I guess I was pretty glad when the others came back with Yuna. They were all soaking wet. I cast a small fire spell and kept it in my hands, warming them up.

"You okay Yuna?" I said, stroking the side of her face.

"I'm fine. I'm sorry everyone!" She said, smiling and shrugging off a potentially fatal kidnapping just like that.

"Is evellybody okay?" said the driver.

"Please," Yuna said standing up, "Go right ahead!"

"Yuna!" snapped Sir Auron. I looked at his face and for a few moments I saw emotion. I didn't want to know what it was but I'd seen so much of it before. 'Apologies' his eyes seemed to say. I didn't want to know. I really didn't. Not anymore.

I couldn't wait till we got back to the other side. I was relieved that this whole ordeal was over. I stepped off the shoopuf a new me. A Lulu who is brave, will not be taken advantage of ever again. I wish it didn't sound so bad, but that was how I felt.

I stood in the small potions tent with Wakka as people questioned Yuna. News must have got around fast. I smiled as she tried to answer their questions.

"Now there's a rare sight, ya." Said Wakka.

"What?" I said, turning towards him.

"You smiling for a change." He lent against a tall wooden column. "You need some blitzball to cheer you up. Whaddya say, ya?"

"Okay, ya." I shook my head. We found a big empty clearing, the land scorched red by the sun. "Shouldn't we be looking for a place underwater?"

"You're not dressed right!" We both laughed. He passed me the ball and I leapt up and caught it. "You challenging me, Lu? Challenging me for the place of captain?" Then he remembered. "Oh, ya." He passed the ball again, this time too low. Parathion had sneaked up behind me and took the full blast of the ball, pushing him backwards, straight into a tree. He didn't move.

"Oh my Yevon!" I cried and rushed towards him. "Parathion!" I said, gently shaking his shoulder. Suddenly, a small blue light blinded me, and in the place of Parathion was a small black cat sith wearing red boots.

"Who.. are you?"

"I'm a cat sith duh!" it said, shaking its head.

"We know dat, but what's your name?" said Wakka, examining the sith.

"I am a Fatal Cat Sith. I am the new incarnation of your former moogle Parathion. My name is Ruthy."

"Ruthy!" Wakka said and started to laugh. "Oh ya," he said, wiping away a tear. "That's a killer!" then Ruthy hit him hard on the shin and he fell backwards. I couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, okay, I get your point."

"You're lucky I didn't kill you." Ruthy said, brushing off his arms. "Parathion is still here." He jumped up into my arms and pointed to my chest. "In your heart. And he's in mine too." He pointed to his ribcage. "It was Parathion's choice, although he didn't know it, that when he was too badly injured he would evolve and become... Dumdadada! Me!" he did a little dance and I laughed.

"But what happens when you're too badly injured?" Wakka said, puzzled.

"I become.. I'm not sure. Wait and see, huh?" He smiled and I hugged him.

"Ruthy. I could get used to that."