Final Fantasy X: Story Guide, Part 2
rapid communication, updated on 09/07/01
by Henry H. Jerng

Please note: As a rapid communication, this guide may contain minor errors that will be corrected in the final version. (Narration) refers to Tidus' comments on the events in the game.

This picks up where the last update left off......

Many members of the Guado tribe are gathered in the central hall when Tidus and the others appear out of the inner sanctum of the Makaraniya shrine and arrive at the scene. Yuna speaks out. (Yuna, speaking to Tramell) "Well……" (Aaron) "Give her the opportunity to talk." (Tramell) "I shall be reporting to the other priests." (Aaron) "What will you say?" (Tramell) "Seymour was more than a priest of Ebon. He was the chief of Guado." (Tidus) "What are you going to do?" (Tramell) "Seymour would not have allowed you to return from here in peace." (Rikku) "Wait! Look, if you see the sphere, you would understand!" (Tramell, holding up Jiskal's sphere) "You mean this? (Tramell drops it, shattering it into pieces.) Guado's problems will be handled by Guados." Kimari jumps forward in preparation for battle. (Kimari) "Get out of the way!" (Aaron, rushing forward) "Run!" They escape from the shrine.

The Guado warriors pursue them as they run along the icy path that leads to and away from the shrine. Somewhere along the way, they defeat a monster that resembles the abominable snowman or yeti. As its final stroke, he strikes the ground, opening a hole and causing everyone to fall in.

(Narration) "Ebon's gift. For people who follow Ebon's teaching, this is what they would have called it. Everyone was safe. But my head just hurts when I think about what happened."

Tidus finds himself, Lulu, and Aaron at some strange underground site. He first speaks with Lulu. (Lulu) "We're below the lake's ice. Look, that is the bottom of the Makaraniya shrine. We fell quite far." (Lulu) "Are we traitors, who killed a priest?" Then he speaks with Aaron. (Aaron) "Now…… I wonder what we should do.." (Tidus) "I feel that you are thinking, for the first time. It's high time you realize that you depend on everybody…..." (Aaron) "Are you giving me a lesson?" Tidus backs off and tries to get back on Aaron's good side. (Tidus) "That's not why I said it. They're just thoughts." (Aaron) "I'm not saying don't rely on others, but…… don't think that it's natural to rely on or be protected by others. Don't become that kind of person." (Tidus) "Are you giving me a lesson?" (Aaron) "No, an advice." (Aaron) "With a young summoner, there are many troubles in one way or another." He finds Wakka a little later. (Tidus) "We fell so far. It was Seymour's fault." (Wakka) "It doesn't matter whose fault it was. I have lived to defend the teachings of Ebon. Despite that, I'm now a traitor. Why did this happen?…… Damn……." Wakka shakes his fist at Rikku, blaming her for their troubles. (Tidus) "This has nothing to do with Rikku." (Wakka) "You don't understand how I feel….." (Wakka) "I wonder if the players from Oaraka are doing okay……" Tidus finds Yuna lying on the ground and unconscious. Nearby stand Rikku and Kimari. (Rikku) "Yuna is all right. She is having a little rest. How are Lulu and Wakka?" (Tidus) "I just saw Wakka. He seems bitter. Lulu is her same old self." (Rikku) "That's great. It seems very adult-like." (Tidus) "I guess." (Rikku) "Well, I too will be an adult in just another 5 to 6 years." Tidus changes the topic of conversation to avoid what Rikku is about to say. (Tidus) "Hey, Kimari, how shall we get out of here?" Rikku jumps out at him. (Rikku, gesturing) "Don't turn away from me when I'm talking!" (Kimari) "Don't oversell yourself." (Rikku) "Not you too, Kimari!" (Kimari) "One has to decide to try to become someone just to get used to the person you want to become,." (Rikki, confused) "What?" (Tidus) "If you wanted to become like Lulu, you have to work hard at it." (Rikku) "Yeah! I'll do my best!" (Kimari) "Rikku is fine just as Rikku." (Rikku, confused again) "Huh?" She seems to have figured out what Kimari is trying to tell her. (Rikku) "Are you saying it's useless to work hard at it?! Kimari!" (Tidus, burst out laughing) "Aha, ha, ha, ha!" Wakka jumps in. (Wakka) "Why are you guys laughing!?" Yuna wakes up to the laugh.

(Yuna) "I thought to ask priest Seymour about Jiskal. And I wanted to accurately receive the shrine's decision……" (Lulu) "The marriage was a lure?" (Yuna) "I thought I should try that, if necessary." (Tidus) "So, what did Seymour say?" (Yuna) "He didn't give me an answer. In the end, what did I accomplish? If I had discussed this with everyone from the beginning……" (Aaron) "That's enough. It's a waste of time to talk about what was not done." (Rikku) "Although it's better for her to not express it in that way!" (Aaron) "Are you satisfied to hear about her regrets?" (Rikku) "Although it's better for her to not express it in that way……" (Aaron) "What you must decide is a personal future plan. The journey will continue, right?" (Yuna) "Yes. But….. can I gain the shrine's permission?" (Aaron) "Contact with the prayer child is what trains a summoner. It's not the shrine's permission or its teachings. If the resolve is within you……I don't care if I have to hostile toward the shrine." (Rikku) "What a great thing to say~" (Tidus) "Wow!" (Lulu) "Aaron!" (Wakka) "I'm a traitor. We must atone for the sin that we committed. I certainly did not like priest Seymour very much. Ah, I thought I didn't care for him since the Mihen Session. Then, of course I cannot forgive him for killing Jiskal. And then, he tried to kill us…… But!" (Lulu) "For all that, sin is sin. I will certainly receive the passage of judgement." (Yuna) "Let's go to Beberu. I will explain the situation to priest Maika of the Holy Beberu shrine. I think that's all we can do." (Wakka) "That's what I thought." Everyone nods in agreement. (Yuna) "Aaron!" (Aaron) "It looks like you have come to an agreement." (Yuna) "Will you be coming with us?" (Aaron) "The one who aggravated the situation is me.' (Tidus) "Yep, yep! As usual, Aaron complicates the discussion." (Rikku) "I agree. Kimari barked and the old guy (referring to Aaron) refused……" (Aaron, with Kimari behind him) "I don't remember saying that I will come along." (Tidus, telling Rikku) "If our friends go, we have to cut them some slack! Don't you think?" (Rikku) "Sure!" Yuna walks toward Tidus. (Yuna) "…… Thank you." (Tidus) "Huh?" (Rikku) "Friends?……" (Tidus) "He, he……" (Wakka) "Really. You guys are carefree even in this emergency. Hey. Is it simple-mindedness? Is it impudence?" (Lulu) "You're being too tense. If you would just calm down and listen to the song."

Tidus speaks with Yuna. (Tidus) " Can you hear it from the shrine?" (Yuna) "Yes. It's a gift of Ebon to calm the heart." He catches up with Wakka once again. (Wakka) "A little earlier, was I somewhat restless…… one after another?…… Don't you think so?" Tidus says yes. He speaks to Lulu. (Lulu) "Who is singing this?" (Lulu) "It's the prayer child." (Tidus) "The prayer child is singing!?" (Lulu) "Do you think there's some other explanation?" (Lulu) "Hey…… Did the ground just shake?" (Rikku, really happy) "Are we friends? That is the first time someone said that to me other than someone from the Al Bhed tribe." Tidus speaks to Kimari. (Kimari) "The smell changed around here. Kimari doesn't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing." He then speaks to Yuna. (Yuna) "I think that priest Maika will understand if we tried hard to explain."

Tidus goes to speak to Aaron. (Aaron) "This song. Jecto also sang this song." (Tidus) "Ahh, just this. Ah, ha……He was damn bad at it~!" (Aaron) "You're just as bad as he was." (Tidus) "Did you hear that from me?"

Tidus and Aaron think back. There is an image of Tidus, sitting at a pier and humming that same son. The city of Zanarkand can be seen in the distance. (Tidus) "Hah-!? I was unprepared, and it was an unguarded moment." (Aaron) "Every time I heard your song, I remembered about Spira." (Tidus) "That's right…… You crossed from Spira to Zanarkand. So, were you depressed?" (Aaron) "Yeah."

Back to reality…… (Tidus) "So, how did you get to Zanarkand? What it Sin?" Aaron stayed silent. (Tidus) "I guess go, huh."

(Narration) "I decided. It was Sin that linked Zanarkand and Spira. So, if we defeated Sin, I can't go back to Zanarkand."

When Tidus tries to check on the others, he noticed that the song had stopped. (Rikku) "What?" (Lulu) "It seems that the song ended." The ground begins to shake. (Yuna) "Huh?" (Wakka) "Is there something here!?" (Aaron) "It's coming from below!" Sin is rising from the bottom of the lake. (Yuna) "Sin!" (Wakka and Rikku) "Huh!" (Lulu) "Watch out for Sin's poison!"

(Narration) "At that time, for the first time I can frankly accept that Sin is my dad." (Tidus) "He heard the song? What will it be this time?"

Tidus sees an upside-down image of Zanarkand at night. (Tidus) "Zanarkand……? Ahh…… Do you remember? (Image of four blitzballs) But it's useless. You're Sin. (Image of young Tidus, sitting) I…… got much bigger. (Image of Jecto, facing away) I understood. I wanted to make it stop. For one reason or another, I was making it happen."

Finally, Tidus wakes up. He finds himself in a pond within a desert area. (Tidus) "Where am I , this time?…… Well, this won't be so easy. It's been so quiet." During a battle against some desert monster, Aaron and Lulu join up with Tidus once again. Exhausted after the fight, Tidus inquires about the others in the party. (Tidus) "Where's everyone?" (Lulu) "It looks like they're nowhere near. In this sort of situation, the ironclad rule is to not move from your initial location, but you……" (Tidus) "It's impossible for me to stay still. (Aaron walks away by himself as Tidus and Lulu chat on.) Hey, do you see something?" Next, they come across Wakka sitting under some metal debris. (Tidus) "You're by yourself?" Wakka nods. (Wakka) "Yuna?" Tidus and Lulu look at each other while Aaron just remained quiet. (Wakka, kicking a metal pole) "Damn! We lose sight of Yuna. She will be attacked by machines…… What do we do!" Then they come across Kimari trying to climb up a hill but repeatedly sliding back down. Kimari shakes him head. (Kimari) "Yuna is not here!" (Tidus) "It's not Kimari's fault." Soon after, Rikku comes into view. (Rikku) "Ah! Hi, everyone!! Where's Yuna?" (Tidus) "She's not here." (Lulu) "This is the worst. We'd be disqualified as guards." (Rikku) "Well…..There's something I want to talk about, but can you guys listen without saying anything?" Wakka looks very suspicious. (Rikku, to Wakka) "Stop looking so suspiciously!" Rikku explains. (Rikku) "In this desert, there is an island called Beekanell. Close by, it is the home to the Al Bhed tribe. Yuna is probably there. My comrades probably helped to find her before we could." (Wakka) "Don't you mean kidnapped rather than helped?" (Tidus) "As long as Yuna's safe, it doesn't matter which way!" (Rikku) "Yes, yes. Well then, I want to invite everyone to my home, but…… I want you to keep my home a secret. It's a secret especially to Ebon and company! Just because the Al Bheds are hated by the shrines. I don't know what they will do if the secret is leaked." (Wakka) "What will the shrines do? Don't say that they're bad people." (Rikku) "Long time ago, that is what happened….." (Wakka) "That was because the Al Bheds are bad!" (Tidus, tired of hearing the argument) "Well, now! Does it matter either way?" (Rikku) "Can you promise that you won't tell about this island to anyone?" (Tidus) "Come on, Wakka!" (Wakka) "Understood. Now, please guide us." (Rikku, cheerfully) "Just leave it to me!"

Tidus meets up with Rikku after opening up a few chests. (Rikku) "It's that way!" The group heads out into the desert.

Finally, after along and arduous trek through the desert, they finally arrive at the home of the Al Bhed people. Rikku leaps in excitement. (Rikku) "This way!" She guide them up that last hill, only to find something is terribly wrong. (Rikku, shaking her head) "Aaaah!?" (Tidus) "Rikku?" Rikku runs ahead, followed by the others. The home of the Al Bheds is under attack by various flying and crawling monsters. (Wakka, taking a pause) "You mean Yuna is over there!?" (Lulu) "Probably, if her comrades went there…..."

They arrive at a scene of fierce fighting, as the Al Bheds are trying hard to fight off the monsters. (Wakka) "Where is Yuna!" An Al Bhed collapses onto the ground, and Rikku rushes to his side. (Rikku) "Keyakku! Who!? Who did this!?" Then she repeated her last sentence in the Al Bhed language. Keyakku speaks, using his last breaths. (Keyakku) "Ebon…… Guado……" He dies. (Rikku) "Keyakku!? Keyakku!" (Lulu) "A war between Ebon and Al Bhed……?" A man arrives on the scene, speaking Al Bhed. He leans down to check on his condition and then gently embraced him. After he gets up, the man speaks. (Bald man) "Are you Rikku's friends? That's just fine. Lend us a hand! Fight back the Guados who have infiltrated our home!" The bald man runs off, followed by most of the party. Tidus asks Rikku. (Tidus) "Who was that?" (Rikku) "Cid. Chief of the Al Bhed tribe…… My dad." (Tidus) "Let's go!" (Rikku) "Okay. We must help Yuna." (Tidus) "Not just Yuna!" (Rikku) "Yes!"

They enter the nearest building in search of Yuna and to repulse the Guados. Suddenly, Cid says something to Rikku, which you can't quite understand. (Rikku) "You're kidding!?" (Wakka) "Translate!" (Rikku) "Anyway, take shelter underground!" (Aaron) "Where's Yuna?" (Rikku) "She's probably in the summoner's room. This way!" They continue on after defeating a couple of monsters and a Guado warrior. (Rikku) "This way!"

They arrive in a room in flames and complete tatters. Everyone seems a bit depressed. (Wakka) "It's no good here….." (Rikku) "I guess so…… It's useless. The Al Bheds did not have a hometown. The island that we lived on long ago was destroyed by Sin. The entire people became nomads and lived here and there. But, my dad summoned the entire tribe. He said, 'let's combine our forces and make a new home.' It was born. Everyone worked very hard. Still, …… I wonder why this happened…. " (Wakka) "Rikku……" A monster nears, and Rikku hangs onto Wakka for protection. (Wakka) "Jeez! Break in to your heart's content! What is Guado trying to do!?" Monsters surround them, and a battle ensues.

They continue down some stairs. (Lulu) "Hey, Rikku. What's the summoner's room?" (Rikku) "It's a place where the Al Bheds protect the summoners. They do not want to let them killed." (Wakka) "So, is that why they kidnapped them?" (Rikku) "Yes. (She turns around to face Wakka and Lulu) You may not understand this, but……" (Wakka) "I understand the reason, but……" (Tidus) "There's one thing I don't understand. Because they may die on the journey, isn't kidnapping them a bit too much? And if summoners do not go on the journey, then they can't defeat Sin, right? I understand the worries, but they're with guards. If they're protected by guards, then sumoners won't die! Right?" There's an explosion. (Tidus) "Right?" There's another explosion. Everyone stays quiet. Kimari walks forward. (Kimari) "It's gotten quiet. Kimari will go." Everyone walks away, seemingly to avoid answering the question.

(Rikku) "Please. Yuna is here!" They find Yuna in a room next door. (Kimari) "Yuna!!" (Dona) "She is not here. It's been awhile. But, this talk will have to wait until the other world send-off is finished." (Isarru) "They became sacrificed to protect us. There's no excuse for us to not send them off with our own hands." Dona and Isarru starts the other world send-off ceremony. (Passe, asking Tidus) "Hey…… What is sacrifice?" Summoners are sacrifices. That's what the Al Bheds said. They say summoners must stop their journey." (Tidus) "Leave the summoners to the guards…… It's unreasonable for them to quit the journey……" (Rikku) "It would be bad if we don't stop it! (Having a hard time expressing something very emotional) If we continue the journey as is…… to go to Zanarkand…… even to defeat Sin….., then…… Yuna will…… (Screaming) Yuna will die!!"

(Rikku) "Do you know? Summoners journey to seek the ultimate summon! You heard this from Yuna!? And if she defeats Sin with the ultimate summon? But…… but! If she uses that, the summoner will die! Even if she defeats Sin, Yuna will die with it!!" Tidus makes the realization. (Tidus) "Am I the only one who didn't know this? (Shaking Rikku) Am the only one who didn't know!? Is it only me? Why was it hidden!" (Wakka) "We did not hide it from you." (Lulu) "It's too terrible to put into words." Both Aaron and Kimari remain stoic about this. Tidus collapses on the group, pounding it with his fist. (Tidus) "Lulu, didn't you think that Yuna, Yuna is like your little sister!? Wakka too thought the same thing! Why don't you put a stop to it?!" (Lulu) "You think we didn't stop her!? It was Yuna's own will." (Wakka, remorseful) "She chose the way of the summoner with everyone's consent. The way to die fighting Sin!" (Rikku) "That is absolutely strange! She's doing it for everyone's happiness…… Only the summoner becomes sacrificed!"

The various souls swirling around the room assemble into a monster. Dona and Isarru look from a distance. (Isarru) "The sacrifice is regrettable." (Dona) "You certainly know the terror of Sin." (Isarru) "A world without Sin. That is the dream of all the citizens of Ebon. Even if we have to exchange for it with our lives, we are not misguided!" They call out their summon beasts to fight it.

Tidus runs away. (Tidus) "I……. I told Yuna! I told her to go quickly to Zanarkand! Go and defeat Sin……! And after Sin is defeated, she'll have everything to look forward to!! I know nothing of her feelings! Still…… Yuna……. She….. just smiled."

Tidus has a flashback. (Yuna) "Look! Look!" She shows Tidus that she has learned how to whistle. (Tidus, seemingly embarrassed) "You've done well, if you can blow like that." (Yuna) "You don't look happy." (Tidus) "Probably." (Yuna) "Will you scream?" (Tidus) "This is a little different from that." (Yuna) "Hey. It's strange for me to say this, but…… They say that summoners and guards are the light of hope for Spira. Various people are keeping their eyes on us. So, when I fall or when I don't feel well…… I don't want to show it." (Tidus) "Um. I understand….. I feel it." (Yuna) "Yes, it's time for smile practice!" He remembers scenes where they had so much fun just laughing. (Yuna, narration) "I want to journey, while laughing…."

Tidus returns to reality. (Tidus) "I must apologize to Yuna…… I'll help!" The group runs out of the room, leaving the dead body of monster behind.