The Ace and the Lion: Chapter 4-Back to Besaid
Well I've decided that I'm not quitting at this point, so the story will go on.
DISCLAIMER:All names and characters associated with Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VIII belong to SquareSoft.
Tidus stirred as he felt sunlight come pouring in throught the window. He opened his eyes and looked beside him, finding Rikku sleeping peacefully. He smiled a little, happy that she was finally getting some much needed rest. He quietly creeped out of bed, careful not to wake her up, and snuck out of the room. He walked down the hall towards the room he shared with Yuna and popped the door open. Yuna was also sleeping peacefully, but Tidus had no intentions of leaving her sleep, unlike Rikku. Grinning mischeviously, he ran towards the bed and leaped through the air, landing on the bed with a thud. Yuna sat up quickly and was about to scream, when Tidus put his hand over her mouth. "What are you doing, Tidus? Have you lost your mind?" She asked as she slapped him on the arm. Tidus was nearly dobled over with laughter. "I really enjoyed that you know." Yuna pouted slightly. "Well I didn't, I was having a nice dream." He kissed her on the cheek and put his hand on her shoulder. "Feel better now?" He asked. She smiled now. "Yeah, I guess I do." She replied. They both quickly dressed and walked out down the hall. They stopped at Rikku's room and peeked inside. They saw that now she was tossing and turning, seeming to have a bad dream. Tidus looked at Yuna and they both walked towards her bed. Yuna sat at the foot of the bed as Tidus reached out to wake her. Yuna grabbed his hand and put a finger to her lips. "Don't wake her, you'll scare her." She hissed at him. He mouthed a sorry and moved away. "No....Sudit let me go....." She murmed in her sleep. "Don't hit me....stop it!" She cried out. Finally she sat up, breathing heavily. She saw Tidus and Yuna sitting at the foot of her bed, looking at her in worry. She hid her face in her hands and started crying. Tidus put his arms around her and comforted her. "It's ok, Rikku. It was just a dream, you're alright now." He soothed. He let her go and turned to Yuna. "Maybe you should stay and be with her for a minute, I gotta go get Squall. Come out whenever you're ready." He said to her. She nodded and went back to Rikku, holding her close as Tidus walked out the door.
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Tidus walked down the hall, shaking his head in disgust at Sudit. "I swear he's gonna pay for this. How could anybody do this to her? Rikku's such a good person, why would anybody want to hurt her like this?" He asked himself. He looked in Squall's room and found it empty. The bed was made and everything was neat. "Looking for me?" a voice said from behind him. Tidus quickly spun around and breathed a sigh of relief as he saw Squall. "Yeah, I was looking for you. Did you sleep at all yesterday?" He asked with amazement. Squall shrugged. "Yeah, but I'm an early riser." He explained. Tidus shook his head. "Wow, that military training has really changed you man." He said with a bit of sadness in his voice. Squall smiled slightly. "Change is nothing new for me. I've had so much change in my life....mostly because of Rinoa." He said as he looked at the floor. Tidus scratched the back of his head. "You miss her, and it's bothering you, right?" He asked rhetorically. Squall looked up at him. "Is it that obvious?" He asked with a concerned look. Tidus nodded. "I know how you feel, it's tough." Squall nodded in agreement. "I just wish I knew where she is, whether she's ok or not, stuff like that....but all I've got is hope." He said sadly. Tidus punched him lightly in the shoulder. "Sometimes, you just gotta go on that, whether you want to or not. It's better than nothing, ya know?" He said. Squall smiled slightly. "Yeah, you're right I guess. I hope I find her soon. Thanks Tidus, that really helped me." He thanked Tidus. "Yeah no problem, let's go get some food already!" He whined impatiently. Squall laughed. "You know, despite all these changes, some things never seem to change." Tidus thought about it for a minute as Squall walked down the hall. "HEY!" He yelled as he finally caught on, running after him.
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"I wonder where we are now?" Zell asked. Irvine looked around. "I dunno, I hope we're getting close to some people." He said worredly. "Hey look, a village!" Rinoa called from up ahead. They all ran towards her and looked out past the palm trees. They could see a small village with huts and people walking in and out of them. "Alright! Food time!" Zell yelled as he started running towards the village. "Zell, wait up!" Irvine called. The girls looked at each other and all sighed, as they walked to catch up to their excited friends. A bunch of villagers walked out as Zell and Irvine approached. "Who are you? What do you want from us?" One villager asked. Zell opened his mouth to speak but Quistis put her hand over his mouth and shoved him out of the way. "Well, we got lost around here and we came to ask for some directions and some food if that's no problem." She asked nicely. "Ay, what's all the commotion about, ya?" A accented voice asked. They all looked over and saw a man with orange hair with a huge wave in the front wearing a yellow uniform and holding a blue and white ball in his hand. Right beside him was a angry looking woman, holding a baby in her arms. She had black hair, and one eye was covered by it and she wore a long black dress. However, something bothered Rinoa, as she noticed that her hands were glowing red. Being a sorceress, she knew that this meant she was preparing a fire spell of some sort. At this point, Quistis noticed too and she smiled nervously. "Um, hi, I'm Quistis Trepe, I'm an instructor at Balamb Garden." She introduced herself with a faltering smile. Wakka's eyes lit up for a second. "THE Balamb Garden? I never thought it was for real. Wow that's pretty cool, eh Lulu?" He smiled poking the woman beside him in the arm. She turned and glared at him, causing him to stop smiling and calm down. "Yes Wakka, it's great." She acknowledged. She cancelled the spell and the group breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's get you people some food, ya? You must be starvin, unless you were eatin some of those condors out there, those are good eatin's, ya?" Wakka said excitedly. Lulu rolled her eyes and walked back inside.
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"Wow these are pretty good burgers Wakka." Irivine said impressed. Rinoa made a face and passed hers to Zell. "I'm a vegetarian, I can't eat this stuff." She said disgustedly as she watched Zell gobble that one down. "Uh...Zell, I think you've had enough." Quistis cautioned him. He waved his hand and just kept eating. "That was only my fifth one! Gimme a break!" He protested, waving his hands at her. "Zell your gonna be soooo sick after this!" Selphie said with a giggle. Zell chose to ignore the comments and kept eating. Suddenly, a villager ran into Wakka and Lulu's hut. "Wakka! Lulu! Come quick, it's Sudit and he's gone nuts!" The villager breathed heavily in a panic and ran back out. Wakka looked at Lulu quickly and grabbed his blitzball. "Take Nilika to the neighbor's for now, we gotta go!" He yelled as he ran out of the hut. Everyone else got up and started running except Zell, who clutched his stomach as he ran out. "Ugh....wait up guys......" He murmed above his moaning stomach. Irvine and Quistis stopped and hleped him keep going as Lulu picked up her baby girl and hustled off to the neighbor's house.
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"Come on guys! We gotta make sure they're ok!" Tidus yelled from ahead as Yuna and Squall trailed from behind. "Don't worry Tidus, nothing's happened yet, it's alright." Yuna replied from behind. He stopped and tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for them to catch up. Finally they caught up and Tidus took off again. "Man, I wonder what his problem is?" Squall mumbled. "Shut up you guys I hear someone talking!" Tidus yelled.
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"Hello there villagers. Having fun today?" Sudit asked mockingly. "What the hell do you want?" Wakka yelled from the back of the crowd. "I don't want anything....except to make life HELL FOR ALL OF YOU!!!" He yelled as he laughed evilly. The crowd backed up a little. "Sudit....why?" A villager asked him. Sudit balled his hands up and threw an energy ball at him, sending him flying nearly towards the temple. His wife and kids ran over to him and checked to see him. Wakka angrily tried to go towards Sudit, but was held back by Lulu and Irvine. "What? You want some too Wakka? I always wanted to get revenge for that blitzball game." He laughed again. "I think it's time to do away with you miserable people for good!" He raised his hands above his head and started to buid a massive energy ball.
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"Oh shit that's Sudit!" Tidus yelled as he took off towards the entrance of the village, with Squall and Yuna right behind him. He charged at Sudit with a blinding rage and ran faster as he got closer.
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"NOW DIE!" Sudit yelled as he was bringing his hands down to fire. However, he got interrupted as Tidus ran up from behind and grabbed his arms, causing him to throw the ball into the air. Sudit and Tidus grappled for awhile until Sudit finally threw Tidus over his shoulder into the crowd. "Tidus! Get outta there!" Wakka called. Tidus simply leaped up and pulled out his sword. "You've done enough Sudit! This ends today!" Tidus yelled at him. Sudit simply smirked and materialzed a sword in his hands. "So it does." He put simply. He charged at Tidus and swung the sword, but he ducked and swung at Sudit, who blocked it and tried to drive him back. Tidus pushed back and they got stuck, until finally Sudit kicked Tidus' legs out from under him. He put the sword to his throat and grinned. "Any last words?" He asked cruelly. Suddenly the sword was knocked away and he was clutching his hand, which was bleeding from a blast. A little ways away, Yuna held two smoking guns in her hands, with a hard look on her face. Sudit bent over and picked up the sword again and watched as Tidus scrambled away towards Wakka and Lulu. "You little bitch, how dare you shoot me!" Sudit growled as he lept at Yuna. He prepared to swing the sword at her but Squall came out and blocked the attack with his gunblade. Rinoa's eyes lit up and she moved to the front of the crowd. "SQUALL!" She called out happily. Squall smiled slightly at her but remained concentrated on Sudit. The two began fighting, neither one able to land a blow until finally Squall pulled the trigger on his gunblade and shot Sudit's other hand, forcing him to grimace in pain. Squall slashed the sord again, but Sudit leapt away and floated in the air. "Looks like you guys got me this time, but I promise the result will be different next time. Until then!" He yelled as he flew away in a rage.
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"Wow, that was really good timing, ya?" Wakka said later that night as everyone sat out in front of the campfire in the town square. Tidus, who was now holding Yuna very close to himself nodded. "Yeah I guess so. Thanks for the help you guys, I was almost gone there." He said with relief in his voice. Squall nodded, who was also holding Rinoa close to himself. "I'm glad I finally found you guys, I thought you guys were goners." He said with equal relief in his voice. Rinoa laughed slightly. "We thought the same for you, but we kept looking." She said happily. So after exchanging stories about everyone's various adventures all over the place, they began to go their seperate ways. "Well, I guess we better decide who's going where now eh?" Zell said. Tidus nodded. "Me and Yuna are going back to the airship and I guess Squall and his friends can come with us cuz there's lots of room up there." Yuna nodded. "We don't want to disturb the baby, so it's probably best to do it that way." She agreed. Lulu smiled slightly. "Thanks, it would be nice to get some sleep for once." She sighed. Wakka chuckled a little. "Well in that case, we better get going then. Night guys!" He called out as he took Lulu's arm and led her back into the house. "Night!" Everyone called back.
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When everyone finally settled down, Squall and Rinoa went back to their room. Squall quietly shut the door behind him as he came back from talking to Tidus. He saw that Rinoa was already crawling into bed and waiting for him. "What a biitersweet this day has been." She said with a grim look on her face. Squall just about fell on the bed, he was so tired. "I can't believe how strong Tidus is, he was just a whiny brat when I last saw him. He's brave but he takes so many risks." He said. Rinoa laughed and poked him in the ribs. "It's just like you to be so critical of people." Squall smiled slightly. "Yeah, I guess you're right, but seriously." He stuck to his statement. She shrugged. "He really loves Yuna and he's always there for his friends, I can understand why he does things. Don't tell me you wouldn't do the same, Squall. I know you too well." She scolded. Squall lowered his head and accepted defeat. She really did know him too well, he decided. They sat in silence for awhile, just enjoying each other's company. "Rinoa, I'm so glad I found you, I don't know what I'd do without you." He said to her lovingly. She smiled and put her hand on his cheek. "I dunno what I'd do without you either. You always keep me in check when I get a little too wild, and you're always there for me." She said in return. Squall leaned over and kissed her tenderly. "Get some sleep, we're going to need it." He said seriously as he wrapped his arms around her, and within seconds they were both asleep.
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"How are you feeling Rikku?" Tidus asked softly. She smiled brightly. "Good as new! Look, even the bandages are off!" She smiled as she proudly showed him and Yuna. Yuna laughed slightly and patted her hand. "That's good Rikku, as long as you're ready. Take your time, don't rush yourself." She exdplained. Rikku nodded and looked at the floor. "It still hurts me in my heart....but I'll be alright." She said with a weak smile. Tidus wrapped her in a hug and held her close to him. "Always remember, we'll always be with you." He said as he let her go. Yuna wrapped her in a hug too and kissed her on the cheek. "Get some sleep, you still need it." She said as she let her go. Rikku's eyes teared up slightly and she laid down in bed. "Thanks guys, you're all I have left." She said sadly. Tidus scratched the back of his head and walked out with his head lowered "Night Rikku." Yuna waved slightly and closed the door behind her softly. "Sleep tight." She said softly as she went through.
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They both walked towards their rooms in silence, thinking about the rough state that everyone was in. "Wow, Rikku sure is in rough shape, hey?" Tidus said to Yuna. She nodded and took his hand. "We are all she has left. That's the worst part. Uncle Cid and Brother....all those innocent lives...." She trailed off and shook her head. "We have to be there for her all the time, otherwise she'll never make it." She said seriously. Tidus nodded. "That's for sure. I really hate to see her like this, she's usually so happy and bubbly." He said as he opened the door to their room. She walked in and he closed the door behind them. "What a honeymoon this has been, I thought it was supposed to be relaxed and peaceful?" Tidus said sarcastically. Yuna smiled slightly. "Well, at least we're together. That's all that matters to me." She said as she held him close.
Author's Note: Well this is a long one, I guess maybe to confirm that this story's going to continue,l and I'll feel alot better if I keep going and not stop now.
Well I've decided that I'm not quitting at this point, so the story will go on.
DISCLAIMER:All names and characters associated with Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VIII belong to SquareSoft.
Tidus stirred as he felt sunlight come pouring in throught the window. He opened his eyes and looked beside him, finding Rikku sleeping peacefully. He smiled a little, happy that she was finally getting some much needed rest. He quietly creeped out of bed, careful not to wake her up, and snuck out of the room. He walked down the hall towards the room he shared with Yuna and popped the door open. Yuna was also sleeping peacefully, but Tidus had no intentions of leaving her sleep, unlike Rikku. Grinning mischeviously, he ran towards the bed and leaped through the air, landing on the bed with a thud. Yuna sat up quickly and was about to scream, when Tidus put his hand over her mouth. "What are you doing, Tidus? Have you lost your mind?" She asked as she slapped him on the arm. Tidus was nearly dobled over with laughter. "I really enjoyed that you know." Yuna pouted slightly. "Well I didn't, I was having a nice dream." He kissed her on the cheek and put his hand on her shoulder. "Feel better now?" He asked. She smiled now. "Yeah, I guess I do." She replied. They both quickly dressed and walked out down the hall. They stopped at Rikku's room and peeked inside. They saw that now she was tossing and turning, seeming to have a bad dream. Tidus looked at Yuna and they both walked towards her bed. Yuna sat at the foot of the bed as Tidus reached out to wake her. Yuna grabbed his hand and put a finger to her lips. "Don't wake her, you'll scare her." She hissed at him. He mouthed a sorry and moved away. "No....Sudit let me go....." She murmed in her sleep. "Don't hit me....stop it!" She cried out. Finally she sat up, breathing heavily. She saw Tidus and Yuna sitting at the foot of her bed, looking at her in worry. She hid her face in her hands and started crying. Tidus put his arms around her and comforted her. "It's ok, Rikku. It was just a dream, you're alright now." He soothed. He let her go and turned to Yuna. "Maybe you should stay and be with her for a minute, I gotta go get Squall. Come out whenever you're ready." He said to her. She nodded and went back to Rikku, holding her close as Tidus walked out the door.
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Tidus walked down the hall, shaking his head in disgust at Sudit. "I swear he's gonna pay for this. How could anybody do this to her? Rikku's such a good person, why would anybody want to hurt her like this?" He asked himself. He looked in Squall's room and found it empty. The bed was made and everything was neat. "Looking for me?" a voice said from behind him. Tidus quickly spun around and breathed a sigh of relief as he saw Squall. "Yeah, I was looking for you. Did you sleep at all yesterday?" He asked with amazement. Squall shrugged. "Yeah, but I'm an early riser." He explained. Tidus shook his head. "Wow, that military training has really changed you man." He said with a bit of sadness in his voice. Squall smiled slightly. "Change is nothing new for me. I've had so much change in my life....mostly because of Rinoa." He said as he looked at the floor. Tidus scratched the back of his head. "You miss her, and it's bothering you, right?" He asked rhetorically. Squall looked up at him. "Is it that obvious?" He asked with a concerned look. Tidus nodded. "I know how you feel, it's tough." Squall nodded in agreement. "I just wish I knew where she is, whether she's ok or not, stuff like that....but all I've got is hope." He said sadly. Tidus punched him lightly in the shoulder. "Sometimes, you just gotta go on that, whether you want to or not. It's better than nothing, ya know?" He said. Squall smiled slightly. "Yeah, you're right I guess. I hope I find her soon. Thanks Tidus, that really helped me." He thanked Tidus. "Yeah no problem, let's go get some food already!" He whined impatiently. Squall laughed. "You know, despite all these changes, some things never seem to change." Tidus thought about it for a minute as Squall walked down the hall. "HEY!" He yelled as he finally caught on, running after him.
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"I wonder where we are now?" Zell asked. Irvine looked around. "I dunno, I hope we're getting close to some people." He said worredly. "Hey look, a village!" Rinoa called from up ahead. They all ran towards her and looked out past the palm trees. They could see a small village with huts and people walking in and out of them. "Alright! Food time!" Zell yelled as he started running towards the village. "Zell, wait up!" Irvine called. The girls looked at each other and all sighed, as they walked to catch up to their excited friends. A bunch of villagers walked out as Zell and Irvine approached. "Who are you? What do you want from us?" One villager asked. Zell opened his mouth to speak but Quistis put her hand over his mouth and shoved him out of the way. "Well, we got lost around here and we came to ask for some directions and some food if that's no problem." She asked nicely. "Ay, what's all the commotion about, ya?" A accented voice asked. They all looked over and saw a man with orange hair with a huge wave in the front wearing a yellow uniform and holding a blue and white ball in his hand. Right beside him was a angry looking woman, holding a baby in her arms. She had black hair, and one eye was covered by it and she wore a long black dress. However, something bothered Rinoa, as she noticed that her hands were glowing red. Being a sorceress, she knew that this meant she was preparing a fire spell of some sort. At this point, Quistis noticed too and she smiled nervously. "Um, hi, I'm Quistis Trepe, I'm an instructor at Balamb Garden." She introduced herself with a faltering smile. Wakka's eyes lit up for a second. "THE Balamb Garden? I never thought it was for real. Wow that's pretty cool, eh Lulu?" He smiled poking the woman beside him in the arm. She turned and glared at him, causing him to stop smiling and calm down. "Yes Wakka, it's great." She acknowledged. She cancelled the spell and the group breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's get you people some food, ya? You must be starvin, unless you were eatin some of those condors out there, those are good eatin's, ya?" Wakka said excitedly. Lulu rolled her eyes and walked back inside.
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"Wow these are pretty good burgers Wakka." Irivine said impressed. Rinoa made a face and passed hers to Zell. "I'm a vegetarian, I can't eat this stuff." She said disgustedly as she watched Zell gobble that one down. "Uh...Zell, I think you've had enough." Quistis cautioned him. He waved his hand and just kept eating. "That was only my fifth one! Gimme a break!" He protested, waving his hands at her. "Zell your gonna be soooo sick after this!" Selphie said with a giggle. Zell chose to ignore the comments and kept eating. Suddenly, a villager ran into Wakka and Lulu's hut. "Wakka! Lulu! Come quick, it's Sudit and he's gone nuts!" The villager breathed heavily in a panic and ran back out. Wakka looked at Lulu quickly and grabbed his blitzball. "Take Nilika to the neighbor's for now, we gotta go!" He yelled as he ran out of the hut. Everyone else got up and started running except Zell, who clutched his stomach as he ran out. "Ugh....wait up guys......" He murmed above his moaning stomach. Irvine and Quistis stopped and hleped him keep going as Lulu picked up her baby girl and hustled off to the neighbor's house.
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"Come on guys! We gotta make sure they're ok!" Tidus yelled from ahead as Yuna and Squall trailed from behind. "Don't worry Tidus, nothing's happened yet, it's alright." Yuna replied from behind. He stopped and tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for them to catch up. Finally they caught up and Tidus took off again. "Man, I wonder what his problem is?" Squall mumbled. "Shut up you guys I hear someone talking!" Tidus yelled.
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"Hello there villagers. Having fun today?" Sudit asked mockingly. "What the hell do you want?" Wakka yelled from the back of the crowd. "I don't want anything....except to make life HELL FOR ALL OF YOU!!!" He yelled as he laughed evilly. The crowd backed up a little. "Sudit....why?" A villager asked him. Sudit balled his hands up and threw an energy ball at him, sending him flying nearly towards the temple. His wife and kids ran over to him and checked to see him. Wakka angrily tried to go towards Sudit, but was held back by Lulu and Irvine. "What? You want some too Wakka? I always wanted to get revenge for that blitzball game." He laughed again. "I think it's time to do away with you miserable people for good!" He raised his hands above his head and started to buid a massive energy ball.
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"Oh shit that's Sudit!" Tidus yelled as he took off towards the entrance of the village, with Squall and Yuna right behind him. He charged at Sudit with a blinding rage and ran faster as he got closer.
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"NOW DIE!" Sudit yelled as he was bringing his hands down to fire. However, he got interrupted as Tidus ran up from behind and grabbed his arms, causing him to throw the ball into the air. Sudit and Tidus grappled for awhile until Sudit finally threw Tidus over his shoulder into the crowd. "Tidus! Get outta there!" Wakka called. Tidus simply leaped up and pulled out his sword. "You've done enough Sudit! This ends today!" Tidus yelled at him. Sudit simply smirked and materialzed a sword in his hands. "So it does." He put simply. He charged at Tidus and swung the sword, but he ducked and swung at Sudit, who blocked it and tried to drive him back. Tidus pushed back and they got stuck, until finally Sudit kicked Tidus' legs out from under him. He put the sword to his throat and grinned. "Any last words?" He asked cruelly. Suddenly the sword was knocked away and he was clutching his hand, which was bleeding from a blast. A little ways away, Yuna held two smoking guns in her hands, with a hard look on her face. Sudit bent over and picked up the sword again and watched as Tidus scrambled away towards Wakka and Lulu. "You little bitch, how dare you shoot me!" Sudit growled as he lept at Yuna. He prepared to swing the sword at her but Squall came out and blocked the attack with his gunblade. Rinoa's eyes lit up and she moved to the front of the crowd. "SQUALL!" She called out happily. Squall smiled slightly at her but remained concentrated on Sudit. The two began fighting, neither one able to land a blow until finally Squall pulled the trigger on his gunblade and shot Sudit's other hand, forcing him to grimace in pain. Squall slashed the sord again, but Sudit leapt away and floated in the air. "Looks like you guys got me this time, but I promise the result will be different next time. Until then!" He yelled as he flew away in a rage.
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"Wow, that was really good timing, ya?" Wakka said later that night as everyone sat out in front of the campfire in the town square. Tidus, who was now holding Yuna very close to himself nodded. "Yeah I guess so. Thanks for the help you guys, I was almost gone there." He said with relief in his voice. Squall nodded, who was also holding Rinoa close to himself. "I'm glad I finally found you guys, I thought you guys were goners." He said with equal relief in his voice. Rinoa laughed slightly. "We thought the same for you, but we kept looking." She said happily. So after exchanging stories about everyone's various adventures all over the place, they began to go their seperate ways. "Well, I guess we better decide who's going where now eh?" Zell said. Tidus nodded. "Me and Yuna are going back to the airship and I guess Squall and his friends can come with us cuz there's lots of room up there." Yuna nodded. "We don't want to disturb the baby, so it's probably best to do it that way." She agreed. Lulu smiled slightly. "Thanks, it would be nice to get some sleep for once." She sighed. Wakka chuckled a little. "Well in that case, we better get going then. Night guys!" He called out as he took Lulu's arm and led her back into the house. "Night!" Everyone called back.
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When everyone finally settled down, Squall and Rinoa went back to their room. Squall quietly shut the door behind him as he came back from talking to Tidus. He saw that Rinoa was already crawling into bed and waiting for him. "What a biitersweet this day has been." She said with a grim look on her face. Squall just about fell on the bed, he was so tired. "I can't believe how strong Tidus is, he was just a whiny brat when I last saw him. He's brave but he takes so many risks." He said. Rinoa laughed and poked him in the ribs. "It's just like you to be so critical of people." Squall smiled slightly. "Yeah, I guess you're right, but seriously." He stuck to his statement. She shrugged. "He really loves Yuna and he's always there for his friends, I can understand why he does things. Don't tell me you wouldn't do the same, Squall. I know you too well." She scolded. Squall lowered his head and accepted defeat. She really did know him too well, he decided. They sat in silence for awhile, just enjoying each other's company. "Rinoa, I'm so glad I found you, I don't know what I'd do without you." He said to her lovingly. She smiled and put her hand on his cheek. "I dunno what I'd do without you either. You always keep me in check when I get a little too wild, and you're always there for me." She said in return. Squall leaned over and kissed her tenderly. "Get some sleep, we're going to need it." He said seriously as he wrapped his arms around her, and within seconds they were both asleep.
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"How are you feeling Rikku?" Tidus asked softly. She smiled brightly. "Good as new! Look, even the bandages are off!" She smiled as she proudly showed him and Yuna. Yuna laughed slightly and patted her hand. "That's good Rikku, as long as you're ready. Take your time, don't rush yourself." She exdplained. Rikku nodded and looked at the floor. "It still hurts me in my heart....but I'll be alright." She said with a weak smile. Tidus wrapped her in a hug and held her close to him. "Always remember, we'll always be with you." He said as he let her go. Yuna wrapped her in a hug too and kissed her on the cheek. "Get some sleep, you still need it." She said as she let her go. Rikku's eyes teared up slightly and she laid down in bed. "Thanks guys, you're all I have left." She said sadly. Tidus scratched the back of his head and walked out with his head lowered "Night Rikku." Yuna waved slightly and closed the door behind her softly. "Sleep tight." She said softly as she went through.
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They both walked towards their rooms in silence, thinking about the rough state that everyone was in. "Wow, Rikku sure is in rough shape, hey?" Tidus said to Yuna. She nodded and took his hand. "We are all she has left. That's the worst part. Uncle Cid and Brother....all those innocent lives...." She trailed off and shook her head. "We have to be there for her all the time, otherwise she'll never make it." She said seriously. Tidus nodded. "That's for sure. I really hate to see her like this, she's usually so happy and bubbly." He said as he opened the door to their room. She walked in and he closed the door behind them. "What a honeymoon this has been, I thought it was supposed to be relaxed and peaceful?" Tidus said sarcastically. Yuna smiled slightly. "Well, at least we're together. That's all that matters to me." She said as she held him close.
Author's Note: Well this is a long one, I guess maybe to confirm that this story's going to continue,l and I'll feel alot better if I keep going and not stop now.