A/N: Eep for it taking me forever.. Forgive me?
DISCLAMER: "Not now Rookie, theres a giant take out there that's about to steamroll right over us!!"...
"Vira... Vira wake up..." She felt herself being shaken slightly and heard a male voice talking to her. Before he opened her eyes, she realized that she felt really hot. Like the sun was beating down on her. There was a coarseness beneath her cheek. She blinked her eyes open and saw sand. Fine yellow sand as far as she could see. She sat up slowly and rubbed her weary eyes. She then turned to see who had spoken to her. It was Gippal. He was squatting down beside her. He looked worried.
"Um Vira.. Whats going on? One minute were asleep on the boat, the next we are in the middle of the desert?" He stood up and offered her his hand. She put hers in his and he hauled her to a standing position. Before she let go, she felt something on her hand.
"The ring!" she exclaimed "then this is a dream?" She surveyed the area and then her gaze came back to look at Gippal. "But... Why are you here?"
"I dunno, you tell me, you seem to be the expert on this kinda thing..." He looked around and noticed the oasis that was a few hundred meters away. "Even if this is a dream, its damn hot out here in the sun. Let go over there." He pointed to the rocks surrounding the waterhole. Vira nodded and started walking, Gippal followed close behind. Neither said a word.
When they got to the shade, they both sat down and leaned against the rock.
"So..." Gippal first as usual. "I guess this is Tidus' doing? I mean he's the one 'in' the ring, right?"
"I don't know. I mean, I've only had one dream with him in it. Maybe it's something else... Maybe it has some kind of hidden purpose. Like a connection to the Farplane or something? A lot of equipment has hidden effects, right?" She looked down at the ring on her finger. Suddenly she heard a plop in the water and looked up. Gippal did the same and they were greeted with ripples in the water.
"A fiend?" Gippal said, getting the his feet. Vira stood also, and reached for her sword, but she didn't have it. She looked at Gippal and he had just realized he was unarmed as well.
"Shit..." He cursed under his breath.
"That's not a nice way to talk in front of ladies, Gip!" Rikku sprang up onto the rock behind them, almost making Gippal trip into the water and Vira have a heart attack. Rikku burst into laughter at the pair.
"You should have... seen your... faces!!!" she laughed.
"Far out woman, don't EVER do that again!!" Gippal huffed and walked back to the shade of the rock. Rikku jumped down and hugged him. Then she ran over to Vira and dragged her into the shade. Vira went to shake her hand but Rikku gave her a huge hug instead.
"Steady on Rik, you'll choke me!!" She laughed. Over Rikku's shoulder, she looked at Gippal, who gave her a 'does-she-know' kind of look. Vira shrugged in reply. Vira pulled away from Rikku's hug and looked at her.
"What are we doing here Rikku?" she asked.
"I dunno." She replied. "I was hoping you were gonna tell me!! I just got this feeling that you wanted to talk to me. It was so weird. One minute I'm sitting around with Yunie and Paine, the next I'm here. Oh and Yunie says u spoke to her about Tidus, you have to tell me!!" She grabbed Vira's hand in excitement and started to drag her away from Gippal. He started to follow, but Rikku put up her hand to stop him. "This is girl talk, babe, Female Gullwings ONLY!" Gippal started to protest, but she only poked her tounge out at him and kept walking away with Vira. Gippal gave up and sat back down against the rock. He wondered if Vira would tell her about what they had done. He knew she wouldn't be mad though. At least he was pretty certain she wouldn't be......
When they were around the other side of the waterhole, Rikku sat down and put her feet into the water. Vira joined her but sat further away from the water as she was still wearing shoes.
'Soooo... What did you want to tell me? I didn't think you would want to say it in front of Gip..." She looked expectantly at Vira, and Vira looked over at Gippal, who was now amusing himself by building a small and rather inept sandcastle. More like a pile of sand really, than a castle.
"Well," Vira started, "It kind of involves Gippal..." Rikku stopped splashing her feet in the cool water and looked over at him as well. She then looked back at Vira. Vira looked away, and then she looked back at Gippal who was now looking at them as well. When he realized Rikku was looking at him, he quickly looked back at his sand pile and pretended not to have noticed. Rikku looked at him for a bit, then back at Vira, then to Gippal, then lastly at Vira, who now shyly returned the gaze.
"I don't get it..." Rikku started then saw that Vira cheeks had turned a rare shade of red. Suddenly Rikku put two and two together and blinked. Suddenly she lunged at Vira from where she sat, arms outstretched, landing on top of her. At first Vira thought she was attacking her, but then she realized that she was being hugged!
"Holy Bandersnatch!!!" Rikku squealed, finally getting off Vira who had been taken by surprise by Rikku's sudden 'attack'. "Holy every-fiend-you- could-ever-think-of!!! You slept with Gip?" She began to laugh.
Sitting up, Vira looked at her friend and realized she had the hugest grin on her face. "You're not mad at me, then?" Vira asked.
"Mad?? Shit no!" Rikku playfully slapped Vira on the arm. "Why on Spira would I be mad?" Vira sat silently not knowing what to say, so Rikku continued, "Vira, I know that he loves me. He tells me alllll the time..." She rolled her eyes. "And every time he tells me, I hear it. He also knows that I love you. You, Yunie and Paine are my best friends ever! Yevon, I've been out of his life for ages now, I can hardly expect him not to get randy!! And who better to have battled it out with than you! Rather you than some Luca whore... " Vira was still unsure if Rikku was putting on an act so she still sat in silence. Rikku spoke again. "Was he good?" She asked with a wink and an elbow I the ribs to Vira. Vira blushed and grinned from ear to ear. She looked down at her feet and nodded oh so slightly. Rikku burst out laughing and Vira knew that it was not an act. Rikku was truly happy. Strange thought Vira. Strange but understandable. She couldn't help but laugh at Rikku laughing because the Al Bhed woman was now lying on her side in tears with laughter. Through sobs of laughter, Rikku managed to say, "At least now Paine will believe me!!" This made Vira laugh even more.
Gippal, who had been staring at the pair since Rikku had jumped Vira, was now totally confused, and rather worried, at what they were laughing at. He got up and walked over to them. By the time he got there, they had calmed down. He stood, looking suspiciously from one woman to the other. When they had both stopped giggling, he spoke to them.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
Both the women looked at each other and grinned from ear to ear. Rikku turned back to Gippal.
"Oh nothing... ... ... stud..." at her last word, both women erupted into fits of laughter again. Gippal fumed and then disappeared suddenly. Both Vira and Rikku stopped laughing and looked at the space where he had been standing.
"Wow..." Rikku giggled, "he was pissed... I'm glad I don't have to wake up next to him tomorrow..."
"Shit..." Vira smacked herself on the forehead and sighed through a smile. "He was so pissed he woke himself up..."
"Anyway!!! Enough about him, what about Tidus? And Baralai?" Rikku asked.
Vira and her sat at the oasis as Vira told her everything that had happened. They talked for hours, until Vira felt herself slipping back the real world.
"Good luck!!" Rikku called as Vira image slowed vanished.
"Yeah... I'm gonna need it..." She replied.as the desert sky slowly turned into the ships cabin roof.
"You're gonna need what?" Gippal frowned down at her. Vira fought to hold in her laughter.
A/N: A REALLLLY short chappy I know, But Im in the middle of exams and I haven't got any time to write long ones. But hopefully Ill write another short one soon to make up for its... shortness.... PLEAZ review!! Luv Yas!