Rikku sat on the floor of the cage, leaning up against one of the thick metal bars. The trial didn't go very well at all. When she looked through the bars and she could see Yuna sitting in a cage away from her, face in her hands. Rikku didn't really expect anything else. All of her beliefs had been shattered in a million pieces…

Pushing herself up she stretched out her sore muscles. She didn't know how long she had been sitting in that cage, but it seemed like hours. The faint voices of Tidus and Auron carried down to her but she couldn't make out what they were saying. Reaching up, she absentmindedly stroked the feather in her braid.

Rikku looked up as three monks stopped on the bridge by her cage. Two of them had scary looking guns pointed at her while the other drew the cage in. They threw the door open and advanced in the cage toward her. Pressing the butt of the gun against her back, one pushed her out onto the bridge.

"So, what's the word?" She asked back at them, but they remained silent. She walked quickly, trying to lessen the amount of force the monk was stabbing into her back. The monk in front kicked open a door, and they steered her into it.

Rikku wasn't sure what she was expecting, but what she saw caught her off guard. Part of the room was concrete, and the other part dropped off into a large pool of water. Are they going to drown me…? Rikku wondered what they were planning. The monk led her over to the edge. She looked down in the clear blue water and saw several fiends swimming around in the depths.

She bit her lip nervously, trying to prepare herself for a fight. The monk gave an evil chuckle and Rikku clamped her eyes shut. She received a blow on the back of her legs which caused her knees to buckle. The cold water greeted her violently, and she opened her eyes. She noticed that the pool didn't end at the end of the room, that the water filled a very vast space. She turned and swam.

She couldn't see much, the water blurred her vision. Reaching down, she retrieved the goggles from around her neck and strapped them on her face. She kicked up to the surface. As she broke the water, she cleared the water out of plastic lenses.

Suddenly, something pulled her under. Kicking, she tried to get the fiend that was latched onto her leg. She didn't dare hit it with a grenade at such close range, so she just had to try and aim kicks at it until it let go. Red blood clouded the water around her, and pain shot through her leg.

Suddenly, she felt the fiend stiffen and let go. Face screwed up in pain, she looked for the one who had saved her. Wakka swam up to her quickly, Blitzball in hand, looking frantic. She reached up and took off the goggles and looked down at the water. The amount of blood in the water was beginning to seriously scare her.

"Frickin fiends…" Wakka cursed. He looked down in alarm at the red in the water. "Let me see," He ordered, and Rikku raised her leg up to him. His sharp intake of breath caused her to squeeze her eyes shut, not wanting to see her mangled limp. She heard him splash around in the water for a second and heard a cork being unstuck from a bottle. "I hope it's worth it…" He said, and she could feel him pour the potion over the wound.

"Aaaaaa!" She screamed as the potion took effect. It felt like fire ripped through the wound, burning up her flesh like a volcano. "Make it stop!" She pleaded. Wakka's hand slid into hers, easing the pain. The fire died, and the cool water lapped mercifully on her wound. She looked down at her now healed leg, not a trace of blood in the water.

"Thanks," She said quietly, still holding his hand.

"Don't mention it," He said, smiling. He leaned in, and Rikku did the same. Their lips met in a wet embrace. Rikku let go of his hand to wrap her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. His kiss was eager and excited, not wanting to let her go. She could feel his hands on the arch of her back, resting comfortably and politely.

Rikku carefully ran her tongue across his bottom lip, making him tremble slightly. Reaching up she ran her fingers through Wakka's flaming hair. Though it was wet she still enjoyed the feeling of it through her fingers. His large hands ran up and down her back, tracing small patterns on her wet skin.

They broke apart, both breathless of the amazing kiss. They pressed their foreheads together, her falling into his mud brown eyes and him being hypnotized by her spiraling green ones. "Man, if I told myself two months ago that I was going to fall in love with an Al Bhed, I'd think I was crazy," Rikku's mouth dropped open.

"L- love?" She sad, not believing it. She thought she was just feeling for him… she didn't know he felt the same way. Wakka's eyes widened and he looked down, blushing furiously.

"I'm sorry, I- I didn't mean…"

"I thought I was the only one…" She said, and he looked up at her.

"You…?" He just left the question hang there, and she nodded. A smile spread across his face, and she smiled back at him. After kissing one more time, he looked at her seriously. "We can't tell anyone, though." She shook her head. "We need to focus of keeping Yuna safe, that's our main purpose," She nodded this time.

They were about to kiss again when they heard Tidus cry out in alarm and splash into the water. Wakka sighed and Rikku rolled her eyes.

"He always breaks the moment, doesn't he?" Wakka said, and Rikku giggled. They swam away from each other, and Rikku motioned for him to go first. "Ooh, you made it!" Wakka said as they came up to him, and they gave each other a high five.

"What's our sentence?" Tidus asked.

"I think they expect us to give up and die down here." Wakka said, rolling his eyes again.

"Well that's a lame way to kill someone!" Tidus groaned. Rikku restrained herself from commenting on that. Well maybe next time you could ask for a more exciting way to die! I'm sure they've got a whole list of options.

"Where's Yunie?" She asked, looking around.

"I don't know," Tidus said, shaking his head.

"I wonder if we should wait for her," She suggested.

"Hmm… let's wait at the exit."

"If there is an exit…" She trailed off, looking at the large pool sides. Tidus began to swim away and Wakka followed. Taking a moment to strap on her goggles, she dived underwater.

If there was a band:
Lead Singer – Rikku
Lead Guitar – Tidus
Bass Guitar – Auron
Drums – Wakka
Rhythm Guitar – Kimahri
Band Manager – Yuna
Songwriter – Lulu