Forget Me Not
Chapter 3
And Three Makes Three
Spinning around looking at the guy who Shinn was going to Besaid with was that kid on the boat!
"Ahh! It's you!" I shrieked a little too loud, even for me.
"You two met?" Shinn asked.
"No. She was staring at me on the ship." He said in a very deep, very mature, voice. He seemed very serious and aloof from us even though he stood about three inches from me.
"Well introduce yourselves." Shinn said smiling a bit. He must think it's a little amusing with him introducing for once.
"Well I'm Rikku, machina expert." I proclaimed with incredible pride. "And what's your name?"
Looking at him I was trying to guess what his name could be. Vincent came to my mind first.
"I'm called Three." He said. I looked at him with a look of confusion and then it changed to seriousness after peering into his glowing blue eyes.
Of all the names in Spira I'd have to say that Three takes the cake for most unique. Not that it's a weird name or anything just I never knew people to name their children after numbers.
"Well when did the two of you plan to head for Besaid?" I asked them.
"The next boat leaves in the next half hour. I suggest you move your girlish self down there quickly." Three told me. What a jerk!
"Dammit! Why did I have to go and say that to her?"
The three of us began to hike back down through the jungle cutting anything in our way down. Shinn even tried on his Warrior costume.
It was a dark blue color, both pants and sleeveless shirt, with a brown belt with a symbol carved into it. His left shoulder had this large armor pad on it and his right arm had some form of tape going up to the elbow starting at a gauntlet by his wrist. His sword was a very large two handed weapon that I didn't think he could handle but even his skill with a blade that large could impress even Auron.
"That was refreshing." Three said placing his sword on his back, attaching to the magnetic strip on the belt around his shoulders.
"Seems like you know how to fight fiends, Three." I complimented.
He said nothing to me but I knew, deep down, he felt happy from the kind words. Eventually we were in the fiend free village. We had about five minutes until the ship departs.
"Better run guys!" Shinn called out dashing forwards towards the docks. He sure has a good sense of direction, knowing where the docks are from only being here a couple of hours.
We managed to make it onboard with time to spare. I sat on the railing of the deck and just let the sea breeze flow through my hair and relaxed.
"Rikku, have you ever been to Besaid?" Shinn asked me, and surprising me while doing it. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's ok. I've been there once, but I was just a little girl, probably around four or five. I barely remember it very much." I explained to him.
"Didn't you visit Yuna?" he asked.
"Well we were distant cousins then. I'm hoping she's there when we arrive." I told him.
"Me too. I still like her." He admitted.
He still likes her. Well I can't just tell him that I'd rather he like me better, it's his choice. I can't even remember the last time I had a steady boyfriend. It's been ages almost, in fact it's been never. My longest relationship with a guy that was considered serious was around three months.
"Well I'm going down below to take a nap. I was fighting fiends all day today." I told him shuffling down below to the cabins and finding my room.
As I changed back into my Thief outfit and removed my boots I began to start thinking why I had come along in the first place again.
"I guess I'm just pursuing a hopeless crush. Well I'm not giving up. If I can't win over Shinn's affection than I bet there will be other people out there that are even better than him!" I cried out jumping up high in the cabin.
"Keep it down over there!" I heard someone yell through the wall of a bordering cabin.
"I'm sorry." I said in a lower volume as my cheeks took on a bright shade of red from embarrassment.
Falling into the small bed and placing my face on the pillow I began to drift into sleep.
The ocean waves and the sounds of the sea helped me fall asleep quickly. I dreamt of the time when everyone was going across Gagazet's furious snowstorm and when Shinn and I both fell down into that cave area.
I don't know why but that was one of the most beautiful times I've ever had in my life. Granted a snowy subzero mountainside was hardly what I'd consider romantic it was special. Though I wished Shinn picked a better time to experiment with kissing, I took it seriously while he doesn't seem to realize what an impact it had on me.
Maybe he doesn't cause I never bothered to speak up to him about it. I guess I can't be blaming him completely, I never showed him signs that I was really depressed after that happened. Everything after that happened was when my depression began.
Losing Shinn I would always sit on the deck of the Airship and just think with the high speed winds blowing at my face. The calm and absoluteness of the sky were comforting to me. Then I figured that I could always try and be with Tidus after we all would defeat Sin, but then he turns out to be some dream and just vanishes.
I remember that day very well. It was only three days ago too. Nobody but Yuna knows it but I sat in my room on the Airship and cried the whole trip back, even in my sleep tears would continue to well up in my eyes. Maybe by being with Shinn I'm just hiding my depression. Well after dreaming rather sad things I awoke to the sounds of the sea. It was still calming me.
Stretching my body out and yawning loudly I got up and put my boots back on. We should be at Besaid any moment now.
I got all my gear together and exited my cabin. As I passed through the corridor I heard the most unusual sound from behind someone's door.
"Is someone, crying?" I asked myself softly leaving. I probably don't even know who it is.
"Why can't I ever do anything right? It always ends up this way!"
About three minutes later we arrived in Besaid on its wonderful beach.
"Wow, this place is marvelous!" Shinn said just bursting with wonder staring at this new location.
"Hey where do you think Three is? Not that I care!" I pouted.
"Probably coming along. It's not like he's traveling with us. I plan to stay here for awhile. And why don't you like him?" he asked me.
"He was a big meanie to me at Kilika! He should treat me with more respect." I said lowering my head and trying very hard to hide my depression.
"Well why don't we visit the village here, there is one right? Maybe Yuna is there." Shinn suggested.
"Yeah, let's go." I said following him.
From now on it's going to be mostly Rikku's point of view. Well I hope the story is appealing to some people out there.
Chapter 3
And Three Makes Three
Spinning around looking at the guy who Shinn was going to Besaid with was that kid on the boat!
"Ahh! It's you!" I shrieked a little too loud, even for me.
"You two met?" Shinn asked.
"No. She was staring at me on the ship." He said in a very deep, very mature, voice. He seemed very serious and aloof from us even though he stood about three inches from me.
"Well introduce yourselves." Shinn said smiling a bit. He must think it's a little amusing with him introducing for once.
"Well I'm Rikku, machina expert." I proclaimed with incredible pride. "And what's your name?"
Looking at him I was trying to guess what his name could be. Vincent came to my mind first.
"I'm called Three." He said. I looked at him with a look of confusion and then it changed to seriousness after peering into his glowing blue eyes.
Of all the names in Spira I'd have to say that Three takes the cake for most unique. Not that it's a weird name or anything just I never knew people to name their children after numbers.
"Well when did the two of you plan to head for Besaid?" I asked them.
"The next boat leaves in the next half hour. I suggest you move your girlish self down there quickly." Three told me. What a jerk!
"Dammit! Why did I have to go and say that to her?"
The three of us began to hike back down through the jungle cutting anything in our way down. Shinn even tried on his Warrior costume.
It was a dark blue color, both pants and sleeveless shirt, with a brown belt with a symbol carved into it. His left shoulder had this large armor pad on it and his right arm had some form of tape going up to the elbow starting at a gauntlet by his wrist. His sword was a very large two handed weapon that I didn't think he could handle but even his skill with a blade that large could impress even Auron.
"That was refreshing." Three said placing his sword on his back, attaching to the magnetic strip on the belt around his shoulders.
"Seems like you know how to fight fiends, Three." I complimented.
He said nothing to me but I knew, deep down, he felt happy from the kind words. Eventually we were in the fiend free village. We had about five minutes until the ship departs.
"Better run guys!" Shinn called out dashing forwards towards the docks. He sure has a good sense of direction, knowing where the docks are from only being here a couple of hours.
We managed to make it onboard with time to spare. I sat on the railing of the deck and just let the sea breeze flow through my hair and relaxed.
"Rikku, have you ever been to Besaid?" Shinn asked me, and surprising me while doing it. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's ok. I've been there once, but I was just a little girl, probably around four or five. I barely remember it very much." I explained to him.
"Didn't you visit Yuna?" he asked.
"Well we were distant cousins then. I'm hoping she's there when we arrive." I told him.
"Me too. I still like her." He admitted.
He still likes her. Well I can't just tell him that I'd rather he like me better, it's his choice. I can't even remember the last time I had a steady boyfriend. It's been ages almost, in fact it's been never. My longest relationship with a guy that was considered serious was around three months.
"Well I'm going down below to take a nap. I was fighting fiends all day today." I told him shuffling down below to the cabins and finding my room.
As I changed back into my Thief outfit and removed my boots I began to start thinking why I had come along in the first place again.
"I guess I'm just pursuing a hopeless crush. Well I'm not giving up. If I can't win over Shinn's affection than I bet there will be other people out there that are even better than him!" I cried out jumping up high in the cabin.
"Keep it down over there!" I heard someone yell through the wall of a bordering cabin.
"I'm sorry." I said in a lower volume as my cheeks took on a bright shade of red from embarrassment.
Falling into the small bed and placing my face on the pillow I began to drift into sleep.
The ocean waves and the sounds of the sea helped me fall asleep quickly. I dreamt of the time when everyone was going across Gagazet's furious snowstorm and when Shinn and I both fell down into that cave area.
I don't know why but that was one of the most beautiful times I've ever had in my life. Granted a snowy subzero mountainside was hardly what I'd consider romantic it was special. Though I wished Shinn picked a better time to experiment with kissing, I took it seriously while he doesn't seem to realize what an impact it had on me.
Maybe he doesn't cause I never bothered to speak up to him about it. I guess I can't be blaming him completely, I never showed him signs that I was really depressed after that happened. Everything after that happened was when my depression began.
Losing Shinn I would always sit on the deck of the Airship and just think with the high speed winds blowing at my face. The calm and absoluteness of the sky were comforting to me. Then I figured that I could always try and be with Tidus after we all would defeat Sin, but then he turns out to be some dream and just vanishes.
I remember that day very well. It was only three days ago too. Nobody but Yuna knows it but I sat in my room on the Airship and cried the whole trip back, even in my sleep tears would continue to well up in my eyes. Maybe by being with Shinn I'm just hiding my depression. Well after dreaming rather sad things I awoke to the sounds of the sea. It was still calming me.
Stretching my body out and yawning loudly I got up and put my boots back on. We should be at Besaid any moment now.
I got all my gear together and exited my cabin. As I passed through the corridor I heard the most unusual sound from behind someone's door.
"Is someone, crying?" I asked myself softly leaving. I probably don't even know who it is.
"Why can't I ever do anything right? It always ends up this way!"
About three minutes later we arrived in Besaid on its wonderful beach.
"Wow, this place is marvelous!" Shinn said just bursting with wonder staring at this new location.
"Hey where do you think Three is? Not that I care!" I pouted.
"Probably coming along. It's not like he's traveling with us. I plan to stay here for awhile. And why don't you like him?" he asked me.
"He was a big meanie to me at Kilika! He should treat me with more respect." I said lowering my head and trying very hard to hide my depression.
"Well why don't we visit the village here, there is one right? Maybe Yuna is there." Shinn suggested.
"Yeah, let's go." I said following him.
From now on it's going to be mostly Rikku's point of view. Well I hope the story is appealing to some people out there.