The usual disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or scenes, I don't make money from this, etc. There may be spoilers from FFX, probably from FFX-2 too, just as a warning. Enjoy!
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Blue, White & Yellow
Chapter I - 83 And A Half Days
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The clouds flew on by, thin wisps of white that faded into nothing as the airship glided on through them. The Celcius bridge was peaceful, about as peaceful as Yuna could ever remember in the time she'd been a permanent passenger on it. There was probably one reason for it - Buddy was piloting the craft, as Brother had disappeared somewhere. Come to think about it, the lack of noise was probably more because Rikku wasn't there either. The bridge didn't seem like the same place! Yuna had been called to the bridge by Buddy with news of new Sphere-waves being detected, and when she arrived, Paine was already there.
Buddy turned around in his seat. "Got us some new Sphere-waves at long last!"
Paine chuckled to herself. "About time, how long has it been since the last ones? New record!"
Shinra looked up from the console he spent most of his time at. It seemed that it was a part of him, that computer. He had apparently been working on something over the last month, but nothing seemed to have been developed just yet. He wouldn't even tell anyone what it was. "83 and a half days actually," he said, in his usual soft voice. "Longest time with no Spheres since we started."
Paine laughed again. "Losing your touch Buddy?" she teased, with her trademark touch of bluntness.
The Al Bhed man ignored her, turning back to the controls again. "This one is probably worth the wait, especially for Yuna, 'cus they're coming from Besaid!"
Yuna felt her heart jump, she hadn't seen the island for a long time now, at least 6 months had passed since she last saw Wakka and Lulu. They would be parents by now! "Let's go!" she managed to say, without a second thought.
"Already on the way," Buddy replied, "Should be there soon."
"What's the news Bud'?"
Rikku had finally turned up, and the room inevitably noisy. Was she ever not noisy? Yuna couldn't help thinking. The answer was probably no, Rikku had always been this way, full of energy, skipping and jumping around rather than walking, it seemed!
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Yuna had always liked the Al Bhed girl, from when they first met during her pilgrimage with Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri. Tidus. It was hard to believe that only one of that group remained with her in everyday life, though Yuna did remind herself that it was her decision to leave Besaid behind to journey on the Celcius as a Sphere-hunter.
The first few months of her new profession were filled with energy and hope, hope of finding Tidus, but over time those feelings had gradually diminished, and they had found no trace of Tidus. Most of the spheres were useless, mostly just people recording thoughts and misplacing the spheres. Yuna didn't feel right watching those spheres, it felt like they were intruding on other people's lives, but she knew that if she wanted Tidus, she would have to do things like that.
But months dragged on, and still no sign, though she didn't want to admit it, she was giving up hope of finding him. She was beginning to believe he was indeed a dream, and that by now both him and Zanarkand would be gone, as the Fayth stopped dreaming. Even though she told herself she should remain positive, the Blitzball player was gradually fading.
And though she kept telling herself to keep on looking for him, she found herself replacing him with someone else, someone else who she found herself continually thinking about, someone else who she found herself staring at out of the corner of her eye, someone else who Yuna couldn't believe she was having these thoughts about, someone else who she knew was out of her reach, someone else who she could never possibly have...
Rikku.
The cute Al Bhed girl who had stumbled onto her pilgrimage as one of her Guardians, who had helped her to defeat Sin, who had the idea of becoming a Sphere-hunter in an attempt to get Yuna's dream back, the only one of her ex-Guardians who remained with her at present times, the one Yuna now found herself attracted to.
The clothes she wore, that thin lace bikini she always had on, the short skirt that barely covered her waist, the wild hair, the way she walked, the way she laughed, the way she was always upbeat about everything, the way she cheered Yuna up everytime she was down. Everything about her made Yuna tingle with excitement.
But she could never have her. Rikku was her cousin, for Yevon's sake! And what were the odds on her liking Yuna in that way too? It would never happen, Yuna just had her thoughts, the thoughts that she had to keep locked in her own mind, the thoughts nobody could ever know.
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"Yunie? You OK?"
Yuna broke herself from her thoughts, to find Rikku staring into her eyes. Those lovely ey- No! She thought, shop thinking like that!
"Yeah I'm fine, just can't wait to get to Besaid," she said, slightly too cheerfully she felt, but no-one seemed to notice, and Rikku smiled happily before turning back to watch the clouds fly by past the front of the airship.
Buddy turned round again. "We're just arriving now, welcome to Besaid everyone!"
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Yes I know they haven't got it on in this chapter, but you can see it coming, can't you! Please leave a review after the tone. Beep!