A/N- Okay, sorry it took so long to update. I have been...busy. That's not really a lie though. I am busy with school and...stuff. Okay maybe I'm just lazy. BUT, I did however get to finish this chapter somehow. I really rushed this, so it may look like the story is going way too fast, and that's how it is. I intend on finishing this story. I just don't know when though. Before you start reading, I just want to thank everyone who reviewed. So, THANK YOU. Okay, now you can read.
"Yuna!" Yuna turned around, looking for who shouted her name. She smiled when she saw Baralai and Paine walking towards her, waving their arms. She quickly waved back, and turned back to her car to help Kate out. "Hey guys." Yuna said to them once they were in-front of her.
Paine smiled at Yuna, and gave her a quick hug. "Hi Yuna. How have you been?" She asked her.
Yuna gave out a small laugh. "I've been...heh I think you know." She told Paine. Paine gave her a sympathetic look, before looking down at Kate. "And how have you been, Kate?" She asked the small girl.
"Great! Did you know that I'm going to see my daddy today!?" She asked Paine excitedly. Paine chuckled at her enthusiam, and looked up at Yuna, who was currently frowning and looking rather nervous. She knew that Yuna was very worried about how Kate would act around Tidus, and of how Tidus would act around Kate too. Yuna knew that today was a huge day for her daughter, she was finally going to get to meet her father. Emotions were definitely going to run high today, well atleast Yuna's were.
"Yes, I heard about that. I bet he can't wait to see you." Paine said to Kate. Kate's smile seemed to grow bigger at the mention of him again. "And I can't wait to see him!" Kate exclaimed.
Baralai then stepped forward to also give Yuna a hug. "Hello again Yuna." Yuna quickly returned the hug. "Hey Baralai, how are you?" She asked as he shrugged his shoulders.
Yuna sighed and looked around. "So, wheres Gippal and Kendra?" She asked them.
"They're on their here now. They just live alittle further away, so it takes some more time to get here." Baralai told her. She nodded her head and looked at Kate, extending her hand towards her, which Kate took. Yuna then looked at Baralai and Paine and smiled. "Let's go then, shall we." She told them.
They started walking on the beach, just trying to wast some time before everyone else got there. They were walking for about five minutes, when Kate looked up and she grinned at who she saw.
"Uncle Gippal!" She yelled as she ran towards him. Gippal smiled when he saw her, and opened his arms for her. Kate crashed into Gippal, causing him to fall backwards. He laughed as Kate clung to him tightly. Yuna chuckled at the sight of the two of them. Gippal and Baralai always did act as father figures for Kate.
"Hey how's my little niece doing today?" Gippal asked Kate as he ruffled her hair. She giggled and stood up. "I'm doing great Uncle Gippal!" She told him. Gippal looked up at the rest of the group and smiled at them.
"What's up guys?" He asked them as he brushed the sand off his shorts. They laughed slightly, before they all gave eachother a group hug.
"So Gippal, where's Kendra?" Yuna asked, looking behind him for any sign of her.
Gippal immediately frowned and sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah, about that. Well, me and her...we broke up yesterday. She...she cheated on me with some guy she met a month ago." He explained to them. Yuna, Paine, and Baralai were all very much shocked to hear this. Gippal and Kendra seemed perfect together. They were together ever since their first year of college. Gippal had even said that he was going to propose to her within the next couple months.
Baralai was the first to come up to him. He put his hand on his should. "I'm sorry, Gippal. I know that you really loved her." He told him. Gippal shook his head and looked up at all their sympathetic faces. He sighed and chuckled. "Oh comeon guys, don't give me those faces. Yeah, I loved her, but I know that I got to move on, and I will. Starting with finding a girl that I am willing to date." He said to them.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Yuna's head after he said that. "Hey, Gippal how about I play matchmaker for you. I know the perfect girl for you." She told him.
Gippal looked at her curiously. "Oh really? And who would this lovely lady be?" He asked her. Yuna had actually been the one to set him up with Kendra, and that went well...until now. But he knew that she knew the kind of girls that he like to date.
"Okay well she's my cousin. Her name's Rikku, and she's a third grade teacher. You'll love her Gippal! She is just like you." Yuna was hoping that he would agree to this. He had to. When she thought about it, it seemed they would be a perfect match.
Gippal sighed and shook his head. "You better be right, Yuna."
"Trust me, you two are so much alike." She said.
"I do trust you, Yuna. I doubt she is just like me though. Nobody is just like me." Yuna rolled her eyes at him. "Yeah, I know. you tell us that all the time."
"Mommy," Yuna looked down and saw Kate tugging at her hand. "I'm bored."
Yuna smiled at her and knelt down infront of her. "You are? Well then what do you want to do?" She asked her. Kate then looked as if she was thinking really hard. Her eyes then lit up. "I know! We can play sand ball!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air.
"We haven't played that since we were eight," Yuna heard Paine say.
Baralai shrugged. "I'm not a fan of it, because I get sand in my hair and in my clothes, but if Kate wants to play then I'm up for it."
"So can we play, mommy?" Kate asked Yuna. Yuna smiled at her. "Sure, why not?"
Just then, a ball of sand collided with Gippal's head. "Hey! What gives?!" He yelled as he turned around. His eyes widened, and his mouth hung open. everyone turned their heads to see who had just hit Gippal in the head. Everyone had the same reaction Gippal did.
There, standing and laughing like a maniac, was Tidus. He stopped laughing when looked to them and saw all their faces, well mostly Gippal's. He put his hand up and waved at them. "Hey guys!" And then started to approach them. Well he was, that is until he saw Gippal running towards him, laughing.
Before he knew it, Gippal had tackled him to the ground. Gippal was currently shoving Tidus's face into the sand.
"Don't ever do that again." Gippal told him as he let go of Tidus's head and stood up. Tidus wiped the sand off his face and chuckled. "Sorry Gippal. I forgot about you're temper." He said as the two shared a manly hug.
Yuna was watching Tidus and Gippal catch up with eachother. She saw the hapiness glowing in Tidu's blue eyes. She hoped this time wouldn't be like last time. This was the point where her nerves really got to her. Her eyes shifted to her daughter, who was watching the two of them curiously. She couldn't really see Tidus, if she had, she probably would have ran to him already.
"Mommy, who's that?" She heard Kate ask her in a small voice. Yuna sighed and looked at Kate, this was it. She put her hands on Kate's shoulders and looked at her, before giving her a small smile. "That's...that would be you're dad, Kate." She watched as Kate's eyes widened, and how a smile slowly formed on her face.
"Do want want to meet him?" Yuna asked her. She knew Kate had already met Tidus, but this time would be different. Introducing the two of them as father and daughter.
She held Kate's small hand as the two of them slwoly made their way to them. Yuna looked ahead and saw that Baralai and Paine and joined them already. She felt her stomach churn as her eyes connected with Tidus's. He looked from Yuna to Kate, and his eyes imidiately softened.
When they finally reached the group, Kate slowly slipped her hand out of Yuna's. Silence filled the air as Kate looked at Tidus and blue clashed with blue eyes. She slowly made her way to Tidus, as Tidus kneeled down infront of her.
All of a sudden Kate flung her arms around Tidus's neck. Tidus was alittle caught off guard by this, but quickly recovered and returned the hug.
"Daddy?" Kate questioned and she pulled back from the hug. Tidus smiled warmly at her and slowly nodded. "Yeah, Kate. I'm you're dad." He told her as she gave him a toothy smile and gave him another hug.
Yuna watched the two of them with contentment. She was very glad of how Tidus acted with Kate, and how Kate did with him. This is exactly what she was hoping to happen.
The group was currently sitting on the beach, watching the sun setting. Yuna watched as Tidus held a sleeping Kate in his arms. After the little reunion, Tidus and Kate took time to get to know more about eachother. They talked to eachother about what their favorite color was, or their favorite food, ect. Yuna could tell that they had already developed this somewhat strong bond. She knew that she was going to have to talk to Tidus about Kate. About how they were going to work this out.
She sighed and slowly got up from her spot. "Tidus," She spoke quietly to him. He looked up at her, and gave her a questioning look. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked him. He looked at her for a second, before slowly nodding his head.
Yuna turned her head to Paine. "Paine, do you mind holing Kate for alittle while?" She asked her. "Yeah, sure." Paine said. Tidus got up carefully and went over to Paine and gently put Kate in her arms. Tidus looked at Yuna and smiled and followed her away from the group.
They finally came to a stop at a short distnace of the ocean. Yuna sat down and motioned for Tidus to sit next to her. So they sat there for five minutes, as memories started to come back to them. They had done this so many times before as teenagers. They would just sit there like they were now, and just watch the tides crash onto the beach.
Tidus was the first one to break the silence. "So...what did you want to talk about?" He asked her, already knowing what this was about. She looked towards him and sighed. "Tidus, you know why I brought you here." She told him. His eyes followed her eyes back to the ocean and he nodded.
Once again silence envloped the air around them.
"How are we going to do this, Tidus?" Yuna finally asked him, looking at him.
"I honestly don't know, Yuna. But I know that I really want to be a part of Kate's life. I already missed five years of it, I don't want to miss anymore. I love her and I'm really happy that you had her," He admitted to her. "I'll do whatever it takes to be there for her. I'll come down to Besaid everyday if I have to."
Yuna looked at his pleading eyes, and felt a sudden feeling of more guilt wash through her. "I'm sorry I did that to you, Tidus. I'm sorry I put you through five years without knowing her." she told him, as a tear slipped out of her eye.
"Yuna...it's okay. I thought about it for awhile. I was actually up in my room for so many hours a day just looking at pictures from back then. I just...I don't know how I couldn't forgive you. I thought I would never be able to do it at first, but I could never be mad at you. We have way to much history together, you know," He told her. It was the truth too. He was angry when she had first told him about it, but who wouldn't be upset if they were just being told they had a five year-old daughter they never knew about. He was just happy he had a child with Yuna, and not some other woman. "I just hope we can be friends. I don't want to be fight with you about her."
Yuna felt more tears start to form in her eyes as he said that to her, but she quickly blinked them away. Being friends with Tidus. Why wouldn't she be happy about that? It was a start.
"Yeah, I would like that." She said. He then grinned at her and puts his arms around her in a tight hug. "Thank you, Yuna." He whispered in her ear. She couldn't have been more happy at the moment. Now that tidus was abck in Kate's life, it couldn't get any better. Now if she could only ignore that feeling she got everytime she saw him.
A/N- Sorry that it's short...again.