Between Guardian and Thief~Chapter 3

Disclaimer:: In Chapter 2~ A/N:: It's the weekend! Besides the fact I'm having a HUGE Geography test on Monday, it's Friday, I mean. Why the heck would I wanna study on FRIDAY? The last chapter I felt was really rushed. But I didn't wanna stall at any points or anything...yanno how that feels, right? =O!!

The cold, stinging rain began to increase even more, making their airship being delayed by another day. So in other words, they were stuck in the temple for three days so far. And the rain looked like it was not ready to give out at all.

And it had been the second day that Rikku had been missing. And every single minute they spent on finding her tirelessly, it made Tidus frustrated more and more. The temple was big. But it wasn't THAT huge where it may take several days to find someone.

And the longer the search had taken, the more confused Tidus was. About his feelings for Yuna and his feelings for Rikku. He was tied between two young women and things were NOT getting any better than they were now. But it'd be too easy for Tidus to begin fond of Rikku more just because she was missing. No offense.

And he began to think too of 'that's how heroes fall in love with heroines'. Because the heroine becomes the damsel in distress and then the protagonist goes crazy and began to want her back and then he likes her. Bam. There's the love of your life. Just like that?

He laughed weakly to that kind of clichéd plot line out loud.

And everyone stared at him.

"Yo man, what are you laughing about?" Wakka asked. Tidus covered his mouth.

"SHIT! I just talked to myself again!!!" he turned around banging his head into the pillar. Yuna and Lulu stared with worried looks. "This is SUCH an embarrassing habit! I have to stop that!"

"I hope he's still sane enough to be your guardian," Lulu dismissed herself walking off as usual.

Yuna walked over patting Tidus on the back as he felt the comfort flow back into himself once again with just a small pat from the beautiful summoner. She smiled with a solemn look, which was different from her other smiles. But it's as if she TRIES to be happy. But she doesn't look happy...at all.

"What's wrong, Yuna?"

"I don't know. I'm still...worried about Rikku. Perhaps I'll call on my aeons to go find her." She suggested. "But it's so rainy and cold outside. Ifrit definitely couldn't take that...poor Valefor would freeze to death. I can't even use Anima for he'll just sit there. Yojimbo won't do it unless if I pay him which we are trying to save up on a few things. Ixion is weak against water."

"How about the ice queen?" Tidus suggested. "She's ice. She can take it!"

"Oh yes! I can't believe I almost forgot about Shiva!" Yuna held up her staff as five blocks of ice came hailing down as Tidus wailed trying to get out of the way. As soon as Shiva blasted out of the ice, the guardian still shook his head with a slight grin on his face.

'It still amazes me every single time she summons one of them.' He thought. But the smile faded. 'But they're fayth. And...I'm just...'

"Okay, I guess that's done." Yuna mentioned. "Shiva will go out and find Rikku while we're in here trying to set up the fire, she said as Ifrit was casting all kinds of fire magic in the center trying to heat up the campfire.

"Yeah." Tidus nodded looking off. He still couldn't get his mind off of Rikku. The fire reminded him of the dirty blonde hair she had. Although the colors didn't match, her hair style was sperky as well. Like the fire. His face drooped in a funny kind of way.

'Uhh I don't see how that's alike though.' He thought to himself. 'Where did I come up with that? Her springy attitude? Like fire? Springy? Ehh...yea... Man I suck. I miss her. And now I try to find anything that reminds me of her. How stupid.' He told himself.

Suddenly, Shiva burst into the dome landing on the floor gracefully as she was suppose to. Yuna ran over quickly asking obviously for anything that she could find. After a few minutes of silence with some mumbling from them, Yuna turned around with a relieved and worried look.

"Shiva found her."

"WHERE??!"

"Up at the way top of the temple." She answered.

"How'd she get THERE?" they all asked.

"Don't ask. Shiva found her there and that's all there is to it." Yuna shrugged. "But I'm afraid she's going to catch a cold though."

"Don't worry Yuna, I bet she has the flu already."

"AURON!" Yuna lightly scolded. "One of us has to go get her. I can't. Not like this." She pointed at her outfit which was dripping wet. It made sense. Yuna was one of the more active searches because of her closeness with Rikku. Nonethless they were family. It was only fair to give her a break.

"I'll go." Tidus volunteered. They all looked up at him. "What?"

"Are you sure?" Yuna asked. "I'm so sorry if you get sick after that because of me." She apologized.

"That's okay," Tidus mentioned. 'So that's it, huh. She's kinda...depressing.' "Anyways, I'll be back!" Tidus said before running off into the dark storm. The cheerfulness in the room was completely drained as he disappeared into the night.

Rikku and Tidus were obviously the two people that would lighten up anyone's day if it was down in the pits. They had this kind of happy, attractive aura because of their spirit, so full of energy, which made their presence so great.

And Rikku was missing. And Tidus was sent out to find her.

There was nothing to say now. They were the ones who say everything. It was best for them to sit and wait.

A/N:: So that was probably the shortest chapter but the next chapter will be a lot longer. I'm trying to save the best for the place! I hav a Geography test that shouldn't be too hard. If you can give me a lot of ideas and lots of reviews, I'll work on the next chapter asap! Motivate me to work on it! XD;;;