A/N: Thank you again for the reviews. And I love Zell too, Pikatsuko! He is so cool! Anyway, You might hate me a little in this chapter. Zell gets to see what lies in the Farplane and he might get to see a dead someone he has never wanted to see again. This will sort of be a depressing chapter halfway but the other half, it should be really funny. Here's good advice Zell would probably give you, Never tease an Al Bhed. Read on.
Chapter 10.
Zell found the others waiting for him outside the manor. Yuna was still blushing from what had happened. Rikku was standing next to her holding her hand and saying something. Auron was by himself looking just a little peeved. Tidus was standing next to Wakka. "Yuna, the High Summoner's daughter. Seymour, the Leader of the Guado. Married in the name of Yevon, overcoming the barriers of race. It would give Spira something cheery to talk about for a change." Lulu said.Wakka folded his arms. "Sounds just like a passin' daydream, like Auron says." He said. Tidus looked very annoyed. "Come on, let's just get on with the pilgrimage. I mean, marriage?" he said it as if it was something disgusting. Rikku smirked. "Hmmm. Jealous?" She asked. Tidus glared at her. "What? No way! We gotta defeat Sin. Romance can wait." He said. Wakka blew out a long sigh. "He sure picked a fine time to lay this one on us." He said.
Yuna looked at him with a look. "Maybe it is a fine time." She said. Tidus blinked. "You serious?" he asked. Yuna nodded. "If my getting married would help Spira…if it would make people happy…If I could do that for people….maybe I should do what I can." She shook her head. "I never imagined doing anything like this. But I won't answer till I know what's right." She said.
Tidus blinked. "Seriously?" he asked. Rikku folded her arms behind her head. "You could always just quit your pilgrimage and get married." She said with a slight smile. Zell looked at her with disbelief. "I will….go on. I'm sure that Lord Seymour will understand." She said. Rikku frowned again. "Umm, I guess so." She said. Yuna shook her head. "I am a summoner. I must fight and defeat Sin." She said. Auron stood straight. "Like Braska before you." He said. Yuna nodded.
Zell shook his head. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Time out, people!" He said waving his arms above his head. Everyone looked at him. Zell shook his head letting his hands fall to his sides. "Just wait a damn minute." He began to pace just a little then looked at Yuna. "I think I'm missing something here or at least you are. But isn't Yuna a little too young to be getting married? I mean look at this guy! He's like, what, 25! He's way too old for her!" he said.
Yuna frowned at him. "Zell, things are different here than it must be in your home world. Here, age doesn't matter." She said. Rikku blinked looking between Zell and Yuna with confusion. "Huh?" but no one paid attention to her. Zell shook his head. "Yuna, I know it's much different here than Gaia, but it's just not right. Getting married just because other people would think it's okay? I mean come on!" he said tossing his head back. "No, I'm not coming on. You just don't understand, Zell, how things work here in Spira. So please, let me decide and not you. You are a Guardian and I am a Summoner. Your job is to guard me. So just do it without anymore questions." Yuna said sharply. Zell blinked but kept his mouth shut. There was a long not so comfortable silence. Zell looked away and folded his arms. "Whatever." He muttered. Yuna sighed and looked at everyone else. "I'm going to the Farplane. I'm going to see my father and think on this." She said. Lulu nodded. "Go on, we'll be right behind you." She said. Everyone nodded. Zell sighed let his hands fall.
"Maybe opening my mouth like that wasn't such a good idea.Now Yuna was mad at me for saying things like that.
She did have a point though. I didn't know how things worked.
But still….was it right to just let her marry this total bozo?
Then again, I had a point even more.
Why marry someone you might not love just to make other people happy?
Would the people of Spira be happy if Yuna did marry someone she loved?Not that it'd be me.
I was thinking more of Tidus being Yuna's type. It just wasn't right. Or at least it didn't feel like it."
The
entire group walked up to the upper level of the city and down a
passageway. The came to an area with a large rippling bluish portal.
Pyreflies flying around them. It was a strange sight but it reminded
Zell of the Time Compression. And that scared him. He didn't want
to go through something like that again. "Question! About this
Farplane...When somebody dies, a summoner sends them to the Farplane,
right? So their souls, or whatever they are, they go to the Farplane,
right? But that's the Farplane we're going to, right? And Yuna's old
man's there, too? Do dead people live there or something?"
Tidus
asked. Zell looked over at him and saw him shudder.
Wakka snorted and folded his arms. "You're thinking those funny thoughts again, ya?" He asked. Tidus actually giggled making Zell raise an eyebrow. "You'll see once we get there." Wakka said. Everyone started to walk forward but Auron. Zell was hesitating though. "Aren't you coming?" Tidus asked Auron. Zell turned around. Auron shook his head. "I do not belong there." He said. Tidus tilted his head. "You're scared." He said with a hint of a question. Auron shook his head again. "Searching the past to find the future….this is all that there is. I need it not. You'd better be going." He said. Rikku stepped forward. "You're not really going to see the dead, more like your memories of them. People think of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them. They take on the form of the dead person, an illusion, nothing else." She said. Zell looked back at the gateway.
Tidus folded his arms to think. "Hmm…" he muttered. Rikku then waved at him. "Well, have fun." She said sitting down. Zell looked back. "What, you're not going either, Rikku?" Tidus asked. Rikku shook her head. "I keep my memories inside." She said. Tidus blinked. "Huh?" he asked. The blonde Al Bhed sighed and shook her head. "Memories are nice, but that's all they are." She told him. Tidus then nodded.
"Okay." He turned and looked at Zell. "Let's go check it out." He said putting his foot on the first stair. Zell paused then stepped back. "I don't think so." He said. Tidus looked at him. "Huh? What's wrong now?" he asked. Zell lowered his head. "I don't think there'd be anyone in there for me seeing." He said. Auron looked over at him. "It doesn't matter what world your from, Zell. The memories of the person you want to see will be there." He said. Zell swallowed hard. "Oh….well, I just don't know if I want to see them." He was thinking of a few people he wasn't so sure if he wanted to see ever again. Tidus tilted his head. "Your thinking about your father again, aren't you?" he asked. Zell didn't need to look up and confirm him. Tidus sighed. "It's not like he can hit ya again. Just think of your mother then. Besides maybe we can see who the others are wanting to see." He said. Zell sighed and nodded. "Guess your right." He murmured.
He went up the stairs with Tidus and they paused before the portal. He reached up slowly and tapped the surface but it didn't seem like it would hurt like the Time Portals did one time. He then walked through with Tidus by his side. When they entered, Tidus went, "What the...?" Zell looked around. Wakka was looking at an image of a young man that looked like him. Orange hair, same style of clothing. It was weird. Yuna was looking at images of her parents. All of them were partially see-through ghosts who were floating in mid-air at the edge of the large stone platform.
Below the stone platform was a massive formation of clouds gathering, with a large cloud-whirlpool sucking them downwards. There was a field of green grass and flowers, and a series of pyreflies floating by rushing waterfalls, and more pyreflies. Huge tunnels of water seem to reach up into the sky; it almost looks like a painting. It was amazing.
Tidus turned and walked over to where Wakka was and watched him for a minute. Lulu was close by too. Zell just stood there staring around nervously. Kimahri was just standing there too. His yellow eyes met with Zell's for a brief second before he looked back towards Yuna. Zell swallowed hard and slowly made his way towards one of the edges to see the scenery. He paused looking down and started to relax. Maybe it wasn't so bad. He looked forward and found a pyrefly flying before him. Zell tilted his head. 'I wonder what would happen if I recalled my da…' he was thinking. But at that moment, a man appeared before him. Zell gasped stepping back. The man looked almost like Zell but much older. He stood tall and sort of big around the stomach. His blonde hair was dirty and long to his upper back. He had dark black looking eyes though. He was a disgusting looking man. He wore construction working cloths. His arms covered in tattoos. Some of skulls, Death, snakes. One of a dagger protruding from a skull.
Zell looked at the man with shock which grew to a hatred looking expression. His teeth clenched tight and his hands balled up with fists. He glared hard at the 'ghost'. "Oh, it's you." He growled. Hot tears filled his eyes just looking at him. Zell's shoulders shook a little. He wanted to hit this guy. He hated him with a hated passion. Zell growled even more and rose his fist to throw it at him but someone caught it. Zell turned his head and found Kimahri there.
Kimahri's eyes was on the man then looked at Zell. "Who is this?" he asked releasing his fist. Zell let his hand fall and he sighed. "My father." He murmured looking up at the man. Kimahri studied Zell's father through confused eyes. "Man not good?" He asked. Zell nodded looking up at his old man. "He was horrible to me." He said. Kimahri stared. His ears starting to flatten. "Kimahri no like sad memories. Why Zell call on Father if Zell no like?" He asked. Zell shook his head. "I didn't mean to think of him. I didn't want to think of him. It just popped up in my head." He said with a sigh. "Man, that guy gives me the creeps. What's with all the weird markings on his arms, ya?" Zell heard Wakka. Zell turned around and looked to see who was there. Everyone who had come in was. And they all looked horrified. Zell turned back to look at his father.
"They're tattoos. Like mine, Wakka." He paused touching the tattoo on his face. "Only mine isn't like his. He enjoyed those things. His tattoos represented things he did. He liked to kill people once in a while. He loved Death. If the bastard would turn around and take off his disgusting shirt, you'd see a tattoo of me getting beaten. It was his hobbies when he was alive." He said. Yuna gasped softly. "How horrible." She said. Zell nodded. "That was how my childhood life was like." He said. Lulu looked at him. "Why remember him? Why not your mother?" She asked. Zell's eyes went wider as he thought of his mother and he clutched his head and lowered it. "No! I can't think of her! I don't want you guys to see her!" he gasped painfully. But it was too late. He had thought of her and there she appeared. He knew she had appeared because the others gasped. Zell closed his eyes with pain and he looked up. "I really didn't want you to see her like that." He said.
The woman standing before them was a thin and fragile woman. She wore a ragged dress with a few tears here and there. Her hair was dark red, like blood. Her eyes a beautiful shade of blue. That was the only thing beautiful about her at the moment. It was because she was covered in bruises and cuts. "What happened to her! Why does she look like that?" Yuna gasped. Zell shook his head with a sad sigh. "It's because that's how I remember her. She was always like that. That was my father's favorite game with us. He wanted to see how long he could keep bruises on us without them fading away." He said. Tidus looked like he was going to cry for Zell. "Man, if your old man was so mean to her, why did she marry him? Why didn't she leave?" he asked.
The blonde SeeD snorted, a cruel smirk appeared on his face. "You don't want to know that part. My mother never married him. They never did get married. He forced her to do things she didn't want to do." He said bitterly. Everyone's eyes went to Zell. Before any of them could ask another question, Wakka did. "That's enough! No more of this!" He said harshly. Everyone turned around looking at him. Wakka looked disgusted. "No more sad memories. We shouldn't have asked anything about his folks, ya? The Farplane is suppose to show us the people we loved not hated or felt sorry for." He said. Lulu sighed. "Your right, Wakka." She said with a nod.
Zell then smiled. "People we loved….." he paused. Just then another man appeared. A happy looking man. He was dressed in faded brown pants and a white short sleeved top. His face round and merry looking. His hair was dark brown and short. A single small braid fell over shoulder. He was waving at Zell. Everyone blinked in surprise. "Now who's this?" Yuna asked with a growing smile. Zell smiled even more. "My other father, Byrk Dincht. The one that took me from the orphanage giving me a loving home. He took me to Balamb to my Ma. Ma Dincht I always called her." He said. Everyone was looking in interest. "Your adopted mother must still be alive then. She hasn't appeared." Yuna said. Zell nodded. "Yep, she is. She's probably worried sick about me though. Me disappearing like I did because of Sin." He said. Tidus stepped closer getting a good look at Byrk Dincht. He smiled even more. "I like him. He's so…so kind looking." He said. Zell nodded. "He was best fisherman in Balamb. No one could out fish him. He died when I was ten though. During an ice fishing trip. He was trying to save me from drowning. I had ventured off onto thin ice when he told me not to. The ice cracked and I fell in. I nearly drowned but thanks to him I survived." He said still with a smile. "Did he…did he drown?" Yuna asked. Zell shook his head. "Nah. He was a very good swimmer. He died from the pneumonia." He said.
Everyone looked at him. They weren't exactly too sure what that was. Zell could sense it too. He nodded. "He froze, got sick and couldn't get better. The doctors couldn't do anything about it. It was too bad of a case. I got the pneumonia too but the doctors managed to save me. It was a bloody miracle." He said. Yuna sighed. "I think we should leave now. This is starting to get depressing." She said. Everyone nodded. "No kidding. Let's get out of here." Tidus said folding his arms. They all started to turn away but paused when they realized Zell wasn't with them. They turned back to see what was taking him so long. He was still looking at Byrk Dincht. He was just standing there before he reached out his hand wanting to grasp his father's hand. The others watched in silence and curiosity. Zell smiled again. "Good bye, dad. Hope to see you soon." He whispered. He then turned around and looked at the others.
"I know you miss him, Zell, but I really hope you don't mean to see him so soon." Tidus said. Zell grinned. "Ah, you never know. Maybe I'll just keel over on the journey." He said teasingly. Yuna gave him a small glare. "Zell! That is not a very pleasant thing to say!" She scolded. Zell laughed. "I'm just kidding, Yuna! I don't plan on dying any time soon." He said. Tidus and Wakka laughed and threw their arms around his shoulders leading him out. Lulu sighed with a small smile growing and followed with Yuna and Kimahri. They exited the Farplane, all smiling. Zell was still laughing because Yuna was giving him a small lecture for saying such things. Rikku and Auron were still sitting in their spots when they all approached. "Well, well, it looks like you may have had too much fun." She said standing. Zell shrugged. "It was alright. I guess." He said. Yuna nodded walking down the stairs. "Thanks for waiting. I'll go give my answer to Maester Seymour." She said. Everyone nodded.
Suddenly several Guado, that had gathered gasped. The group turned and looked back at the Farplane gateway. A ghostly image had exited the Farplane and was staggering forward. The Guado backed away as fast as they could. "Lord Jyscal!" Several cried out. Auron looked concerned. "It does not belong here." He said. Yuna looked at him with surprise. "Why?" She asked. Auron shook his head then nodded up to the ghost. "Yuna, send him." He said. Yuna nodded and walked up the stairs with everyone watching him, her staff out. Zell heard Auron groan like he was in pain, since he was closer. He turned and looked at the swordsman. Auron had fallen to his knees and looked like he was in pain. No one else seemed to notice though. They were too busy looking at Yuna and the ghost.
The blonde SeeD hurried over and bent down beside him. "Auron…." He said. Auron reached up and placed a hand on his shoulder giving it a light squeeze and shook his head. "Lord Jyscal…." Yuna said. Lulu waved her hand lightly. "He is Lord Jyscal no more. Send him now!" She said. Yuna nodded and began sending him. The ghost turned into pyreflies and vanished. But it had dropped something. Yuna bent down and picked it up.
Zell looked back at Auron who sighed softly and stood, but not without Zell's help. Auron gave him a small look of thanks and turned away. "Talk later. We leave now." He said. He lead everyone out. Zell was staring after Auron with concern. Something wasn't right. Something wasn't right with Auron at all. As soon as they walked out, the questions came. "Wh…what was that just now? That really Lord Jyscal?" Wakka asked. Yuna shook her head. "I don't understand how a man like Lord Jyscal could die and not be sent. Lulu turned her eyes onto Yuna. "I would think that he was sent once but stayed on Spira. Something, a powerful emotion could have bound him to this world. Such things happen." She said. Rikku looked at her. "That's against the rules, isn't it?" She asked. Auron turned around. "It means he died an unclean death." He said. Zell blinked looking at him. Was that it? Was…was that what happened? Someone killed….this Lord Jyscal guy….?
They returned to the doors of the manor. Yuna was in deep thought. She turned to the others and held up her hand. "I will go….meet with Maester Seymour." She said now walking into the manor. Zell started to follow but Yuna held up her hand. "By myself." She told him. Zell stopped. Auron stepped closer. "Yuna! Jyscal is the Guado's problem, not yours." He called after her. But Yuna ignored and went in.
Everyone began walking around by themselves. Zell just stood there for a minute. He didn't understand. But the more that he thought about it, the more it made sense. Someone had killed Lord Jyscal. The SeeD's eyes darkened. "The plot thickens." He muttered darkly. "Why do you think that?" He heard Rikku's voice. Zell turned around looking at her. "Huh?" he asked. Rikku tilted her head. "Why do you think the plot thickens….uh, whatever that means." She said. Zell shook his head. "It means that there might be something more that meets the eye. It's a mystery that these things are happening. There are too many questions for everyone to answer." He said. Rikku nodded folding her arms behind her back and walked up to his side.
"So….in other words, your going to go all detective on us and try to dig up the answers." She said skeptically. Zell shrugged now walking with her. "Maybe I will. I know it's something my friend Squall would probably do. He hates mysteries. And if there's a question that has been unanswered, he'll try and find the answer. No matter where it leads to." He said. Rikku smiled. "So, while you were in there, I asked Auron a few questions myself. At first he refused to answer them. But I can be persuasive when I start talking people's ears off. So is it true, you've come for a different world? Like Tidus says? Or are you just suffering from amnesia or Sin's toxins like Tidus?" She asked. Zell snorted folded his arms.
"You know what? I really don't believe in that Sin's toxin crap." He said. Rikku blinked. "Huh?" She asked. Zell nodded. "You heard me. I don't believe in that little theory about getting too close to Sin and forget who you are. I think that's just a load of shoopuf dung." He said. Rikku couldn't help but laugh. "Well, someone's a little touchy. Why not?" She asked. Zell shook his head. "Well, have you ever been near Sin?" he asked. Rikku blinked again. "Uh…." She paused. Zell tilted his head. "Well? Have you fought it before?" He asked. Rikku slowly nodded. "Actually, yeah." She said. Zell nodded. "Well, if you fought it, then you've been close to it. And you seem to know about who you are. I'm from Gaia, Rikku. I was born in…" He paused. "Actually I really can't remember where I was born but I know where I lived in my childhood, I know all my friends, I've fought three different evil Sorceress. One was my Matron being possessed by one of the future, number two was a Sorceress who looked like a friggen guy but wasn't, and the last was from the far future. It sounds like crazy talk, but it's all true." He said. Rikku smiled and nodded. "I believe you, Zell." She said.
Zell blinked and looked at her. "Huh? You do?" He asked. Rikku nodded. "Yeah! Of course I do. No one knows this but I'm actually Seymour's mother." She said sarcastically. Zell rolled his eyes then grinned. He folded his arms. "Oh….well that explains where he gets his looks." He said. Rikku gasped with offense and swung her fist nailing Zell in the chest. And hard. The SeeD gasped choked as his air was knocked out of his lungs. "Oww!" he cried out. "What was that for!" He asked. Rikku folded her arms and turned her back on him. She pouted. "You're a big meanie, you know that, right!" she exclaimed. Zell laughed and rubbed his chest. "Aw, come on, Rikku. I was only teasing. Your much better looking than Seymour any ways." He said. Rikku turned back looking surprised. "You mean that?" She asked. Zell nodded. "Yeah. I'd have to say you have the looks of a Hypello and that's better looking than…." He was only teasing again but Rikku took it seriously. Instead of punching him in the chest again, she sucker punched him. Zell flew to the ground. "You meanie!" She yelled at him and stomped away.
Zell sat up and rubbed his jaw half smiling and half laughing. A few Guado hurried forward and helped him to his feet. "Are you all right, sir?" One asked. Zell brushed them off. "I'm fine. I deserved that." He said still laughing. He rubbed his jaw as he walked back to where the group was. "Man, wouldn't the guys like to see that. I can't believe I got punched by a girl." He chuckled. He found the others still waiting, and apparently waiting for him to return. His eyes went to Rikku, who glared at him and then turned her back on him folding her arms and stomping one feet. The others seemed a little surprise. Wakka walked over to him and stared at him. "Hey, what happened? Did you hurt yourself? And why's Rikku giving those looks?" He asked.
Zell smirked at him. "Do me a favor and remind me to never tease her again. She can hit hard." He said. Auron then chuckled from his spot already guessing what happened. Wakka smiled with awe. "Rikku hit ya?" He asked. Zell shrugged grinning. "Hey, some girls can hit too, you know. And I don't think Rikku is one to be teasing." He said. Rikku shot him a look from over her shoulder then frowned. She turned and walked over to Lulu. "Uh, Lulu. Do I look like a Hypello?" She asked. That made Auron, Wakka, Kimahri and Tidus laugh with Zell. Lulu looked surprised then turned a glare onto Zell who shrugged. "I was only teasing! Come on!" he said innocently.
Tidus shrugged. "Anyway, they said that Seymour's not here, that he went to Macarena Temple." He said. Wakka frowned and folded his arms. "That's Macalania Temple." He said wearily. Tidus nodded. "Right you are, Wakka." He said. He looked back at Zell. "Anyway, we were kind of wondering if you decided to ditch us or something. We were just about to go when you got back." He said. Zell shrugged. "Sorry." He said. Auron shook his head. "Don't worry about it. We've been here long enough. Let's go." He said. They all nodded and began walking down a path.
They had left the city finally and came to a large rocky area. Several tall pillars laid all over the place. The ground was dark gray and the clouds were almost black and stormy. It was a little chilly. There was a small rumble in the sky of thunder. Zell's eyes lit up already knowing the name of this place and he liked it. "Oh, no. We're here." He heard Rikku whimper. Suddenly a bolt of lightning cracked in the sky and thunder rumbled loudly. Rikku gave a loud shriek of fear and cowers. The bolt had hit one of the pillars and sparked up. Zell grinned. "Awesome!" he exclaimed. Every single person around him turned their heads towards him. A few eyes wide, others emotionless. Zell looked around and shrugged. "What?" he asked as if he had been accussed of something.
Tidus blew out a sigh. "How are we suppose to cross that?" he asked. Lulu nodded over to one of the towers. "See the lightning rod towers? The lightning is drawn to them….hopefully." She said. Wakka nodded. "We head north, not too near and not too far from the towers, ya?" He said. Lulu shook her head. "Meaning we should avoid wide, open areas." She said. Just then more lightning and thunder roared the skies. And again Rikku shrieked and cowered even lower. She then laughed nervously. "I think I forgot something in Guadosalam." She said pointing back. Auron smirked. "Nice knowing you." He said. Rikku moaned. "Okay, okay. I'll go." She said with a sigh. Zell smirked and decided he had better walk close to the front. Just in case.
They began walking carefully across the Thunder Plains. And every time a bolt of lightning struck the air, Rikku screeched and cower even lower. They finally came across Shelinda, who was standing under a lightning rod tower. She gave them the original prayer gesture bow. "Ah, good day!" She said. Tidus waved. "Hi, there!" he said. Shelinda looked bright eyed at Yuna. "Is it true? I heard that Maester Seymour and Lady Yuna are to be wed! It's such great news! I have to tell everyone!" She said. Zell grumbled at hearing that. Tidus seemed to be annoyed too. "Where'd you hear that?" He asked. Shelinda motioned towards Guadosalam. "From the Guado. They were all very excited." She said. Zell folded his arms. "I'm afraid you heard a little wrong. Yuna's gonna turn him down." He said. Shelinda frowned. "Oh….Really?" she asked. Tidus nodded. Shelinda sighed. "I see…That's unfortunate. Well I'm sure that people would have rejoiced all over Spira." She shook her head. The group continued to walk on. A few times fiends showed up but they took care of them quickly.
Suddenly two lightning bolts cracked and hit the same tower twice. Both Tidus and Yuna gasped and leaped back. Wakka nervously smiled. "Whoa! That was a close one!" he then laughed. Lulu gave him a dark look. "Stop kidding around." She warned. Wakka stopped laughing and rubbed his neck. "Yes, ma'am." He muttered.
Rikku started to whimper again and started to shake. As everyone began walking again, she didn't. Zell stopped and turned around. "Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh..." Rikku laughed nervously. Everyone else stopped and turned around. "Hmm? What's wrong?" Wakka asked. Rikku continued to laugh nervously. "Eh heh heh heh heh heh heh..." Tidus rose an eyebrow. "Heh, heh, heh, You're giving me the creeps." He said. Rikku swallowed hard and started to step forward when lightning struck another tower only closer. She screamed as loud as she could and fell to her knees covering her ears. She swiftly crawled on her hands and knees and wrapped her arms around Zell's legs tightly who had to wave his arms around to keep his balance.
"I wanna go home! I hate lightning! I hate thunder! Let's go rest over there! Please?" She begged pointing over to a Travel Agency. Auron shook his head. "This storm never stops. Better to cross quickly." He said calmly. Rikku whimpered and tightened her grip on Zell, who was trying to walk away but instead he fell over and landed on his side with a big, 'Oof!' "I know, but….Just for a little while?" She begged. Tidus went over to help Zell untangle himself from Rikku who wouldn't let go. Zell sat up and rubbed his head. 'Man, Rikku's really scared. She's got the grip of a viper snake.' He thought trying to pull Rikku off. Tidus sighed with frustration. "Heh, well? What now?" He asked looking over at Auron. Auron sighed and shook his head.
The others kept walking while Zell and Tidus struggled with Rikku. Pretty please? Just a few minutes?" Rikku called. But the others kept walking. "I'm scared of lightning! Let's rest, please! Pretty please! I'm too young to die! You're mean….cruel! Your moms would be ashamed of you! Are you having fun doing this to me!" She screeched. Auron growled angrily and walked back. "Fine, we rest. She's worse than the storm." He muttered. Rikku squealed in delight and let go of Zell. She raced into the building as if she was lightning. Zell sighed with relief. "Man, she's stronger than she looks. I was losing circulation to my legs." He said standing with Tidus' help and rubbing his legs. They went in to join the now bouncy girl.
A/N: Awwww. Poor Rikku. Everyone likes to tease Rikku. It'll get really good in the next chapter. Zell talks a little bit about his GFs to the others and the group will finally get to see one of them. It should be amusing.
