I'm surprised how fast I'm churning out these chapters. :P Reviews are welcome!

CHAPTER 4

The game was over. The Luca Goers won 3-1. Sure, the Al-Bhed Psyches didn't win, but I didn't care. Rikku was happy again, and that was all I really wanted. As the Luca Goers celebrated, a strange bunch of objects entered the sphere. They looked like green squiggly worms...

"FIENDS!" shouted Brother from within the sphere.

A panic immediately arose from the crowd, as everyone rushed towards the exits. It seemed that the fiends in the sphere weren't the only ones. Flying fiends, and reptilian fiends began to fill the arena. Rikku and I rushed to an exit, but were cut off by one of the reptiles. I grabbed the sword I received from Auron back in Zanarkand, and attacked. The fiend hardly looked bothered. I was knocked aside quickly, as the fiend turned it's attention to Rikku. Rikku backed up slowly, before tripping and landing on her butt. She screamed as the fiend charged at her... but before the fiend could attack...

SLASH!

A man in a brown outfit stood tall over the slain fiend. He hoisted his sword over his shoulder and continued walking.

"Auron!" I shouted. Auron turned his head to the side, and looked at me with his good eye. He smiled slightly, chuckled and kept walking. I rushed over to Rikku. "You okay?" I asked as I helped her up.

"I've been better..." she replied, dusting herself off.

"Come on... we gotta follow that guy. I know him!" I shouted, pointing at Auron who was busy fighting a flying fiend.

"Is that... Auron?" Rikku asked, as if she somehow already knew.

"Yeah... let's go." I replied, as we ran over to where Auron was fighting. I withdrew my sword, and prepared for the fight. Rikku grabbed her knives from her armour.

SLASH!

STAB!

STRIKE!

The fiend fell to the ground, and burst into a dozen pyreflies.

"We did it!" shouted Rikku who posed in victory.

"Don't get cocky. There's still plenty more where that came from." calmly said Auron. And he was right. Another flying fiend appeared, as well as two more reptilian fiends.

"Hey, gimme a break!" I said, as I prepared to fight again.

Off in the distance, I could see a man in red and green. He waved his arms, and before him appeared an enormous creature. He must have been a summoner. The beast he summoned began to destroy all the fiends with a weird flash from it's eye. One by one they exploded into pyreflies, including the ones we were fighting. I guess that put an end to it then.

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Auron and I finally had the chance to talk down at the docks. Or should I say... I yelled, and he talked...

"Hey, you! Don't just stand there! All of this is your fault! Gettin' swallowed by Sin! Not being able to go back to Zanarkand! Everything, everything! I'm telling you, it's all your fault!" I yelled at him. Auron smirked, and began to laugh uproariously. "Who are you anyway? How can you be here AND Zanarkand. That's impossible! I argued.

"Nothing impossible about it. You're here... are you not?" asked Auron.

"Uh... yeah..." I replied, having not really thought of what I said.

"It all started 10 years ago. Jecht, the High Summoner Lord Braska, and I... Together we defeated Sin ten years ago. Then I went to Zanarkand...where I watched over you. So that one day I could bring you to Spira." explained Auron.

"What? My old man was here?" I asked.

"Indeed he was." replied Auron.

"B-but how?" I asked.

"We never found out." confessed Auron.

"Why did it have to be me that had to come to Spira?" I asked.

"Jecht asked me to." replied Auron.

"Is he alive?" I asked.

"It depends on what you mean by 'alive.' He is no longer human. But then... I felt something of Jecht there in that shell, couldn't you? You must have felt him when you came in contact with Sin." explained Auron.

"It can't be..." I said, thinking what I was hearing was ludicrous.

"It is. Sin is Jecht." said Auron with a grave look on his face.

"No! That's ridiculous! No way! I don't believe you!" I argued.

"But it is the truth. You'll see for yourself. Come with me." said Auron, as he began to walk off.

"If I say no?" I replied, holding my ground.

"Every story must have an ending." said Auron, with one of his stupid cryptic metaphors.

"I don't care about your stories!" I yelled.

"I see. Sorry you feel that way. Fine, then. Come or don't come. It's your decision." said Auron as he started to walk away again.

"What am I supposed to say? You tell me it's my decision... But I don't have a choice, do I? You're the only one who can tell me what's going on, anyways! I have to go with you! I have to!" I yelled.

"Irritating, I know. Or are you afraid? It's all right." said Auron in an almost condescending tone. I followed him for a few steps, then stopped.

"Auron? Will I ever go home? Back to Zanarkand?" I asked, much quieter.

"That's up to Jecht. I'm going to offer my services to Yuna. Come." said Auron as he beckoned me to follow him.

"Yuna? Who's Yuna?" I asked. Auron stopped in his tracks. He turned to me.

"You... you know Yuna, correct?" he asked.

"No... I never met a 'Yuna'." I replied. Auron immediately freaked out. He started muttering to himself.

"Oh no... oh Yevon no..." he muttered, almost delirious.

"Did I say something funny?" I asked.

"Quickly! Follow me! You must meet Yuna at once!" he said, as he grabbed me by the arm and dragged me along.

"Hey! What's the big idea!" I yelled as I got dragged along. I could hear Auron muttering about Jecht messing up. I just ignored it, as I was dragged along.

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Auron had been dragging me along for what was about five minutes. Up a set of stairs we went. In the distance I saw a group of people. It was strange... I recognised all of them. There was the Ronso, woman in grey, and the girl with a white and purple outfit from outside the window. And once again, the Captain of the Besaid Aurochs!

"Whoa." said the Aurochs Captain, as he noticed us.

We approached the group.

"Sir Auron?" said the girl in the white and purple outfit.

"Yuna." spoke Auron to the girl. I guessed she was Yuna.

"Sir?" replied Yuna.

"I wish to become your guardian. Do you accept?" asked Auron.

"You serious?" asked Tidus.

"You refuse?" replied Auron.

"No, no! We accept! Right, everyone?" said Yuna, as she asked the rest of her group.

"O-Of course! No problem at all!" said the Captain.

"But...why?" asked the woman in grey, who hadn't said anything until now.

"I promised Braska." replied Auron.

"You promised my father? Thank you, Sir Auron! You're welcome to join us!" replied Yuna.

"And...he comes too." said Auron as he let go of my arm and shoved me forward. I felt the eyes of the group stare at me.

"Hi...guys. Eh...howdy! I'm Tidus." I greeted awkwardly.

"This one I promised Jecht. He is his son." explained Auron.

"Is Sir Jecht alive?" asked Yuna.

"Can't say. Haven't seen him in ten years."

"I...see." replied Yuna.

"You'll meet eventually." said Auron, giving Yuna some hope.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to it!" she replied.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I said, stopping the conversation. "I'd just loooooove to go wherever it is you're all going... but I'm afraid that I've already got plans." I began to walk away.

"Stop!" shouted Auron. "Your destiny is this way."

"Screw destiny!" I shouted back, as I kept walking. I had a good thing going with Rikku and the Al-Bhed, and I wasn't going to stop that, for whatever messed up motivation Auron had. I walked with a brisk pace all the way back to the port where we had docked. There, stood Rikku and the others. I guess they must have been waiting for me. Rikku spotted me, and ran into my arms.

"I thought you had left us..." she said, with her face buried with my chest.

"Are you kidding? I'm not going anywhere!" I replied with a laugh.

Rikku and I both entered the ship with the other Al-Bhed, as we set sail once again. This time, we were going Home.

If I were lazy, I could probably end the story here :P But I plan on having the story continue. LUCKY YOU.