-Addicted to a meanie-
(Ugh…What kinda of a title is that?)

Authors note: Hello!
This is yet another of those GippalxRikku fanfics. I know that my fic isn't better than any other of the fics around here, fact is that I think it's WORSE! But it's just so fun to write 'em:)
Anyway…
The beginning will be boring and very predictable, but I couldn't think of anything better than this. But it WILL be better, around chapter 4 or 5! Well, that's about all I have to say, except: Sorry for my bad grammar and spelling, but English isn't' my…What do you call it? Home language? XD Anyways, try to enjoy:) The first five chaps will be boring, but then STUFF will happen! ;)

And oh, have to explain this to you!
When a character talks, it looks like this: "Hello!"
…but when a character thinks, it looks like this: "Hello!"
Alrighty? :p

And I wanna thank Cissi (weird-foreigner) for helping me with this fic. Thank you!


-Chapter One-

Request from Cid

"Pop? You there?" the fourteen year old Rikku asked as she opened the door to her fathers little shed where he used to be, tinkering with some sort of machina.

And there he was, sitting on his old chair with a weird machina thing in front of him. He looked up at her and smiled at his daughter.

"Good thing you came so quickly" he said as he looked down at the machina thing again "I don't have much time, y'know"

"So what was it that was so important?" Rikku asked and sat down on another dirty, old chair and looked at her father, Cid and the machina he was tinkering with. What the heck was that?

"Gotta ask you to do me a favour" Cid said and looked up at her again "'Cause my hands are full for the rest of the week and I got this request…"

Rikku frowned at her father. This didn't look good.
"So, uh…What kind of request is it?" she asked and sighed, absolutely sure that she would have to run some sort of errand for her father.

"You know Mushroom Rockroad?" Cid said as he frowned too "Well, 'course you do...Anyways, they're having big trouble there… with all the fiends... Summoners disappear there all the time. Kinda scary…And that's because the machina I sent 'em aren't working properly…"

Rikku looked at her father. Yeah, of course it was scary, but what could she possibly to do stop that? Her father seemed to understand what she was thinking because he scratched his head a while before he continued.

"And almost all the crusaders are out somewhere else to protect people from Sin…" Cid looked really troubled and took a short break before he finally said "So they, the crusaders I mean, really need that machina to stop those fiends…"
"Okay…?" said Rikku "But what can I do about that?" Just as she said it she realised exactly what she could do about it. And she didn't like it.

"Hey, hey, hey!" she screamed as she stood up and began to wave with her hands "You're gonna ask me to go to mushroom rockroad and repair that broken machina for you!"

"Uh…Yeah…" Cid said with a troubled look on his face.

"Just great…" Rikku said with another sight and sat down again "How will I be able to do something like that all by myself, Pop?""

Cid looked down on the machina again "You won't be going alone, of course!"

"Hm?" Rikku gave her father a surprised look "Then who'll I go with?"

"Someone called…I think he was called…" Cid started and scratched his head again, trying to remember the name. But Rikku had already heard enough.

"He!" she said as her head turned slightly pink "Y-you mean I gotta do this with…"

Cid didn't seem to notice that Rikku was talking to him, or maybe he just didn't care about it. He just continued to scratch his head. Then his face lightened up.

"Now I remember! His name was Gippal!" Cid said and started to tinker with the machina again.

Rikku sighed and understood that this wasn't a request from her father – it was an order, so she admit herself defeated and sighed again.

"Ooh, poopie…" Rikku said as she closed her eyes. But maybe…Just maybe, this wasn't going to be as boring as she thought? It wouldn't take more than a few days and it was quite boring just relaxing at home, always afraid of the fact that Sin could come anytime and kill them all.

And maybe this guy was nice…Rikku hid a little smile and opened her eyes again.

"So…When will I be going then?" she said, trying to sound a little bit of more bothered than she actually was by the thought.

Cid looked up from the machina again with a slightly surprised look on his face.

"You're gonna do it?" he said.

"Yeah, guess I have no choice" Rikku grinned "But when will I go?"

"Tomorrow…" he said, still with the surprised look on his face.

"Alrighty!" Rikku said with a little smile on her face before she stood up, and began to walk out of the door.

"And, Rikku…" her father suddenly said, and Rikku turned around and looked at him.

"Thank you" Cid smiled, and then got back to his machina.

Rikku smiled and continued to walk out of the little shedand into her and her small families little house, and began to pack necessary things in one of her bags.

She gave the clock on her wall a quick look, and realised that it was quite late. "Might as well take a little nap before dinner..." she thought and smiled to herself, and the last she could remember thinking of before she fell asleep was 'I wonder who this Gippal is…'


The annoying authors note, again: So…I'm completely sure that you guys couldn't guess this Gippal thing at all! ;) Anyhow…This fanfic has just started, so maybe it'll be better when it has…started up a bit :p Know what I mean? XD No? XD
And then finally, as usual: Thanx for reading, folks :)