Chapter 5: And so it begins
The light poured into the halls of the temple through the large windows. Rikku ran through the hallway as fast as she could, everything seemed a blur as she passed by. "Auron!" She yelled "Where are you!" She was almost crying now, ready to give up.
"Rikku... what seems to be the problem?" Braska said as he put his arms around her and pulled her into a hug. Rikku cried, but felt slightly better now that she had found someone she knew.
"Braska!" She gasped between sobs and tears, "I- I need to find Auron! We can't stay here anymore!"
Braska looked at her, concern written on his face. "I... know" he sighed "You heard about Mika then did you?" Rikku nodded in response then allowed Braska to lead her through the corridors of Bevelle. Rikku felt lost in the building, there were so many floors and corridors that she was confused easily and soon found that every hallway looked the same.
As they went around the corner Rikku saw him. She ran up to him, and in her happiness she did not realize that she had hugged him until it was too late.
They had been on the road for two hours now, not stopping at all. It was dark out, probably around 10:00pm. They had left as soon as they could, withous seeming suspicious. Rikku was finding it hard to keep up, Auron had set a very fast pace in order to get Braska from Bevelle quickly.
Finally at 12:23pm they stopped. Rikku slumped over to a tree and sat at the base of it. She looked up in time to see Auron turn away from her. This caused her to smile slightly, then get up and walk over to where Auron and Braska were sitting. "Sure glad to sit down for a moment!" Rikku giggled cheerfully.
"I don't see why..." Auron said to her as he smirked "You still seem as hyper as when we left." Rikku shrugged and laughed, not saying anything in response. She then yawned and walked over to her sleeping spot by the fire. She covered herself with the cloak that she had taken before they left Bevelle, she liked the cloak because it was green like her eyes. When she told Auron that she wanted it because of that reason he had merely shook his head and laughed at her.
Not long after she fell asleep she awoke to hear someone walking around. Rikku sat up and tried to pin point the direction of the person, putting her claw on as she did. "You won't need that..." She heard a voice say "Unless you DO plan on attacking me" Auron laughed as he stepped out of the woods and sat down beside her.
"What are you doing up so late?" Rikku said sarcasticly "You nocturnal?"
Auron sighed "What I always do, someone has to keep watch for fiends, you should know that by now Rikku"
Rikku smiled and layed back down, removing her claw. "Yeah... I know" Auron smiled slightly at her then put her cloak over her again. He stood up and walked back into the woods.
"Good night Rikku"