Ureta Tsumi (A Ripened Sin)
Chapter Four: For Her Beloved
By: NurikoLuver (Trudy Haley)
Author's Notes: Deticated to Luke, who helped me when I was too lazy to go back to Macalania and try out all of Rikku's possible combos. x_X;; Love ya, dear. Anyways, please be careful from here out: severe usage of symbolism ahead. R/R, please! ^_^ Constructive critism only.
Auron?! Auron?! Auron would be the last person Rikku would ever predict coming to save her. Rikku swallowed hard. It was still too foreign for her to really beleive. She tried not to think about it, but the more she tried not to think about it, the more she did.
"Tidus...um..." Tidus turned to Rikku, and cocked his eyebrow in curiosity. "...Well, that was you in my room, wasn't it? What exactly happened?"
"Weeeeeell," Tidus said, picking up some twigs for firewood. "Auron was the first one to notice that you were missing, so we all split up...And I guess he was the first one to find you, because when we all met up again, he was the one carrying you." Rikku blushed furiously. "And when we got to Rin's, he asked me if I'd make sure you were okay and all, so I patched you up. 'Sides, I owe the guy."
So Tidus only healed her because Auron asked her to?! He wasn't worried about her...at ALL?! Rikku was angry at the mere thought of it. She turned her face upwards, her eyes gazing into his. She glared at him, hoping that he'd get the message and apologize.
"What?" Tidus was obviously not as bright as Rikku thought. He was so stupid when it came to girls.
"Tidus...you big meanie!" Rikku yelled, scampering back off to where camp was.
"Rikku--" he called out, but she had no intention of going back- just like he had no intention of going after her.
Rikku bit her lower lip. Maybe he WAS just stupid. Maybe he was just dense. Or maybe it was her. Maybe she didn't have to take everything so personally. But Rikku couldn't help it. She took everything to heart, especially what her friends told her, because she respected them the most.
"Maybe it IS me..." Rikku whispered to herself. "I should go back and apologize."
But she didn't. It was the fear of looking stupid after being so rash that stopped her from returning and apologizing. Maybe Tidus didn't think anything of her sudden outburst, and going back would only make her look foolish. People...people were so confusing...and so unpredictable.
So she trudged back to camp, trying to think of a good excuse of why she didn't come back with firewood. Unable to come up with anything, she picked up firewood along the edge of the path, and once she had enough, power- walked back to camp. She didn't want to be caught off-guard by a pack of fiends.
But it was when she heard Tidus' call for help that she ran back to his aid, dropping the firewood she had gathered to the ground. Now her fear of looking stupid didn't matter, all what mattered was that her beloved was okay.
So when she joined up with Tidus to battle the Chimera, there was no uncomfortable air- only the need to join together to fight a common enemy. Rikku went first, combining an Antidote and a Grenade to form a Blaster Mine. The creature was poisoned and silenced. Whoo-hoo!
Unfortunatly, that didn't stop him from assaulting Tidus with a Meggido Flame attack. Rikku winced the moment it hit him, it looked so painful. Her poor Tidus... Well, that creature got paid back double, the poison inflicting him with severe damage.
He slashed at the beast with his sword, and she threw him a high potion. That smile he gave her- that melted her even more than any Meggido Flame could.
She tossed another creature at the grenade, and the creature unleashed his Aqua Breath attack. Curses! Tidus and Rikku spent their next turn healing up, before Rikku tossed another grenade the enemy's way, and Tidus slashed with his sword.
Rikku couldn't help but wish, even throughout this two-person struggle against the creature, that they could stay like this forever. Working together, fighting together...until someday, when she could understand her own feelings, it wouldn't matter if she looked stupid, it wouldn't matter at all, because everything she did, it would be for her beloved. Tidus.
And so the battle continued like that, until Tidus and Rikku, both battle- torn, were down to low HP. But when the Chimera cast Thundara on Tidus, causing him to be knocked out, the Chimera fell to the poison that Rikku had inflicted early in the battle.
Rikku ran to Tidus, trying to shake him to conciousness. No such luck. She pulled a high Potion from her pocket and hesitated.
He looked so cute-- so vulnerable, with that peaceful smile, that smudge of dirt across his cheek. She recalled the story her mother told her before her passing: the story of a prince who woke a princess from a dream with a kiss. Sure, this would be a little backwards, but Rikku would be Tidus' prince. After all, she would protect her beloved, and even if Tidus didn't know...Rikku pivoted her head downwards and locked her lips with his, only to look up and see-
"Auron?!" Rikku blushed furiously. He was just coming up the pathway, perhaps he didn't see her? Maybe he did? Then what? Rikku quickly pressed the bottle of High Potion against Tidus' lips, reguvinating his energy. Just as Auron reached Tidus and Rikku, he woke up with a long yawn, stretching casually.
"Looks like you two got in a mess."
"What are YOU doing here?!" Rikku didn't intend to sound rude, but for some reason it came out that way.
"Hmph, sorry for showing concern. You two HAVE been gone for longer than usual."
"Oh." Rikku regreted her words immediately.
Auron glanced at the dusty road, filled with the sticks that Tidus had gathered before the attack. "Looks like we'll have to start all over again..." sighed Tidus, staring at his wasted effort scattered at his feet.
"It's okay!" Rikku said with a perky smile. "I'm sure that now there are THREE of us, it won't take that long!"
And it really didn't.
"Hey, everybody! We're back!" Tidus declared as soon as they reached camp.
"Yeah, and we got TONS of firewood!" smiled Rikku.
"Tidus!" Yuna ran to her companion quickly. "Why'd you take so long?"
"Seems like these two kids got themselves in a bit of trouble," Auron gestured at Tidus and Rikku.
Tidus scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
Rikku merely yawned. It *WAS* getting late. While Auron and Kimhari prepared the fire, she settled next to Tidus, sitting on one of several logs people were sharing.
"I'm...sorry about earlier," Rikku confessed.
"What? Oh...THAT?! That's nothing," Tidus smiled at her.
Rikku nearly melted. "It's just...that...I mean," Rikku stumbled for the words, but gave up mid-sentence.
"What?"
"I forgot what I was going to say," lied Rikku.
"Oh."
With just a few tries, Kimhari and Auron successfully started a raging fire. Rikku sat down at Tidus' feet, using a spare twig to poke the fire.
"You shouldn't do that..." Auron settled down next to Rikku, on top of the log she was sharing with Tidus and Yuna.
"Shouldn't what?" Rikku was oblivious to what he was trying to say. Instead, she poked at the fire some more, sparks flying into the sky, twinkling in the air until they went out.
"Poke the fire. Some of those stray sparks might catch your clothes- or your hair- on fire," Auron lectured.
"Auron, Auron, Auron..." tsked Rikku. "If no one ever poked at the fire, they wouldn't know that it wasn't good for them, you know? 'Sides, isn't it pretty? Even some dangerous things are pretty, you know."
Auron sighed at Rikku's defense. "Rikku, Rikku, Rikku," he tsked back.
Waaah! Everything has a reason for being in the story. Please don't get too upset at the Rikku-Tidus encounter, because there's a reason why I'm putting all that in there. Trust me, the eww-iness will be well worth it in the future.
Also, be sure to add any suggestions, comments, or critism. Don't be too rough, though!
Thanks!
Chapter Four: For Her Beloved
By: NurikoLuver (Trudy Haley)
Author's Notes: Deticated to Luke, who helped me when I was too lazy to go back to Macalania and try out all of Rikku's possible combos. x_X;; Love ya, dear. Anyways, please be careful from here out: severe usage of symbolism ahead. R/R, please! ^_^ Constructive critism only.
Auron?! Auron?! Auron would be the last person Rikku would ever predict coming to save her. Rikku swallowed hard. It was still too foreign for her to really beleive. She tried not to think about it, but the more she tried not to think about it, the more she did.
"Tidus...um..." Tidus turned to Rikku, and cocked his eyebrow in curiosity. "...Well, that was you in my room, wasn't it? What exactly happened?"
"Weeeeeell," Tidus said, picking up some twigs for firewood. "Auron was the first one to notice that you were missing, so we all split up...And I guess he was the first one to find you, because when we all met up again, he was the one carrying you." Rikku blushed furiously. "And when we got to Rin's, he asked me if I'd make sure you were okay and all, so I patched you up. 'Sides, I owe the guy."
So Tidus only healed her because Auron asked her to?! He wasn't worried about her...at ALL?! Rikku was angry at the mere thought of it. She turned her face upwards, her eyes gazing into his. She glared at him, hoping that he'd get the message and apologize.
"What?" Tidus was obviously not as bright as Rikku thought. He was so stupid when it came to girls.
"Tidus...you big meanie!" Rikku yelled, scampering back off to where camp was.
"Rikku--" he called out, but she had no intention of going back- just like he had no intention of going after her.
Rikku bit her lower lip. Maybe he WAS just stupid. Maybe he was just dense. Or maybe it was her. Maybe she didn't have to take everything so personally. But Rikku couldn't help it. She took everything to heart, especially what her friends told her, because she respected them the most.
"Maybe it IS me..." Rikku whispered to herself. "I should go back and apologize."
But she didn't. It was the fear of looking stupid after being so rash that stopped her from returning and apologizing. Maybe Tidus didn't think anything of her sudden outburst, and going back would only make her look foolish. People...people were so confusing...and so unpredictable.
So she trudged back to camp, trying to think of a good excuse of why she didn't come back with firewood. Unable to come up with anything, she picked up firewood along the edge of the path, and once she had enough, power- walked back to camp. She didn't want to be caught off-guard by a pack of fiends.
But it was when she heard Tidus' call for help that she ran back to his aid, dropping the firewood she had gathered to the ground. Now her fear of looking stupid didn't matter, all what mattered was that her beloved was okay.
So when she joined up with Tidus to battle the Chimera, there was no uncomfortable air- only the need to join together to fight a common enemy. Rikku went first, combining an Antidote and a Grenade to form a Blaster Mine. The creature was poisoned and silenced. Whoo-hoo!
Unfortunatly, that didn't stop him from assaulting Tidus with a Meggido Flame attack. Rikku winced the moment it hit him, it looked so painful. Her poor Tidus... Well, that creature got paid back double, the poison inflicting him with severe damage.
He slashed at the beast with his sword, and she threw him a high potion. That smile he gave her- that melted her even more than any Meggido Flame could.
She tossed another creature at the grenade, and the creature unleashed his Aqua Breath attack. Curses! Tidus and Rikku spent their next turn healing up, before Rikku tossed another grenade the enemy's way, and Tidus slashed with his sword.
Rikku couldn't help but wish, even throughout this two-person struggle against the creature, that they could stay like this forever. Working together, fighting together...until someday, when she could understand her own feelings, it wouldn't matter if she looked stupid, it wouldn't matter at all, because everything she did, it would be for her beloved. Tidus.
And so the battle continued like that, until Tidus and Rikku, both battle- torn, were down to low HP. But when the Chimera cast Thundara on Tidus, causing him to be knocked out, the Chimera fell to the poison that Rikku had inflicted early in the battle.
Rikku ran to Tidus, trying to shake him to conciousness. No such luck. She pulled a high Potion from her pocket and hesitated.
He looked so cute-- so vulnerable, with that peaceful smile, that smudge of dirt across his cheek. She recalled the story her mother told her before her passing: the story of a prince who woke a princess from a dream with a kiss. Sure, this would be a little backwards, but Rikku would be Tidus' prince. After all, she would protect her beloved, and even if Tidus didn't know...Rikku pivoted her head downwards and locked her lips with his, only to look up and see-
"Auron?!" Rikku blushed furiously. He was just coming up the pathway, perhaps he didn't see her? Maybe he did? Then what? Rikku quickly pressed the bottle of High Potion against Tidus' lips, reguvinating his energy. Just as Auron reached Tidus and Rikku, he woke up with a long yawn, stretching casually.
"Looks like you two got in a mess."
"What are YOU doing here?!" Rikku didn't intend to sound rude, but for some reason it came out that way.
"Hmph, sorry for showing concern. You two HAVE been gone for longer than usual."
"Oh." Rikku regreted her words immediately.
Auron glanced at the dusty road, filled with the sticks that Tidus had gathered before the attack. "Looks like we'll have to start all over again..." sighed Tidus, staring at his wasted effort scattered at his feet.
"It's okay!" Rikku said with a perky smile. "I'm sure that now there are THREE of us, it won't take that long!"
And it really didn't.
"Hey, everybody! We're back!" Tidus declared as soon as they reached camp.
"Yeah, and we got TONS of firewood!" smiled Rikku.
"Tidus!" Yuna ran to her companion quickly. "Why'd you take so long?"
"Seems like these two kids got themselves in a bit of trouble," Auron gestured at Tidus and Rikku.
Tidus scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
Rikku merely yawned. It *WAS* getting late. While Auron and Kimhari prepared the fire, she settled next to Tidus, sitting on one of several logs people were sharing.
"I'm...sorry about earlier," Rikku confessed.
"What? Oh...THAT?! That's nothing," Tidus smiled at her.
Rikku nearly melted. "It's just...that...I mean," Rikku stumbled for the words, but gave up mid-sentence.
"What?"
"I forgot what I was going to say," lied Rikku.
"Oh."
With just a few tries, Kimhari and Auron successfully started a raging fire. Rikku sat down at Tidus' feet, using a spare twig to poke the fire.
"You shouldn't do that..." Auron settled down next to Rikku, on top of the log she was sharing with Tidus and Yuna.
"Shouldn't what?" Rikku was oblivious to what he was trying to say. Instead, she poked at the fire some more, sparks flying into the sky, twinkling in the air until they went out.
"Poke the fire. Some of those stray sparks might catch your clothes- or your hair- on fire," Auron lectured.
"Auron, Auron, Auron..." tsked Rikku. "If no one ever poked at the fire, they wouldn't know that it wasn't good for them, you know? 'Sides, isn't it pretty? Even some dangerous things are pretty, you know."
Auron sighed at Rikku's defense. "Rikku, Rikku, Rikku," he tsked back.
Waaah! Everything has a reason for being in the story. Please don't get too upset at the Rikku-Tidus encounter, because there's a reason why I'm putting all that in there. Trust me, the eww-iness will be well worth it in the future.
Also, be sure to add any suggestions, comments, or critism. Don't be too rough, though!
Thanks!