Hey hey! I'm returning to this story after a very long time. I apologize for that. I also decided to reupload this chapter. I hope you don't mind :D

The first chapter was kinda short but I'm hoping to get it a bit longer this time. This story is my very first fanfiction (since I'm an AMV editor, not a writer) and I'm writing the chapters during night time so I guess miss typos and mistakes are unavoidable. Sorry about that. I'm also not a native english speaker so please be gentle with me, okay?

However, In this chapter we'll (hopefully) get into the REAL story and action. Stay tuned.

Thank you xD

I also created a playlist to this story. I'll publish it in the next chapter. Now let's go meet Zacky and Tidus.

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"Zack..."

A brown haired girl whispers. Zack gently brushes her hair out of her face and places the curls behind her right ear. Oh god she smells good, Zack thinks. The girl's arms tighten around his back. This is it...the right moment. Zack cups the girl's face with his hands and slowly lifts his eyes from her's to the perfectly shaped lips. She's so close! The girl closes her eyes. only few more inches..

"Zack." the brown haired girl repeats.

"Zack..."

"ZACK! For heavens sake, wake up!" Yuffie screams while pulling his right arm fiercely.

"Not now sissy..." Zack muffles to his pillow still half asleep. "I'm having a marvellous dream here."

"Yes. I'm sure you are. Aerith again, huh?" She asks in a rather nosy way and rolls her eyes. Yuffie could be a nice girl if she only wanted to. This mornig, however, she decides to act the way she normally did. Zack feels rather annoyed by his sister's presence but decides to get up anyway

"Thank god I didn't get too excited last night" Zack thinks while he grabs his clothes from the floor. He'd rather die than let his little sister see him "like that". Yuffie was a really weird girl, in many different ways. She didn't feel the slighest bit bothered by his brother's nudity. Nor did she mind talking about feminine things with Zack.

Yuffie is already heading for the door when Zack finally manages to find his belt "Now why did you wake me up?" he asks while he buckles the belt back on.

"You have a phone call downstairs. He said it was urgent." Yuffie replies. This time her voice is casual.

"He who?"

"Squall Leonhart."

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The waves were crashing heavily against the rocks. It had been almost boiling hot for the past week in Costa Del Sol. The town was known as a common place for travellers to stop by. The beaches of Costa Del Sol were beautiful. It surely was the best place to visit on holidays. Tidus had always wished to be free from his title as a prince. He had wanted to travel across the kingdom and see all kinds of places, especially Costa Del Sol. He longed to be near the ocean. In the young mind of the prince Tidus also wished to meet gorgeously beautiful girls and just have fun. In reality he had zero experience in such sort of things. The only girl he had ever had a crush on was his cousin Garnet, and that was a long time ago too.

"There really is no going back now", Tidus thought as he walked on the soft sand.

The clear blue water that usually calmed Tidus down had no effect on him anymore.

"How could uncle Vayne betray us? How could he want to kill his own brother?!? It makes no sense..."

Vayne Solidor, the king of Junon, had suddenly attacked the kingdom of Midgar. King Basch was badly wounded in the battle. He had been poisoned too, or so Tidus had been told. Tidus himself managed to fleet from the palace but prince Cloud and princess Ashe had been taken as a hostage. They were in the Junon at the moment. This was all that Tidus knew at the moment. He had no idea if his father was alive anymore.

Tidus' escape had been successful thanks to the SOLDIER. King Basch had sent a message to them immediately before the army of Junon had reached the palace. the SOLDIER had then been able to rescue Tidus and bring him to their headquarters in Costa Del Sol.

Tidus decided to walk a bit further. At least the sand felt good under his feet. Turning around he noticed he wasn't the only person in the beach.

"Where do I go from here...?" A black haired guy was muttering by himself "Can't do much when I've got Cloud to worry about..."

Something snapped in Tidus' head when his big brother's name was mentioned.

"How dare this commoner speak about my brother in such a friendly manner?" Zack hadn't even added a title to Cloud's name.

Tidus walked closer to the arrogant guy.

"Hey you, don't just stand there!"

The black haired guy sighed heavily. He was completely ignoring Tidus.

"Who are you anyway..?" Tidus asked. After being brought here by a SOLDIER named Leonhart he'd been left in the care of this happy-go-lucky fool. His black hair was almost gravity resisting, just like Cloud's was. The resemblance between this guy and Cloud was remarkable. It didn't help Tidus to cheer up at all. This guy was also arrogant as hell. "Nothing like my big brother...nothing!!" He really hated him.

The black haired guy turned around and bowed politely to Tidus. "Umm...My name is Zack, SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack Fair. I'm here to take care of you. Pleased to meetcha!" The sudden tone surprised Tidus.

They sent me a babysitter? How nice...Tidus thought. There was something seriously annoying amd wrong about this guy.

"Dont get me wrong", Zack continued "I'm not here to chain you up or anything. Me and my comrades are gonna help you rescue your family, the princess and the future king too. We're both 1 Class warriors so you've got nothing to worry about"

"Yeah right..." Tidus sighed. He had everything to worry about.

"It appears to me that we're gonna have to sneak to Junon and then get the princess out first. There're gonna be just the three of us, just to avoid the fuss and everything. This is kinda like a top secret mission. It's just gonna be us two and the guy you already met, Squall. So umm..I'm guessing you're in then, right?" Zack gazed at the prince anxiously. He talked rather akwardly. "Well?"

"If I say no?" the prince suddenly replied stubbornly. He made a face that belonged to a thirteen-year-old child.

"Well in that case....I'm not really sure...." Zack was a bit surprised of the prince's reaction. There was no time for teenage hormones to take over. Another heavy sigh escaped from Zack's mouth. "What should I do...?" Zack said out loud.

This was the final straw. "Don't you understand?!?! How am I supposed to trust these guys if they can't even go throung simple human emotions like sorrow?"

As Zack was gazing down the sand prince Tidus suddenly grabbed his shirt violently and started screaming:

"WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?!? YOU TELL ME IT'S MY DECISION...BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE, DO I...!?!"

"But please..." Zack tried to interrupt. He was sure this boy would hit him any time now.

"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON ANYWAYS. I HAVE TO GO WITH YOU, I HAVE TO!!!" Tidus was ashamed of his burst of anger. He was confused. He didn't understand anything anymore. He just wanted to throw himself to the sea and drown. Would that bring peace to his mind? At least he'd see his mother again. Tidus kicked the sand hard and fell to his knees.

Suddenly a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"It's going to be alright. I will help you, I'll be there to protect you. I'll fix everything!" Zack assured him. "Aww crap...he's still just a boy. Barely 17 years old and all and he's.....crying.

Tidus couldn't stop the tears. He'd always been a crybaby and he hated it. And to cry in front of a stranger was even worse. It wouldn't do good to his honor. Nor was it suitable behavior for a royal person. He was scared. Relly scared. He just jerked Zack's hand away. Gently brushing the prince's hair once more Zack looked away.

"I'll see you in front of the hotel. Meet me there when you're ready"

"Wait!" Tidus urged and reached his hand towards Zack. Zack turned around. "Will I....ever go home again?" Tidus managed to murmur between his sobs.

"Well..." Zack replied and walked away. He had no idea.

Tidus stayed there. Watching as the waves kept coming.

"At least the sea is still the same."

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Well, was it completely awful? I noticed this chapter is a bit short too. Maybe the 3rd one will be longer then (or not xD)

Characters to appear next :

Squall

Vayne

Sephiroth

Ashe

Stay tuned!