Kilika - The S.S. Liki is scheduled to arrive in two days, so Yuna and Company have no choice but to spend the night at the local inn.
At dinner, Tidus was mercilessly teased about his new sword. Wakka was the instigator, with Auron adding fuel with his seemingly innocent comments. "Tidus," Lulu, silent during the whole meal, suddenly spoke up. "You aren't going to eat with your new sword?" This brought on a bout of laughter from everyone, even Kimahri.
Tidus grumbled, but kept his eyes on his plate. Maybe if he ignored them, they shut up. Luckily, Wakka came to his rescue. "That was pure genius, brudda; The way you tricked those old coots! 'Here's your Moon!'".
Tidus grinned at the memory. He climbed up on his chair and turned around. He pulled his pants down, in the middle of the dining hall, and asked "Which do you prefer: Full moon, or Half?"
Wakka roared and pounded on the table, then stood on his own chair. "Look! Full moon, half-moon!" the two of them began mooning the table with varying degrees of 'fullness'. The two moons set in record time when Auron picked up a table dagger and threatened to 'Cleave both Moons'. Kimahri had to be magically restrained to prevent him from trying to salvage Yuna's social image, mainly by tearing Wakka and Tidus to pieces.
You are judged by the company you keep, after all.
Later, after being banished to his guest room, ( 'Go to your room, young man!' had been Auron's exact words.) Tidus mentally went over his list of grievances. Auron was such a stiff. You were not supposed to talk, which was nearly impossible with a group of teens, and women. No one was supposed to do anything spontaneous, Yevon May I, Road Bingo, Tower Count, Yevon Says, and word games were forbidden, along with fun in general. Giraffe was the only game allowed, which was down right boring. The only other game was Auron's favorite : Make fun of Tidus. Although for Auron, it was not just a game, it was a way of life. Send me to my room, will you? I'll show you!
A soft scrape in the hallway woke Tidus from his unintentional doze. He sat up, putting on a stubborn scowl, and looked up just in time to see Auron fade through his room door.
A shrill, feminine scream split the air, bringing Kimahri charging down the hall. Wakka, also having heard the scream, stepped hastily back through his door way barely in time to avoid the thundering streak of claws and fangs that flew by. Kimahri snarled as he realized that the scream had come, not from Yuna's room, but from Tidus'. What was Yuna doing in the boy's room? All sorts of dishonorable possibilities came to mind. Rounding the corner at full speed, Kimahri dug all four sets of claws into the wood floor and skittered to a halt facing Tidus' door. By now, Lulu and Wakka were right behind the hulking Ronso as he threw the door open and charged in.
Kimahri's roar of challenge fizzled down to a grunt of pain. His dramatic entrance elicited another shrill scream, this one high enough in pitch to hurt his sensitive ears. The Ronso was confused. Yuna was not here, only Auron and Tidus, the latter of which was doing what appeared to be a clumsy imitation of a Sending done at record breaking speed.
"Was that Tidus?" Wakka asked, crowding into the room along with Lulu, Rikku, and Yuna.
"Yes!" Auron gasped between breaths. He was laughing so hard, he was having trouble keeping himself together. Lulu and Wakka laughed just as hard, while Yuna and Rikku stood there looking confused with Kimahri.
"You (insert preferred curse word(s))! Don't you ever do that to me again!" Tidus howled as Auron gained control of himself once more and stood there calmly as if nothing had happened. "Did you know you scream like a woman?" he asked, picking an imaginary speck of lint off his coat.
Tidus sputtered and glared, then told Auron where to go. Auron in return, told him where he could put his new sword. Yuna, stepping in before things could reach apocalyptic proportions, suggested that everyone go back to bed.
The second day passed much more smoothly. The prank war between Auron and Tidus seemed to have been forgotten, for the moment at least. Of course, a few freak accidents did happen from time to time. Like a bucket of water falling on Auron as he walked into his room. Then there was the time Auron came in to discover that all of the furniture in his room had been nailed to the ceiling, along with an estimate (left by the Agency staff) for the cost of getting it all down. There was also that accidental misplacement of a cup of dried peas. (Which mysteriously ended up under the sheets of Tidus's bed)
Yuna finally put a stop to the whole thing, by outright telling Tidus to knock it off. So, when S.S. Liki pulled into port, a happier, if somewhat more bored group boarded the ship for the last leg of their journey home.