Chapter 41: Jade's Revenge
Jade sat in her hut on Kilika Island and rubbed her chin. "You'll pay for today sister oh you'll pay." Jade ran her slender fingers through her hair mixing the jade colored banges in with her jet black hair. A wicked smile crossed her slender ruby painted lips. "That bitch that means so much to you will be the way I get my revenge."
Meanwhile back on The Crimson Warrior Raven sat at a table alone with Paine while Rikku and Yuna sat at the bar and sipped their drinks. Paine and Raven spoke softly about what happened and Paine finally got pissed. "Fine but if I so much as smell her she's dead she is not the same Jade as before." Paine stood and walked away from the table and sat at the bar with Yuna and Rikku. She ordered her usual shot of Valti only this time she told bar keep to make it a double. Yuna and Rikku's eyes got wide when Paine slung it without coughing. Paine sighed and shook her head and spoke softly. "Don't look at me like that." Paine then walked away. She made her way up to the deck where she walked to the center of the crimson ship and simply flopped down then laid back and sighed heavily.
Yuna watched Paine and sighed. "I'll go talk to her." Yuna walked to the deck, when she finally made it to where Paine was she went to her knees and wrapped her arms around Paine from behind. "I love you."
Paine spoke softly. "I love you too Yuna, but I know Jade's pissed and she'll try and get even with me and she'll do it through you. She'll hurt you to hurt me and I can't let that happen I'll kill her before she hurts you." Paine clenched her fists.
"Paine..." Yuna breathed her lovers name and burried her face in Paine's neck.
Paine wrapped her arms around Yuna and held her tightly. "Don't worry angel, I won't let anything happen to you."
Meanwhile back on Kilika Jade changed into her leather black mage outfit. "Get ready Paine because here I come."
The group of girls were sitting on Besaid Beach just simply enjoying the sun. Jade appeared behind them and smirked. "Goodbye." A high level fireball came hurdeling at the girls.
Lulu saw it and used her highest level water spell to stop it. "Who do you think you are?"
Jade glared at Lulu. "Stay out of this."
Paine stood and spun around and looked at her sister. "Jade what the hell are you doing?"
Jade smirked and tossed a thowing star at her sister. "Isn't obvious?"
Paine growled and put her arm up to stop the star. The weapon lodged in her arm and Paine growled as she pulled it out of her arm and droped it to the ground. "This is between you and me leave them out of this."
"What's the fun in that. I've waited 10 years to get back at you and make you suffer so they are gonna be a part of this."
Paine growled again and ran at her sister lifting her up and slamming her to the ground. "You will not hurt them." Paine looked over at Lulu. "Protect them please." Lulu nodded.
Jade coughed from the force. "Nice move." Jade came up with a dagger quickly at Paine's ribs.
Paine did a quick flip to dodge the dagger but to no avail the dagger cut her side. "Damn it what's the matter with you?"
Jade smirked and licked Paine's blood off the blade then spit it back in her face. "I hate you and if its the last thing I do I'll kill you."
Paine smirked. "You can try."
"I will believe me I will."
Paine stood up slowly and picked up her sword. "Let's settle this once and for all warrior verses mage to the death."
Jade smirked. "Ok fair enough, we'll see how well your strength and sword stand up to my magic."
Yuna stood there and cried. "Paine don't you can't."
Lulu put a hand on Yuna's shoulder. "Believe in her and she'll be fine."
Yuna stopped cring best she could and her voice took on a rather pissed off tone. "Kick her ass Paine, show her not to mess with you again."
Paine nodded and Jade would be the first oponent Paine wouldn't turn her back on. Paine readied her sword. "Let's play."
Jade flung a fireball at Paine. Jade watched as her younger sister dodged the fireball and smirked. "Nice."
Paine growled and cautiously stood back up. The wound on her side hurt and the more she dodged the magical assult from her sister the more and harder it would bleed. Paine dodged one magical attack after another. Finally bruised and bloody she stood once again. "Now I'm pissed." Paine growled and rushed at Jade burrying her sword deep in her stomach.
Jade's eyes got wide. "Guess you know what your good at now killing your family." Jade's body fell to the sand.
Paine took a few steps back and dropped her sword. "What have I done." Paine spoke softly and she slowly fell to her knees. Blood flowed freely from the open wound on her side and soon Paine surrenderd to the dark that had been creeping up on her.
"Paine!" Yuna ran to her fallen lover.
Paine came to in the Crusaders tent. The wound on her side was cleaned and bandaged. She looked next to her and Yuna was laying in the bed at her right, to her left lay Raven. Paine sat up and Rikku was standing at the end of the bed. "Rikku?"
Rikku smiled softly. "Hey. You ok?"
Paine nodded. "Yea considering all that happened."
Rikku nodded slightly. "Yea I bet that was hard."
Paine sighed and got out of the bed. "Yea it was I..." Paine looked down at the ground then over at her mother then Yuna. "I'm afraid I may have really screwed up."
Rikku shook her head. "No you didn't Paine. I over heard Yuna and Raven talking and Raven warned Jade not to mess with you. When Yuna told her it was to the death Raven nodded and said she was relieved you were the one to live through it."
Paine motioned for Rikku to follow her. The two walked out of the tent and talked softly as they made their way down to the beach. Anyone who was out of their hut quickly went inside when they walked by. Paine sighed as she saw this. She spoke softly. "On second thought I'd like to be alone right now Rikku I'm sorry..." Paine walked off leaving a stunned Rikku in the center of the village. Paine sat down in the cool sand and rolled down her right glove and pulled out her hidden dagger and smirked as she ran the blade down her arm until she hit her wrist and then stopped. She licked her blood from the blade and conceled it once again. She then pulled her leather glove back up. She rolled the left glove down and saw her arm wrapped where the wound from the throwing star was.
"You know that won't help, all it will do is hurt the one's you love." Lulu spoke softly.
Paine sighed. "The physical dulls the emotional."
Lulu walked over and put her hand on Paine's shoulder. "That maybe true but it causes pain for those around you."
Paine nodded. "Well when you or one of them kills 2 of your blood family members see if you don't feel like I do."
Lulu nodded. "I'm sure it was hard to do what you did but she was the one who started it."
Paine looked at Lulu and stood. "If that's the case why do people go inside when I walk past?"
Lulu flipped a few braids off her shoulder and sighed. "I don't know."
Paine nodded. "I see, well I guess its better to be feared then loved."
Rikku walked back to the tent and flopped down on a bed and sighed. "No damn it I won't leave her alone if anything she needs friends right now."
Yuna yawned. "What are you talking about Rikku?"
"Leaveing Paine alone. She walked to the beach wanna come?"
Yuna sat up and looked at where Paine was laying and saw she was gone. "Yea I'll go with you."
The two girls walked to the beach and saw Paine talking to Lulu. Yuna ran to Paine and wrapped her arms around her from behind and squeezed. "Quit leaving me like that."
Paine winced in pain as Yuna's arms were applying pressure to the wound on her side and fresh wound on her arm. "Ouch...fresh wound...fresh wound..."
Yuna released her injured lover. "I'm sorry."
Paine turned and faced the gunner. "Don't be sorry angel." Paine then looked at Lulu. "Thanks for listening."
Lulu nodded. "I told you before any friend of Yuna's is a friend of mine."
Yuna kissed Paine's neck softly. "Come on let's get back to bed."
Paine nodded and four girls walked back to the village.