A/N: Wow, I mentioned the pairings in the summary and people took it for more than I meant them to. It was only there for the people who complain when you leave someone unpaired. The focus of the story will be on Baralai and I-wonder-who. The others will mostly be little insinuations; I wasn't even planning on putting so much Tidus/Yuna but it sneaked itself in.

To everybody: Thanks for all the reviews. I am very grateful.

And to moogle: Whoa, sorry if I offended you. Please do continue, I always appreciate your comments.

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Chapter 6:

Danielle's brain didn't seem to be working to well, she barely registered Yuna's greeting. Seeing the confused look on Danielle's face, Yuna continued introducing everybody to her, "Let's see, that's Shinra, Buddy, Brother, Rikku, Gippal, Baralai, Nooj, Paine, and Tidus, oh and Barkeep's in the kitchen."

"Um… hello?" When you were expecting harsh treatment and instead got this, it could kind of unbalance you. The names had gone right through her head without a backward glance. The group was still smiling at her, waiting for something. "I'm… uh… Danielle," she added.

"Nice to meet you, Danielle," Yuna said, holding out her hand. Danielle took it and allowed Yuna to shake it vigorously.

"Is Mish Danielle hungry?" asked a strange voice as someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and screamed. A short bluish thing was standing in front of her. What the hell was that thing? "Is the Mish alright?" She looked around, nobody else seemed surprised to see it, just surprised by her scream. Now that she thought about it, it kind of reminded her of something out of Star Wars or Star Trek.

"Food would be great," she finally replied. She could handle the little blue man if she just didn't think about it. Yuna slid over so Danielle could sit at the table. The others were still staring at her, so she asked the question that was floating through her head persistently, "Where the hell am I?"

The people had a quick silent discussion and apparently elected Yuna to answer her. "Well," said Yuna, trying to think on the fly, "this is Spira. We're … um… kind of in a different world, or universe, from your home. And this airship is the Celsius."

Danielle decided that was another thing it was best not to dwell on. Barkeep brought her a plate of food and she thanked him. She knew the logical follow-up to her question would be who were these people, or how did she get here, but she really didn't want to know the answer, so instead she dug her fork into the food and chewed the eggs thoughtfully. They tasted a bit strange, though not bad. She was concentrating so hard on her food she didn't notice the glances the others were sharing over her head. They were all surprised at her lack of curiosity or even concern for her situation.

When she was finished the blonde girl (Rikku?) stood up, "Here, Danielle, I'll show you the bathroom, and I'll try to find some clothes for you." Danielle looked down, just now noticing she was still in her pajama bottoms and an old t-shirt.

"Sure, that would be great," she replied and followed Rikku out of the room.

As soon as she left the room the others let their breath out, not even noticing they'd been holding it. "Wow, that was strange," Tidus commented. "You would think she'd ask more questions than that."

"I think she's in shock," Paine pointed out. "You know, she's trying to keep herself detached from this whole thing. Once she finally realizes what has happened she'll probably freak.

"Well we're going to have to find a way to explain something to her, despite what a great job Yuna just did," Gippal said sarcastically.

Rikku returned to the room and informed them the only thing she found out was that Danielle was 17.

The nice blonde girl, Rikku, had led her to the bathroom and left some clothes for her to change into. Danielle stepped out of the shower and dried herself off, then reached for the pile of clothing. As she picked one of the items up she realized there was not much material there, but she just shrugged and put on the bikini top, thong, and tiny skirt, similar to what Rikku herself was wearing. She walked back into the common room and everybody turned to stare at her. This could get really annoying if they did this every time she entered a room.

They must have planned out what they were going to say because they all took turns telling the story of two lovers, Shuyin and Lenne, caught in a "machina" (whatever that was) war a thousand years ago, and of their death. They then went on to tell her how Lenne had disappeared but Shuyin's spirit had remained, to plague Spira with something called Vegnagun. They explained the recent fiasco with Shuyin's spirit possessing people to try to use Vegnagun and how he had been stopped, but not destroyed.

Up till this point she had been listening with an air of skepticism, and some confusion, but now she became very doubtful of their story when they tried to explain how she was Lenne, and the only one who could stop Shuyin. She decided these people were crazy, their whole story made no sense. Of course, previously she thought inter-world travel was impossible, and obviously this was not Earth, so who was she to determine what was possible or not.

After storytime was over three of the men, two of which she recognized as her kidnappers, were let off at different stops and only the "gullwings" were left. They didn't try to explain anymore that night, though Rikku told her some things about Spira and its people, all of which just confused her more. They had set up one of the guest rooms for her and she was tired enough to go to bed immediately after dinner. But sitting in the dark waiting for sleep it finally hit her she was in a different world, as inconceivable as that was. She'd been kidnapped, had no way to return home, and without her kidnappers she'd be stranded in a strange world. She cried silently as she tried to make sense of all that had happened.

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A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. This is the first weekend I haven't been too tired to update. I'm also having trouble writing this part. I know where I want to go with the story, but getting there… Plus it's hard to know how to write somebody in this situation because nobody has personal experience with it.