A/N: Alright. My first Fanfic I've ever done…Don't know why, but I felt like doing one for FF X2 when I decided on which one to do first.

Anyway, this is set in an alternate timeline of FF X2, in which the events during the story about Vegnagun and Shuyin never happened. As in Shuyin did still do the whole crimson squad massacre event before X2, but he was sent away shortly afterwards by a group of summoners performing the sending, and Vegnagun disappeared from existence at some unknown time, slowly fading from everyone's memory till no one knew it had ever existed. It's about 7 months after when the events of X2 should have happened.

Yes, this story will contain an OC. He will be explained further on into the story, such as his abilities and history. As for how I came up with him…Well, whenever I like something a lot, I tend to make up an OC for it in my mind when I having nothing to do.

This will definitely involve violence, maybe a little gore, and possibly adult or sexual situations later on. Which is why it's M of course.

Also, I apologise if I don't call something by their technical name from the game, as I can't remember them al the time, or get them mixed up with something else.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy or any parts, characters, settings, etc of it. This is not for profit, as I'm pretty sure I'm not making any money out of it anyway. All for fun.

The three of them sighed loudly as they walked slowly around the strange contraption they'd found in the storage area, examining it from every angle the could as they tried to work out what it was, what it did, and whose it was.

Or, at least, two of them were, with Paine being her usual self and leaning against the door frame, an expression of boredom on her face as she watched the other two continue their slow and steady examination of the object.

"Come on…what's so interesting about this heap of metal and leather, that's getting you two so worked up?" Paine muttered, a hint of annoyance streaked through her voice as the others carried on, not showing any signs of stopping.

"Well, it's just that we've both never seen anything like this before…" Rikku said back, not turning away from the object.

"…And? Is that all?"

Rikku spun around to face Paine, almost glaring at her, before cracking into a wide grin.

"Weelll, I'm an Al Bhed, and Yuna is partly an Al Bhed, so it has to be something pretty special if neither of us have seen machina like this before! Duh!" Rikku tapped the side of her own head with her palm as she said the last part, still grinning at Paine.

"Well, it's a vehicle of some kind, judging from the motor and the controls. Matter of fact, it sort of looks like the controls for the Celsius near the front here, doesn't it?" Yuna asked loudly to the two of them, before she gasped out loudly and jumped back abruptly, when the ice cold metal plate she'd been running her finger slowly along, shifted out of place suddenly from the movement and fell towards the floor, the loud clunk of metal banging against metal echoing throughout the room.

Rikku spun around when she heard this, her eyes wide when she saw what Yuna had done, both of her hands covering her open mouth, the grin disappearing from her face.

"AHHH! Yunie, You broke it!" Rikku squealed through her hands, her voice going high pitched as she stared at the metal plate on the floor.

"I didn't mean to!" Yuna whimpered back, crouching down to pick up the metal plate, holding it up in front of her with both of her arms.

Paine couldn't help but smile slightly as she watched the two of them begin to panic hysterically, running around like headless chickens with the metal plate, trying to decide what to do with it, before she got off the doorway and walked over to the two of them, grabbing the two of them by their shoulders tightly, stopping them in their tracks.

"Calm down. I'm sure the two of you will be able to reattach it, if it was that easy to knock off."

The two of them nodded and crouched back down next to the veichle, examining the area the metal plate had fallen off for a moment, before they shoved the metal plate against the vehicle, smiling when they heard a loud click and saw the metal plate stay in place when they moved their hands away.

"Yay! It's fixed! Now we're not in trouble!"

"Yuna, Rikku, Paine! Come up to the bridge right now! We have something we need to discuss right away! Very urgent!"

The three of them turned to look at one another and sighed as they heard Brother's voice over the intercom system Shinra had built into the Celsius a little while ago. They knew Brother had a habit of greatly over exaggerating things normally, and that they would still have to go up there and see what all the fuss was about.

They walked over to the lift, stopping briefly as the doors slowly slid open automatically to allow them to enter it. Rikku walked over to the controls and pressed the buttons to send the lift to the bridge as the other two walked in, leaning against the metal railings on the side.

"So…What do you think Shinra's doing with that vehicle down there?"

Yuna shook her head from side to side when she heard Rikku's question.

"It's not Shinra's…If it was, it'd be a lot more impressive, with some of his inventions on it somewhere, and that metal plate wouldn't have fallen off to begin with."

"So…Whose is it then? Buddy doesn't travel far outside of the ship, and Brother pretty much owns the Celsius…"

Rikku looked thoughtful for a moment as she contemplated Paine's question, before pointing a finger in the air, a look of sudden realisation across her face.

"Oh, oh! I know, I know! It's gotta belong to Barkeep!"

Yuna and Paine turned to glance at each other, both managing to keep a straight face before Yuna burst out laughing at the thought of Barkeep even trying to ride something like that, with Paine even cracking a little smile across her face as the lift grinded to a halt, the doors sliding open to reveal the corridor to the bridge.

"What? I'm being serious!"

Rikku carried on whining as they walked down the corridor and entered the bridge, all of them looking over at Brother still sitting at the controls to the airship as they walked down the stairs to the clearing used usually for meetings.

"Alright Brother…What have you got to tell us, that is so important, that it required all three of us to come up right now? It better not be about how good Yunie is, otherwise…" Rikku complained,

Brother glanced over his shoulder at the three of them, an irritated look spread across his face.

"I don't know! Buddy said he had something important to talk to you lot about, but refused to tell me what it was! I'm the leader, I should now these things! Buddy should not be making decisions about this ship without me!"

"Crid ib!" A voice shouted out next to them, causing the three of them to cover their ears suddenly with their hands.

The three of them turned around whilst lowering their hands from their ears, as Buddy spun around on a chair next to Shinra, who was working as hard as usual at his terminal, probably examining their most recent sphere discovery. All three of them gave Buddy their full attention, or at least as much as Rikku could, knowing that if Buddy needed to talk about something to them, it would be serious.

Brother grunted before turning back to his controls, turning his focus back on flying the airship.

"Alright then ladies. As you three know, spheres are becoming a lot more common these days for some reason, then they were a few months ago."

The three of them nodded, knowing how true it was. When they'd begun doing the sphere hunting thing, there was about one or two small time spheres activating each day, with a big time sphere usually activating once a week. Now, they were from five to ten spheres a day, one of which was always big time, revealing some long lost secret of Spira.

"As such, it's been getting a little strained for you three, trying to get as many as possible each day. I've thought of splitting you up and going after a sphere each by yourselves, but that's too risky. We're beginning to lose out-"

"Your point is?" Paine interjected, her voice showing a small hint of boredom.

Buddy glanced at Paine, about to say something to her about interrupting not being nice, before thinking twice and sighing loudly as he remembered the last guy unfortunate enough to be condescending towards her, carrying on where he left off. He really didn't want to be stuck in his bed, unable to move at all, for a few weeks.

"Well, after much talking with someone I know, and thinking it over a lot, I've decided….to recruit another member into the Gullwings, to help out with the sphere hunting." Brother spoke quickly, trying to get it all out now.

Yuna and Rikku's jaw dropped, completely shocked at the news, with Paine even looking slightly surprised at the mention of a new member. None of them had been expecting that at all, as they'd always thought the Gullwings would remain as it was, no one leaving or joining till there were no more spheres left to find. Someone new joining them didn't seem right, as if it might spoil what they thought of as their perfect and preferred setup.

The idea of someone new joining them didn't sit too well with Brother either, who spun around at the controls, pointing a finger at Buddy, almost frothing at the mouth from rage of something this big being decided without his consent.

"YOU WHAT?!! YOU CAN NOT DO THAT!! I AM LEADER, I DECIDE WHO CAN JOIN AND WHO CAN'T!! THE MOMENT THIS NEW PERSON WALKS IN HERE, I'M GOING TO KICK HIM OFF THIS SHIP, WITHOUT EVEN LANDING OR SLOWING DOWN FIRST!!!" He shouted noisily at Buddy, his voice already beginning to get hoarse and sore.

"Well, now's your chance to do that, as he's been in the room for the past five minutes, listening to this conversation and seeing what your reactions would be like." Brother grumbled, pointing over to the corner of the bridge with his index finger.

Yuna, Rikku and Paine slowly turned around on the spot towards the shadow covered corner, only just now seeing the dark figure standing straight in the corner, unable to see him clearly through the shadows covering it. Brother also glanced over at the corner, and even Shinra spun around on his chair at the terminal to see what was going on, as the figure slowly stepped out of the murky shadows obscuring him, revealing himself to them all for the first time.

A/N: Alright. My first chapter ever over. Please Read and Review. Any questions, just put them in the review, and I'll answer them when I can. Hope you liked it.

"Crib Ib" Shut up.