Trust and Lies Chapter 2

Pay back

Nalah stretched and sat up in bed. The sun was streaming in through the window, Nalah hissed at it. Yes, she did act like a cat from time to time. Today I get to train. Lucky me... Dang sun! Ow... Well, the sooner we beat back those fiends the sooner Baralai leaves. That's a good thing. Nalah pulled herself out of bed and she reached for the leather sleeve like thing she wore. It was dark brown and baggy at the end with a very tiny pre-loaded cross bow that hung over her hand. She pulled it up to her elbow so that only her fingertips were hanging out.

Nalah adorned her usual cloths, a black leather shirt with laces in the front and a matching black leather skirt. She fastened her knee-high boots under the metal plate on the front. Nalah then stood up and went outside, it was 4:00am and she was the only one up. The ship spent last night in the Moonflow, and with the sun rising over it, it looked beautiful. Nalah folded her arms over her chest and stared out over it. After a while of standing in silence Paine came outside.

"I'm curious as to why you don't trust Baralai." Nalah jumped at Paine's voice behind her.

"I just don't. Political leaders and the groups they lead cause too many conflicts to even bother with. I don't see why Baralai needs to be on the airship, he should be back at Yevon HQ's. What kind of a leader abandons his people in a crisis?"

"It wasn't his choice." Paine responded coldly, a little disappointed in her new friend for her lack of trust, though she had just met Baralai you couldn't really expect much from that.

"I know..." if it was anyone else Nalah would have walked off right then and there but Paine seemed to understand why she was acting this way more then anyone else.

"He doesn't understand why you don't trust him."

"New Yevon lied to all Spira, and I know you know that." Nalah glared at the ground.

"This is going Baralai sound really bad, but he heard you singing last night." Paine folded her arms and smiled.

Nalah was surprised; she didn't think anyone heard her. "What... How?"

"He was on his way to talk to you, but he got a little side tracked, so I told him to leave. He thought you were good."

"Humph... Did he tell you that?"

"No, I just know him too well, I can almost read his thoughts. He could never figure it out though."

"Dim wit." Nalah muttered. Both Paine and Nalah laughed a little.

"I know he can be closed-mined and a little stubborn but cut him some slack."

"I will..." Nalah said it but she didn't mean it. Paine went inside leavening Nalah to think about her words. Nalah waited a minute before following Paine.

When Nalah came in she glanced at a clock, 7:30am! Nalah hadn't realized that she was standing outside for over an hour before Paine came out. She glanced around the room, every one was up.

"Well Nalah, ready to train your butt off?" Rikku exclaimed. Well at least someone likes training. Nalah thought.

"Ready as I'll ever be." She muttered.

"Well good! Brother, get this oversized... thing, to the Clam Lands! Pronto!" Rikku danced around the ship obviously very excited to train.

"Rikku! I do not take orders from you!"

"Just shut up and go already!" Nalah rolled her eyes; their so-called 'leader' was very stubborn.

"Not even from you miss fancy Al-Ronso whatever you are! Not from you! Or you! Or you! Orrrrrr YOU!" Brother pointed to Paine, Baralai, Buddy and Shinra. And as he kept doing his "or you!" dance he pointed at some random objects in the room, finally Yuna told him that the sooner they got to the Clam Lands the better.

Baralai glanced over at Nalah for a minute; she looked like she was using all her strength to keep from bursting out laughing at Brother. She was beautiful and she would make a great songstress, but she didn't seem like the trust worthiest of people, and apparently to her, he was equally untrustworthy.

--Clam Lands--

"Hey guys! I have a new move!" Rikku called as she jumped up and down in her black mage dress sphere. "Come see! ...I have to warn you, this may be shocking!" Rikku closed her eyes plunged her wand thing into the ground. She leapt into the air, obviously aided by magic, landing on the top of the wand and threw her arms above her head soaring upward in a wash of yellow sparks she flipped so she was hanging in the air upside-down everything began to move in slow motion as the Clam Lands was engulfed in a mass of gold, Rikku opened her eyes "So long!" there was a loud clash. Thunder encircled the fiend instantly killing it, when the golden oblivion was gone pyerflies were in swarming everywhere, it had been a large fiend. Rikku plummeted to the ground lading on her back. "Owie! That hurt but it sure was fun!"

The others rolled their eyes, it had been an impressive move but if you land on your back and say 'owie', it doesn't seem so amazing anymore...

"How are levels?" Rikku inquired pulling out a clipboard and pen. She had made everyone set a goal for their level that morning. Nalah gave the last fiend a slash and killed it.

"62!" That was probably the most Nalah's level had increased at once.

"I'm 81!" Yuna exclaimed tossing her gunner dress sphere into the air, she had been clad in metal and tight leather for too long! Paine is lucky! Yuna pouted silently, her warrior dress sphere has mostly leather and not much metal armor!

"83." Paine took pride in being the strongest of all YRP and now N, she sort of got to look out for them... That made it acceptable for her to be mean to Rikku.

"And I'm 80! Good now tomorrow we head beck to Bevelle and finish off those fiends!" Rikku smiled proudly, as she checked of everyone's name on her clipboard, including a little star next to her own because of her new move.

"Who put you in charge?" Nalah smiled slyly.

"Well, not my dumb brother that's for sure!" The memory of Brothers 'or you!' dace slipped through Rikku's mind slowly.

"Rikku, is Yuna feeling okay after all that training?" the radio from inside Rikku's pocket shouted.

"Speak of the devil." Paine muttered, as she wiped some fiend blood off her sword.

"Yes, but her heart is akeing because she misses you." Rikku put her hand over the two-way radio as she giggled.

"Really?!"

"No! Ha! Pay back!"

"RIKKU!!!!!!!!!!"

"Over and out sucker!" Rikku flicked the radio off and almost fell on the ground laughing. "I sure got him!" Paine was even laughing, "Oh, and what's this? Even Dr.P thinks Brother got it good!"

Suddenly about 1000 memories flew through Paine's mind, of her days in the Crimson Squad, being called Dr.P so many times before. She stared at the ground sadly.

"Ooo! Dose Paine miss Gippal, Baralai, and Noojie-Woojie?" Paine hardly had to raise her sword an inch before Rikku started screaming 'No help! Yunie! I'm sorry! Ahhh!' Then Paine got an idea.

"Yes Rikku, I really miss Gippal." Paine really didn't she just knew Rikku would get mad.

"Hey! He's taken! Or... He will be soon!"

"Don't worry Rikku! I can't stand being alone around... him for more then five minutes anyway!" she hesitated calling him a him for he was more of an annoying and immature pest to her.

"No fair! Nalah didn't know yet! Now she knows, because of you!"

Nalah watched the two of them, they had no idea how funny it was, "I'm still deciding which of you is better at getting pay back. Yuna, what do you think?"

"Oh they're even!" Yuna giggle.

"I completely agree!" a smirk made its way across Nalah's face, maybe this wasn't such a bad day after all...

-Chapter 2 Complete-

Well, that was some random pointless humor for ya! Or was it some hints as to what may happen later in the story? Not even I know yet! But what about Baralai? Well, him and Nalah are kinda the main focus of the story, so take a hint people!