This fic was inspired by an idea that my brother came up with: What if Tidus was the only person who could see those conveniently placed treasure chests?
Well, that and playing FFX again. :) I know that you come across the chests before the Mi'ihen Highroad, but I wanted to this to be set at a point where nearly everyone is in the party.
Now... the disclaimer!
Me: Hmm... *looks over FFX cast* Rikku!
Rikku: What?
Me: Read the disclaimer!
Tidus: Hey! I'm the main character! I should read it!
Me: Rikku isn't in this chapter, though. *hands Rikku the disclaimer*
Tidus: Fine. *stalks off*
Rikku: The author of this fic, xYunieluvsTidusx, owns nothing that has anything to with FFX - apart from the game on PS2.
Me: Well done. Here, have a cookie. *offers Rikku cookie*
Rikku: Thanks! *takes cookie and happily eats it*
Everyone except Kimahri: On with the story!
What a conveniently placed chest!
Chapter One
Tidus was walking along the Mi'ihen Highroad, weakened from battling fiends. He was in a pretty bad mood right now as the group had run out of Potions and Yuna had no MP left because she had had to repeatedly heal Lulu and Kimahri.
Tidus had walked on ahead from the others, grumbling about Lulu and Kimahri being weak, when something caught his eye. A few metres ahead of him, there was a strange chest in the middle of the road. He looked at it curiously for a few seconds and looked around to see if anyone else had noticed it. People were walking past it like it wasn't even there. Tidus shrugged and slowly approached the chest.
He stopped a few inches in front of it and glanced over his shoulder. Everyone else was still quite a bit behind him. He turned his attention back to the chest and nudged it with the toe of his boot.
It didn't move.
He frowned a little; he had expected some kind of fiend to come jumping out of it. He gave it a good kick and brought arms up to defend himself.
It still didn't move.
He let his arms fall back down to his sides and crouched down. He slowly opened the chest and found –
"A Hi-Potion?" He asked, confused. He shrugged and picked it up. He carried on down the road a bit before drinking the potion.
"What a conveniently placed chest that was..." He murmured to himself, slowing his pace. "I wonder who put it there?"
"Why you talking to yourself, ya?" Wakka asked, as the rest of the group had now caught up with the blond blitzer.
"No reason." Tidus simply answered, putting his arms behind his head.
"Hey, one of the fiends dropped this." Yuna said, handing him a Potion.
"Don't need it." He replied, handing it back. "I found a Hi-Potion in a very conveniently placed chest back there." He pointed back the way they had come and started walking again.
Everyone stared after him.
"What's he talkin' 'bout?" Wakka asked. "I didn't see no chest. Did you guys?"
Lulu, Kimahri, Yuna and Auron all shook their heads.
"It did look like he was kicking something though." Yuna said.
"He's probably imagining things." Auron responded before walking off. Wakka sighed.
"That toxin's nasty stuff, ya?"
As the group followed Tidus and Auron down the Highroad, Kimahri fell over something invisible and chest-like, resulting in a face full of dirt.
The rest of the group turned around and looked at him in confusion. As Kimahri got back up, he made a vow. The last vow he had made was to protect Yuna, now he vowed to never doubt Tidus again.
Short chapter, I know. There is another chapter to this, but I don't know if I should post it.
Tidus: You should!
Me: Why...?
Tidus: Because it's got more humour in it than this one.
Me: Okay...If you wanna see the next chapter, I need at least 3 reviews.
Tidus: Please review, the next chapter involves a chest-like bear trap and a certain someone... ya?
Rikku: Don't give anything away!
Seeya next chapter, maybe? :)