Dislclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X or anything Square-Enix has created

This chapter is dedicated to Rob, you know who you are. Missin' you always.

1st June

Mt. Gagazet

Aha…Gagazet…One stop we will never visit AGAIN.

We landed and the snow was really heavy. Brother stayed back in the ship and I and Keyakku were left to explore the little cavern inside. It was dark inside and Keyakku attached himself to me with a long rope. Of course, I was assuming we weren't going to get lost. Heh…There were intricate designs on the wall and there was a drip, drip sound coming from far away. Something was lurking in these halls.

Anyway, we reached a passage with another little light glowing at the end. Where have I seen that before? Keyakku started running towards it, which made me trip over, dragging me along the damp moldy floor. He didn't even notice…I heard him flick a switch and then run back to me.

"Keyakku, I swear when we get back I'm gonna kill you!" I yelled at him.

"Sorry, Rikku,"

I couldn't see his face in the dark, but for some reason I knew he had his mask off. He grabbed my hand and tugged me along, completely forgetting about the incident. I felt like punching him.

"We have to go get the treasure, now!" he shouted over a new sound, thundering it's way through the mountain.

He tightened his grip on my hand and then we started to run, not stopping and as I identified the sound as a bomb going off, I started to quicken the pace. I suddenly stopped in front of something big and black and it was growling. A fiend. I almost choked on my own breath.

People had died because of this. Keyakku let go of me and threw a powerful smoke grenade at it, blinding it for a few moments and we started off again. I spotted the door, with the recess holding the chest. I heard the fiend start its way towards us again. This made my pulse quicken.

We reached the entrance door and I pulled out the chest. Keyakku then grabbed onto the rope, hanging down from the ceiling and it pulled us up, onto an outside surface where the ship was waiting. Keyakku took this safe opportunity to open the chest, and inside we found four machina guns, two machina rocket launchers and a machina helm. It had been worth it, but the unmistakable sound of the fiend, pushing its way through the surface was heard and we couldn't avoid it. I took out my Devastator, but Keyakku cautioned me, thinking I would get hurt, but in the end he took a gun and got ready to battle. He seemed nervous.

The thing emerged roaring, flames spitting from its mouth. It was a jet black colour; the flames were coming from its body and mouth. It scared me. It was obviously a fire elemental type. I slashed at it hard and Keyakku kept shooting, but it was a flamethrower, so it threw flames at us, burning my skin and throwing me back. I felt my insides burn hot, full of rage. I couldn't do it. I crawled back to the ship and Keyakku followed, but the fiend was still coming and I threw one last Water Gem at it, missing and hitting the ground below. That did it, and the area started to flood, engulfing the fiend. The water lapped at my boots and I took the opportunity to fall back into the deep flood, enjoying the relaxing victory. We had won, we were lucky to escape that day.

Rikku

2nd April

Salvage Ship

I didn't do much today, but Keyakku…Oh yes, Keyakku.

We were sitting in the lounge, taking a break from ship work, even Brother was there looking over some paper work, his back to us.

"Neat treasure, huh, Rikku?" Keyakku said.

"Yeah, those guns will come in handy!" I said and smiled at him, showing my teeth.

"We will split them up later, ok?" Brother suddenly said.

That took us off that topic. I brushed back my blonde hair and leaned back in the chair. It was getting cold as I had taken off my wet suit.

I looked at Keyakku who had his mask off again. Everything had suddenly gone silent, except for the rustling of Brother and his papers.

"Rikku, you know what?" he whispered, breaking the silence.

I diverted my attention to him.

"Yes?"

"I-I-I care about you, I don't want you hurt. If you did get hurt I'd hate myself for it," he looked at me in the eye, "Rikku, I love you."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Keyakku, he loved me. Keyakku, my best friend ever. Keyakku, the one who had taught me to fight, he loved me. I looked at my hands, but back up at him, thinking it would hurt his feelings if I didn't answer.

"Keyakku…" I started.

"No, Rikku. You don't have to say anything." And at that he reached over and took my hands. His fingers entwined in mine, and he gave me a kiss. A short sweet kiss and I had the same feeling when he had hugged me. I liked this kiss, of course, and I put my arms around Keyakku's neck, smiling at him. Maybe I loved Keyakku back.

Rikku