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"…" character's speech
'…' character's thoughts
(…) my rambling
Note: Hello everyone! Once again I'm starting another Rikku and Gippal fic, but this time it's a slightly different from my other stories. This ficwill not bedeveloped upon a plot or idea and extend to be a single story, it'll be more of a 'one-shot' fic.Each chapter will explain how things began for thecouple, but it'll be written in a one-shot story style. Wellhope you enjoy and please, if you can, leave me a review behind :) Thanks and enjoy!
The Beginning of Friendship
Under the clear blue sky of Spira walked a tired young Al Bhed, who was carrying on his shoulder a heavy box filled with machinas pieces, which he had purchased in Luca that afternoon. His gaze scanned toward the blue screens held above the ceiling, revealing the exciting blitzball game that was being held in the stadium at that very exact moment. The 15 years old boy sighed, disappointed that he was missing the exciting game for a day of hard work with his boss.
"Hurry up Gippal, there are three more boxes to be carried!" Called out his boss as he ran past the boy toward the store to retrieve the other boxes.
"Be right there." Gippal called back, as he tore his gaze away from the screen to head toward the green airship, which was located on the docks.
Gippal turned the corner to find himself in the circular hall which led toward each dock. Carefully, he adjusted the box onto his shoulder and continued his walk toward the airship when he suddenly noticed that his shadow was gone. Gippal looked up toward the sky and saw gray clouds covering the bright sun which was there minutes ago. Frowning, Gippal quickly gazed toward the sea, knowing that there was something wrong.
His swirly emerald eyes opened wide to find out that a huge wave was heading toward Luca, but he knew better. It wasn't any wave, underneath that was Sin, the most threatening and destructive fiend Spira has ever seen. Suddenly a large group of people began to retrieve from the docks, as they ran past him toward another location, far from the danger. Gippal watched the frightened crowd run away, as his gaze suddenly spotted a figure standing still near the edge of a dock.
It was a girl. She stood still, watching over the waves, which was quickly heading toward their way. Her back was toward him, as Gippal could identify the girl's blonde hair blowing backward with the harsh wind. She was wearing a orange shirt with two blue strips blowing backward, matching her green shorts, and her cream colored boots. Her style made it clear that she was not from Luca, in fact the girl was an Al Bhed.
A loud noise screeched from the sea, as suddenly a portion of Sin's spans began to appear from the dark sky toward Luca, still the girl kept still in her position. Frowning, Gippal quickly dropped the box from his shoulder and ran toward the dock where the girl stood. He had to get her out of there before the fiends reached her.
Without any hesitation, Gippal grabbed the girl's gloved hand, and pulled her away. The girl startled, stumbled back a bit, but was able to regain her balance once she fully turned around and began to run as well. She gazed toward the fiends which were reaching the docks, before her swirly emerald eyes settled upon the young Al Bhed man.
His blond, messy, spiky hair blew back from his tanned face, as his swirly emerald eyes concentrated toward the road they were heading for. They turned the corner to enter the main hall that lead toward the stadium up above. The place was deserted, meaning, the crowd of people were already fleeing toward Mihen Highroad. The young Al Bhed stopped on his track, as he gazed around, before he once again pulled her along toward the exit, which led toward the shops in Luca.
Gippal hurriedly made his way down the stairs, but before he could fully reach the last step, the girl's hand pulled away from his grip. Confused he turned around to gaze at the Al Bhed girl, who he now could see her beautiful features.
"What are you doing?" Gippal asked, confused by her actions.
"We have to beat it." Was her simple but yet determined reply.
Shocked, Gippal frowned. "Are you insane! That is Sin you're talking about!" He emphasized.
"If you won't help me then I'll go alone." Spoke the girl as she quickly turned around to head back toward the docks.
Gippal surprised, quickly held her back. "I don't know what you're about, but this is too much for you to handle alone."
The girl only shook her head. "This is nothing compared to what the summoners have sacrificed throughout these years for us." She replied with a serious expression upon her face.
Although surprised by her response, Gippal frowned, and once again tried to get some reason into her mind. "I won't let you go, it's too dangerous. You won't be able to kill them all."
"Too late." Was her reply as she pushed herself free from Gippal and ran inside the building.
"You're going to get yourself killed!" Gippal called out after her retrieving back.
The Al Bhed stood still as he saw her figure disappear. He then turned around and descended the last few steps. Frowning, Gippal gazed back toward the building in which the girl had headed inside. He was torn between helping her or running away. What should he do?
"This is insane." He whispered to himself as he turned around again and began to run away from the danger, but his pace slowed down until he came to a stop.
Cursing, he fully turned back around and quickly headed inside after the Al Bhed girl. Taking out his grenades, Gippal made his way toward the docks, where he spotted the girl fighting some fiends with her weapons. Scanning around, he found several other fiends heading toward the already crowded docks. The girl was doing a great job in killing the first fiends in line, but yet there were several more heading her way.
"Back away!" Gippal called, as the girl quickly gazed at him.
Understanding the message, the Al Bhed girl hastily retrieved as Gippal pulled the pins away from the three grenades he held. Quickly he thrust the grenades toward the fiends, and soon came the explosion and parifalas.
"What made you change your mind?" Asked the girl who was now grinning back at him.
Gippal smirked. "Haven't you heard? I'm a gentleman. I'm suppose to help a lady whenever she is in trouble."
The girl laughed, "Well then, you better get yourself ready, cause this isn't over yet." She replied with a grin, as she positioned herself for battle.
Gippal, impressed, couldn't help but to chuckle. She was definitely different from any girl he had ever met before. Seeing her determination, Gippal couldn't help but to feel excited and determined as well. Quickly, Gippal took out his sword and positioned himself next to the girl. She gazed toward him and winked before she charged.
Following her example, Gippal charged as well, helping her with the fiends which slowly began to multiply as Sin kept sending his spans toward the docks. Both of them were skilled fighters, they managed to kill every single fiend that made their way toward them, but the quantity of the fiends were tiring the two fighters.
The Al Bhed girl found herself bumping against Gippal's back as he positioned himself to slash any fiend that approached them. She gazed sideways to find him smirking, and wondered where he had learned such fighting skills. Her attention was called back to battle, as a fiend tried to attack her. She managed to kill it easily, but the constant movements of slashing were making her exhausted.
Gippal's attention was directed toward the sky as he saw more fiends flying toward their way. He frowned, knowing that their chances of survival were becoming minimum. Although they were great fighters, they wouldn't be able to kill every single fiend in Luca. Without any hesitation, Gippal grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her back with him.
"Listen, we won't make it. I know you want to fight, but they are too many." Gippal explained as he scanned the area for a way out of the circle of fiends.
Understanding and agreeing to the situation, the Al Bhed girl nodded her head. "What do you have in mind?"
Gippal pointed toward a couple of fiends nearby. "See those fiends. If we kill them we are able to head toward the second dock where my airship is settled."
"Alright." The Al Bhed girl agreed.
Gippal quickly then took out one of his grenades, and plucked out the pin. He thrust the grenade toward the fiends, which were killed by the explosion. With a way through, both Al Bheds hastily ran away, as they slashed some of the fiends that charged toward them. Soon they found themselves in the second dock, where a green airship was being destroyed by the fiends.
"We can't fly that!" Called the girl as she saw the condition of the airship.
Gippal cursed. "They ruined my airship! Pop's going to kill me."
The girl laughed at his expression, making Gippal grin back at her. "Glad to know that you're able to laugh in the situation we are stuck in."
"Can't help it." She explained sheepishly. "But what now?"
Gippal scanned the place once again and noticed, to his relief, that Sin was gone but that didn't mean his spans would go away with him. They were practically surrounded by fiends, which seemed to never end. Suddenly the Al Bhed girl took from his pocket two grenades.
"What are you doing?" Gippal asked confused as he fought back some of the fiends which approached.
"This." The girl explained with a grin, as she cut off the lid of a large box, which was pilled around the dock, along with many other identical boxes.
Gippal's eyes suddenly widened as he watched the Al Bhed girl pull the pins and throw the grenades inside the box. "Those are explosives!" He then warned.
She grinned. "I know!"
Without wasting time, Gippal grabbed her hand and jumped toward the sea. A large explosion was heard. The first box exploded and triggered a large chain of events as other several boxes exploded, as well as the green airship. Almost all of the the fiends in the docks were killed, those who weren't quickly left.
Gippal emerged from the water, as he saw the fire burn down the building and docks in front of him. Soon the Al Bhed girl emerged from the water as well as she swam beside him, gazing at the destruction in front of them.
"Mission accomplished." Spoke the girl cheerfully.
Gippal pointed toward the fire. "You call that an accomplishment?"
She laughed before smiling widely at him. "Yes of course. We prevented a disaster!"
Gippal chuckled in disbelief, but he had to agree with her, if it weren't for her incentive, the fiends would still be here and Luca would surely be gone by now. At least the explosion caused less damage than what Sin and the fiends could have done to the place.
"I guess we did a great job then." Gippal gazed at her with a smirk.
"Yep, we did...hum...what's your name again?" She suddenly asked, realizing that they haven't introduced themselves.
"Name's Gippal."
"I'm Rikku." She replied back with a smile.
Gippal stared in surprise. "So you're Cid's girl? No wonder you're so different."
"Hey what is that suppose to mean?" She questioned him with a frown.
He chuckled. "Nothing much Cid's girl, is just that you are amazing."
Rikku smiled cheekily. "You aren't so bad yourself."
Gippal chuckled before he swung an arm around her neck and pulled her closer. "Maybe we could do this again some other time."
Rikku laughed before playfully punching him on the chest. "It'll be my pleasure."