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2 Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the characters from FFX-2. I’m merely borrowing them.
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4 Author’s notes: The story takes place right after Yuna falls down the hole in Djose temple. Since
5 in the game you get to see events for Yuna’s events, this takes place with the rest of the
6 Gullwing members. Special thanks to Heather-sama (Amazoness Duo) and Forever3330 for inspiring
7 me to write this fic. ^-^ Any comments/suggestions/flames/ e-mails saying how much my writing
8 sucks can be sent to ximengwang@hotmail.com. Enjoy ^.^
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10 I'll Always Be Your Guardian
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12 Phoenix
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14 Rikku paced up and down the bridge, glancing over at Shinra every few seconds. It had been hours
15 since Yuna had fallen down into the hole at Djose Temple. As time slowly ticked by, the usually
16 cheerful thief frowned with worry.
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18 “RUF SILR MUHKAN IHDEM ED’C TUHA? <How much longer until it’s done?>” Rikku leaned over the
19 shoulder of the boy genius, trying to see if the kid had made any progress.
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21 “RUMT UH… psshhh… E’S YMSUCD TUHA, <Hold on… psshhh… I’m almost done >” Shinra didn’t even look
22 up at the currently overemotional blonde girl. He turned the bluish sphere-like object in his
23 hand before turning his chair over. “There! It should be able to get us a picture.”
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25 “So we’ll be able to see Yunie with this?” Rikku bent over at the waist to get a closer look at
26 the commsphere. It didn’t look like there was anything special about the object other than the
27 fact that Shinra had been working on it for the past few hours.
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29 “Yes. That is if she’s still down in that hole.” The Al Behd boy stated as he wiped his forehead
30 with a suit-covered hand. The boy was about to set the sphere down gently when a loud screeching
31 voice nearly made him drop the invention.
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33 “Yuna has to be there! Gullwings! Full speed to Djose Temple!” Brother finally rose from his
34 laying position in the middle of the deck. He quickly turned around to face Buddy when he
35 realized they haven’t even started to move. “GO! GO! GO!”
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37 Buddy imput their destination into the Celsius’ computer before rubbing his ears. Sometimes he
38 wondered if Yuna, Rikku, and Paine had the easier job. Sure, he just sat in the Celsius while
39 the girls were out risking their lives but then he also had to deal with Brother. Come to think
40 of it, why was Brother part of the team anyways? The tattooed Al Behd didn’t seem to do anything
41 except complain about Yuna taking too long on her missions.
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43 “Are we almost there?” Rikku looked at the sphere in the middle of the ship. The Celsius was
44 probably the fastest machina in all of Spira but the flight seemed to take so much longer than
45 usual. The young blond went back to pacing around the deck, realizing there really wasn’t
46 anything she could do about it.
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49 The Celsius landed at Djose temple minutes later although the young thief had jumped off before
50 Buddy even got the chance to ‘park’ the ship. “Ohhh… Come on! Yunie needs our help! Let’s hurry
51 and throw the commsphere into the hole!” As she spoke, the Al Behd’s arms waved about,
52 illustrating her words.
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54 “I’m going to have a word with the Machina Faction. You guys go on ahead.” Paine’s words were
55 barely audible as she ran off into the tent. The rest of the Gullwing nodded then ran towards
56 the doors of the thunder cloud-like temple. They were used to this kind of behavior from the
57 more mysterious member of the team. Besides, Paine always showed up if something happens so
58 there really wasn’t much to worry about
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61 The team of sphere hunters gathered around the large hole in the temple as Rikku impatiently
62 looked over the shoulder of the much smaller boy-genius. She watched him throw the commsphere
63 into the hole with the fascination of a cat. Slowly, she stepped closer to the hole, peering
64 into it’s unending depths. “Yunie… please be alright!” She thought to herself as she
65 half-expected to hear a thud of some kind once the sphere hit the bottom.
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67 “Let’s see now…” Shinra mumbled to himself as he clicked a few keys on a computer-like box. He
68 watched the screen intently as he tried to get some kind of signal from the sphere.
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70 “So where is Yuna? I-WANT-YUNA!” Brother’s impatience got the better of him once again as he
71 yelled loud enough to even awaken the faiths.
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73 “So where’s the picture?” Buddy asked, his arms crossed across his chest. He raised an eyebrow
74 as static started to slowly appear on the screen. It was progress at any rate. Some signal is
75 better than none, right?
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77 “Is it working now?” Rikku asked, moving her hands in front of her chest like a cat scratching
78 on a door. The depression and feeling of hopelessness she had felt all day slowly started to
79 fade away as more static appeared on the screen. If Shinra’s invention works then maybe they’ll
80 be able to talk with Yuna! That is if Yuna were down there and well. Rikku shook her head to
81 clear her mind of those thoughts. Be optimistic! She told herself as she leaned closer to the
82 monitor.
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84 The screen slowly started to get less staticy as the picture cleared except for the fact that
85 all they could see was darkness. There didn’t seem to be any light coming from the dark abyss.
86 Just when they were about to give up hope, a small pyrofly flew across the screen.
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88 “YUNA! I WANT TO SEE YUNA! SHOW ME YUNA!!!” Brother once again started yelling. Now that it was
89 clear they could receive images from the sphere, he was more desperate than ever to see the girl
90 of his dreams, even if he wasn’t the man of hers.
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92 “LYMS TUFH! <calm down!>” Rikku snapped, at the idiotic ‘leader’. She had been fed up with his
93 whining ever since Yuna had fallen down the hole. It was bad enough that Yuna was gone but being
94 worried while hearing Brother’s high-pitched voice was not a combination Rikku wanted to try
95 ever again.
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97 After making sure the older Al Behd had calmed down, Rikku went back to staring at the small
98 monitor on Shinra’s invention. “Please Yunie… please show up!” She mumbled to herself in a whiny
99 tone of voice. She had been waiting for the boy genius to finish his sphere every since the kid
100 had suggested it but now she didn’t really know if finishing it was really a good thing. Before
101 she had at least been able to hope that Yuna was still alive but now… now she really didn’t know
102 anymore.
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104 A few more pyroflies flew across the screen then it was back to pitch black-darkness. Slowly, a
105 small clicking sound rang through the speakers. Rikku nearly pounced when her sensitive their
106 ears caught on to the sound. They sounded like footsteps! But who’s? Yuna’s boots usually didn’t
107 make the kinds of sounds that were being played by the speakers. The young blond leaned in closer
108 to the screen, almost to the point of pressing her nose against the cold glass. There seemed to
109 be a shadow-like movement from the far horizon. Even in bluish pictures transmitted by the
110 commsphere, Rikku could still pick out the small movement.
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112 “Is it… Yunie?” she asked softly, her hopes rising higher than they ever had before. Maybe Yuna
113 was alive and well?
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115 “Let’s try to zoom in,” Shinra quickly pressed a few buttons on his invention as the screen
116 slowly started to make the shadow bigger and bigger. At the maximum magnification, the body was
117 still covered in shadows but it was definitely humanoid.
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119 The shadow slowly moved closer, taking it sweet time as if it’s sole purpose was to taunt those
120 who were watching it. Just as its body started to clear up, a haze of pyroflies flew across the
121 screen, knocking into the commsphere. The echoes of the deceased played across the speakers of
122 Shinra’s machine as the pyroflies kept on flying past until the screen returned to static and
123 the sound faded.
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125 “What happened? What happened?” Rikku asked frantically as she towered over the young boy.
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127 “The pyroflies must of have hit the commsphere. The receiver and microchip might of have gotten
128 damaged.” The young boy explained as he turned off his invention. He looked around at the rest
129 of the Gullwing crew. Brother had gone back to his fetal position while Buddy stayed calm and
130 collected as always. Rikku on the other hand seemed to look more worried than the young boy has
131 ever seen her in the two years they had been together.
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133 “Is there any way to fix it? That could of have been Yunie down there!” The blonde Al Behd looked
134 almost on the verge of tears. Her last hope of contacting Yuna had just been shattered. All she
135 had ever wanted was to protect her dear cousin but now, like last time, she had failed.
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137 Shinra looked at Rikku for a moment before shrugging, “I’m just a kid…” His voice was barely
138 above a whisper as he grabbed his machine and headed towards the exit of the fayth chamber.
139 Buddy wasn’t far behind the child prodigy as he half carried, half dragged Brother with him.
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141 Rikku watched her other team mates leave one by one. Are they going to give up that easily? Are
142 they just going to leave Yuna down in that whole while she may still be alive, the odds were
143 slim but still possible. Yuna had done so much for Spira by risking her life to fight Sin but
144 now even those closest to her were leaving! The young Al Behd girl slumped to her knees as she
145 stared down into the bottomless abyss… but could anything survive if it fell down from there?
146 “If anyone can, then Yunie can! She may not be a Summoner anymore but I’ll always be her
147 Guardian!” The young girl slowly got back to her feet. She blinked her eyes a few times, making
148 the small tears that had formed at the corners of her eyes slowly run down her cheek before
149 landing on the temple floor. Taking a deep breath, the blonde girl took a few steps backwards
150 before staring back at the large hole. “I’m coming Yunie. I’ll be the one to save you this time!”
151 Without further delay, the young thief started running towards the hole at full speed. For those
152 few seconds, only the one she loved occupied her mind. She would gladly die for the brunette if
153 she had to but if she couldn’t save the one she loves then at least she could die right alongside
154 with her. And so the former Guardian ran. She was inches away from the hole when a voice rang
155 through her ears, making her heart melt with happiness.
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157 “Yuna here, reporting for duty.”
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159 Those simple words stopped the thief from her mission. Yuna was alive! She was alive and well!
160 Tears of joy threatened to spill from the Al Behd’s eyes as she turned around and ran back to
161 the Celsius. Except this time, she was running to get closer to her love in this life instead of
162 joining her in the farplain.
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