Here we are… Chapter 2! Kinda. And look! No formatting problems!
I own Lambda, the Stargate, Irika, Perriot Gems, and any other little bit I made up. All else is property of Squaresoft (or Square, or SquareEnix, of Squeenix. Whatever it's called now).
Please R+R. I love Critism of any sort, even if you call me insanely stupid (Well, not really…) Oh, and the Coeurl, as it might seem, is not a self-insertation. (Even though it seemed that way to my brother?)
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The Coeurl just looked at Tidus, almost like it was amused. The pyreflies in its eyes danced as it spoke, it's voice mechanic and somewhat feminine.
"Spira, the home of many, of your love, of mine, and of the greatest threat. That threat is not there yet, but in time it appear, and the trusted will mistakenly become the despised." And with that it disappeared just as easily as it had solidified.
Tidus was shocked at those words coming from a fiend, but not as surprised as he was when he saw he wasn't in the water anymore, but someplace completely unfamiliar to him. In one corner stood a small bed, looking like it was made of dirt and straw, and a pile of worn blankets. The remnants of a fire lay in the middle of the room. Tidus bent down at the fire, remembering his first few hours in Spira, searching for materials to build a small fire, and his first meeting with Rikku. He had been so scared then. Remembering that, he chuckled, forgetting that he was in a strange place.
Suddenly, something hit the back of his head.
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The ship was called the Guardian. It was named for so many people, yet Yuna could only think of the person she had named it for, and was grateful that Cid had given her that honor. She watched it as it came wheezing toward the dock on Besaid. When it stopped, Rikku jumped out.
"Yunie! How's it going! Guess what? Dad found some new gems yesterday! Watch this one." Rikku threw a gem out into the ocean, and it became a replica of a fish that was swimming happily around, only it was larger. It quickly defeated the original fish, sending it into a flurry of pyreflies, and it, too disappeared. "Cool, huh?"
Yuna just smiled. Rikku, now 19, was just as cheerful as she had been 4 years ago, if not twice as much. She was less carefree, though, probably an effect of their adventure.
"What's it called?" Yuna asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe a Mimic Gem?"
"And what makes you think you get to name it, Rikku?" The voice surprised them both, but they knew right away who it was. Coming down from the dock was none other than Cid, looking the same way he had 4 years ago, except for the tiny monkey-like animal that followed behind him. It was a Perriot, one of the small animals that roamed the Djose area. "After all, it was this fella who gave them to you, right?" Cid said this with a smile at Rikku, who turned her face in disgust.
"Well, then you name them. I just figured I could make them sound less like poop."
Yuna was not sure what to say. Poop? The Gems were poop? They were useless? But they had seemed plenty useful when she saw them in…
"Fine, we'll just call them Poop Gems," said Cid, laughing.
"I'm… confused."
"Oh.. Yunie, eh. Guess I should tell you. These Gems are really nothing but… er… crystallized Perriot poop."
"Oh." Yuna wasn't quite sure what to say.
"Anyway, " Rikku said, breaking the silence. "Yunie, I have something else to show you. Look at this." Out of her item pack, she removed a very small, almost transparent object.
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"Hey," Tidus said turning around. When he saw who it was, he smiled. "Hiya, Rikku."
The blond girl just stood there, surprised. "You... know Rikku?"
Tidus was very surprised right now. He knew it was Rikku. It had to be Rikku.
"You're not Rikku?"
The girl laughed. "No, I'm not Rikku. But I know who Rikku is. How is she, anyway?"
"I… I wouldn't know. Eh… What year is it?"
The girl was puzzled. "Unless Sin was defeated again, it would be about B14. How can you forget the year?"
"B14?"
"Yeah, 14 years since Braska's calm… Are you sure you're alright."
Tidus did some quick calculating in his head… 4 years…
"Actually, uh, what was you're name?"
The girl smiled. "I'll tell you when you tell me yours and what you're thinking."
"Well, eh… Sin was defeated 4 years ago. You haven't heard?"
"How could I have? I've been here ever since I was 7 years old. I didn't even know Sin was reborn again."
"This place is that isolated?"
She nodded, and said, "It's so weird talking to a person again… I don't know whether to trust you or to whack you with the shoe."
"You already whacked me with the shoe," Tidus pointed out.
She laughed. "Oh, yeah."
"And if you're a friend of Rikku's, you can trust me."
"Well, actually…" she started, but didn't finished the thought. "Never mind. Your name is…?"
"Tidus. And you are?"
"My name is Lambda."