Missing Garments
It was 9:00 in the morning when Rikku woke up to the sounds of screeching fiends and Auron yelling at her in Al Bhed.
"Rikku! Fyga ib!" "Rikku! Wake up!"
Rikku slowly peaked up from underneath her covers, her blonde hair poking out first and then her forehead and finally her eyes, unable to fully open yet. A large flash of lightening hit the tower near her, causing her to shut her eyes tightly once more.
"Rikku! Kad ib!" "Rikku! Get up!" A brighter flash of lightening seemed to strike right in front of her, and then she felt something liquid and warm drop on her forehead, slithering down her nose and underneath her right eye. She peaked open her left eye to a Melusine, sniffing her. When she whimpered it stopped suddenly, and slowly parted its lips to show it's teeth. She felt its breath come swiftly in vicious hiss. Both eyes shot open and then closed again on instinct.
Rikku slithered out from under her covers, fear quickening her naturally fast movements, absentmindely aware that her skirt was being scraped up as she went. The more pressing matter of a fiend nearly biting her face off pushed the issue to the back of her mind as she leapt up and snatched the grenades she carried with her in her belt.
Auron dealt one fatal blow to a Aerouge and it collapsed, the pyre flies singing as they traveled up towards the sky and faded from view.
Meanwhile, Rikku ripped out the tag of one grenade and threw it at the fiend, shielding her eyes as the explosion lit up the area like a gigantic flash of lightening. The fiend slouched a bit and hissed in pain. Auron noticed blood and flesh along the pillars, dripping slowly down or sticking in place. His eyes traveled to Rikku and, noticing the uprisen skirt, immediately diverted themselves, as if looking away quickly would erase the image of Rikku's...butt...from his mind.
Wasn't a particularly bad image, either.
Auron scolded himself, partially ashamed at his growing erection. Rikku was busy grinning deviously as she grabbed her blades and darted towards the fiend. With two amazing quick swipes and a leap back, the fiend's head was seperated from its body as it collapsed and decayed into a pile of pyreflies.
"Yeah!" Rikku yelled and threw her arm up in the air in triumph. She whirled around to face Auron, a satisfied grin unable to escape her. Auron was still not looking at her, and just as she was about to ask what's wrong, she remembered that her skirt was higher up than usual. Shit, she thought, and hurriedly pulled the skirt down to a more appropiate length. Smiling, Auron turned to face her peering over his sunglasses, grinning with pride at this one young, nieve girl now grown into a quick fighter.
"What?" She tilted her head to the side, her braids moving slightly.
"You handled yourself well."
"Thanks. You saved my life, you know..."
"You wouldn't done just as well even if I wasn't here." Rikku's blood rushed to her face.
She took a deep breath, the adrenaline that covered up the rude awakening dispersing. Yeah, she thought, but I sure am glad you are here, Auron. With a grin that couldn't conceal her embarrasment at the compliment, she turned around slowly and noticed the mess she made on their stuff.
"Grooosss!" She groaned loudly and sat down, bending her knees infront of her so that she was resting on her feet and her shins.
Auron chuckled. "Don't worry about it," he said. "We can clean it up later. I bet you're hungry." The rumbling of Rikku's tummy agreed with him. She smiled, amused, and took the hand that offered its support to help her stand.
They walked in silence, borderlining awkwardness. The Travel Agency wasn't a very long way, but the silence made it seem like hours had passed with every step. Rikku kept thinking of pranks she could play on Auron to get him fuming like she used to, during Yuna's pilgrimmage, but decided to control herself for the time being. Being with him pushed the child in her to the surface, and Rikku began to feel nostalgic...which bothered her. "Memories are nice, but that's all that they are," right?
Well, apparently not this memory.
She's seen Auron being Sent by her own cousin, which was traumatic in of itself for Rikku's fragile heart, and she's seen the fayth sending him back again. Now, after two years of not seeing or hearing from him once, Rikku began to feel her heart strings tug in his direction; again. The more she thought about it, the more the presence of Auron walking next to her sent sensations that tickled her heart and...other special areas.
"Are you alright?"
"Huh?" Rikku didn't hear him speaking.
"You look nervous."
"Oh...I'm...uuh...just a little...um...riled up! That's all." That did NOT sound like something suggestive at ALL, Rikku thought sarcastically and scolded herself for always being so obvious. She began to wonder if she was this obvious on the pilgrimmage; laying traps for Auron to discover only after he fell for them, hiding his katana while he was taking a bath in a lake, taking quick peeks at him relieving himself...nah. The rain began falling hard again, and Rikku suddenly wished she varied her outfit a bit; her clothes were starting to cling to her skin. At least she was getting better with lightening...
CRACK!
"Eeek!" Rikku jumped up, fell to the floor and covered as much of her head as possible with her arms. A blindingly white flash of lightening seemed to have stricken inches from her nose: the big bang that usually comes with lightening seemed to deafen her temporarily. She could not hear a thing, only feel the rain falling hard all around her. She suddenly felt cold, alone, helpless. Like a child who's gotten seperated from her father in the middle of a battle against Sin. Rikku began to cry.
The pressure all went to her head, the tears were endless and came hard, and she felt something disgusting drip out of her nose and rub onto her arm. Rikku cried so hard, she began to try to calm herself for fear of popping an artery. Memories went through her head fast, making it impossible to focus on one and just cry for that. She cried for the pain she felt when she saw Auron begin to disappear and ascend to the Farplane, how utterly helpless and caged in she felt. She saw all the arguments she's had with Auron, her father, her brothers. She saw her Home being destroyed by her own father, Tidus disappearing before Yuna...before she could...
Then she heard her name, spoken by a deep voice, a calm voice...was that a touch of concern she could hear? No. It couldn't be. Where is she? Where's Yuna? And everyone else?
Rikku struggled to open her eyes, not really wanting to. Slowly gathering her senses, she felt warm cloth around her, her head resting on a soft, warm pillow. Something wet clung on her forehead, which felt oddly bare at the same time. She heard rain in the distance, and heard the creaking of floors and hushed voices. What happened? Where was she? Is anyone hurt? Goddamnit, what the hell am I doing here?
Finally she opened her eyes and could see nothing. Panicing at first, she realized that a wet towel lay folded over her eyes. Good. I don't want to open my eyes anyway.
"Are you awake, yet?" It was Auron, with amusement and impatience in his voice.
"Yeah, I guess so." Rikku answered, suddenly remembering what happened. She fainted. Cried like a baby, fell asleep. Woke up in a bed. Auron is sitting next to her. Where's the food?
She could feel the air shift with the movement of Auron. She heard the floors creak, and suddenly his warmth looming over her. Rikku's heart began pumping, wanting to move but was frozen in place, her adrenaline too quick for movement. The wet cloth on her face began to feel warm with her growing anxiousness. Everything seemed to be moving slowly around her, but her heart was beating faster and faster.
Her eyes still shut tight, Auron lifted the cloth from her face; Rikku didn't dare open her eyes, and she felt somewhat bare with the absence of her blue band that usually covered most of her head.
"What are you so anxious about?"
"Uhm..." Rikku peaked an eye open, and feeling foolish, the other one opened as well. Auron was standing over her, his legs against the bed, his hands resting on the covers. He was not wearing his red cloak: just his slops, and the black armor that covered his chest. His arms were muscular: which meant secure for Rikku. She squirmed a bit, trying to get some movement into her, and realized that she seemed to be missing a few garments. Infact, she had absolutely no clothes on. At all.
Okay, sorry for the extremely long delay! I hope you haven't spawned some hatred towards me yet >.> Thank you so much, I feel like a jerk, but thanks for your patience.
I encourage all of you to visit my fanfiction livejournal as that is where I will be posting the censored items from here. However, if you are under the proper age /or do not wish to read inappropiate happenings between Auron and Rikku...first off, what the HELL are you doing reading this? Second...just don't go to my LJ. Just don't. Self control: only you can do it! ;D
