Disclaimer: Don't own them.
Okay, this is probably the most retarded idea ever. Rated K. Humour and a little sad-ish at the ending.
Anyway, this isn't a different universe, but it is post-game, and both Auron and Tidus are alive again.
Enjoy!
Strange
"What are you doing, Rikku?"
Auron sits down beside his fiancé on the couch and watches the strange black device in her hand with interest. It has a cable that leads to another kind of machina. And for some reason the television screen shows a fairly accurate image of the Thunder Plains.
There's no response from the blonde girl, and he curiously notes her eyes are glued to the television screen. He follows her gaze and is surprised to notice a miniature Tidus, crazy Blitz outfit and all, running around the lightning.
Intrigued, Auron keeps watching.
The Miniature Tidus is now walking through the Plains, when suddenly the television screen cracks and the music changes. Three very colourful fiends appear, and Auron can't help but raise his eyebrows as he sees a miniature Kimahri and Lulu join the little Tidus. They're standing in front of the fiends, doing nothing, until Rikku fiercely pushes a few buttons on her machina beside him. Yuna's miniature Guardians start attacking the fiends in turns, and after they kill them they actually do a sort of victory dance.
The only word Auron seems to be able to use is 'ridiculous'. He needs to know what this is right now.
"Rikku…"
"Wait, Auron! A cut-scene!"
He shakes his head and watched the screen again.
His eye widens when he sees himself scolding a miniature Rikku, who's clinging to the miniature Tidus' leg.
"What the…?"
Suddenly the scene freezes, and the word 'Pauze' floats in the middle of the screen.
He looks at Rikku.
Rikku looks at him.
Then she bursts out laughing.
"Your face!"
He understands he must've looked very confused, since he's pretty sure his face shows how he feels.
"What is this, Rikku?"
She wipes her eyes and her laughing ebbs away slowly, until she's only grinning.
"This", she explains, "is a videogame."
At his not-understanding expression she continues.
"Shinra found Tidus' diary and decided to make a game about Yunie's pilgrimage. I get to test it."
"This… this is Yuna's pilgrimage?"
She grins.
"That's right! Look how far I am already, the Thunder Plains!"
He frowns.
"It took us months to get there. You haven't been playing for that long, have you?"
She giggles.
"Don't be silly, Auron! I've only played for about twenty hours.", she says nerdily.
"You've been doing this for twenty hours?" Disbelief would be the correct word to describe his tone.
"Yep."
He shakes his head again. He already got a headache from watching this 'videogame' for only fifteen minutes.
He gets up and kisses the top of her head before leaving the room. He doesn't think she even noticed,her eyes are already glued to the television again.
The next evening, Auron is sitting in the bedroom, reading a book and folding the laundry at the same time. He's not sure it was such a good idea for Rikku to play the game for another twenty hours, but she said that she would finish it today.
Dramatic music comes from the living room, and he swears he heard Rikku make crying noises. He shrugged it off, though, since it probably was her game-version, anyway.
He looks up when he suddenly notices Rikku standing in the doorway from the corner of his eye. Concern washes through him when he notices the tears running down her cheeks, and he gets up to comfort her immediately.
"You died again.", she says when he reaches her, and he frowns in confusion. Then he suddenly understands.
Yuna must have sent him in that game as well.
He takes Rikku in his arms and hugs her tightly.
"It's just a game."
Hope you liked it!
And thanks, reviewers!
Uhmm, because it's been like three months since I updated this, I'm not gonna answer the reviewers, because they probably won't remember what they said anyway. Just another good-natured 'Thanks, reviewers!!!' should suffice, right?