Bon Apetit! / Lean Cuisine
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Author's note: Err, another badly written chappie, gomen. -_-; The next one will be better, I promise. An additional note is provided at the end of the chapter for those of you who don't understand Japanese. ^^; And Sara, does the rice incident sound familiar to you at all? XD
As always, I do not claim ownership to FFX or any of it's characters, names, etc. ^_^;
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As Katie sat down on a stump by the fire, Rikku began dashed off to take care of some business of her own. Shifting uneasily, Katie decided to ask what she could do to help.
"Kimahri cook. Katie watch fire," the large blue beast rumbled.
"Eh, ok!" Katie squeaked and began to watch the fire intently.
A few minutes later, a pleasant aroma drifted through the campsite and Kimahri lifted the large pot out of the flames and set it off to the side. Rikku tossed a bucket of water from the nearby lake onto the red-hot flames, and the fire sizzled as it died down.
Seeing as everyone else was sitting down in a circle by the tents, Katie took that as a cute for her to do the same. She plopped herself down by Rikku and folded her legs in front of her.
"So, what's for dinner?" she inquired.
"Chicken and rice," Rikku replied. "My favorite out of the whole three different meal plans we're offered here!"
Katie chuckled, then quieted down as Yuna began to recite the dinnertime prayer.
Thinking to herself, Katie began wondering just how she had gotten here. I can't even remember what I was doing before I got here. It seems like I've lost my short term memory...
Katie's thoughts were cut off by Wakka announcing boisterously that everyone could dig in.
"Let's eat, ya!"
With that, everyone excluding Auron, Lulu, and Yuna, who had a bit more manners than the rest, dug into their food ferociously.
Eyeing the food hungrily, Katie grabbed her eating utensil and stabbed at it impatiently.
"Waiiii?!" she howled. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at Katie as she held her chopsticks in front of her at eye level, staring at them like she had never seen such a thing before.
"Chopsticks? But, but!" Katie stammered. "The rice doesn't stick!" She moaned as she unsuccessfully tried to scoop up some rice with the cylindrical pieces of wood.
Rikku giggled. "Here silly! Go like this!" Rikku demonstrated how to get the rice to stick together by mushing it on the side of the bowl. Katie watched curiously, intent on being able to eat her food with something other than her hands.
"Oh! Sou ka!* Thanks Rikku!" Katie exclaimed as she began to stuff gobs of rice and chicken into her mouth, one after another.
"Mmm! Thif if gooth!" Tidus complimented through a mouthful of food. His cheeks made him look like a squirrel who had stuffed too many nuts into its mouth.
"Don't talk with your mouth full," Lulu chastised. "It isn't polite, especially since we have a guest present."
Not wanting the conversation to turn hostile, and knowing full well that Tidus' temper was hard to keep under control, Katie took the role of peacemaker as fast as she could. Perhaps a even a little too fast...
"Oh, thath quithe awight, Woo Woo," Katie said with her mouth full.
Lulu turned and looked at her, surprised. Katie smiled as best she could, and waved meekly with a free hand. Lulu blinked, then returned to picking at her food.
"Aaah!" Wakka sighed, breaking the silence. "Tidus, you're ready for seconds, ya?"
"Oh yeh!" Tidus waved his arms in the air wildly. "When am I not?!"
"Pigs..." Lulu whispered, which caused Rikku and Katie to erupt into a fit of stifled giggles.
A bit confused as to why the two girls were laughing, Wakka looked around at the rest of the group. "Anyone else? Auron?"
"No thank you," Auron replied. "I've had quite enough already."
"Oh ok," said Wakka as he shrugged and trotted off with his and Tidus' bowls.
"So," Yuna began after wiping her hands off on a small cloth. "Your name is Katie, right? I'm Yuna."
"But you can call her Yunie!" Rikku interrupted and Yuna gave her a small smile.
"Uh huh! Tidus told me about you and everyone else," Katie said.
"Oh, and what did he say?" Yuna questioned, her eyes twinkling.
Tidus paled a bit, and Katie blinked. Lulu shifted a bit, trying to get a bit closer to the conversation.
"Well..." she started. "He said that you were High Summoner Braska's daughter, and he didn't say much else about the rest of you."
"Of course he didn't!" Wakka chuckled. "Everyone knows that Tidus has a crush on Miss Yuna here, ya!"
Tidus' face went beet red for about the third time that day, while Yuna's turned a light shade of pink.
"Ohhh!" Katie exclaimed. "I see how it is!" She winked at Tidus, who, believe it or not, turned even more red.
"So what's this Summoner business? Can you summon demons or something?" Katie asked. She really hoped that Yuna wasn't a demon summoner. The thought of someone doing that just gave her the creeps.
"Oh no! Of course not! Demons do bad, while aeons do good."
"Aeons?" Katie said the word carefully, wondering how the heck you would spell that.
"Yes. Aeons. They help us fight Sin." Yuna shuddered, and Lulu put an arm around her.
"Sin?" Katie knew about sin. Sin was bad, she had learned that when she was very little.
"Yes. We summoners must destroy Sin to bring the Calm."
Katie fell silent. An ominous feeling surrounded the conversation at hand, and she felt that if she continued, she might learn more than she wanted to know.
"...What village are you from?" Yuna asked, breaking the awkward silence. "It's odd that you don't know about Sin. Even Tidus kind of knew what it was."
"Oh, uhmm," Katie scratched the back of her head nervously, trying to think of a reply. "I come from the United Staes." she grinned. "Well, more like another world...I think."
Auron glanced up, then looked back down again just as quickly.
"Just like Tidus," Yuna murmured. "He came from Zanarkand. Have you ever heard of it?"
"Can't say I have," Katie answered. "We have Lithuania though, and Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia and Lichtenstein and..." Katie trailed off. "I'm really lost, aren't I?"
Yuna nodded her head slowly. "It seems so. But perhaps you will find a way to get...un-lost soon."
"Poor Katie!" Rikku said sympathetically. "I'll help ya find your way home! You can always count on Rikku."
"Thanks," Katie said gratefully. "But I'm not so sure how I'm going to manage to get there."
"Well, until you do figure out a way, perhaps you should get some sleep?" Yuna suggested. "It's getting pretty late, and I'm sure Sir Auron would like to get an early start tomorrow."
"Yeh," Katie stifled a yawn. "But where will I sleep?"
"I know!" Rikku jumped up. "You can share a tent with me n' Yunie n' Lulu. I'm sure everyone has some blankets and pillows that they can spare."
"That sounds like a great idea Rikku. I'll go show Katie where our tent is, and you can steal some blankets, ok?" Yuna said with a wink.
Steal? Katie thought. Eh, whatever. I must be imagining things.
Yuna led Katie to a large tent tucked in between two smaller ones. "Lulu, Rikku, and I will all share this tent with you. Kimahri and Auron are in the tent to the left, and Tidus and Wakka are in the tent to the right."
"Ok," Katie crawled inside. "I hope it isn't too much trouble for me to stay here."
"Nonsense," Yuna replied. "We couldn't just leave you out in the cold now, could we?"
"I guess not."
Rikku clambered into the tent, tugging a pile of blankets and a pillow in after her.
"Here y'are Katie!"
"Thanks!" Katie said gratefully as she began to arrange her blankets and pillow.
Pretty soon everyone inside the tent was curled up under their blankets. A loud snoring sound could be heard from the tent on the right. Katie sighed and pulled her pillow over her ears.
"Which one of them is it?" she asked. "I'll go over there and stuff my sock into his mouth!"
Yuna giggled. "We're not sure. None of us wanted to get close enough to find out, for fear of being blown away."
Katie laughed.
"Nighty-night," yawned Rikku.
"Pleasant dreams," Yuna said quietly.
Silence answered from Lulu's corner, and Katie assumed that the strange woman was already asleep.
"Sweet dreams you guys," she whispered. And with that, Katie was fast asleep.
* Sou ka - "I see" in Japanese. :D
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Author's note: Err, another badly written chappie, gomen. -_-; The next one will be better, I promise. An additional note is provided at the end of the chapter for those of you who don't understand Japanese. ^^; And Sara, does the rice incident sound familiar to you at all? XD
As always, I do not claim ownership to FFX or any of it's characters, names, etc. ^_^;
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As Katie sat down on a stump by the fire, Rikku began dashed off to take care of some business of her own. Shifting uneasily, Katie decided to ask what she could do to help.
"Kimahri cook. Katie watch fire," the large blue beast rumbled.
"Eh, ok!" Katie squeaked and began to watch the fire intently.
A few minutes later, a pleasant aroma drifted through the campsite and Kimahri lifted the large pot out of the flames and set it off to the side. Rikku tossed a bucket of water from the nearby lake onto the red-hot flames, and the fire sizzled as it died down.
Seeing as everyone else was sitting down in a circle by the tents, Katie took that as a cute for her to do the same. She plopped herself down by Rikku and folded her legs in front of her.
"So, what's for dinner?" she inquired.
"Chicken and rice," Rikku replied. "My favorite out of the whole three different meal plans we're offered here!"
Katie chuckled, then quieted down as Yuna began to recite the dinnertime prayer.
Thinking to herself, Katie began wondering just how she had gotten here. I can't even remember what I was doing before I got here. It seems like I've lost my short term memory...
Katie's thoughts were cut off by Wakka announcing boisterously that everyone could dig in.
"Let's eat, ya!"
With that, everyone excluding Auron, Lulu, and Yuna, who had a bit more manners than the rest, dug into their food ferociously.
Eyeing the food hungrily, Katie grabbed her eating utensil and stabbed at it impatiently.
"Waiiii?!" she howled. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to stare at Katie as she held her chopsticks in front of her at eye level, staring at them like she had never seen such a thing before.
"Chopsticks? But, but!" Katie stammered. "The rice doesn't stick!" She moaned as she unsuccessfully tried to scoop up some rice with the cylindrical pieces of wood.
Rikku giggled. "Here silly! Go like this!" Rikku demonstrated how to get the rice to stick together by mushing it on the side of the bowl. Katie watched curiously, intent on being able to eat her food with something other than her hands.
"Oh! Sou ka!* Thanks Rikku!" Katie exclaimed as she began to stuff gobs of rice and chicken into her mouth, one after another.
"Mmm! Thif if gooth!" Tidus complimented through a mouthful of food. His cheeks made him look like a squirrel who had stuffed too many nuts into its mouth.
"Don't talk with your mouth full," Lulu chastised. "It isn't polite, especially since we have a guest present."
Not wanting the conversation to turn hostile, and knowing full well that Tidus' temper was hard to keep under control, Katie took the role of peacemaker as fast as she could. Perhaps a even a little too fast...
"Oh, thath quithe awight, Woo Woo," Katie said with her mouth full.
Lulu turned and looked at her, surprised. Katie smiled as best she could, and waved meekly with a free hand. Lulu blinked, then returned to picking at her food.
"Aaah!" Wakka sighed, breaking the silence. "Tidus, you're ready for seconds, ya?"
"Oh yeh!" Tidus waved his arms in the air wildly. "When am I not?!"
"Pigs..." Lulu whispered, which caused Rikku and Katie to erupt into a fit of stifled giggles.
A bit confused as to why the two girls were laughing, Wakka looked around at the rest of the group. "Anyone else? Auron?"
"No thank you," Auron replied. "I've had quite enough already."
"Oh ok," said Wakka as he shrugged and trotted off with his and Tidus' bowls.
"So," Yuna began after wiping her hands off on a small cloth. "Your name is Katie, right? I'm Yuna."
"But you can call her Yunie!" Rikku interrupted and Yuna gave her a small smile.
"Uh huh! Tidus told me about you and everyone else," Katie said.
"Oh, and what did he say?" Yuna questioned, her eyes twinkling.
Tidus paled a bit, and Katie blinked. Lulu shifted a bit, trying to get a bit closer to the conversation.
"Well..." she started. "He said that you were High Summoner Braska's daughter, and he didn't say much else about the rest of you."
"Of course he didn't!" Wakka chuckled. "Everyone knows that Tidus has a crush on Miss Yuna here, ya!"
Tidus' face went beet red for about the third time that day, while Yuna's turned a light shade of pink.
"Ohhh!" Katie exclaimed. "I see how it is!" She winked at Tidus, who, believe it or not, turned even more red.
"So what's this Summoner business? Can you summon demons or something?" Katie asked. She really hoped that Yuna wasn't a demon summoner. The thought of someone doing that just gave her the creeps.
"Oh no! Of course not! Demons do bad, while aeons do good."
"Aeons?" Katie said the word carefully, wondering how the heck you would spell that.
"Yes. Aeons. They help us fight Sin." Yuna shuddered, and Lulu put an arm around her.
"Sin?" Katie knew about sin. Sin was bad, she had learned that when she was very little.
"Yes. We summoners must destroy Sin to bring the Calm."
Katie fell silent. An ominous feeling surrounded the conversation at hand, and she felt that if she continued, she might learn more than she wanted to know.
"...What village are you from?" Yuna asked, breaking the awkward silence. "It's odd that you don't know about Sin. Even Tidus kind of knew what it was."
"Oh, uhmm," Katie scratched the back of her head nervously, trying to think of a reply. "I come from the United Staes." she grinned. "Well, more like another world...I think."
Auron glanced up, then looked back down again just as quickly.
"Just like Tidus," Yuna murmured. "He came from Zanarkand. Have you ever heard of it?"
"Can't say I have," Katie answered. "We have Lithuania though, and Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia and Lichtenstein and..." Katie trailed off. "I'm really lost, aren't I?"
Yuna nodded her head slowly. "It seems so. But perhaps you will find a way to get...un-lost soon."
"Poor Katie!" Rikku said sympathetically. "I'll help ya find your way home! You can always count on Rikku."
"Thanks," Katie said gratefully. "But I'm not so sure how I'm going to manage to get there."
"Well, until you do figure out a way, perhaps you should get some sleep?" Yuna suggested. "It's getting pretty late, and I'm sure Sir Auron would like to get an early start tomorrow."
"Yeh," Katie stifled a yawn. "But where will I sleep?"
"I know!" Rikku jumped up. "You can share a tent with me n' Yunie n' Lulu. I'm sure everyone has some blankets and pillows that they can spare."
"That sounds like a great idea Rikku. I'll go show Katie where our tent is, and you can steal some blankets, ok?" Yuna said with a wink.
Steal? Katie thought. Eh, whatever. I must be imagining things.
Yuna led Katie to a large tent tucked in between two smaller ones. "Lulu, Rikku, and I will all share this tent with you. Kimahri and Auron are in the tent to the left, and Tidus and Wakka are in the tent to the right."
"Ok," Katie crawled inside. "I hope it isn't too much trouble for me to stay here."
"Nonsense," Yuna replied. "We couldn't just leave you out in the cold now, could we?"
"I guess not."
Rikku clambered into the tent, tugging a pile of blankets and a pillow in after her.
"Here y'are Katie!"
"Thanks!" Katie said gratefully as she began to arrange her blankets and pillow.
Pretty soon everyone inside the tent was curled up under their blankets. A loud snoring sound could be heard from the tent on the right. Katie sighed and pulled her pillow over her ears.
"Which one of them is it?" she asked. "I'll go over there and stuff my sock into his mouth!"
Yuna giggled. "We're not sure. None of us wanted to get close enough to find out, for fear of being blown away."
Katie laughed.
"Nighty-night," yawned Rikku.
"Pleasant dreams," Yuna said quietly.
Silence answered from Lulu's corner, and Katie assumed that the strange woman was already asleep.
"Sweet dreams you guys," she whispered. And with that, Katie was fast asleep.
* Sou ka - "I see" in Japanese. :D