A/N:

Omachido-sama deshita!

Thank you for pointing out that Zanar was a crossdresser, Noir Kitsune. XD

If you like LuluxSeymour fics, you should check out Scorns of Time and Christmas in Bevelle, neither of which are mine, but are my favorites.If we review, maybe they'll update! And by the way, Zanar does train the dog fiends as well as flans and fish and elements and......you get the point. I absolutely adore LuluXSeymour fics, so make em people!

Or my muse Zoicyte will smite (ish) you with one of her funny cherry blossom crystal attacks.....Not really, but I reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllly want more LuluxSeymour fics, Drama, Humor,Angst, you name it. There used to be a funny one on ,but it seems to be missing..... In fact, I love LuluXSeymour fics so much I'll accept any of the other weird pairings involved. (ie: AuronxRikku, WakkaTidusYuna.....)

Thanks Kitsune! By the way, I will personally respond to reviewers who raise my morale!

I own Zanar. That is it. I can translate Al bhed as well, which I don't own. That is really it this time.

And again, Shinjustsu!

Chapter 2

Riynd Pniygin

"Whoah..."

After Wakka had so aptly stated Lulu's thoughts exactly, there was an awkward silence.

"So, you're really a girl, ya?"

Lulu looked at Wakka in confusion. What else could Zanar be?

He caught the glance. "I mean, you're not an Al Bhed or anything, too?"

Lulu crossed her arms. An Al Bhed man standing in the corner glared at Wakka.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that-" He quickly amended.

Zanar smiled thinly.

"No, I'm just a girl."

Lulu's eyes caught the veins, small though they were, running under Zanar's eyes like tear tracks.

Zanar stood still, waiting for more questions, but Lulu caught the look in her light blue eyes.

"Shall we retire?" Lulu asked.

Wakka complied, although it was obvious there was a lot more he wanted to say.

They proceeded to the counter.

"Welcome." The innkeeper bowed slightly. "You will be staying?"

"Yes. Our friends will be joining us tomorrow as well." Lulu responded.

She felt Zanar shift nervously to her right.

"The summoner and guardians?" The inkeeper asked.

Lulu nodded. The inkeeper jotted down a number on her guestbook.

"That will be 15,000 gil for a prolonged stay."

Lulu looked over at Wakka, who looked back at her.

Neither of them had more than 2,000 gil at the current time.

Zanar offered a bag of money."Here."

Neither of the guardians protested as the inkeeper shifted through the bag, counting out a large pile.

She handed the remainder of the still quite full bag back to Zanar.

Wakka proceeded to the rooms, apparently deciding that since Zanar was a girl, Lulu would be safe.

Lulu moved to follow. Zanar picked up her coat and walked past the Al Bhed man.

"Rymvmehk pedlr." He hissed.

She turned to face him.

"Nylecd pycdynt." She sneered.

The man was momentarily taken aback.

He quickly recovered with a murmur that made Lulu take in a sharp breath.

"Rusifnilgin."

Zanar shrugged it off.

"E's y Riynd Pniygin duu."

The man had no more to say.

Zanar started forward. In the hallway she ran into Lulu.

"Did you hear-!" Zanar's normally emotionless eyes widened with fright.

Lulu put a finger to her lips and nodded.

"I doubt the others will be so compassionate about this." Lulu whispered, lest Wakka come out suddenly and hear their conversation. Zanar put her coat back on.

"Who are your friends?" She whispered nervously.

"A Ronso, The former guardian of High Summoner Braska-"

Here she stopped. Auron had indeed come back a few months after his official death, simply walking into Besaid one day. She shook her head. The truth behind sendings would have to wait.

"-The daughter of Braska, A blitzball player from the Zanarkand Abes..."

She stopped again. Yuna had prayed and summoned at many temples, and eventually, Tidus had also returned.

"-and an Al Bhed girl, daughter of Cid."

Zanar's pale eyes widened.

Wakka opened the door of his room. "Come on in, you two! I wanna talk to you, okay?"

Lulu walked towards the room, Zanar close behind.

As soon as they entered, Wakka shut the door.

"Hey Zanar, you ever been in a place like this?"

Zanar shook her head.

"Didn't think so. Go ahead and take off your coat, ya? It's gonna get too hot in here with that on."

Zanar attempted to take her coat off, but the sleeve snagged on her glove.

Lulu reached over to help her, but Wakka intervened. "Might as well take off those too."

Zanar looked up at Wakka. He looked back, mildly confused.

"It is probably for the best after all." Lulu assured her.

Zanar began to remove her gloves, eyes down and hands clenched into fists once the gloves were off.

"You angry or sumthin?" He looked at her quizically.

"No..."

Then why your hands all bunched up like dat?"

She lifted her hands and opened them.

The long fingers and nails were immediately noticed.

"A Guado! Lu, You brought back a guado?!"

Lulu stepped in front of Wakka, shielding Zanar from him.

"Wakka, calm down-"
"Calm down? Calm Down?!"

"Wakka, She is much more adept in both weaponry and magic than you are. Don't you remember how she caught the ball in one hand?"

"She's a Guado! We have to take her out!"

"I'm only half Guado.." Zanar said lowly.

"What's your other half then?!" Wakka fumed.

"Human...." The reply was meek and small.

"Wakka, apologize right now! She's just a girl!"

"Apologize?! To that thing?"

Zanar made no movement behind Lulu's expansive dress.

"Wakka, I'm warning you..."

"You don't get it, Lu! She can't stay! We have to get rid of her!"

"If you truly wish to fight, you will have to fight her and all of her fiends, alone."

Lulu's tone was laced with ice.

"I don't believe you! Bringing that thing in here! You've gone crazy, Lu!!"

"I may be a thing to you, but I am a seventeen year old halfling with nowhere to go."

Zanar's voice regained some courage as she spoke.

Wakka glared at Zanar. "I don't care! You either leave, or be killed!"

Lulu raised her hand in motion of a casting. She was the angriest he had ever seen her.

"How dare you! How DARE you!

If you don't cool down this instant, Wakka, I will literally cool you down myself!"

A small patch of ice began to twirl around Lulu's fingers.

The door opened.

Auron entered the room.

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I love my endings.... For those of you keeping track....

Zanar: Crossdressing Guado/Human fiend trainer who fights with both magic and weaponry, can speak Al Bhed, Has a fascination with Basilisks/Anaconduars, and is rich. Phwee. And there's still more to come..

If you can translate Al Bhed, there's two of the three verses used in a popular song here...tell me what they are and I'll dedicate the next chapter to you! I might even use some of your ideas in it, so give me some thoughts! Not that I'm running dry, but it would be more amusing to see what you guys have to say.

Inaya no jishou,

Zoicyte