So off the troupers went without Kimahri, but then again they still have a chance of getting the rest… maybe. They were on there way to Nortin when suddenly heard a loud scream. Sounded like a damsel in distress. Ya know, hero's have to save a beautiful, screaming, helpless, annoying, stubborn women at times. Anyways the scream was out of the way.

"Zidane you hear that? Sounds like a scream. I think someone is in trouble. We should help them." Garnet pleaded. Zidane shook his head, one day Garnet will become an Aeris. Maybe Shannon can give her a back bone. If not… Well the fait of Garnet would be the same as Aeris, but hey, gets her off his back. Nah that's mean… hehe.

"I don't wanna walk all the way there, I wanna beer!" He complained as he looked at the long road where the scream came.

"What, its only 5 steps in front of you."

"No. It's 1, 10, 6, 3, 5. Oh yeah…" They came to a huge rainbow colored village with giant gates that said,

Welcome with open hands to the Village of the Gaywads.

"Village of the Gaywads… Zidane what's a Gaywad?" Tidus asked puzzled.

"Aw, probably some race. You know like geonome, mages, 'dumb blondes'…"

"… Okay… Hey!"

"Be nice. Tidus is not dumb. I kind of like em dumb." Regina squeezed his arm.

"Wellllllllllcome. We enjoy visitors…" A middle aged man came up to them with a gayish-happy smile. "Ah, foreigners. We don't get too many of them's."

"Ahem… yes… hi…" Everyone was shocked and uncomfortable with the overly welcome.

"Everyone. We have visitors." The man walked the group in and announced them. All young and slightly middle aged men ran towards them.

"Look there's men… two men."

"Oh look, those women look like they know a lot about cosmetics."

"Hey…" Another guy looked at the guy who looked happy about the girls who looked a lot about cosmetics.

"Oh… I'm sorry. I'll still discuss cosmetics with you any day." They held hands as they skipped towards the girls. Soon garnet, Yuna and Regina were being sucked in conversations about Panther-pink-puppy-nail polish, and blue blossom eye shadow. Zidane and Tidus were left along with the overly-happy men.

"Yuna? Yuna….?" Tidus looked from guy to guy. "There's so many."

"Oh can't you be considerate of others? I finally found someone to talk about ribbons with. Oh that color matches your skin perfectly."

A guy game up to Zidane. "Well… I never met a man with a tail before. I think its kind of manly."

"Uhhh… Excuse me." Zidane pulled out his journal and started,

Today I'm in the Village of the Gaywads. The guys are hitting on me… That can't be good.

Zidane glanced at Tidus, he wasn't having much luck either. So helpless without Regina and Yuna.

"Wow. Are you a real blond? I wish I was a blond. I have this stupid bernet hair.

"Its not stupid." A guy stoked the other guys arm. "It's nice."

"Are you famous?"

"Y-yeah I'm a blitz ball… player."

"Oh, I totally love Blitz ball." As Zidane and Tidus dealt with awkward moments, and the girls talking about what girls talk about, there was another cream which obviously had to come from a man.

"Eek! Eek! I've been robbed!" Everyone ran to the guy who's been robbed and was still screaming. "She ran that way. That big meanie stole my Blue-ribbon apple pie! I worked so hard on it too!"

"We have no time for that, were on a very important mission."

"Zidane, come on we have to help." Garnet batted her eyes.

"Oh fine, if it will make this guy shut up. I better get some of the pie for this."

"Oh thank you. Say I guess pretty guys can be nice."

"Yeah whatever, lets go." Zidane ran ahead without the others, for the time being. Zidane ran and he ran and he ran until he tripped.

"Ohhh are you ok?" A mysterious voice came from above.

"Ummmmmmmmmm…. Yes."

"Oh good. NOW GET ME DOWN!" Zidane looked up were the little voice was coming from, and saw a small purple haired girl.

"Hey I know who you are wait, no, no, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, no, no, yes… no wait let me get out the list, you look a bit familiar. Hmmm no, no, no, no-yes here you are E-e-e-e-e-ecooo, Eco?"

"It's Eico you loser. Now get me down!"

"Fine." Zidane picked up the largest stick he could find, and started poking, beating, and wiping her with it, while he mumbled to himself. "Call me a loser, I'll get you down, beat you down, mumble mumble mumble."

"Owww, ow stop that!"

"Ow shut up, I'm trying to get you down. Ungrateful."

"Ow, ow stop, oh him down." Eico fixed her hair and cleared the dust off her top and pants. "Geez it doesn't take a guy that long…to…to…to." Speechless Eico looked deep into Zidane's eyes. "To… to… Your really pretty." Zidane swapped the stick at her, and started beating her with it, until the stick broke.

Hey! What are you doing I'm down."

"Man, you broke my stick."

"Why did you do that?"

"Oh, there was a bug on you (cough cough)."

"O.k. Hey what are you doing here anyway?"

"…my stick. Oh, why am I here? Hmmm why am I here?" Just then the rest of the team and Regina acme up. (Wow takes the long enough to get there.)

"Zidane get that pie for that man."

"Ohhh… hi Garnet."

"Eico? Eico!" Garnet ran over and squeezed her.

Eico pushed her away. Looked at Zidane and started swaying her arms. "So, why are you here… with her?" Eico glared at Garnet. Eico doesn't like Garnet because, well who doesn't?

"We're looking for warriors on this list." Tidus took it out an gave it to her. "You're on the list too."

"I AM! Oh, oh let me see! Hey, look, it's me." Eico jumped up and down. "Hey, Vivi's on here to. He's up there… You guys came from there… So where's Vivi?"

"Vivi? Um… You know that's a interesting story… uh…"

Garnet blurted out the answer because Zidane was taking to long. "Zidane killed him!" Surprisingly he sounded happy.

"N-no, I didn't! Tidus was carrying the bag!"

"The blonde killed Vivi! I knew Zidane, my handsome hunk, wouldn't do such a thing. Right, Zidane?" She looked up at him and flashed her eyelashes.

"U… yes! It's all Tidus' fault. You big friend killer. I need a drink." With that the group left to the closest inn, and Zidane went to the bar.