Hey guys, I'm soooooo sorry for the long wait. At first I was really busy
but then I just got lazy. I'm really sorry but this chapter is kind of long
so I hope it makes up for the lateness a little.
All I Needed
Chapter 4
It was 6:15 and Rikku was rushing down the stares of Baralai's house
because she was suppose to be down for dinner and 6:00.
She ran down the hall way and saw the door to the dining room, but she
stopped when she saw something in the room to the right of her, it was a
piano.
She smiled to herself want walked to it. She loved the piano; she
remembered how her mom taught her how to play when she was younger. I was
one of the very few things that she knew she was the best at. Playing was
always her escape from the sadness she had when her mother died. She
remembered how she wrote her first song after her mom died, a song she
never shared with anyone, in fact she never shared any of her songs with
anyone because they where like her diary, her most inner, deeper most
personal thoughts where in those lyrics and she wasn't really to share them
with anyone yet. Rikku reached out her hand slowly as if not daring to
touch the keys.
"I haven't played in so long." she said to her self
"Rikku!!" Rikku ran out of the room and in to the hallway and was met by
an angry looking Paine. "There you are! Dinners been ready for 15 minutes
now, everyone's waiting for you."
"Ok, ok I'm coming." Rikku said, she turned and looked at the paino on
last time and then ran into the dinning room where everyone was waiting for
her.
When she walked into the room she saw Gippal reach for the food, but then
he got his hand slapped away by Yuna.
"Gippal its rude to start eating without everyone here." Yuna said sounding
like a mother talking to a child.
"Well its rude to make people wait." he said
"I'm here," Rikku said getting everyone's attention.
"Finally!" Gippal said, then he jumped up and started to fill his plate
with a mountain of food.
"Hey don't eat all the food!" Rikku said. She grabbed a plate and started
to fill her plate up just as much as Gippal.
"What are you doing?" he said, "I've seen you eat before and I know
you can't eat all of that."
"I can and I will!" Rikku said. She knew she was lying and that Gippal, she
wouldn't be able to eat all that in one serving, but she wasn't about to
let Gippal know that.
"I'll bet you $20 that you cant." he said
"Your on!" Rikku and Gippal then shook on it.
"You guys stop being pigs." Paine said to them.
"I'll win you'll see Gippal!" Rikku said ignoring Paine's comment
"We'll see who'll be paying who." Gippal said, also ignoring Paine's
comment
"Morons." Paine muttered to herself, as she put food on her plate.
Everyone filled their plates and started to eat. Rikku was trying to eat
all her food and win the bet, Gippal kept telling her that she'll be owing
him some money, Paine and Yuna were talking as they eat, Baralai was eating
quietly deep in thought. Paine looked over at him and started to wonder
about what could be making him act weird for these passed few days.
"So Baralai," Pain said trying to get him to talk. "When's Nooj going to
get here?"
"Huh?" Baralai said looking like he didn't notice that there was a group of
people around him "oh, he said that he'll be here tomorrow, he wanted to go
to Guadosalam and pick up LeBlanc."
"Why is he picking up LeBlanc?" she asked
"I don't know, he said something about not spending enough time with her,
something like that."
"Oh." Paine said
"Whats wrong?" Yuna asked Paine because she seemed a little sad.
"Its nothing." she said with a blank look on her face
"Are you sure?" Yuna said worried about her friend
"Yea I'm fine don't worry about it."
"ok" Yuna said knowing full well that Paine was lying, but she knew better
then to push Paine to tell her what's bothering her, she'll tell her when
she was ready.
"Come on Rikku, you cant eat that? I already finished, your not even half
way through." Yuna heard Gippal say.
"Shut up! I'm not done eating, I just like to take my time, unlike you who
likes to eat like a vacuum cleaner." Rikku said. She might have acted like
she want full, but she really was. She was getting a little green in the
face and she felt like if she ate one more bit she was gunna blow. She
picked up her fork and moved it up to her mouth, just as it was about to go
in, she dropped it, stood up really fast, put her hand over her mouth said
"I think I'm gunna throw up!" and ran out if the room.
"Haha I won!" Gippal said then he followed Rikku out the room.
After Rikku and Gippal left the room got very quiet. Yuna turned her head
to the right and saw that Paine had the same look on her face as before.
Then she turned her head left and saw that Baralai was still in deep
thought. "I'm gunna go check on Rikku" Yuna said even thought she knew no
one heard her, not noticing Baralai looking at her as she walked out of the
room.
"Hey you owe me money!" Gippal banging on Rikku's bathroom door. He heard
the toilet flush, then the running of water, followed by seconds of silence
and the door opening.
"Ok, ok I get it! Gosh cant a girl throw up in peace around here?" Rikku
said angrily. She walked over to her bag and got $20 out of her bad and
handed it over to Gippal.
"I knew I'd win! You never could have finished that!" Gippal said happily.
Rikku was about to reply to his comment but she was interrupted by a
knock on her bedroom door.
"Come in!" Rikku yelled. Yuna walked in and looked at Rikku with a
concerned look on her face.
"Are you ok?" she asked
"Yea I'm fine, no thanks to this jerk though." Rikku socked Gippal as she
spoke.
"Ow!" Gippal rubbed the spot where Rikku hit him. "I was going to ask you
if you ok after I got my money."
"Your such an ass Gippal." Rikku said
"Yes, but I'm a cute ass, so it all works out."
"Shut up" Rikku said with a laugh.
"Ok now that I know that your ok I'm going to leave you two can flirt in
peace." Yuna giggled to herself.
"We're not flirting!" Rikku said to her
There was another knock on the door and they all turned there heads to see
Baralai standing at the door way.
"Are you feeling better Rikku?" he asked
"Yea I'm better." Rikku said, still a little embarrassed about what Yuna
said.
"Umm Yuna can I have a word with you?" He asked, feeling nerves. Come on
Baralai, its not like your really asking her to be in a relationship, just
explain everything to her and she'll help you out, there's nothing to be
nerves about. he thought to himself. Gippal looked over to him and caught
his eye; he knew what he was going to do.
"Yea sure I was just about to leave these two alone anyway." Yuna said
walking out with a big smile on her face and with Baralai right behind her.
"What are you smiling about?" Rikku asked Gippal when she saw that he was
grinning.
"Oh nothing..." the smile was still on he's face
"Tell me"
"I cant"
"Awww come on!"
"Nope sorry."
"Man you suck! Just tell me! Please!"
"Alright, Alright I'll tell you."
"Wooohoo I knew I'd get it out of you!"
"Hey do you want me to tell you or not?"
"Ok ok, just spill it already!" Rikku was getting very impatient. She
wanted to know, she hated not knowing what's going on.
"Well Baralai's going to ask her out, or something like that." Rikku just
stood her, her eyes wide with shock.
"What !?Why!?" she asked when she got over the shock.
"It's a long story, I don't feel like telling it, ask Yuna later."
"No he cant ask her out!"
"Why not?"
"She's not ready!"
"Not ready for what?"
"Dose he like her?"
"No... I don't think so."
"What!! Why would not he like her? She's strong, smart, pretty, nice, he'd
be crazy NOT to like her!" Rikku yelled in her cousin's defense.
"Rikku what wrong with you? First you said that he cant be with her now yo
are saying that he'd be crazy not to be with her! Make up your mind!"
Gippal was getting annoyed because he wasn't understanding what Rikku is
trying to say.
"She's not ready for another relationship." Rikku said more softly, because
she was worried about her cousin.
"Why not?"
"You didn't hear about why Yuna even became a sphere hunter?"
"Rikku I don't listen to celebrity gossip."
"Uh whatever, she just cant, trust me."
"But Rikku its not even like that." Gippal said hoping it would calm her
down, but it didn't work out that way.
"Oh so he's just palying with her? I thought Baralai was a nice guy, but it
turns out that he's a jerk, just like every other guy!" She stood up and
walked over to the door, to look for Baralai, to give him a piece of her
mind, but Gippal stopped her.
"Calm down! Its not like that either, just wait and talk to Yuna, she'll
explain everything to you when shes done talking to Baralai." Gippal said
then he walked out the door.
"No wait! Gippal! You explain it to me!" Rikku yelled and ran out into the
hallway after him.
"I don't wanna its to long of a story" he said as he kept walking.
"That lazy good for nothing jerk!" Rikku said to herself, then she went to
go look for Yuna.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Yuna asked Baralai once they
were in privet.
"Ummm...I uhh.." Baralai said, not knowing how to start.
"Are you ok? You seem like you've been really nervous and uptight ever
since you left that message. I mean I haven't known you that long, but I
always thought that you were a calm collected person."
"Well I usually am its just...."
"Just what?"
"Umm...I need your help."
"Oh your nervous about asking me for help? You don't need to be; I'm always
willing to help! So what do you need me to do?" Yuna said getting the
feeling she always got right before a mission. Maybe it'll help me get my
mind of things.
"I need you ... I need you to pretend to...be in a relationship...with me..."
Yuna froze with shock; this certainly wasn't the kind of mission she
expected. Once she recovered from the shock, she asked, "How is that going
to help you?"
"People trust you Yuna. You've saved this world twice, the people love you,
and they'll trust you forever, no matter what you do. That's why I need
your help. My people don't trust me anymore. If people see that you trust
me the will start to trust me again. I need my people to trust me, I really
need your help...please."
Yuna didn't know what to say. She didn't want to get into any kind of
relationship; she was still healing from her loss. But Baralai really
truly, needed her help. He was a good leader and it would be a shame if he
lost his leadership over something he couldn't control.
"Well this really wasn't what I expected when you said that you needed my
help." She said.
"Yea I know, it kind of out of no where hu?"
"haha yea, it was"
"So...what do you say?" Baralai asked waiting for her answer. He could see
in her face that she was thinking really hared about this; he also noticed
a hint of sadness. He had no idea where the sadness came from.
"Ummm... I ...guess I can help you." Yuna finally said.
"Really? Thank you so much Yuna. You truly are a great person."
"Thanks...well I think I'll go to bed, I'm really tired." she said, and she
really looked it.
"Yes of course Good night Lady Yuna."
"'Night" Yuna said, then she started to walk away. Baralai walked the
other direction; with he's heart, feeling a little lighter. But then he
remembered something and called after Yuna.
"Yuna Wait!" He ran over to her. "We cant tell anyone that this is fake, I
mean you can tell Rikku and Paine, because Gippal already knows, but please
don't tell anyone else "
"Oh yea of course don't worry about it"
"Ok...well goodnight, again"
"Goodnight." Yuna said. They both walked away from each other. Baralai
headed to his room, Yuna went to go look for Rikku.
Rikku was lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling with a pout on her face.
She gave up looking for Yuna because she couldn't find her in this huge
house. Rikku was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard a knock on her
door. I hope that's Gippal. Maybe I can get some more information outta
him the thought to herself as she got up to open the door. She opened the
door and found Yuna standing there.
"Yunie! Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you! Rikku
moved aside so Yuna could come into her room. She closed the door after
Yuna, and turned to face her.
"I just got done talking to Baralai"
"Yea Gippal told me he was gunna ask you out or something like that. But he
didn't tell me the whole story. So tell me!"
"Well we're just faking it. It's a trust thing. He wants his people to
trust him so he asked me to help him do it..." Yuna explained the whole story
to Rikku, Rikku just listened slowly taking everything in. after Yuna was
done explaining everything, they just sat in silence.
"So..." Rikku said breaking the thoughtful silence. "What did you say to it?"
"I told him I would help him." she said looking at her hands. She kind of
ashamed of herself, she felt like she was somehow cheating on Tidus.
"Are you ok with that?" Rikku asked as if she was reading her thoughts.
"Yea I'm perfectly fine with it" Yuna said with a fake cheerful smile that
Rikku saw right through.
"No, your not"
"I haven't been thinking about him lately every time a thought or a memory
of him would come up, I would just push it aside and continue with my life.
But when Baralai told me what I needed to do to help him, all thes memorys
came flooding back to me, I miss him Rikku." Yuna said as tears fell from
her eyes.
"Oh Yunie I'm so sorry" Rikku said giving her a hug
"I'm sorry, look at me I'm crying like a baby." Yuna said wiping away her tears.
"Its ok to be a baby around me! I'm the biggest baby there is! And you know I'll always be there for you, you can always talk to me!" Rikku said to Yuna, to try and cheer her up.
"Hehe yea I know thanks Rikku." Yuna said giving her another hug. "I'm going to go to bed, 'night" Yuna said then left. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow,
and had a night of dreams tainted with her lost love.
Again I'm sooooooooooo sorry for the long wait I'll have the next chapter
out as soon as I can I promise.
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