Konichuwa! It's time to write! Finally! Well, the rest of the chapters are planned out, and I'm writing the next one as we speak :D Remember though, I am in the middle of my GCSE's, so........bleh ^_^

Sorry for the incredibly, evil long wait. After June 18th I have like over 2 months off so maybe I can finish this before the year is out!

A BIG shout out to Emily Hato, who's dedication to writing her fanfics is amazing and totally inspiring :D

Later on that afternoon, we went through Kilika Woods, to the temple. It was bigger than the one at Besaid, and had a more light and airy feel to it. But, for some reason, Heero and Quatre didn't seem to be very comfortable there.

Quatre was constantly looking over at a group of Blitzers, and Heero just kept his eyes to the ground.

Whilst Heero and Trowa spoke to the head of the temple, I sidled over to Quatre.

"Why do you keep looking at those Blitzers? Do you know them?"

Quatre nodded, a dark expression crossing his face.

"Our rivals. Normally, I get along with most other Blitzball teams but this guy......I can't stand"

I followed his gaze to see a tall guy with shocking red hair. He had a look of smug ignorance on his face and was telling something to his team mates, who were laughing in a some what sinister way. Then his gaze caught Quatre's and mine, and he sauntered over, two other Blitzers behind him.

"Quatre. What are you doing in these parts?" he asked silkily, "Shouldn't you and your, ahem, team, be rotting in Besaid?"

"No" Quatre replied lowly, "They're helping out the villagers as we speak, something that I would of expected the Luca Goers to do"

"Good, saintly Quatre" he continued, for the first time looking over at me, "Who's this scrawny kid? Don't tell me he's your summoner!"

I suddenly felt quite offended. Why would me being a summoner be a bad thing? Just what was he implying?!

"Actually, he's one of Heero's guardians, and the newest member of the Besaid Arouchs. And my friend"

I smiled at the last words. Quatre was such a sweet person.

The guy sniffed slightly, and turned on his heel. As he went back to his team, I glanced round the room for Heero, Trowa or Wufei. They had gone.

"Where is everyone?"

Quatre glanced up and cursed under his breath.

"They've gone in. C'mon, let's go on through"

As I followed him through, I felt the presence of someone looking at me. I turned and briefly caught sight of short, dark haired woman disappearing between the pillars. I shrugged, and joined Quatre on the stone lift.

"That guy was a total jerk" I muttered, folding my arms, "Not only does he insult you, and the Besaid Arouchs, he insulted ME"

Quatre shrugged, a half smile on his lips.

"He's one of the main reasons I want us to win so bad. I want to show him that Blitzers are the same world over, no matter where they come from," he began, tilting his head slightly as the lift began to descend, "He thinks that because he plays for Luca, he's invincible"

Quatre fell silent, and became very interested in his feet. I, on the other hand, looked up at the disappearing speck of light. I could of sworn I saw someone looking down at us, but when I took a second look, they were gone.

We reached the others just in time, before Heero walked slowly in through the circular doorway. Trowa glared at us with his visible eye.

"Took your time"

"Sorry Tro" Quatre began sheepishly, "It was just those Luca Blitzers........"

To my complete and utter surprised, Trowa nodded, and smiled faintly. I was expecting him to yell at us, well......maybe not yell, at least send us scathing looks. He turned away, and walked over to Wufei.

I looked at Quatre, who had the weirdest look on his face. He looked happy and surprised at the same time.

"Tro's always understood about me and Blitzball" he explained, "I guess it's his soft spot with me. He hasn't missed any of my matches"

I looked over at Trowa. I found it hard to believe that he had any soft spots, but then again, I hadn't really known him for long. Maybe he was like Zechs, Mr-I-Pretend-Not-To-Care. Zechs cared when I got injured Blitzing once, he tried not to show it, but he did. Zechs.......

I guess I kinda did miss him. I hoped he was ok, maybe he ended up in Spira like I did. He was the closest thing I had to a father. Way better than G ever was....

I leant back against the wall, watching the circular doorway expectantly. I hoped Heero was alright, I'd grown attached to him in the past day or two.

Heero came out about ten minutes later, exhausted but on the whole ok. He wrapped his arms around himself, half smiling as Trowa and Quatre congratulated him. To me, he looked kinda distant, but I guess summoning great entities of power does that to you.

As we began to walk out, I dropped behind and walked along side Heero. He smiled tiredly, and I noticed the glisten of sweat on his skin. He really was worn out.

We left on the S.S Winno, and finally headed for Luca. I was half expecting Sin to attack us again, it always seemed to happen with me and boats. But, this time....we managed to travel there pretty much unscathed.

During the journey, I heard Quatre and Trowa talking about me. Not really meaning to eavesdrop, I half climbed the stairs to where they were sat, and sort of listened in.

"This is your fault you know" I heard Trowa say, coolly. Q sighed.

"I couldn't exactly leave him in Besaid, could I?"

"But now Heero wants him as a Guardian"

"So? The kid's pretty good, you saw how he protected Heero back on the S.S Liki. Heero would be dead if Duo wasn't there"

"He's protective yes, but can he fight?"

"We'll find out soon enough, the Mi'hen Highway is crawling with fiends"

Quatre had told me that Besaid and Kilika didn't have as many fiends as the Crusaders kept them away. I assumed there were too many fiends on this Highway place to control or something.

"Fine. But he's your responsibility"

Silence fell. I was going to go, but Quatre started talking again.

"Why does Heero want him as a Guardian anyway? I mean.....he's only just met him"

"Because he's G's son"

"Really?! That scrawny kid?"

I grimaced. I didn't whether I should be pleased that he didn't think I could be related to G or annoyed at the way he kept calling me kid.

If they were going to have a little chat about the 'amazing' G, I was going. My dad was nothing but a selfish loser, who thought he was the best at everything. He loved putting people down, especially me.

Gritting my teeth, I turned and went back down the stairs. Man, I really hated him at times. I could see Heero surrounded by yet another crowd, and I made my way over to him.

"Hey, what do YOU want?" sneered the red haired Blitzer from earlier, "WE'RE talking to this Lord Summoner"

"I'm his Guardian" I replied, pushing past him. He grabbed my arm.

"Who do you think you are, kid?!"

"Wait" one of his lackeys from earlier interrupted, "He was with Quatre earlier. Aren't you with the Arouchs?"

It was something about he way he said Aurochs that got my back up. I narrowed my eyes, and stepped closer to him. So what if he was a head taller than me? He didn't scare me.

"Yeah. Do you have a problem with that?"

The red haired guy laughed, and stepped closer to me. Ok, now THIS guy was about two, maybe three heads taller than me. And he looked pretty strong.

"The Arouchs? You could at least of picked a decent team" he sneered, "What team do you come from anyway? I don't recognise the strip"

"He was the Star Player of the Zanarkand Abes" Heero interrupted coolly, "So watch who you're talking to"

The red haired guy and his lackey's nearly cried with laughter. Heero frowned, and turned his back on him, walking to the prow of the ship. I went to follow him, then stopped, and smirked at the red haired guy.

"I'll see you in tomorrow" I began, "And I'm going to kick the ball EXTRA hard at your head. Maybe it'll kick start your brain"

I turned away from him and walked over to Heero. He was staring out to sea.

"Are you ok? You went....crazy there"

Heero shrugged.

"Some people are so moronic" he said lowly, "You have to beat them tomorrow"

I grinned.

"No problem. I was planning on doing that anyway"

Heero laughed slightly.

"I hate it when people act like that" I continued, "Putting people down. They're as bad as my old man"

"But....G was a nice person" Heero exclaimed, shocked, "How can you say that?!"

"Not the G I knew. Maybe.....he's only like that to his son"

I shook my head, and walked away. Why did G haunt me everywhere I went? Even in the future. I heard Heero sigh behind me, and I turned to face him.

"So.....what's Luca like?"

A smile spread across his face, and he began telling me about the city.

TBC.......

Wow! I actually finished the chapter!! 0_0 Mebbe I lied in my other fic.....well, I posted that before writing this :p

A HUGE thanks to all of my reviewers (I love you guys :D) And I hope you enjoy :D

Ja ne!!

~*~ Tawny Eyed Angel ~*~