SBQ: Bishies hug the reviewers

Bishies: Do as they are told

I'd like thank each of my reviewers:

Love Witch: I want to marry your brother. He is the most beautiful man I've ever seen. Anyway thanks for the review. The Bishies are highly jealous of your brother, so tell him to be careful and Yes we all love Baralai.

Fantasy Kitten Mistress: I gave the hug to the Bishies. They love your ficcie and can't wait for an update. Paine x Buddy; what an interesting pairing. I think I'm going to have to play around with the characters a bit. LOL! What about Paine x Brother? Dear Yevon no! Gippalai rocks and thank you for having so much support in me.

Shuichi's girl: I will try to update quicker and thank you for reviewing you're so nice.

Panda-chan: Yeah the story isn't really canon or AU. It's sort a mixture of both in a way. Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you like the fic.

Renn: Here's your update! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for the review.

Squee!: Wow, that update song is effective. I just droned over to the computer and starting writing. The Bishies seemed to be worried except Baralai and Gippal, who were off fulfilling their sexual fantasies. I'm going to have to put leashes on them. Cloud is happy that someone feels sorry for him. Thank you for reviewing.

Anyway on with the story, I hope you guys enjoy and please do review.

Chapter two – First encounter

"Yuna!" Baralai exclaimed, slightly confused by her irrational behaviour outside the classroom. The platinum haired youth managed to shake of the brunette's tight grip of his hands.

"B…" she started to protest but she hushed herself when she noticed the eerie silence that had resulted from Baralai and her entering the classroom. She found herself facing the entire classroom and without any thought she gave them a little wave with her right hand.

"Come on B, let's take our seats," she laughed sweetly. In one swift motion, Yuna took hold of Baralai's right hand and directed him towards the back of the room.

"I should I realised by now, how pushy you can be, Yuna," Baralai sighed out loud.

"Hey," Yuna giggled as she continued to drag him along. "I like to call it decisiveness, something which you clearly lack in."

"I just like to think about all my options," Baralai responded in his defence.

"Hey Baralai," and "How are you Baralai?" were the greetings that the Yevonite received from his fellow female Al Bhed peers as he passed by them. Baralai was glad he was receiving some nice words. He had felt so out of place when he first entered the room, the silence had disturbed him. Luckily enough for Baralai, Yuna was there to break the silence, everyone seemed to be continuing on with whatever they happened to be doing.

Unfortunately for Baralai, he could feel the bad vibes that were present from his presence. There were definitely cold eyes directed at him and all the youth could do was to ignore them.

"You sit, here," Yuna instructed. "And I'll take the seat behind you."

"Okay, mom," Baralai couldn't help but to say those words. A collection of giggles and chuckles escaped the mouths of the Al Bhed around them and at the same time it seemed to be breaking the tension.

Yuna became very mothering towards Baralai after Baralai's mother departed from the world. Baralai was still very reluctant to speak about her death; it was blatantly clear to those who loved Baralai, that he had still not mourned her death. No one knew what Baralai had witnessed that night of her untimely death. No one knew of his inner anguish and maybe, no one ever would know, as he seemed to hide it very well.

Yuna hugged him from behind, planting a soft kiss into the middle of his hair after which she rested her chin against. Her arms possessively wrapped around his neck.

Baralai's hazel eyes transfixed onto the table, no clear expression was held on his face. He felt a coaxing rub on his chest.

"Yunie," A girl cried excitingly. "Why didn't you tell me you were going to join this class?"

"Rikku," Yuna smiled, her head tilted to the right. Her left cheek remained on Baralai's hair. "I guess I wanted to keep it a surprise plus B wanted to certify everything first. You know my B."

"Ooh, I'm so glad," Rikku squealed. "By the way this sitting across from Baralai is my boyfriend Gippal."

"Hi Gippal," Yuna greeted cheerfully.

Gippal at that present time was in a state of shock. His mind wouldn't register any movement and sound apart from his. His eye just wouldn't budge from staring at the front of the classroom. He couldn't even bring himself to look at the source of his strange actions.

'Stop acting stupid Gippal!" Gippal exclaimed mentally. 'This isn't like you.'

"Gippal, stop being rude and say hello," Rikku screeched into the young man's ears.

Gippal just managed to gain his composure. He first gave his girlfriend an extremely filthy look followed by a muffled greeting to the brunette.

"Ah Gippal," Rikku hugged tightly. "You can be so sweet."

"Get off me," Gippal spoke with clenched teeth. 'Who would have thought Rikku would snap me out of…it."

Yuna let her hold over Baralai go when she noticed their teacher enter the classroom. "Rikku," she giggled at her cousin's behaviour. "Our tutor has entered the classroom. You've got to behave now. B you okay?"

Baralai who was content in just staring at the table below him responded with a soft nod. 'I shouldn't have done this.' He pondered. 'But there is no other way. I have to do this. I have to unite Spira, whatever the cost.' Baralai looked upwards so that he could proceed on with the lesson that would change his life forever.

During the lesson

'No,' Gippal scolded to himself. 'Stop it Gips.' His one and only functioning eye, kept betraying him. He couldn't control the quick glances to the white haired youth that sat to the left of him.

'Breathe Gippal,' He kept telling himself. 'Take a deep breath and remember this is probably a really bad dream.' Gippal's inhalation of air was a little too loud as he soon realised, when he received some odd looks from his fellow peers. Rikku let out a soft giggle at his action.

Gippal's eye deceived him once again when it shifted its glance onto the Yevonite. 'Gippal,' he reprimanded at his behaviour. 'Why does he have to be so easy on the eye?'

The feisty Al Bhed then tried to divert his attention onto something he thought he would never do in his entire life; the lesson. Gippal was indeed a clever guy it just seemed to go unnoticed, as he paid no attention to the teacher's words or as he liked to call it; their pathetic ramblings.

"Nhadala is so boring," he mused to himself. 'Does she have an off button?"

Suddenly the cutest little sneeze interrupted his thoughts and he immediately directed his attention to the location of the sneeze. It being Gippal's lucky day, turned out to be the white haired Yevonite that was tormenting his insides.

'Did he just sneeze? Because that was one girly sneeze, mind you, it was cute…Gippal,' He continued to fight with himself.

Gippal couldn't help but to watch the hazel eyed youth rub his nose on a handkerchief which he withdrew from his pocket. He watched as the Yevonite tenderly and carefully dealing with the problem.

'Gippal, you've got to think of something that will erase your mind of this Yevonite scum with a really good rear," his mind rapidly tried to conjure up ideas to delete the young man from his thoughts. 'Machina…nah… Rikku…rather think about the Yevonite hottie… Gippal! Focus here... Nooj…hmm…it's helping. Nooj and Leblanc…I think we are onto a winner here…Leblanc equals Noojie Woojie.'

Gippal had no idea that he was snickering out loud. 'Noojie Woojie," he whispered and chuckled. 'I've got to make sure I'm the first person to send them a toaster when they get married,' Gippal mentally noted. He then shifted his body trying to make himself more comfortable in the seat he was in and he did this by stretching out his body; but as he stretched his arms forward he accidentally knocked over one if his pens.

"Cred (Shit)," he whispered. He instantly bent his body down to retrieve the pen but as he went down he noticed that there was already a hand wrapped around his pen. A beautifully bronzed hand. Gippal brought his head up only to face the man who was causing him mental turmoil.

"Here, you dropped this," The Yevonite said softly and clearly. Baralai's soft brown eyes engulfed Gippal as they met his eye. The eye contact that was made between the two men remained for period of seconds yet to Gippal it had felt like a lifetime.

"Dryhgc (Thanks)," Gippal managed to mutter. Gippal's left hand reached out for the pen, the tips of his fingers brushed gently against the tanned young man's hand as he retrieved his possession.

"Edc ugyo (Its okay)," Baralai responded causing Gippal to show a rather puzzled expression. Baralai then turned his attention back to his studies.

'So he speaks Al Bhed,' Gippal noted with a smirk. 'How interesting!'

Baralai walked out the classroom smiling, his heart felt strangely giddy. It was the most intoxicating feeling and yet he didn't know where this feeling came from or did he?

"You Yevonite," A voice cried. Baralai's instinct knew it was directed towards him. He turned to face the voice.

"What do you think your doing joining an Al Bhed class?" The mo-hawked Al Bhed asked.

"I'm trying to unite Spira and to do so I must know about all the races that live on it," Baralai replied in a firm tone.

"Spira will never be united and for all we know you could be using the Al Bhed ancestry to destroy us," the mo-hawked Al Bhed retaliated.

Before Baralai could say anything Yuna barged in. "Brother, I can't believe your acting like this, especially since I'm your cousin and I'm half Yevonite."

"Yuna, stay out this, this is none of your business," Brother uncontrollably yelled. This made Baralai's insides boil, no one spoke to Yuna like that and it didn't matter to him that he was her cousin.

"Would you just shut up, Brother? Nobody here gives a damn what you think," a young male voice said nearby.

"Gippal," Brother cried in a shocked tone. "Are you on this Yevonites Side?"

"Gippal," Rikku couldn't contain her smile.

"You shut up," he yelled at Rikku before she could say anything further. "And Brother, you better shut up because all you're yelling is giving me a headache." Gippal's arms were flying everywhere.

"You know what, you can all shut up," Gippal continued to yell. His eyes then briefly made contact with Baralai's concerned ones and that just caused the sparks in Gippal to explode. "You all better shut up that's unless you want a bloody nose." With those last threatening words Gippal quickly turned and strode off followed by an ever bubbly Rikku.

"Gippal," she cried after.

"I said shut up," Gippal shouted back.

Meanwhile the rest of the student body in that area seemed to remain still and dared not to utter one word until they were sure that Gippal was no longer in hearing range.

Brother scratched his head. "I've never seen him act like that…ever." Brother then walked off in dazed manner as he still seemed to be confused about Gippal's outburst.

"Did that just happen?" Yuna asked bemused.

Baralai didn't seem to take any notice; his eyes were transfixed on the spot where the Al Bhed had stood. The Al Bhed had pretty much saved him from what could have turned into an ugly encounter. 'Gippal, so that's his name,' Baralai smiled to himself as his heart continued to beat erratically.

Sort of Flashback

Baralai had first taken notice to blonde haired one-eyed male in the classroom when he was sure he heard the male say "Noojie-Woojie." The long legged blonde seemed to find those set of words rather amusing. Baralai wanted to laugh with the male but part of him was too scared to. He then remembered where he had heard those words before. Nooj, the student body president and when someone thinks of Nooj they tended to follow that thought process to Nooj's ever devoted girlfriend Leblanc. 'Wait a minute, Leblanc's nickname for Nooj is Noojie-Woojie.'

Baralai managed to contain his laughter, 'Why would he be thinking of something like that when he's supposed to be listening to the tutor?' Baralai mused over. 'He seems like a fun guy…kind of attractive…I mean he must be every father's nightmare with those smouldering look. I'm not saying I'm attracted to him…that's absurd. Wait a minute I don't have to justify myself to myself.'

Baralai's mini argument with himself was interrupted when he witnessed the blonde's pen being knocked onto the ground. Baralai did the first thing that popped into his head; he went down to retrieve the pen.

As he came up, his eyes came into contact with the blonde's jeans. 'What am I going to say? I have to say something.' Baralai felt his heart beat increase, his eyes soften and palms start to sweat. Baralai just managed to control the next set of words that escaped his mouth, "Here, you dropped this."

'Great going Baralai,' Baralai sarcastically thought. Baralai held out the Al Bhed's pen. The Al Bhed's one eye intensely glared into Baralai's own eyes. The golden haired youth then took the pen from Baralai's hand, his finger tips brushed against Baralai's skin causing Baralai's cheeks to heat. 'Thank goodness for my dark skin or he would have seen me blush,' Baralai thanked his luck. 'Wait a minute, I think he thanked me in Al Bhed, I better say something back or I'll look incredibly rude.'

"Edc ugyo," Baralai hastily said and turned to face the front of the classroom. 'Great he probably thinks I'm some weirdo.' Baralai dared not to look in the blonde's direction for the remainder of the lesson.

End of sort of Flashback

'I don't think he likes me,' Baralai sighed awkwardly. Baralai had never met someone with that much energy and pizzazz. For the first time in Baralai's life…Baralai could see colour. The feisty Al Bhed seemed to light the room with his golden locks and bring energy to things that seemed to be so lifeless. 'What is wrong with me? Why do I care about what he thinks about me? Why do I feel so strange? What's going on?'

"B, Are you okay?" Yuna asked. "You look…different.'

Baralai gave no reply and swiftly walked down the halls without looking back at Yuna.

"This is hilarious," the long haired brunette smiled.

"It's not funny, Nooj," Gippal protested. "You better give me some good advice to tackle this situation and quick. I just lost that hound dog Rikku and if she picks up my scent I'm doomed.

"There is nothing I can do or say," Nooj closed his locker. "You've got it bad.'

"I know I'll just ignore him," Gippal blurted. "That way nothing can happen."

"Ignoring him isn't going to help," Nooj adjusted his glasses. "You'll just end up lusting over him and that's not healthy especially for someone like you."

"What else can I do?" Gippal frustratingly spoke whilst banging his fist against the locker nearby.

"What's wrong with him?" A new voice arose into the conversation.

"He's in love," Nooj laughed and kissed the cheek of his flamboyant girlfriend.

"Love, that's great," Leblanc giggled. "Who's the lucky girl? Let me guess Rikku. Didn't I tell you she'd be perfect for you?"

"It isn't a girl," Nooj informed her.

"Oooh…um…okay…Buddy," She guessed wildly. "He's kind of cute…in an Al Bhed kind of way."

"No," Nooj nodded horizontally whilst Gippal banged his head against the locker.

"Umm…Guy, Yuo, Bray," she blurted out randomly.

"No, no and no," Nooj chuckled at her radial guesses.

"Who the hell is it? Don't tell me it's Brother?" she asked in a disgusted voice.

"Eteud (Idiot)," Gippal yelled his anger. "Tuh'd syga se jused (Don't make me vomit)."

"I'll take that as a no," Leblanc presumed from Gippal's reaction. ""Then who is it?"

"What do you know his lover boy is in sight," Nooj told his girlfriend. Leblanc frantically looked around the hallway in hopes to catch a glimpse of the one who had won over Gippal's heart.

"Well, they've got to be pretty good looking to catch this ones eye," Leblanc stated as she continued to look around frantically.

"Look let's just forget this and Nooj, remind me never to share anything with you again," Gippal angrily spoke.

"Nope still can't see him," Leblanc said ignoring Gippal's words. "This Al Bhed is got to be hottie."

"That's where your wrong, my dear," Nooj enlightened her. "It's a Yevonite."

"A Yevonite," Leblanc couldn't contain her voice's pitch.

"Shhhh," Gippal tried to hush her with gritted teeth. His eye was burning with fury and embarrassment.

"Oh my," Leblanc whispered. "But Gippal hates Yevonites."

"Well you don't say," Gippal said sarcastically.

"Oh Gippal," they heard a voice cry.

"Cred. Dna ruiht tik ryc vuiht sa, (Shit. The hound dog has found me)," Gippal cried. "You two better keep your noses out of this."

Those were Gippal last words before he hastily retreated from the scene so he couldn't get an annoying talk by his so called girlfriend Rikku.

"So you think our little Gippal has fallen in love, for real?" Leblanc questioned her beau.

"Oh I'm sure," Nooj replied with an intensity of certainty.

"How can you be so sure?" Leblanc questioned him further.

"Because he has the symptoms," Nooj answered easily.

"Will we be intervening in this relationship?" Leblanc smiled wickedly.

"Of course," Nooj returned the smile. "It's only right, since Gippal brought us together."

"I like the way you think;" Leblanc grinned and then bit her lip. "But however we have a problem; how do we know if this guy is interested guys never mind Gippal?"

"That's were a little sneaking around comes into play," Nooj responded.

"GIPPAL," a fast approaching Rikku shrieked.

"Where is he?" she asked the loving couple in a violent tone. The two lovebirds pointed in the direction that they had seen Gippal run.

"Poor Rikku," Leblanc sighed as she watched the girl in her rampage for her man.

"Well he would have dumped her eventually regardless of the situation," Nooj honestly said.

"Yeah but still," Leblanc winced. "Anyway, who is this guy he's crunching over?"

SBQ: I hope that was good enough. I've been really ill as of lately so it may not be top notch. I'm sorry I left so many question unanswered but they will be explained in later chapters. Also I'm sorry of OCness of some characters.

Baralai: Shouldn't you apologise for the long update!

Gippal: It's obvious I'm in love with Baralai so where's my nookie???

Squall: Dude, is that all you think of?

Seifer: Like you're to talk we bone every night!

SBQ: Now, now Bishies let's try and keep this G rated. Gippal you may know of your love but Baralai is still confused by his feelings.

Gippal: I want my nookie!

SBQ: Here have a cookie!

Gippal: Munches on cookie

Tidus: Queenie is going to introduce Paine, Shuyin, Lenne and that loser Seymour in the next chapter.

SBQ: I need a bad guy so let's pick on Seymour.

Cloud: Makes a fart noise SEYMOUR!!!

Everyone: Laughs at Seymour

SBQ: Please read and review!