Chapter 26: A Twist of Fate

Rikku slowly approached Paine cabin and even slower brought her hand up and knocked on the door. Paine looked at her door and then at Yuna. "You think we should open it?"

Yuna smirked and jumped off Paine and ran to the door and opened it as Yuna neared the door Paine's eyes got wide. As Paine got what she could on Yuna opened the door and Rikku's face slowly turned a deep crimson. "Did I interrupt something?"

"Rikku if you did do you really think I would have opened the door?" Yuna giggled at the look she received from Paine and the fact Rikku simply got redder.

Paine smirked. "I would have." Yuna looked at Paine, her face as red as her cousins, and blinked a few times. "Remember I'm a cold bitch." Paine shrugged. "Sides the look on Rikku's face alone would be worth it." Paine winked and whispered in Yuna's ear. "Sides think of all the things I would to make it up to you."

Yuna smirked. "True the look on Rikku's face would make it worth it." Yuna whispered back in Paine's ear. "More like imagine all the things I would do to you for stopping."

Rikku shook her hear. "Ok you two if your done picking on me there's something you might wanna see Yunie." Rikku held out a sphere to Yuna.

Yuna looked at the sphere then at Rikku and raised an eyebrow. "What's on it?"

Rikku shook her head. "Just watch it Yunie it's from Pops. I don't know the detail's of whats on it I just know Pops said it was for your eyes only, but I'm sure you'll want Paine here. All I can tell you is it's about your mother."

Yuna watched as Rikku slowly left Paine's cabin. Yuna looked at Paine and sighed. "My mother is dead…" Yuna paused and took a few deep breaths. "Why is Cid showing me this now?"

Paine walked over and put her arm around Yuna's shoulders and smiled softly. "I'm right here Yuna and I have two shoulders if you need one to cry on."

Yuna smiled. "Thank you Paine."

:start sphere: Braska's voice: "I see Raven is here again reading your cards. Why don't you just have her teach you how to do that?" Yuna's mother smiles at the silver haired woman sitting across from her then looked at her husband. "Look you don't interrupt." The brunette woman giggled and Raven smiled. "Besides Braska if I taught her how it would be worthless because the cards would lie to her and tell her what she wanted to hear." Raven spoke in the same emotionless tone as Paine. Her crimson eyes twinkled as she looked into Yuna's mother's green eyes. :end sphere:

Yuna looked up at Paine and saw tears resting on her cheeks. "Paine was that…"

Paine's voice had a somber tone as she spoke. "Yea Yuna that was my mother."

Yuna looked at the sphere then back at Paine and then back at the sphere. "Did you see the way they looked at each other?"

Paine nodded slowly and looked at Yuna. "You caught that too huh?"

Yuna nodded. "I also noticed how much you look like your mother."

"Yea but she was more mysterious then me." Paine smiled softly. "I now see where you get your beauty."

"Quit changing the subject we are going to talk to Cid get your gloves on and let's go."