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Chapter 4: The Summoning

I woke up realizing 2 things. First, I was underwater, and next, the ink was gone somehow. But, I was bleeding in a few places slightly. I guess that when Sin attacked, he sucked us in again, but tore off the ink on my, along with some skin. I swam up to get above the surface, and… got hit by a blitzball. "Hey! Who did that?" I looked around and saw Tidus next to me shouting out Rikku's name and then, he yelled blitzball. Byron and Ian where nowhere in sight of us, though.

"Hey! You okay?" I heard a guy on an island yell. And I thought my wet hair looked bad, this guy had the weirdest hairstyle I'd ever seen. Squinting, I saw that the guy was Wakka, the soon-not-to-be Besaid Aurochs coach.

"Heeey!" Tidus waved and yelled back to Wakka. Tidus then went underwater and shot up and kicked the ball really hard, sending it flying towards the team on the shores of Besaid. I began to swim towards the others, with Tidus in hot pursuit. When I got to the shoreline finally, Tidus was already speaking to Wakka. "Yo! Hiya!" Tidus said to the coach.

"You… wanna try that move… one more time?" Wakka asked slowly. Tidus just nodded. As Tidus swam out to get the ball after kicking it again, Wakka mentioned that they found 2 others in the water they had gotten out already, and sent to the village. "Yeah, we found 2 other guys out in the ocean also, but they already had left to go to the village, why don't you come and see if you know them?"

"Okay might as well see who they are, 'cause they might be my brother and my best friend." I told Wakka. We turned around to watch Tidus come on back with the ball in one of his hands.

Wakka decided to ask Tidus a question. "You're no amateur. Who you play for?"

Tidus tried to tell him the truth, but since I didn't want to have everyone thinking we were nuts, I interrupted him. "The Za-" He started. "He's free right now; no one has signed him yet." I said as Tidus glared at me but he didn't try to say otherwise. Right then, my stomach growled, as I hadn't eaten anything since lunch before I even came to Spira. "Is there any food around here?"

Wakka was in deep thought, but came out of it when Tidus's stomach also growled. "What? You two hungry? Okay! Back to the village. I'll get you somethin'!"

"Thanks!" We replied in unison. Tidus then whispered to me, "Do you trust Wakka?"

"As much as I trust you. Which is, pretty well." I told him honestly.

"Okay… Hey Waaakka!" He stretched Wakka's name out and Wakka turned around. "It's true Zanarkand was destroyed, right? A thousand years ago?

So it's just a big pile of rubble now, isn't it?"

Wakka nodded and then said, "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. Sin came, and destroyed the machina cities. And Zanarkand along with 'em. Yeah, that was about a thousand years ago, just like you said. If you asked me, Sin's our punishment for letting things get out of hand. What gets me, though...is we gotta suffer, 'cause of what some goofballs did way back when! '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?" Wakka began to laugh. " 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?"

Wakka ran forward to a cliff, with water below it; about 20 feet. "Hey! It's this way!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever… lets just get to the village as fast as we can." Tidus and I were still looking over the edge of the cliff. Wakka was behind Tidus, and he suddenly pushed him off of the cliff. "What's the big idea?" Tidus shouted up to Wakka. I just shrug, waiting as Wakka creeps up on me to also push me in the water.

I smirk as he approaches towards me, and right as he starts to shove, I duck, turn around, and try throwing him over the edge, but he stays still even as I pull him to the water. Wakka just smiles and lets go, letting me fall back in the water. I open my mouth partially and as I fall, I twist in midair and grab on a small ledge on the cliff side, trying to hold on. I pull myself up and get on the ledge, waiting for Wakka to jump. He does, right in front of me. I jump out and tackle him, forcing him to land on his back really hard, but I land in the water perfectly. "Ouch! Hey, what was that for?" Wakka yelps.

"You pushed me off." I answer laughing. He decides to ask us both a question.

"Hey Tidus?" Tidus looks up. "Got a favor to ask ya!"

"You want me on your team, right?" Tidus guesses correctly as Wakka nods for about the 4th time, I think.

"A major blitz tournament's coming up. All the teams in Spira'll be there! With you on our team, the Auroch's are gonna rock! By the way, how long can you hold your breath for, um, what's your name again?"

"Adam. But I can only hold my breath normally for about 13 seconds." I looked embarrassed.

"Ah, don't worry, that's what a blitz pill's for, ya? Maybe we can see how good you are in the blitz arena later today or tonight, okay? Ya?" Wakka told me to cheer me up.

"Ah, I really don't know… Haichi!" Tidus got a hold of my in a headlock. Wakka shrugged and swam off. "What are you doing Tidus! Lemme go now, or I'll hurt you!"

"Try me!" Tidus made a bad move saying that. I dove underwater, even though the pill had worn off, and I thrust Tidus forward off me, and I kicked him in the chest. "Hey!" Tidus resurfaced.

We finally got to the end of the deep creak and we got onto a dirt path down a steep mountain side. Wakka, trying to start a conversation for the 5th time since knocking Tidus into the water and me messing up Wakka's cannonball into the water. "This is where I was born. I started blitz when I was five. I joined the Aurochs at thirteen...ten years ago. Ten years...and we never won a game. Well, after last year's tournament, I quit. Time seemed right. So, after quitting, I got this new job, ya? But every time my mind wandered, I thought about the game."

Tidus spoke for the first time since getting out of the water. "Ten years without a single win'll do that."

"At least you had fun right?" I decided to add my input to the conversation.

"My first match last year was my big chance. But something else was on my mind. I couldn't focus. But, yeah, I did have some fun playin' the game." Wakka scratched his head.

"Nice excuse." Tidus said bluntly.

"Hey, hey!" Wakka gave Tidus the evil eye. I whacked Tidus upside the head with the flat of my Buster Sword. "Whoa! That's a huge sword! Where ya get it, ya?" Wakka admired the blade as I sheathed it. "Cool sheathe too man!"

"I um, got it, um, say where did I get it?" I lied to Wakka. "Oh, I remember! I got it off the ground at Zanarkand!" 'Oh, crap, Wakka'll think I'm crazy now!'

"Ya mean the ruins?" Wakka is a complete dud, but oh well, it's better than being called crazy. I nodded my half-lie.

Tidus changed the subject back to blitzball again. "So, you wanna win the next tournament- go out with a bang, right?"

"Ya!" Wakka nodded. As we walked down the steep path, I tripped and fell down the rest of the path. "Hey Adam! You okay down there?"

I grumbled and replied with a, "Yes…"

I turn around and see 2 armored men walking towards me as the other 2 rejoin me. They just finished the rest of the blitzing talk and the 2 others spoke to both Tidus and me. "Ah, the 2 from the sea…" "Be on guard. There are fiends on the road today!" "After surviving your run-in with Sin, 'twould be a shame if something happened now." They left towards the village again.

Tidus asked Wakka a question. "Who were they?"

"Luzzu and Gatta- Crusaders." Wakka told Tidus, but he didn't get it. Right then, I saw Byron and Ian near the entrance to the village on Besaid (where else? Kilika?) "Hey you two! Come meet our new arrivals from the sea, ya?"

"Hey! It's you Adam and Tidus!" Ian shouted to us.

Wakka whispered, "You know these two guys here?"

I whispered back, "Yeah, my brother is Byron, and Ian's my best friend, with Tidus here as number 2." Tidus grinned at my remark. "But, I have times that I wish that Byron wasn't my bro! Nah, I'm a just kidding Wakka." Wakka began to look at me funny as I said that I didn't wish Byron was always my brother.

Before we entered Tidus asked the best question at the time. "Is there any food here?"

Wakka grinned and laughed a little. "Ya mind is on only food, eh? We'll get you something over there later. Take a look around first. Let's see…" Wakka babbled on about places in the village for a minute. "Oh, right! Over here everyone!" Byron, Tidus, Ian, and I ran over to where Wakka motioned us over to. "You do remember the prayer, right?"

"Haichi! What's the prayer?" I yelped as Tidus pinched my arm. I though he then laughed at that, because I heard him saying "hehehehehe…" "Shut up Tidus!" I bellowed and hit him with Buster Sword's flat side.

"Heh, when ya stop fightin', I'll show ya the prayer." Wakka laughed at Tidus getting hit by me several times. But, soon, it became old to see Tidus crying about hitting me with the sharp edge of his 'Longsword', and Wakka showed us the prayer. "Go ahead. You try." We tried and Byron ended up doing it perfectly, but ruined it by playing around and acted like it was DBZ (?) and play 'performed' a Kamehameha Wave (sp?). "What was that, YA?" Wakka slapped his forehead loudly. We other three, on the other hand, actually did it right. "Good, you three did it right, unlike meatball head brain." Byron responded with a 'Hey!' and he tried it again, and messed up by not having his hands finish in a sphere holding shape, but more like a sphere that was squished for a minute. "Hey not bad for a first time from remembering. Okay, now go present yourselves to the temple summoner."

Tidus then whispered to us, "Any blitzball player would know that prayer. That was the blitzball sign for victory."

Ian replied with a snort and said, "We aren't blitzball players, Tidus." Tidus shrugged and walked off to the Crusader's lodge while Byron followed. Ian walked around aimlessly looking for some dropped items people drop everywhere. I walked into Wakka's hut.

"Hey Adam! I thought you were going to the temple?" Wakka asked as I walked in.

"Nah, I'm just gonna wait until lunch, I guess."

"You do look tired. Take a nap on the couch," Wakka tells me. I listen and soon I fall into thought as I sleep. I think what will happen when that we meet Auron in Luca and Rikku after the Moonflow. Soon, my thoughts drifted to how to make Rikku not mad at me if she is mad at me. 'Shoot! I forgot to give Ian, Tidus, and Byron their Sphere Grids!' My eyes shot straight open as this thought hit me. Wakka glances over and asks, "You have a bad dream?"

"No, I forgot to give the others their Sphere Grids." I said as calmly as I could muster. "Maybe you could teach me to use one, eh?"

"Here, I'll show ya." Wakka pulled a Grid of his own and spent the next 30 minutes teaching me how to use the Grid properly. You thought the explanation Rikku gave you normally on the ship was long! Wakka though, had explained it a little better, even if it took and extra 20 minutes to tell the advanced stuff in the grid, like being able to look at other's Grid's in progression. It is NOT as simple as using controller to press R1 or L1 to switch.

"Thanks." I told Wakka after his advanced explaining of the Grid. "Where am I…" I looked on it and saw two skills that aren't normally on the Grid. "Huh?"

"What now?" Wakka looked at my Grid quickly. I pointed to the spot I was looking at. "Hey! You have the Advanced Grid! Those are expensive to find! The Advanced Grid lets you have more skills and special moves than the normal Sphere Grids, like the two you see; Imitation and… Transformation? That is a skill I never heard of…" Tidus and Byron walked in arguing.

"I told you to not to ask stupid questions and to keep a low profile!" Byron practically shouted.

"So? I wanted to know what a summoner's job was!" Tidus yelled back.

Wakka glared and told them to, "Be a little quieter, ya?"

I tossed Tidus his Grid and gave Byron his. "It's the Sphere Grid, don't lose it." Wakka gave the same advice on using the Grids as he did for me.

After his explanation, Wakka then examined the other Grids. "You guys just have the normal Sphere Grids, but this last other one for Ian is one that's rare to find; the Advanced Sphere Grid. Adam also has an ASG version. Hey you two! Ya looked bushed; take a nap." Tidus mumbles a thanks and goes to sleep on the extra bed Wakka set up. Byron got the couch. Wakka hands me two little spheres. "Ability Spheres, use 'em wisely." A priest walks in and Wakka and the priest walk out talking about seeing how the 'others' were doing.

I pull out the ASG and the two spheres Wakka gave me. I moved around the grid by 3 spaces and activated the Imitation skill. I was still about 3 spots from reaching the next ability I wanted, Transformation. Ian walks in and gives me a large green gem-like thing. "You know what this is?" Ian asks me.

"Um, lets see…" I look at it carefully, slowly realizing Ian found one of the materia Bahamut wanted me to find. "Materia!" I exclaimed.

"Liar!" Ian joked, but had to accept it was materia as I use a Fire spell in front of him. "Um, ignore what I just said now…" Ian backed away from me. I laughed loudly, waking up Tidus, but Byron kept asleep during my laugh.

"Hahaha, lemme sleep for 10 seconds." Tidus said sleepily.

"You were asleep for about 30 minutes right… now." I looked at my watch for the first time since entering Spira. I forgot it was there. I scratched my head in remembrance. "Forgot about that thing. Hey Ian; wanna go kill some fiends?" Ian just grinned and I walked out of the hut, which is actually much larger than they show in the game. Soon, our duo finds a huge pack of fiend wolves. "Heh, I hope you keep up with me."

"Whatever, I'm faster than you." Ian shouts at me striking one of the wolves. I counted out how many there where after I killed one of the other fiends. I saw a total of 23 dumb and weak wolves, with reinforcements coming about 10 minutes away. I saw them on the side of the ruins, as they were trying to get off the ruins.

I struck 3 of the wolves in one blow. "What was that about me being slower?" I said without any emotion at all. 5 wolves surrounded me. "Heh, weak…" The entire stupid group ran at me at once. I smirked, knowing a move to remove them all in one spin. I spun rapidly, letting them get sliced by the sheer speed of the spin as they ran forward. "Eight. Ian, you get to kill 7 more of them, I'll wait up for ya…"

Ian probably noticed how I was concentrating purely on the groups that ran at me, rather than my actual blows to them. He used my style of attacking them and he decimated his next 7, who attacked in 2 groups of 4 and 3, respectively. The reinforcements for the wolves we were killing easily numbered as 43 more. 'Totaling for 67 dumb fiends that dared to fight us' I thought. "Let us see who will kill more fiends before they're all dead…" I ran towards one particular group of 6 wolves and one dared to claw at me, but I dodge and let another wolf hit me with his claws. "You'll die first." I told the wolf that sliced me in my left side. I vengefully turned the wolf into pyreflies. The other 5 rushed me and Ian stole 2 of my kills by decapitating those two of their heads, spilling lots of pyreflies in the air. I then yelled out, "Fire!" The materia did its work and the last 3 wolves in their smaller group burst into flame and even the pyreflies didn't appear after death of those wolves.

Ian sheathed his katana and kicked a fiend down to its death below on the sharp rocks over the cliff. "Bye-bye, dumb fiend." Ian smiled as he watched it fall onto the rocks. Another group took the opportunity to knock off Ian, and got sliced from their efforts by Ian suddenly turning and unsheathing his katana to hit them. One wolf survived long enough to bite Ian with a dying effort. I grinned and pulled it off and thrust it at a group of 12 fiends that snuck up on us near the cliff edge. All 13 went careening off the beaten road. Sheathing my sword, I jump kicked 1 wolf into another group. Reusing my sword, I slashed into the pile of wolves, using all of my strength to cut through them all. "24 to go, Ian." I told Ian. I thought for a moment, but that was all the other 24 needed to attack me. They cut me up like cheese, but I held on to consciousness, knowing that it would be my demise if I did. As I held on, Ian came up on the pile and blindly slicing in the pile, accidentally cutting me and purposely killing 4 of the wolves in his anger. The rest of the wolves finally got off of me and I drank a Potion I had received when Ian and I walked into the massive battle.

I though quickly again, but no fiend rushed at me this time. I closed my eyes. Ian had lost his sword and now was yelling at me. "Hurry up and attack them!" I opened my eyes, fire rushing through them.

"Fire Cutter!" I yelled as I activated my first Overdrive. I lit my Buster Sword on fire using the materia and screamed at the fiends to get their attention, which it did, and I struck out at them with all of my fury. The sword was letting off some fire in a trail behind the blade on fire. The sword cut through the wolf pack like butter. In all, I killed 17 of the wolf fiends. After having used so much energy in the attack, I began to sway drunkenly, having found it was hard to stay up on my feet. I raised an eyebrow when I saw Ian knock another off the edge (again) and slice the last 2 into pyreflies. I started to hear some clapping behind me, so I turned around. I used my sword as a cane to hold me up, with it imbedded in the ground. I saw Wakka standing there with some friends I recognized as, in order from left to right, Kimahri, Byron, Yuna, Tidus, and Lulu. 'I can't hold on any more' That was my last thought as I fell into unconsciousness.

(Sometime later…)

"Hey, Adam! You there! Anyone home!" I felt someone knock on my head, and I sat straight up quickly. Wakka was next to my bed that I was in.

"Huh? Where am I?" I looked around quickly.

"Hey relax, ya? You're in my hut, back in the village. Man, gotta tell ya that was some huge fight you and Ian had with those fiends back on the road! You should se the pool of blood back on the road you left behind! If Yuna hadn't been there, you might have died. She healed ya as you got carried by your brother back to here. Don't worry about your friend; he's already up and outside. I just came to see if ya wanted to se Yuna summon for the first time, ya?" Wakka told me as I groaned, clutching my forehead.

"Yeah okay. I still got this headache, though, so go easy on me." I got up and Wakka helped me get outside to watch the celebration. "You did see my Fire Cutter, right?"

"Yeah I saw it! Ya couldn't miss it! It was huge, man!" We got to the village plaza and Wakka pulled me to where that everyone else was. "Oh! That's right! You haven't seen Yuna, Kimahri, or Lulu yet, have you?" I shook my head in a response saying no. "Well the one in the center of the plaza is Yuna and the big blue guy off to the side, that's Kimahri, he's a Ronso, and lastly, there is Lulu." He pointed towards where Lulu was standing. Wakka then called out to Yuna. "Ready!"

Yuna just nodded and said quietly, "Okay." Then she danced around a little and a glyph appeared on the ground, and the magnificent aeon Valefor appeared in the sky, flying down towards Yuna where she pets it. It, the aeon, seemed to look at me with sympathy. Well, I was covered in wounds and bloody spots. While Yuna's healing cures the actual wounds themselves, they don't help the actual blood spots on your clothes disappear. The aeon flew off to go elsewhere for the night. After the party has ended after about 3 hours, the village began to go in different directions. Wakka is introducing Tidus to the rest of the Besaid Aurochs, and Ian went to bed after getting tired from partying too much. I look at my watch, not letting anyone see me doing so, and see that is now 12:47 P.M. It was past midnight. I walked over to where the new summoner was sitting down. She began to talk first. "You okay after that battle you had with those wolves?"

"Yeah, just that I'm stuck trying to wash out these spots on my shirt and they're really hard to get off." I smiled at her and she smiled back. By now, Tidus had walked over to us. Some old couple scolds Tidus, but Yuna rescued him by saying, "But it was really my fault to begin with. I'm Yuna. Thank you so much for your help earlier."

Tidus shrugs and with a hint of embarrassment he says, "I'm sorry about that. Wasn't that… Wasn't I not supposed to… Guess I...kind of overreacted." He sighed. I get up and walk to where Wakka is standing in front of his team.

"She's cute, ya?" Wakka catches me off guard with this statement. I think for a second and nod yes. "Don't get no ideas." He says sternly.

"Nani-nani. She's a little too shy for me." I reassure Wakka.

"Good. Now do ya wanna get some sleep? I got a cot set up for ya in case ya wanna get to bed now."

"Yeah, I think I'll take that opportunity. Now." I told Wakka. Stumbling in into the lodge, I am greeted by a snoring Ian, with Byron not snoring yet. I get in the cot and close my eyes. Tidus walks in and gets into the bed across the room.

"I hate you!" I awaken to hear Tidus scream out suddenly.

"Yeah, I hate ya too Tidus, just go to sleep already." Ian says grouchily.

"Wha! Oh, I uh, meant my old man that I hate." Tidus says sheepishly. I hear some arguing outside of the lodge, and the three of us walk quietly to listen to the argument. "Wonder what Wakka and Lulu are yelling about?" Tidus is the only one who dares to look outside, as Ian and I slink back to our beds, not wanting Lulu to get pissed off at us listening. I fall asleep once more.

(The next morning)

"Hey get up! I wanna know what ya think of what I'm gonna give to Tidus after he wakes up!" I open my eyes sleepily, and I sit up looking at the sword Wakka produces from behind his back. "It's called Brotherhood. I made it for Chappu, my brother to use against Sin, but, he, well, declined it and I decided to give it to Tidus." I looked at the clear blue sword.

"What's up with the air bubbles in it?" I ask Wakka quickly, as Tidus begins to wake up. I get out of bed and catch up with Wakka. Tidus walks out with Ian and Byron trailing him. Apparently, he woke up the others, and surprisingly, he wasn't with any bruises from Byron's fist. "Hey! Sleepyheads! Something Wakka wanted to give you, Tidus." Wakka hands Tidus Brotherhood. Tidus awes over the sword and tries to thank Wakka.

"Whoa! You're giving this… to me?" Tidus asked not really believing that Wakka is giving him the sword.

"Yeah, use it well." Wakka smiles and shrugs his shoulders.

Lulu ides to add some input of her own into the conversation. "That's the sword you gave Chappu."

"Well, he never used it. Where's Yuna?" Wakka wondered aloud, scratching his head.

"We're taking the same boat as Yuna, right? Why do we gotta wait here?" Tidus frowned as he said this. I laughed softly as Yuna came out of the temple with some heavy luggage, but no one notices yet.

"Yuna came to this village ten years ago, when the last Calm started." Wakka explained to Tidus, the blitz player turned swordsman.

Byron looked confused and tried asking, "The Calm?"

"Since then, she's been like a little sister to me and Lulu. But she had the talent... She became an apprentice. Now, today, she leaves as a summoner." Wakka ignored Byron's question for the moment.

"This is our journey..." Lulu started, "We should leave together." Yuna finally made it to the steps, where now the others in the groups just noticed she was there. "You really don't need all that luggage." Lulu told Yuna.

Yuna replied with, "They're not really my things. They're gifts for the temples we're to visit." I laughed a little louder this time, and everyone heard me. Tidus raised an eyebrow at my laugh.

"Heh, you know this isn't some vacation, Yuna, you need to have as little weight on your back as possible." I explained myself.

Yuna dropped the luggage on the staircase to the temple. "I guess… I guess you're right."

Wakka, being cheerful, said loudly, "Okay! Off we go!" We all exited the village, and up the mountainous road. We stopped near a obelisk to pray.

Lulu then told Yuna to, "Take your time." Yuna nods and started to pray.

Tidus, not knowing anything, wants to go hurry up. "Let's get going, man!"

Wakka shook his head in a no way and told Tidus something I didn't hear, because literally everyone except Tidus was praying. We finished after a minute, and we started to walk down the path near the ruins Ian and I fought those 67 wolf fiends. I also notice the huge pool of blood I left behind after I fell unconscious. "That's all of the blood I lost?" I looked at the stain on the ground and estimated it was about 5 feet wide and 7 feet long, in the shape of an oval.

"Ya. You were sure lucky Yuna healed ya when she did, or you might a died." Wakka told me. "It sure is a big puddle though." Tidus just looked at the spot and freaked out.

"Who lost that much blood and lived?" Tidus yelled out loud.

"You're looking at him." I told Tidus. Tidus just let his mouth drop and look at me like I was a ghost. He backed away in fear of me. "What? Do I scare you that much?"

Yuna spoke to Tidus, trying to make him calm down. "I used Cure on him after he fell unconscious." Tidus did in fact calm down when Yuna said this to him. Suddenly, Kimahri jumped down from the ruins above us and attacked Byron, Ian, and Tidus, but left me out of the fight since I looked to be able to fall again at any moment. I even felt that way. Kimahri jumped up again and almost speared himself a Tidus with the maneuver. Ian slashed at the Ronso, but he evaded with ease. Byron tried to punch Kimahri, but the Ronso also evaded that and kicked Byron into where a ruins pillar was. Yuna interfered and used Cure to heal Byron's wounds.

Wakka spoke to Kimahri suddenly. "That's enough!"

Both Byron and Tidus yelled at Wakka. "What's with that guy?"

Lulu answered for Wakka, but not the answer they wanted. "Kimahri Ronso, of the Ronso tribe. He's learned the fiends' way of fighting."

"That's not what we meant!" Tidus yelled again.

Wakka answered this time. "He's another of Yuna's guardians."

Yuna spoke up for the first time since the fight. "Sometimes we don't understand him either. Kimahri doesn't talk much anyway."

"Hmph. He might make a good sparring partner, when I get myself a little stronger and in better health." I said a little too loud, because Kimahri turned around and stared at me for moment, before resuming his post in the front of the group.

An hour later, we arrived at the Besaid ports, where the S.S. Liki was waiting to sail. We board the boat and Yuna says one last thing to the islanders watching her leave. "Goodbye." I walk into the boat's lower decks, where the beds are and immediately fall asleep.