Standard disclaimers apply.
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Rikku-san finally got the call that Paine wasn't with any of her other parts anymore. She yawned, exhausted from all the sleeping she had been doing lately. Groggily, she made her way to the main cabin.
"Morning, Barkeep," she called out to the Hypello at the bar. "What's for breakfast?"
"Good morshing miss Rikku," the hypello responded. "Breakafest ish alreadiee over."
Rikku-san made a face. "Go figure," she muttered, covering her mouth as she yawned. "Anything new? I mean, can you make anything for me?"
"Certainly," the hypello answered.
"Thank-you," Rikku-san murmured, rubbing the sands of sleep from her eyes. Behind her, the door whooshed open.
"You finish helping LeBlanc?" Paine inquired lightly, flopping down beside her.
Rikku-san nodded slightly and turned back to Barkeep.
"Low on energy?" Paine asked sarcastically. "Normally you're bouncing all over the place like some sort of energizer bunny -"
"Actually, I like taking it easy. Why do today what you can leave for tomorrow... or even the next day?" Rikku-san asked. "That's going to be my new motto."
Paine arched an eyebrow up curiously. "Really?" she inquired.
In response, Rikku-san nodded her head, neglecting to actually respond with words. That would take a lot of effort. First, she would have to decide what to say, then she would have to say it. If everything went well, that would be the end of it; however, things rarely went right if you allowed conversation to crop up.
"How unlike you," Paine commented.
"You think?" Rikku-san asked. "I must be the least used part."
"Least used part?" Paine questioned.
Rikku-san shrugged and excepted her breakfast from the hypello.
The door whooshed open again and Yuna came in. "Oh, Rikku, I didn't realize that you were here already," she said in surprise. "Paine said that you were helping LeBlanc with something."
Rikku-san turned towards her cousin slowly. "You look pretty good," she finally commented. "So, where's the baby?" It was a lot of talking, but then Yuna was her cousin and she was concerned and interested in knowing that everything was okay with her.
"We had a boy," Yuna said with a small smile. "Tidus is watching him right now..."
"You name him yet?" Paine asked.
Yuna shook her head no.
"Trying to copy Wakka and Lulu?" Rikku-san asked.
"I just want him to have a good name, that's all," Yuna said. "Tidus is trying to come up with one, but we can't really agree..."
Rikku-san shrugged.
"Why don't you suggest a few names?" Yuna declared. "You and Paine, that is. That way we'll have fresh minds working on the problem."
"Naw," Rikku-san murmured. "I don't feel like working on anything right now."
"That's a first," Paine muttered. "I think there's something wrong with you. Typically you'd be all over name suggesting."
"There's nothing wrong with Rikku, Paine," Yuna said sternly. "If she doesn't want to help, she doesn't have to. Anyway," she got a mischievous look on her face, "how about we go out for a hunt?"
"Hunt?" Paine asked.
"Buddy's picking up some sphere-waves in the Macalania area. Wanna check it out?" Yuna asked excitedly.
"Nope," Rikku-san responded promptly. She stood up, having finished her food. "I'm going to slouch on over to my room and read a book... or something." She left the room without another word, and true to her word, she slouched.
"I tell you, something's wrong with her!" Paine exclaimed.
"Maybe she's just feeling... lonely," Yuna suggested. "I've got Tidus and you've got Baralai. Who does that leave for her?"
"I suppose she could date Gippal," Paine said dryly. "If that's her problem -"
"Paine, things don't always work out that easily. You can't just decide to like someone. There's got to be love involved."
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"How did you get suckered into this?" Rikk grumped, holding up a faint pink envelope that seemed to be slightly scented.
"Hey, it's not my fault, honey," Rikki purred, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "I'm just glad that..." She tossed her head, flipping her hair away casually. "Where was I?"
"Y-you were glad," Ri said softly.
Rikku-chan nodded her head, hiccuping slightly from her earlier tears.
"Right," Rikki said, tossing her hair and glancing over her shoulder to where Rikku was silently marching. "I'm just glad that I got used for the measurements. Sorry to say it, but I'm the best formed woman here." She trailed her fingers through her hair seductively.
"Rikki!" Rikk snapped. "Cut it out!"
"Hn?" she inquired.
"I think she means all the flipping that you're doing with your hair," Rikku-sama explained to the indifferent Rikki. "But besides that, who says that you're the best endowed woman here? I'd say that we're all the same size-"
"My breasts are bigger," Rikki pointed out.
Ri's face turned crimson.
Rikki continued, oblivious to the more timid girl's embarrassment. "And I'm practicing with my hair, in case you wondered."
"We're not that far from the Moonflow. If you're not careful, we'll be heading back and dunking your lame head in the water for fun," Rikk said flatly.
Before anyone could respond, Rikku piped up. "Hey, cut it out! No in-fighting, ne?" She scratched her head slightly and pranced into the middle of the group. "You're all forgetting what we are."
"Meaning?" Rikku-sama asked. She sounded indigent at the thought that she didn't know what was going on.
Rikku sighed. "Sphere hunters! We're sphere hunters -"
"-you know!" Rikku-chan intercepted.
Rikku blinked at having her line stolen, but didn't say anything except; "That was weird." She rubbed her nose and yawned slightly. "And LeBlanc promised us a dressphere if we do this for her, so there."
"You didn't mention the sphere before," Rikk pointed out.
"Must have slipped my mind," Rikku defended herself from herself lightly.
"Among other things," Rikk felt obliged to say.
Rikki tossed her hair and distracted the jaded blond.
Rikk spun, orientating on Miss Sexy herself. "You got a death wish?" she demanded.
"Yeash, ease down there Rikk!" Rikku exclaimed. "I should feel comfortable when in the presence of myself... not like Paine's getting ready to jump down my throat!"
"Sorry," Ri apologized, startling everyone.
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"I'm going to deliver this one!" Rikku-sama declared, holding up an invitation. She glanced at the other girls, daring them to object. Nearly everyone took the dare.
"Heh, heh," Rikku said worriedly. "Why don't you guys just leave the invitations delivering to me? You are causing an awful -"
"I'm sorry!" Rikku-chan burst into tears.
"What?" Rikku asked in concern. She spun, glancing at the weeping version of herself. Why are you sorry?"
"I keep crying when I sob delivering the invitations!" she wailed in response.
Ri picked up the scented envelope in question. "Maybe Rikku's right," she said softly. "Why don't we just let one of us make all of the deliveries?"
"Hey!" Rikk said sharply. "Hit the bushes; there's some people coming up the path."
"I'll stay; you go!" all six girls chorused at the same time. "No! You go!" they added seconds later.
"No time!" Rikku-sama said quickly. "Rock-paper-scissors, ne?"
"Hai!"
A short game of rock-paper-scissors later, Rikku-sama stood in the middle of the road, watching the Youth League group approach. "Greetings," she said politely, nodding her head.
In the bushes, Rikku winced. "Way too formal..." she murmured, pushing Ri away from her face. "Stop crowding me."
"Sorry," Ri murmured, turning crimson and backing further into the bushes.
Rikku-sama heard the rustling of the bushes, although apparently the Youth League members didn't. "Lovely day, isn't it?"
"I guess," one of the members responded with a shrug.
"And she's the smart one?" Rikk whispered dryly from the bush. "She's just got to act natural." She gave Ri a small shrug, pushing her back further into the foliage.
The bushes moved again, this time a bit more violently. Rikku-sama ignored them again. "Where are you heading?" she asked the Youth League members.
They had been looking like they were going to keep moving through with a minimum of conversation; however, upon her comment, they stopped and all turned to face her at the same time. "You're Rikku, right?"
In the bushes, Rikku nodded. "Sure am!" she exclaimed softly. Rikk silenced her with a sharp poke to the side.
On the road, Rikku-sama said, "I am. Did you need something?"
"Not so formal. Not so formal. Not so formal," Rikku whispered repeatedly.
"Yes, but hold that thought," one of the members said. He leveled his gun at the bushes the girls were hiding in. "I think we got a fiend problem." He walked towards the bush, probing aside branches of the low shrubs with his gun.
"I'm short on time," Rikku-sama reasoned. "I have many pressing matters to attend to. If it's important, than spit it out."
The man stopped advancing. "Of course, I'm Harper," he inclined his head politely. "The problem is Nooj."
"Have anything to do with his wedding?" Rikku-sama inquired.
"His what?" Harper asked stupidly.
"You know, him and LeBlanc are getting married," Rikku-sama said. "We've got the invitations and are delivering them right now."
"We?" Harper questioned. He shook his head, obviously deciding that she meant the Gullwings. "Never mind, Meyven Nooj isn't getting married that I had heard of. However, I do have a infallible resource that says he's been sucked into a portal on Kilika Island."
Rikku's eyes widened. She grabbed Rikku-chan by her arm. "Do a Darkness Dance... NOW!" she hissed softly.
The blond girl stood up and started dancing without question, faint light spilling from her dressphere costume. She closed her green eyes and moved to music that only she could hear.
Rikku catapulted out of the bushes, giving Rikku-sama a good shove back. She sphere-changed to the Alchemist dressphere that the smarter girl had been wearing. "What kind of portal?" she demanded of the blind Youth League members.
"Hard to say. We're keeping things kinda quiet right now, so we don't know much; however, we do know that the portal is only open in the temple. And..." Harper's voice trailed off and he rubbed his eyes furiously. "I can't see!" he exclaimed.
Rikku made a cut-off motion towards the bushes; however, Rikku-chan didn't notice because her eyes were closed.
"And what?" she asked Harper.
"It's getting smaller... shrinking," Harper said after a long moment.
Meanwhile in the bushes, Rikk stood up. "Something not right with Rikku-chan's clothes. They shouldn't be glowing like that."
Rikku-sama nodded her head in agreement. "Something similar happened in the Thunder Plains. She was attacked and it seemed to me that a figure merged into her clothes after the battle... I thought it was Tidus -"
"Than it's Shuyin!" Rikk snapped. She dove forward and tackled Rikku-chan, slamming her into the ground and halting her dance.
"What was that!" Harper exclaimed, looking around fearfully.
"I'll come and check it out," Rikku said firmly, bringing his attention back to herself. "Are you sailing from Luca?"
"Hai!" Harper exclaimed.
"Save a cabin for me," Rikku ordered.
"What about the Celsius?" Harper asked. "Wouldn't that be quicker?"
"That's for Gullwing business only," Rikku said firmly. She grinned widely. "Besides, I can't take all the baby noise!"
"Uhh.... yes, ma'am," Harper decided to say. "I'll save you a cabin." He gestured to his men. "MOVE OUT!" They jogged down the path and disappeared from sight.
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Rikku-san was on the comm. It was the only way for her to be present at the meeting.
"We're going to have to investigate Nooj's disappearance," Rikku said firmly.
"Agreed, but which one of us is going to do it?" Rikk asked. "I nominate Rikki."
Rikki made a face. "What if the portal leads to swamp?" she demanded. "Then what?"
"You'd fall in," Rikk said with a smirk.
"Let's not designate tasks until we know what we need to do," Rikku-sama said. "Number one is getting Nooj. Number two is delivering these invitations and getting that sphere. Is there a number three?"
"Yeah," Rikk said. "Figuring out what's up with Rikku-chan's dressphere."
"Don't forget about staying on the Celsius!" Rikku-san piped up. "I'll take that task."
"That brings up an interesting point, you know!" Rikku exclaimed.
"What might that be?" Rikki inquired in a purring voice.
"Maybe we should only do one thing at a time. Sooner or later, it's going to occur to someone that 'Rikku' is sphere hunting with the Gullwings, rescuing Nooj, and delivering invitations all over Spira."
"We'll just have to keep in tight communication. It is possible for people to do more than one thing at a time," Rikku-sama pointed out. "Besides, we can't just drop any of our tasks."
"Actually, Rikku-san doesn't have to be on the Celsius," Rikk said.
"Actually, I do!" Rikku-san exclaimed.
"I'll deliver the invitations," Ri announced firmly, startling everyone. "Who's going with me?"
"Huh?" the others said.
"Think about it, there are seven of us. Two for each mission and than Rikku-san to maintain cover at home base."
"Good point, Ri, I'll go with you," Rikku-sama announced.
"I'll take Rikku-chan," Rikku said, scratching her face and shrugging.
"NO!" came the instantaneous response from Rikki and Rikk.
"I don't want to have anything to do with this hair destroyer!" Rikki snapped. "I'd rather swim in the Moonflow with a bathing cap and lots of body lotion nearby!"
Rikk nodded her head. "I really can't work with such an ignorant little brat!"
"Hey.... That's yourself you're talking about!" Rikku-chan sobbed. "And I don't really have a problem so...."
"The matters already been decided. You two make sure to behave, ne?" Rikku-sama said softly. "After we complete our mission, we'll head towards Kilika and see if we can't help."
"It'll have to do for now," Rikku agreed.
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Author's notes; Sorry I'm late! I ended up spraining my ankle and sitting at home all day yesterday recovering. (Thought it was broken...) Anyway, we're almost ready for a special edition chapter... although that's not quiet ready yet.
Next Chapter; Split into four groups, the girls set out on different missions. Perhaps the most basic mission, Rikku ends up fighting for Rikku-chan's life. But how do you fight an Unset with the presence of a Summoner for Sending purposes? Things heat up it the next chapter of Chaos of Seven! Don't miss it! (Heh, heh, I couldn't help but write that last bit....)
Thanks for reading,
Kissa-chan
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Rikku-san finally got the call that Paine wasn't with any of her other parts anymore. She yawned, exhausted from all the sleeping she had been doing lately. Groggily, she made her way to the main cabin.
"Morning, Barkeep," she called out to the Hypello at the bar. "What's for breakfast?"
"Good morshing miss Rikku," the hypello responded. "Breakafest ish alreadiee over."
Rikku-san made a face. "Go figure," she muttered, covering her mouth as she yawned. "Anything new? I mean, can you make anything for me?"
"Certainly," the hypello answered.
"Thank-you," Rikku-san murmured, rubbing the sands of sleep from her eyes. Behind her, the door whooshed open.
"You finish helping LeBlanc?" Paine inquired lightly, flopping down beside her.
Rikku-san nodded slightly and turned back to Barkeep.
"Low on energy?" Paine asked sarcastically. "Normally you're bouncing all over the place like some sort of energizer bunny -"
"Actually, I like taking it easy. Why do today what you can leave for tomorrow... or even the next day?" Rikku-san asked. "That's going to be my new motto."
Paine arched an eyebrow up curiously. "Really?" she inquired.
In response, Rikku-san nodded her head, neglecting to actually respond with words. That would take a lot of effort. First, she would have to decide what to say, then she would have to say it. If everything went well, that would be the end of it; however, things rarely went right if you allowed conversation to crop up.
"How unlike you," Paine commented.
"You think?" Rikku-san asked. "I must be the least used part."
"Least used part?" Paine questioned.
Rikku-san shrugged and excepted her breakfast from the hypello.
The door whooshed open again and Yuna came in. "Oh, Rikku, I didn't realize that you were here already," she said in surprise. "Paine said that you were helping LeBlanc with something."
Rikku-san turned towards her cousin slowly. "You look pretty good," she finally commented. "So, where's the baby?" It was a lot of talking, but then Yuna was her cousin and she was concerned and interested in knowing that everything was okay with her.
"We had a boy," Yuna said with a small smile. "Tidus is watching him right now..."
"You name him yet?" Paine asked.
Yuna shook her head no.
"Trying to copy Wakka and Lulu?" Rikku-san asked.
"I just want him to have a good name, that's all," Yuna said. "Tidus is trying to come up with one, but we can't really agree..."
Rikku-san shrugged.
"Why don't you suggest a few names?" Yuna declared. "You and Paine, that is. That way we'll have fresh minds working on the problem."
"Naw," Rikku-san murmured. "I don't feel like working on anything right now."
"That's a first," Paine muttered. "I think there's something wrong with you. Typically you'd be all over name suggesting."
"There's nothing wrong with Rikku, Paine," Yuna said sternly. "If she doesn't want to help, she doesn't have to. Anyway," she got a mischievous look on her face, "how about we go out for a hunt?"
"Hunt?" Paine asked.
"Buddy's picking up some sphere-waves in the Macalania area. Wanna check it out?" Yuna asked excitedly.
"Nope," Rikku-san responded promptly. She stood up, having finished her food. "I'm going to slouch on over to my room and read a book... or something." She left the room without another word, and true to her word, she slouched.
"I tell you, something's wrong with her!" Paine exclaimed.
"Maybe she's just feeling... lonely," Yuna suggested. "I've got Tidus and you've got Baralai. Who does that leave for her?"
"I suppose she could date Gippal," Paine said dryly. "If that's her problem -"
"Paine, things don't always work out that easily. You can't just decide to like someone. There's got to be love involved."
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"How did you get suckered into this?" Rikk grumped, holding up a faint pink envelope that seemed to be slightly scented.
"Hey, it's not my fault, honey," Rikki purred, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "I'm just glad that..." She tossed her head, flipping her hair away casually. "Where was I?"
"Y-you were glad," Ri said softly.
Rikku-chan nodded her head, hiccuping slightly from her earlier tears.
"Right," Rikki said, tossing her hair and glancing over her shoulder to where Rikku was silently marching. "I'm just glad that I got used for the measurements. Sorry to say it, but I'm the best formed woman here." She trailed her fingers through her hair seductively.
"Rikki!" Rikk snapped. "Cut it out!"
"Hn?" she inquired.
"I think she means all the flipping that you're doing with your hair," Rikku-sama explained to the indifferent Rikki. "But besides that, who says that you're the best endowed woman here? I'd say that we're all the same size-"
"My breasts are bigger," Rikki pointed out.
Ri's face turned crimson.
Rikki continued, oblivious to the more timid girl's embarrassment. "And I'm practicing with my hair, in case you wondered."
"We're not that far from the Moonflow. If you're not careful, we'll be heading back and dunking your lame head in the water for fun," Rikk said flatly.
Before anyone could respond, Rikku piped up. "Hey, cut it out! No in-fighting, ne?" She scratched her head slightly and pranced into the middle of the group. "You're all forgetting what we are."
"Meaning?" Rikku-sama asked. She sounded indigent at the thought that she didn't know what was going on.
Rikku sighed. "Sphere hunters! We're sphere hunters -"
"-you know!" Rikku-chan intercepted.
Rikku blinked at having her line stolen, but didn't say anything except; "That was weird." She rubbed her nose and yawned slightly. "And LeBlanc promised us a dressphere if we do this for her, so there."
"You didn't mention the sphere before," Rikk pointed out.
"Must have slipped my mind," Rikku defended herself from herself lightly.
"Among other things," Rikk felt obliged to say.
Rikki tossed her hair and distracted the jaded blond.
Rikk spun, orientating on Miss Sexy herself. "You got a death wish?" she demanded.
"Yeash, ease down there Rikk!" Rikku exclaimed. "I should feel comfortable when in the presence of myself... not like Paine's getting ready to jump down my throat!"
"Sorry," Ri apologized, startling everyone.
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"I'm going to deliver this one!" Rikku-sama declared, holding up an invitation. She glanced at the other girls, daring them to object. Nearly everyone took the dare.
"Heh, heh," Rikku said worriedly. "Why don't you guys just leave the invitations delivering to me? You are causing an awful -"
"I'm sorry!" Rikku-chan burst into tears.
"What?" Rikku asked in concern. She spun, glancing at the weeping version of herself. Why are you sorry?"
"I keep crying when I sob delivering the invitations!" she wailed in response.
Ri picked up the scented envelope in question. "Maybe Rikku's right," she said softly. "Why don't we just let one of us make all of the deliveries?"
"Hey!" Rikk said sharply. "Hit the bushes; there's some people coming up the path."
"I'll stay; you go!" all six girls chorused at the same time. "No! You go!" they added seconds later.
"No time!" Rikku-sama said quickly. "Rock-paper-scissors, ne?"
"Hai!"
A short game of rock-paper-scissors later, Rikku-sama stood in the middle of the road, watching the Youth League group approach. "Greetings," she said politely, nodding her head.
In the bushes, Rikku winced. "Way too formal..." she murmured, pushing Ri away from her face. "Stop crowding me."
"Sorry," Ri murmured, turning crimson and backing further into the bushes.
Rikku-sama heard the rustling of the bushes, although apparently the Youth League members didn't. "Lovely day, isn't it?"
"I guess," one of the members responded with a shrug.
"And she's the smart one?" Rikk whispered dryly from the bush. "She's just got to act natural." She gave Ri a small shrug, pushing her back further into the foliage.
The bushes moved again, this time a bit more violently. Rikku-sama ignored them again. "Where are you heading?" she asked the Youth League members.
They had been looking like they were going to keep moving through with a minimum of conversation; however, upon her comment, they stopped and all turned to face her at the same time. "You're Rikku, right?"
In the bushes, Rikku nodded. "Sure am!" she exclaimed softly. Rikk silenced her with a sharp poke to the side.
On the road, Rikku-sama said, "I am. Did you need something?"
"Not so formal. Not so formal. Not so formal," Rikku whispered repeatedly.
"Yes, but hold that thought," one of the members said. He leveled his gun at the bushes the girls were hiding in. "I think we got a fiend problem." He walked towards the bush, probing aside branches of the low shrubs with his gun.
"I'm short on time," Rikku-sama reasoned. "I have many pressing matters to attend to. If it's important, than spit it out."
The man stopped advancing. "Of course, I'm Harper," he inclined his head politely. "The problem is Nooj."
"Have anything to do with his wedding?" Rikku-sama inquired.
"His what?" Harper asked stupidly.
"You know, him and LeBlanc are getting married," Rikku-sama said. "We've got the invitations and are delivering them right now."
"We?" Harper questioned. He shook his head, obviously deciding that she meant the Gullwings. "Never mind, Meyven Nooj isn't getting married that I had heard of. However, I do have a infallible resource that says he's been sucked into a portal on Kilika Island."
Rikku's eyes widened. She grabbed Rikku-chan by her arm. "Do a Darkness Dance... NOW!" she hissed softly.
The blond girl stood up and started dancing without question, faint light spilling from her dressphere costume. She closed her green eyes and moved to music that only she could hear.
Rikku catapulted out of the bushes, giving Rikku-sama a good shove back. She sphere-changed to the Alchemist dressphere that the smarter girl had been wearing. "What kind of portal?" she demanded of the blind Youth League members.
"Hard to say. We're keeping things kinda quiet right now, so we don't know much; however, we do know that the portal is only open in the temple. And..." Harper's voice trailed off and he rubbed his eyes furiously. "I can't see!" he exclaimed.
Rikku made a cut-off motion towards the bushes; however, Rikku-chan didn't notice because her eyes were closed.
"And what?" she asked Harper.
"It's getting smaller... shrinking," Harper said after a long moment.
Meanwhile in the bushes, Rikk stood up. "Something not right with Rikku-chan's clothes. They shouldn't be glowing like that."
Rikku-sama nodded her head in agreement. "Something similar happened in the Thunder Plains. She was attacked and it seemed to me that a figure merged into her clothes after the battle... I thought it was Tidus -"
"Than it's Shuyin!" Rikk snapped. She dove forward and tackled Rikku-chan, slamming her into the ground and halting her dance.
"What was that!" Harper exclaimed, looking around fearfully.
"I'll come and check it out," Rikku said firmly, bringing his attention back to herself. "Are you sailing from Luca?"
"Hai!" Harper exclaimed.
"Save a cabin for me," Rikku ordered.
"What about the Celsius?" Harper asked. "Wouldn't that be quicker?"
"That's for Gullwing business only," Rikku said firmly. She grinned widely. "Besides, I can't take all the baby noise!"
"Uhh.... yes, ma'am," Harper decided to say. "I'll save you a cabin." He gestured to his men. "MOVE OUT!" They jogged down the path and disappeared from sight.
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Rikku-san was on the comm. It was the only way for her to be present at the meeting.
"We're going to have to investigate Nooj's disappearance," Rikku said firmly.
"Agreed, but which one of us is going to do it?" Rikk asked. "I nominate Rikki."
Rikki made a face. "What if the portal leads to swamp?" she demanded. "Then what?"
"You'd fall in," Rikk said with a smirk.
"Let's not designate tasks until we know what we need to do," Rikku-sama said. "Number one is getting Nooj. Number two is delivering these invitations and getting that sphere. Is there a number three?"
"Yeah," Rikk said. "Figuring out what's up with Rikku-chan's dressphere."
"Don't forget about staying on the Celsius!" Rikku-san piped up. "I'll take that task."
"That brings up an interesting point, you know!" Rikku exclaimed.
"What might that be?" Rikki inquired in a purring voice.
"Maybe we should only do one thing at a time. Sooner or later, it's going to occur to someone that 'Rikku' is sphere hunting with the Gullwings, rescuing Nooj, and delivering invitations all over Spira."
"We'll just have to keep in tight communication. It is possible for people to do more than one thing at a time," Rikku-sama pointed out. "Besides, we can't just drop any of our tasks."
"Actually, Rikku-san doesn't have to be on the Celsius," Rikk said.
"Actually, I do!" Rikku-san exclaimed.
"I'll deliver the invitations," Ri announced firmly, startling everyone. "Who's going with me?"
"Huh?" the others said.
"Think about it, there are seven of us. Two for each mission and than Rikku-san to maintain cover at home base."
"Good point, Ri, I'll go with you," Rikku-sama announced.
"I'll take Rikku-chan," Rikku said, scratching her face and shrugging.
"NO!" came the instantaneous response from Rikki and Rikk.
"I don't want to have anything to do with this hair destroyer!" Rikki snapped. "I'd rather swim in the Moonflow with a bathing cap and lots of body lotion nearby!"
Rikk nodded her head. "I really can't work with such an ignorant little brat!"
"Hey.... That's yourself you're talking about!" Rikku-chan sobbed. "And I don't really have a problem so...."
"The matters already been decided. You two make sure to behave, ne?" Rikku-sama said softly. "After we complete our mission, we'll head towards Kilika and see if we can't help."
"It'll have to do for now," Rikku agreed.
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Author's notes; Sorry I'm late! I ended up spraining my ankle and sitting at home all day yesterday recovering. (Thought it was broken...) Anyway, we're almost ready for a special edition chapter... although that's not quiet ready yet.
Next Chapter; Split into four groups, the girls set out on different missions. Perhaps the most basic mission, Rikku ends up fighting for Rikku-chan's life. But how do you fight an Unset with the presence of a Summoner for Sending purposes? Things heat up it the next chapter of Chaos of Seven! Don't miss it! (Heh, heh, I couldn't help but write that last bit....)
Thanks for reading,
Kissa-chan