Gippal nodded and said that I could visit anytime. That was so nice that I decided that if he needed help, I would help him. And I told him so. That is when he mentioned that he needed diggers. I told him to tell whoever that I would be joining Yuna. Gippal looked pleased and said that he would. It was then that we got a call from Buddy. The twin terrors were awake. His words not mine, by the way. That could only mean that my boys were driving them crazy. I chuckled at that. They were Braska's kids but acted more like Jecht. But before I could say a thing, Auron spoke up.
"If my nephews are awake, that means that we better get back." He looked at all of us women. I nodded and Auron and I dashed toward the airship. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine ran to catch up, and they were confused. As they closed the gap between us, Yuna remarked that they couldn't get into that much trouble. I gave her a "wanna bet?" look, and ran faster. And that was a good thing. When we got to the bridge, the boys were using their weapons to spar.
"Weapons down. NOW!" I yelled at them. That startled them enough to drop their weapons. I quickly scooped up the weapons and handed them to Auron. After some "mom"s I asked them what they thought they were doing.
"We were bored." Sora started. "And we needed to blow off some steam." Zaon finished. After I chewed them out, I let Auron take his turn. After Auron was done, the boys turned to Brother, Buddy, and Shinra and apologized to them. As punishment, we took their weapons away for a week. They were upset, but this couldn't happen again. That was my call, and Auron said that if they were bored they could always clean the ship. The looks of horror that passed on their faces were priceless. Yuna looked at them and said that her laundry needed to be done if they wanted something to do, and I couldn't help but see Braska in her. Sora took off and said he had homework to do, leaving Zaon standing there as Yuna smiled.
Yuna grabbed Zaon and led him away. Although it was more like he was being dragged away. Rikku and Paine followed Yuna's lead and started for their clothes. Auron never seemed to amaze me. This punishment was getting better every second. Mostly because Brother, Buddy, and Shinra ran for their clothes as well. I hated anyone touching my clothes, as did Auron. I didn't like my clothes being touched mostly because the last time anyone from Spira washed my clothes, Braska had turned them pink. As much as I loved him, I washed my own clothes after that. Auron was the same way after his red overcoat was faded at the same time as my clothes turned pink. So we banned Braska from doing laundry, and I took over. Auron used to say that the only one allowed to touch his clothes was me, mostly because when I did laundry his overcoats didn't fade. And during Yuna's journey, Tidus wanted to do laundry and we didn't trust him after Lulu ended up with bleached clothes.
Needless to say, Auron and I did our laundry together since I knew what I was doing. I had tried teaching Sora, but Zaon was never interested. Sora knew the basics, thank the stars. But Zaon was never interested and didn't care. So this was to be interesting, to say the least. We stayed on the airship for a day, at Yuna's request. I think she wanted to give me a day to collect myself after Djose Temple. I didn't need it though. Zaon didn't do half bad with the clothes. And by that, I mean that he didn't bleach clothes randomly as his father did. Auron still refused to let anyone but himself and me touch his clothes. Which I understood after the Braska incident. And Zaon knew better than to touch mine.
After the day had passed, I suggested we start from Djose Temple and walk to Bevelle. When Yuna looked at me curiously, I smiled and said I had my reasons. She nodded at my words. I always had a reason for everything I did, and she knew it. So she backed me, as did Rikku. The boys were allowed to come with us as long as they behaved themselves.
They let us down at the crossroads, and we headed left toward the Moonflow. As soon as we walked away from the crossroads, we could hear what sounded like a Hypello asking for help. We looked around and soon enough we found him with a cart full of stuff. He saw is and asked us to protect him from bandits to the Moonflow. I said yes immediately and handed the boys their weapons.
"Hurt those bandits and you can have these back. But leave some for us okay?" I told them as they hugged their weapons. After they nodded, we set out. The boys in front, Auron and I in the middle, with Yuna and the girl in the rear. Those bandits never stood a chance.
When we got to the Moonflow, it was getting dark. But the Hypello told his boss, a little guy in red named Tobli, how we protected him and the goods. Tobli then had a surprise for us. A dressphere! After enjoying seeing the moonlilies light up after night fell, we pressed onward.
The shoopuff operator made an exception to not traveling after dark just for Yuna. She was the High Summoner that defeated Sin for good after all. So as we walked, the boys walked ahead as if to guard us. When we made it to Guadosalam, Yuna took one look around and shook her head.