Disclaimer: We do not own the characters from Final Fantasy X, we do however own ourselves... I guess.

Holy Crusaders!

"Oh-kay. What was that?" a disoriented Aidan queried, as she found herself, along with the others, walking up a hill, "Where we not just in a water filled ravine with no exit?"

"It wasn't a ravine! It was a double sided cliff." Said Brenna, trying desperately to sound intelligent, even thought she still had no clue as to what was going on. Wakka started on about his childhood love for blitzball, and how he had sucked at it for ten years. The three girls on the other hand, had started their own conversation.

"So how do ya 'spose we're getting home?" Evan asked, admiring the now dry armor.

"I don't know. I hope to hell we don't have to stay to fight any big bosses. They irk me." said Aidan.

"First tell me what-the-hell's going on!" an exasperated Brenna exclaimed, "I really don't understand any of this!"

"You would if this was FFVIII." Evan said with a smirk. Brenna then proceeded to go into a 'Squall-induced drool-fest', as they had come to be known. Aidan and Evan then went into a detailed explanation of where they were and what was happening.

"So, let me get this straight. Blondie over there isn't actually a person, but a dream. And we're supposed to fight a big fish like thing?'

"…Basically." nodded Evan.

"So we have to keep to the story-line as much as possible, for fear of ruining the fate of Spira." finished Aidan.

"Well, we don't HAVE to…" thought Evan.

"Wait, but if we're characters that haven't existed before, and we've already interacted with the main characters, haven't we altered the story-line a bit anyway?" Brenna countered.

"… Basically." nodded Evan. They then turned to find Tidus and Wakka walking down a hill.

"Hey look, it's Nipple Guards!" Aidan exclaimed.

"And his luva!" Evan added.

Brenna laughed; Tidus and Wakka just gave them blank looks.

"Not you!" Said Aidan, "Them!" She said pointing towards Luzzu and Gatta who were running up the hill. They said their best to Tidus and Wakka, and then went back to their tent.

"I know what they're doing…" a mischievous Aidan whispered to the yaoi addicted Brenna.

"Who were those guys?" Tidus asked Wakka.

"Those are Crusaders." He replied.

"Crew-what?"

Seeing as they knew what was happening, well, 2/3 of them, the girls walked on to the village.

"Hey, I like this song!" Aidan exclaimed, and 'Sight of Spira' started playing.

"Obsessive…" whispered Evan.

"They must have killer surround sound here." mused Brenna. Finally, the two men came down to join them.

"We're gonna be havin' lunch at my hut, but it's not gonna be ready for a while. Why don't you guys go introduce yourselves to the temple summoner." Wakka implied, "Oh, wait. You do know the prayer right?" Aidan gasped suddenly.

"What is it?" asked Evan.

"This is where the player chooses a response. Well guess what… THERE IS NO PLAYER! We could be here for-"

"Whoa, that's the basic of the basics…" Wakka said.

"Well… that goes against everything I just said…" said Aidan abashedly.

"Either Wakka doesn't wait for an answer, or something else is going on." Evan said.

"Ha ha, you suck!" giggled Brenna, eager at the chance to point out when the others were wrong. By this time, Wakka had shown Tidus the prayer. He then turned to the girls and said,
"You know it too, right?"

"We sure do! But it's against our religion." Evan stated with a grin.

"What!" a confused Wakka exclaimed.

"Never mind her… she's cray-zay!" Aidan said, to shut Evan up. Wakka nodded and went off to his tent, forgetting to show them anything, and just wanting to get away. Tidus was staring at his hands, in a kind of retarded ball shape.

"Is he on drugs or what?" Brenna asked, shaking her head.

"Inner monologue, remember?" Evan said, walking towards the Crusaders tent. Aidan had walked up beside Tidus, who was sill staring at his hands.

"Look familiar?" she asked.

"What?"

"It's the blitzball sign for victory."

"How did you…" Tidus trailed off. She patted him on the back,

"I'm psychic."

Once they had all gathered at the lodge, they took their spots, Brenna talking to the lady behind the desk, asking for a room, Evan by the corner, picking at her nails and day dreaming, Aidan beside Luzzu, admiring his golden 'nipple-guards', and Tidus standing beside Gatta.

"You were attacked by Sin, right? Recently, was it not?"

"No." said Evan quietly.

"Meh-bey." said Aidan, putting a finger to her chin.

"Yeah." said Tidus. Luzzu leaned in.

"You're not hiding anything, are you?"

"Only a Mexican foreigner in his pants!" piped Aidan.

"What?"

"Shut up you! No. I'm not." Tidus replied irritably.

"What's a… Mexican foreigner?" the lady behind the desk asked.

"You don't want to know." Brenna said lightly, finishing the topic.

"To tell you the truth, I don't even know what a Crusader is." Tidus said, a bit embarrassed.

"Is Sin's toxin really this bad, sir?" Gatta looked at Luzzu for guidance.

"No, that's just him." Evan said under her breath, not wanting to start another feud.

"It does seem rather bad. Tell him, Gatta." Gatta rose, and put his arm to his chest, in the Crusader fashion. Evan and Aidan followed suit, both smacking their arms a little too hard and producing a loud 'whack' sound… followed shortly by "Owww…" Soon, all three, Evan, Aidan and Gatta, were reciting the Crusader's history.

"Oh, so you're Crusaders too?" asked Luzzu, once the recital was done.

"Not really." Evan replied.

"I'll be anything you want me to be, Luzzu." Aidan grinned with a wink. Luzzu raised an eyebrow at first, then smiled knowingly.

"Ahem!" Gatta cleared his throat loudly, regaining the attention of the room.

"Two hundred years and you haven't defeated Sin?" Tidus exclaimed. Gatta went back into his metaphorical shell at this point, shamed by the truth.

"We've steered it away from towns many times before."

"Well, that's a big accomplishment! You deserve a gold star!" said Evan sarcastically.

"He has two!" whispered Aidan, indicating towards his nipples.

"It's the summoner's job to defeat Sin." replied Luzzu, a bit shaken from the last comment.

"What's a summoner?" Tidus asked quizzically.

"Are you stupid?" Brenna asked rhetorically, "Even I know what that is!"

"We could tell you," Luzzu implied, "but I think it would be better if you found out for yourself. Go to the temple to pray, maybe Yevon will help you regain your memory."

So the four of them made their way out of the tent and towards the temple.

Aidan: I would like to say on behalf of the authors, no offence was meant towards anyone of Mexican descent... I quite enjoy Mexicans... good food... as for myself, I enjoy saying the word 'nipple', and I don't apologize for that fact. If you were offended by that... nipple...