Disclaimer: Okay, first of all, small mix up. When I said Hannah in the last chapter I meant Mallory. Sorry, typo! . Okay, now... The only characters that are mine are Connie, her family, her friends, and her family's friends. All the other characters are from FFX, FFX-2, FFVII, and Yu Yu Hackusho. Unless you count the dog and cat's names which are from Kingdom Hearts, the animals are mine, but the names are from Kingdom Hearts. Okay, now chapter 12.

Close Encounters of the FFX Kind!: Chapter 12

It was still an interesting picture to gaze at. Some crowded around Tidus and Shuyin the PS2, others talking, about not much. Mrs. A was asking Grandma Jill about her cookie recipe, and Max was, once again, talking to Aeris. I was beginning to think there was some magnetic attraction between the two, if you know what I mean. Still I had to figure out what I was going to do as far as going to school on Yuna's airship. I had a day to figure it out, but I decided, instead to take Max's advice and relax for a day.

"BOO!" said Rikku as she walked up behind me.

I think I jumped about a foot in the air. She scared me to death. "RIKKU!"

"Sorry, couldn't resist. What 'cha thinking about?" she asked.

"Nothing."

"Hey, me too!"

I blinked a few times, when I realized she wasn't kidding I said, "So, did I miss anything?"

"I think Yuni gave Tidus a black eye... no, wait... it's just blue, so it's okay. Anyway, not not really."

I laughed at Rikku's comment. "Come play a game with me!"

"What are we playing?"

"I don't know yet, but what ever it is we need more than 2 people. Maybe your cousin and Aeris will play with us."

"If we asked, you never know."

"YAY!" Rikku dashed over to my cousin and Aeris and practially screamed, "Lulu and I are gonna play a game! COME PLAY WITH US!" She grabbed Max by the hand and he grabbed Aeris for lack of anything else. She yanked them both out of the couch and back to were I had watched the episode.

"Rikku, I said ASK not FORCE!"

"Oh, okay. You will play right?" she asked showing an irresistible set of puppy dog eyes. They rolled their eyes a little, but eventually agreed. "YAY!" screamed Rikku. "What should we play?"

"Ummm..." we all said in unison.

"Let's play... Monoploplyey!" she said pointing to a box and pronouncing the name wrong.

"Monopoly," I said.

"YEAH! Let's play that."

"That'll take hours," Max complained.

"Oh, come on Max. It'll be fun," said Aeris.

No one else had to say a thing. "Okay. Let's get out the game! I'm the race car!"

"I'm the hat!" I said.

"Ummm... I'm the sword!" said Rikku.

"Rikku, there are no swords. You can be the dog."

"OKAY!"

"And Aeris can be the... checker?" I said pulling one out.

"There are no checkers in Monopoly," said Max.

"There is in this one."

"No, I want to be the... is this a shoe?" she asked.

"Yeah, you be the shoe."

"Okay, so... how do we play?" we got it all set up and finished almost 2 hours later.

"Ha! I win!" said Max. He was the ultimate game player. Video, board, whatever it is he can win at it.

"That was fun. Can we play another game now?"

"Uh," I said sensing that Max and Aeris really didn't want to play another game. "Let's just play checkers. You and me. One on one, okay?" I asked.

"I know how to play that! It's fun!" she said. "Let's play."

"Okay," I waved bye to Max and Aeris and we went through ever game box and wound up having to use the iron from Monopoly to play checkers. Rikku was short one piece.

"So, did Silly tell you?" she asked after we were about half way through the game.

"You mean about the whole going away thing?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah, she told me. Do you like traveling?" I asked.

"Duh! But, I guess I'm used to it. It's basically all I've ever known."

"True," I said. "Stole your King."

"NO FAIR!"

"So, they're all nice?"

"Yeah. Sometimes Yuffie and Shuyin fight, but other than that, it's pretty calm and tame. It's fun!"

I laughed a little. "Yeah, they didn't seem to get a long very well. So, what do you think I should do?"

After a little consideration she said, "I'm not gonna answer that, 'cause I don't wanna say the wrong thing."

"Okay," I said. I think I was slowly starting to make a decision. I just hope it was the right one.