Summary: The fiends have gathered together to create one giant force of evil and power that has one goal in mind: to take over all of Spira. As the Gullwings try to save their world one last time, an unlikely romance begins.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters at all. Nor do I own the game or anything. The plot is the only thing that is original.
Note: This is a different take on Final Fantasy X-2. Most of the events have not happened and all that is set up for us is that Yuna is having her nightmares and the Gullwings are a group with spheres in mind. That's about it. A few spoilers I suppose for FF X-2 and major spoilers for FFX. Just a warning.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1- Knight in Shining Armor
I was trapped in a tower, in a castle, with a Mega Tonberry and an Elder Drake beneath me. I stared out my window, hoping someone would rescue me. I was the poor damsel in distress, waiting for my knight in shining armor to come and rescue me, riding up on their glorious, armored Chocobo with sword in hand. They would then slash through the monsters and make it up to my tower where….
I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. I hurried to sit down on the edge of the bed, waiting patiently for the knight to come.
The footsteps grew closer and louder. My heart was pounding in my chest. Would I really be freed? Would I really find my true love, my hero?
Closer and closer they came.
Closer….
The doorknob moved slowly to one side, the door opening just a tiny amount. I could hear them breathing hard outside; what a hard climb it must have been for them.
Suddenly, the door was pushed aside and there they stood, armor gleaming and all. I could see myself in the shining metal, nervous yet excited. My hair down at my shoulders, my face calm, and my hands folded neatly on my lap. Yet this knight was gorgeous, even without me ever seeing their face. The helm was beautiful, with a Coeurl standing at the top, its fangs and paws open to the public so as to show its power. It was closed, with the lower lip tightly in place and small eye slits that showed nothing but shadows. I could see nothing of their face or anything of their intentions. The plates of metal along their body were set perfectly into place and gleaming as the light through the window behind me played across its surface. It was perfect with no evidence of the fight that had certainly taken place down below. And there they stood, perfect. My knight in shining armor.
Slowly, very slowly, they started to walk toward me. After what seemed like days of waiting they finally were close enough to me to touch. They reached out their arms and pulled me up into a tight embrace. As I was pulled up I didn't resist and something inside of me was fueled. Some sort of love that I had never felt. Surely this must be Tidus, my love, lost and gone forever, underneath this armor.
"Yuna…" he said, his voice slightly off and low. "I've finally found you."
"Yes…" I whispered as I pulled him closer to me. "Yes…"
I pulled away from him and looked up at his face. Without asking, I reached up and unlaced the helm and slowly took it off. The face underneath was not him.
"Paine?!" I asked, surprised yet somehow…I knew all along…
"Yuna…" She said, looking straight into my eyes.
Her head moved closer to my own. I knew what she was going to do, she had rescued me after all, yet I wanted this to happen. Somewhere, deep down inside of me, I was excited and nervous, feeling like a fresh virgin that has never been kissed. It felt right….
I felt her lips touch mine and everything in the world was perfect and as it should be. Her lips, so soft, so pure, so wonderful…
I heard myself murmur her name. "Paine…" I moaned underneath her lips as her tongue glided across my lips, seeking entrance. Her hands glided across my back and pulled me closer. As our kiss grew more intense, more deep, I felt such an intense feeling of wonder and pleasure. How could this feel so good?
When, finally, we had to stop for air, I looked straight into her beautiful eyes and slowly drew out her name, liking how it sounded upon my lips. Everything was right.
Then, I was shaken awake. I found myself laying on my bed in the cabin, Paine and Rikku looking down at me. It was dark outside the windows and I could hear the dull roar of the ship's engines as it propelled through the air.
"You okay, Yunie?" Rikku asked to my right. "We heard you moaning in your sleep."
"Yeah, and it seemed like you were calling out to me?" Paine added in. "Sounded like you were having another one of your bad dreams. You need some water?"
I shook my head and took a deep breath.
"I'm okay, I'm sorry, I was just having…uh…one of my dreams again," I lied. "Sorry for waking you guys up." I turned on my side and closed my eyes.
I could hear them getting back into their bed and under their covers. Slowly, I opened my eyes and I could see her, trying to get back to sleep in the darkened cabin. Her breathing was magical as I watched her chest slowly fall up and down, her light shirt the only thing between me and her-
I closed my eyes tightly and shunned myself inside my head for what I was thinking. What the hell had my dream been about anyway?! Paine is my friend and I have no true emotions like that for her. I love Tidus, who I might never see again, and I have never even thought of kissing a girl ever. Yet…how come I feel like I must watch her every second and see her chest rise and fall with her breath? I want to open my eyes again and watch that beautiful face of hers sleep and dream as I lay awake in pure ecstasy…
I feel back asleep thinking of her face, with those red eyes and that silver hair…