Ladies and gentlemen, chapter 5. hold the applause. read my new fanfic that is soon to come. okay, roll the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not own these places, characters, and monsters. They are owned by SquareEnix. Addicted is owned by Simple Plan.

Chapter 5: The Love, the Memories, and the Assassin

I'm trying to forget that
I'm addicted to you
But I want it and I need it
I'm addicted to you

"-Rikku," said the petite girl, avoiding his eyes. Auron smirked and put his fist under her chin and lifted it to look at him. She had also closed her eyes and he had to grunt loudly so that she would open them. He was lost in her green, swirled, al bhedian eyes.

"No good?," she asked uncertainly.

Actually, quite the opposite my young girl, he thought to himself. "No," he said solemnly and turned to face Lulu,"" is Tidus in there with Yuna?"

Lulu nodded", but her mind was on the orange haired man behind Auron. He...he...it can't be..but...he looks so much like....Chappu!, she thought. Wakka smiled at her and then scratched his head. Oh my gods! He even smiles like him! No.....it can't be him. He's dead., she debated in her mind. Auron put his glasses on and propped himself against the wall across from the door of Yuna's room. Rikku eyed him over closer. A scar streaked across the top of his right eye and curved down over his jawbone. Oooch! That looks like it hurt! But somehow....why do i feel so....turned on!, she thought to herself. Auron saw her looking at him and licking her lips. Hmmmmmmm. She's quite an ambitious little woman. Maybe I could.....no. I can't. I-.

Suddenly he felt a small tap on his shoulder and he turned to see her standing to his side. "Um, I-I didn't get your name," Rikku tried to sound as natural as possible, but her shyness was showing.

Auron chuckled internally, She's cute. " It's Auron. Just Auron," he answered smoothly.

Rikku just couldn't contain the urge to just leap into his muscular arms and have him hold her. Pull it together girl! she thought to herself, just start talking.

"So,....how do you know Tidus?" she asked. it was a lame question, but if he just said more than 5 words at a time to her....

"We are in the same cabin," said Auron just as emotionless as his last answer.

Dammit! What is his problem!, she thought. "Umm, cool. Which one?" At least she could try to get his bunk.

Ohhh, she's smart too, Auron thought with a hint of satisfaction. "101, men's section," he said just as nonchalantly as always.

BOO YA!, thought Rikku, I know where his cabin is! Hehehehehehehehehe. "Oh, that's cool," was all she could say without bursting out in a squeal.

Then, Tidus walked out of the hospital room with Yuna holding on to his shoulder for support. The girls quickly rushed to her and began to obsess over her in a motherly fashion.

"Are you okay Yunie?"

"Did you break anything?"

"Will you be alright?"

"Yevon girls! I'm okay!," giggled Yuna.

"Yeah! She's a big girl now," said Tidus smiling.

"Not big enough for what you're thinking!," said Rikku in mock accusation.

Tidus turned bright red and shot," No I'm not!"

Lulu was suppressing a humongous wave of laughter while Yuna and Rikku were just letting it out. Even Auron was chuckling silently, and Wakka was just damn dying with laughter. At that moment, Lulu plunged into a memory from long ago. She was on the beach at Bevelle and a man with spikey red hair was next to her, laughing. He laughs like Chappu, she thought sadly, I have to talk to him.

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Rikku sat on her bed staring at the small picture depicting a beach scenery that hung on the wall. She was feeling very depressed, Yuna had left for her 6'o'clock with Tidus and Lulu had left to "run an important errand". Rikku was almost sure the "errand" involved the opposite sex. She sighed and flopped back on her bed, Will there ever be a man for me?

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Rikku groaned and called out," Go away!," in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry to here that," said a gruff voice from the other side of the door," I guess i'll just go."

Rikku moved faster than greased butter. She opened the door to find Auron in a black muscle shirt standing outside the door. She had to clamp her jaw shut so as to keep it from hanging. She could see almost every muscle on his chest and abdomen with distinct detail, and it was turning her on.

"That was the fastest mood swing I've ever seen," said Auron smugly.

Rikku cringed," Hehehe, well, I just wasn't expecting company....like you."

Damn! What the hell was that?, Rikku scolded herself, Now he thinks I'm desperate for him.

Auron smiled as he watched Rikku's face contort in inner conflict. "I'm glad you opened the door," he said softly and watched her face relax in comfort.

He reached out and touched her face with his hand and she enclosed her hand around his and pressed in. "Tet oui muja sa dra fyo E mujat oui frah E vencd cyf oui?," she spoke softly in her native language.

Auron caressed her face with his fingers," Vnus dra susahd E muugat ehdu ouin aoac so deho Rikku," he answered softly.

Tears began to flow down Rikku's face and wet her cheeks. "What's wrong Rikku?," asked Auron in a concerned voice as he brought her in an embrace.

"N,nothing. I'm just happy. I've never truly loved and.....I never thought I would," she sniffled into his shirt and the muscles that lay underneath it.

"Hajan cyo hajan," whispered Auron as he brought her chin up to his.

It was the first kiss for both of them. Ever.

Break:

Meanwhile, Tidus and Yuna were having their own first kiss, or kisses, in seats 245a and 245b of the top left part of the stadium. Lulu, however, was walking towards cabin 101 thinking about what she would say to the man who resembled her lost love so vividly. She walked up the porch steps and knocked on the door of the bunk. She heard a few footsteps and then the door opened. The man that stood there almost brought her to tears. Wakka stood at the door with his shirt off. His muscles gleamed with sweat from his afternoon workout and he seemed surprised to see a woman at the door. Without thinking Lulu burst out in tears, he just looked so much like Chappu. Wakka pulled her into an embrace and comforted her slowly," Shhhhhh, Lu. It's gonna be alright, ya?"

This made Lulu cry even harder, the scent of the sweat on his body and the way he was comforting her," Chappu," she whispered before she fainted.

Lulu woke to find herself on Wakka's bed with the blitzer standing over her staring. She felt the weight of a wet rag on her forehead and smiled," Thank you."

"Don't mention it, ya," he answered kindly, but Lulu could see that there was something else behind his eyes.

Then Wakka just let it out. "You, um, said 'Chappu' before you fainted. How do you know him?," he asked pleadingly.

Lulu's eyes opened wide in surprise. He knows him? "He was my fiancée before he, um, passed away," Lulu informed lamely.

Wakka smiled a wry smile and then said," I guess you'll want to know why I know him and look like him."

Lulu nodded. Wakka kept his wry smile as he said," He was my brother. When our parents died from an attack by Sin, he left. I only heard from him once, he did write about a beautiful woman of dark black hair and pale white skin. I guess he never told you about me."

Lulu's eyes weld with tears once more," No, no he didn't. He never said anything about a brother or family. Oh Wakka!"

She began to sob uncontrollably and Wakka picked her up and held her again. His eyes, his hair, the way he talks, the way he holds me. He's just like Chappu. She felt a tears fall on her cheek that wasn't hers. She looked up to see Wakka also crying. "I'm sorry Lu. I'm so sorry."

Break:

Kimahri crouched as he watched the man following Tidus and Yuna. The fact that the man was armed was enough to put the Ronso on high alert. The man had blonde hair, a black facemask, a black shirt, and jeans. Not much of an assassin, he thought, but still....... Tidus and Yuna were laughing and talking, completely oblivious of their 2 followers. Suddenly, the man was gone, but Kimahri sensed a violent change in the wind movement and sprung into immediate action, leaping straight over the couples' heads. He caught the man in mid-air and brought him down in the hedges to the left of the walkway. Tidus and Yuna walked on as if nothing had happened. Kimahri turned his attention to the man that lay sprawled out before him. "Unnnnnnnnnn. What the-"

Kimahri slammed his paw down just centimeters from his head. "What you do here?," he growled," Why you follow summoner armed?"

The man smiled and then coughed," Why are you?"

Kimahri growled," That classified information."

The man chuckled," Then so is mine."

Kimahri looked him straight in the eyes and shuddered. They were glowing neon green. The man took this opportunity to kick Kimahri in the gut with both his legs. He flew back a couple of feet and sprang up, but the man was gone.

Break:

All the cabins' computer screens turned on and Seymour's face appeared," Hello fighters! Tomorrow we switch to co-ed fighting. One on One matches that count for eliminatory rounds. Rules will be explained at briefing tomorrow. Ciao!"

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Preview of Chapter 6:

WOW! Rikku and Auron are getting pretty damn HOT! And will Lulu get over her heartbreak of Chappu and see that Wakka is the one? Or will Wakka feel bad about dating his dead brother's fiancée? Whatever the hell happens, get ready for co-ed matches. And what couple is going to heat up at the post round DANCE? Cha-cha-cha!

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Post Chapter Notes:

As you may have noticed, I have switched from one person perspective, to many at the same time. I believe this will be more effective for my story. Thank you for reading and reviewing! And forgive me if I suck at romance writing. I'm a guy.