Summary

It is a normal day in the life of Tohru, Kyo and Yuki. When they are at the lakeside, suddenly a storm breaks loose. The three friends black-out and when they awake, they find themselves in Spira.
There, in a place called Besaid, the local priests see that Tohru has the talent. She becomes an apprentice summoner and Kyo and Yuki will be training to be her guardians.
Tohru will become a summoner and the three begin the pilgrimage, traveling towards their new goal; defeating Sin and bring the calm.
But what about the others? Are they still home, or are they here? And the curse?

Author's Notes

Yay! The first chapter! (The other was an intro.) So, how do you all like it so far? At the time I'm writing this, only two votes for the pairing have been submitted. One for KyoxTohru and one for YukixTohru. That's not really convenient, so take this choice and vote! Reviews are welcome, too! I'd like to improve my writing.

Chapter 1
A new life

'The beach?' Yuki said. Yes, they were definitely at a beach. Opposite of the sea, there were hills. 'At least there are people living here.' He thought out loud when seeing little storehouses and boats.

'Yuki?' Tohru had woken up.

'Tohru, are you alright?' The rat asked.

'Yeah, I guess so. Where are we?' The girl asked confused.

'I don't know… I don't recognize this place; I've never been here before.' Both looked puzzled. 'The last thing I remember is we were at the lake, a storm started, I passed out and woke up here.'

'Me too.' Tohru said. 'But what about Kyo, is he still sleeping?' Worried, she stood up and walked over to where Kyo was lying.

That moment, Yuki gasped, pointing at something. The girl saw Yuki pointing and turned her head, but it was already too late. A giant wave crashed down and made both Tohru and Kyo soaking wet.

Of course, Kyo woke up with a yell instantly. 'WHAT THE …!!!'

'Stupid cat…' The words came effortlessly out of Yuki's mouth.

'You damn rat!' Kyo accusingly pointed at Yuki. 'And where the heck are we?'

'At a beach, can't you see? You truly are stupid.'

'Uh, guys… please stop fighting.' Tohru said. A child was staring at them, having a confused look on her face.

'Elena, what are you doing?' A young woman came, being followed by a man. 'Who are those people?'

'Oh, I'm sorry! I'm Tohru Honda, pleased to meet you. These here are Yuki and Kyo Sohma.' Tohru immediately said.

'Could you tell us where we are, please?' Yuki asked.

'This is the Isle of Besaid.' The man said.

'You wear funny clothes, where are you from?' The little girl asked.

Besaid? Neither of them had ever heard of the place. Not even Yuki, who got the highest marks at school. 'Uhm… We don't actually know where we came from. We uh…' Tohru started. She had a weird feeling Japan didn't existed here. Of course, it couldn't be that they were in another world, but what if?

'What's the name of this world?' The rat tried. It must have sounded stupid, judging the faces of the people in front of him.

'Spira, of course. Is something wrong?' The woman said, her voice full of disbelieve and confusion.

How are they supposed to react to that? So it seemed they were in a world different from their own.

There was a silence, until the cat spoke. 'Sin.' It was only one word, but it certainly held great fear.

'Well, they say your head gets funny when you got to close to Sin.' The girl spoke. 'Maybe that's why you don't remember.'

'Is it really that bad?' The woman said.

'So it seems. Maybe praying at the temple would help.' The man answered.

'Oh, how rude we are, we haven't even introduced ourselves! I'm Elodia, this is my man Ion and our daughter Elena.' Elodia said.

'You should introduce yourselves to the priests in the temple. They sure can tell you how to get rid of Sin's toxin.' Ion told them. 'You do remember the prayer, right?'

'Prayer? Which prayer?' All three said simultaneously.

'How could you forget? That's like the basic of the basics!' Ion exclaimed. 'Well, never mind, it's rather easy. Do it like this.' He stepped back with his right foot, spread his arms and bowed. While bowing he moved his hands together forming a ball. He stands up straight and finally bowed his head. 'Now you.'

Tohru, Yuki and Kyo all tried to do the prayer. 'Like this?' The girl known as an onigiri asked.

'Yes, not bad.' Elodia told them. 'Come on, we'll bring you to our village.'

They exited the beach and came past some of the most beautiful nature they had ever seen. Everything was so different from their own world. It really was hard to believe. But could they ever go back to Japan?

Tohru noticed how silent Kyo was, since he had woken up, he hadn't talk much. She thought it was weird.

Yuki thought about how this could have happened, most people don't go to other worlds. Was it because of their curse? But, Tohru was here too.

Kyo wondered how he knew that name. Those people looked rather shocked when they heard it. Back at the lake, the name just found its way in his thoughts, not really thinking about how it came there. Maybe he knew because of the spirit of the cat inside of him.

'We're here!' Elena said cheerfully. They were standing in front of the gates.

'That there is the Crusaders lodge.' Elodia told them, pointing at a tent in the back. 'And that is were you can find us.' She said, pointing at a large tent at the other side of the small village. In total, there were five tents. At the far end of the village, there was a stone building.

'That there, in the back, that is the village's temple.' Ion said. 'You should go there first. Then we give you something to eat and some new clothes as it seems yours are all wet and dirty.' The three nodded and walked into the village.

They stepped inside the temple and looked around. This made Yuki realize how different this world was from his own. There were lot of statues; two of them were bigger than the rest. Some people were praying, making the movement they just learned.

A priest noticed them and came walking in their direction. 'You are not from here, are you?' He asked.

'No, we are not. But we don't know where we came from; we uh… got too close to Sin.' Yuki said.

The priest and other people gasped. 'So you don't remember. But, you're still alive. Praise be to Yevon.' He did the prayer.

'Yevon?' Kyo asked, speaking again.

'You even forgot Yevon?' Another gasp from the other temple visitors. 'Yevon is the sacred teaching. Here, in this temple and those in other villages, summoners learn to call forth aeons, sacred beasts of Yevon, which will help the summoner on his or her quest to defeat Sin. They must pray in every temple. Those that defeat Sin become high summoners and bring the calm; a period without Sin. Unfortunately, after some time, Sin appears again.' The priest explained.

'Could you tell us more about Sin?' The cat asked.

'Sin appeared 900 years ago. It destroyed the great machinacities, like Zanarkand. The people than were lazy and let the machina, machines, do the work. Sin is our punishment; we must atone our Sins and live life like said in Yevon's teachings.' The priest was silent for a moment. 'But I won't tell you more. Pray to Yevon and your memories will return again.'

So they prayed. When they were outside again, Elodia waited there for them.

'You introduced yourselves? Good. Now come, lunch is ready.' She said. 'But first you'll have to put on some decent clothing.' Yuki, Kyo and Kyo nodded and followed Elodia into the tent.