I. The Farplane
Rikku gasped, the only sound that could be heard for what seemed like millions of miles around judging by the ever-lasting echo.
"W-What?"
"Welcome to the Farplane."
"Yea, I heard that," Her eyes, if she had any in this place, were wide and she shook her head frantically in disbelief. "What I mean is, this can't be the Farplane. It just can't be. The Farplane is for the dea-"
It hit her. But it couldn't be.
"You are dead Rikku."
"No. You see, last thing I remember, I was fighting a fiend. An anacondaur if I remember rightly – yea, it was. I was fighting with my husband and my best friend and…and…then I don't know. I just remember the fiend staring at me and I felt like I couldn't move and…and then…it's tail. It swung round. And. And then I was here. So I couldn't…have…died."
++==FLASHBACK==++
A blonde al bhed woman, another tall al bhed male and what seemed like a half-guado all stood in the Calm Lands. They'd already taken out the shred and the skoll and with one final hit, the anacondaur was about to go out too. Ryua, the male, leapt forward, thrusting out his Kaiser Knuckles in an attempt to tear open the soft exposed skin of the anacondaur's stomach and finish this fiend off for good. He missed. The anacondaur lurched forward and stared at Rikku with its one large, shining, mesmerising red eye. She couldn't help but stare. Then the petite goggled fighter turned to stone. She was petrified.
"Rikku!" Ryua shouted, eyes wide with fear for his wife. He reached into her side-bag. Where was that soft? He knew there was one left. Where was it? The anacondaur begin to lift its heavy tail high above it's head. Ryua found the soft. He threw it, hoping to save his loved one. The tail crashed down upon the stone statue of the former al bhed woman. It shattered. The soft hit the ground. It was too late. She was dead. She was gone. The guado threw a bomb core at the fiend and watched as its entrails flew into the sky and landed with a small 'squelch'.
++==END FLASHBACK==++
It finally sunk it. Rikku was dead. She could shake. She couldn't vomit. She couldn't cry. She couldn't do anything. She was dead. She stood – at least, she thought she was standing, she really couldn't tell anymore – in silence. A minute passed. Or maybe it was an hour. It could have even been a day. She still couldn't believe it.
"S-So, what now?"
The light, which had stayed with Rikku through her grievances, became slightly brighter.
"You have spent your whole life trying to make Spira a better place. First, you helped defeat Sin with the summoner Yuna. And you then travelled Spira, till this very day, in hope of destroying all fiends..."
"And now I'm dead?"
"We have decided to give you a second chance."
The words shocked Rikku. If she'd found believing she was dead hard, this was even worse.
"But I'm d-dead."
"For your acts of bravery, we have rewarded you a second chance. You have spent your life thinking of others so much that you have put your feelings on hold. Therefore, we have decided to give you a second chance."
"So…So I can g-go back n-now? Back to R-Ryua?"
Her 34-year old body was quivering in excitement.
"No."
She hiccupped in shock.
"Why? You – you said I could go back. Why can't I?"
"We, of the Farplane, only have power before Sin was destroyed. We can only send you back to a time when Sin was still alive, still terrorising Spira."
"So, where will I go?"
"We will send you back to a time you were on a scavenger ship, shortly before you met a man called Tidus. You will have a choice. You can choose to once again save Spira or live your life the way you truly want to live it."
"You mean I'll meet Tidus – and Lulu – and Wakka – and..and Yunie? All over again?"
"Yes."
"And I'll get to what - choose my fate this time?"
"Yes."
"But I-I won't see Ryua ever again? Ever?"
"That is the way it must be."
"How long will I have to decide? When will I go back? When-"
She opened her eyes. She was leaning against something cold and hard. Like metal.
"Rikku! Get over here! We've found something and we need you to dive down."
She was on the ship.
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Ryua was on the floor, roaring in both agony and anger. His wife was gone. And he was going to get her back. Soon.
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I know not a lot happens in this chapter but it just sets the story. The ends a bit rushed so sorry about that. Please r+r so far but be nice! ^^
..::Rikku::..
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