Searching for Thieves: A RIKKU MISSION

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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X-2

WARNING: Contains minor spoilers

Chapter 5: Den of Woes

"We can't waste time. Do you want to find your sphere or not?" Auron asked Rikku. Rikku chuckled and said,

"Oh I just forgot!" Rikku ran out smiling. Then she plopped on the moonliles with a gloomy frown.

"How do I get to Spira?" Rikku asked.

"This is Spira, only an unknown part of it." Auron said.

"But how do I find my sphere? I don't have a sphere-ocsillo finder or an airship or a chocobo or a hover or anything!" Rikku sobbed. Auron pointed to the pocket grids.

"You have your own spheres," Auron said, "Lets go back to the known part of Spira." Auron placed a shining arm around Rikku and they were instantly teleported to Besaid.

"Oh! How did we get to Besaid so fast?" Rikku asked and looked around on the sandy beach.

"Your sphere can't be here," Auron said, "Let's hurry and ride the S.S. Liki." Auron carried Rikku to the deck of the Liki and they took a short rest. The next day, the shining port of Killika awaited them.

"Now to Luca," Auron said and they rode the S.S. Winno to Luca, home of the Luca Goers.

"Why are we traveling so fast?" Rikku asked. Luca was the last place that Rikku thought that a sphere would be.

"Let's hurry to Mushroom Rock Road," Auron answered, "I'll show you." Rikku knew that they were going to run for a long time so she spherechanged into a Gunner as they backed into Luca Port. Auron grabbed Rikku by the wrist and they ran through Spira to reach their destination. Rikku looked around and her eyes brilliantly shone as she looked into the sphere pool. A familiar man seemed to be swimming around. Wearing a yellow shirt and grey shorts Rikku wondered if—

"Ow!" Rikku yelled as she ran into a wall.

"Look out, stairs ahead," Auron told Rikku as they climbed the stone stairwell to the Mi'hen Highroad. Many people were looking at Rikku and Auron and some of them had guns pointing at Rikku.

"Is there a—" Rikku began.

"Run!" Auron yelled and the guards exclaimed,

"Get them!" Rikku ran fast as her scrawny legs could carry her trying to follow Auron as he hovered along the road.

"Auron… can't you carry me or something?" Rikku asked huffing and puffing. Auron quickly grabbed Rikku and he flew across the highroad. Rikku turned back and saw an army of guards running after Auron. When Rikku saw a bend in the road as well as a small drop next to a guard machina, she yelled,

"Jump in! Jump in!" Auron jumped into the pit and they landed inside some tall grass.

"Where did they go?" a faint voice asks.

"Maybe they ran ahead. Just run on!" another voice answers. When millions of footsteps passed by, Rikku asked,

"Who are they and why run from them?"

"They hunt dead spirits, like me, to return them into the Farplane. They're preventing our return to Spira," Auron answered, "Let's get to Mushroom Rock Road." Auron floated up and walked along the highroad still carrying Rikku.

MUSHROOM ROCK ROAD-DEN OF WOE

"And why are we HERE?" Rikku asks touching the sealed door.

"Didn't you open this before?" Auron asks.

"Yes, but we took the spheres out," Rikku told Auron. Auron sighed and tapped on the door twice. The hollows on the door shone and an ethereal sphere appeared on each recess. Then, the door creaked open and pyreflies enshrouded Auron. Rikku was alone. Ah ha! I know what happened! Rikku thought and equipped the Treasure Hunt pocket grid and the Lady Luck sphere and marched in. Pyreflies created a vision of Yuna and Rikku stepped in front of her.

"Pyreflies are no match for me!" Rikku yelled. The pyre-Yuna merely scoffed and pulled her guns out. Rikku mugged a White Lore from the pyre-Yuna and she counter-attacked with a strange skill. A missile of wind hit Rikku at full force. Rikku was tossed back and there were scars on her face. Holding the stolen item tightly, Rikku ran up to pyre-Yuna and slapped her silly with the cards. Pyre-Yuna began to laugh and then shot Rikku silly with multiple shots. Rikku turned into a Mascot and burned pyre-Yuna with Cait Fire but by the end of this spell, Rikku was scarred all over her body and was extremely tired. She felt like she couldn't do much more. She cast Curaga and her scars were instantly healed and her fatigue died away.

"Ooh you know how much I miss you Yuna!" Rikku yelled and swung her PuPu doll at the pyre-Yuna. The pyre-Yuna was tossed onto her back and Rikku took her Cait Sith head and threw it onto the pyre-Yuna. Pyre-Yuna was beginning to deteriorate into a bunch of pyreflies then… she was gone. A handful of gil was in a pouch where the pyre-Yuna was. As she bent to pick it up, a pyre-Paine appeared.

"Now it's Paine? I can't stand it!" Rikku yelled and turned into a warrior. She mugged the pyre-Paine and stole a Sword Lore. Pyre-Paine swung her sword at Rikku and each hit her with extreme force. After a serious walloping, Rikku was bleeding and her eyes were black and blue. She put on the White Lore, a pearl bracelet, and cast Curaga and Regen on herself. Rikku slashed at the pyre-Paine and the pyre-Paine counterattacked with a tough blow. They kept exchanging blows until the pyre-Paine exploded into pyreflies. An instant after the pyre-Paine died, a Gippal appeared. There were faint signs of pyreflies emitting from Gippal.

"Gippal," Rikku asked, "Is that you?"

"No, But I'm here to help you, is that okay?" Gippal asked and the pyreflies disappeared. Rikku said yes and another pyre-creature instantly appeared. This time, it was an infected Auron. Auron stuck his blade into the ground. The ground cracked under Gippal and he fell under. Horrified, Rikku turned to Auron and mugged Auron to steal a Bushido Lore. Auron laughed and pyreflies clung on to… Clung? Rikku desperately tried to pull off the un-pyreflies as more and more of them flew up to Rikku and pulled her down. Rikku tried to slash the pyreflies off but she got hurt instead.

"Rikku!" yelled a familiar female voice.

"Yuna?" mumbled Rikku. She heard a loud bang and the pyreflies flew away. Rikku turned around and saw Yuna and Paine running towards her. Paine saw Auron running towards her and raised her sword just in time to block the fierce katana.

"Why did you come here Yuna?" Rikku asked.

"Less talk, more fighting!" yelled Yuna over clashes and clangs of Paine's sword. Rikku changed into a Dark Knight and jumped behind Auron. She drove her sword through Auron's back. Auron suddenly ceased fighting. He weakly dropped his katana.

But…

RIKKU POV

Wait… what's happening? I did what I was supposed to… Wasn't he… I silently watched Auron as he did not explode into pyreflies. His body began to fade away. I grabbed his arm and the pyreflies disappeared from his body. Auron gave a weak laugh and the arm turns into nothingness. I try to feel what was there. Suddenly, at the place where Auron was a huge explosion of light and beautiful cloud-like feathers fell from the sky. I was sitting on a golden place where there seemed to be no floor or sky or wall or anything. It was a vast golden, shining, and beautiful nothingness. A shining body that looked just like Auron spoke to me and said,

"Rikku… I have done it and you have made it possible…"

"What? What did I make possible!" I yelled. "Tell me!" I thrust a fist at Auron's face and he gave a stifled chuckle. He picked up a pearly feather off his shoulder and placed inside my hand.

"Do you know what the Farplane is?" asked Auron as he grasped my hand firmly.

"Of course I do! We got rid of Vegnagun there," I answered trying to pull away.

"Then you should know of the Farplane Glen," Auron said holding on very tightly.

"Yes I do! Stop asking silly questions and tell me! What did I do!" I asked finally pulling my hand out of his grasp.

"Don't toss the feather away," exclaimed Auron, "or else I cannot tell you."

"Well hurry up!" I yelled.

"If you think that the Farplane Abyss is the deepest area of the Farplane, you are wrong," Auron said. "There is a land in the sky that can be reached only by dead spirits who fulfilled their deeds on land. It was called Yevon's Land until Yuna proved them wrong. Now it is called the Spirits Haven and it is only known by people like you. Many other people know because people like you told them. Please tell Yuna this and when you get to the Farplane, you can find me by—" I stood up and I slipped on air.

"Oh no!" I yelled as the feather slipped out of my hand.

"NO! You'll find me at —" Auron yelled as the feather exploded into golden light. The golden Auron floated high into the air and the feather floated back into my hand.

END POV

Rikku looked up. She was back in the Den of Woes. A reddish sphere was clipped onto her belt by a golden thread. Rikku grabbed the sphere and the thread and strung the feather on the thread. She gently put it around her neck and turned to Yuna and Paine. Rikku walked up to Yuna and whispered something in her ear and smiled at Paine. The Celsius somehow was parked outside of the cavern that led to the Den of Woes. Paine jumped onto the top stair and walked inside. Yuna and Rikku were outside talking.

"So you're saying that there's some wacky Farplane above the sky," said Yuna. "That's silly! If you want to go find it then leave me out."

"Well I am going to find Auron," said Rikku, "and no ones going to stop me!" Rikku dashed inside leaving a trail of tears.

"She's matured," muttered Yuna happily and ran after her. The door of the Celsius closed shut. Rikku was on the deck attaching a bungee cord to a rail. Yuna pointed at the cord and yelled,

"Fire!" The cord burned up.

"RIKKU!" Yuna yelled and chased her around the deck.

THE END

This is the end of Rikku's mission solo. There might be a sequel but I'm going to hang out in the Fire Emblem section now so Rikku Mission II will have to wait . Have a nice day and have a great day!