Chapter 8
{Note: I'm hungry}
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"(Look what you did, you idiot. You just had to open your mouth and tell her that. You made her cry, because of your own problems! You fool what were you thinking?)"
Rikku was still staring at the ceiling, contemplating on what to do next. She couldn't just sit here and wait for her to come back. She sighed and got up.
She crept through the hallway, hoping to find the mage and apologize. Through the darkness she saw the housekeeper watering a plant.
Kana was humming a song that Rikku never heard of. It looked like she was in a good mood.
"Sweet dreams little one" Kana said to the unresponsive flower.
"Hey Kana" Rikku said softly, hating to disturb her moment.
She spun around, "Oh, Lady Rikku"
"It's Rikku" she corrected.
"I'm sorry"
She shook her head, "Anyway have you seen Lu around here?"
Kana concentrated for a couple of minutes, tapped her chin then answered, "I remember now, she said that she wanted some air and went for a walk. I wouldn't really know, but she looked kinda upset. Who would go out this late at night anyway? Y'know with all the occasional fiends, muggers, and-- ."
Rikku interrupted her babbling streak, "You didn't stop her?!"
"Of course not. It is not my place to tell people what they can and cannot do. It's not nice"
Rikku slapped her own forehead and groaned. She turned away from the housekeeper, and without a word she ran out of the house, leaving Kana alone in the darkness.
"Why do they always run away from me?" Kana said to no one, "Is it my breath?" she breathed into her hand and sniffed, "No..." She paused, "...Is it my--." She lifted her arm and sniffed her....armpit, "No...What is it?!" she looked at the plant.
Sadly (really?) the flower didn't respond.
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Yuna was turned away from her so her companion couldn't see how red her face was. She started to change into her pajamas.
Paine just sat there, trying to find something else to look at, besides Yuna. Finally she settled her eyes on the ceiling fan, "(She probably thinks you're weird now. Good thing I don't have respect points to be taken away)"
Without thinking AGAIN, Paine looked over to see if Yuna was finished.
She immediately looked back at the fan after catching a glimpse of the ex- summoner's panties, which had cute little patterns of..., "(Mogs?...mogs...Mogs!)"
Yuna was finally dressed. She looked at the warrior, "Alright I'm done" she saw the blush painted on her cheeks, "(I wonder if she peeked at me or something....No, that's ridiculous!)"
She shrugged it off as she turned off the lights and curled up in the covers beside Paine. She saw that she was having an intense staring contest with the fan.
"Is there something wrong?"
"...mogs..."
"What was that?"
"Ack...err I said nog...um that's right. I had too much egg nog excuse me" she said hurriedly as she got up and moved toward the bathroom.
"Sure" Yuna thought for a moment, "(Wait a second...What's egg nog?!)"
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Paine went through the hallway and entered the nearest bathroom she could find.
Once she closed the door behind her she looked at herself in the mirror above the sink.
"(That shouldn't have affected you like it did. It's not like you haven't seen underwear before.)"
"(But you haven't seen them on Yuna's butt, until now.)"
"(What is wrong with me?! I shouldn't be thinking like this)"
"(You should. Cause she had a nice ass)" {Note: That's just awful}
"(WHAT!?!.....I swear I'm getting worse than Gippal these days)"
After she relieved herself she moved toward the kitchen. She opened the fridge. Once she found what she was looking for, she popped it open and then proceeded to chug it until it was empty.
She threw the can into the trash bin, "Maybe that'll help me sleep"
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Lulu moved briskly through Mithril, not knowing or caring where she was going.
"(If she dies then what will happen? What will happen to her family, her friends, our son?)"
Her own thoughts haunted her as she walked. She stopped as she saw a creature that resembled a behemoth stomp around the alley she almost crossed.
Her plan of leaving it alone failed as it spotted her and started to charge her way.
She cast Fiagra before it even touched her. The fiend brushed it off as it swung its claw at her.
It literally swept the mage off her feet, making her clutch her ankle in pain. She cast Cure on herself and tried to get up. She cried out in agony as she stood up. She fell back down and looked up at the beast. She tried to scan it.
Name: Inazuma
Weakness: Physical attacks.
Other information unknown.
"Great...just great" she said as Inazuma prepared another attack.
The claw almost killed her this time. If it weren't for an unknown force that ripped its arm off, it would have actually hit her.
The fiend roared as it tried to find the source of the pain.
"Hey you!"
It looked at the voice.
There she was, Rikku, with her hands on her hips and a frustrated look on her face.
"That's right! I'm talkin' to you Tiny! What makes you think you can go around attacking pretty ladies, huh?"
Of course it didn't understand her, but it moved to rip her apart anyway.
Unlike Lulu, Rikku dodged Inazuma. She pulled her glowing katana out of her Garment Grid.
"Eat this!" she yelled as she threw her sword in its mouth as if it were a javelin.
It fell on its back with a crash. It stopped moving as it faded into pyreflies.
Once the blonde retrieved her weapon and put it away, she knelt down beside the person that meant the most to her.
"Hey, Lu you alright?"
Lulu watched her defeat that thing with a stunned expression, "M...My hero"
Rikku giggled, "I guess. Need help?"
The mage winced as she attempted to stand, "I think so. I don't see how you can help me tho—."
She stopped as Rikku picked her up with ease and then proceeded to walk back to the house.
"Uh, Rikku?"
"Yeah Lu?"
"Aren't I heavy?"
"Of course not!" and to prove it she threw the mage up into the air and caught her.
"Whoa, okay I get it!"
"You're the one that wanted to know"
Lulu smiled at her as they near toward the house. Both of their minds seemingly elsewhere for once.
{Note: I'm hungry}
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"(Look what you did, you idiot. You just had to open your mouth and tell her that. You made her cry, because of your own problems! You fool what were you thinking?)"
Rikku was still staring at the ceiling, contemplating on what to do next. She couldn't just sit here and wait for her to come back. She sighed and got up.
She crept through the hallway, hoping to find the mage and apologize. Through the darkness she saw the housekeeper watering a plant.
Kana was humming a song that Rikku never heard of. It looked like she was in a good mood.
"Sweet dreams little one" Kana said to the unresponsive flower.
"Hey Kana" Rikku said softly, hating to disturb her moment.
She spun around, "Oh, Lady Rikku"
"It's Rikku" she corrected.
"I'm sorry"
She shook her head, "Anyway have you seen Lu around here?"
Kana concentrated for a couple of minutes, tapped her chin then answered, "I remember now, she said that she wanted some air and went for a walk. I wouldn't really know, but she looked kinda upset. Who would go out this late at night anyway? Y'know with all the occasional fiends, muggers, and-- ."
Rikku interrupted her babbling streak, "You didn't stop her?!"
"Of course not. It is not my place to tell people what they can and cannot do. It's not nice"
Rikku slapped her own forehead and groaned. She turned away from the housekeeper, and without a word she ran out of the house, leaving Kana alone in the darkness.
"Why do they always run away from me?" Kana said to no one, "Is it my breath?" she breathed into her hand and sniffed, "No..." She paused, "...Is it my--." She lifted her arm and sniffed her....armpit, "No...What is it?!" she looked at the plant.
Sadly (really?) the flower didn't respond.
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Yuna was turned away from her so her companion couldn't see how red her face was. She started to change into her pajamas.
Paine just sat there, trying to find something else to look at, besides Yuna. Finally she settled her eyes on the ceiling fan, "(She probably thinks you're weird now. Good thing I don't have respect points to be taken away)"
Without thinking AGAIN, Paine looked over to see if Yuna was finished.
She immediately looked back at the fan after catching a glimpse of the ex- summoner's panties, which had cute little patterns of..., "(Mogs?...mogs...Mogs!)"
Yuna was finally dressed. She looked at the warrior, "Alright I'm done" she saw the blush painted on her cheeks, "(I wonder if she peeked at me or something....No, that's ridiculous!)"
She shrugged it off as she turned off the lights and curled up in the covers beside Paine. She saw that she was having an intense staring contest with the fan.
"Is there something wrong?"
"...mogs..."
"What was that?"
"Ack...err I said nog...um that's right. I had too much egg nog excuse me" she said hurriedly as she got up and moved toward the bathroom.
"Sure" Yuna thought for a moment, "(Wait a second...What's egg nog?!)"
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Paine went through the hallway and entered the nearest bathroom she could find.
Once she closed the door behind her she looked at herself in the mirror above the sink.
"(That shouldn't have affected you like it did. It's not like you haven't seen underwear before.)"
"(But you haven't seen them on Yuna's butt, until now.)"
"(What is wrong with me?! I shouldn't be thinking like this)"
"(You should. Cause she had a nice ass)" {Note: That's just awful}
"(WHAT!?!.....I swear I'm getting worse than Gippal these days)"
After she relieved herself she moved toward the kitchen. She opened the fridge. Once she found what she was looking for, she popped it open and then proceeded to chug it until it was empty.
She threw the can into the trash bin, "Maybe that'll help me sleep"
____________________________
Lulu moved briskly through Mithril, not knowing or caring where she was going.
"(If she dies then what will happen? What will happen to her family, her friends, our son?)"
Her own thoughts haunted her as she walked. She stopped as she saw a creature that resembled a behemoth stomp around the alley she almost crossed.
Her plan of leaving it alone failed as it spotted her and started to charge her way.
She cast Fiagra before it even touched her. The fiend brushed it off as it swung its claw at her.
It literally swept the mage off her feet, making her clutch her ankle in pain. She cast Cure on herself and tried to get up. She cried out in agony as she stood up. She fell back down and looked up at the beast. She tried to scan it.
Name: Inazuma
Weakness: Physical attacks.
Other information unknown.
"Great...just great" she said as Inazuma prepared another attack.
The claw almost killed her this time. If it weren't for an unknown force that ripped its arm off, it would have actually hit her.
The fiend roared as it tried to find the source of the pain.
"Hey you!"
It looked at the voice.
There she was, Rikku, with her hands on her hips and a frustrated look on her face.
"That's right! I'm talkin' to you Tiny! What makes you think you can go around attacking pretty ladies, huh?"
Of course it didn't understand her, but it moved to rip her apart anyway.
Unlike Lulu, Rikku dodged Inazuma. She pulled her glowing katana out of her Garment Grid.
"Eat this!" she yelled as she threw her sword in its mouth as if it were a javelin.
It fell on its back with a crash. It stopped moving as it faded into pyreflies.
Once the blonde retrieved her weapon and put it away, she knelt down beside the person that meant the most to her.
"Hey, Lu you alright?"
Lulu watched her defeat that thing with a stunned expression, "M...My hero"
Rikku giggled, "I guess. Need help?"
The mage winced as she attempted to stand, "I think so. I don't see how you can help me tho—."
She stopped as Rikku picked her up with ease and then proceeded to walk back to the house.
"Uh, Rikku?"
"Yeah Lu?"
"Aren't I heavy?"
"Of course not!" and to prove it she threw the mage up into the air and caught her.
"Whoa, okay I get it!"
"You're the one that wanted to know"
Lulu smiled at her as they near toward the house. Both of their minds seemingly elsewhere for once.