AN I just felt like giving this chapter a title because well it seemed right and I actually managed to think of one. I noticed that someone has a problem with me not liking Yuna. I don't HATE her she's just so annoying the way she's so good and that she looks 14 and well she just never suspects that there's anything wrong with anyone.So whatif I like Seymour, I'm evil besides it makes the whole thing different, and I don't likecliches.


Logos and Ormi then danced about due to gunshots being fired at their feet. Everyone looked back to see where they came from and there she was. Seymour took a step back and almost fell into me.

"Watch it." I said kindly

"Sorry."

"Whoa whoa no!" we heard Wakka exclaim

"Coohewl." Tidus went

Yuna made that pitiable ohho noise she makes quite frequently throughout the game before saying

"Is that? It's me."

Chapter 9 A Meal with a Maester

(Play FFX2 Yuna's Theme.)

Indeed it was Yuna though she was garbed in a white sleeveless holterneck with Tidus' necklace shaped J in the centre, blue hot pants and a long blue thing, which looked like half a skirt. Her hair seemed shorter and the ends came out in spikes, she had also grown a long plait. She stood holding out the guns before running and jumping onto Ormi's shield which was on his back, from that she pushed off and flipped firing more shots as she did so. For Yuna, heck for anyone that was impressive. She landed in the middle of the two girls Rikku and Paine and made a punching movement though with her guns still in hand, Paine did some fancy movements with her sword and Rikku spun her daggers around before making them stop. They then all came together. YRP. Logos and Ormi weren't intimidated they stepped forward thinking it would be easy to beat three little girls.

"Where's the impostor?" Yuna asked them fiercely.

Paine immediately made the first move as if she was impatient for some action. She made a great slash at Ormi's torso Yuna used her Trigger Happy on Logos and he doubled up. Rikku just went nuts and kicked and slashed whomever she felt like or whoever was closest.

"Power Break!" Paine slashed Ormi again.

"Feel like taking a spin?" he asked then throwing his shield at Paine.

She was knocked over but quickly scrambled back up and took on Logos.

Yuna fired on Ormi and he flinched. I'd never thought I'd think that but go Yuna!

The overall battle wasn't that long soon Paine dealt the final blow to Logos. He fell back on the floor and he wasn't faking.

"It cannot be!" he exclaimed in defeat.

Rikku slashed Ormi as Yuna used Trigger Happy and Paine used Power Break for the final time on Ormi. Yuna then shot him twice more before like Logos he fell down.

"Boss." He said miserably. Before fading away along with Logos.

(End Yuna's Theme)

That's my cue.

I got up from where I was standing and went up the three girls.

"That's quite enough snivelling boys." I was enjoying to an impression of Leblanc but she really is the worst excuse for a bad guy err girl well maybe apart from Mika.

Yuna stared daggers at me; well actually she just frowned and look as if she was going to pout as if I was being mean to her.

"My grid." And she held out her hand, pfft as if I was just going to give her, even Leblanc isn't that stupid.

"You give us back Yunie's garment grid right now!" growled an angry Rikku

Wait Yuna's is Vanguard I have Unerring Path. Oh well it's a Garment Grid I suppose, same principal.

"Didn't you girls ever learn to share?" I asked grinning.

"Take it then it's yours." Said a voice that wasn't mine I looked around then a gasp came from YRP.

I looked at my wrist. The Garment Grid was gone. Yuna had it in her hand.

"No!" I exclaimed. I didn't want to change, I looked at myself waiting. I waited I didn't change I laughed half heartedly well the way Angelina Jolie does when she thinks she's beaten Simon in the training exercise in Tomb Raider.

(Play YuRiPa fight no 2)

Suddenly Leblanc appeared beside me fan over her face. Where had she come from? She'd either had walked over beside me or she'd walked through me. Either way she was there. She held her fan out in front of her a look of sincere displeasure on her face.

"But it won't be yours for long loves." She told them threateningly.

"Okay I'm looking forward to this." I said in my normal voice grinning running over to the girls

"Wait you're on our side?" Rikku said, "Okay I'm confused."

"Who cares more chance of beating the crap out of this one." Paine smiled gesturing at Leblanc she then muttered to me, "Thank Yevon you don't sound like that." And I laughed

"Bye bye Leblanc."

I stood scimitar in hand Leblanc was going to get hurt even if it wasn't by me. Paine, Rikku and Yuna all stood their weapons out likewise. Rikku and Paine began to fight. I rushed up to join them, but then I noticed Yuna was fiddling with the Garment Grid that had once been mine, changing the pinky sphere for a blue one and then hit that and the purple one. Then like I had done only raising her gun abover her head and letting go of it she changed into Songstress. When she finished she glanced at me.

"Twins!" she, Rikku and me chorused smiling.

"Darkness Dance!" Yuna immediately used her ability on Leblanc and the shroud of darkness covered Leblanc's eyes.

"Ahh!" we heard from her.

"This'll send a shiver down your spine." The ice hit Leblanc and she really did seem to shiver. At least I could still use Black Magic.

"Power Break."

"Thunder." Leblanc said from amongst the darkness

"Oof." I doubled up a bit singed on my arms.

"Grrrrr. Fire, Blizzard, Thunder."

The attacks hit her hard and fast as well as that Rikku attacked her as I cast them. The Darkness had now worn off and so I thought that I'd take over. I past Yuna my scimitar.

"Just give her a hell of a beating."

"I think we can leave Rikku and Paine to that." She told me putting it down.

"Well she isn't called Paine for nothing."

Together we both danced Darkness came again around Leblanc, even when she tried to attack it was a guaranteed miss every time.

Rikku and Paine finished her off, Paine jumping and giving her a flick kick to the stomach. Leblanc as Logos and Ormi had done collapsed.

(End YuRiPa fight no 2.)

"I, I won't let you off so easily next time." Leblanc warned us getting up and running off with Logos and Ormi.

"Get back here!" Rikku shouted

"Rikku." Paine said mistily

(Play Ayumi Hamasaki-Honey Instrumental.)

"Oh." My feet took over and I was dancing a set dance. It wasn't someone taking over me I knew that much it was more like marking out trying to remember the dance. I laughed and heard cheering in my ears.

(End Honey, Play Mission Complete.)

"Thanks for your help." Yuna said

"Don't mention it." I smiled giving them all high fives. They then all faded away. Good I suppose if the Celsius appeared I would have a hell of an explaining to do. I turned to Tidus.

"See that's what happens when you mess about you silly little boy." I said trying to laugh it off. Tidus and Wakka seemed to laugh with me, but Lulu looked thoughtful and even seemed to smile. Yuna just stared blankly. I think she was slightly confused.

"Hey guess what you two." I told Yuna and Tidus, "Auron's in a café somewhere, why don't you go and look for him."

"Sir Auron!" Yuna exclaimed

"Well how many other Auron's are there who wear terracotta coats have big massive katana's over there shoulder and wear glasses with black hair who was guardian of Yuna's dad in this world are there?"

"Auron was Yuna's old mans guardian!" Tidus exclaimed

"You know Sir Auron?" Yuna asked him

"Yeah he does and I think for Tidus he has a lot of explaining to do." I commented

"To right," said Tidus, "Come on let's go." And he almost dragged Yuna off who was closely followed by Kimarhi.

I glanced at my watch though I don't know why as I'd forgotten it didn't work and Wakka had a good nose at it too.

"Wakka isn't it nearly time for your match against the Psyches?"

"The Psyches?" He replied, "The lots haven't even been drawn yet." I slapped myself. "Hey thanks for letting me know prophet." He smiled and went with Lulu to the changing room.

"I'm not a prophet!" I shouted after him and then sighed. "What about you your Maesterness don't you have to join Mika and open the ceremony?"

"It is Mika's fiftieth year in office not mine." He said bluntly, "Besides I do not care for Blitzball."

"Neither do I." Though I was thinking of the game one where I have to play and always lose. Hey it's not my fault that whenever I play the Aurochs are always crap at defending. My tummy then rumbled embarrassingly. "I need a pizza." I then said, "Okay well not a pizza but 'somebody get me something deep fried and smothered in chocolate'." I chuckled at my quote in case you didn't know its Shrek 2. "I don't really want chocolate," I then said, as Seymour seemed to look at me strangely at my decided combination. "You hungry?" I then asked him I fished in my bag. I still had no gil. "Could someone up there be nice and give me a wad of gil which I will pay back."

"You won't need to pay us back." I then heard Bahamut say.

Gil then filled up the remaining empty space in my bag. I pulled it out,

"I'll buy." I offered

"I am a bit famished but I can afford my own meal." He said rather rudely

"I was only offering to be nice, I wasn't trying to suggest that because you're half Guado you're poor. I'm not like other people, just cos you're half Guado doesn't mean you're something that has disease and has to be kept away from. In fact, being half Guado I think makes you unique, you know special."

As soon as I said special he seemed to look away as if he was embarrassed, I went round to look at his face, he turned away again and a saw a look as if he was about to cry. He quickly composed himself.

"No one has ever called me special before about, well my status. Thank you." He said sombrely.

"S'alright." I smiled at him; he hadn't meant to be rude I suppose that other people just haven't treated him with a high opinion, as he'd been probably the first half Guado ever. "So you coming?"

He nodded and followed until I managed to find somewhere.

We managed to find a place after what seemed an hour. It was down a side street but it was nice, well all the other places were full. The few people in there gasped as Seymour entered behind me. He didn't seem like the big flamboyant Maester that you see in the game with Yuna and the others he seemed rather shy, this time he had no fancy speech he'd pre-rehearsed.

"My Lord we are honoured." Said a waiter who came up to us and bowed. I looked at him scrutinisingly he looked as if he'd rather serve something of the bottom of my shoe.

"We'll find our own table. Is that alright?" I asked the waiter looked at me I guess with the height of Seymour I hadn't really been noticed.

"You, you are the prophet of Yevon!" he exclaimed hid face now changed to one of genuine excitement. Great, word had even spread here. "Oh my lady come this way." He was about to lead me away to a table without Seymour.

"I'll tell your fortune if me and Maester Seymour could find our own table if you would." I tried to sound all prophetish. Hey without the crowds of people I could enjoy ordering people around.

I thought about taking Seymour's hand, but then looked at him he didn't really seem the touchy feely type, still I wanted him to feel as if I genuinely had a high respect for him and didn't think he was something of the bottom of someone's shoe. Anyway I don't think I would have felt comfortable doing that. I just nudged him and asked him where he'd like to sit. He seemed to look very gratified. I suppose as a Maester you have to do what the people want you to do to make them happy. The place wasn't fancy in the way of food, but I wasn't bothered. I just ordered a baguette thing, well something that looked like it was from Subway. I could see Seymour was trying to be gracious and choose something cheap. He was being very quiet.

"Blow it get whatever you want." I told him I looked at the most expensive item, yeah I had enough. "You're very quiet." I then said hoping to break the ice.

"I'm sorry it's just that I've never been invited to lunch before. Yevon I know that sounds so stupid." He then sounded angry with himself, "I'm a Maester I shouldn't be saying things like this. I have to sound in control." He muttered.

He then ordered I wasn't sure what and I started to talk to him about where I came from, friends, family I just didn't want a meal in silence. He contributed whenever he thought it was necessary. Actually he wasn't that bad a person. Maybe he was trying to take it all in. I was kinda astonished that the big bad guy who wants to destroy the world turned out to be very awkward when it came to socialising. Mind you I wasn't the best socialiser either unless we were talking about something that wasn't boys or proms etc. I actually found it really hard to talk to anyone apart from Tidus here. He was the only one who'd lived with machina.

"Hey you don't have to pour out your life story or anything I mean you've only just met me so. Hey!" I then exclaimed and laughed, "I've told you about where I come from but I haven't told you my name."

"It took you that long to twig!" he chuckled, "Actually I hadn't noticed either."

"I'm Rachel and I am not a prophet."

"Well you know who I am and I'm half Guado as you know. You already seem to know who I am."

People on the table behind us seemed to be pulling faces behind Seymour's back. I suppose they had to respect him to his face. I didn't like it though.

"Come on let's go the match will have started and I think Mika will now noticed you've gone."

"Yes I suppose so then it will be back to Maester duties and heading to Mushroom Rock."

"What's going on there?" I asked placing the gil on the table by the bill and leaving the restaurant. I wanted to act as if I wasn't a prophet in some way by acting as if I didn't know what was happening everywhere in Spira.

"Well the Crusaders are doing something there and Maester Kinoc has asked me to attend."

"And Mika isn't going?"

"Well no, Maester Kinoc thinks it would be best if he didn't attend."

"So a Sinspawn or Sin won't smash him to bits. Like that's ever going to happen."

"Are you sure you aren't a prophet?" he chuckled.

"Nope a hundred percent Yevon free that's me. Stupid religion."

"You said," he cleared his throat, "'I think Yevon is a load of crap and I don't believe in it'." He did a funny impression of me that gave me a high squeaky voice.

"Well I don't believe in the religion. Hey! I don't sound like that!" Seymour was chuckling at my annoyance "I don't you, you meanie." I frowned and folded my arms. Seymour was still laughing.

"You do now." he said to which I pouted slightly

"It's not funny." I told him but soon I couldn't help it. "It's funny it's funny!" I laughed and we both laughed until a guard saw Seymour and came up to him.

"Maester Seymour sir." They saluted, "Maester Mika has wondered where you have been we will take you to him." And two other guards escorted Seymour up to the Maester stand.

"Go on you clear off!" the guard ordered me. Mean guard does he know who I am? I didn't say anything but began to slink off.

"Rachel!" I heard Seymour call and I turned round, "I …erm it was nice to have met you."

"Likewise Seymour!" I then ran towards the stadium where hopefully I would find Yuna, Lulu and Kimarhi.


AN: Okay I said you'd find out about the sphere but I thought that this would be a nice ending to this chapter. God it's such a nicey nice chapter it's almost scary. Still review.