Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy x-2, or any other Final Fantasy games.

The Past Will Haunt You

((This is a sequal to 'To Reunite In Zanarkand'. You must read that one first.))

Celcius

Brother stepped onto the deck and breathed in the fresh, morning air. Finding Cid was much harder than he thought it would be. He searched all of the obvious places, the desert, Jhose temple… but he wasn't there. For the first time ever, he was almost worried about his father. It must have been all of the emotional build up from the previous week… One thought came to his head then…

Rikku… why you sister? Why you?

A frown suddenly appeared on his face. How could the sky still be so beautiful on a day like today? he thought. Yet again, everything felt so wrong. He headed back inside to continue the search for his father.

Luca

Quinn's eyes never left the price. Somehow, through the throng of people, the small girl could keep up with the soldier, and keep her eyes on his wallet. She stayed out of range, hoping that nobody would notice her, and followed her target through the crowds towards the sphere dome…

Quinn was short for Monique. Although she only stood 4ft 9inches, she was a surprising 13 years old. She was dressed all in brown, short brown breaches, and a brown leather vest. She hated brown though, and always wanted to wear something colorful… that's why she was currently targeting a soldier's back pocket. She was tan, and a bit dirty from sleeping in abandoned boxes at the dock. The only things that shone was her striking, blonde hair and her swirling, al bhed eye. That's right, only ONE EYE was the swirling, green of an AL Bhed. The other, was a deep blue like the ocean. She was so thin, she could fit in between virtually, any crack between buildings. It was a great advantage for a thief.

The Al Bhed inched closer to the soldier, now only a few feet away. Nobody glanced at her, all waiting in line to get into the concert… some well known band, or other. Quinn didn't particularly care at that moment. Finally close enough, she ducked down and slowly reached into his pocket in anticipation. She felt the warm leather of a wallet, and slipped her fingers around it. She started to raise it out, she the guard twitched. He looked down quickly, but it was too late. The experienced thief had already bolted with the thick-with-money-wallet in her hand. She couldn't help but smile while she ran for her life…

Celcuis

Brother, Buddy and Shinra all contemplated where to go next while in there positions of the Celcuis.

"I think we should ask again in Bikanel (spelling?) Desert…" Shinra said.

"No! We already did that twice!" replied Brother, in his usual loud, husky voice.

"I agree with Shinra," said Buddy in his deep tone.

"No, and that is final. Who is the captain here?"

Buddy and Shinra sighed before simultaneously saying, "You are."

"And I say we go to Luca!"

"Luca?" asked Buddy.

"…hmmm," Shinra typed something into his computer database before turning around to face them. "I believe that Brother has a point. It would be the best place to ask around. Who knows, maybe he's there."

"Right…"

"Off to Luca!" Brother cries, and the Celcuis goes into turbo drive strait for the city.

Luca

Brother stepped off the ship, and immediately walked to where the crowd was. He wondered what was going on to bring that many people into Luca. Maybe it would even attract a cranky, old, Al Bhed man to it. Hey, you never know!

As he got closer to the sphere dome entrance, the crowd thickened. He looked around at all the people, and running into more. He wasn't used to crowds, but he didn't hate them. Brother was walking along when suddenly he stumbled over a little girl. She fell to her face, and looked as if she had scraped her hand. He bent down to help her up, but he couldn't help staring at her gold hair that was braided into a zillion braids, then put back with a piece of leather.

"Lnit!" she exclaimed softly. "crud!"

"Sorry!" Brother said, not slipping into Al Bhed as he had taught himself not to.

Surprisingly, she stood and started running again. He heard a guard yelling, and turned to see a guard running through the crowd, his eyes fixed on the golden bobbing head. As the guard game running by him, Brother stuck his foot out. The guard flew threw the air, landing on his face. Brother eased into the crowd and the guard never knew what hit him. Brother went in search of the small girl.

I should be looking for father, but I can't seem to even think of just leaving her, he thought as he left the crowd. There she was again, she was walking purposefully into a children's clothing store. Brother followed.

Clothing Store

Quinn looked around at all of the choices. She saw some brown clothes and quickly dismissed that section in her mind. She started towards the light greens and yellows when a woman came over.

"May I help you?" the woman said with a bright smiling face.

Quinn whirled around, but forgot to shade her eyes. The woman's face immediately became sour.

"We don't help mixed breeds."

She started ushering the 14 year old out the door when a man stepped in the way. He only wore black overalls and no shirt. His arms and chest, and probably legs, were covered in blue flame tattoos. The woman only hesitated.

"Excuse me sir, I'll help you in a moment. I must get this mixee out of here."

"Excuse me, but that is my daughter," Brother lied. The woman looked up, saw his pure Al Bhed eyes, then let Quinn's shoulders go.

"Sorry sir, but next time, make sure that she is with someone."

"We'll be shopping now…"

"Yes sir." The woman walked off, and Quinn turned around slowly.

"Um… thank you," she said.

Brother knelt down next to her. "So you speak English too? You're a mixee? Eh, well that is no problem… Is that wallet yours?"

Quinn tightened her grip around the wallet. "Mine!" she said quickly.

"Alright, alright! It's yours now. Let's hurry up and get you something, then get out of here."

Quinn looked at him suspiciously.

"I'm captain, and I'm not letting you go out alone. You're coming with me!"