Disclaimer: I don't own the Final Fantasy characters, I own baby Chappu and Paine, and any other character's I decide to add.

Pieces of Pain

Chapter 1 (Revised)

Paine

Paine sighed as she sat in her room on board the Celsius. It had been two months since she had seen Yuna or Rikku and though she would never admit it to anyone but herself, she really missed her friends. The Gullwings had essentially split up after their last major adventure, mainly because Yuna had gotten Tidus back and that's all she had really cared about.

Now Rikku and Yuna had gone off to begin their lives away from the constant danger that being a Gullwing entailed. Unfortunately that left Paine with nowhere to go and no one to go on adventures with. Something she was less then pleased with.

She looked up as Shinra knocked on her door and entered the room. "Hey we just got a call from Yuna, she said that the date has been set for the wedding. It's three weeks from now, on the Moonflow. She also said she would like you and Rikku to be the Maids of Honor." His voice never abandoned the soft quiet tone that he always used.

Paine nodded, she was never one for talking when it wasn't required. Once he had left the room she turned around and laid down on the bed her eyes slowly closed as she tried to regain control of herself. She could feel the tears rising up from somewhere in the depths of her soul but she also knew they would never reach her eyes; they never did.

A part of her wondered at her inability to show her emotions, but the more practical part of her shook it off and once the non-existent tears subsided she drifted into a fitful slumber.

Three hours later Paine's eyes opened, the sky had darkened considerably but it didn't bother her. She slowly got to her feet and left her room. Her mindless wandering brought her up to the bridge where Buddy was working on a panel that had short-circuited a few days earlier and Brother was staring at a sphere of Yuna.

Paine scowled at them and walked over to the control panel. She needed to find an interesting place to go and hunt some fiends down. She only hoped it would be enough to unleash some of the pent up frustration and anger she had bottled up recently.

She was looking down at the panel when Guadosalam began flashing a bright haunting red. Her eyes darkened slightly as she looked at the message she had been sent. She hated the Farplane, she had never seen any reason for going there. She had too many memories, too many secrets for her to go there.

Paine heard Buddy groan from behind her and she turned around, "What now?" She demanded her irritation obvious. She had always hated it when people complained about things, she saw no point in it. Especially if it was something you couldn't prevent.

"We have to call in Yuna and Rikku and they're planning the wedding." Buddy said sadly. Paine rolled her eyes, she should have guessed that was what the problem was. Oh well she could fix that.

"Don't bother I can handle this." Paine said as she set the coordinates for Guadosalam. She could feel the disapproval radiating from Buddy but she chose to ignore it. She glanced around one last time before she left to stock up on any supplies she might need.

Buddy shook his head as she walked out of the room. Paine went to the bar but their meager supplies weren't anything that Paine needed so she went up to her room to gather her dresspheres.

When the girls had separated they asked Shinra to make copies of all of the dresspheres so each girl would have one of each.

He had done a pretty good job and even added a few special things to them. Paine took out her Warrior Dressphere and her eyes brightened slightly, each one of her dresspheres brought back a special memory this one most of all because it was the very first one she got. She remembered the day she met Yuna.

"Paine what are we going to do? That thing is way to strong!" Rikku whined to her partner in training. Paine rolled her eyes, Rikku was always whining about one thing or another but it still annoyed her to have to listen to it.

"We are going to fight it and kill it." Paine said arrogantly. Rikku sighed and got into battle position and Paine followed suit. Paine rushed forward and slashed her sword downward towards the gecko's head.

She hit but didn't do much damage, the gecko's tail came rushing down aimed directly at her but she jumped back just in time and was missed by an inch.

Rikku meanwhile was arguing with Brother about something, Paine yelled at her to stop messing around. The last thing she needed was to have to protect Rikku because she was so absorbed with something other then the clear and present danger.

A second later Paine saw the attack coming but Rikku was still completely oblivious to the danger she was in. Paine shouted a warning to Rikku just in time to see Paine's sword slash upward and knock the gecko out of the air and away from Rikku. "Pay attention Rikku!" Paine hissed angrily.

Rikku jumped back and immediately stopped her conversation with Brother and got down to business, she stole a potion from the gecko and Paine finished it off with a Power Break. She glanced at Paine sheepishly, "Sorry Paine." She muttered obviously embarrassed by her show of incompetence. Paine opened her mouth to reply but she was interrupted by the roar of a air ship's motor.

As the Celsius loomed overhead, Paine turned on the intercom, "What are you doing? We haven't finished practice yet." Paine said impatiently, thinking just how much practice Rikku needed; especially if she couldn't even stay focused on the battle at hand.

"We're dropping off Yuna to practice too." Buddy replied from aboard the ship. Paine stood stunned for a second and shook it off. She had forgotten that the new member was supposed to be coming today. Rikku however was dancing around in excitement her bright eyes shining eagerly.

"Wait till you meet her she's great! She's my cousin and totally in love with this guy named Tidus but he disappeared two years ago……….." Rikku continued on and with in two minutes Paine knew everything about the High Summoner Yuna; more then she thought she'd ever want to know.

Yuna stepped off the ship and into the sunlight that was exceptionally bright on the Mihen Highroad. Paine stood right where she was as the other two girls embraced and giggled and screamed in excitement.

Her natural reserved nature prevented her from welcoming the high summoner the way most people would have. Not that she really cared much about her being the high summoner. In her eyes she was just another giggling girl who would probably cause Paine even more trouble.

Paine groaned inwardly as the Celsius lifted off, she really didn't want to try and protect two idiot girls but she apparently had no choice. Suddenly a bolt drake, helm and a gecko attacked the girls. She didn't even have time to warn the others about their arrival before the gecko launched itself at Rikku.

Paine yelled at Rikku once again to look out and she and Yuna jumped back a few feet and ran to Paine's side. Rikku immediately started stealing from the fiends, while Paine prepared for a Power Break.

Once she was completely involved with preparing her power break the bolt drake charged her. She quickly closed her eyes and steeled herself against the impact that never came. Her eyes widened as she saw the creature was trying to get to it's feet after someone had knocked him away from her.

Paine looked over to see who had saved her and saw Yuna standing with two twin guns in her hands and a very determined look on her face. Paine's eyes widened and she immediately knew Yuna wasn't just another Rikku.