Chapter 10

Bring It On

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'Why can't I stop thinking about him?! I haven't stopped since last night! Last night when he tried to kiss me, last night when I also wanted to kiss him. Oh my Gosh, I actually wanted to kiss him?! But why? I mean come on! He's stuck up, a total show off, annoying, arrogant, a pretty good glarer, got a nice voice, sexy body, gorgeous face, luscious lips… SHUTUP! Still, that's no excuse for wanting to kiss him… Oh shush Yuna. Stop repeating that!'

"Yunie?" a voice interrupted from behind, jerking Yuna out of her thoughts, "Are you okay? You seem like you're a million miles away." Rikku said looking slightly concerned.

"..No, I'm fine," Yuna reassured Rikku as she continued changing into her gear in the ladies change room.

'FINE?! Of course I'm not fine. I'm far from being fine! A guy who I thought I hated wanted to kiss me last night while at the same time I wanted to kiss him back and now I can't stop thinking about him. It's all Tidus Tidus Tidus in my head.'

'But… he did save me from those two creeps that night, and comfort me after that incident with Justin and he bashed Justin up for me. And maybe he wasn't lying when he told me he didn't pull those pranks on me, I mean he did look incredibly pissed when he saw what happened to his car… hehehe… Oh yeah, that was sooo funny. Okay I'm gonna tell you once more Yuna… Shutup already! Arghh, why won't his image go away?… crap!…Don't tell me I've…'

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'Great, she's been avoiding me this whole damn morning, just great. Surely everything is going your way Tidus! Why the hell is she acting all shy and stuff, she was never like this before!'

'No shit Tidus, that's 'cause you never tried to kiss her before and last night… you did! So congratulations for fully screwing up your chances with her man. And anyway, she probably didn't even want to kiss you!'

'Firstly, I didn't screw up any of my chances with her. Secondly what the hell are you talking about her not wanting to kiss me? Shit dude, everyone wants me and you know that. But why wouldn't they, I mean I am a chick magnet and extremely hot face and body. Trust me, I still have plenty of chances with her. I'm not giving up that easily. You'll see later.'

Tidus silently argued with himself as he was also changing into his gear in the men's changing room.

"Tidus, you ready?" Wakka asked.

Tidus, being brought out of his thoughts with a jerk, looked up to see Squall and Wakka already finished.

"Yeah I'm ready. Let's go!" Tidus said as he shoved his clothes in his bag.

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'Okay Yuna, just relax and act normal. Just relax and act normal.'

Yuna repeated to herself as the three girls made their way out to meet with the guys. Lulu, being the most impatient one among them right now, was walking speedily ahead while Yuna and Rikku simply took their time behind.

Noticing the tension within Yuna, Rikku asked, "Yunie, you sure you're okay? You seem a little nervous," Rikku pointed out.

Becoming even more tensed when she realized that Rikku noticed her nervousness, she forcefully said, "I'm… cool,"

Rikku knew that it would be useless if she continued questioning Yuna therefore dismissed the topic after nodding her understandings at Yuna. Yuna, however, unlike Rikku found difficulty in dismissing the topic that easily but nevertheless she continued acting normal. Finally, seeing the three guys and Lulu all waiting for her and Rikku, Yuna's heartbeat suddenly increased ten times its original speed when she caught Tidus eyeing her. Her walking speed slowed down even more as she was getting more anxious and self-conscious. Luckily Rikku was there to pull her by the arm and drag her over to the group or else she might've just stood there looking like an idiot.

"About time girls," Wakka said, acting unpleased.

"Oh shut up! Come on let's go! I want to get into the pools now!" Rikku shrieked excitedly before jerking Yuna over to the swimming pools, pushing the guys out of her way.

Tidus, who was slightly disappointed to see Yuna show up in a one-piece bathing suit, remained silent as he followed the group over to the pools. However, as he continuously gave sideway glances at Yuna, he realized how great she still looked in her dark blue bathers, although the thought of her in a two-piece again was much more tempting.

"WOW! Look how big this pool is, and it's all to ourselves," Lulu stated with a big grin on her face.

"Well duh! Who the hell wakes up this early just to go swimming?" Squall said, slightly annoyed that he was forcefully pulled out of bed by two girls in the morning.

"Well I'm sorry Mr. I-need-my-beauty-sleep-'cause-I'm-such-a-stupid-loser! But I wouldn't consider eight in the morning that early," Lulu argued back calmly.

Squall gave her a one eyebrow up look before asking, "What does me being a stupid loser have anything to do with my beauty sleep not that I'm saying I have any?"

"Oh just shoosh both of you." Rikku interrupted as she pushed an off guard Squall in the pool.

Squall, wiping off the water on his face, with a sly grin said, "Oh you are so gonna regret doing that,"

And with that he jumped up from the water and grabbed onto Rikku's wrist, pulling her in the water along with him. She shrieked as she felt herself being pulled in but giggled uncontrollably when she surfaced, splashing Squall with water.

Wakka looked over at Lulu and asked, "So do you wanna join 'em?"

"No way! Look at them, they look like two childr-ahhh!"

But it was too late. Before she even got to finish off her sentence, Wakka had already pulled her into the water, and just like Rikku, Lulu began splashing Wakka with the pool water. Yuna giggled softly as she witnessed both of the girls getting pulled into the water. Not being in the mood to swim, she made her way over to the long vertical ladder and carefully made her way up there. She sat herself down on the edge of the wide plank, where people often jumped from, and sat there watching them play happily. Suddenly she noticed someone missing.

'Where's Tidus?'

"Hey, what are you doing up here alone?" a soft voice asked her from behind.

She knew this voice belonged to Tidus, therefore without turning her head she answered, "Well, I can ask you the very same question,"

Tidus smirked before walking over to the edge where Yuna sat and placed himself next to her, arms slightly touching and legs dangling on the edge just like Yuna. Yuna shivered slightly as their bare skins made contact but pushed that feeling aside almost instantly.

"I came up here to see what you were doing," he replied casually, "But you haven't answered my question. What are you doing up here alone?"

Yuna turned her head slightly to look at him before saying, "Guess I'm not in the mood to swim, so I figured I'll watch them from up here. I mean who would want to jump from up here? Look how high it is,"

Tidus smiled as he pushed himself up into a standing position, "Do you seriously wanna know who?" he asked, looking down at Yuna with a smile.

"W-what?" she asked confused.

"Well you know how you said you weren't in the mood to swim before? Well I guess that's just too bad," and with that he quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her down along with him as he jumped off.

Within that few seconds the only thing heard was the screams from Yuna.

"Oh..My..God," Rikku said as her jaw fell open, watching them jump off that high high HIGH plank and watching Yuna scream with her hand holding onto Tidus'.

Finally hitting the calm water, Yuna and Tidus surfaced inhaling as much air as possible. Yuna, still shocked with what just happened and feeling extremely cold, only found herself looking at a very wet and laughing Tidus. Because they were in the deep end, they were forced to tread water.

"I-I'm glad you find me getting p-pulled into the water a-amusing," Yuna said while shivering and treading water at the same time.

Tidus, who was still laughing uncontrollably and who still looked perfectly fine just wet, managed to say, "Oops?"

Still watching him laugh, Yuna herself couldn't help but smile. Therefore wanting to get him back for what he did, she swam closer to Tidus before dunking his head into the water. He came up sputtering; smiling at the fact that Yuna had started laughing along with him. Noticing that the tension in Yuna gradually easing off, Tidus himself felt somewhat relaxed as well.

Dunking his head in again, this time longer, Tidus opened his eyes underwater and couldn't help but stare at Yuna's legs. Realizing that he desperately needed air, he forcefully pushed himself up. Once he did, he again couldn't help but simply tread water whilst watching Yuna laugh. With a sly grin, he said, "That's it, you're gonna get it," and with that, Tidus dived into the water leaving a confused Yuna whirling around in circles trying to figure out what he was up to.

Suddenly, she felt his arms wrap around her ankles before getting strongly pushed upwards. Yuna went flying in the air for a quick few seconds then came splashing down into the warmer water once again. This time, it was Yuna's turn to surface sputtering. Eventually she heard the whole group laughing after she was able to push all the water out of her ear. Taking in a deep breath, she turned around to Tidus and said seriously, "I'm gonna show you the price you must pay… for messing with the best,"

With a large smile on her face, she quickly dived into the water and began madly chasing Tidus. Knowing exactly what she was up to, Tidus sarcastically shrieked like a girl as he also quickly swam away.

"Tidus doesn't seem, you know, unhappy anymore," Rikku muttered to Squall, watching them swim around occasionally coming up for quick short breaths.

"Mm," Squall nodded.

"Let's go over and join 'em ya?" Wakka insisted, swimming over to the pair with Lulu behind.

Rikku and Squall merely looked at each shrugging before racing each other to the rest of the group.

Tidus and Yuna, finally out of their own little world, noticed the group approaching them therefore they both decided to end their game. Even though they secretly would've appreciated the time alone, they were still happy when Rikku demanded that they play some sort of gladiator game in the water.

"Okay, you guys have to pair yourselves up to play this game. Squall's mine so I have a partner!" Rikku declared, clinging her arm around Squall's arm.

"Squall's… yours?" Yuna asked smiling mischievously with an eyebrow cocked up causing Rikku and Squall to turn the same shade of redness.

"Y-you know what I mean by that," Rikku stuttered, unable to look anyone in the eye especially Squall.

"No I don't, mind sharing it with me?" Yuna laughed, this time making the rest of the group chuckle softly.

Turning even more red, Rikku retorted, "Well what about you and Tidus?!"

Yuna eyes instantly widened as she had feared someone would actually say that out loud NOT that anything was actually going on. Thinking fast to counter back at Rikku and save her from the embarrassment, Tidus came in just in time. The blonde swam up from behind Yuna, wrapping both his arms around her slim waist before helping her out, "That's different, Yuna here digs me. Unless of course you're saying you dig Squall," he said with his chin rested on Yuna's shoulders.

Yuna slapped her forehead after he's so called 'come back' as she heard Wakka and Lulu laughing at the four of them.

'Great, exactly what I needed'

Again relying on herself to get her out of this awkward situation Tidus had created for her, she realized that Tidus had took this advantage to hold onto her. Therefore getting an idea of what to do, she turned her head to where Tidus' chin was resting and seductively said, "Tidus,"

The very instant her voice was heard, Tidus' head and eyes shot up but quickly hid it. He turned slightly towards Yuna's face before asking sweetly, "Yes Yuna?"

"Oh nothing, just this!" she said seductively once again however this time elbowing him hard in his rib cage.

"Holy shit Yuna! What was that for?" Tidus cried, clutching onto the spot where she elbowed him after he went shooting away from her.

Yuna turned around to see his face scrunched up in agony before putting on her sweetest innocent smile and said, "Oops?" and turned around and swam off to the group as they were getting ready for the game.

Although under the amount of pain Tidus was in, he still managed to smile when she swam off.

'She's very good at mocking me. She always seems to get the chance to. I'll get her one day.'

With that thought, he cheerfully swam over to join the group, bearing in mind that he was still in need of a partner, and he knew exactly whom he wanted. So just like Rikku, he clung his arm around Yuna's left arm, rested his head on her shoulder and began sucking his thumb acting like a baby.

"Partner, Yuna?"

Squall, Wakka and Lulu all slapped their foreheads at the same time.

"Oh Hyne,"

"Oh Yevon,"

"Oh God,"

Rikku simply giggled at Tidus thinking that he was so adorable and Yuna turned her head the other way also giggling and at the same time slightly embarrassed. Tidus on the other hand remained clinging to her, resting his head on her shoulder sucking his thumb and had his eyes wide opened like an innocent cute baby looking up at Yuna for her reply.

"Well it's not like I have any other choices," Yuna sighed, "But you better not make me lose!" she ordered.

Letting go of her instantly, Tidus saluted Yuna by kicking the water beneath him, "Yes Ma'am!"

Again Yuna giggled softly, slapping Tidus' arm playfully before she swam off to Rikku. As Yuna left, Tidus could've sworn he heard her mumble something along the lines of "You can be such a cutie."

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"So basically how you play this game is, you guys have to carry us chicks on the shoulders and you guys are also in charge of keeping us balanced while we try to push over our opponent. Of course there could only be two pairs playing at once meaning one pair will have to sit out and wait, hopefully not too long seeing that Squall and I are gonna bring you all down," Rikku explained, turning around to high five Squall.

Yuna walked over to Rikku in the shallow end and lightly punched her on the arm.

"OW?!" Rikku cried, "What was that for?"

"Oh I'm sorry; I thought you were dreaming there. Well now that I know you're awake, I just wanted to let you know that you're staring at the to-be winners right in the face," Yuna said as she stepped backward next to Tidus with her arms crossed against her chest while Tidus immediately improvised by putting his hands on his hips and pushing his chest out more.

"Hah!" Rikku laughed, "I'm sorry honey, but the fact is, we're simply the best so Bring..It..On," doing the side-to-side neck thing.

"Oh trust me sweetie, I'm Bringing It on," Yuna said, also doing the side-to-side neck thing.

"Wow! Okay people, I think Wakka and I are gonna sit out first. Don't wanna get caught in that little feud there," Lulu joked

"Well I guess it's me against you now. Hmm that's never happened before," Squall said, hitting Tidus on the back.

"Talk about it, look at those two getting all hyped up about it." Tidus chuckled

"I hope they're as weak as they look, don't wanna get too physical later, we'll just leave that to the chicks,"

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An: Okay, quite pointless there but just bear with me for like a few more chapters and I promise things will get more interesting! Nevertheless, please send me a review! )

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