Disclaimer: Same as B4

Amanda, Mari and Yuna all walked behind Auron as he led them to his shack. All four of them were exhausted from the fight Cid put up, but finally Auron had won out in the end by showing Cid a document make by Braska himself stating that incase of an accident or etc., that Auron was to take full responsibility of Yuna. Then Cid argued that Auron had no right to take Mari and Amanda along with him, when Auron showed Cid a document made by Mickey himself stating that Auron was to take responsibility of them as well. So in the end, Cid reluctantly agreed to let Auron leave with them, saying that if anything happened to any of them, that Cid would personally kill Auron himself.

"He's very testy." Auron said as they walked up the driveway to where Auron lived.

"Yeah…" Yuna agreed nervously.

"Hey…" Amanda said, "Aren't you the guy Jecht referred to as-"

"Jecht, eh?" Auron asked, and then laughed to himself, "So you meant him?"

"Yup." Mari said, "He's out gym teacher."

"And I am your sword skill teacher too." Auron said opening the door and letting the girls in first. Once inside you really couldn't tell that it was the same house that you walked into. The outside appearance of the house was atrocious, but inside was nicely kept and decorated with different swords and weapons.

"I have four extra bedrooms," Auron said, setting his sword down on the table, "Go ahead and unpack your stuff.Tomorrow Yuna can take you around for a tour, since your off school, right Yuna?"

The next morning, Amanda and Mari waited by the door patiently for Yuna to finish getting dressed . Mari looked around the room and noticed a picture on the wall of a group of people. She walked up to it and said, "Hey Amanda, come look!"

"What?" Amanda asked, and walked up to her friend and to the picture. She looked at it and saw it was almost like a class photo, only the people in it were adults and they were all wearing police uniforms. Amanda scanned the people when three men stuck out. Immediately she recognized the two as Auron and Jecht, but the one in the middle wasn't familiar to her.

"Who's that?" She asked Mari, pointing to the guy in the middle. Mari shrugged.

"I dunno."

"That's Yuna's father." Auron's voice said from behind the girls, giving them both heart attacks. They both whirled around to see him standing behind them, smiling as best he could.

"You mean-?" Mari started.

"Me. Jecht. Braska. We went back awhile." Auron said, "We were great friends in college. Always there for each other. Never backing down when there was a fight. Of course… we all had out share of problems. Braska was too noble. Jecht was a drunkie, and I-I was just a bad ass. We fit almost perfect together. One day we made a vow to join the Force and stop crime. We actually went through with it, until Braska stuck his nose in the wrong problem. Busted a gang of mobsters. They never forgave the rookie for that. Twelve years later, they finally got out, when Braska was a single parent trying to make a living. Yuna was about 10 then, lost her mother at 5. One day Braska never came home, and Lulu -Lulu has always been like a sister to Yuna, atleast that's what Braska told me. She used to baby-sit Yuna when Braska was away on an assignment- called us up asking if we'd heard from him. Later they found his body in a ditch. He's been shot to death by the gang. That day, both me and Jecht resigned. We never spoke to each other again. Until a little bit ago, when we heard you two were coming, the King came and told us personally. So we knew we had to train you to be the best fighters out there."

"Whoa." Mari said in awe.

"You've gotta be some kind of hero or something!" Amanda added.

"I'm no hero." Auron replied mournfully, "I couldn't save my friend."

"So." Mari said, "Look buddy," She poked at his chest playfully, "I know heroes when I see 'em. And YOU'RE a hero!"

Auron laughed at Mari for a moment and the said, "You're something else…"

"I'm ready." Yuna said, walking out into the kitchen. Amanda and Mari nodded, and waving good bye, they followed Yuna out the door.

Sora stared up at his ceiling, bored as hell. His cell phone rang for the fifteenth time, and he finally shut it off. Riku hadn't stopped bugging him, and now hopefully he got the message, since he didn't let Sora get any sleep the night before. Sora tossed his cell phone into his room and it landed with a thunk on the hardwood floor. He sighed and started staring at his ceiling again. Why am I cursed? He asked himself, I'm a loser with no life, doomed to be despised by everyone because of Riku's actions. Why me?

Sora shot up into a sitting position and sighed again, "Maybe I'll go get some ice cream…" He said, and with that, he slipped his shoes on and walked out of his room, leaving his cell phone on the ground. The last thing he needed was for Riku to find him. It seemed like wherever he went with his cell phone, Riku could pinpoint Sora's exact location, and plainly, he was justdamnsick of it.

Yuna had shown Amanda and Mari all around town and now they had stopped at the local sweets store where Yuna and Rikku loved to hang out and just munch.

"We always sit in this exact spot and watch all the different people walk by!" Yuna said excitedly as she nibbled on her ice cream sandwich, "It's amazing all the different people you see on his tiny island!"

"Really?" Mari asked, "I never noticed."

"You never notice anything!" Amanda said playfully to her, and then took a spoonful of her sherbet cup.

"Only sometimes!" Mari argued, and took a bit from her Sea-Salt Ice Cream bar. Then suddenly her phone started to viberate, and she almost jumped five feet in the air.

"Answer it!" Amanda said as Mari gasped for breath.

"Right!" Mari said, and flipped her phone on.

"Hello?... Oh! Heyy!... I'm at the Sweets Shoppe near the docks….. You wanna hang?... Of course! I'll be waiting!" And with that short conversation, she hung up.

"Who was that?" Amanda asked.

"Just some super-cute-hot guy I meant in school today." Mari said, "Rikku said I should ask him out, but I think he'll say no because I'm a loser and-"

"Mari, you think too much!" Amanda said, "For once in your life time, try to let what little common sense you have over rule your massive intellegence." Mari raised her fist threateningly at Amanda, who laughed in amusement.

"How can he say no?" Yuna asked, "Go for it!"

"Okay!" Mari said, getting up, "He told me to wait by the docks, so I'll catch you guys later!"

"Remember to be home before 10:30!" Amanda called after her.

"Sir Auron might just have to get rough!" Yuna added, as Mari waved her hand at them to dismiss their warnings and jogged towards the docks.

"She's so lucky!" Yuna sighed.

"Why?" Amanda asked her, taking another spoonful of her sherbet and shoving it in her mouth.

"Well, if the guy CALLED her he MUST be interested!" Yuna said, "I mean, hello, since when does a guy show up or call randomly and ask to hang out?"

"Since the guy you're referring to is standing right behind you!" Tidus said, standing behind Yuna suddenly. Yuna whirled around in her chair and said, "When did you get here?"

"I always roam!" He said, "You should know that! How you doin' Amanda?" Tidus asked her, sliding into Mari's old seat.

"Fine, how bout yourself?" Amanda asked him.

"The usual. Trying to stay out as long as possible to avoid Dad's drunk spasms." Tidus replied casually.

'Yikes." Amanda said.

"Yep." Tidus then turned to Yuna, "You up to taking a stroll along the boardwalk?"

"I'd love to, but…" Yuna trailed off, not wanting to leave Amanda sitting her by herself.

"Yuna!" Amanda said, shamefully, "Go ahead! I'm not going anywhere! Go! Get outta here! I know my way back home now. And besides, if I get lost, I'll just interrupt Mari's date to bug her to help me!"

"You sure?" Both Yuna and Tidus asked.

'GO!" Amanda said, "Go away! Leave! I don't want you here!"

"Okay! We get the message!" Tidus said playfully, putting his hands up in surrender, then reaching down and grabbing Yuna's. He then stood up, pulling her with him and as they turned to leave, Yuna whispered, "Thank you!"

Amanda smiled and gave her a thumbs up as Tidus pulled Yuna away. Amanda sighed, and decided to watch as Mari got her little boyfriend. Amanda watched as Mari waved to a guy in a crowd. Amanda saw a hand wave back, and seconds later, a teenage boy no older then her pushed his way through then and started towards Mari. He finally caught up to her and after a few moments of talking, Mari and the guy started towards Amanda. As they reached the table, Amanda took note of his physical appearance; brown hair that was long, but not very long, blue-green-gray eyes,he was a few inches taller then Mari and he had white skin.

Immediately Amanda noticed a familiar look in his eyes. She didn't need Mari's empathic powers to see; he was hiding a big secret. Mari looked at Amanda and said, "Amanda, this is Bryan; Bryan this is Amanda."

"Hi." Amanda said.

"Nice to meet you." Bryan said, extending his hand to shake. He stood there for five minutes until he finally got the message Amanda wasn't going to shake.

"Heh… well we'll be going now…" Mari said, and then turned Bryan around with her, "Ceya Amanda!"

As they walked away, Mari glanced back at Amanda angrily and raised her fist at her threateningly. Amanda shrugged and took another spoonful of sherbet in her mouth before standing up and tossing the rest away. She then sighed and wondered what to do.

"Maybe I'll go sit on the beach…" Amanda said, and with that, she started off towards the beach.

Sora was sitting at a table not far from where Amanda was just at recently, although he had no idea that she was just out. He nibbled quietly at the Sea Salt Ice Cream Bar he'd bought and hoped that Riku or his gang weren't around the neighborhood today. Maybe they went to the forest to their usual hang out… Sora prayed silently. He stood up after finishing his ice cream and tossed the stick away. He then started off for his home again, figuring that was the safest place to hide from Riku.

As he walked down the boardwalk, he noticed that not that many people we're on the beach. Only one person he recognized was there, and he wasn't sure she wanted to be bothered by someone like him. He leaned against the guard rail, watching as she threw random shells and pebbles into the rushing waves with such a rage that he wondered what drove her to act this way. He watched as she then drew her knees into her chest and sighed deeply, as if trying to calm herself down. Sora was so wrapped up in watching her that he didn't realize how old the railing must've been and he suddenly heard a snap, and before he knew it, he was on the sand covered ground, covered in sand and tangled with the railing. People who were passing by stopped to watch as he desperately tried to untangle himself. Amanda turned around and almost had a heart attack when she saw who and what happened. She then rushed over and helped Sora untangle himself, and then shouted at the by-standers, "Nothing to see here folks, get the hell on with our lives."

Slowly the by-standers left, still snickering behind Sora's back. Now he'd really gone and done it. He made a complete fool of himself in front of the whole island. He suddenly felt someone trying to help him up by lifting him up to his feet. He pushed himself up to see Amanda looking at him both shocked; as if she didn't know what jut happened, and skeptically; like she did.

"What just happened?" Amanda sounded as if she were trying to suppress the laughter boiling up inside of her.

"The thing broke." He spat out, before he could think. Amanda raised one brow and set her hands in her hips. She was obviously irritated now.

"I can tell that." She replied in a cool voice, dispite her disposition, "WHY?"

"Well, the view was great." He shot out again, " And when I leaned against the railing-"

"Back up." Amanda said, looking at him oddly, "View of what?"

Sora knew that tone of voice. It was the tempting voice. Daring him to come out and say, 'You.' He hated that voice, no matter who it was from.

"T-the waves!" He said, "I just love the way they swish up and down." Now he'd done it. He's made a complete dip-shit of himself. He saw Amanda's face slowly change. He thought he'd really gone and pissed her off now. But then she started laughing.

"Very quick." Amanda replied, complimenting him, "So your not as dumb as you come off." She started off for the boardwalk, leaving Sora there stunned.

"You coming?" She called to him as she strolled down towards the piers. He whirled around, relief warming him like a blanket.

Maybe this won't go as bad as I thought… Sora thought to himself and ran to catch up with her.

YAY! DONE! Sorry people, it's been a while! Review please!