A/N I just got back from holiday! And guess what? I had a fight with my daddykins. About his snoring mostly. So, I thought why not do a chappie about Cid and Rikku's relationship! And I don't care if you don't like it, just read it! (I'm lying. I DO care if you don't like it. Sob. :p) And if they seem a bit OOC, tough! It's just my bad authoring. Buddy will seem very OC in this. Just warning you.
"Oh god, Vydran, grow up!" Rikku glared up at the man who she called pop. He was sulking, as usual. Is that all he ever does? "It's because he's getting old," Gippal had told Rikku, "It's about the only thing that doesn't take up too much energy. I mean all he has to do is stand there and not talk to anyone. And if that's too much work he could sit down and do it!" Rikku had dreaded her father's reaction. She could take the yelling and screaming and picking up Gippal and practically chucking him across the room, (She suspected Gippal couldn't though) but sulking? That was just too childish for words. When she said that though Paine had pointed out that that's what she always did. But so what? Rikku was allowed! She was only seventeen! But here she was lecturing her pop on growing up! Why did he always do this? What was he sulking about? About her and Gippal. Why did he hate Gippal so much? Rikku didn't have a clue. All right so maybe they should have told him at first, but they didn't tell anybody. Tidus said he was so upset because he thought that Gippal was taking her away from him. "What a load of crap!" Had been Rikku's answer.
Rikku's glare hardened. Though it probably would've been more intimidating if she wasn't in bed. But she couldn't walk, couldn't even roll over, without shooting pains all up her back. Paine couldn't help smirking. Not only did she get to see Gippal get beat up (near enough), but here was Rikku trying to look scary, and failing in every way possible. A good day so far. Still, it did amaze Paine that here was Rikku, announcing that the bastard Seymour was back, had everyone looking terrified for ages, and was now arguing with her dad. How did she do it? Paine looked at Cid's face. She was surprised. He actually looked calm. Not like Cid at all. Was he up to something? No way. He wasn't smart enough to be up to something. Although that wasn't really fair to say because she didn't know him that well yet, but meh. Paine could tell what people were like from first impressions. It was easy if you were as good as her. Cid carried on looking at Rikku calmly. Hmm. Maybe Paine didn't give him enough credit. It did look like he was up to something. She could tell Rikku was getting weirded out by this. "Ku du cmaab, Rikku." (Go to sleep Rikku. Yeah I like writing in al bhed.) And with that he turned curtly on his heel and stomped out of the room.
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Yuna stared at the floor. It hadn't been pretty. She wished Rikku and Gippal could've kept it a secret for a little while longer. They could've saved everyone some embarrassment. Well, it's not the most romantic thing, while you're kissing your boyfriend, to have your father charge in and scream, "Get your dirty mouth off my daughter!" Rikku wouldn't stop accusing Brother of telling her dad. Yuna didn't think this was that fair, but that was mainly because she was hurt that Rikku had spent every minute since she woke up with Gippal. She was her cousin; she needed to know about how she was. They tell each other everything, as soon as these things happen. Nothing gets in the way. Nothing. Tidus had said Yuna was being over sensitive because she was tired, which just hurt Yuna even more. Was this be mean to Yuna day? It sure felt like it. Even Cid was ignoring her. He was always happy to see her, but he just stormed out not even glancing at her. Even Brother didn't talk to her. That was when Tidus told her she was being selfish. She couldn't believe he had said that. He's never said anything horrible to her. And that was down right mean. So, what do you do in times like this? You go to the most down-to-earth guru you can find. Buddy.
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"Buddy?" where the heck was he? Not in the cabin, not in the bridge, not on deck. The only place left was the engine room, but why would he be down there? Still, it was worth a try. Yuna took a double check up on deck, but there wasn't any way she could miss him really. She sighed and stepped back into the elevator. The door closed with a loud thunk, and the cool air washed over her. It was nice. She leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. She felt the elevator begin to move. It was kinda fast. A loud clunk this time made her open her eyes again. The door slid up, and the hot and humid air came in from the engine room. She hated it down there. It was noisy, hard to breathe, and above all, hard to talk. Which is what she needed to do. She pushed her hands against the side to lift herself out, and walked down the steps. "Buddy?" she heard a faint reply over the noise. "Down here Yuna." She looked under the stairs and walked along the purple carpet to the door. Buddy's room. Brother's was opposite his. Yuna could never understand why they wanted their rooms down there. Well, they were kinda crazy. Yuna opened the door, not bothering to knock, and looked at the room inside. It was a dark blue inside. It fitted Buddy perfectly. Blue walls, blue chairs, blue bed sheets and pillows, and blue wardrobes. His light had a blue lampshade that gave the room a blue glow, which it really didn't need. Yuna smiled at it. It was a nice place. You couldn't even hear the noise from outside. Well, barely. Buddy sat in the chair, reading a book, but his eyes looked up as she walked in. he gave her a knowing smile, and invited her to sit down.
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Paine looked across at her friend. Tears were in her eyes, but she wouldn't let them spill over. This was the first time that she had seen her trying not to cry. She was cheerful, most of the time, but when she needed to cry, she cried. She wouldn't look at Paine; she just kept staring at the fascinating bed sheets. Not. Paine didn't know what to do. She felt that sitting there was best, at the moment. It saved her having to say anything, at the least. Rikku started pulling at her scarf. "Uh-oh. She's thinking," Paine thought. She couldn't help frowning. It annoyed her so much when Rikku pulled at her scarf. She couldn't help but notice that Rikku had let a tear roll down her cheek. She sighed. "It'll be ok, Rikku. I promise." She looked at the blonde, waiting for her to reply. "Uh, Rikku?" Rikku blinked. "Huh? What? Did you say something?" Paine eyes flashed. "Rikku, I don't know why I bother!" Rikku frowned. "What? What did I do?" Paine narrowed her eyes and pushed herself off her seat and walked out. As she was in the doorway she turned back to face her. "I'll give you a piece of advice Rikku. Don't focus on your own problems. It makes it worse. For everyone." Rikku watched her go. She blinked after her. "My head hurts."
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"Buddy, I..." "No one's ignoring you." Yuna's eyes widened. How the hell did he know? He must of understood her confusion because he said, "It's easy to tell." He smiled at her. Yuna found herself returning the smile. "It's just that everybody's tired and confused, so they don't want to talk to you. Or maybe this is their way of dealing with it." Yuna raised her eyebrows. "And you know this, how?" He grinned at her. "I guess I'm that good." Yuna smiled, but lowered her gaze to the floor. "I guess I'm just so used to the attention. Usually somebody's there to talk to me." She looked up to Buddy, who was reading again. "Hey! Are you listening to me?!" Buddy looked up. "Hmm? Oh sorry, this book is pretty cool. Someone should make a movie sphere of it." Yuna rolled her eyes. So much for her guru.
Yuna sat in Buddy's room for a while, trying to get her head cleared. She wanted to talk to Rikku, but she was still a bit hurt. She wanted Rikku to know she was upset, but not too much. If she told her, that would be too much, and if she didn't that might not be enough. Wait! What was she thinking! Rikku had almost died, and here she was, thinking horrible thoughts! She needed to talk to Rikku. She looked at Buddy, who was still reading, and mumbled a thanks. Then she walked back into the engine room. She suddenly thought of Seymour. When she did she could feel that disgusting kiss, lingering on her lips, from the day he married her. She shuddered. She felt horrible. She needed to wash her lips!
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One lip wash later and Yuna was on her way to Rikku's room. The elevator took too long. She started tapping her foot. How Paine would hate to see that. She smiled at the thought of her friend's face. Where was Paine anyway? Was she with Rikku? Probably. Yuna couldn't help wondering where Gippal had got to, after being chucked across a room by Cid. She couldn't help smiling a little at the thought. Then she remembered that she still hadn't got around to quitting the machine faction. For a guy who goes round saying we shouldn't always rely on the high summoner, he had been asking for her help a lot lately. The lift reached its destination with a nice loud thunk. What happened to a clunk? That was the noise it always made when it got somewhere. Yuna shrugged and waited for the door to open. But instead the lights went off. "H-huh! What's going on!" who was she asking anyway? She shook her head, deciding she was going insane. "Uh, hello?" she was starting to panic. She banged on the door. "Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh! Get me out!" she was really going mad now. She kicked the door. "Yeouch! Oh god that hurts!" she grabbed her foot, and hopped about a bit, trying to take the pain away. As usual, it didn't work. She tried to see, but the blackness was impenetrable. What would she see anyway? She took a deep breath. "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!" she waited for an answer. Couldn't anyone hear her? "I'm STUCK!" still nothing. She sank to the floor. She started hammering on it. She heard something this time. "Look's like the powers out. I hope nobody's in the lift. God knows how long it will take for it to come back on." Yuna's eyes widened. "W-what? No! For the love of Spira NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She hit the floor harder. She guessed it was Buddy who said the thing about the power and she hoped he would be able to hear her. "Yunie?" Yuna stopped. A muffled voice was the best thing to hear right now. "Rikku? That you?" Silence. "No! Don't go! I need help! Dammit! Rikku get back here!" "I am here." Yuna blinked. "Oh. Um, can you maybe get me out of here? Before I go crazy?" A bit late for that, she thought. "Uh, how?" Yuna thought about it. How would she get her out of here? The power! "Turn the power back on! I'm freaking out in here Rikku!" she heard the sound of footsteps. And then they stopped. "Yunie? Um, I can't get down. The lifts the only way, and uh, you're in it." Yuna blinked. "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!"
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Buddy examined the central power thingy. He sighed. "This could take a while, if it were just an ordinary person, but in the hands of an al bhed, it's way too easy! Unless of course you're Brother..." he tweaked at it and hit and tweaked some more, but after a couple of minutes, the power came back on. Above him he heard someone screaming, "Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssss!!!!"
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Cid paced about. "And then, she has the nerve to talk back to me! I mean can you believe it boy!" Rin smiled at him. But he was obviously bored out of his skull! Cid stopped suddenly. "You know, I shouldn't be talking to you about it! I should be talking to Rikku about it! Oh I'm gonna go over there and give that girl a piece of my mind!" Oh thank god for that, Rin thought.
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"Rikku!"
"Oh no! He's back!" Rikku slapped her forehead at the sound of her father's voice. She could hear the lift going up. Why couldn't it get stuck while he was in it, instead of Yuna? Uh-oh. He's here. "Poopie."
"Rikku, E fuhd ymmuf ed." (Rikku, I won't allow it.) Rikku frowned. What was he on about? "Won't allow what, Vydran?"
"You know perfectly well what!" Um, did she? She frowned harder. Cid sighed. "Well I'll be, I didn't realize you were that stupid! I will not allow you to see that...Boy again!"
"You can't do that!"
"Can't I? I think I just did! I swear Rikku, if I ever see you with him again, I kill him!" Rikku couldn't believe he was being that unfair. "What do you have against him anyway?"
"That's my business! Now shut up and go to sleep!"
"I hate you!"
"Sometimes I wish I could say that to you!" Rikku stared at him, open- mouthed. She couldn't believe he just said that. She pulled the covers over her head, and waited till she heard him leave the room. Then she burst into tears.
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Yuna sat on Rikku's bead, hugging her cousin, who was currently drowning her in a pool of tears. "I hate him! I hate him!"
"He didn't mean it Rikku."
"Don't stick up for him Yunie! Whose side are you on?" Yuna frowned. She wasn't on any side.
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Cid sat sulking. As usual. Maybe he shouldn't have said that to Rikku. But it was too late to change it. He looked at his airship. "Cant you go any faster!" he yelled to the guy driving it. "Uh, sir?"
"What?"
"We may have a problem."
"Oh? What's that?"
"Our engine's not working! We're falling!"
A/N Ooh! A bit of a cliffhanger there! Is Cid falling? Can they stop it? I guess y'all just have to see! Remember Rikku's last words to him!
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"Oh god, Vydran, grow up!" Rikku glared up at the man who she called pop. He was sulking, as usual. Is that all he ever does? "It's because he's getting old," Gippal had told Rikku, "It's about the only thing that doesn't take up too much energy. I mean all he has to do is stand there and not talk to anyone. And if that's too much work he could sit down and do it!" Rikku had dreaded her father's reaction. She could take the yelling and screaming and picking up Gippal and practically chucking him across the room, (She suspected Gippal couldn't though) but sulking? That was just too childish for words. When she said that though Paine had pointed out that that's what she always did. But so what? Rikku was allowed! She was only seventeen! But here she was lecturing her pop on growing up! Why did he always do this? What was he sulking about? About her and Gippal. Why did he hate Gippal so much? Rikku didn't have a clue. All right so maybe they should have told him at first, but they didn't tell anybody. Tidus said he was so upset because he thought that Gippal was taking her away from him. "What a load of crap!" Had been Rikku's answer.
Rikku's glare hardened. Though it probably would've been more intimidating if she wasn't in bed. But she couldn't walk, couldn't even roll over, without shooting pains all up her back. Paine couldn't help smirking. Not only did she get to see Gippal get beat up (near enough), but here was Rikku trying to look scary, and failing in every way possible. A good day so far. Still, it did amaze Paine that here was Rikku, announcing that the bastard Seymour was back, had everyone looking terrified for ages, and was now arguing with her dad. How did she do it? Paine looked at Cid's face. She was surprised. He actually looked calm. Not like Cid at all. Was he up to something? No way. He wasn't smart enough to be up to something. Although that wasn't really fair to say because she didn't know him that well yet, but meh. Paine could tell what people were like from first impressions. It was easy if you were as good as her. Cid carried on looking at Rikku calmly. Hmm. Maybe Paine didn't give him enough credit. It did look like he was up to something. She could tell Rikku was getting weirded out by this. "Ku du cmaab, Rikku." (Go to sleep Rikku. Yeah I like writing in al bhed.) And with that he turned curtly on his heel and stomped out of the room.
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Yuna stared at the floor. It hadn't been pretty. She wished Rikku and Gippal could've kept it a secret for a little while longer. They could've saved everyone some embarrassment. Well, it's not the most romantic thing, while you're kissing your boyfriend, to have your father charge in and scream, "Get your dirty mouth off my daughter!" Rikku wouldn't stop accusing Brother of telling her dad. Yuna didn't think this was that fair, but that was mainly because she was hurt that Rikku had spent every minute since she woke up with Gippal. She was her cousin; she needed to know about how she was. They tell each other everything, as soon as these things happen. Nothing gets in the way. Nothing. Tidus had said Yuna was being over sensitive because she was tired, which just hurt Yuna even more. Was this be mean to Yuna day? It sure felt like it. Even Cid was ignoring her. He was always happy to see her, but he just stormed out not even glancing at her. Even Brother didn't talk to her. That was when Tidus told her she was being selfish. She couldn't believe he had said that. He's never said anything horrible to her. And that was down right mean. So, what do you do in times like this? You go to the most down-to-earth guru you can find. Buddy.
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"Buddy?" where the heck was he? Not in the cabin, not in the bridge, not on deck. The only place left was the engine room, but why would he be down there? Still, it was worth a try. Yuna took a double check up on deck, but there wasn't any way she could miss him really. She sighed and stepped back into the elevator. The door closed with a loud thunk, and the cool air washed over her. It was nice. She leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. She felt the elevator begin to move. It was kinda fast. A loud clunk this time made her open her eyes again. The door slid up, and the hot and humid air came in from the engine room. She hated it down there. It was noisy, hard to breathe, and above all, hard to talk. Which is what she needed to do. She pushed her hands against the side to lift herself out, and walked down the steps. "Buddy?" she heard a faint reply over the noise. "Down here Yuna." She looked under the stairs and walked along the purple carpet to the door. Buddy's room. Brother's was opposite his. Yuna could never understand why they wanted their rooms down there. Well, they were kinda crazy. Yuna opened the door, not bothering to knock, and looked at the room inside. It was a dark blue inside. It fitted Buddy perfectly. Blue walls, blue chairs, blue bed sheets and pillows, and blue wardrobes. His light had a blue lampshade that gave the room a blue glow, which it really didn't need. Yuna smiled at it. It was a nice place. You couldn't even hear the noise from outside. Well, barely. Buddy sat in the chair, reading a book, but his eyes looked up as she walked in. he gave her a knowing smile, and invited her to sit down.
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Paine looked across at her friend. Tears were in her eyes, but she wouldn't let them spill over. This was the first time that she had seen her trying not to cry. She was cheerful, most of the time, but when she needed to cry, she cried. She wouldn't look at Paine; she just kept staring at the fascinating bed sheets. Not. Paine didn't know what to do. She felt that sitting there was best, at the moment. It saved her having to say anything, at the least. Rikku started pulling at her scarf. "Uh-oh. She's thinking," Paine thought. She couldn't help frowning. It annoyed her so much when Rikku pulled at her scarf. She couldn't help but notice that Rikku had let a tear roll down her cheek. She sighed. "It'll be ok, Rikku. I promise." She looked at the blonde, waiting for her to reply. "Uh, Rikku?" Rikku blinked. "Huh? What? Did you say something?" Paine eyes flashed. "Rikku, I don't know why I bother!" Rikku frowned. "What? What did I do?" Paine narrowed her eyes and pushed herself off her seat and walked out. As she was in the doorway she turned back to face her. "I'll give you a piece of advice Rikku. Don't focus on your own problems. It makes it worse. For everyone." Rikku watched her go. She blinked after her. "My head hurts."
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"Buddy, I..." "No one's ignoring you." Yuna's eyes widened. How the hell did he know? He must of understood her confusion because he said, "It's easy to tell." He smiled at her. Yuna found herself returning the smile. "It's just that everybody's tired and confused, so they don't want to talk to you. Or maybe this is their way of dealing with it." Yuna raised her eyebrows. "And you know this, how?" He grinned at her. "I guess I'm that good." Yuna smiled, but lowered her gaze to the floor. "I guess I'm just so used to the attention. Usually somebody's there to talk to me." She looked up to Buddy, who was reading again. "Hey! Are you listening to me?!" Buddy looked up. "Hmm? Oh sorry, this book is pretty cool. Someone should make a movie sphere of it." Yuna rolled her eyes. So much for her guru.
Yuna sat in Buddy's room for a while, trying to get her head cleared. She wanted to talk to Rikku, but she was still a bit hurt. She wanted Rikku to know she was upset, but not too much. If she told her, that would be too much, and if she didn't that might not be enough. Wait! What was she thinking! Rikku had almost died, and here she was, thinking horrible thoughts! She needed to talk to Rikku. She looked at Buddy, who was still reading, and mumbled a thanks. Then she walked back into the engine room. She suddenly thought of Seymour. When she did she could feel that disgusting kiss, lingering on her lips, from the day he married her. She shuddered. She felt horrible. She needed to wash her lips!
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One lip wash later and Yuna was on her way to Rikku's room. The elevator took too long. She started tapping her foot. How Paine would hate to see that. She smiled at the thought of her friend's face. Where was Paine anyway? Was she with Rikku? Probably. Yuna couldn't help wondering where Gippal had got to, after being chucked across a room by Cid. She couldn't help smiling a little at the thought. Then she remembered that she still hadn't got around to quitting the machine faction. For a guy who goes round saying we shouldn't always rely on the high summoner, he had been asking for her help a lot lately. The lift reached its destination with a nice loud thunk. What happened to a clunk? That was the noise it always made when it got somewhere. Yuna shrugged and waited for the door to open. But instead the lights went off. "H-huh! What's going on!" who was she asking anyway? She shook her head, deciding she was going insane. "Uh, hello?" she was starting to panic. She banged on the door. "Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh! Get me out!" she was really going mad now. She kicked the door. "Yeouch! Oh god that hurts!" she grabbed her foot, and hopped about a bit, trying to take the pain away. As usual, it didn't work. She tried to see, but the blackness was impenetrable. What would she see anyway? She took a deep breath. "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!" she waited for an answer. Couldn't anyone hear her? "I'm STUCK!" still nothing. She sank to the floor. She started hammering on it. She heard something this time. "Look's like the powers out. I hope nobody's in the lift. God knows how long it will take for it to come back on." Yuna's eyes widened. "W-what? No! For the love of Spira NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She hit the floor harder. She guessed it was Buddy who said the thing about the power and she hoped he would be able to hear her. "Yunie?" Yuna stopped. A muffled voice was the best thing to hear right now. "Rikku? That you?" Silence. "No! Don't go! I need help! Dammit! Rikku get back here!" "I am here." Yuna blinked. "Oh. Um, can you maybe get me out of here? Before I go crazy?" A bit late for that, she thought. "Uh, how?" Yuna thought about it. How would she get her out of here? The power! "Turn the power back on! I'm freaking out in here Rikku!" she heard the sound of footsteps. And then they stopped. "Yunie? Um, I can't get down. The lifts the only way, and uh, you're in it." Yuna blinked. "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!"
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Buddy examined the central power thingy. He sighed. "This could take a while, if it were just an ordinary person, but in the hands of an al bhed, it's way too easy! Unless of course you're Brother..." he tweaked at it and hit and tweaked some more, but after a couple of minutes, the power came back on. Above him he heard someone screaming, "Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssss!!!!"
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Cid paced about. "And then, she has the nerve to talk back to me! I mean can you believe it boy!" Rin smiled at him. But he was obviously bored out of his skull! Cid stopped suddenly. "You know, I shouldn't be talking to you about it! I should be talking to Rikku about it! Oh I'm gonna go over there and give that girl a piece of my mind!" Oh thank god for that, Rin thought.
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"Rikku!"
"Oh no! He's back!" Rikku slapped her forehead at the sound of her father's voice. She could hear the lift going up. Why couldn't it get stuck while he was in it, instead of Yuna? Uh-oh. He's here. "Poopie."
"Rikku, E fuhd ymmuf ed." (Rikku, I won't allow it.) Rikku frowned. What was he on about? "Won't allow what, Vydran?"
"You know perfectly well what!" Um, did she? She frowned harder. Cid sighed. "Well I'll be, I didn't realize you were that stupid! I will not allow you to see that...Boy again!"
"You can't do that!"
"Can't I? I think I just did! I swear Rikku, if I ever see you with him again, I kill him!" Rikku couldn't believe he was being that unfair. "What do you have against him anyway?"
"That's my business! Now shut up and go to sleep!"
"I hate you!"
"Sometimes I wish I could say that to you!" Rikku stared at him, open- mouthed. She couldn't believe he just said that. She pulled the covers over her head, and waited till she heard him leave the room. Then she burst into tears.
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Yuna sat on Rikku's bead, hugging her cousin, who was currently drowning her in a pool of tears. "I hate him! I hate him!"
"He didn't mean it Rikku."
"Don't stick up for him Yunie! Whose side are you on?" Yuna frowned. She wasn't on any side.
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Cid sat sulking. As usual. Maybe he shouldn't have said that to Rikku. But it was too late to change it. He looked at his airship. "Cant you go any faster!" he yelled to the guy driving it. "Uh, sir?"
"What?"
"We may have a problem."
"Oh? What's that?"
"Our engine's not working! We're falling!"
A/N Ooh! A bit of a cliffhanger there! Is Cid falling? Can they stop it? I guess y'all just have to see! Remember Rikku's last words to him!
Special note for
digital-tiffany: I could never ever kill Rikku off! She's the best character! And I wuv you too! (Only as a friend) deityofdeath69: what the? Glad you like the story!
Ultimate Xdeath: I'll try not to rush it, but I can't promise anything! I took you're advice. Guess you probably noticed that though. But uh, what does transition mean? I'm just a kid.
John Allerdyce: is it great? Or are you lying? YOU LIE! –Gets carried away to the mental hospital- :p thanks for saying it was great!
punkygal: I am updating. Thanks for saying it was great! Or are you lying? YOU LIE! --
cute-kitty2: maybe I am dragging the cave thing out. But maybe I'm not? But maybe I am? But maybe...you get the picture.
Akiraton: do you love the story? Or are you lying! Uh, ignore me. I have not finished yet.
mikeyowns: I'll update soon enough! Impatient people! Joke! I'll try to update these things sooner!
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THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gippikku: thanks, its possible in my story for him to be that sweet.
Batcat: aww! My first reveiwer! I don't know if you're still reading this, but I wuv you!
THANK YOU all soooo much! You're the best reviewers a girl could have! So is anyone else going to review?