Tease Me, Tease Me Not- Chapter 8: The Cruise Ship, Eternity
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It is now official! Tidus Yuna romance shall begin on Chapter 10! I have finally established it. There's still some good stuff that needs to happen first. So you only need to go one more chapter after this until you get some loving between the two.
And on a completely random note: It seems lots of people on here enjoy DDR. That makes me so happy! It's my life...It actually sounds like fun. Must play... But I guess I should atleast give you guys the story before I go...
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"Here we are!" Gippal shouted as he walked up to the port of the ship. They gazed up in awe at the gigantic cruise ship towering over them.
"I can't wait!" Rikku shouted.
"Tickets please." The man at the entrance to the boat said. The group handed him the tickets. He checked them and nodded in approval. He shuffled through a box and pulled out seven cards, "Here are your security cards. They function as keys to your room, allow you to pass freely on and off port and also can be used as credit cards." The girls couldn't help but smile at that last part: 'credit cards..'
The Ticket man moved aside and allowed them onto the ship. As the group entered the boat, they were greeted by a tall man in a uniform.
"Hello there and Welcome to The Cruise ship, Eternity: Where all your memories will last forever. My name is Hanzel. I will be you personal butler for the next week. If you need anything just ask." The group exchanged looks, their faces read "Oh my Yevan… This is so cool!"
"I shall escort you to your rooms. Ms. Yuna and Ms. Rikku, you will be staying in cabin number one hundred and twenty-seven. Ms. Lulu and Ms. Paine will be in one hundred twenty-eight, Mr. Tidus, Mr. Wakka and Mr. Gippal shall be in room number one hundred twenty-nine. Follow me please."
The group looked around as they made their way to the elevator, everything around them looked so well decorated. The ruby red carpets with a beautiful painting of a bowl of fruit on the wall added to it's elegance. The elevator was completely contained by glass, allowing a wonderful view of all the floors as they rose up the many levels, "Right this way," Hanzel said as they exited the elevator, "Your rooms are on floor number twelve, to the left."
He started to walk down the long hall of rooms with the group of teenagers following closely behind. Yuna stopped for a second as she noticed a glass-incased room full of books with a spiral staircase leading up to the next floor, most likely where the books continued.
We're right next to the library! This is so amazing. I'll have to remember to come back here later…
About two doors down, Hanzel stopped, "Here we are. Your rooms are the next three doors down. I took the liberty of having one of the bellboys bring up your suitcases. Please call the front desk if you need any assistance with anything and I will come right up. Enjoy your stay here on the Eternity. And I shall see you all later tonight." Hanzel bowed and left the group to settle into their rooms.
Yuna took out her key and slid it through the lock on the door. Her jaw dropped as she opened the door, "It's huge!" Yuna screamed. As the rest of the grouped opened their doors to reveal the same looking room, Rikku squealed.
"I can't believe it…" Yuna said as she walked into the room, "This can't be our room."
She stood by the door with Rikku behind her, who was also in shock. Before her were two king size beds nice made. Next to the farthest one over was a mini blue couch with a glass coffee table in front of it. Across the room from the coffee table was a gigantic vanity table with an extra large mirror.
Yuna turned her head to her left to see a closet big enough for five people and then she turned her head to the right to see a door. She turned the doorknob and opened the door. Yuna gasped, inside was the bathroom. There was a huge bathtub, big enough for three people at the least. The toilet was covered in a fuzzy blue seat cover and the sink had rose petals spread across it.
Her stuff was placed carefully next to the fold out couch beside Rikku's stuff. Yuna ran to the closest bed and jumped on top, making the bed bounce. Rikku did the same thing. The two girls laid there for a few seconds and then Rikku sat up, "Those curtains are pretty!" Rikku said, "Let's open up the window and see the view!"
Rikku ran over to the curtains and pulled them back. Yuna was still laying down on her back with her eyes closed, "Oh my Gosh! Yuna look at this!" Rikku screamed.
Yuna opened up one eye and then rushed over to the window once she saw what Rikku was yelling about. Behind the sliding windows, more like doors actually, was their own private balcony. They opened the doors to feel the breeze of the sea air. There were two seats and a mini table. Yuna and Rikku each took a seat and just enjoyed the view.
A few minutes later Gippal came rushing into Yuna and Rikku's room, "Did you guys see the view from here! This place is amazing!" Rikku got up and started hopping up and down.
"This is the greatest place ever!" Rikku screamed, "We still have to unpack. How about everyone meets in our room in a half an hour after their finished unpacking?"
"Sounds good!" Gippal said as he ran off to tell the other groups. Rikku skipped over to her suitcase and started to unpack. Yuna got up out of the chair and closed the sliding glass door behind her. The next few minutes were spent outing things away in doers or the closet.
After the girls completed their mission, they sat down on their beds until there was a knock at the door, "Come in!"
Tidus, Wakka, Gippal, Lulu and Paine entered the room. Tidus, Wakka and Gippal all took the couch while Lulu sat in the chair pushed under the vanity table. Paine just leaned against the wall, "So what's the plan?" Lulu asked.
"I figure we could explore the ship a little," Tidus said.
"Then we could all meet up for dinner!" Rikku bounced on her bed.
"According to this brochure," Yuna said as she opened up a brochure that had been placed on her bed, "The dining area opens up at 8 o' clock at night. We are considered one party so we all eat together. Each night's different: Casual, Semi-formal, and formal. Tonight is casual."
"Thank Yevan," Wakka said.
Yuna smiled and continued, "It's still fine dining though. Apparently, the menu's different every night too. What time is it now?"
Rikku looked at the alarm clock next to her bed, "It's only four. We've got plenty of time to look around. We can meet back here at 7:45."
Everyone agreed and then headed out the door, "You coming, Yuna?" Rikku asked as she headed out the door.
"Ya, I'm just gonna have a look at the map first…" Rikku shut the door behind her and left Yuna alone to plan her course of action.
"Let's see," Yuna said as she took the map off of the top of the nightstand and piece of paper with a pen, "I want to hit the library. That right next store but I'll right it down anyway. The main with all the pools deck sounds good! It's two floors up, ummm… Oh look! It's an art gallery, that's a must see. And on the top of everything is the tennis and basketball courts. That should kill some time…"
Yuna sat up and headed out the door, remembering her key as she left.
"First stop, is the library. Since it's the closets." Yuna headed down the hall and was greeted by a sign stuck on the door: "Closed. Open Tomorrow at 10 a.m." Yuna sighed and headed to the elevator.
Floor number fourteen. The Main Deck.
The doors opened and Yuna stepped out. She was in awe. The deck was massive! It had three full pools, two hot tubs and rows upon rows of sunbathing chairs. There was a lower deck and an upper deck. She walked out of the glass doors and stared at all the people running around. On the upper deck in the far back was a bar and on both sides of Yuna there was a staircase, both leading to the top deck.
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.:Ding Ding Dong:.
Welcome aboard the Cruise Ship Eternity. This is your captain speaking. We will be setting sail in ten minutes. I repeat ten minutes until we set sail. Thank you.
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"Watching the boat leave port sounds like fun!" Yuna took the left staircase and made her way past the crowed of people hovering by the guardrail. Yuna found an open spot and placed her arms on the railing. The ship horn sounded as it left the port. It was around six and the sun was starting to set. Yuna watched as the beach disappeared off into the horizon.
Eventually the land could no longer be seen, so Yuna decided to wonder around aimlessly. As she turned around, Yuna was jumped by a wide-eyed Rikku, "Rikku! You scared me! What's up?" Yuna asked still trying to recover her breath.
"I was wondering around the deck and I realized it's no fun alone. I saw you up here and was gonna ask you if I could hang around with you…" Rikku said.
"If you really want too."
"Great!" Rikku shouted, "So where to first?"
"I was thinking the art gallery."
"Can't. I was already down that way. It was next to the mini shopping mall they have down there. Nothing opens up until tomorrow."
"Darn. And we still have almost an hour and a half until we meet up with everyone. But we have to get ready, so about an hour."
"Oh! I saw a ping pong table on my way up here!"
"Sounds like fun!" Yuna smiled and followed Rikku to the ping pong table.
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"I still can't believe you beat me eight out of ten games!" Rikku said as she slipped her key through the lock on the door.
"I use to play on a ping pong team. Check it out, perfect timing. We have just enough time to change and meet everyone for dinner." Yuna said as she walked over to the closet, "Now what to wear…?"
Yuna slipped into her khakis and a blue tee-shirt. Before long there was a knock on the door and Rikku ran up to open it. Lulu and Paine walked in, "We saw the guys a few minutes ago. Their probably still changing." Lulu said.
"Like I actually expected Gippal to be on time? Not very likely!" Rikku said. Ten minutes later there was another knock on the door. Rikku once again jumped up to answer it.
"Sorry we're late. We kind of got distracted…" Yuna rolled her eyes.
"Dinner should be starting soon. Let's head down."
The group entered the elevator together. Several people were already inside, "Where is the dining room again?" Tidus asked.
"If you had any intelligence you'd read the big, lit up letters next to each floor number. Floor number four: Dining Area…" Yuna said annoyed. They thought they heard an older woman on the elevator giggle.
"Here we go." All but one person exited the elevator. The group walked up to the podium, where Hanzel was waiting for them.
"Good Evening everyone, I hope you are all doing well tonight. I shall lead you to your table." Hanzel guided them to a table located on the top balcony of the dining area. It was near the stairwell and was near the railing. As they sat down they could see down over the balcony and into the lower dining area, "I will also be your waiter today. Here are your menus and I shall return for your orders."
After Hanzel left Wakka said, "This place is amazing, ya?"
"Yeah! Everything is so nice looking." Rikku responded, "And look at the menu, half of it's in another language! I can only understand one thing and that's 'salad'."
Hanzel returned, "And what can I get for all of you?"
The group ordered off the menu, although they had no clue what in the world they had ordered, and went into conversation. "So why were you guys so late again?" Rikku asked.
Tidus scratched his head and laughed nervously, "Well, we found the arcade…"
"And a DDR machine to go with it!" Gippal said.
Rikku sighed, "You three will never grow up!" They just grinned back at her.
The group enjoyed their dinner, even thought they still had no clue what it was. The all had a heavenly chocolate dessert and decided to turn in for bed.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" Tidus asked.
"I read through the agenda and it says we stop at Kilika. The boat scheduled a picnic for us and it starts at ten in the morning, so we can meet in Paine and I's room." Lulu said.
"Can't wait…" Tidus said sarcastically.
And so it begins... The Cruise is in motion. What will happen next? Only I know! Because I already wrote it! But no one gets to see it until I get lots of reviews! Muahahahaha! The only thing I shall reveal is: Potato Salad! (Yes I know, completely random. But you shall all soon understand...). I'm off to play DDR, and when I get back there better be a shit load of reviews! I want a full email box! Or you guys ain't getting Chapter 9...:Evil Laugh:.
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