It had been almost two years since the defeat of Sin, and I had made a home in the Calm Lands. Auron had been the best uncle the boys had ever had. Drew and Dawn wandered in from time to time, but never together. Dawn eventually settled in Kilika, guiding people to the temple and back. There were still fiends, so she kept people safe on their travels to the temple. Drew ended up in Zanarkand, helping Cid with his tours.
But I knew that the day would come when Yuna would need me, so I waited. But I was surprised when it was Rikku that came to visit me. She held out a sphere and told me to watch it. I knew what she was going to ask me, but I watched it anyway. It was a recording of, who I knew was Shuyin, a young man with blonde hair. When the recording was done, Rikku looked at me, the question in her eyes. I told her that I needed to see Yuna. Auron asked if he was on babysitting duty. Rikku said that we were all welcome. I believe her exact words were, the more the merrier!
So we all headed to Macalania Woods which just happened to be where the airship was. And we found out that we had to disembark at Luca, mostly because Brother had to get airship parts. Go figure. So we grabbed an Al Bhed ship that Rikku was able to get her hands on. Yuna was all the way in Besaid, so we set out for there. It took three hours to get there, so we got there in the afternoon. Wakka met us at the shore, Yuna right behind him.
Yuna asked why we were there, and Rikku held out the sphere. Yuna watched quietly and when finished, she handed the sphere back to Rikku and turned to me.
"Do you think it is him? Is that why you are here?" She asked me. I told her that I wasn't sure if it was him, but I knew that she would need me if she left Besaid. So here I was. She nodded and asked where Zaon and Sora were.
"Auron has them below deck," I told her with a smile. She smiled and asked me if she went on this journey for answers, were they coming too. I told her she had lost her mind if she thought I would leave the boys with just Auron. That made her laugh. Wakka saw what was happening and ran to tell Lulu.
"Now is our chance! Let's go!" Yuna told Rikku. We ran to the ship's door and hurried below, laughing like we just broke Yuna out of jail. As soon as the boys saw Yuna, they cheered and ran to her. Man did we jet out of there. And again, three hours of catching up and we were back in Luca. Brother was super excited when he saw Yuna. Paine was with him, and Yuna and Paine were introduced. We stayed in Luca for a couple of days, at Shinra's request. But it was worth it. When we were all ready to leave we each had a garment grid and a sphere. I was fond of the thief dressphere, so that is where I started. Rikku started as a thief too, while Paine started as a warrior and Yuna as a gunner.
Our next stop was Guadosalam, according to Brother. So when we got there, the boys decided to pretend to guard us. Except for Auron. He was watching the boys with expert eyes. Rikku ran ahead, followed by Paine. Yuna and I took the rear and watched as the boys ran around Guadosalam. I didn't pay attention to Yuna's grid, so I don't know if it fell when Zaon bumped into her or if it was Sora's water spell. But when we were looking for it an hour after we left, we couldn't find it. Well, I thought, we were part of it anyway. But I also knew it would show up in Luca. And that is what I told Yuna. And sure enough two days after we made it to Luca, Yuna was supposedly having a concert.
"But I am not singing, so how can I be having a concert?" Yuna exclaimed. Auron and Rikku looked at each other and shrugged. Oh crap, I thought. Maybe there would be another couple on our hands. But time would tell. That is when I told her that she must have dropped her grid earlier. Since that made sense, we went with it. That is when we made our plan to get it back. Rikku and Paine would crash the concert, while Auron and I would get the tickets for us and the kids. We would be back up for them. I rushed to get the tickets, and ended up getting the last four tickets. Our plan was a go. Except for Yuna. She didn't like having to stay in hiding and hated the "prized" dressphere. I walked over and leaned to whisper something in her ear.
"That dressphere is actually pretty powerful. I can tell just by looking at it. You just have to unlock its potential." I whispered. Her eyes got wide and she agreed to wear the moogle suit. I smiled and told her to meet us at dock 2 for healing. She looked confused and I said she would find out. Soon enough, it was concert day. Auron and I grabbed the boys, and walked to the stadium. We showed our tickets to the guard and entered. And we waited. The fake Yuna had just came onstage when I saw Rikku enter from the left and Paine from the right.
"It's showtime, boys." I tapped and told Sora, who was right beside me. Sora in turn told Zaon who told Auron. In seconds, we were in the isles preventing more goons from showing up. Rikku and Paine had just made it onstage when we finished the last of the goons. I ran towards the exit with the boys in tow. We waited out side for the impostor and ran the opposite way. Rikku and Paine followed the impostor, as if to sandwich the impostor between us. We came across only a few goons, and defeated them for Rikku and Paine.
