Broken memories
Chapter 2: An Evening With Yukairi
"See you later!" A girl with short blond hair yelled to a leaving airship. Paine waved from her spot next to her sister. Yuna and Rikku stood on the deck waving back, their stuff currently in the arms of a blond haired man. Paine and Yukairi watched the airship until it was out of sight.
"So what are we going to do first Sarah- uhh…erm…I mean, Paine?" Yukairi asked her sister, stumbling when she received a glare. As beads of sweat slowly rolled down her face, She laughed nervously. Paine watched her sister's reaction with an amused, trademark smirk.
"Lets get something to eat," Paine said while trying to force her stomach to not growl, "Haven't eaten all morning." Yukairi laughed at her sister's obvious hunger until a loud, rumbling noise came from her own stomach.
"Yeah, I guess I'm hungry too." She said rubbing the back of her head. Paine nodded to her sister then started to walk off to the nearest café. Yukairi trailed closely behind for a few seconds before she decided to try her luck. "Sarah! I want a piggie-back ride!" She cried and she leapt into a surprise attack. She had just jumped on Paine's back and was now wrapping her legs around Paine waist. Paine stumbled forward trying to balance with the extra weight on her back.
"C'mon Yuki, get off. You're too old for this!" Paine said as she tried to pry her sister off her back while remaining in balance.
"Nope! Gimme a piggie-back ride!" Yukairi replied in a loud baby voice.
Paine managed a small hiss at the people of Luca that started to stare before responding to Yukairi "Fine! Fine! Just stop making a scene! I still thing you're too old for this." Yukairi giggled at her sister as she started forward. Yukairi placed her chin on top of Paine's head and wrapped her arms around the warrior's neck.
"I won't strangle you this time." Yukairi promised.
Flash back
"Mommy, I'm tired…" Four year-old Yukairi complained to a tall woman with silver hair that reached the center of her back. The woman looked back at her daughter who had just sat on the ground."I'm sorry hun," She started making her voice as gentle as possible, "I'm tired too. Today was a really long day…"
"Mom! I got the food!" A voice called from somewhere. Nine year-old Sarah came running up to them, a bag of food in her arms. Sarah looked almost the same just wearing more clothes, with brighter colors, and her hair wasn't in its trademark hair-gelled style, instead just hanging down to her shoulders.
"Alright! Lets eat!" Yukairi said, tiredness forgotten.
After they ate
"That was good!" Sarah said as she stood up from the fountain they had been sitting on. "Wish we could do that more often." Yukairi nodded and tried to stand up but failed, instead falling on the ground. Sarah caught her before any real damage could be done.
"You tired Yuki?" Sarah asked her sister, who was now cradled in her arms.
Yukairi nodded. Sarah stood up and placed a half-asleep Yukairi on her shoulders. "I'll give you a piggie-back ride" Sarah gave her sister the best smile she could from her angle.
Sarah started forward which made Yukairi place her arms around Sarah's neck tightly afraid she was going to fall off.
"Y-Y-Yuki!" Sarah squawked trying to breathe, "C-Can't…Breathe!"
Yukairi loosened her grip and looked at her sister, to see her face had turned a shade of purple. "I'm sowwy, Sarwh!"
Their mother stood next to them and patted Yukairi on the head. "I'm sure Sarah's alright, She's a strong girl." Sarah shot her sister a reassuring smile before starting to walk again.
End of flash back
Paine winced at the memory. "That did hurt, you know." Yukairi giggled.
With that, the sisters slowly made their way to the nearest café with the occasional "giddy-up" or "C'mon faster, my noble steed!" coming from the blond.
A cloaked figure watched the odd pair from a bench. The only thing you could see of the cloaked figured face was the mouth, which was now in a grimace as if this person had been hit in the stomach with a baseball bat, extremely hard. "Dang it…I'm too late…or wait…" The figure started to mumbled. The unknown figure stood up and walked up to the café, where the sisters had entered. "Yes, I can…still try that…"
The mysterious figure pulled a hand out of a pocket to reveal a small picture. The picture was simple. It had two little girls, a blond haired girl and silver haired girl, only four or five years apart, sitting on top of an elder silver haired woman, both giving the peace sign and smiling. A single tear rolled down the cloaked figured face and fell on the picture. The figure quickly wiped it away before any damage could be done.
The figure sparred one last glance at the two in the café before sighing and slowly stalking off, presence not even noticed by the other people in Luca or the happy sisters in the café.
Paine and Yukairi walked out of the café, Paine's face beet red from embarrassment as Yukairi reminded her of yet another moment she had done something well, embarrassing.
"Oh yeah, what were you trying to find before." Paine asked out of the blue as to make her sister stop telling yet another embarrassing story. Yukairi looked at her confused. Paine sighed. "You know when we first saw you."
Yukairi's face went a small shade of red as she turned away from Paine. "I was trying to find my hotel, and well…I'm not that good at reading maps so, I only got lost further. That's what I was trying to do, Find my hotel." Paine snickered at her sister then placed a hand on top of her head.
"What hotel?" Paine asked her younger sister.
"Umm, I think it was called the 'Blitzers Inn'." Yukairi said shyly as she looked her sister in the face. It took Paine every thing she had and then some, to stop her self from bursting out laughing. Paine coughed to cover up the weird sound that was threatening to come out of her throat.
"The Blitzers Inn is the easiest hotel to find, it's right there." Paine said as she pointed out the biggest building, stadium not included, in Luca. Yukairi blushed crimson and Paine slowly ruffled the younger girls hair, chuckling softly. "Do you want to go back to the hotel?"
All Yukairi could do was nod. Paine started forward a few seconds before looking back. Yukairi was still standing and staring at the ground. Paine back peddled and grabbed Yukairi's wrist. Yukairi looked at her sister confused as she was dragged towards the hotel. "C'mon, I don't want to drag you the whole way." Was all Paine said as they continued forward.
Yukairi giggled then ran forward, only far enough to keep up with the silver haired warrior, which had slowed down her own pace, to match Yukairi's. Yukairi slipped her hand into Paine's then smiled at her sister.
After minutes of walking
"Here we are, Room number 153." Yukairi said as she freed her hand from Paine's grip. She reached into a pocket and pulled out a key. She unlocked the door and pushed it open. The room looked like it was barely touched. Every thing was in order and neat. It was almost as if no one was ever there. The only thing that was out of place was a huge backpack and a guitar case.
Paine looked at the guitar case. "You have a guitar? Those things are rare." Yukairi smiled and open the case to reveal an acoustic guitar. She gently pulled it out, along with a pick.
"Yeah," She replied smiling. "I can play it too." She strummed a few strings lightly as an example. "Guess what! I can play that one song mom taught us!" Paine looked at her surprised.
"You can? You figured out how to?" Paine asked.
"Yeah! Though I think a few cords are wrong…" Yukairi said then went to tuning the guitar. Once she finished she started to play, the song sounding a lot like the hymn of the faith just darker and a bit faster.
Paine sat down on the bed and rested her head agents the wall, trying not to think about her mother, who used to hum this song to them before they went to bed.
This is the end of the chapter! It was a kind of sad ending, though. I think I kind of made Paine a little OOC…and I did call Paine Sarah in the Flash back because it's a memory of the past and Paine hadn't changed her name yet. But this is a lot of sisterly fluff and there's more to come next chapter. Oh well, please review. Suggestions welcome as always.
P.S. There will be more of Yuna, Rikku, and Tidus in the next chapter.
P.P.S: I HAD to put Tidus in my story because I couldn't stand Yuna with out Tidus. (It's just something you can't change)
P.P.P.S: Do you readers think I should have any pairings in this story? (If you do tell me what ones)
P.P.P.P.S: Sorry for all the P.S'