The Dream that Became Reality-Chapter 4
DISCLAIMER: All names and Characters associated with Final Fantasy X belong to Squaresoft.
Morning came quickly for Rikku and Tidus, as it was Tidus who stirred first. He sat up, swinging his legs over the bed and looking at his feet for a second. He turned and looked at Rikku, who was sleeping peacefully, with a small trace of a smile on her face. She moaned slightly as she opened one eye and peeked out at Tidus. "Morning Tidus." She said softly. Tidus lay back down on the bed and pulled her close to himself and kissed her on the top of her head. "Did ya sleep well?" He asked her. She nodded, and grinned. "Only because you were with me." She kissed Tidus deeply then. As they sat there and kissed, they heard footsteps in the house. Tidus looked at Rikku quickly. "Shit we gotta do something." He looked around for a way out of the room, but only saw the window. He sprang out of bed and ran towards it, but Rikku waved her hands at him. "No Tidus, there's no time! I'll just hide in the closet and you go see who it is." She ran towards the closet just as Tidus began to protest. Tidus quickly grabbed his clothes off the floor and got halfway dressed when he heard the footsteps come closer. He grabbed the Brotherhood of the floor and yelled. "Who's there?" Suddenly Wakka came into the room, hands raised in surrender. "Easy man, I just came to wake you and Rikku up for breakfast." Tidus relaxed. "Damn man, do you have to scare me like that so early in the morning?" Wakka chuckled. "Early? It's 11 o'clock." Tidus raised an eyebrow at him. "Eating breakfast now?" Wakka shrugged. "Me an Lu thought we'd wait for you, ya?" Tidus nodded in comprehension. "Oh, well I guess we'll be right over, uh, as soon as I find Rikku." He added quickly. Wakka looked at him. "Where'd she go?" Tidus thought quickly. "She, uh, said she was gonna go for a jog around the island for a bit. She left me a note." He lied. However, Wakka seemed to accept this answer and nodded. "Cool. Well make sure you find her fast, ya?" He said as he walked out of the room. Tidus motioned with his arm. "Got it! See ya at breakfast!" And with that Wakka walked out the door. Tidus sighed and fell back on the bed, as Rikku stepped out of the closet. She smiled at him, with a big smile. Tidus frowned slightly. "What's so funny?" She laughed now, bending over in laughter. "I hate jogging." Tidus laughed and pulled the rug out from her feet, causing her to fall on her butt. She got up and put her hands on her hips, faking anger. "What is with you always trying to get me on my back?" Tidus turned red and scratched the back of his head. "Uh, heh heh……" She laughed and walked out of the room, and into the bathroom. Tidus sat there for a minute and looked out into the hallway. He noticed that she left the door open and pulled off her nightclothes. Tidus nearly started drooling, but got up and walked over to the doorway. He listened as she stepped into the shower and started the water. Rikku looked around in the shower, trying to find the soap. "tysh ed, Yunie's gotta put some soap in here." Tidus pulled the half of his clothes that he had on and stepped in, soap in hand. "You mean this soap?" He grinned. She yelped in surprise and turned around, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Whoa, Tidus you scared me there." Tidus shrugged. "I think it's more scary that we haven't been able to take a shower for awhile." She laughed. "Ok then, if you think it's real scary then wash my back." She put her back to him as he lathered the soap and wiped her back, kissing her neck at the same time. She giggled. "Tidus, I didn't know you were so multitalented." Tidus continued until he had washed her all over, including her hair. Rikku turned and faced him. She smiled innocently at him. "So where should I start washing you, Tidus?" Tidus grinned mischievously. "Well…"
***
So after showering and getting dressed, Tidus and Rikku walked over the Wakka's hut. Once they got there they could smell bacon and eggs cooking inside, which was a welcome scent for Tidus, who was really hungry. "Bet I can eat more than you, Tidus." Rikku taunted, poking him in the ribs. Tidus shook his head and waved his hand at her in a carefree expression. "Normally I would agree, but today I'm really hungry so it'll be close." She stuck her nose up at him. "When you're eating with Rikku, it's never close." She walked into the house with her nose stuck up, with Tidus trailing behind. Wakka looked in from the kitchen. "Hey Rikku, how was the jog? It's real nice in the mornings here, ya?" He added. Rikku nodded. "Oh, uh, ya it was really good. I was sweating so much I had to go for a shower." She pointed at her wet hair. Wakka looked at her oddly but went back to cooking. Tidus poked her in the side with his finger and whispered in her ear. "Could you be any worse at lying?" She frowned, but didn't look at him. "Shut up, it was your lie." She hissed back at him. Wakka looked up at them. "Hey, whenever you two are done with your meeting you can come eat, ya?" They both snapped back into reality and came over to the table. Shortly after, Lulu walked in. "Oh, hello Tidus. Rikku." She smiled slightly at them. Rikku and Tidus responded in similar fashion and she sat down. All 4 of them ate in silence. Finally Tidus spoke. "So Wakka when did you quit blitzball?" Wakka looked at him sadly. "Well I thought I'd keep playing just because Sin was gone and I had nothing else to do really, but we weren't really doing that great since you left." Tidus interrupted. "Yeah, I talked to Biggs and Wedge in Luca and that's what they told me too." Wakka lowered his head and nodded. "Anyway, I decided to keep playing, but then Lu got pregnant so I decided to spend time with her, to make sure that she was ok, stuff like that, ya?" He finished. "Well, for a guy with no brains he makes up for it in heart." Lulu said. Wakka turned red. "Thanks Lu that means a lot to me." Everyone laughed as Wakka thought about what Lulu said. "Wait a minute……." He trailed off and lowered his head, pretending to be hurt. "Stuff like that stings, ya?" He sighed. Tidus put his arm around Wakka's shoulder. "It's alright, I'm here for ya buddy." Wakka laughed now. "Get your hand off me ya fruitcake." Tidus smiled and removed his hand. Now Lulu turned serious. "So Tidus, you still haven't told us how you got back yet. Care to tell us now?" He nodded, still deciding that he wouldn't tell them about his decision yet. So he told them everything leading up to now, excluding the parts about his love for Rikku and of trying to leave Yuna behind, and about his various "incidents" with Rikku leading up to this point. Wakka and Lulu just nodded in stunned silence. "Well, no matter what happened, it's good to have you back, ya?" Tidus grinned. "It's good to be back." Wakka stood up and stretched. "Well, I've been thinking that since the playoffs are coming up soon and the Aurochs can still make it, I'll make a comeback for the playoffs, and I was wondering if I could interest you in playing?" He asked. Tidus grinned again, as there was nothing he loved more than blitzball. "You bet man! This time we're gonna go all the way!" Wakka smiled and patted him on the back so hard he stumbled forward a bit. Rikku laughed at the look on his face. "Easy Tidus, you look like your eyeballs are gonna pop out right away." She laughed as Tidus rolled his eyes at her. "Great, then I think we should start our training right away, ya?" He added as he walked over to the bedroom and grabbed a blitzball out of the chest that he had with all the different balls he used on Yuna's pilgrimage.
***
Wakka stood looking out over the beach, bouncing the blitzball on his head. Tidus sat cross-legged looking out as well. Suddenly, Wakka grabbed the ball and tossed it at the back of Tidus' head. The ball bounced off his head and he turned around in anger. "Hey! What was that for?" He groaned, rubbing the back of his head. Wakka laughed at him. "I wanna see if you still got those moves." Tidus shrugged. "I should……but what the hell!" He grinned as he took the ball in his hands. He threw it up, let it bounce off his head, booted it up and jumped, while kicking it away in a perfect Sphere Shot. The blitzball soared over the ocean and fell into it a long way away. Wakka laughed evilly. "Whoa man, this year we're gonna rock, ya?" Tidus just smiled arrogantly. "I'm not done yet." He grabbed another ball, threw it up too, and punched it at Wakka, hitting him right in the chin, which caused the ball the bounce back at him. He leaped into the air, spinning until he was dizzy, and finally booted the ball, in his famous Jecht Shot. That ball also flew out into the ocean, landing beside the other one. Tidus landed and admired his work, but turned when he heard a groan from Wakka. Tidus helped him up. "Looks like we're even, ya?" He said in a mimic of Wakka. "Whatever." He grumbled, rubbing his sore chin. Tidus laughed. "Man, you sound like my cousin Squall there." Wakka looked at him oddly. "Who's that?" Tidus just shrugged. "He's my cousin that lives in Balamb. He looks kinda like me, he's got brown hair though, and a scar on his nose. He's into this whole military thing, but he's got a personality like ice. Still, he was a cool guy……I wonder if I'll ever see him again." He looked off blankly for a minute. Wakka patted him on the shoulder. "Too bad Auron wasn't here, I bet he'd like to meet him." Tidus nodded. "Yeah, maybe I'll go look for him someday." And with that, they swam out to get the balls.
***
"Damn Rikku, those fire gems sure come in handy, ya?" Wakka said, looking at his flint and tinder in his hands, and embarrassed that his fire starting methods didn't work. Rikku smiled. "Maybe us Al Bhed aren't so bad after all?" She said with her arms folded across her chest. Wakka smiled slightly. "I'm gonna have to think about that one." He said. Just then Lulu and Tidus walked over. "Well, Wakka looks like you're going to the item shop tomorrow to get more marshmallows cuz I just raided all of them." Tidus said, plopping the bag of marshmallows on the ground. Wakka sighed. "Knowing you and Rikku I probably won't get one right?" He said sarcastically, but Tidus just faked a stupid grin. "You bet!" So while Wakka and Lulu prepared everything for melting marshmallows over the fire, Tidus and Rikku went to get wood. Tidus walked over to a tree that was downed on the path. Rikku went over and stooped on a tree. "This one looks good, don't you think so?" He asked as he lifted the Brotherhood over his head to chop branches off it. Rikku didn't answer though, as she appeared to be deep in thought. "Rikku?" He looked up at her. "Huh? What?" She looked around dazed. "Thanks for your opinion Rikku." He said sarcastically as he chopped the branch off the tree. Rikku looked at her feet. "Sorry Tidus, I've just been thinking about Yuna coming home tomorrow. I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen." Tidus just shrugged. "Don't worry, that's tomorrow. This is today still." He said as he walked off with the branches. Rikku sighed and ran after him.
Author's Note: Sorry! This one took my longer to do then I expected. Some unexpected things came up, such as my computer not being nice to me, but I fixed it so it should be all right now. Now that I don't expect any more computer trouble I should be able to update faster now. Bye for Now!
P.S.-What'd you think of the mention of a certain Mr.Leonheart in this story. Although he's not going to make a debut in this fanfic, I have something in mind for a future fic….stay tuned!
DISCLAIMER: All names and Characters associated with Final Fantasy X belong to Squaresoft.
Morning came quickly for Rikku and Tidus, as it was Tidus who stirred first. He sat up, swinging his legs over the bed and looking at his feet for a second. He turned and looked at Rikku, who was sleeping peacefully, with a small trace of a smile on her face. She moaned slightly as she opened one eye and peeked out at Tidus. "Morning Tidus." She said softly. Tidus lay back down on the bed and pulled her close to himself and kissed her on the top of her head. "Did ya sleep well?" He asked her. She nodded, and grinned. "Only because you were with me." She kissed Tidus deeply then. As they sat there and kissed, they heard footsteps in the house. Tidus looked at Rikku quickly. "Shit we gotta do something." He looked around for a way out of the room, but only saw the window. He sprang out of bed and ran towards it, but Rikku waved her hands at him. "No Tidus, there's no time! I'll just hide in the closet and you go see who it is." She ran towards the closet just as Tidus began to protest. Tidus quickly grabbed his clothes off the floor and got halfway dressed when he heard the footsteps come closer. He grabbed the Brotherhood of the floor and yelled. "Who's there?" Suddenly Wakka came into the room, hands raised in surrender. "Easy man, I just came to wake you and Rikku up for breakfast." Tidus relaxed. "Damn man, do you have to scare me like that so early in the morning?" Wakka chuckled. "Early? It's 11 o'clock." Tidus raised an eyebrow at him. "Eating breakfast now?" Wakka shrugged. "Me an Lu thought we'd wait for you, ya?" Tidus nodded in comprehension. "Oh, well I guess we'll be right over, uh, as soon as I find Rikku." He added quickly. Wakka looked at him. "Where'd she go?" Tidus thought quickly. "She, uh, said she was gonna go for a jog around the island for a bit. She left me a note." He lied. However, Wakka seemed to accept this answer and nodded. "Cool. Well make sure you find her fast, ya?" He said as he walked out of the room. Tidus motioned with his arm. "Got it! See ya at breakfast!" And with that Wakka walked out the door. Tidus sighed and fell back on the bed, as Rikku stepped out of the closet. She smiled at him, with a big smile. Tidus frowned slightly. "What's so funny?" She laughed now, bending over in laughter. "I hate jogging." Tidus laughed and pulled the rug out from her feet, causing her to fall on her butt. She got up and put her hands on her hips, faking anger. "What is with you always trying to get me on my back?" Tidus turned red and scratched the back of his head. "Uh, heh heh……" She laughed and walked out of the room, and into the bathroom. Tidus sat there for a minute and looked out into the hallway. He noticed that she left the door open and pulled off her nightclothes. Tidus nearly started drooling, but got up and walked over to the doorway. He listened as she stepped into the shower and started the water. Rikku looked around in the shower, trying to find the soap. "tysh ed, Yunie's gotta put some soap in here." Tidus pulled the half of his clothes that he had on and stepped in, soap in hand. "You mean this soap?" He grinned. She yelped in surprise and turned around, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Whoa, Tidus you scared me there." Tidus shrugged. "I think it's more scary that we haven't been able to take a shower for awhile." She laughed. "Ok then, if you think it's real scary then wash my back." She put her back to him as he lathered the soap and wiped her back, kissing her neck at the same time. She giggled. "Tidus, I didn't know you were so multitalented." Tidus continued until he had washed her all over, including her hair. Rikku turned and faced him. She smiled innocently at him. "So where should I start washing you, Tidus?" Tidus grinned mischievously. "Well…"
***
So after showering and getting dressed, Tidus and Rikku walked over the Wakka's hut. Once they got there they could smell bacon and eggs cooking inside, which was a welcome scent for Tidus, who was really hungry. "Bet I can eat more than you, Tidus." Rikku taunted, poking him in the ribs. Tidus shook his head and waved his hand at her in a carefree expression. "Normally I would agree, but today I'm really hungry so it'll be close." She stuck her nose up at him. "When you're eating with Rikku, it's never close." She walked into the house with her nose stuck up, with Tidus trailing behind. Wakka looked in from the kitchen. "Hey Rikku, how was the jog? It's real nice in the mornings here, ya?" He added. Rikku nodded. "Oh, uh, ya it was really good. I was sweating so much I had to go for a shower." She pointed at her wet hair. Wakka looked at her oddly but went back to cooking. Tidus poked her in the side with his finger and whispered in her ear. "Could you be any worse at lying?" She frowned, but didn't look at him. "Shut up, it was your lie." She hissed back at him. Wakka looked up at them. "Hey, whenever you two are done with your meeting you can come eat, ya?" They both snapped back into reality and came over to the table. Shortly after, Lulu walked in. "Oh, hello Tidus. Rikku." She smiled slightly at them. Rikku and Tidus responded in similar fashion and she sat down. All 4 of them ate in silence. Finally Tidus spoke. "So Wakka when did you quit blitzball?" Wakka looked at him sadly. "Well I thought I'd keep playing just because Sin was gone and I had nothing else to do really, but we weren't really doing that great since you left." Tidus interrupted. "Yeah, I talked to Biggs and Wedge in Luca and that's what they told me too." Wakka lowered his head and nodded. "Anyway, I decided to keep playing, but then Lu got pregnant so I decided to spend time with her, to make sure that she was ok, stuff like that, ya?" He finished. "Well, for a guy with no brains he makes up for it in heart." Lulu said. Wakka turned red. "Thanks Lu that means a lot to me." Everyone laughed as Wakka thought about what Lulu said. "Wait a minute……." He trailed off and lowered his head, pretending to be hurt. "Stuff like that stings, ya?" He sighed. Tidus put his arm around Wakka's shoulder. "It's alright, I'm here for ya buddy." Wakka laughed now. "Get your hand off me ya fruitcake." Tidus smiled and removed his hand. Now Lulu turned serious. "So Tidus, you still haven't told us how you got back yet. Care to tell us now?" He nodded, still deciding that he wouldn't tell them about his decision yet. So he told them everything leading up to now, excluding the parts about his love for Rikku and of trying to leave Yuna behind, and about his various "incidents" with Rikku leading up to this point. Wakka and Lulu just nodded in stunned silence. "Well, no matter what happened, it's good to have you back, ya?" Tidus grinned. "It's good to be back." Wakka stood up and stretched. "Well, I've been thinking that since the playoffs are coming up soon and the Aurochs can still make it, I'll make a comeback for the playoffs, and I was wondering if I could interest you in playing?" He asked. Tidus grinned again, as there was nothing he loved more than blitzball. "You bet man! This time we're gonna go all the way!" Wakka smiled and patted him on the back so hard he stumbled forward a bit. Rikku laughed at the look on his face. "Easy Tidus, you look like your eyeballs are gonna pop out right away." She laughed as Tidus rolled his eyes at her. "Great, then I think we should start our training right away, ya?" He added as he walked over to the bedroom and grabbed a blitzball out of the chest that he had with all the different balls he used on Yuna's pilgrimage.
***
Wakka stood looking out over the beach, bouncing the blitzball on his head. Tidus sat cross-legged looking out as well. Suddenly, Wakka grabbed the ball and tossed it at the back of Tidus' head. The ball bounced off his head and he turned around in anger. "Hey! What was that for?" He groaned, rubbing the back of his head. Wakka laughed at him. "I wanna see if you still got those moves." Tidus shrugged. "I should……but what the hell!" He grinned as he took the ball in his hands. He threw it up, let it bounce off his head, booted it up and jumped, while kicking it away in a perfect Sphere Shot. The blitzball soared over the ocean and fell into it a long way away. Wakka laughed evilly. "Whoa man, this year we're gonna rock, ya?" Tidus just smiled arrogantly. "I'm not done yet." He grabbed another ball, threw it up too, and punched it at Wakka, hitting him right in the chin, which caused the ball the bounce back at him. He leaped into the air, spinning until he was dizzy, and finally booted the ball, in his famous Jecht Shot. That ball also flew out into the ocean, landing beside the other one. Tidus landed and admired his work, but turned when he heard a groan from Wakka. Tidus helped him up. "Looks like we're even, ya?" He said in a mimic of Wakka. "Whatever." He grumbled, rubbing his sore chin. Tidus laughed. "Man, you sound like my cousin Squall there." Wakka looked at him oddly. "Who's that?" Tidus just shrugged. "He's my cousin that lives in Balamb. He looks kinda like me, he's got brown hair though, and a scar on his nose. He's into this whole military thing, but he's got a personality like ice. Still, he was a cool guy……I wonder if I'll ever see him again." He looked off blankly for a minute. Wakka patted him on the shoulder. "Too bad Auron wasn't here, I bet he'd like to meet him." Tidus nodded. "Yeah, maybe I'll go look for him someday." And with that, they swam out to get the balls.
***
"Damn Rikku, those fire gems sure come in handy, ya?" Wakka said, looking at his flint and tinder in his hands, and embarrassed that his fire starting methods didn't work. Rikku smiled. "Maybe us Al Bhed aren't so bad after all?" She said with her arms folded across her chest. Wakka smiled slightly. "I'm gonna have to think about that one." He said. Just then Lulu and Tidus walked over. "Well, Wakka looks like you're going to the item shop tomorrow to get more marshmallows cuz I just raided all of them." Tidus said, plopping the bag of marshmallows on the ground. Wakka sighed. "Knowing you and Rikku I probably won't get one right?" He said sarcastically, but Tidus just faked a stupid grin. "You bet!" So while Wakka and Lulu prepared everything for melting marshmallows over the fire, Tidus and Rikku went to get wood. Tidus walked over to a tree that was downed on the path. Rikku went over and stooped on a tree. "This one looks good, don't you think so?" He asked as he lifted the Brotherhood over his head to chop branches off it. Rikku didn't answer though, as she appeared to be deep in thought. "Rikku?" He looked up at her. "Huh? What?" She looked around dazed. "Thanks for your opinion Rikku." He said sarcastically as he chopped the branch off the tree. Rikku looked at her feet. "Sorry Tidus, I've just been thinking about Yuna coming home tomorrow. I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen." Tidus just shrugged. "Don't worry, that's tomorrow. This is today still." He said as he walked off with the branches. Rikku sighed and ran after him.
Author's Note: Sorry! This one took my longer to do then I expected. Some unexpected things came up, such as my computer not being nice to me, but I fixed it so it should be all right now. Now that I don't expect any more computer trouble I should be able to update faster now. Bye for Now!
P.S.-What'd you think of the mention of a certain Mr.Leonheart in this story. Although he's not going to make a debut in this fanfic, I have something in mind for a future fic….stay tuned!