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

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My POV:

As the others set up the fire and food, I gathered all of our bags and weapons. I put them all bunched up together in a corner and walked back to the others. When I walked back to the others, I could hear rain from outside. I sat down next to Vaan and smiled as he put his head on my shoulder.

"Hikari." Penelo called out.

"Hmm?" I replied.

"Tell us a story about your family." Deo said with a small smile. I looked up at them and nodded.

"Sure!" I exclaimed. I thought of one and decided to tell them about my first crush in middle school. During the middle of it though, I was caught unprepared. "So! When my brothers saw my drawings of hearts and stuff, they-" BOOM! I gasped and widened my eyes. *Thunder….* I thought. BOOM! I shut my eyes and covered my ears as tears silently leaked out. I flinched with every boom that sounded. "Make it stop! Make it stop!" I shouted as I sobbed into Vaan's chest. I could hear heavy footsteps, someone shouting something, but it wasn't clear and I couldn't tell who it was. All of a sudden, my hands were removed from my ears and they were replaced with my earphones. I could hear familiar music blasting in my ears as I could hear nothing else. I let out a huge sigh as I held the earphones, still burying my face into Vaan's chest. I could feel Vaan's hand going to my face as he removed my glasses. I decided to close my eyes and drift off into a calm sleep. I was calm…..

The next morning, I woke up to the sounds of a bird chirping. I sighed as I got up and rubbed my eyes. I saw Vaan lying down next to me, and the others also lying down, still sleeping. I took out the earphones from my ears and turned off my mp3. I put it back in my backpack and gently grabbed my glasses that were in Vaan's hand. I put them on and stood up, silently stretching. Quietly, I went over to our stuff and grabbed my guns. *Time to get some breakfast….* I thought as I tiptoed to the entrance of the cave. I looked down as I saw Sem sleeping, slightly snoring as well. I smiled and quietly walked past him, but bit my lip to prevent myself from shouting when he grabbed my leg, pinned me down, and held a blade to my neck. Once he realized it was me, he widened his eyes and loosened his grip on me.

"Sorry…" he whispered. I nodded and quietly stood up.

"Wanna help me get stuff? You get more wood and I'll get food." I asked him. Sem nodded and walked with me outside of the cave. He and I separated once I found a wolf to hunt and some nearby trees and bushes with berries and fruits on them. The wolf noticed me coming towards it, so it rushed towards me. I swiftly dodged it with a cartwheel and swiped it off with my feet. As it tried to get up, I cast Fira on the wolf and it died instantly. *This was a weak one…* I dragged it back to the cave, and saw some sticks there. I ran over to the bushes and trees, collecting all type of fruits. Once I was done, I headed back to the cave with a bunch of fruits in my hands. When I got inside, I could already see Sem cooking the meat.

"Hey." he said to me. I smiled at him.

"Hey." I whispered back as I put all the fruits down. I sat next to Sem and helped him cook the other meat as he cut the fruits. It became silent, except for the noises of the fire crackling and Sem cutting the fruits.

"Hikari here. Let me handle the meat. Go wake up the others." Sem told me. I nodded and handed him the half cooked meat as I stood up and walked over to the others. I woke up them up and we all sat around the fire, eating our breakfast.

Deo stated, "We're almost to the Sochen Cave Palace. From there, we can get into Archades."

"How are we going to get through the guards?" I asked, remembering what had happened before. They chuckled.

"Larsa took care of that a year ago. No more lowly and homeless people in old Archades and no more guards." Vaan explained to me. I smiled and nodded. Once we finished up, we packed up and started to walk towards the Sochen Cave Palace. Vaan and Jrew were talking to each other, as well as Penelo and Deo. I quickened my pace to catch up with Sem.

"Hey." I called out to him. He turned around and looked at me.

"Something wrong?" he asked me. I shook my head and smiled.

"I just remembered the time we met you. And remember? You saved our asses a lot." I giggled. He nodded with a chuckle.

"I think up until now I still save you, don't I?" he asked me. I scoffed and crossed my arms.

"You wish!" I exclaimed as I stuck my tongue at him childishly. Once we entered the cave, we made our way to old Archades.

"Huh….there aren't any monsters in here." Penelo pondered. I gulped. *No monsters…I think this is bad…* I let out a yelp as I was pushed onto the floor by Vaan.

"What-" I cut myself off as I gasped. There, in front of us, was a HUGE beast. It had eight arms and horns on its head. It stood on two feet and was growling menacingly at us. I shakily got out my guns and started shooting it, but I just got it pissed off.

Sem yelled to me, "Watch out!" I gasped as the beast was hurriedly running towards me. I shrieked as I dodged its punch by inches. Vaan grabbed my hand and pulled me to everyone else. Sem created a huge wall of Earth.

"Ruuunnn!" Penelo and I screamed. Jrew took her hand, Vaan took mine, and Sem took Deo's as we ran the fuck out of there.

"What was that?" Jrew yelled.

"I don't know! I have never seen that before." Sem replied as we continued to run. As we ran, we heard the beast let out a loud growl and the wall broke.

"Run faster!" I shrieked. All of a sudden, Sem paused and told all of us to stop. He looked at Deo.

"Deo." he called out to her. She nodded.

"Right." Deo replied.

"Huh?" I asked, not aware of a thing going on. The beast was rushing towards us. "You guyyssss!" I shrieked. Sem handed me his sack and told me to watch it. Then, Sem and Deo both started rushing towards the monster.

"Whoa….they're fast…" Penelo mumbled. Sem and Deo started attacking the creature multiple times with magic and regular attacks. I gasped as the monster knocked them back.

"They'll be fine." I told Jrew, who was about to help them. I watched them uneasily. Sem and Deo started hitting it again, with the monster knocking them back. This happened for a few more times, before Sem and Deo did some more teamwork. And by that, I mean some awesome teamwork. Each time one of them would be targeted by the monster, they would dodge and the other hit. When Sem hits, Deo follows with her attack. When Deo is being attacked, Sem would hit the beast, then pull her away as they continued without a pause.

The monster knocked them back again, but they both got back up quickly. This time, Deo looked pissed. She crouched down, and held her left arm out. "Remember this?" she shouted at Sem. His response was a dangerous looking smile. He then sent a large amount of Firas at the Chimera's (I'm guessing it was by the looks of it) face; they didn't do much damage, but that wasn't his goal. He jumped over toward Deo, landed on her arm brace, and she...threw him at it. He turned in midair and caught it in the head with his staff. It got flung back a bit and hit a wall, making everything shake. Sem hit the ground, rolled, then jumped and flipped through the air, landing back near his original spot. Before either could do anything, the monster roared, got back on its feet, and charged.

"Dammit.." I heard Sem mutter to himself as he ran forward to meet it.

I was so tempted to help him, but I knew this was his and Deo's battle. Sem unleashed a powerful Blizzaja spell on the Chimera, sending it back a few feet away. Deo helped Sem by casting more and more magic spells as well. To be honest, seeing them like this, made me a little jealous. They were so perfect as a duo!

Finally, Sem threw his staff to Deo, while she threw her dagger to him.

"Their teamwork is amazing…" Vaan uttered in awe.

They were working in perfect harmony, each attacking different parts of the Chimera, keeping it confused and off balance, but I could see Deo beginning to tire. Somehow Sem noticed as well, and shouted back at her, "Deo, finish!" She rested a brief moment, then sent three Blizzajas at it; one at its feet, one at its torso, and one at its head. All three hit it hard, but couldn't bring it down. Before it could recover, Sem had jumped back and landed next to Deo. He placed his hand on the staff, next to hers. and they both began to concentrate hard. The monster slowly started forward, but was gaining momentum, and was clearly intending to crush them both. The staff was starting to glow brightly, but the monster didn't seem to notice. They didn't seem to notice it either, but the staff kept getting brighter and brighter. Just as they were about to get trampled, they both threw their arms up, and the staff went flying into the monster's head. There was a huge flash of light; I had to shield my eyes. When I could look again, the monster was gone. Sem and Deo were both still on their feet, though both seemed tired. they shared a satisfied smile, which slowly turned into something else, before turning back to us.

"Wow…." Vaan, Penelo, Jrew, and I all gasped out.