Author's notes: Hiya! ^_^ Yokouso and welcome to my first gaming fic that I can recall. If you aren't dense, you would have read my author bio for warnings, no? Well, if you didn't, then you're just an ass.

Surprise, surpise: there is no swearing—none that I can recall, at least. (The world's coming to an end! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE~!)

Two different shounen-ai pairings in this fic; the second one is more implication than anything, but hey. ^^; Yay…OOCness. Arg. As much it bothers me to say that. Though I DO believe that Auron is more than just a stoic warrior with a rather large stick up his ass.

So, with no further ado, muh fic. Do enjoy.

GRACE

Tidus. He was a most interesting boy. What seemed like Sin-induced toxin babble started to make more and more sense every day. Wakka wondered why he saw Chappu in him at all. Tidus was a bit more fair and sun-kissed, freckling made him look even more younger than already was. His swimmer's figure was smoothly transforming into a guardian's, his muscles hardening. Yet he still looked too feminine for his own good. Wakka reckoned that if the situation called for it, he could pull of wearing a dress. It took everything Wakka had not to fall over laughing at the mental image of Tidus in Lu's dress.

"What's so funny?"

Wakka blinked. It seems that he had chuckled aloud after all. He turned to Yuna, who had woken him from his reverie. "I was just thinking that our 'rugged swordsman'," he emphasized this with a grin, "seems to be lost, ya."

Auron gave an uncomfortable shift in his shoulders. "How was I to know that the landscape would change in ten years?" he muttered under his breath. Tidus laughed boyishly. Wakka's heart skipped.

Lulu placed a comforting hand on Auron's shoulder and murmured something in return. Wakka couldn't catch what she said for it was lost in her soft tones. Auron chuckled dryly in return.

Rikku looked up and swallowed audibly. "Uh, guys?" Her voice wavered slightly as she caught their attention. "Can we find a campsite—quick?"

"As soon as Auron finds us somewhere. Why?" Yuna asked. She followed Rikku's gaze. The sky was beginning to turn an ominous black-gray. A soft rumble rolled in the backgrond and Rikku jumped. "Oh."

"Yeah—oh. Auron?" Rikku clung to the older man's arm. "Can we hurry a bit more?"

Auron racked his memory. "There should be something suitable rather soon. Let's move." Auron directed that last comment to Kimahri, who had been scanning the horizons for anyone following them. Rikku sighed with relief and released her death-grip on Auron's arm.