No Love Lost
Disclaimer: I do not own FFX-2 nor the characters or the story line. I just write fanfiction.
It was a humid day as Leblanc waved her fan in front of her face. She studied her sphere-hunting equipment, a large screen in front of her show an entire map of Spira. Her eyes stared into the complex map, she was transfixed with it. The world around her remained quiet until the low creak of her bedroom door opened slowly. Logos walked inside and stood behind her in attention.
"Boss, you wished to see me?" Logos spoke up.
Leblanc turned her head to see who he was, then stood up, "Yes, I did. I wasn't actually expecting you to come, I though Ormi would forget. But yes I need you to help me with something, love."
"What is it, boss?" He asked.
She turned around to face him, "I need some help these sphere waves, I'm trying to find the exact location of the sphere's whereabouts so we can find it without trouble. But these ones seem to be a little odd."
Leblanc pointed to the screen that showed strange sonic waves echoing from just outside of Luca. Logos walked up to the screen and stared at it long and hard.
"What's wrong with them?" He asked.
"They are very strong sphere waves, but they only echo half as much as they should." Leblanc explained to him, "So can you help me, love?"
"Yes, boss." He replied with a nod.
"Thank you." She smiled and handed him a paper, a pencil and a few other supplies, "You can help me make the calculations."
Leblanc got him a chair and placed it next to her's. She took out a pencil and a piece of paper of her own and sat down. Logos watched at she began to jot down several notes and numbers. He sat down beside her and placed the supplies on the desk. He was amazed how fast she wrote down those equations, how she was so into what she was doing marveled him. He watched her none stop. He noticed a single strand of hair slowly droop into her face as she continued to work. Oh how he longed to gently brush it behind her ear then lightly caress her face.
"Could you solve this for me?" Her voice awoke him from his daydreaming.
"Of course, boss." He replied as he took the paper she handed to him and lay it in front of him.
He looked over the equation. He was puzzled at the collection of notes and equations at first, then looked it over a few more times. He quickly jotted down the equation to solve it, he was amazed how the boss could write such complicated equations.
"Height multiplied by the base divided by two…" he muttered to himself as he tried to recall the equations from his school days.
He rubbed his temple as he jotted down more numbers and symbols. He wondered how the boss could stand all of these equations. He felt like he was taking an exam. He quickly wrote down the answer and handed it to her. She looked up and smiled at him, then turned away to look it over. She smiled and placed it beside her paper and continued to jot down equations. He watched for a long time. The silence was only broken now and then when she asked for some sort of a supply. Suddenly she stood up from her chair and sighed, it startled him, for she hadn't moved in hours. She walked over to a cabinet and began to search through various drawers. He leaned back to enjoy the view as she bent over to look through the bottom drawers.
"Do you have a ruler, love?" She asked as she searched through the drawers.
"How long?" Logos smirked.
"Uh… twelve inches?" She spoke up.
"I have something hard and twelve inches, but it's not a ruler." Logos whispered to himself with a little chuckle.
"Well, do you have a ruler or not?" She asked him, as she stood up and crossed her arms.
Logos sat up straight, "I, uh… no I don't, boss."
She sighed angrily, "It's got to be here somewhere!"
She continued to search until she finally found something close to a ruler and used that instead. After making a few lines she stood up and handed the paper to Logos. He glanced at it. She had made a rough map of what seemed to be the Mi'hen Highroad with an X of to the side of the road.
"The sphere is about half a mile off the Mi'hen Highroad." She told him with a triumphant smile, "I hope you're up for a hike, love. Because I think the three of us should take on this one personally."
"The three of us?" he asked in a half groan.
"The last thing I want is to watch Ormi mess something up today." Logos thought to himself with a sigh.
Later that day Leblanc, Logos and Ormi arrived at the Mi'hen Highroad. Leblanc waved her fan frantically. It was a very hot day and horribly humid and she pray to the fayth that her hair wouldn't frizz up. The three of them walked along the road cautiously. Even though the Mi'hen Highroads were crawling with Machina to protect travelers, fiends still infested them and were ready to pounce anyone traveling by foot. Ormi and Logos stayed close behind her ready to fend off any fiend that dare cross their path. Leblanc suddenly stopped and look at her surroundings.
"We are near the south exit of the Mi'hen Highroad facing the path to the Travel Agency. So we should turn RIGHT into the brush over… There!" She pointed to a spot a few feet in front of them.
"Right, boss!" Ormi and Logos said in unison.
The two lackeys followed their magenta-wearing boss into the tall grass. Ormi walked in front holding out his shield so they could walk through the grass with ease, Leblanc walked behind him giving him directions while Logos walked in the back twirling his revolvers. As they trekked on they could have sworn the sun was taunting them by making the weather hotter and even more humid. The three of them began to sweat madly. They stopped at the nearest clearing to rest. Ormi collapsed onto his face from exhaustion.
"Ugh… I not made for long distances, boss." Ormi complained.
"Oh lord, you weren't made for smelling good for long distances either! Have you ever heard of deodorant!?" Logos asked as he held his nose.
"That's quite enough complaining, boys! We are almost there! Just a few more kilometers to go!" Leblanc snapped.
The two lackeys groaned. Their feet ached and were probably blistered. Their dry mouths screamed of thirst. If they had a drop of water for every gallon they sweat that day, they probably wouldn't go thirsty ever again! And yet the boss was completely fine. She was sweating, yes, but she had enough energy to still go on.
She had to go on. If her intuition was right, this was a sphere her Noojie-Woojie would WANT to see. She kept telling herself, "Anything for Nooj, and anything goes for Leblanc!" This was her chance. If this was something Noojie-Woojie was looking for, then she would risk anything to get it. If luck would have it, this might be the sphere that would make him confess his feelings. She smiled to herself and blushed, picturing his smile. She melted inside.
Leblanc turned to Ormi and Logos. They were sitting on a rock with their heads between their knees still trying to catch their breath and panting from thirst. Leblanc couldn't help but smiled weakly at their pitiful sight. She pulled out a canister she had hidden in her sleeve.
"Drink up, boys!" she called to them as she tossed them the canister.
Ormi caught it and opened the canister to find cool, fresh water within. He took a long chug then handed it to Logos. Logos did the same and swished it around in his mouth then swallowed. The two of them look up at their boss in confusion. Her sudden generosity after scolding them was a huge turn around. Ormi and Logos suddenly realized what was going on. She was thinking of Nooj. Whenever Nooj crossed her mind she was more gleeful than a small child and would be kind and gentle, than her usual outgoing, sexy charm. They knew about her one-sided obsession over the Myven of the Youth League. She would go to hell and back for him and fear wouldn't strike her mind, not even once. She would do and or give anything for Nooj, even, fayth forbid, her own life. The two of them weren't exactly on good terms with Nooj, since they were sent to assassinate the remaining members of the Crimson Squad when they were under the orders of Kinoc. Working in Yevon really ruined their reputation with a lot of people. But Leblanc didn't care and she took them in anyway. She did not question their past or judge them, not even for a second. That's why they devoted themselves to her. They were indebt to her. Even if she worked them a bit too hard, they really didn't seem to mind.
Logos stood up and walked over to Leblanc. She snapped out of her daydreaming state to look at him. Logos held out his hand holding the canister with a silent "thank you". She looked at the canister than at his face. His eyes locked with hers, digging into her very being, her soul. He was captivated by those gorgeous brown eyes. They were silent for a long while, until…
"Uh, you guys okay?" Ormi spoke up, breaking the silence.
Leblanc snapped out of her trance and grabbed the canister, "We should get moving."
"Right, boss." Logos and Ormi both nodded.
Leblanc turned away and held her head, then shook it off. She looked down at her map, then positioned herself to face the direction they would head in next.
"Let's go!" Leblanc smirked as she pointed her fan in the correct direction.
Once again the three of them trekked through the vast field of bushes and tall grass with a fast pace. Fiends that encountered them were disposed of with ease. After a while of walking, the Syndicate stumbled onto something quite interesting. The three of them stopped.
"What is it, boss?" Ormi asked as Leblanc gave them the signal to halt.
"Do you hear that?" Leblanc asked in a hushed.
"Hear what?" Logos asked.
"Listen!" Leblanc hissed at her two companions.
The three of them fell dead silent. Amongst the sounds of the whistling wind and the chattering of wildlife they heard voices.
"Hey Yunie, why not try out that new DressSphere Shinra gave you?"
"I dunno… I wanted to save it for a special occasion."
"Special occasion? You don't save DressSpheres for 'special occasions', Yuna."
"Yeah! Come on! Try it now! I wanna see!"
"I dunno…"
Leblanc looked back at Ormi and Logos with an odd look. Logos and Ormi shrugged. The three of them ran through the tall grass, following the voices. They stopped at the edge of a clearing and hid in the tall grass. Leblanc opened the grass slightly to peek at who was there. The three of them spotted a small group of young girls that were only a few years or not even younger than Leblanc. One with long blonde hair wearing a small bikini top, another was in black leather with short silver hair, and the other had chin length brown hair and a long braid that reached her ankles.
"Rikku, leave Yuna alone. We've a sphere to find remember?" said the girl in black leather.
"Aw, come on Paine! Don't you wanna see what it looks like?" whined the blonde.
"Well… I guess I could try it just this once…" the brunette said quietly.
"Can't we just see it AFTER we find the sphere?" the one in black known as Paine asked.
Leblanc closed the grass and turned back to Ormi and Logos.
"That was Lady Yuna!" Ormi whispered.
"Indeed it was, but what is the High Summoner doing here?" Logos asked.
"They mentioned the sphere. It looks like the High Summoner has a Sphere-hunting group of her own." Leblanc whispered to them, "It seems things have gotten complicated boys."
"What should we do, boss? Should we let them have the sphere?" Ormi asked.
"I think not. High Summoner or no High Summoner, she is a sphere hunter now. I saw we take it from under their petite noses." Logos suggested.
"Logos is right, she may have brought the calm but she is still an opposing sphere-hunter!" Leblanc said in a hushed voice.
Ormi smirked, "Great idea, boss! But how will we get past them?"
"Don't worry, boys! I'll take care of them, you two take the map and go around and retrieve the sphere while I distract them!" Leblanc told her two colleagues.
"Right, boss." Ormi and Logos both nodded as they took the map and headed off.
Leblanc took a deep breath and sighed. She cleared her throat then stepped into the clearing. She put on a surprised face and opened stared at the three girls.
"Oh my! Lady Yuna!" Leblanc exclaimed in surprise with the best of her acting skills.
The three girls turned their attention to her. The brunette with the long braid stepped forward.
"Um, Hello?" she spoke up, looking Leblanc over in unfamiliarity, "I am Yuna."
"Oh my goodness! Lady Yuna I am such a huge fan!" Leblanc exclaimed, "I've always wanted to meet you in person!"
"Oh, uh, thank you. Who might you be?" Yuna asked.
"Who am I? I'm just one of your many fans, love! My name isn't important, the real question is, what is the High Summoner who brought the calm doing out here?" Leblanc asked.
"We're sphere-hunters! We're looking for a sphere." the blonde replied happily, "I'm Rikku!"
"Uh, nice to meet you, love." Leblanc turned her attention back to Yuna, "So the High Summoner is a sphere-hunter now? Wow, what a job change! I never would have suspected it!"
"Neither did I." Yuna laughed.
"So what do you call yourselves?" Leblanc asked.
"We're the Gullwings!" Yuna and Rikku exclaimed.
"Such an interesting name." Leblanc said with a fake smile.
"Oh we forgot to introduce Paine." Yuna said and pointed to the quiet girl in black, "This is Paine, she's a member of the Gullwings too."
"What are you doing out here?" Paine asked before Leblanc could say anything.
"Well, I, uh…" Leblanc began, "I was on my afternoon walk when I got lost! Yes, I was daydreaming and before I knew it I was surrounded by tall grass."
Leblanc almost died. She knew it was one of the most lame excuses she ever thought of, but it would have to do. But it seemed like the one called Paine didn't believe a word of it. Fortunately, Yuna and Rikku did.
"That's terrible!" Yuna said.
"Do you want some help?" Rikku asked.
Leblanc smiled. She couldn't believe how gullible those two were.
"Yes, I could." Leblanc smiled sweetly.
Leblanc then laid her eyes on the Garment Grid in Yuna's hands.
"What's this?" Leblanc asked, pointing to Yuna's garment grid.
"This? It's my garment grid. It helps me change DressSpheres." Yuna explained.
"I see." Leblanc nodded.
"Yunie here was about to test out her new DressSphere!" Rikku told Leblanc, "Come on, Yunie, show it to her."
"Shouldn't we get going?" Paine interrupted.
"I would like to see this DressSphere of yours!" Leblanc said quickly.
"Don't worry, Paine, we have plenty of time! Come on, Yunie, she wants to see your new DressSphere!" Rikku said to them.
"Okay, sure." Yuna handed the garment grid to Leblanc and pointed to one of the DressSpheres, "This is the Songtress DressSphere. I'm not quiet sure what it does yet, because it was only given to me just today." Yuna explained.
"Very interesting." Leblanc said looking down at the garment grid in her hands.
Leblanc looked up past Yuna to see Ormi and Logos signaling her that they found the sphere. Leblanc returned the signal with a combination of blinks. They nodded and disappeared back into the grass before the Yuna, Rikku and Paine noticed they were there. Leblanc then looked back down at the garment grid with a smile.
"Pretty cool, ain't it?" Rikku smiled.
Leblanc lifted her head and smiled darkly, "Very cool indeed, love."
Suddenly there was a gunshot. The three Gullwings looked around frantically for the source of the shot as Leblanc remained perfectly calm. Another shot was fired and Rikku's feet. Rikku jumped at the impact close to her feet. Leblanc jumped back as a wave of rapidly fired gun shots were fired at the Gullwings's feet, causing the three girls to look like they were dancing as they tried to dodge the bullets aimed at their feet. Once the bullets stopped the three of them fell on their behinds staring up at the Leblanc who looked down at them with a smirk on her face. Logos and Ormi then appeared out of the grass and stood on either side of Leblanc, glaring down at the three girls.
"What was that for!?" Yuna asked in confusion.
"You know these meanies!?" Rikku demanded.
Leblanc merely laughed.
"I don't only know them, I am their leader, isn't that right, boys?" Leblanc smirked and folder her arms.
"Right, boss!" Ormi and Logos said, posing with their weapons.
Leblanc took out her fan and pointed it toward the Gullwings, "Just to give you fair warning, Lady Summoner, we are the Leblanc Syndicate, and we will crush any opposing Sphere-hunters who stand in our way! That is the way of the Sphere-hunter, loves!"
Leblanc reached into her sleeve and pulled out a flash bomb and threw it onto the ground. Once the bomb hit the ground, everything was consumed by a blinding light and a smoke screen. Leblanc, Ormi and Logos quickly escaped into the grass leaving the Gullwings behind.
"Hey! My grid!"
"Stop you meanies!"
"They are so getting hurt!"
The three Sphere-hunters escaped to the main road and managed to loose them. The three of them doubled over panting, trying to catch their breath. The burning sun that shone above and a full day of trekking really wore them out. Ormi was the first to catch his breath and looked over to Leblanc and spotted something in her hand.
"Hey, boss! What that in your hand?" He asked.
Leblanc looked at what was in her hand. She still was carrying the High Summoner's Garment Grid!
"Oh my. This is the High Summoner's Garment Grid!" Leblanc exclaimed, she had completely forgot she still had it!
"Lady Yuna's Garment Grid? We didn't know you had it in ya, boss!" Ormi smirked.
"Indeed. But the High Summoner might want it back." Logos informed his colleague.
"Right. But we might as well examine the spheres before we 'give them back', right?" Leblanc smirked.
Ormi and Logos smirked.
"Come on, boys! Last one to the Chateau gets the heel!" Leblanc announce as she took a head start.
"H-Hey! Wait!" Logos protested and ran after her.
"Not a race! In the end I always get the heel!" Ormi groaned as he waddled after them.
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GB666: Ooo! This chapter was fun. I can't wait to get started on the next ones! Which sphere did they take? What's on that sphere? Wanna find out? READ THE NEXT CHAPTER! ^.^ Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will be even better! More Reviews!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own FFX-2 nor the characters or the story line. I just write fanfiction.
It was a humid day as Leblanc waved her fan in front of her face. She studied her sphere-hunting equipment, a large screen in front of her show an entire map of Spira. Her eyes stared into the complex map, she was transfixed with it. The world around her remained quiet until the low creak of her bedroom door opened slowly. Logos walked inside and stood behind her in attention.
"Boss, you wished to see me?" Logos spoke up.
Leblanc turned her head to see who he was, then stood up, "Yes, I did. I wasn't actually expecting you to come, I though Ormi would forget. But yes I need you to help me with something, love."
"What is it, boss?" He asked.
She turned around to face him, "I need some help these sphere waves, I'm trying to find the exact location of the sphere's whereabouts so we can find it without trouble. But these ones seem to be a little odd."
Leblanc pointed to the screen that showed strange sonic waves echoing from just outside of Luca. Logos walked up to the screen and stared at it long and hard.
"What's wrong with them?" He asked.
"They are very strong sphere waves, but they only echo half as much as they should." Leblanc explained to him, "So can you help me, love?"
"Yes, boss." He replied with a nod.
"Thank you." She smiled and handed him a paper, a pencil and a few other supplies, "You can help me make the calculations."
Leblanc got him a chair and placed it next to her's. She took out a pencil and a piece of paper of her own and sat down. Logos watched at she began to jot down several notes and numbers. He sat down beside her and placed the supplies on the desk. He was amazed how fast she wrote down those equations, how she was so into what she was doing marveled him. He watched her none stop. He noticed a single strand of hair slowly droop into her face as she continued to work. Oh how he longed to gently brush it behind her ear then lightly caress her face.
"Could you solve this for me?" Her voice awoke him from his daydreaming.
"Of course, boss." He replied as he took the paper she handed to him and lay it in front of him.
He looked over the equation. He was puzzled at the collection of notes and equations at first, then looked it over a few more times. He quickly jotted down the equation to solve it, he was amazed how the boss could write such complicated equations.
"Height multiplied by the base divided by two…" he muttered to himself as he tried to recall the equations from his school days.
He rubbed his temple as he jotted down more numbers and symbols. He wondered how the boss could stand all of these equations. He felt like he was taking an exam. He quickly wrote down the answer and handed it to her. She looked up and smiled at him, then turned away to look it over. She smiled and placed it beside her paper and continued to jot down equations. He watched for a long time. The silence was only broken now and then when she asked for some sort of a supply. Suddenly she stood up from her chair and sighed, it startled him, for she hadn't moved in hours. She walked over to a cabinet and began to search through various drawers. He leaned back to enjoy the view as she bent over to look through the bottom drawers.
"Do you have a ruler, love?" She asked as she searched through the drawers.
"How long?" Logos smirked.
"Uh… twelve inches?" She spoke up.
"I have something hard and twelve inches, but it's not a ruler." Logos whispered to himself with a little chuckle.
"Well, do you have a ruler or not?" She asked him, as she stood up and crossed her arms.
Logos sat up straight, "I, uh… no I don't, boss."
She sighed angrily, "It's got to be here somewhere!"
She continued to search until she finally found something close to a ruler and used that instead. After making a few lines she stood up and handed the paper to Logos. He glanced at it. She had made a rough map of what seemed to be the Mi'hen Highroad with an X of to the side of the road.
"The sphere is about half a mile off the Mi'hen Highroad." She told him with a triumphant smile, "I hope you're up for a hike, love. Because I think the three of us should take on this one personally."
"The three of us?" he asked in a half groan.
"The last thing I want is to watch Ormi mess something up today." Logos thought to himself with a sigh.
Later that day Leblanc, Logos and Ormi arrived at the Mi'hen Highroad. Leblanc waved her fan frantically. It was a very hot day and horribly humid and she pray to the fayth that her hair wouldn't frizz up. The three of them walked along the road cautiously. Even though the Mi'hen Highroads were crawling with Machina to protect travelers, fiends still infested them and were ready to pounce anyone traveling by foot. Ormi and Logos stayed close behind her ready to fend off any fiend that dare cross their path. Leblanc suddenly stopped and look at her surroundings.
"We are near the south exit of the Mi'hen Highroad facing the path to the Travel Agency. So we should turn RIGHT into the brush over… There!" She pointed to a spot a few feet in front of them.
"Right, boss!" Ormi and Logos said in unison.
The two lackeys followed their magenta-wearing boss into the tall grass. Ormi walked in front holding out his shield so they could walk through the grass with ease, Leblanc walked behind him giving him directions while Logos walked in the back twirling his revolvers. As they trekked on they could have sworn the sun was taunting them by making the weather hotter and even more humid. The three of them began to sweat madly. They stopped at the nearest clearing to rest. Ormi collapsed onto his face from exhaustion.
"Ugh… I not made for long distances, boss." Ormi complained.
"Oh lord, you weren't made for smelling good for long distances either! Have you ever heard of deodorant!?" Logos asked as he held his nose.
"That's quite enough complaining, boys! We are almost there! Just a few more kilometers to go!" Leblanc snapped.
The two lackeys groaned. Their feet ached and were probably blistered. Their dry mouths screamed of thirst. If they had a drop of water for every gallon they sweat that day, they probably wouldn't go thirsty ever again! And yet the boss was completely fine. She was sweating, yes, but she had enough energy to still go on.
She had to go on. If her intuition was right, this was a sphere her Noojie-Woojie would WANT to see. She kept telling herself, "Anything for Nooj, and anything goes for Leblanc!" This was her chance. If this was something Noojie-Woojie was looking for, then she would risk anything to get it. If luck would have it, this might be the sphere that would make him confess his feelings. She smiled to herself and blushed, picturing his smile. She melted inside.
Leblanc turned to Ormi and Logos. They were sitting on a rock with their heads between their knees still trying to catch their breath and panting from thirst. Leblanc couldn't help but smiled weakly at their pitiful sight. She pulled out a canister she had hidden in her sleeve.
"Drink up, boys!" she called to them as she tossed them the canister.
Ormi caught it and opened the canister to find cool, fresh water within. He took a long chug then handed it to Logos. Logos did the same and swished it around in his mouth then swallowed. The two of them look up at their boss in confusion. Her sudden generosity after scolding them was a huge turn around. Ormi and Logos suddenly realized what was going on. She was thinking of Nooj. Whenever Nooj crossed her mind she was more gleeful than a small child and would be kind and gentle, than her usual outgoing, sexy charm. They knew about her one-sided obsession over the Myven of the Youth League. She would go to hell and back for him and fear wouldn't strike her mind, not even once. She would do and or give anything for Nooj, even, fayth forbid, her own life. The two of them weren't exactly on good terms with Nooj, since they were sent to assassinate the remaining members of the Crimson Squad when they were under the orders of Kinoc. Working in Yevon really ruined their reputation with a lot of people. But Leblanc didn't care and she took them in anyway. She did not question their past or judge them, not even for a second. That's why they devoted themselves to her. They were indebt to her. Even if she worked them a bit too hard, they really didn't seem to mind.
Logos stood up and walked over to Leblanc. She snapped out of her daydreaming state to look at him. Logos held out his hand holding the canister with a silent "thank you". She looked at the canister than at his face. His eyes locked with hers, digging into her very being, her soul. He was captivated by those gorgeous brown eyes. They were silent for a long while, until…
"Uh, you guys okay?" Ormi spoke up, breaking the silence.
Leblanc snapped out of her trance and grabbed the canister, "We should get moving."
"Right, boss." Logos and Ormi both nodded.
Leblanc turned away and held her head, then shook it off. She looked down at her map, then positioned herself to face the direction they would head in next.
"Let's go!" Leblanc smirked as she pointed her fan in the correct direction.
Once again the three of them trekked through the vast field of bushes and tall grass with a fast pace. Fiends that encountered them were disposed of with ease. After a while of walking, the Syndicate stumbled onto something quite interesting. The three of them stopped.
"What is it, boss?" Ormi asked as Leblanc gave them the signal to halt.
"Do you hear that?" Leblanc asked in a hushed.
"Hear what?" Logos asked.
"Listen!" Leblanc hissed at her two companions.
The three of them fell dead silent. Amongst the sounds of the whistling wind and the chattering of wildlife they heard voices.
"Hey Yunie, why not try out that new DressSphere Shinra gave you?"
"I dunno… I wanted to save it for a special occasion."
"Special occasion? You don't save DressSpheres for 'special occasions', Yuna."
"Yeah! Come on! Try it now! I wanna see!"
"I dunno…"
Leblanc looked back at Ormi and Logos with an odd look. Logos and Ormi shrugged. The three of them ran through the tall grass, following the voices. They stopped at the edge of a clearing and hid in the tall grass. Leblanc opened the grass slightly to peek at who was there. The three of them spotted a small group of young girls that were only a few years or not even younger than Leblanc. One with long blonde hair wearing a small bikini top, another was in black leather with short silver hair, and the other had chin length brown hair and a long braid that reached her ankles.
"Rikku, leave Yuna alone. We've a sphere to find remember?" said the girl in black leather.
"Aw, come on Paine! Don't you wanna see what it looks like?" whined the blonde.
"Well… I guess I could try it just this once…" the brunette said quietly.
"Can't we just see it AFTER we find the sphere?" the one in black known as Paine asked.
Leblanc closed the grass and turned back to Ormi and Logos.
"That was Lady Yuna!" Ormi whispered.
"Indeed it was, but what is the High Summoner doing here?" Logos asked.
"They mentioned the sphere. It looks like the High Summoner has a Sphere-hunting group of her own." Leblanc whispered to them, "It seems things have gotten complicated boys."
"What should we do, boss? Should we let them have the sphere?" Ormi asked.
"I think not. High Summoner or no High Summoner, she is a sphere hunter now. I saw we take it from under their petite noses." Logos suggested.
"Logos is right, she may have brought the calm but she is still an opposing sphere-hunter!" Leblanc said in a hushed voice.
Ormi smirked, "Great idea, boss! But how will we get past them?"
"Don't worry, boys! I'll take care of them, you two take the map and go around and retrieve the sphere while I distract them!" Leblanc told her two colleagues.
"Right, boss." Ormi and Logos both nodded as they took the map and headed off.
Leblanc took a deep breath and sighed. She cleared her throat then stepped into the clearing. She put on a surprised face and opened stared at the three girls.
"Oh my! Lady Yuna!" Leblanc exclaimed in surprise with the best of her acting skills.
The three girls turned their attention to her. The brunette with the long braid stepped forward.
"Um, Hello?" she spoke up, looking Leblanc over in unfamiliarity, "I am Yuna."
"Oh my goodness! Lady Yuna I am such a huge fan!" Leblanc exclaimed, "I've always wanted to meet you in person!"
"Oh, uh, thank you. Who might you be?" Yuna asked.
"Who am I? I'm just one of your many fans, love! My name isn't important, the real question is, what is the High Summoner who brought the calm doing out here?" Leblanc asked.
"We're sphere-hunters! We're looking for a sphere." the blonde replied happily, "I'm Rikku!"
"Uh, nice to meet you, love." Leblanc turned her attention back to Yuna, "So the High Summoner is a sphere-hunter now? Wow, what a job change! I never would have suspected it!"
"Neither did I." Yuna laughed.
"So what do you call yourselves?" Leblanc asked.
"We're the Gullwings!" Yuna and Rikku exclaimed.
"Such an interesting name." Leblanc said with a fake smile.
"Oh we forgot to introduce Paine." Yuna said and pointed to the quiet girl in black, "This is Paine, she's a member of the Gullwings too."
"What are you doing out here?" Paine asked before Leblanc could say anything.
"Well, I, uh…" Leblanc began, "I was on my afternoon walk when I got lost! Yes, I was daydreaming and before I knew it I was surrounded by tall grass."
Leblanc almost died. She knew it was one of the most lame excuses she ever thought of, but it would have to do. But it seemed like the one called Paine didn't believe a word of it. Fortunately, Yuna and Rikku did.
"That's terrible!" Yuna said.
"Do you want some help?" Rikku asked.
Leblanc smiled. She couldn't believe how gullible those two were.
"Yes, I could." Leblanc smiled sweetly.
Leblanc then laid her eyes on the Garment Grid in Yuna's hands.
"What's this?" Leblanc asked, pointing to Yuna's garment grid.
"This? It's my garment grid. It helps me change DressSpheres." Yuna explained.
"I see." Leblanc nodded.
"Yunie here was about to test out her new DressSphere!" Rikku told Leblanc, "Come on, Yunie, show it to her."
"Shouldn't we get going?" Paine interrupted.
"I would like to see this DressSphere of yours!" Leblanc said quickly.
"Don't worry, Paine, we have plenty of time! Come on, Yunie, she wants to see your new DressSphere!" Rikku said to them.
"Okay, sure." Yuna handed the garment grid to Leblanc and pointed to one of the DressSpheres, "This is the Songtress DressSphere. I'm not quiet sure what it does yet, because it was only given to me just today." Yuna explained.
"Very interesting." Leblanc said looking down at the garment grid in her hands.
Leblanc looked up past Yuna to see Ormi and Logos signaling her that they found the sphere. Leblanc returned the signal with a combination of blinks. They nodded and disappeared back into the grass before the Yuna, Rikku and Paine noticed they were there. Leblanc then looked back down at the garment grid with a smile.
"Pretty cool, ain't it?" Rikku smiled.
Leblanc lifted her head and smiled darkly, "Very cool indeed, love."
Suddenly there was a gunshot. The three Gullwings looked around frantically for the source of the shot as Leblanc remained perfectly calm. Another shot was fired and Rikku's feet. Rikku jumped at the impact close to her feet. Leblanc jumped back as a wave of rapidly fired gun shots were fired at the Gullwings's feet, causing the three girls to look like they were dancing as they tried to dodge the bullets aimed at their feet. Once the bullets stopped the three of them fell on their behinds staring up at the Leblanc who looked down at them with a smirk on her face. Logos and Ormi then appeared out of the grass and stood on either side of Leblanc, glaring down at the three girls.
"What was that for!?" Yuna asked in confusion.
"You know these meanies!?" Rikku demanded.
Leblanc merely laughed.
"I don't only know them, I am their leader, isn't that right, boys?" Leblanc smirked and folder her arms.
"Right, boss!" Ormi and Logos said, posing with their weapons.
Leblanc took out her fan and pointed it toward the Gullwings, "Just to give you fair warning, Lady Summoner, we are the Leblanc Syndicate, and we will crush any opposing Sphere-hunters who stand in our way! That is the way of the Sphere-hunter, loves!"
Leblanc reached into her sleeve and pulled out a flash bomb and threw it onto the ground. Once the bomb hit the ground, everything was consumed by a blinding light and a smoke screen. Leblanc, Ormi and Logos quickly escaped into the grass leaving the Gullwings behind.
"Hey! My grid!"
"Stop you meanies!"
"They are so getting hurt!"
The three Sphere-hunters escaped to the main road and managed to loose them. The three of them doubled over panting, trying to catch their breath. The burning sun that shone above and a full day of trekking really wore them out. Ormi was the first to catch his breath and looked over to Leblanc and spotted something in her hand.
"Hey, boss! What that in your hand?" He asked.
Leblanc looked at what was in her hand. She still was carrying the High Summoner's Garment Grid!
"Oh my. This is the High Summoner's Garment Grid!" Leblanc exclaimed, she had completely forgot she still had it!
"Lady Yuna's Garment Grid? We didn't know you had it in ya, boss!" Ormi smirked.
"Indeed. But the High Summoner might want it back." Logos informed his colleague.
"Right. But we might as well examine the spheres before we 'give them back', right?" Leblanc smirked.
Ormi and Logos smirked.
"Come on, boys! Last one to the Chateau gets the heel!" Leblanc announce as she took a head start.
"H-Hey! Wait!" Logos protested and ran after her.
"Not a race! In the end I always get the heel!" Ormi groaned as he waddled after them.
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GB666: Ooo! This chapter was fun. I can't wait to get started on the next ones! Which sphere did they take? What's on that sphere? Wanna find out? READ THE NEXT CHAPTER! ^.^ Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will be even better! More Reviews!!!!