Fear Of Flashbacks

Part I

Rikku shivered as she lay next to four dead cried out in pain,but the sharp pains in her abdomen would'nt streaked her dirt-covered blonde braids were strewn about and her hair had blood and dirt matted into fell from her dirty face as she looked over to see her friend lying on the ground opposite of Rikku.

Yuna coughed and blood seeped out from her looked over to see Rikku.

"R-Rikku?"Yuna weakly sobbed as Rikku answered."I'm so glad you're alive!I was going to cry even more if I lost you,cousin."Yuna chuckled.

"You are crying,Yunie."Rikku half-smiled as she closed her looked over to her left to see Paine crawling weakly but being Paine,she kept pushing herself,to her sword.

"Y-you guys,if I die,it's all your fault."Paine uttered in her usual sarcastic smiled a suddenly thought of something.'But there was something about her voice,it didn't have the same,usual,sarcastic,cold-voiced Paine-ness that it was filled her voice is just,dull.'Rikku was suddenly lifted up off the ground by a pair of strong but shaky looked up to see a bloody Tidus sort of grinning at her.

"Ah,Rikku is bloody and battered now?"He said maliciously as he struck Rikku once, cried and struggled to get out of his grip but he was too strong for someone small and petite like got up with her sword and tried to charge at him,but she fell to the muddy,wet pavement right in front of Tidus' tried to push herself up but her arms gave out on her."Hmph,Paine I thought you were so look at how tough you are!"Tidus yelled as he grabbed her turned around on her belly and screamed.

"NO TIDUS!"She stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Yuna."I thought you loved us like 're trying to kill us now!?WHO ARE YOU ANYMORE!"She ' face softened at Yuna's took this oppourtunity to kick Tidus in his crotch and grab Paine's sword as he cried out in turned quickly and scooped up Yuna and helped Paine to her feet.

"What's wrong with you Tidus?"Rikku asked ' eyes turned an iris-less yellow and his skin a pitch black."Yeowch."Rikku let out a small but high-pitched yelp,while Paine moved the two back away from beared his teeth,which now have become razor-sharp grinned.

"Why me,I've become a HEARTLESS!"As he laughed,his voice changed from a young teenager,to a low,deep three girls screamed their hearts out.

Rikku awoke with a puddle of hot sweat surrounding her and her held one hand to her forehead,relieved that her dream wasn't even looked over at her digital alarm clock.'Geez,I sure do pick the wrong times to have bad dreams.'She got up from her bed and grabbed a pair of clean clothes and headed into the bathroom to take her morning shower.

Yuna looked up at her ceiling sighed deeply.'I wonder what it's like to be free of everything.'She thought.'Well,I hope I find out sooner or later.'Yuna turned on her side and looked at her Mog alarm sighed once again.'Maybe this is a sign from the Gods,telling Yuna to wake up and get ready for some early bird 's nothing wrong with being prepared.'And with that,Yuna got up,took her shower and headed downstairs.

Paine bug she had was bugging the hell out of placed her hands firmly on her chest,and closed her eyes.A warmth filled her body and she shivered from the sudden relief.'Those boring hours with Yuna really helped me learn something.'Paine thought.'Well,its early training time.'She was sitting on the edge of her custom-made patent leather with belt buckles and grabbed some new leather threads and headed to the bathroom.

The three girls all reached the kitchen,living room and dining area at the same 's because all three of them nearly killed each other rushing down the walked into the kitchen,Paine walked in and sat down,and Rikku happily bounced in right behind looked up at the seventeen-year-old girl.

"How in the hell are you so happy at seven o' clock in the morning?"Paine bluntly shrugged continued giggled and put one arm around tried to shrug the arm off but Rikku replaced it with her other arm.

"You know I love you,Dr.P!"Rikku suddenly jerked and her face turned beet looked concerned at the eighteen-year-old suddenly caught onto what Paine thought Rikku meant.

"N-no Paine!Rikku didn't mean it like that!She means like a sister,a friend even!But not THAT."Yuna 's face returned to her original color while Rikku jumped onto the couch and turned on the heard the door open and close.

"I always knew you liked girls,'Dr. P'."Gippal teased as he walked through the followed closely behind him,laughing at the joke and at Paine's all knew what was put the television on mute to hear the got up from her chair and confronted smirked as his one cerculean eye met her two crimson ones.

"How would you like to lose another eye,pretty boy?"Paine shook her head and looked over at had an amused look on his giggled a all knew that there was always a testosterone match between Paine and even though Paine is a woman,she always grinned.

"Thanks for the how would you like to turn flat-chested,even though I can't even see if you have any boobs at all under all that leather."Gippal blinked at him.

"And just how would you do that,moron?"Paine used his tounge to lick at Paine,she moved her head back in laughed.

"Kinda like this!"Gippal exclaimed and he punched Paine in her yelled out in pain and chased after him as he ran up the stairs.

Tidus walked up to Yuna at the kitchen stove and kissed her lightly on her neck making her must've heard it because she yelled,"Eww!"From the laughed along with Yuna.A sudden thud stopped the three heard Paine and Gippal yell,"You guys COME UP HERE NOW!"Yuna,Tidus,and Rikku ran up the stairs.

In the room,Gippal and Paine were pinned to the wall by one of the huge Behemoth's there was a huge hole in the wall to prove shrieked.

"WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY ROOM?!"She drew her daggers out and had a pissed look on her face that made Gippal whimper."THAT'S IT FATTY!YOU'RE GOIN' DOWN!"And with that comment Rikku jumped out of the hole and onto the Behemoth's head,stabbing it the Behemoth fell to its knees,Rikku finished it of with a heel kick to the landed on the ground outside the house to find chaos going on in Besaid Island."You guys!You should come out here!"Rikku and Tidus removed the claw that was still pinning Paine and Gippal to the wall and the four jumped out of the hole to meet Rikku.

There were fiends everywhere,terrorizing the once quiet Besaid side-kicked a Lupus as they all ran to Lulu's kicked the door in and fell through because there's no door,its a all spotted Lulu trying to fight with her dolls while trying to protect little flew through the back door trying to push off a Lupin and a looked up at the five and grinned.

"Well I'll be damned!*huff*What're ya'll doin' here?I suppose ya worryin' about why these fiends have been runnin' amuck,ya?"Wakka huffed as he roundhoused the fiends,killing them in one ran up to Yuna and hugged her legs giggling with softly chuckled and picked up Vidina and positioned him on her got up and walked over to her son and Yuna."They're goin' crazy because there's someone creating all of this guys have to go to the town the person's in to figure out what the hell's goin' 'll be leavin' soon,'cause I called Brother and Buddy."Wakka said,cleaning himself up.

"He's getting very big he's big enough to have a sibling too."Lulu 's eyes almost popped out of her ran over to Lulu and put her ear to her heard a little kick.

Lulu chuckled and held her stomach."That's the new baby girl saying hello to Auntie Rikku."Wakka laughed.

"Ya,Lu's having another little rascal in the house in about a couple of months."Wakka said,ruffling little Vidina's bright red smiled.

"He takes after his dad."She said,looking back at smiled back at her.'She wants a baby too.I don't think she'll want one from me.I'm enough of a screw-up.I probably can't even get Yuna pregnant like she wants.'Tidus put his head down and walked out of the followed behind him.

The sun was setting and it caught the right amount of light to make the evening sky looked up at the sky and sighed.

"I wonder if she would be happier with Seymour...."Tidus quietly wind blew,blowing Tidus' golden locks along with it.

"Now why would you say that?"Gippal asked with his usual cocky looked behind him and sighed walked up and stood beside him,looking at the beautiful sunset.

"Yuna,she doesn't,wouldn't want me to have a child with she?"Tidus asked looking at smoothed out his white T-shirt and stuck his hands in his jeans played with the zipper on his awhile,Gippal shrugged.

"Hey,I'm not Dr.P,okay?Girls are complicated as take some time to figure her by the way she looks at you,I'm sure she wants a 's the family type to 's me of my mother a little,and that's the weird 's a great girl and she deserves the anyone who looks,acts,speaks,cares,and cooks like my mother is A-okay in my 's a part of my family,and now she needs her you really,really,truly love Yuna,you'll talk to her about it and if the answers yes,then consider if you make her cry,you'll have Brother to worry about."Gippal sighed."I'm going to go talk to Rikku so I'll see you 'round,'kay?"Gippal ended,patting Tidus' nodded and Gippal walked back into the tent.

Rikku sat in the chair next to Vidina's crib singing a soft lullaby:

'Sweet dreams my young boy,

for you shall have riches and love,

you are my little angel,

you were sent to me from the heavens above.

Like a star you shine bright,

you fill my life with your light.

We have been blessed with your presence,

you are the greatest present the world shall ever have.'

Rikku wiped a tear from her eye and kissed Vidina on his forehead.

"You have a nice voice."Gippal said from the jumped and held her heart.

"Oh my Shiva!You nearly scared me half way to death!"Rikku laughed and gently picked Rikku up from her chair.

"Can you be stable for one minute?"Gippal said unbelieveably close to Rikku's blushed tomato red.

"Y-you have a loose strand."Rikku pounted out grinned.

"I'll take care of it I have to take care of you now."Gippal was about to protest until Gippal quickly pressed his lips against hers,making her body go limp in his pulled away to find that Rikku had fainted."Wow,damn I'm good!"Gippal smiled.

Gippal carried Rikku down the stairs to the living room and sat her on the and Lulu were in the kitchen cooking dinner while Wakka and Tidus and Paine were outside playing throw-the-blitzball.

"So Gippal,did you kiss Rikku and make her faint upstairs,is that the reason why she had to be carried back down?"Lulu chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head as Yuna rushed out of the kitchen to check on her cousin.

"Rikku?Are you okay?"Yuna softly stirred and opened her eyes.

"Yunie...?Where's Gippal?"She looked to her left to answer her 's eyes fully opened." GIPPAL I AM SO GONNA KILL YOU FOR DOING THAT TO ME!"Rikku jumped and hid behind smirked.

"You won't hit Lu right?I mean have some sympathy for the bloated lady!"Gippal cried still hiding behind the former Black gasped and moved away from Gippal.

"I will never be bloated in my ,don't hurt him,much."Lulu was about to do as she was told until her Commsphere began to ring.

"Rikku at your ....?Darn dokie I'll get Yunie and Paine as soon as and Tidus, can stay here right Lulu?"Rikku nodded."'Kay,bye Buddy."Rikku ran to go tell Paine and Yuna.

The Celcius had arrived and the Gullwings were at the shore saying and Vidina were playing with seashells,Wakka and Tidus were having a few last minute jokes together,Rikku and Gippal were arguing,and Lulu and Paine were sharing a few potions before departure.

"I hope you'll all be safe.I wouldn't want to come up there and kick someone's ass for not takin' good care of my girls."Wakka nodded and patted Rikku on her bottom,making her all waved goodbye as the airship took off.

Their journey has just begun.

The door to the Celcius closed as they waved goodbye to thier Gullwings turned to look at their captain and bounced over to Buddy.

"So where are we goin' now Buddy?"She pulled up the map.

"Well,there's a strong sphere reading coming from a place called Destiny sort of through a portal though."Buddy replied three all looked at each other.

"I've been there before."Tidus said after a while of all turned to look at him.

"You have,Tidus?"Yuna asked shaking her nodded.

"I should've told you guys this before I met you guys,when I was just a kid,maybe thirteen or fourteen,I lived on this beautiful island called Destiny was there too,when he was used to play blitzball and was me,Wakka,and a girl named were these three kids there was one older one,what was his name?Uh...Riku!He was like there was a boy named Sora,and a girl named three were never seen one day,everything just , was more Destiny was a huge...I don't know it was a huge light or something and this huge black thing emerged from it and Sora disappeared with did Kairi and then I woke up in a town,Traverse was there too,that's where I met said something about going to find Riku and Kairi,and then these little black....creatures started attacking us,they were called Heartless."The girls' ears perked up at the mentioning of this word."And this huge key appeared in Sora's hand and he fought the monsters killed them,it was called a was chosen to wield was supposed to save us he must've succeded because there wouldn't have been anymore Destiny Islands if that didn't happen."Tidus walked into the elevator and we all sighed.'The word "Heartess" seems so familiar to me.'Rikku then Buddy gasped.

"Something just changed our path of flight!It seems like we're heading to a place called Dalmasca."Buddy Dalmasca is where they set sail for.

A new journey has begun.