FFX-2: Ties That Bind Fanfic
Chapter 9: Sheep's Clothing
"Your not bad for a Dress Sphere novice," Paine deadpanned as the trio cut through the line of iguana like fiends. "You being using a garment grid is secret?"
Rikku chuckled as she shifted to Berserker to give him a lift, Paine following suite, "Or did the Fayth remake you as a Garment Grid Ace?"
Yuna's Love chuckled as he Hasted the girls, "Well to be honest I found that my magic wasn't working all that well in this Eternal Calm world so I had Shinra make me my own Sphere, I've pretty much just being using that exclusively, so It's pretty close to maxed out as you girls are."
"Yunnie's going to be so mad you kept that little secret from her." Rikku chuckled.
"Watch out!" Paine's suddenly dive knocked them all from a roll, just in time for the trio to avoid a burst of gunfire and some missiles impacts. Paine recovered first, Sphere-changing to Gunner to unload several clips into the sudden Machina attack.
Rikku gapsed, "My Machina Maw!"
It was true the Machina that had ambushed them bore a striking resemblance to Rikku's own special Dress Sphere, which in turn bore a resemblance to a sub group of fiends.
"Watch out!" Paine shouted, Sphere-Changing into Warrior just in time to slice a incoming missile in half.
"Rikku Thief, I'll hit it with Thunder." The Blitz Ace said as his form shifted to a blue robe and steapled straw hat that covered his face in shadows, his eyes glowing yellow. "You don't need a mastered Black Mage to hit a machine with lightning."
As the thunder cracked and struck down Rikku shrieked, her legs quaking.
Paine scoffed, "Still scared of a little thunder?" Paine Sphere-changing into her own Black Mage "But hitting something this powerful works so much better with bigger lighting!"
Rikku shrieked again as a much more powerful Thundera hit the Machina, a moment later Rikku was in her Thief dress, charging the Machina, a moment later it collapsed to the ground.
"What the hell did you do?" the voice was familiar.
"Yuna!" the trio shouted out as Dark Knight Yuna came in from behind the Machina, Sphere-changing to thief she began to muck around with the downed Machina, "I just got that one back up and running!"
"Yuna?" The Blitzball Ace said curiously.
"What are you doing, fixing Machina that are trying to kill us!" Paine objected.
Rikku said nothing narrowing her eyes, before she suddenly lunged, her and Yuna tumbling end over end for a few moments, "Le Blanc!"
"Are you insane!" Yuna Sphere-changing to Berserker to quickly kick Rikku off her, the other two helping Rikku up gave her a odd look.
"Did a fiend get her with confuse?" Paine wondered.
"Her eyes!" Rikku protested, "Le Blanc stole Yunnie garment grid again!"
The Blitzball Ace approached Yuna cautiously as she Sphere-changed back to Thief and headed back to the Machina.
"Get away from me you oaf," Yuna said pushing him away.
He grabbed her wrist with one hand then her chin looking into her brown eyes.
"Wait, Yuna Doesn't have brown eyes."
Paine, now in Thief as well slipped up next to Yuna and snatched her Garment Grid, deactivating it, the unknown man appearing suddenly. "Not Le Blanc." she said bluntly.
Startled The Hero of Zanarkand released his hold on the stranger. He in turn took a moment to dust himself off, "Are we quite done here, I need to get my Machina back up and running before."
Paine glowed, holding the Garment Grid out of arm's reach, "Before what?"
"That." The stranger said wit ha resigned sigh.
The group turned on their heels quickly, all four of them, to see something that should not be.
"Sin." the Dream of the Fayth whispered as the massive beast loomed over them.