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Tidus was standing on the beach when the Celsius landed. He still couldn't believe that he was home, home with everyone. Rikku, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Kimhari, and most of all, Yuna. He couldn't wait to see her again, he wondered how much she has changed.

Yuna jumped off the bridge of the giant ship and ran towards Tidus in full speed. She jumped on him and knocked him over.

"You're home!" she screamed as he caught her and landed in the icy waters of Besaid Ocean. He noticed that eeryone was standing on the beach waving at him and smiling. He looked at Yuna and frowned.

"I'm home but did Auron not come back? I saw him in the farplane but I thought since he was in Zanarkand he was just a dream as well."

Rikku walked off the ship with Paine at her side. "Well he did disappear but he wasn't a dream. His death was real Tidus, I thought you would've known that." Rikku pulled Yuna off of him and allowed him to get up.

"I see, so he really did die. That's too bad, i wanted to be a family again." Tidus choked back tears of pain when he heard about his foster father. Auron had been his father for ten years after Jecht had disappeared. He told Tidus he would be with him always, so why wasn't he here. Why did Auron have to die? It was too much for him to take in all at once, he caught himself sobbing as tears fell into the water.

He didn't notice the Blizball flying at his head until it hit him. He picked it up and looked towards the beach. "HEY!! YOU OK?!?" the familar voice drew his attention to the swarthy man standing there staring at him.

"WAKKA!!" Tidus ran twoards the blitzball team's former captain.

"Hey kid, it's been two years and you haven't changed one bit ya?" Wakka smiled and slapped Tidus on the back.

"Where's Lulu?" Tidus asked as he held his shoulder and walked the familer path towards Besaid Village.

"She's back at home taking care of the baby. He must be getting on her nerves without my help ya." Wakka said and rubbed the back of his head.

"BABY?!?" Tidus stopped dead in his tracks.

"Yes baby." Paine stared at him in awe, "so your the infamous one we've been travling around Spira looking for." She poked him to see if he was real.

"Yes I'm Tidus, and you would be?" he said as he squirmed away from the gothic chick.

"Oh I'm sorry, this is Paine, she joined the Gullwings before I did but she's a really good friend of mine." Yuna said as she wrapped her arm around his.

"Ah, I see" he took Paine's hand. "it's really nice to meet you Paine. Now can i get food im starving?" The group laughed and and walked back to the village together, jsut like nothing had changed.



That night Tidus couldn't sleep due to a dream that kept recurring. He walked out of the tent and down to the beach for a swim. He layed his clothes on the ruins of an ancient Machina city that was destroyed one-thousand years ago. Destroyed by his City, Zanarkand. He dove into the water, the icy coldness feeling great against his bare skin. He rose up from the bottom and laid on his back staring at the shining sky.

(Why was I in prison? Why don't i remember that? Was that even me? He looked like me but something was off. I have to find him and talk to him if he's still alive. I need to know why I'm being bothered by this.) He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didnt hear Yuna enter the water.

"You...won't disappear again... will you? She said quietly.

He dove into the water "How long have you been there?" (oh man she saw me naked, what am i going to do?)

"Long enough now answer the question."

"Just give me a minute." he said as he left the water to put his clothes back on. He came out and was buttoning his pants. "I'm sorry Yuna, no i won't disappear again. Maybe you can help with something. Tell me, what made you want to search for me?"



Back in Yuna's room she showed him the sphere. "It all began when i saw this sphere of you, at least, it looked like you, I couldn't say for sure."

As Tidus watched the sphere his eyes lit up at the recognition of the man from his dreams. "Who is this man?"

"His name was Shuyin. This sphere is over a thousand years old. He lived in Zanarkand with his lover Lenne. Lenne was a songstress but she was also a Summoner. When the Machina War was started Lenne finished her training as a Summoner to aid Zanarkand in the fight against Bevelle. Shuyin, not wanting Lenne to be killed found out about a Machina weapon that was so powerful, it could destroy all of Spira. He snuck into the Underground Bevelle to control it. He managed to get his hands on the controling device before Lenne found him and tried to stop him. It was too late and the guards knew what he was up to. They shot and killed both Shuyin and Lenne. His soul was restless and we had to put him and Lenne at peace. It's all over now, he rests in peace." She made the prayer to the gods as she finished her tale.

"Yuna, I'm afraid he isnt resting in peace. i keep having the same dream of him. He's still alive inside my heart. I need to go back to Zanarkand and confront him. It would seem my story is far from over."