Author's Notes: Wow. I got Chipmouskin and Sir FrozenPickle to Reveiw my story, and say they LIKED it. Wow. Just wow. With a side of wow (Dane Cook refference DX).

Chipmouskin: Yup, this is both arfter the ending of X-2 and Advent Children (or...Dirge Of Cerberus, but Zack and Aerith never showed up there). The Gippal/Rikku will come soon, but not too soon, and they'll be ignorant. Isn't that what we love about that paring, though :3 ? I thought Kadaj and his 'brothers' would still consider Aerith a Mother, or older sister at best, becasue she'd make a better one than Jenova. There shall be more detailed info on that, along with Sephitorht and Seymour. Even though...I dislike Seymour...meh.

Sir FrozenPickle: You've never played Final Fantasy X? Le gaspeth. I'll put some extra background stuff in thar for joo. Or you could use Wiki. Thank you so much for the Reveiw!

E n j o y !

Rating: T

Pairings: ZackxAerith.TidusxYuna.GippalxRikku.OCxOC

Summary: given a second chance, two beings see that starting a new life in spira is the least of their worries. --\X.VII crossover.zerith.tuna.rippal/--

Disclaimer: Yes, I own Final Fantasy just as much as I do my cousin's car. Which I so totally own, by the way.

What's Left

Chapter Three

Spira?

The YRP stood outside the Aurochs tent, each with a different expression: Paine was unreadable, as usual; Rikku looked both confused and worried; Yuna had a slightly sad expression, as if the strange beings that fell from the sky...frightened. But she wasn't scared up the sky.

Rikku looked up at her older cousin and raised an eyebrow, swirling green eyes meeting green-and-blue. "Think it might have something to do with Shuyin?"

Paine sighed and spared Rikku a sideways glance, "Shuyin? He already tried to destroy Spira, because he wanted to avenge Lenne. Now they're back together. What makes you think he'll want the attack Spira again?" there was a moment of silence before Rikku flashed a tiny smile.

"Maybe 'cause they broke up?"

"I don't know how Cid handles you and Brother," an elegant voice spoke, as each girl turned their attention to Yuna's former Guardian and sister-figure. Lulu smiled at Rikku's childish pout before turning to face Yuna, "you've healed them, correct?"

Yuna, at the time, had been deep in thought and Lulu's calm voice had startled her a bit. Head snapping up, the High Summoner gave a tiny nod before continuing her thoughts. A few days ago, she remembered a dream the day after Tidus had returned. Trying to recall the day, Yuna was able to conjure images of the large campfire in the middle of Besaid Village where the villagers gathered around, welcome the blonde Blitzball player. There had been food, and...drinks, yes drinks. Lots of them. Right.

Yuna had gone to bed early, and she was unaware Tidus had snuck off to join her. Wakka, Cid, Lulu and Kihmari did though. Yuna did not want to think of the horrors Tidus must have gone through, but all that was besides the point. When fatigue had finally taken her over, Yuna's dream had started normally enough: just simple memories, but everything grew bleak quickly. Then, she was in a church. A large, gaping hole was found where the roof should have been, and Yuna was lying in a small field of flowers. For a moment, she had wondered if she was in the Farplane.

In a way, she was. Or so said the small boy Fayth. "This, as you can see, is a church. Once, it belonged to a girl much like yourself, but her spirit has faded away with the planet, just as yours will," his words had frightened her. On their pilgrimage, Yuna had been ready to face death if it meant the well-being of all of Spira's people. Now though, all evil was gone, and Yuna's childhood fear of death had sprung loose. "All that is not important. Her history is also alot like your own; she once had a lover, someone named Zack Fair," the fayth smiled under his hood, "you will meet him soon enough.

Many great evils, like Seymour and Yevon had come up in their world, but again, my words now are meaningless. Lady Yuna, a...hmm...'special' kind of evil has yet again surfaced, but you will need more than the help of your friends. Do NOT be fooled! You shall meet many new people, but more than half of them will attempt to do you harm. Even the girl."

"C-Can't you tell me who this is? What it is? Who's is this girl?" Yuna had asked, her voice echoing in her own empty dream. The Fayth simply shook his head and vanished, ignoring Yuna's pleads for him to stay. She wanted answers, and that was not enough for her.

"...Machina! I'm telling you, they'll work better than any Dressphere!" Rikku's voice broke Yuna's thought like Lulu's, but Yuna didn't seem as fazed. A smiled played on her lips as she watched the young Al Bhed try and explain that Machina were more effective healing tools than their Dresspheres. Rikku stopped her talking when she stared back at the tent, worry flicking across her face, "you think they're okay in there?" she questioned more to herself than anyone else.

"Maybe we should check up on them," Paine offered, trying to hide her concern, which only Yuna was able to catch. Lulu took a small step back, saying Tidus and Wakka would probably want to see too. This only made Yuna move closer to the large blue tent.

"I'll just take a quick look. The silver-haired man at the women seemed injured the most," Yuna stated, parting the door-like pieces of silk. Lulu gave a quick nod and went off the find Wakka and Tidus, whole Rikku and Paine followed Yuna inside. Each bed was occupied, and some were even from the temple, because too many people had fallen from the sky. The thought made Yuna hold back a giggle.

Rikku raced to the bed were Genisis lay, staring at him intently. A foolish grin splashed across her face, "awww! This one looks so cute when he sleeps!" she crooned, tugging at a strand of his brown hair. Paine smirked as she stood beside Rikku, arms crossed over her chest.

"Hm. Looks like Gippal has some competition then," she remarked, waiting for Rikku to register what she had just said. The seventeen-year-old jumped up, eyes wide with furry and shock.

"Wh-What are you implying?!"

"Wow. Implying. That's a new word for you."

"Why you...urgh!" Yuna was oblivious to the scene occurring behind her as she looked over two different beings, one was the raven haired man from earlier, and the other was a women a little older that Yuna who wore pink. Yuna felt an odd connection between her and the 'newcomer' but she shoved the feeling away when the being with black hair moved. Normally, this was a good thing, but after just being healed it took some time for the magic to sink in. Unless the person wasn't really human.

Yuna quickly took a step forward yet froze when he spoke. "What?" she asked uncertainly. True, Yuna thought asking him to repeat his past words were rather odd, but curiosity had gotten the best of her.

"Ae..."

"Go on," by now, Rikku and Paine had noticed the strange man's attempt of speech.

"Aeri..."

"Yes?"

"Aer...Aerith..."

"Who? Who's 'Aerith'?" Rikku coaxed, leaning in like a child. Paine rolled her eyes, but Rikku couldn't see. The man shut his eyes tightly, but managed to move his head, eyes now on the women in pink, who's bed was beside his. "Oh! Her! You know her?"

"Y-Yeah...," he said slowly, before blacking out again. As soon as he had done that, Wakka burst though, Tidus at his heels, while Lulu stood behind him, a scowl flicking across her face.

"What happened?" Tidus asked, out of breath for some reason. Yuna decided she would ask him about that later, but proceeded to tell him of the events that had happened a short while ago.

--

His blue eyes opened and closed rapidly as Zack Fair tried to block out the noises.

"You cannot save yourself."

"She will not forgive you."

"You shouldn't have come back!"

"You're kidding, right?"

"Stay back, you've already shown us you're worthless."

"It was all a mistkae. You, that is."

"This isn't Gaia, silly."

"We're all going to die now. Oh joy."

"Why?"

Zack's hands reached his ears as the voices got louder and louder. Some, he did not know. Others were of her, of Aerith Gainsborough. he gasped as something crawled around him; a black, swirling mass. Like thick, thick black water that smelled oddly of both blood and salt. The darkness moved around him like an animal hunting its prey, and then, the swirling black latched onto him.

Gasping, the scene changed around him, just before the darkness devoured him completetly. Before him stood a lake, with a large tree in the center. Everything had a blue glow to it, Zack had seen, and the air around him felt peacefull.

"Oh, hello!" the voice made him jump as Zack spun around, taking a battle stance. He stopped when he relized it was a young girl, who by now, was giggling at him. Something wasn't right, though, and he could feel it.

"This is a veeeeeery special place for the Lady Summoner," she explained, walking past him with her ahnds behind her back.

"Who...?"

"That girl with that blue-and-green eyes. She saved the world. Twice."

"Oh," Zack mumbled, feeling a tad bit akward. The girl sighed and stared at the lake, deep in though, but, Zack had questions, "where did we land? Why? Is Aerith okay? What happened to the Lifestream?"

"Huh? Oh. This place is called 'Spira', kind of like your Gaia."

"How did you-"

"Hey! You're too full of questions, you know that?!"

"...Sorry...," he said, not really apologizing. The girl sighed and started at him with strange eyes that Zack had only seen before once; lime green eyes that seemed to glow.

"Look, whatever you wanna know will be answered soon enough. And one last thing..."

"What's that?"

"I'm really, really sorry," a sad smile played across her face, and then she vanished.

--

His eyes slowly parted, the sunlight catching his attention at the figure of a female with her arms and face pressed onto the side of his bed, like she had been watching him. Getting a better look, he suddenly knew who it was. "Aerith1" Zack said excitedly, which made the flowergirl spring upwards, her expression suprsied. Soon, however, it was washed away with joy.

"You're awake," she affirmed. Zack gave a curt nodd as he checked his surroundings. "it's the biggest hut in Besaid village, or so they told me," Aerith said.

"Besaid?"

"We're on an island, in the southern part of Spira. I think that's what it's called...anyway, we're not in Gaia. Not anymore. This place, Spira, was once plauged with death, thanks to a giant moster called Sin. Sin was summond by the souls of the people of Zanarkand, after falling to Bevelle when the war arrived. So anyway, Summoners, people who summoned large creatures to aid them in battle; kind of like how we could, but these creatures listened far more well. Anyway, Summoners traveled with their Gaurdians -poeple who kept them safe- while they went on a pilgramidge to train, gain more Aeons and defeat Sin by using the final Summoning," Aerith took a deep breath, ready to say more.

"The people of Yevon were in charge of the temples, by the way. Yevon was a religion that ruled over all Spira; it was their source of hope. Yevonites, or so I was told they were called, believed that Machina was the reason Sin came to be. But that was all kind of besides the point. Heh."

"Yuna, a young Summoner from Besaid went on the very same pilgramdige with her Gaurdians: Lulu- somone Yuna considered a sister, Wakka- another person Yuna was very close to, Kihmari- a Ronso, that's a race of being, who Yuna knew from a young age aswell, Auron- a man who had served Yuna's father, Braska, who was also a Summoner, Rikku- her cousin and finally, someone named Tidus. No one told me much about him, but he had a rather large impact on Yuna's life."

"She knew him all her life?" Zack asked, head tilted in confusion.

"Ah...not really. Wakka found him floating at see on the day Yuna became a Summoner," Aerith puased, then gave him an apologetic look, "that's all they told me."

"What about...uh...'Sin'?"

"Oh, it was defeated."

With a nodd, Zack looked over at everyone elses bed. Sure enough, each male lay motionless, expect from Kadaj and co. They seemed to be having nightmares, or so Zack though, for they were moving with pained expressions on their faces. Before he could ask Aerith, the sound of someone jolting upwards caught his attention. Genisis.

"You're awake, too?" a young voice caught all three of-gaurd. There, in the doorway (well, it wasn't a 'real' doorway, per se) stodd that blonde girl in the bikini-top Zack had seen from before. She smiled kindly at Aerith.

"It' took them some time, but atleast these two are up. Thanks, Rikku," Aerith said. Well, he knew now that her name was 'Rikku'. Genisis, however, looked at bit confused.

"You...," he said slowly, "tell me, who said I looked 'cute; when I slept?"

Neither Zack nor Aerith could help it, they burt out laughing. The Rikku girl blushed. Genisis's eyes grew even widered in realization.

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Yay for super slow updates. SORRY!

I can't say I liked this chapter either. One, my attempt at humor is probably the lamest thing you've ever seen. Two, there was WAY too much talking. And three, I'm very concered about Zack meeting Gippal. ...They have the same voice actor DDX.

With that in mind, i feel like making Axel and Larxene (from Kingdom Hearts) meet Reno and Elene from FFVII. It might be fun.

Reveiwing will make me more happy than Genisis with some kind of sequel to LOVELESS (:

YOU KNOW I OWN FINAL FANTASY, BTW /Brick'd/

-Veira