Chapter 5
Ugh. the last chapter sucked. Sorry, but writer's block has taken its toll on me. I'll be sure to make this chapter better.
Wow, you all are so nice..! Thanks reviewers! I'll try to finish this story and make it the best I can!
Lady Geagua: are you like, reading my mind?! I was planning to do that, I'm sure that would be really cool!
[ ] = Translation of Al Bhed
~*~*~*
"C'mon Rikku, just come in! You don't wanna be stuck here with IAuron/I do you?"
Auron gave Tidus a look, underneath the collar, Tidus knew Auron was grinning. Living with a person for ten years kinda teaches you their habits.
"But memories." Rikku began
"Awwwwwww come on!" Tidus whined grabbing her hand.
"Ok."
Tidus and Rikku walked hand in hand up the steps to the farplane.
Tidus was amazed. It was beautiful. The farplane seemed so serene. Countless pyreflies dotted the plains. The myriad of flowers stretching for endless miles, the cascading waterfall. It was so peaceful. Tidus wouldn't mind dying if this is where you go.
"Wow..." Rikku whispered in awe.
"I know."
Walking over towards the others they could see that Yuna was calling her parents. Braska and his wife looked so happy together. Looking at them, Tidus wished that he could possibly get married and raise a family some day.
"Let's go to Yunie." Rikku whispered to him
They walked over to her. Yuna was on the verge of tears. Seeing them, she quickly wiped them away.
"Hmmmm Uncle Braska and Aunt Rini." Rikku said looking at Braska and Rini.
Rikku studied the two there, and Tidus wondered what the two cousins were thinking.
"They look so happy together.." Yuna said softly.
Yuna had a look of someone who wasn't sure of things. She was young and innocent, but had a world of responsibilities. She really didn't deserve this. People expected too much of her. Yuna turned to Tidus and soon had a smile on her face. Both Tidus and Rikku knew it was fake.
"Call Sir Jecht!" Yuna exclaimed.
"Yea!" Rikku echoed.
Tidus looked down. How would he explain to them that Jecht was Sin? Heck, he didn't even know how. What would they do if they knew?
Tidus looked out onto the endless plain.
"He's not dead then, you know?" Yuna said.
He's not dead because he's Sin.
Tidus remained silent. Rikku and Yuna were unaware of the anger growing in Tidus.
"I'm going to go see Chappu." Yuna left and walked towards Wakka and Lulu.
Rikku looked at Tidus and saw his clenched fists.
"Are you ok?" She asked, concerned.
Tidus turned away. Thinking of Jecht made him so mad! Why couldn't he be a normal dad like everyone else?!
That was ten years ago Tidus, get over it.
"Just thinking of him.. Makes me so mad!" Tidus confessed.
"Who? Sir Jecht?"
Tidus nodded.
"Why?" Rikku asked in a little girl voice.
Tidus explained how his father had made fun of him for crying and for stinking at blitzball. He never once praised the kid
"..and what he put my mother and I through.."
Then Tidus stopped in mid sentence. Floating right in front of him was his mother. He hadn't seen her for ten years. Tidus struggled to hold back tears.
"Mom?" he asked bewildered.
"She's very pretty." Rikku said "You look a lot like her."
Tidus just stood there. He was still in shock
"Tidus are you ok!?"
Rikku moved in front of Tidus and looked into his eyes. He looked into hers; the green swirls were filled with worry.
Why did Tidus enjoy staring into her eyes?
She put her hands on his shoulders and continued to stare into his eyes.
"I'm fine.."
~*~*~
"Nice knowing you." Auron said, walking on after Rikku's lame excuse.
Oooooo. How she despised that man.
"Hey!" Tidus yelled to Auron.
Rikku cringed as thunder struck. Ever since that incident as a kid, she's been scared of thunder.
Everyone turned to him, while Auron stopped and turned to the boy. Nobody seemed to have the courage to yell at Auron. He was a legend to them. Now, they wanted to see why the blitzer had yelled at him.
"You could cut her some slack Auron! Everyone's afraid sometimes!"
How Rikku wanted to kiss Tidus right then and there. He was sticking up for her. Tidus was always sweet to Rikku, always sticking up for her and taking care of her.
"It's not ok for a guardian, we must think of the summoner" Auron said coldly and began to walk away.
"Meanie!" Rikku yelled and then flinched as another clap of thunder sounded.
The rest of the party began to walk, except for Tidus. He grabbed her hand gently and then smiled and said "C'mon Rikku, I'll protect you."
Rikku smiled and began to walk with Tidus. If he was around, she wasn't afraid.
As they were fighting fiends, Tidus told Rikku to steal lightning gems from the fiends. Was it for customizing weapons? Maybe, Rikku had ignored the part about lightning stuff, but Tidus had read up on it in the guado travel center.
Whenever fiend began to cast thundara on her, Tidus would take the hit for her. He also did this for Yuna, but so did Kimarhi, Wakka and Auron. So Rikku assumed he was just being a good guardian. However, she couldn't help but cringe whenever he yelled in pain from taking the hit.
Pretty soon Rikku had collected a lot of lightning gems, and they were also nearing the travel center at the halfway mark of the plains.
"Please can we go inside?!" Rikku begged
"But we could pass through, ya?" Wakka argued
"I think it would be best." Yuna said, almost lost in thought
Yay Yunie!
As they walked inside Rikku practically kissed the floor. No thunder!
"Why are you so afraid of thunder?" Tidus asked
Auron, Lulu, Kimarhi and Wakka also looked at the Al Bhed, curious as to why she had this fear. Yuna had gone to a room.
"Well it all began when I was little.." Rikku said
"I was swimming at the beach and this fiend attacked me! My brother came and tried to defeat it with a thunder spell, but he missed and hit me instead!"
"Ouch" Tidus said scratching the back of his head
"Yea." Rikku began to cringe at the memory, but soon she felt arms wrapped around her. She turned to be face to face with Tidus..
How he was so kind to her. Rikku had never felt this way about a person before. It was a weird feeling. Rikku regarded Tidus as one of her friends, but he was something more.
"Yeah, well I'm here now!"
Rikku smiled
"Still it was logical to use thunder, marine fiends are weak against it.' Lulu said
Rikku nodded.
"My brother said that too." Only in Al Bhed.
"Ya, but Lulu fries dose fiends, ya!?" Wakka said pumping his fist in the air.
Everyone, including Auron but except Kimarhi, laughed, while Lulu blushed.
Tidus and Rikku stayed in the main lobby, while everyone else went to a room.
"Got a present for you." Tidus said digging through his pack.
"You know all those lightning gems you were stealing?"
Rikku nodded
Where's he going with this?
"I made this." He said handing her some armor.
Rikku took it, still bewildered.
Tidus grinned once again
"It's lightning proof!"
Rikku's face lit up. She threw her arms around Tidus.
"Thanks so much, now I won't have to worry about lightning any more!" She said jumping excitedly.
"You're welcome!" Tidus said with a grin and then kissed Rikku on the cheek. He then quickly walked away to a room.
Rikku stood there in shock, with her hand on the spot where Tidus had kissed her.
You know what? She liked it.
~*~
Yuna was leaving with that guado guy. What was his name? Oh yeah, Tromell. Rikku didn't really care, but she IdidI care about Yuna marrying that creepy guy Seymour. Yuna wasn't in love yet, but Rikku thought a person should only marry for love. And she defintely wasn't in love with Seymour!
She watched them walk. Suddenly, machina surrounded them.
"Al Bhed!" Wakka yelled and jumped over the snowdrift. The others soon followed. Tidus looked over at Rikku, a look of worry on his face, and then jumped over the drift. Then Rikku followed.
"Rikku!" A voice yelled.
Crap, it's my brother!!
Rikku pretended to ignore him; perhaps she wouldn't blow her cover.
Tromell looked worried as the Al Bhed went up the cliff.
"Thank you." He said as the guardians surrounded him and Yuna. Then Yuna broke from his grip and ran to join them.
"Rikku! Fryd yna oui tuehk?!" [Rikku, what are you doing?!] Her brother yelled.
"E's Yunie's kiyntenh! E'ja taletat du ramb!" [I'm Yunie's guardian! I've decided to help!] Rikku yelled.
She turned and saw the confused look on Wakka's face. Ugh, she would have a lot of explaining to do.
"Oui ryia vuncygah dra pamavc!" [You have forsaken the beliefs!]
Tidus ran up beside Rikku and yelled to her brother "Mayja Rikku!" [Leave Rikku!]
He knows Al Bhed?!
Rikku turned around once again and saw that everyone looked confused. She was too! How did Tidus learn Al Bhed? In fact, who cares now?
He brother, her, and Tidus argued some more. Tidus and her yelled in favor of Yuna, while her brother said he had to take her. Tidus yelled a lot of profanity to her brother. However, her brother soon yelled out that they would have to fight a machina with an anti-magic field!
"That's bad!" Tidus yelled whipping out his sword.
"Yeah, lets fight!" Rikku said, mad at her brother.
They started out with her, Tidus and Wakka to fight the machina. Seeing the negator, Rikku knew the battle would be hard with that thing.
"Wakka, hit that floating machina! It won't let Yuna summon, or Lulu use magic!" Rikku yelled, hoping Wakka would obey.
Surprisingly, he did.
The negator crashed to the ground. Then, the three switched out for Auron, Lulu and Yuna. Yuna summoned all her Aeons and the mana beam killed them. Rikku was glad it didn't hit them. Lulu was able to get in some more magic before the negator came back.
Then, Auron destroyed it with the final blow.
"E femm damm Vydran!" [I will tell father!] Her brother said as he retreated.
Silence fell, as Rikku knew that Wakka was.. well. pissed.
"How come you know Al Bhed, and you too Tidus!"
Both Tidus and Rikku looked down.
Rikku wondered how Tidus felt. Wakka was his friend and.
"Because I'm Al Bhed, and that was my brother.." Rikku said looking at the floor
"I learned it from Rin back in Mi'hen.." Tidus said "I wanted to know Rikku's language."
Wakka then had an angry look on his face.
"I can't believe I've been traveling with an Al Bhed! A heathen!"
Then Wakka turned to Tidus, with an even angrier look on his face.
"And.. I thought we were friends, ya? And you go and learn the language of the heathens!"
Rikku clenched her fists. Right now, she despised Wakka. He knew nothing! And yet he was bad mouthing her and her race, and Tidus who had enough respect for her race to learn the language. He should just shut up, along with all the other Yevonites who hated them.
"Shut up!" Rikku yelled to him
"Well if all you Al Bhed just died, then Sin would go away, ya?!"
"Wakka!" Lulu said scolding him
Rikku cupped her hands over her mouth, holding back tears. How could he say that?! Sin wasn't hanging around because of her people! It couldn't be.
Rikku looked over to Tidus and saw that his face was filled with anger, and his fists were clenched.
The next thing she knew, Tidus' fist made contact with Wakka's face, sending him backwards, right into Lulu, who was now supporting his weight. Wakka was basically in shock, staring back at Tidus.
Tidus looked as if he was ready to beat the crap out of Wakka, seeing this, Rikku ran up to him and held him back.
"No, Tidus stop!"
However, Rikku's efforts were in vain, she simple wasn't strong enough to hold him back.
Then, Auron came, his one arm out of its sling position, and held Tidus back.
"Enough!" Auron scolded the boy.
Tidus tried to struggle out of Auron's grip for a while. But, Tidus wasn't as strong as Auron, and the warrior just stood there as Tidus squirmed. Then he began to give up.
Tidus relaxed in Auron's grip and then the warrior released him.
"Never, Wakka, NEVER, say anything like that again!"
Wakka got up on his own two feet. His own fists clenched in anger. Lulu looked worried, Rikku was too. It looked as if the two were going to kill each other.
"Ya, well you're stickin' up for her, because you love her, ya?!"
"Damn right I do!!"
Did he just confess to Ithat?!/
~*~
Oooooo suspense. I hope you liked this chapter! Please R+R
Ugh. the last chapter sucked. Sorry, but writer's block has taken its toll on me. I'll be sure to make this chapter better.
Wow, you all are so nice..! Thanks reviewers! I'll try to finish this story and make it the best I can!
Lady Geagua: are you like, reading my mind?! I was planning to do that, I'm sure that would be really cool!
[ ] = Translation of Al Bhed
~*~*~*
"C'mon Rikku, just come in! You don't wanna be stuck here with IAuron/I do you?"
Auron gave Tidus a look, underneath the collar, Tidus knew Auron was grinning. Living with a person for ten years kinda teaches you their habits.
"But memories." Rikku began
"Awwwwwww come on!" Tidus whined grabbing her hand.
"Ok."
Tidus and Rikku walked hand in hand up the steps to the farplane.
Tidus was amazed. It was beautiful. The farplane seemed so serene. Countless pyreflies dotted the plains. The myriad of flowers stretching for endless miles, the cascading waterfall. It was so peaceful. Tidus wouldn't mind dying if this is where you go.
"Wow..." Rikku whispered in awe.
"I know."
Walking over towards the others they could see that Yuna was calling her parents. Braska and his wife looked so happy together. Looking at them, Tidus wished that he could possibly get married and raise a family some day.
"Let's go to Yunie." Rikku whispered to him
They walked over to her. Yuna was on the verge of tears. Seeing them, she quickly wiped them away.
"Hmmmm Uncle Braska and Aunt Rini." Rikku said looking at Braska and Rini.
Rikku studied the two there, and Tidus wondered what the two cousins were thinking.
"They look so happy together.." Yuna said softly.
Yuna had a look of someone who wasn't sure of things. She was young and innocent, but had a world of responsibilities. She really didn't deserve this. People expected too much of her. Yuna turned to Tidus and soon had a smile on her face. Both Tidus and Rikku knew it was fake.
"Call Sir Jecht!" Yuna exclaimed.
"Yea!" Rikku echoed.
Tidus looked down. How would he explain to them that Jecht was Sin? Heck, he didn't even know how. What would they do if they knew?
Tidus looked out onto the endless plain.
"He's not dead then, you know?" Yuna said.
He's not dead because he's Sin.
Tidus remained silent. Rikku and Yuna were unaware of the anger growing in Tidus.
"I'm going to go see Chappu." Yuna left and walked towards Wakka and Lulu.
Rikku looked at Tidus and saw his clenched fists.
"Are you ok?" She asked, concerned.
Tidus turned away. Thinking of Jecht made him so mad! Why couldn't he be a normal dad like everyone else?!
That was ten years ago Tidus, get over it.
"Just thinking of him.. Makes me so mad!" Tidus confessed.
"Who? Sir Jecht?"
Tidus nodded.
"Why?" Rikku asked in a little girl voice.
Tidus explained how his father had made fun of him for crying and for stinking at blitzball. He never once praised the kid
"..and what he put my mother and I through.."
Then Tidus stopped in mid sentence. Floating right in front of him was his mother. He hadn't seen her for ten years. Tidus struggled to hold back tears.
"Mom?" he asked bewildered.
"She's very pretty." Rikku said "You look a lot like her."
Tidus just stood there. He was still in shock
"Tidus are you ok!?"
Rikku moved in front of Tidus and looked into his eyes. He looked into hers; the green swirls were filled with worry.
Why did Tidus enjoy staring into her eyes?
She put her hands on his shoulders and continued to stare into his eyes.
"I'm fine.."
~*~*~
"Nice knowing you." Auron said, walking on after Rikku's lame excuse.
Oooooo. How she despised that man.
"Hey!" Tidus yelled to Auron.
Rikku cringed as thunder struck. Ever since that incident as a kid, she's been scared of thunder.
Everyone turned to him, while Auron stopped and turned to the boy. Nobody seemed to have the courage to yell at Auron. He was a legend to them. Now, they wanted to see why the blitzer had yelled at him.
"You could cut her some slack Auron! Everyone's afraid sometimes!"
How Rikku wanted to kiss Tidus right then and there. He was sticking up for her. Tidus was always sweet to Rikku, always sticking up for her and taking care of her.
"It's not ok for a guardian, we must think of the summoner" Auron said coldly and began to walk away.
"Meanie!" Rikku yelled and then flinched as another clap of thunder sounded.
The rest of the party began to walk, except for Tidus. He grabbed her hand gently and then smiled and said "C'mon Rikku, I'll protect you."
Rikku smiled and began to walk with Tidus. If he was around, she wasn't afraid.
As they were fighting fiends, Tidus told Rikku to steal lightning gems from the fiends. Was it for customizing weapons? Maybe, Rikku had ignored the part about lightning stuff, but Tidus had read up on it in the guado travel center.
Whenever fiend began to cast thundara on her, Tidus would take the hit for her. He also did this for Yuna, but so did Kimarhi, Wakka and Auron. So Rikku assumed he was just being a good guardian. However, she couldn't help but cringe whenever he yelled in pain from taking the hit.
Pretty soon Rikku had collected a lot of lightning gems, and they were also nearing the travel center at the halfway mark of the plains.
"Please can we go inside?!" Rikku begged
"But we could pass through, ya?" Wakka argued
"I think it would be best." Yuna said, almost lost in thought
Yay Yunie!
As they walked inside Rikku practically kissed the floor. No thunder!
"Why are you so afraid of thunder?" Tidus asked
Auron, Lulu, Kimarhi and Wakka also looked at the Al Bhed, curious as to why she had this fear. Yuna had gone to a room.
"Well it all began when I was little.." Rikku said
"I was swimming at the beach and this fiend attacked me! My brother came and tried to defeat it with a thunder spell, but he missed and hit me instead!"
"Ouch" Tidus said scratching the back of his head
"Yea." Rikku began to cringe at the memory, but soon she felt arms wrapped around her. She turned to be face to face with Tidus..
How he was so kind to her. Rikku had never felt this way about a person before. It was a weird feeling. Rikku regarded Tidus as one of her friends, but he was something more.
"Yeah, well I'm here now!"
Rikku smiled
"Still it was logical to use thunder, marine fiends are weak against it.' Lulu said
Rikku nodded.
"My brother said that too." Only in Al Bhed.
"Ya, but Lulu fries dose fiends, ya!?" Wakka said pumping his fist in the air.
Everyone, including Auron but except Kimarhi, laughed, while Lulu blushed.
Tidus and Rikku stayed in the main lobby, while everyone else went to a room.
"Got a present for you." Tidus said digging through his pack.
"You know all those lightning gems you were stealing?"
Rikku nodded
Where's he going with this?
"I made this." He said handing her some armor.
Rikku took it, still bewildered.
Tidus grinned once again
"It's lightning proof!"
Rikku's face lit up. She threw her arms around Tidus.
"Thanks so much, now I won't have to worry about lightning any more!" She said jumping excitedly.
"You're welcome!" Tidus said with a grin and then kissed Rikku on the cheek. He then quickly walked away to a room.
Rikku stood there in shock, with her hand on the spot where Tidus had kissed her.
You know what? She liked it.
~*~
Yuna was leaving with that guado guy. What was his name? Oh yeah, Tromell. Rikku didn't really care, but she IdidI care about Yuna marrying that creepy guy Seymour. Yuna wasn't in love yet, but Rikku thought a person should only marry for love. And she defintely wasn't in love with Seymour!
She watched them walk. Suddenly, machina surrounded them.
"Al Bhed!" Wakka yelled and jumped over the snowdrift. The others soon followed. Tidus looked over at Rikku, a look of worry on his face, and then jumped over the drift. Then Rikku followed.
"Rikku!" A voice yelled.
Crap, it's my brother!!
Rikku pretended to ignore him; perhaps she wouldn't blow her cover.
Tromell looked worried as the Al Bhed went up the cliff.
"Thank you." He said as the guardians surrounded him and Yuna. Then Yuna broke from his grip and ran to join them.
"Rikku! Fryd yna oui tuehk?!" [Rikku, what are you doing?!] Her brother yelled.
"E's Yunie's kiyntenh! E'ja taletat du ramb!" [I'm Yunie's guardian! I've decided to help!] Rikku yelled.
She turned and saw the confused look on Wakka's face. Ugh, she would have a lot of explaining to do.
"Oui ryia vuncygah dra pamavc!" [You have forsaken the beliefs!]
Tidus ran up beside Rikku and yelled to her brother "Mayja Rikku!" [Leave Rikku!]
He knows Al Bhed?!
Rikku turned around once again and saw that everyone looked confused. She was too! How did Tidus learn Al Bhed? In fact, who cares now?
He brother, her, and Tidus argued some more. Tidus and her yelled in favor of Yuna, while her brother said he had to take her. Tidus yelled a lot of profanity to her brother. However, her brother soon yelled out that they would have to fight a machina with an anti-magic field!
"That's bad!" Tidus yelled whipping out his sword.
"Yeah, lets fight!" Rikku said, mad at her brother.
They started out with her, Tidus and Wakka to fight the machina. Seeing the negator, Rikku knew the battle would be hard with that thing.
"Wakka, hit that floating machina! It won't let Yuna summon, or Lulu use magic!" Rikku yelled, hoping Wakka would obey.
Surprisingly, he did.
The negator crashed to the ground. Then, the three switched out for Auron, Lulu and Yuna. Yuna summoned all her Aeons and the mana beam killed them. Rikku was glad it didn't hit them. Lulu was able to get in some more magic before the negator came back.
Then, Auron destroyed it with the final blow.
"E femm damm Vydran!" [I will tell father!] Her brother said as he retreated.
Silence fell, as Rikku knew that Wakka was.. well. pissed.
"How come you know Al Bhed, and you too Tidus!"
Both Tidus and Rikku looked down.
Rikku wondered how Tidus felt. Wakka was his friend and.
"Because I'm Al Bhed, and that was my brother.." Rikku said looking at the floor
"I learned it from Rin back in Mi'hen.." Tidus said "I wanted to know Rikku's language."
Wakka then had an angry look on his face.
"I can't believe I've been traveling with an Al Bhed! A heathen!"
Then Wakka turned to Tidus, with an even angrier look on his face.
"And.. I thought we were friends, ya? And you go and learn the language of the heathens!"
Rikku clenched her fists. Right now, she despised Wakka. He knew nothing! And yet he was bad mouthing her and her race, and Tidus who had enough respect for her race to learn the language. He should just shut up, along with all the other Yevonites who hated them.
"Shut up!" Rikku yelled to him
"Well if all you Al Bhed just died, then Sin would go away, ya?!"
"Wakka!" Lulu said scolding him
Rikku cupped her hands over her mouth, holding back tears. How could he say that?! Sin wasn't hanging around because of her people! It couldn't be.
Rikku looked over to Tidus and saw that his face was filled with anger, and his fists were clenched.
The next thing she knew, Tidus' fist made contact with Wakka's face, sending him backwards, right into Lulu, who was now supporting his weight. Wakka was basically in shock, staring back at Tidus.
Tidus looked as if he was ready to beat the crap out of Wakka, seeing this, Rikku ran up to him and held him back.
"No, Tidus stop!"
However, Rikku's efforts were in vain, she simple wasn't strong enough to hold him back.
Then, Auron came, his one arm out of its sling position, and held Tidus back.
"Enough!" Auron scolded the boy.
Tidus tried to struggle out of Auron's grip for a while. But, Tidus wasn't as strong as Auron, and the warrior just stood there as Tidus squirmed. Then he began to give up.
Tidus relaxed in Auron's grip and then the warrior released him.
"Never, Wakka, NEVER, say anything like that again!"
Wakka got up on his own two feet. His own fists clenched in anger. Lulu looked worried, Rikku was too. It looked as if the two were going to kill each other.
"Ya, well you're stickin' up for her, because you love her, ya?!"
"Damn right I do!!"
Did he just confess to Ithat?!/
~*~
Oooooo suspense. I hope you liked this chapter! Please R+R