A/N: Oops! Cute-kitty2 just made me realize that I did make a mistake way back in chapter 13. I wrote that Rikku had saved the world TWICE, when she only had once. O Sorry about that...let's pretend it didn't happen.

Oh, and I have played the game before, I ALMOST beat it—but that was on a two week rental basis. p This time I actually bought it so I could be lazy and not have to return it.

And, yes, I'll try to incorporate some fluffyness. )

I realized that that day, Yuna and Rikku were coming. As soon as I woke up a felt a lump in my chest. I had to do so much today.

Get rid of Kalla, contact Pops, and make Gippal mine again...

Before Yunie and Paine came! Augh, it was going to be tough.

Rikku moaned as she lifted her head from the pillow. She blinked a few times, trying to remember what had happened the night before.

She has asked Gippal if they could be together again, and he said—he said...

Rikku furrowed her brow in frustration. Why couldn't she REMEMBER?

"This is...odd." She finally told herself, glaring at the picture of her and Gippal. "Are we together like that again, or did he totally blow me off—again?" She growled.

"RIKKU! I GOT NEWS!" Gippal's voice called through the door. "Hurry up and open!" He sounded excited.

Rikku grabbed a blanket, wrapped herself in it she was covered, and opened the door. "What?" She asked quickly. She looked him over for signs to see if he looked at her lovingly again or just as a friend.

"Okay, I got to Cid on a speaker device thing you wouldn't understand I had been tinkering with for the past while, and he said YES!" He grinned widely, and Rikku could clearly tell he was happy.

"You mean he's gonna get you the parts?!" Gippal nodded fervently.

"AND bring them here probably today or tomorrow!" He grinned widely. "I'd hug you right now, but I can see you're all wrapped up."

Rikku grinned slyly. That HAD to mean they were back together.

"It's just a blanket." She said, grinning. He laughed and grabbed her in a hug, his strong hands around her waist. She lifted her arms so they were wrapped tightly around his neck. She nuzzled her head into his shoulder. Oh, how she missed this.

"Thanks Rikku." He finally said, breaking the hug. Rikku shrugged.

"For what?"

"Well, you kept the Faction alive, and it's practically my life—"

"What about me?" Rikku said, putting on a fake pout. Gippal snorted.

"Oh yea...YOU."
"Heeey!" Rikku cried. Gippal waved his hand at her.

"Calm down, calm down. I couldn't forget you." He grinned rather slyly, and Rikku felt her heart flutter. He was getting awfully close.

"That's what you said back in Home, and look what happened."

Gippal shrugged helplessly. "I was young then—a complete-ang, as you like to say." He grinned impishly. "I'm more sincere nowadays. More mature."

It was Rikku's turn to snort. "Mature? Please. I know for a fact you burp at the table every night-"

Gippal grabbed her shoulders, silencing her. "Hey, I try to impress you the best I can, right?"

Rikku giggled. This all felt so wonderful, but weird...she couldn't even remember last night. Had they kissed or something? Or was he just joking around now?

'Well, only one way to find out.' A voice chimed in her head. Rikku sighed inwardly. It was right, and, hey—hadn't she waited to do this for three flipping years?

She wrapped her arms around his neck, taking the poor guy completely off guard. He glanced at them and gave her a nervous smirk. "Whatcha doin'?" He asked nervously. Rikku giggled and leaned her head in, her heart throbbing in her chest.

"I'm doing what I've waited to do for three long years, Gippal...and I'm not going to wait a second longer." She whispered, giving him a quick wink. And in a matter of seconds she had stood on tiptoe so she reached him and locked her lips with his.

'YES!' The voice cried. 'Finally!' Rikku almost smiled as she felt Gippal's hands snake around her waist and hold her tight. At least he wasn't pushing her off or anything.

It was the picture perfect scene—two lovers embracing after years apart...it's what she had wanted to do the minute she spotted him outside the temple. And now it was happening.

And something else happened too.

As the two kissed, memories from last night flashed through her mind, finally telling the story. It showed Gippal standing on the path, silent as Rikku waited for his answer. She heard a soft 'Rikku, I love you', and saw her face light up with joy. Those words she had always wanted to hear (that weren't used in a past tense)...the feeling from last night overwhelmed her heart even now. With a happy bound she saw herself leap into his arms and cuddle. And that's when she had fallen asleep in his arms, right after saying 'I love you too, Gipp'.

The kiss seemed to last for hours, until the two had to break apart to breathe. Even now Gippal couldn't help but smirk.

"Well, well, I see Cid's Girl has some spunk."

"You bet I do!" Rikku cried, grinning. She was now filled with hope and love for Gippal—he loved her. He truly did, as she had just figured out.

"GIPPAL?!" A voice cried from the stairway beside Rikku's door. She felt her stomach drop.

"You didn't get rid of her?!" She asked in hurt, yet ferocious tone. Gippal glanced nervously at her.

"I'm working on it." He whispered back, and strode quickly away from Rikku to Kalla.

"Stupid girl wrecked everything." Rikku muttered, turning into her room and slamming her door at JUST the right decibel level so Gippal was SURE to hear.

Rikku dug into her bacon, still disgruntled to see Kalla cooing over Gippal. When was he going to get rid of her? The girl didn't even seem sad about her father's death—probably because a big, fat, filthy rich—

"What do you think Rikku?" Kalla asked in a love sick voice, snapping the girl out of her thoughts.

"Huh?" She answered, mouth still full of bacon. Gippal chuckled.

"I said, what do you think about me funding the Machine Faction? It's peachy! And besides, I'll get to spend with my Gippy." She stated, and for some odd reason started to stroke his arm. Gippal looked subtly over at Rikku, alarmed. She grinned grimly.

Considering her and Gippal were 'together', it was odd to see some other girl fawning over him. She wanted to yell in her face that her and Gippal were back together and in love, so she could grab her bags and take an airship someplace else.

Rikku motioned Gippal over as Kalla left to get more coffee. "Gippal, get rid of her!" Rikku said in a pleading tone. "It kinda hurts to see her groping you all over when I want to sit with you and cuddle and all that—"

Gippal put a finger to her lips, a worried expression on his face. "I'll try, I promise. It's a little hard, I mean—she's kind of pathetic, in a pitiful sort of way."

A glare from Rikku caused him to quickly change his opinion. "Right after breakfast, I promise."

As she saw Kalla coming closer, she swung her leg over the bench to get a breath of fresh air.

Rikku stood outside, standing against the wall of the temple, the rocks floating above her crackling with electricity. A breeze blew past her and sighed happily. A small piece of machina in the corner caught her interest. She was bored, and that old piece of junk was just calling out to her to be fixed. With a glint in her eyes she raced forward, hands itching to piece apart that thing.

The minutes passed, and Rikku's troubled thoughts about Kalla were taken over by the machina. The small breeze turned into a strong storm, and the sand around her started to fly all over. She batted at the air, annoyed...but it seemed to only get stronger. Rikku was soon barely able to see, and almost cried out some rather unhappy words in Al Bhed, when the familiar hum of an airship took over the air.

Rikku glanced up, covering her eyes with her arm, to see her dad's old airship flying down. The flying sand and dirt was from that thing! Rikku was a little frustrated as it landed, but also happy to see her dad. The stairs unfolded and Rikku was jumping up and down.

"DAD?!" She called, seeing a shadowy figure emerge. She raced ahead. "Dad?"

And from the shadows of the ship, walking out—

"POPS!" Rikku cried, now bounding at full speed to the stairs. Cid laughed and walked down the stairs 3 at a time.

The two embraced as if they hadn't seen each other for years. "Hey Princess." Cid said, smiling. "Great to see you!" Rikku grinned happily.

"You too!" The two talked for a while and chatted about what was happening, until a slam from the temple door stopped them both.

"FINE! Just—FINE!" A voice shrieked. Rikku ducked down to see Kalla leaving the doors. "You know WHAT Gippal? I never liked you EITHER!"

Rikku couldn't help but smirk as she saw Gippal coming from the doorway, trying to shush her. Nearby Al Bhed were watching intently.

"DON'T SHUSH ME!" She shrieked. "YOU DON'T NEED MY MONEY, SO I GUESS YOU DON'T NEED ME, HUH?!"

Rikku heard Gippal mutter "That's the gist of it."

She snorted as Kalla gave a frustrated shriek, turned on her heel and walked down the path. "Don't bother trying to get me back!"

"Don't worry, I won't!" Gippal called back, his hands cupped around his mouth. As soon as the body of Kalla went out of sight, Rikku burst out laughing.

"Nice one, Gippal!" He looked over in her direction, smiling.

"Hey I did it for you-ou-ohhhh, nice ship you got here, Cid!" Gippal called out, changing his sentence around. Rikku could see he wasn't too sure if Cid would be supportive of the whole her and Gippal thing.

And frankly, she quite agreed.