Chapter 2. Side-trip to Djose
Tidus's eyes widened as he followed Yuna and Rikku onto the Celcius's bridge. Two years ago he had flown on an airship for the first time when he was Yuna's guardian on her pilgrimage. "Look at this place," he said, flabbergasted. He clung onto the banister, and slowly descended the flight of stairs, in awe. "Did you build this? She's a beauty."
"Me and Brother found her shortly after Yuna brought the Calm up north in the sea of ice," replied Buddy. "Fixed her up a bit and she flies like a charm. Ever since then, she's been the heart of the Gullwings."
Rikku stormed towards her brother, sitting in the cockpit and punched him in the arm. "Kaa, dryhgc vun fyedehk vun ic, Brother," (Gee, thanks for waiting for us, Brother)
"Famm, ev oui yht Yuna ryth'd dygah cu muhk, E luimt ryja myhtat dra creb!" (Well, if you and Yuna hadn't taken so long, I could have landed the ship!)
Yuna blushed, fully aware that Rikku and Brother were talking about her. "I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to keep everyone waiting."
"Yuna…no need…apologize" replied Brother in his broken Spiran. He gave her one of his goofy smiles, only to be returned by a sharp elbow jab from Rikku. "Celgu." (Sicko.) She knew her brother had secretly been in love with Yuna for a long time, despite the fact that they were cousins. But neither that, nor Tidus's return seemed to deter him.
"Quiet you two," snapped Buddy. He was accustomed to the constant sibling rivalry that went on aboard the ship, though that didn't make it any easier.
Suddenly the door to the bridge opened, and Paine entered, with her sword flung over her shoulder.
"Ah, Paine, good, you're here," said Buddy. "We've got sphere waves popping all over Spira…"
"All right!" interrupted Rikku. "Time to hunt some spheres!"
"Hold your chocobos, I haven't finished yet. We're going to go check out those sphere waves shortly, but first we're going to head over to Djose. We just got an urgent message from Gippal."
"An urgent message from Gippal?" repeated Yuna as she rushed over to Buddy. "What did he say?"
"He didn't give any specific information; said he didn't want to discuss it over the CommSphere, but he said that he needed the Gullwings to head over to Djose immediately."
"I wonder what he could possibly want. I hope nothing happened."
"He probably needs us to control that machina Experiment again," laughed Rikku. "Can't handle it themselves, so they have to call on your friendly neighborhood Gullwings."
"I highly doubt that," snorted Paine.
"You big meanie!"
"Minus two respect, Rikku."
"Uh oh! How many points do I have left?"
"Thirty-two."
"Awww…not fair!"
"Xiead!" (Quiet!) shouted Brother "Hu desa vun ynkisahdc. Gullwings, du ouin cdydeuhc, fa'na uvv du Djose." (No time for arguments. Gullwings, to your stations, we're off to Djose.)