My Light in the Dark

By: Bree-2006

Chapter 13

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Yuna looked at the petite figure that lied before her. Her heart clenched at the agony of seeing her best friend and cousin in such fowl condition. Yuna couldn't take it any longer. Standing up slowly Yuna looked at Tidus, the look on his face made her want to cry.

"I'll carry her to the hospital...we can't just stand here waiting." Tidus proclaimed as his eyes diverted from his friends lifeless form. Yuna looked contently at her love knowing that they didn't have enough time to sit and wait for Rikku to wake up again.

'IF! she wakes up again'

Yuna mentally slapped herself for thinking such terrible thoughts. Rikku was young and healthy; if she had made it through Sin and Vegnagun she would definitely make it through this. Yuna looked at Tidus who's eyes were still cast downward; she was debating whether it was a good idea to move Rikku or not.

"Alright let's go..." the brunette said as Tidus nodded, signaling for the others to help him pick the unconscious blond off the cold floor. Yuna walked over to Rikku's unmoving body. Placing her gentle hands under her cousin's head she slowly lifted Rikku into Tidus's awaiting arms.

Slowly as not to cause Rikku any further injuries they made their way to the Luca Memorial Hospital. Upon arrival the area of the hospital was filled with injured people. As they hastily walked towards the entrance more and more people began to gather.

Yuna stared at the many groups of people, most of them seemed fine, and Yuna didn't quite understand why they would wait so long for a small cut or a splinter.

As they approached the desk Yuna strode diligently in front of Tidus. Paine stayed closely behind him gazing at the many people that littered the waiting room.

"Hello Lady Yuna would you like to purchase some Items?" Yuna looked at the nurse angrily. Did she not notice the unconscious and bleeding blond her boyfriend was holding? Before Yuna could open her mouth Tidus stepped forward.

"Please we need a stretcher she's unconscious." He said still holding the small woman in his arms.

"Oh my, would you look at that! She is..." Yuna stared at the woman bewildered. What exactly was this woman thinking? She once again opened her mouth to talk but Paine's voice sounded through the air.

"Well...you gonna just stand there or help us out?" Yuna stifled a giggle as Tidus slowly place Rikku onto a stretcher. The nurse pushed the stretcher to a far off room and handed Yuna a clip board.

"Fill this out" Yuna nodded her reply and set out to work on the clip board. Yuna looked around the waiting room searching for a place to sit and after ten minutes of looking around patiently the brunette gave up and walked outside. Tidus who hadn't said a word followed suit. Yuna sat down staring blankly at the paper.

'Patients Full Name:' gazing silently at the paper Yuna frowned...what was Rikku's middle name?

'Patients address:' once again Yuna shook her head...what would the address of an airship be?

'Patients Medical Records:' smiling inwardly Yuna looked at the next question.

'Patients age and sex' finally a question she knew! Raising her pen Yuna answered the clipboards stupid questions.

"Seventeen and female!" She smiled happily; an approaching figure brought her back to the real world.

"Hey there" Yuna smiled and looked sweetly at her new companion patting the seat next to her.

"Tidus...do you know any of these questions?" sitting down he looked at the paper Tidus shook his head.

"Nope just the sex and age question...but it seems you already got that one." Yuna giggled and set down the clipboard. Turning to face Tidus she looked towards the blue sky. Tidus grabbed her hand and held it securely in his.

"Are you ok it looked like you took a pretty hard beating back there." Yuna nodded, sighing heavily she placed her head onto Tidus's shoulder. Closing her heavy eyes Yuna's mind drifted. Tidus unsure what brought on Yuna's sudden action wrapped his scratched up arms around her figure. He knew that things were hard and that she was going to need plenty of comfort. Yuna's hands wrapped securely around Tidus's torso and together they sat, a comforting silence surrounded them.

The machine faction gathered around the area that the fiend had attacked. The people of Luca had asked them to set up a few machina to keep the fiends at bay.

Gippal looked around the disastrous area surveying the damage. The cracked outlook seemed to be falling apart more by the minute so his crew decided it was best to not get so close.

The damage was horrendous, pillars from beneath the outlook had collapsed and the railing had broken into many unrecognizable pieces. The estimated damage cost rounded off to 33.2 Billion gil. Gippal was astounded at the outlooks poor condition, what had caused such damage? A normal fiend couldn't have done something like this. Picking up a piece of cement Gippal took in its features.

'There's a trill of blood splattered around it, it could be human...or fiend.' Staring determinedly at the cement fragment Nadala brought him out of his reverie.

"Is this the work of one fiend or do we need to bring in more machina?" Gippal looked to Nadala who patently awaited an answer.

"Doesn't look like were gonna need any equipment, this fiend's been taken care of..." Nadala looked suspiciously at Gippal.

"By who...?" Gippal smirked

"Who do you think...probably by the Gullwings" Nadala rolled her eyes.

"I know that but how...?" Gippal shook his head. Gippal kept his mouth shut and looked again at the cement fragment.

"Aqbmyhydeuh?" Nadala curiously looked at the small fragment Gippal had in his hand. Her eye focused on the red colored liquid that grazed the fragment.

"What is this?" she asked staring confusedly at the piece, Gippal spoke.

"Pmuut" Nadala didn't really know why the blood was so important, that's all it was blood.

"Gippal...fryd tuac drec ryja du tu fedr yhodrehk?" Nadala asked not quite understanding the concept.

"Does anyone know exactly what kind of fiend attacked here?" tipping her head to the side, Nadala looked around the area in utter confusion. As Gippal looked around the area one person caught his eye.

"Shelinda! I think that's her name." Gippal waved energetically at the reporter.

"Um...can I help you?" she asked walking over. Looking at the man that had previously called her over she smiled.

"Uh...yeah you can. Did you happen to catch a glimpse of the fiend that attacked here?" Gippal asked. Shelinda placed her hand under her chin as if she was deep in thought.

"Well...I was doing an interview here at the time but we might have turned the camera off. If you want we can go to the studio and check it out." Gippal nodded walking towards the studio. Shelinda caught small glimpses of Gippal and opened her mouth to speak.

"What's so important that you need to see a video?" Gippal stopped.

"We saw blood on a fragment of cement, we needed to know if it was human or fiend. The machine faction can't send machina unless we know what were dealing with." Shelinda nodded.

"Ah, yes I see." As they approached the studio Gippal braced himself for what was going to be a long and tiring day.

Tidus and Yuna sat talking. They weren't exactly talking about anything important, but to Yuna...it just felt good to talk. They would talk about the farplane, the two years Tidus was gone, and their conversations would casually change into a talk about the fiend they had encountered earlier that day.

"I wonder what that thing was..." Tidus drifted still holding Yuna.

"It...It looked so weird. I've never seen anything like it. Its eyes were so...dark and I've never encountered a fiend with such hard scales." Tidus nodded even though the angle the two were sitting didn't allow Yuna to see him.

"Whatever it was...it was strong." Yuna too nodded smiling into the crook of Tidus's neck. The door of the hospital opened and Paine walked casually out.

"Rikku's awake and she wants to see Yuna"

I know its not that exciting but just wait! I'll get to the good stuff soon I promise!

Translations:

Aqbmyhydeuh (Explanation?)

Pmuut (Blood)

Gippal...fryd tuac drec ryja du tu fedr yhodrehk? (Gippal...what does this have to do with anything?)

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