Chap. 7: Memories Forgotten turn to Death

------------------- Rikku's POV -------------------
As we were driving to me and Yunie's house, I let tears flow down my cheeks. I didn't

want to know what happened to my pops now! It was too much too and too hard to handle.

This is when I needed someone to hold me, to help me through all the pain. Too help me get

through all of this. I noticed Gippal watching me through the corner of my eye. I looked at me

and noticed deep concern in his silvery green eye.

------------------- Gippal's POV -------------------
I watched as tears streamed down Rikku's cheeks. I felt awful, seeing the state Rikku was

in and was deeply concerned. She needs someone to help her through all of this now more then

ever. I put my hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her in someway. I watched her turn to me

in surprise. She looked at my hand on her shoulder with her wide emerald eyes, tears brimming

the edges, threatening to pour down her already tear- stained cheeks. I gave her one of my

genuine smiles and turned back to the road. I left my hand on her shoulder the whole ride home.

------------------ Rikku's POV ------------------
As Gippal pulled in the driveway, I let out a little sigh of relief. I was ready too find out

what happened to my pops, no matter what.

As we walked in, I told everyone I was going to change into something more comfortable.

As I was walking through the long halls of the house, I started humming the tune to Real

Emotion. When I finally got in my room, I put the Real Emotion single into my CD player. I

blasted the volume to the max and sang along, doing dance moves from Yunie's Concert. As I

was dancing and singing, I didn't know I had an audience, of Gippal. When it ended I put on the

radio to listen to some different music. As I was listening, I went into my closet and saw an outfit

I never saw before. I pulled it down and a letter flew out. I took the letter and outfit into my

actually room and laid them both on the bed. The letter was in my dad's handwriting. I sat down

on my bed and opened the letter and started reading it.

Dear Rikku,
I hate to say this but, these are my last few days on Spira. My last days of existence. I was kidnapped by a group of radicals during the rebuilding of Home. You will probably get this letter, after I am killed. I have been a bad father but I need you to do something, for me. Rule Home with grace and power, regain our rightful power. You will rule after you finish school. You will also marry, but whenever you wish to. I have decided who you shall marry, and you cannot go against this. Your fiancé will be Gippal. He is the best man who can play the part of husband to you. You both are too stubborn to know that you both have feelings towards each other. You know that outfit that contained this letter? It once belonged to your mother, though she never wore it. Wear this outfit for my funeral. People will greatly recognize you. They will also probably think you are your own mother. When you finish reading this letter, you must let Gippal read this, then allow everyone else if you wish. I wish you much luck in your following life, my little Albhed Princess. Take Care.
Love,
Your Father Cid

Those were my father's last words. Because of it being so sad, I started crying my eyes

out. I never felt so lonely, so alone. I got changed into a dark-green spaghetti strap shirt and

black sweatpants. I also put on my green velvet chocobo slippers. I walked out of my room with

tear stains on my cheeks and the now tear stained letter clutched in my hand. I walked into the

big living room and walked over to Gippal. When I reached him I leaned down and gave him the

letter, then I sat on a big, comfy recliner. I was able to watch everyone. Everyone got silent

when I came in. I started crying in the recliner and couldn't stop. I didn't even try.

----------------- Gippal's POV -----------------
Rikku walked into the room and everyone got silent. She had tear stains on her cheeks

from crying. She had a dark green spaghetti-strap shirt, black sweatpants, and green chocobo

slippers. She walked over to me and gave me something, then walked away. As I read the tear

stained letter, I heard Rikku starting to cry again. This was the worst way to find out , but it was

for the best. She didn't have to hear it from us. She read it from her father. I finished the letter

and walked over to everyone else. I gave them the letter, then walked over to Rikku.

"Rikku?"

"What."

"Will you be alright?"

"No."

After that, she surprised everyone in the room, including me. She flung her arms around my

neck and started crying in my chest. I wrapped my arms around her waist and just sat there,

letting her cry her eyes out. After she was done crying, she just rested there, in my lap. She didn't

flinch when I put my arms around her waist, and she didn't try moving now. I had a feeling inside

the pit of my stomach, I only felt this once before with her. Now I realized what it was, my

feelings for the Albhed girl resting in my lap, resurfaced. I tried picking her up a few times. Each

time I tried, she would wrap her arms tighter around my neck, choking me.

------------------ Rikku's POV ------------------
A few times, as I was resting in Gippal's lap, he tried to pick me up. Didn't he understand

that I didn't want to move? I wanted to stay there forever. When he would try to pick me up, I

would wrap my arms tighter around his neck, choking him, that was when he would stop. As I

laid their, old memories resurfaced in my mind, but I came back to reality. I finally had my

special someone, and no one will change that. I looked at Gippal and I knew he was the one.

"Yunie, Lenne, Lulu, Paine. Can we talk in my room?"

"Sure." That's what they would always say.

I jumped out of Gippal's lap and started to run to my room. I stopped at the door to the

hallway, and stuck my tongue out at him. Then I ran out.

As I got into my room, I went to my CD player. I grabbed one of my favorite CDs, my

Albhed Celtic Music CD. I pulled it out of the case and put it in the CD player. I turned the

volume down so me, Yunie, Lenne, Lulu, and Paine could talk over it. I lied down on my bed

and slowly dozed off, while waiting. Gippal was watching from in the doorway, but I didn't

notice. Then the four girls walked past him and sent him away. Then Yunie woke me up.

"So Rikku, What did you want to talk about?"