I do not own any of the main characters--Lenne or Shuyin! I also do not own the costume ideas for either Lenne or Shuyin, or the city that this takes place in. I hope you all like it!

The Fate of a Futuristic Love, Chapter One

"Lenne!" I kept on hearing him shout my name, but I could not see him. "Lenne! Over here!" It was then that I saw him for the first time in about five years. He was very different than I remembered, because he changed a whole lot! He had yellow tennies, the latest style that I heard about. He had overall straps hanging down, still buckled, with knee-length black shorts, with many pockets on them. The shirt he had on was yellow, bordered by black across the bottoms and the sides going up. Checker-covered sleeves with a white stripe, blue shoulder pads, and a part of a red vest covered his bare- chest. He had longer hair that was spiked on the ends of his very blonde hair. He is more masculine than I could remember! Oh, gosh. Help me before I faint!
"Wow, you've changed over living there, huh? You, wow..."
"Hey, you've changed a lot over these years, too. Look at you! I did not know that you could be so...so..." Tears came to my eyes. I did not know how long it would take me to do my pilgrimage. I just did not know that after the aeons told me what was going to happen, that I would work in Bevelle, just to know what was completely going on with this "dangerous source."
"I'm sorry, I just thought of how it was before I left. It's just that so much changed, including you, and I just had a weird flash back that totally freaked me out, and that horrible research that I did applying the aeon's words and..." I was freaked out. I was scared at the words of the souls I now have within me, waiting to be used to protect me.
He quickly took me in his arms, holding me tightly, just rocking me gently, just like the old times. I loved when he did this. It always gave me great comfort and security, there in his arms.
"I missed you, you know." He said gently in my ear.
"I missed you more." I teased, pulling away to look at his handsome face.
"No way!" He teased back, lacing his fingers through mine, now forehead to forehead.
It was then that I relized that everybody was staring at us. We were too much in our own little world to notice! I thought that it was so funny that I started to laugh.
"Well, I guess that it's a good time to go now, huh?" I said.
"Yeah, that would probably be a great idea right now, because I see someone coming towards us that you wouldn't enjoy very much!" he exclaimed. It was the first time in years that I had my last encounter with my extreme rival, Flika. She was wearing her very-tight, very short lime-green skirt, with a matching one-sleeve tight shirt with lace hanging down from the one sleeve she had.
"Hey, what are you doing back so early?" She said with venom. "I thought you would come back in another, what, a thousand years?" Her posse followed after her, giggling as they went.
"Hey, just leave her alone for once, will ya?" Shuyin replied calmly.
"What, and miss all the fun? Ha!" She replied sharply as she looked at Shuyin with longing. I stepped out in front of Shuyin as gracefully a possible, and let her have it. "You know what, Flika-the-flea?" I replied, venom dripping with every single word. "You have no idea what is going to happen, do you? If you were devoted enough to the summoner's arts, then you might just find out what would happen and try to prevent it. And I did so for the past five years, trying to go inside there, and destroy that whole evil plot, and also to get information about that pathetic scheme they are planning to pull on us!" Everybody was now staring at me like I had just committed murder. But I could care less. I've been waiting to do this for a long time!
"So that is why I left. So that I could fight in whatever war may come our way! And I will fight until I succeed, or die trying anything to protect my country!" Tears now started to pour down my cheeks as I fiercely spoke. I meant every last word that came out of my mouth, including the words that I were going to say next.
"So, now, I am here to stay, and to protect my home, Zanarkand. I bet a thousand words could not even begin to describe my feelings to you right now, and I warn you, they aren't as nice as you are thinking they are right now. So, now, think about that Flika-the-flea, and I won't stay to say those thousand words to you. And if you are thinking about trying to take Shuyin's heart away from me, you won't succeed too well. Well, that's all that I have to say, for now. Don't worry, I'll be back!" With that, I grabbed Shuyin's hand and we both ran past the hover waiting for us. Shuyin looked at me with intrest and confusion. Suddenly, after a few minutes o running, we slowed our pace, and he finally remembered.
"Ah, that's where you're taking me!" Shuyin exclaimed. Oh, yes. He remembered.
"Yes, of coarse you know, oh ye lover of mine!" I joked. We were now walking down that familiar path, to a fantasy place just along the lines of romantic. It looked like an over-grown bush, just sitting there, as if nothing romantic lurked there.
We went up to the bush and started searching for that door leading in. Eventually, Lenne found the rock and stepped on it, and the bush before her creaked, and opened. Shuyin was right behind her all that time, and laced her fingers with his, leading Lenne inside.
"Here we are. Paradise for the two who discovered it!" Shuyin said, leading Lenne deeper into the paradise.
They found the sparkling lake they had discovered five years earlier.

"Hey, let's take a little dip!" Lenne said having remembered the swim when she was only fourteen, and just then learned how to swim. She missed swimming. Shuyin got to a whole lot because of his Blitzball career, and she wished she could do the same.
"Don't tell me I have to practice blitz. We had just practiced for at least all day yesterday. I'm not so sure if I feel like swimming today." Shuyin complained. I could understand anyway, being in the water most of his life, It's got to be tough on him. But that isn't going to stop me from swimming with him.
"Oh, okay. I guess I'll just have to swim by my self." I started taking off my boots, my skirt, and my shirt. I did have something under it, at least. I wore my super-short, skin-tight shorts and my tight tan strapless shirt that pretty much blended in with my skin. I went over to Shuyin and sat down on the bank by him.
"You have changed, haven't you, Lenne? The way you told Flika off back there. You know how to stand up for what you believe in. You used to take what was coming at you and accept it. How did you change like that, Lenne? Is it because of the pilgrimage itself, or because of those aeons you obtained that protect you?" Shuyin looked confused. His face was completely puzzled, as if not knowing if he said the right things or not. But I couldn't blame him. I had changed, after all, hadn't I?
"Well, I haven't thought about it as much as you have, until now. But, I guess my answer would be both the pilgrimage and the souls that are in me. I think, maybe. But that's the best answer I can come up with. Sorry if I disappointed you with my answer."
"You never disappoint me, Lenne. You are the most loving person that I have ever known. And if you were to die, I would do anything to keep you alive, and I mean anything!" With that he leaned over and kissed her. Not just a peck, but a deep, soul reaching kiss that would never, ever leave her.

Well, I hope you guys liked it! I have almost finished the story, and I mean all of it...but I have decided to post every couple of days, since I'm having computor problems. So, please review!

--Beautiful Songstress