Fantasy Ways
Love the reviews, but it seems like I'm getting less...but anyways I hope you guys like this chap! And please review; please please please...lol...
Chapter 10: A Protracted Day
After what seemed like a never ending day at Zanarkand High, the day was finally concluding. Yuna lapped her books in her bag and waited for the stalling Rikku.
'C'mon Rikku, stop talking and hurry up.' Yuna couldn't think of much to say but she just wanted her cousin to quicken her pace. She said it quite loud that it caught Tidus' attention.
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'Err...why am I looking at her?' Tidus stayed in the position of staring at Yuna for a few seconds and then shook his face, he felt like he was drawn into a world where only he and Yuna existed and the rest of the people weren't there. Then he was snapped out of the daze by Shuyin.
'Hey, who are you looking at?' Shuyin laid his hand on Tidus' shoulder and quickly looked at the direction that Tidus was gazing at; it took a while until Tidus could explain. 'Oh, I see.' Shuyin teased while smirking as an idea popped up in his mind.
'See what? I'm just keeping an eye out for Monica; she always comes after house group...' He moved his head up and down, right to left jaggedly to try and support his excuse.
'I don't get you, first day for that new girl and you've already fallen, and I thought you would never until you are forced to by your dad or something ya?' Wakka guffawed away with his past experience of knowing Tidus.
'But I'm-' Tidus tried defending himself again but he was interrupted repeatedly.
'Man, you're so dead, if Monica finds out, she's gona go mad.' Shuyin classified the obvious prediction. Tidus denied everything his mates threw at him; he just continued to occupy himself.
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'Yunie just hold your horses, I'm coming!' Rikku at last finished and was set to go. 'See ya guys tomorrow.' As she waved and slowly walked her way to Yuna she sighted Gippal, she wasn't very impressed by his appearance, but she already knew that it was going to happen. 'Right...I knew he was the bad guy, awf...I can't believe I thought he was hot...well he is...but I don't care...he's already got a couple of girlfriends, and they are way prettier than little'ol me' Rikku's smile dissolved and she was her angry self, stomping her way as well as trying to catwalk at the same time made it look like she just got out from a coma.
'Hey, you ladies want to hit the café?' Rikku could just catch Gippal's voice in the background. To Rikku, he sounded so cheap and filthy.
'Hmph!' Rikku shot her face so that she was staring at the ceiling, Rikku seemed like she couldn't give a shit for Gippal, but Yuna could tell that she had a crush on him, it was very obvious. Rikku kept up her coma-walk and as she passed Yuna she didn't say a word and that just made it more evident that Rikku was jealous. Yuna didn't want to intrude Rikku's raging space so she just giggled quietly and said bye to her new peers.
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'Phew...she's gone...man I must look like a jerk to everyone for looking like I was falling for her...I've just gota keep my cool.' Tidus' had a mind chat with himself and tried to deny that he had a glimpse of affection for Yuna, and then he was interrupted once again.
'Hey Tidusy!' You can tell that was Monica, no one ever dared to call Tidus by that nickname, whoever did would be scratched by Monica and no one could stand up to her extended fake nails. She advanced her way through the students who she thought were simply shameful, Monica did her usual butt-wobble-walk towards Tidus and then she'd leap like a spring (as usual). Tidus was weary of her leaping, he was so used to it that this time he dodged by sticking out his strong built hands, Monica saw this and halted.
'Monica...you're so predictable, remember I told you not to do it anymore ok? You're so forgetful...' Tidus' sighed and his hand was still holding up just incase she didn't bother and decide to attack him again.
'Fine...' She looked at the rest of the Zanarkand Abes and continued. 'So? Where are we heading?' Monica smiled cheerfully trying to hide away her dissatisfaction.
'Blitzball prac.' Tidus uttered out knowing that if they had Blitzball, Monica wouldn't disturb them.
'No we-' Gippal was interrupting as he had already made an agreement on going to the café with the two blondies that he was with earlier and for that he was disrupted as well.
'Gippal, how can you not know that we have a practice today? Don't you remember T telling us that we had practice today? You must have overdosed yourself with those alcohols again.' Baralai broke in suddenly.
Baralai was another sensible teammate among all the Zanarkand Abes, he's quiet and is a very trustable person, he always wore a blue bandanna, his hair was short and it appeared whitish with a hardly noticeable blonde tint in it, he had a jacket which looked like an army suite with a white t-shirt within the jacket and a pair of knee-length jeans to match.
'I did not!' Gippal shielded himself childishly.
'Baralai! Glad you're on schedule!' Tidus knew that Baralai was tagging along with his little act; he knew that Tidus was peeved off when Monica attached herself to him like superglue.
'I'm sorry Monica, but we did decide on a practice yesterday.' Shuyin said politely and joined in the play which just made her convinced that it was true because out of all the blitzball players he was the most organised and reasonable.
'Ok guys, I guess I'll see yous tomorrow then!' Monica was let down, she was so looking forward to the afternoon after the rough day she had with the rumors she had heard which she sets her mind to think they were all false.
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A group of Guados always met up right outside in the basketball court; it was quite secret to them because after school no one would go there. All the Guados looked a lot alike; their hair was blue, long fingernails, same old fashion clothes except there was one Guado that looked very oblivious to the rest. This standing out Guado had long strange styled hair, with some scars on his face, his name was Seymour.
'Hey you guys, guess what? I heard and also from my observations that Tidus has finally revealed his weak spot.' The student who was in science class with Yuna and Tidus named Ben said in a Guado accent announced to his other Guado friends.
'Yeah, I saw it too; wait till Seymour hears about this.' Another named Derrick said gaily. Derrick spoke too soon, Seymour had ultra hearing for some reason and had already known the facts that took place on this particular day. 'Hey Seymour, I've got news to report it's about-'
'I already know, from the rate that the gossips around the school spread, I assume everyone knows.' The student who seemed calm about the situation continued to walk towards his group, his clothes had what looked like dirt but it was just the way he liked to dress.
'Excuse me, but haven't you been trying to pay him out for a long time?' Ben interrupted rudely as a thought was triggered.
'You're correct, I have been, but you see we are always seen as geeky. The prophecy has started to become a reality, we must use this chance wisely or we as Guados will be doomed to life.' Seymour announced straight to the point leaving his friends confused, but his senses was strong to believe that Guados will prevail, since his life was based on religious conviction he had always had interest on that subject ever since his mother died.
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'So...Yunie? I heard that you and the Blitzball Ace are-' Rikku broke out of her rage from the cause of Gippal when she last saw him.
'No, no, NO we are not together! Gosh Rikku I've only known him for not even a day yet! And you say that kind of stuff, I think there's something wrong with you.' Yuna claimed herself as innocent, she didn't know that helping the most popular guy in Zanarkand High that everyone would make such a big deal out of it.
'Yunie, Yunie, Yunie well I guess since it is your first day and you have been heartbroken so I guess you're just avoiding it.' Rikku sighed and continued to stroll out to the Iron Gate just ahead.
'Whatever, I don't care what anyone else says, me and him? NO WAY!' Yuna was confident that she felt nothing for Tidus, especially when she barely even knows him. So they continued out of the school and waited for the black limo to take them back to the Grand Hotel.
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'Phew...that Monica is really starting to get bugging...' Tidus exhaled as Monica's shadow disappeared around the corner.
'T, she's bugging coz she has affection for you.' Baralai spoke in complete buoyancy.
'Yeah, I mean after that new girl came, well...let's just say Monica's getting jealous.' Gippal shrugged, slammed his half-broken locker door (as always) and left. 'I'm gona hit the café.'
Shuyin was all packed; he was ready to go because he knew that Lenne was waiting for him to drive her home.
'Hey you guys I'm leaving too, I've gotta meet Lenne.' Shuyin took off in a hurry, he was aware that he was going to arrive later than the time he agreed to meet his girlfriend at the front gate.
'I've goto meet Lu, cya guys tomorrow ya?' One by one they left leaving only Tidus behind, his mind were all mixed up he couldn't think straight. 5 minutes later Ms Brown was ready to lock the room, she was in search for the right key in her key chain until she sighted Tidus.
'Shouldn't you be heading home now? It's getting late.' She looked down at her watch, reading '7minutes past 4'. Tidus was too dwelled in his thoughts that he nearly forgot that she was even there; luckily he was awoken by the rattling of her keys.
'Yeah.' He replied in sleepy way still wondering around in his thoughts.
'Well, I see you're all packed so if you don't want to spend the night here you better get a move on.' She instructed firmly making Tidus instantly dashing for his life for the door with his bag on a slant on his left shoulder, the way he ran and the way he did anything made him look like a bad boy.
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While Tidus sprinted for his life to get himself out of his home room, Yuna and Rikku were still waiting for their chauffeur to arrive.
'Geez...what's taking so long?' Rikku was becoming impatient as she obtained her phone from her side pocket on her skirt. 'I'm gona ring that mongrel.' She said as she literally punched the phone pad.
'The number you have dialed is not registered, please try again.' Rikku kept ending with the same message, she wasn't sure if she was even dialing the right numbers. Yuna noticed that the sky had started to become shrouded with dark clouds, and tiny droplets of spit were coming from the clouds, so Yuna dragged Rikku who was still trying to dial under a shelter near the gate.
'Hey Rikku, don't try anymore, we don't even know who the hell that driver guy was, so I guess we'll have to wait till the rain stops or run home in this weather.' Yuna announced as a silvery car appeared behind the gate. Inside the car, Yuna could recognise the driver's clothes, as the gate slowly opened the driver noticed the two figures under cover. So he popped his head out of his auto-window.
'What are you guys still doing here?' The voice was definitely Tidus', even if the rain had sort of distorted it Yuna could surely recognise if not his shirt gave out another clue that it was him. Tidus drove his car forward and stopping in the position so that he could hear them.
'We've been waiting for our driver to pick us up, but I guess he's gone about and forgotten about us.' Yuna bent to the automatically wounded down window and gave him the explanation while she was getting wet.
'Right, well...it seems like the rain's not gona get lighter, why don't you guys hop in?' Tidus didn't know what he was saying, once he saw Yuna it seemed like he was drawn to her beauty.
'You sure?' Yuna responded as the eager Rikku was opening the back door to get in and out of the rain as it was getting heavier.
'C'mon Yunie, in this weather I don't think we can even spot the limbo, it looks like a huge fog that's wet!' Rikku squealed not minding her manners.
'Just hop in, I'll drop you off.' Tidus said quickly noticing that Yuna was shivering from the heavy rain.
'Ok.' Yuna entered his car and he drove his car around the corner and stopped due to the traffic jam.
'So? Where do you guys live?' Tidus muttered as he focused ahead with his left hand on the manual joystick.
'Zanarkand Grand Hotel.' Rikku broke in the conversation.
'Heard that place is for rich people.' Tidus began jagging the joystick to 1 then to 2 as he accelerated the car.
'So, why are you giving us a lift?' Yuna asked randomly trying not to shiver from the air conditioning that was set on high.
'Pfft...well I could have just left you there as I always do, but I guess I'm in a good mood today?' Tidus said smartly with a smirk as he yanked the joystick back to zero while the car came to another halt.
'Right...I'm sure-' Rikku spotted a dead cockroach on the floor. 'EWIE!!' She shrieked as her legs folded up to her chin, luckily the car was stopped or else they would have crashed.
'What the?' Tidus looked back at the immature cousin of Yuna.
'There's a cockroach!' Rikku was practically screaming at the top of her lungs, she could have broken the glass windows if she wasn't stopped.
'Oh, that thing, it's dead. I only cleaned up this car yesterday; I guess that little dude couldn't resist the smell of my new car.' Tidus laughed as he once again yanked the joystick.
'Ew...I hate bugs...' Rikku was trembling with fright, no one heard her and when they finally reached the hotel she was the first one out.
'Hey thanks for the ride.' Yuna said as she got out of the car and peeped through the glass window and waved goodbye. As they made their way in the hotel Tidus took off with full speed.
'Man o man...I am so dead...Shuyin's right...I can't do this argh! Shit...red light...' He hit the brake with his foot as half of his car went over the line while his head threw forward pulled by the force. 'Ok no more thinking...gota focus on driving.' Tidus made his way back home in one peace.
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The automatic gates opened and the car crawled for shelter. Tidus once again sighed as he thought about his problem as he shut the door and juggled his car keys.
'Why are you late?' A firm voice spoke. Tidus was warned out, he felt so tired that he was sloping his way to enter the house.
'I just had to drop off some of my friends.' Tidus explained tiredly.
'What friends? You should know very well that you have Blitzball training with me today.' The voice was becoming louder and impatient.
'Give me a break.' Tidus stepped with his bag hanging from his left shoulder and his blonde hair being consumed by water.
'Fine, if you take a break today you train twice tomorrow.' A face appeared in front of Tidus as he looked up.
'A scar, a red band around the forehead, no shirt but some tattoos to fulfill a shirt's purpose and baggy pants. Yep that's my old man alright.' Tidus took a deeper breath and exhaled loudly, he headed upstairs passing his father's trophies as the best Blitzball player in the entire Spira. He unlocked his room, entered, threw his bag on the floor, stretched and looked around his room and headed for his draws, 'now where did that David put my favourite pair of briefs? I put it right on my bed and it's gone! Why does he always tidy my room, I can never find where my stuff is... Meh, I'll take a shower later,' and with that he whammed himself on his soft bed.
'Hey Tidus, dinner will be ready soon ok? Take a shower before you come to dinner.' A gentle voice reached the tired Tidus.
'Yeah yeah, ok.' He replied weakly and then dozed off.
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The translift seemed like it didn't happen when Yuna and Rikku were so tired, once the lift hit the top floor, they practically forced themselves and dragged their way to their palace-like room. When they did reach their room they collapsed on the sofas and after a few minutes later Yuna decided to have a shower because she was still wet from the violent rain while Rikku went for a bubble bath which was right next to the shower room.
Yuna entered, she was surprised that a set of pajama outfit was already there and everything else, soap, shampoo, towels, everything. Rikku found the same valuable stuff in her bathroom. Water began splashing and the two relaxed as they were rejuvenated by the warm water. You could even hear the other person in the next room.
'Hey Yunie I think Tidus has a thing for you.' Rikku splashed and popped the bubbles as she cleansed herself.
'Whatever Rikku, I know he's not bad but let's not talk about him, let's talk about Gippal.' Yuna let the water run through her smooth hair and then down to the rest of her body.
'No way, me and him...NO' Rikku slipped and slid under the bubbles, when she came to surface she was choking from swallowing some bitter taste. Yuna laughed as she heard the accident.
'Careful Rikku...' Yuna slid her hand pushing her hair back. 'I know that you like him and I also know that you got mad because he was with two other girls...' Yuna went on and on, how she noticed how Rikku acted when she saw Gippal.
'Fine, I admit it, just stop babbling on about him ok, but I'm not even sure yet, I guess it's love in first sight, this kinda stuff can sorta deceive.' Rikku knew she was overthrown by Yuna's knowledge so she quickly thought of something similar to the subject but not directly about Gippal. Rikku swiped the bubbles aside, cupped them in her hands and blew them gently. Not long after the conversation Yuna came out first; since her hair was wet she didn't want to take a nap yet, so she decided to watch TV but was stopped by a phone call.
'Hello?' Yuna spoke into the phone as she took a slouch on the sofa.
'When would you like dinner? We'll take it right up to your room.' The service man at the counter on 'G' floor offered.
'Oh, I'm starving, now's a good time.' Yuna said eagerly as her stomach grumbled like raging fire, Rikku overheard Yuna and quickly wrapped her towel around her waist and without getting some of the bubbles off her skin she rushed out and waited for the food.
'Rikku...get your pajamas on, your towel is gona drop any minute and don't worry I won't start eating without you.' Yuna giggled as Rikku galloped her way back in the bathroom to get changed.
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Tidus had been sleeping for two hours, and when he was sleeping he wasn't quiet, he was snoring and rolling around, now he's as mad as a wild coyote. He had been woken up by David, his servant who packed his stuff and made everything disappear and reappear.
'Sorry, but your mother insists that you go and have your dinner now.' David bowed almost scared of Tidus' reaction. Tidus never liked to be woken up, he hated people annoying him when he had his rest time especially when he was as tired as a pig. He was so psyched that he flung his pillow on the floor and he stomped his way down the stairs. David was used to it, he was hired as a servant to do whatever his orders were, so he picked the pillow up and placed it back on the bed.
'Oh dear, I'm sorry for waking you, it's just that I thought you may have been hungry-'
'Thanks mum.' His eyes were still shut from his rest, he yawned exhaling a stinky aroma from keeping his mouth closed for two whole hours.
'Go get the bath ready.' The head of the house said knowing that his son hasn't taken his hygiene seriously.
'Yes Sir Jecht.' Another servant named Natalie replied.
Tidus' family was rich; you could say that his family was as rich as Yuna's. Jecht, Tidus' father hired servants so that their life could be easier, Tidus' mum's name was unknown, she never knew about her name, but after she married Jecht she decided that her name would be Marie. Marie wore casual clothes, nothing in particularly overly expensive or cheap. The servants just wore their casual clothes and they were provided with beds on the first floor.
'After dinner I'm going to sleep.' Tidus yawned again this time trying to close his mouth knowing that his father wouldn't appreciate it.
'No you're going to take a bath first, then do your homework, let your mum check you've done it and then brush your teeth and then go to sleep.' Jecht said like he commanded so.
'Fine I'll go do that. Oh and um...I've already done my homework so you can just check it while I have my bath.' Tidus spoke with no manners as his mouth was full with chicken and vegetables at the same time.
'Tidus slow down or you'll choke yourself again.' Tidus' mother was alarmed if anything happened to her son, but Jecht didn't really care all he cared about is Blitzball, schoolwork came second and he made Tidus think the same way as well.
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'Yuna you're gona choke yourself!' Mimi exclaimed as Yuna stuffed her face.
'You too Rikku, now slow down.' Sora added.
'Whatf...we're starfing...' Rikku blabbed with her mouth full while spitting as she spoke.
'Yeah...don't stop ush...' Yuna couldn't care about manners; their stomachs came first when it comes to eating. Sora and Mimi couldn't stand the behaviour, just when Yuna spat and ate at the same time they were both grossed out so they left the room.
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'Finally! It's time to sleep.' Tidus yawned five times in a row as he headed towards his bed. 'Ah...my bed, the best place to be.' He collapsed once again on his squashy queen-sized bed.
'Excuse me Tidus, but can I come in?' It was his mother's voice. He couldn't get into a rage and throw a pillow on the ground because her mother would throw a tantrum like last time he did it.
'What now? I really want to get some sleep.' Tidus got up and rubbed his eyes as his mother made her way to sit next to him with his homework in her hands.
'You certainly couldn't have done this homework without any help.' She pointed to an obvious area to show some evidence. 'And this is absolutely not your writing. Tell me who helped you?'
'Meh...' Tidus wielded his hand in the air. 'From this girl who volunteered to supervise my detention at lunch.' He thought back to the situation when it happened, he still found it strange about Yuna for volunteering; no one had ever done it before.
'Interesting...it has never happened before, maybe she likes you.' His mother said haphazardly while twitching her head. For once his mother forgot about yelling at him about having another detention.
'NO.' Tidus broke in and shrieked as he heard the word 'like'. He shook his head ferociously rejecting the thought.
'How do you know that?' It seemed like a come back to find out more about this girl that helped his son out. Tidus' face was blowing hot, he felt embarrassed to tell anything.
'Well...she's...ho-I mean...smart...yeah that's it she's smart.' Tidus was just about to say 'hot' but luckily for him, his reflexes were quite quick, he didn't even know why he was about to say 'hot'.
'Well, she sure is smart, look at this; it looks like she did the whole thing for you...and these word structure is very detailed and A grade indeed.' She turned back a unit seeing that it was filled with the anonymous neat handwriting. 'But even if you had someone helping you, I'm sure none of the stuff she said or did got into your head...' She put the book in his still half-drenched bag from the rain.
'Mum, I learn something new everyday, and what I learn today is that-'
'I need to sleep now.' His mother knew exactly what he was going to say, because he said it all the time. She sighed. 'Ok, just one more question and after that I'll leave you to your sleep ok?' Tidus bobbed his head so that he can get it over and done with. 'How come you came home late today?' The question hit his face and he knew that it was going to be one of her decoy questions. He froze for a minute and thought of an excuse waiting she broke the peace with another arbitrary guess. 'You drove her home?' She said in an ebullient tone.
'Damn, mum I think you're so nosey sometimes.' He nodded reluctantly. 'Ok mum, it's time for my sleep! I answered your question so please.' Tidus slipped under his blanket and he was afraid that another question was going to be asked.
'Ok goodnight.' She switched off the lights and inaudibly closed the door.
'I can't believe it! Now she's gona think that I like the girl and then she's gona tell dad and then I'd get a beating because he hates me fooling around with that kind of stuff and my friends are already bugging me about it, I better get it straight, tomorrow I'm not going anywhere near her, oh Yevon please help me. Why did she have to ask me those stupid questions? ZZZ...' He slumbered off to a snooze yet again.
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'I'm so tired...' An hour has passed and both the teenagers were tired.
'Well I guess we should call it quits, school's not that bad, but some of the people are so weird, anyway nighty night.' Yuna signaled that it was time for bed.
Finally, the first day has ended. One thing I got to say about Tidus 'Get a hold of yourself! LOL, he seems like he's afraid of his father. This is the first day that Yuna has appeared in his life and she's had such an impact on him that it's making him think. What will happen tomorrow if he doesn't want to go anywhere near the what he thinks is harmful but really is harmless?