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Chapter 1: Windows into the Soul

Yuna walked up the stairs to her bed; ready to take a light nap when she noticed a piece of paper, folded, with her name on it. She picked it up and read it.

"Dear Yunie, er, Yuna, I, uh, don't know how to say this, but I'd like to see you down in the engine room area, second door once you enter, then the third on the left. I want to talk to you about something. Oh, and uh, I love you. Uh, bye!" -Rikku

Yuna wasn't sure if her head was hurting from the emotions of the letter, or if she was starting to hallucinate. Thoughts of him poured into her mind, and she took a shuddering breath. She made up her mind; she was going to talk to Rikku about this letter. She at least should here her out. Although she thought she knew Rikku all these years, there were somethings that she didn't know about Rikku.

Rikku paced around nervously, would Yuna come, would she listen to what she had to say would she even care, or would they find Rikku in an impact crater after being thrown out of the airship. Rikku laughed at that thought. "She wouldn't kill me, would she?"

Rikku heard footsteps enter the room, and Yuna's voice call out. "Rikku? I got your letter." Rikku peeked out from where she was and made sure Yuna wasn't armed before coming out from behind a cabinet. "Hi!" "You wanted to see me?" "Yes, I did. I just wanted to explain why I wrote the things I did." "Well, tell me then."

"Um, you see, uh, for awhile now, I've been having feelings towards you." "Feelings? What's wrong, Rikku, you're practically shaking." Rikku looked up at Yuna and said. "I love you, Yunie, and I don't mean like good friends, I mean, more, I really love you, Yuna." Rikku looked up at Yuna, and waited for a reply. Yuna took several minutes to formulate an answer, then she said. "Rikku, We're cousins. I don't understand why you have these feelings." "But I do, Yuna, and that's what the problem mostly is, I don't know why I have these feelings, but I do, I love you, Yunie." Yuna sighed. "Rikku, just relax for a moment. I need time to take this in. Give me a few hours." "But, Yuna, I've waited for years to tell you." Yuna looked at her in surprise. "Years?" "Yes, ever since I joined you on the pilgrimage. I felt the same way for you that he did. I just never knew how to explain it." "Oh, Rikku." Yuna hugged Rikku and said. "Rikku, give me time to understand this, that's all I need." Rikku sighed. "All I need to know is that I love you." Yuna smiled. "Please, don't put any more pressure on me. Let me make up my own mind." She walked out the door, trembling. Rikku stood there for a moment, and then began to cry.

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Yuna looked in her dresser, and found a photo of the whole group, and sighed. "I could sure use your help, Sir Auron." She heard footsteps and turned around. Paine looked at her and said. "You should do what the heart tells you." Yuna blinked. "What do you mean." Paine nodded. "Sometimes, even when you can't see the right path, you know you're on it." "I never knew you were philosophical." Paine barely smiled and said. "Sometimes when you least expect it, you get an answer, from someone you least expect." "So, what should I do, I just can't fall in love with her." Paine sighed. "Maybe you're not getting the facts straight, maybe you need to learn more. Maybe, you need to listen to yourself." Paine said that and then seemingly disappeared. Yuna looked around. "Was I dreaming?" She shook her head and walked down the staircase, and towards the door leading to the elevator. Paine looked up as Yuna walked through the door and said. "You look confused? You alright?" "Yeah, I just thought you were talking to me a moment ago." "I just got off the elevator, where are you headed though?" "The bridge." "I'll join you, to make sure you don't start hallucinating again." Yuna glared at Paine and saw a ghost of a smile. "OH, you are so mean." "Thank you, I practice daily." Paine smiled again and walked into the lounge.

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Yuna stood on the bridge, staying away from Rikku, who was arguing with Brother about some random thing, and was being successful until Rikku spotted her and bounced up to her. "Hey, Yunie! We're going sphere hunting in Besiad again!" Yuna smiled. "Okay, where?" "They found another cave near Wakka's, and they detected sphere energy readings from within it. Big ones!" Yuna smiled. "Well, then, we can go whenever you're ready. Let me tell Paine." "OH, Paine said she wasn't feeling well." Yuna looked at Rikku. "Rikku, I just saw her a moment ago, she looked fine to me." "OH, Well, she told me I should go down there with you." "Alright, but no funny business." Rikku laughed. "I promise."

Chapter 1: Contagion

Yuna looked around the cave, and was surprised to see it was rather small. "Rikku, where do the sphere waves come from." Rikku smiled and walked towards Yuna. "From my heart." Yuna turned around and was pushed to the ground as Rikku kissed her. "Rikku! Wait!" Rikku frowned. "But Yuna, I want you. I need you." "You tricked me! If you're going to love me, at least don't trick me! Rikku, please, I don't want this right now." Rikku pouted. "Damnit! You're never going to realize anything if you keep this up. Why do you fight me, I love you, Yunie!" "Try to be nicer, and I will think about it, but if you're going to be evil and conniving about it, I'll kick you off the ship, or rather, I'll throw you off the deck! OHHH!" Yuna growled and stormed out of the cave at a rapid pace. "Yunie! Wait!" Rikku barely got to the mouth of the cave when dust started falling down. The ground suddenly shook, and Yuna looked back in time to see Rikku stumble backwards, engulfed by a wall of rocks. "Rikku!" She shouted, and ran towards the rubble. "RIKKU! Can you hear me?" Rikku's voice was faint. "I'm sorry, Yunie." Yuna called the ship on her radio. "Brother! Buddy! Rikku's trapped in a cave, get everyone down here! Hurry! I don't know how much air she has left!" Buddy's voice came over the radio. "What? A cave in, We'll be right there?" A scant few moments later Buddy, Brother, Shinra, and Paine came running up the hill. They carried everything but the kitchen sink, it seemed. Ever Barkeep showed up after a moment, holding a Hypello bomb. "What happened?" "Rikku and I had an argument, and I left the cave, and suddenly it just came crashing down." Barkeep looked at her and said. "We use these to take care of cave-ins all the time." "Just help us get her out of there." "Rikku, if you can hear me, we're going to try to blow the rubble out of the way. Get as far back as you can." Rikku didn't respond. Barkeep set the bomb down and said. "Someone set us up the bomb, yes?" He walked away quickly, and everyone else backed off, as the bomb counted down. It exploded and when the smoke cleared there was a hole big enough for Yuna to crawl into. "Rikku? Rikku! TALK to me!" Rikku stared up at her from a few feet away, and sobbed. "I'm sorry." "It's okay, Rikku. You didn't know it was going to collapse! Come on, hold my hand." Rikku smiled and held out a bruised and battered hand towards Yuna. Yuna grasped it and called out. "Someone help me bring her aboard!" Rikku smiled and said. "I'm sorry I made you mad." "It's okay, you're fine now." Rikku smiled and coughed. Yuna pulled Rikku against her body and said. "You'll be fine." Paine called out. "We've got the hole a little larger, can you carry her through?" "I don't know." Rikku smiled at Yuna and choked out. "Nothing an elixir couldn't fix!" Yuna carried her as far as the hole when she realized Rikku wasn't awake any more." "Rikku? Don't die on me!" Yuna pulled her through the hole as gently as she could, and gasped as she saw the extent of the injuries. One of Rikku's knives had been lodged in her leg from the impact of a large rock. Its wound was minimal when Yuna saw the open gash in Rikku's side, covered with dirt and dust. The advantage of the dirt, the only advantage, was that it stopped the blood flow.

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Rikku opened her eyes to see Yuna staring at her. "Am I dead?" "No, Rikku, you're not. OH, I'm so sorry you got hurt. I didn't mean for you to get hurt! I just left the cave, and then everything fell down. Don't leave me like that again." Rikku smiled. "I love you, Yunie." "I love you too Rikku, I'm sorry it took so long to realize it. I didn't want you to die! I couldn't live with myself!" Rikku smiled. "Neither could I! By the way, I did find this." Rikku reached into her left pocket on her jeans, and pulled out a small sphere. "I'll take a look at it when you're feeling better." Rikku sighed, and said. "Hold me, Yuna." Yuna held her in her arms and silently cried. "You'll be fine."

From the doorway of the room, Paine watched this transaction for a moment, and smiled a full smile. She then coughed. Yuna let go of Rikku for a moment and said. "She's feeling better, aren't you?" "Yeah, but my head hurts!" "That's probably because a rock hit you there." "Good thing I'm hard headed!" Yuna smiled. "Yeah, but you're hard headed for other reasons too." Paine spoke for the first time. "I just wanted you to know, the doctors here in Besiad said you'll be doing fine shortly. Wakka's going to drop by later. Rikku smiled. "Oh no, not him!" Lulu walked into the room and said. "I heard that. You're lucky we have white mages in this village." "I'm glad to be alive." "You were a close call for awhile, but they fixed you right up." Yuna smiled. "Thank you, Lulu, I think she needs to be alone for awhile." Rikku looked up at Yuna and started to say something. "Now, now, you know you need to rest." Yuna said and winked at her. "I'll be back later." She left, followed by Lulu." Paine looked at Rikku and said. "Be kind to her, you break her heart, I break your legs." Rikku laughed. "Am I that transparent, Paine?" Paine smiled. "Even Wakka could see it." Rikku gasped with mock horror. "Oh no, I didn't say anything when I was out, did I?" "Don't worry."

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"For the Love of Yevon, Tell me you're joking, Yuna!" "I'm not joking, Wakka, and I don't know why you have to be such an ass about it!" Wakka frowned. "But, she's another woman. It goes against the teachings! You'll be lucky if Cid doesn't kill you!" "I've forged my own path throughout my life, I defeated Sin, I'm not about to let the 'teachings of Yevon' disrupt my life! Besides, I live my life the way it should be lived." Yuna was positively furious now. Wakka sighed, knowing that he wasn't going to win this argument. "But, look, I'll always look after you, but what about Tidus, don't you owe it to him to keep searching." Yuna sighed. "We've gotten better, we'll find him eventually! Besides, he'll understand!" "Yeah, okay, but watch yourself, ya?" Yuna sighed. "I will. From you." "Yuna!" "Look, whether or not you want me to do this, I didn't want her to die, just because she wanted to tell me that she loved me!" "Yuna!"

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Rikku looked up as Yuna entered the tent. "Hey, feeling better?" Rikku smiled. "Yes, but I don't feel like stealing anything for awhile." "Except my heart?" Yuna asked. Rikku smiled. "Yes, except your heart. Do you regret any of this?" "Only that I didn't feel it sooner." Rikku looked up and smiled. "Why don't you lean closer." Yuna smiled and walked a few feet closer. "Closer still." Yuna laughed and walked to within a few inches of Rikku's bed. "Yes?" Rikku reached up and kissed Yuna. Yuna sighed and kissed back, and almost fell on to the bed. Rikku laughed and they kissed once more, then, at a speed they didn't know they had, they fell almost into each other's arms and started making out. A moment after they began, a male voice, old and young at the same time coughed. "You think I should come back later?" Rikku looked over Yuna's shoulder and said. "Dad?"

Notes: Getting better, my writing, yes? No more Hypello, if you'd like to give suggestions, I'm up for it. My E-mail is DavidB0002@aol.com

Oh, And I'm wondering how to work Chapter 2. Rating right now is PG-13, so most people can see it. (

But the rating shall go up a notch, later. I think.

Depending on whether or not you all think I should work on it.