Misplaced
By: Rikkoshaye
Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim to own any of the characters in Final Fantasy X, or anything Final Fantasy related. Do not sue me, unless you want a moldy cookie and a few pennies.
Updated August 8th, 2007
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- Food Fiasco -
Clunk.
Ker-thump.
"Grandma!"
Eyes wide I watched as my grandma fell to the ground, resembling a pile of old, wrinkly cloths. Sucking in a breath I stared disbelievingly, wrapping a hand around my brother, who was curled around my waist.
Auron stood above his victim, rubbing his hand absentmindedly as he looked down at her limp form. My sister, who had just entered our house and had seen what had happened, quickly fell to the ground and started yelling my grandma's name, pushing her back and forth anxiously. My brother, arms still latched around my waist, looked down in disbelief.
"Your grandmother has an unusually hard head..." Auron said, stepping backwards. Still in shock I said nothing, just stared. But my sister was a different story.
"What... what did you DO?" Standing up quickly she stalked over to Auron, eyes squelched and hands on her hips. "YOU KILLED MY GRANDMA!" A huge sob racked her body and she turned back to the human laying on the ground, flinging herself back down at her. My brother, very confused, began to cry, hugging me tight and burying his face into my waist. Auron just looked at both of them, bewildered, as did the rest of the team.
"You just knocked her out, right?" I said in a calm voice that even surprised myself. Auron nodded, his hand dropping to his side.
"Of course." I watched at Yuna walked forward, bare feet tapping quietly on the wood floor.
"Hey, don't cry now. You heard Sir Auron, she's just knocked out. She'll be fine." Yuna rubbed her hand comfortingly on my sister's back, slowly taking her arm and pulling her up. My brother, who's sobs were just as loud as before, was quickly becoming angry cries as well.
"Why did you do that? Huh? Why did you kill my grandma?" He pulled himself loose from my grasp and walked a few steps toward Auron, who looked down at him with a hint of confusion on his face. It was like he had never dealt with children before.
"I did not kill her. She could not be allowed to see us. It would result in something... unsatisfactory." Auron turned his head to look at the scene he had created, his face becoming calm again. Walking up to my brother I pulled him back, looking down at him.
"Hey, Zach, calm down. If grandma saw all these people here, she would have freaked." Sniffling my brother looked up at me with hatred, quickly wrenching himself from my grasp.
"I'm gunna call dad and tell on you!"
No, Zach! No!" Grabbing his arm I yanked him back, watching as his butt hit the floor. Looking up at me his face turned into an even bigger frown, and he began to cry even harder.
"Your always doing stuff dad doesn't want you to! I hate you! Leave me alone!" Picking himself up he ran wailing up the stairs, toward his room. Running past me Rikku followed him, turning to me as she pranced by.
"I'll take care of this, okay?" I nodded, and turned back to my grandma.
"She's just knocked out, see?" Yuna said, touching my grandma's neck and watching as my sibling did the same. My sister's crying had subsided into a few sniffles, as they scrutinized my grandma. Lulu was busy getting a wet rag for her forehead, and Wakka was watching from afar, while Kimahri was looking down with his usual stoic look. Walking up to them I passed Auron, giving him a slight frown.
"You shouldn't have done that."
"And what else was I to do? Get us kicked out by an old knave?" Cocking an eyebrow he waited for my answer, a small half-smile touching his lips. Not able to hold back a small giggle I punched him lightly, turning to my grandma.
"You have a point there, mister 'tight ass.'" Looking back at him I cocked my own eyebrow, meeting his small frown.
"'Tight ass?'"
Laughing I kneeled down to my grandma, looking over at my sister.
"Who are these people, Sara?" Looking over at Yuna, who was turning my grandma over onto her back and motioning to Kimahri, I poked my head out of the mudroom, and spotted Tidus watching the end of the Soap Opera on TV. Rolling my eyes I pulled my sister over, and pointed.
"Do you see him?" My sister squinted, finally noticing the blonde hairs poking over the couch back.
"Yeah. Who is it?" Clearing my throat I cupped a hand around my mouth.
"Tidus?"
"Yeah?" Seemingly unaware of the commotion he looked over at me, one eye still on the TV screen.
"Now, Emily, where have you seen this face before?" My sister had only played a little of FFX. Just enough to realize that she thought Tidus was hot. Squinting I watched as she tried to place where she had saw this man, and then her eyeballs grew large.
"He looks just like that guy, from Final Fantasy or whatever..." Making a little gun sign with my hand I pointed it at Tidus's head, and pretended to shoot at him.
"Bingo."
"Wait, but that means... That those movies were made with real people! And that this guy is a movie star!" Forgetting completely about our grandma my sister scrambled upwards, flinging herself over the couch and into Tidus's lap. Rolling my eyes I turned around, and bumped right smack into Kimahri's shin.
"Whoa, what are you guys doing?" Looking up I saw that Yuna and Kimahri both had a hold on my grandma, and were walking slowly out of the mudroom.
"Kimahri and Yuna taking grandma upstairs."
"What?" I looked at them, bewildered.
"Your grandma can't stay down here. As long as she was knocked out, she would get in the way. And by the looks of it..." Yuna pulled some hair back from my grandma's head, revealing a rather large bump, "She'll be out for a while."
"A long while." Lulu added, placing the wet cloth gently onto my grandma's forehead. Scrambling up onto my feet I watched them go, passing my descending brother as they brought her up the stairs.
"Hey little man! How ya doing, ya?" Looking behind my shoulder I saw Wakka holding out a hand in a 'high five' way, his pink shirt dangling from one arm. I wasn't the only one who was relieved he had finally taken the thing off, I could see that.
"Leave me alone." My brother shot me a venom-like look, and stepped closer to Rikku who was leading him to us. Listening I heard Tidus boasting about his Blitzball tournaments in the background, and my sister sucking it in like a sponge. Rolling my eyes for the umpteenth time I watched as my brother came to a stop beside me, not daring to look me in the eye.
"So... when is dinner, ya?" Breathing in quickly I snapped my fingers, looking over at the fridge.
"That's right! Who's hungry?"
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After Wakka had set the table and Yuna, Kimahri, and Lulu had came back from putting my grandma in my parents bed and Tidus's Soap Opera was done, Rikku and Auron began dishing out the food.
"Man, you guys eat a lot..." I said, looking at the amount of food piled on each of their plates. We all had to give a little to my brother and sister, but compared to the pounds and pounds of food that had been cooked, it wasn't that much. Picking up a fork I began digging hungrily into my own plate of food, not caring about the little flecks of food that got onto my face.
"Sara?" Looking up I saw that none of the guests, besides my brother and sister, were eating.
"Waagggt?" I said, mouth full. Lulu's face turned into a grimace at the sound, but Yuna didn't seem to notice and continued.
"Um... how do we eat with these?" Yuna picked up a fork and examined it, holding it with her index finger and thumb as if it was diseased. Swallowing I looked at her like she was crazy.
"What do you mean 'how do we eat with these?' It's a fork!"
"Fork?" I looked at them, disbelieving.
"What, do you use sticks to eat or something?" I raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly.
"Well ya, duh!" Wakka began to laugh at his own joke, and I looked at him, one eye squished in confusion. And then it hit me. Final Fantasy X was created by people who lived in Japan. And what do they use as utensils in Japan? Chopsticks. Mentally slapping myself in the forehead I felt myself turning red with stupidity.
"Oh, you mean chopsticks..." I laughed a little, grabbing the back of my neck and rubbing it as I looked down at my food. I could feel nine sets of eyes all boring into my face. "Well, uh, we don't have those here..."
"What? Then how are we suppose to eat, ya?" Wakka looked at me oddly, the rest following suit. Sighing I picked up my fork, and jammed it down into the food.
"You kind of spear it. Like is." I picked up my fork again and shoved it down into more of the food, pulling it up and examining the points. "Then, you eat it." Shoving the steel utensil into my mouth I clamped down, retrieving the fork from my mouth while chewing the food. "Sshhhree?" I said, mouth full. Nodding oddly Wakka looked at his own fork, and then at the food. I suddenly felt a little poke at my side and looked down, spotting my brother.
"Sara, these people are weird..." he said, swallowing his own mouthful of food.
"Tell me about it..." Hearing a clang I looked up, just to see Tidus begin mashing his fork into his plate of food.
"No! Tidus! Your going to..." I let the sentence hang as his plate broke into a million pieces, one flying past my eye at a alarmingly fast rate. "...break it." Sighing I pushed my thumb in the space between both eyebrows, trying to get rid of the headache that was quickly forming.
"Uh... sorry..." Tidus looked at me apologetically, laughing a little. Snarling back at him I speared an alarmingly large bit of food and shoved it into my mouth, almost choking as I swallowed it. I almost dared the others to say something about my rash behavior, but all they did was give me odd looks.
"Here, let me try." Lulu picked up her fork gracefully, carefully sticking it through a piece of lettuce. She quickly did it again, and again, filling her fork. Then, placing it into her mouth she made a grimace as she clamped down and pulled the fork out. It made an odd screeching noise as it was pulled, but she did it.
"Um, you don't have to bite down so hard, you know... but good job!" I smiled weakly, watching as my sister rolled her eyes and continued eating. Slowly everyone became used to the fork, and after replacing Tidus's plate, we were okay. At least until Yuna noticed something else.
"Hey Sara, what does this do?" She asked, holding up a spoon.
"Oh no, not again..."
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"Alright. So I'll grab the floor. Rikku will take my nook-" I pointed to the small room connected to my room, "Yuna and Lulu will take my bed-" I gestured toward the queen size that took up most of my room, "Wakka and Tidus will take the hall-" I looked toward my open bedroom door, "and Auron will take big room over the garage, along with Kimahri. Is that right?" Several nods answered my question, and I smiled, rubbing my tired eyes.
"Hey, Sara... who are these people?" My brother asked, from outside the doorway and next to Rikku. He had seemed to take a liking to her, as much as you could to a stranger. "Did dad say they could be here?" Sighing I nodded, not wanting to get into a fight with my brother.
I saw my sister begin to fidget, and she grabbed instinctively at her face. "They're movie stars!" she blurted, eyes big and shiny. Giggling she flashed a look over to Tidus, who gave her a big celebrity smile back. If I didn't know better, I thought for sure that I had seen Auron roll his eyes. But with those sunglasses, who can be sure.
"Well, guys, I guess we better hit the sack-"
"Sack? What sack, ya?" Wakka looked around, confused. I touched my temples briefly, trying to keep the oncoming migraine at bay.
"It's just an expression, Wakka."
"Oh." I saw his face turn red as he drifted toward the back of the group.
"As I was saying, I think it's time to hit the sack. Tomorrow I think I'll call up my friend Tony, and see what he can make of all of this. Then, maybe, we can get you guys back into your game." Yuna looked at me, tilting her head.
"Game?" Eyes growing wide I realized they didn't know that they were from a video game. And, I hadn't told them yet. Looking at their confused eyes I decided that they weren't ready to know, either. Stuttering I thought quick, coming up with an explanation.
"Game? Did I say game?" I laughed, grabbing the back of my neck. "I meant... pilgrimage. You guys need to go and destroy Sin and all, and so, you know..." My face grew hot and I laughed again. I watched as their faces relaxed a little, all except for Auron's. He still looked at me, his one good eye boring into my face. But I tried to ignore that.
"Hey, Sara, can Tidus sleep with me?" I looked over at Emily, who's eyes were still shining oddly.
"No, Emily. Maybe tomorrow, but not tonight. Today has been... too long." Yawning I turned and marched into the center of my room, grabbing an extra blanket from my closet and curling up on the floor.
"Everyone try to get some sleep, and then we'll try to sort this all out in the morning..."
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What will Tony have to say tomorrow? How long will it take before my grandma awakens? What other sorts of 'forbidden machina' will we run into before I get these guys back home? We shall see...
Rikkoshaye