Dun Dun Dun...a beach party! So get ready for some...stuff! Yeah, stuff. Also looking for a Beta reader. Anyone who's interested please Email me.
Disclaimer: Since the last time I updated I have bought the FFX-2 rights and now own them...Joke. If I did, I would be making FFX-3 with loads of Baralai in it!!
Paine's P.O.V,
After a long argument about whether jam or cheese would be better in the sandwiches the Al Bhed couple finally decided ham, in fact, would be best. Damn Rikku! If I hear 'Jams so totally superiffic' and ' Nooo, don't forget cheese, mm, cheese...' one more time then i'm killing the next person who walks through the door- who ever they are. ( Hopefully Gippal)
"I still think jam is better." Rikku grumbled, dragging the picnic basket behind her sulkily.
"That's it! Hurt time!" I yelled, tying her arms behind her back as she yelped for help.
"Epp, Yunie help!" She squealed.
"Oh, I wanna help!" Yuna giggled, jumping in the air and then running over to tickle her cousin to death.
"No, Yunie N-No!" She was doubled over in laughter, making it harder for me to tie her arms back. "Gippal please!" She giggled.
"No can do Cid's girl." He laughed and carried the basket out to the front door.
"Tidus?" Rikku cried in laughter. He shook his head and followed Gippal out the door. Rikku looked in distress now. No one would help her, unless she asked-
"'Lai help me!" She yelped. Of course I was expecting him to run to her side but he didn't.
"Sorry Rikku. You kind of deserve it after all. Should have stuck to cheese." He chuckled and dragged Nooj out the room with him. Nooj gave an apologetic look to Rikku then shrugged.
"Meanies!" Rikku yelled after them, just as me and Yuna let her go so she could collapse on the floor. We followed the guys to the door and soon after rikku arrived, slightly limping. I rolled my eyes at her. Honestly, we didn't hurt her...that much. It was a short walk to the beach that was extended by Rikku's limp.
"Ouchie! You guys are meanies!" Rikku pouted when we arrived at a secluded alcove of the beach and 'set up camp'.
"Rikku, shut up." I scowled. Yevon, she can be so annoying sometimes I thought as I took the food out the picnic basket for everyone to eat. I looked around for everyone's opinions on my sandwich making. Yuna was chewing quietly and downing a lot of water at the same time, Nooj was pretending to eat and then throwing it over his shoulder when he thought I wasn't looking, Gippal stared at his like it was going to eat him and not the other way around, Rikku spat hers out dramatically, Baralai, despite the pained face, continued to eat it and smiled at me whilst Tidus reached for his second one.
"Um, Paine? What's in these sandwich's?" Gippal asked, laughing at Rikku and 'Lai literally turning green.
"Jam and sardine." I smiled polity. It was all I could find.
"That's what I thought." Baralai muttered and then started coughing.
"Well I love them, Paine. Great combo!" Tidus smiled and took the whole plate for himself.
Nooj looked at him with a shocked expression.
Rikku's P.O.V
Yucky! Someone needs to teach Painey to cook. Or at least make decent sandwiches. I personally think its payback for me complaining about cheese, aww but I really do love jam.
"Hey Cid's girl, you just gonna sit there or are you gonna play some volleyball with us." Gippal teased, pointing to him, Yuna, Tidus and Nooj. I looked back at Paine and 'Lai. Paine was lying in his arms, they were talking quietly to each other about something. Um, death by volleyball or Paine and 'Lai smooching. Um...
"I'm gonna play with you guys I think." I giggled, pointing behind me at the two lovers.
"Ew, Children present!" Gippal yelled at them, throwing the ball at their feet and covering my eyes.
"Gippal get o-oof." I screamed as the volleyball came flying back and knocking me dead in the stomach.
"Right, who threw that?" I yelled at them although it was obvious by Baralai's concerned expression and Paine's gleeful laughs it was her. Baralai looked the other way to avoid questioning. Hum, how to get him to speak? I crawled over to his side so he was facing me.
"Spill or I will get Gippal to kiss you." I grinned. He rolled his eyes and looked over at Gippal.
"He will." Nooj answered 'Lai's unsteady gaze. "He did it to me!"
"And you know how much I love you 'Lai." Gippal grinned as he proceeded forward with puckered lips.
"G-Gippal. Don't you dare! No, Rikku help?" Baralai yelled using me as a human shield.
"Gotta own up 'Lai." Gippal was face to face with a cringing Baralai.
"Baralai, I swear if he kisses you, I wont ever again." Paine warned. Baralai didn't even stop to think.
"OkayitwasPaine,pleasecalloffyourscaryboyfriendRikku!" He cracked but too late, Gippal already pounced and kissed him squarely on the lips. I laughed.
"G-Gip- but why?" Baralai screamed, standing up and wiping his mouth repeatedly. Aw, come on. Gippal was a good kisser.
"Never have backed out of a dare yet." He grinned and strutted up to Tidus winking. I have serious doubts and concerns about my boyfriend. And Yuna's, because no sooner had Gippal winked, Tidus whacked Gippal on the butt!
"Come on sweetie. Wanna play?" He said smiling and Gippal. Yuna nervously shuffled away.
"I think I'm gonna go get an ice cream. Anyone else want one?" I asked. Yuna nodded and said she'd go with me. The guys weren't even listening. "Paine, would you like an ice cream or is venom good enough for you?" I giggled and ran fast when I saw her stand up slowly.
Yuna's P.O.V,
"Yunie, something on your mind?" Rikku asked me as we got to the ice cream hover. "Because you know, Gippal and Tidus were just annoying Baralai and Nooj right? They aren't actually-" I laughed suddenly. She actually thought I was worried about that. "Hey, meanie!" She giggled and stuck her tongue out at me.
"Hi, can we have two strawberry ice creams please?" asked the man who had the ice cream scooper. He handed me and rikku our ice creams as soon as we paid.
"Ohhh, brain freeze!" Rikku giggled and then skipped over to Gippal who had the volleyball in hand.
"Oh, Strawberry." He whispered but loud enough for me to hear. "Hey, Cid's girl, look a distraction." He said pointing at Paine.
"Gippal, I am not falling for that again."Rikku huffed.
"But its shiny?" He tempted her. Rikku looked up and smiled.
"Oh, Really? Where?" Rikku asked jumping up and down on the spot. Gippal grinned.
"In between 'Lai and Paine." Rikku grinned back and went to run off. "Um, Riks. Don't you think you should hand me your ice cream so you don't get it on Paine?" He said, desperation in his voice.
"Nah. Its fine, I wont!" She yelled back and body slammed the couple. Gippal turned to me and nervously laughed.
"What flavour?" I asked him and he beamed at me.
"Strawberry." I rolled my eyes, scarily like Paine, and ran to the hover again.
"Can I have another Strawberry Ice cream please?" I asked smiling sweetly. The man nodded and handed me the third ice cream of the day. When I walked back to 'camp' I was greeted by a massacre. Rikku was lying unconscious, covered in pink ice cream, next to Baralai who was trying to shake her back to reality. For some reason I think Rikku might prefer to be unconscious right now. Paine had Gippal cornered by the volleyball net, once again covered in the offending ice cream. Tidus was cowering behind Nooj who was laughing like a loony and pointing to Paine's shirt which, as I suspected, was covered in Rikku's ice cream too. Baralai looked up as I ran over to him and Rikku.
"Do I really need to ask what happened?" I nervously Giggled. He shook his head and chuckled back.
"Yuna!" Paine's voice screeched at me. I turned around quickly hiding the ice cream behind my back.
"Y-Yes, Paine?" I stuttered. She narrowed her eyes at my arms and then looked me sternly in the eyes.
"Is that ice cream?" She snapped. Yevon!
"Um, yes but Painey- I mean Paine. Its not mine its for G-"
"It's mine." Baralai interrupted, probably to cover mine and Gippal's back. Paine narrowed her eyes.
"Liar." She muttered and ran off to 'serve some hurt' to Gippal. How could she tell Baralai was lying? I thought he was convincing. Had it been something I had said? I turned to ask him how she knew, but I guess he was one step ahead.
"I don't like strawberry." He said and shrugged his shoulders, standing up to help Gippal.
Baralai's P.O.V,
"Hey 'Lai. How's it hanging?" Gippal asked me as I came to cut him down. Turns out Paine's revenge was to hang him upside down on the volleyball net and continuously volleying the ball into him.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" I grinned, removing a pocket knife from my jacket. Gippal gave me a quirky look.
"Never suspected you to be the type to have a pocket knife." I rolled my eyes, much like Paine, and laughed.
"Gippal, do you know who my girlfriend is?" I asked rhetorically. "The same loony that tied you up. Of course I have a pocket knife." Gippal grinned at me, his lips red and looking like they were swelling by the second.
"Oh, Kinky hey. She into tying you up too?"
"Gippal! I meant in case she gets scary and decides to tie you up to a volleyball net or to a chair. Not me!"I stuttered and turned extremely red.
"How can I believe you after yesterday? Yeah, you sly dog." He grinned once more, still upside down. I really had enough of this for one day. I smiled back and with one swipe of the knife Gippal was in a heap on the floor. Job done. I walked back over to Paine who was now wearing one of Yuna's spare tops.
"Baralai, Baralai. Now that." She said pointing to a collapsed Gippal. "Was evil and entertaining. Plus 20 respect points." She smiled. I laughed softly and lay looking up at the clouds.
"Pay, How many respect points do I have now?" I wondered aloud.
"Well", she smirked. "Plus 20 for the Gippal thing, plus 10 for the joke. Minus 5 for asking and minus 150 for siding with Rikku." She smiled at my gaping mouth.
"Out of what?" I had to ask.
"100. So that's minus 160-" She began.
"No, 155." I corrected. She shook her head.
"No, minus 5 for asking what it was out of and now minus 5 for correcting me." I pouted at her but she was to mathematical right now to notice. "So you originally had 100/100 minus 165 is -65/100 and plus 30 is -35/100. So that makes you bottom of my list. You got a lot of work to do B." Aw, That's a lot of respect points.
"Can't we just forget about the Rikku thing?" I asked shyly.
"Minus 10, Baralai." Damn it. It was getting much cooler now and the sun was beginning to set.
"Shouldn't we be heading back now?" I asked Paine. She nodded and huddled up the gang.
"Baralai said you should be getting back now." She grinned at me.
"Wha-?" I didn't mean that. The guys grumbled but left none the less.
"Meanie." I muttered at Paine under my breath. She looked up suddenly.
"What was that?" She asked, although I think she knew.
"I love you." I replied, hoping she believed me.
"Lair." She grinned and placed her arms around me smiling.
"Thought you said you wouldn't kiss me ever again?" I smiled back.
"Just made and exception."
Gippal's P.O.V,
Despite Rikku's constant singing, Yuna's obsession with tea, 'Lai and Paine's,um activities and me being hung upside down from a volleyball net and pelted with a hard ball for an hour, this holiday wasn't so bad.
"So, Noojster, any idea what Paine has planned for dinner?" I questioned my moody looking friend.
"Knowing Paine- I'd say poison." He said in all seriousness. I raised my eyebrows slightly too high.
"Oui caneuic?" ( You serious?) I asked. I guess Nooj didn't fully grasp Al Bhed yet.
"Better go ask the Ice queen slash evil dictator. She'll give you some food eventually. Just be careful to stay away from sharp objects." He added seriously again.
"Ra'c caneuic!" ( He's serious!) I muttered and went to find Paine. I stumbled out into the garden area of Paine's house to find her and 'Lai smooching against a tree. I grinned. Oh, blackmail material. I shuffled forward and tapped Baralai on the shoulder. He turned round, eyes wide.
"Ah!" He screamed, turning to Paine who was evidently annoyed.
"Gippal, No you can't join in. You got to kiss him earlier and now its my turn." She growled defencelessly over 'Lai. Wow that was wrong. I tried to convince her of my true intentions. "What do you want?" She snapped.
"I need something in me so badly." I murmured as my stomach rumbled. Again Paine misunderstood and who wouldn't. Bad Gippal! Baralai had turned white and tried to back away from me.
"Gippal, go find someone else to molest." She snapped, dragging a terrified Baralai nearer.
"But Nooj said you'd give it to me." I muttered about the food. Damn, Badly worded again Gippal.
"What? You pervert. I thought you were after 'Lai but apparently I got that wrong." She spat.
"No, Paine I don't want 'lai. I want what you got-"She cut me off by giving me a giant slap round the face and storming off.
"-for dinner." I finished. Baralai laughed.
"No worries, Gip. I knew what you meant." He chuckled and dragged me in to the house.
"Dude, how can you live with Godzilla over there?"I questioned my unfortunate friend. He shrugged and sat down. Rikku ran over to my side and questioned my red face. I sighed and explained to her. Rikku, being the ever faithful friend, decided that Paine was out of order and started a rant against her, thinking Paine knew that I meant food.
"Painey, why didn't you just give it to Gippal?" She furiously stomped. Yevon, bad choice of words again from the Al Bhed party.
"What the hell is this? Gippal Orgy day or something?" She snapped back, throwing a tomato at Rikku's head. Rikku, the hefty thief ducked in time, however the tomato did not fail to meet a target.
"Okay, who the heck is throwing tomatoes?" Nooj asked, covered in the splattered fruit. Paine ducked behind the counter and Nooj's piercing stare looked straight at me.
"Well, you said Paine would have some food. Look!Proof!" I grinned and then ran off at a very fast pace. You know, for someone with only one leg, Nooj can run damn fast!
Tidus's P.O.V,
"Tidus, make me tea!" Yuna shouted from the other end of the room. Yevon, I never noticed how much tea that girl drank. Bevelle's tea profits have probably decreased by 30 since Yuna's been in Besaid. "And don't forget the sugar!" Yuna yelled back as I trudged on unwillingly to the kitchen. You know, this holiday has really put into prospectus how rough Baralai must have it living with Paine. She's so stubborn and scary, so unlike Yuna. I don't even know why Baralai is still with her. Better yet I dunno how he's still alive. Me and Yuna couldn't be more different to them if we tried. I mean 'Lai is the sensible, cool geek and I'm the immature food stealer, not that i'm the only one (Rikku Rikku Rikku/ Gippal too)
"Tidus, tea!" Yuna shouted, bringing me out of my daze. Oops. I think I might have left the tea bag in too long. Oh well, Yuna will forgive me. Cross my fingers. I walked in to find everyone doubled over laughing as Gippal ran manically around the house, closely followed by a hobbling Nooj.
"I missed something important again, didn't I?" I asked. Baralai laughed and nodded insanely. I turned around again to see a defenceless Gippal in a headlock and- was Nooj covered in tomato?
Two hours later,
'We interrupt this program to bring you an important news bulletin.' The annoying woman from the Spira news said.
"Yevon, it must be important if they're interrupting a blitzball game." Yuna whispered, curled up in my arms.
' High security prisoner, Seymour Guado, has escaped from Bevelle maximum security prison. People are warned to stay away from this madman and call officials immediately if he is seen. He is a dangerous, hardened criminal! This man is described as having a tall figure, giant hands, Blue symmetrical hair and strange clothing. Citizens may be able to recognise this man also by his belief that he is, in fact, a tree. And now back to blitz!
"What the hell?" I said, first to break the silence. "Blue hair and thinks he's a tree? How did he manage to escape?" I asked, gobbsmacked that he had 'vanished' from the prison.
"Wasn't he that priest who plugged his father and maester Kinoc?" Nooj turned to ask Baralai, who was most knowledgeable about Bevelle's doings.
"Yeah, my dad had a few dealings with him in the past. Once he said hello to me in the street so I ran to a random woman's house and pretended she was my aunt." Baralai finished, looking lost in thought.
"Um, why?" Rikku had to ask. Baralai looked up in shock.
"He was like, stalker crazy. He always asked me if I 'wanted to go to his place to check out his new sphere'. And he followed me everywhere."
Nooj's P.O.V,
Okay, that was slightly random and scary. Baralai got stalked by a strange guy who wanted to take him home... Paine will be jealous.
"I remember that. Was that the time you asked me if you could walk to my house with me so my dad could drop you off home?" Gippal asked. Baralai gulped and nodded.
"One of the time's anyway." He replied. We spent a few more minutes asking Baralai questions about this weirdo till Yuna got my attention. She was tugging on Tidus's shirt and staring to her left.
"Guys, didn't the news woman say he was tall with blue hair, giant hands and apparently has a need for stalking Baralai?" She asked once we were staring at her like we had missed something.
"Yeah, why?" Gippal asked. Yuna suddenly but discreetly pointed to the glass doors to the garden.
"Because there's a guy in Paine's garden that matches that description... and he's posing as a tree. No, don't look around!" Yuna whined as we turned to see this man staring into the glass at us, indeed posing as a tree.
"Does he think we can't see him?" Rikku asked, huddling up to Gippal in fear.
"Lets test that theory." Paine said taking of her boots and throwing it at the window. "Bugger off!" She yelled as the boot hit the spot his face was at. Now anyone who has seen Jeepers Creepers 2 will understand what I mean when I say he was staring at us one by one and sniffing. Yevon he was crazy. We could hear him laugh through the window and then he stopped and pointed between me and Paine with a demonic look, scratching at the glass.
"Heelloo Baralai!" He squealed, sending 'Lai flying into Paine's lap almost crying.
"I'm gonna call the police." Gippal said, walking over to the phone in the hallway.
"Paine, make him go away. I don't want to be taken by a moron with blue hair." Baralai whimpered into Paine. Poor guy.
" 'Lai, I tried but it seemed throwing my boot didn't work." She replied glumly.
"Hey guys, the phone lines dead." Gippal called from the hallway and we all saw Seymour laughing with pliers and telephone cable in his hands.
"What do we do? What do we do?" Tidus asked, holding Yuna defensibly. We sat thinking for a minute with Seymour still staring and now licking at the window. Eww. Now Paine has to clean that.
"Oh I know!" Rikku said, jumping into the air. She ran over to the window and waved at Seymour. "Bye-Bye." She smiled and closed the curtains on a disappointed man. "See, problem solved." She cheered.
"I'm not leaving!" The Guado man said.
"Screw you." replied Tidus, turning the T.V back on at full volume.