Me: Wow...it's been awhile hasn't it?

(An overwhelming "YES!!" is heard from the crowd.)

Me: (blown away by the voices) I know I've been a horrid fanfiction writer, yet I really do love you all...even though I haven't showed it in a long time...and when I say long, I mean LONG!

Me: To make it up to you, here is an extra super duper long chapter!! More than 5000 words! WOOT!!

(No other noise is heard while authoress celebrates)

Me: Aww...Come on guys...(is hit in face with old tomato)

Me: (wipes face with back of hand) Okay...I deserved that...but now, we must get on with the chapter. Than, afterwards, if you still feel like pelting me with old produce, then so be it!

Me: I would just like to say thank you to Baran3 for giving me a kick start with their review. I wouldn't have become inspired after such a long period of time without it. So...I hope I spell this right... Merci beaucoup! Tu as aide moi beaucoup! (I realize there is supposed to be an accent agu (sp?) on the 'e' in 'aide' but I don't know how to make it with my keyboard...(is computer challenged)

Me: So, please! Enjoy this chapter after the looooooong wait! (is hit in face with old banana peel)

Me: Ewww... By the by, this chapter is shown in two different points of view, Tidus' and Jemma's. This is only because they were seperated and I wanted to show you some of the small things that changed by her being there from the original game play. Yeah. It's special.

Disclaimer-that-should-have-been-put-in-the-first-chapter: I do not own anything FFX related, no matter how much I beg, plead, and/or grovel for it, besides my game and guide. And of course my absolute love for said game...What? You're saying I don't own that? Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!! (sits in corner and cries)...(sniff) Oh yeah...I own Jemma as well. Yeah. That's impressive...

Chapter 4: A Bad Situation

"…No, no, no, no. This can't be happening…" I slowly made my way over to where the door used to be. It seemed like numerous rocks had fallen perfectly in the doorway, blocking off my only escape route. I placed my hand onto one of the larger pieces of debris, checking to see whether or not I was hallucinating. The hard, jagged surface told me I wasn't. This…was bad.

'Okay, Jemma. Don't panic. Just…look around for another escape route.' Swiveling my head around, I saw that there was in fact no other door, window, or hole in the wall I could walk/climb/crawl through. I was stuck.

I could feel the panic rise up in me as I stood there shaking, both from the cold and fear I was experiencing. I walked backwards into the wall and slid down onto the floor.

"This cannot be happening. It just can't. Nope. Not happening…" I muttered to myself.

Hugging my arms, I tried to think positively. 'Tidy will know that I'm somewhere around here. He'll come find me…'

'Stupid! He gets taken captive by the Al Bhed, remember?' The stupid voice of negativity in the back of my head kindly reminded me.

'Well, he could tell Rikku that there's someone other than himself in the temple.'

'She knocks him out. sigh Have you really forgotten all of this?'

'…He…could…'

'Face it. You can't get out of here.'

'…'

'No one's going to come and rescue you. Certainly not Tidus.'

'…'

'You're going to d…'

"Rrrgg…Shut up!!" I leapt up and placed my hands on either side of my head, trying to get rid of the negative thoughts rolling around in there.

Breathing slightly hard, I whipped my head up and glared in the direction of the door. I would NOT die in here. This is only the beginning. Only total newbie's die in the beginning and I was NO newbie.

Searching the room once more, I was disappointed to find that there was no useful tool I could use to dig myself out with, just a lot of small rocks. My face turned grim. I could only think of one way I could save myself…Gritting my teeth, I strode up to the pile of rocks and gripped one of the looser rocks with both hands and pulled. It didn't move too much at first, but once I wiggled it around a bit it came loose. I threw the rock behind me and went back to digging.

I started to think that perhaps gloves, such as the kind worn by Tidus, were not such a bad accessory to don, for digging yourself through a large pile of debris is not a fun activity with bare hands.

A little while later, I had made some progress and accomplished bloodying up my forearms and my hands, both of which stung like crazy. I thought about using a potion to ease my pain, but once I saw that there were only a couple left, I decided to save them for an emergency. Reaching up to grasp the next rock, I winced as I felt it touch my open wounds.

'I am sooo getting an infection…' I grimaced at the thought and prayed that if…no, when I got out of this god-forsaken room, I didn't die from an infection. That would just not be cool.

Finally removing the rock I was working on, I quickly figured out that I shouldn't have done that. As it turns out, that particular rock was supporting a whole BUNCH of rocks that proceeded to fall down upon the dent I made in the pile and on myself. Quickly covering my face with my arms and backing up, I felt the sharp edges of the rocks pierce my skin as they tumbled downward. Once the rocks stopped falling, I let my arms down and stared in horror at what was done. I could barely see that any progress had been made at all…it was like I hadn't even started digging!! I felt tears of frustration gather in my eyes as I glared at the source of my pain.

Meanwhile, on a ship out somewhere in the ocean…

"I'm not going to ask you again. What did you do with Jemma!?"

Tidus was very confused. First, he got knocked out be a girl who couldn't possibly be older than he was for no apparent reason and now he was on a strange ship in the middle of the ocean, being held captive by two guys with guns whom he couldn't even speak to, and Jemma was no where to be found.

"Crid ib, lybdeja!" (Shut up, captive!) One of the guards yelled at him.

Tidus was very frustrated.

Suddenly, the door to the inside of the ship opened and out came a man with lots of blue tattoos and…

'Hey, that's the girl who knocked me out!'

Tidus watched them as they came over. The man stopped in front of him.

"Caynlr res!" (Search him!) He yelled.

The girl that had knocked Tidus out came up behind him and dragged him to a standing position, keeping his left arm behind his back. The man then proceeded to make different motions that resembled swimming to an extent.

Tidus just glared at the man. "Where's my friend?"

The man looked confused. "Tu oui hud cbayg?" (Do you not speak?)

He then reached into one of his pockets and pulled out some goggles. He shoved them towards Tidus, trying to sign something once again.

"I don't understand what you're trying to say! Now, where's my friend?"

One of the guards turned red in the face. "Ehcumahla!" (Insolence!)

The girl behind Tidus put her hand out towards the guard. "Fyed!" (Wait!) She then turned to Tidus. "He said you can stay if you make yourself useful."

Tidus was stunned for a moment. "You…you understand me?"

The guard to Tidus' right elbowed him in the back of the head. Leaning forward slightly and clutching his head, Tidus growled out, "All right, I'll work!"

That seemed to satisfy the three men, so they backed off a little, still keeping a watch on Tidus. Tidus sighed and turned around to face the girl, who had let go of his arm.

"All right, since you can understand me, can you please tell me where my friend is?"

She looked confused. "What friend?"

"She was there with me in those ruins. She has long, brown hair and blue eyes and is…" He held his hand up to just under his chin. "This tall."

The girl continued looking at him, still confused. "There…wasn't anyone else there with you. We checked the temple…the only other living thing there was the fiend…Are you sure there was someone with you?"

Now it was Tidus' turn to look confused. Jemma was with him there…right?

The man with all of the blue tattoos called out something to the girl and she nodded at him. Turning back to Tidus, she said, "Look, we've gotta get to work. After we're done, we talk more about what to do, okay?"

Furrowing his brows, Tidus slowly nodded. "…Alright…"

The girl nodded and smiled. "Good…Oh, almost forgot!"

"You…stupid…ROCKS!!" I yelled, having no better way to express my anger at the moment.

It's times like these when you wish you had something soft to punch, like a maester…

The tears in my eyes were threatening to break though, but this was no time to be crying. I knew if I wanted to get out, I had to start over, and yet…My shoulders slumped forward as I hung my head. This was just…so hard. Why'd this have to happen, huh? Why wasn't I smart enough to stay with Tidus? How stupid could I be? Now, I'm probably going to die in this under-furnished, horrid looking room…My lower lip began to quiver and I sniffed. Looking up to once again glare and perhaps shout at my most hated inanimate objects, I saw something…different. Near the top of the pile, there was something which kind of resembled a hole. I got as close as I could to the bottom of the rock pile and peered upward, squinting my eyes. Yup, that was definitely something that could be a hole.

I clambered up the pile to see once again if I was seeing things. And once again, I wasn't.

Letting out a whoop of joy, I frantically began digging around the hole as if my life depended on it, which it kind of did.

The pain in my hands and arms intensified as I continued digging, but I could just feel that I was getting closer to freedom, making everything else inferior at the moment. The hole got larger and larger, which made me dig faster and faster.

Finally, after a minor rock slide (which thankfully didn't fall onto me), the hole was big enough for me to squeeze through. Mentally dancing, I placed my arms through the hole and began to crawl through.

'I'm gunna make it!' I sung in my head.

I pulled my head and shoulders through. 'I'm gunna make it!'

I pulled my torso through. 'Not gunna die! I'm gunna make it!'

I pulled, once again, to get my hips through. 'I'm gunna…' I paused as I realized I was no longer moving forward. Frowning, I tried grabbing onto some more rocks, pulling harder. Nothing. Horrified realization dawned on me as I slowly turned my head to look behind me. The worst possible thing to happen to a girl in my position just happened.

My. Hips. Were. Stuck.

Several curse words flew through my head as I mentally berated myself for eating all those extra sweets. Turning, I got the best grip I could on a couple of rocks and pulled with all my might.

'You are so going on a diet when we get out of this!' I told my body.

Pulling harder, my hips began to scoot through slowly. Like snails pace slowly. But it was progress I suppose. My arms and hands were beginning to hurt from the strain of pulling. I wanted to relax so badly, but not while I was stuck in a hole in the wall. Staying like this would be just as bad as dressing myself in a meat suit, dancing around and singing, "Come and get me, Klikk!!"

I could hear a ringing in my head after that last thought. A mental picture of being eaten by fiends while stuck here popped into my head. I started to pull harder than ever.

Finally, I slid my hips out from the rocks. Before I could celebrate though, the rest of my body came out very quickly (i.e. my legs). Now while this may SOUND like a good thing, this event caused a domino effect which ended up with me rolling down the pile of rocks on the other side of the door and falling flat on my face.

"Ugh…" I moaned as I placed my hands on either side of me and pushed myself up. Sitting on my knees, I took a look around. I was free!!

Meanwhile, on that same ship…

Tidus was lying down on the cold deck of the ship, tired from fighting that big squid-like monster and hungry, having not eaten in who knows how long.

"Uhh…hungry." He moaned out loud to no one in particular. He could just imagine that the rest of the workers were downstairs with plenty of food, eating to their hearts content.

A kick to his arm shook him out of his hunger-induced daydream and he looked up to see the girl from before. She was carrying a tray with her and set it down in front of him. It was filled with what looked like the most delicious food, to Tidus at least.

Tidus quickly sat up. "Whoa! Right on!" He grabbed handfuls of the food and began eating as fast as he could. He was soooo hungry!

Fairly soon, he began to choke on some food that he swallowed too fast. Hitting his chest, he couldn't seem to get the food out of his throat. A canteen appeared in his vision, which he grabbed and began drinking heavily from.

The girl squatted down next to him. "It's 'cause you eat too fast!" she lightly scolded him.

Tidus gave her back her canteen and got up to stretch.

"Hey!" The girl stood up, slightly indignant at the brush off.

Tidus turned on her and said, "Hello there. What is your name?"

The girl tilted her head slightly and answered, "Rikku."

Tidus grinned widely and started shaking her hand frantically. "You really do understand!" He laughed. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"I didn't get a chance too! Everyone thought oui were a fiend." She explained.

Tidus was confused. "Uh…'we'?"

"Oh, 'oui' means 'you'."

Tidus raised an eyebrow at her explanation, clearly not understanding in the least. "Who are you guys, anyway?"

Rikku walked over to the side of the ship, explaining, "We're Al Bhed. Can't you tell?" She paused for a moment, then turned around to face Tidus. "Wait. You're not an Al Bhed-hater, are you?"

Tidus walked closer to her. "I don't even know what an Al Bhed is."

Rikku peered at him suspiciously, as if she had never heard that sort of answer before. "Where are you from?"

Tidus smiled proudly. "Zanarkand. I'm a blitzball player." He struck a pose and kicked an imaginary blitzball into the distance. "Star player of the Zanarkand Abes!"

She stared at him strangely. "Did you…hit your head or something?"

He gave her a deadpanned look. "Um, you guys hit me."

Rikku flushed slightly. "Oh, right... Do you remember anything before that?"

Tidus walked up next to her and began explaining everything that had happened from the blitzball match onward, adding in facts about life in Zanarkand when they came to mind.

Rikku was very quiet throughout his whole tale. Once he finished, Tidus saw her troubled face and got an uneasy feeling. "Did I say something funny?"

She looked away grimly. "You were near Sin."

Tidus nodded. "Mmm-hmm."

Rikku nodded forcefully. "Don't worry," she assured Tidus, "you'll be better in no time. They say your head gets funny when Sin is near. Maybe you just had some kind of dream?"

"You mean I'm sick?" Tidus was dumbstruck.

Rikku nodded once again. "Because of Sin's toxin, yeah."

Tidus wasn't so sure. "You sure?"

"Yeah, there is no Zanarkand anymore." Rikku replied with certainty. "Sin destroyed it a thousand years ago. So...no one plays blitzball there."

Tidus felt a coldness seep into his body. 'What…'

"Huh? What you do mean a thousand years ago? But I saw Sin attack Zanarkand! You're saying that happened a thousand years ago?"

Tidus shook his head. "No way! What about Jemma?! She saw Sin's attack too!"

"I told you before…" Rikku replied, "There wasn't anyone else in the temple…"

"I know she was there. She's probably still there. Are you sure you checked everywhere?" Tidus knew he sounded crazy, even to himself, but he just couldn't give up…

Rikku looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Well…" Tidus listened eagerly "There were a few areas that were blocked off, but we didn't need to go into those areas anyway…sooo…maybe she was in one of those areas?" Rikku trailed off uncertainly.

"See!" Tidus exclaimed excitedly. "Will you take me back then? So that we can find her? Then she can tell you about Zanarkand too!"

Rikku was silent for a few moments. Then she softly said, "You said... You play blitzball?"

"Uh-huh." He nodded, slightly impatient.

She looked thoughtful again. "You know, you should go to Luca. Someone might know who you are, or you might find someone you recognize."

"Luca? But what about Jemma?"

Rikku nodded with certainty and stepped away from the side of the ship. "Okay, leave it to me! We'll go back to the ruins and get your friend then I'll get you two to Luca, promise!"

Tidus quietly considered her offer. He wanted to go and get Jemma, so she could prove his story about Zanarkand to Rikku and to make sure she was safe. But he wasn't sure about this Luca place…

Rikku scoffed at him. "You'd rather stay here?"

Tidus replied quickly with an "Uh-uh!" Rikku was okay, but there was no way he was staying around those other guys for longer than he had to.

Rikku smiled at his quick response. "Okay, I'll go tell the others. Wait here. Oh, and one thing." She faced him, her features serious. "Don't tell anyone you're from Zanarkand, okay? Yevon says it's a holy place. You might upset someone." And with that she ran off to go and tell the rest of the crew her plan.

'My Zanarkand, some kind of holy place?' Tidus thought sarcastically. 'Yeah right. Since when?'

He leaned against a couple of storage boxes. 'Yevon? Sin? Luca?' Tidus' thought were swirling around his head. He couldn't believe it. He thought that Sin had just swept him away somewhere, where he could return to Zanarkand fairly soon, but…

'A thousand years into the future?'

He stood and turned towards the boxes, exclaiming, "No way!"

To let out some of his frustration, he kicked the boxes, not really expecting anything to happen.

Suddenly there was a strong vibration coming from the water that shook the whole ship, making Tidus stumble around. The two guards from before came out of the door.

One of them shouted out something Tidus found quite familiar. "Sin!"

Another one yelled in a panicked voice while leaning over the edge. "Sin ec lusa!" (Sin is come!)

A third Al Bhed ran out from the doorway, carrying his weapon. "Ihtan ic! Ihtan ic!" (Under us! Under us!)

A large vibration shook the ship again, throwing Tidus off balance this time. He slid off the deck and into the dark, foreboding water below.

Scrambling to my feet, I began to run away from that horrid room and back into the center one where Tidus and I sat down and had our little campfire.

How much time had passed, I wondered. Would Tidus still be there? Though the honest part of me would guess 'Of course not, you dimwit!' I figured lying to myself would make me feel better at the moment. Stomping down the stairs, I nearly slid into another wall as I turned the corner into the main area.

Stilling my pace, I saw that there wasn't anyone there. No Tidus, no Rikku, no useless Al Bhed gun wielders…I was all alone. I walked over to where the fire had been. I looked pretty dead. I squatted down and touched the charred wood. It was pretty cold too. Too bad I couldn't tell how long ago they had left by how cold the fire was. That was a bummer.

Shaking out of my reverie, I stood and ran over to the make shift door that the Al Bhed used, which was basically a hole blown in the wall.

'I wish I had their explosives upstairs when I needed to make a hole…It would have gone so much faster…' Ah well, it was pointless to think about that now. It was a pretty big hole though…

'Note to self: Don't piss off the Al Bhed. They have the ability to make things go "Ka-BOOM!!!!"'

Running through the hole in the wall, which was much better then crawling by the way, I came face to face with the storm that seemed to plague this abandoned temple.

'I wonder if the storm is Anima's doing…Hmm…I shall have to figure that out later when I come back with the gang.'

That thought brought another problem to mind: How was I supposed to join up with Tidus and, by association, everyone else if I was stuck here at Baaj temple?! Thinking hard, I groaned in frustration. By now I was thoroughly soaked to the proverbial bone and quite without any ideas to get off this temple/island…thingy.

"Maybe, I could get some of the larger wooden piece and make a raft…" I muttered to myself. Of course I had never built anything like a raft in any size, but I'm sure the circumstances would make me a quick learner. Plus the fact that this was the only semi-decent idea I could come up with…Thinking, though, on the idea of me on a raft, alone, in the middle of who knows' where, surrounded by fiends, with no weapon…I began to see the futility of my semi-plan.

Feeling very weak all of the sudden, I collapsed onto my knees, staring out at the stormy ocean.

So there I was: Trapped in the middle of the ocean, soaking wet, all alone, with no protection. Things were really starting to look hopeless.

'I should have stayed with Tidy. I should have…'

"You're a useless one, aren't you?" a disgusted voice spoke out.

My head whipped around, trying to locate the source of the voice that just spoke.

I slowly stood up and spoke, "W-who…who's there?"

The only response I received was the howling of the wind.

"Ooo-kaaaay…" I was officially going nuts…not that I wasn't before, but…

Suddenly, my head felt like it was full of air and my body collapse into a heap on the cold, wet ground. Breathing felt like a chore and my vision darkened. Just before I blacked out, I could have sworn I heard someone say, "If she keeps this up, I'll just have to do things myself."

On a beach somewhere…

Tidus slowly made his way over to where Wakka was waiting to take him to the village.

'Finally, I'm going to get something to eat…' The very thought of food made his stomach growl.

Finally reaching the red headed man, a thought popped into Tidus' head.

'Why not…?' He wondered. Wakka seemed like a trustworthy guy.

"Hey Wakka…"

"Ya?" Wakka replied

Tidus shuffled his feet slightly. "It's true Zanarkand was destroyed, right?" He mentally shuddered at the thought. "A thousand years ago? So it's just a big pile of rubble now, isn't it?" It really felt weird calling his Zanarkand a 'pile of rubble'.

Wakka looked at him seriously. "Long time ago, there were a whole lot of cities in Spira. Big cities with machina-machines-to run 'em. People played all day and let the machina do the work. And then, well, take a look." He gestured over to the ruins that surrounded them.

"Sin came, and destroyed the machina cities. And Zanarkand along with 'em." He thought for a second. "Yeah, that was about a thousand years ago, just like you said."

He turned towards Tidus again, who looked confused, yet saddened. "If you asked me, Sin's our punishment for letting things get out of hand. What gets me, though..." Wakka looked very annoyed as he spoke this, "…is we gotta suffer, 'cause of what some goofballs did way back when!"

Wakka took a breath to calm himself down. "'Course, we must always repent for our sins! That's important! It's just that, it's hard to keep at it sometimes, you know?" He looked over towards Tidus for conformation.

Tidus was deep in thought. It was just like Rikku said. Wakka and Rikku couldn't both be lying. Why would they?

Wakka let out a deep laugh and placed Tidus in a headlock. "But you from the Zanarkand Abes-that was a good one! Hey, I'm not saying the team never existed, ya? But you gotta figure a team livin' in luxury like that'd be pretty soft, eh?" He snickered at his joke.

Tidus smiled half-heartedly. He really did appreciate the fact that Wakka was trying to cheer him up, but all he could think about was Sin. Everything that happened to

him-all this-started with Sin. Maybe if he could find Sin one more time, he could

go home! Tidus got excited at the prospect of being in a familiar setting again surrounded by his friends and fans. But there wasn't anything he could do about it now. It would be best for him not to worry about where, or even when, he was. Sure it was hard for him not to think of home. But figuring out a plan of action made him feel better already. A little better…maybe.

He walked alongside Wakka as they strode towards the village.

"Hey, Wakka?"

"Ya, brudda?"

"There…" Tidus knew it would be a long shot, but he had to ask. "Was there anyone else that you found by the beach? A girl, maybe?"

Wakka thought for a moment and scratched his chin. "No, I don't think so...Try asking someone else once we get to the village, alright?"

Tidus nodded and continued to follow him. 'I just hope that Rikku and Jemma are alright…'

The first thing I remember waking up to was a bright light. I had to quickly shut my eyes to avoid becoming blinded.

'Ugh…what happened?' My body kept moving up and down all by itself.

'Oh wait, it's just the water bobbing me up and down…'

Pausing briefly to take in all of these new happenings, I wondered, 'How did I end up here? Where's the storm? What happened?'

Feeling slightly panicked, I opened my eyes again, slower this time to avoid the bright light.

Bright light…

'Oh my god, I'm dead.' This wasn't good. 'Noooo!!! I can't die yet!! I haven't punched Seymour yet! This isn't fair!! I won't go towards the light, I won't!!'

After that, I firmly shut my eyes. I wasn't going to go down that easily.

I heard some noises coming towards me, though I couldn't make any of them out, and I panicked some more.

'Oh god! The demons are coming to take my soul to Satan! I knew this day would come!'

While I was debating about whether I should try and out swim them or stay and punch my way through the demon hordes, I heard a loud, male voice shout, "Someone's in the water!!"

Loud footsteps sounded as I assume other 'demons' came to see what he was talking about.

"You're right! There's a girl in there." A woman this time.

"Someone jump in there and save her!" Hmm, an accented male voice. I didn't know demons had different accents.

I heard a loud splash, followed by the sound of someone swimming towards me. I was mentally preparing myself to fight when a strong arm grabbed me around the waist.

"Don't worry." I heard someone say in a slight UK accent. I'm assuming it was the guy who yelled out that I was in the water. They did sound alike… "I've got you."

I tried to struggle out of his arm, but found to my alarm that I could not move. 'Ah, cred…'

I was drug through the water for a while, slightly opening my eyes to see if I could spot anything. All I saw was water EVERYWHERE.

The man holding onto me stopped suddenly and I shut my eyes quickly. If they didn't know I was awake I would have the element of surprise on my side.

'Heh, foolish mortals.' I thought maniacally, fully aware that I was just about as mortal as they were. At least I was beginning to think so, they could still be demons after my soul after all.

The man pulled us both up and out of the water slightly, grabbing onto what seemed like, as far as my squinty eyes could see, a rope ladder. Lifting me up further than himself, he handed me into the arms of someone else. I was beginning to feel very uncomfortable being passed around like a bad bowl of potato salad at a family reunion. Who knows where I would end up next. On the floor?

After that thought I was placed onto a hard, perhaps wooden, surface. Otherwise known as the floor.

'…Now make me your queen…and give me pudding…'

I could feel that there were several beings (the jury's still out on the species issue) and someone knelt down next me.

They paused for a moment. Finally they said, "She's still breathing. It's shallow, but I think she'll be okay."

'I'm aliiii-iiiive!!!' This was a happy moment. In weird circumstances, yes, but a happy moment none the less!

"I'll try and clear out her lungs…" I felt myself being turned on my side, away from the person speaking. They then proceeded to hit my back several times with the palm of their hand. I couldn't help but cough out some of the water that had apparently made it into my lungs.

'Wow…that actually made me feel better…' I was then turned onto my back again as I moaned and automatically opened my eyes. I really didn't mean to open them, as I was still vying for the element of surprise, but what I saw made me feel hundreds of times better.

I was surrounded by three or four humans, not demons. I couldn't see them all that well, but at least I felt safer than I had. Losing energy fast, my eyes began to droop while the people around me conversed.

"She'll be alright now. She just needs to rest for awhile."

"Poor thing…Do you think that…"

"Yeah, Sin probably got to her."

"Anyway, let's get her down below, Kenta…"

Sin? I'm still in Spira?

'That's good...I think…' I thought before I passed out…again.

Tidus' Dream…

Tidus was sitting on the Besaid Island dock for some reason. He couldn't remember why, so he decided to get up and try and find out. Looking around, he spotted Yuna standing at the other end of the dock. Walking over towards her, he asked, "Where's that boat?"

Yuna looked out to sea and responded in a worried voice, "Everyone will find us if it doesn't come soon."

Though he wasn't sure exactly what was going on, Tidus decided to go along with it. "You really sure this is okay?"

Yuna turned her pretty mismatched colored eyes towards him. "Would you take me to Zanarkand?"

Suddenly, Rikku appeared at the other end of the dock and ran towards them. Pointing at Tidus, who was now jogging in place for some reason, she exclaimed, "Hey! You'd said you'd go with me!"

Tidus was at a loss for what to say. "Oh, hey...I, uh..."

"What about me, Tidus?" Jemma ran up next to Yuna, looking hurt. "I thought we would be going back together?" Her eyes pleaded with him.

Tidus was beginning to get really confused. "Yeah, of course…but…uhh…"

Rikku glared at him. "I thought Wakka told you not to get any ideas?"

Yuna looked surprised. "He did?"

Rikku nodded once. "Yeah, so you're coming with me!"

Jemma frowned. "No, you're coming back with me!"

"Hey! Stop dreaming!" His father's voice boomed out from somewhere.

Jecht appeared across from the dock on the beach, Yuna and Jemma on his right and Rikku on his left.

Jecht scoffed at his son. "You with a woman? You can't even catch a ball!"

His father's voice turned taunting. "Oh, what's the matter? Gonna cry again? Cry, cry. That's the only thing you're good for."

Tidus somehow transformed into his younger self. He hung his head down and muttered, "I hate you."

Jecht cupped his hand next to his ear. "Huh? What'd you say?"

"You have to speak loudly." Yuna told him gently.

Tidus lifted up his head and glared at his old man. "I hate you!"

"Eh?" was how Jecht replied, still apparently not hearing his son.

Rikku jumped up and down a little. "That's the spirit!" she said in a peppy voice.

"You can do it!" Jemma said.

And in a flash of white, Tidus sat up in his temporary bed and yelled, "I hate you!"

Breathing hard from the anger he had just experienced, he realized he had just been dreaming.

He sat up slightly as he heard a voice outside the tent. Sliding off the bed, he went to go check it out.

Me: Whew! What a ride! I just hate cliff-hangers, don't you? (smiles cheekily)

Jemma: You're horrid, you know that, right?

Me: What are you doing here?!

Jemma: You brought me here stupid.

Me: Oh...(shifty eyes)

Jemma: (confused) Where's Tidus? He was in this chapter...he should be here...

Me: True...but he wasn't in your part of the chapter.

Jemma: So, what? Are you stalking me or something?

Me: (dressed in moogle outfit from FFX-2) (muffled) ...Or something...

Jemma: O.O (backs away slowly) ...Right...

Me: Ahem...anyways, I already have the next eight chapters planned out so there should not be a long wait like last time. I'm motivated now! WOOT!!

As always, duckies...R&R!!!