Okay I never meant this to be more then a one shot but like a tacks under a pillow ideas keep poking me. Mostly I'm just thinking of ways for Fang and Lightning to embarrass Hope and maybe fall in love with him.

Final Fantasy is owned by Squire Enix and not me but for all the games I buy from them I should at lest get stock options, I've invested my money in them in a way.

Taking Point

By Slayzer

"heh heh nice one Sazh." Vanille said with a giggled as Sazh and his Chocobo chick performed a few tricks. He, Vanille and Lightning were left to look after the camp as the others left for a marked monster hunt.

"Okay then Vanille, you ready for this one?"

While Sazh and Vanille entertained themselves Lightning was keeping a stoic watch. Well it looked stoic but you could tell she was upset, you know more then normal anyway. You could see it in her uncharacteristic nervous energy, the way she taped her foot and toyed with her hair.

'It's half passed midday and they should be back.'

"Hey, come on gloomy. Glaring at the horizon isn't going to make them get back any sooner." Sazh said cheerfully from across the camp.

Lightning shot the man a warning look and even the chocobo calmed down.

"What eating Lightning? I never seen her get this worked up." Vanille whispered to Sazh.

"Well it's a little different today."

"Oh right. Because of last night."

Lightning rolled her eyes, didn't they know she could still hear them? 'Yeah, last night. I should have said something then.'

-the night before-

Everyone was sitting around a camp fire as meat roosted. Other then their combat ability's Fang and Vanille's had added usefulness as great foragers. If not from them the party would most like have starved to death in a week. Even with the good food Hope had barely touched his dinner.

"What's wrong Hope are you not feeling hungry?" Vanille asked.

"No it's nothing…"

"Come on Hope your with friends so don't feel like you need to hold back. Just speck your mind." Snow said in-between bites of meat.

"Well I was just thinking about that Cie'th stone we pass yesterday. I would like to finish it's focus, well I'd like to lead the team that dose."

There was a sudden quite around the camp fire.

"You want to lead a team into a major battle?" Lightning asked very unsure about the whole thing. "It's more then just assigning equipment and shouting out orders. Make bad paradigms or giving the wrong orders could get everyone killed. Are you sure your ready for it?"

"Yes I believe I am but it's up to you guys. If you don't think I'm up for it I understand. It's a lot to asked that you put your life in my hands."

Fang got up from where she was sitting and sat right next to Hope and pulled him into a playful hug. "A leader has to sound as confident as he is. So when we do this don't give and orders like your asking for permission."

Hope's face lit up at Fang's agreement and the way she pulled him against her soft body helped too.

"Thank you Fang. You were the first person I thought of when I was planning this. Snow I also want your help in this."

Snow smacked his fist into an open palm in anticipation. "Well alright that monster's not going to know what hit it."

Snow and Fang gathered around Hope in a little huddle with Hope laying out the plan he made. "Okay so my role in this will be as a healer and then support and lastly attacking. So much of the offense will come from you two. Fang I'll also be counting on your Saboteur skills and Snow your Ice and waters skills will be a good help…"

The three made planes for the next day and decide on what equipment to bring and what paradigms to use.

'Why didn't Hope asked me to help?' Lightning thought to herself, feeling for whatever reason some rejection. Lightning was a professional and she wasn't going to undercut Hope's plan for her own comfort. What would she say anyway, 'I'm way better the Fang or Snow so pick me.' this wasn't a game of ball.

Still Lightning couldn't felt but feel as she did and she told herself that it was a trick of the camp fire that made it look like Hope was blushing not Fang's arms draped over his shoulders.

-end flashback-

"Don't worry Lightning. Snow and Fang will keep Hope safe." Vanille said trying to reassured her friend.

"I'm not worried about Hope!" Saying it like that Lightning just admit that she was in fact worried about Hope.

"Come on Lightning I know Snow's kind of a flake, ah no pun intended. " Sazh said as Vanille giggled. "but he's a good fighter and never gives up. Hope also has Fang with him and those two will keep him safe."

"Safe without me…"

"Oh I see what it is now. It's not monsters your worried about getting Hope but that he may no longer need you. It's because when Hope thought of the first person he needed in this fight he picked Fang and not you."

It sounded insane when Sazh said it out loud like that but that really was what was eating Lightning. She felt like Hope had replaced her.

This was all comply lost on poor Vanille. "Well of courses Hope would pick Fang, she our groups strongest fighter and best defender. More then that she so beautiful and charming with a great personality."

"Yeah I get it! Fang's Miss congeniality and I'm the drill sergeant from hell! So just shut up already!" Lightning snapped at Vanille.

Sazh got up and put himself between the stunned Vanille and the angry Lightning. "Vanille didn't mean it like that Lightning and you know it." Sazh as always was the calm voices of adult reason in a group of occasionally hotheaded young people.

"Sorry, I don't know what came over me." Lightning apologized to Vanille.

Vanille however wasn't paying attention. "Their back!" she cried joyously.

Lightning turned to see all Hope, Fang and Snow heading their way but she almost fainted when she saw them. Fang was carrying Hope piggyback, holing his legs and his arm wrapped around her slender neck. Snow was right behind them trying to keep up as Fang ran full out.

Fang and Hope stopped just in front of the camp, easily beating Snow.

"What happened?" Lightning asked.

"Woah Yeah! We came, we saw and we kicked ass!" Snow yelled as he brought up the rear.

"I mean why is Hope riding Fang!"

"Well we cleared the mission in good time so as a reward I told Hope I do anything he asked of me. He wanted was a piggyback ride back to camp. So how was I Hope, better then a chocobo?" Fang answered as she let Hope down off her back.

"In some ways your just soft as a Chocobo but your no where near as fluffy."

"I'll have you know Hope I'm very fluffy but If you want to feel my fluffy parts I'll have to give you a different kind of ride. Something for another time if your ever in the mood." Fang said to Hope softly with a quick kiss on his cheek.

Lightning grabbed Fang by the shoulder strap of her blue toga and pulled her away. "We need to talk."

Fangs words and suddenly departure left Hope feeling very confused. "What was that about?"

"Don't look at me. I don't understand woman at all." Snow said honestly.

Vanille just shrugged.

Sazh just shook his head. 'I don't know if I should be jealous of the kid or sorry for him.'

-Some ways away from camp-

"What the hell was that !"

"Relax Lightning. The way your acting I worried you'll slap me again."

"I cant believe you. Teasing Hope like that."

"Teasing? You need your eyes checked because that was flirting. I'm a little disappointed. I told Hope I'd do anything he asked but all he wanted was a piggyback ride. Still feeling his tight little body pressed up against mine as we ran back was far from unpleasant."

Lightning just looked dumb struck by Fangs answer. "You can't mean that, Hope's a child."

"I don't think of Hope as a child. I wouldn't follow a child into a fight and I wouldn't call the comrade who saved my life with healing magic more times then I can count a child. Hope is my comrade in a fight for our lives and if I want to get closer to him, or get physical with him it's really none of your business. Unless you have something for Hope yourself that is. In which case I'll back off him for you."

"Don't be disgusting!" Lighting said with a blushed, from the embarrassment accusation she told herself.

"Really all this time you never seen the way Hope looks at you? You never heard Hope sigh your name at night?"

"I don't enjoy those things." Lightning said sheepishly and looking downward.

"Then why have you never told him to stop? To focus on our mission and not on you? I think it's because you like having Hope's eyes on your body with your every shake and bounce."

"That's a damn lie!" Lightning yelled and slapped Fang across the face.

Fang smiled through the red mark on her face. "Well if that's how you really feel Lightning. Than there's no problem with me and Hope having more then a little fun with each other. Don't worry we'll keep it down so you can get your beauty sleep." Fang then walked away from the fuming Lightning.

"Stop! I'm not done talking with you!"

"But I'm done leasing to you so tell it to the wind." Fang said with a friendly wave behind her.

Lightning didn't say anything to the wind but she did scream her frustrations into it.

-End-

Okay now I know I have this tagged as a Fang/Hope fanfic but my normal pull as a Light/Hope fan as starched this into a love triangle. Or maybe it's a cat fight between Lightning and Fang with Hope as a scratching post? I think their more then a little out of character and I think I may have given Vanille a little attention disorder.

I still don't have even the slightest idea what the hell I'm doing with this or how it will end?

Fang/Hope: Not many of them around and I like the challenge of writhing something different and fun.

Lightning/Hope: A favorite couple of mine but I'm already doing a fic with them.

Fang/Lightning/Hope: Well their okay with M rated stuff on this website now so why not something smutty.

Not that this is a voting thing but give me some input and we'll see what happens.

Thanks for reading.