Disclaimer: Don't own FF X-2, so don't sue me

The girl's crimson-violet colored eyes suddenly shined like justice.

"Mother, this is something I feel that I need to do. No matter what you say, Mother, you can't stop me."

There was a new sense of confidence in Paine. And it felt rather pleasant.

"Paine, It's far too dangerous," her mother calmly sounded.

Her mother worried terribly about the only person she had to live for anymore.

Paine started to mutter something, but her mother rudely interrupted.

"Dear, what about the obstacles you come across on the way...? The battles and such..."

Her mother quietly said.

Then embraced her.

Paine's temper slowly built up, then erupted.

"MOTHER! I told you once. I'm going, no matter what you say."

She was as rigid and stubborn as her father used to be.

Her mother then exposed her true feelings.

"Paine...I don't want to lose you, too..."

Paine hit her where it hurt most. Her heart.

Paine sourly scowled.

She then sauntered away to a corner in her dwelling. It enraged her, for some reason.

She sat alone in solitude as she coldly stared at the shop curtain.

Her, her mother, and her father, resided in a shop located in Besaid Island.

There source of income acutally WAS this humble little shop.

But Paine then felt the urge to leave, get away, to fulfill her mission.

She cockily strolled out of the shop, with only her father's sword gripped in her hand.

Out of a sideglance, she spotted two attractive and petite girls.

One was clad in a yellow bikini top and a blue bandana. The other wore a white halter top and held two guns in her hand.

There was something intriguing about them. They then spoke to Paine.

"We're the Gullwings!"