Okay, so I honestly don't remember writing a great deal of this chapter- so It was probably when I was half asleep. xD

I'm sure I'm not the only one who writes while tired.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, anyways, there's like.. three songs in this chapter and I own, none of them. Honestly I wish I was cool enough to write and sing my own songs but hey, I'm not. And while I'm at it I also don't own any of the characters eitherrrrrr. (Obviously)

Here's chapter 3 and such. Enjoy~


"Rikku!" Brother yelled. I rolled over,

"What?"

"Rikku! Answer me!" he yelled again.

"I said what!?" I mumbled half asleep.

"If you don't answer me I'm going to come up there!" 'Up there?' I thought. I opened my eyes and look around my room, 'He isn't up here….. then where… speaker!' I rolled back over to my side table and pressed a button,

"What?"

"Rikku!"' Brother rolled his r. 'Great, he's mad..' I thought. "Clruum! Het tufh rana!" (School! Get down here!) He yelled.

'Great. Now he's speaking in Al-Bhed, so he must be super angry.' Brother often slips into Al-Bhed when he's mad. "Coming." I said getting up. I got dressed in my uniform and fixed my hair like normal. I grabbed my bag and went down to the Bridge.

I hardly had stepped off the elevator when Brother stepped in,

"Mad'c ku." (Let's go.) He growled as the doors closed. I stared at the door,

"W-what?"

A hand touched my shoulder; I turned around to see Buddy and Gippal. I asked,

"What happened?"

"Everything." Buddy sighed as the three of us stepped into the elevator.

"That bad?"

Buddy let out a dry laugh, "When isn't it that bad when Cid and Brother get together?"

"Good point." I said.

"Wait a minute. So does this happen every day?" Gippal asked stunned. I smiled,

"No actually. It happens a few times every day."

"You'll get used to it, dude." Buddy added. When we got outside the airship Brother was standing there waiting,

"Mad'c ku." (Let's go.) He said walking away. Buddy ran to walk with him, and left me to walk with Gippal a little ways behind them.

Walking with your eyes closed is dangerous, especially on Mushroom Rock Road. Mushroom Rock Road is the road of the canyon, the canyon wall has all sorts of paths, and one of them leads to Yuffie's house. The side that isn't the canyon wall is a drop off the goes 100+ feet down into the ocean and sharp rocks. Any ways the road has many things to trip over, or run into… or both, like I did.

I tripped because of a pot-hole that I didn't see, because I was walking with my eyes closed then I ran into Gippal's back. He stumbled but caught himself, "You know, if you really wanted a hug that bad all you had to do was ask." He smirked.

I steadied myself, "Why exactly would I want a hug from you?" I walked around him and put my hands behind my head and closed my eyes (Because I obviously didn't learn my lesson the first time.). "I don't wanna catch anything that you might have—" My last word turned into a squeal as I face planted in the dirt.

Rikku!" Gippal called and running to me, he got down next to me, "Are you okay?"

"Owwie.." I said sitting up, "I think I twisted my ankle."

"Can you put pressure on it?"

"I-I don't know..." I said shaking my head.

"Here, let me help you up.." He placed an arm around my waist and pulled me up. Once I got my balance back I tried to step down on my foot, "Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow!" I felt like crying because it hurt so badly. If Gippal hadn't had ahold of me I would have fallen back down.

"I'll take that as a no." He said. I gave a small nod. "Alright then, I'll carry you. Get on my back." He said.

"What? No, no. That's okay. I'll just wait here tell it doesn't hurt any more, then I'll walk."

"You are either going to get on my back, or I will pick you up bridle style and carry you that way." He used the 'I'm older then you so you're going to do what I say' tone.

I sighed, "Alright.." He turned around and I got on his back. When he started walking he turned his head to the side to look at me and said, "Oh, and you don't have to worry about catching anything from me because good looks aren't contagious, but if they were, I'd share mine with you."

"Gee, thanks Gippal." I said sarcastically, "You're such a great guy."

"I know." He smiled, "And you're welcome, Cid's girl." I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder, "Did you know that you smell like cinnamon?" I asked giggling.

"I do?" he looked at me sideways.

"Yup-Yup. Isn't that kind of girly?"

Gippal scoffed jokingly, "It's not girly to smell good."

"But to smell like cinnamon? I asked, "Seriously?"

"Okay, maybe that's a little girly." He chuckled.

"See that's what I—" I stopped mid-sentence when a bike pulled up next to us. Kayhaku and Yuffie were on it.

"Hey." Kayhaku asked, "What'd she do this time?"

"Twisted ankle." Gippal said.

"Hah, sounds like Rikku." Yuffie smiled. I frowned at her,

"It does not!"

"It does." Kayhaku agreed, "Anyways, if you want Gippal, I can take her to school on my bike."

'No!' I thought 'Please say no. Please say no. Please say no.'

"Thanks for the offer, but she isn't heavy." Gippal said, "Plus I wouldn't wanna crowd your bike."

"Right~." Kayhaku smiled, "Don't wanna crowd the bike.. Well then. I guess I'll see you at school, Gip." Yuffie mouthed the word 'Details' before the bike sped away down the path.

Brother and Buddy were standing at the fork in the road, "Hey! What happened to you?" Buddy asked.

"I tripped." I said.

"Figures." Buddy shook his head amused.

"Why does everyone keep on saying that!?" I mumbled and pouted.

"I'm going to take her to school," Gippal said as he walked towards the Moonflow, "I might be a little bit late." The walk through the Moonflow was mostly quiet, and when we got to the Shoopuf Gippal sat me down next to him and pulled my legs up onto his lap and looked at my ankle. "It's pretty swollen.."

"It hurts.." I frowned.

"Really?" He asked sarcastically, "I would have never guessed that!" I punched him in the shoulder,

"Zang!" (Jerk!) He laughed,

"Get used to it. I plan on being here for a while." He patted me on the head. I blushed slightly and turned away from him until the Shoopuf stopped. He carried me the rest of the way down the South Moonflow to Guadosalem. Groups of Girls were standing together all around the outside of the school's building. Gippal took me too where Tifa, Aerith and Yuffie were standing,

"You think you'll be able to get back by yourself?" He asked putting me down next to them.

"Yeah. I should be okay." I said, "I've got them if I need any help."

"Alright." He started to walk away, but I called for him. He stopped and turned around, I smiled shyly,

"Thank you." He smiled back "No problem." Then he continued out of Guadosalem.


-IN CLASS—

"I wanna everything! Spill the beans girly!" Yuffie said slamming her hands down on my desk. I tried changing the subject,

"How was practice?"

"Nu-uh! Not gonna happen." Tifa said, "You're not going to get out of it that easily, Rikku. Why was he carrying you?"

"She said she twisted her ankle." Yuffie giggled, and put quotes around twisted her ankle. "But we all know she just wanted a reason to wrap her arms around him." I rolled my eyes and laughed,

"You mean like the time when you skinned your knee and made Kayhaku carry you back to my house?" Aerith laughed softly and Tifa smirked,

"I WAS 7!" Yuffie tried to defend herself. "And it hurt, really~ bad! And don't change the subject, you just wanted to hug him!" She pointed an accused finger at me.

"I really did twist my ankle!" I put one hand over my heart and raised the other, "Honest. Why else would it be swollen and I be limping?" Yuffie tapped her chin and hummed for a minute before shrugging,

"I don't know."

"Well it was awfully nice of him to carry you all this way, even though it could've made him late." Aerith smiled. Yuffie sighed and shook her head,

"Aerith, don't you get it? He help her because he l—"

The door to the classroom opened and our Headmistress walked in with a blonde haired woman who didn't even look much older than 20, "Everyone sit down please." Our headmistress smiled, "I'd like you to meet your new teacher, and I'll let her introduce herself.."

The blonde woman didn't look like she really wants to be here, "Er, Leblanc. Remember the name well, Loves."

"What happened to our old teacher?" A girl with curly bright orange pigtails asked, I believe her name was Vanille.

"Miss Maria had to leave because of personal business." Our headmistress said, "I hope you will show Miss Leblanc the same respect you showed your last teacher, and on that note, I'll leave you to your new class, Leblanc." She turned on her heels leaving the class.

Leblanc waited tell the class room door closed before she turned to us, "Alright. Listen up, Loves. As your new teacher there will be a few new rule I'm going to put into effect; 1. There will be no leaving class once it has started, 2. No late slips will be accepted, 3. No late work will be accepted, 4. You will not talk when I am talking, 5. You will not whine and complain about your homework, and 6. You WILL do as I say. Any breaking of the rules will result in a detention. Any questions?" We all stayed quiet, "Good." She continued, "Now! For your first project you will get with a partner and you will write an essay over Spira, and what you believe Spira represents. It will need to be 10 pages long, front and back."

The class erupted in complaints, "That's dumb!" "10 pages? Are you mental?" "I don't have time to do something like that! I have older family members to take care of." "Bring back Miss Maria!" "Why would you give us that on your first day?" "Boo! You suck!" Yuffie and Tifa said the last one together. I laughed, and Aerith gave us all a disappointed look,

"SILENCE!" Leblanc yelled causing everyone to hush-up almost instantly, "Would you rather have it be 20 pages and due by tomorrow?!" A majority of the class shook their heads no. She smirked, "That's what I thought. Now, this report over Spira will be due on the day after we get back from break. No exceptions." She continued talking about what we needed in our essay; I put my head down and inwardly groan,

'It's gonna be a long day..'

Eight hours later and we were free. The swelling in my ankle had gone down a lot, so I was able to walk out of the School with very minimal limping. Although Yuffie and Tifa did let me lean on them a few time.

"Kut! Cra ec cilr y pedlr!" (God! She is such a bitch!) Yuffie complained as we rode the Shoopuf across the Northern part of the Moonflow.

"Yuffie!" Aerith gasped, "You shouldn't talk like that."

"Why not?" Yuffie pouted, "It's true and you know it. We all know it!" Lightning, a girl with pink hair, high-fived Yuffie,

"True that, girl. That woman is a witch."

"Yeah, with a 'B'!" I laughed. The rest of the girls riding the Shoopuf laughed too, with the exception of Aerith who just sat there pouting at us until we all apologized. Tifa shook her head once we'd all calmed down,

"I don't understand why she gave us a 10 page essay her first day. I mean does she want us to hate her?"

"I say we tackle her ass!" Yuffie corrected herself after a small glare from Aerith, "I mean butt. We should tackle her butt."

"Thank you." Aerith said, "And no, violence doesn't solve anything." I sighed but smiled,

"Aerith, sometimes I think you're too nice for your own good."

The walk to Djose was quieter than the ride across the Moonflow. We were all busy thinking about how we were going to do our essays. We crossed over the bridge; the boys were sitting in the same spot as yesterday.

"Hey!" Buddy yelled.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Yuffie responded plopping down on the ground next to him.

"How's your ankle, Rikku?" he asked.

"Better. Though it still hurts if I try to put all of my weight on it." I said sitting down between Brother and Aerith. Kayhaku piped up,

"Are you sure you didn't fake it so Gippal would hold you?"

"Yes!" I threw my bag at him, "I am sure! Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Brother started grumbling incoherently.

"Oh ho. Somebody's jealous of the new guy." Yuffie joked.

"Yuffie." Buddy said flatly, "Put a sock in it."

"Sorry. I didn't mean to upset you or your girlfriend, Buddy." Yuffie said in mock sorrow. Buddy rolled his eyes,

"Right~."

"So, um, where is Gippal?" I asked trying not to sound to eager.

"Over with Vincent and the underclassmen." Kayhaku pointed to the group. Vincent and Gippal were with the three boys we talked about yesterday.

"Wait, those guys aren't juniors too?" I asked.

"No." Brother said, "They're sophomores."

"Oh.." I looked over at my brother, "Are you alright?"

"I-" He didn't get very far into his sentence before Yuffie interrupted him,

"Oh he's probably mad because Buddy wants to be with Gippal now instead of him." She laughed.

"I wanna do what?" Buddy's jaw dropped.

"Fa'na hud kyo!" (We're not gay!) Brother yelled angrily. An awkward silence fell over us, which made Yuffie smile devilishly,

"Uh huh. That's what I thought." I watched as Brother and Buddy shared a look nonchalantly. 'No way..' I thought, 'It's not real. Brother would have told me…Right?'

Yuffie clapped her hands together jolting me from my thought process. "Alright. Everyone looks way to serious now. Allow me to sing a song to lighten the mood." She sucked in a breath,

"Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!

Roma-roma-mama~!

Ga-Ga Oooh-la-la

Want—"

Brother cut her off, "NO! Don't you dare start singing Lady Ga-Ga!"

"Oh come on!" Yuffie complained, "She's an ex-summoner! Show some respect, Brother!"

"No." Brother crossed his arms.

"Fine!" She thought pouting, after a minute she perked back up, "How about this?"

"Choking back emotion

I try to keep on hoping for a way;

A reason for us both to come in close

I long for you to hold me, like your boyfriend does

And though my dream is slowly fading

I wanna be the object

Object, object, object

Of your passion but it's hopeless

Malchik gay, Malchik gay

I can be all you need

Won't you please stay with me

Malchik gay, Malchik ga—"

"Ahuikr!" (Enough!) Brother yelled.

"What!?" Yuffie asked, "It wasn't even Lady Ga-Ga, it was T.A.T.U! Don't tell me. Let me guess, you don't like them either, do you?"

"You know what." Buddy answered for Brother, "Just stop before you cause a problem." He shook his head. Yuffie knew Brother likes T.A.T.U., every Al-Bhed does. T.A.T.U. stands for Teen Al-Bhed Techno Unit, they left Home to make a living for themselves, and they're doing a good job at it. Yuffie pouted,

"Oh I was just joking you bully!" I smiled and patted her on the back for trying. I looked over at Brother, he looked even more unhappy then he had to start with. 'Gotta cheer him up… hmm.. what to do… OH! I know~!'

"I got a song!"

"Oh please no." Brother sighed, "No more songs."

"Don't worry, you'll like this one." I gave him my best reassuring smile and looked for a place to stand. A little ways away from where we were was a small building. I walked over to it and used a few boxes to jump up on its roof. I took a deep breath to relax, 'Good bye stage fright.'

"All I Do is win win win no matter what

Got money on mind i can never get enough

And everytime I step up in the building

Everybody hands go up

And they stay there

And they say yeah

And they stay there

Up down, up down

'Cause all I do is win win win

And if you goin' in put your hands in the air"

"Oh! I love this song!" Yuffie cheered jumping up on the roof with me. She started singing the next verse,

"Yuffie's goin in on the verse

Cause I never been defeated and I won't stop now

Keep your hands up put 'em in the sky for the homies that didn't make it and the folks locked down

I never went no where

They saying Yuffie's back

Blame it on that Yevoners

The Gang call 'em Ye'Maniac

And I'm on this foolish track so I spit my foolish flows

My hands go up and down like the Airship goes

My verses still be serving, tight like a suit on-a Shinrin*

Last time on a Rikku remix now I'm on the original version

Ain't never count me out

Y'all better count me in

Got 20 Gill accounts, accountants count me in

Make millions every year, the Homes champion

Cause all I do, all I, all I, all I

All I do is~"

We sand the chorus together, dancing in sync.

"All I Do is win win win no matter what

Got money on mind i can never get enough

And everytime I step up in the building

Everybody hands go up

And they stay there

And they say yeah

And they stay there

Up down, up down

'Cause all I do is win win win

And if you goin' in put your hands in the air"

Tifa must have been tired of just dancing in her seat because within seconds she was up on the roof too, "Let me show you how the pros do it, girls."

"Heat in the Kitchen, pot on the stove

Water getting boiled, food getting sold

Tifa in the Dynastifa, system overload

I've been running this rap game since I was 9 years old

I hung with the worst of them

Bust till I burst on 'em

Floss 'em up, toss 'em up, hardaway, boss 'em up

Pardon me I bossing the pressure up, bless ya bruh

Don't wanna mess with us

We like the Mako* in the 80's (LOOK UP MAKO)

Back to back set a trap

Hit the dick, hit it back

Hit the trick, jump the track

Slick, I want my money back

Time and time again while I'm smirking a grin,

Al Davis said it best, just win baby win"

We jumped down off the roof and danced on the ground,

"All I Do is win win win no matter what

Got money on mind i can never get enough

And everytime I step up in the building

Everybody hands go up

And they stay there

And they say yeah

And they stay there

Up down, up down

'Cause all I do is win win win

And if you goin' in put your hands in the air"

The song ended after the final chorus. Kayhaku cheered and clapped,

"Woo! Way to be! Represent!" Before we knew it cheers started coming from all around the school yard.

"Cool Beans! We have fans!" Yuffie whispered excitedly, as the three of us took a bow. Tifa patted me on the back,

"Good song choice, Rikku." When we got back to the group Aerith jumped up to hug us,

"You guys were absolutely wonderful!"

"True that." Buddy fist pounded me.

"Did you like it?" I asked Brother.

"It was… Very nice, Rikku." Brother smiled, "You were great, thank you for cheering me up."

"Hey! What about us?" Yuffie complained.

"Tifa was also very good, you however," Brother paused, "Were off-key."

"Fryd?!" (What?!) Yuffie exclaimed, "Oui'na cu tayt! (You're so dead!) She tackled him into the dirt and they started to wrestle. Tifa spoke up,

"Yuffie, don't forget that you're in a skirt."

"Awh, who cares? No one's looking." Yuffie smile knocking Brother on his butt. Tifa gave a devilish smile,

"Actually. My brother is." She nodded towards Vincent

"Hey! So are all of the other guys!" I smiled too when Yuffie started freaking out. "What?!" She exclaimed letting go of Brother. He took the moment

to push her down and pin her arms behind her.

"Oui'na maddehk ouin asudeuhc cruf." (You're letting your emotions show.) Brother snickered.

Yuffie growled as they continued wrestling. Tifa was still watching the group of boys that her brother was standing with. "What do you think they're talking about?" she asked.

"No idea, but I intend to find out." I smiled deviously. She cocked an eyebrow,

"What are you planning?"

"You'll see." I turned my back to her, "Cover for me."


And there you have it~ Whatever could Rikku be up too?

* (Shinrin=Shinra worker)