(A/N) You know, when I started this story, I didn't think it'd survive due to the lack of reviewers, but since I've had quite a happy bunch of reviews; IT LIVED! Thank ya'll!

Thank ye, all me jolly reviewers!...did that sound weird? O.o

oODancingQueenoOo: Yup, we all know they he loves her!

Princess Of Sorrow: Hehe, I pissed ya off didn't I? ooooh I LOVE to make people angry! The day ain't complete before I pissed someone off!

Sweet Raine: aww...how...ahem...cute...ehm, HERE! let ME give YOU something! -holds out a cup of coffee-

Maeka Calhoun: So sorry! I don't read Fruit basket fanfics!

Jamie: You love it?...-hits self- OF COURSE YOU DO! Here, have a cup o' coffee!

daggeregarnet09: Hehe, don't ya just LOVE cliffhangers? Well, last chap wasn't exactly a cliffhanger...but what the hell!

Jen: Heh, I ended up writing more on this one after all, maybe it's the lack of reviews in me other fic...who knows...

Got ya sucker!
Besaid was just as beautiful as ever; the palm trees, the singing birds, the gentle crashing of water from the waterfalls, and of course; all the cocky fiends in need of a whoopin'.

"Got ya!" Gippal yelled as he kicked a lupine down the sloop near Besaid village where it disappeared in a swarm of pyreflies.

"Wohoo cool!" Rikku exclaimed as she danced around Gippal who was making a cocky pose.

"If you guys are done playing then lets get down to the village." Yuna said and placed her hands on her hips.

"Party pooper." Rikku pouted as Gippal just chuckled.

They began to walk down the sloop, Gippal and Rikku in the front, Yuna and Tidus walked a little behind so they could keep an eye on them.

Rikku walked, or more likely skipped, a little behind of Gippal, she looked down the sloop, then she looked at Gippal, she made an evil grin at the though that just crossed her mind, she turned around and stuck her tongue out at Yuna and Tidus, and then she quickly jumped at Gippal who let out a surprised "Whoa!" And then they both rolled down the sloop, Rikku giggling madly as she clung onto Gippal.

Yuna sighed and Tidus groaned as they ran after them and tried to catch up.

Rikku and Gippal 'landed' right outside the village, Rikku on top of Gippal, as usual.

"Why do you keep doing that, Cid's girl?" Gippal smirked.

"Hmmn…" Rikku put her hand to her chin, pretending to think hard. "Cause I want to!" She leaned in on him.

"Watch out for the fiend!" Gippal yelled and pointed behind Rikku who quickly turned around to face the opponent…but there wasn't anything there.

"Sucker." Gippal grinned and quickly pushed her off of him; he got to his feet and ran into the village.

"Get back here!" Rikku laughed and ran after him. "You big meanie!"

Just then Yuna and Tidus caught up to them, they stood there, trying to catch their breath as Rikku and Gippal ran into the village.

"Where the hell…do they…get their…energy?" Yuna panted and put her hands on her knees.

"Must be…an…an…Al-bhed thing…" Tidus panted before they followed the two Al-bheds into Besaid village.

"Get back here!" Rikku yelled as she chased Gippal through the village.

"Not a chance!" Gippal yelled and turned to look at her, but as a result to his lack of attention, he ran right into a blitzball player with orange hair, making them fall to the ground.

"Whoa! What's the rush ya?" Wakka said as they both stood up.

"Sorry, I'm kinda-" But before Gippal could explain, Rikku had flung herself at him making him fall to the ground (again) with her on top of him (again).

"You didn't think you could run away from me did ya?" She asked with a smirk.

"It never crossed my mind." Gippal said and rolled his eyes.

"Hey, what's going on, ya?" Wakka asked with a laugh. "Rikku got herself a boyfriend or what?"

"Maybe." Rikku said and grinned wickedly at Gippal.

Gippal groaned and let his head fall back. At this point Yuna and Tidus caught up with them, panting like there was no tomorrow.

"Wakka….we need to…talk to…you and…Lulu in…private…" Yuna panted.

"O…kay.." Wakka said, uncertain of what to make of this. "But uh…try to breathe first, kay?"

"You okay Yunie?" Rikku asked as Yuna and Tidus flopped down on the ground, trying to regain their breath.

Bevelle

"Dammit!" Paine exclaimed as all she saw in the commsphere was a foggy blur.

"The commsphere network is out of order for some time lady Paine." Said a monk in apology.

"And the airship's on maintenance!" Baralai said in annoyance.

"Now what?" Paine asked and kicked a chair.

"I suppose we're gonna have to take the long way." Baralai said and turned to a servant. "Pack all that's necessary for two people to reach Besaid Island."

"Yes praetor!" The servant girl said and hurried off to pack.

"You're coming too?" Paine raised an eyebrow.

"Well…it's a long trip…" Baralai said and shrugged. "Can't let you go alone, you might get hurt."

Paine blushed, but then she chuckled.

Besaid

"So Rikku's like…obsessed with this Gippal guy, right?" Wakka asked after Yuna and Tidus had explained the situation to him, Lulu and the Aurochs. They were all in the old crusader lodge, Rikku was showing Gippal around the village.

"Exactly, and we need your help to make sure he doesn't…abuse that." Yuna said.

"Then why did you bring him?" Lulu asked.

"An alchemist in Djose said it would be safer if she was close to him." Tidus said. "And from my point of view, I don't think we need to worry about Gippal abusing Rikku, it's more like the other way 'round."

"So…Rikku's trying to abuse…him?" Wakka asked with a confused look on his face.

"More like….seduce." Yuna said.

"Is that really a bad thing?" Lulu asked. "As long as it's mutual."

"You have a point," Yuna said. "But since these aren't really Rikku's emotions I don't think it wouldn't be such a good idea of having her let go of her virginity to get Gippal."

"And uh…" Tidus scratched his head. "I think Gippal's getting kinda annoyed from Rikku's treatment."

"So…until we find a cure we're gonna have to keep an eye on those two." Yuna said.

"Well that doesn't sound too hard." Botta said and shrugged.

"Trust me….it's harder than it sounds." Tidus assured him.

Besaid beach

In the meantime; Gippal had managed to hide from Rikku, he was getting tired of her endless pursuit. He was sitting with his back leaning against the rock-wall; he had found a small beach hidden by some cliffs (A/N: the place where you find the Moon crest in FFX).

"Mmh…finally some peace and quiet…" Gippal smiled as he closed his eye and put his hands behind his head.

'Cid's girl can be so annoying..' He thought. 'Sure, I like her…but I have a feeling she's looking for more than a fling….maybe even more than a relationship, and I've never been good at this 'go steady' thing…'

Suddenly Gippal felt a load of icy cold water hit his head and stream down over his entire body, he screamed in shook. He looked up and saw Rikku standing on the ledge above him with an empty bucket; she was sniggering madly.

"Got ya!" She said merrily as she dropped the bucket and jumped off the ledge.

Bad move.

Gippal grabbed her and flung her over his shoulder, Rikku yelped in surprise as he tossed her in the water were she landed with a splash.

"No fair!" She yelled at him, trying to sound angry.

"Now we're even." Gippal smirked.

Rikku pouted and gave him her puppy-dog eyes as she held her hand out nonchalantly.

Gippal sighed and took her hand, nobody could resist Rikku's puppy-dog eyes. He intended to pull her to her feet, but before he could do so, she had dragged him down into the water with her.

"Got ya again!" She exclaimed.

"Dammit Cid's girl!" Gippal yelled and slammed his fist into the water.

"My name is Rikku!" Rikku corrected him and pushed his head under water.

As Gippal emerged from the water again he said "Oh, you'll pay for that one, missy!"

"Gotta catch me first!" Rikku shouted merrily as she started to swim over to the original beach, Gippal quickly set off after her.

As she quickly strode out of the water, Rikku slowed her pace down so that Gippal would catch up to her, and when he was close enough; she quickly crouched down and spun her leg around knocking Gippal off his feet. Rikku quickly jumped at him, pinning him down for the hundredth time this day.

"Who's the sucker now, huh?" She chirped at him.

Gippal opened his mouth to counter, but he found it rather difficult to talk while Rikku's tongue was currently halfway down his throat. He tried to pull back, but was unsuccessful as his head was pressed against the sand, instead he found himself responding to the kiss.

'Push her off, push her off of you dammit!' His mind screamed at him, but then he thought 'Oh what the hell, you only live once!'

And with that, he deepened the kiss as he let his tongue slide into Rikku's mouth and put his hands at her hips.

Rikku smiled against his lips.

'I so got ya now!' She thought.

It felt great, and as Rikku pulled back for air she smirked.

"How's that?" She sniggered.

Gippal smirked and flipped her over so that he was now pinning her down.

"Not bad." He said and leaned in.

Rikku closed her eyes, expecting him to kiss her again, but instead she felt the weight of Gippal's body being lifted off of her. When she opened her eyes she saw Gippal running off towards the way to the waterfalls.

"Sucker!" He screamed back at her.

"Heeey!" Rikku yelled and quickly got to her feet. "Get back here!" She ran after him. "Meanie!"

Moonflow road

"I hate shoopuffs." Said a totally soaked, and equally irritated Paine.

"Well, if it hadn't scooped you up, you might've drowned." Baralai said, trying not to laugh at Paine's expression.

"I can swim, you know." Paine said through clenched teeth.

They had just gotten off the shoopuff in the moonflow. A fiend had shown up and it scared the shit (literally) out of the shoopuff. The shoopuff shook, and Paine who had dozed off fell into the water. After Baralai had shot the fiend, the shoopuff hauled Paine up with its trunk.

"Wipe that smile off your face or I'll shove my sword up where the sun doesn't shine." Paine warned.

"I apologize," Baralai said, totally un-affected by Paine's threat. "But I doubt you'd do that."

"And why's that?" Paine asked with a smirk.

"I know you," Baralai said nonchalantly. "You'd never do that to a….Friend."

Paine wheeled around and put her sword to Baralai's throat. "Who said you're my friend?" She asked and raised an eyebrow.

Baralai grinned, and in a swift movement he took his staff and smacked the sword away from his throat, in another swift movement he swung the staff and hit Paine's leg from behind making her fall on her back. Baralai knelt in front of her and pinned her arms down.

"Alright then," He said and moved closer to her face. "You wouldn't do that to your…boyfriend." And with that he pressed his lips against hers in a quick kiss, and then he got up and quickly continued to walk.

It took Paine a couple of seconds to register what had happened, but then she blinked and quickly got up and ran after Baralai, who had started to run.

"Hey! Get back here!" She yelled at him and swung her sword at him. "You're supposed to be a gentleman!"

"Gippal's having a bad influence on me!" Baralai yelled back at her and laughed as Paine chased him all the way to Djose highroad.

(A/N) Wow, I threw in a little PainexBaralai there too! Now, what do you guys want most? A PainexBaralai fluff (big one, that is), or a RikkuxGippal lemon? You decide!

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