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     1.5 +Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the characters from FFX-2. I’m merely borrowing them.
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Author’s notes: The story takes place right after Yuna falls down the hole in Djose temple. Since
     1.8 +in the game you get to see events for Yuna’s events, this takes place with the rest of the 
     1.9 +Gullwing members. Special thanks to Heather-sama (Amazoness Duo) and Forever3330 for inspiring 
    1.10 +me to write this fic. ^-^ Any comments/suggestions/flames/ e-mails saying how much my writing 
    1.11 +sucks can be sent to ximengwang@hotmail.com. Enjoy ^.^
    1.12 +
    1.13 +I'll Always Be Your Guardian
    1.14 +
    1.15 +Phoenix
    1.16 +
    1.17 +Rikku paced up and down the bridge, glancing over at Shinra every few seconds. It had been hours 
    1.18 +since Yuna had fallen down into the hole at Djose Temple. As time slowly ticked by, the usually 
    1.19 +cheerful thief frowned with worry.
    1.20 +
    1.21 +“RUF SILR MUHKAN IHDEM ED’C TUHA? <How much longer until it’s done?>” Rikku leaned over the 
    1.22 +shoulder of the boy genius, trying to see if the kid had made any progress.
    1.23 +
    1.24 +“RUMT UH… psshhh… E’S YMSUCD TUHA, <Hold on… psshhh… I’m almost done >” Shinra didn’t even look 
    1.25 +up at the currently overemotional blonde girl. He turned the bluish sphere-like object in his 
    1.26 +hand before turning his chair over. “There! It should be able to get us a picture.”
    1.27 +
    1.28 +“So we’ll be able to see Yunie with this?” Rikku bent over at the waist to get a closer look at 
    1.29 +the commsphere. It didn’t look like there was anything special about the object other than the 
    1.30 +fact that Shinra had been working on it for the past few hours.
    1.31 +
    1.32 +“Yes. That is if she’s still down in that hole.” The Al Behd boy stated as he wiped his forehead 
    1.33 +with a suit-covered hand. The boy was about to set the sphere down gently when a loud screeching 
    1.34 +voice nearly made him drop the invention.
    1.35 +
    1.36 +“Yuna has to be there! Gullwings! Full speed to Djose Temple!” Brother finally rose from his 
    1.37 +laying position in the middle of the deck. He quickly turned around to face Buddy when he 
    1.38 +realized they haven’t even started to move. “GO! GO! GO!”
    1.39 +
    1.40 +Buddy imput their destination into the Celsius’ computer before rubbing his ears. Sometimes he 
    1.41 +wondered if Yuna, Rikku, and Paine had the easier job. Sure, he just sat in the Celsius while 
    1.42 +the girls were out risking their lives but then he also had to deal with Brother. Come to think 
    1.43 +of it, why was Brother part of the team anyways? The tattooed Al Behd didn’t seem to do anything 
    1.44 +except complain about Yuna taking too long on her missions.
    1.45 +
    1.46 +“Are we almost there?” Rikku looked at the sphere in the middle of the ship. The Celsius was 
    1.47 +probably the fastest machina in all of Spira but the flight seemed to take so much longer than 
    1.48 +usual. The young blond went back to pacing around the deck, realizing there really wasn’t 
    1.49 +anything she could do about it.
    1.50 +
    1.51 +
    1.52 +The Celsius landed at Djose temple minutes later although the young thief had jumped off before 
    1.53 +Buddy even got the chance to ‘park’ the ship. “Ohhh… Come on! Yunie needs our help! Let’s hurry 
    1.54 +and throw the commsphere into the hole!” As she spoke, the Al Behd’s arms waved about, 
    1.55 +illustrating her words.
    1.56 +
    1.57 +“I’m going to have a word with the Machina Faction. You guys go on ahead.” Paine’s words were 
    1.58 +barely audible as she ran off into the tent. The rest of the Gullwing nodded then ran towards 
    1.59 +the doors of the thunder cloud-like temple. They were used to this kind of behavior from the 
    1.60 +more mysterious member of the team. Besides, Paine always showed up if something happens so 
    1.61 +there really wasn’t much to worry about
    1.62 +
    1.63 +
    1.64 +The team of sphere hunters gathered around the large hole in the temple as Rikku impatiently 
    1.65 +looked over the shoulder of the much smaller boy-genius. She watched him throw the commsphere 
    1.66 +into the hole with the fascination of a cat. Slowly, she stepped closer to the hole, peering 
    1.67 +into it’s unending depths. “Yunie… please be alright!” She thought to herself as she 
    1.68 +half-expected to hear a thud of some kind once the sphere hit the bottom.
    1.69 +
    1.70 +“Let’s see now…” Shinra mumbled to himself as he clicked a few keys on a computer-like box. He 
    1.71 +watched the screen intently as he tried to get some kind of signal from the sphere.
    1.72 +
    1.73 +“So where is Yuna? I-WANT-YUNA!” Brother’s impatience got the better of him once again as he 
    1.74 +yelled loud enough to even awaken the faiths.
    1.75 +
    1.76 +“So where’s the picture?” Buddy asked, his arms crossed across his chest. He raised an eyebrow 
    1.77 +as static started to slowly appear on the screen. It was progress at any rate. Some signal is 
    1.78 +better than none, right?
    1.79 +
    1.80 +“Is it working now?” Rikku asked, moving her hands in front of her chest like a cat scratching 
    1.81 +on a door. The depression and feeling of hopelessness she had felt all day slowly started to 
    1.82 +fade away as more static appeared on the screen. If Shinra’s invention works then maybe they’ll 
    1.83 +be able to talk with Yuna! That is if Yuna were down there and well. Rikku shook her head to 
    1.84 +clear her mind of those thoughts. Be optimistic! She told herself as she leaned closer to the 
    1.85 +monitor.
    1.86 +
    1.87 +The screen slowly started to get less staticy as the picture cleared except for the fact that 
    1.88 +all they could see was darkness. There didn’t seem to be any light coming from the dark abyss. 
    1.89 +Just when they were about to give up hope, a small pyrofly flew across the screen.
    1.90 +
    1.91 +“YUNA! I WANT TO SEE YUNA! SHOW ME YUNA!!!” Brother once again started yelling. Now that it was 
    1.92 +clear they could receive images from the sphere, he was more desperate than ever to see the girl 
    1.93 +of his dreams, even if he wasn’t the man of hers.
    1.94 +
    1.95 +“LYMS TUFH! <calm down!>” Rikku snapped, at the idiotic ‘leader’. She had been fed up with his 
    1.96 +whining ever since Yuna had fallen down the hole. It was bad enough that Yuna was gone but being 
    1.97 +worried while hearing Brother’s high-pitched voice was not a combination Rikku wanted to try 
    1.98 +ever again.
    1.99 +
   1.100 +After making sure the older Al Behd had calmed down, Rikku went back to staring at the small 
   1.101 +monitor on Shinra’s invention. “Please Yunie… please show up!” She mumbled to herself in a whiny 
   1.102 +tone of voice. She had been waiting for the boy genius to finish his sphere every since the kid 
   1.103 +had suggested it but now she didn’t really know if finishing it was really a good thing. Before 
   1.104 +she had at least been able to hope that Yuna was still alive but now… now she really didn’t know 
   1.105 +anymore.
   1.106 +
   1.107 +A few more pyroflies flew across the screen then it was back to pitch black-darkness. Slowly, a 
   1.108 +small clicking sound rang through the speakers. Rikku nearly pounced when her sensitive their 
   1.109 +ears caught on to the sound. They sounded like footsteps! But who’s? Yuna’s boots usually didn’t 
   1.110 +make the kinds of sounds that were being played by the speakers. The young blond leaned in closer
   1.111 +to the screen, almost to the point of pressing her nose against the cold glass. There seemed to 
   1.112 +be a shadow-like movement from the far horizon. Even in bluish pictures transmitted by the 
   1.113 +commsphere, Rikku could still pick out the small movement.
   1.114 +
   1.115 +“Is it… Yunie?” she asked softly, her hopes rising higher than they ever had before. Maybe Yuna 
   1.116 +was alive and well?
   1.117 +
   1.118 +“Let’s try to zoom in,” Shinra quickly pressed a few buttons on his invention as the screen 
   1.119 +slowly started to make the shadow bigger and bigger. At the maximum magnification, the body was 
   1.120 +still covered in shadows but it was definitely humanoid.
   1.121 +
   1.122 +The shadow slowly moved closer, taking it sweet time as if it’s sole purpose was to taunt those 
   1.123 +who were watching it. Just as its body started to clear up, a haze of pyroflies flew across the 
   1.124 +screen, knocking into the commsphere. The echoes of the deceased played across the speakers of 
   1.125 +Shinra’s machine as the pyroflies kept on flying past until the screen returned to static and 
   1.126 +the sound faded.
   1.127 +
   1.128 +“What happened? What happened?” Rikku asked frantically as she towered over the young boy.
   1.129 +
   1.130 +“The pyroflies must of have hit the commsphere. The receiver and microchip might of have gotten 
   1.131 +damaged.” The young boy explained as he turned off his invention. He looked around at the rest 
   1.132 +of the Gullwing crew. Brother had gone back to his fetal position while Buddy stayed calm and 
   1.133 +collected as always. Rikku on the other hand seemed to look more worried than the young boy has 
   1.134 +ever seen her in the two years they had been together.
   1.135 +
   1.136 +“Is there any way to fix it? That could of have been Yunie down there!” The blonde Al Behd looked
   1.137 +almost on the verge of tears. Her last hope of contacting Yuna had just been shattered. All she 
   1.138 +had ever wanted was to protect her dear cousin but now, like last time, she had failed.
   1.139 +
   1.140 +Shinra looked at Rikku for a moment before shrugging, “I’m just a kid…” His voice was barely 
   1.141 +above a whisper as he grabbed his machine and headed towards the exit of the fayth chamber. 
   1.142 +Buddy wasn’t far behind the child prodigy as he half carried, half dragged Brother with him.
   1.143 +
   1.144 +Rikku watched her other team mates leave one by one. Are they going to give up that easily? Are 
   1.145 +they just going to leave Yuna down in that whole while she may still be alive, the odds were 
   1.146 +slim but still possible. Yuna had done so much for Spira by risking her life to fight Sin but 
   1.147 +now even those closest to her were leaving! The young Al Behd girl slumped to her knees as she 
   1.148 +stared down into the bottomless abyss… but could anything survive if it fell down from there? 
   1.149 +“If anyone can, then Yunie can! She may not be a Summoner anymore but I’ll always be her 
   1.150 +Guardian!” The young girl slowly got back to her feet. She blinked her eyes a few times, making 
   1.151 +the small tears that had formed at the corners of her eyes slowly run down her cheek before 
   1.152 +landing on the temple floor. Taking a deep breath, the blonde girl took a few steps backwards 
   1.153 +before staring back at the large hole. “I’m coming Yunie. I’ll be the one to save you this time!”
   1.154 +Without further delay, the young thief started running towards the hole at full speed. For those 
   1.155 +few seconds, only the one she loved occupied her mind. She would gladly die for the brunette if 
   1.156 +she had to but if she couldn’t save the one she loves then at least she could die right alongside
   1.157 +with her. And so the former Guardian ran. She was inches away from the hole when a voice rang 
   1.158 +through her ears, making her heart melt with happiness.
   1.159 +
   1.160 +“Yuna here, reporting for duty.”
   1.161 +
   1.162 +Those simple words stopped the thief from her mission. Yuna was alive! She was alive and well! 
   1.163 +Tears of joy threatened to spill from the Al Behd’s eyes as she turned around and ran back to 
   1.164 +the Celsius. Except this time, she was running to get closer to her love in this life instead of 
   1.165 +joining her in the farplain.
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