Good Old Fashioned Al Bhed Mischief – A collection of pranks from the one and only Rikku.

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The campfire had long since died sometime within the night, but the little roaring fire within Rikku was almost out of control this morning. Her dimples deepened as a grin played at the corners of her mouth as Auron placed a hand on his sake jug and looked at everyone there. The morning sun seemed to make Yuna's soft, brown hair shine like gold. Beside her, a sleepy blond haired, blue eyed young man yawned loudly, stretching out his limbs with a quiver. Lulu, Wakka, and Kimahri had awoken before the two, leaving Lulu to cook a bit of breakfast for everyone. No one hardly paid any mind to the Al Bhed girl with them, whom was trying her best not to explode with uncontrollable giggles.

She pressed her lips together hard, holding back the force of laugher that pushed hard against her chest, begging to come out loudly and clearly, and tried not to look to obvious. The wait would be worth it, if she could just hold on until it happened…

"Breakfast," Lulu called in her soft, calm voice, and Yuna aided her in passing out the food. It wasn't much – just a bit of leftovers from the passing night.

A portion was passed to Rikku, whom shook her head and waved her hand in response. "No thanks…" She bit her lip, her face beginning to flush pink as she struggled to win the giggle battle within her.

Auron took the top off of his sake jug and looked at Rikku with a confused frown. He knew that if she was fighting back laughter, something bad was about to happen to one of them. "Rikku…what's the matter with you?"

It sounded more of a demand than a question, but she somehow swallowed her urges and tried to breathe normally. "I'm fine. Just, um…thinking about this insane dream I had last night!"

"It wasn't about flan pudding, was it?" Tidus asked, his attention fully on her.

He had just given her a good reason to let out some of her laughter. Should she take it and let some of the pressure off of her, but risk losing some of the impact for when the time came to let it out? No, she decided firmly. It will be too good to lose laughter over when it happens… She allowed herself a fake little chuckle before answering. "No… Was I talking in my sleep again?"

"You said something like nasal flan pudding, or something," Tidus answered, putting his hands behind his back casually.

Everyone wrinkled their noses at him, officially grossed out, and Lulu suddenly stopped eating and gave her portion to Tidus. Rikku watched as the Legendary Guardian shook his head and looked away, bringing the sake jug to his slightly parted lips. The Al Bhed's face turned beat red now, as though she was really going to explode this time, and Auron froze in place with an eye focused solely on her. She was trying to avoid looking at him, but couldn't help it as she placed a hand over her lips and pressed hard against her mouth to keep her laughter from escaping.

"…What is the matter with you?" he repeated, staring right at her now. Rikku shook her head, keeping her eyes down and away from everyone, finally mumbling out an excuse that sounded like, the dream, or similar. He waited for a few moments, and it seemed as though everyone's eyes turned to the crunched up little blonde girl. Finally, he sighed and gently shook his head, then brought the sake jug back up to his mouth and tipped it back.

Auron's eyes went so wide that everyone around him could see the tiny red veins that circled around the whites, and a spray of liquid shot out of his mouth and all over anyone who was in front of him. Rikku finally let it all come out, and her burst of laughter startled the birds above them and sent them flying away in fear. She fell to the ground, howling and holding her stomach, as everyone except Wakka, whom had been to Auron's right and was not in the line of the spray, glared directly at the girl.

"RIKKU!!"