WARNING: This story contains mature rated material not suitable for children under the age of 18. OMG. Who am I kidding? I know youngins like to read hot, steamy stories every once in awhile! I can't stop you… Anyways, don't say I didn't warn you and then flame me in the review like a 'tard. Also, there may be some incestuous stuff going on too. Finally, there are some spoilers for the FF13 ending, and Lightning's real name. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. STOP NOW IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING!

A/N: I haven't written fanfiction in years, but I had this idea one day while in the shower lathering my hair with Herbal essences and shaving my legs. How I came about doing those things at the same time in that written sentence is a mystery to me as well. Anyways, I wanted to write the most epic yuri Final Fantasy fanfiction, which consisted of all of my favorite girl/girl pairings from selected FF series and somehow intertwine their fates to meet each other, but I want to be consistent with their respective worlds and homes, which is going to be difficult as it is a crossover story. Also, it's just so gosh darn hard to find stories about girl/girl pairings, so I thought…why not write it yourself and enjoy it years from now when you've become an awesome dentist, and forgotten that you wrote it? Then post/upload it and get feedback to improve yourself as writer? BRILLIANT!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or characters that belong to Square Enix, just the story that I wrote.

Now, after being done with formalities…I bring you…the story…*drumroll*

Chapter 1: Intertwined Fates

The sun began to creep up above the horizon of the floating world of Cocoon and spread its rays into the windows of the homes belonging to the citizens of Cocoon, and gradually waking up all its inhabitants. Birds took note of this sign and began to chirp their cheery morning songs to annoy straggling citizens who failed to wake up. In one particular home, the sun's rays crawled through the blinds, across the floor and onto the eyes of and light pink haired woman with fine, slender features. Her eyes slowly opened to reveal her ice blue eyes.

She stared at the ceiling for awhile contemplating the dream she just had. A nightmare she would call it. Her precious sister, Serah Farron, was getting married to a barbaric idiot, but even when she woke up from her nightmare it was still a reality. Normal sisters would be happy for their sibling, but not her. The man wasn't a bad guy, his name was Snow Villiers, but she felt he was insufficient for her. The woman finally got up and walked out of her room to the piano in her living room, and sat down and stared blankly at the black and white keys before her.

She gently placed her fingers onto the smooth keys and closed her eyes, and let the music flow into her, so she could write the song that would be dedicated to her future brother in law and her dear sister. On impulse, her fingers locked onto a set of chords and she began to let her fingers flow across the keyboard pouring her emotions into every note. As she was playing with her eyes closed she lost herself in the slow heartrending tune.

Without her knowing, a pair of arms wrapped around her neck and rested onto her shoulders. Then a head rested on top of hers. Her eyes shot open and she immediately stopped playing. "Good morning, Lightning," said the soft, delicate voice that belonged to the arms wrapped around her.

"Good morning, Serah," she replied monotonously and began to stare down at the keys as her body went limp to the embrace.

"The tune, it's beautiful, but it feels so sad. Is the song you've been writing for the wedding?" Serah asked as she continued to embrace her sister lovingly, and stoke the top of her head.

"Yeah…I'm still working on it…" Lightning said as she broke away from the embrace and headed back to her room to get ready for her work.

"Hey sis?" Serah called out to her sister, who stopped at the call, "I love you."

"Love you too Serah," she said with her back turned and continued to the room to close the door behind her. Then she whispered to herself, "…more than you'll ever know Serah…" How long had it been since they had a normal happy conversation? Not since she met Snow and declared that they were getting married. Lightning had pushed the gap between them even further than before. She was running away from her sister because she was afraid of her inappropriate feelings for her sister, so she kept running, running, and running away by working to distancing herself further. How long was she going to endlessly run away?

Lightning buried her face into her hands and let out a sigh, "I can't keep doing this. Before I know it Serah will be living with that guy and I won't be able to see her anymore." Every day she prayed that she would leave him and they would be back to the way things used to be. Just her and her sister. Some days when Serah and Snow fought her heart would leap with joy with hope that they would part ways, but they would be back together the next day and heart would crumble in an instant. If she could go back she would have spent time with her sister, so that they wouldn't have drifted so far apart. Just then, her phone rang, and she pulled it out of her red pouch strapped around her leg to answer it, "Hello?"

"Heeeeeeey there. Wanna go out on a date tonight? You need to get out and get a little loose miss grumpy," said a perky Australian accented girl on the other end of the line. It was none other than the adorable mint green eyed girl with light strawberry orange hair tied into two pigtails that curled in a bundle.

"Hey, Vanille. Sure, I need to get out tonight," Lightning responded gloomily and continued to confirm a time and place with Vanille.

Later that night the young soldier came home to shower and get ready for the night ahead of her. As she put on her clothes and walked out of their humble home Serah came out of her room and stopped her, "Where are you going tonight?" she asked.

"Out with Vanille," was her quick and cold response that cut the conversation between her and her sister short like how she effortlessly sliced through fiends with her gunblade shortly ending their lives. She continued to walk out the door leaving her sister speechless.

She approached her high-tech glossy black motorcycle, placed on a Helmet and sped off to the beach where she had planned to meet Vanille. After driving for awhile she started to see the beach in the distance with the lovely girl waiting in front of her. Vanille was not wearing her Gran Pulse attire as she normally did; she had dressed herself up with light brown cowgirl-like high heeled boots, and a cute strapless white sundress with a white kimono like bow tied around her waist.

Lightning hit the breaks on the motorcycle, and with her left foot she quickly stomped onto the sand to turn the bike with her the force of her foot and brought up a mini sandstorm that subsided within seconds as the bike came to a halt. She revved her bike to get Vanille's attention, and the young girl turned around to smile at her companion who came.

Vanille ran towards the bike, hopped on cheerfully, and warped her arms around Lightning, "Hey Grumpy!" she said greeting her date.

"You're all dressed up," Lightning said in response.

"Got to fit in y'know? Can't always wear Gran Pulse things from 500 years ago. Plus, I have a special date with you!" she said in a teasing manner poking and Lightning's sides. Underneath that helmet she knew that Lightning couldn't help but smile because it was one of her ticklish spots.

"Where to?" Lightning said as if she didn't feel a thing.

"Hmm, well I hear there's a pretty neat city down on the planet Gaia that's been around. It's called Midgar. Want to take the space ship over there to make a visit? There's a bar called 7th Heaven, I heard that they have some really great drinks!" Vanille exclaimed excitedly describing the place.

"Sounds like a plan," Lightning confirmed and they headed to the ship ports that went down to Gran Pulse. Vanille clung on tightly and placed her head against Lightning's strong back.

It had been a 2 years since they all completed their Focus as l'cie, but for some reason, about a month ago, Vanille and Fang were un-crystallized yet again but the crystal structure remained intact to support Cocoon. Of course, this time their brand was gone. Why they were re-awoken from their slumber was a mystery, but without a brand there seemed to be no worries with Vanille. Fang, on the other hand, decided to head to Gran Pulse to find out what was going on and why they had been re-awoken for the 2nd time. In doing so she left Vanille behind on Cocoon.

Shortly, after that Vanille started to hang around Lightning because her aura of mystery intrigued Vanille to no end. Lightning also gave off the same vibe that Fang did, and when she was with Lightning it made her feel comfortable and safe, but Vanille knew that Lightning couldn't replace Fang. Lightning, was well, Lightning, more reserved and the strong-quiet type. Although Lightning was a bit tomboyish, Vanille saw an exotic, elegant beauty in Lightning and how gorgeous her feminine, slender features were, which orchestrated magnificently with her light pink hair to contrast her icy blue eyes. Vanille let out a dreamy sigh without realizing it.

"What's wrong?" Lightning asked a little concerned, wondering if there was something important on her mind or causing her trouble.

"OH! N-n-nothing! Don't worry about it," Vanille stuttered and let out a bit of a nervous chuckle.

"Anyways, we're here at the dock station. Go ahead and get in line to get our tickets. I'll go park my bike real quick and meet you in line soon," Lightning instructed and then the happy-go-lucky Vanille leaped off and ran to the lines obediently.

Lightning parked her bike and took off her helmet to let her curled hair fall back down over her shoulder. As she walked to Vanille in line she began to think to herself. She never really saw herself as a person who would be into girls, but as she grew up she couldn't help but notice her dear sister getting more and more beautiful everyday.

Vanille was a definitely a cute girl, and Lightning couldn't help but notice it and check her out every once in awhile. That's when Lightning knew her love interest were only in women. Not once had she been attracted to a male in any situation. She loved how there was just so much in a woman, the complexities of her mind, and how unique each one was. To her men were too simple, easy to figure out, and not really much to look at in her opinion.

Being around Vanille, reminded her of her sister sometimes except Vanille was much more upbeat and interesting, but she still had that protective feel over Vanille like she had with Serah. Although they didn't interact much during the whole l'cie and focus fiasco they were in, they seemed to find comfort within each other now, which is why when they started hanging out their friendship worked out so well. Lightning became quite fond of their 'dates' they had around the city and world. It gave her a chance to get away from her duties, troubles, and open up a little more.

"Huurrryy uppp! I don't have money! You gotta pay for this," Vanille called out breaking Lightning's train of though and waving her arms to give away her location in line.

She quickly rushed over, "Why do I always have to pay for our 'dates' hmm?" Lightning questioned handing 2,000 gil over to the worker at the ticket booth.

"Because you're more like they guy, and I'm the cute girl that you treat! In return, I show you a good time to make your money worth it! Tee hee," she playfully said and then poked Lightning in the chest.

"Alright, alright, point taken," Lightning surrendered to the argument, but couldn't help but smile at her loss.

The two girls boarded the space ship with the rest of the citizens. Once everyone was strapped in the ship took off, and took them straight down to Midgar within 30 minutes through a hyper-space warp travel system. As they stepped out of the ship Lightning looked around at the place, which seemed a little bit more low-tech than the world of Cocoon in particular. The upper sectors seemed more well established and similar to Cocoon while the lower sectors were dirty, old, and felt like everything was about to fall apart any second from the scrap metal parts the shops were made of.

"Why did we come here again?" Lightning said as she twitched after she had a good look around of the area.

"No worries! Trust me! We just need to head to Edge and things will be better I promise!" Vanille said optimistically as she grabbed a hold of Lightning's hands and took her to the station that brought them to Edge.

Upon reaching Edge it looked like it had been remolded a little bit better that the previous sector they were in. The streets were lively with festive lights and full of drunk people walking around yelling random things. Finally they reached their destination, the 7th Heaven Bar. As they approached the bar they could hear some sort of bar fight going on. Before they even got to the door, a man crashed through the doors and was flung onto the streets.

"Don't start fights at my bar! Learn how to read the damn rules!" a woman with a strong voice yelled as she emerged from behind the dust and rubble that she caused. She had long black hair with bangs that were parted to the side, and her physique was strong, probably more than Lightning herself. She wore a short white shirt under her leather vest, which was about the same length to show off her amazingly sculpted curves and abs as a fighter. For her bottom attire she leather skirt-capris hybrid, she had a pair of black gloves on, and high-top converse like black shoes.

She turned to look at the two ladies standing with some concern and worry on their faces, wondering if they should come in anymore. Before they could turn away, the girl put her arms around them and gave a huge smile, "Welcome to 7th Heaven Bar! Tonight we have great deals for ladies to drink! C'mon don't be shy come on in! My name is Tifa Lockheart by the way and I'll be your amazing bartender tonight!" she advertised to make a sale-pitch on the girl, but dragged them in anyways.

The three girls walked into the bar that had light music playing in the background; the guests sat on the barstools, and Tifa went back behind the counter to start serving up some drinks, "So what brings you girls here tonight?" she question as she became an artist pouring and array of various types of liquor together to make a magnificent drink with a great taste and smooth down the throat, "Here try this," she said as she placed the two glasses of liquor down.

Lightning stayed quiet and kept her thoughts to herself. "Well, we're here to have a good time!" Vanille replied, "You know to get away from the same old scene."

"Well you've come to the right place! So where are you guys from, if you don't mind me asking?"

"We're from the plant Pulse!" Vanille exclaimed.

"Ohh pretty far. You're friend here is not much of a talker is she?" Tifa asked tilting her head at the quieter companion sipping the drink, "How you liking that drink?" she asked this time directing her question at Lightning.

"It's good," she said plainly.

"You remind me of someone…" Tifa squinted her eyes at Lightning, "What's your name?"

"Lightning."

Tifa slapped a fist into the palm of her other hand with an epiphany, "How interesting, I know someone by the name of Cloud. Just like the guy version of you. The quiet type…but oddly he always carries around his phone even when he never answers it…" Just then Cloud walked into the bar, "Well, speak of the devil…" she said as he simply walked past them and up the stairs to where the rooms were. She watched the blonde-haired mercenary go up the stairs quietly, "Yuuup…just alike…you two."

"At least I answer my phone," Lightning scoffed not wanting to be compared to a guy like him, "Otherwise I wouldn't be here with Vanille tonight..."

"Vanille eh? Cute name you got there," Tifa smiled at the mint green eyed girl I in the sundress. Vanille couldn't look her straight in the eye and blushed as she looked away.

Vanille had a weak spot for strong women something about them just made her melt and make her feel like mush, "A-ah, anyways, so what other drink you have here?! The last one was pretty great!"

"Oh let me whip you up one of my masterpieces!" Tifa said triumphantly punching her fist together.

Lightning rolled her eyes and grumbled to her self, "You remind me of blonde homeless looking idiot who throws his fist around."

As the night pressed on the crowd in the bar began to die with only a few people here and there left and the two girls at the bar. Tifa had a couple of drinks herself with the night dying down and enjoyed chatting with the two girls finding out that the two had love interests in women. Tifa decided to tell them she had someone she loved as well that was a girl, but she began to change the subject immediately after mentioning it, "Hey, Lightning. You seem like a pretty strong girl," Tifa said looking and Lightning's physique looking for a good challenge and fun. "The night's still young let's have some fun, eh?"

"Fun…?" Lightning questioned back confused, "what do you have in mind?"

"How about this…we're all girls here, so how about a lube wrestling match?" Tifa suggested as she got up from her chair threw her fist into the air.

"W-W-what?" Lightning said in shock, she was buzzed but this was just too much, "Is this a challenge of strength, and what would the prize be?"

Tifa looked around and they only prize she wanted was a little bit of Vanille. Her eyes quickly averted to Vanille, locked onto the target prize, and pointed at Vanille and said, "A kiss from Vanille, because she's a cutie!"

Lightning stood up without hesitation, "Bring out the lube and you're on," she said calmly.

"H-hey, what about me?" Vanille question with a sweating from this impulsive event, but the two strong women had their eyes fiercely gazing at each other with sparks already fly as if they were already throwing blows at one another. Vanille sighed knowing her situation was hopeless and she wouldn't get a word through to them.

To be continued…

Afternote: Sorry, for the boring beginning, but I have slowly work my way back up with writing creatively. Also, I want to carefully intertwine the fates of the characters in a way that makes sense, and not just throw things out there. Anyways, hoped you liked the ending idea at least. Please review, anything helps. Encouragement wise by telling me you like it, or constructive criticism if you feel the need to.