There are a lot of stories about Rikku visiting the Farplane to see Auron, but I don't think any address how terrified and reluctant she would be. That's what I tried to accomplish in this story.
I still don't own anything except the plot of this story…damn!
Palyica e ys fedr oui - Because I am with you
Rikku
Rikku was quickly re-evaluating her least favorite locations in Spira. She had once thought that no place could be more horrifying than the Gandof Thunder Plains; however, as she edged her way into Guadosalam, she realized that the Guado city was far more terrifying than the Thunder Plains could ever hope to be.
On the plains, Rikku knew what to expect; thunder, lightning, and an abundance of fiends. Here in Guadosalam, the hostile atmosphere was subtle, but immediately apparent to the small Al Bhed girl. She could feel the stares of the Guado as she hesitantly walked slowly up the path. Possessing a rather straightforward, sometimes tactless, manner herself, Rikku preferred to see her opponent clearly. As the stares continued, Rikku found herself continuously looking around in her paranoia, almost as if she was waiting for Seymour to jump out from behind the old gnarled tree roots and strangle her to death.
Sighing, Rikku rubbed her arms nervously, and shuddered. The air was damp, heavy, and filled with the cloying perfume that the Guado used to bathe themselves in. Moisture droplets formed and beaded on Rikku's skin as she slowly continued to put one foot in front of the other. To the outside observer, it may have looked like the petite Al Bhed was going to her own execution and not somewhere of her own free will. She looked down to avoid the small brackish puddles that often collected on the ground.
"You'd better be worth all this, old man," Rikku muttered under her breath as she inched her way up the path to the Farplane. As she reached the steps that led up to the viewing platform, she stopped. Through the mist, haze, and sickly-sweet perfume she could detect another faint, but very familiar scent.
"Auron…" she said as she breathed in the musty, almost smoky, smell. She paused and ran her fingers over the smooth, knotted wood of the steps. 'Memories are nice, but that's all they are,' she remembered herself saying. If she hadn't been so nervous to begin with, she might have reflected on how big of a hypocrite she was.
Instead, Rikku bravely drew herself up to her full height, which was not very imposing to begin with and charged for the Farplane barrier at a run. After all, she'd always been one of those act first, think later types, right?
"As a matter of fact," she thought, coming to an abrupt halt in front of the barrier, "that's one of the things that we had in common." Rikku stood before the barrier a moment, thinking back on Auron's barely concealed impulsiveness as she tapped her chin with her hand.
"Well," she continued to talk to herself, earning the angry stare of the Guado guard, "I'll just have to be more impulsive, like him!" She cheered and danced a moment by herself before regarding the barrier again. She poked it tentatively with her finger and watched as the multicolored light bent and shook, rippling across the barrier in small waves. Gritting her teeth she put both hands forward and stumbled across the barrier.