Jade sat in limbo on the farplane. "Before my soul can rest she will pay for what she did." Jade then took her body back and smirked as she stood on the beach on besaid once again. Her eyes followed her sister, Yuna, Rikku and Lulu walk back to the village.
Lulu's blood ran cold and she turned around but no one was there. "That's strange."
Paine looked back at Lulu. "What is?"
"Its nothing just a shooting star, its been a while since Spira saw a falling star." Lulu lied.
Paine nodded and looked at Yuna who was hugging her right arm, Paine clenched her jaw in pain from the pressure Yuna was applying to her fresh wound. It was almost like she knew it was there and this was her punishment. "Are you ok Yuna? I mean you've been pretty quiet."
Yuna looked up at her crimson eyed lover and smiled. "As long as your by my side I'm fine."
Paine nodded. "If you say so."
Yuna smiled as she noted that the others were a ways infront of them and she released Paine's arm and jumped on her back and turned her face towards her and kissed her deeply funnying her hands along her chest. Once they broke for air Yuna smiled. "Believe me now?"
Paine smiled and started to walk along the beach keeping Yuna on her back. "Yea I guess." Paine soon caught up to the others. Rikku smiled seeing her cousin asleep on Paine's back. "Isn't she heavy?"
Paine chuckled. "Kinda but I'll survive."
Yuna bopped Paine on the top of the head. "I heard that."
Paine chuckled. "Did you just attempt to hurt me?"
Yuna giggled. "Yea I guess I did."
Paine looked back at Yuna and smiled softly. "You'll have to try harder then that."
Yuna giggled and got off Paine's back. "Your no fun you know that."
Paine was about to answer when she all of a sudden felt a sharp pain between her shoulderblades. She spun around and saw Jade standing there. "Jade?"
"I told you that you would suffer for what you've done." Jade threw two more daggers at Yuna's chest.
"YUNA!" Paine quickly stepped infront of Yuna and took one of the daggers in the stomache the other she brought her hand up and attaemped to catch. The dagger she caught went straight through her hand and the point stuck in her chest. A low growl escaped Paine's lips as she pulled the dagger from her hand. Paine emitted yet another animal like growl as she moved slowly towards Jade. "Die Bitch..." Paine threw the dagger that was once embedded in her hand at Jade. The dagger hit right between Jade's eyes. "Come back again bitch I dare you." Paine dropped to her knees.
Yuna ran to her lover. "Paine..." Yuna grabbed ahold of the dagger that was between the warriors shoulder blades and pulled it out causing Paine to utter a pain filled yell. Yuna's eyes got wide as Paine fell face first into the sand.
Lulu walked over and rolled Paine onto her back and carried back to the village. "Yuna get me that kit over there, Rikku I need hot and I mean hot water." Lulu used her black magic to roll Paine over after she removed her leather top. She used the hot water Rikku had brought her to clean the wound between her shoulder blades off before opening the kit Yuna brought her and Lulu looked at Yuna and Rikku. "You might not want to watch this." Lulu used a fire spell to sanitize the needle that she was going to use. After it was stearilized she threaded it and wiped the blood away one more time before stitching the wound. With Yuna and Rikku's help they sat Paine up and wrapped a bandage around Paine's chest. The black mage then removed the left glove from Paine's arm and washed off her hand and frowned. "You two defently don't want to see this." Lulu watched as Yuna and Rikku walked out of the tent and once they were out Lulu used her black magic to replace Paine's left hand with a machina one. She again used her magic to cover it in flesh. Lulu ran her hand over Paine's forehead. "You poor dear, I'll keep this secret from everyone but you."
"What secret?" Raven looked at her daughter bandaged on the table.
"The fact she lost her left hand, its machina now."
Raven's jaw dropped. "She what? How?"
"Jade came back. How I don't know but she came back and tossed two daggers at Yuna and she she stepped infront of Yuna and took the daggers. One hit her here in the stomache and the other went through her hand and got her here on the chest."
Raven looked at Lulu. "Is she going to be ok?"
Lulu nodded. "She'll pull through, can you tell Yuna and Rikku its ok to come in."
Raven walked outside and got the others. The three walked back in and Yuna sat down on the right side of the bed and held Paine's hand and cried softly. "You are so stubborn Paine." Yuna looked at Lulu and offered her a soft smile. "Thank you Lulu."
Lulu nodded and her and Raven walked out of the tent. Yuna ran the back of her fingers along Paine's forhead. Paine furrowed her brow in pain as painful memories came flooding back to her. 'Paine stood there looking at her blood soaked sword and hands and soon looked at her mom and in the shadows a little ways away watching was Jade. Raven just sat there open mouthed as icey rain began to fall. Paine looked at her mother both tears and raindrops falling down her cheeks. She turned her back to her mother and ran...The crimson squad slowly made their way into the den of woe Gippal, Barilai, Nooj, and Paine were bringing up the rear...hundreds of shots thundered off the cave walls, Gippal, Nooj, Barilai, and Paine ran from the den and they didn't quit running till they reached the Rin's travel agency on the Mi'han Highroad...They decided to each take a crimson sphear and go their seperate ways...Paine recorded them leaveing as Barilal walked off to the east Nooj brought up his gun and fired...Barilai went down the bullet ripping through his leg, Gippal and Paine ran best they could backwards until once again Nooj's gun came up and he fired again the bullet taking Gippal down at the knee, Paine turned her back to Nooj as she ran and BANG a bullet ripped through Paine's back...as the sky went black all that she heard was Nooj laughing hystericly...'
Yuna looked at Paine with worry on her face and leaned in and kieesed her forehead softly. "Hush now..." Paine seemed to relax and Yuna smiled softly. She laid down next to her lover and closed her eyes.