Authors Note: I do not own Rikku or any of the main FFX terms used. I do,
however, own Vlin. :D
** Chapter 1 START **
Rikku looked down from her perch high above the rafters of the Blitzball stadium in Luca. The crowd of people was astounding. Why she, of all people, had to play lookout was beyond her. Besides, what was she looking for? She dropped her hands in utter confusion. A small chime rang in her ear as her other lookout prepared to ask her a question.
"Kysa cdyndc eh veja sehidac," He said, a slight crackle in his voice due to the transmitter.
Rikku pressed the button on her shoulder. "E ghuf E ghuf. Lyh fa hud cbayg eh Ym Prat?"
Another chime. "Oh all right. Any idea what we're looking for?"
"Not at all. Anything unusual, ya know?"
"Sure..."
"You don't sound very optimistic." Rikku said to him.
"Well, we have no idea what we're up here doing, so what else is there?"
Blink. "Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"The arena. Something's wrong with the arena."
Rikku jumped off her perch and bounced from rafter to rafter. "Rikku!" the other lookout shouted, "Fa'na hud cibbucat du mayja uin bucd!"
"So what! I saw what we're supposed to be looking for!" she shouted back.
"Uhhg.. Rikku, you're hopeless." The figure on the other side of the stadium began his descent.
"And where do you think you're going?" She asked.
"You're going to need help and you know it. There're guards a-l --e- th- -la--."
"You're breaking up Vlin."
"I said there are guards all over the place!"
"Okay.. So I just tell them that there's a problem with the arena!"
"Umm.. Rikku, in case you havn't noticed... You're Al Bhed."
"Oh... Right. So... what'chya suggest?"
"Why don't we meet up, and then get in together. We'd have a better chance that way."
"Right." Rikku stopped jumping a moment to see where Vlin was.
"Why'd you stop?"
Rikku gazed down at the crowd. "I don't think any of them have even noticed the flickering of the Arena barrier."
Thump. Rikku turned her head to the right, now looking eye to eye with a young man.
"Hi," he said between breaths.
"About time you caught up."
"What? I was way over there!" Vlin wiped his emerald-green eyes and brushed the crimson-red hair from them as he did. His clothes were erratic, as the left sleeve of his shirt was long and a deep blue while his right sleeve was short and white. Attached to his right sleeve was a red mesh that fell over his wrists. His hands were gloved, with the fingers cut from them. The pants he wore were the same way, only opposite. His right pant leg was long and blue, and the left pant leg was short and white. Attached to his left pant leg was the same mesh that was on his right sleeve, and it fell to his black boots. "Now, where do you think we should go?"
Rikku pointed to an aisle way. "There."
Vlin nodded and jumped to another rafter. Rikku followed suit. They did this for a few rafters until they were above the aisle they wanted. Rikku and Vlin both reached into their packs and pulled out a small device that they held in their hands. They attached an end to the rafter, and looked at each other.
"Ready?" Rikku asked.
"Ready."
Another nod, and they both jumped off the rafter. Their handheld repellers let wire out as they descended on the crowd. When they landed, they both pressed a button on the straps on their packs, causing the repellers to retract and return to the rafter.
"Now. Where to?" Vlin asked.
"Away from the guards?" Rikku responded.
"Hey! You two! What are you doing?" A male voice bellowed.
Rikku and Vlin both turned to look at the guard.
"Hi!" Rikku said. "We... We're here... to do maintenance on the arena!"
The guard looked at them. "Why would repairmen be doing work on the arena when the game's about to start?"
"Well... It's not like we're going to turn it off or anything, just make adjustments while it's running." Vlin responded.
The guard eyed Vlin and Rikku. "ID's?"
"Umm... Sure!" Rikku said.
"HEY!" Vlin shouted. "Give that lady's pack back!" He was looking behind the guard at a young man who was going up the stairs.
"Wha-What?" The guard turned quickly to see the young man go down a hall. "GET BACK HERE!" he shouted as he began to chase. "You two wait here."
Vlin looked at Rikku with a grin and quickly ran the other direction as the guard disappeared from sight. The crowd began cheering as the BlitzBall players walked out and entered the Arena. Rikku stopped suddenly and looked at the arena again. Vlin stopped shortly after.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We have to hurry up, or it's going to destabilize." Rikku responded.
Vlin nodded, and the two ran as quickly as they could to the nearest arena exit.
** Chapter 1 END **
Authors Notes: Okay... So this is not only my introduction of Vlin, but my first FF based fic. I must say that Rikku will be fun to write about, and who knows? Maybe some other FF charas might make an appearance. I've got a lot of ideas for this story, from crossovers to strange happenings.. but I havn't decided.. Oh, here's an Al Bhed translation for you. :D
Kysa cdyndc eh veja sehidac - Game starts in five minutes.
E ghuf E ghuf. Lyh fa hud cbayg eh Ym Prat - I know I know. Can we not speak in Al Bhed?
Fa'na hud cibbucat du mayja uin bucd - We're not supposed to leave our post.
** Chapter 1 START **
Rikku looked down from her perch high above the rafters of the Blitzball stadium in Luca. The crowd of people was astounding. Why she, of all people, had to play lookout was beyond her. Besides, what was she looking for? She dropped her hands in utter confusion. A small chime rang in her ear as her other lookout prepared to ask her a question.
"Kysa cdyndc eh veja sehidac," He said, a slight crackle in his voice due to the transmitter.
Rikku pressed the button on her shoulder. "E ghuf E ghuf. Lyh fa hud cbayg eh Ym Prat?"
Another chime. "Oh all right. Any idea what we're looking for?"
"Not at all. Anything unusual, ya know?"
"Sure..."
"You don't sound very optimistic." Rikku said to him.
"Well, we have no idea what we're up here doing, so what else is there?"
Blink. "Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"The arena. Something's wrong with the arena."
Rikku jumped off her perch and bounced from rafter to rafter. "Rikku!" the other lookout shouted, "Fa'na hud cibbucat du mayja uin bucd!"
"So what! I saw what we're supposed to be looking for!" she shouted back.
"Uhhg.. Rikku, you're hopeless." The figure on the other side of the stadium began his descent.
"And where do you think you're going?" She asked.
"You're going to need help and you know it. There're guards a-l --e- th- -la--."
"You're breaking up Vlin."
"I said there are guards all over the place!"
"Okay.. So I just tell them that there's a problem with the arena!"
"Umm.. Rikku, in case you havn't noticed... You're Al Bhed."
"Oh... Right. So... what'chya suggest?"
"Why don't we meet up, and then get in together. We'd have a better chance that way."
"Right." Rikku stopped jumping a moment to see where Vlin was.
"Why'd you stop?"
Rikku gazed down at the crowd. "I don't think any of them have even noticed the flickering of the Arena barrier."
Thump. Rikku turned her head to the right, now looking eye to eye with a young man.
"Hi," he said between breaths.
"About time you caught up."
"What? I was way over there!" Vlin wiped his emerald-green eyes and brushed the crimson-red hair from them as he did. His clothes were erratic, as the left sleeve of his shirt was long and a deep blue while his right sleeve was short and white. Attached to his right sleeve was a red mesh that fell over his wrists. His hands were gloved, with the fingers cut from them. The pants he wore were the same way, only opposite. His right pant leg was long and blue, and the left pant leg was short and white. Attached to his left pant leg was the same mesh that was on his right sleeve, and it fell to his black boots. "Now, where do you think we should go?"
Rikku pointed to an aisle way. "There."
Vlin nodded and jumped to another rafter. Rikku followed suit. They did this for a few rafters until they were above the aisle they wanted. Rikku and Vlin both reached into their packs and pulled out a small device that they held in their hands. They attached an end to the rafter, and looked at each other.
"Ready?" Rikku asked.
"Ready."
Another nod, and they both jumped off the rafter. Their handheld repellers let wire out as they descended on the crowd. When they landed, they both pressed a button on the straps on their packs, causing the repellers to retract and return to the rafter.
"Now. Where to?" Vlin asked.
"Away from the guards?" Rikku responded.
"Hey! You two! What are you doing?" A male voice bellowed.
Rikku and Vlin both turned to look at the guard.
"Hi!" Rikku said. "We... We're here... to do maintenance on the arena!"
The guard looked at them. "Why would repairmen be doing work on the arena when the game's about to start?"
"Well... It's not like we're going to turn it off or anything, just make adjustments while it's running." Vlin responded.
The guard eyed Vlin and Rikku. "ID's?"
"Umm... Sure!" Rikku said.
"HEY!" Vlin shouted. "Give that lady's pack back!" He was looking behind the guard at a young man who was going up the stairs.
"Wha-What?" The guard turned quickly to see the young man go down a hall. "GET BACK HERE!" he shouted as he began to chase. "You two wait here."
Vlin looked at Rikku with a grin and quickly ran the other direction as the guard disappeared from sight. The crowd began cheering as the BlitzBall players walked out and entered the Arena. Rikku stopped suddenly and looked at the arena again. Vlin stopped shortly after.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We have to hurry up, or it's going to destabilize." Rikku responded.
Vlin nodded, and the two ran as quickly as they could to the nearest arena exit.
** Chapter 1 END **
Authors Notes: Okay... So this is not only my introduction of Vlin, but my first FF based fic. I must say that Rikku will be fun to write about, and who knows? Maybe some other FF charas might make an appearance. I've got a lot of ideas for this story, from crossovers to strange happenings.. but I havn't decided.. Oh, here's an Al Bhed translation for you. :D
Kysa cdyndc eh veja sehidac - Game starts in five minutes.
E ghuf E ghuf. Lyh fa hud cbayg eh Ym Prat - I know I know. Can we not speak in Al Bhed?
Fa'na hud cibbucat du mayja uin bucd - We're not supposed to leave our post.