Author's Notes: Well, this is it-- my fanfiction.net premiere. Hopefully I have a tint of talent to write a decent fanfiction. I've been scopin' the stories around here for quite some time so I'm now going to give a try at writing somethin'!



Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X... so, don't hurt me!





Chapter One: Business in the Thunder Plains





The Thunder Plains were as stormy as ever. The sky was blacker than night-- as the sky of the Thunder Plains would usually always be. The sun was nonexistant in the Thunder Plains; for the light source was a the large amount of lightning which would constantly strike. Without the lightning illuminating the sky, the path would have seemed to resemble a black hole. There were many, many clouds visible, too. It was hard to see them since they blended into the sky nearly perfectly. The curvy outlines of the clouds were a dark gray, as the sky was a midnight black, so the cloud's outlines proved the clouds' presence.



Out exploring the most stormiest land of Spira was Yuna and her guardians-- with an exception of two missing ones. Lulu set out on a quest to obtain her Venus Sigil, with a back-up crew just in case she ran into a few fiends a Watera spell or two couldn't take care of. However, Rikku and Auron were left behind in the Thunder Plains' resident Rin's Travel Agency. Rikku was cowering in fear in the corner of the room she was resting in the night before. She really didn't rest that night since the constant sight of lightning flashing in the window; even with blinds closed since the light would seep through and make creepy shadows resembling beastly fiends on the walls. And the ever so frequent howl of thunder would startle her nearly every second.



Memories of the time her brother accidentally struck her with a very powerful jolt of thunder repeated in Rikku's head every time she saw the deceiving, shiny light of lightning or the terrifying howl of thunder...



A young Rikku was wandering around a place which the Al Bheds call Home in an open field. However, the field was fiend infested and shortly she was attacked. Two glowing Blue Elements snuck their way upon the peppy and hyper young girl. A squeal escaped the child's mouth. Immediately she threw a grenade at the elements; not doing much damage to them.



"Pnudran! Ramb sa!" ("Brother! Help me!") Rikku called to her elder brother, who was too frolcking around that area... somehow.



"Fryd?" ("What?") questioned Rikku's brother, hearing Rikku's cry from about fifteen yards away. A water spell was then casted on Rikku. A wall of water was rased from the ground around her perimeter in a perfect oval, then it was filled in with a rush of water, which could have nearly knocked out this very young ball of energy.



"Lusa xielg! Veahtc yna yvdan sa!" ("Come quick! Fiends are after me!") squealed a frightened Rikku. She reached for another grenade that her father, Cid, had always prepared her with... but she was out of supply.



Brother to the rescue! Rikku's brother leaped behind Rikku, and prepared to cast his spell.

"Drec muugc mega y fydan veaht... cu... E cruimt lycd... Drihtyky? Rana ed kuac!" ("This looks like a water fiend... so... I should cast... Thundaga? Here it goes!") Thunder emitted from the ground... but... it did not hit it's intended target. Her brother had a lack of accuracy. Perhaps not even a bit of accuracy. The powerful jolt hit his little sister!



"Eek!" Rikku screamed loudly, as she slowly drifted into unconciousness...



The thought of that day made her shiver, and she was reminded of it every second... constantly shivering a and squealing at the fears she had regarding nearly everything in the Thunder Plains. How she just wanted someone to feel sorry for her or atleast understand why she hates thunder so much.

On the other hand, Auron was not with the group for more unchildish reasons. Well... he overslept. There were fiends that somehow found their way inside of the Agency; and Auron handled the lot of them for hours and hours out of the night. Auron even handled a few Gold Elements-- even though those were Lulu's turf. He also took on a few flying fiends-- even though they would continuously evade his attacks. His work as a guardian seemed never finished; and those countless hours of battles in overtime proved that true. Now he lays in his bed drifted off into a heavenly sleep...



About one hour later...



Rikku's stomach was growling loudly. She was hungry. So, Rikku jumped up and took out some of the food goods she'd always bring for worst case scenario situations. Even though this was not that type of situation, she was extremey hungry. Her food was wrapped up in a special air-tight preservation package so the food would be able to stay edible for a long amount of time. The contents of the mysterious food was written in the Al Bhed langage. The label read: "Budydu yht Pyluh pnudr," (Potato and Bacon broth) and the label was colored in a sandy crimson and a flourecent blue. "Boy I'm..." a growling thunder became audible-- perfectly off cue. "Eek! Do you mind you... you... big mean natural force!?" Rikku exclaimed in question. The thunder's noise began to repeatedly sound; more than usual; as if it was attempting to argue with Rikku's request.



"... Don't fool around with a woman's hunger!" demanded Rikku. There was yet again more thunder. "Heh heh," Rikku managed to let out in fear. Rikku tried to escape her rented room without interuptions from the monstrous thunder's excruciating cry, but of course the odds of that happening were very slim. Every single time it was heard, she'd just shudder. Her only motive of moving after that was because her stomach motivated her to. She was that hungry! It took her quite a while to leave the room; without the thunder mentally disabling her from progressive movement. She walked into the main room of the Agency, wondering if she left her room before everyone else. Rikku had yet to notice how late it'd been! It was about quarter after six in the evening! It was hard to tell of the time in the thunder plains since the sky was always black and had no sign of it growing lighter unless lightning brightened the sky. For one like Rikku, it was nearly impossible of telling time in the Thunder Plains unless there was an accurate watch handy.



She walked up to the front desk, desperate to find a place to prepare her food-- and a place to escape the thunder and lightning. She could just settle with being in fear and then being able to eat, since it has become a secondly routine for her to be scared out of her wits from being reminded of haunting childhood memories. "Do you know where Yunie and the others are? Did they wake yet? Oh, and is there any place so I can make some food?"



"One question at a time, ma'am," the secretary requested. "Lady Summoner and company left to explore the Thunder Plains for some "Celestial Weapon" of one of her guardians or something of that matter," explained the secretary. "They were out for hours now. I hope they're okay..."



"Everyone left without telling me, then? That's not nice! I could be worried sick of everyone and... and...," then there was more audible thunder. "Eek!"



"Calm down, ma'am," urged the secretary. "Do not feel bad about not knowing; since another guardian of Lady Yuna is also left behind in our agency. Sir Auron, it is. With such a valuable asset as a guardian, Lady Yuna will surely bring herself to fetch you two when they are done their tasks."



Rikku would get somewhat jealous of Auron, since everyone would compliment him on his deeds as the guardian of Lord Braska-- Rikku's uncle. Her stomach was distracting her from those feelings, however. "So, where can I make my food...?" asked Rikku, eagerly.



"We do have a kitchen, but we do not allow people in there for security reasons. I will get our chef to prepare you something to eat most likely. What would you like?" the secretary asked, taking up a role as a waitress.



"Cool, is this like a resturaunt?" inquired Rikku.



"Yes, but there is no tables for you to eat on."



"Since that is settled... I want a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone and your finest gourmet Chocobo thighs," Rikku ordered.



"This totals to 103 gil," announced the secretary.



"That much gil for food! You've got to be...," thunder stopped Rikku in the middle of her sentence. "Eh heh...," Rikku counted out 103 gil, and handed it over. Hmph, so expensive! Well, I can make up for it in a fiend fight...



"Thank you, your patronage is very much appreciated," the secretary said, copying off of what Rin would always say.



It better had been appreciated! I wasted like... 103 gil on food! Rikku thought, enraged of how pricey the food was. Maybe she should have gazed at the menu and saved herself a few gil. Rikku has never been the bargain hunter, though. Atleast I saved my emergency food...

Rikku sat in a chair in the main room, waiting somewhat impatiently for her food. She was extremely hungry! All she could do is peek out the window and see what the weather was; even though it was guaranteed to be stormy. The weather was more ferocious than that as a matter of fact. There were winds as strong as winds of a hurricane.. you could hear it's whistling; and rain so strong that you could hear it pounding on the roof of the Agency. Not to mention the thunder and lightning! There was much increase in intensity of this storm, though. There wasn't even too much wind or rain in the Thunder Plains, though... but this storm would probably break the record in Spira! Rikku could not help but to gulp and squeal at this kind of weather.



This storm had the potential to destruct the lightning rod towers which cover the most part of the Thunder Plains. ... That it did. Three towers proceeded to crash in the ground-- two very near to the Agency and one out by the Southern End of the Thunder Plains. Those were the three most ancient of the towers-- perhaps the most historic of them. You could see the debris exploding into the air then land harshly from gaining much momentum, sending part of the newly formed shallow rivers up into the air with the mud beneath it.



The treachery of this storm did not have the potential to destroy the Agency, thank god. It was built only six months ago so it's structure should be fairly stable. Luckily for everyone, it was.



Rikku sat there, knees brought up to her chest and she began to shiver in fright. The wind's whistle and the thunder's growl were enough for Rikku to cower in fear in the corner of the room. However, she remained seated in her chair and then squealed at the very loudest of thunder rumbles.



So suddenly, the power went out. At that split second, everyone could hear a door opening and shutting, and soft footsteps...



"Eek!" screamed Rikku, now truly terrified. She leaped from her seat and landed right on top of something warm and comfy. Since she could not see, she had no clue of what she landed on.









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