CHAPTER ONE

Yuna, Rikku and Paine where on the Calm Lands. (JUST AFTER HELPING CLASKO) "I'm glad that's over with." Rikku said sounding tired out. "I hope I never see another fiend again!" The hyperactive Al bhed complained.

"Come on Rikku it's good practice." Paine told her acting unnatrually cheerful. "No it's not!" Rikku shouted playfully. "Yes it is!" Paine decided to go along with the game like she usally did. "NO IT'S NOT!" Rikku shouted. "Will you guy's shut up!" Yuna shouted at them, startling them both. Her usally sweet voice now strict.

"Why Yunie?" Rikku asked in her bubbly voice. "Do you hear that?" Yuna asked. "Sounds like someone crying?"

"Yuna, people cry all the time." Came Paines voice sounding rather anoyed. "Aw! Sounds like a kid crying! We gotta go se what the matter is!" Riku said running off towards the noise.

The three girls ran towards the crying and the crying took them to a wall where a Drake was growling at something.

"A Drake!" Rikku shrieked grabbing her daggers. "Lets fight!" Paine shouted running towards the fiend swored in hand. "Then where's the crying coming from?" Yuna asked herself grabbing her guns from her belt.

Rikku pushed her daggers into the Drakes scales and winced at hearing it roar in pain. "Rikku look out, behind you!" Paine called over her shoulder as the Drake swung it's tale in Rikku's direction. But Yuna soon killed it off with trigger happy.

"YES!" Rikku and Paine shouted out of victory as the fiend burst into pyreflys. "Yuna?" Paine asked in confusion. Yuna was kneeling down looking at the ground her face full of worry.

"Yunie? You inspecting the wall or something?" Rikku asked. "Hey are you listening!" Paine and Rikku's confusion soon ebbed away replaced by worry when Yuna stood up with a small girl in her arms.

"So this is where the noise was coming from?" Paine said in shock. "Is she alive?" Rikku asked hiding behind Paine.

"She's cold and has a fever. We have to get her to the airship." Yuna said running towards the celsius.

"So... let me get this right... You heard crying, found the kid who was being attacked by a Drake and then bought her here?" Buddy said facing the three girls.

"I do not like her." Brother complained in his anoying voice. "Brother! Cra'c zicd y lremt!" (SHE'S JUST A CHILD!) "I do not care! She reminds me of someone!" Before the argument could continue Shinra walked in with Yuna.

"She alright!" Riku asked agrivated by Brother.

"We gave her some potions to break her fever." Yuna said looking at everyone. "I got the blood test here! Now we can figure out who her parents are." Shinra said going over to his computer.

"Do you think her parents are worried about her?" Rikku questioned. "Who know's if she has any." Paine replyed. "Where are those test results?" Yuna asked impationtly. Just then Barkeep came out the door holding the now awake childs hand. "Child finish sleeping." He said in his Hypello like voice. "That's great!" Rikku shouted excitedly. "Child ish very shy. She refush to talksh." Barkeep explained looking at the child hiding behind his leg. She had brown hair tied into an plat with a red ribbon tied at the top and a red hairband at the bottom, she whore a white long necked t shirt and white skirt.

"Ok, thank you Barkeep." Yuna said reaching out and picking the child up. "Any time mish Yuna." He said walking back to the cabin.

"Hello im Yuna. What's you're name?" She asked putting the young child on the floor only to have her run up to her leg hide her face in it and squeeze it to death.

"Oh... let me guess her name I know loads of good names!" Rikku said bouncing from foot to foot. "Is it Akima?" Lukily she got a reasponse by the girl shaking her head.

"Here let me try." Paine said. "No way Djose what do you know about names?" Rikku argued.

In the end a whole hour went by. "I give up." Rikku sighed. "I've been through almost every name I can think of." Then Paine said "Let me try. Is it Marlene?" Yuna heard a small squeek come from her leg. "What was that?" Yuna asked. "Yes." The child spoke. "Huh? Your names Marlene? But I went through every name I could think of!" Paine walked up to Rikku and said "Explaines why you didn't get it then if you had to think." Paine teased. "Hey what's that supposed to mean." Rikku shouted running after Paine.

"Blood result's are in!" Shinra shouted to get over the noise.

"How can this be!" Yuna shrieked finding out who her father was. "This can't get out!" Paine said shocked. "Ur puo." Buddy said. "Seymour had a daughter!" Rikku screamed.

"Marlene! Who is your daddy?" Yuna asked her. "I don't know." She replyed in a low voice. Just then Brother walked in. He had been listning all along. "So... Marlene is evil maniacs daughter?" Brother said bitterly. "So I guess that you are going to get rid of the Al bhed race like your father did try." Brother asked her coming down to her level and poking her in the stomach causing her to hide behind Yuna's leg again.

"Brother! your scaring her!" Rikku scoulded him stomping on his foot. "I do not want that... uh... Monster to be on my airship!" He shouted. "Brother you're getting a bit carried away." Buddy said trying to get him to stop.

Soon the whole group was in argument. Except Yuna who had decided to take Marlene to the cabin so that she wouldn't get into a state.

"It's ok Marlene." Yuna said trying to calm Marlene's sobbing down. "Brother's just stupid. So he say's stupid things." Yuna soothed her as they reached the cabins. "Did I do something wrong?" Marlene sniffed as Yuna set her down on the bed.

"No... You haven't done any thing wrong." Even though Yuna spoke kindly to her Marlene continued to cry. "I want my mommy." She sobbed. "Well... Where is your mommy? If you tell me We can find her." Yuna explained. "She's on the Farplane." Marlene said and cryed even harder.

"Oh Marlene I'm sorry." Yuna apologised hugging Marlene.

In the end Marlene cryed herself to sleep beliving that everything was her falt. It was 9:00 now and Yuna had put Marlene under the covers and made her way back to the bridge.

"Ahhh... Yuna! I was so worried about you! I tried to come save you but these freaks here wouldn't let me!" Brother complained trying to stand up... which was hard because he had Buddy and Rikku sitting on him. "Who you calling a freak you big ol' freak!" Rikku said.

"Save me from what?" Yuna asked him. "You know the monster... daughter of the blue haired freak!" Brothe said finally getting up.

"Is that what you think she is! A monster!" Yuna shouted at him startling everyone, this wasn't the quiet shy little Yuna they knew. "I have spent hours with her trying to stop her crying for her mother! And you say that she is a monster and you hate her for what her father did! How would you react if someone said that you where just like your father!" Yuna shouted at him at the top of her lungs.

Yuna now extremly angery stomped out of the room. But before she walked out the door she turned around and said "You'd better get used to her being around cause she isn't going anywhere since her mother is on the farplane."