Alright! Chapter 2! Technically chapter 3, but w/e. Thanks for the reviews Kunoichi of Chaos,Bolt Dragon Tsuki and... The Incorrigible Insano-Man? I just decided on how to incorporate the OC's in, but there probably won't be any until the Moonflow, so that's my new goal!I guess that's all for now...

Disclaimer: Don't own nothin but this stale muffin... sighs and looks at feet Hey! A muffin!

Chapter 2: Burn, Baby, Burn! Getting Kilika's Aeon!

I leaned up against the side of the ship, making sure everyone was okay. Hey, I've heard stories about what can happen on a ship! I saw Tidus do some somersaults and the like, grab some binoculars from a girl and look at everyone. When Yuna waved at him, the girl grabbed the binoculars. He scratched the back of his head and giggled.

"Ugh... men should not giggle..." I muttered to myself.

"You do have a point." Surprised that someone snuck up on me like that; I turned and looked to my left. There was a girl, she looked like she was maybe one or two years older than me.

"Who are you, and how did you do than?" She looked over at me and smiled.

"Name's Jen. And I'm a thief. It's my job to be sneaky. Well, technically I'm not a thief any more. I'm a guardian to my brother."

"So there's another guardian on board?" I asked.

"Well, we're picking him up in Kilika. Who's the other summoner?" She asked me.

"Yuna, daughter of Braska. I'm her guardian." I thumped my chest proudly, feeling a tint bit like Zidane from IX as I did so.

"One of her guardians." Said a passing Lulu.

"Why don't you but out!?" I retorted. "Sheesh, I really don't like her..."

"So, Lady Yuna is on board?" Jen asked, breaking me out of my "How to injure Lulu" thoughts.

"Erm, yeah. Why?"

"Oh this is perfect! My brother's had a crush ever since we lived in Besaid! Of course, he never talked to her, but whatever. This is my chance to embarrass him, and vicariously my boyfriend too!"

"Boyfriend?" I wasn't desperate or anything, and made sure to convey that in my tone.

"Yeah, he's in Kilika with my brother right now. Calls himself the 'Ultimate Fencer'. Only fencing I've ever seen him do is the one at my house."

"Oookaaay... how would this embarrass him?" I asked.

"He always tried to help my brother ask girls out, says the rejections will toughen him up."

"Ouch." She was about to say something when I heard someone shout.

"Sin!"

"Oh crap..." I muttered before running to the action, pretty sure Jen was right behind me. The harpoons connected to the fin, making me trip. Jen stopped and helped me up.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, but I don't think anyone else on this ship can fight anything that Sin might throw at us!"
"Well, with Lady Yuna, you, the rest of her guardians, and me, I think we got a chance!" I nodded, and kept running. We eventually met up with everyone else.

"Bout time, man!" Tidus called out, slicing through a Sin Scale. I knocked a Scale with my ax, before thinking.

Isn't there a Sin Spawn here? I looked over the edge, and speak of the devil; he's early. "Tidus, Wakka! We got this! There's a giant fiend down there!" I shoved my thumb over the rail. They nodded and leaped off the side to begin their own battle. Back to the action of here. Let's see, the girls could handle the Fin while me and Kimahri would have to cover them. I slashed a scale that was charging Lulu.

"This doesn't change things between us!" I did the 'I'm watching you' gesture before rushing off to fight some more. I think I heard her mutter "Idiot." before letting loose a thunder spell on Sin. Yuna summoned Valefor, the giant bird... thing flying around it, letting loose the occaisonal Sonic Wing to slow it down. Jen threw a grenade at the fin, before slicing open a scale with one of her knives. Kimahri was actually doing the best, I think his score was twenty baddies killed so far.

"Aww... Kimahri's winning!" I complained.

"It's not a contest you moron!" Lulu shouted after letting loose another Thunder spell.

"To you maybe! Killjoy..." I muttered, hitting two scales at the same time. The fin departed afterwards, and Tidus and Wakka climbed back up. It was really quiet. We all looked towards Kilika.

"I hope they're okay..." I heard Jen say.

"I will defeat Sin... I must defeat Sin." Yuna said to my right somewhere. We docked in Kilika, still quiet. We unboarded, still quiet. We entered the town proper, still quiet.

"Will somebody say something!?" I yelled. Everyone stared. "Sorry." I saw Jen looking at a ruined house.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked.

"I can't believe it..." This must've been where she lived.

"I'm sorry." I don't know why, but I put my hand on her shoulder.

"Why? Not your fault." I was about to say something when someone behind us shouted.

"Jen!" A boy, this one roughly my age, ran forward, locking Jen in a hug.

"Chao!" She hugged him back.

"What am I? Chopped liver?" Another voice asked.

"Let me guess. Little brother," I pointed at Chao. "And boyfriend." I gestured towards the mystery person. The guy shoved me, then literally got in my face.

"And who're you? If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from my girl!"

"Says who?" I asked.

"Ken, Best Fencer in all of Spira!"

"Ken, at least be modest. If not, have some manners. This is Jeff, he helped fight Sin off from the boat." He glared at me.

"So you're the one who drove the thing here!"

"What was that!?"

"It was probably running away laughing!"

"Well I thi-"

"That's enough!" Two people shouted. One happened to be Chao, the other was Yuna.

"You must be Chao. I'm Yuna. The villagers told me where you were. I'm afraid there's too many pyreflies for me to send by myself. Would you help me? You are the only Summoner near here." Chao blushed, then nodded.

"Go get her tiger!" Ken whispered, getting an even deeper blush from Chao.

"Hey, you two!" Ken and I looked over at Jen. "While they're doing that, we can help clean up." She jerked her head in the direction of the clean up crews. I glared at Ken, him doing the same to me until we broke it off and went to help. Things were pretty calm until Ken said this one tiny thing that sent me over the edge.

"Ha! You're so weak, no wonder Sin left! It wanted bigger fish to fry!" Then I snapped.

"That's it! You're starting to piss me off!" I threw a huge hunk of wood that I was lifting into the ocean. Everyone stared.

"Calm down, ya! It's no big deal!" Wakka tried to calm me down.

"No, I'm tired of his crap! C'mon, you and me! Right now!" I pulled out my ax, letting it rest on my shoulder.

"Fine!" Ken yelled back, pulling out his rapier.

"Will you two stop?" Jen asked us. I hesitated for a second, until a thin blade shot past my face. "Apparently not, Ken..." She muttered. Instead of trying to hit him with my ax while he was open, I went for humiliation. I punched him.

"What the...? Fight fair!" He lunged again, this time I head butted him. "That's it! Have some Swarmstrike!" This time, he found one of the gaps in my armor and poisoned me.

"Ugh..." I muttered before retaliating with my ax. The tip of the blade scratched his chest. I reached for an antidote and drank it. "Gross... it tastes like medicine from the doctor's..." Feeling much better, I saw Ken preparing for another Swarmstrike, I sidestepped it and slammed him with my ax. He stood up and was about to strike again when Chao and Jen stopped him.

"Just stop it Ken, you're embarrassing yourself." Chao stood in front of him.

"Really, why can't you let me have guy friends?" She asked. He just growled and stomped away. Jen turned to me.

"I'm really sorry. Ken just starts acting like a jerk sometimes, and he lets his pride get in his way."

"No problem, I've known people who're the exact same way."

"Jeff, c'mon! We're going to the temple now!" I heard Tidus call.

"I gotta go now. See ya later, I guess." We waved, she went off to find her brother and jerk- I mean boyfriend. I joined my party and we set off for Kilika temple. We walked in silence, apart from the occasional bickering between me and Lulu. I heard a voice from up ahead.

"Company, halt!" It was Luzzu and Gatta.

"The fiend before us is Ochu, Lord of the Wood! We've had trouble with this one before. Remember, discretion is the better part of valor."

"This'll be the easiest mini-boss ever!" I said, readying my ax. Everyone just stared.

"What's a mini-boss?" Yuna asked.

"Um... erm... hey, look! It's attacking!" I pointed. First, lemme tell you something about Ochu. Have you ever wanted to just chop its arms off? Well, guess what? THEY GROW BACK! While I was busy getting slapped around by tentacles, everyone else was busy killing the thing.

"Idiot! You never go for the arms!" Lulu scolded me.

"Why don't you back off! I didn't see you taking any hits for anyone! Next time, I'll just let you get eaten! How's about that!? Huh!? What's the matter? Don't have a snappy comeback!?" I yelled. For once, nothing came back. She even looked a little sad. "Hmmph." Was all I said before I walked away.

"Harsh man." Tidus said when he caught up to me.

"I'm just tired of her always doing that kind of thing. Seriously, I hate people like that."

"Next time, you can use your Fire spell while I cover for you." Lulu said as she passed me. Things continued this way, me and Lulu exchanging snide remarks whenever we passed each other. We finally reached the temple.

"These stone steps have a history, you know? Yep, Lord Ohalland trained here at his peak." Wakka told us. Tidus laughed a bit.

"A race huh? Think you can beat me?" Him, Wakka, and two of the Aurochs lined up.

"Yuna, if you would." Wakka said.

"Ready?" She said, then ran up the steps.

"Hey! Hey!" Wakka shouted as ran up with the Aurochs. Tidus followed. The two blitzers ran back down yelling.

"L-Look out!"

"Everyone, quick! Sinspawn!" Wakka told us. We ran up the stairs together, Kimahri and Tidus putting themselves between me and Lulu. I looked up as soon I could see over the steps. We all split up to fight different tentacles. Lucky me, I got stuck with Lulu.

"Well, do you have a plan?" She asked me.

"Easy, I keep it distracted and you keep casting Fire. Simple enough?" As the tentacle reached forward, I lashed out with my ax, slicing the tip off. It seemed pretty mad now, but decided to reach for the black mage who not everyone loves so much. I grabbed it and jerked hard. A fire spell spread over the base of the thing and it separated from the ground. I looked over, Yuna and Kimahri were easily handling theres, what with Valefor's magic and all. Tidus and Wakka were having a bit more trouble seeing as they were fighting one tentacle apiece.

"You help Wakka, I'll help Tidus!" Without waiting for a response, I ran over to Our Friendly Neighborhood Warrior and hurled the tentacle at the one he was fighting.

"Thought you needed some help." I said to him, a small smile on my face.

"You thought right, this thing's tough!" As it lurched forward, it feinted for Tidus but attacked me instead.

"That was low!" I shouted as I retaliated with a Cripple attack, lowering its health by half. Then I grabbed it and nodded at Tidus who cut the thing in two. I looked around, everyone seemed to be done. Then I noticed the Sinspawn proper in the middle. This brought a few things to mind. One, how did I forget this guy? Two, how did I not notice him? We ran over to the main thing, now that its magic absorbing tentacles were gone. Apparently, I was the biggest dish on the menu as it attacked me first with a Water spell. Lulu let loose a fire spell, and Wakka hurled his blitzball at it. Tidus cast Haste on me, and I rushed forward. Right as I struck, Geneaux tucked back into his shell. Kimahri lunged forward with his spear, and Yuna caste Cure on me. As Geneaux opened up, it let loose a Sigh attack. Lulu unleashed another Fire spell, and I hit the Sinspawn with a Cripple attack. Wakka and Tidus hit it at the same time to finish it.

"Yeesh!" Tidus said after we were all done.
"Sorry about that! Hoped to break you in a little slower." Wakka apologized.
"Being a guardian's tiring!" Said Tidus.
"You handled yourself pretty well. You got talent." Wakka again.
"So, what are these "sinspawn" anyway?" The warrior asked.
"Fiends. They fall from Sin's body, and are left behind in its wake." Lulu explained.
"Leave 'em alone, and Sin comes back for 'em. You gotta be quick!" Again, Wakka. I walked away before I could hear the conversation about fiends and Zanarkand. Honestly, it felt like I was all pissed out for the day. When we finally arrived at the temple, I listened to the conversation between the Aurochs and the Goers. As they were walking away, I had to do it.

"Hey Goers!" I called out. They turned around. "I finally get why you're called the Goers! Girls always say you're coming and going! Coming much too soon, according to the rumors!" I laughed, and so did Tidus. I think we were the only ones to actually get it, but I think I did see Yuna crack a smile. They looked confused and just walked away. We walked up to the statue so our favorite little Blitzball team could pray. Again, I just listened. Something in me just told me that this conversation needed to happen. We finally entered and Tidus got shoved off, but I kinda wanted to do it. So I did.

"Hey, what gives?" He asked.

"You're not a guardian yet, buddy." I smirked.

"We'll be back as soon as we can, okay?" Yuna assured him. I could faintly hear Tidus yell.
"Oh, sure! Soon like "tomorrow" soon, I bet!" As we descended, I thought about what was supposed to happen. We got to the bottom; at last.

"Hey, wait up a second! Lemme stretch my legs for a second. After a bit of stalling, the elevator descended again, this time with Tidus. He explained what happened, and we continued on our merry way. Lulu dropped back to walk beside me. Not surprisingly, I visibly tensed.

"You knew he'd come down. How?"

"Just lucky I guess." I told her. The whole group stopped to watch.

"What are you not telling us?" She asked.

"I've got no idea what you're talking about! It's not like your lives are part of some game that people play for fun in another world! That's just ridiculous!" I laughed, it was really forced and fake. Almost like Tidus's laugh later in the game. After a few more battles, we reached the Chamber. If you thought they looked cool in the game, you should see 'em for real. Well, to shorten this thing up a bit; Yuna walked out and all was pretty calm. Until Tidus stopped walking and started talking to Yuna. Then he screamed real loud. I happened to be standing right next to him. I think the sight of my ax managed to get him to shut up though.

"Much better." I told him, squeezing the handle a bit. We finally made our way to the port and got on board.

"Off to Luca at last!The matches start soon as we get there, so rest up on the way, ya?" Wakka cheered.

"Blitzball's all you think about, isn't it?" I asked as I passed him.

Wow, just over 8 pages. I know, I lied. But I really wanted to get Jen, Ken, and Chao in there. But, when I was writing that part, I could only think of one thing. "Wow, Ken's such a d-bag!" And if you're asking if this'll turn into an OcxOC kinda thing; the answer is: Maybe. I dunno yet, depends on how I feel like writing this. Anyway, tune in next time for the next chapter: From Besaid They Came! The Luca Tournament is Here! Geez, this sounds like an anime show now... Hey look, a muffin! Of, and by the way. Check out the brother story to this one Jesus Tapdancing Christ! I'm in FFIX! Written by... The Incorrigible Insano Man... his writing's style is a bit different, but is probably more favorable to someone who prefers a more... mature vocabulary.