Final Fantasy: A Ronin's Love

Chapter 2: A Promising Blitzer

Author's Note: All Characters appearing in Final Fantasy X and X-2 are the property of SquareEnix and Hironobu Sakaguchi. All additional characters are the property of sut69. This Fan Fiction is for entertainment purposes only and I will make no money from it in any way.

Feedback: This is my first Fanfic so please feel free to offer any suggestions etc you may have for me. Keep in mind that I imagine this work will not be perfect in any shape or form due to my inexperience, so please try to make any criticisms constructive.

Type: Action/Adventure/Romance.

Rating: PG-13

Foreword: This story takes place 3 years after the events of Final Fantasy X-2 and the defeat of Vegnagun. Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Brother, Buddy and Shinra still make up the Gullwings. Presently, the Sphere hunters have just arrived in Besaid for a break.

Chapter 2: A Promising Blitzer

"Ooooh, he's grown so much since I last saw him" exclaimed Yuna upon seeing Vidina, Wakka's young child, toddling over to her as she entered Besaid Village, accompanied by the other Gullwings. This was the first time she had seen Vidina since his birth three years ago, and couldn't hide her surprise at how much he now looked like Wakka. His bright orange hair was held in a spiked position by an identical blue bandana to his father's, the likeness further enhanced by the Aurochs uniform that had been specially made for him. To finish off the similarities, a Blitzball rested under one arm and a large grin lined the boy's face.

Wow, he really does take after his dad. I wonder if he has any of Lulu's traits?

Sure enough, as Vidina neared Yuna, she noticed his face appeared more delicate than Wakka's chiselled features. Now he was up close, Yuna could see a lot more of the Black Mage's features in him.

"Hello old lady, are you my aunty Yuna?" quizzed the boy.

"Ahh, I'm not that old. I'm only 22 y'know. That's not old is it?" Yuna replied with more than a little worry.

"Hmm, I don't know. You looked pretty rusty on that last mission Yuna. Age must be catching up with you" Paine quipped. "What do you think Rikku?"

"What, me?" the blonde Al Bhed chipped in. "I don't know, I think Yuna moved quite well for someone as OLD as she is."

"You're mean, you two. You don't really think I'm old… Er, do you?"

"Heh heh" was the only reply she received.

"What are you saying! Yuna is not old. She is beautiful and young. You do not know what you are saying" said an incensed Brother, madly flapping his arms and jumping around in a state of near insanity.

"We'd better quiet down, or we'll set him off" whispered Paine.

"Yeah, that's the last thing we need. Another lecture by Brother on how BEAUTIFUL and LOVELY and PERFECT Yuna is."

 God, he's just a lecherous pervert. Idiot. Why can't Yuna see that? She's clueless sometimes. Poor girl.

"HEY, everybody" a familiar voice shouted from inside the village. "You gonna stand there all day like a load of strangers? Long time, no see ya"

"Sorry Wakka, Yuna's getting paranoid about her age. We had to calm her down before she went insane" joked Rikku.

"Heh heh, you shouldn't be worrying about your age ya. I'm still young and I've got a family. Look at Vidina now, he's growing up real strong ya? Wakka said proudly. "He's gonna make a hell of a blitzer when he grows up".

Yuna glanced at the small boy, now kicking his Blitzball across the village. "He's the spitting image of his dad, I wonder if he'll be as good as you with a Blitzball"

Wakka felt the blood go to his face at the praise of his skills. "Hah, it won't take much to surpass me as a Blitzer, ya. If he gets anywhere as good as Chappu, he'll have me beat."

"Don't play yourself down Wakka. I saw you play 5 years ago, and I must say you were pretty good" Paine said calmly. The others could only stare at Paine for a moment, not able to say anything. The stoic warrior was not one for complimenting people, even the people she was close to.

Rikku was the one to break the silence, "Er… are you OK Paine?" A mock concerned look on her young face, "That sounded to me like you just gave someone a compliment".

"Bite me!" Paine retorted swiftly. "I was merely saying that Wakka was the best player of that Aurochs squad, and they beat every team in Spira. Surely he has a decent amount of skill with a Blitzball, otherwise he wouldn't have accomplished that."

"Yeah Wakka, you're better than you admit. The kid couldn't have anyone better to teach him" agreed Rikku, giving the retired Aurochs captain a playful elbow in the stomach.

Wakka thought for a moment, "I suppose you have a point, but that was a team effort, ya. Not to mention we had the best blitzer in Zanarkand."

"That's our Wakka, modest as always. We wouldn't have you any other way now would we" Yuna said thoughtfully.

Wakka's mention of Tidus had brought Yuna's thoughts to rest on her lover. Nowadays though, Yuna had adopted a much more positive outlook on Tidus, often thinking of him when she felt down. The image of him in her mind soothed her and gave her renewed spirit. Over the past year or so, a much happier Yuna had emerged and she now rivalled Rikku for sheer cheerfulness.

Wakka's voice brought her out of her daydream, "Come on. Its starting to get late, ya. I'm hungry, and you haven't even seen Lulu and the Aurochs yet. Datto's getting married soon you know, he's been disappointed you haven't visited in such a long time."

"Datto!" exclaimed Rikku, who spent some of her time with the team whilst they were on Besaid previously. "Who'd marry that guy? I'd better go and persuade them to not to sacrifice their life to him, Tee hee" she muttered mischievously as she ran off to find the Aurochs forward.

The rest of the gang followed Wakka and Vidina back to their hut in the centre of Besaid to speak to Lulu and, more importantly to eat. Most of the group hadn't eaten since before lunch and, as the sun was setting over the Besaid beach, couldn't wait to taste some good food.

After the meal that Lulu had made for everyone, the group sat around the fire in the centre of Besaid catching up on what the Gullwings had been up to.

"So Yuna…" Wakka started. "You found anything more about...y'know…him?"

Yuna turned to Wakka, a little startled at first, no-one has asked her about Tidus for a long time now and she herself hadn't thought of the star blitzer lately. Wakka's mention of Tidus outside the village earlier had directed Yuna's thoughts to her departed guardian, but she hadn't expected Wakka to quiz her about it any further.

"I haven't found anything else like that sphere 3 years ago, besides that was Shuyin and not…Tidus" Yuna said, deep in thought. "Truthfully, I haven't really thought about him for a while now, I've been a lot more positive about him lately. When I think about him, it cheers me up now."

Wakka looked pleased "I think that's good ya. Keep your memories of him, but try not to bring yourself down over the guy. We were all sad to lose him ya. Its good to see you happy, it suits you better eh."

Just then, Buddy made his way over. "Erm…Yuna, sorry to interrupt. We got a distress call on the Celsius. Looks like we're gonna have to call this holiday off a bit early."

"It's alright. Who is it from?" Yuna replied, concerned as always for the people of Spira. Even though she was a sphere hunter, she still couldn't stand by and watch people in trouble.

"The message is coming from the Calm Lands. Tobli contacted us and said something came from Remiem Temple and attacked anyone it came across. There are quite a few casualties, and er…some are dead, we should go quickly yeah? Apparently, whatever this thing is, it's making its way towards Gagazet at the moment."

Yuna could only whisper "Oh no…Kimahri."

"Sorry Wakka, we have to go, we'll come back after this OK."

"Can't be helped, you'd better go eh."

With that, Yuna ran after Buddy back to the Celsius, Thoughts racing through her head. What could this thing be? It sounds powerful. I hope I can get to Kimahri before it does.

As the Celsius took off, speeding away from Besaid as fast as it could, a concerned Wakka watched it disappear over the horizon.

Don't get yourself hurt Yuna, be careful ya.

I hope you liked the second chapter, who or what is this mysterious force?

I'm a big fan of Paine by the way, so she is the main character in the later chapters along with a mysterious character who will be revealed later on.

Find out next chapter, and please review if you have any helpful comments on my writing. This is my first proper story so I need all the help I can get. Hopefully, you'll see some improvement by the time I reach the later chapters.

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