Disclaimer: i do now own FFX FFX2 Evie or andy
Claimer: i own Lexi, Leif, Chappu, Nysa
Authors NOte: ....i was very hungry when i wrote this...or the ending...whichever...hehheh
Chapter 9
The group ran down Mi'hen to catch up with Rick. They had been running for almost 3 hours now, trying hard not to take a break.
Lexi wheezed as her legs buckled under her and she fell on her face. She stared out at the horizon, watching the yellow bird fade. Leif groaned and fell beside her, on his face.
"I can't run anymore..." he panted.
"I won't be able to run after this, my legs feel like-no...I don't even feel my legs..."
"c'mon...c'mon you guys...we-we gotta catch up..." Shinra breathed as he stopped beside them.
"you can go ahead, Shinra, but Leif and I are great staying right here..." Lexi sighed, looking up at him with out moving her body
"Yah, I never knew gravel could be so comfortable..." Leif smiled, closing his eyes.
"Wake up, ya? If Aunt Rikku finds out, you know what she'll do..." Chappu said jogging up to them.
"yah..." Leif sighed, "geez, my mom is one strict biiiioootch..."
"Rikku? Strict!? That's-that's one thing I would have never seen coming..." Tidus said, trying to catch his breath.
"why's that?" Evie asked, walking up to them, she didn't run.
"well..she's was so..." Tidus started, trying to figure out how to explain
"don't even say it...I'll get wierded out by you...course not as close as Lexi...she's creeped!" Leif laughed and sat up crossed legged.
"well...duh!" Lexi sat up to giving Leif a playful punch in the arm.
"well, you two can be as creeped out as you wanna be but if Rikku finds out, we are 'punished...'" Shinra said, trying to remind them.
"what does that mean anyway?" Tidus asked, placing his hands on his hips.
"means we get punished...we either get locked in a room for three days with no food, trust me...its not pretty...one time-"
"IN BAND CAMP, YA!" Chappu exclaimed, chuckling as they continued walking towards the squawking chocobo. Leif gave him a high five.
"heh, anyways, yeah, we were locked in a room for three days with no food or water, and well Rick started looking pretty good...well that's what Lexi said anyway, she was chewing on his arm..." Shinra smiled, Tidus glanced over at Lexi who was smiling innocently; maybe plotting her next diabolical plan for the next meal?
"Then, if it's not that we get tied up and she throws grenades at us..."
"What?!" Tidus and Evie exclaimed.
"What? It's harmful...yes...but I'm still alive!" Leif smiled.
"heh, the last time she did that, Rick and Chappu dug a hole and hid in, they got caught..." Shinra chuckled.
"It was all Rick's idea, ya?" Chappu said, making him the good guy.
"right, that's why you had a shovle..."
"he told me to hold it, ya?"
"that's why Rick and Chappu went streaking." Lexi said laughing.
"you're joking right?" Evie said, sort of uncomfortable.
"no... they had worn their boxers out in the snow, Zareh was laughing so hard..." Leif laughed, "not that we weren't..." Evie made her homophobic face by pressing her lips together to make a frown and her eyes widened.
"wat's the last thing?" Evie asked, she seemed interested in their lifestyle, interested and yet slightly frightened.
"huh...we..." Shinra cleared his voice, then continued, "we'd...we'd...we'd...we'd..." Chappu, Leif and Lexi stared at Shinra. They were shocked; Shinra never forgot anything, he was Shinra!
"Aunt Rikku would give us each a map, the wrong one of course, and she'd put us all around Besaid, and we'd have to find our way back home. By ourselves..." Lexi said, covering for Shinra, "I think Aunt Rikku is just training us..."
"sure she is...my ma's crazy..." Leif sighed, and looked up to see Rick trying to hold down the wild chocobo.
"HEEYYY!! YOuuu guys!!! Heeellp mee!!" he exclaimed, they groaned and went to him to try and calm down the frightened chocobo.
Once it was calm, Evie gave the chocobo a sugar cube. It sqwaked happily and started chewing on Rick's hand.
"AHH! It hurts! Make it stop!!" he exclaimed, and then the chocobo stopped. Shinra sighed, and turned his attention to the sky, it was almost 5 again. And the clouds seemed to be darker than before.
"hey, you guys, rain's gonna be pouring down soon, we should go find shelter." Shinra said, looking at them.
"yes sir!" Lexi smiled, and petted the chocobo as they walked to go under the old ruin.
"firea," Rick said and made a fire.
"oh, Rick's got skills..." Tidus said, laughing. Shinra watched the sun set over the horizon. The pink, yellow and orange colors filled the sky, as the dark clouds began to cover the empty sky.
"are you sure it's gonna rain, Shinra?" Evie asked, looking up.
"yea...yah I'm pure-sure...I'm sure..." he answered, nervously.
"well..." Rick said looking up at his chocobo, "we'd better sleep Cocoa," the chocobo squawked and laid down offering Rick to use him as a pillow.
"how cute, Rick has a new pet!" Lexi exclaimed clapping her hands.
"shut up, runt, I'm sleeping..." Rick turned over. Lexi smiled.
"well...I'm tired..." Leif said and plopped down on the ground.
"me too, ya," Chappu said and began to snore.
"Why is it that it's us four that's always awake last?" Tidus asked.
"because Lexi's stubborn," Shinra sighed, lying down as well. Lexi made a face at his comment and Evie laughed a bit.
"g'night you two..." Tidus yawned and fell asleep. Lexi stood up and sat beside Evie, and they gazed at the entrancing fire before them.
"Evie, do you miss your home?" Lexi asked looking up at her.
"what do you mean?" Evie asked, back, smiling at her.
"like, do you miss your family, your friends, your life there?"
"I can't say for sure, my life there was all about learning and books. Nothing out of the ordinary...you really miss something you can't remember..."
"so, you don't remember your home?"
"no, that's not it, why don't you go to sleep..." Evie said looking at her, she didn't want to talk about her past life at the moment, maybe never.
"why are the stars so far away?" Lexi asked, breaking the silence again.
"Because people wish on them, wishes and dreams are very far away..."
"then, how do our dreams come true, if they're so far away?" Lexi asked again.
"even if they are faraway, they are reachable, like the stars."
"so...if I wanted my dream to come true all I'd have to do is stretch?" Lexi stretched up as if trying to touch the sky.
"yah, that's it..."
"it-it hurts..." Lexi said, "I have a cramp...it-it hurts..."
"oh...let me help..." Evie carefully pushed Lexi's arms down,
"Evie...it hurts to reach for stars..." Lexi smiled and laughed. Evie smiled at her childish giggle and smile.
"yeah...it does..." Evie smiled sadly at the girl beside her. She was strong, and unfortunately, the strong ones are always against challenges. They will always fight.
---change scene-
the next day, the group was walking again, just a few hours before they were at Rin's.
"Shinra, I'm hungry..." Lexi whined, as she held her aching stomach.
"Yah, Shinra, we forgot to pack food..." Leif sighed,
"We haven't eaten anything for 2 days!" Rick agreed.
"Oh no..." Shinra sighed,
"We did pack food, you three ate it all..." Tidus growled.
"Well, I'm growing Mr. Cranky-pants!" Lexi snarled; there was tension in the group.
"Well I'm sorry, miss High Summoner, but to inform you...I'm not WEARING pants!!" Tidus glared at her.
"Oh, then I suppose you're walking around Mi'hen in your boxers!?"
"Right...that's why I'm wearing shorts..." Tidus said, glaring at her.
"Ok then Mr. Cranky-shorts, I ate most of the food because I'm a growing girl!"
"Really? I couldn't tell with that flat chest of yours..." Tidus growled.
"I'm gonna agree with Tidus on this one," Rick said.
"say that again, pretty boy..." Lexi sneered, turning her angry eyes towards him.
"Yooouuu...hhaavvee...nooooo...breeaasstttsss..." Tidus said, slowly.
They both glared at each other, silence; you could cut the tension with a knife. Suddenly Lexi screamed, "DIE!!!" and pounced on him and began punching at his face.
"Lexi! Lexi!!" Shinra grabbed her arms, and tried to pull her away from him.
"Chappu! Chappu get Tidus!" Shinra shouted, Chappu took his order and tried to pull Tidus away from Lexi.
Lexi shrieked as Shinra pulled her.
"whoa! Shut the raging monkey up already!! It hurts the ears!!" Rick exclaimed; that made Lexi even angrier.
"Lexi!" Shinra exclaimed, "If you stop, I'll buy you a whole meal for yourself!"
"really?!" Lexi turned around and hugged Shinra tight, "YAY!"
"that..was fast..." Leif said, as they began walking again. The three relative's stomachs growled at the same time. Lexi and Rick groaned.
"don't worry, ya? We're almost there." Chappu said, smiling.
"aren't you hungry, Chappu?" Tidus asked.
"yah, don't you have a metabolism?" Rick asked, holding his stomach. Chappu was at loss for words.
"guess what you guys." Evie smiled,
"what?" everyone looked at her.
"we're here." The group looked over to the right, and they were there; at Rin's. the three relatives smiled widely and screamed, "FOOOODD!!!!!" and ran inside.
"wait for me, ya?" Chappu exclaimed as he chased them in.
"hey!! knowing you guys, you'll eat the place out of business!" Tidus ran in after them.
"I'll be broke again..." Shinra mumbled, and shook his head as he followed them inside.
"what an interesting bunch of humans..." Evie giggled and also made her way in. when she did get in, her guardians were already at a table eating their hearts desire.
"Evie!! Ober here!!" Lexi exclaimed with her mouth full. She turned back down to the table, and noticed her food was gone. She looked up and saw Rick eating what she wanted.
"RICK! THAT WAS MINE!!!" Lexi exclaimed and pounced on him.
"thish ish sho good Evie, have shome!" Leif said, with his mouth full.
"Ish very good, ya!" Chappu added.
"I'm...broke...again..." Shinra sighed, banging his head on the table, "it's not fair..."
Evie stood by the table, watching them eat, and fight, and complain. She gave a little chuckle as Lexi handed her a plate of food. 'it has been a very interesting journey so far...'
Claimer: i own Lexi, Leif, Chappu, Nysa
Authors NOte: ....i was very hungry when i wrote this...or the ending...whichever...hehheh
Chapter 9
The group ran down Mi'hen to catch up with Rick. They had been running for almost 3 hours now, trying hard not to take a break.
Lexi wheezed as her legs buckled under her and she fell on her face. She stared out at the horizon, watching the yellow bird fade. Leif groaned and fell beside her, on his face.
"I can't run anymore..." he panted.
"I won't be able to run after this, my legs feel like-no...I don't even feel my legs..."
"c'mon...c'mon you guys...we-we gotta catch up..." Shinra breathed as he stopped beside them.
"you can go ahead, Shinra, but Leif and I are great staying right here..." Lexi sighed, looking up at him with out moving her body
"Yah, I never knew gravel could be so comfortable..." Leif smiled, closing his eyes.
"Wake up, ya? If Aunt Rikku finds out, you know what she'll do..." Chappu said jogging up to them.
"yah..." Leif sighed, "geez, my mom is one strict biiiioootch..."
"Rikku? Strict!? That's-that's one thing I would have never seen coming..." Tidus said, trying to catch his breath.
"why's that?" Evie asked, walking up to them, she didn't run.
"well..she's was so..." Tidus started, trying to figure out how to explain
"don't even say it...I'll get wierded out by you...course not as close as Lexi...she's creeped!" Leif laughed and sat up crossed legged.
"well...duh!" Lexi sat up to giving Leif a playful punch in the arm.
"well, you two can be as creeped out as you wanna be but if Rikku finds out, we are 'punished...'" Shinra said, trying to remind them.
"what does that mean anyway?" Tidus asked, placing his hands on his hips.
"means we get punished...we either get locked in a room for three days with no food, trust me...its not pretty...one time-"
"IN BAND CAMP, YA!" Chappu exclaimed, chuckling as they continued walking towards the squawking chocobo. Leif gave him a high five.
"heh, anyways, yeah, we were locked in a room for three days with no food or water, and well Rick started looking pretty good...well that's what Lexi said anyway, she was chewing on his arm..." Shinra smiled, Tidus glanced over at Lexi who was smiling innocently; maybe plotting her next diabolical plan for the next meal?
"Then, if it's not that we get tied up and she throws grenades at us..."
"What?!" Tidus and Evie exclaimed.
"What? It's harmful...yes...but I'm still alive!" Leif smiled.
"heh, the last time she did that, Rick and Chappu dug a hole and hid in, they got caught..." Shinra chuckled.
"It was all Rick's idea, ya?" Chappu said, making him the good guy.
"right, that's why you had a shovle..."
"he told me to hold it, ya?"
"that's why Rick and Chappu went streaking." Lexi said laughing.
"you're joking right?" Evie said, sort of uncomfortable.
"no... they had worn their boxers out in the snow, Zareh was laughing so hard..." Leif laughed, "not that we weren't..." Evie made her homophobic face by pressing her lips together to make a frown and her eyes widened.
"wat's the last thing?" Evie asked, she seemed interested in their lifestyle, interested and yet slightly frightened.
"huh...we..." Shinra cleared his voice, then continued, "we'd...we'd...we'd...we'd..." Chappu, Leif and Lexi stared at Shinra. They were shocked; Shinra never forgot anything, he was Shinra!
"Aunt Rikku would give us each a map, the wrong one of course, and she'd put us all around Besaid, and we'd have to find our way back home. By ourselves..." Lexi said, covering for Shinra, "I think Aunt Rikku is just training us..."
"sure she is...my ma's crazy..." Leif sighed, and looked up to see Rick trying to hold down the wild chocobo.
"HEEYYY!! YOuuu guys!!! Heeellp mee!!" he exclaimed, they groaned and went to him to try and calm down the frightened chocobo.
Once it was calm, Evie gave the chocobo a sugar cube. It sqwaked happily and started chewing on Rick's hand.
"AHH! It hurts! Make it stop!!" he exclaimed, and then the chocobo stopped. Shinra sighed, and turned his attention to the sky, it was almost 5 again. And the clouds seemed to be darker than before.
"hey, you guys, rain's gonna be pouring down soon, we should go find shelter." Shinra said, looking at them.
"yes sir!" Lexi smiled, and petted the chocobo as they walked to go under the old ruin.
"firea," Rick said and made a fire.
"oh, Rick's got skills..." Tidus said, laughing. Shinra watched the sun set over the horizon. The pink, yellow and orange colors filled the sky, as the dark clouds began to cover the empty sky.
"are you sure it's gonna rain, Shinra?" Evie asked, looking up.
"yea...yah I'm pure-sure...I'm sure..." he answered, nervously.
"well..." Rick said looking up at his chocobo, "we'd better sleep Cocoa," the chocobo squawked and laid down offering Rick to use him as a pillow.
"how cute, Rick has a new pet!" Lexi exclaimed clapping her hands.
"shut up, runt, I'm sleeping..." Rick turned over. Lexi smiled.
"well...I'm tired..." Leif said and plopped down on the ground.
"me too, ya," Chappu said and began to snore.
"Why is it that it's us four that's always awake last?" Tidus asked.
"because Lexi's stubborn," Shinra sighed, lying down as well. Lexi made a face at his comment and Evie laughed a bit.
"g'night you two..." Tidus yawned and fell asleep. Lexi stood up and sat beside Evie, and they gazed at the entrancing fire before them.
"Evie, do you miss your home?" Lexi asked looking up at her.
"what do you mean?" Evie asked, back, smiling at her.
"like, do you miss your family, your friends, your life there?"
"I can't say for sure, my life there was all about learning and books. Nothing out of the ordinary...you really miss something you can't remember..."
"so, you don't remember your home?"
"no, that's not it, why don't you go to sleep..." Evie said looking at her, she didn't want to talk about her past life at the moment, maybe never.
"why are the stars so far away?" Lexi asked, breaking the silence again.
"Because people wish on them, wishes and dreams are very far away..."
"then, how do our dreams come true, if they're so far away?" Lexi asked again.
"even if they are faraway, they are reachable, like the stars."
"so...if I wanted my dream to come true all I'd have to do is stretch?" Lexi stretched up as if trying to touch the sky.
"yah, that's it..."
"it-it hurts..." Lexi said, "I have a cramp...it-it hurts..."
"oh...let me help..." Evie carefully pushed Lexi's arms down,
"Evie...it hurts to reach for stars..." Lexi smiled and laughed. Evie smiled at her childish giggle and smile.
"yeah...it does..." Evie smiled sadly at the girl beside her. She was strong, and unfortunately, the strong ones are always against challenges. They will always fight.
---change scene-
the next day, the group was walking again, just a few hours before they were at Rin's.
"Shinra, I'm hungry..." Lexi whined, as she held her aching stomach.
"Yah, Shinra, we forgot to pack food..." Leif sighed,
"We haven't eaten anything for 2 days!" Rick agreed.
"Oh no..." Shinra sighed,
"We did pack food, you three ate it all..." Tidus growled.
"Well, I'm growing Mr. Cranky-pants!" Lexi snarled; there was tension in the group.
"Well I'm sorry, miss High Summoner, but to inform you...I'm not WEARING pants!!" Tidus glared at her.
"Oh, then I suppose you're walking around Mi'hen in your boxers!?"
"Right...that's why I'm wearing shorts..." Tidus said, glaring at her.
"Ok then Mr. Cranky-shorts, I ate most of the food because I'm a growing girl!"
"Really? I couldn't tell with that flat chest of yours..." Tidus growled.
"I'm gonna agree with Tidus on this one," Rick said.
"say that again, pretty boy..." Lexi sneered, turning her angry eyes towards him.
"Yooouuu...hhaavvee...nooooo...breeaasstttsss..." Tidus said, slowly.
They both glared at each other, silence; you could cut the tension with a knife. Suddenly Lexi screamed, "DIE!!!" and pounced on him and began punching at his face.
"Lexi! Lexi!!" Shinra grabbed her arms, and tried to pull her away from him.
"Chappu! Chappu get Tidus!" Shinra shouted, Chappu took his order and tried to pull Tidus away from Lexi.
Lexi shrieked as Shinra pulled her.
"whoa! Shut the raging monkey up already!! It hurts the ears!!" Rick exclaimed; that made Lexi even angrier.
"Lexi!" Shinra exclaimed, "If you stop, I'll buy you a whole meal for yourself!"
"really?!" Lexi turned around and hugged Shinra tight, "YAY!"
"that..was fast..." Leif said, as they began walking again. The three relative's stomachs growled at the same time. Lexi and Rick groaned.
"don't worry, ya? We're almost there." Chappu said, smiling.
"aren't you hungry, Chappu?" Tidus asked.
"yah, don't you have a metabolism?" Rick asked, holding his stomach. Chappu was at loss for words.
"guess what you guys." Evie smiled,
"what?" everyone looked at her.
"we're here." The group looked over to the right, and they were there; at Rin's. the three relatives smiled widely and screamed, "FOOOODD!!!!!" and ran inside.
"wait for me, ya?" Chappu exclaimed as he chased them in.
"hey!! knowing you guys, you'll eat the place out of business!" Tidus ran in after them.
"I'll be broke again..." Shinra mumbled, and shook his head as he followed them inside.
"what an interesting bunch of humans..." Evie giggled and also made her way in. when she did get in, her guardians were already at a table eating their hearts desire.
"Evie!! Ober here!!" Lexi exclaimed with her mouth full. She turned back down to the table, and noticed her food was gone. She looked up and saw Rick eating what she wanted.
"RICK! THAT WAS MINE!!!" Lexi exclaimed and pounced on him.
"thish ish sho good Evie, have shome!" Leif said, with his mouth full.
"Ish very good, ya!" Chappu added.
"I'm...broke...again..." Shinra sighed, banging his head on the table, "it's not fair..."
Evie stood by the table, watching them eat, and fight, and complain. She gave a little chuckle as Lexi handed her a plate of food. 'it has been a very interesting journey so far...'