A/N: That Abduction chapter is pretty crazy, wouldn't you say? To those of you expecting to read sexuality, tough beans. I do feel bad for Hope. Still couldn't meet Yuna. I get how that feels, I ended up the same way at a Selena Gomez concert. It was a miserible night to me, not cause I didn't get to meet her, but because all I did down there is stand in the cold dark rain for hours. I've become sensitive to the cold now. Winter is even a miserable season to me. I sometimes wonder how Selena feels if she ever found out about this...incident.

Hope was bummed that he didn't get a chance to meet Yuna, but he's still glad that he was able to rescue her from this cruel fate she's been put in. Lightning's also glad, she has finally taken care of Cain O'Neil, and now that monster is going to get what he deserves. The airship lands at the Guardian Corps station. Snow leaves to take Serah home and Fang went home to take care of Vanille, she knows the girl is gonna wanna hear that Fang's okay.

The Guardian Corps take care of sending the women back to their homes. Those outside of Bodhum ride the airship with Sazh. Hope stands outside of Lightning's office, waiting for her to be done with her work.

Hope looks out the window, seeing the sun setting and the darkness beginning to take over. Lightning leaves her office, she closes the door behind her then turns to see Hope. She can see the boy's a little bummed, as he looks down at Yuna's bracelet in his hand.

"Hope." Lightning says with a sigh. Hope turns and looks up at Lightning. "Come with me."

Lightning walks off, Hope pockets the bracelet and follows her, wondering where she's going. It wasn't long until Lightning's out in the parking lot of the station. Lightning stops, just stands in place. Hope stops as well, wondering what Lightning could be doing, or thinking even. Lightning takes a deep breath, she turns to face Hope, then puts her hands on his shoulders.

"I just went to let you know...I'm really proud of you." Lightning smiles at the second part of the sentence. "You have shown so much bravery and strength back there, and you did a good job at helping me and Snow find Serah."

Hope smiles. "Really...thanks."

Lightning's smile disappears, replaced with a disappointed look. "But that doesn't mean I'm not mad at you for stowing away."

Hopes smile disappears as well, he looks down at shame. "I-I'm sorry." Hope nervously rubs his lower arm. "I know you're just trying to to keep me safe, but...I had to do something. I couldn't just sit back and let you and Snow and Fang..."

Lightning pulls Hope into a hug. "It's okay. What matters is it's all over now."

"Yeah." Hope says.

Lightning ends her hug, letting her arms drop from Hopes shoulders. "I'm going to be working late, you want Serah to come pick you up?"

Hope shook his head. "No. I'm just gonna go for a walk then head home."

Lightning strikes Hope a stroke on the hair on his side. "Just be careful."

Lightning heads back for the station, but then stops when Hope calls her. "Hey, Light." Lightning turns back to look at Hope. "I wanna know something. Cain has been trying to hunt you down all these years...why haven't you done the same?"

Lightning takes a moment to think, she hasn't really thought why she wouldn't want revenge like Cain did, then realizes why. "Because I know it'll solve nothing." That answer seemed pointless to Hope. "If there's one thing I've learned, Hope, is that revenge will do nothing but bring more pain. I can kill Cain, but for what? I won't bring back my parents, it won't undo the mistakes I made with him. It's best to just let it go and move on."

Hope seems speechless at Lightning's words, he feels like he can relate to that. His mom died and it really hurt him. It still bothers him, not as much as it use to from the start. Maybe he needs to move on as well, he has a new family just like Nora asked for.

Without saying another word, Lightning heads back to the station, then Hope makes his leave as well.

Serah and Snow are now at home, Serah is straightening up her room since it's a mess from the abduction. Serah is glad the whole thing is over, she was actually afraid of what's going to happen when Cain is done with her. Who can say? At least she isn't gonna find out anymore, cause she knows she'll only find out...by experiencing it.

When she's done, Serah heads for the living room to join Snow on the couch. They finally have some alone time together, since Lightning and Hope are out dealing with the abducted situation. Just then, there's a knock on the door.

"I'll get it." Serah gets up from the couch, and walks up to the door. Serah answers it, who's behind the door, really surprises Serah. It's Yuna Akimura. Next to her are two security guards and her manager. "Oh my...you're Yuna the Songstress."

Yuna smiles a little then gives a single nod. "That's right...May I please come in?"

Serah stands aside, opens the door wider. Yuna walks right in. "What are you doing here?" Serah asks.

"I'm actually here to talk to the boy...who helped us." Yuna says.

"Oh. You mean Hope?" Serah asks.

Yuna nods. "That's right. I was told he lives here."

"Well, he's uh...he's out with my sister." Yuna seems a little disappointed. "Uh, I'll give them a call, I'll be back. Why don't you make yourself feel welcome?"

Serah leaves, while she's making the call, Yuna looks around, just to be familiar with her surroundings, and also looking at the interesting household objects, such as pictures and vases and such.

Serah reaches for the telephone, she makes the call for Lightning's office. Serah listens to the waiting ring, after a moment, Lightning answers. "Hello?"

"Hey, sis. Is Hope still around?" Serah asks.

"No, he left a while ago. Why?" Lightning asks.

"It's just..." Serah looks back at the door, seeing Yuna looking around. "Someone's here to see him."

"I see. Well, he went for a walk, he'll probably be home in a while." Lightning says.

"Okay, then. Thanks." Serah hangs up, then she walks up to Yuna. "Hope just went for a walk, he should be here shortly."

"That's okay, I can wait." Yuna says.

"Please, take a seat while you wait." Serah says as she takes Yuna to the dinning room.

Hope just walks by the shores of the beach, as the ocean waves onto the shores, barely hitting his feet. As he walks, he looks at the sunset, over the horizon. By the pier, Hope walks on it, up to the end. He just stands there, looking at the sunset. He thinks about his mother, would she be proud of him just like Lightning was? How would she have felt seeing what he had done with Lightning and Snow?

Hope sighs. "Heeeey." Hearing that cheerful voice startles Hope, he turns to see it's just Vanille, waving and smiling at him. Vanille skips towards Hope, then stops in front of him. "Fang told me everything that happened."

"Uh...hey, Vanille." Hope says.

Vanille giggles. "You must be so happy. You got to meet Yuna, didn't you?"

"Not really." Hope says. "I mean, I did get to save her but...didn't exactly get a chance to talk to her or anything."

"Aww, that's so sad." Vanille gives Hope a hug. Hope seems a bit surprised, then a little lost in Vanille's embrace. "Well...maybe she'll remember you."

"I doubt that, she is pretty famous and busy and all that." Hope says.

Vanille lets go of Hope, backing up. "Well...It's not everyday someone saved her from some crazy abductors."

"I suppose that's true." Hope says. "I should be getting home."

Vanille gives a single nod. "Me too. Let's walk together."

Hope and Vanille goes for a walk, holding hands. Both of them are smiling. Hope's just glad to be with his girlfriend, she always makes him happy. As for Vanille...well, she's always happy and smiling, she's Vanille. At about ten, Hope and Vanille finally arrives at their houses. They first stopped at Hope's place, they noticed a hover car parked right out of the curb, and it confuses Hope.

"Looks like you have a visitor." Vanille says.

"Apparently...but who?" Hope asks.

"Don't know." Vanille says. "Well, I'll see you later, Ciao." Vanille gives Hope a kiss on the cheek, which blushes the kid, then skips off.

Hope walks up into the house. As soon as he opens the door and closes it behind him, Serah is there. The kid seems surprised to see her. "Hey, Serah. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, thanks for asking." Serah answers. "Hope, someone's here to see you."

Hope wonders who it could be, Serah leaves him to the dinning room. There, his question is answered, and he's pretty surprised. On the table in front of him, Yuna is sitting there, waiting.

"Ms. Akimura. Hope's here." Serah says.

Yuna looks at Serah and Hope and smiles. The boy seems a bit pile, hardly noticeable. Never, in a million years, or even in his dreams, has he ever expect to see his favorite Songstress right here in his house with him. Hope is starting to believe that this is really a dream, if it is, he wishes that he would never wake up. Suddenly, Hope feels lightheaded, Yuna and Serah takes notice, Serah worries. Yuna is worried, but not so much, this is normal for her. Hopes eyes roll back and he falls back, luckily Serah was there to catch him.

"Oh my gosh! Hope! Are you okay?" Serah asks.

"It's fine, I'm sure it's normal." Yuna says. "He's just excited to see me."

Serah sets Hope down on the floor, at first, she shakes his shoulders, trying to call him to wake up. After a couple of failed attempts, she gives him a hard slap in the face. "Ow!" The sure did wake him up. Hope looks at Serah, with a hand on the cheek she slapped.

"Are you okay?" Serah asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Serah helps Hope stand up. "I just had the weirdest dream, I was home and then, I saw Yun-" Hope goes silent as soon as he sees Yuna on the table looking at him, smiling and waving. That's when he realizes: It's not a dream, it's really happening.

"Hello." Yuna says. Hope seems pretty speechless. "Please, sit down."

Hope quickly sits down in the chair across from Yuna, as if he's standing on hot coal and the chair is the only safe spot to stand on, or sit in this case. However, as soon as he's siting on the chair, the chair tilted to the side by Hopes quick force, and he falls to the sit. Hope's fall causes Yuna to stand up and look over the table to see if he's okay. Hope quickly pulls himself up, and the chair and sits back down, wither clumsy but in the end, he just sits there and tries to act cool.

Yuna just giggles at Hope, she thinks it's funny the way he's behaving, though she doesn't really blame him.

"S-sorry. I am not myself today." Hope says, looking down in embarrassment.

"It's fine. I understand." Yuna says.

"Can I offer you some refreshments?" Serah offers to Yuna.

Yuna looks at Serah and answers. "Some tea would be nice."

Serah nods, then she heads into the kitchen. Now it's just Hope and Yuna in the dinning room, even though Yuna has her guards and manager with her on the side. Of course Snow's hiding out of sight by the entrance of the dinning room, just to see what's happening.

"So...Hope, was it?" Hope nods, not even taking his eyes off of Yuna. "I just wanted to come by and say, thank you for saving me back there."

"Oh...it was no problem." Hope says. "Was Cain trying to sell you too?"

"Yeah, I was pretty nervous when he got his hands on me." Yuna says. "You know Cain?"

"Uh...not exactly." Hope says. "I encountered him once in Palumpolum. I only heard about him from Lightning. He...he was her boyfriend and, well...he tried to abduct her." Yuna raises her eyebrows hearing that. "Of course, he now wants to kill her...I'd wither not talk about it, I don't think Lightning would want me too."

"I see. So, Hope. I hear-" Serah walks up, she sets a cup of hot tea in front of Yuna. Yuna looks over her shoulder at Serah. "Oh, thank you." Yuna picks up the cup. "I hear you're a fan?"

Hope answers as Yuna blows into her tea and takes a sip. "Yeah, I've always been a fan of your music. In fact, when I first saw you...I kind of had a crush on you." After saying that, Hope suddenly regrets saying it. Yuna doesn't looked surprised or anything, he pretty much knows that happens to her a lot with her male fans. "But I'm over it now...I even have a girlfriend."

"Oh, is it that soldier girl?" Yuna asks.

Hope seems shocked and embarrassed, at the thought of going out with Lightning. Sure, he thinks she's beautiful, but she is his foster sister, or mother. Whichever works he guesses.

"Oh, no-no. Not her." Hope says. "No, my girlfriend is actually this girl who lives next her. Her name's Vanille. She's beautiful, funny, very happy. She always makes me smile."

Yuna smiles hearing that. "Well, I'd like to meet her someday. I bet she's lucky to have someone like you." Hope blushes and nervously rubs the back of his neck. "So, if that soldier girl isn't your girlfriend, who is she? Your sister?"

Hope's emotions drop hearing that. "Well, something like that. You see, Palumpolum was my home, but..." Hope looks down. "Somethings happened."

Yuna can see the depression on his face and the sorrow in his tone. "What happened?" Yuna asks, as if to try and cheer him up.

"Well, over a week ago, my mom...She wanted to come to Bodhum for the Fireworks festival. But, on the way...there was an accident on the train. We made it out, but we got lost in the woods, a Behemoth came in after us. My mother died caused of that monster." There was a moment of silence from the kid.

"Oh, dear. I'm so sorry." Yuna says. "If it makes you feel better, I know how you feel." Hope looks up at Yuna, seeing her looking down a little. "I've lost my parents when I was young as well. Our house was on fire and we all got trapped inside. My father died in the flames, my mother died in the hospital."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Hope says.

Yuna looks at Hope and manages a smile. "It's okay." Yuna takes another sip of her tea. "So...you're staying here?"

"Yeah, I mean. Lightning came to the rescue, and since dad's gone, my mother asked her to take care of me." Hope says.

"I see. I guess they have taken good care of you." Yuna says.

"They certainly have." Hope says.

"So, Hope...Are you going to see my concert in two days?" Yuna asks.

That question has send Hope to depression once again. "No. The tickets were sold out before I could even get them. That always happens, everytime I try to go to one of your concerts, tickets are sold out before I could even get them! ...There was a time when I made the purchase the very second they're on sell, but I still didn't get them."

"Yeah, that happens a lot." Yuna reaches into her purse. "I think I can remedy that." Hope wonders what she meant, he looks up and notices Yuna holding out two tickets in front of her. "Two front row seats, and..." Yuna sets the tickets down in the middle of the table, Hope reaches for them while Yuna reaches into her purse for something else. She takes out two passes. "Backstage passes."

Hope is pretty shocked, getting the tickets in one thing, but the passes seems pretty big. "I...I..." Yuna hands the passes to Hope. "I don't know what to say."

"Consider it a reward for the rescue back there." Yuna says. "Now you can come. One for you and a friend."

Hope looks up at Yuna with a big smile. "Thank you so much, Yuna."

"I'm happy to help." Yuna says. Yuna finishes drinking her tea.

The manager leans close to Yuna and speaks to her. "Ms. Akimura. We should get going."

Yuna nods. "Yes, of course." Yuna looks back at Hope. "I have to go now." Yuna and Hope stands up, the stand in front of each other and shake hands. "It was great getting to meet you."

"It's an honor." Hope says.

Yuna makes her leave, Hope watches her leave until she's out the door. He looks down at the passes and tickets. He cannot believe this is happening, he's finally going to the concert. Hope pockets the tickets and passes, only when he does, he feels something. He takes out the object, when he looks at it, his eyes shot open. It's Yuna's bracelet. He forgot he still has it.

Serah walks up to him, was about to speak, but Hope zooms off, towards the door. Serah was about to ask what he's doing, but noticed he's long gone.

Yuna is about to get into the hover car. "Yuna! Wait!" Yuna stops and notices Hope running up to her. Hope stops and takes a moment to catch his breath. He takes a deep breath and holds out the bracelet. "I forgot to give this to you."

Yuna is surprised, it's her bracelet. Yuna takes it. "My lucky bracelet. I've been looking for this." Yuna looks at Hope curiously. "Why did you have it?"

"Well, it was left behind when you got kidnapped. I figured I hold on to it for...you know, safe keeping?" Hope says, a little nervously.

"Oh...well, thanks." Yuna puts it back on her right wrist. She holds out her hand, looking down at the bracelet, admiring it.

"It's really nice." Hope says. "I want to know, what makes it so lucky?"

"It was a gift from my father. I always wear it whenever I'm on stage." Yuna says. "Whenever I wear it...I feel like my dad is always right beside me, cheering me on." Hearing that reminds Hope what Lightning told him about roses. He thinks it's funny cause Lightning and Yuna have something in common: Superstition, even though Yuna's is more with reason. Yuna leans in and whispers to Hope. "Don't tell anyone, it's a secret." Hope nods and zips his lips, then gives a thumb up. "Well, I'll see you at the concert, Hope."

Yuna gets into the hover car. Hope stands back as the hover car raises from the ground and rides off. Hope just stands out by the curb, looking at the direction where Yuna drove off. He didn't even noticed Lightning's hover car arriving. When she's out, she notices Hope is standing out there alone.

Lightning walks up to him. "Hey." Hope jumps, Lightning pretty much startled him, then he turns around to face her. "What are you doing out here?"

"Nothing, just having the best day of my life." Lightning raises an eyebrow, confused. "I'll explain it to you in the house."

Hope and Lightning heads into the house.