A/N- ok, this is in Zanarkand at the same time as the last two chapters. Actually, we'll make it a little bit before... I dunno, you guys can decide. And just so you guys know, I'm not an anti-Gippal, I just thought that some- one should hate the guy, I mean in the game, everyone loves him! Everyone has at least one enemy! I mean, I got loads!! Anyway, drabbling on, heres chapter 11!
Chapter 11
"Lenne?" a blonde 17 year old girl, carefully picking her words as Lenne was pacing the control room, muttering incoherently to herself. Lenne looked up at Rikkus words and apologized to her.
"Yes?"
"Um, when you're playing blitzball, who's going to be looking for Tidus?" Yuna and Paine looked up from their places in the room, but Matthew just chuckled and Lenne gave a faint smile.
"What are you smiling at?" Lennes smile seemed to confuse Rikku.
"Because I just realised that I forgot to tell you the initial plan, well, here it is" she went to the middle of the room where a large sphere-thing was, she pressed a button and a screen came up with writing on it.
"Ok, I'm not gonna make you guys read this, because aside from being boring, it takes too long, so I'll just give ya'll the gist of it, We, being me and Matthew, and you guys if you want, are the main group, if we're busy doing something, our menial group takes over until we get back, our menial group is Melody, Chris, Clara and Lara, Nooj and Baralai."
"What about Gippal?" Yuna asked curiously, Lennes eyes flashed and Yuna could see the anger in them.
"Best not to mention Gippal around Lenne, the two don't get along that well." Matthew advised from the pilots seat.
"When they last saw each-other, they ended up having this huge fight that involved a chocobo, frankly, I think Lenne just wanted to beat him up"
"Of course I did! That moron with his 'I know everything, I'm so good' attitude! He's so damn annoying!!!!!!" Lenne practically shouted, fuming.
"I'm going to my room!" Lenne stormed out of the room, still fuming.
"Ok, well, Lenne didn't exactly explain the plan because of that brief mentioning of Gippal, so I'll do it." Matthew said from his seat in front of the controls.
"As she said we've got 1 main group, and 2 menial groups, the menials are friends from Zanarkand and Spira, the Spira-group is located in Luca, and the Zanarkand group is, guess where, Zanarkand! And we're the main group, we go from Zanarkand to Spira, and look for Tidus 24/7, the other groups take over if we're busy doing something or something comes up, like this blitzball tournament, the other group kicks in." Matthew finished his explanation as Lenne's voice came over the intercom
"Yuna, could you please come to my room? Thanks" Yuna looked around at the others
"Don't worry, she won't rip your head off, she saves that for Gippal" Matthew chuckled slightly from his seat. Yuna went to Lennes room where Lenne was sitting on her bed, playing with something in her hands, she looked up and smiled at Yuna, she motioned for Yuna to sit down.
"Hey Yuna, sorry 'bout the outburst back there, Gippal just gets on my nerves, REAL bad." Yuna nodded and faintly smiled. Lenne stopped playing with the thing in her hands and looked at it, then she gave it to Yuna, Yuna looked at her surprised, Lenne nodded and Yuna looked into her hands, she was holding a necklace that had a circular shape with the word 'love' inscribed on it, and in the middle was a small diamond, just like the one on Lennes key necklace.
"My mother gave me two necklaces, she told me to hold on to one, the key one, and told me that when I was older, and I was in a complicated situation, looking for one of my brothers, I would stumble upon his love interest." Yuna blushed slightly at those words, Lenne continued.
"She said, that when I found her, I would have to give her this necklace, so that she could communicate with my brother, and that they would be wed 1 week after finding him, in a place that held great importance to them both," Yuna blushed even harder
"I wasn't supposed to tell you that last bit, but having only one week to plan your wedding would be pretty darn complicated, so I decided that you could start planning now, but anyway, I can't use this necklace, no-one else can, only you can use it, with it, you can see where he is, hear what her hears, but you can't feel his feelings, basically, you're a spectator, and only Tidus can see you, you are real only to him, only he can feel you, you're like a dream, in a nightmare, you must act only as a source of comfort, nothing more, nothing less, believe me, if you could bust him outta there, I'd be right behind ya, but nothing, no-one else can see you"
"How do I use it?"
"Just close your eyes and concentrate, but you won't be able to use it just yet, you can only use it properly in Spira, so don't try in Zanarkand, 'cause you'll get nothin."
"Lenne, we're in Zanarkand and I wanna get off before any-one notices our ship" Matthews voice rang out, Lenne nodded to Yuna and they both walked to the engine room.
Yuna P.O.V
'Wow, I can't believe what Lenne just told me, about the necklace, and about my wedding! I knew it would happen some day, but so soon? I'd better not tell Rikku, she'll make sure everyone knows, so if Tidus and I get married, that means we find him! I'm so happy! But better focus, she said 1 week after we find him, we could find him next month! And what about this Zanarkand? It's just a dream, isn't it? And Paine seems to know Lenne, and vice-versa! Oh-well, better just focus on getting Tidus back...'
End Yuna P.O.V
Paine P.O.V
'well, Lenne hasn't changed much, still has the same hate for Gippal as always, its kind of funny if you think about it and don't get in the way...'
Flashback time! Yay! Haven't had one of those in a while!
Paine, Nooj, Baralai, Gippal and Lenne are on the Mihen Highroad riding chocobos, Paines chocobo gets frightened by something and throws Paine off.
Gippal- Hey Dr.P, you need to take a hold of your chocobos reins real hard and pull back like this
Gippal pulled back hard resulting in his chocobo flinging him off and flying away. Lenne laughed at him.
Lenne- Really? Just like that? I may be wrong, but I think Paine want's to keep her chocobo, not send it flying away
Gippal- Crid ib Lenne!
Lenne- ooooooh, tough guy eh?
Gippal got up and started toward Lenne menacingly, expecting Lenne to back away, but she stood her ground and raised her fists, the laughter in her eyes vanished, only to be replaced with cold fury
Lenne- You want a fight? You got one.
Gippal- You'll never be able to beat me, you're just a girl!
Lenne- And what's that supposed to mean!?
Gippal- That you haven't got what it takes to beat me, no girl does
Nooj- Big mistake there
Paine and Baralai- definitely
Paine- better run for cover
Paine, Nooj and Baralai walk backwards into the ruins that are on the other side of the road and stand and watch as Lenne tackles Gippal, grabs his right arm and puts him in a cop-lock, then grabs his leg and pulls it up, resulting in Gippal getting injured, but refusing to surrender to a girl
Lenne- Give up!
Gippal panting- Never! You're just a girl!
Lenne- You're even more stubborn that the jackasses back home! You must be a super-bastard or something!
Paine gasped and looked at Nooj and Baralai, who both had a look of shock on their faces.
Gippal- WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?
Lenne- a super bastard!
Paine rushed in as Gippal got up and Lenne punched him in the face
Nooj- she's got a good arm
Baralai- Yeah, you don't notice it, but she's got muscle
Nooj- and a pair of brass balls
Paine helped Gippal up while a brunette man came down the corner and rushed over to Lenne
Man- Lenne! Why'd you go and beat Gippal up?
Lenne- He was annoying me
The man sighed
Lenne- what? I'm going.
Lenne got on her chocobo and began to ride toward the travel agency. Nooj and Baralai followed. Paine went over to the man
Paine- David, is she always like that?
David- not really, only when she's pissed, which happens once in a lifetime
David helped Paine catch her chocobo and they both headed toward the travel agency where none of the saw Nooj loading a gun...
End Flashback
End Paine P.O.V
Rikku P.O.V
I was walking around the control room wondering where I knew Lenne from, I remembered someone getting into a fight with Gippal on the Mihen highroad, she sure seemed like the one that punched him in the face. Aragh! Matthews looking at me weird, what's wrong? Did I put my skirt on backwards?
"What are you looking at?" I asked him, the look he was giving me was weird, it was like I had mud all over me or something...
"Be nice or I won't tell you what you've done wrong with you're outfit"
"What's wrong with it!???!???" OK, now I was really scared, if something was wrong with my outfit, I'd die!
"You can't wear those arm-warmers with that top, you'd better take them off before Lenne chucks a spack, she hates it when you put stuff that don't go together together. Once, Sarah, my fiancée, borrowed one of her dresses, and wore a pair of orange heels with it, Lenne went nuts."
"Twff, obe'o pbw jiw tbj hbjow pbw sfqw znwoo, ijp gw" (Well, she's the one who chose the blue dress, not me) I looked at the doorway and saw Lenne and Yunie standing there. I waved.
"Ok, peeps, we're gonna get off now, Matthew, be prepared for a 22-13, you know the drill." And we got off the ship and stepped into a place that made my jaw drop.
End Rikku P.O.V
Yuna P.O.V
I stepped outside and my jaw dropped, Tidus had told me stories, but nothing could compare to what I was seeing now, everything was so different from Spira that it almost brought me to my knees. {A/N- like my use of the lyrics from real Emotion? -.-) I looked around and saw buildings that reached the sky, and it was so bright! Even though it was night! I could see the Zanarkand dome and the sphere pool surrounded by water, I could hear the fans, even though they weren't cheering, a girl with blond hair ran up to us as Lenne and Matthew hopped out of the airship.
"Lenne, we need you now, the umpires say that if the Abes don't get a captain now, that you guys gotta forfeit!" she panted, I saw a look of shock on Lennes face, but it quickly faded.
"Ok, we better get going then, Matthew, show Yuna, Rikku and Paine around, I don't know if they'll let them into the dome."
"Will do" Matthews joking manner vanished as he listened to Lennes and the strangers conversation.
"Good luck Sarah, you'll need it with Lenne in the pool."
"Thanks Matthew, I'll see you after the match in the coffee house okay? Love-ya" Lenne and Sarah ran toward a bridge that connected to the dome. I looked at Matthew.
"Who was that?" I asked
"My fiancée, Sarah."
"Fiancée?"
"Yep, getting married in two weeks!" Matthew was boasting again, his joking manner had returned. Why they were so serious about a blitz game was beyond me.
"Well, I'll go see if they'll let us into the dome." Matthew started toward the dome but stopped as a figure wearing a red cloak and a sword strapped to his back stepped in front of him. I gasped.
"Sir Auron?" I asked, disbelief in my voice, it couldn't be him, he's dead isn't he? I turned to Rikku and saw confusion in her eyes, then she pounced and talked Auron on the ground, Auron pushed her off with his good arm and stood up, Rikku tugged at his sleeve.
"What?" he asked in his menacing tone
"How come you didn't write Aurrie?"
"Aurrie?" he asked, disgust clear in his voice
"Well, yeah, Auron's soooo boring! And you didn't answer my question you big meanie!" Auron grunted in amusement. He sure was the same.
"Where's Paine?" he asked me, pointedly ignoring Rikku, then I realised that she hadn't come out of the ship yet. As the thought crossed my mind, Matthew dragged her out of the ship. 'When did he go back in?' I wondered. Auron walked over to Paine and observed her with his good eye, Paine did the same, after what seemed like ages, both nodded.
"You're more like me than I expected." Auron stated. I was shocked, Rikku was standing there with her mouth open and her eyes were practically popping out! I would've laughed, but this was not the time. Paine just nodded, a slight smile on her face.
"Dad" She said. Now it was Aurons turn to nod and smile. I was even more shocked than before. Rikku looked as if she were about to faint and Matthew was standing on the ramp, staring.
"You've grown up I see." He stated, Paine smiled, a real smile.
"I've goy just one question, dad, who named me?"
"I did, your mother asked me why, do you want to know the reason?"
"Yes" "Because, I knew, that from the looks you gave people who were obviously annoying you, that you would cause them a lot of pain. And I knew, from the way you were kicking things, that you would be a strong fighter, and so I left you that sword before I left to accompany Braska on his pilgrimage."
"Thank-you" Paine said quietly. Suddenly, the blitzball arena was filled with boos and cheers, I heard the commentators' voice over all of them:
"And it looks as if the Abes captain has come back from dealing with her family issues folks! The Duggles had best look out, Natasha is her best friend! I'm sure that tonight she'll be playing for revenge! And there she goes!' the buzzer sounded 'Wow! Well folks, that was amazing! She scored right from blitzoff position!'
"Come-on guys! We're missing the match!" Rikku chirped.
"Didn't Lenne say that she didn't know if they'd let us in or not?" I asked, confused
"Well, can't hurt to try, and if they refuse, we got Aurrie and Dr.P to get us through!"
"Rikku, you're already on a shortage of respect points, don't make it worse for yourself" Paine threatened
"Oh you big meanie!"
"Rikku, calm down, we'll go over there, but if they don't let us in, we'll wait at the coffee house, ok?" Matthew said, hoping to calm Rikku down, he saw Paine start toward the airship.
"Where're you goin?"
"To get my sword."
"Oh no your not. You can't carry weapons in Zanarkand unless your part of the defence squad, it's illegal."
"What about him?" Rikku asked pointing to Auron.
"Everyone's too afraid of him to complain." Auron grunted in amusement and annoyance.
"Rikku, lets just go ok? I'm getting sick of standing here all night." I could here the annoyance in Paine's voice. 'They really are alike, aren't they?' I thought to myself as we headed to the dome.
"Paine, how come you didn't tell us that Aurrie was your dad?"
"Because I wanted to watch you marry him" Paine's voice was laced with sarcasm.
"Be serious!"
"I am"
"No you're not!"
"Minus 8 respect points Rikku" Rikku whimpered while Auron chuckled.
"How many do I have left?"
"26"
"eep"
"Yep, you better hide Rikku" I joked
"How'd I get so low?" she asked Paine
"By asking stupid questions like that, and now you're on 22, don't ask why, you'll just lose more." Rikku whimpered and hurried up so that she could walk next to me and Matthew instead. I could see the dome clearly now as we were basically standing underneath it and the noise was 10 times louder. Matthew went and spoke to the guard standing in front of the doors, the guard nodded and Matthew motioned for us to follow him, he led us up some stairs and we were all of a sudden standing in top-view seats that were practically on top of the sphere pool except that we had a clear view. The whole dome was filled with spectators and the players were getting into their positions for blitzoff, the scores were: 4, 3, in favour of the Abes.
End Yuna P.O.V
Lenne P.O.V
I was full of energy, I had already scored 2 goals in the time that I had entered the pool. There was still 1:54 on the clock, enough time for me to pull off a Jecht shot mark 3, I grabbed the ball as it came down from the top of the pool and passed to David, then I signalled a 2, 2,2,4,5 he nodded and grinned. I swam to the shooting end of the pool and waited for the ball to come to me. Zoe passed and I caught it, I waited for Sarah to come to defend, then I used the shot and it went sailing into the net with an SH of 98, and it shattered the glassy-fibre, the buzzer for a point and to signal the end of the game. I swam out of the pool with my cheering team-mates and headed for the change-rooms, I saw Yuna and Matthew whistling in the prime seats and Rikku cheering, Sarah blew a kiss to Matthew and I pretended to gag.
End Lenne P.O.V End Chapter