Okay, after more than half a year. The end! Enjoy.

One Last Time
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Part Two

You know, two years back, I would've never have given Death a second thought.

But now, I'm here, and I'm dead. Dead as dead can be. Okay, well, yeah, I dunno if I'm dead entirely because I sure didn't die, I just disappeared into nothing as I jumped off that ship that day and I-

I can totally imagine you looking at me as if I'd gone crazy. Maybe I am. Or maybe I just don't feel anything for being dead. Wait, am I really dead? Okay never mind.

But you know, what I mean is, well… what do I mean?

It's sorta like…

Yuna, you see, it's like this. Two years ago, I had the life. I had the money, I had Blitzball. I had Zanarkand, my home, my friends, and my people. Every night, the city lit up so bright you had to squint just to see your way, fans screaming and cheering as you swam out into the pool ready for Blitz-off. Had I ever even thought of anything like this ever happening? No. Way.

But suddenly I found myself in the middle of nowhere, alone, cold and hungry. Which was incidentally when I met Rikku.

I had never ever given it a second thought that some day, for some reason, I might have been, y'know, sucked out of my home in Zanarkand and dropped into some unknown land… a thousand years into the future. But now it's happened, it isn't so bad… now that I've gotten used to it.

Are you getting me?

What I mean is, you gotta get used to it. You gotta face it, or you'll never fight your fears.

I guess I did it, in the end. I stopped hating my old man, I stopped being scared of him. And I stopped wanting to stop your pilgrimage in the hope that I'd save your life and be the hero again. I learnt, that I couldn't change your mind, Yuna. I learnt that no matter what I did, your resolve was yours and no-one else's, not for me to decide or for me to interfere.I know you were scared of losing me, and now... you probably feel worse that I'm no longer there... it's okay. I am still here. Look up into the sky. You'll know, I can tell, I can feel it.

I know it's hurting inside.

I know you've spent days on end crying, hurt and beaten up on the inside. Sometimes, feelings are so overwhelming, you gotta let them out, right?

But I don't want you to cry like that. You don't deserve to.

You know I'm there for you, even if I'm not there.

I can't see you right now, and I know you can't see me. But Yuna, listen. I'm not there in form, but I'm there. What makes you think that I'd ever have truly left? You aren't alone.

Come on, Yuna, you can do it. I'm here, you know where to find me. Just look.

Yuna, instead of feeling loss over something you haven't got, cherish the things you have and the memory of what was there. Okay, okay, I know Rikku's got this crazy rule, Memories are nice, but that's all they are. You don't have to feel sorrow for me, or for yourself.

Really, it's alright… you can rest now.

Haha, and this is coming from a dead kid!

Yeah. Right… enough with the bad jokes.

Lighten up, Yuna. I'm here, and I'm fine. I don't regret ever having to leave like that, or you, or everyone else. I'm still here… in spirit. Whatever.

So you see… it's alright. You don't have to feel so resentful. Can you see?

You don't have to be scared. You don't have to feel empty. You don't have to cry.

You can smile Yuna, and remember what we did, we kicked Sin's ass. What we shared.

I'm always here when you need me.

Do you hear me, when I whistle back to you? I can feel it, I can hear it in here somewhere… I can hear you whistle. You got pretty good…

Yuna, it's okay. It's over. You aren't alone.

A/N:
Here's the second part after a long, long, long while. I kinda lost my interest in FFX as I started writing more for FFX-2, obviously because it's the sequel, though I kinda miss writing Tidus' point of view because he isn't there for most of the game... anyway.

This second half is from Tidus' point of view, it isn't nowhere near as angsty as Yuna's perception, but I think it fits rather nicely. I wanted to portray Tidus as being peaceful and in a dream-like state in the Farplane. I wanted him to be light-hearted and funny as he is in the game, but also a little more serious to be able to reassure Yuna that it is okay to stop being sad. I didn't want to make it too serious because Tidus is more of comic relief... I feel this second part brings a more angsty, chaotic first part to a slow, peaceful finish. I wanted to add optimism.

Maybe I'll continue this one day... I have no idea.
Please tell me what you thought of it :)
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