A/n~ Finally we were able to write this fic. The bad thing is when you write this fic you can't be hyper and we're usually hyper unless we're pissed at something...
Disclaimer~ If we told you we owned Final Fantasy the people who run the crazy house would come and take us away. So...we have no choice but to deny any rights to Final Fantasy and its goodness...
~DOVE and Zoheret~ (HA! HA!)
Her mind felt...foggy. There was no other word for it, no other word that would describe what she felt. Swimming through mud might explain it, but not fully.
A few times she came near to waking, but the energy needed to open her eyes was too valuable at the moment. She could not return to the world of the waking.
And so, Rikku, dreamt.
There were snakes at the beginning, slithering and twirling around her. Hissing and flicking their tongues at her. But someone with gray eyes drove them off, waving his sword as he did so.
And then there were voices. Close enough to hear, but too far away to understand. Once, she heard her name. It was not repeated.
Then there came a point where she knew she was near the end. Near the end of what exactly, was not clear. But Rikku felt as if she were about to fall and idily wondered if there was one who would catch her.
Maybe she should try and see what would happen?
A cliff appeared in her dream, snakes writhering in the waters below. The sound of waves crashing on the banks echoed through her foggy mind.
Gray eyes stared into her own, and with a flash were gone.
A man stood before her, blond hair flying in a horrific wind she did not feel.
"Don't, Rikku. You mustn't fall," he told her.
Fall? She wanted to ask what he meant, but she couldn't form the words.
"Please, Rikku, go back to the land of the living. The Farplane is not for you. Not yet."
This man...this guy...this boy...he was...
She gulped in air, blinking eyes open as she sat straight up.
Gray eyes stared worridly into her own.
"You okay?" Zeke asked slowly, eyes frequently turning to the tent flap.
He was not the blond haired soul, the one who was dead. He was not the one that...
He was not...Tidus...
"Rikku?"
'How am I alive?' she screamed in her head, 'Tidus! TIDUS! What is happening?!'
Zeke watched as she slumped over, passing again into sleep, but this time the tranquil oblivion of true rest.
~
Yuna grinned idily as she walked through the temple grounds. The snake around her kneck hissed softly.
Alex was sure to appear anytime now.
...Finally.
"Hello, Alex," Yuna greeted softly.
Alex muttered something and glared at the Maester of the Fayth of the Serpent. How had she risen so high so fast? What was speeding her along the path of power?
"Tell me. Please." The words were a desperate plea, begging for the knowledge that had been denied for so long.
"You wish to know how to bring death to life?" Yuna asked slowly as she petted her snake.
Alex nodded, a sharp intake of breath revealing the hopefullness that this time the knowledge would be given.
"Perhapsssss it isssss time for you to know," Yuna hissed, and turned around, Alex following at her heels.
"Perhapssss the truthsssss are clossssser than you know..."
~
'Please no. Please. Please.'
CRY. CRY. WHY DON'T YOU JUST CRY.
'I shall not cry. I will not cry. There are no tears in death.'
CRY. HUMANS CRY. LIFE CRIES. CRY TO BE REBORN.
'Who are you?'
GUARDIAN. LIFE. MORE THAN DEATH.
'I am Tidus, but you already know that, don't you?'
YES.
'What do you want?' It was unusually for him to speak to other beings in the Farplane. It was hard to find those who wished to talk.
I OFFER YOU LIFE AND YOU WILL NOT GRASP IT?
'I do not understand.'
NAIVE SOUL!
'...'
I WAS ONCE CALLED FROM THE FAYTH. I WAS NAMED...SHIVA...
'...'
THERE IS DEATH FOR US, TOO. BUT WE STILL HOLD SOME POWER. YOU ARE A DREAM, AND YET HERE YOU ARE IN THE FARPLANE.
'I have often...'
DO NOT INTERUPT! WHILE YOU ARE REMEMBERED YOU WILL NOT FADE. BUT MEMORIES EVENTUALLY DIE, AND DREAMS FADE FROM THE HEART. EXCEPT OUR GIFT.
'Huh?'
I WILL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
~
Somewhere where the grass grew tall and there was no sign of snow yet on the ground, a body appeared face down in the earth. The blond head moved after a few minutes, and the body pushed itself to it's feet.
Staring up at the sky, he listened to the echoing of words.
YOU SHALL BE THE LINK. YOU SHALL HEAL THE WOUND. YOU SHALL REDEEM THE FAYTH. YOU SHALL ELIMINATE THE SERPENTS.
"Eh?" he scratched the back of his head, "Guess my reputation as a hero caught up with me finally."
Smiling jovially, Tidus turned towards the mountains.
~
She awoke, and once again Zeke was the first person she saw. "Ugh...How long have I been out of it?"
"For about a day."
"Where are we?"
"Somewhere on Mt. Gagazeet. Your friend is with us."
Rikku sat up. "Kimahri?" She turned around and saw the solemn blue figure of her old comrade. "Hello Kimahri!" She was about to get up but Kimahri's large paw-like hand pushed her back down.
"Rikku hurt. Rikku must rest."
"But I feel better now."
Kimahri shook his head and glanced over the Calm Lands, to a place she and Zeke could not see. "Kimahri must save Yuna-"
"What? You know about Yunie too? How?"
"Kimahri feels it. Kimahri knows when Yuna is in trouble."
"Well I'm coming too. So is Zeke."
"Rikku must sleep now."
Rikku sighed, and layed back down. She listened to Kimahri and Zeke's incomprehensible conversation for a while, before being swept away in her slumber.
A/N~ There you go. Another chappie by the Z and D team...U like? U hate? Tell, speak, talk, write, type, woteva, using that little button labled review...oh and one more thing! Reviewer uu, we would like to ask you a simple question. Did you mean bad, like the lingo bad? Or bad like the dictionary form of bad? 'Cause you weren't very clear. We shall take it as a compliment. If you meant it as a flame, well then, you aren't very talented at making insults are you?
Disclaimer~ If we told you we owned Final Fantasy the people who run the crazy house would come and take us away. So...we have no choice but to deny any rights to Final Fantasy and its goodness...
~DOVE and Zoheret~ (HA! HA!)
Her mind felt...foggy. There was no other word for it, no other word that would describe what she felt. Swimming through mud might explain it, but not fully.
A few times she came near to waking, but the energy needed to open her eyes was too valuable at the moment. She could not return to the world of the waking.
And so, Rikku, dreamt.
There were snakes at the beginning, slithering and twirling around her. Hissing and flicking their tongues at her. But someone with gray eyes drove them off, waving his sword as he did so.
And then there were voices. Close enough to hear, but too far away to understand. Once, she heard her name. It was not repeated.
Then there came a point where she knew she was near the end. Near the end of what exactly, was not clear. But Rikku felt as if she were about to fall and idily wondered if there was one who would catch her.
Maybe she should try and see what would happen?
A cliff appeared in her dream, snakes writhering in the waters below. The sound of waves crashing on the banks echoed through her foggy mind.
Gray eyes stared into her own, and with a flash were gone.
A man stood before her, blond hair flying in a horrific wind she did not feel.
"Don't, Rikku. You mustn't fall," he told her.
Fall? She wanted to ask what he meant, but she couldn't form the words.
"Please, Rikku, go back to the land of the living. The Farplane is not for you. Not yet."
This man...this guy...this boy...he was...
She gulped in air, blinking eyes open as she sat straight up.
Gray eyes stared worridly into her own.
"You okay?" Zeke asked slowly, eyes frequently turning to the tent flap.
He was not the blond haired soul, the one who was dead. He was not the one that...
He was not...Tidus...
"Rikku?"
'How am I alive?' she screamed in her head, 'Tidus! TIDUS! What is happening?!'
Zeke watched as she slumped over, passing again into sleep, but this time the tranquil oblivion of true rest.
~
Yuna grinned idily as she walked through the temple grounds. The snake around her kneck hissed softly.
Alex was sure to appear anytime now.
...Finally.
"Hello, Alex," Yuna greeted softly.
Alex muttered something and glared at the Maester of the Fayth of the Serpent. How had she risen so high so fast? What was speeding her along the path of power?
"Tell me. Please." The words were a desperate plea, begging for the knowledge that had been denied for so long.
"You wish to know how to bring death to life?" Yuna asked slowly as she petted her snake.
Alex nodded, a sharp intake of breath revealing the hopefullness that this time the knowledge would be given.
"Perhapsssss it isssss time for you to know," Yuna hissed, and turned around, Alex following at her heels.
"Perhapssss the truthsssss are clossssser than you know..."
~
'Please no. Please. Please.'
CRY. CRY. WHY DON'T YOU JUST CRY.
'I shall not cry. I will not cry. There are no tears in death.'
CRY. HUMANS CRY. LIFE CRIES. CRY TO BE REBORN.
'Who are you?'
GUARDIAN. LIFE. MORE THAN DEATH.
'I am Tidus, but you already know that, don't you?'
YES.
'What do you want?' It was unusually for him to speak to other beings in the Farplane. It was hard to find those who wished to talk.
I OFFER YOU LIFE AND YOU WILL NOT GRASP IT?
'I do not understand.'
NAIVE SOUL!
'...'
I WAS ONCE CALLED FROM THE FAYTH. I WAS NAMED...SHIVA...
'...'
THERE IS DEATH FOR US, TOO. BUT WE STILL HOLD SOME POWER. YOU ARE A DREAM, AND YET HERE YOU ARE IN THE FARPLANE.
'I have often...'
DO NOT INTERUPT! WHILE YOU ARE REMEMBERED YOU WILL NOT FADE. BUT MEMORIES EVENTUALLY DIE, AND DREAMS FADE FROM THE HEART. EXCEPT OUR GIFT.
'Huh?'
I WILL TAKE THAT AS A YES.
~
Somewhere where the grass grew tall and there was no sign of snow yet on the ground, a body appeared face down in the earth. The blond head moved after a few minutes, and the body pushed itself to it's feet.
Staring up at the sky, he listened to the echoing of words.
YOU SHALL BE THE LINK. YOU SHALL HEAL THE WOUND. YOU SHALL REDEEM THE FAYTH. YOU SHALL ELIMINATE THE SERPENTS.
"Eh?" he scratched the back of his head, "Guess my reputation as a hero caught up with me finally."
Smiling jovially, Tidus turned towards the mountains.
~
She awoke, and once again Zeke was the first person she saw. "Ugh...How long have I been out of it?"
"For about a day."
"Where are we?"
"Somewhere on Mt. Gagazeet. Your friend is with us."
Rikku sat up. "Kimahri?" She turned around and saw the solemn blue figure of her old comrade. "Hello Kimahri!" She was about to get up but Kimahri's large paw-like hand pushed her back down.
"Rikku hurt. Rikku must rest."
"But I feel better now."
Kimahri shook his head and glanced over the Calm Lands, to a place she and Zeke could not see. "Kimahri must save Yuna-"
"What? You know about Yunie too? How?"
"Kimahri feels it. Kimahri knows when Yuna is in trouble."
"Well I'm coming too. So is Zeke."
"Rikku must sleep now."
Rikku sighed, and layed back down. She listened to Kimahri and Zeke's incomprehensible conversation for a while, before being swept away in her slumber.
A/N~ There you go. Another chappie by the Z and D team...U like? U hate? Tell, speak, talk, write, type, woteva, using that little button labled review...oh and one more thing! Reviewer uu, we would like to ask you a simple question. Did you mean bad, like the lingo bad? Or bad like the dictionary form of bad? 'Cause you weren't very clear. We shall take it as a compliment. If you meant it as a flame, well then, you aren't very talented at making insults are you?