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Love Under Disguise—Chapter 2
We eventually escaped with our skins intact. Still, nobody moved because of my special mixture that had a silver hourglass and a grenade in it. That caused the cell door to be blown to smithereens, and also did "stop" on everybody. (Except the caster, and who ever was hanging on to her!)
We were finally in Macalania, and it was getting dark. We all debated if we should camp or not. Sure enough, we set camp where Yunie and the rest of us guardians had camped that night after Yunie had married Seymour, and we had nearly escaped the Via Purifico with our lives, not to mention kicking Seymour's arce.
I brought out my little tent that I had always carried with me, and started to set up. And, yes, if we all squished together, it could fit all three of us! Just kidding...
"Barali, you did pack those two tents before we left Bevelle, right?" Gippal asked as he set up the fire. Barali froze on the spot, looking at Gippal.
"Um, Gippal...I thought you said grab only one, 'cause Rikku had extra.'" Barali had a look of worry in his eyes. Gippal abruptly stood up.
"What?! You forgot the other tent?! This is just great!" Barali suddenly smiled after a moment, and finally broke out into laughter. Gippal looked at me, looking for an explanation. I couldn't help but laugh from the look on his face.
"What are you guys laughing at?" I finally stopped after a few minutes, throwing him Shinra's new invention, "tent-in-a-small-box." And the great thing about it was that it was pocket-sized.
"Ha ha ha. Very funny." Gippal rolled his eyes, and found a clearing, set the box down, pressing a red button, causing a tent to pop up and out of the box. Gippal threw his stuff in there, and then started walking away.
"I'm going for a walk. If you want me, I'll be at the lake." He directed those last words towards me, as if saying he wanted to talk alone. After he walked away, I went to the lake, surprised to not see him there. I went to the water's edge, and took off my shoes, while pulling out my new default dress sphere. I threw it over my head, letting the swirling colors envelope me. My hair was no longer up, but there were still a few beaded braids. My clothes changed from sweaty armor, to blue and white striped shorts, with white ruffles, and a skin-tight black t-shirt, that went past my bellybutton. The outfit wasn't complete without my old, trusty blue and silver boots and a gun holster belt hanging loosely around my waist and my right hip. There! Complete. But, where was Gippal? He should have been here by now!
Just as I took off my boots and put my feet in the water, a hand grabbed my waist, and another covered my mouth. I struggled, but I couldn't get away from his iron grasp. Tears ran down my cheeks, thinking this was it. He must have felt my tears, because he suddenly let go and hugged me.
"I'm so sorry, Rikku! I didn't think I would scare you like that!" He squeezed me tighter, and I had had enough!
"Tysh oui, Gippal!" I said while tears coursed down my cheeks. He reached out to me, but I turned around and dove into the cool depths of the lake. I finally emerged, flipping onto my back, realizing I was in the deep end, where most of the fiends hid out. Just then, something reached out, grabbing me, and pulled me into the depths of Macalania Lake.
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