Chapter 2

Auron woke up to find himself on the ground in the woods. He sat up and glanced around quickly. "Wait... something's not right, but I can't quite place it..." He thought to himself. He shrugged off the thought and stood up, his katana was missing so he decided to search for it.

He had not been walking for very long when he saw someone laying on the road. Silently he made his way to the person and flipped them over onto their back. It was Rikku. "If Rikku's here, then where's the others?" he wondered aloud.

Rikku began to moan, she mumbled something about that darned fiend, then opened her eyes. It took her a minute to recognise who was with her, once she did she jumped up in surprise. "Auron!" she just pointed at him. Auron looked at her with a slightly confused look. Rikku proceeded to then grab him by the arm and drag him to the nearby river. "Look!" She yelled as she jumped excitedly.

He gazed at his reflection in the river. "I'm dreaming..." was all he could manage to say. He just continued to gaze into the crystal clear waters. Finally he smiled a little "Just like ten years ago."

Rikku looked at him "he actually smiles?" She thought "that's cool." She then yanked on his arm again. "So where are we huh?" She said quickly.

"I... don't know" Auron said slowly, looking around again.

Rikku walked over to the waters edge and leaned down, letting the cool water run over her left hand. "All I remember was that fiend setting off that big explosion, then waking up here."

"Which leaves another question, if we're here then where did everyone else end up?" Auron asked, though it was more of a statement.

"Gee... good question, I don't know." Rikku said, her voice less energetic then normal. "Hey! What do we do now?"

Auron that rare smile again "start walking." he then began to walk in the direction he figured would be North. Rikku ran to catch up with him.

"Think Yunie's ok?" She asked worriedly. Auron only shrugged. This made Rikku sigh, but she smiled again and skipped ahead.

"Going somewhere?" Auron laughed.

Rikku waved and kept running. "I saw something up here!"

Auron ran to catch up, he stopped suddenly though. "Bevelle? We shouldn't be this far..."

"There you are!" He heard a voice say. "I've been looking for you all morning!" Auron turned around to see Braska. He tried to speak but couldn't manage to say anything.

"Hey! Auron! Hey!!! Listen huh?" rikku said. After finally getting his attention she continued "Is this Braska? I never met him! It's so cool to meet my u..." But Auron had covered her mouth to keep her from speaking. He smiled at Braska. It must have looked a little strange, cause Braska began to laugh.

"A friend of yours? She's very nice. Listen, I'm going back up to the city, are you coming?" He asked. Auron nodded, and finally released Rikku. She gave him her best death glare, but it only made him smile at her.

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Rikku sat in her room and looked out the window. "It's so pretty here" She whispered to no one in particular. She smiled as she watched the golden sun go down over the hills. She then yawned and stood up, walking to her bed and laying on top of the covers. She fell asleep quickly and did not wake until mid morning.

AN: Thanks for the review! I hope to get more next time!