Hey guys! Music for this chapter... I'm not sure... Anything I supposed. The music is only for some chapters, special ones! You'll be seeing a lot soon... you after this chapter! Oh but one more thing, I re-wrote the scene where Paine, Baralai, Nooj, and Gippal meet.

Lost Redemption...

Chapter 3

Paine flipped the letter over in her hands, looking around her small home. The letter she had, was a letter of acceptance, to come to training, if she completed that, she would go on and be a formal member. Paine had another letter too, the crusader Manami, had kept in contact with Paine until she moved too Djose, just to check up on her. Unfortunately after she moved to Djose Manami stopped, until now, Manami sent a hopeful letter of Spira being free from Sin, because daughter of Lord Braska was begging her pilgrimage. Paine wanted to beat Yuna to it, so she wouldn't have to die... If she could maybe hers and Yuna's paths could cross again... But after how she had changed, she wasn't sure she wanted to see her old friend again.

Paine was allowed to pack all she wanted for Crimson Squad training, but all she wanted was Manami's letter. Paine scanned the room again, just in case she would need anything else she would need, but see concluded Manami's letter, would give her reason to go on, and that was all she needed.

The boat ride to Bikanle was long and tiresome, and the crusaders were equally agitated, they had been assigned to sign up future members of the Crimson Squad, when they should be helping with the new operation they were planning. So all the while they were groaning about being in Bikanle helping another squad get set up. When Paine came to the front of the line, a crusader glared angrily. "Where's your letter?" he asked in between whines to the crusader next to him. Paine held out the letter and the crusader looked it over carefully. "You've bee assigned a recorder for team six. Supplies are in your camp. Next!" He grumbled and went back to his whining as Paine looked around the camps, she found the one with a sign that said six in front, and began walking toward it.

It had three small tents, and that was it. As Paine drew nearer she saw an Al-Bhed man, relaxing he just seemed to be enjoying the sun. Paine sighed in disgust, and cleared her throat; the man opened his eyes, and examined the new comer. "Team six?" Paine asked just now noticing the man had and eye patch on, he jumped up.

"Yep. I assume you are too." He said eyeing her more carefully. Paine only nodded; his close examination of her was making her really want to hit him... hard! "Good... I'm the team captain, Gippal, nice to meet ya."

"Paine." Was all she said, she didn't to give away too much about herself to Gippal, he seemed like he wasn't being at all serious.

"Captain? You aren't captain." A soft, but annoyed, voice from inside one of the tents said as another man stepped out, "I'm Baralai, pleased to meet you..." he looked over Paine too, but not as discreetly as Gippal had, which was a relief to her.

"Hey..." Gippal said in a sultry tone, "Baralai looks like we lucked out then..." he offered a devilish smile.

"What?" Baralai asked confused, he frowned at Gippal was again eyeing Paine.

"We got a woman on our team..." Paine's red eyes darkened as she took a few steps toward Gippal. She cleared her expression so he wouldn't back off at site of how mad she was. When she was directly in front of him she gave a small fake smile, he looked pretty pleased with himself. Paine locked Gippal's gaze with her own so he wouldn't notice that she was drawing back her fist, finally when he was completely distracted, WHAM! She punched him as hard as she could.

Baralai chuckled at site of Gippal's downfall. Gippal glared at him, then looked back at Paine attempting to regain his 'charm'. "Paine... Understand my thinking here–"he was cut off when Paine grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"No, you understand mine, next remark like that and I'll–"

"Is this how a team should act?" No one had seen him enter, but there was yet another man standing in the entrance. "I'm Nooj captain of this team." Paine sighed and threw Gippal to the ground.

"But he..." She began but Nooj held up a hand to silence her.

"I don't want to hear it, you're the recorder, correct?" Paine nodded, "Good." Nooj looked around the camp, as did Gippal, who seemed to be just now noticing there where only three tents.

"I call sharing a tent with Paine!" he yelled out of the blue.

"I have a better idea." Paine said eyeing Gippal, who looked a little worried that Paine was about to propose hurting him. "Every person gets their own tent..."

Gippal didn't really understand, but evidently Nooj and Baralai did, "There are only three tents! How can everyone sleep on their own?"

"Sorry Gippal, I said every person gets their own tent, and it's clear to me that you aren't a person... you're an annoying pest!" Gippal still didn't get it. "You're sleeping outside because you're an idiot! Get it through your thick head!" Paine glared at him.

"Hey no fair! That's not your decision! Nooj!" Gippal looked up at Nooj and Baralai waiting for support.

"I agree with Paine." Nooj said calmly, "Now if you'll excuse me, it's been a long trip long trip, I'm turning in." Nooj disappeared inside the largest of the tents.

"Yeah, I had a long trip from Djose..." Paine said, as she turned to enter her own tent.

"Bevelle is a long way from here too, might as well..." Baralai went into his own tent; he wasn't really tired; he just wanted to annoy Gippal.

"G'night guys! Thanks for keeping me company!" Gippal yelled sarcastically so they all could hear him. "You're real pals!" He continued, adding more sarcastic comments to his chain.

"Shut up Gippal!" Paine threw a large rock out of the door of her tent.

"Yeesh! Somebody's grumpy!" that was the last straw, Paine came out of her tent holding her sword, she swung it so the skull just above the hilt of the sword hit him in the back of the neck. He was out cold. "I hope that hurt..." Paine mused aloud. She looked down at him then to her sword, no blood; Gippal would just have a rather large lump when he woke up. She smiled pleased with herself, that would surely be the last time Gippal bothered her. She went back inside her tent, just now noticing the sphere recorder and numerous transparent spheres next to it. Recorder... I've never recorded a sphere before, well, there's a first time for everything...

-Chapter 3 Complete-

Well, chapter 3... Sorry for the shortness! I didn't intend for there too much to any humor in this story and there really isn't much... But you can't have a serious story if Gippal is one of the characters, I'm not sure how many chapters of this story will be about Paine's Crimson Squad days... The main focus of the story is after the game... I donno! I'll get it all figured out later! Note: Gippal is NOT dead!