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Chapter 5: Unknown friend

Rikku's eyes widened as found herself sitting on the ground leaning on a building that was so tall that you couldn't see the top. She stood up and almost lost her balance, but she quickly put her hand against the wall to brace herself. "Th-this isn't Spira!" A loud group of teens about her same age passed by, talking about some things that Rikku didn't even understand. As they walked by one of the boys spotted her. He separated himself from the large group and went over to her.

"Hey, what are you doing on the streets of Zanarkand alone," he asked?

Rikku shrugged, Zanarkand? That's in ruins, I can't be in Zanarkand! "I don't know, some thing happened and I kind of just appeared here," she said looking down at the ground slightly embarrassed at how stupid that answer sounded. She looked back up at the boy, he had light brown hair, green eyes, and a pretty strong build. "Where are all of you and your friends going?"

A grin spread across his lips. "There's this old friend of ours who disappeared a wail ago, but some how he just kind of reappeared. We're going to see him," he answered. "Come on, you can come with us," he grabbed her hand and started running down the street to catch up with the groupe.

They all stopped at an apartment with the door wide open. One person went up and knocked on the door. When Rikku saw some one approaching but couldn't tell who because all of the sudden he was covered in a dog pile. She giggled at this. This friend of there's must really be some thing, she thought to herself.

As the night raged on in the house Rikku tried to see the person that had disappeared a wail ago but some how some thing happened every time she was about to, like: some one pulled her aside because they wanted to talk or a boy wanted to flirt, her friend from earlier wanted her to get some thing to eat, some one wanted her to jump on the couches with them, she tripped, she knocked some thing over, some one ran in to her, the large group wouldn't move away from him in time for her to see, and the list goes on.

Finally she gave up and went to a couch that wasn't being jumped on and sat down. Out of her pocket she pulled the machina that she had been working on earlier. She examined it then let out a sigh and tossed it away on to the ground. I still need to find the others and Tidus now. Where did he go? She wondered.

Finally every one started to leave, but right when Rikku was going to be able to see this friend of theirs she was pulled out the door by the brown headed friend she met earlier. "You can stay at my house for tonight if you don't have any where else to go," he said but she seemed preoccupied.

She looked at him and nodded, "Okay! I don't know your name do I? I'm Rikku!" She grinned.

"Th' names Criht," he said smiling. He led her back to his house where she could stay the night.

As the warm glow of the sun touched Tidus' face he started to wake up. Sighing he turned over in bed but then realized that he wasn't in bed like he presumed. He pushed himself off of the floor. Some how he had gotten his blankets tangled up around him at night. The warrior couldn't help but grin but then it soon faded. He worked to untangle himself from the blanket. When he finally had that rather frustrating task he stood up and stretched his arms wail yawning.

He had to find the others, no more stalling. Tidus left with out eating breakfast out on to the streets. It was funny because the streets are more lively at night then they are in the day. He walked down the street with little luck of just seeing one of his companions. "They're probably not even in Zanarkand!"

He came to the blitz ball stadium. But if they were this is where Wakka would be. He walked in to the empty stadium. Each foot step echoed making a rather calming sound. Tidus hadn't realized how much he missed this place. When he came here it felt almost as if all of his troubles didn't matter any more.

Some thing caught his eye. There was some body standing at the other side opposite of Tidus of the stadium. There was no mistaking the yellow pants, and orange hair. The blitz star quickly ran over to his friend. "Wakka!"

"Hey! So, this is your Zanarkand, eh," Wakka asked turning to him. The blond nodded.

Tidus asked, "How'd you end up here?"

Wakka shrugged, "Don't know. We were fighting Sin and I thought we were all done for but I was knocked out. When I woke up I was here." He grinned, "I'm happy to see ya, man."

"Do you know where any of the others are?"

Wakka shook his head, "no, I havn't seen 'em."

Tidus let out a sigh, "Well let's get back to my house and we can come up with a plan or some thing." The two walked out of the stadium and started for the apartment.

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