Reliving the past

By: Bree-2006

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Chapter 9

Rikku sprung out of bed for the fourth time that night. "Darn thunder!" she hissed into her pillow. "I wonder what time it is?" She spoke into the dark room. Sitting herself up, Rikku looked at the clock next to her bed.

5:43 A.M.

Groaning angrily, Rikku headed to the bathroom. She flicked on the light switch and looked at herself in the mirror. Washing her face with warm water and tying her hair into a messy bun, she left her room. Walking the halls in her chocobo pajamas and Cactuar slippers, Rikku headed to Yuna's room. Walking into the mid-lit halls she jumped as the sound thunder hit her ears and a flash of lightning shined around her. Cursing under her breath Rikku opened the door.

No one was there...it didn't even look like anyone slept in the room. Yuna's belongings were neatly kept on the desk near the closet, but other than that the room was completely empty. 'Huh...where's Yunie?' she asked herself. Scratching the back of her head, Rikku closed the door.

"Hmm" she mumbled walking across from the room. 'She wouldn't have would she? Miss I-wanna-wait-till-I'm-married. She wouldn't have bunked with Tidus!' thinking to herself Rikku placed her hand on Tidus's rooms doorknob and turned it gently.

"Locked!" she whispered. Suddenly a thought came to her mind. Walking back to her room, Rikku grabbed her mix kit. Skipping out of her room towards Tidus's she slowly mixed a little bit of gunpowder and crushed bomb fragments. Rolling it on paper and stiffing it into the keyhole Rikku set it on fire.

'This should be enough to unlock the door.' She thought proudly to herself. Suddenly her mix took an unexpected turn. The door blew off of its hinges causing everyone in the inn to run out of their rooms to the source of the explosion. Rikku stood there stunned and covered in gunpowder residue.

"Oh...Yunie!" Rikku smiled innocently as a crowd gathered behind her. All their friends, a few guest and the innkeeper looked inside the room. From the sound of the explosion Tidus was thrown from the bed. Yuna sat up grasping the bed sheets around her form wearily. Rikku laughed as Tidus covered himself with a pillow and gave her an evil 'you're dead' look. Whistles and 'ahhs' were heard behind her as Yuna pulled the sheets over her head.

"Uh...sorry Yunie, Tidy we'll be going now, eh, have fun!" Rikku giggled childishly as she herded the crowd away from the room. 'Oh I'll be dead tomorrow'

Walking back to her room Rikku was greeted by none other than Gippal.

"Nice one back there Cid's girl." Rikku smirked. "I have a name...and I know!" she told him fidgeting with her hands.

"Yunie's gonna kill me!" she whined flopping herself down onto the hallway floor.

"Well I would too if you blew down my door and I lied there butt naked from a passionate night of..." Rikku cut him off abruptly not wanting to know where this conversation was going.

"Ok! I get it." Rikku didn't bother to look up when she heard footsteps coming closer. Gippal bent down to her, bringing her eyes to his.

"Rikku...run." Rikku not bothering to acknowledge the fact that he had called her by real name stood up. Staring at an approaching body Rikku took off in a sprint to the front door of the inn.

"Rikku! Get back here this instant!" Rikku didn't reply as she ran in her pajamas around The Thunder Plains.

"I can't believe what you did!" Rikku kept running, she began to slow down when she found herself in front of a tower. Mud clung to her clothing and her hair was soaked, but she didn't seem to care.

"I said I was sorry Yunie!" she stated as she hid behind the tower. Yuna, drenched from head to toe, stared angrily at her Al Bhed cousin. The white robe that she had rapped around herself was now brown. Rikku turned as the door to the inn opened and Tidus ran out. Running to Yuna he grabbed her wrist carefully and pulled her away from her terrified cousin. Rikku stepped away from the tower and smiled sweetly at her friends. Yuna glared at her.

"Explain!" she shouted as Tidus held her wrists behind her. Rikku panned. 'What am I going to say?' stepping a foot back Rikku fell to her knees.

"Oh please forgive me Yunie! I didn't mean for any of that to happen honest! I was worried 'bout you so I went to Tidus's room. I thought if I walked in and didn't see you he would be worried." Tidus looked at her skeptically.

"Rikku you're lying tell us the truth!" Tidus demanded releasing Yuna's arm. Rikku sighed and stood up.

"Alright...Alright. E fyc paehk huco..." Tidus looked at her strangely trying to remember his Al Bhed...which had become rusty over the past couple years.

"Rikku! In English!" Rikku looked down at her feet.

"I said I was being nosy." Yuna shook her head and Tidus laughed hysterically. Yuna punched him lightly on the arm and looked at her cousin.

"You could have done the civilized thing and knocked!" she yelled her temper getting the better of her. Rikku cringed as her cousin's voice sounded through the air.

"It wont happen again I promise." Rikku began to sob wiping her eyes with her hands. Yuna sighed and walked to her, Rikku yelped and stepped back.

"Rikku its ok...I forgive you." Rikku smiled happily and hugged her cousin.

"But that doesn't mean I can't do this!" Yuna pushed Rikku with all the strength she had at 6:00 in the morning into the mud laughing as Rikku laid there bewildered.

"Hey you meanie!" Rikku squealed at her laughing cousin. Yuna stopped laughing, putting a serious face on Yuna pointed her finger at Rikku's chest.

"This better stay between everyone in the inn and us...cuz if Wakka or Lulu were to find out, none of us would see each other again." Rikku nodded putting her hands up into the air protectively.

"Sure thing Yunie...wouldn't have it any other way." Laughing weakly Rikku ran back to the inn, Tidus and Yuna on her heels.

'Please don't let this get out of hand.' Yuna thought to herself.

Rikku walked down the hall, she was determined to set everything straight. Knocking on every single door in the Inn Rikku explained what had happened. The 7th door that she knocked on surprised her the most. A man opened the door, but before Rikku could explain her blood began to boil.

"Cid's girl, can't this wait till everyone's awake?" Gippal asked folding his arms over his chest.

"Uh!" she said disgustedly at the ever so arrogant Gippal. "Why should I explain anything to you? All you'll do is tease me, forget I even knocked!" she screamed about to slam the door. Gippal held it open, ushering Rikku inside.

"Come on Rikku...explain." Rikku rolled her eyes and paused.

"Wait! Did you just say Rikku?" she asked unbelievably. Gippal sighed and nodded. Rikku smiled widely and jumped in place forcing dried mud to fall onto the floor. Quickly she began to explain what had happened earlier. Gippal's was shocked beyond belief, he covered his mouth so that he wouldn't burst out laughing. Rikku seeing this paused in the middle of her explanation and looked at him stupidly.

"Whaaaat?" she wined, a pout forming on her lips.

"Rikku...you're amazing!" Rikku blushed slightly at his statement, and stood up.

"Well I still got a lot of rooms to go to so...uh bye!" she said rather quickly. Walking to the door Gippal grabbed her arm.

"No Rikku...I meant it." Gippal's face came closer to Rikku's, her hand still held onto the doorknob. His lips softly grazed hers, and then plunged onto her lips. Rikku was so surprised by this her hand accidentally turned the doorknob causing them to both to tumble onto the hallway floor. Gippal landed on top of her, their lips still touching. The Innkeeper, at the time was walking through the halls, noticing the two on the floor and the two in the bedroom earlier he shook his head.

"Damn teenagers with their raging hormones!" Rikku and Gippal's lips parted at his comment.

"Yeah old man...jealous?" Mumbling incoherently the Innkeeper walked away.

(AN: I think I'm dragging this whole inn thing a little longer than I intended to, but the next chappy will definitely be the farplane scene...which at the moment I'm probably writing. Thank you all for the reviews!)