Whatever Happened to My Story

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy X/X-2or any other thing relating to it, if I did Tidus wouldn't be part of it.

Message from Drak: I didn't get flamed! Then again the other chapter wasn't even up for very long, but meh. BTW there is Yevon later on in this chapter and no this is not suppose to be related to Christianity or any other religion, they just created Yevon(ism?) as a "god" so...On with the chapter!

Chapter II

I ended up staying the night at the former Crusaders' lodge. It wasn't too bad, despite the fact it's been practically a motel for 3 years, it still smelled of medicines and blood. Obviously not the best thing to have to deal with, but I guess I can't complain. I would've stayed in the Celsius but after a few hours Brother thought "Hey, let's leave Gippal here by himself!" Yes that means he took Rikku to. I already called for someone to come pick me up later but it may take a few days. Machina can be annoyingly unreliable, the second you really need it, it breaks down. Typical.

Sometime later I gave up on trying to sleep, I was getting too restless so I got up and left the tent. It wasn't too hard to get around the island, there was a long path leading from the village to the beach, which is exactly where I went. Sure, I didn't have very good night-vision but again, not very hard to get around. I sat down on the white sand and lay back, the water acting as a sweet lullaby, which was my cure for insomnia.

The next day I woke up hearing children laughing. I slowly opened my eyes to Yuna, standing above me. How long has she been standing there? I shook the sand from my hair and clothes, getting up slowly. "What are you doing here?" she said laughing.

"I was sleeping, what does it look like?" I yawned and stretched, looking back at the brunette. "Uhh, where's...What's his name?"

Yuna smirked "You mean Tidus?" I nodded, I did mean that crime against nature. "Heh, he's playing with Wakka." She pointed to the ocean and I saw this big burley man(Who I'm guessing is Wakka) playing against Tidus in blitzball. I never really understood that game, let alone liked it. I had better stuff to do then play sports. I rolled my eyes, and then looked over to Yuna.

"I'm going to head back to the village, ok?"

"But I wanted to show you something. Besides I need someone to be around until Tidus stops playing." I have no idea why she would want to be around me, sure we're friends but we were never close friends. Well, whatever I guess. I agreed to go and we left. She grabbed my arm and led me away from the beach.

It was unnaturally quiet for the first while. I mean very unnatural. "So...um, Yuna, you and Tidus are talking about kids?" I tried to break the silence.

"Tidus has, I haven't really. I just want to relax a bit longer. I did spend two years of my life fighting, it's not too much to ask, right?" You have no idea how happy I was to hear that. I couldn't stop smiling despite the awkward silence that followed, which usually brings me down. "Have you met anyone?" She started to poke my arm, with a wry smile. I gave her a small push, she ran right back and pushed me back. We both laughed a little before she started to poke me again, "Well, have you? Is she cute? Sweet? Protective?"

"I haven't met anyone Yuna, I had my eyes set on someone but she's taken." It was safe to say that in the least, there is no way she could pull that I liked her from that. "But yeah, she is very cute, sweet and protective." I looked around. "Why do need to know anyway?"

"You're my friend aren't you? I think it's only fair that I know stuff like this." She stopped looking around, before running off a little ahead, turning on her heel gesturing me to follow, I complied and ran up ahead with her. We eventually came to a stop in front of a large stone temple.

It wasn't like the one Yevon temple in Besaid that one wasn't broken down. This one looked at least five hundred years old. The bricks were dark and worn down, most likely from erosion. There were several passage ways that lead inside, but most of them were blocked by fallen pillars and walls. There was also plants' crawling up the walls. It was abandoned many years ago.

I turned to Yuna, then looking back at the ruins. Yuna grabbed my arm running in, I followed until we found an entrance. "Uh Yuna, what are you doing?"

"I wanted to check this place out but Tidus and Wakka and just about everyone else here says 'it's too dangerous, you don't want to get yourself stuck in another situation you can't get out of.'" She tried her best to mimic Tidus' voice and it was pretty bad, no one could mimic Tidus' voice except a kid going through puberty. "Here's the thing, I don't see what this could cause. No one has been here for years." She wandered past the door and paced back. She smiled and walked in.

"Why do you need someone to come then?" I know she's not tough, but I also know she's not defenceless. There was a nervous smile this time.

"Because I don't like being alone. I've never really been alone before so I don't like it. Will you please come with me?" She had a desperate look in her eyes. Should I say no and disappoint her, or say yeah and possibly get us killed. Most would've said no with this kind of decision but you'd do the same thing if you had a crush, so I said yes. She smiled, ran over and grabbed my sleeve, no matter how much I liked her, I was getting really annoyed at being dragged everywhere.

It wasn't too much different inside. Same darkened walls, plants growing along the walls, the air had a musky, ancient smell to it, but there were no animals to be seen. I ran my fingers along the walls, there was writing of some kind but it was in a different language so I didn't even bother to try and read it. Yuna kept herself preoccupied by looking into random room, on occasion she brought out a coin or something like that. I should probably tell Rikku or Locke about this place. They'd find it interesting. Yuna looked over her shoulder at me. I swear this girl is a mind reader sometimes.

"Gippal, could you keep quiet about this place? Kinda like our own little secret?" She smiled nervously again. It seems like an odd idea but I agreed, she perked up instantly. She started to search around again. When she didn't come back from one though, I began to grow nervous and followed her in. I eventually found her looking at some kind of trinket. She eventually noticed me and jumped up to her feet and showed me a bracelet of some kind. It looked like a snake, wrapping itself around the person's wrist. With emeralds for eyes, it was a very interesting piece of jewellery, but something else caught my eye.

"Uh, Yuna, what's that?" She turned around and went up to the empty window, I walked over to join her.

The sight was unbelievable. There was a fire, not a very big one just a few around what looked like an alter with someone tied up onto it. There were at least eighty people cheering, with seven figure standing by the fires. I looked over to Yuna who was slightly pale, and then I looked back to this sight. A man began to walk up to the alter. He had dark red hair, his eyes had a strange glow to them as well, and he was pale. He wore a leather jacket and black jeans with a chain hanging from his right pant leg and twisted along his leg 'til it reached his boot. I had a feeling that I haven't seen the last of this guy, but in honesty I wasn't scared of him. I looked over to Yuna, she was still watching this bizarre sight, the look of curiosity was burning brighter than usual, but it was also joined with fear. I put my arm around her to remind her I was still there. She looked up at me for a second then looked back down. The man began to speak.

"My brothers and sisters, we are here today to pass judgement of this woman!" He yelled loudly. I didn't like where this was going, and I wanted to leave but I couldn't stop watching. He began to speak again. "She is one of those who have fought Yevon for all these years!" Not another extremist, I grew up being suppressed by them and I was getting very sick of them. He walked closer to the woman, dagger in hand. "Why do you defy Him?" He placed the dagger up to the girl's throat. She stammered but couldn't bring herself to say anything; it was a very sad and terrifying sight. Despite how far away we were, I could tell she was crying. The man was smiling. "Enjoy your final judgement." With those last words, the pulled the blade across the woman's throat, slowly ending her life. I closed my eyes, covering Yuna's the best I could. When I finally managed to open my eyes, I saw him smiling at me and I could tell he knew we were there from that sadistic smile. He turned on his heel to face the many others. "Dispose of the body." He walked down the steep stairwell, going towards the temple. I grabbed Yuna's arm, pulling her with me. I tried to find the way out but I couldn't find it, I completely forgot the way back. And that is when I came face to face with the man, he was still smiling. "Well, it's good to meet the high summoner. Yuna looked up terrified but tried to hide it behind fury. "Who is this Yuna, another traitorous lapdog? No, he's an al bhed, just another waste of life." I wanted to hit him for that, but with all those men following him and rallying on his side, I fought the urge instead. He took a few steps closer, I stood my ground but Yuna backed up. I don't blame her, I wanted to back down so much. "Hm, you look very...Familiar. Have we met before?" I shook my head still staring him in the eye. I began to hear footsteps coming our way. "Looks like we're out of time, you better run." He grinned and started to leave.

Figuring now was as good as any I grabbed Yuna's arm and ran as fast as I could, leaving the hell, but not the nightmare behind.

Another message: Just when you think my stories are getting softer, I introduce a cult that kills people! Woah, I stayed up 'til 1am to finish the chapter. This is what happens with extreme boredom!