This is my first fan fiction! It's a highschool story and it's mainly told from Rikku's point of view, but there'll be other points of view as well. It's mainly that Rikku and Tidus are best friends, and when Rikku's cousin Yuna comes to stay with them, Rikku finds it hard to stand her snooty cousin. (Yeah, I know, 'Snooty' isn't the perfect way that most would consider Yuna, but in this story, Yuna's kind of snobbish, so deal with it.) However, Rikku is the ONLY one who seems to find Yuna snooty...And this leads to quite a few conflicts! (Couplings will change throughout story, but some include: Tidus and Yuna, Rikku and Gippal, Nooj and Leblanc...Some others...Lulu and Auron...Lulu and Wakka...They just keep on changing! You'll see what I mean!) Anyway, before I accidentally give away the entire story, here's My Eyes are Green with Envy, the first fan fiction written by Ayumiyuri! Hope you enjoy!
My Eyes are Green with Envy
By Ayumiyuri
Chapter 1: Cousin Blues
"What did you just say?" Rikku said, her mouth full of Cid's infamous "Special", the same thing that was served everyday for supper. The only thing Cid could make.
"He said," Rikku's older brother said quickly, "That our cousin, Yuna, is going to be staying with us for some time."
"What cousin Yuna?" Rikku said, filling her mouth again.
"My sister's daughter," Cid just said in his normal gruff voice, "We became distant after she married a certain someone."
"Why does she have to stay here?" Rikku just moaned, "We only have three bedrooms!"
"Which is why she's staying with you," Cid just said, as he took his plate to the sink, "Enough questions. You'll find out when she arrives."
"When's she coming?" Rikku's brother, properly named, Brother, said.
"In about two weeks," Cid just said, "Now both of you behave at school today, and I better not get any calls from that dern principal of yours, got it?"
"Got it," Rikku and Brother said in unison, although Rikku could only think of a certain plan her best friend and she had discussed.
As soon as Cid was out the door, Brother faced Rikku and said, "You aren't still planning on taking pictures of the cheerleaders when they're changing and selling them to all of the kids in school, are you?"
"I wouldn't do such a thing," Rikku said, "That's gross, anyway."
"You might not do such a thing," Brother said, as he stood up, "But that no-good-friend of yours would."
"Who, Tidus?" Rikku just said with a shrug, "He wouldn't do such a thing!"
"Whatever," Brother just mumbled, as the doorbell rang.
"That's him now!" Rikku said, as she stood up, grabbing a muffin from the counter, although she'd already stuffed her face as it were, "And no, Brother, that's not our plan. Tidus and me have come up with a way better plan.
Rikku threw open the door, to see an impatient looking Tidus standing there, with his hands shoved in his pockets.
"Hey Ti!" Rikku said, shoving her way past him, toward his car, "Are you giving Brother a ride today too?"
"I told you, Ri," Tidus said, shaking his head, "That moron brother of yours isn't riding with me anymore."
Rikku just rolled her green eyes as she recalled an incident that had happened only a few weeks ago, on the first day of school....
"Hey Tidus, can I drive?" Brother had asked.
"Yeah right," Tidus had said, "You just got your license, what, yesterday?"
"No, I got it two days ago," Brother said, "And besides that, I only passed because I bribed my instructor."
Tidus had looked over at Rikku, rolled his eyes, and said, "No, I'm driving, and that's that."
"Fine," Brother just said snottily, as he climbed into the passenger's side, and Rikku took her spot in the back.
Tidus climbed in and they started their way down the driveway, with Rikku talking excitedly in the back about how much she hated school. They continued on down the road, and Tidus stopped momentarily to whistle at some girls who were walking to school, only to have Brother grab the wheel, saying, "I wanna drive! I wanna drive!"
"No, I'm driving!" Tidus had shouted, trying to regain control of the wheel, all while Rikku just shook her head. Tidus and Brother always argued over the studpidest things.
"Would you give me wheel already, you freak?" Tidus shouted, flustered, and red-faced, as he finally ripped the steering wheel out of Brother's grungy fingers.
"I was only going to show you a shortcut," Brother said surely, as he grabbed the steering wheel again.
"I don't want to take your stupid shortcut!" Tidus said, again trying to regain control. All Rikku could do then was let out a little scream as Tidus' blue Viper suddenly reared off straight into another car, pushing it, and Tidus' car, off of the road with a smash.
"Brother! Look what you made me do!" Tidus screamed, but immediately put on an innocent little face as he stepped out of the car, telling Rikku and Brother to, "remain seated."
"What in the world were you doing?" Tidus' eyes widened as a familiar red-haired eighteen-year-old said as he stepped out of his now smashed car. The redhead just smiled evilly, however, when he noticed it was Tidus.
"For one thing, Bickson," Tidus said, noticing it was his Blitz rival whom he'd crashed into, "You ran into me."
"No he didn't," Brother said, emerging from the car, "We ran into him."
Bickson laughed upon seeing Brother, and said, "What is this, Tidus? You carry some sort of freak-show in your car with you?"
"Yeah, all the time," Tidus said, rolling his eyes at Brother, "And no, I didn't run into you, Bickson, you ran into me. Clearly."
"Nuh-uh," Brother put in, causing Tidus to give him a warning glare, "You wouldn't let me drive, and it caused me to grab the wheel, and then you swerved and hit Bickson."
Tidus just stared unbelievingly at Brother, and then back at Bickson.
"We'll let it slip, just this once," Bickson said nastily, "But you'd better watch yourself in the sphere-pool."
"Right, as if you could hurt a baby," Tidus just said, climbing back into the car, motioning for Brother to do the same."
"Okay," Brother just said, smiling at Bickson, "We're sorry for hitting you!"
"Get back in the car dumbass," Tidus just mumbled, and Brother complied, climbing in as well."
"Oh, right, I forgot you banned Brother from ever riding with you again," Rikku said, as she ended her flashback, and climbed in what used to be Brother's seat.
"He can ride with me," Tidus said, climbing in also, "As long as he's in the trunk, chained down, and in a straight jacket. He's crazy and needs major mental help."
Tidus pulled into the school parking lot, in his fixed car, honking the horn at some members of his Blitz team, and pulling into his usual parking spot, the one that basically had, "RESERVED FOR TIDUS" written on it.
"So, we still up for our little plan?" Rikku asked bubbly as they stepped out.
"Later," Tidus just said, "If I get 'In School Suspension' one more time, I'm gonna be off the team."
"They've been telling you that now for like years," Rikku said, shaking her head, "They won't ever kick you off. They need you!"
The two walked into the school, with Tidus waving here and there at all of his teammates, or the 'fans', as he liked to call them.
"Hi Tidus!" all of the cheerleaders cooed as they passed them.
"Hello ladies," Tidus just said, nodding to them serenely as Rikku and he passed them, causing them all to look as if ready to faint.
"What a bunch of morons," Rikku said, shaking her head as they passed the cheerleaders.
"Yeah," Tidus agreed, "But you know, they're good for the eyes."
"You are so strange," Rikku just said, shaking her head.
The bell rang then, causing both of them to moan, for neither of them really wanted to go to school!
"Hey Rik, did you get your homework done for history?" Tidus asked, as they made their way to their first hour class.
"No, did you?"
"Yeah right, me do homework? All I do is sleep in that class. Besides, Nooj is too busy...uh...flirting with Leblanc to even care."
"That's what she gets for wearing such short skirts," Rikku just said, although her eyes went down to her own fairly short skirt, and she gave a meek little tremble, and said, "Remind me never to wear a short skirt again as long as I live!"
"Yeah, like that's going to happen," Tidus just said, opening the door to their history class for Rikku, and then holding in for some other girl to walk through to, as he checked her out.
Then, Tidus took his seat next to Rikku, as well as next to a few of his teammates, and leaned back in his chair.
"Hey Rikku," it was Wakka, the captain of the Blitz team, said, leaning back and looking at both Rikku and Tidus, "Hey Tidus!"
"Yeah, hey man," Tidus just said, not taking his eyes off that same girl who he had eyed earlier.
"So, you pumped for our big game Friday?" Wakka asked, although Tidus totally wasn't listening.
"He sure is," Rikku answered for Tidus, although she sighed. She was used to it, though, and she honestly didn't care, but Tidus was always checking out a new girl a day. She didn't care to know much about his love life, however, so she just turned back to Wakka.
"He's sure into that chick, ya?" Wakka just asked Rikku, as they both turned to see Tidus pulling what was best known as the "Tidus Charm" on the girl, who just smiled and batted her eyelashes at the Blitzer ever now and then.
"Yeah, I guess so," Rikku just said with a shrug. Wakka's attention immediately turned to a certain girl who took the seat next to him, and Rikku could only roll her eyes again. She had no idea why Wakka even bothered with Lulu, the girl who he always made sure to sit by. Lulu was a member of the roughest gang Zanarkand High had to offer. She wasn't necessarily a mean girl, and was actually quite smart, but she was a member of the gang and that was that.
By now Mr. Nooj, the queerest history teacher Rikku'd ever come to know, came into the room, only to smile at Leblanc, the head cheerleader, who sat in the front row. Tidus had been sure to start a rumor long ago that Leblanc and Nooj were having an affair, even though it was a well known fact that Mr. Nooj was a married man. Tidus just enjoyed starting mean rumors about stuff like that, but he only did it if he had a good enough reason to. A year ago, Leblanc and Tidus were kind of known around the school as a 'couple', but only because it was only natural that the head cheerleader would date the star Blitzer. Still, Leblanc had basically dumped Tidus right in front of everybody for some non-Blitzer, who, was of course, a loser, and it had made Tidus just a little upset. So, in payback, he was sure to start such a rumor about his ex-girlfriend, even if he didn't honestly care that Leblanc had dumped him in the first place.
"Hello class," Nooj said, beaming, especially as he looked down at Leblanc, "How are we today?"
"Fine," Everybody just said, in muffled little remarks.
"Probably not as fine as you are," Rikku heard Tidus say to that girl, causing Rikku to subconsciously roll her eyes.
"So, uh, Lu," Wakka was saying on the other side of Rikku, "How are you today?"
Lulu just gave Wakka a weird sort of look, and must have chose to ignore him, for Rikku didn't hear Lulu reply.
"Today class," Nooj continued, "We're going to talk about..." Nooj paused, and looked through some papers, "Uh, never mind, I forgot what it was..."
Tidus made loud snoring noises, causing most of the class to laugh, and Nooj just looked at him.
Leblanc's hand shot up in the air quickly, and smiling, Nooj called on her.
"If I may, Sir," Leblanc said, looking back at Tidus, "I would just like to say that Tidus over there is being a distraction to my knowledge, and I would like him thrown out of the class."
"Go ahead and get your 'Noojie-Woojie' to throw me out," Tidus said, babying his voice, "I'd rather be out in the hallway than in here as it were."
"Now Mr. Tidus," Nooj just said, "You are to remain here. And Leblanc," Nooj shot her a smile, "Just try to ignore him."
Now Rikku's hand shot into the air, and sighing, Nooj called on her.
"If I may, Sir," Rikku said, copying Leblanc's exact words, "I was just thinking that maybe you didn't notice that today, Leblanc's wearing her extremely short skirt, the one that's shorter than mine. I figured, you know, that maybe you'd like to have her stand up and show you just how short it is?"
Leblanc glared at Rikku, but Nooj just smiled as if he thought what Rikku said was a good idea, and Tidus reached over and high-fived her.
"Um...Leblanc," Nooj said, "Would you mind going to get me my papers that I left on my desk?"
The entire class laughed, and Nooj just blushed, but Leblanc went ahead and stood up, and, well, Nooj's eyes weren't the only eyes in the class that went on down to Leblanc's skirt.
Tidus just smiled with a rather satisfactory kind of grin on his face, as Leblanc walked over to the desk and grabbed some papers, handing them to Nooj.
"Thank you, er, Leblanc," Nooj just said, and Leblanc just leaned back in her seat.
"Too bad she enjoys the attention," Tidus said, somewhat softly, although Rikku was able to hear.
"Even if it is from Nooj," Rikku agreed, shaking her head at how obvious it really was that Leblanc was head-over-heels for this strange and perverted history teacher.
The rest of the class went by, and Rikku and Tidus said goodbye to each other, saying they'd see each other in fourth hour. Fourth hour came and went, as did the rest of school.
Tidus had Blitzball practice after school, and usually Rikku hung around the stadium, making fun of the cheerleaders and such, and watching Tidus, as well as a lot of her other friends, practice.
She was quite tomboyish in her ways, being that she mostly hung around boys.
After Tidus' practice, he drove her home, like usual.
"Oh, I forgot to mention," Rikku said, as they neared her house, "My pops told me today that some lame cousin of mine is coming. Can you believe that?"
"Who is it?" Tidus asked, "I didn't know you had any cousins?"
"Me neither," Rikku just said, sighing, "Well, she's coming in two weeks. I say you should stop over when she gets here so that I won't be like totally alone with that weirdo."
"Maybe your cousin can befriend Brother, and then they'll be off of our backs," Tidus put in.
"Maybe," Rikku agreed, "But somehow, I doubt it."