Here's the seventh chapter. I am on a roll. I am unsure if I'm going to go with my new idea for this story or not. We shall see, I think. Reviews are loved. Don't own Final Fantasy X-2.

Yuna woke lying on a rather soft bed, unrestrained and fully capable of movement, or so she thought. She struggled to make her limbs obey her but instead, they lay limp and didn't move. This made it all the worse, she realized; she was free but she wasn't, something unknown was holding her there and that was scarier than anything else.

"Welcome to my quarters," Baralai's voice said, suddenly walking into her view. That was another thing; she couldn't see anything except for right in front of her, unable to even move her eyes. "It is here, I will conduct my experiments on you. I am quite curious as to what skills your child will possess. After all, he is a result from a man from the past and the High Summoner that vanquished Sin forever; he should be quite powerful."

Yuna struggled to speak but found that it was impossible for her to do so.

"Oh that's right. Here."

"I hate you!"

Baralai rolled his eyes and waved his hand, once again sealing her ability to move her lips. "Anyways. It won't be long now, I'll be putting you under in a few hours; I just need to get things around and get rid of a few pests. Your friends."

Yuna wanted so desperately to speak, wanted so desperately to express her hatred and her anger, to move her hands and grab the guns that sat in their holsters on her hips, but was unable to. Baralai watched her internal struggle for several more minutes before waving his hand and putting her out again.

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"Oh you have got to be kidding me," Paine muttered darkly.

The Paragon loomed above them, readying some no doubt deadly attack that would leave the severely injured or dead, something she really didn't want to deal with.

"Don't worry about this guy. I am all over it!" Rikku said happily, activating her dress sphere.

Paine watched as the rather skin revealing yellow dress of the Lady Luck dress sphere appeared on Rikku's slim body, clinging tightly to her too perfect figure. She warrior got ready to defend Rikku, not knowing what in the world the bubbly blond was thinking but trying to trust her judgment all the same. Her eyes widened as a few coins appeared in the woman's gloved hand. Emerald eyes winked seductively at the large monster as she jingled the coins around in her hand before tossing them at the Paragon. The coins suddenly vanished and the Paragon suddenly turned, a dark and twisting portal appearing, the very portal it walked through.

"I don't know what to say," Paine mumbled, staring at Rikku in shock. "That was just...I don't even know. Really."

"Well," Rikku started, putting a hand on her lip. "You seemed frustrated so I thought I would just make this easier. To be honest I wasn't sure it was going to work but I knew you'd protect me if it didn't while I changed into something better to fight in."

"You are really lucky that worked, you know that?" Paine sighed, disbelief evident on her usually calm features.

Rikku giggled and shrugged. "It was the Lady Luck dress sphere after all."

Paine rolled her eyes. "No more joking, please. There's only one more floor left, I think. I hope. That means Trema is up next."

Rikku's happiness died instantly, giving way to a deadly seriousness. "Right. So what's the game plan? I mean, he's a freaky dead spirit that probably has more power in one pinky than what I have over all. I really wish I could just use Bribe on him too..."

"I don't think he'd be that easy to beat," Paine said. "Unfortunately."

"I don't know, Paine. You're pretty sexy in that dress," Rikku teased, her cheery personality returning in a heartbeat.

Paine raised a thin eyebrow, unsure of how to respond to the obvious flirtation disguised as a compliment. At least now she knew it wasn't just her feeling the slight attraction. But once again, this really wasn't the time to think about such things, especially with their final and most dangerous battle of all coming up; no need for added stress.

"I'm tempted to go in with a Dark Knight and a Berserker," Paine murmured. "But the Knight is too slow for healing both of us. We need another strong but fast unit like the Berserker, only in complete control."

"Go as yourself," Rikku suggested. "Warriors are fast. I'll go as the Berserker or Dark Knight, switch between the two maaybe. I know you'll take care of me either way."

"Always."

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Tidus never realized how scary Lulu was when she was angry until he saw her efficiently and mercilessly eliminate any guards that crossed their path with paralyzing lightning. She was careful not to kill for it would be taken as a full blown act of war, something neither of them needed. He never lifted his sword to fight until they entered the main building, truly not needing to for how well Lulu handled herself.

"I highly doubt that this will obey us and take us to Baralai's chambers," Lulu said firmly, gazing at the small transporter that hovered in the fog laden air.

"Why do you say his chambers?" Tidus asked.

"If Paine was right and some long dead did take over Baralai's body, it will desire to satiate all of its needs. If a girl walks right into his layer alone, it's perfect for him."

"Hell no," Tidus growled.

"Be thankful there is fog in here," Lulu said. "I can freeze the droplets of water and make us a pathway of ice to the upper floor."

"Hurry up! I'm ripping that bastard to shreds!" Tidus hissed.

"Baralai has commmited no crime, Tidus. The spirit has. Remember that," Lulu said sharply, waving her hand and creativing the pathway.

Without hesitating a moment, Tidus dashed up the ice path, Lulu right behind him, and yanked open the doors that led to Baralai's private chambers. The white haired man seemed to be ready for him, his spear thrusting forward and spearing right into the man's shoulder. With a jerk, he slammed Tidus against the door frame before drawing his spear back and spinning it, deflecting Lulu's spells with inhuman power. Tidus got to his feet and attacked again, barely affected by what had happened.

"Damn bastard!"

Several gunshots rang out and Baralai stumbled. Tidus barely remembered not to kill the man, slamming the hilt of his sword into Baralai's head instead, several times. Lulu threw another spell, lightning wrapping around him and squeezing tight, forcing the lance out of his hand and letting it clatter to the floor. With a frustrated cry she sent another spell at him, covering him from foot to neck with ice so he was completely frozen.

Baralai's eyes suddenly rolled back in his head and he would've collapsed if it weren't for Lulu's spells. Tidus grabbed the stiff body and laid it down on the ground before hurrying to Yuna's side. The ex-summoner lay on the bed, panting from effort and wrapping her arms around her stomach tightly, eyes wide.

"Yuna, are you alright?" Tidus demanded. "Did he do anything to you?"

Yuna shook her head. "No. He was going to but...you guys are lucky."

"And so are you," Lulu said quietly.

"No...that's not what I meant. There's barely any of Trema inside of Baralai and I wouldn't doubt it if he has fled Baralai's body completely now. Paine and Rikku are fighting him down in the lower chambers and with you two showing up unexpectedly, he didn't have time to summon back enough of his strength to go all out against you," Yuna said, voice shaking. "Tidus, you're bleeding."

"I'll heal him, don't exert yourself," Lulu said, quickly activating a healing spell.

"He did something to my body to make it so I couldn't move. It wasn't until you guys came in and began distracting him that I was able to start moving again. I guess he's a little preoccupied with everything that's going on," Yuna said, smiling weakly as Tidus embraced her the moment his wound closed.

"Don't you ever do something so foolish and stupid ever again, you hear me?" he murmured.

"I'm sorry. I just...you have to understand how important they are to me," Yuna replied softly.

"And you're just as important to me as they are to you. Please don't go throwing yourself into danger anymore. Take me with you next time," Tidus sighed.
"Should we go help Paine and Rikku?" Lulu asked quietly.

Yuna shook her head. "We could try, we really could. I probably could've reached them in time to help if I hadn't been captured but if they are already fighting Trema, by the time we arrived, the battle would already be over."

"So what do we do with Baralai's body?" Tidus asked.

"Take the spells off of him and wait for him to wake up. I'm sure he'll be back to normal," Yuna said confidently.

Hesitating, just a little, Lulu did as Yuna instructed but nobody moved to make the man more comfortable in his slumber. Yuna moved closer to Tidus and wished desperately that the fight her sisters were in, was going okay.