I'll Travel Through Time
Author's Notes: I'm determined to finish this… maybe if I come and think of Chapter Titles, I WILL. But right now, my mind's blank and I don't know what the chapter's title should be.
Anyway, this is gonna be fun. Another Aurikku to add to my collection. And this time, it's 25-year old AuronxRikku!
Hope ya like it! Please read and review!
-Your Aurikku lovin' Author,
cool_k
PS. I don't know how FFX-2 ended… I only played the Japanese one and I haven't finished it yet… And yeah this story took place 6 years after Sin's defeat.
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Prologue
"Mornin', Yunie!" A blonde-haired 22-year old told her cousin.
"Oh, good morning, Rikku!" Yuna greeted her cousin cheerfully. "Any plans for today?"
"Yeah! I'm planning to go to Luca today and watch a blitz ball game! It's the start of the new season yet again! I gotta watch the Psyches. They're counting on me there. You see... I'm like their inspiration or something." Rikku said. "I wonder why I have to be in their every game…"
And Yuna just giggled. "Maybe it's because of the revealing clothing you wear… You know, men are like that."
Rikku looked like she got the message real well. "Now I know why the girls of the team were angry at the guys…" Rikku laughed after that. "Well, what can you say? I'm just naturally this way!" She put her hand on her chin and contemplated. "But come to think about it… those guys are a couple of perverts! I better wear more!"
Yuna smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Really huh? And what do you plan on wearing?"
Rikku got her bag and grabbed her old outfit. "The one I wore in the pilgrimage! I sure miss this old thing!"
"What about your hair?" Yuna pointed out.
"I'll just wear it this way. Or probably I could cut it short. Nah. My hair is beautiful the way it looks now." Rikku replied.
"Oh I see. Give the Psyches my regards then, Rikku! I'm off to Besaid to visit Wakka and Lulu's son!"
"Sure! Be careful on your way!"
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"Hey guys! I'm here! So when will you play?" Rikku asked the Al Bhed Psyches.
"Well, we're gonna be playing against the Goers first." The team leader said.
"Well, then, good luck to you guys! I'll be cheering you on!" Rikku told them cheerfully.
"But Rikku, how come you're not wearing your usual outfit?" one of the guys in the team asked.
"Well, I considered that you guys are kinda' like a couple of perverts. So I decided to ditch that outfit temporarily." When the team heard her answer, the guys groaned and the girls sighed in relief.
"Thanks, Rikku. You know the guys are a teensy bit distracted whenever they play." One of the girls told her. "I often catch them taking a glimpse at you whenever your jumping around cheering for them and you know what happens when you jump around, right?"
Rikku turned red for a moment. "You guys are a couple of perverts indeed! But anyway, good luck to your game because, I guess I'm not gonna be cheering on you anyway." She began to walk away but she stopped when he heard one of the guys say.
"Rikku, wait! We're sorry. We didn't mean it that way. Please cheer us on…"
Rikku's expression softened. "Okay, okay… I will. Just because you guys look so pathetic without me!" And she giggled. "GO TEAM!"
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After the game, she got up and from her seat and hurriedly ran towards the Psyches' dressing room. "GREAT JOB GUYS!" She patted everyone's back.
"Great job? We didn't even make it to the finals!" the leader told her.
"It was still a great job! You guys did your best! And there will be another season ahead of you! You'll win! It just takes a couple of more practices and more hard work. But it'll be worth it." She then hugged the team leader and said, "You'll do well, and I know you will… Good luck."
The leader's face reddened as he could feel her body against his. "T-thanks…"
She released him from her hug and smiled. "Well, I'll be off then! See ya!" She then ran out of the room cheerfully. "I'll be seeing you soon!! Bye-bye!"
As she hummed Yuna's famous song, "1000 no Kotoba", Rikku walked around the stadium for quite a while. She remembered the time when they went here 6 years ago, Wakka and Tidus persuaded the party to stay here for blitz ball. And she smiled as the scene passed through her mind…
(Flashback)
"Aww, c'mon guys! We'll have fun here!" Tidus pleaded as he walked down the airship along with Wakka.
"We are /not/ wasting our valuable time for blitz ball, Tidus." Auron said firmly.
"Aww, c'mon Auron! You're such a stick in the mud, ya know? Don't you have other plans than defeating Sin?"
"If you won't stop now, I would be having plans. I'd be kicking your as-…" He stopped and cleared his throat as he realized what he had been saying.
"We have to play blitz ball! Or else I'll forget how to play!" Tidus told the red-clad man.
"He's right, ya! I also have to get my Celestial Weapon, ya? And the way to get that is by playing blitz! Please, Sir Auron."
Rikku jumped up and down beside Auron and said, "C'mon, Auron! It's gonna be fun!"
Yuna went beside the Legendary Guardian and smiled, "Sir Auron. It seems that Wakka really needs his Celestial Weapon… Could we just stay for a blitz ball game?"
Auron looked at Yuna with his lone russet eye. He sighed. He knew one more reason why Yuna wanted to see this game; it was also because of Tidus. The love between them was so unsubtle, everyone could feel it. "Alright. I see that all of you are against me."
"I didn't know you had a soft spot inside of ya, Auron!' Rikku added.
"Hmph."
(End flashback)
Rikku smiled again as she remembered Auron. They weren't that close, but they spoke to each other sometimes. In fact, it was only now did she realized that she missed him. "Too bad he's gone… Oh well… You win some, you lose some. But… what did I win?" She looked at the cold ground. "Nothing…"
She reached the docks a few minutes later and she looked at the deep blue sea that spread across her. "So beautiful…" And another scene crossed her mind…
(Another flashback)
Rikku looked at the sea ahead of her and smiled. She missed the game because she overslept, so she just decided to watch the sea and its splendor. "It's so wonderful. So beautiful… yet it reminds me of Sin…"
"So you feel the same too." A deep voice from behind her said.
"Oh, hi Auron." She faced him and smiled sweetly.
"How come you're not at the game?" He asked her.
"Well, I… overslept… so I decided I won't watch it anymore. It's not like I'm gonna die or anything…" She joked. "Well, what about you?"
"Blitz Ball doesn't interest me that much…" came his silent reply.
"Yeah, I know that. So, what brings you here?" The 16-year old asked.
"I just wanted to look around. It passes the time."
"Me too. Come, sit beside me, Auron." She offered a place beside her on the edge of the dock.
He nodded and sat beside her. "So, Auron. What now? What about Sin? Tidus? Sir Jecht? What about Yuna?"
He just looked at the water through his sunglasses and uttered no word… a sign that he didn't want to talk about it at the moment.
"Okay, I understand." And she fell silent and they just watched the sea together…
(End flashback)
"Auron…" She said. Suddenly her eyes widened with shock and fear as she saw a raging wall of water going straight forward her! She screamed as the raging waters enveloped her… She tried her hardest to swim against the current, but her feeble attempts did not do anything for her situation… and she finally let the darkness overtake her body…
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Well, the prologue finally done! I hope you guys read this! Even though there is the new famous pairing… GippalxRikku… I still am loyal and faithful the original Aurikkus! Because a fan is a fan! And I am a fan!
Hope you review! Thankies!