Hiya, everyone! I'm back with a new chapter comin' your way! An ENORMOUS thank you to all of my faithful reviewers--I feel soooooooooo happy when I read your reviews and you tell me that you like it :D Cupcakes all around!

Motet: I agree--I had a lot of fun writing the Vidina part. And I will definitely be continuing this--I've got it planned out in my head, and I have to do this whole thing justice, otherwise it will just sit there in my brain forever, and I'll feel bad XD Thanks for reviewing, yet again!

DarkAnimePriestess: Ahh, I'm very glad you think so! Thanks again!

Paine3: Yeah, it was a little hard to picture Lulu as a mother at all for me XD Super glad you thought it was cute, though:chocolate cupcake for you:

slamlam: Ah, how this makes me happy :D

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Once aboard the airship, which was still on the ground outside of the village, Lulu and Yuna had a brief conversation with Shinra about the sphere, which was still too poor in picture quality to see anything except for static. The audio was indistinguishable—the person speaking in the sphere could have been anyone. Yuna grudgingly lead the way back to the cabin, mumbling something as she walked that sounded distinctly like 'upgrade, my foot'.

The two girls stepped into the elevator, and Yuna pointed out the buttons for Lulu, explaining that whatever the button said was where the elevator would take you—fairly self-explanatory. Yuna pressed the button marked 'Cabin', and waited as the elevator slowly whirred into motion. When the doors swished open, Yuna led the way down the hallway and into the cabin.

As Yuna and Lulu stepped through the door, Barkeep and Calli both stopped whatever they were doing to see which Gullwing was entering the room. Calli looked excited to see someone other than Brother, Buddy, or Shinra, who were most often the only Gullwings to visit the cabin.

"Hiya, Yuna!" she called. "What have you been up to all day? I went and looked for you in the village, but couldn't find you."

"I'm fine, Calli," Yuna said, smiling kindly. "We were very busy with a mission today. By the way, this is my friend Lulu, and her son Vidina."

"Pleased to meet you," Calli said politely. Lulu smiled at her.

Vidina made a gurgling noise, and Calli giggled. "What a cute baby!" she cooed.

"Thank you," Lulu said. Vidina made another noise, and Lulu said with a laugh, "I think he appreciates the compliment."

Vidina squealed with laughter.

"Speaking of which, Lulu has decided to do some work with the Gullwings for awhile, only she needs someone to take care of Vidina while we're on missions—do you think you could manage that?" Yuna asked Calli.

Calli remained silent for a moment, watching the ceiling as though she were deep in thought. "Yeah, I think I can do that," Calli said.

Lulu seemed slightly more relaxed. "Great! Thank you very much, Calli." Calli showed Lulu to the upper level of the cabin, where Lulu put out all of Vidina's things so that Calli could find them easily. She considered going back to the village to grab Vidina's crib, which she had completely forgotten that she would need. It wouldn't be safe to have Vidina sleeping in a normal bed just yet. Yuna agreed to go back to the village with Lulu, and the two set off again, leaving Vidina in Calli's care for the very first time.

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As Rikku and Paine neared the temple, Paine was grumbling something to herself that was completely indistinguishable to Rikku.

"Whatcha talkin' about?" Rikku questioned, eyes swimming with curiosity, as always.

"Nothing," Paine replied quietly. "Did you grab another radio when we went back to the airship, or did you forget?"

"I have it," Rikku said, producing it from one of the pouches on her belt.

Paine didn't respond to this in any way—she kept her expressionless face fixed on the ground ahead of her as they entered the temple.

"Soo…" Rikku said, trailing off awkwardly. "Chamber of the Fayth first, d'you think?"

"That's pretty much the only place we've got to search here," Paine said, annoyance flaring up.

"Geez," Rikku mumbled. "No need to go all pissed-warrior-chick on me."

Paine's eyes narrowed and her fists clenched till her knuckles where white, but she didn't reply.

"What's got you all worked up all the sudden, anyway?" Rikku pestered. "I mean, you were fine a minute ago—"

"I know I was fine a minute ago," Paine snapped. "Maybe I'm just angry that we're checking here, because it seems like we'd know if they were here—it would be hard to get them into the temple without someone noticing."

Rikku's face scrunched up in thought. "Hmm, you're right!"

"About this pissed-warrior-chick thing… minus ten respect points for childish insults," Paine said, half smiling.

"Awwww!" Rikku whined. "I can't believe you're still keeping track! How many have I got left?"

"Rikku, last time you asked, you had thirty five, so if you do the math…"

"Twenty five? You gotta be kidding me!" Rikku moaned. "And see, how do you do that? You switch moods so fast—it's hard to keep up!"

"It depends on what I'm talking about," Paine said as they walked down the stairs in the Cloister of Trials, getting closer to the Chamber of the Fayth with every step they took.

"It's like a friggin' chameleon—how can you do that?" Rikku asked, childish whining tone resurfacing.

Paine's facial expression dissolved into a soft smile. "You eventually learn to change with what pleases you and what makes you angry, instead of being annoyingly upbeat all the time," she said, a pointed look at Rikku.

"Oh, shut up," Rikku said snappishly. "I like being happy all the time."

Though for the most part, the Cloisters underneath all the temples had been wiped clean of fiends, they did run into one, which Rikku spun her blades threateningly at, and, looking to take out a little bit of anger on it, bolted after it when it tried to run. She eventually cornered it and disposed of it, much to the entertainment of Paine. What could she say—Rikku was an entertaining person to watch fail at things, and there was more than one time during that chase that Paine was certain Rikku would need her help for getting rid of one fiend.

The chase had speeded up their progression through the Cloister, and they were at last upon the Chamber of the Fayth. Just as Paine had predicted, the room was completely empty. They did a thorough search, knowing that Lulu and Yuna would absolutely throttle them if they didn't, and hurried out of the temple. When they were just about to leave, Rikku stopped to look at all the statues that were around in the enormous entrance area. She was amazed that she had never noticed them before, and, intrigued, walked slowly around the room, reading each inscription in the bottom of the statue.

"Hey, Paine, Yunie never told me her pops had a statue of him here!" Rikku said in amazement, reading the inscription describing Braska's victory over Sin.

"Are you honestly that dense?" Paine replied.

Rikku ignored her, and kept walking. Suddenly, she stopped at a statue of a very familiar looking woman. Rikku thought hard in an attempt to remember where she had seen this woman before, but had no recollection of ever meeting her. Then… why did her face look so familiar?

Rikku ran her fingers over the inscription, which read:

In memory of the Lady Ginnem,

Once a great Summoner.

Paine grew impatient with Rikku as she stood, staring at the statue of Lady Ginnem, wracking her brains for anything that might have reminded her of where she knew this woman from. Paine at last grabbed Rikku by the elbow and half dragged her out of the temple, leaving Rikku to wonder.

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If you know where Rikku knows Lady Ginnem from, SHHH! Don't tell--it just puts you at an advantage :D Anyways, if you likey, make sure you drop me a review, cuz I gotta know whether people are actually reading this! Sure, the hit counters are counting every time someone views the page, now, but does it mean you're actually reading... XD Just kidding, just kidding. Do drop me a review, though!

Thanks again,

Lulala