ATE: I've finally finished writting chap 1 for this story. I've had the idea for this chap for a while now and I wanted to get it up. I hope you all enjoy it!

Declaimer: I don't own Xenosaga or Final Fantasy X-2. I only own my OC Ayame, while my friend owns her OC Lilith.

Speaking about Ayame and Lilith, here's so info.

Ayame's age in this story is 18. Her theme is 'Please Call My Name' from Xenosaga: A Missing Year which is by Yuki Kajiura (I don't own the song). You can listen to it on youtube.

Lilith's age is 27 in this story and her theme is 'A Song Of Storm And Fire' from Tsubasa Chronicles which is also by Yuki Kajiura (don't own this either).

Chapter 1

I opened my eyes and I could see that I was standing in the field of flowers that I've been seeing lately in my dreams. The flowers were beautiful and the gentle breeze would pick up some stray petals and send them floating in the air, adding to the enchanting surreal surroundings I stood in. I don't know why, but despite only being here a few times in my dreams I felt like I should know what this place was, as if I'd seen it before having lost my memories. It was strange. I turned around so I could see the rest of the field again, only for my eyes to widen when I saw that I wasn't alone. Standing some feet away from me was a cloaked man.

"Testament!" I cried.

On reflex, I started reaching behind my back to retrieve the Shiruba, only to realize that my guns along with their holster weren't there. I was defenseless! I looked back up at the Testament and noticed that he hadn't made a move whatsoever. He was different from the other Testament, with the fact that his outfit was all white and that he hadn't spoken yet.

"Wait. You're not like the other Testaments, yet you are one of them. There's something about you that seems different…" I said, seeing if he would say anything. But when I didn't hear him talk I felt somewhat confused. "Who…are you…?"

I didn't get a reply but what I did get was him shaking his head and I immediately knew what that meant.

"You mean you can't tell me, can you?"

He nodded his head. When he stopped he turned his head to look at something and pointed a finger at me. I followed his gaze and saw that he was pointing to the necklace that was wrapped around the belt on my waist.

"Are you wondering what this is?" I asked.

The White Testament nodded his head in answer.

"My friend's brother had him give it to me after he died. Even though it's been a year since then my friend's still sad about his death. To tell you the truth, I'm was sad about his death as well and I still am, but I really don't know why." My eyes widened when I realized what I was saying. "Why am I even telling you all this stuff? You're a complete stranger and I barely even know you. But still, you seem to listen to what I say despite this being a one way conversation."

I could feel the slight lightheaded feeling that indicated that I was waking up.

"I guess this is goodbye for now."

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I woke up in my bed from the dream I had and sat up. I saw Lilith leaning against the wall I was facing with her deep green eyes looking at me curiously.

"Did you sleep well, Ayame." She asked.

"Yes." I answered.

I got out of my bed and made it before going over to get my clothes in order to take a shower. I got in the bathroom and got a shower before getting out to get dressed in the clothes I brought in with me.

The outfit I wore consisted of long black pants that were somewhat loose at the bottom near my feet, which had brown shoes on them. The shirt I wore was a white tank top that came down past the insides of my pockets in my pants and was somewhat loose as it came down. On my arms were navy blue arm warmers and around my waist was a long cape-like navy blue skirt that came down right before the bottom of my pants and had the string wrap around my waist like a belt which I tied in a knot a little ways to the right (AN: like Yuna's blue skirt that she wears in Final Fantasy X-2, except it isn't on the side covering her leg). Around my neck was the crystal necklace that I've always wore since I woken up from suspended animation a year ago.

I left the bathroom for my room and went over to the drawer next to my bed. Opening it up I pulled out Albedo's necklace and tied it on the left side of the string of my cape-like skirt opposite of the knot that held it around my waist. When I was done I got my holster with the Shiruba in it and put it own. I turned to Lilith who hadn't moved since I left the room for the bathroom.

"I'll be going now."

"To the usual place?" Lilith lifted her head up.

I couldn't help but smile as I nodded to her. Lilith sighed before pushing off the wall she was leaning on and we both walked out of the room.

"You really like taking care of those flowers, don't you?" She asked as we made our way to the Park Area.

"Yes. They're special because Jr. gave them to me."

"Yeah, and how sweet he is towards you."

"Huh?" I looked at Lilith confused.

"Nothing."

We soon arrived in the Park Area and I made my way over to the right side of the room (from the door) to the place across the short bridge where I had planted my Japanese irises in the soil. I knelt down in front of them to check them, noticing how well they've grown since I got them last year and they were a pretty shade of purple. I had only planted three of the bulbs last year and had decided to save the other three for when these ones died. I started watering them like I had done everyday since I had planted them, making sure the give them a good amount of water before stopping. It was right after I stopped watering the Japanese irises that I suddenly felt a slight pain in my head as I suddenly saw an image.

I could see what looked like a huge mass of land floating in space. It reminded me of the Kukai Foundation but there was no hint of technology and there wasn't a dome over the land to protect it from the vacuums of space.

The image soon faded to be replaced with what looked like the inside of a cavern and I could see what looked like two beings identical to KOS-MOS fighting each other.

The image ended along with the slight pain in my head and I pulled my hand away from my head, letting it rest at my side.

"Another vision…" I thought. "What does this all mean?"

"Ayame?"

I turned my head in the direction the voice came from and saw Jr. standing not too far from where I was.

He wore his new outfit which happened to be a long sleeved black leather jacket. He wore a gray shirt with a loose white shirt underneath it and a necklace around his neck with a metal charm that looked like somewhat like an 'A' (AN: I couldn't exactly figure out what it looked like, so bare with me). He wore long pants that started out with a dark blue but upon reaching near the middle of his thigh was black (the bottom ending at the middle of his thigh) and below it was a dark red that went all the way down to the end of his pants, where his feet wore brown western styled boots. Around his waist was an old brown western styled holster that held his guns behind his back. There was a metal cross hooked onto the metal ring that was on the holster along with a metal chain connected with the cross, the other end of the chain connected to the back as well. He still wore that his earring on his left ear.

Jr.'s face expressed a concerned look, his blue eyes mirroring the emotion as well. He came over and knelt down next to me as he placed his right hand on my back.

"Is something wrong?" He asked.

"No. I've just been seeing images lately, that's all." I answered.

"Are they flashbacks of your past?"

I shook my head.

"They aren't flashbacks, that much I know for sure. They're more like…visions…"

"Do you want to talk about it?"

I nodded.

"Let's go sit down somewhere. Then you can tell me."

Jr. was the first to get up and he held out a hand to help me up, which I took. After helping me up we walked over to a bench nearby and sat down next to each other on it.

"So what are these visions you've been seeing?" He asked, looking at me curiously.

"They seem to be events that haven't happened yet. I know this since they seem to take place around this time, but they're not events that have already happened. I have a feeling that they'll happen soon, but I don't know when or why." I explained. "The recent ones I saw was a huge mass of land floating in space and the other was inside a cavern where two KOS-MOSes were fighting each other."

"A mass of land floating in space and two KOS-MOSes? That seems a little far-fetched, but if it's something that might happen soon we should be ready, right?"

"Yes. That would be the best thing to do."

I held onto Jr.'s right hand as he did the same with my left and we continued to sit on the bench together. There hasn't been much work for us to do for the Kukai Foundation and this in turn everyone time to relax a bit.

"Say, Ayame." I looked to Jr. "How about we go to the Foundation today? We could go to the beach and even have Mary and Shelley come with us."

"That sounds like a good idea. But we're forgetting one other person as well." I told him.

Jr. groaned when he realized who I meant.

"Do we have to bring her?"

"We don't really have a choice. If we leave without her she'll probably punch you again like last time."

It's true. One time we went somewhere without Lilith knowing and didn't bring her with us. It was when had gotten back that she punched Jr. for not telling and/or bringing her with us. That was when we went to the Foundation so I could get a watering can for my Japanese irises, too. She's really protective of me because of her duty.

"You have a point. I can still remember the last time it happened." Jr. flinched upon remembering.

"You better remember it, Red." We turned around and saw Lilith walking over to us. "You know that--"

"It's your duty to protect me/Ayame." Jr. and I finished.

"Interesting that you have it memorized. But you know that you don't have a choice but to bring me. Unless you want to get punched again?"

"U-uh, no!" Jr. said fearfully. "We'll take you!"

"Good." She started walking away. "See you two along with Mary and Shelley at the Shuttle Launch."

After Lilith was gone Jr. and I looked at each other.

"I'm surprised that you're even friends with her."

"Sometimes I wonder how I was able to." I replied.

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Jr., Lilith, Mary, Shelley, and I sat in the Shuttle Launch as it made its way to the Foundation. Personally, I was surprised Mary and Shelley agreed to come with us to the beach, but I think they could use this time to relax. We soon arrived at the Foundation and started making our way to the beach. As we walked I couldn't help but remember the last time I had been to the beach. It was a year ago when I went with Jr. and the others and I wouldn't never forget how he had me blindfolded before getting there. That was one of the moments I will always treasure in my heart.

We soon arrived at the beach and we went our separate ways (more like Jr. having to leave us since we had to change in separate rooms). As I stood in one of the stalls in the girls changing room I took out the lilac two piece swimsuit that had a lilac sash and I could remember when I last wore it here. I took my outfit off and got into my swimsuit before leaving the stall where Lilith, Mary and Shelley stood in their swimsuits.

Lilith wore a dark green and black two piece swimsuit that brought out her eyes. Mary had a blue two piece, while her older sister wore a dark purple two piece. Overall they looked really nice in their swimsuits.

"Are ya ready, Ayame?" Mary asked.

"Yes."

We all left the changing room and stood in the warm sand waiting for Jr. We didn't have to wait long since he soon came out.

Jr.'s swimsuit was different than the last one he wore (which was a year ago). He wore dark blue short swim trunks that had red and white strips on the sides. What I was surprised to find was a waterproof holster around his waist with his guns behind his back. He wore brown and black sandals on his feet while on his left wrist was a black and blue wrist band. He wore what looked like a dark gray and yellow life vest which he wore open like his jacket. Around his neck was a green whistle while on his head was a sun visor, the part where it would shade your eyes was a semi transparent yellow/orange color that reminded me of sunglasses.

Mary, Shelley, and Lilith went and sat in beach chairs in order to sunbath in the warm light, Jr. went and swam in the water while I sat at the edge, letting the cool water lap at my feet.

I started drawing something in the sand with my finger, not aware of what it was that I drew. When I looked at the drawing in the sand I realized that it was the floating mass of land I had seen in my vision. I was about to use my hand to get ride of the drawing when I was suddenly splashed with water, causing me to get wet. I looked up and saw Jr. standing in the water some distance away from me with a grin on his face.

"About time you noticed!" He said. "You realize we came here to have fun, right?"

"What was that for?" I asked.

"To get your attention."

I shook my head.

"You could have done so a different way. You know, like shaking my shoulder or calling my name."

"I know! But I like this approach better!" Jr. was about to splash me with more water and I tried to get out of the way, but I wasn't fast enough and ended up getting hit. He saw this and started laughing. "I think you forgot that I don't miss!"

"Hey, stop that!" I said while laughing.

"Make me!"

I was once again splashed by water. After being hit I looked up at Jr. again, seeing that he was waiting to see what I would do as he had a grin on his face. I grinned as a plan formulated inside my head before getting up and walking away from the water's edge.

"What, you're giving up already?!" He yelled out to me.

I could tell that my walking away wasn't what he expected. At the last second I quickly turned around and started running towards Jr. His eyes widened when he saw this and started running away through the water.

"You better run!" I yelled as I chased after him.

I couldn't help but laugh as I chased Jr. He had it coming and he knew it. As the chase continued we ended up running through ankle deep water some ways away from the others. I was getting closer to Jr. to the point that I could just reach out and grab the back of his vest with my hand. I was about to catch him when I suddenly tripped and in the process I ended up running into Jr., taking him down with me as we fell to the sandy ground. After landing on the ground I found that I Jr. was underneath me, the left side of my face laying on his back and I couldn't help but feel my face heat up. I suddenly heard Jr. start laughing which confused me.

"Looks like you win." He said once he finished laughing. "It was still fun."

"It was. I didn't hurt you, did I?" I asked, quickly getting up so I wasn't laying on top of him. I ended up sitting next to him.

"You didn't hurt me. It'll take more than that to hurt me!" He started getting up and sat next to me as well. I saw that his face had some sand on it and I couldn't help but start laughing, causing him to look at me confused. "What's so funny?"

"You have some sand on your face!" I eventually managed to calm down. "Here. Let me get it off."

Using my hand I started to wipe the sand off Jr.'s face, careful not to get any in his eyes in the process. After I got the last bit of sand off his face I took my hand away and gave him a smile.

"There. It's gone now."

Jr. returned the smile, but it was short-lived when his face gave off a serious expression.

"Ayame, could you close your eyes…for a minute?" He asked.

I was confused as to why but I did so. It was quiet as neither of us said anything and I started to wonder what it was he was doing, but I didn't ask.

"Hey, hey, hey! Break it up!"

I eyes shot open and our heads darted in the direction the voice came from, only to see Lilith standing nearby with her hands on her hips as she stared at us. The pose she stood in and the look on her face seemed to show that she disapproved of something we were doing and I immediately felt confused. Why was she looking at us like that?

I looked back at Jr. and noticed that his face was only a few inches away from mine and again I felt confused. What had he been doing before Lilith spoke? Both he and Lilith continued to stare at each other (the former having narrowed his eyes) and I assumed that they must had been talking to each other telepathically since they were both U.R.T.V.s, but what was it that they were talking about?

(Jr.'s POV)

It was after Ayame wiped the sand that had been on my face off when she took her hand away and gave me one of her smiles that I loved seeing.

"There. It's gone now." She told me.

I returned her smile with one of my own, but it didn't last long since I realized how close we were and my face became serious. An idea had suddenly came into my head and I thought that I would be able to do it.

"Ayame, could you close your eyes…for a minute?" I asked. I hoped this worked…

I could see the confusion in Ayame's eyes but then she closed her eyes. It worked! Was today my lucky day or something? I didn't say anything and neither did she. I decided to push my luck and started to slowly bring my face closer to Ayame's, closing my eyes as the distance between us started to get smaller with each passing second.

"Hey, hey, hey! Break it up!"

I opened my eyes and quickly turned my head to where the voice had came from and my eyes widened when I saw Lilith standing nearby, staring at us with her hands on her hips. Her body language clearly told me that she didn't like what I had been so close to doing.

"Dammit,Lilith! Why'd you have to interrupt?! I was so close!" I thought, narrowing my eyes as I spoke with her telepathically.

"Sorry, bro. But I'm not about to let you get away with 'that' that easily!" She replied. I could hear the smirk in her voice, which she didn't show physically on her face. "If I did, you wouldn't have a challenge! Besides, she doesn't even have a clue as to what you were doing, anyways."

"Are you trying to make this difficult for me?!"

"Yep! Too bad, though. 'Cause I almost felt like letting you get away with it, too."

"You damn liar! You just told me that you wouldn't let me get away with it so easily not so long ago!"

"It called 'getting your hopes up,' retard! Deal with it!"

She then ended our telepathic conversation as she walked over to where Ayame and I were sitting.

"We got an assignment." She said bluntly.

(Ayame's POV)

After Lilith told us about the assignment she walked away from us. I turned to look at Jr. again as he did the same.

"Why did you tell me to close my eyes?" I asked.

I watched as Jr.'s face turned red and he turned to the side, looking at the ground.

"N-no reason!" He replied, sounding slightly nervous. He got up and held his hand out to me, which I took as he helped me up. "We gotta get going. We finally have an assignment after so long."

"Okay."

Everyone quickly changed out of their swimsuits, got on our normal attire and left to get back to the Durandal. But I still couldn't help but wonder what it was that Jr. was trying to do.

ATE: This is the end of chap. 1. Jr.'s swimsuit in this story is actually from the Xenosaga III game, and trust me it wasn't very easy to describe, along with his normal outfit. Ayame's outfit wasn't easy for me to describe either, despite having drawn what it would look like on her before starting this story.

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