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Strolling through Killika was different than it was a month ago. Everything was being rebuilt, 20 per cent of it already done, and two to three stories higher! It was amazing how a bunch of friends changed the world, and how a small, unprotected village could turn to a bustling town within a month.
"People are so much happier now." Yuna smiled.
"It's 'cause of you, Yunie." Rikku skipped.
"Because of all of us." Yuna corrected.
The fake conversation would keep people out of thinking something was up.
"Luca ryc mudc uv naycdiunyhdc, nekrd?" Rikku whispered.
"Oy." Both Tidus and Yuna nodded.
"Fa'mm damm Lulu yht Wakka fa'na kuehk du uha, pid fa tuh'd cruf ib."
"Fryd ev drao kay syd?" Yuna looked concerned.
"Mega E cyet, Luca ryc ymud uv naycdiunyhdc." Rikku shrugged.
"What are you two talking about, ya?" Wakka turned to the Al Bhed speaking cousins.
"Nothing." they both smiled innocently.
Wakka turned back around. "Rikku's turning Yuna sneaky just like her."
Lulu nodded when Barthello ran up to them.
"Hi." he greeted.
Few greeted him back.
"You're trying to save the world again, right? Havn't seen anyone else try yet... Where's Sir Auron?" Barthello left no room for replies.
"We're on our way to Luca soon, to continue on to Mi'hen." Yuna replied.
"Last time I saw Auron was in the Far Plane." Tidus shrugged.
Barthello was silent for a bit. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Tidus answered.
"Have you spoken to Dona lately?" Barthello wondered, his face a tad red.
"Yeah, she said you're with New Yevon." Rikku responded.
"Why havn't you spoken to her? She could use a person to talk to." Tidus spoke.
"She's with the Youth League." Barthello sulked inside, and a little out.
"So? Break the wall! Go talk to her! Who cares what part of Spira she's in? It was like the Al Bheds and the haters, but look now! Everyone's talking to everyone!" Rikku stated her mind with enthusiasm.
"Yeah! Who cares about the differences! Thanks." and with that he left.
"Who knew Rikku is such a motivational speaker?" Lulu raised an eye brow to her friend who wore a large grin.
"Thanks."
Rikku filled Chappu in about Barthello.
---
That same day, the group caught the last boat to Luca. The ride was a little rockier than usual, but none the less manageable.
Rikku chatted on and on while Chappu and Yuna only listened, both bobbing their heads up and down to indicate they were listening to Rikku's long speech on the fun events they'd do in their short time in Luca. Tidus kept the other two friends busy, waiting for the signal the three Operation Muja makers decided on before going on the boat.
"Tidus!" Yuna called.
"I'll be back." Tidus left Wakka and Lulu alone, jogging away.
Leaning over the edge, Wakka gazed around the scenery.
"Wakka, don't lean over the edge, you'll fall." Lulu crossed her arms.
"I know, ya?" Wakka turned to face Lulu.
Lulu was in her stoic form.
Wakka stared at her, admiring her silently.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing, ya?" Wakka shrugged.
The Captain gasped. A fiend had somehow managed to get itself in the middle of the boat's path. They were common, but not as they had been before, scaring the daylights out of citizens. The Captain made a sharp turn, avoiding collision with the monster.
Shrieks and yelps came out of almost everyone as the boat swiftly turned. Everyone grabbed onto a sturdy part of the boat, or other people.
Tidus leaped to grab Yuna's wrist and pull her closer as he hung onto a pillar. Chappu clung to the side of the boat, Rikku sliding as she grasped thin air until she hit the side of the boat and clutched it.
Wakka was too close to the water, but was saved by the edge, and Lulu, who pulled his wrist with all her might, in a position people are in when playing tug - o - war.
The Caption steadied the boat, people now safely on deck, releasing their saviours.
Lulu fell back. Before she could even think of getting up, Wakka fell on top of her. It felt awkward. It wasn't right staring deeply into the other pair of eyes staring back.
"Wakka, can you please get up off me?"
"Ya.." Dazed, Wakka got to his feet with no trouble and pulled Lulu up after wards.
"Thank you." she wiped herself.
"No problem, ya?" Wakka did the same.
Lulu left to see how the others were, and Wakka decided to come too. They were fine, not harmed by the sea.
"Are you alright?" Lulu questioned.
"We're fine..." Rikku jumped up.
"I'm glad to see you two are fine." Chappu spoke.
---
In Luca, the gang stopped to sort out the day.
"We're only staying for the night." Lulu made it clear.
"Gotcha!" Rikku looked as if she were about to burst.
"We'll meet you for lunch at the Ice Spring for lunch." Tidus said.
"Time to shop?" Rikku was fidgeting now.
"As soon as we check into a hotel." Yuna replied.
---
Rin's hotel was the first choice. The line up wasn't too bad, since blitz season hadn't started, and Rin had just introduced Sphere Break.
In line, the friends figured it out:
Rikku would be rooming with Yuna and Lulu, for her sake, Chappu and Wakka would be in one, Tidus alone.
"Welcome to Rin's Travel Agency, how may I help you?" the person behind the counter greeted with a fake smile.
"We would like three rooms please." Yuna informed after stepping up to the counter.
The man turned to his computer and typed something in. "There are three rooms open: 30, 31 and 32. How many nights are you staying?"
"One."
"That'll be 270 gil please."
Lulu, Rikku, Wakka and Yuna searched themselves and set the amount of gil on the counter.
The man bent over behind the counter, searching for something, and returned to normal, presenting six keys that looked like credit cards. "Enjoy your stay."
"Thank you." Yuna took the keys and headed to find the rooms.
In the long hall, they kept their eyes on the doors, numbers going up, but none of them the right ones. Almost half way down the hall, they found their destination. Room 30 on the right, beside 32, and room 31 on the left.
"I guess I'll take 32." Tidus shrugged.
Yuna handed him the key. "We'll be in 30." she meant the three girls and held the last two for the two brothers.
Rikku rocked back and forth on her heels. "Are we going to look around now?"
"After we check out the rooms, ya?" Wakka tried to open the door, but was having difficulty with it.
"Do you need any help?" Chappu took a step closer as everyone else got inside their own rooms.
"No, I'm good, ya?" Wakka struggled. He kept swiping the card in the slot, but the light wouldn't turn green.
"Like this, ya?" Chappu finally helped him after two minutes. He turned the handle, swiped the card through, turning the red light green, and opened the door.
"Thanks, ya?" Wakka nervously scratched the back of his head.
Inside, the room was painted blue, with a greenish - yellow carpet and elegant purple designs across the walls. The two beds were a brownie purple, dark yellow, and dark green. The desk to the side in front of a huge rectangular window had a small green and blue lamp as the side table between the beds did. There was a t.v, a phone, and a closet. The curtins were pure white, and the room smelt like coconuts and vanilla. The bathroom was pure white, except the shower curtins, which were green, and the handles on the taps which were gold, like the rim on the silver shower head and the edges of the shelves. The border around the mirror was silver, and the mirror stretched across the wall.
"Not too bad." Chappu nodded at the room.
"Ya." his brother agreed.
---
Just outside the hotel, the friends gathered.
"Okay, so we'll look around until lunch time, and meet at the reasturant by the music store." Yuna settled it.
"Let's go!!" Rikku grabbed Lulu's wrist, and Lulu grasped Yuna's as reaction.
"Let's go see what's at the blitz place, ya?" Chappu suggested after a moment of staring.
---
"Lulu, we should get you something to wear." Rikku held up a white shirt to see how it would look on Lulu.
"I think you should worry about what you're going to wear.." Lulu crossed her arms.
"Lighten up, we're in Luca, taking a break from our journey. We never did this on the pilgrimage! We only travelled." Rikku sighed.
Lulu shook her head at Rikku. "But there was a reason."
"Lulu, try to have fun." Rikku pleaded. "Let's go buy balloons."
"What?"
"Please?"
"Alright."
The three exited to find balloons for Rikku.
---
"Hey Wakka, why don't we go buy some balloons?" Tidus suggested.
Wakka looked at him funny.
"I want a balloon." Tidus said again.
"Fine, ya? C'mon Chappu." Wakka led the way out.
The three walked outside to the balloon stand.
Wakka walked up to the man and began speaking.
"Hey Chappu, are the girls there?" Tidus pointed to a group of three women - not Lulu, Yuna or Rikku.
"Maybe..." Chappu and Tidus left to go check it out.
"Tidus, what colour do you want?"
No answer.
"Tidus?"
Still no answer.
"Tidus?" Wakka turned around to see his friend and brother were missing.
---
"Lulu, me and Rikku are going to see what's in that store, wait here." Yuna pointed to a small shop. After Lulu's nod, the girls went running. When Lulu turned her head, they ran out the store and around the cornor.
A few seconds later, Tidus and Chappu came up behind them.
"Where's Lulu?" he startled them from behind.
"She went to a different store.." Rikku lied well.
Chappu bought it, but Tidus knew it was part of Operation Muja.
"Oh. I think I saw something back there that looked kinda cool. Wanna come?" Tidus enquired.
"Sure." both girls agreed.
---
Wakka wound up in the same area as Lulu after spending some time searching for the missing men. "Hey." he greeted.
Lulu turned to see Wakka. "Got left alone too?"
"How'd you know, ya?"
"The same happened to me."
"Oh. Wanna go look around a bit 'til lunch?" Wakka quickly changed the subject.
Lulu nodded in agreement and left with him.
The others wern't too far and caught the others wandering off. Rikku high fived Tidus as Yuna kept Chappu busy.
"Secceuh yllusbmecrat!" Rikku whispered in Yuna's ear.
"Luca ryc mudc uv nacdiunyhdc, nekrd?" "Luca has lots of restaurants, right?"
"Oy." "Ya."
"We'll tell Lulu and Wakka we're going to one, but we don't show up."
"Fyrd ev drao Kay syd?" "What if they get mad?"
"Mega E cyet, Luca ryc ymud uv naycdiunyhdc." "Like I said, Luca has a lot of restaurants."
"Secceuh yllusbmecrat!" "Mission accomplished!"
