Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Final Fantasy XII and its characters. They belong to Squeenix. I only own my OC and any other OC's that I make up. Also, my buddy MFG owns his OC Sem as well :)

"Hi there!" - talking

*Ugh, why?* - thinking

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

BUDDDDDYYYY EDITED AND CO-WROTE MOST THE CHAPTERS FROM HERE ON SO THANKIESS! :3 -hugs-

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

My POV:

Once I woke up, I blushed a little, finding myself in Vaan's arms. I quietly got off of him and stretched silently. I got my comb out and fixed my hair, then looked down to see a fire. *Who started the- Oh! Fran…* I thought as I realized she was the only other one awake. I stifled a giggle as I saw Sem sleeping. He looked so peaceful! I then turned around to see Fran. "Ah there she is…" I muttered as I ran over to her. She was dragging a dead Coeurl, some leaves, and some fruits. "Good morning Fran! Let me help!" I exclaimed as I took the leaves and fruits from her.

"Ah good morning Hikari. Thank you." she said with a small smile. Once we got to the campfire, we sat down and started cooking the meat.

"Fran, is there something wrong with you and Sem? You guys always stay away from each other." I commented.

"It's nothing." Fran replied. I continued cooking the meat.

"Fran, did something happen between you an-"

"I said it was nothing." Fran repeated. I sighed.

"Fine. But when you're ready to say something, I'm here to listen." I told her softly as I finished cooking two pieces of meat. I set them down on a leaf and cooked some more. Once we finished cooking them, everyone was still sleeping. "Geez….lazy asses." I mumbled. I quickly smirked as I got an idea. "Fran…cover your ears." I warned her. She looked at me curiously, but nodded and did so anyways. I took a deep breath and let out an ear-splitting, horrifying shriek. Everyone woke up and Sem went up and across the clearing, staff in hand. I gaped at his speed. *Again…how the hell does he move that fast!* I thought. I saw him sigh and walk back towards us.

"What was that!" Kai-nii shouted. I started laughing and laughing, pounding my fists on the ground. Everyone sighed in relief, now knowing it was just a joke. When everyone got ready, we all ate our breakfast. I was eating a bit too fast though, for I started to choke. Vaan was sitting right next to me, so I turned away from the others and he patted my back. I spit out the piece of fruit I had choked on, and I started to cough. "Hah! Fatass…" Kai-nii muttered. I turned to him and glared.

"What -cough- was that?" I asked him as I crossed my arms. Kai-nii gulped and laughed nervously.

"Haha, nothing nothing."

"Oniichan no Baka. Hentai…." I muttered.

"I am not an idiot or a pervert!" he exclaimed.

"Oh yeah?" I asked.

"Yeah!" Oniichan shouted. I scoffed.

"Shithead…" I mumbled as I drank some water. Kai-nii glared at me and I stuck out my tongue.

"Dumbass bitch…" Oniichan said, a little louder than when I had said shithead.

"Annoying manwhore!" I said in a normal tone. Oniichan was about to retort, but Penelo said something first.

"Wow, you two sure fight a lot." Penelo commented.

"And cuss…." Vaan added.

"Well, we are siblings after all." I replied with a smirk. Kai-niichan nodded, agreeing with me. Once we finished our food, we continued on. We saw the cave up ahead, but it was getting very dark out.

"It's decided. We'll continue in the morning and set up camp first." Basch stated. We nodded. I was very happy, because I knew what was inside. I never liked those weird tomato-head monsters much. They creeped me out. We set up camp for the night. As usual, Sem set his stuff up a little distance away.

In the middle of the night, I had to pee. As I was heading back to my sleeping space, I noticed Sem standing by the cliff, looking out over the Highlands. But what made me stop was the look on his face. I've seen several expressions of his before: anger, amusement, concentration, and of course the blank stare that could mean anything. I had never seen sadness before, though. As I walked over to him, I noticed that he was holding that pendant of his, and seemed to be talking to himself while doing so.

"Hey. Sem." I said softly. "You ok?"

For a long while, I wasn't sure if he had heard me. He eventually said "How can I be ok when the only thing in my life worth protecting was taken from me?", so softly I could barely hear him. I moved closer to him, not saying anything. "How can I be ok, when I didn't do anything to prevent it?" he said, a little louder this time. "How can I be ok, when everyone always takes so long to get moving, and then moves slowly all the time?" he said, louder. "How can I be ok, when you are always bothering me, asking me pointless questions, getting in my way, almost forcing me to look out for you in battle?" he all but shouted, finally turning to look at me.

Stunned and hurt, I felt tears beginning to well up in my eyes. I quickly turned and walked back to camp.

"Wait...Hikari, wait!" Sem called after me, in a completely different tone of voice. I stopped, but didn't turn around. "Hikari..." I heard him walk up behind me."Hikari...I'm sorry. That wasn't directed at you. It was at me...I never meant to take it out on you." He was right behind me at this point. He put his hands on my shoulders, and slowly turned me around to face him. Through my tears, I could see that he really was sorry.

"I-It's alr-alright." I hiccupped, trying to hold back my tears.

"No it's not." he said. "It was wrong for me to take out my anger at one of the few people who's been kind to me...My anger and pain isn't from you, so there's no reason for you to have to take it."

I blinked up at him, amazement slowly washing away my tears. This was the most I had heard him speak before at one time. And not only that, he was being nice about it. I nodded, then without thinking, wrapped my arms around him and held him tightly. He seemed startled by it, then to my surprise, returned the hug. We stayed like that for a while, before he slowly pulled away and looked over the cliff again. I walked over and stood next to him, looking as well.

After a moment, I asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

"My past." he replied softly. "My mistakes."

"Well why are you doing that?" I asked. He looked at me in surprise. "Wasn't it you who said that living in the past is pointless, and only causes more hurt?"

"Something like that, yes." he chuckled. "But I'm not living there. Just watching it pass by again..."

We stood in silence for a while longer, before I said, "Can I ask you another question?"

"If you must." he replied, in his usual tone. But I saw the hint of a smile on his lips, so I knew he didn't mind.

"Can you tell me about your pendant? I see you holding it all the time."

He was silent for a long time. Finally, he said, "It belongs to a friend...whom I failed to protect." He fell silent again, just staring into his past. I started growing impatient, waiting for him to continue. Right as I was about to ask for more, he turned and said, "And no, I'm not going to tell you who. Not yet, at least." with a small smirk on his face.

*Who could it be? A girlfriend…wait…..he just said friend.* I thought. Obviously, I was disappointed, but decided not to push him for more. Instead, I said, "Alright." before smiling and giving him another hug.

After I released him, he chuckled as he asked, "What was that for?"

"You needed it." I laughed as I turned back to camp, feeling his gaze on me as I went. Right as I got back to the campsite, I heard a faint "Thank you" from behind me. I laid down, smiling, and went right to sleep.