ch 36 Look Riss real quotation marks!! Although I must say it did take longer lol
hehehe this was one of my favorites to write )
Lulu opened her eyes to find herself in a dimly lit room. It wasn't her room back in Besaid or room 11-22 in Luca, it wasn't even Wakka's enormous room with the breath taking view. Yet there was a bed. She sat up and looked around, an eerie feeling fell over her. There were no windows but a small bolted door to her left. It would have looked like a prison cell if the bed hadn't been there. In fact, the bed was the most out of place thing thee. It's red velvety covers surrounded her. She reached back and pulled them away to find that she was wearing a nightgown in the same exact red as the sheets. A knock came to the door and at the same time as Lulu lifted her head to see what it was...her eye's opened.
She turned to her left where her faithful moogle Cyrie lay. She thought she was hearing things when the knocking came again.
"Come in?" she said without thinking. Wakka walked into the room. He looked around first. Adjusting to the strangely dark room Lulu supposed. She turned over on her stomach and hugged her pillow. Was it time to get up already? She had just rested her head on the pillow a few minutes ago. She felt someone sit on the bed, Then felt someones hand on her back.
"What Wakka?" she asked.
"I can't sleep Lu" Is he serious?she thought as she turned over and looked at him. Clad in only long pajama bottoms he looked troubled. He was holding his blitzball.
"What's wrong?" she asked still half asleep.
"Don't laugh but...I think my rooms haunted ya?" Lulu laid her head back on the pillow, she couldn't believe this.
'Wakka your rooms not haunted" she spoke into the pillow.
"Lu" he said in a serious tone that got her attention.
'Wakka..." she sighed. "why do you think your room is haunted?" She asked trying her hardest to humor him.
"...There's noises coming from the far corner ya? and every time I close the sliding door it opens again."
"Did you try locking it?"
"..."
"Wakka we are in the eleventh floor...ghosts can't even-" What in the hell was she talking about. Wakka was a grown man! "Wakka I can not believe you came in here with this."
"You think I made it up ya?"
'No...I think your crazy...it's " she turned over and looked at the clock. "It's 2:35!"
"Well...I thought you were awake...and my room is haunted ya? I'll prove it!" and with that Wakka got up and stormed childishly out of the room only to return a second later, "forgot my ball" he mumbled as he picked up his Blitzball and left. Lulu shook her head. A small smile slid across her face He was a mess. She turned over to her pillow and fell back to sleep.
"What has he ever done to any of you!" she cried out. Her hands were chained together by an anti magic field.
"I'm not doing this for my health m'lady" a strange voice said. "As it seems one of my crew members has taken spacial interest in this case, not even I am certain why"
Lulu opened her eyes truly confused, would she even consider that a dream? and why had she been crying? She quickly sat upright when she heard something on the floor move around. She sighed when she caught sight of Wakka laying on the floor with a pillow. She put her hand to her head.
"You could at least come on the bed..." Wakka hopped up and crawled close to Lulu under the soft covers. Lulu looked at him in disbelief. She expected some kind of explanation but all she got was a goodnight kiss.
Morning
"Sshhhh" Rikku giggled as she and Tidus snuck into Lulu's room. They had gotten up early that morning and were bored out of their minds. Rikku came up with the crazy idea to vieotape Lulu when she wasn't yelling at anyone, Tidus joked that the only time that was is when she was sleeping and a little light bulb in Rikku's head that never seems to die, brightened.
Flashback
The screen shakes considerably, soon Rikku comes into view putting make up on Jassu's face. The camera turns and starts shaking as Tidus runs out of the room. You could hear them both laughing off camera.
"Hey!...let's get Wakka...I've been dying to put this on him" Rikku comes into view holding a small tube of lip gloss, Tidus snickers off camera. The make their way to the door at the end of the hall. You can see Rikku slowly opening the door. Then slip in. The camera looks into the room then slowly makes it's way inside.
"Where is he?" Rikku asked. The camera shakes when Tidus shruggs.
"Maybe he went for his workout already...he get's up pretty early" Tidus informs as the camera moves closer to Rikku. Rikku looks like she's about to say something when she hears something and jumps.
"Did you hear that? The camera moves to the far corner, and zooms into the darkness.
"Yea...let's get out of here" Tidus says. The camera fades out. Then turns back on. It's seated on the dining room table. You could see Tidus eating cereal and Rikku's shoulder.
"Who next?...I mean we got the entire Auroch team...Yunie was to easy...Tubbs is off working out..." you can see Tidus smiling wickedly.
"How about Lulu eh?" he says with a full mouth of cereal. You can see Rikku slam her fist on the table causing milk to spill over the sides of Tidus's bowl.
"That's it!" Rikkus exclaims off camera, "she's a real light sleeper so we'll have to be extra careful...wait.. what are we going to do to her?"
You can see Tidus stop eating and think for a minute, "I've never seen her sleep before...it would be kinda funny to see her not yelling at someone" he says. Rikku likes that idea a lot because she picks up the camera and puts it to her face,
"sorry Lulu not even you can hide" and with a trademark wink and smile of hers the camera fades out.
End
Rikku pushes the door open quietly.
In the camera you can see her look back and put the thumbs up. Rikku slowly makes her way into the room. It was way darker than hers and Yuna's. Probably because the curtains were closed. You could still see though. The camera slowly follows Rikku into the room. The picture suddenly spikes up and you hear someone fall. Off camera you could hear Rikku curse under her breath in Al Bhed. The camera focuses on a blitzball rolling away.
"Sorry" you hear Tidus say softly.
"Sshh" Rikku says off camera. You could just barley hear someone moving around on the bed. The picture was still for a whole minute before it slowly moves up and catches sight of Rikku moving closer to the bed. Tidus followed then stopped dead in his tracks once they neared the bed.
"Aaaawww" Rikku whisperers off camera. The camera zooms in on the two figures cuddled together on the bed, Wakka had his arms wrapped around Lulu. His head rested close to her ear, Lulu's hair was undone and her back was to Wakka as he hugged her from behind. Her left hand rested on his where it draped over her midsection, the other lay in front of her, her purple nails near the beds edge.
"This is where Yuna would say we should leave..." Tidus said slowly turning the camera to catch sight of Rikku.
"I have to get my shot" Rikku whispered, sounding determined, "then we can go". The camera shakes as Tidus nods, The camera shakes more as it falls into Rikku's hands. The camera looks from Tidus then to Lulu, Rikku moves closer to Lulu then stops when Wakka moves a little closer to Lulu. She holds her position. The camera shoots a look back to Tidus who is standing by the entrance, about to leave.
Chocobo Rikku thinks with a smile.
The camera suddenly jerks and turns slowly back at Lulu. Her crimson eyes were wide open and you could see her fist clenching Rikku's shirt.
'Turn it off' she growled. The picture fades out.
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While discovering their new make overs everyone looked out of their doors when they heard Wakka begging someone to do something. Lulu walked outside in her night gown and pulled Rikku like a moogle behind her. Wakka ran after them. The Aurochs had never seen Lulu like this, so it was both a pleasant and frighting view. What did Rikku do now?
"Lu would you but her down ya?" She ignored him.
"You know Rikku, I really thought more of you" Lulu said disappointingly. Rikku let herself be dragged down the hall. Why hadn't she just listened to Tidus and leave when he did. Lulu was saying something about privacy when Wakka begged her again,
"Your gonna rip her shirt ya" Lulu turned around to him. Wakka jumped back knowing all to well what that look meant.
"We'll buy her a new one" she retorted. He made no objections then wondered how Rikku of all people didn't know that Lulu didn't like to be startled.
Lulu banged on room 11-19. She could still feel the Fira spell fighting to escape her finger tips. Tidus quickly came to the door not wanting to wake Yuna.
"What's goin on?" he asked trying to sound as innocent as possible. He noted the scared look on both Rikku and Wakka's face and the angered one on Lulu's. Lulu nearly flung Rikku into Tidus.
"I do not appreciate you and Rikku sneaking into my room and videotaping me. If I catch either of you in their again without my direct permission ill..." she looked like she wanted to say more but Wakka rested a hand on her bare shoulder. She gave them both a menacing look then turned around and stormed down the hall. Wakka gave them both a stern look as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Give it here ya?' he said and outstretched his hand. Rikku placed the sphee into Wakkas large hand. He sighed. "...I'll talk to you two later..now I have to try and calm her down before she destroys something...that wasn't cool ya?" Wakka walked back down the hall. to Lulu's room and took a deep breath before entering.
11-19
"You snuck into her room and videotaped her?" Yuna asked after witnessing the whole thing. Tidus sheepishly turned around. Rikku walked out of the room , getting Tidus back for ditching her earlier. "Well?"
"It was just a stupid prank Yuna"
"You're right, it was stupid"
11-22
Lulu was sitting on the edge of the bed. Her wavy raven hair creating somewhat of a cover up. Wakka could tell she was trying to calm down. Her finger nails gripped the edges of the bed. Wakka sat beside her. Guess that's what it looked like when a mage couldn't unleash their overdrive. It worried him a little.
'To much?' she muttered.
'Just a little...but I think you got your point across ya?' Wakka said with a small smile.
11-19
"Well it's not my fault Rikku and I were bored" Tidus deffened.
"Being bored had nothing to do with it, you invaded everyone's privacy Tidus"
11-22
Lulu stood up and walked towards the bathroom. She needed to relax, her heart was still pumping. If she hadn't noticed that it was Rikku in time, she would have been burnt to a crisp. You can't sneak up on a black mage and not expect her to react out of pure instinct. That was half of the reason she was so upset. Wakka watched the closed bathroom door until he heard the shower turn on. He took the Sphere out and began to watch it. He laughed as Rikku and Tidus applied make up to the Aurochs faces. Then the part came to where Tidus zoomed in him and Lulu. He broke out into a full smile.
11-19
"How were we supposed to know Wakka was in there!?" Tidus questioned, he was way more than frustrated at this point.
"You're missing the point, you shouldn't have been in there in the first place!" Yuna yelled back.
"I left! go yell at Rikku!"
"I'm not-" Yuna realized how loud she was. "Tidus, you and Rikku need to go apologies"
"Now?" he said as he lowered his tone to above a whisper. He really didn't want to go back in their and upset her more.
"Yevon no, when it's safe." Yuna knew what Lulu was capable of.
2 Hours Later
"Come in" came Lulu's muffled voice from behind the door. Rikku slowly opened the door to room 11-22.
"Lulu?" Came Rikku's small voice. Lulu was sitting on the edge of the made up bed finishing her last braid. When she saw it was Rikku she motioned for her to sit beside her on the bed. Rikku cautiously made her way into the room and sat beside Lulu. "I wanted to come and say sorry...I shouldn't have invaded your privacy like that". Lulu nodded.
"I do believe I owe you a apology as well Rikku." Rikku looked up in confusion.
"Why? You didn't do anything."
"I neglected to teach you something very important," she looked at the younger woman and let up a small smile. "Especially for someone so curious." Rikku sat intently and watched as Lulu got up and walked to where Wakka's blitzball sat. "Tidus was here...then slipped and...then you both exchanged some words then he moved to the exit?" She looked to Rikku to make sure she got it right, Rikku looked shocked. She could have sworn that Lulu was still sleeping.
"Yea...how'd you know that? Were you awake?" Lulu ignored her question for the time being.
"An experienced mage's sensory reception is heightened dramatically, allowing her to time her casting." Rikku watched as Lulu moved to where Rikku had once stood. "This single factor has saved my life many times." Rikku nodded to show she was paying close attention. "A mages senses are spiked when their are other people around that she feels she needs to protect-" A wide grin formed on Rikkus face.
"Aaawww Lulu, you wanted to protect Wakka, cause you lloooovvveeee him" Lulu gave Rikku a look yet still nodded slightly before continuing.
"Rikku pay very close attention to this" Rikku stopped smiling and nodded. " When something steps into the general area of the mage or the person she is connected to...be it romantically or otherwise, her body sends a surge of energy to her finger tips readying the attack if necessary." She stressed the next part. "If I did not opened my eyes in time to stop myself, neither you nor, Tidus would have lived, do you understand me?" Realization hit Rikku.
"Is that why you were so mad at us?" Lulu nodded. Rikku sat and thought. That would explain how Lulu barely slept on the Pilgrimage. She was surrounded by people she cared for.
"Does that mean you're sensitive?" Rikku asked seriously, that got a chuckle out of Lulu.
"I suppose I am"
"I'm sorry Lulu, I really am" Rikku said sincerly. Lulu nodded.
"It took a little longer to explain this to Tidus" she commented. Rikku rolled her eyes then got up and followed Lulu out of the room.
"It takes a little longer for him to get everything"
Letty was walking down the hall and nearly jumped when he saw Lulu. She nodded at him and he sagged his shoulders and scratched the back of his head. He didn't understand how women worked sometimes. Rikku smirked at the blitzers reaction. She then remembered the Sphere Wakka took.
"Wakka has the sphere y'know...if you wanted to see it" she looked down at her feet. Just then Yuna stormed out of her room almost running into Lulu and Rikku. "Hey Yunie...what's wrong?" Yuna looked a bit startled and was about to say something when Tidus came out of the same room.
"Yuna...I'm sorry ok?" he said as he walked toward her. She turned around and walked off down the hall.She almost ran into Wakka and Jassu who were holding bags of groceries.
"Hey Yu-" Jassu started to greet her but stopped as she walked by. Wakka looked back to Tidus, then handed his share of the bags to Jassu and asked if he could carry them toward the kitchen. Jassu nodded and struggled. Rikku saw this and ran over to help.
"Hey brudda, what's wrong with Yuna?" Wakka asked, a bit accusingly. Tidus shook his head and put his hands up.
"It's nothing...um.." Tidus looked a little scared.
"Wakka" Lulu called noticing how nervous Tidus ooked. Wakka turned to Lulu.
"Lu what's wrong with Yuna ya?"
"She just needed some air, don't worry" Wakka debated on it then gave in. Lulu knew more about those sort of things than he could ever know so he trusted her decision. "Mm, ok...but tell me y'know?" He scratched the back of his head. "oh...so how'd you sleep ya?"
"Fine," she didn't tell him about the two rather odd dreams. She found thm of no importance. "I've finished my hair, are you ready to leave?" Today was the Aurochs only free day until the SBBC started bright and early the next morning. Wakka was already busy getting things in order for the showcase the next evening. It was the first event open to the public, yet all the teams had to sit through boring regulation meetings all morning. He wanted to spend as much time with Lulu before the busy week started. Wakka ran through a mental list of things he had to do.
Register players
Call practice
Schedule Sphere time
Attend coach conference
Pay final payment on the ring
Make sure it gets here without Lu knowing.
Maybe another practice...
"Wakka?"
"Huh..oh yea, sorry Lu, umm" He looked at his watch. "Sure ya, I'm ready". That's why he schedueled their shopping trip for today. It was the only time he had free. Lulu gave him the once over.
"Are you going to change?" Wakka was wearing Blitzball swiming trunks and a white under shirt. He had been carrying things into storage for the past two hours and he looked like a scruff factory worker. Wakka looked down at his clothes.
"Guess I should ya?...Do I have time for a shower?"
"Go ahead, find me when you're ready" Wakka nodded and then ran off.
20 minutes later.
Wakka walked out into the common area. There Rikku and Tidus were talking.
"Hey Tubby, Lulu's in the lobby waiting for ya" Rikku called. Tidus nodded.
"We're all going to meet you guys in four hours for lunch at some cafe" Tidus informed as Wakka made his way toward the elevator. He stopped and quickly walked back into the common room. He had almost forgotten to ask the two something.
"Say you guys, I need yah to keep a look out a delivery ya?"
"What is it?" Tidus asked as he began to stand up. Rikku laughed from where she was seated.
"It's the ring isn't it?" Wakka nodded only to have the young Al Bhed squeal in excitement.
"You can't open it ya?" Wakka warned. Rikkus face dropped into a pout. "Hey lighten up ya? You'll see it soon...I hope" . That feeling was starting to come over him again. What if she said no? What if she's not ready? Was he doing the right thing? Wakka plopped down on the couch next to Rikku.
"Hey...Wakka? What's wrong?" Tidus asked. Rikku playfully leaned into Wakka's shoulder.
"Aw he's just nervous is all" she patted his arm. "Hey don't worry about a thing, Tidus and I have it covered."
"We do?" Rikku gave him a mean look. "Heh heh, yea you can count on us?" Tidus said as he looked around nervously. Wakka shrugged.
"I guess so..."
"Just go out and be miserable, leave everything else to us!" Tidus said with a proud smile.
"Don't listen to him, just go out an have a good time with Lulu, then we'll all meet you two for lunch!" Just then Lulu came out of the elevator. She noticed Wakka's sad expression and Rikku sitting next to him with that determined "I going to make you smile" look on her face, Tidus just stared off into space, what else was new?
"Wakka?" He jumped up at her voice, and put on the best smile he could muster up on such short notice.
"Hey Lu, sorry to keep you waiting ya?"
"What's wrong?" She asked ignoring his guise. Wakka swallowed any doubt left over and walked over to her. He slung a playful arm around her shoulder.
"Nothin", he knew she was smart enough to see past him.
"Fine, let's go, we have much to get." Wakka sighed as he waved goodbye to everyone. Once they were out of the hotel, Lulu decided to further pursue the matter. "Wakka, if somethings bothering you I would wish that you tell me." He hung his head, what he wanted to say, would mess up everything.
"I can't" He mentally slapped himself. Great, now she knows I'm hiding something from her. Lulu looked at him, she knew he just said something he wasn't supposed to say by the expression on his face.
"Why not?"
"Because Lu...I...just can't tell you, not now at least."
"Not now..." she repeated a little disappointed. "Well it's obviously effecting you, so why can't I know?" This time it was in accusing tone. Wakka got frustrated.
"I just can't Lu, why can't I have my secrets too ya?" he sounded aggravated. Lulu just watched him. It looked like he needed to voice his opinions, why not now? In the middle of a busy Luca street with everyone watching them. "Everyone has theirs, you get yours... you can't even talk to me anymore! You won't even let me try and help." He ended sounding defeated.
"Wakka this isn't about me-" she began.
"My whole world is about you" Wakka said quietly. She hated how sweet he could be a the oddest times. Lulu sighed. Obviously he didn't want to talk about it, and that was fine. But it did bother her that he thought that way about her.
"You do help" she said in a small voice. It was as if she didn't want him to hear it. They had resumed their walking.
"Huh?"
"You help me Wakka, and I'm sorry you feel like you don't, but you do." this too was quiet. Wakka searched her face but it looked the same as always.
"Ok, well then...I'll just keep doin what I've been doin then huh?" He scratched the back of his head. "Even though...I don't really know what I'm doin" he looked down at her and smiled a little. "If it makes you happy then...I'll do whatever it takes."
AN So um yea, not much to say about this chappy. Sep that it was fun to write. Auron should be showing up soon so look out! So what do you guys think of the dream so far? I'm going to introduce it in a funny order, so um...yea! These cute endings are killing me! Its time for some cliff hangers!
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