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 3

Gippal and Baralai

Gippal and Baralai watched in paralyzed terror as Paine fell backwards off of the ledge. Suddenly someone who looked exactly like her appeared before them.

She watched as Paine fell with a scream, etching the sound in Gippal and Baralai's minds forever. Then she turned and waved her hand at them and a huge fiend charged them. Baralai jumped away but Gippal was still in a state of shock and was knocked down.

Baralai, when he saw his friend was about to be trampled grabbed Gippal and dragged him out of the Farplane.

They stepped outside and just stood there. Everything looked different now that Paine was gone.

Gippal and Baralai looked back towards the entrance to the Farplane in shock and dismay. "So, what do we do now?" Gippal asked.

"We have to let people know. It's our job." Baralai whispered. "I can't believe she's gone." Baralai said in a strangled tone.

"Well done! The fiends are gone, but where's Paine?" Nooj asked as he walked up to them. Baralai and Gippal looked at each other.

"She must have done something, but was it before or after what happened?" Gippal asked as he looked at Baralai.

"What happened? Where's Paine?" Nooj demanded.

Baralai cleared his throat and began, "We found her fighting off a fiend that was attacking one of the people trapped in the Farplane. Then we joined forces and went to the ledge, which was where it looked like the fiends were coming from. We got there without any fiend attacks at all. Once we were there a fiend appeared behind us and we yelled at Paine to let her know but the something happened and she lost her footing and fell off the ledge. She's gone." Baralai said.

"Then…then there was this other thing that looked exactly like Paine. She waved her hand at us and a fiend appeared out of no where and attacked us." Gippal said quietly.

Suddenly they heard footsteps behind them and they turned to come face to face with Yuna, Tidus, Rikku, Auron, Brother, Buddy, Shinra, Lulu, and Wakka. "What are all of you doing here?" Nooj asked quietly.

"Paine's signal disappeared. We came to investigate and find her." Buddy said.

"She's gone." Gippal whispered.

"What?" Yuna asked worry evident on her face.

"She fell off the Farplane Ledge. She's gone." Gippal said looking at the ground. Yuna gasped and fell to her knees.

"NO! This isn't happening!" Rikku cried. She tried to run up the stairs but Auron grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. She struggled and finally gave up and sank into his arms sobbing.

Tidus kneeled next to Yuna and put his arms around her. Lulu and Wakka stood quietly watching the pain that Yuna and Rikku were going through.

Brother and Buddy were trying to comfort Shinra who had become very attached to Paine.

Suddenly Yuna stood up and shook her head. "It's not fair but we can't sit here crying forever. Paine would probably hate us for crying over her in the first place. Let's all go to Besaid. There we can have a celebration in honor of her and we will make sure the whole of Spira honors her for eternity. She will never be forgotten." Yuna said as she led the group to the Celsius.

Paine

Paine opened her eyes and was blinded by the brightest light you could imagine. She shook her head and looked around.

Suddenly she heard a voice calling her name. "Paine…Paine." Paine looked around trying to see the owner of the strangely haunting voice.

"Paine…Com to me Paine!" the voice said louder.

"Where are you?" Paine yelled.

"I'm here. I'm everywhere." The voice continued.

"What do you mean? I can't see you." Paine yelled back.

"I'm here." The voice said from behind her.

Paine jumped and turned around only to come face to face with herself.

"What? How? Your me?" Paine stammered.

"Yes I am you but only a part of you." She said.

"I don't understand." Paine said as she slowly backed away.

"Then allow me to explain. Through out your life events have devastated you so much that a part of you would die. Let's think of these parts as different personality traits. That's not what they really are of course, just an example. Anyway every time something bad that touched you very deeply happened you lost a part of yourself. This place is your own personal Farplane. This is where every part of your being that disappeared is. However you're here because you've finally lost the last piece. You've lost everything. Your nothing and no one." The voice said.

"So what do I do now? Stay in this swirling mass of clouds and color forever?" Paine yelled.

"Yes." The voice said as the owner faded into the light.

"There has to be a way to get back to where I belong. Please help me go home!" Paine yelled looking around to find herself.

After a few minutes the voice spoke again, "Yes perhaps there is a way."