Chapter 2

By MikiMoogle

Disclaimer: I do not own any part or aspect of Final Fantasy X. I only write for my own meaningless boredom and your entertainment. Please don't sue. I'm a sophomore who's looking for a job.

A/N: Thank you to everyone who commented on the story. I'm trying my hardest… actually I'm not . But um yeah I still hope that you like the story. It makes my day to know that people like my work.

Rikku stood in front of everyone. Tidus shook his head lightly as Wakka, Auron, Lulu, and Kihmari groaned. They had hoped Yuna was with her.

"Yunie's not here huh…"

She looked down. She tried her hardest not to show that she knew where she was. She looked up and smiled.

"We'll find her! No problem."

Rikku hopped up in excitement. She had to get them to the Al Bhed home anyways. She grabbed onto Wakka and Tidus's hands. She pulled them forward. She hurried around following signs pointing in the direction of Home. She got close to Home and was about to smile when she saw fiends everywhere. It was like monstertopia. She gasped lightly. Things were on fire.

"No!"

She shouted and took off to the catastrophe. Tidus and Wakka looked at each other.

"What's going on…?"

"I don't know this is bad though, ya."

Lulu crossed her arms across her chest and walked forward steeping in between the two.

"This place is being destroyed and you just stand here. Pathetic."

Kihmari ran half way down the hill of sand to get to Rikku. Tidus and Wakka ran after her as well. Lulu shook her head and ran down the sand. Rikku stood close to the front of Home. An Al Bhed man stood infront of her speaking quickly explaining the situation to her. Tidus and Wakka walked up behind her.

"What did he say?"

Rikku turned around.



"Guado. They're here. We don't know how but they're bringing a bunch of fiends up. They're killing people. We have to save them!"

She turned running without waiting for anyone else. She stopped when she saw her father. He was breathing heavily. Everyone caught up to Rikku.

"Who's this?"

Tidus stood next to Rikku. She turned her head slightly not moving the rest of her body.

"This is my father, Cid."

She turned back to her dad and started speaking quickly asking questions in Al Bhed. Her dad answered her slower. After he finished briefing her on everything from how many Guado they thought were there from how many people where hurt Rikku took off into her home. Cid stood in front of her comrades and tried explaining to them about everything.

"I'm guessing she hasn't explained much to you?"

Tidus shook his head.

"You speak—"

"Yeah, I don't just speak Al Bhed ya know. My sister did marry that Yevon cur, no offense to anyone."

"None taken."

Auron spoke with her arms crossed. Cid nodded and looked at everyone.

"The guado, they got here somehow. They're releasing a bunch of fiends. Can we get some help killing these things off?"

"Anything to help out Rikku."

Lulu started walking forward to find Rikku after speaking. Tidus and Wakka stood there staring at each other. Auron sighed and shook his head.

"Well now this is a problem."

Auron headed off following Lulu and Kihmari who had taken off running.

"Move it or lose it kiddos."

Wakka and Tidus nodded and followed after everyone else. Cid crossed his arms for a minute watching them run off. He rubbed the back of his head and sighed. He looked down at the ground.

"They'll find her… I wonder what they'll do with Rikku when they find out…"

He looked down then looked back up and headed off to check up on Brother and the ship.



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Rikku was pulling debris away from a doorway. She heard voices behind them. She felt the heat through the door. The place was on fire. She finally ripped down the finally piece of debris that blocked her from getting the people out. She held her arm out and a small hand grasped hers. She pulled the child out of the room and sat them on the other side where they could get away. She turned back around to the flaming room and pulled out one other child. When she got the kid out she was kneeling down facing the two small Al Bhed kids. They were both boys, both wearing masks and full body sand suits.

"What are your names?"

Rikku's tone was urgent. The boys looked at each other and then looked back at Rikku.

"My name is Shinra."

"And I'm Benzo."

The two boys looked around scanning for fiends. Rikku's fist was closed into a fist when she noticed that the two cowered in front of her. She turned striking down a Dual Horn in one blow. She turned back to the kids and spoke quickly.

"Get outta here! Go find the airship that's leaving!"

"But we don't know where it is and what if we get attacked again?"

Rikku groaned lightly and pushed her bangs from her face. She looked around. She stood up straight and looked around. She looked back down at them.

"Follow me okay."

She took the hands of the two boys and took off running at a pace that they could follow her at. She jumped down and waited for the two boys to climb down.

"Don't you think there would have been a different way to get down here than jumping?"

Rikku shrugged looking at the one who had called himself Shinra."

"Dunno but this was the fastest."

She pointed to the left and looked at the boys sternly.

"Go that way and a man named Buddy will be waiting to help you, okay?"

She didn't wait for them to answer. She immediately ran in the direction of which they had the summoners held. When she got there she heard someone coming so she hide behind a wall, if it was a guado or fiend she would ambush it. When they turned the corner Rikku moved her arm so that her claw was directly at their throat barely cutting into it. She gasped when she saw Tidus.



"Oh my gosh!! I'm so sorry!"

She lowered her hand and Tidus raised his to the base of his throat barely touching the wound. His eyes had widened but had gone back to normal when he realized that Rikku was the mystery attacker. His sword was in his hand ready to attack almost.

"Rikku. Where are we? Your dad didn't explain."

"C'mon. We have to get to the air ship. It's not far from the summoners' sanctum."

She knew that Lulu, Auron, and Wakka would be wondering about what she had said but she didn't feel like explaining. She took off full on sprinting. The rest of the party followed behind as fast as they could. When they got to the summoners' sanctum they say Dona. Rikku's eyes widened. She thought to herself.

Where's Yuna? Crap… We never caught Isaaru and Dona wasn't that hard. Now Yunie's gone. Crap crap crap!

She ran down and grabbed Dona by the arm.

"Let's go Dona. This place is gonna blow."

"Blow? First you Al Bhed kidnap me and now you're demanding that I leave. Why you—"

"Dona! We don't have time for your crap!"

Tidus and everyone else stared at Rikku confused.

"We're are going to blow our home up! Do you understand that Dona, huh? We're destroying our own home because your precious yevon sent the guado after us! Get on the stupid airship already!"

Rikku shoved her forward into the hands of two Al Bhed, a man and a woman. She spat off something in Al Bhed and they nodded dragging her off to the air ship. She didn't turn around to say anything to her comrades. She just walked forward to the air ship with them following behind. When everyone was on the airship it took off.

"Brother, get us outta here!"

A darker skinned man stood next to Rikku on the bridge with her father.

"Buddy, take care of the wounded."

The darker man nodded and ran off leaving Rikku, her father, and Rikku's comrades. Tidus began speaking to everyone as Rikku and her father conversed with Brother.

"So where to?"

"We have to go find Yuna… How the crap did you lose her anyways."



"Well let's just say she's a feisty girl and—"

"Don't beat around the bush. What happened?"

"The guado took her."

Her father groaned. Rikku glared at her Brother. She growled lightly and shook her head. Tidus was heading over. She stood next to Rikku and took her hand. Cid looked down at his hand and to Rikku.

"Rikku, Yuna… You know where she is don't you?"

Rikku chewed at her lip. She looked Tidus directly in the eye and whispered so only her brother, father, and boyfriend could hear her.

"I took Yunie to the Al Bhed to protect her. We were collecting all the summoners, ya know just until we found a way to kill Sin for good."

Tidus nodded still holding onto her hand.

"But where is she now?"

"We… we don't know. They guado took her."

"If they took her she's probably with Seymour now."

Rikku nodded. She felt a pang of guilt in her chest because she knew Tidus was so forgiving. She bit at her lip wondering how the other's would react knowing what she had done. Tidus took her hand and looked at her.

"It's okay… We just have to get her back. It's not your fault."

Rikku smiled up at him and nodded.

"Love birds, over here. We gotta have a plan, ya?"

Rikku blushed. She mentally cursed Wakka and vowed to herself that at her first chance she would hit him so hard on the head he wouldn't even remember his own name. She felt her dad walk by her eyes glaring into the deepest depts. of her soul. Rikku immediately let go of Tidus' hand and ran standing next to Lulu.

"We're going to find Yuna first off. If she went with Seymour then she'll be somewhere under the custody of Yevon. Any idea where the best Yevon protected area is?"

Tidus had left the bridge to find out anything from the passengers on the ship. Wakka thought for a moment and opened his mouth when Lulu spoke.

"Bevelle… They'll probably have her in that city but tell me Rikku… How do you intend on breaking into the most protected and second most sacred place in all of Spira?"



Rikku placed her clawed hand to her chin and tapped at it lightly with her index finger. She nodded and smacked her fist into the palm of her heavily gloved hand. She smirked and looked over at her brother. She spoke slowly in Al Bhed keeping her tone calm and persuasive. Her brother shot off a quick no and then crossed his arms across his chest she walked up to him and held her hands together as if she was praying.

"Please!"

He turned his head away from his younger sister. Rikku pouted and punched him upside his head. She yelled at him in Al Bhed and as he began rubbing his head Rikku said something in a teasing way but the only thing her comrades could understand was the word Yuna. Her brother nodded and finally agreed. She smiled and jumped up and down.

"Brother's gonna take us to Bevelle. Dad's gonna find a way to get us on the ground. Just be prepared for a huge fight, mkay."

Rikku giggled running out of the bridge just as Tidus walked back in.

"What was that about?

"Ask her yourself. She's too hyper."

Tidus looked at Auron and smiled. Auron shook his head and looked back at him.

"Is that just the type of girl you like or—"

"Shut up."

Tidus groaned walking off the bridge. Auron smiled in victory.

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Rikku was sitting in front of one of the windows in the cabin. She was conversing with two Al Bhed males who were also watching the sky go by. After a while there was an alarm that went off. Everyone in the Cabin area was looking around worried. Rikku ran down heading back to the bridge when she was stopped. In front of her was an Evil Eye accompanied by a Bomb. She jumped back as the Evil Eye shot at her. She groaned.

"Don't you guys ever give up!"

She ran past them ducking heading back to the bridge. When she arrived Rin came in behind her.

"There are fiends aboard the ship."

"Well aren't we in a predicament."

"Cid what are we going to do?"



Wakka looked at Cid. He rubbed of his bald head and sighed.

"You kids jusy gotta kill 'um."

As Cid had finished speaking the entire airship began to shake.

"What was that?!"

"I don't know; we need to check it out!"

Everyone ran from the bridge but Cid and Brother. When they were at the cabin they looked out the window. A huge fiend flew along the side.

"Holy… What is that?"

Tidus gazed out the windows watching the fiend. Rikku stepped over to Kihmari and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Kihmari, can you scan it?"

He nodded at Rikku and used his ability Scan. He looked down at Rikku just as everyone looked at the two of them.

"Monster's name is Evrae, sent by Yevon, Fiend is very strong. Kihmari not sure if we can defeat it."

Rikku looked up at him and gave a hopeful grin.

"We'll take that meanie monster down and then we'll save Yunie!"

They all nodded and Wakka, Tidus, Auron, and Lulu went to get Items from Rin.

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"You're charging us? If we lose then you die too, buddy!"

"But I know you'll win so your patronage is appreciated."

Rin smiled.

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Rikku was talking to the Two Al Bhed men again and they gave her four Al Bhed Potions. They spoke in AL Bhed.

"It is a battle most dangerous. Take this with you."

Rikku smiled and nodded running up meeting with her comrades.

"Ready anytime you guys are."