A/n: I don't really have anything to say except that I will continue with my other stories. I kind of feel guilty but then I wanted to write something that was more different from the other ficcies. Okay, yeah I think that's about it.
The other thing is that: Kerri, it's okay. I know what it's like to have a really hard day or week. Don't take it to heart, ok? Okay.
Chapter 2 Tasks
Yuna POV
The three of us set foot into the Clesius. I wasn't sure if that man was onto us, we had taken out the watch cameras but then he could have seen before we had broke all of them down. I was sure that the core was down and the haywire machina were destroyed at the facility but that didn't mean that we were safe and out of danger. As our beings were in the body of the Celsius, it was time for us to take off. Afterwards, we would discuss with questions and where the other cores are. I took a glance down at my suit, I think that it's worn out a bit and so was Paine's and Rikku's. This meant that we would have to take it back to the manufacture from where we got it from. For now, we would have to take them off and discuss whatever was supposed to be fixed.
Dropping our suits in a formative pile that was stacked one of on top of each other. We sat in the control room at the middle metallic counter after taking off and putting the drive to auto-pilot. I was still bothered by the fact of that woman that I had taken an act on. It was just so disturbing. The reason was that, here I am, trying to take down the ZAMS because of the killings and I just happen to do one of those doings too. I sighed in frustration and turn my head to a side where I could see my other companions at the corners of my eyes.
I was not the one who was the first who talk, it was my cousin and I heard the question that I knew was going to come up sooner or later. Yes, it was not comfortable with my ears but then I had to answer. "Do you remember that lady that was on the floor at the database? Do you know who she is, Yunie? Or is she just some person that you came across upon during the time that you were looking for the core room?" I disliked the way that she asked her questions in that kind of matter.
There was a part of me that wanted to tell but then fraction that didn't seemed to be a larger amount and so I resumed on not telling... just yet that is. "Rikku... for sure, I don't know who she is. I just found her but she..." I was going to say that she knew some things about me but how would that be possible if she was dead? "... She, she was dead already when I found her." A section of my brain said that I had to change the subject and so I did. "Besides did you think that is was strange that, that lady had a suit that was similar to ours? How could that be though. If she were to have one of those then she would have known my parents..." Yes, my voice stopped abruptly, I hoped that they didn't noticed but what I said. If she knew my parents... then she would most likely got the suit like that.
Paine decided that she was going to participate in the conversation, "Yes, that could be a possibility but then again how could she? I mean, I thought that the Tight Fusions - back then - was a secretive association. But her suit, if you're saying that anyone could have one like ours?"
She had a point there. If other people had suits like our then it would be hard for us to take down the cores on the ZAMS but that would be impossible. These were things that weren't meant to be handled like a toy. "Paine, yes you could be right but then... I don't really think that could be possible. If people would have then what would be made of the Tight Fusions? If you get what I mean." She nodded and then we turned our attention to Rikku, who's hand was in the air.
"Announcement!" she cried out as if she was in grade school.
Putting my hand to my forehead, I dropped it and let out a little laugh, I knew that the likes of her was going to try to make us cheer up for the better. But otherwise, Paine, she probably thought nothing of it. Yes, and it proved that she was annoyed by her words of "affection". "Rikku, we already gave you the attention, you know, you don't have to let out something like that," Paine muttered in a tone of annoyance.
Rikku didn't drop dead in shame, she laughed out loud and then resumed to whatever she was wanting to say. "Whatever, you should cheer up, Paine. Besides the thing that I was thinking about was Gippal. What do you think he's doing? You know what I think?"
"What?" I asked crossing my legs.
"No, I don't want to know what you think," Paine let out in a sullen voice. She then propped her arm onto the table and put her chin onto her palm that was slightly cupped.
Rikku pouted then opened her mouth to express her words. "Paine, just listen, okay?" The silver haired teen rolled her eyes to express her way of saying, "whatever". "Okay, I just wanted to say that I think that we could have another person on our crew. You know, ever since pops isn't here anymore, we could use another guy on this Celsius of ours. I just wish that he's here."
Looking at the table at the corner of her red eyes Paine spoke in a small voice that we were used to hearing, "Rikku, you know you just miss the guy. I know that you want him here but he said that he was out on mahcina business and we are too, okay? Right now instead of talking about this boyfriend of yours I think that we should be discussing the matters of the other cores which are unfamiliar to us."
I agreed with Paine, but Rikku, I felt pity for her. She missed Gippal being with her but that was the thing that we shouldn't be talking about right now. It was that we had to negotiate the matter of finding the other cores. The cores from which we can take down and destroy the machina under his commands. "So where do you think the others could be? I know that the both of you have no clue but then where could they be?"
Rikku shrugged, depressed that Gippal wasn't there to fool around with her. I was guessing that she didn't want to go all serious and loose herself, the one that liked to have fun. "I dunno," she whispered then her voice spoke up, "maybe someone could help us?"
Paine let out a half laugh, "Yeah, like who?" She paused and then resumed. "It's not like anyone else is brave enough to do business with the machina that went haywire." In a sudden moment she paused and talked once again, "Yet, someone could. You know, it's a bog world out there and everything doesn't seem as it appears."
I nodded. That was true. Just like me, ending that person's life when I appear innocent... "Paine?" She looked towards me and so did Rikku even though I didn't call her. "I was thinking. Maybe there is a client some where who needs help getting in there. Or that they want to destroy the ZAMS, similar to us. Don't you think?"
Rikku leaned back in her chair and let out a whistle for no reason. "Yeah, I think so. But if there was that person, how could we find out who that person is?"
"That's what I'm thinking," Paine mumbled, she sighed afterwards when she couldn't find anything in her head. "Yeah, life is hard at some times. I have no idea." That was the sane for me. Maybe it was just that I was just today was hard on me. That meant that I needed to take a rest and it would be the same for the others too.
"I think that I need a rest," I pointed out. "We've worked hard today and we all three should be able to just settle down and keep our minds off things for awhile." That was my decision, I was going to end the day now, and as for the other two? I didn't know what they had in mind. "Well, I'm off to bed. I'll see you in the morning I suppose." For some reason I didn't want to hear what they had in mind. Maybe the events of today changed me?...
Tidus POV
"Tidus! You bastard, I told you to go accompany your mother when she was supposed to end that Yuna! I should've known not to trust you. How can you let that happen to your mother!" I stared at him as if he was going to hit me with his documents on his desk and I was going to get ready to shield myself. This wasn't my fault, I never heard him say those things to me?
Normally, I didn't dare talk back to him but then I just let it out. Risky but, yeah, I'd take it. "What do you mean? You never told me to do something like that! I was out in anyways. What're you going to do, blame and hit me for it? You were her husband for crying out loud!" Okay, I felt better but in another way I still wasn't. Something was telling me that it was useless telling him this but he needed to know. My head was telling me that I was going to regret saying those things and that I would have to repay it back some how.
In his eyes... there was anger a really large amount of it, too. "Tidus, you will do something in return for your acts." There, it was coming, I knew that I wasn't going to get away from this very easily. "Your mother's task was going to destroy that Yuna and now I want you to finish it for me. There are no excuses so that is what you are going to do."
I didn't like the sound of this. "Does this mean that I will have to kill her...?" Yeah, Jecth was going to get mad at me for asking such a stupid question, it was just that I didn't want to do his favor. My eyes forced themselves to look away from him and onto the floor which was metallic and was cold as ice.
"You stupid bastard. Don't you know what that means?" He imitated my voice in a mocking manner but it wasn't as near as it really was, "Does that mean that I will have to kill her?" His voice changed back to it's normal state, "Yes, dammit! You know, you should go before I hit you."
Yeah, right, when was the last time he hit me? Ten minutes ago. Yep, and he was right. I had a certain feeling that I wouldn't like it if I stayed her any longer. Maybe that would even bring me to a beating. Nodding he knew that I was going to leave soon but I still had another question. "Jecht, but I don't want to kill her. Could I not?" He was to angry to say anything all he did was nod his head no. "Then could I at least teach her a lesson or two? I don't want to become like her - "
"You will do as you are told. But then I still have a feeling that remains within me saying that you are not going to obey. I will send some machina after you if you do not." Machina? I bet that it would be the ones that went haywire. But I was scared of both - damn, to late. He called out his machina and that sent me flying out the doors of his office.
I ran down the hallways and out the facility, unfortunately, one of the machina caught up to me and grab my arm. It's metallic fingers gripped my arm and tore the flesh. I didn't scream in pain but I had to get away and do something about that Yuna. Who was she though? Jecht had shown me a picture of when she was still a young child but how about now? How was I supposed to find her - "OUCH! Cut it off you stupid - " there was no point of talking to a hunk of junk. I pulled free, held my arm with my left hand and ran into the city of Zanarkand. Sometimes I wished that the world didn't have the existence of machina. Not to mention that some were chasing me!
Yuna-Blueo'Hara
