I lay on the ground, quivering in pain. They didn't understand.Tidus and that man with the blitzball just beating the living daylights out of me?! They must have thought that I was trying to kidnap Yuna. But I was doing anything but that. I hope they aren't Al Bhed haters, especially since Yunie herself is half Al Bhed. Who knows, they may not even know. Well, in a way I was trying to kidnap Yuna. But not for a bad cause. The pilgrimages have to stop! The summoners don't deserve to die like that, even if it means living in fear of Sin forever. Why doesn't anyone else understand that?

Suddenly, I see a familiar looking man walking toward me. He is blonde with a yellow short shirt, blue overall shorts, gloves, yellow high- tops, and a sword in his hand. He stands over me, looking at my shaking body on the ground.
"You're.not dead?" he asks. With the little strength left in me, I stand up, and get out of my wetsuit, helmet and goggles. The man, who could only be Tidus, stares at me as if I have nothing underneath my wetsuit. I had a better chance of getting into a temple with the guards knowing I'm an Al Bhed! I flip my golden locks out from the neck of my vest.
"Thought I was done for, back there." I croak. Tidus seems to recognize who I am, as he rapidly shakes my hands.
"Rikku! You're Rikku! Hey, you're okay! How ya been?"
"Terrible!" I whine.
"Yeah." Tidus says, his eyes lurking with concern. "You don't look so good. What happened?" He's more thickheaded than I thought.
"YOU beat me up, remember?" I ask sharply, an unintentional coldness in my voice.
"Oh!" he cries. "That machina.that was you?"
"That really hurt, you know!" I whine. "You big meanie!"
"W-Wait! You attacked us!" he protested.
"Nuh-uh! It's not exactly what you think!" I shot back.
"Yo!" said another voice. The voice came from a man with yellow overalls, spiky red hair, and a blitzball under his arm. I gaped. That's the man who attacked me, along with Tidus! He is followed by a Ronso with half a horn, a woman with a black dress with belts on the front of it, her hair in a ponytail with multiple braids, a man with a samurai robe and a samurai sword, and a girl with a white shirt, dark blue skirt, and decoration earring in her left ear.
"Friend of yours?" asked the red haired man.
"Uh," Tidus stammered. "You could say that."
"Pleased to meet you!" I piped up. "I'm Rikku!"
"Yuna, Lulu, I told you about her, remember? She's the one who helped me before I washed up on Besaid! She's an Al Bhed...beh..." he stuttered. Was someone in that group an Al Bhed hater? Oh no.

(A/N: You like? As I said, it's my first fic so be nice, okiday? If you review I'll give you a big cookie!!!!)