Disclaimer: "The only characters that are mine are Connie, her family, her friends, and her family's friends. All the other characters are from FFX, FFX-2, and FFVII. Unless you count the dog and cat's names which are from Kingdom Hearts, the animals are mine, but the names are from Kingdom Hearts." Okay, yes, I realize it's been over a year since I updated this story, but I've had writer's block on it MAJOR. That and I've gotten really busy. So, just to show some sign of life I'm gonna update it. Who knows, maybe it'll even clear my Final Fantasy writer's block. Wish me luck!
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On Earth as it is in Spira: Chapter 8: Update with Jill
"So, who is this new guy?" Max asked as he folded his arms.
"Well, his real name is Jamal. But he'll be our Wakka," Rikku explained.
I thought about that for a second. My mind went through the story lines from FFX and X-2, and suddenly my mind stopped on something, and my eyes went a little wide, but I hid the emotion quickly and went back to appearing as though it made no difference to me.
"Does he have the right hair and everything?" Yuna asked.
"Well… it is red, but not styled right. But Silly'll fix that real quick," Rikku answered still bouncing as she spoke.
The conversation from there kept going, but I didn't listen much. I was a bit focused on the matter at hand. I wouldn't just like this guy because I was supposed to… would I? I mean, Max had quite the crush on Aries, and Yuna and Tidus seemed very close. But beyond that, it made me wonder if it was actual attraction, or superficial.
"Hey, Connie," Max said to get my attention. "I'm gonna call Jill, you want to come talk to her with me?"
"Sure," I said standing up.
Max walked over to Shinra who sat at the Comsphere computer. "Hey, Shinra."
"Hello Cloud."
"Can I ask you a favor?"
"Let me guess, you two want to call your grandmother?"
"You guessed it," Max said. I stared at the genius boy with a small smile. He seemed normal to me.
"Be my guest," he said scooting back a little. "Just push that button, select the one that says Jill, and then push that button," he said.
Max nodded and stepped in front of the boy. He pushed the buttons in the sequence he was told, and the screen faded black.
A few seconds later Grandma Jill's face came on screen. "Hello? Max, Connie, can you hear me? Oh, there you are!" Grandma Jill was the coolest ever. She could figure out anything, including a Comsphere.
"Hi Jill," Max said with a smile.
"Hello Grandma Jill."
"Whoa! Is that Connie? Geeze, you've changed in the few hours you've been gone. What is all that?"
"Just some hair stuff, different clothes, don't worry Grandma Jill, nothing to get worked up over. Just a bit of a wardrobe change."
"Personally, I like it," she said with a smile.
"So, Jill, any update?"
"Ummm… well I haven't heard about any problems with the Zoo's, or anything strange with animals. I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary either. Not around here anyway, and no news reports either."
"Sounds boring," I said with a smile.
"How has the magic and mystery been going for you two?" she asked us.
"Pretty good. We had some problems today in Jamaica, but it was simple and taken care of in minutes."
"Well, that solves the mystery," she said with a smile to Max. "How's the magic Connie?"
"Well… I can cast a few spells."
"Really? You'll have to show me that sometime."
"The next time I stop by I will," I promised her.
"What can you do?"
"Just the four basics. Water, lighting, fire, and ice."
"She did some casting today in battle as well, and managed to take out quite a few fiends."
"I got lucky," I said to him with a small smile.
"Lucky, or just plain good, whatever you want to call it, she's getting better." Max just complimented me? Wow, that was a shocker. He hadn't been this nice in a long time. It was rather strange actually.
"Well good, glad to hear it. I'm sure she'll be casting those huge spells in no time flat."
"I'm not so sure about that, but you never know," I said with a shrug. It felt a little strange getting all this praise.
"And how about you Max?"
"He's been progressing great! Sword technique and everything. He took out some major fiends today in one hit! And these were major ones, not the little things that are barely alive."
"Wow, it sounds like you did very well. Well done Max."
"Thanks," he said nodding a little.
"Any other news?" she asked.
"Nope," Max said and I shook my head no. "Any from you?"
"None. Call me back tomorrow, and I'll try and give you an update on what's happening here. Will you be home for Christmas?"
"Uhhh… maybe," Max said with a shrug. We had two weeks before we had to be back so I could go back to school, to finish up the year. It may turn out that we would have to work on Christmas too.
"Well, looking forward to hearing from you both. Keep me posted, ciao!" she said and with that her face disappeared into black, and Shinra's screen faded back up.
"Thanks Shinra," Max said.
"No problem. Any time, but I need to get back to work, or the configuration of some of the spheres won't get done."
"Right… thanks again," I said and let the boy keep working.
"Hey! Hey! He's comin' out! Rikku said. "Ladies and gentleman… Wakka!"