Another double post day. Kat is happy. Its a good day, for sure. And now my computer has an enter button. yay!! Anyways, this one is kinda short, sorry about that. But its good, and I couldn't just skip a day, ya know. Enjoy, R&R, and enjoy again.

Note: I don't own FFX, characters, or anything. But I want to own a shoopuf, a chocobo, and a baby turtle.


Chapter 10: Bombs at the Beach

Light poured from the window onto Wakka's face, making him flip over and open his eyes to look at the woman of his dreams, who was lying right next to him. Her open eyes staring back, however, scared him a little bit.

"Oh, hey Lu, didn't know you were up, ya?" Wakka said and grinned. He had jumped a little which caused him some embarrassment.

"Its okay, Wakka, I haven't been up for very long," Lulu said quietly, and laid her head on his chest.

"Have fun shoppin yesterday?" Wakka asked of her, and could feel her nod up and down as her long black hair stroked him.

"Good to hear, ya? Saw some of it, when we got back I mean. Looks good, ya? Somethin a bit different, I think. Like what you used to wear," Wakka said, and yawned. It may have been light outside, but he had just gotten up.

"That's what I thought too. Glad you like it," Lulu said, and sat up. She rubbed some of the sleep from her eyes, and walked into the bathroom. She bathed while she was in there, and when she walked out she found Wakka still awake, looking at her.

"Looks good, ya?" Wakka said, and laughed at her blush.

"Men," she muttered, and continued to change. Wakka still closed his eyes, not wanting to violate her privacy. Not like it's anything I haven't seen, he thought, and blushed darkly.

When Wakka opened his eyes back up, she was wearing a dark purple dress with splashes of black on it. No belts, no fur, no anger attached to it. It was slit up just past her knee on one side, giving her some freedom of movement.

"Like it?" Lulu asked with a smile, and gave a quick turn.

"You know I do. Spose I should bathe too, ya?" Wakka said, and she laughed.

"Probably. I wonder if the others are up yet," Lulu mused as Wakka climbed out of the bed, wearing only a pair of shorts. She stared at him, giving him another once over.

"Love ya, Lu," Wakka said after a yawn, and closed the door behind him into the bathroom. Lulu left the room with a smile on her face, in new clothes for the first time since before the pilgrimage. The other dress embodied all that she had been, keyword was had. She walked downstairs, and found Rikku eating breakfast at a table.

"Morning Lulu," Rikku chimed, her mouth half full with bagel.

"Good morning, Rikku. Are Yuna and Tidus up yet?" Lulu asked, and Rikku blushed.

"Uh…yeah. Judging by why I am down here so early, they have been up and at it for a while," Rikku said, and blushed deeper with a giggle, not realizing that what she said would fit so perfectly.

"Haha, what do you want to do today, Rikku?" Lulu asked the younger woman.

"Go swimming! We are by the beach, haven't been swimming in a while," Rikku mused, finishing her bagel off in one large bite.

"I don't have a suit to go swimming," Lulu said, and Rikku smiled.

"You could always swim naked," Rikku laughed, and laughed harder still from the stony gaze from Lulu.

"Wakka would have a heart attack. Got to think of the guys too," Lulu said, and blushed. She should have just said no.

"Okay…we shop for suits, and then go?" Rikku said, and Lulu nodded. They continued talking, about clothes and what they should do, and if they should bring lunch. Wakka came down the steps, and grabbed himself a doughnut and sat down next to Lulu.

"We got plans, for today?" Wakka asked after swallowing roughly half the doughnut.

"That we do. Are Tidus and Yuna up yet?" Lulu asked, and Wakka blushed.

"I was wonderin the same thing, ya know? Judgin by the sounds comin after I knocked, they up, but ain't out yet," Wakka said, and the three of them laughed.

Wakka sat up, and grabbed another doughnut as Rikku and Lulu told him about the plans. Wakka grabbed his third doughnut as Tidus and Yuna walked down the stairs.

"Having a good time, Yuna?" Lulu asked in a light tone, and Yuna blushed dark.

"Nope, absolutely terrible," Yuna replied, and sat down. Tidus just stood there, aghast. And Wakka just laughed at him, which made the rest of them laugh. "I was kidding Tidus, calm down."

Yuna and Tidus were quickly brought up to speed on what their plans were for the day, or at least until evening. They were both happy with the plans, and Tidus ran back upstairs to get some money for swimsuits. Him and Wakka were always ready for the water, but the other three just had to go shopping first. The guys groaned, but followed along as Rikku led them to the first shop they had been to the day before.

"Morning again," Rikku said at the counter, and the shopkeeper was shocked to see five guardians standing there.

"What can I help you with today?" the shopkeeper asked of them.

"We are just getting swimsuits, no big deal," Rikku said, and the shopkeeper returned to his post at the beginning of the store. Wakka followed Lulu around like a small child, through each isle of swimming suits, as Tidus did with Yuna. After twenty minutes, they both looked tired of it.

"The water will be cold when we get there if you guys take any longer," Tidus muttered so only Wakka could hear, or so he thought.

"Tidus! I have one already now anyways," Yuna said, and Tidus smiled. Yuna always had good ears, he just never realized how good until he got in trouble. The ladies each tried one on, each picking a two piece bathing solid color bathing suit. Wakka and Tidus stood outside of the waiting rooms. After a small while, the three ladies re-emerged, with no swimsuits in hand. Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku handed Tidus the price tags, and he went to pay for them.

"See, ready to go!" Yuna said, and laughed. After Tidus had paid for their swimming suits, the five of them walked towards the hotel again. They grabbed a blanket, a blitzball, and some sun tan lotion, and headed back out. Wakka and Tidus volunteered to go and get food from a street vendor when they were hungry, and they set out for the beach.

Tidus laid out the blanket he was carrying for the ladies, and sprinted down to the water. Wakka followed him quickly, after giving Lulu a quick kiss. Wakka and Tidus, always being in the water and in the sun, never seemed to burn, so they didn't bother with the sunscreen. But Rikku was the only girl who was frequently outside, and so Lulu and Yuna had to put sunscreen on because of how pale they were. They all laid on their stomachs, backs to the sun, as Wakka and Tidus were in the water.

The time passed quickly, with the girls talking or dozing off on the beach, while Tidus and Wakka never seemed to surface, passing the blitzball back and forth to each other as hard as they could.

"Ladies actually gonna enter the water? It's nice, ya," Wakka said, as he walked up to the beach where they were laying. They had since flipped over, to get an even tan. Three sets of eyes squinting in the sun stared back at him.

"I will!" Rikku said, jumping out of the middle of the blanket and taking off for the water.

"I suppose," Yuna said, and followed Rikku, sprinting into the water.

"You comin, Lu?" Wakka asked, and she didn't move.

"I don't know," Lulu said, staring up at her man.

"How do ya not know? I know," Wakka said, and picked her up, threw her over his shoulder, and started carrying her to the water.

"Put me down! I can walk too," Lulu struggled, but Wakka just carried her into the water as the rest of them laughed. He set her down nicely, and together they swam deeper into the water. The ladies, minus Rikku, didn't have the swimming capabilities that Wakka and Tidus had, but that didn't matter. Wakka and Tidus took turns dunking the ladies, not leaving Rikku out of the little bit of malicious fun.

As Yuna coughed a little from water, she started back for the beach.

"Where you off to Yuna?" Tidus yelled as she started the walk up the beach.

"Hungry!" She exclaimed, and Tidus sighed. "And I heard that."

"Damn she has good ears," Tidus muttered, but started towards the beach. The guys did promise to go get food.

"Heard that too, Tidus," Yuna said, and Wakka laughed at his friends misfortune. They all left the water, with Lulu and Rikku joining Yuna on their blanket.

"Be right back, ya," Wakka said, and he and Tidus strolled back into town.

They walked to the same vendor they had gotten food from the day before, and ordered a little bit of everything, and got it packed to go.

"You nervous, Wakka?" Tidus asked, hefting two of the bags into his arms.

"A lil, ya. Excited more, I think," Wakka said, taking the other two bags, as they started back to the beach. They both realized that it was the only time the two of them would be away from the girls all day.

"Me too. I hope it all works out," Tidus said, and Wakka laughed.

"Of course it'll work out, brudda. They'll be happier than Al Bhed in the sand, ya?" Wakka said, and they both laughed.

They got back to the beach, and found the ladies tanning, again. They sat down on the end of the blanket nearest the girls heads, and laid the bags down.

"You think we were starving, Wakka?" asked Lulu, and she laughed.

"Nah, just didn't know what ya wanted, ya? And ya are really skinny," Wakka said, and Lulu blushed.

"Calling me fat, Wakka?" Rikku said, pouting and sticking her lower lip out.

"What!? Uh…no, you know that, right?" Wakka said, his hand running through his hair like he did whenever he was nervous.

"Just kidding!" Rikku said, and tore into the bags, grabbing what she liked. They ended up eating all of the food that was sitting there, between the five of them.

"I don't think I should be in a bathing suit anymore," Rikku sighed as she rolled over onto her back, patting her belly.

"I agree wit ya," Wakka said, and Rikku turned to stare at him, as did Yuna and Lulu. Their stares were laced with acid, not believing what Wakka had said. Tidus could barely conceal his laughter. Wakka just got up and started running for the water before any of them could say anything else. "Gotta lose all that somehow."

"Oh. My. God. He is going down!" Rikku said, and sprinted for the water, diving after Wakka.

"At least those two are having fun," Lulu said, and got a look from Yuna.

"Not having fun, Lulu?" Yuna said, and Lulu grinned.

"You know that's not what I meant," Lulu said, and Yuna laughed at her.

They all re-entered the water, with Lulu and Yuna just sitting in the water up to their necks in the water while Rikku chased Wakka around. Tidus was just swimming off into the deep water, trying to look for something neat.

Tidus saw something glittering in front of him, a hundred yards or so in front of him. He swam towards it quickly, wondering what it was. He reached it, and dug in the sand to uncover what it was. He moved rocks and sand from it, and it got longer. Kind of reminded him of something he had seen before, and then he realized it.

Tidus swam as fast as he had ever before, jumping out of the water like a dolphin when he got to the surface. They others turned to look at him, and his face was covered in fear. He reached the shallower water and picked Yuna up like a sack of potatoes, and got out of the water. Whatever it was, it was enough to scare the rest of them out of the water. They all turned to Tidus, who was out of breath, to find out what was wrong.

"There…is something…out there," Tidus heaved. He had just sprinted while swimming several hundred yards, so it was to be expected, even from an out of shape blitzball player.

"Fiends?" Wakka asked, holding his ball tightly.

"A missile, like the one on the airship," Tidus said, slowly regaining his normal pace of breathing.

"A what?" Rikku asked, her eyes growing big. Machina seemed to be her middle name.

"No Rikku, you stay here," Yuna said, holding the Al Bhed girl back from her calling.

"But…but…but. I wanna go see it! It can't go off, you know. It's fused, duh," Rikku said, pouting.

"Are you sure, Rikku?" Yuna asked, and the Al Bhed nodded furiously.

"Okay, I'll go check it…" Rikku started, and an ear splitting sound broke her statement. A huge torrent of water rose into the sky, fifty feet or more. A shockwave seemingly passed through them pushing Tidus onto Yuna protectively, as Wakka fell onto Lulu and Rikku. They were hit with a spray of water, and it was all over.

"Thought you said it couldn't go off, ya?" Wakka asked, shaking some of the water from himself.

"It couldn't, unless somebody primed it, Tidus?" Rikku asked, rounding on him with a stern grin.

"All I did was move some rocks, I didn't do anything!" he exclaimed, and she sighed.

"I'll have pops send a team in, to make sure there aren't any more, I guess," Rikku said, and walked back up the beach.

"Let's go back to the hotel, its gotta be late afternoon, ya?" Wakka said, and headed up to where there stuff was. They picked up what they had brought with them, and went back to the hotel.

"Five-thirty already. I'm not even hungry," Tidus said, and he laughed to himself. The rest of the group agreed with his decision on hunger.

Rikku dragged Yuna and Lulu into her room, and they started chatting about everything. Wakka and Tidus ended up in Tidus' room, chatting about their plans to come. By the time 8 o' clock rolled around, they were all dragging. Tiring day of excersize and fun will do that to a person. Tidus and Wakka decided that it was bed time. They had to be up early, lots of things to do tomorrow. They smiled, gave themselves a high five, and parted ways. The ladies talked a bit later, and then they retired to their rooms as well. Rikku just smiled, and laid there in excitement. Tomorrow was going to be an amazing day.


There you go!! Next chappy gonna be awesome. But you will have to wait till tomorrow, bwa ha haha. But i am writing it now, for you guys :)