Wahahahaha!! I'm FINALLY back!! Actually, I was supposed to be back a week ago and... anyway, I'm just SO lazy lately. Comment me, Flame me(but not too hurtful) I DON'T CARE!!
Chapter 13
Wanted
On the next day, Spira was totally quiet.
"Back to sphere hunting!!" Brother cheered.
Yuna had a wide smile, as usual.
Tidus was back to his normal health.
Paine was just... still herself.
But Rikku was still confused.
It all happened so fast. Too fast that she didn't even know what happened. Though her relationship with Gippal was over (As she would consider), she knew she still had feelings for the guy - somehow.
"Okay, Gullwings!" Brother smiled. The whole gang was in the bridge in the Celsius. "Buddy," he called, "Where to?"
"Sorry, Brother, there are no sphere waves. Not even one. It's surprising! I know..." Buddy replied, jumping out of his seat.
"More like disappointing!" Tidus exclaimed.
"What's a sphere hunter to do?" Yuna sighed.
"Wanna be your Friendly Neighbor Gullwings again?" Paine suggested.
Buddy shook his head, "Well, for once, Spira is peaceful - thanks to Yuna."
"Me?" Yuna gasped.
"I'm starting to hate the calm, now, Yuna." Paine joked.
Everyone laughed along - even Shinra. Rikku was left with a weak smile.
"You're always down, Rikku. What happened?" a boys voice whispered in Rikku's ear.
"Huh?" Rikku looked around.
"What's wrong, Rikku?" Brother asked.
Rikku shook her head, "Uh - nothing... I just heard-"
"C'mon, open up." The voice said again.
"There it is again!" Rikku screamed.
"What's there again?" Brother asked.
"That voice. Can't you hear it?" Rikku questioned.
"Rikku, Rikku, Rikku..." the voice said again and again.
Rikku rubbed her temples, "I need to sleep." then she headed to the cabin.
Brother and Tidus looked at each other and shrugged together.
On her way to the cabin, the voice just went over and over again.
"Ugh! What's wrong with me??" she covered her ears, "NO! NO! NO!"
She knew that if Gippal was still there, he'd be there to comfort her. Rikku fell to her knees, crying. The cause? It was because of the stupid voice in her head that won't leave her alone, and because of Gippal's absence.
"Leave me alone, please! Leave me alone!" Rikku's tears rolled down from her cheeks and dropped to the floor.
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Somewhere where it was raining - the Thunderplains...
Gippal stared at his reflection in the puddle of water. He was soaking wet but he didn't care. It was to let no one notice that he was crying.
"Gippal!" a man's voice called out.
Gippal looked around to find an Al Bhed running towards him, "What's up?"
"Gippal! Drana oui yna!" (Gippal! There you are!") The Al Bhed exclaimed.
"Famm E ryja du pa cusafrana." (Well, I have to be somewhere.) Gippal grinned.
"Oui ryja du ehdanjeaf suna baubma!"(You have to interview more people!)
"Cunno." (Sorry) Gippal apologized, "E vomd ryja du - hajan seht." (I just had to - never mind.)
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That night, in Bevelle, Baralai stood on the high bridge. He glanced at various faces in the vast crowd, looking for one special Al Bhed.
People seemed so tiny from Baralai's point of view. Every face he found was just another person from Spira. And he couldn't seem to find the person he expected to come, Rikku.
Baralai sighed, his conscience partly filled with uncertainty. He had been thinking about what he was to talk about with Rikku. (A/n: Faentu!)
"So wasted." he mumbled, to his upper-left side, finding Gippal.
"What the heck's he doing here?" Baralai interrogated, glaring at his old friend, "He's not invited! He -"
He looked to the right upper right side to see 'the apple of his eyes'. Such a pleasant image.
Baralai's hands began to sweat, "Such irony. Why does this happen?" he complained.
For some people, it is normal for hands to sweat when their nervous. So, there...
"Anyway, gotta get to the princes before the pirate does." Baralai gave out a little cackle, heading to his private lift, the praetor's lift.
(A/n: CORNY! Okay, sorry.)
Although, Baralai wasn't THE praetor anymore, he's still one of the leaders who kept Spira in line. People think he deserves convenience for the things he had done, accomplished, etc...
Rikku showed a wide smile. It wasn't obvious that she had problems. She just walked, towards the high bridge, where there were many little stores that sold trinkets, ornaments, knick-knacks and some handy equipment for fiend-killing.
Rikku looked into a mirror (a decoration in one shop), and examined her reflection. She grinned even more widely, showing her teeth, and then she noticed a very familiar person passed behind Rikku.
He moved fast, Rikku didn't get to catch who it was when she turned around. But she was sure that it was a guy. She looked back to see herself again in the mirror.
"Alas! I found you." Baralai smiled.
Rikku turned around and the first thing she saw wasn't Baralai but what she saw was Gippal. He was by the next store which was trading machina.
"Hello." Baralai waved his hand in front of Rikku's face.
Rikku blinked, at that moment, her chest hurt - just seeing his back...
She looked at Baralai and grabbed his hand. They walked into the gate/door to the entrance of the temple where there were less people hanging around.
"What's wrong?" Baralai asked.
"Uh, nothing, I -" Rikku tried to explain.
"Anyway, wanna do something?" Baralai asked.
"Okay. What can we do?" Rikku asked.
"Well, since I USED to be praetor of New Yevon. And since, I've known the secrets of Bevelle, I can give you a tour." he suggested.
"That'd be great but are you allowed to do that?" Rikku questioned.
"As long as you keep quiet about it," Baralai made notice.
Rikku nodded and agreed, "My lips shall be sealed! No words will ever get through."
Baralai chortled, "Good."
Baralai lead Rikku to his private lift and hopped on it with her.
As the machina elevated both Rikku and Baralai, Gippal was looking up into the dark blue sky and saw them.
He saw Rikku, the wind blowing her hair.
Gippal's heart skipped a beat. He found Baralai behind the Al Bhed girl, "What the- Baralai?" he gasped, being alarmed by the sight.
Gippal shook his head and looked down, "I have no time for this," he turned to a girl beside him, "Hey!" he greeted.
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Gippal had good looks, was a genius, but he didn't have what he wanted. He may be just 18 but he was old enough to know what he wanted. And at that moment, he was not sure of what did want.
What he really wanted was to be with Rikku. But then, there was this part of him that didn't want Rikku – because of the sphere - he didn't want his life to be recorded...
So, maybe what he really wanted was just to feel that special emotion of love...
wahahahaha!! I'm gonna be expecting your flames, people. But please, not too harsh or hurtful.