NOTE : All charaters in the this story belong to Square. I just borrowed them.
The campfire had long since died. The glowing embers barely clung to life as smoke still trailed along lazily into the night sky. Everyone was asleep. Tomorrow they would leave and this journey would end, one way or another. He sat on the edge of the cliff, looking over the horizon. The view before him was disturbing. The ruins of city dead for a thousand years. The life that once flowed thought the huge towering building and crumbling streets has long since been destroyed leaving behind only the tortured and wandering souls to feed off the life still existing. Skeletons of structures stood but where dead inside. Fountains lay in rubble and statues, cracked and disfigured, watched over nothing. The over head bridges and bypasses ... all the homes and shops and offices ... all destroyed. This is what was left of Zanarkand, the great machina metropolis. This was his home. But that was another lifetime ... or so it seemed. His eyes scanned the skyline and his mind began to wander. He could see the lights and busy people hurrying to and from in a city that never slept. He could hear the cheers of Blitzball fans as he looked at the shattered dome that was once the finest arena in Spira. With a heavy sigh he lowered his head. "I guess they where right..." He said out loud to the night. " You can never go home again..."
"That's not always true." A soft voice called from behind him.
He turned to meet the intrusion of his privacy and smiled. "Yuna..."
She smiled and nodded as she slowly walked up the rocky mountain pass. Choosing her steps carefully over the difficult terrain, she finally reached him and sat by his side. " I guess I'm not the only one who didn't feel like sleeping... " She said as she stared off into the destruction beyond.
"Yeah..." He replied looking down at his boots. "Yuna... I.."
"Yes?" She said looking at him with her patented -no worries- expression. He loved that about her. Even during the most darkest of times, she was always able to see hope.
"It's just..." He started but couldn't find the words. He let his legs slip off the cliff and anxiously kicked his feet. " I'm just worried.... I still don't know what's going to happen... What if there is no other way? To beat Sin I mean.... I can't... I won't......" He stopped again when he realized his fists where clenched and his jaw locked. Taking a deep breath he looked up at her. It seemed like every star sparkled in her beautiful eyes. " I won't let you die." He blurted.
Still. She just smiled. She turned and faced the demolished city. He looked at her for a long moment. She was so strong. How could she just accept all of this like it was an every day thing? He wanted so bad to just run away with her. Keep her safe.... And for a moment he fully understood why the Al Bhed had done what they had... He understood it then, but now ... everything just seemed so unreal to him. He reached out and touched her shoulder. She leaned her head on top of his but still kept her gaze forward. "This is it..." He thought. " This could be the last time I am sitting here with her...." He lowered his head as he continued to think. " Zanarkand. A city I had to see with my own eyes... The end of Yuna's journey... The last chapter in my story. I can't let it end this way...." Softly he ran his hand from her shoulder to her back and slipped it around her side pulling her closer. She made a cute little gasp and when she opened her eyes, she was on his lap. She smiled and touched his face.
"Tidus..." She smiled and lowered her head to rest on his shoulder. Her head never made it as Tidus intercepted her motion with his lips. She touched his face as he kissed her. Her lips were so warm and tasted of vanilla ... as they always did. She pulled away after a moment and looked into his deep blue eyes. They reminded her of the sea. So deep and wondrous ... and full of mystery. She smiled at him as she watched his lips curl in that way that only she could make him do. It was lost somewhere between a smile and a smirk. She didn't need to dissect it. All she had to do was love it. And she did. She felt his warm hands on her back, pulling her closer and she closed her eyes. There was something about the way she felt when Tidus kissed her. Something that came alive in her for the first time in her life. She had always been loved... Always had friends. But this.... This was something no one could give her but him.
As she felt his lips press gently against her she wrapped her hands around his neck. The kiss soon became deeper as they released the built up passion that had been stirring in both of them since they met. Tidus ran his fingers through her hair and pulled her deeper into the kiss. Neither of them where thinking of anything but that moment. Each of them, lost in each others arms... Nothing could touch them. Tidus slowly leaned her back until she was resting on the ground. He leaned over her, never breaking the kiss and caressed the side of her body. He could feel her hands trace up and down his arms and occasionally caress his cheek or slide though his hair. He smiled still kissing her, as her touch sent chills down his body. Placing his and on her shoulder he softly rubbed gently with his thumb and slipped his hand down her arm. Cautiously he inched his hand over her side and sweeping her stomach he gently cupped her perfect breast. He felt her jump as she gasped under his touch.
"Shhh..." He urged, trying his best to soothe her. He remained still as he continued kissing her, moving his kisses down her neck he nibbled softly on her ear. Continuing to gently message her beast, he felt her nails slide down his arm and that grip on his hair tighten just a bit. He smiled as he kissed further down. Kissing her shoulder and collar bone. He could feel her body react to his touch. Her body heat rising and her breath becoming more shallow ... when suddenly Yuna's hand snapped up and grabbed his. She pulled his arm down and sat up.
"I...." Tidus started feeling a little foolish and even more scared. " I'm sorry. Yuna, I..-"