Fipp: I was going to update last night, but did for two reasons: 1. Decided to post this on Thanksgiving, and 2. I was distracted by the ponies.

Did Not Expect

"How about we make a bet?" Vaan asked.

"No thanks," Lightning instantly responded.

"What? C'mon! What about you Laguna?"

"Yeah, sorry Vaan, but I'm gonna hafta pass on that." Laguna waved a hand.

"You guys are no fun."

"We're not here to play games," Lightning said, reloading her weapon. "We're just here for target practice." She flicked her wrist, shifting her gunblade from blade to gun.

She then pointed her arm straight out and pulled the trigger several times, shooting several rounds into the practice dummy that they had set up a small distance away.

The dummy itself was a badly-designed, straw and wood copy of Chaos.

"It would just be a waste of your gil anyway." Lightning lowered her weapon and closely observed the dummy, impressed with herself that most of her shots hand hands in the torso area. "I'd beat you both anyway."

"See Vaan, Lightning knows-Wait? What?" Laguna turned to Lightning. "I'm sorry, but from what I just heard, but it sounds like you think you can beat me."

Lighting glanced to the Gunner. "Is that so?"

"Yeah, I might be mishearing things though."

"No, you got it right. If it came to who had the better aim, I'd win."

"Now Lightning," Laguna waved a finger as though he was scolding her. "I know you're pretty confident with that thing, but I've been using firearms a lot longer than you. So it's only make sense that I'd have the much better aim."

"If you say so." She really didn't seem to care.

"And I'll show ya!" He kneeled down and looked over his arsenal, which had been scattered all over the ground, and pulled out the bazooka. "Here we go!"

"Whoa! Laguna!" Vaan grabbed the weapon and pulled it away from the man. "If you shoot that we won't have a practice dummy anymore!"

"Ha! So you admit I have the better aim!" Laguna laughed and pointed at Vaan.

"No," Vaan said bluntly, "it's just if you hit the dummy with that thing, we won't have a dummy anymore!"

"And bazookas aren't something to use when you want to prove your aim," Lightning added, looking over her weapon.

"Okay, how about this?" Laguna held up the sniper rifle.

"What? That's cheating if you use that! Those things are made for distance!" Vaan argued.

"I thought you'd want a handicap. I mean, your gun really isn't made for distance."

"We're not talking about that!" Vaan tapped his rifle against his shoulder.

"What are you three doing?" The three gunners turned to see Yuna approaching them.

"Oh, yeah Yuna," Vaan waved. "We're just trying to figure out whose better with guns. I think it's me."

"In your dreams!"

"I just don't care."

Yuna tilted her head before looking at Laguna's weapon, spread across the ground, and then to the dummy.

"Do you mind if I try, please?" Yuna asked sweetly, hands folded in front of her.

This caught the three of by surprise. Why would innocent little Yuna have any interest in firearms?

"Now now Yuna," Laguna said, approaching her. "Are you sure about this? I mean guns, when in the hands of an untrained professional such as yourself, can be pretty dangerous."

"Except for you?" Vaan quipped.

"Yeah, except for me." Laguna thought over what Vaan had just said. "Wait…"

"Here." Lightning handed Yuna her weapon. "Just point at the target, and pull the trigger."

"Right!" Yuna nodded enthusiastically, taking the gunblade into her hands, and running to the designated firing zone.

"H-Hey!" Laguna worryingly spoke, running up to Yuna. "You sure about this? I mean, they can be pretty dangerous."

"Just let her try Laguna." Vaan put his hands behind his head. "She can't be any worse than you."

"I know, but you now how I worry. I mean, I just hope she doesn't do too bad, because-"

Yuna fired the gun ten times, each shot hitting the dummy.

Ten perfect head shots was what she had scored.

Lightning, Vaan and Laguna looked at Yuna with pure bewilderment.

Yuna smiled, and held the gunblade in front of her. "Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention, but back home, I actually took up shooting as a sort of a hobby. I'm kind of awesome at it."

"Wow," Laguna scratched the back of his head, and laughed. "I did not expect this. At the very best, I thought you'd be karaoke."

"I think you mean 'mediocre'," Lightning deadpanned.

Vaan groaned, frustrated with Laguna. "I sweat he does that on purpose sometimes." He then looked to the dummy and noted that if Yuna had wished it, she could have fired enough bullets to take its head off.

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