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SECOND LESSON
The next morning proceeded much more smoothly than before. Both Wakka and Lulu made their way down to the beach with little to no fuss. A heaven's blessing in Wakka's opinion.
And from arriving to the beach, things continued to move much more quickly than before, with Wakka picking Lulu up and chucking her into the water.
"Aw, don't give that look. We don't have all day you know. I've gotta go teach those kids remember?" Wakka said defensively as Lulu gave him the 'I'm SO going to hit you with a Thundaga spell' look.
"Let's pick up where we left yesterday, ya?" Wakka said as he made his way over to Lulu.
"Very well." By the end of yesterday, Lulu knew that complaining would do nothing but hinder them. By simply complying with Wakka she would probably save both him and herself a lot of trouble.
Besides, being uncooperative with Wakka was not an easy thing to do. The large islander was just so set on teaching her to swim, she was almost surprised by his determination. So, after much thought, Lulu had decided that if Wakka was going to put in this much effort to teach her, she would put in at the very least equal effort into learning.
Though she did feel that throwing her in the water was completely unnecessary... Well... Maybe not COMPLETELY unnecessary. Even Lulu could admit she had a bit of a stubborn streak, probably inheriting it from Wakka himself.
Getting on with the lesson, Wakka moved up to Lulu and gently placed his hands on her back. Lowering her into the water. Lulu found that for someone who was supposedly so big and tough, he was surprisingly gentle when handling her.
"Okay Lu, now remember, deep breaths, you'll float as long as you've got air in you." Wakka explained as he slowly began to remove his hands from their supporting position on her frame.
Lulu, knew very well that she had to breath in order to float. The problem was, whenever Wakka's arms no longer supported her and her body began to sink into the water ever so slightly, her body immediately locked up and she couldn't find a way to do anything, even breath. As if she was hit by some kind of panic attack or something... But she didn't know why.
Just as before, once Wakka's hands were gone, she instantly tensed up. Unable to breath and beginning to sink, it caused her to tense up even more and make things even worse.
As water began to once again submerge her body. She heard Wakka speaking to her.
"Come on Lu! Breath! In and out... In and out... Come on Lulu!" Wakka instructed, moving his arms under Lulu to catch her inventible sinking form.
But she didn't sink.
Looking at her, Wakka found her taking in slow shuttering breaths.
"Yeah Lu! That's it! Breath in, breath out, no need to worry, you won't sink. You'll be just fine." It was almost difficult to talk with the huge grin on Wakka's face.
Lulu, nodded subconsciously. She had been about ready to sink, when Wakka had begun to remind her to breath, snapping her out of her strange tensed up panic. Taking in slow breaths, Lulu, felt her body stay just enough above the surface of the water, giving her a chance to relax even further.
"Alright Lu! You're doing it!" Wakka was ecstatic. Kamari had been right. All she needed was some time and a bit of patience on his part and she would be fine.
"Your doing great Lu, wanna move onto the next step, ya?" Wakka asked.
"Very well." Lulu, sighed, straighten up and standing again.
"Good, come on." Wakka said, pulling her in the direction of the deepening water.
"Deeper? Lulu asked, a hint of weariness in her voice.
"Yeah, you learned the basic, so now we gonna move onto deep water." Wakka explained.
Learning to float counts as the basics?" She asked skeptically.
"Sure, that's how Ma taught me." Wakka Noticed the reluctant look in Lulu's eyes. "Don't worry Lu, we won't go deep than to the neck, ya? I promise, I'll take care of you."
With those words, Lulu felt a great sigh of relief, nodding, she followed Wakka into the depths of the water.
**
The rest of the day had only been a slight replay of yesterday, with Lulu having some trouble at first. But progressed a little more smoothly. Wakka seemed to show an abundant amount of patience and exuberant mood during the rest of the lesson, no matter how poorly she did.
Though, that hadn't stopped her from using a water spell at the end of their lesson to create a small tidal wave to teach Wakka that it would be ill advised to simply 'chuck her' into the water again.
After their Lesson was finished, instead of going back to the village, Lulu had decided to stay by the beach and finally watch one of Wakka's Blitz Ball coaching's. Out of all the time he had been teaching these children, she had never once bothered to come see it for herself.
Watching Wakka with the children, Lulu could describe Wakka as nothing but amazing. The way he interacted with the children was incredible; he had such natural talent with them. She had to admit, he was in fact a decent teacher, either that or the children were very quick learners.
But Wakka... Lulu was finding it difficult to explain. There he was with those children, laughing and playing with them, teaching them the game of Blitz Ball, and how to enjoy their bright and beautiful future.
Lulu was jealous of them and she felt stupid for being it. These children were going to grow up in a Sin free world. A future with so many possibilities open to them and so much fear of sudden destruction gone; how she wished she could have had the same.
But she couldn't she had grown up already, and it really hadn't been the most fun.
Growing up for her hadn't been what some would call a 'picnic.' After Sin had destroyed her home and family, she was left with little to nothing. Being shuffled around with a number of rufugees from various villages over sea, she had eventually ended up in Besaid.
From there the priests of the temple had found her to have great potential in the arts of Magic. So that's what she did, having nothing else left anyways, she put her full dedication into the study of magic.
That's actually how she had first met Yuna really... They had both been studying in the Temple when they'd run into each other.
One studying to become a Black Mage, the other a Summoner. Both with a goal to eventually end the world of Sin. Maybe that's why they had bonded together so easily... It was obvious to tell that both Yuna and herself were two very different people; it was that one goal in life that had kept them together at first, until they had begun to bond on a deeper level, becoming close as sisters.
Other than Yuna, probably the only other friend she had made at that age had probably been Chappu...
Chappu. Looking back at Wakka as he played a round of Blitz Ball with the children, Lulu couldn't help but see the undeniable resemblance between the two brothers.
Though you could tell that Wakka was obviously the bigger of the two, he and his brother shared so many similar qualities. Right after Chappu's death, for nearly a week Lulu, couldn't even stand to see the sight of Wakka, reminding her too much of the man she had lost.
But like all things that time brings, Lulu also saw the differences between her friend and her ex-Lover. Like his smile; it looked so much like Chappu's, yet... It had a quality to it that made it distinctly Wakka's and nobody else's. In a way, looking at Wakka, would always remind her of Chappu, but there were so many qualities that separated him from his brother, so many wonderful qualities, JUST Wakka.
At that moment, Lulu had been so deep in thought that she hadn't noticed a tall and broad shouldered figure come up to her, not until his large frame cast a shadow down upon her.
Looking up, Lulu was surprised to find Wakka looming above her dripping wet, the setting sun, right behind him. Had that much time already passed by already?
Looking into his face, she found him giving her a very peculiar smile. As if he was trying very had to keep it on.
"Is there something the matter Wakka?" She asked him, getting up from her sitting position in the sand.
"Er, w-what would make you say that?" He asked nervously. Lulu gave him a suspicious look as he just stood there nervously.
"You're nervous. It's obvious to tell. What's wrong?" She asked him, getting a bit annoyed by his stalling.
"Um, you haven't been out here all day have you?" He asked in a somewhat uncertain tone.
"Yes I have, you're always been asking me to come and watch you with the children am I right?" Lulu replied.
"And you didn't bother to put anything on?" Wakka asked.
At the moment Lulu was still in the yellow Aurocks swimsuit she had borrowed. Too tired from her swimming lessons to put anything else on, she had decided to just sit down and watch from the beach.
"Is there something wrong with my current apparel? If I do recall, you were the one who gave it to me." What was wrong with Wakka? Did have some problem with other people seeing her in a swimsuit? But... That's absurd! Wakka maybe somewhat protective at times, but to care if people saw her in a swimsuit? It just didn't make sense.
"Uh, it's not that Lu... Um, you know how you got real pail skin, ya?" Wakka asked, the hint of nervousness still present.
"Yes?" Lulu replied, trying to figure out where he was going with this. "What's wrong with my skin?"
"Well... It's just that... You're burned." Wakka explained.
"Burned?" She asked.
"Yeah... You know, sunburned." He explained.
Finally looking down at herself, Lulu was shocked to find that all of her skin outside of her swimsuit was beat red. She was speechless, how could she have not noticed this sooner?! Had she really been that zoned out?!
"Lu?"
No response.
"Luuuu..." Wakka said again, waving his hand in front of the frozen Black Mages face.
"This... Isn't going to be pleasant." She muttered, picking up her towel and robe.
"Well, uh, live and learn, ya?" Wakka said, scratching the back of his head as began to follow the fuming young woman back to the village.
Wakka had later discovered, that the majority of the blame had been solely place on him. At one point he had nearly had to talk her out of quitting the swimming lessons. But things had eventually settled down when he began to apply the lotion to her burned skin.
'Well... She was right.' Wakka thought as he continued to rub lotion on the angry Black Mage's beat red back. 'This isn't going to be pleasant.'
To be continued...
Okay, that's another chapter down. Any comments? Hmmm... Anyone think I should stop writing these things at mid-night? I don't know what it is, but I keep finding myself writing this fic at sometime at 12 in the morning... Thanks for reading!
The ever illusive,
Hyper Guyver.
Next Chapter
SECOND LESSON
The next morning proceeded much more smoothly than before. Both Wakka and Lulu made their way down to the beach with little to no fuss. A heaven's blessing in Wakka's opinion.
And from arriving to the beach, things continued to move much more quickly than before, with Wakka picking Lulu up and chucking her into the water.
"Aw, don't give that look. We don't have all day you know. I've gotta go teach those kids remember?" Wakka said defensively as Lulu gave him the 'I'm SO going to hit you with a Thundaga spell' look.
"Let's pick up where we left yesterday, ya?" Wakka said as he made his way over to Lulu.
"Very well." By the end of yesterday, Lulu knew that complaining would do nothing but hinder them. By simply complying with Wakka she would probably save both him and herself a lot of trouble.
Besides, being uncooperative with Wakka was not an easy thing to do. The large islander was just so set on teaching her to swim, she was almost surprised by his determination. So, after much thought, Lulu had decided that if Wakka was going to put in this much effort to teach her, she would put in at the very least equal effort into learning.
Though she did feel that throwing her in the water was completely unnecessary... Well... Maybe not COMPLETELY unnecessary. Even Lulu could admit she had a bit of a stubborn streak, probably inheriting it from Wakka himself.
Getting on with the lesson, Wakka moved up to Lulu and gently placed his hands on her back. Lowering her into the water. Lulu found that for someone who was supposedly so big and tough, he was surprisingly gentle when handling her.
"Okay Lu, now remember, deep breaths, you'll float as long as you've got air in you." Wakka explained as he slowly began to remove his hands from their supporting position on her frame.
Lulu, knew very well that she had to breath in order to float. The problem was, whenever Wakka's arms no longer supported her and her body began to sink into the water ever so slightly, her body immediately locked up and she couldn't find a way to do anything, even breath. As if she was hit by some kind of panic attack or something... But she didn't know why.
Just as before, once Wakka's hands were gone, she instantly tensed up. Unable to breath and beginning to sink, it caused her to tense up even more and make things even worse.
As water began to once again submerge her body. She heard Wakka speaking to her.
"Come on Lu! Breath! In and out... In and out... Come on Lulu!" Wakka instructed, moving his arms under Lulu to catch her inventible sinking form.
But she didn't sink.
Looking at her, Wakka found her taking in slow shuttering breaths.
"Yeah Lu! That's it! Breath in, breath out, no need to worry, you won't sink. You'll be just fine." It was almost difficult to talk with the huge grin on Wakka's face.
Lulu, nodded subconsciously. She had been about ready to sink, when Wakka had begun to remind her to breath, snapping her out of her strange tensed up panic. Taking in slow breaths, Lulu, felt her body stay just enough above the surface of the water, giving her a chance to relax even further.
"Alright Lu! You're doing it!" Wakka was ecstatic. Kamari had been right. All she needed was some time and a bit of patience on his part and she would be fine.
"Your doing great Lu, wanna move onto the next step, ya?" Wakka asked.
"Very well." Lulu, sighed, straighten up and standing again.
"Good, come on." Wakka said, pulling her in the direction of the deepening water.
"Deeper? Lulu asked, a hint of weariness in her voice.
"Yeah, you learned the basic, so now we gonna move onto deep water." Wakka explained.
Learning to float counts as the basics?" She asked skeptically.
"Sure, that's how Ma taught me." Wakka Noticed the reluctant look in Lulu's eyes. "Don't worry Lu, we won't go deep than to the neck, ya? I promise, I'll take care of you."
With those words, Lulu felt a great sigh of relief, nodding, she followed Wakka into the depths of the water.
**
The rest of the day had only been a slight replay of yesterday, with Lulu having some trouble at first. But progressed a little more smoothly. Wakka seemed to show an abundant amount of patience and exuberant mood during the rest of the lesson, no matter how poorly she did.
Though, that hadn't stopped her from using a water spell at the end of their lesson to create a small tidal wave to teach Wakka that it would be ill advised to simply 'chuck her' into the water again.
After their Lesson was finished, instead of going back to the village, Lulu had decided to stay by the beach and finally watch one of Wakka's Blitz Ball coaching's. Out of all the time he had been teaching these children, she had never once bothered to come see it for herself.
Watching Wakka with the children, Lulu could describe Wakka as nothing but amazing. The way he interacted with the children was incredible; he had such natural talent with them. She had to admit, he was in fact a decent teacher, either that or the children were very quick learners.
But Wakka... Lulu was finding it difficult to explain. There he was with those children, laughing and playing with them, teaching them the game of Blitz Ball, and how to enjoy their bright and beautiful future.
Lulu was jealous of them and she felt stupid for being it. These children were going to grow up in a Sin free world. A future with so many possibilities open to them and so much fear of sudden destruction gone; how she wished she could have had the same.
But she couldn't she had grown up already, and it really hadn't been the most fun.
Growing up for her hadn't been what some would call a 'picnic.' After Sin had destroyed her home and family, she was left with little to nothing. Being shuffled around with a number of rufugees from various villages over sea, she had eventually ended up in Besaid.
From there the priests of the temple had found her to have great potential in the arts of Magic. So that's what she did, having nothing else left anyways, she put her full dedication into the study of magic.
That's actually how she had first met Yuna really... They had both been studying in the Temple when they'd run into each other.
One studying to become a Black Mage, the other a Summoner. Both with a goal to eventually end the world of Sin. Maybe that's why they had bonded together so easily... It was obvious to tell that both Yuna and herself were two very different people; it was that one goal in life that had kept them together at first, until they had begun to bond on a deeper level, becoming close as sisters.
Other than Yuna, probably the only other friend she had made at that age had probably been Chappu...
Chappu. Looking back at Wakka as he played a round of Blitz Ball with the children, Lulu couldn't help but see the undeniable resemblance between the two brothers.
Though you could tell that Wakka was obviously the bigger of the two, he and his brother shared so many similar qualities. Right after Chappu's death, for nearly a week Lulu, couldn't even stand to see the sight of Wakka, reminding her too much of the man she had lost.
But like all things that time brings, Lulu also saw the differences between her friend and her ex-Lover. Like his smile; it looked so much like Chappu's, yet... It had a quality to it that made it distinctly Wakka's and nobody else's. In a way, looking at Wakka, would always remind her of Chappu, but there were so many qualities that separated him from his brother, so many wonderful qualities, JUST Wakka.
At that moment, Lulu had been so deep in thought that she hadn't noticed a tall and broad shouldered figure come up to her, not until his large frame cast a shadow down upon her.
Looking up, Lulu was surprised to find Wakka looming above her dripping wet, the setting sun, right behind him. Had that much time already passed by already?
Looking into his face, she found him giving her a very peculiar smile. As if he was trying very had to keep it on.
"Is there something the matter Wakka?" She asked him, getting up from her sitting position in the sand.
"Er, w-what would make you say that?" He asked nervously. Lulu gave him a suspicious look as he just stood there nervously.
"You're nervous. It's obvious to tell. What's wrong?" She asked him, getting a bit annoyed by his stalling.
"Um, you haven't been out here all day have you?" He asked in a somewhat uncertain tone.
"Yes I have, you're always been asking me to come and watch you with the children am I right?" Lulu replied.
"And you didn't bother to put anything on?" Wakka asked.
At the moment Lulu was still in the yellow Aurocks swimsuit she had borrowed. Too tired from her swimming lessons to put anything else on, she had decided to just sit down and watch from the beach.
"Is there something wrong with my current apparel? If I do recall, you were the one who gave it to me." What was wrong with Wakka? Did have some problem with other people seeing her in a swimsuit? But... That's absurd! Wakka maybe somewhat protective at times, but to care if people saw her in a swimsuit? It just didn't make sense.
"Uh, it's not that Lu... Um, you know how you got real pail skin, ya?" Wakka asked, the hint of nervousness still present.
"Yes?" Lulu replied, trying to figure out where he was going with this. "What's wrong with my skin?"
"Well... It's just that... You're burned." Wakka explained.
"Burned?" She asked.
"Yeah... You know, sunburned." He explained.
Finally looking down at herself, Lulu was shocked to find that all of her skin outside of her swimsuit was beat red. She was speechless, how could she have not noticed this sooner?! Had she really been that zoned out?!
"Lu?"
No response.
"Luuuu..." Wakka said again, waving his hand in front of the frozen Black Mages face.
"This... Isn't going to be pleasant." She muttered, picking up her towel and robe.
"Well, uh, live and learn, ya?" Wakka said, scratching the back of his head as began to follow the fuming young woman back to the village.
Wakka had later discovered, that the majority of the blame had been solely place on him. At one point he had nearly had to talk her out of quitting the swimming lessons. But things had eventually settled down when he began to apply the lotion to her burned skin.
'Well... She was right.' Wakka thought as he continued to rub lotion on the angry Black Mage's beat red back. 'This isn't going to be pleasant.'
To be continued...
Okay, that's another chapter down. Any comments? Hmmm... Anyone think I should stop writing these things at mid-night? I don't know what it is, but I keep finding myself writing this fic at sometime at 12 in the morning... Thanks for reading!
The ever illusive,
Hyper Guyver.