Disclaimer: Memories of the Forgotten Guardian and I DO NOT own Final Fantasy XII and its characters. They belong to Squeenix. We only own our OC's and any others we make up. We also own the plot and a few other things, but other than that, everything else is owned by Square Enix.

"Hi there!" - talking

*Ugh, why?* - thinking

"Dude, what the hell?" - dreams or any different language spoken

JAPANESE USED:

Hai - yes

Oniichan/Niichan/ -nii : older brother, Hikari will be calling Kai this all the time, (Kai-nii, Oniichan, Niichan)

Hikari- her name means Light

Okaa-san - mom/mother

Otou-san - dad/father

Nee-san/ -nee/ Oneechan/ Oneesan - older sister

imouto - little sister

COMMENTS ON REVIEWS:

To Rokuchuchu: Haha thank u xP We wanted to add a bit of a twist with that LOOL~

Mou...-pouts- honestly you guys..besides Rokuchuchu and Loveless an the living fantasy, could you guys please at least review once every 2 or 3 chapters, ne? It'd help you knoe...

My POV:

"Oi! Hikari! Wake up!" I heard someone yell. I mumbled something. I then realized it was Penelo speaking. "Come on Hikari. Deo and I are already up and we showered." I groaned as I got up and started stretching. I left my bed and went to go take a shower. I dressed up, you know, the usual. Once the girls and I got out of our room, we met up with the boys downstairs to have breakfast. While we were eating at a nearby restaurant, we talked about a lot of things. Oniichan and I mostly talked about Okaasan and what had happened last night.

"All right! So, we ready to go?" I asked the group. Everyone nodded.

"Why are you leading? Isn't the oldest person in the group supposed to be leading?" Vaan joked around. I scoffed and put on a small smile.

"Well then, I think Oniichan's the oldest, so lead away." I said with a wave of my hand. Oniichan smirked and led us to the palace. Once we got there, the guards looked at us.

"You are Gabranth's guests, yes?" one asked. We nodded and they let us in. Once we got inside, Basch met up with us, dressed up in his armor.

"Ok, let's see if we can try to find something." Basch stated.

"Right!" Niichan and I shouted. We started walking around, trying to find some clues.

"Let's go to Larsa's office." Deo suggested.

"-sigh- that DOES sound like a good idea, I guess." I replied as we started walking there. As we rounded a corner though, I accidentally bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry!" we both shouted at the same time. He looked at us and we stared back at him. This guy was maybe about 5'10" and maybe 17...? Probably! His hair was light brown, had dark brown eyes, and he had a little bit of stubble. He was verrryyy muscular. Oh my gosh. This dude was wearing form fitting black pants that went puffy at the bottom. He had on a navy blue dress shirt with the first button undone. This guy looked at us weirdly, then I could see his eyes narrow.

"You…." he seethed.

"Huh?" we all said.

"You guys were the ones responsible for my Uncle's death!" he exclaimed.

"EHHH?" Oniichan and I shouted.

"Shut up, you guys are making a scene." Deo whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Penelo and I asked the guy.

"You were there when my Uncle Reddas was killed." he explained. We all exchanged looks with each other.

"You're his….nephew?" Penelo asked. He nodded and glared at us.

"It's all a mistake. We were not the ones who killed him, for Reddas had sacrificed himself for us." Basch told the guy.

"Yeah, we all miss him too you know. We tried to stop him, but….." Vaan didn't finish. The guy looked at us and sighed.

"So, we don't know your name." I said with a small smile, trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

"Your names first." the guy demanded.

"Ok, geez….well, I'm Kai. At your service." Oniichan said as he held out a hand for the guy to shook. Although, he slowly brought it back down when the guy didn't shake his hand.

"Deo." said girl simply introduced herself.

"…Gabranth." Basch introduced.

"Vaan here!" Vaan exclaimed with a mock salute as he put an arm around my shoulder.

"Hikari! Nice to meetcha!" I exclaimed with a smile.

"Penelo. It's nice to meet you." Penelo said softly. I saw the guy look at her with some interest, and I smirked.

"My name's Jrew, nephew of Reddas." the guy introduced a bit…timidly. *Is he….really shy?*

"Oh, Jrew huh?" Oniichan asked. Said guy nodded.

"Now, could I please ask what you all are doing in here?" Jrew asked us.

"Looking for some information we need. You?" Vaan replied. Jrew eyed us warily, before answering Vaan.

"I am an underling for one of Lord Larsa's advisors. I am looking for some information as well. I'm guessing you guys are looking for the same information I'm looking for?" Jrew questioned. We nodded. "Cool. I guess I will join you. Don't expect me to trust you." he added. Penelo, Deo, and I scoffed, then all 3 of us ventured away from the others. "What's with them?" I heard Jrew ask.

"Just ignore them and keep walking." Deo muttered softly, and for once, we all agreed with each other and looked for Larsa's office.

"Aha! Right over here." Penelo exclaimed as she pointed to a door.

"Yep, that's the place." I said with a small smile as on the door it said, "Emperor Larsa's Office" Oh, so predictable. We entered, and just as we did, we were shocked of the results.

"What….did we not just leave before you guys?" I asked. They all smirked, except Basch of course, who was looking through some papers carefully.

"Yeah, but we got here first. We have um….Gabranth, and our buddy Jrew here knows his way around." Kai-nii explained as he patted Jrew on the shoulder. Jrew gave out a sheepish smile and shrug.

"Hey, you changed your clothes. And you have weapons." Penelo and I commented to Jrew. It's true! He was wearing dark red pants with chains hanging from them, a forest green muscle shirt with a jacket slung over his shoulder, and weird orange sneakers that were almost like boots that had black laces. Attached to his pants were dual daggers, but with a twist, there was like a retractable chain on each of them.

"Yeah, we waited for him to change while you three were off somewhere." Vaan stated while sticking out his tongue. Penelo, Deo, and I sighed, then began to help Basch look through some papers. After a while…..

"Nothing." Penelo and I complained with a sigh as we slumped to the ground. Then, came a knock on the door.

"Come in." Basch stated. A soldier opened the door.

"Gabranth, a call from the Lady Ashe. She wishes to speak with you and your guests." the soldier explained, then left. Basch nodded and grabbed the phone on Larsa's desk, which was connected to all the places in the palace. Jrew pressed the speaker button on the phone, and we all heard Ashe.

"Everyone. I know where Larsa is being held hostage at, as well as Balthier and Fran." Ashe stated.

"What? How?" Vaan asked.

"The people….behind Larsa's abduction, as well as Balthier's and Fran's had sent a ransom note. It says, 'Step down from the throne or we will kill your precious emperor and the idiot sky pirates along with him. Meet us at the Mosphoran Highwaste by 9 at night at the tall black building. Come alone, unarmed, or else…' That's all the note says." Ashe explained. We all sat there for a moment, thinking on what to do.

"All right, here's what we'll do." Oniichan spoke up. We all turned to him. "Instead of Ashe going, we will go instead. We'll just break through the defenses and rescue them. Simple as that. We may not know where they're keeping them, but we know they are somewhere inside that building. Ashe, you'll stall them, telling them you have very important things to take care of first before meeting them. By airship, it would take us about a 5-6 hours, right Vaan?" Oniichan explained. Vaan nodded.

"That sounds like a good plan." Basch commented. *It is.…I seriously know for sure now that Oniichan is ready for college…*

"Well, I'm in." Jrew chimed in.

"I have no choice…" Deo said softly.

"Ok then. I'll stall them. I trust you all to bring them back safely. And Kai….be careful." Ashe said. I smiled.

"I know. You too." Oniichan replied as we hung up the phone.

"All right, let's go!" I exclaimed.

"Ok, I will get out of my armor on the ship. So, let us make our way now." Basch commented as we headed out of the palace.