Rikkus second chance

Chapter 1

By shadows/of/flame

Disclaimer:

This is my story, as Tidus says, so I don't want it used anywhere else.
I don't own Tidus (sigh), Auron (sigh) or any of the other characters. In another chapter I may add one so... Enjoy!

"Uuuuwah..." A loud and uncalled for yawn escaped from the young Al Bheds lips, one sad morning.Rain was falling down like water from a tap. The Al Bhed was Rikku, and she was at the moment, on a salvage ship with Brother, her... brother and Buddy, their life time... er Buddy? She sat up and scratched her head.

"That is very unbecoming behaviour of an Al Bhed." Brother commented from the door, in a perfect imitation of Mika.
"Oh shut up" Rikku yawned.
Her golden coloured hair was past the length of her shoulders, but she usually wore it up. The sky was still dark even though it was close to 8 am.
"Oh well..." Rikku muttered. "No use in wasting the day lying about in bed. Might as well get up."

She threw the blankets off her and swung her legs over the side of her bed. The rug welcomed her, otherwise her feet would've been too cold and make her not want to get up. Rikku stumbled tiredly into the shower and had a long soak. She got out after about 1 hour and was in her t shirt and underwear when her cellphone (Nokia 2280) began to ring to the "Simple and Clean" (KH) theme.
"Who doesn't know how to use a telephone!" Rikku muttered angrily as she picked her cellphone up.

"Hello?"
"You...will...die...in...seven...days..." Came the somehow familiar voice.
"As if! Who the hell is this?" Rikku said.
"Fool! Do not take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks! I'm not trying to rob you! I'm trying to help you." Came the voice again.
"Oh no. I'm so scared." Rikku said sarcastically.
"Borrowed! Borrowed without permission!"
"Whatever" said Rikku, really hacked off. She turned off her cellphone.

Rikku finally finished getting dressed and walked out of her room into what she thought was the warm sunshine. Then she forgot it was completely pissing down with rain, screamed and ran into the rec room.

Buddy and Brother were there, watching a dull fish in the filthy fish tank. No wonder it looked so dull and depressed.
"Hey you two." said Rikku.
The guys didn't seem to notice her, then Buddy said "Did you hear that scream? I think Rikku forgot it was raining again"
Brother nodded.

"HEY YOU TWO!!!!!!" Rikku shouted.
"Ku yfyo Rikku!" (Go away Rikku) said Brother just as angrily.
"Aqlica sa!" (Excuse me!) huffed Rikku.
The dull fish continued to swim around in the putrid water, even more oblivious, in the tank.
"That fish is a male fish." Said Rikku indignantly.
"How do you know??" said Buddy.
Rikku smirked.

"A: I bought it.

B: It is swimming around in the filthiest water ever.

C: Only males put up with that.

D: Males don't pay attention and.

E: I named it ('Tidus') Bob."
Rikku poked out her tongue.
"Fryd tet oui cyo?" (What did you say?) Brother hissed, shaking a fist in Rikkus direction.
"Hey you two. Stop fighting. Just coz you're siblings doesn't give you a free pass to kill each other. Kill each other when I've read this message." Buddy sighed.
They quit their quarrel, making a mental note to kill each other once Buddy had finished speaking.
"Fryd! Fryd?" (What? What?) they said together.
"You may not like this," said Buddy. He looked at the screen and blurted,
"It's confirmed. Yuna got engaged at Bevelle last night."

Silence filled the already silent room.
You could've heard a pin drop (and the fish swimming in its tank)

"Its not him, is it?" Rikku asked.
Buddy shook his head.
"Then who is she engaged to?" Brother asked.
The fish (Tidus fish) looked at Buddy. Brother looked at the fish.
"Shes marrying you???"
Rikku swore just as they were interrupted by a bleeping sound from the radar.
"I hope that isn't Rikkus cellphone." Brother muttered.
"Looks like a ship is approaching us." Buddy said, ignoring Brothers comment.
"Eh? Thats his name?" Brother chuckled.
Rikku slapped a hand to her forehead.
"NO! A SHIP IS APPROACHING OUR SHIP! DUH!!!"
She muttered as she went out to the deck.
As Rikku walked out, a dozen or so Yevon guards boarded the ship, rifles out and torches flashing.
"Oh!"
'I thought Yevon were going to leave us alone?' Rikku thought as she hightailed it back to the rec room.

"We're under attack" Rikku hissed as she grabbed the fish and put it in its portable container, built for any occasion. "We need to get off the salvage ship NOW!"
Buddy led Brother, Rikku and the fish to a weaponry and handed them each a rifle that they could sling over their shoulders. Then he led them to a cupboard in the corner of the kitchen and handed them some goggles and Rikku her Al Bhed uniform.
After sneaking outside, Rikku walked over to a ladder and indicated that they should climb up. When they reached the top of the ladder, Rikku took note of a metal girder stretched over the water that they could jump off into the sea.
"What are we gonna do?" Buddy whispered.
"JUMP" Rikku hissed.
Brother looked over the edge. A Yevon guard saw him.

"Up there!" They've gone up the ladder!"
"Brother!" Rikku moaned, "We're done for if we don't jump!"
She unpinned a grenade and hurled it down the ladder.
"Go! Go now!" she yelled, giving Buddy and Brother a push over the edge. She was satisfied when she heard two distant splashes.
She took a deep breath and dove in herself. As she fell she felt something pierce her right arm. The pain was unbearable. She landed with a louder splash than the previous competeters, and went straight under the water.
She swam as far away from the salvage ship as her breath and her injury would let her. After resurfacing, Rikku noticed she was only just away from gunshot range as the salvage ship blew up. Loudly.

"Oops!"

The night sky was filled with blood as the salvage ships was blown into the oblivion. Shockwaves rippled through the sea, knocking Rikku out.

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"Think shes gonna kark it?"
"Sssh. She has a bullet wound in her right shoulder."
'Bullet wound?' Rikku thought to herself.
"Yeowch. Not a nice place to have a bullet wound, no siree."
The younger person chuckled.
"It isn't nice to have a bullet wound anywhere."

Rikku slowly opened her eyes. She tried to make out her surroundings, but her eyes wouldn't focus, meaning she only knew there were 2 people in the room.

" IT'S ALIVE!?!?!?"
"Ssssh. S/hes an Al Bhed."
"How do you know smarty pants?"
"What s/hes wearing. Duh. And his/her eyes are green with black swirls."
The person who just spoke sighed.
Rikku sat up slowly. She peeled her goggles off and hung them around her neck.

"Eh? A girl huh?"
Rikku continued to take off her Al Bhed gear, glad that Buddy had given it to her before the ship had been blown up, otherwise she'd be shivering.When the last piece was off, she shook herself dry-er like a sodden dog trying to get the water off its fur.
"Whoa!"
"W...what?" asked Rikku self conciously.
Two pairs of eyes were looking at her. One pair of brown eyes was looking at her from behind an upturned sofa. The other pair had obviously just entered the room again with its owner, a young man with spikey blond hair, blue eyes, uneven shorts and a top that showed his chest (drool).

Yes, it was him. The one that jumped off the airship, leaving Yuna to get engaged to only Yevon (or Buddy) knows who.
It was Tidus.

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NOTES:

The fishes real name is Tidus. Rikku didn't say that though.

I was originally gonna leave the fish to die but I couldn't do that. ANIMAL CRUELTY!!