Author: Tarai Ronso
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this, Square Enix holds all rights to the characters use in their games as well as the world those characters are in. All fan characters are made by me and belong to me. ^_^
Summary: This is the next chapter of this story, sorry it's so short.
"What's going on Rikku?" Wakka frowned and his face held confusion beyond belief.
"I um..I told him I was a guardian. I guess I had to really." Rikku said and looked down at her feet on the ice.
All of the others had gathered around her on the frozen lake. Wakka was the only one that hadn't realized the blonde girl's true lineage yet. Nevertheless, Kimahri knew that Rikku telling Wakka who she was would forever change how the blitzball Besaidian would look at her.
"How come you speak Al Bhed? Why?" Wakka frowned and began to pace slightly on the ice. The last thing he wanted was a person with them that knew how to talk to those heathens.
Rikku sighed heavily and looked up slowly, straight into the redhead's eyes.
"Because I'm Al Bhed...and..that was my brother." the words weren't loud or forceful, but Wakka's reaction would've made anyone think that she had slapped him in the face. Looking back and forth inbetween the people of the group, the Besaidian's eyes narrowed on Tidus.
"You knew?" he nearly hissed the words. Tidus nodded softly, unable to help the look of uneasiness that crossed his face. The only reason the blonde blitzball player hid anything was because of the others.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Wakka urged the group. It took a little while and then all of the sudden, Lulu spoke up.
"We knew you'd be upset." she said simply. Her face was unwavering.
"This is great!" Wakka yelled,"I can't believe I've been travelling with an Al Bhed...a heathen!" he spat out the last word and turned away from the group briefly.
"You're wrong! We have nothing against Yevon!" Rikku had had enough. Her people were mistreated and shot at and hatred was the only thing they had ever gotten from the Yevonites. The blonde girls had come to this group and despite who she was, she stood by their sides and fought with them. More than once, she had backed-up Wakka and this was the thanks she got? Wakka turned at her words and pointed a finger at her.
"But you use the forbidden machina! You know what that means?! Sin was born because people used machina!" he yelled.
"You got proof? Show me your proof!" she put her hands on her hips.
"It's in Yevon's teachings!" Wakka snorted and looked at the girl with disgust, "Not that you'd know!"
The others in the group had stood, mesmerized by the arguement between the two. Yes, these two had been angry before, but to see this kind of hatred between the two was astonishing. Kimahri knew that Rikku was being torn between two worlds right now, but with how she was acting now he knew that she was going to stand by her friends and protect her summoner.
"That's not good enough!" the yell had caught the whole group off-guard, "Yevon says this! Yevon says that! Can't you think for yourself?!" she shouted at Wakka, her words were only meant for him, but every Yevoite in the group felt the pain of those words.
"Well then, you tell me.." the redhead growled out his words, " Where did Sin come from, huh?"
"I um.." Rikku felt her arguement slip slightly, "I don't know."
"Hmph! You bad-mouth Yevon and that's all you can come up with?!"
"But..that doesn't mean you should do what they say without think! Nothing will ever change that way!" the blonde cringed at the memories of Yevonites firing guns at her and people glaring at her as she entered shops.
"Nothing has to change!" Wakka retorted.
"You want Sin to keep coming back?!" she frowned, "There might be a way to stop it you know!"
"Sin will be gone when we atone for our past mistakes!" Wakka said bluntly.
"When? How?" the young girl urged and held back tears that threatened to emerge.
"If we keep faith in Yevon's teachings then it will be gone one day!" as Wakka spoke, Sir Auron began to busy himself with looking at the sleds the Al Bhed had come to the lake with.
"Why do I even bother?" Rikku sighed and held up her hands in slight defeat.
"Rikku!" Sir Auron's voice cut through the two's arguement and he looked towards the sled beside him, "Will this move?"
Deciding to cut herself off from further arguing, she ran to work on the machina.
"We're not using that are we?" Wakka crossed his arms, "Wait..Sir Auron isn't an Al Bhed to, is he?"
"Come on Wakka.." Tidus sighed and tried to stop the redhead from ranting and insulting even more than he had.
"What?" Wakka snorted.
"I mean, getting angry just because you found out Rikku's and Al Bhed...You guys were getting along just fine till now, didn't you?"
"That's different..I mean.." Wakak sighed and looked at his feet.
"Well, I don't claim to know much about Spira. And I probably know even less about the Al Bhed, but..I know Rikku's a good person." Rikku smiled as she heard Tidus' words, "She's just Rikku." he finished.
"Lu?" Wakka tried to look to Lulu for help, but she just smiled.
"Just think of this as an opportunity to learn more about the Al Bhed."
"Ha!" Wakka snorted again and turned away, walking towards the Temple. He wasn't about to use those machina, and he needed time to think.
"Let him go." Auron stopped Tidus as he moved to follow Wakka, "Give him time to think."
Rikku stood from her work and shrugged.
"I'm sorry." she said guiltily.
"You've done nothing to apologize for." Lulu smiled encouragingly.
"All right! Let's ride!" Tidus yelled happily.
"You sure you know how to drive this?" Rikku asked Tidus and giggled as she watched Kimahri turn a sled over and get on it.
"Better than Kimahri does!" he yelled back and Rikku could feel Kimahri snort in disagreement as she got on behind the Ronso.
All of the group travelled to the temple on the machina sleds and in the quietness of the small ride, Rikku laid her head on Kimahri's back. She couldn't help a small giggle as his tail twitch on her lap and wrapped her arms as far as she could around his waist.
"Rikku stood up for Al Bhed well." Kimahri said, looking over his shoulder slightly.
"Thanks." she said and gripped tightly around his waist. The arguement with Wakka had opened lots of old wounds for the young girl and she could no longer hold back her tears.
Kimahri brought the sled to a stop when his sensitive ears heard Rikku sniffling and crying behind him. He turned slowly, removing her arms from around his waist and sat facing her on the sled.
"Huh?" Rikku looked into his eyes with her redden ones.
"It's okay little Rikku." Kimahri leaned in and lightly nuzzled a kiss on her forehead, pulling her into his arms, "Go ahead and cry." he urged quietly.
Rikku snuggles into his chest, lightly gripping the fur within her fingers. His embrace was so warm. While he held her there she continued to cry until she felt her tears begin to dry up. All while she cried, the Ronso stroked her hair and patted her back. She had no idea that Kimahri could comfort her this easily.
"Th-thank you." she whispered against his chest and looked up at him.
"No thanking needed." Kimahri said and nuzzled her forehead again.
Rikku smiled softly and pulled back slightly, wrapping her arms around the Ronso's neck. He smiled again. It was one of those smiles that she knew was only meant for her. Leaning up gently, Rikku pressed her lips to his and pulled him down a little and into her arms. They kissed gently and both relished the feeling. Pulling back after a moment, the blonde smiled lightly.
"We're gonna have to go or the others will wonder where we are." she said with a tinge of sadness and happiness. Kimahri nodded, she was right.
"Just one more moment." Kimahri said and pulled the little Al Bhed into his arms. He loved having her there. He felt like he could protect her from anything and she would give him the strength to do so.
She didn't answer him, but just enjoyed being held and wrapped her arms around him as best as she could. A small giggle escaped her lips as she felt his tail twitch near her ankle. It tickled.
"Hm?" Kimahri asked without moving.
"Your tail, it tickled my foot." she smiled.
Kimahri smiled again and brought his tail up, lightly tickling along Rikku's jaw.
"Ah!" she yelped slightly and tried to swat it away and snuggled farther into Kimahri's chest.
It was a fond moment, but the two pulled away and Kimahri turned around. They left for the temple with their hopes high.
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Sorry, it's so short this time, but I promise there's more more to come ^_^ Enjoy
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this, Square Enix holds all rights to the characters use in their games as well as the world those characters are in. All fan characters are made by me and belong to me. ^_^
Summary: This is the next chapter of this story, sorry it's so short.
"What's going on Rikku?" Wakka frowned and his face held confusion beyond belief.
"I um..I told him I was a guardian. I guess I had to really." Rikku said and looked down at her feet on the ice.
All of the others had gathered around her on the frozen lake. Wakka was the only one that hadn't realized the blonde girl's true lineage yet. Nevertheless, Kimahri knew that Rikku telling Wakka who she was would forever change how the blitzball Besaidian would look at her.
"How come you speak Al Bhed? Why?" Wakka frowned and began to pace slightly on the ice. The last thing he wanted was a person with them that knew how to talk to those heathens.
Rikku sighed heavily and looked up slowly, straight into the redhead's eyes.
"Because I'm Al Bhed...and..that was my brother." the words weren't loud or forceful, but Wakka's reaction would've made anyone think that she had slapped him in the face. Looking back and forth inbetween the people of the group, the Besaidian's eyes narrowed on Tidus.
"You knew?" he nearly hissed the words. Tidus nodded softly, unable to help the look of uneasiness that crossed his face. The only reason the blonde blitzball player hid anything was because of the others.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Wakka urged the group. It took a little while and then all of the sudden, Lulu spoke up.
"We knew you'd be upset." she said simply. Her face was unwavering.
"This is great!" Wakka yelled,"I can't believe I've been travelling with an Al Bhed...a heathen!" he spat out the last word and turned away from the group briefly.
"You're wrong! We have nothing against Yevon!" Rikku had had enough. Her people were mistreated and shot at and hatred was the only thing they had ever gotten from the Yevonites. The blonde girls had come to this group and despite who she was, she stood by their sides and fought with them. More than once, she had backed-up Wakka and this was the thanks she got? Wakka turned at her words and pointed a finger at her.
"But you use the forbidden machina! You know what that means?! Sin was born because people used machina!" he yelled.
"You got proof? Show me your proof!" she put her hands on her hips.
"It's in Yevon's teachings!" Wakka snorted and looked at the girl with disgust, "Not that you'd know!"
The others in the group had stood, mesmerized by the arguement between the two. Yes, these two had been angry before, but to see this kind of hatred between the two was astonishing. Kimahri knew that Rikku was being torn between two worlds right now, but with how she was acting now he knew that she was going to stand by her friends and protect her summoner.
"That's not good enough!" the yell had caught the whole group off-guard, "Yevon says this! Yevon says that! Can't you think for yourself?!" she shouted at Wakka, her words were only meant for him, but every Yevoite in the group felt the pain of those words.
"Well then, you tell me.." the redhead growled out his words, " Where did Sin come from, huh?"
"I um.." Rikku felt her arguement slip slightly, "I don't know."
"Hmph! You bad-mouth Yevon and that's all you can come up with?!"
"But..that doesn't mean you should do what they say without think! Nothing will ever change that way!" the blonde cringed at the memories of Yevonites firing guns at her and people glaring at her as she entered shops.
"Nothing has to change!" Wakka retorted.
"You want Sin to keep coming back?!" she frowned, "There might be a way to stop it you know!"
"Sin will be gone when we atone for our past mistakes!" Wakka said bluntly.
"When? How?" the young girl urged and held back tears that threatened to emerge.
"If we keep faith in Yevon's teachings then it will be gone one day!" as Wakka spoke, Sir Auron began to busy himself with looking at the sleds the Al Bhed had come to the lake with.
"Why do I even bother?" Rikku sighed and held up her hands in slight defeat.
"Rikku!" Sir Auron's voice cut through the two's arguement and he looked towards the sled beside him, "Will this move?"
Deciding to cut herself off from further arguing, she ran to work on the machina.
"We're not using that are we?" Wakka crossed his arms, "Wait..Sir Auron isn't an Al Bhed to, is he?"
"Come on Wakka.." Tidus sighed and tried to stop the redhead from ranting and insulting even more than he had.
"What?" Wakka snorted.
"I mean, getting angry just because you found out Rikku's and Al Bhed...You guys were getting along just fine till now, didn't you?"
"That's different..I mean.." Wakak sighed and looked at his feet.
"Well, I don't claim to know much about Spira. And I probably know even less about the Al Bhed, but..I know Rikku's a good person." Rikku smiled as she heard Tidus' words, "She's just Rikku." he finished.
"Lu?" Wakka tried to look to Lulu for help, but she just smiled.
"Just think of this as an opportunity to learn more about the Al Bhed."
"Ha!" Wakka snorted again and turned away, walking towards the Temple. He wasn't about to use those machina, and he needed time to think.
"Let him go." Auron stopped Tidus as he moved to follow Wakka, "Give him time to think."
Rikku stood from her work and shrugged.
"I'm sorry." she said guiltily.
"You've done nothing to apologize for." Lulu smiled encouragingly.
"All right! Let's ride!" Tidus yelled happily.
"You sure you know how to drive this?" Rikku asked Tidus and giggled as she watched Kimahri turn a sled over and get on it.
"Better than Kimahri does!" he yelled back and Rikku could feel Kimahri snort in disagreement as she got on behind the Ronso.
All of the group travelled to the temple on the machina sleds and in the quietness of the small ride, Rikku laid her head on Kimahri's back. She couldn't help a small giggle as his tail twitch on her lap and wrapped her arms as far as she could around his waist.
"Rikku stood up for Al Bhed well." Kimahri said, looking over his shoulder slightly.
"Thanks." she said and gripped tightly around his waist. The arguement with Wakka had opened lots of old wounds for the young girl and she could no longer hold back her tears.
Kimahri brought the sled to a stop when his sensitive ears heard Rikku sniffling and crying behind him. He turned slowly, removing her arms from around his waist and sat facing her on the sled.
"Huh?" Rikku looked into his eyes with her redden ones.
"It's okay little Rikku." Kimahri leaned in and lightly nuzzled a kiss on her forehead, pulling her into his arms, "Go ahead and cry." he urged quietly.
Rikku snuggles into his chest, lightly gripping the fur within her fingers. His embrace was so warm. While he held her there she continued to cry until she felt her tears begin to dry up. All while she cried, the Ronso stroked her hair and patted her back. She had no idea that Kimahri could comfort her this easily.
"Th-thank you." she whispered against his chest and looked up at him.
"No thanking needed." Kimahri said and nuzzled her forehead again.
Rikku smiled softly and pulled back slightly, wrapping her arms around the Ronso's neck. He smiled again. It was one of those smiles that she knew was only meant for her. Leaning up gently, Rikku pressed her lips to his and pulled him down a little and into her arms. They kissed gently and both relished the feeling. Pulling back after a moment, the blonde smiled lightly.
"We're gonna have to go or the others will wonder where we are." she said with a tinge of sadness and happiness. Kimahri nodded, she was right.
"Just one more moment." Kimahri said and pulled the little Al Bhed into his arms. He loved having her there. He felt like he could protect her from anything and she would give him the strength to do so.
She didn't answer him, but just enjoyed being held and wrapped her arms around him as best as she could. A small giggle escaped her lips as she felt his tail twitch near her ankle. It tickled.
"Hm?" Kimahri asked without moving.
"Your tail, it tickled my foot." she smiled.
Kimahri smiled again and brought his tail up, lightly tickling along Rikku's jaw.
"Ah!" she yelped slightly and tried to swat it away and snuggled farther into Kimahri's chest.
It was a fond moment, but the two pulled away and Kimahri turned around. They left for the temple with their hopes high.
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Sorry, it's so short this time, but I promise there's more more to come ^_^ Enjoy