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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 and make no money from writing this story. Final Fantasy X and X-2 and characters belong to Square Enix.

Chapter List
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SPOILER WARNING: Yuna tells Tidus about her journey in FFX-2 in this chapter.
Therefore there are spoilers in this chapter. She doesn�t get specific
but she does discuss what happens after the defeat of the final boss.
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Chapter Two: Memories
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It
was truly amazing how many people had turned up in Besaid
to welcome Tidus back. He hadn�t gotten a
chance to breath without someone else grabbing his
hand and wishing him well. Once she finally got him alone, it was only to
introduce him to a few new friends he hadn�t met yet. With his gloved
hand gripping hers tightly, Yuna led him toward the Gullwings. She pointed at Paine and said, �This is
Paine. She�s a member of the Gullwings like I
am.� She grinned at him, �The Gullwings is a sphere
hunting group and I joined up when Kimahri found this
sphere on Gagazet that looked like you in it.�

Tidus smiled at Paine, �Nice to meet you.� He said as he extended his
free hand.

Paine
stared at him without a smile. Her eyes roamed up and down his body
before she nodded curtly and said, �I suppose you were worth all the trouble.�

�Um�thanks?�
Tidus asked with a question in his look to Yuna. His blue eyes focused back on Paine and he
asked, �Are you related to Lulu?�

�No.�
came the curt reply as Paine turned and walked away.

Yuna�s bicolored eyes danced as she laughed
and said to Tidus, �Paine�s always like that, but
she�s one of my closest friends.�

�Second
only to me, right?!� a shrill shriek came from across the way. It was Rikku and Tidus�s eyes widened as
the half-naked, completely drunk Al Bhed girl made
her way toward them. Yuna had to stifle a
giggle at the way Tidus was staring at Rikku. It wasn�t in a lustful gaze that would make
her jealous. In fact, he was staring at her as if wondering if the circus
had come to town.

And
she thought he�d been shocked by her
outfit.

�Rikku?� Tidus asked as if half
expecting her to say no.

The
blond nodded and lurched toward him before bracing herself against his chest to
keep from landing face first in the sand, �Yeppers��she
said. She poked his stomach and said, �You�d better get back into shape
if you�re going to be ready for the game tomorrow.�

�What
game?� Tidus asked.

�The
Aurochs got a game tomorrow, ya.� Wakka�s
jovial voice came from behind him.

Tidus spun around and smiled at his best friend and Lulu who was
holding tiny Vidina in her arms. He ran a hand
through his matted blond hair and said, �I still can�t believe you two got
married��

�Well,
believe it, ya!� Wakka said
laughingly, �I got the papers to prove it!�

Tidus laughed and wrapped an arm around Yuna�s
waist, �So where are you guys playing tomorrow?�

�Luca.�

Tidus� eyes gleamed and he looked at Yuna
with an excited look, �That means we�d have to take the airship.� He
winked, �I really want to ride that thing��

Yuna laughed, �Of course you do.� She replied, �So we will.�

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After
the party, Yuna and Tidus
had retired to the crew quarters on the Celsius. The other members of the
Gullwings had decided to stay in Besaid
for the night to give them some time alone. As she watched Tidus strip down to his boxers, Yuna�s
hand started trembling a little. She felt stupid for being so afraid of
asking him to make love to her. What if he didn�t want to?? That
was a question that plagued her and forced her to keep her mouth shut as he
climbed under the sheets with her and wrapped an arm around her waist, �I want
to hear all about your journey.� He said.

Yuna had partially been dreading this too. She was afraid that
he�d be upset when she told him she thought Shuyin
was him. In retrospect, he and Shuyin didn�t
look very much alike to her. They carried themselves differently and Shuyin�s hair was long and hung into his eyes, their
clothes were different too, but back then it had seemed like they did really
resemble each other and Tidus might be upset that she
couldn�t tell the difference between them.

She
took a breath. She had to take the chance. He asked and she said
she�d tell him all about it, so she will, �Well, like I said it all started
with this sphere of you. At least, I thought it was you. Kimahri found it near Gagazet and
it is what caused me to join the Gullwings and what
ultimately led me to you.�

�What
was the sphere of?�

�It
looked like you, in a cage, being held prisoner. It turned out that it
wasn�t you, though. It was someone named�Shuyin.�

�Shuyin�in a cage?� Tidus repeated
as if trying to place where he�d heard that name before.

�If you�d stop attacking, there wouldn�t be a war!�

Tidus spun around and looked frantically around the room. Where
did that voice come from? Yuna placed a worried
hand on his shoulder, �Are you okay?�

The
blonde blitzer nodded as he returned his attention to
the beautiful former summoner, �I�m fine, just
thought I heard something.� He smiled at her, �Go on.�

�After
I joined the Gullwings, we went on journeys all over Spira to find more spheres with who we thought was you in
them. We found several more and one was with Shuyin
standing before the colossus, Vegnagun.�

�You know you�re all I can count on to save Lenne.�

Tidus let out a startled cry and jumped to his feet, �I know I heard
something this time.� He said as he dropped to his knees and crawled halfway
under the bed in search of the mysterious voice. His torso was completely
under the bed when he realized he couldn�t get any further. The bed was
too low to the ground.

�Tidus?� Yuna called as she leaned
over the bed and pulled on his legs, �Come out from under there.�

The
blitzer complied and slowly climbed back onto the bed
next to Yuna, �I�m really sorry. I just keep
hearing someone.�

�I
don�t hear anything.� Yuna whispered, �Do you want me
to stop?�

Tidus shook his head, �No, I said I wanted to hear all about it and I
meant it.� He kissed her cheek, �Keep going.�

�Anyway,�
Yuna continued, still with a worried look in her eye,
�It turned out that years before, Shuyin�s soul had
possessed Nooj � you�ll meet him tomorrow � and now
was possessing Baralai � and you�ll meet him tomorrow
too.� Yuna squirmed on the bed and laid her head on Tidus� shoulder, �Anyway, we finally realized that Shuyin wasn�t you and in fact he had lived in Zanarkand � the real one � 1000 years ago and had been
killed by Bevelle soldiers along with his girlfriend,
Lenne.�

�You must stop! That�s enough!�

Tidus jumped a little but forced himself to remain calm. He was
hearing voices, sure, but that was no reason to upset Yuna.
It was probably just an after effect of being brought back to life by the fayth. He smiled at her concerned look, �I just got a
chill. Go on.�

�Shuyin was determined to destroy Spira
because he blamed all of Spira for the death of
himself and Lenne. For some reason he thought I was Lenne
but when he realized I wasn�t and we had destroyed Vegnagun,
he attacked us. That�s when we defeated him.�

�What
happened to him after that?�

Yuna shrugged, �He�s in the Farplane, I
guess. Lenne�s essence was in my songstress dressphere so whenever I put it on I could feel her
emotions and had her memories. I suppose I became her briefly.
After we stopped Shuyin, she walked out of my dressphere and disappeared with him.� She smiled, �I�m glad
they�re together.�

Tidus brought his lips down upon Yuna�s in a
soft kiss. His tongue played at her mouth until it opened to allow him
access. He pulled the girl down on top of him and caressed her face with
his eyes closed. He slowly opened his eyes and gazed into her deep brown
orbs�

Brown??

The
girl on top of him resembled Yuna but it wasn�t
her. Her hair was too long, her eyes were brown. She even smelled
differently. Yuna smelled like vanilla.
This girl smelled like lavender. Tidus slammed
his lids shut and then opened them to find Yuna in
her place above him with a concerned look on her face. Her scent was
vanilla again, her eyes were blue and green, her hair was short. Tidus could feel his hands beginning to shake, �I�m pretty
tired,� he said, �So I think I�m going to go to sleep now.� And with a quick
movement, he rolled Yuna off of him and then quickly
turned so that his back faced her.

Within
minutes Yuna could hear his steady breathing and
frowned. When he had begun kissing her, she had hoped that they wouldn�t
have been going immediately to sleep. Something had stopped him,
though. He had looked at her like he�d never seen her before.
Didn�t he love her? Didn�t he want her?

Did
she make a mistake in wanting him back?

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Luca
was just as big and glamorous as Tidus remembered and
he squeezed Yuna�s hand in excitement as they got off
of the Celsius near the boating dock the following day. It reminded him
of the time during her pilgrimage that they�d docked in Luca, only this time
neither of them was going toward their deaths.

The
last time in Luca had been an exciting time for Tidus.
He had been part of the Aurochs and looking forward to helping them bring the
crystal cup back to Besaid. It was also the
first time the group had met their nemesis, Seymour Guado.
Tidus hated Seymour
from the first moment he laid eyes on the half human, half guado.
Maybe it was the way Seymour
seemed just a little too nice. Maybe it was they
way everyone was bowing down to him like he was a god. Then again, it was
probably just the way he looked at Yuna.

�I
just love Luca. Don�t you Tidus?� Rikku asked him as the permanently perky blonde bounced
head of the group. Tidus couldn�t understand
why Rikku�s head wasn�t pounding from a
hangover. The Al Bhed had downed almost an
entire keg of beer on her own and with her tiny frame, she should have been
unconscious on the floor.

�It
is a beautiful city.� Tidus agreed as his eyes played
about the city. Even after the defeat of Sin, it didn�t come close to
comparing to Zanarkand in size and grandeur, but Tidus couldn�t help but really love the city.

Rikku nodded and her blonde braids bounced in her eyes, �Oh yes, so
beautiful and�� she stopped and made a face, �Fryd tu oui fyhd.�
She said to a blonde man with an eye patch and a swagger that was making his
way toward them. He was with another blonde man, a blonde woman, and a
man with a robotic arm.

�Du lraan dra Aurochs du jelduno.� The man
replied to Rikku�s cold stare. He turned to Tidus and said, �The name�s Gippal.
It�s nice to finally meet the guy Lady Yuna�s been
nuts over.�

Tidus smiled. He decided right then and there that he liked this Gippal person. He reminded him of someone, but he wasn�t
sure who, �It�s nice to meet you too, Gippal.�

Pointing
to each as he spoke, Gippal said, �I used to lead the
Machine Faction. This is Baralai, former leader
of New Yevon. This is Nooj,
former leader of the Youth League.�

Tidus� eyes locked with the woman next to Nooj.
If Gippal reminded him of someone, then this girl
definitely did. It was the way she was standing. She carried
herself with a self important air about her. He knew her�

Gippal continued, �And this is Nooj�s
ladylove��

�Allyn?� Tidus whispered half to
himself. Who the hell was Allyn??

The
woman laughed haughtily and waved her fan in front of her face, �Sorry
love. The name�s LeBlanc.� She leaned closer to Nooj
and asked, �So who�s Allyn? Fancying someone
more than Yuna already?!�

Tidus shook his head and tightened his grip on Yuna�s
hand, �No, I don�t know where that name came from. Sorry about that.�

LeBlanc
shook her hand in the air, �Not to worry, love. No harm done.�

Tidus tried to ignore Yuna�s concerned look
and focused on the buildings that lined the streets as he followed the four new
people toward the stadium. The Aurochs � including Wakka
� had already made their way to the locker room. Tidus
was disappointed that he wasn�t playing with them, but had already discussed
with Wakka the possibility of rejoining for the next
season. Since this season had already started, Tidus
needed to sit out, but he was welcoming it. It gave him a chance to spend
time with Yuna without blitzball
practices getting in the way.

Yuna nudged him softly and pulled his head down to hers to kiss his
lips gently, �I love you.�

�I
love you too.� Tidus replied as he rubbed his nose
against hers, �Always and forever��

A
noise caused the duo to break apart and Tidus burst
out laughing as Gippal and Rikku
began to gag themselves. Rikku elbowed Gippal and pointed to Tidus and Yuna, �Kind of gets you right here,� she said as she
smacked herself in the stomach, �doesn�t it?�

Gippal nodded, �Yeah, you two. This isn�t a soap opera!�

Yuna felt her cheeks blush crimson and she said, �Stop teasing me!�
Grabbing Tidus� hand, the group started to walk up
the steps that led to the blitzball stadium
grandstand. It had been a long time since Tidus
had been here. The last time was two years before, when Tidus was a scared little boy who didn�t understand the
world that he had suddenly been thrust into. He had been scared and
alone, but this was the place that Auron rejoined
him. This was the true beginning of his journey. Before Luca, Tidus had just been following along behind a group of
people he didn�t understand just so that he could feel as though he belonged,
but Luca was the place that made him realize that he really did belong.
This was the place Tidus was told that his father, Jecht, had been turned into Sin. This was where he
knew that fighting alongside Yuna was his destiny.

�Sir
Tidus!!!� a shrill shriek came from behind him and Tidus spun around and unconsciously put his hand on the
butt of his sword before he realized that the shriek came from Shelinda, the Yevonite that they
had run into several times during Yuna�s pilgrimage.

The
woman was still dressed in her signature green dress but this time was armed
with a microphone and a cameraman, �What�s going on, Shelinda?�
he asked, eyeing the cameraman suspiciously.

�I�m
a reporter now, Tidus. I was so happy to hear
about your return!� the redhead said, �I was wondering if you�d grant me an
interview.�

Tidus scratched his head and looked at Yuna
who gave him a grin and took a step back, �He�s all yours, Shelinda.�
Yuna said as she shot Tidus
a teasing look and stood next to Paine, well away from the cameraman.

�Great!�
Shelinda cried as she ran next to Tidus
and signaled for the camera to start rolling before Tidus
could say anything, �This is Shelinda and I�m here
with Sir Tidus, High Summoner
Yuna�s former guardian and current boyfriend who has
just returned to the public eye after being out of sight for almost two
years.� She smiled at Tidus and asked, �So
where were you, Sir Tidus? The public is dying
to know.�

�Dying��
Tidus said with a laugh, �that�s what I was doing,
actually.�

Shelinda�s smile faded and she cocked an eyebrow,
�Why, whatever do you mean?�

Tidus shrugged. He looked at Yuna
briefly and then said, �I was a dream of the fayth
who had recreated Zanarkand in a dream state. I
was one of the residents but was sucked into Sin and sent to the real
world. After Sin was defeated, I vanished since the fayth
stopped dreaming, but when Yuna stopped the
destruction of the world for a second time the fayth
made me real as a reward.�

Shelinda looked as though someone had hit her with
an airship. Her face held abject confusion in every muscle and it took
her several minutes before she spoke again. She looked at the camera and
spoke, �Well, apparently those rumors in the Spira
Inquirer are true.� She said, �And this reporter doesn�t know what to
say. Therefore, this is Shelinda, signing off.�

�How�d
I do?� Tidus asked with a half grin.

�Well,
I suppose you did�fine,� Shelinda replied, �I mean, I
wasn�t expecting such candor. I also wasn�t expecting the truth to be so
completely insane either.�

Yuna took her place next to Tidus again and
smiled at Shelinda, �It is a crazy story, but it�s
also fascinating and I think it�s going to cause the ratings to skyrocket.�

�Oh
I hope so!� Shelinda replied, �I desperately want to
be a good reporter. Then maybe I can get promoted to a nice desk
job. That�d be wonderful.� She smiled at the group before turning to the
cameraman, �Paublo, let�s go.� She demanded, �It was
wonderful to see you all again� she called over her shoulder as she and her
cameraman vanished from sight.

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The
score was 2-1, in favor of the Kilika Beasts.
When the whistle blew for intermission, Tidus felt Yuna�s hand caressing his hair and he turned to her,
�They�d be winning if you were out there.� She said with a smile.

Tidus kissed her gently and replied, �Hey, at least they scored a
goal.�

�That�s
true.� Yuna agreed with a laugh. The Aurochs
hadn�t improved much in the two years since Tidus
faded. They were still the worst time in history but their fan base had
grown quite a bit. It was probably because one of High Summoner Yuna�s former guardians
was the captain and Yuna herself was a big fan.
Whatever it was, Tidus was happy that the Aurochs
were finally getting the cheers they deserved.

�Excuse
me�pardon me�let me through.� Came Gippal�s voice
from down the aisle a bit. The Al Bhed was
climbing over Nooj, Baralai,
LeBlanc, and Rikku to reach his seat next to Tidus which he had vacated a few minutes before.
Plopping himself down, Gippal said to Tidus, �It�s like a war zone in here!�

�It
is pretty crowded.� Tidus agreed, placing a hand on Yuna�s thigh.

�Since
its intermission,� Gippal began, �I thought I�d take
this opportunity to talk to you about something you might be interested in.�

Tidus cocked an eyebrow, �What is it?�

Gippal grinned like a Cheshire cat and said, �This idea hit me when I
found out how upset Yuna was that Cid turned Zanarkand into a theme park.�

�A
theme park?� Tidus asked as he looked at Yuna and said, �That doesn�t sound so bad. I like rollercoasters.�

Yuna laughed and put her head on his shoulder, �Not that kind of theme
park, baby.� She whispered, �Cid turned it into a tourist attraction.
People just walk around and don�t treat it with the respect it deserves.�

�So
I came up with a way to fix that,� Gippal replied,
�Since the world has been saved twice and Tidus is
back here with you, Yuna, there�s really no reason
for Zanarkand to remain a �holy place� per say.�

Yuna lifted her head and looked at him skeptically, �Just what do you
want to do, Gippal?�

�Using
Tidus for the details,� he replied, �I want to
rebuild Zanarkand the way it was 1000 years ago.�

Tidus felt suddenly excited. He desperately missed Zanarkand and everything about the �city that never
slept�. The opportunity to bring it back to life was something that Tidus had never thought he�d get. He opened his mouth
to tell Gippal what a great idea he thought it was
when Yuna spoke first.

�No.�
she said, �Absolutely not.�
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AL BHED TRANSLATION

Fryd tu oui fyhd: what do
you want?
Du lraan dra Abes du jelduno:
To cheer the Aurochs to victory.
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NOTE: In Chapter 20 of Silver Wings, the Fayth
told Lenne that she would be reincarnated as Yuna. I know that this chapter makes it sound like
that isn�t true, but it is true. You�ll see where I�m going with this in
subsequent chapters.
Author�s Notes: This chapter will set up a Gippal/Rikku/Baralai love triangle as
well as start the conflict of the story.

SPOILER: There
are FFX and FFX-2 spoilers in this chapter including the dialog to the perfect
ending of FFX-2.
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