"Augh, Rikku, hurry it up, will ya? We're gonna be late for the wedding! Not even Yuna would forgive us for that!" I yelled, urging her out of the bathroom. What could she be doing in there, anyway? I never did understand why women take so long to get ready.
"Hold your chocobos, Tidus, geez!" She shouted back through the door. I heard the click of the mascara lid closing, and Rikku walked out of the door. "Well?"
"W-Wow… You look… I mean, just… Wow…" I was speechless at the blond girl's transformation. Of course, she was plenty good looking in her normal clothes, but Yevon! She was in a tight, sepia dress cascading perfectly down her body and ending at her knees. Around her stomach, she wore a large, decorative, black belt, lined gorgeously with small, sparkling crystals around the buckle. Her hair was done up in a tight bun in the back, with her bangs hanging freely in the front, curled slightly so that they would frame her face. And, Yevon, the most beautiful thing about all of it were those spiral, green eyes, amplified beautifully by the eyeliner and mascara. Occasionally on our travels, I would find myself gazing into those eyes, getting lost in the tiny spirals inside. But now, I couldn't help it. My mouth hung slightly open as my eyes locked on to hers, leaving me speechless.
"Umm, Tidus? Hello?" Rikku waved her hand in my face, snapping me out of my trance. "You okay? You look a little spacy there."
"Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Let's go. We're gonna be late! We have what, two hours to get to Besaid, and we're all the way in New Zanarkand. Where the hell is that Airship?" The airship in question, The Celsius, was piloted by two very unreliable boys who go by the name of Brother and Buddy. Brother was a bit strange, but his antics become rather enjoyable after getting to know him. He is also Rikku's brother, hence the name, and has a crush on Yuna… His cousin… Who's getting married today. Like I said, strange fellow. On the other hand, there's Buddy. He is just about the polar opposite of Brother. He's a pretty normal guy, a bit sarcastic, but a great friend. Rikku also tells me there was another crew member named Shinra, but no one knows what happened to him. She tells me the last thing he was working on before he disappeared was something called the 'Mako Project'. I asked about it, and Rikku told me it was something about harnessing energy from inside the earth, amplify it through the use of the spheres, and use it to power the cities. His position was taken over by another man by the name of Frederick. I dialed his number quickly and waited for his voice to come through the receiver.
"Rammu?" A baritone voice chimed through the small speaker of my communicator.
"Come on Frederick, enough with the Al Bhed. Where the hell are you? I am NOT gonna be late for my best friend's wedding."
"Is that Freddy? Put him on speaker!" Rikku chimed in with a chipper voice, smiling from ear to ear. Rikku had been my roommate for about a year and a half now, due to certain… Let's say… Pushing circumstances. She and I had been on a sphere hunt with Yuna and Paine when it happened.
The day she and I disappeared from the world.