AN: Well now that I'm done updating my other story, I can concentrate on this one again. Also, I'm officially done with all my mid terms and I'm happy that I passed at least all of them with a C or better.

Rikku: Nice to know that money didn't go to waste.

DT: Tell me about it.

Ryu: So what do you have planned for us?

DT: To tell you the truth, for the last couple of days I've been mapping out where this story is going. I've pretty much have everything set except for a few minor details, oh and the ending.

Rikku: So what exactly is your hang up?

DT: Well, I'm not sure whether to have Cloud and Aerith come to Spira after……something happens. Cant' tell you what it is though it would ruin the next chapter. Also, I'm not sure whether to give Kai and Yuri siblings. Just those minor details. As for the bigger one, which is the ending, I'm still debating on it. There might be a sequel depending on how I end this story, which I have two different endings in mind. One where everything is worked out at the end and other could set the stage for a sequel. I suppose it'll come down to the readers.

Ryu: You heard her people. If you want a sequel your going to have to demand it. If not then she'll come up with a fabulous ending that will leave you with a sense of closure.

DT: Uh, yeah, what he said. Anyway, I would like to thank my loyal reviewers. Faye Leingod, Rikku, plZ gO oN!, and Blue Rose. Also I would like to welcome 100-percent-hp-fan and Xtreme Nuisance. I hope you will all enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X-2 or Kingdom Hearts. So lets all be friends and not sue each other.

Ch 11 Plots

Ryu and the gang reached Luca in a matter of hours. It was nearly noon and their stomachs were telling them it was time to eat something. Ryu told them to follow him. Since this was their first time in Luca, they didn't have much of a choice. They walked around in the shopping district for a few minutes before Ryu lead them to a bar. His sisters and the boys looked at him skeptically.

"Your taking us to a bar to eat?" Maya asked him.

"Just trust me."

They nodded and followed him inside.

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Meanwhile inside the bar, Gippal was sitting at a table with Rikku, Yuna and Paine. They were waiting for their food to be served.

"I didn't know this bar doubled as a restaurant." Rikku said.

"Yeah, I just happened to come across it one night. The food is really good." Gippal said.

"At least this time we managed to get some shopping done." Paine commented.

Rikku though back to what happened an hour ago. After they had looked for dresses in at least five stores, they finally found something. Gippal liked it and immediately purchased it. After their dress hunt ended, Gippal went to get fitted for his tux. It amazed Rikku how easy a guy had it. She had been searching for several days for a dress while Gippal got his clothes in just one hour. It kind of made her upset. A waitress walked over to them and served them their food.

"Enjoy!" she said with a smile.

"Thanks." Gippal said and dug into his food.

As the girl walked away she was pulled aside by one of the men.

"Hey there cutie. When do you get off? Maybe we could go have ourselves a good time." The man was obviously drunk.

The girl tried to pull away but the man had a firm grip on her wrist.

"Sorry but I'm not interested."

The man seemed to get mad. "You're rejecting me? I was asking nicely before. Now I'm not giving you a choice!"

Before the man could do anything else someone else grabbed his wrist.

"I believe she wants you to leave her alone."

Rikku immediately recognized the voice. She and the girls turned to get a better look. Sure enough, there was Ryu. Yuna noticed that everyone in the restaurant seem to stop what they were doing to look. Some people began to whisper.

"Isn't that Ryu?" someone asked.

"I think your right. I though he didn't work here anymore."

Ryu squeezed the wrist of the man. That caused him to let go of the girl. Ryu then dragged the man towards the door and threw him out.

"Come back when you can respect women."

The people in the restaurant began to clap. A man with a beard walked up to Ryu and slapped his back.

"Good old Ryu. Still protectin' our workers even when he doesn't work here anymore!"

Yuna, Paine, and Rikku then realized that this was the bar Ryu was standing outside of the day Rikku almost got kidnapped!

"Ryu?" the girl asked timidly. Rikku directed her attention at the girl.

"Hmm?" Ryu answered.

She squealed in delight and turned towards the bar.

"Girls! Ryu's back!"

Ryu seemed to get a little panicked. There was a loud crash from behind the bar and from a door that lead to the kitchen. A girl behind the bar jumped over and ran towards Ryu followed by four girls from the kitchen. Ryu put his hands up in an attempt to get them to stop. However, that did nothing to stop them form pouncing on him. Maya and Karen had seen enough and pulled their brother away from the hormonally crazed girls.

Yuna and Paine looked at Rikku who was trying her best not to look angry. Gippal on the other hand was chuckling at Ryu's predicament.

"What's so funny?" Yuna asked him.

"It must be hard for Ryu to keep girls away. I know how he feels. I've been in those kinds of situations before."

"Unlike you, I don't think he enjoys it." Paine commented.

Meanwhile the girls, although upset that Maya and Karen weren't letting them hug Ryu, offered to give them something to eat for free. They sat at a table and the waitress got their order.

"Okay then it'll be a few minutes." She smiled and winked at Ryu before she walked away.

Maya and Karen glared at him.

"You use to work here!" they both screamed.

"He sure did." Said the bearded man from earlier. "He was a great employee and the girls seemed to love to have him around."

"Sorry if I seem rude," Maya said, "But who the heck are you."

"He's my old boss. His names Dirk." Ryu answered her.

"Oh."

"So how'd Ryu get this job?" Yuri asked.

Dirk chuckled. "Let's just say he happened to stumble into this place. The girls took a likin' to him and I decided to hire him as a bouncer."

"How long did you work here?" Kai asked Ryu.

"Hmm, about a year and a half."

"Yup, but he left to be the bodyguard of Cid's girl. I told him he better get the job or he shouldn't even show his face around here!" Dirk then whispered to Ryu. "Ya know the lass is here."

Ryu smirked. "So I noticed." he whispered back.

Then the waitress came back with their food. She stayed at the table to talk to Ryu for a bit.

"So did you get the job?"

"Yes."

"Then what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be working?" she asked.

Dirk eyed him. "Don't tell us ya already got fired." he said playfully.

Ryu snorted. "No, I just got the day off."

Dirk laughed. "Good, otherwise I would have ta throw ya out!"

The girl had to go back to work and Dirk left them to enjoy their meals. While they ate, Maya and Karen kept asking him questions.

"So he's the friend you were talking about?" Maya asked.

Ryu just nodded.

"He seems nice enough." She commented.

"Were any of those girls your girlfriends by any chance?" Karen then asked.

Ryu almost choked on his food. "No! What kind of question is that!"

"Can't blame them for being curious." A voice said.

They turned around to find Yuna, Paine, Rikku and Gippal standing behind him. Gippal placed a hand on his shoulder.

"There's no need to be embarrassed about it. Just tell us all about your romantic escapades with these lovely girls."

Ryu's eye twitched at Gippal's comments. "I did not date any of them. They're just…..overly affectionate."

"Right." Gippal said skeptically.

"Anyway, it's quite a coincidence to run into you here." Yuna commented.

Ryu smirked. "I know. I never though you guys would be here. I didn't even think you knew about it."

"Gippal's the one who brought us here." Rikku told him.

"Really now?"

Suddenly Yuna's comm. link went off.

"Yuna! Get back to the airship now!" Brother screamed over the comm. link.

"Why? What's wrong?"

"We got an emergency call from Rin." Buddy answered her. "It seems Sephiroth has turned on them."

Yuna's eyes widened. She looked at her friends with urgency. "We have to go now!"

"What happened?" Paine asked worried.

"Sephiroth has turned on Rin and Shinra!"

At the mention of Sephiroth's name, Maya, Karen, and Ryu stood up.

"What!"

"We have to leave."

Ryu reached into his pocket and left some money on the table. "Sorry Dirk, but I have to go. I'll stop by again as soon as I can. Thanks for the meal girls!"

"Be careful!" they all told at him.

Ryu nodded. "Yuri. Kai. Go on the airship with the others. Maya, Karen and I will meet you at the inn."

They all nodded. Ryu ran out the door with his sister. The others followed suit.

"Wait how are they planning to get there if they don't come with us?" Gippal asked confused.

Rikku just smiled at him and pointed to the sky. Gippal's eyes widened at the sight before him. Ryu, Maya, and Karen had wings! Not only that, they were flying!

"Oh." Was all he could say.

Rikku snapped him out of it and they ran to get on the airship. Meanwhile, Ryu, Maya, and Karen were flying as fast as they could to get to the inn on the Highroad. Ryu knew they could reach in at least half an hour. He just hoped it wouldn't be too late.

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At the inn, Rin was trying to break down the door to Shinra's lab. A few minutes ago, Sephiroth had barricaded himself inside with Shinra. He didn't know what he was planning, but he knew he needed help. He just hoped that Yuna would arrive soon. Minutes passes and still there was no sign of Yuna. He began to worry for Shinra's life. Then one of his workers ran to him.

"Sir, there is someone here!"

Rin ran out. He was surprised to see someone other than Yuna.

"Ah, you are Ryu. Correct?"

Ryu nodded. "Where is he?"

Rin lead them into the inn and to Shinra's lab. "In here, Sephiroth holds him hostage. I do not even know if he is still alive." He answered solemnly.

"Well, let's find out." Ryu said as he drew his katan.

Maya and Karen followed his lead and drew their staff.

"Cover me." He told them. They nodded. Ryu's swords then was engulfed in flames.

"Flame Blade!" he dug his sword into the door and sliced it in half. The doors fell to reveal Shinra, who was still alive, working on some sort of machina with Sephiroth over looking him. Sephiroth turned around. His eyes narrowed at the three people in the door way. He smiled evilly at Karen and Maya.

"Well, well, if it isn't Clouds brats." He said. Then he turned his icy gaze to Ryu. "And you. What is your relation to them?"

Ryu growled. "What do you care?"

Sephiroth looked back at Shinra. "Keep working boy, or I'll dispose of you."

Shinra continued to work furiously on the machina. Sephiroth then began to walk towards them.

"Let's see if your resemblance to Cloud is just a coincidence."

He drew his large swords and charged at Ryu. "Get Shinra out of here and evacuate everyone in the inn!" he told his sisters. Then he too charged at Sephiroth. Maya and Karen ran towards Shinra.

Sephiroth noticed them and quickly changed his target. Ryu was not going to let him get to his sisters.

"Aerial Slash!"

Blades of energy flew at Sephiroth and hit him from behind. Ryu then went in closer to strike, but Sephiroth blocked his attack. Ryu and Sephiroth's swords clanged against one another as they tried to break each others defense. Meanwhile, Karen got a hold of Shinra.

"Wait!" he told them. "I'm going to detonate this."

The girls nodded and let him do it. "We have five minutes." He told them.

Karen grabbed him and ran for the exit. Maya was right behind her. Before they ran out the door, Maya turned around and yelled at her brother.

"You have less than five minutes before this place explodes!"

Sephiroth looked angrily at Maya before he left his battle with Ryu. He quickly went to the machina and tried to turn off the detonator. Ryu didn't know what was so important about the machina, but he couldn't let him mess with it.

"Aerial Slash!"

Sephiroth dodged Ryu's attacks. "I will not allow you to ruin my plans!"

Suddenly there was a light above Ryu's head. Ryu tried to move away from it, but no matter what he did it stayed above him.

"Sin Harvest!"

Ryu then fell to his knees. All his strength seemed to have been zapped from him.

"What did you do!"

"I just made sure you would stay out of my way." He went back to messing with the machine.

Ryu had a feeling if he didn't do something now, Sephiroth was going to use that machina for whatever evil purpose he had. He slowly got up to his feet. Using his sheer will power, he lifted his sword and swung it around before letting it fly.

"What have you done!" Sephiroth yelled as Ryu's katan imbedded itself into the machina.

Sparks began to fly around the machina and smoke was starting to rise for it.

'How am I going to get out of this one?' Ryu thought.

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Meanwhile outside, Yuna and the others had arrived and were helping evacuate everyone from the inn. However, after Shinra told them he set his machina to detonate, they began to evacuate people in the surrounding area as well. As soon as they were done they boarded the airship and took off. They were gathered in the bridge, but there was one small problem.

"We have to wait for Ryu!"

"Were is he?" Kai asked Maya and Karen.

"He's inside fighting Sephiroth!" Karen answered.

"He's fighting that psycho!" Yuri exclaimed.

"Don't worry." Shinra said. "He still has two minutes before the machina….."

There was a loud bang. It sounded like an explosion. They all ran to the nearest window. There was a huge pillar of smoke and fire where the inn use to be. Something shot up from out of the smoke and flew away. Maya and Karen recognized the figure as Sephiroth.

"Or not." Shinra finished his sentence.

"Ryu!" Maya, Karen, and Rikku screamed.

The girls "asked" Brother to land the airship. Brother was eager to comply with their request on account he felt his life was in danger. As soon as the airship landed they all ran out. Unfortunately they didn't know how they were going to get Ryu since everything surrounding the inn was on fire. Yuna then sphere changed into a Black mage. Rikku and Paine followed her lead. They used Wateraga and put out the fire. Maya and Karen were about to run in when someone walked out of the rubble. Ryu walked calmly out of the rubble with his sword resting on his shoulder. He was soaking wet, had a few cuts on his arms, and his shirt and pants were ripped, but other than that he looked okay. Maya and Karen ran and embraced him. They were relieved to see him alive. Gippal looked at Maya and Karen curiously.

"Do they like him or something?" he asked Rikku.

Rikku wasn't sure what to tell him. After all, Ryu had made them promise not to tell anyone they were related.

"Uh, well,….."

"They see him like a brother so they constantly worry about him." Kai answered for Rikku.

"Oh okay." Gippal said satisfied with the answer. Not that he was worried if Maya liked Ryu.

After assuring his sisters over and over that he was okay, they let him go and made their way over to the others. Shinra ran over Ryu. He was eager to find out why his machina detonated early.

"What happened?"

Ryu ran a hand through his wet hair. "Well Sephiroth was trying to cancel the detonation. I knew if I didn't stop him something bad was going to happen. So I threw my sword at the machina and it blew up."

"That explains why it exploded early." Shinra stated.

"Come on lets get you fixed up." Karen said and they lead him back on the airship. Brother then took off and headed towards Djose Temple.

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Meanwhile Sephiroth was sitting on the bank of the Moonflow. He was really pissed off. How could he have let that kid ruin everything he had worked for! Sephiroth felt another presence near by. He stood up and drew his katan.

"I'm not here to fight." The voice said.

Sephiroth recognized it. He sheathed his sword. "What do you want this time, Ansem?"

"What I want is revenge."

"Against who?"

"That boy. Ryu I believe he's called. If I'm not mistaken he has just ruined your plans as well."

"What are you suggesting?"

"I'm suggesting a temporary truce between us. Let's work together to destroy Ryu."

Sephiroth liked where this conversation was going. "What do you have in mind?"

Ansem summoned his Guardian. It handed him a folder. Ansem held it out for Sephiroth. He took it and skimmed through the files. His eyes lit up and he smirked.

"I see. You plan to hit him physically and emotionally."

"Yes, why not leave him completely broken?"

Sephiroth chuckled. "I like the way you think."

Ansem smiled. "Then let us strike."

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Shinra explained to everyone that Sephiroth had made him convert his machina so that when it extracted power from the Farplane it would also transfer it into a person. Apparently Sephiroth wanted to become some sort of god. After Ryu heard the explanation he decided to get himself healed up and changed. He laid on the bed in his room. He was glad he could prevent Sephiroth from using the machina, but he got away. There was a big possibility that he would come back and get revenge for ruining his plans. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard someone knock on his door. He got up and went to answer it. It was Rikku.

'Why am I not surprised?'

"How are you feeling?" Rikku asked him.

Ryu sighed. "Aside from some minor cuts, I'm fine."

"That's good." She said with a smile.

Ryu felt his cheeks get warmer. Though he had no idea why. "So, uh, anything else you need Princess?"

Rikku frowned at him. "I have name you know."

"I know." Ryu said with a smirk.

Suddenly the airship began to shake.

"What's going on?" Rikku asked as she tried to keep her balance.

The airship then jerked violently.

"Rikku!" Ryu said a little panicked.

Rikku was flung at him. Next thing he knew he was on the ground with Rikku on top of him, however that's not what concerned him. What was causing him much concern and confusion was the fact that at the moment, their lips were touching. At first neither of them moved. Then Rikku slowly pushed herself up. She looked into his eyes. She too was confused as to what was happening. Ryu managed to sit up. He never broke his gaze with her. He was lost in her swirled green eyes. Rikku moved closer. She rested her forehead against his.

"We…..should stop." Ryu said in a daze.

"I don't want too." Rikku responded in an equal daze.

Rikku wrapped her arms around his neck and closed the distance between them. Their lips met once again. This time though, Ryu responded and kissed her back. He wrapped his arms around her and held her against him. For those few seconds, they forgot about absolutely everything. Of course this moment couldn't last forever.

"RIKKU! RYU! We have big problems. Get back to the bridge!"

That snapped them out of their trance. Rikku jumped off of him and covered her face. She couldn't believe she did that! She just made out with Ryu! Ryu was having an equally hard time comprehending what they just did.

'What is this irregular pulse?' he though as he felt his heartbeat speed up.

Ryu stood up and cleared his throat to get Rikku's attention.

"We should head to the bridge before they send someone to look for us." He avoided eye contact.

"Uh, right." She said also averting her gaze.

They walked to the bridge without another word. when they reached the bridge they found the others were looking worriedly in front of them.

"What's going on?" Ryu asked. "Why did the airship jerk like that?"

"Look." Maya said as she pointed in front of her.

Rikku and Ryu's eyes widened at the scene before them. A hoard of flying Heartless was coming at them. There were so many that they clouded the sky before them.

'If it's not one thing it's another.' Ryu though frustrated.

AN: Wow, I didn't think this chapter would be so long. Anyway, after a few requests for more action between Ryu and Rikku, I decided to deliver. Hey Rikku, Ryu, what did you think?

(Rikku and Ryu looked away from each other.)

DT: Oh come one. Don't tell me it's already awkward. It wasn't that bad was it?

Rikku and Ryu: Easy for you to say.

DT: Anyway, things are about to go down hill….for Ryu at least.

Ryu: You just have to make my life hard.

DT: Everyone likes a mysterious hero with a horrible past he needs to overcome.

Rikku: The next chapter is gonna be bad isn't it?

DT: Umm, possibly?

Ryu: I'm gonna have it rough for a bit.

(DT pats Ryu's back)

DT: Don't worry things will work out in the end. Now everyone should review, but remember no flames. Flames are just rude and they give you burns, which is not cool. Later!