Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Final Fantasy franchise whatsoever, just so you know xDDD

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Author's Note: Hey there guys ~~~~ It's my first fic ever!!! FIRST-FIC, and it's a FFXIII fic, how cool was that ~:P? Right, I know it's not that cool, but anyways, nice to meet you, guys. I've been addicted to FFXIII recently, so I decided to write a fic~ This is actually a crossover between FF XIII and FF VII.

Let's see how it goes ~

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Summary: Now that everyone's moved to Gran Pulse, new things happen. Wait! Gran Pulse's only half of the planet, what's the other half????? *cough, Gaia, cough*. Fang and Vanille came back all of a sudden. Was there a reason for there return? Light travels to Gaia to discover the truth about her parents' death, and met new people *cough, FFVII hotties, cough*. Where does this all lead her?

Prologue: Their Life Now

"Why on earth do I have to do this anyway?" Lightning couldn't hear her answer clear, just then she got head-locked by Fang. "Get off me Fang! And you too, Vanille!" She almost shouted when Fan decided to ignore her and keep doing the head-locking on her right side, while Vanille tried to make Light hold her hands on the other side.

"Onee-chan, just for 5 seconds, aright?" Serah playfully smiled. "What? Even you too Serah?" Lightning looked as if she was really disappointed. "The last person who'd ever betray, betrayed me!" She signed. It'd been what, 1 year, maybe? Time did fly fast. And so did the durations of the crystals did time. Not that she hadn't wanted Fang and Vanille to come back. But... only a year? For God's sake, she was kinda sad seeing them turning into crystal and all. They shouldn't have come back this early.Really. And now they were forcing Light to do this thing, selcam. SEL-FREAKING-CAM.

"Alright girls... Cheese! Here we are!" - there goes her sister Serah's cheerful voice. She'd never been this happy before, always smiling and humming some kind of melodies all the time. "Aww, Eclair, you did it again. Why weren't you cheese-ing?" Regretfully said Serah, while Vanille was like "I wanna see, I wanna see!" in the background.

"Because I don't even understand what that word means, Serah! Anyone, but you too?" Lightning shook her head, then looked at Fang "and I thought you're the expert in getting on my nerves, Fang. Guess I was wrong."

"Now now Light, I can't believe you're not even a bit happy about us coming back." Fang said, pretended to make herself sound sad. "It's been, like, a year?"

"It's only eleven months, Fang. I thought you and Vanille would be crystalized for, I don't know, another 500 years or so. And no, I am absolutely nowhere near joy and happiness when I saw you coming back". Lightning coldly said, then she heard Vanille sniffing. Was she about to cry? "No no Vanille, I'm happy to see you, but her." Lightning pointed at her target, Fang, shy she was already taking another selca picture with Serah.

"Tell me again, Serah, why do you need these pictures?" Lighting tried not to frown at her younger sister, but apparently, she did. "I'm going to college next month, onee-chan ~" answered Serah, with her humming voice. "It's not like you're moving anywhere, Serah, seriously." Serah looked at her sister with her puppy-dog face "But Lightning, I wanna show my classmates my big sister and my best friends and all."

"Whatever. Vanille, my sister's becoming more and more like you. Do something!"

"What is it, Light?" Vanille asked her back, but she didn't sound like she was mad or anything. This girl was way too naive, wasn't she?

"It means that Serah's becoming cuter and cuter everyday, just like you, Vanille, and less like Lightning." Fang patted Vanille on the back "It means you're cute." She smiled. Vanille was some short of "huray!", while Serah couldn't help but giggled.

"Hey!" Lightning looked at all the three girls. They were all laughing so hard. "Damn, when did I become a clown?"

It'd been almost a year now. Things did happen so fast Light couldn't even realize it. Everyone on Cocoon had been safely relocated on Gran Pulse, and all the cities were being constructed. Cocoon turned into a tourist attraction, much to Light's amusement, where they were currently building resorts and spas and whatever. Though there were daily flights to Cocoon - now Crystal Sekai – no one actually live there anymore, well except for the people working there. Sanctum was completed crushed, and Gran Pulse government was now a democracy. Light and the party, with all the money they made during the l'Cie days, were rich enough to buy themselves nice houses in the most gorgeous apartment here in Gran Pulse, overlooking the whole crystal-ruins. Lightning and her sister Serah lived in the penthouse of the building, Snow 3 floors beneath them, the Eisthems and Katzroys a few floors beneath that. Since they were back, Fang and Vanille were currently living in Light's penthouse. They took the remaining two bedrooms.

Serah was gonna go to college next month, Eden University, still located on Cocoon, and since she didn't want to live on campus, she would take daily flights back and forth. She had always been a straight-A student, thus she got accepted right away, and it was never their problem paying for her tuition, since they'd inherited much money from their parents, and now all the cash Lightning made last year. Snow became a professional airbike racer, which Lightning thought was a stupid job, everything he did was racing for people's entertainment. Though Serah had no comments on this, and Snow seemed to love his job. Hope got into a top ten high school, his father and Sazh now running their own business together. What did they sell? Well, kids' toys. Dajh went to a nearby primary school, and was currently popular among all the girls, 'cos he had all the coolest toys, according to what he said. Fang and Vanille just came back, they did nothing. They were gonna have to earn themselves a living soon, though. And Lightning? Well, she was back to her old job, but higher position. She was now Commander in Chief of the new Guardian Corps, the organization current reformed to protect the people from all kinds of danger in Gran Pulse.

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One hour later

It was funny how it all worked. They all lost their l'Cie marks, which made them seem normal again, but in fact, they weren't. Lightning and all the gang could still use their magic like they did when they were l'Cie. And they could still summon their Eidolons, too. Not that they used magic and Eidolons much often now, but Light still had one big room in her house, which was namely the practice room, to help herself getting fit. Not that she wasn't.

"Tell me, Light, when did you become stronger?" Fang said as she dashed her way through the practice room. The battle with Lightning wasn't as easy as before. She'd become so strong now, and Fang hadn't touched her spear in one year.

"I'm not gonna tell you. Thundaga!" Luckily, Fang could avoid the attack. Would've been a disaster if she'd been hit.

"Hey! You used magic. I thought we were just practicing combat skills!" Fang shouted "That's it. Bahamu...."

She never had the chance to summon Bahamut, though, 'cos right then did Serah walk in "Onee-chan, Fang, it's lunch time! I made your favorite, Fangieeee, chicken barberque!"

"I appreciate that, Serah. Thank you"

Seeing Fang blinked at Serah, Lightning frowned "No one blinks at my sister, Fang, even that Snow guy is not allowed to".

Fang smirked "C'mon, Light. Ain't homo, ain't into your sister. Besides, that Snow guy is getting married with her in a few years, face it, Light. You agreed to that yourself. And soon he'll be ripping her clothes off!" Then she laughed real hard. That damn Fang.

Serah blushed "Really, Fang... now, are you two coming for lunch or not?" Ms. Oerba Yun really did embarrass Serah this time, Lightning noticed tat immediately, because her sister's ears were turning red. Typical of her. To comfort Serah, Lightning thus teleported to the door, where she was standing. "Coming. I'm starving, Serah". Serah nodded, and smiled "I made you your favorite strawberry cake, Light". Seeing her sister's smile was like a miracle. Lightning could die, just to keep Serah smiling.

"You have enough stamina to teleport?" Fang was already out of breathe. How the hell did Lightning get so strong?

Light patted her friend's back "It's you who's getting weaker, Fang. You really do need some rest, that's all."

"Right..." Fang mumbled as she followed the Farron sisters to the dinning room.

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Already waiting at the table was, well, everyone. That dummy Snow, Hope and Mr. Estheim, Sazh and his son, Dajh, playful Vanille and even Hina the Chocobo. I was sunny morning, after all. Wait, was it only Light or that Chocobo really has his own plate on the table? Didn't really matter, though, she was starving. Light sat down in her usual seat at the end of the table, the house owner's seat, leaving the seat at the other end of the table unoccupied. Fang took the seat next between Hope and Vanille, giving her sister Serah - who was in the seat opposite to Fang's - compliments on her cooking. This Fang appeared to be nice to almost everyone, except for Lightning. Thinking of that made Light wanted to laugh, but she managed to keep herself calm and cool.

"Shall we eat? I'm hungry" Hope yawned, putting his hand on his growling stomach. His fighting abilities might have changed over the time they were together fighting every single person on Cocoon, but that attitude of him sure hadn't. Still, Serah flashed them all a smile "Right, Hope. Let's eat, guys!".

Then they all mumbled "Itadakimasu!". Actually they all said it out loud, the only one who mumbled was Lightning.

During lunch, the group talked about their reunion just 2 days ago, when Vanille and Fang just happened to be knocking the door, and the one who answered it, apparently Hope, was so shocked that he actually froze. No one'd expected that they would come back this soon. Sure they had hoped that Fang and Vanille would return, but it had only been nearly a year.

Snow was telling some of his boring joke, thus everyone laughed. Light wondered if they were trying to be polite, or was she the only one who didn't get any of it? Hope taught little Dajh some of his so-called magic tricks, but they were obviously real magic, he used Fire to burn something in his hand, and Water to fill an empty glass. That was cheating, and since Dajh was only a boy, Light shot Hope a real sharp glare. He just blushed out of embarrassment. "Still just a kid" Lightning thought. The rest of the meal passed by fast, with nearly everyone amazed with Serah's cooking, even supposed-to-be-nice Vanille compared it to Lightning's cooking. And the old time conversation starting with Lighting moaning "She's just better at choosing food" and Serah ending it by "And I'm a better cook, too" somehow reminded Light of the old days. The old peaceful day, when their parents were alive. Somehow, this all made her feel like home, real home, again.

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After lunch, Light decided to take a ride outside, and stopped by a convenience store to pick up some milk for herself, and loads of junk foods on behalf of Fang's requests. Before she put her hand onto the fingerprints scanner to unlock the door to her house, Light could here some loud laugh from the living room. Probably Snow and Sazh. Simply, she smiled, then took a step back, reached the storage pack hanging on her left leg, and pulled out a pack of cigarette. This bad habit just came recently, even when Light had nothing to worry about, she still smoked. Didn't understand why. She just liked the feel of the blurry smoke, that's all. Up 'til now, no one knew she was becoming more and more addicted to smoking, and she knew that Serah would've killed her if she'd found out. Better keep this out of her sight.

Done inhaling half of the toxic contained in the ciggie, Light put it off, then walked into the house. The crowd was still there, in the living room, just that they seemed to be doing their own stuff. Dajh and Hope were playing there non-sense four-dimension games on Light's huge TV screen, Sazh trying to lecture the boys that video games are no good, Vanille and Serah having their endless talks about fashion and the latest trends, while Fang and Snow were discussing something serious, their faces told. But as soon as Lightning walked towards them, Snow's face changed, he "Yo, nee-san!"-ed and winked at her, and Fang was like "Lightning dear, where is my food supply?". Lightning then threw the shopping back to her, stating that "Put my milk in the fridge when you're done with your junks, Fang." before she walked right up to her room, trying to hide her smile.

With all these people around, the place was gonna be a big, chaotic mess, but somehow it didn't matter. They were all here. That's all that mattered. For now.

That's it for the prologue! YAY! Can't believe I finished it in the exam week!

Not much happened in the prologue, right? Well, it's their normal life. When chapter 1's up, you'll see, A LOT will happen :P

And WTH??? Lightning smokes? Well, I really did turn her bad, didn't I? Well, there are reasons for this, anyway. In a few chapters, you can see her in leather jacket and knee-high boots and soo on! This is just a beginning.

So how was it? Please please please tell me what you think, so that I can improve the whole thing, OK?

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Thanks for reading, guys xDDD

[Next chapter SPOILERS] Fang and Lightning have a talk. Light receives an unexpected phone call from a stranger? Who could that be? *hint* He's in FFVII.

If you wanna know more, please continue reading :P