Hello again!. I know the past updates have been really short, so I'll try to make things better and maybe a little longer. Er. There are some things you should know. Sometimes all have chapters that have absolutely nothing to do with the plot. Nothing at all. Like little short stories and little extras.
But anyway. Here. Read and Enjoy.
Caution! things get a little steamy here, nothing horribly bad, but if you're uncomfortable with this kind of stuff, please don't read.
Dream A little Dream
Chapter 4: Get off My Cloud
"Did you think I wouldn't notice you were here?" Gippal said, his breath was really close to my neck. I resisted the urge to shiver.
I don't understand why all of a sudden I'm reacting this way to him. It's so not cool. I heard his boots step closer. And I don't feel guilty in the least, thinking about poking out his other eye. He was ruining my semi-beautiful plan to go off un-noticed. Plus it just proved that the entire makeover was a bomb.
"I might have one eye, Cid's girl, but I'm not blind." He continued.
I didn't even answer him. I just did what anyone in my position would do.
I ran like a maniac.
I knew he was following me, I heard his breathing and his footsteps right behind me. So I kept on running. I guess I did have an advantage that he didn't. His clothes were heavier then mine.
He handled machina a lot more then I did since I left with Yuna. So the need for more protective clothing wasn't really needed on my part. Him on the other hand, he had to make sure he at least a light weight metal covering his chest and arms and lower body.
We may be Al Bhed, and we may be great with machines, building them and taking them apart. But they aren't entirely safe. Heck, that's an understatement they're usually very dangerous.
But real experts, like yours truly, don't really need as heavy protective clothing to handle machines. I'm not saying Gippal isn't a good engineer and all. For all his cocky-ness and outstanding ability to make me laugh and then make me want to murder him in a span of two minutes, he's a great engineer. Probably one of the reasons he is the leader of the Machine Faction.
It doesn't mean he's indestructible. His eye is living proof of that.
I've seen Al Bhed with lesser skill with machines handle machina without protective clothing and have had their stomachs ripped open when something went wrong. Not a pretty sight, I'm telling you.
Anyway, yeah, Heavier clothing. Plus, I didn't have to haul around at least nine guns with me. Gippal is like that. He's kinda paranoid about protection. (Bullets con-junctioned with a thundaga spell and all is one of his favorites, don't ask me how I know). But he doesn't like to be without his portable machina.
I was thinking that I'd lost him, after a while. Besides, my sides were burning, and I couldn't breath. So I glanced back and found that he wasn't following me.
I stopped and gasped, trying to get my breath back. Then suddenly;
Bam!!
Next thing I know, I'm on my back, my hands pinned over my head. And a massive helping of Gippal on top of me.
If I didn't have the wind knocked out of me before, this woulda done it. Ugh! it shouldn't be fair that someone who has one eye and happens to be a cocky jerk look so hot, panting and sweating and grinning like an idiot.
Damn him and the effects he has on my poor little mind and body.
If Brother found us in this position, he'd castrate Gippal. I wouldn't be upset or anything, but I'd sure have a good time laughing at him.
He grinned at me "Pinned ya." he said.
Grrrrr! if my hands were free I'd beat him. I would. Slap! right in the kisser!
Seemingly, I must have been broadcasting my thoughts because he tsked and said "Now, now cid's girl, that isn't nice."
Die stupid heathen! Die!
I tried to wriggle free, but his arms were like damn iron bars. I guess that's another plus with working with machines. Rock hard muscle. Damn him.
I arched my back and tried to buck him off. Which only caused him to groan and me to be horribly, horribly, embarrassed.
I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!
So I said, in as calm a voice I could manage. "Please get off me Gippa-uuungh"
That last part came out as a groan, because he wanted to get back at me for trying to buck him off, so the guy (I hate him I hate him I hate him!) ground his hips against mine.
Blah! Now I'm getting embarrassed talking about it!
So we'll fast forward to the rest of it and-
What? You want to hear the rest of it?
You-you- you evil meanie! you're in League with Gippal, aren't you?! Aren't you!
Fine for the good of narration I shall continue. But then I shall wish you a horribly painful death for embarrassing me like this.
Um....well. Ugh! do I have to? No? Yes? No? Yes?
I hate you.
Well, at this point, there were people patrolling the Highroad, you know to watch out of Fiends? Anyways, Gippal seemed to be getting his fix hearing me moan ( I hate you all for making me do this) and kept doing it. At this point I wasn't sure if I wanted him to stop or not.
But the patrol man heard me.(To my immortal embarrassment) and yelled.
"Damn kids! You think you can go all Hanky-Panky whenever you want? Go to a hotel!" he grumbled about disrespectful teens and I heard his partner call out to him and say (it was kinda distant cause he was further down and I was too busy thinking of the most painful way to kill Gippal) "What's up Larve, sumthin wrong?"
"Nah" Larve said "Just another pair of kinds goin' all hanky-panky in the bushes"
His partner laughed and said "Really? Third pair we found tonight!" then he laughed some more.
I would have happily strangled all of them. As it was, the person I was most eager to murder was grinning at me with a mixture of lust and amusement.
The lust I saw reminded me to what Paine had said a while after we defeated Vegnagun when we were visiting D'jose temple after Gippal and I had another spectacular argument.
Paine just smiled that enigmatic smile of hers and said "Something tells me you two have a lot of repressed sexual tension."
Of course Gippal laughed and I was mortified. Horrible, horrible friends that I have keep doing this to me! Why? what did I do to deserve this?
He keeps doing this! Not the...um....not anything that he was doing now, but, he loves to embarrass me and make me squirm.
As it was, this was his daily does of "Pick on poor Rikku"
I just stared up at him and said "I will murder you one day Gippal."
His smile widened, and he shifted so that he was holding both me hands with one of his, and bent down and whispered in my ear as he ran his free-hand down my body and on to my thighs "Should we get hanky-panky, Cid's girl?"
He was doing this to make me squirm. And Spira, it was working. My blood rushed to my face and a part of me wanted desperately to say yes ( a very, very, very, very small part).
He must have noticed my abrupt change of color, because he started chuckling, and had no notion to get off me.
So with my hands and feet currently out of commission, I did the only thing I could do.
I tried to bite him. He burst out laughing when he figured out what I was doing.
heh heh, I guess my story is turning out to be a little bit more interesting then we both anticipated.
He shifted again, bent his head...........
Do I have to tell this part too?
Damn you.
And he kissed my neck. First thought was: what the hell was wrong with him.
And then I found it very hard to think at all. He wasn't just kissing my neck, he was nipping at it, little bites and such.
I couldn't help it, he caught me off guard, I tilted me head back, and he enthusiastically roamed my neck with his mouth.
Oh dear father, if only you could see me now.
Bad Rikku. very bad. You shouldn't have let him do that. you shouldn't.
I acknowledged that Paine was right, we did have some(okay, a lot of) repressed sexual tension between us.
I'm not saying that out loud though.
He pulled away and got off me. I didn't know whether to feel relieved or disappointed.
Then he smiled and said "Now you have to take me with you."
Well I handled it very calmly I should think.
"What?"
"C'mon, Cid's Girl, Let me come with you"
"No."
"yes"
"No."
"I'll tell everyone what you let me do to you tonight." Gippal grinned wickedly.
"You-you-you little--!!"
He didn't wait for me to say anything, he just pulled me to him and ravished my mouth.
Before I knew it, I was reacting with him, matching him kiss for kiss, and bite for bite.
Damn Paine for bringing such bad thoughts into my innocent little mind.
I tore my mouth away from him and glared, trying to look intimidating with my clothes mused from lying on the floor and my lips swollen.
"That will Never happen again" I all but snarled at him.
"Can't make promises I can't keep sweetheart." He grinned. "you better let me come with you, or else I'll tell them about this too."
I glared at him "I hate you, you know that?"
"Is that a yes?"
"No"
"hmmm....." He reached out for me again and I scuttled out of his way, but he followed me and grabbed me.
He put his arms around me and bent his head towards my neck and pressed a kiss there.
"Can I come with you, Cid's girl?"
"No."
He bit my neck, then licked it. I whimpered.
"Can I come with you Cid's girl?"
"uuungh...No" Why in Spira Couldn't I push him away?
He tilted my head back and nibbled on the place where my neck meets my shoulder.
"Can I come with you, Cid's Girl?" Damn you, Gippal, Damn you.
"ungh......Fine...."
He pulled away, grinning more like an idiot. I wanted to kill him I really, really did.
So that settled it. We were off.
we argued about his clothes, he told me he was fine with what he was wearing, I told him it wasn't and to stop being an ass and just listen to me for once.
He gave me a break, I think it was because of the kissing thing.
So he changed, Now dressed in a tight black shirt with some light metal coverings his arms were almost bare, He had on metal tipped gauntlets and two mettle bands strapped around his upper arms with an odd looking symbol on it and he was wearing a metal laced collar to protect the veins in his throat . He was wearing black pants with lots of belts cris-crossing around the waist and a lot of zippers and pockets to hide his knives and Guns (Knives being his second favorite weapon to use) .
He looked really hot. It wasn't fair.
I asked him if he was going to miss the Tri-counsel meeting he just smiled and said "Nadahla is taking over for me, the Machine Faction has everything they wanted discussed already, and the only thing left is digging rights in the desert. Since Nadahla is in charge of that operation, I figure she'd do a better job at convincing people then I would."
I rolled my eyes. "Translation: You got lazy and decided you didn't want to deal with more Tri-counsel meetings and send someone else to do it for you. Lazy Bum"
Conversation stopped after that and I was left to my thoughts. I was wondering why he kissed me. And after poking and prodding and finally threatening to tell horribly embarrassing stories about him to the next pretty girl he tries to impress, he told me.
He laughed and said "Blackmail. It was the only way I knew you'd let me come with you."
That hurt. It really did.
I kept telling myself that he was a jerk, and that I shouldn't bother to feel this hurt, or, betrayed.
Because to him it was the ticket out of the Tri-counsel meetings. Away from all that work.
Heh. I should be used to stuff like this. It always happens to me.
When I was younger, 14, the year before I went as a guardian to Yuna, I liked this boy, Sohore, I guess it was because he was the only person who actually thought I wasn't just a little kid. He treated me like an adult, respected me. I told him of my feelings, and he seemed okay with it. I was happy.
I should have figured out then how stupid I was. The next day, I came to see him, I wanted to surprise him with something I had made, from spare machina. I thought he'd like it. So I went down to the Oasis where I we usually went to meet up. I was early.
He was with another pretty girl, I recognized her, Bancala. She was also a friend of mine, and a couple of guys.
He was making them laugh. With the feelings I had told him the day before. He was mocking me. Telling them that I was just a silly little girl who wanted things she couldn't have. And then Sohore kissed her. He kissed Bancala. In full view of everyone in the Oasis.
That's when I promised that it would take more then a pretty face and a good attitude to win me over. I threw away my gift to him. Just lobbed it in the water. It's still there you know. When we went with Yuna to Bikanel Desert, we found a treasure chest in the water, and there it was, not two feet from it.
Kinda symbolizes it, my relationships.
Bound to hit rock bottom.
I won't let Gippal hurt me like that. Even though he's probably to stupid to know what he just did.
I walked in silence. Occasionally stopping to beat fiends into the ground. After a while he asked me a question.
"So....uh, where exactly are we heading?" Gippal asked, throwing in his charming smile.
"Where I'm going is none of your business Gippal. Where you're going is to D'jose Temple. Where ever else you decide to go is your business." Oooooh. I danced inwardly. Take that you stupid Meanie.
He blinked. Once.
Twice. Three times. Then shifted uncomfortably.
Yes, squirm, Gippal. Squirm.
My story. Mine. Not anyone else's.
"Hey, uh....is something wrong?"
........and they call me clueless....
"Nothing's wrong Gippal. Everything's juuuuusst peachy keen" I applauded myself on how calm and not the least bit sarcastic I sounded.
I'm currently forming a plan on how to get rid of Gippal. I should head to D'jose Temple. Bingo! Light bulb!
Okay. Here's the plan:
1. Go to D'jose Temple.
2. Make sure there are people there (people who aren't very talented with Machina. People who were diggers preferably)
3. Break something (shut up. It's not childish.) to the point where no one can fix it but Gippal.
4. While he's busy consulting and getting the details on what happened, discreetly walk out the door (Discreetly! no one must see or hear you Rikku, my dear)
5. Run like a Chocobo on speed.
6. Make sure no one (like Gippal) comes following me.
7. Do a wild and crazy victory dance when I'm far enough away. And then run like a Chocobo on speed again.
There. I'm proud of my plan. Yessiree bob.
That's mean to leave Gippal behind, you say? Well frankly I don't care.
..............ever wonder why people say "frankly"? Who was this "frank" person and why do we use his name.....?
Okay, erm Off track. Anyways, he brought this on himself. If he tells people what happened between me and him, I'll just deny it. And no one will believe him.
Yep. When the going gets tough, deny, deny, deny.
I ignored him most of the way, only stopping once in a while for a round or two with some fiends who obviously didn't know who was boss. It was pretty much an easy ride from Mi'ihen Road to Mushroom Rock Road. That's when I ran into some problems.
When were came to Mushroom Rock Road, Gippal thought he would say "hi" to the people in the Youth League. So I let him. I went checking out The Den of Woe.
Yaaaay, I might get rid of him before that.
Then there he was. The cloaked thing that I bumped into on the way to Luca. I couldn't see his face. But I could hear his voice in my head.
Hmmm. So it chose you, little warrior.
I blinked. "What?"
He motioned to my sword.
It chose you, you are the one to bring back, or abolish the Dreams.
More blinking. "Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."
Two years ago a Dream took on the form of a boy. The boy was given the mission to wake up the Fayth. To have them stop dreaming. In return for completing his mission he was given a boon, the fayth gave him life for completing what the fayth had wanted.
I gasped. "Tidus....."
The figure nodded.
Unwittingly, the dream boy caused an Unbalance. He awakened another dream. A boy who shared his face.
I knew who that was too. "Shuyin?"
Yes. This boy further disrupted the unbalance. Calling for the spirit of his lover.
"Lenne."
Every dream has a price. And the dreams awakened will slowly devour this world. It has already begun.
Because I couldn't stand it anymore I asked it. "Who are you?"
I am a Dream. You wanted a purpose, little warrior, it has been given to you.
"Waitwaitwait! How do you know I can do this?"
The soulblade has chosen you. You wish to preserve this world, yes?
"Of course I do."
In order to do so, you must be willing to pay the price the dreams ask.
"And what would that price be?"
You. Your entire being. The price the first dream was supposed to pay. The fading forests is proof of the deterioration of this world. The fayth wish to dream again. But they are unable to. To build a wall of dreams. Seal themselves in their creation and dream without having to worry about creations like Sin, arising again.
"What will I have to do?"
Are you willing to give up everything you know? Everything you love? Everything you believe?
That kinda stumped me. "I don't....know...."
Once you feel you can. You will know what to do. Once you find something to sacrifice yourself for, you will understand.
I should tell somebody. Really should.
No one must know but you, little warrior. As the first dream brought by the fayth knew he had to return. You need to return as well.
"You mean...I'm a-"
Dream. As children of reality can be born in the world of dreams. The children of dreams can be born into the world of reality. Eventually they well have to return to where they were meant to be. It is your time, little warrior.
He Vanished. Again. More like faded away.
I was shaking. I-I couldn't stop. How was I supposed to take this? Ironic isn't it. I always thought that Tidus and I had a lot in common, our demeanors, the color of our hair, the fact that we both love water.
I guess we have more in common then I thought. I'm a dream. Destined to fade as all the other dreams had.
But I don't wanna be a dream.
I'm going to fade. I guess that doesn't really change things, other then the fact that I'll disappear when It's all said and done. I guess it doesn't matter, does it.
I guess I'm pretty composed about it now because of the shock. I have to sit down.
My story is a little bit more shock, packed then I thought it would be. Damnit I will not cry!
"Hey, Cid's girl, lets go." I heard from behind me, I swiped my hand over my eyes, and made sure I wasn't looking at him, and sniffed.
"okay, let's go."
"Something wrong?"
Yes, Yes! I just found out I am a dream by a little alien thingy that has no gender. Stupid man, get with the program.
I guess ripping on Gippal was one of the things that could make me feel better. It doesn't change my resolve to lose him at D'jose though.
"No, Gippal. Nothing's wrong"
Please Let nothing be wrong......
