Disclaimer: i do not own FFX FFX2 Evie or Andy

Claimer: i own Lexi, Leif, Chappu and Rick

Authors note: thank u becky for helping!! =D

Chapter 11

Lexi was still in her warrior outfit, so she just stood up and clutched her sword. She was ready, right? She frowned and shouted, "Ahhhhh!!!" and she sliced at the fiend in front of her. She quickly spun around on her back foot and slashed another one behind her. She ducked one of their attacks and slashed at another one at her side. She glanced over a Tidus, to see if he was going to get up and help her. That had cost her a slice on her arm and cheek.

He was still on the ground, groaning in pain. She frowned, she got even angrier. 'pathetic!!!' she screamed in her head as she sliced and diced away the fiends. Suddenly they all surrounded her. She looked around frantically; it wasn't looking to great at the moment. She dodged and sliced as fast as she could but she just wasn't quick enough. The fiends' bit, scratched and casts elemental spells on her. She shut her eyes tight, if Tidus was watching, she didn't want him to see her cry; she wasn't going to cry. She opened her eyes through a Fiera, and saw that Tidus was fighting off the rest of the fiends.

Tidus glared at the fiends as he fought them. Why was he so angry? Why was he getting so worked up about Lexi getting hurt? Well, his only conclusion he got was, 'she's gonna be my daughter, I have to protect her...' but was that real the reason?

"Tidus..." Lexi collapsed as Tidus finished off the last one. He ran to her. She was scratched up and beaten; but 'she held up pretty good for a girl...' he thought. If Lexi could read minds, she would have smacked him across the face with or with out injury.

Her eyes were shut as she changed into her normal clothes. Tidus blushed, and then pushed her onto her back. Was she ok?

--change scene-

Shinra, Evie, Leif, Rick and Chappu had made it to headquarters. Nooj, was waiting for them with his daughter, Nysa.

Shinra breathed when they stopped, his hand still holding on to Evie's. She stared at it, their hands together. Shinra's hand enveloped hers, and her hand was tucked in and safe; safe and warm; Shinra's hand was warm, and comforting. Shinra stood up strait when he caught his breath, and smiled at her. It was the first time he didn't feel so embarrassed or scared when their eyes met. It was a peaceful moment.

Rick, Leif and Chappu noticed their little romanced silence. Leif kept shut, while Chappu smiled. They didn't want to interfere. Then there was Rick...

"Ohhhh kissy kissy!!" Rick exclaimed, Shinra's and Evie's eyes widened and they let go of their hands, and blushed.

"Rick!" Leif scowled,

"what? It was funny, huh?" Rick laughed, Leif just sighed and shook his head.

"Shinra!! Leif!!" Nysa exclaimed as she walked towards them and waved at them happily. Leif and Shinra looked at each other, their eyes said the same thing... 'oh no...'

"oh, great, the slut bitch..." Rick rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms.

"I heard that, dick head..." Nysa growled at him, and turned back to Shinra and Leif.

"hi, I see you're here with out your little imp... and Tidus..." Nysa seemed disappointed.

"imp? Lexi's not an imp..." Leif said, and frowned at her. He didn't really like Nysa making fun of Lexi with out her there. Actually, he didn't like Nysa...anymore.

"Lexi's not here?!" Shinra exclaimed as he turned around. He looked at Evie, then to Leif, then to Chappu and then Rick. Nope, Lexi and Tidus weren't there.

"I gotta go back." Shinra started to run, but Nysa grabbed him by the hand.

"No, stay, she shouldn't get hurt to bad..." Nysa said with a distinctive sent of evil in her voice.

"I have to find her!" Shinra protested, as he tried to pull away.

"I'll get daddy to send for someone to look for her."

"no, I gotta find her, she's MY responsibility!!" Shinra shouted as he was being dragged further and further away from Mushroom Rock Road, and closer to Nooj.

"Leif!! Rick! Chappu!! GO FIND HER!!!" Shinra shouted, as he tried to pull away from her.

"Go, go!" Evie exclaimed, "I'll stay here with Shinra." They nodded and ran back into the road.

"Hey! Wait!" Evie exclaimed, and then chased after Shinra.

--Change scene-

"Hey, Lexi..." Tidus said as he stood up, "get up..." he nudged her side with his foot.

"Lexi, this isn't funny," he said; as he bent down to examine her.

"Lexi..." Tidus said, and saw that her arm was cut and her left cheek had been bleeding.

"Oh shit..." Tidus looked around for something to make her stop bleeding.

'A tree branch, no... rocks? NO!! You're gonna infect it!' Tidus looked at Lexi, she was loosing blood faster than Tidus kicking a blitzball. Tidus shook his head, and picked her up, then placed her on his back.

He gazed around, and saw that more fiends were coming, for revenge. Tidus started running. With Lexi out cold, he had no back up! He gazed quickly behind him; coyotes and tonberries were behind them. Tidus ran faster. He looked took a quick glance at the rear, they were catching up; fast. Lexi's dress sphere dropped out of her pocket as another one fell out of a hallow tree trunk when the feind jumped off it. Tidus ran faster and slipped on one of the spheres. Lexi and Tidus fell to the ground.

Tidus looked over; saying, "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit," he scrambled to pick up Lexi and the spheres, but when it came to the spheres he didn't know which one was hers. "which one is it?!" Tidus looked behind him, they were getting closer! So, he just picked both of them up and began running again.

--change scene-

"Lexi!!" Leif shouted, "Lexi!!!"

"Tidus!!" Chappu called,

"what's the point? They're safe, I mean, Lexi isn't exactly the type to faint!" Rick exclaimed, placing his hands on his hips.

"Rick, you don't know her like I do..." Leif said, once he stopped shouting.

"what's that supposed to mean? We're both her cousins, what do you mean you know her better than I do?" Rick raised his eyebrow, he was getting ticked off.

--change scene-

Shinra and Evie were in a room. Shinra sat on one of the red velvet couches that surrounded a cherry wood coffee table. The carpet was a dark burgundy color that had images of the card of hearts. Overhead, was a glass chandelier with hearts, spades, diamonds and clovers hanging from it. By the looks of things, you could tell the decorator; LeBlanc.

"do have a plan to get out?" Evie asked, looking around.

"we can't get out..." Shinra sighed,

"what? Why not?"

"because, this is LeBlanc's room...everything in here is watching us..."

"can't you disable the machina in here?" Shinra shook his head,

"It would take too long, and what ever I disable would sound the alarm..."

"oh..." Evie sighed, and went to sit beside him.

"why did they put us here?" Evie asked, "it's like we're prisoners!"

"that's the way Nysa is..." Shinra sighed, "I'm...I'm really sorry about this Evie..." Shinra looked up into her beautiful sky blue eyes.

"it's ok," Evie smiled at him too, "but...tell me...how did you and Leif...."

"oh...yeah..." Shinra took in a deep breath, and then began, "I was working here, Mushroom Rock Road. The Al-bhed sent me here for some sphere investigations. While I was searching, I met Nysa. She was lost underground, so I helped her get out. It took a few hours, so we talked...and I guess I fell for her."

"then, how did Leif..."

"Leif...right, Nysa's Mom brought her away as I worked there, I guess they went to Besaid and well...met Leif. When I got back to Besaid, I saw them together, you know...kissing and stuff...well...I left, told Lexi, Rick and Chappu, and well Rick laughed...and Lexi was running around screaming, 'I KNEW IT! SHE'S A WHORE!' so Leif and Nysa walked in and she saw me. I said it was over, and Leif did too, since he figured out on his own what was going on..."

"oh...so that's how it happened, I'm really sorry I asked..." Evie apologized, but she knew he wasn't telling her the whole story.

"it's ok, you're the only other girl I could say it too, cause well..."

"cause what?" Evie tilted her head, and blinked a few times. Shinra gazed at her, he was getting nervous all over again.

"c-c-cause...I-I...I...b-because I-I l-l-" Suddenly the door opened and Shinra jumped to his feet. Evie laughed.

"Shinra!" it was LeBlanc and Nooj.

"good to see you again, young man."

"uhh...Hi...?" Shinra was shocked.

--change scene-

Tidus quickly scurried into a near by cave. He placed Lexi at the far end, and he made his way to the entrance. He listened for the fiends, they growled and snarled as they ran passed the little cave they were in. He sighed, a sigh of relief and went back to Lexi.

She was still unconscious, her arm and cheek were still bleeding. "aw crap, I forgot!" if the girl before him was awake, she would have slapped him for forgetting...actually he should have just slapped himself for that matter.

He took off his yellow jacket and folded it to make a pillow for her, then he looked in his pockets for some bandages from old Spira. He had some. He smiled and wrapped Lexi's arm and patched up her cheek. He sat back down, and watched her.

'she looks a lot like Yuna, when she's not screaming at me...' Tidus thought, 'I hope that I can get back to her...Yuna...I miss her so much...' his eyes went up to gaze at Lexi. His eyes didn't show Lexi though, it showed Yuna. She was wearing her kimono, and was sleeping soundly before him. Tidus smiled and reacted to what his eyes had shown him. He leaned forward, and pressed his lips against hers.

Lexi's eyes shot open, and she smacked him, then wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

"ow!! Yuna!!" Tidus exclaimed, when he fell back. He rubbed his cheek.

"what the hell are you doing?! You...you pervert!!" Lexi growled, glaring at him.

"sorry, I just-"

"just what?! Thought that-that you could just take advantage of someone who was... unaware of their surroundings?! Tidus!! Why the fuck did you kiss me!?!? You're such a pig!" she punched him in the eye.

"dammit, Yuna!" Tidus exclaimed.

"oh yah, I'M NOT YUNA!!!"

Tidus glanced up, and saw Lexi scowling at him with her angry blue and green eyes. He shuddered. "I kissed...my future...daughter?!" he exclaimed and started hacking and spitting.

"my thoughts exactly," Lexi sat back down crossed-legged. She wrapped her arms around herself and noticed that she was bandaged.

"what...happened?" Lexi asked him, when he stopped spitting.

"you got cut on your cheek too," Tidus said, not answering her question. He watched her touch her cheek to check if she was bleeding.

"you were," he said, answering her thoughts, "you got cut up when you were fighting by yourself..."

"oh..." she said, sort of shocked, "thanks," she smiled at him, and then noticed his yellow jacket was gone.

"hey, where's your jacket thingy?" Lexi asked,

"you were sleeping on it," Tidus answered,

"aren't you cold? I mean...it's cold!" Lexi shivered.

"nah, it's not that bad..." a cold wind flew in through the entrance, Tidus hugged himself and sneezed.

"put it on, you're gonna get sick!" Lexi threw over his jacket with a laugh. Tidus smiled and put it on.

--change scene-

Leif sighed, "forget it, Rick. Let's just find them already, you don't want Lexi dead do you?"

"huh?! No way! I need SOMEONE to make fun of!" Rick laughed, and they began looking again.

"hey! look, ya? Foot prints!" Chappu said as he bent down to examine them.

"Fiend prints? Or boot prints?" Leif asked.

"I think boot prints, ya?"

"you think they're Lexi's?" Rick asked, looking at the two. Leif smiled.

"race, ya?" Chappu said, they nodded and ran, following the tracks.

--change scene-

"who is this young lady?" LeBlanc asked, noticing Evie.

"this..." Shinra said shakily, he cleared his throat and began again, "this is Evie, my summoner." He seemed protective and rebellious after he had said the word 'my'.

"a summoner..." LeBlanc approached her, looking at her.

"there is a sin, I intend on defeating it..." Evie answered, coolly.

"Sin?! Shinra! You can't be serious!" Nysa exclaimed, "you'd rather hang around some...Yevonite!? Than a sphere hunter?!"

"one, I am not a Yevonite, but using aeons is the only way to defeat Sin. Second, you're not a sphere hunter because you're not hunting spheres." Evie snapped; she couldn't take her.

"ok then, miss...uhhh...miss..."

"Lockheart, Evelyn Lockheart." Nysa glared at her.

"Miss Lockheart, I'll show you...I'll defeat Sin with out Aeons..." Nysa turned on her heel and began walking away.

"I'm sorry, she's very naïve..." Nooj chuckled.

"DADDY!!" Nysa whined; she had heard what he had said.

--change scene-

"Lexi?" Leif called as he looked through the cave entrance.

"Leif!" Lexi jumped up and hugged him. Leif laughed.

"hey, blondie!" Rick smirked as he walked in.

"hey, shut up, you're blond too." Tidus laughed as he stood up.

"no, no, no, you don't understand, I'm the cool, slick, sexy blond..." Rick ran his hand through his hair.

"ahh, shut it up you bad excuse for a pimp." Lexi shot, she laughed.

"I want a hug too, ya!" Chappu exclaimed. Lexi laughed even harder, and gave Chappu a hug.

"c'mon, let's go. Shinra's at Nysa's..." Leif shuddered.

"AHH! THAT BITCH WHORE!" Lexi ran ahead.

"hey! you stupid girl! Come back here! You might get lost again!!" Leif ran after her.

"hey!!! we're gonna get lost if you ditch us!" Tidus exclaimed and the three boys chased them.

--change scene-

Shinra, Evie, and Nysa sat in the LeBlanc room. Shinra; afraid of the tension, almost as strong as Lexi Vs Nysa. You could almost see the big red sign that said, TONIGHT! EVIE VS NYSA!! SEE WHO WINS THIS GLARING CONTEST!

A knock came to the door. Shinra answered, "y-yah!" Lexi opened the door and a blast of strong aura fled out the room.

"AHH!! MY EYES!!" Rick exclaimed, covering them.

"whoa, what happened in here?" Tidus asked.

"uhh...Shinra, we can...you know...go?" Leif said, looking uneasy.

"yeah...E-Evie?" Shinra touched her shoulder. She looked up at him with a smile, and Nysa growled.

"oh shut up, whore!" Lexi snarled.

"Lexi!" Shinra snapped; she just rolled her eyes.

"I'll get you Evelyn! Lexi! You'll see!!" Nysa shouted as they walked out of her house.

"ahhh shut up, bitch!!" Lexi yelled back, raising her fist.

"damn you Lexi!! I hate you!!!"

"TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH!!"

"hurry, cover her mouth or something! She's getting annoying!!" Rick exclaimed, shaking his head.

"who?" Leif and Tidus asked.

"BOTH OF THEM!" Shinra sighed, he couldn't take this...

"When are we going to be at D'jose Temple, ya?" Chappu asked, looking at Shinra.

"either tonight to early tomorrow morning if we keep walking,"

Leif put Lexi in a headlock and began dragging her. She screamed at shouted at him for doing so.

"then let's keep going, huh?" Evie smiled.

"well then, lets go." Leif gave her a thumbs up, with his free arm, then he turned back to Lexi, "if you shut up I'll let you go."

"...I'll shut up when YOU shut up!" Leif sighed, and laughed.

"what great friends..." Evie smiled. Tidus placed his hands in his pockets and felt two spheres. He pulled one out, "are you a dress sphere or the key to go travel back...?" Tidus looked back up and saw the group laughing as they always did. A small smile appeared on his face, and he nodded. 'if I do go back, at least these guys will always be happy...'