By Trista-Selphie
Chappy 4: You can see another world.....
A rather plump woman stood before a boiling pot of water. The knife in her hand slashed through the carrot soon to become a part of her famous stew. She hummed a soft melody while chopping the ingridents to her dinner. Her arms dumped the vegetables into the pot along with bits of herbs and spice. Her eyes then noticed something unusual.
"Oh dear, my window plants died." She gazed at the wilted flowers that sat outside on the windowsill. Upon opening the door, she was greeted by an unearthly stench. She immediately shut the window with quite a bit of force.
Knock knock. The door called for the cook's attention. She walked towards the door and was unexpectedly overcome with an uneasy feeling deep in her gut. Before she turned the knob, assuming to meet a friendly face, she peeked throught the tiny peep-hole. She was shocked with what she saw.
"Edward! Oh dear!" She exclaimed. Her eyes had just witnessed a horrible sight that she might never forget. Her next door neighbor was struck with zombie. She quickly bolted the door and rushed as fast as her old legs could take her to the windows, backdoor, and plug up any openings in the house. As she passed by the window in her state of panic, she saw the worst thing imaginable. A black mist was blowing from the water and a giant monster was swimming away from shore. Her hand threw up in the air and covered her gasping mouth.
"My baby!" She shouted. She lunged for the phone on the end table. Her large fingers amazingly dialed the correct numbers in a matter of seconds. Her ears were tingled by the familiar click noise and her frantic voice was heard on the recieving end of the telephone.
"Oh my baby! Thank the gods you are alright! I saw the most terrible thing! What? No, I'm not talking about seeing Mary Jane in those extremely obscene clothing, I saw a monster! I don't know, just one of the neighbors came and was acting strange and looked very weird. Yes, he was moving oddly and was discolored. You will come? Oh good! Be careful my baby! Don't get yourself hurt!"
Seifer woke to the sound of the beeping alarm. Quistis pushed her hand onto the clock, attempting to turn it off. She tried again and pushe ddown the Off button. Seifer rubbed his foregead, letting go of his wife whose head and arm rested on his muscular chest. Quistis quietly slept beside him, the sun beaming down at a perfect angle upon her skin.
"Quistis, I have to go on the mission, get up and say goodbye to me or at least come to breakfast with me." Seifer groaned. He sat on the edge of the bed pulling away the covers and slwoly he shuffled his feet to the bathroom. Quistis' eyes fluttered as she saw a sillhouette of Seifer through the shower curtain. Seifer watched as Quistis slipped into the shower her hair dripping dozens of drops while her naked body bounced off the droplets. Seifer widened his arms to embrace his wife under the flowing water. Seifer squeezed the body wash, caressing the strawberry scented liquid over her slender body. Seifer's large hands cupped around Quistis' breasts, cradling them in his hands as he washed underneath them. His eyes gazing at her body while Quistis brushed her hands through Seifer's hair with shampoo.
"Seifer. You'll come back okay right?" Quistis' voice tingled through Seifer's ears above the sound of the shower. He nodded and kissed Quistis' forehead. He placed his large hand on her stomach, her own hands cupped around his. Seifer's free hand held the back of Quistis' head as she rested it upon his chest. Through the drops of tap water, a tear from Quistis' blue eyes mixed with drops from the shower, falling to the ground and down the drain.
An icy breath released from her chapped lips, a song in playing in her mind, and voices ahead that she paid no mind to. She flipped her blonde hair, her hair ornaments following the moment, clanging together and echoing through the cold caverns. Her cousin walked beside a man with blue fur and a woman in black. Inside the girl's head flowed memories that replayed over and over.
'Rikku! Thank you for joining me and Yuna together.'
'Ya know, he cares about you, just not the way you think. You get it yea?'
'Rikku, my cousin, I have been through so much, you don't understand.'
'Hmph, when are you going to grow up?'
'Kid, you should just stay out of this. This isn't your story.'
'Well when is it going to be my story Auron? The entire time, I didn't play that much of a part. I didn't do anything but save Tidus. Even me saving his life wasn't enough for him to love me.' Rikku's inner self thought. Her eyes gazed at her cousin, Yuna. Yuna smiled brightly for Kimahri. Rikku knew that this would be the last time they would see him in a long time. Kimahri had found another of his kind. The last one besides him of his species. He had returned to Gagazett Mountains to meet her and rebuild his home. Yuna knew that this was something important to her guardian and allowed him to leave her.
"Kimahri, I will miss you." Yuna said through her falling tears. Lulu bowed her head in agreement. Rikku smiled gently for Kimahri, trying to stay focused with what was happening outside of her thoughts.
"Kimahri will miss you Yuna." Yuna wrapped her arms around Kimahri. Kimahri smiled for Yuna and left for the mountaintop. Yuna waved goodbye and Rikku turned on her cheerfulness. She jumped up and down, waving her arm from side to side. Kimahri left their sights in minutes, his furry legs carrying him to the top to meet his mate. Yuna turned with Lulu and began to walk away from the site. Rikku kept staring as the pair walking past her. Yuna's eyes and cheeks were rosy and Lulu's hand was comforting her on the shoulder.
'Rikku.'
"What was that?" Rikku whispered. She heard her name call out again. She turned to ask Lulu and Yuna if they had heard the sound, but did not want to bother Yuna or Lulu with her questions. Her name was called out once more, this time, as if it was beckoning her to come to the side of the mountain. She walked to the side of the mountain, without Lulu or Yuna knowing. Rikku turned again and saw a glimpse of her companions.
"Its not like they would care if I went astray. They might even be glad. They don't know anything that I have been through. All the while, through this pain, that I have been smiling to cover my pain up. They don't care if I disappear. Maybe this voice will help me find my special someone just for me." Rikku whispered to herself as she walked to the other side. She walked through the bridge of ice and was standing on a cliff. She remembered the place. It was where she and the others fought Seymour. The voice stopped calling and her thoughts fell silent.
"There's nothing here. I should turn back. What a fool I can be. No wonder they get annoyed by me." Rikku said. As she began to leave, a warm hand rested on her shoulder. She jerked her head to be face to face with a familiar one.
"Rikku. Remember me?" The man stood with a cheesy smile on his handsome face. He stretched his arms out and wrapped them around Rikku. Rikku smiled at the sight. She moved her hands up and down the man's arms to see if what was in front of her was real.
"Tidus!"
"Rikku. I need you to listen to me." Tidus clamped his hands down on her shoulders. His face morphed into a serious one that stared deep into the Al Bhed eyes that belonged to Rikku. Rikku nodded and focused her attention to Tidus. Tidus took a deep breath and rubbed his hands over Rikku's shoulders.
"Yuna never beat Sin. Sin was a coward and ran off. He disappeared to another dimesion, one that now is in deep trouble and has no idea what to do. I am here to take you there to defeat him." Rikku shook her head and brushed away Tidus' hands. She backed up and fell to the ground.
"Why don't you call for the summoner back there huh? I'm not someone that can defeat Sin, she can!" Rikku shouted to Tidus. Tidus shook his head and faced it towards the abyss.
"Because she no longer has the power inside of her to defeat Sin. Her heart, soul, and blood went into defeating Sin and she damaged him greatly. Sadly, her efforts weren't enough, she used all of her power and still didn't do the job. With our last bits of strength, Jeckt, Seymour, Auron and I came together to send me here to get you. You are the only one who can defeat Sin now."
"Why me?"
"Because you are the only one that has the same blood as her now. As the only one left she is related to by blood, you are the only one who can truly defeat Sin now. Her blood and her spirit that you two share as relatives is now imprinted into Sin. Only someone that is one with Sin can defeat him and you're that one." Tidus held out his hand. His eyes and face turning back into the affectionate face she had grown to love.
"Tidus. I don't know. Can I really do that? Will I fail too?"
"No Rikku. You can do it."
"Then I'll go with you." Rikku grabbed Tidus' hand and smiled. Tears fell down gracefully with the curves of her face. Her lip quivered as she struggled to smile for Tidus.
"Rikku, promise me that you'll do this. Promise me that you'll defeat Sin, that my nightmare can end." Rikku nodded and the two leapt off the cliff together.
At the bottom of the mountain, Yuna and Lulu turned to see if Rikku was still following close behind them. To their surprise she was not there. Yuna heard a whistle above her. She stared up into the sky, feeling the snowflakes hit his china doll face. Just then, she saw the image of Rikku's body falling through the sky. Unconcious and head first, back towards the ground, her body dived. Yuna lunged to the ground to catch Rikku, but Rikku fell through her body in a bright light, disappearing before her eyes.
"Not again! No!" Yuna shouted. She balled up on the snow covered ground. Tidus appeared beside her and held her. His lips gently kissed her own and then he smiled.
"Yuna, I'll be back one day. I'll whistle for you. I love you. My Yuna." Yuna and Tidus kissed once more, but Tidus slowly disappeared as the kiss went on. She opened her eyes to see nothing more than dazzling sparkles that faded with the snowflakes.
"Rikku, you save this world okay? You save all the worlds from this evil. And you better get back to tell the story." Rikku heard the cheerful voice of Tidus in her mind as she fell through time and worlds. She could feel the wind break before her as she fell. She opened her eyes to see the image of Tidus smiling. His body was deteriorating into sparkles that flew up in the air as the wind pulled itself together after her. Her tears flew in the air with Tidus as he journeyed slowly to the Farplane. Rikku's eyes closed slowly as she gathered up her strength to say what she had always wanted to say to Tidus. She opened her mouth and spoke three words.
"I loved you."
See ya guys in chappy 5! Hope you liked this chappy!