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Pieces of Pain

Chapter 13

Paine

It had been three days since she had come back to her friends on Besaid Island. She smiled to herself as she swung her legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. Ever since her arrival she had been staying at the Besaid Temple.

Wakka and Tidus had offered to build a house for her anywhere on the island but she wasn't sure she wanted to live here, or if she was even ready to settle into a house. She quickly dressed and left the room, wondering what her friends were up to.

She shielded her eyes as she walked out of the dark temple into the bright sunlight and smirked as she caught sight of Tidus chasing Yuna around the houses. Rikku was sitting in Auron's lap in front of their house and Paine shook her head.

She had only spoken to Auron a few times, but he seemed like the kind of guy that could keep Rikku's personality in check. Lulu and Wakka were nowhere to be found but Vidina, Chappu, and Paine were running towards the beach.

Paine walked towards Rikku and Auron, her familiar calm and collected air had returned and she felt better then ever.

"Hey Paine how are you?" Rikku asked from her boyfriends lap.

"I'm fine, enjoying yourself?" Paine asked with a knowing smirk. Rikku's eyes widened and she blushed.

Paine just shook her head, "So where's Gippal and Baralai?"

"They left earlier." Rikku answered as she playfully batted at Auron's head after he had whispered something into her ear.

"Oh." Paine answered slightly disappointed.

"Why?" Rikku asked.

"No reason." She answered as she waved and walked towards the beach.

She dodged Yuna as she nearly crashed into her, "Sorry." She yelled as she continued running with Tidus chasing her down. Paine just shook her head in amusement.

She continued in the direction of the beach when she heard a terrified yell coming from the beach. Paine took off at a dead run. She took a short cut up and on to the cliff over looking the beach.

She caught sight of the kids huddling together surrounded by a few fiends. Paine jumped behind the fiends and called to them, "Ready to die?" As if understanding her words two coyotes turned to face her.

Paine swung her sword in front of her. The coyote on her left jumped at her and she dodged and counter attacked by slamming the blunt edge of her sword into his head knocking him back.

While Paine kept the coyotes' attention on her, the kids slipped towards the edge of the beach and ran for their parents.

"MOM! AUNT YUNA! Somebody!" They yelled as they ran into the center of the village.

"What's wrong?" Yuna asked then concerned, as the other adults surrounded them.

"It's Aunt Paine! She's fighting fiends!" Paine cried pointing back to the beach. Yuna couldn't stop herself from laughing.

"Oh, don't worry about your aunt. She can definitely handle herself. Come on I'll show you what I mean." She took their hands and led them towards the cliff overlooking the beach.

"Just sit down and watch." Yuna said smiling. Paine still looked concerned but then none of them had ever seen their Aunt Paine fight.

Yuna stood next to them and watched as her friend toyed with the fiends obviously enjoying the fight even if it was just with a few coyotes. Paine dodged the coyote's attack and began powering up for a power break.

Her sword began glowing as she slammed it into the coyote on her right and smiled in satisfaction as it exploded into pyreflies. The coyote on her right howled and launched himself at her, Paine winced as he bit her arm but she shook him off and slammed her sword into his head and watched as he exploded into pyreflies.

She looked up in shock when she heard cheering coming from the cliff above her.

"Yuna?" she called confused as to why she and the kids were watching her fight.

"The kids were worried about you. I brought them up here to reassure them about your capabilities." Yuna answered as she jumped down from the cliff.

Paine nodded, "Well I'm fine."

"We know." Paine Padryho answered.

"Yuna why haven't they been trained to fight?" Paine asked suddenly turning to her friend.

Yuna stood for moment thinking, "Well we always thought we'd be there for them." Yuna answered.

"That's grand, but not true. Eventually they'll need to know how to fight on their own." Paine answered firmly.

Yuna looked hesitant, "I'm not sure, and it's not my place to say anything about it. Maybe you should talk with Lulu and Wakka."

"I think I will." Paine answered gazing at her niece and nephews.

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(Celsie) Okay sorry for the lack of detail in the last few scenes. I'm not very good at righting tear jerkers. So the moment was kind of vague and uninteresting I'm afraid. Please forgive me! Love ya all!