claimer.. disclaimer... bah! u dont need those, everyone knows i didnt invent ffx of ffx-2
The crew makes a wild dash through the breezy forests on the outskirts of moonflow. Maybe if they can get to guadosalam fast enough they can leave Sai behind.
"nooo! don't let her get ya Leif!" shouted Rick back to his brother. all that carrying around Sai before hand had tired him out and he was dragging behind everyone else.
"hey everyone! wait up! I can't run that fast!" shouted up Sai.
"thank god... now if we could only keep up the speed" Lexi mumbled to herself.
"oh forget it, ya?" sighed Chappu as he slowed to a walk. eventually everyone else stopped.
"we can get rid of her later, I mean, it's can't be that tough" said Tidus breathing heavily.
"oh yeah it is, and I speak from personal experience" huffed and puffed Leif. it wasn't long before Sai rejoined the group, but Leif kept his distance.
"say, what's that?" asked Rick squinting and looking into the bushes.
"FIEND YA!!!" shouted Chappu. EVeryone got ready to do battle...
Leif and Chappu in thier ready position, Lexi and Tidus got ready with thier swords, Shinra read with two grenades and Evie holding her staff tightly, and Rick posing with one leg up and his arms out like a idiot... but the fiend never moved.
"thats a messed up monster..." said Lexi, scratching her head. Shinra went over to the bushes to see what it was. He brushes the foliage carefully aside to reveal some gold.
"SHINY!!!!!" squealed Lexi as she raced into the bushes and jumped onto her newfound treasure.
"Heh.... interesting" said Rick as he began searching about for more. Maybe there was treasure all over. Maybe this place was loaded.
"hey, dont be wondering off" warned Evie.
"we won't, but free stuff is worth the risk anyways" replied leif.
"lets see if we can find more, ya?" suggested Chappu.
"ya then Shinra can spend more money on food and less on weapons" said Lexi, drooling thinking about all the food they could buy.
"Lexi you're drooling..." Tidus said, noticing.
"NO!! IM NOT!" she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, "i'm salivating..."
"alright, but if we pair off, i'm going with leif!" announced Sai.
"but I dont wanna go with you..." whined Leif in protest.
"I think Lexi is rubbing off on you, man," Tidus said, shaking his head. LEif shot him a glare until Rick interrupted.
"yeah... don't worry leif, that's not gonna happen. you're coming with me" said rick, grabbing him by the arm and dragging him off. His grip was stronger than Sai's and she was forced to let go.
"umm... E-e-vie?" stuttered Shinra softly.
"sure Shinra" she said with a smile as they walked off together.
"uhh.....Lexi, let's beat it outta here so we don't have to go with Sai" whispered Tidus. she nodded slowly and then paused.
"but what about chappu? I don't wanna leave him here with her" whispered Lexi.
"no worries, the man's the blitz team captain. He can handle himself" replied Tidus. Lexi nodded again and they trudged away together on their search.
there stood ole Chappu and Sai.
"well...ya..." sighed Chappu putting his hands behind hid head.
"well, i gues that leaves you and me" said Sai with a wide smile. chappu's eyes darted back ans forth.
"uh oh...ya.......ummm... well see you later ya?" he said and dove into some nearby poison oak, and ran as fast as hell would let him.
--change scene--
Rick and Leif were walking along a barely visible path through the trees.
"thanks for rescueing me back there bro" said Leif.
"no prob. but now you owe me for saving you from your nightmare" laughed Rick. the two walk along together for a little while longer in search of treasure. And suddenly there's a russle in nearby bushes.
"be careful, it could actually be a fiend this time" warned Rick.
"or worse, it could be Sai again" said Leif in a whimpering tone. Rick got ready to blast a fireball. But it was Chappu who came flying out of the green,
"hey there, ya?" he said in a friendly and casual way as if he had meant to almost fall on his face. As a matter of fact his face and arms were almost covered it poison oak.
"....wh-what happened to you old Chapp?" asked Leif, almost wide-eyed.
"err..... it's just a sunburn ya?" replied Chappu with his usual cheery smile.
"out here? nah-uh. try telling the truth" said Rick.
"it's no big deal ya?" said Chappu shrugging, scratching the red spots on his body.
"I suppose he's right. now let's go and find that treasure before the others do" said Leif.
"damn right" said Rick starting onward again.
--change scene--
now Lexi and Tidus were walking along together in silence. An akward silence. in fact, Lexi was starting to wish that she had grabbed Leif and went with him while she had the chance. Now she was stuck with the blonde boy.
"so..." he said and stretched out his arms behind his head. Lexi hated it when he did that, she found it annoying. she frowned and started to walk faster. Tidus probably wasn't out to find treasure, he just wanted to get Lexi alone.
"you know, maybe we should just split up again" she suggested in a shaky tone.
"Naw, I don't see why we should have to do that" Tidus replied. He was surprised she would ever suggest such a stupid thing. She was wondering why he thought he was in charge of the treasure hunt.
"It'll be just my luck, that while I'm stuck here with you, I won't find a single piece of treasure" scoffed Lexi, as she folded her arms.
"whatever.., I'm really not out here looking for treasure you know..." Tidus began. Lexi's eyes widened.
"I knew it!" she shouted at Tidus. He stopped in his tracks and looked at her. Lexi took a step back and broke into a run, away from Tidus. He probably wanted to kiss her again. But he was never going to, not if Lexi could help it.
--change scene--
Meanwhile, SHinra and Evie were walking around on the floating steps.
"it's pretty isn't it?" Evie said, and turned around smiling.
"Y-y-ya...you...are.." Shinra suttered, not knowing what to say. he was actually alone with Evie but he didn't have the guts to say or do anything!
"pardon?" Evie turned around, she didn't quite catch what he had said.
"you're beautiful..." he suddenly said, he hadn't realized he was thinking outloud. Evie turned around all the way and gazed at him flattered and embarrassed.
"oh...i mean...oh...uhh uhhh uhhh uhhh...it's...uhh well uhhss...lets go!" Shinra took her by the hand and walked forward. Evie suddenly tripped on some loose rocks and slipped.
"Shinra!" SHe had fallen off the side.
--Change scene--
"so... you think the treasure left behind is just old al-bhed junk?" asked Leif.
"no way. quality grenades and other explosive stuff" said Rick.
"ha ha... stuff that goes "boom", ya?" commented Chappu.
"ya, sure buddy" sighed Leif slapping him on the back.
"the treasure should probably be hidden in wooden chests and scattered in the bushes."
"what makes you so sure bro?" asked Leif.
"it's standard al-bhed "stashing procedure" of course" said Rick shrugging and smiling. Maybe he was right. Nobody knew. After all, he was older than Leif and CHappu wasn't even close to being al-bhed.
--change scene--
Shinra tried to pull her up, but he just couldn't. the laws of gravity were winning. 'god damn it Shinra, don't let her fall,' he cursed at himself. and suddenly he pulled back as hard as he could and instead of her coming back onto saftey, they both fell off the other side of the floating road.
"GAAAAHHH!!" they shouted as they kept falling. Shinra help Evie tightly to him, his back facing the ground. Evie blushed, he was warm, and she was safe.
They finally hit the ground, Shinra back first, Evie wasn't hurt. Shinra groaned, as Evie rolled off of him.
"are you...you...oak...-er- ok?" he stuttered, he was even having trouble talking while he was hurt around her. 'pathetic...' he cursed at himself again.
"yes...thank you..." she smiled, as he sat up, "what about you?"
"great, ow....geez...im really glad i'm used to that kind of things...heh...Rick's fault..." Evie smiled, and giggled. that was the first time anyone tried to keep her from harm.
--change scene--
The boys came to a small clearing that broke off onto smaller paths.
"are we gonna split up again ya?" asked Chapppu surveying the paths and the clearing's surroundings.
"ha! no way, I don't wanna get lost out here by myself." laughed Rick, turning around.
"we could just look around here and then head back to where we started" said Leif.
"what if we don't find anything ya?" asked Chappu, looking like a little disappionted puppy.
"hey man, we're al-bhed. it's good luck. we are bond to find SOMETHING out here" laughed Rick in his "rick-is-the-man" tone.
"alright...let's spread out!" said Leif strutting forward. Chappu walked back and forth along the path, scratching as he went. Rick surveyed as much of the area as he could, he he spotted something, he'd dive in after it.
--change scene--
Lexi ran through the bushes at top speed, breathing heavily and thinking to herself about how badly she wanted to meet up with the others and leave. Yes, leave Tidus behind. That dirty, rotten, good-for-nothing blonde player boy.
"he's only baggage" she thought to herself. "and we don't need him. we never needed him."
A nearby tree had been nearly uprooted. It was about t
o change her point of view. Her boot caught the underside of the roots and she was thrown to the ground. Her head his the dirt with a loud thunk and she was knocked out cold. Her weight overthrew her down a nearby hill.
--change scene--
"find anything?" shouted out Leif.
"two acorns! three rocks! and one really weird looking flower" shouted out rick in reply. he was feeling down about not having found anything yet, it was really crushing his ego.
"hey Chappu! you find anything?" shouted out Leif.
"I doubt it" mumbled rick as he continued to search.
"no ya!" shouted out Chappu as he scratched his arms and neck. Now he was almost beet red.
--change scene--
she was so glad he was ok. suddenly, an over whelmed feeling came over her, she flung her arms around Shinra's neck as he was talking and pressed her lips against his in the middle of his sentence.
"Y-you know, I'm really glad you're mmmppphhhh..." SHinra said, shocked by her actions. but he too was overwhelmed. He shut his eyes and took in the kiss. Evie pulled away gently, slowly opening her eyes to match his. They both smiled, and laughed. and that's all they needed...
--change scene--
Leif casually walked around in circles, pretending to look. He really didn't care if he found something or not, whatever Rick found, he would share.
"woo hoo! a chest!" yelled out rick. Chappu and Leif both rushed over as fast as they could.
"aw dammit. forget it guys, it's just a rock" said Rick. With that he snorted and kicked the rock. Something nearby twitched behind the brush.
"forget it, we're not gonna find anything, ya" said Chappu statring to walk back to the main path. Rick folded his arms and started to pout. Leif laughed to himself and was about to follow the others when whatever it was in the bushes that moved before, twitched again.
"uhh...
Leif slowly inched forward and peered over the foliage. It was Lexi, laying still and she was covered in dirt and leaves.
"Guys! come quick! I found something!" shouted out Leif as he rushed to Lexi's side and brished her hair out of her face.
"holy moly!" exclaimed Rick. Him and Chappu leapt over the bushes and at Lexi's feet.
"Let's get to back to meeting point" said Leif in distress. Rick and Chappu look at each other.
"...meeting point?" asked Rick raising an eyebrow. Leif frowned and picked up Lexi by her arms.
"ooooh.... THAT meeting point, ya" said Chappu grabbing one of Lexi's legs.
"......whatever. lead the way bro." said Rick, grabbing Lexi's leftover leg.
Together they carried her through the winding paths and back to where they had started off. The boys didn't know it but Lexi had fallen on a treasure chest and left a piece of her lower lip on the lid.
--change scene--
"dammit.. where did that little brat get to now?" Tidus asked himself. he was so clueless. But he was so happy to see that he had stumbled upon a treasure chest. In fact, he was thrilled.
He picked it up and headed back to where they started. He hoped to meet up and show the others what he had found.
--change scene--
The boys layed Lexi on the ground.
"ewww... look at her lip. It's pracitcally gushing blood" said Rick recoiling and touching his own lower lip.
"thats pretty nasty ya" said Chappu, scratching his face.
"there's like puss everywhere!" Rick shouted, watching her lip.
Leif took a deep breath, how could they not be as worried as him? I mean.. god! Maybe he was just overreacting. He would have to call for the others. If Sai came too, then so be it.
"Hoi! Shinra! Evie! Come quick!" he shouted out into the woods. He hoped that his cry would be heard and they would come running. That's what friends do. After about a minute or so, they appeared.
"Oh my gosh! What happened to Lexi?" asked Evie looking down on her. It was obvious that Lexi had also hit her head.
Shinra has a huge smile on his face. Rick approched him about it.
"Hey man, Lexi's hurt here, you wanna tell me what's so great that you feel the need to smile?" he asked glaring at Shinra. Shinra just cleared his throat and casually wiped the smile off his face. But his eyes were still shining like before.
"..........Shinra.....are you wearing lipstick?" asked Rick, raising an eyebrow. Shinra touched his lip and lookat his fingertip. It was a shiny pink.
"umm...uhh....errr....no...that would be lipgloss..." he said and smiled again as he walked around Rick. Rick was dumbfounded, but shook it off and turned back to Lexi. She had opened her eyes and was looking around and blinking as she always did. It was like she had never fell.
"Lexi.. are you feeling ok?" asked Evie kneeling down next to her and putting Lexi's fabric belt against her bleeding lip.
"I'm ok" Lexi replied smiling and scratching her cheek, and chewing on the fabric. "this tastes like blood...oh! im bleeding!"
"what's the last you remember?" asked Shinra asked shaking his head.
"umm.... I was running really really fast" she said, opening and closeing her mouth to make a ptap ptap noise, she could still taste the blood.
"where's Tidus?" asked Leif looking around in anger.
"Hey guys! I found a treasure chest. Isn't that cool?" exclaimed the blonde boy coming onto the scene.
"what the hell did you do?!?! why weren't you with Lexi when she got hurt?!" Leif spazed,
"whoa, whoa, she ran, and i couldn't catch up." Tidus said, backing up, and dropping the trunk on his and Leifs foot. he gave out a yelp, and started hopping around on one leg.
"is that a new blond dance?" Lexi asked, still making that ptap ptap noise with her mouth.
"ow ow ow ow ow," Leif groaned,
"ah ah ah ah ah," Tidus cried.
"you know if you clsoe you're eyes it gives you a wierd picture..." Rick said, shuddering.
"ewwww RICK!!!" Lexi shouted throwing a rock at him, making his lip bleed, "pervert!"
"GAAH!! its bleeding! the puss is everywhere!! AAHHH" Rick exclaimed, sucking on his lip.
"hahaha, moron!" LExi laughed and pointed.
"ahh shut up...ptap, ptap, blood is bitter..." Rick said, also making the ptap ptap noise.
"yeah...it is..."
"that argument ended quickly." Shinra said,
"and what's with your lips? you're wearing lip gloss!" Rick said, pointing to him.
"you are?!" LExi quickly stood up and scrambled to see Shinra's lips, "YOU ARE!! ohh pink too...nice!" Lexi exclaimed, then a thought entered her mind... "oh no...you didnt..."
"actually..."
"AH!...SHINRA HOW COULD YOU!"
"because i like-"
"but Shinra! i always thought you were strait! when did you turn fag!?"
"i'm not gay!"
"then why are you wearing lip gloss?" Lexi asked innocently,
"uhh...ummm...uhhh...b-b-because...i-i.....uhhhh, it's a secret." Shinra laughed.
Evie giggled, "SHinra isn't gay, because if he were he wouldn't have..."
"have...?" everyone leaned in to hear what she was going to say.
"have..."
"so what's in the treasure box?" she quickly changed subject.
"oh i dunno, let's open it," Tidus bent down to open the chest,
"nooo!! uhhh she was about to tell us!! ggaahh!!" Lexi screamed.
Rick sighed, "you gotta realize Lexi, he's stupid..."
"heh, good point..." Lexi agreed.
"yah, i mean...he's inlove with your mom! thats just plain wrong..." Leif added,
"i kno, ya?"
"yah, i don't care what time period he's from but here, that's sick..." Lexi nodded.
"hey! you guys! don't talk about me behind my back! especially when i can hear you!!" Tidus exclaimed turning around.
"aahhh shut up and open the chest," Rick said. Tidus grumbled and did so, inside was a sphere.
"can we watch it!?" LExi exclaimed excitedly.
"no, it's an ability sphere," Shinra said, taking it from Tidus.
"so, who's gonna use it?" Rick asked, apparently wanting it.
"not you," Shinra said, throwing it at Tidus. it hit his chest and exploded. Tidus coughed, the dust got into this throat.
"that hurt you know..." he coughed again.
"so, what have you learned?" Leif asked,
"i learned not to get you angry..."
"nonono, not that! your ablility!"
"oh...uhhh..." Tidus scratched his head.
"LEEIFF!! where are you?! LEIF!!" Sai shouted from a distance. she was getting closer.
"oh shit, oh shit, oh shit...."
"leif?" Sai had come around the corner of a giant tree. You cloud see her boot.
"I learned Flee!!" Tidus exclaimed.
"hmm...that's wierd...i swear i heard them..." Sai said, looking at the empty clearing.
--change scene--
"hey, look, its the entrance to Guadosalam!!" LExi exclaimed, looking ahead, it was just a hill away.
"hey, i'll race you guys!" she exclaimed with a smile.
"right!" they all got ready and..."...GO!"
they all dashed ahead, not watching where they were going, only looking ahead. Tidus in the lead with Leif and Rick at second place, then Shinra and Evie and Chappu and...then Lexi...
"HEY!! YOU GUYS!! THATS NOT FAIIRR!! WAAIIT UP!!!" Lexi screamed. suddenly everyone fell. One after another, they fell ontop of eachother. and this is how it went...
"whoa!" Tidus had tripped something.
"gaah!! noo!!" LEif and Rick exclaimed, they were running so fast that they couldnt stop, thus falling on top of Tidus.
"whatch out ya?!" Chappu exclaimed.
"uh oh..." Evie gasped.
"watchi it!!" Shinra picked Evie up and they fell ontop of Rick and leif.
"ouuf..." Tidus groaned. Chappu looked behind him and say Lexi huffing and puffing her way.
"what are you guys doooing!??" she exclaiedm and then tripped on a rock. she began rolling towards them like a bowling ball.
"AHHHHHHHH, YA?!?!?" Chappu tried to scramble off, so did everyone else which made it harder.
"gaaahh!" LExi exclaimed and she finally collided witht he human pins, scattering them everywhere around the road.
everyone groaned.
"i...i can breath..." Tidus sighed happily.
"damn it Tidus, what do you think you're doing?!" Leif exclaimed, as he stood up.
"yah man! what the fuck do you think you're doing!? you damn blond!" Rick exclaimed, everyone looked at him wierd.
"ow, my brain, ya? Tidus what do you think you're doing ya?" Chappu groaned.
Shinra sighed, "well...as long as we're okay, don't do taht ever again Tidus..."
"yah, someone could get hurt..." Evie added, as SHinra helped her up.
"AH! MY LIP IS BLEEING AGAIN! TIDUS!! CURSE YOU!! CURSE YOU TO THE FAR PLANE!" Lexi screamed, pointing at him and holding her lip.
"it was an accident..." Tidus stood up and took a step back to only trip again.
"what happened now?" Leif growled.
"another treasure box..." Tidus looked behind him, "ALOT more treasure boxes..." He stood up to open the chest. there he found mana and ability spheres.
"whoa...jackpot..." Lexi gasped over his shoulder.
"alright everyone! you know what to do!" Shinra exclaimed, and Rick whistled as loud as he could. Everyone scrambled to open the chests.
once they were done they ended up with 25 speed and ability spheres, about 50 mana spheres (25 white, 25 black) and 10 language spheres, 45 grenades, and a pair of sun glasses and alot of other things.
"so, who gets what? and what is whos?" Lexi asked,
"what did you say? or say what you did..." Rick said, confusing everyone.
"give me black magic spheres, black magic spheres give me," Leif added,
"how about...which is mine ya? ya mine is which ya?" Chappu smiled proudly.
"how much wood could a wood chuck chuck is a wood chuck could chuck wood?" Tidus said quickly, nobody said anything, "ok that's what i thought now lets get this rolling!"
"ok, sunglasses!" Evie held them up. "starting at 3 rocks!"
"i bid 3 rocks!" LExi exclaimed.
"i bid 6!" Leif added,
"10!" Rick exclaimed, "i bid ten!"
"going once...going twice..." Evie said,
"I bid 15 rocks!!" Tidus exclaimed.
"no! 20!"
"alright! sold to the dumb blond in green!" Evie exclaimed and gave them to rick.
"yesss...im cool, i'm slick, and baby im all free..." Rick placed his shades on and posed 'sexily'.
"ah! rice porn..." Leif said, shaking his head.
"ewww my virgin eyes!! gaahhh" Lexi screamed and covered her eyes.
"on witht eh auction!"
Evie stood up and previewed a grenade. the boys bids went up too 65 rocks. it was a hard battle, Shinra won, you could see him stuffing his pockets full.
"psst...Leif, how do all those grenades fit in his pockets liek that?it looks like theres nothing there!" Lexi whispered.
"heh, who knows, it's SHinra. must just have hella lot of room in those besaid shorts...crazy," LEif shook his head.
Next up were some potions, everyone was about even, cept for chappu he got most of it. then again, you never realy know, Rick kept stealing them all. and he's good at that.
"hey, why are we bidding with rocks?" Lexi asked.
"cause we're poor..." Tidus answered, putting in another bid for the spheres.
Once they were done bidding, and winning all the items they had found.
"so, on to guadosalam?" SHinra smiled at his group.
"OHHH YAH!!!" they cheered and began walking again.
"LEEIIIF?!??!" Sai shouted, they all glanced at eachother and ran, "NOOOT AGAIN!!! IM SICK OF RUNNING!!!" Lexi screamed.
The crew makes a wild dash through the breezy forests on the outskirts of moonflow. Maybe if they can get to guadosalam fast enough they can leave Sai behind.
"nooo! don't let her get ya Leif!" shouted Rick back to his brother. all that carrying around Sai before hand had tired him out and he was dragging behind everyone else.
"hey everyone! wait up! I can't run that fast!" shouted up Sai.
"thank god... now if we could only keep up the speed" Lexi mumbled to herself.
"oh forget it, ya?" sighed Chappu as he slowed to a walk. eventually everyone else stopped.
"we can get rid of her later, I mean, it's can't be that tough" said Tidus breathing heavily.
"oh yeah it is, and I speak from personal experience" huffed and puffed Leif. it wasn't long before Sai rejoined the group, but Leif kept his distance.
"say, what's that?" asked Rick squinting and looking into the bushes.
"FIEND YA!!!" shouted Chappu. EVeryone got ready to do battle...
Leif and Chappu in thier ready position, Lexi and Tidus got ready with thier swords, Shinra read with two grenades and Evie holding her staff tightly, and Rick posing with one leg up and his arms out like a idiot... but the fiend never moved.
"thats a messed up monster..." said Lexi, scratching her head. Shinra went over to the bushes to see what it was. He brushes the foliage carefully aside to reveal some gold.
"SHINY!!!!!" squealed Lexi as she raced into the bushes and jumped onto her newfound treasure.
"Heh.... interesting" said Rick as he began searching about for more. Maybe there was treasure all over. Maybe this place was loaded.
"hey, dont be wondering off" warned Evie.
"we won't, but free stuff is worth the risk anyways" replied leif.
"lets see if we can find more, ya?" suggested Chappu.
"ya then Shinra can spend more money on food and less on weapons" said Lexi, drooling thinking about all the food they could buy.
"Lexi you're drooling..." Tidus said, noticing.
"NO!! IM NOT!" she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, "i'm salivating..."
"alright, but if we pair off, i'm going with leif!" announced Sai.
"but I dont wanna go with you..." whined Leif in protest.
"I think Lexi is rubbing off on you, man," Tidus said, shaking his head. LEif shot him a glare until Rick interrupted.
"yeah... don't worry leif, that's not gonna happen. you're coming with me" said rick, grabbing him by the arm and dragging him off. His grip was stronger than Sai's and she was forced to let go.
"umm... E-e-vie?" stuttered Shinra softly.
"sure Shinra" she said with a smile as they walked off together.
"uhh.....Lexi, let's beat it outta here so we don't have to go with Sai" whispered Tidus. she nodded slowly and then paused.
"but what about chappu? I don't wanna leave him here with her" whispered Lexi.
"no worries, the man's the blitz team captain. He can handle himself" replied Tidus. Lexi nodded again and they trudged away together on their search.
there stood ole Chappu and Sai.
"well...ya..." sighed Chappu putting his hands behind hid head.
"well, i gues that leaves you and me" said Sai with a wide smile. chappu's eyes darted back ans forth.
"uh oh...ya.......ummm... well see you later ya?" he said and dove into some nearby poison oak, and ran as fast as hell would let him.
--change scene--
Rick and Leif were walking along a barely visible path through the trees.
"thanks for rescueing me back there bro" said Leif.
"no prob. but now you owe me for saving you from your nightmare" laughed Rick. the two walk along together for a little while longer in search of treasure. And suddenly there's a russle in nearby bushes.
"be careful, it could actually be a fiend this time" warned Rick.
"or worse, it could be Sai again" said Leif in a whimpering tone. Rick got ready to blast a fireball. But it was Chappu who came flying out of the green,
"hey there, ya?" he said in a friendly and casual way as if he had meant to almost fall on his face. As a matter of fact his face and arms were almost covered it poison oak.
"....wh-what happened to you old Chapp?" asked Leif, almost wide-eyed.
"err..... it's just a sunburn ya?" replied Chappu with his usual cheery smile.
"out here? nah-uh. try telling the truth" said Rick.
"it's no big deal ya?" said Chappu shrugging, scratching the red spots on his body.
"I suppose he's right. now let's go and find that treasure before the others do" said Leif.
"damn right" said Rick starting onward again.
--change scene--
now Lexi and Tidus were walking along together in silence. An akward silence. in fact, Lexi was starting to wish that she had grabbed Leif and went with him while she had the chance. Now she was stuck with the blonde boy.
"so..." he said and stretched out his arms behind his head. Lexi hated it when he did that, she found it annoying. she frowned and started to walk faster. Tidus probably wasn't out to find treasure, he just wanted to get Lexi alone.
"you know, maybe we should just split up again" she suggested in a shaky tone.
"Naw, I don't see why we should have to do that" Tidus replied. He was surprised she would ever suggest such a stupid thing. She was wondering why he thought he was in charge of the treasure hunt.
"It'll be just my luck, that while I'm stuck here with you, I won't find a single piece of treasure" scoffed Lexi, as she folded her arms.
"whatever.., I'm really not out here looking for treasure you know..." Tidus began. Lexi's eyes widened.
"I knew it!" she shouted at Tidus. He stopped in his tracks and looked at her. Lexi took a step back and broke into a run, away from Tidus. He probably wanted to kiss her again. But he was never going to, not if Lexi could help it.
--change scene--
Meanwhile, SHinra and Evie were walking around on the floating steps.
"it's pretty isn't it?" Evie said, and turned around smiling.
"Y-y-ya...you...are.." Shinra suttered, not knowing what to say. he was actually alone with Evie but he didn't have the guts to say or do anything!
"pardon?" Evie turned around, she didn't quite catch what he had said.
"you're beautiful..." he suddenly said, he hadn't realized he was thinking outloud. Evie turned around all the way and gazed at him flattered and embarrassed.
"oh...i mean...oh...uhh uhhh uhhh uhhh...it's...uhh well uhhss...lets go!" Shinra took her by the hand and walked forward. Evie suddenly tripped on some loose rocks and slipped.
"Shinra!" SHe had fallen off the side.
--Change scene--
"so... you think the treasure left behind is just old al-bhed junk?" asked Leif.
"no way. quality grenades and other explosive stuff" said Rick.
"ha ha... stuff that goes "boom", ya?" commented Chappu.
"ya, sure buddy" sighed Leif slapping him on the back.
"the treasure should probably be hidden in wooden chests and scattered in the bushes."
"what makes you so sure bro?" asked Leif.
"it's standard al-bhed "stashing procedure" of course" said Rick shrugging and smiling. Maybe he was right. Nobody knew. After all, he was older than Leif and CHappu wasn't even close to being al-bhed.
--change scene--
Shinra tried to pull her up, but he just couldn't. the laws of gravity were winning. 'god damn it Shinra, don't let her fall,' he cursed at himself. and suddenly he pulled back as hard as he could and instead of her coming back onto saftey, they both fell off the other side of the floating road.
"GAAAAHHH!!" they shouted as they kept falling. Shinra help Evie tightly to him, his back facing the ground. Evie blushed, he was warm, and she was safe.
They finally hit the ground, Shinra back first, Evie wasn't hurt. Shinra groaned, as Evie rolled off of him.
"are you...you...oak...-er- ok?" he stuttered, he was even having trouble talking while he was hurt around her. 'pathetic...' he cursed at himself again.
"yes...thank you..." she smiled, as he sat up, "what about you?"
"great, ow....geez...im really glad i'm used to that kind of things...heh...Rick's fault..." Evie smiled, and giggled. that was the first time anyone tried to keep her from harm.
--change scene--
The boys came to a small clearing that broke off onto smaller paths.
"are we gonna split up again ya?" asked Chapppu surveying the paths and the clearing's surroundings.
"ha! no way, I don't wanna get lost out here by myself." laughed Rick, turning around.
"we could just look around here and then head back to where we started" said Leif.
"what if we don't find anything ya?" asked Chappu, looking like a little disappionted puppy.
"hey man, we're al-bhed. it's good luck. we are bond to find SOMETHING out here" laughed Rick in his "rick-is-the-man" tone.
"alright...let's spread out!" said Leif strutting forward. Chappu walked back and forth along the path, scratching as he went. Rick surveyed as much of the area as he could, he he spotted something, he'd dive in after it.
--change scene--
Lexi ran through the bushes at top speed, breathing heavily and thinking to herself about how badly she wanted to meet up with the others and leave. Yes, leave Tidus behind. That dirty, rotten, good-for-nothing blonde player boy.
"he's only baggage" she thought to herself. "and we don't need him. we never needed him."
A nearby tree had been nearly uprooted. It was about t
o change her point of view. Her boot caught the underside of the roots and she was thrown to the ground. Her head his the dirt with a loud thunk and she was knocked out cold. Her weight overthrew her down a nearby hill.
--change scene--
"find anything?" shouted out Leif.
"two acorns! three rocks! and one really weird looking flower" shouted out rick in reply. he was feeling down about not having found anything yet, it was really crushing his ego.
"hey Chappu! you find anything?" shouted out Leif.
"I doubt it" mumbled rick as he continued to search.
"no ya!" shouted out Chappu as he scratched his arms and neck. Now he was almost beet red.
--change scene--
she was so glad he was ok. suddenly, an over whelmed feeling came over her, she flung her arms around Shinra's neck as he was talking and pressed her lips against his in the middle of his sentence.
"Y-you know, I'm really glad you're mmmppphhhh..." SHinra said, shocked by her actions. but he too was overwhelmed. He shut his eyes and took in the kiss. Evie pulled away gently, slowly opening her eyes to match his. They both smiled, and laughed. and that's all they needed...
--change scene--
Leif casually walked around in circles, pretending to look. He really didn't care if he found something or not, whatever Rick found, he would share.
"woo hoo! a chest!" yelled out rick. Chappu and Leif both rushed over as fast as they could.
"aw dammit. forget it guys, it's just a rock" said Rick. With that he snorted and kicked the rock. Something nearby twitched behind the brush.
"forget it, we're not gonna find anything, ya" said Chappu statring to walk back to the main path. Rick folded his arms and started to pout. Leif laughed to himself and was about to follow the others when whatever it was in the bushes that moved before, twitched again.
"uhh...
Leif slowly inched forward and peered over the foliage. It was Lexi, laying still and she was covered in dirt and leaves.
"Guys! come quick! I found something!" shouted out Leif as he rushed to Lexi's side and brished her hair out of her face.
"holy moly!" exclaimed Rick. Him and Chappu leapt over the bushes and at Lexi's feet.
"Let's get to back to meeting point" said Leif in distress. Rick and Chappu look at each other.
"...meeting point?" asked Rick raising an eyebrow. Leif frowned and picked up Lexi by her arms.
"ooooh.... THAT meeting point, ya" said Chappu grabbing one of Lexi's legs.
"......whatever. lead the way bro." said Rick, grabbing Lexi's leftover leg.
Together they carried her through the winding paths and back to where they had started off. The boys didn't know it but Lexi had fallen on a treasure chest and left a piece of her lower lip on the lid.
--change scene--
"dammit.. where did that little brat get to now?" Tidus asked himself. he was so clueless. But he was so happy to see that he had stumbled upon a treasure chest. In fact, he was thrilled.
He picked it up and headed back to where they started. He hoped to meet up and show the others what he had found.
--change scene--
The boys layed Lexi on the ground.
"ewww... look at her lip. It's pracitcally gushing blood" said Rick recoiling and touching his own lower lip.
"thats pretty nasty ya" said Chappu, scratching his face.
"there's like puss everywhere!" Rick shouted, watching her lip.
Leif took a deep breath, how could they not be as worried as him? I mean.. god! Maybe he was just overreacting. He would have to call for the others. If Sai came too, then so be it.
"Hoi! Shinra! Evie! Come quick!" he shouted out into the woods. He hoped that his cry would be heard and they would come running. That's what friends do. After about a minute or so, they appeared.
"Oh my gosh! What happened to Lexi?" asked Evie looking down on her. It was obvious that Lexi had also hit her head.
Shinra has a huge smile on his face. Rick approched him about it.
"Hey man, Lexi's hurt here, you wanna tell me what's so great that you feel the need to smile?" he asked glaring at Shinra. Shinra just cleared his throat and casually wiped the smile off his face. But his eyes were still shining like before.
"..........Shinra.....are you wearing lipstick?" asked Rick, raising an eyebrow. Shinra touched his lip and lookat his fingertip. It was a shiny pink.
"umm...uhh....errr....no...that would be lipgloss..." he said and smiled again as he walked around Rick. Rick was dumbfounded, but shook it off and turned back to Lexi. She had opened her eyes and was looking around and blinking as she always did. It was like she had never fell.
"Lexi.. are you feeling ok?" asked Evie kneeling down next to her and putting Lexi's fabric belt against her bleeding lip.
"I'm ok" Lexi replied smiling and scratching her cheek, and chewing on the fabric. "this tastes like blood...oh! im bleeding!"
"what's the last you remember?" asked Shinra asked shaking his head.
"umm.... I was running really really fast" she said, opening and closeing her mouth to make a ptap ptap noise, she could still taste the blood.
"where's Tidus?" asked Leif looking around in anger.
"Hey guys! I found a treasure chest. Isn't that cool?" exclaimed the blonde boy coming onto the scene.
"what the hell did you do?!?! why weren't you with Lexi when she got hurt?!" Leif spazed,
"whoa, whoa, she ran, and i couldn't catch up." Tidus said, backing up, and dropping the trunk on his and Leifs foot. he gave out a yelp, and started hopping around on one leg.
"is that a new blond dance?" Lexi asked, still making that ptap ptap noise with her mouth.
"ow ow ow ow ow," Leif groaned,
"ah ah ah ah ah," Tidus cried.
"you know if you clsoe you're eyes it gives you a wierd picture..." Rick said, shuddering.
"ewwww RICK!!!" Lexi shouted throwing a rock at him, making his lip bleed, "pervert!"
"GAAH!! its bleeding! the puss is everywhere!! AAHHH" Rick exclaimed, sucking on his lip.
"hahaha, moron!" LExi laughed and pointed.
"ahh shut up...ptap, ptap, blood is bitter..." Rick said, also making the ptap ptap noise.
"yeah...it is..."
"that argument ended quickly." Shinra said,
"and what's with your lips? you're wearing lip gloss!" Rick said, pointing to him.
"you are?!" LExi quickly stood up and scrambled to see Shinra's lips, "YOU ARE!! ohh pink too...nice!" Lexi exclaimed, then a thought entered her mind... "oh no...you didnt..."
"actually..."
"AH!...SHINRA HOW COULD YOU!"
"because i like-"
"but Shinra! i always thought you were strait! when did you turn fag!?"
"i'm not gay!"
"then why are you wearing lip gloss?" Lexi asked innocently,
"uhh...ummm...uhhh...b-b-because...i-i.....uhhhh, it's a secret." Shinra laughed.
Evie giggled, "SHinra isn't gay, because if he were he wouldn't have..."
"have...?" everyone leaned in to hear what she was going to say.
"have..."
"so what's in the treasure box?" she quickly changed subject.
"oh i dunno, let's open it," Tidus bent down to open the chest,
"nooo!! uhhh she was about to tell us!! ggaahh!!" Lexi screamed.
Rick sighed, "you gotta realize Lexi, he's stupid..."
"heh, good point..." Lexi agreed.
"yah, i mean...he's inlove with your mom! thats just plain wrong..." Leif added,
"i kno, ya?"
"yah, i don't care what time period he's from but here, that's sick..." Lexi nodded.
"hey! you guys! don't talk about me behind my back! especially when i can hear you!!" Tidus exclaimed turning around.
"aahhh shut up and open the chest," Rick said. Tidus grumbled and did so, inside was a sphere.
"can we watch it!?" LExi exclaimed excitedly.
"no, it's an ability sphere," Shinra said, taking it from Tidus.
"so, who's gonna use it?" Rick asked, apparently wanting it.
"not you," Shinra said, throwing it at Tidus. it hit his chest and exploded. Tidus coughed, the dust got into this throat.
"that hurt you know..." he coughed again.
"so, what have you learned?" Leif asked,
"i learned not to get you angry..."
"nonono, not that! your ablility!"
"oh...uhhh..." Tidus scratched his head.
"LEEIFF!! where are you?! LEIF!!" Sai shouted from a distance. she was getting closer.
"oh shit, oh shit, oh shit...."
"leif?" Sai had come around the corner of a giant tree. You cloud see her boot.
"I learned Flee!!" Tidus exclaimed.
"hmm...that's wierd...i swear i heard them..." Sai said, looking at the empty clearing.
--change scene--
"hey, look, its the entrance to Guadosalam!!" LExi exclaimed, looking ahead, it was just a hill away.
"hey, i'll race you guys!" she exclaimed with a smile.
"right!" they all got ready and..."...GO!"
they all dashed ahead, not watching where they were going, only looking ahead. Tidus in the lead with Leif and Rick at second place, then Shinra and Evie and Chappu and...then Lexi...
"HEY!! YOU GUYS!! THATS NOT FAIIRR!! WAAIIT UP!!!" Lexi screamed. suddenly everyone fell. One after another, they fell ontop of eachother. and this is how it went...
"whoa!" Tidus had tripped something.
"gaah!! noo!!" LEif and Rick exclaimed, they were running so fast that they couldnt stop, thus falling on top of Tidus.
"whatch out ya?!" Chappu exclaimed.
"uh oh..." Evie gasped.
"watchi it!!" Shinra picked Evie up and they fell ontop of Rick and leif.
"ouuf..." Tidus groaned. Chappu looked behind him and say Lexi huffing and puffing her way.
"what are you guys doooing!??" she exclaiedm and then tripped on a rock. she began rolling towards them like a bowling ball.
"AHHHHHHHH, YA?!?!?" Chappu tried to scramble off, so did everyone else which made it harder.
"gaaahh!" LExi exclaimed and she finally collided witht he human pins, scattering them everywhere around the road.
everyone groaned.
"i...i can breath..." Tidus sighed happily.
"damn it Tidus, what do you think you're doing?!" Leif exclaimed, as he stood up.
"yah man! what the fuck do you think you're doing!? you damn blond!" Rick exclaimed, everyone looked at him wierd.
"ow, my brain, ya? Tidus what do you think you're doing ya?" Chappu groaned.
Shinra sighed, "well...as long as we're okay, don't do taht ever again Tidus..."
"yah, someone could get hurt..." Evie added, as SHinra helped her up.
"AH! MY LIP IS BLEEING AGAIN! TIDUS!! CURSE YOU!! CURSE YOU TO THE FAR PLANE!" Lexi screamed, pointing at him and holding her lip.
"it was an accident..." Tidus stood up and took a step back to only trip again.
"what happened now?" Leif growled.
"another treasure box..." Tidus looked behind him, "ALOT more treasure boxes..." He stood up to open the chest. there he found mana and ability spheres.
"whoa...jackpot..." Lexi gasped over his shoulder.
"alright everyone! you know what to do!" Shinra exclaimed, and Rick whistled as loud as he could. Everyone scrambled to open the chests.
once they were done they ended up with 25 speed and ability spheres, about 50 mana spheres (25 white, 25 black) and 10 language spheres, 45 grenades, and a pair of sun glasses and alot of other things.
"so, who gets what? and what is whos?" Lexi asked,
"what did you say? or say what you did..." Rick said, confusing everyone.
"give me black magic spheres, black magic spheres give me," Leif added,
"how about...which is mine ya? ya mine is which ya?" Chappu smiled proudly.
"how much wood could a wood chuck chuck is a wood chuck could chuck wood?" Tidus said quickly, nobody said anything, "ok that's what i thought now lets get this rolling!"
"ok, sunglasses!" Evie held them up. "starting at 3 rocks!"
"i bid 3 rocks!" LExi exclaimed.
"i bid 6!" Leif added,
"10!" Rick exclaimed, "i bid ten!"
"going once...going twice..." Evie said,
"I bid 15 rocks!!" Tidus exclaimed.
"no! 20!"
"alright! sold to the dumb blond in green!" Evie exclaimed and gave them to rick.
"yesss...im cool, i'm slick, and baby im all free..." Rick placed his shades on and posed 'sexily'.
"ah! rice porn..." Leif said, shaking his head.
"ewww my virgin eyes!! gaahhh" Lexi screamed and covered her eyes.
"on witht eh auction!"
Evie stood up and previewed a grenade. the boys bids went up too 65 rocks. it was a hard battle, Shinra won, you could see him stuffing his pockets full.
"psst...Leif, how do all those grenades fit in his pockets liek that?it looks like theres nothing there!" Lexi whispered.
"heh, who knows, it's SHinra. must just have hella lot of room in those besaid shorts...crazy," LEif shook his head.
Next up were some potions, everyone was about even, cept for chappu he got most of it. then again, you never realy know, Rick kept stealing them all. and he's good at that.
"hey, why are we bidding with rocks?" Lexi asked.
"cause we're poor..." Tidus answered, putting in another bid for the spheres.
Once they were done bidding, and winning all the items they had found.
"so, on to guadosalam?" SHinra smiled at his group.
"OHHH YAH!!!" they cheered and began walking again.
"LEEIIIF?!??!" Sai shouted, they all glanced at eachother and ran, "NOOOT AGAIN!!! IM SICK OF RUNNING!!!" Lexi screamed.