Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, I don't own Final Fantasy X-2, I don't own my house, I don't own my car, I don't own my pants.

Warning: Sexual Content…I repeat Sexual Content. Lemons and Limes are my kind of fruit, and if you ain't cool with that turn around now.

Something is Rotten in the State of Bevelle

Tidus pulled Yuna in close and smiled at her, "You were beautiful up there."

"Thank you…" Yuna responded with a little bit of a blush on her face, he had such a way of making her go red.

"No smile?" He lifted an eyebrow, "Oh I can make you smile!" He lifted his hand to tickle her and Yuna let out a scream and started running, playfully dodging through the crowd to get away from Tidus's tickling fingers.

"No! Stop Tidus!" Yuna shrieked as he managed to gently tickle her in the chase before she wiggled away.

Brother didn't see the good nature in their play. Not good for Tidus. Brother immediately went to Yuna's aid, and entered Tidus' path, slamming his shoulder into the blue eyed man's stomach. The sudden stop earned a deep grunt out of Tidus as he fell backward and the crowd separated giving the two a little room.

"Leave Yuna alone!" Brother yelled at Tidus with more than a little bit of beer on his breathe.

Rikku saw Brother tackle the blitzball player from the ramp of the Celsius and shook her head. "Oh brother"

Cid saw the split of the crowd and immediately ran toward it, he stopped thinking about trying to find Gippal.

Yuna walked over and went toward Brother, trying to explain. "He wasn't really chasing me Brother, It was just a game."

"Yuna said No. Yuna meant No." Brother stated simply and strongly. "I won't let him bother you anymore."

Yuna shook her head and opened her mouth trying to explain. "He wasn't bothering me Brother…really…we were just playing…like tag…or Hide and Seek…Just having fun."

"Then why did you tell him to stop? Why tell him no?" Brother asked.

Tidus felt like he should be quiet, but her being so close to him at the moment made him nervous, he wanted to be between the Al-Bhed and Yuna. He could see the closeness. Something happened between them that Yuna didn't mention. She had told him Brother was the pilot of Celsius, and her cousin…but he was being much more protective then a cousin.

Yuna shook her head. "I didn't want him to tickle me that's all, I do-"

Brother pulled her away from Tidus as he stood. "She doesn't want you to tickle her, I won't let you."

"Brother, I think you've had too much to drink…" Yuna said softly placing a delicate hand on the skin of his chest. "Why don't you go back to the ship."

Tidus saw the motion and felt a harsh sting of jealousy flood his heart.

"NO! I won't leave you with Tickle Yuna Boy!" Brother said before he burped. He was suddenly pulled back and away from Yuna and Tidus by Cid.

"Alright Kiddo, cool it down alright…" Cid said as the boy started to struggle a little. Buddy came out of the crowd to help the older man.

Rikku ran into the crowd, "Brother, cool it, we have a bigger problem." That tone in her voice made everyone pay attention. "It's Mission Time." She winked and waved the boys on. "We gotta book"

Yuna looked from her cousin to her uncle a little confused, the word mission striking her interest, "What's going on?"

Rikku could hear her concern, and stepped closer to her so not everyone could hear her. "Paine, she's in Bevelle on a …personal mission."

"Baralai?" Yuna said softly filling in the blank.

"She left earlier, but hasn't checked in and her emergency signal just got picked up by the Celsius."

Yuna's eyes went a little wide. She couldn't stand by knowing her friend was in trouble. "I want to come too…I can help."

Rikku looked at Cid and pointed at Yuna. "The more the merrier Kido" He responded.

As they began to walk away Tidus grabed Yuna's arm. "If your going. I'm coming with you." Yuna just gave him a little smile and a nod.

"You heard what Cid said, the more the merrier." She gave him a small kiss on the cheek and took his hand. They all made there way back to the Celsius, although Brother was kicking around the whole time.

Yuna felt a little odd as she set foot onto the ship again, especially with Tidus close to her. She held his hand discretely. The ship started up and they took off, Shinra at his station, Buddy navigating, and Cid at the helm while Brother slept off his buzz.

"Rikku…Do you know what kind of trouble we are in for?" Tidus asked.

"No…Shinra?" Rikku asked the kid who was tiredly working at his panel.

"Gimmie a break I was asleep…" He said in mid yawn. "By the way happy birthday Rikku."

The blonde smiled and nodded. "Thanks!"

Tidus whispered to Yuna "If that is Shinra, and Cid is driving…Brother is the one in bed…who are the other two?"

"Oh…sorry!" Yuna laughed gently. "Buddy, Gippal, this is Tidus, Tidus, this is Buddy, our Navigator, and Gippal who is currently just stealing Rikku's chair."

Gippal swung himself up in a graceful manner and walked over to the blitzball player, they shook hands firmly. "Glad to meet you."

"We're almost there, you girls better get your grids equipped and see Barkeep if you need anything stocked up.

Yuna finished the process and began to glow, petals swirling around her as she turned into her gunner Dress Sphere.

"Wow" Tidus said smiling at Yuna's cute little butt. "Gotta say I like this one."

Yuna leaned back and gave him a little whack. Rikku came through the door with a handful of potions. "I have to warn you Tidus…" Rikku said slowly organizing the potions and stashing them away. "The enemies are much quicker then you might be used to. No staying in one place, dodge a little"

Yuna nodded and slammed the clip into one of her guns. "And some get right up in your face."

Tidus lifted an eyebrow at her guns. "I can handle the hitting if you wanna go back to using Nirvana…"

Rikku and Yuna both looked at Tidus with blank looks. "Okay…I take that back…Just saying we might need some healing…"

Gippal's gun cocked back and snapped into place as he checked the barrel. "These girls can take care of themselves and us. We have plenty of stock, including rare items, as well as their White Mage sphere's and their Alchemist, have no fear."

Tidus felt a little naked. "Umm…any of you got a sword I can use?"

Yuna smiled to herself and walked over the stairway. "I got something better." She picked up the bag they came on with, pulling out a small pink sphere and pocketing it as well and sliding out a site for sore eyes. The bright blue blade shimmered at being so near Tidus. "You worked so hard to get it two years ago…I kept it safe."

The man's smile spread across his face, lips slipping a little thinner as he reached out and took the sword from the cute girl in front of him. "Thank you…" He gave her a soft kiss on the lips and watched her blush.

Rikku smiled and cooed softly at them, with a little bit of an annoying tone. "Awww!"

Cid called out from the pilot seat. "You Kiddo's ready? We're almost there. Rikku take the helm for a second I need to go check on Brother."

Rikku swung into the pilot seat and took control, slowly steering the large ship toward the towering red building whilst Cid walked out of the room. A moment later his voice came over the intercom. "Hey Gippal, could you bring me the med kit next to the pilot seat?"

Gippal picked up the bag and walked toward brothers out the door, as the elevator door opened Cid stood there with a hallow glare. "Cid?"

The older Al-Bhed grabbed Gippal by the shirt and yanked him in the elevator. He hit the stop button and froze the compartment. Claustrophobic space trapped the older man with the blonde. "I know what your after."

"Excuse me?" Gippal asked with a gulp.

"I have trusted you somewhat Gippal…" Cid said taking the bag from the one eyed man. "But I've been watching you and your watching Rikku way too much."

"Sir…I love your daughter…" Gippal said assertively crossing his arms. "I'm not gonna stop chasing after her."

Cid narrowed his eyes and with lighting speed slammed his fist into Gippal's midsection. He felt hard muscle and soft flesh fight the inertia of his moving knuckles. The one eyed man coughed and flew back against the elevator wall. "Your getting far too close to her, you understand me…"

"Yes sir…" Gippal said panting slowly and wincing in pain.

"The deal was you wouldn't seduce her again. If she falls in love with you is one thing, but you pawing all over her is another. Don't get so close. You look like your about to jump her every time she's in the room" Cid took a deep breathe, attempting to calm down but Gippal looked about ready to say something, so he cut off the younger man's words. "and believe me boy… if my daughter has to cry one tear over you…your gonna have a hole where you used to have a penis." Cid hit the bridge button on the panel, the door opened again with a swish and Gippal pulled himself out.

"Got anything to say now kid?" Cid asked him as he leaned against the wall.

"Damn…you got a nice punch pops…" Gippal's voice was chocked and sore, as if he was having trouble breathing.

"Don't forget it..." Cid said was a deathly serious tone.

Dropping from the Celsius into Bevelle, Yuna and Rikku took long strides toward the heavy double doors. Gippal lead them with a small machina in his hand reading the signal of Paine's Sphere. "It looks like the thrown room…"

Tidus made sure to stay close but a little behind, constantly looking back to protect the group from back attacks.

As the party pushed through the heavy doors they saw no one. Not one guard. Not one servant. Not one priest of New Yevon. Yuna paused and looked at her cousin. "Doesn't this seem odd to you?"

"Yeah" Rikku pondered with a finder on her lips and a hand on her hip. "Didn't Cid say that the Praetor was recently arming himself to the teeth?"

Gippal was getting ahead of them so the girls sprinted to catch up, they made there way to the signal and when they turned the corner into the empty thrown room, only one man stood at the end of the hall. He looked very familiar, but Yuna could feel something wrong with him. She hesitated, Tidus put a hand on her arm and looked up at the Dias. "Is that Baralai?" He asked the brown haired girl.

"No…It's not" Rikku said in a whisper, feeling the eerie feeling creep up her spine. Her bare legs got Goosebumps and the hair on the back of her neck stood on end.

"Hey!" Gippal said walking up to the Dias toward Baralai. "You must be Baralai's father right? Nice to meet you!" The blonde extended his hand the silver haired man and let his wide smile break the ice. "What's your name again. Swordfish? Swallow?"

"Sorin." The older man responded a little weary.

"Oh come on, I suppose Baralai never mentioned me?" Gippal gave a short laugh and walked around the thrown. "We go way back you know." Leaning in to the older man's face he examined him very closely, leaning on the thrown. "Guess you were already pyerflies by then though…"

Yuna, Rikku and Tidus perked into alertness, really unaware of where Gippal was going. The blonde man twisted Sorin's arm and Paine's CommSphere rolled out of his robe's sleeve.

Tidus's eyes widened. "It's a trap, we gotta get out of here."

"It's too late" Sorin's voice boomed and made them all shiver.

"That's right." Gippal kicked the thrown over, but Sorin stood fast enough to avoid being moved. "You knew we were coming even before we did."

The glimmer in the man's dark eyes told Gippal he was right. The sound of Gippal's gun going off reverberated through the room but Sorin just stumbled back.

"If you insist on doing this the hard way…" He lifted his arm and the doors of the room slammed closed, windows lining the hall opened and fiends crept out of their hiding places.

Gippal backed his way down to the other's each looking around to their surroundings. "I've meet many friends in the Via Infinito…" He turned into several brilliant balls of light as he began to sink through the floor. "I do hope they welcome you warmly."

Yuna drew her guns and began shooting, Rikku began speeding up her footwork, while Gippal unloaded his bullets into the nearest encroaching monsters. Tidus hacked away at anything he could reach. The odd thing was, although the creatures were engaging them, they did not advance at once, in fact they seem to be delaying as long as possible. Being equipped with Ribbon's neither Yuna, or Rikku were affected when Tidus and Gippal fell to the ground. Very suddenly unconscious.

"We have to run!" Rikku yelled pulling back from a Adamantine.

"There is no where to run too Rikku…" Yuna whispered as she heard the hallow clicks of her guns. Out of MP. Out of ammo. Out of options. Yuna lifting her arms into the air and let her guns drop to the ground.