Rikku had settled down by Tidus to vent. "I don't get his problem! Does he have to be so grumpy all the time?"

Tidus laughed. "Yeah he can be sharp."

He paused. "Still, maybe you should try to get along with him. After all, you're stuck together for a while."

Rikku scowled, "Not you, too! That's what Wakka said!"

At the mention of his name, Wakka looked up from his meditation and walked over to then, grinning widely.. "What'd I say eh? What's lil' Rikku complaining about now?" Rikku found herself blushing like a little child. She hated being put down but liked Wakkas warm aura and didn't want to be on bad terms with anyone else.

"On, she's just ranting about how Auron has it out for her." said Tidus, glancing over at the old man snoozing under a tree. "For all your complaining about how tired you were, it looks like he's the one who's fallen asleep!"

Wakka grinned, "Ahahaha! He's grumpy, but he's a good guy yah? He just…has issues."

He ruffled her hair fondly, ignoring her protests. "Lil' gulls sharing a nest shouldn't fight or ones gonna hit the sand."

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

Tidus laughed. "It means he's bigger than you."

"I still don't get it…" Rikku stood up, brushing down her clothes.

"Where you goin?"

"I'm going to go find water so I can fix this mess." She gestured to her tousled hair.

"Ah, well, don' wander too far, yah? You don wanna get lost and eaten!"

Tidus caught Wakka's eye. "Yeah, by some big, scary, evil spider!"

"Ahh! Spiders??" Rikku squealed with fright. "Wakka, is he serious?? Tidus! You guys stop laughing! That's it! I'm going!"

Tidus wiped his eyes, "No, but seriously be careful Rikku!" He watched her as she disappeared off the path.

"She's tougher than she looks."

Yuna and Lulu at that moment decided to join the two guys and settled down by them.

"What was all the commotion about? What's wrong with Rikku?" asked Yuna.

"Wakka messed up her hair."

"Hey! Don blame it all on me! You're the one who started her off about spiders!"

"You guys that's mean! I'm not very fond of spiders either." Yunas gentle brow furrowed in disapproval.

Lulu smiled, "That's right. Why I remember when you were little you refused to go into your room because you swore you'd seen a spider in there."

"Well it was a big spider."

Tidus looked at Yuna, thinking how pretty she looked when she blushed. Her short hair fell over her face in chocolate waves. She looked up and held his gaze for a moment before turning a deeper hue and both looked away.

Kimahri watched the events indifferently. Yuna was safe and that was all that mattered to him. He felt sorry for Rikku though. Even though she irritated him, there was a charm about her youth which made Yuna smile, and he therefore held her in higher regard than some others. He sighed and looked over at Auron, who opened an eye. "Yes?" he was apparently a light sleeper.

Kimahri began in his deep, broken dialect, "Rikku is not that bad, really."

Auron snorted. "The girl is young and foolish," He sighed. "She will do nothing more than pull us down."

"But Yuna chose Rikku." Kimahri was confused. Wasn't that a good enough reason?

"Yuna is young too." said Auron simply.

"Yuna carries burden, as guardians we share burden. Guardians should get along. Make Yuna happy." He paused, he didn't like to talk for long periods. "Rikku makes Yuna smile."

Auron closed his eyes again. The conversation would have to be picked up another time.