Chapter 3 is up, hooray! Sing in exultant joy and RAPTURE, dammit!
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Panting and heaving, Yuna ran back to camp as fast as her legs could carry her. "Lu,...lu," she gasped, breathlessly, "I... I... know... I know who it is!!!"
Lulu, who was sitting on a log and staring at the fire, lost in her own thoughts, didn't even look at Yuna. Turning her head only slightly, she replied somewhat half-heartedly, "Oh? Who is it, then?"
She overlooked her friend's aloofness, lost in the heat of the moment. You could almost see the wispy puffs of steam rising from her ears as she demanded, "It's Isaaru, isn't it?!?!"
"Mmm-hmm," she answered, absently poking at the firewood with a stick.
"What am I going to do?" Yuna slumped down next to Lulu. She wanted to know what Lulu knew. She wanted answers.
Finally losing patience, Lulu turned her head to face Yuna, her one visible ruby eye flashing. "Yuna, calm down. We're here to REST."
Frustrated, Yuna sighed and gazed into the fire, resting her chin in her hand. "Isaaru, Isaaru... I can't believe you!!!" She cursed silently. She refused to admit it to herself, but at that very moment she was beginning to think differently about those handsome brown eyes, his warm friendly smile... Deep down inside, she was hoping to see him at Guadosalam, their next stop. "I... I can maybe talk to him then. Who knows, maybe Pacce did that to me as a joke?" She shrugged off the whole ordeal, and her mind wandered to other things. "Pink puffy shoopufs and squirrels eating chicken, bright woolly mammoths and raindrops on kittens..." she sang quietly to herself. "How did that song go again???"
Lulu, on the other hand, was gazing wistfully at the fire, drowning in happy memories past.
"Hey, Lu!" The image of Chappu greeting her at the beach was as fresh in her mind as it had ever been. She smiled grimly as she remembered the way he would wave enthusiastically every time he saw her, as if they hadn't been around each other for years. Kind of like Tidus, in an odd way... she pondered. "
"Chappu."
"Hey, you don't need to be so grouchy, ya?" Chappu... you were so much like your brother. And yet... there was something about you, that made you so different..... so unique. I loved you so much. I wish I had told you that, before you became a Crusader... before... you...
You always said I looked grouchy...
But those were the happiest days of my life.
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Tidus sat on the edge of a small cliff, looking at the dazzling Moonflow. He watched intently as the pyreflies floated upwards, then glided back down like... "Like fireflies," he thought. "Oh, I get it! Wonder who thought that one up?"
Suddenly, Wakka ran over and plopped down next to him. "Hey, I found you, ya?! Can never hide from Wakka the Great, hear me, brudda?" he proudly announced as he thumbed his chest, tossing his head back.
"It's so beautiful," Tidus commented thoughtfully, a side of him not many people had the chance to see.
"Ya, I'm glad you convinced Auron to let us stay the night. He's a tough negotiator, ya? Well, it's worth it, even if we do have to wake up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, eh brudda?"
"Mmm..."
Wakka rubbed the back of his neck, somewhat embarrassed. "Yuna's been acting funny lately, ya?"
This quickly grabbed Tidus's attention. He whipped his head and looked Wakka in the eye, at which he couldn't help but grin. "What do you mean?!?!"
"Oh-ho-ho-ho, someone's getting a bit worked up, ya?"
"How is Yuna acting funny?"
"Haven't you noticed? Her face is pale as a baby shoopuf, and she's been scurrying all around the camp. She seems worried about something. Sounds fishy, if you ask me, ya?"
Tidus absently stuck his hands into his pockets. His face drained when he noticed that they were empty. He shuffled his hands around, desperate to find his poem, but his heart sank when he finally realized that it wasn't there, it just wasn't there. "No..."
"Something the matter?"
Okay, Tidus thought, Why not? He decided to give it straight to Wakka. Turning his entire body towards him, he explained in his most serious voice, "Wakka, what I am about to tell you is NOT to be told to ANYONE."
This has got to be juicy, ya? "Your secret's safe with me, brudda."
Tidus sighed deeply. "Okay," he began, "I love Yuna."
"Oh-ho-ho-ho-"
--"And I wanted to let her know how I feel about her, so I wrote her a poem. I put it in my pocket, and was going to give it to her sometime... after dinner, maybe. The only problem is, I don't have it anymore."
"That's not good, ya?"
"I think I dropped it somewhere, and if she really is acting funny, that probably means she read it."
Wakka was stunned at Tidus's apparent spark of intelligence. "So what are you going to do? Who knows about this?"
"Only you and Auron."
"You told AURON? You're in trouble now, ya?"
"Auron isn't one to tell secrets. I think I'm going to talk to him this evening or tomorrow morning, the sooner the better. I don't want Yuna getting ideas..."
"Better not tell Kimahri. He would not be happy, and you listen to me brudda, you do NOT want to get a Ronso not happy."
"So it's just between us guys?" He held out his hand tentatively.
Wakka grinned. He took Tidus's hand and shook it vigorously.
"Just between us guys."
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I TOLD you it was Humor/ROMANCE, and that gives me an excuse to write about Chappu! Yay! Poor Lulu. More semi-romance and LOTS of plot-thickening to come! Boo-ya!
Hey, you know what is an AWESOME song (in my opinion)? "Gilgamesh", from FF5. That is so awesome. Snazzy! Go download it, just a cheap MIDI file will do! Me wuv!
Thank you for your time, and REVIEW! This might actually become a serious fic! Serious in the sense that I actually spend time developing the plot and feelings between the characters. Tips are always welcome!
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Panting and heaving, Yuna ran back to camp as fast as her legs could carry her. "Lu,...lu," she gasped, breathlessly, "I... I... know... I know who it is!!!"
Lulu, who was sitting on a log and staring at the fire, lost in her own thoughts, didn't even look at Yuna. Turning her head only slightly, she replied somewhat half-heartedly, "Oh? Who is it, then?"
She overlooked her friend's aloofness, lost in the heat of the moment. You could almost see the wispy puffs of steam rising from her ears as she demanded, "It's Isaaru, isn't it?!?!"
"Mmm-hmm," she answered, absently poking at the firewood with a stick.
"What am I going to do?" Yuna slumped down next to Lulu. She wanted to know what Lulu knew. She wanted answers.
Finally losing patience, Lulu turned her head to face Yuna, her one visible ruby eye flashing. "Yuna, calm down. We're here to REST."
Frustrated, Yuna sighed and gazed into the fire, resting her chin in her hand. "Isaaru, Isaaru... I can't believe you!!!" She cursed silently. She refused to admit it to herself, but at that very moment she was beginning to think differently about those handsome brown eyes, his warm friendly smile... Deep down inside, she was hoping to see him at Guadosalam, their next stop. "I... I can maybe talk to him then. Who knows, maybe Pacce did that to me as a joke?" She shrugged off the whole ordeal, and her mind wandered to other things. "Pink puffy shoopufs and squirrels eating chicken, bright woolly mammoths and raindrops on kittens..." she sang quietly to herself. "How did that song go again???"
Lulu, on the other hand, was gazing wistfully at the fire, drowning in happy memories past.
"Hey, Lu!" The image of Chappu greeting her at the beach was as fresh in her mind as it had ever been. She smiled grimly as she remembered the way he would wave enthusiastically every time he saw her, as if they hadn't been around each other for years. Kind of like Tidus, in an odd way... she pondered. "
"Chappu."
"Hey, you don't need to be so grouchy, ya?" Chappu... you were so much like your brother. And yet... there was something about you, that made you so different..... so unique. I loved you so much. I wish I had told you that, before you became a Crusader... before... you...
You always said I looked grouchy...
But those were the happiest days of my life.
~*~*~*~
Tidus sat on the edge of a small cliff, looking at the dazzling Moonflow. He watched intently as the pyreflies floated upwards, then glided back down like... "Like fireflies," he thought. "Oh, I get it! Wonder who thought that one up?"
Suddenly, Wakka ran over and plopped down next to him. "Hey, I found you, ya?! Can never hide from Wakka the Great, hear me, brudda?" he proudly announced as he thumbed his chest, tossing his head back.
"It's so beautiful," Tidus commented thoughtfully, a side of him not many people had the chance to see.
"Ya, I'm glad you convinced Auron to let us stay the night. He's a tough negotiator, ya? Well, it's worth it, even if we do have to wake up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, eh brudda?"
"Mmm..."
Wakka rubbed the back of his neck, somewhat embarrassed. "Yuna's been acting funny lately, ya?"
This quickly grabbed Tidus's attention. He whipped his head and looked Wakka in the eye, at which he couldn't help but grin. "What do you mean?!?!"
"Oh-ho-ho-ho, someone's getting a bit worked up, ya?"
"How is Yuna acting funny?"
"Haven't you noticed? Her face is pale as a baby shoopuf, and she's been scurrying all around the camp. She seems worried about something. Sounds fishy, if you ask me, ya?"
Tidus absently stuck his hands into his pockets. His face drained when he noticed that they were empty. He shuffled his hands around, desperate to find his poem, but his heart sank when he finally realized that it wasn't there, it just wasn't there. "No..."
"Something the matter?"
Okay, Tidus thought, Why not? He decided to give it straight to Wakka. Turning his entire body towards him, he explained in his most serious voice, "Wakka, what I am about to tell you is NOT to be told to ANYONE."
This has got to be juicy, ya? "Your secret's safe with me, brudda."
Tidus sighed deeply. "Okay," he began, "I love Yuna."
"Oh-ho-ho-ho-"
--"And I wanted to let her know how I feel about her, so I wrote her a poem. I put it in my pocket, and was going to give it to her sometime... after dinner, maybe. The only problem is, I don't have it anymore."
"That's not good, ya?"
"I think I dropped it somewhere, and if she really is acting funny, that probably means she read it."
Wakka was stunned at Tidus's apparent spark of intelligence. "So what are you going to do? Who knows about this?"
"Only you and Auron."
"You told AURON? You're in trouble now, ya?"
"Auron isn't one to tell secrets. I think I'm going to talk to him this evening or tomorrow morning, the sooner the better. I don't want Yuna getting ideas..."
"Better not tell Kimahri. He would not be happy, and you listen to me brudda, you do NOT want to get a Ronso not happy."
"So it's just between us guys?" He held out his hand tentatively.
Wakka grinned. He took Tidus's hand and shook it vigorously.
"Just between us guys."
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I TOLD you it was Humor/ROMANCE, and that gives me an excuse to write about Chappu! Yay! Poor Lulu. More semi-romance and LOTS of plot-thickening to come! Boo-ya!
Hey, you know what is an AWESOME song (in my opinion)? "Gilgamesh", from FF5. That is so awesome. Snazzy! Go download it, just a cheap MIDI file will do! Me wuv!
Thank you for your time, and REVIEW! This might actually become a serious fic! Serious in the sense that I actually spend time developing the plot and feelings between the characters. Tips are always welcome!