Yay! Chapter 7!
****Later that day****
Wakka twirled his blitzball on his index finger, his left hand resting on his hip. "This one's easy, ya?" he boasted before punting the flaming sphere at the "flying bat-monster-eyeball-thing," as Tidus liked to call it. The creature fell, squirming and flailing it's thin wings, to the ground, and burst into pyreflies that rose lazily into the orange sky. Wakka proudly tucked his blitzball under his arm and puffed out his chest. Stealing a glance to his left, he noticed Rikku gazing admiringly at him. "I'm good, ya?" he said in his heavy Besaidian accent while nodding to her.
Rikku giggled at this, and chirped, mimicking him, "These guys got nuthin' against us, ya?"
"Ya!"
"Ya?!?!"
"Ya!"
"YA?!!"
"YA!!!" They cried in unison before doubling over in fits of laughter. Lulu raised an eyebrow at this, but said nothing of it and returned to the others, leaving Wakka and Rikku to their odd little game.
Cocking her head, she said coolly, "So. What now?"
"I'm hungry," Tidus whined.
"Grow up. We've a long road ahead of us," scolded Auron.
"Urgh."
"Every minute sleeping is another two minutes walking."
"It's beginning to get dark," Yuna said delicately.
"What about you, Kimahri?" Tidus asked.
Kimahri growled deep in his throat. "Yuna decide. Yuna's pilgrimage."
"I think we should rest." She said, bowing slightly.
"So who's up for cooking?" asked Lulu.
"Kimahri cook Ronso Surprise. Others rest."
"Thanks, bud!" Tidus reached up, patted his shoulder and ran over to Wakka and Rikku, the only two there that could speak his lingo.
****While dinner was being prepared!****
Yuna struggled with her flint and steel, striking again and again over the pile of dried leaves. The most she could get was a small spark, and try as she might she just couldn't get it to catch.
"Need me?" Lulu said complacently as she strolled up next to Yuna.
Standing up, Yuna rubbed her sore hands. "Do you think you could help?"
"You seem to forget," she said as she cast a small Fire spell on the pile, lighting it up like tissue paper. "I AM a black mage."
Yuna slapped her forehead and rested a hand on her hip. "Oh, I- I... um, I just... er..."
Shaking her head, Lulu said, "Don't worry about it." She sat down on a large rock. "You wanted to talk?"
She nodded shakily and sat down next to her, whipping out the poem from yesterday and holding it for her to see.
"Do you really think it's Isaaru?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... the handwriting..." She pointed at the barely-legible scrawl. "I thought that Isaaru... would have better penmanship, you know?"
"Why don't you ask him? He's right there," Lulu said, pointing at the young man jesting with his guardians a short distance away from camp.
"Oh!" Yuna's face flushed a deep shade of red. (A/N: They seem to do that a lot in this story. 0_o) "I... I guess..."
"Now's as good a time as any."
Yuna nodded. "I- I... you're right." Standing up, she straightened out the wrinkles in her skirt and, picking up the note, started over towards Isaaru.
Auron stealthily and silently walked up next to Lulu. "What is Yuna doing? Dinner is almost ready," he said in his gravelly, deep (A/N: and unbearably sexy!) voice.
"Nothing of importance," she replied without looking at him.
Shrugging, Auron was about to turn away when he noticed a familiar-looking piece of paper in Yuna's hand. "The poem..." he said under his breath.
This caught Lulu's attention. "Hmm?"
"Nothing." He turned and started to head back to help Kimahri with dinner.
"You know about Tidus's poem?"
Auron froze in his tracks, then slowly turned to face Lulu. "Why is she taking it to Isaaru?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Hm." The corners of her mouth curled into a small smile. "It's none of our business, is it? That sounds like something you would say."
Auron didn't feel like wasting any more time with this. He would be able to tell Tidus later. Now it was time for a hearty meal of Ronso Surprise. "Better than Roadkill Surprise, I suppose," he said to himself, chuckling quietly.
****Meanwhile!****
Tidus punched Wakka on the arm. "What are you two doing?"
"Wakka's gonna teach me some blitzing moves!" Rikku bounced from one foot to the other in eager anticipation.
"You two sure are getting along well," he added, causing Wakka to blush only slightly. "... but I thought you gave up blitzball to become a full- time guardian?"
"Guy's gotta have some fun, ya?"
"Come on, come on, come ON!!!"
"Take dis!" Wakka gave a fast pass to Rikku, who froze in fright, letting the ball *CLONK* her on the head.
"Owwch!!! That really hurt, you know," she said, staggering and trying to keep her balance.
"Yeesh, take it easy, Wakka! She's only been playing for what, two minutes?"
"Okay, okay... let's get back to da basics, ya?"
"But I wanna learn tricks!"
Tidus just laughed at the two. Alas, his laughter caught in his throat as he saw Yuna approaching Isaaru with...
uh-oh... This is not good...
~*~*~*~*~
Again, that was an odd way to end the chapter. It's getting weird. o_O
Input is very much appreciated! And don't worry, Matt, it's gonna be Yunis soon enough.
I've decided, Auron/Lulu matches probably don't work too well, cause neither of them are the type that would walk up to the other and say, "I love you." It just wouldn't work. Not to mention that Auron is MAH b****!!!
REVIEW! Like, now!
****Later that day****
Wakka twirled his blitzball on his index finger, his left hand resting on his hip. "This one's easy, ya?" he boasted before punting the flaming sphere at the "flying bat-monster-eyeball-thing," as Tidus liked to call it. The creature fell, squirming and flailing it's thin wings, to the ground, and burst into pyreflies that rose lazily into the orange sky. Wakka proudly tucked his blitzball under his arm and puffed out his chest. Stealing a glance to his left, he noticed Rikku gazing admiringly at him. "I'm good, ya?" he said in his heavy Besaidian accent while nodding to her.
Rikku giggled at this, and chirped, mimicking him, "These guys got nuthin' against us, ya?"
"Ya!"
"Ya?!?!"
"Ya!"
"YA?!!"
"YA!!!" They cried in unison before doubling over in fits of laughter. Lulu raised an eyebrow at this, but said nothing of it and returned to the others, leaving Wakka and Rikku to their odd little game.
Cocking her head, she said coolly, "So. What now?"
"I'm hungry," Tidus whined.
"Grow up. We've a long road ahead of us," scolded Auron.
"Urgh."
"Every minute sleeping is another two minutes walking."
"It's beginning to get dark," Yuna said delicately.
"What about you, Kimahri?" Tidus asked.
Kimahri growled deep in his throat. "Yuna decide. Yuna's pilgrimage."
"I think we should rest." She said, bowing slightly.
"So who's up for cooking?" asked Lulu.
"Kimahri cook Ronso Surprise. Others rest."
"Thanks, bud!" Tidus reached up, patted his shoulder and ran over to Wakka and Rikku, the only two there that could speak his lingo.
****While dinner was being prepared!****
Yuna struggled with her flint and steel, striking again and again over the pile of dried leaves. The most she could get was a small spark, and try as she might she just couldn't get it to catch.
"Need me?" Lulu said complacently as she strolled up next to Yuna.
Standing up, Yuna rubbed her sore hands. "Do you think you could help?"
"You seem to forget," she said as she cast a small Fire spell on the pile, lighting it up like tissue paper. "I AM a black mage."
Yuna slapped her forehead and rested a hand on her hip. "Oh, I- I... um, I just... er..."
Shaking her head, Lulu said, "Don't worry about it." She sat down on a large rock. "You wanted to talk?"
She nodded shakily and sat down next to her, whipping out the poem from yesterday and holding it for her to see.
"Do you really think it's Isaaru?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... the handwriting..." She pointed at the barely-legible scrawl. "I thought that Isaaru... would have better penmanship, you know?"
"Why don't you ask him? He's right there," Lulu said, pointing at the young man jesting with his guardians a short distance away from camp.
"Oh!" Yuna's face flushed a deep shade of red. (A/N: They seem to do that a lot in this story. 0_o) "I... I guess..."
"Now's as good a time as any."
Yuna nodded. "I- I... you're right." Standing up, she straightened out the wrinkles in her skirt and, picking up the note, started over towards Isaaru.
Auron stealthily and silently walked up next to Lulu. "What is Yuna doing? Dinner is almost ready," he said in his gravelly, deep (A/N: and unbearably sexy!) voice.
"Nothing of importance," she replied without looking at him.
Shrugging, Auron was about to turn away when he noticed a familiar-looking piece of paper in Yuna's hand. "The poem..." he said under his breath.
This caught Lulu's attention. "Hmm?"
"Nothing." He turned and started to head back to help Kimahri with dinner.
"You know about Tidus's poem?"
Auron froze in his tracks, then slowly turned to face Lulu. "Why is she taking it to Isaaru?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Hm." The corners of her mouth curled into a small smile. "It's none of our business, is it? That sounds like something you would say."
Auron didn't feel like wasting any more time with this. He would be able to tell Tidus later. Now it was time for a hearty meal of Ronso Surprise. "Better than Roadkill Surprise, I suppose," he said to himself, chuckling quietly.
****Meanwhile!****
Tidus punched Wakka on the arm. "What are you two doing?"
"Wakka's gonna teach me some blitzing moves!" Rikku bounced from one foot to the other in eager anticipation.
"You two sure are getting along well," he added, causing Wakka to blush only slightly. "... but I thought you gave up blitzball to become a full- time guardian?"
"Guy's gotta have some fun, ya?"
"Come on, come on, come ON!!!"
"Take dis!" Wakka gave a fast pass to Rikku, who froze in fright, letting the ball *CLONK* her on the head.
"Owwch!!! That really hurt, you know," she said, staggering and trying to keep her balance.
"Yeesh, take it easy, Wakka! She's only been playing for what, two minutes?"
"Okay, okay... let's get back to da basics, ya?"
"But I wanna learn tricks!"
Tidus just laughed at the two. Alas, his laughter caught in his throat as he saw Yuna approaching Isaaru with...
uh-oh... This is not good...
~*~*~*~*~
Again, that was an odd way to end the chapter. It's getting weird. o_O
Input is very much appreciated! And don't worry, Matt, it's gonna be Yunis soon enough.
I've decided, Auron/Lulu matches probably don't work too well, cause neither of them are the type that would walk up to the other and say, "I love you." It just wouldn't work. Not to mention that Auron is MAH b****!!!
REVIEW! Like, now!