write TidusxYuna scenes like the ones in this chapter earlier on. Anyways, please review!
