Final Fantasy X-2: ROAD TRIP!

By Silver Demon Slayer

SDS: Hey ya'll:-)

Tidus: Okie dokie, if you reviewed uh…you get an FFX-2 character and get to a concert of your choice with your character!

Paine3: I bought a Weezer shirt and my science teacher looked at me and was like, "That was a good show, huh" and I was like "errr…sure?" maybe your teacher and my teacher are friends! (gasp) my teacher doesn't act like the other teachers too! He threatens us with bats and throws chairs at us! (seriously. He's still my fav teacher lol) anyway, I hate algebra too. Gah. My class is learning too slow! Lol Baralai's such a cutie:-) except for SOME reason he seems to pmsing rite now (glare at baralai) anyway glad u r enjoy ur time with Baralai and paine! Here, have some tickets. Lol. (hands 3 concert tickets to Paine3) thanks for reviewing:-)

asga: hehe, ain't wakka a cutie! Awww :-) lol. Thank you for reviewing for every chapter! You're so nice! Lol. You get… WAKKA and 2 concert tickets! Have fun!

PainetheSamurai: heheheh threw ya off, didn't I! lol. That was kinda my plan! YAYY! Lol. And thank you for the wonderful and beautiful comments! It made me cry! Lol. Thanks for reviewing! U get Nooj and 2 concert tickets to a rap concert…lol! Have fun!

Z Star the Hidden Dragon: I also love your reviews! They're so long and pretty:-) lol. Aww I missed you too! And all of my lovely reviewers! Yes…the eye twitch is a rather traumatic event to which no one should have to experience. (Tidus: Yeah, he scarred SDS for life.) (twitch) (twitch) (waves) Bye bye Barthello! …Oh wait, he just comes back to me. (shakes head) Anywho, thank you for reviewing! Hehe. You get 2 concert tickets for you and Shinra to go to any concert of your choice!

Paine jnr: Wait a minute…I HAVE read one of your stories! I just checked out your profile and I didn't know you were the author of Luca Combat Training School! I love that story! I swore I reviewed for it! And I am waiting for SOMEONE to update it so I can read more of it a love it! Lol. And actually, your brothers' comment were perfect timing! I was planning to have a dog or two meet Rikku and the gang in the new chapter. Would you mind if I used your dogs names? And thank you for reviewing my story! Now, update yours! Lol. You get 2 concert tickets for you and Shuyin! Have funnn!

Al bhed Princess: (sigh) I love moogles. How sweet! Lulu and Wakka…awww! And here comes little vidina! Lol. Thank you for the BEAUTIFUL comment! You get Gippal and 2 concert tickets to a concert of your choice!

gothmaniac: NOOOO! (tearful) DON'T TAKE MY TIDIE WIDIE AND MY GIPPY WIPPY FROM ME! (sobs) (Tidus: Oh please! PLEASE TAKE US AWAY! WE'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER! HELPPPP!) (smacks Tidus up the head) ANYHOO, here is another chappie! Hope you enjoy! You get 2 concert tickets for you and paine!

Super Kawaii Lamb: haha, when you're the reader you wanna stab cliffies, but when you're the author, cliffies are your only friends! Lol. (Tidus: W…What about me?) …oops. (cough) uh, anyway, lol. I used to think Gippal then Baralai, but Baralai's so frickin kawaii! Lol. Anyway, you get 2 concert tickets for you and Shuyin! Thanks for reviewing!

Dry Tears: Did I ever tell you that I ADORE your screen name? well, I do! Haha. Thank you for the sweet comment! You get Yuna and 2 concert tickets!

amayla05: who DOESN'T love Gippal and Rikku together:-) the 'tease the girl you like thing' is so cute to watch! Lol. Thank you for the review! You get Rikku and 2 concert tickets!

atcw1210: can I ask you something? What does the 'atcw' part stand for? Is it one of those riddles things? Or am I just stupid? Lol. Thanks for the review! Yeah, about 1 million other girls would agree with you, haha. I prefer Baralai, I dunno why. He's such a cutie! Lol. You and Gippal get 2 concert tickets!

kingleby: LOL! His small little hands! XD I get what you're talking about, lol! By the way, I just finished reading the last chapter of 'Words Left Unspoken' and I was gonna review it, but I saw you already reviewed this story so I decided to give you my review here! Lol. IT WAS SO FRICKING CUTE! You are an awesome writer, dude. The tragic love of Gippal and Rikku… (sniff) grr…bad Cameo! Well, bad Cameo's body! Cause Gippal and Rikku so much pain! Oh well. There's gonna be a sequel to that.. (stares) RIGHT? Oh, and Shelinda makes me wanna punch a wall. Argh. Lol. Well thank you for reviewing! You get Tidus and 2 concert tickets!

The Red Vixen and Memoru: Why thank you:-) so sweet! Thanks for reviewing! You get Lulu and 2 concert tickets!

LenneAndShuyin4Ever: oh, why thank you! Lol. I think Shuyin's hotter then Tidus too, he seems more manly, like you said. Anyway, for your screen name you get to go with Lenne and Shuyin to any concert of your choice! (gives 3 tickets) enjoy!

BGwildRose: Hey, I like Baralai! Lol. Iono, he's just got this appearance that radiates, 'CUTIE!' lol. And yes, I think Gippal is better with the eyepatch too, but (shrugs). Lol. Thanks for reviewing! You get to go with Brother to a concert! Ack… have fun, lol.

Raven Personality/ TidusandShuyinaretyteyo: hahaha…I like your second pen name :-P lol. Thanks for the prize ideas, I'll use them in the next chapter…I'm running out of prizes anyway, haha. …You reviewed A LOT, lol! Appreciated! Ugh, 8th grade is taking up too much of my time. Can't I just become a hobo and quit? Yeesh. Lol. Thnks for reviewing! You get to go with Lulu and Paine to a concert! Lol, you're probably gonna end up going to like, an AX7 concert. But that's not bad. I love them. Synyster Gates is a sexy beast. Heheh.

Hello-blondie: Your pen name is cute! Haha. Thank you! That part was one of my favorites too, but I think my actual favorite was during the "eyebrow twitch" and Brother declares something among the lines of, "Save everything precious! I shall save myself!" and dives behind a couch. Haha. You get to go with Tidus and Brother to a concert! Have fun!

angel-yuripa: yay foo fighters and weezer! Foo Fighters were the FUNNIEST friggin band EVER! The lead singer almost made me piss my pants laughing! And they were AMAZING, too. They had so much energy! Weezer was SO good, but they didn't really talk a lot. They needed to talk to the audience more, but I really loved their songs. "Beverly Hills" wasn't too good, but "Perfect Situation" was awesome. Singing, ohhh oh…ohhh oh….ohhh oh… wow, there I go babbling again. Anyway thank you for reviewing! You get to go to a concert with Wakka! Have fun!

Marinanthe: I think you're right, Gippal in my opinion is the hottest. In my opinion, Baralai is still a cutie. :-) Thank you for reviewing! You get to go with Gippal to a concert!

Hey, does anyone watch America's Next Top Model? Or am I the only one? Ack. Well, if you DO watch it, doesn't Baralai remind you of Jay? Not Miss J, but Jay Manuel.

By the way, if you guys wanna contact me or leave me a message personally, you can AIM me at Messengergirl04.

CHAPTER 16:

Rikku stared at the large van in front of her. "Wow…this car is totally…"

"The absolute ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life. Aside from Tidus." Gippal finished, walking towards their rented van to take to Cid's place. Tidus and Yuna glared at his retreating back.

"Well…at least it's…um…roomy?" Yuna asked, hope heard in her voice.

Shuyin was the first to approach it as he slid the door open. His eyes lit up. "Damn!"

"What's up?" Baralai asked as he approached the ugly beat up robin's egg blue colored van. He looked inside and grinned. "It's REAL roomy. And the seats are nice, dude…" he blinked, his mouth opened wide. "Holy…they have TV screen on the back of the heads!" he pointed excitedly to each of the heads of the seats.

"Ugly on the outside, but hot on the inside…" Tidus analyzed before chuckling.

"Please note that Wakka and the others left half an hour ago…" Paine reminded them as she climbed into the van.

"Right." Baralai nodded as he began to load the luggage into the van's trunk.

"This is going to be so fun!" squealed Lenne.

((WAKKA'S CAR))

"I hate you Lulu." Smiled Leblanc.

Lulu chuckled as Wakka laid a hand over hers, his other steering the wheel.

"Don't get distracted, Wakka." Warned Lulu, looking ahead at the road.

His response was far from what Lulu thought it would be. Instead of blushing and mumbling a, 'Sorry, ya?', he turned his head and locked his gaze with hers and pushed his foot down on the gas pedal. The car accelerated to a speed Lulu had not even known existed. He continued to hold her gaze without looking forward and pressing his foot down on the gas pedal. Once they reached a red light, he kept her gaze but slowly pressed down on the break pedal. He smirked and Lulu couldn't help but turn a slight red as he broke their gaze.

(That was so…daring…so unlike Wakka, so dangerous…) she smiled to herself as Wakka continued to drive. (So…hot.) she wanted to smack herself. (Turning into a love sick puppy…but that's okay, for now.) she smirked to herself before blinking wildly as a light blinded her.

(Oh…yeah…) she blinked again as she looked down to her hand. (I forgot. From now on, I really don't have a choice.) she chuckled as she smiled at the glimmering rock on her hand.

((SHUYIN'S CAR, 10 MINUTES LATER))

"HEY MAN, LOOK AT ME ROCKIN' OUT! I'M ON THE RADIOOOOOOOOOOO!" sang Tidus and Shuyin, bobbing their heads. Tidus was sillier, seeing as Shuyin was driving.

"HEY MAN, LOOK AT ME ROCKIN' OUT! I'M ON THE VIDEOOOOOOOO!" they sang once again. "WITH DANNYYYY AND LISAAAAA!" they called loudly, singing to System of a Down's "Radio/Video".

Baralai and Gippal exchanged glances as they began to sing. "They take me away from…the strangest place I…sweet Danny and Lisa…they take me away from…" here, they began to sing as hot as the hottest singer with a hot voice. "Ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhhh…"

Rikku got hearts in her eyes as she stared lovingly at her boyfriend.

"LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!" Shuyin and Tidus began to sing once again.

"Yeah, um, you guys aren't too good." Paine told Shuyin and Tidus, laughing.

They merely stuck their tongues out at her.

Half an hour later, Shuyin was still driving but was talking to Lenne, who sat across from him.

"Yeah, but Baralai and Paine are like the couple no one ever knew would get together…" Lenne started but Shuyin laughed.

"Are you serious? Everyone knew they would get together, Lenne, EVERYONE!"

The two were arguing over which couple on the trip, other then themselves, were the cutest.

Meanwhile, Tidus was leaning on Yuna's shoulder, both asleep.

Gippal and Baralai were talking about football and Rikku and Paine were arguing.

"The muffin man isn't a muffin, Rikku!"

"He so is! Hello, Paine? Do you know the MUFFIN man? Note the word muffin!"

"But it is not implying that he is an actual muffin!"

"Okay, so speaking hypothetically, let's say he isn't a muffin. Then what is he?"

"A man who makes muffins!"

Rikku paused. (Damn. I think she's right.) "Err…well…MONKEY!" and with that, she crossed her arms.

Paine squinted at her before raising a thin eyebrow. "Monkey? What the hell?"

"Yeah! See? When you're at a loss for words, just say monkey and it confuses your opponent!" (I actually do this, lol.)

"Rikku."

"Hm?"

"That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard."

"Hmph."

After a few moments of silence, Tidus began to stir, waking Yuna along with him.

"Hey beautiful." Tidus smiled at her, lifting his hand to touch Yuna' s hair. He stroked it lovingly as she blushed a light pink.

"Hey handsome."

Tidus laughed and put an arm around her. "Just think, Yuna! We'll have two beautiful kids!" at this point, he made a motion with his arm as he pointed to the sun set ahead of them. "Named Yidus and…" at this point he frowned.

"And…" she blinked. "Tuna…?"

The two exchanged looks before giggling.

Baralai blinked. "Paine," he turned to his seat to face the girl whose legs were lying on top of his own. She blinked, lowering her book. "Hm?"

"If we were to have children, their names would be Baine and Paralai."

"Or, you could name it Paraguy!" chirped Tidus, the conversation starting to pick up speed.

"Ooh, like those ugly little guys with red hoods in Mario games?" chided in Rikku.

"Are you implying our children will be ugly?" Baralai glared at her.

"If Lenne and I have kids they'll be called…" Shuyin squinted an eye.

"Luyin and Shenne." Lenne giggled.

"Luyin sounds like a cool name for a boy or a girl." Rikku pointed out.

"If Rixie and I have a baby, it'll be named Rippal or Gikku." Gippal blinked.

"No offense Gippal, but I don't like our baby names."

"SWEET DANNY AND LISA!" began Tidus once again and the others groaned.

((1O MINUTES LATER))

"CID'S GIRL'S HOUSEEEE! CID'S GIRL'S HOUSEEEE! HERE WE COMEEEEEEE!" sang Gippal and Baralai stared at him.

"That's like the 5th time you guys have sung that this week."

Ignoring him, Gippal continued, "We've been on the run! Driving in the sun! Looking out for number 1! Cid's girl's house, here we come! Better make us some roooommm! Oh, Cid, go grab your gun! Cid's girl and I will have some fun!" here, he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and Rikku punched him in the arm. "And we'll even make you a hot grandson! Cid's girl's house, here we come! This is where Rikku and I will have some mad, hot, sexy, wild…"

Rikku, who turned absolutely bright pink, punched him harder. "GIPPAL!"

"…cow disease!" he finished, wincing in pain as he nursed his bruise. He glared at her. "You ruined my perfect skin!"

"Gippy, please." Rikku snorted. "Only thing ruined is your ego."

"That hurt, baby love." Gippal sniffled.

Rikku rolled her eyes. "Want me to kiss your boo boo?"

Gippal's smirk came once again. "I have many boo boos in many places darling."

Rikku punched him in the arm in the same spot.

"Ow! Damn! Jeez!" He stared at her. "I WAS JUST KIDDING!"

"Whatever Gippal."

"Oh, now it's Gippal, huh?" Shuyin blinked. "What happened to 'Gippy'?"

"Oh! I get it! It's Gippal outside and it's 'Sex God' in the bedroom, right?" teased Tidus.

Rikku glared. "Actually, it's called 'I'm going to shove a light bulb up your…"

"Don't even, Rikku, he'd probably enjoy it." Laughed Baralai.

"Actually Tidus, it's not 'Sex God'. It's 'Oh Gippal pleases me so that me gets me all hot and bothered when I see him'." Gippal joined in on the teasing.

Rikku paused before punching him twice in the same spot.

"Ow! Ow! Fine! I'll stop! Yeesh." Gippal frowned.

Her frown was replaced with a bright smile. "POPS!" she squealed in delight as the van came to a halt in front of a large mansion. Lulu's car was parked to the side of their van.

The sun glinted off the bald head of Rikku's father as he grinned at his energetic daughter. She squealed more as she quickly jumped out of the van and towards her father.

"Hey kid!" he laughed heartily as she came to a stop in front of him and waved. "What? Not even a hug? And it's been how many years?"

Rikku giggled as she shyly hugged her father. So many emotions were rushing through her. She felt at peace, she felt hyper, she felt…at home.

"I can't believe I've got a kid this beautiful!" Cid joked, shaking his head and laughing.

Rikku gave him thumbs up with a wink.

"Hey guys, come out already!" she whined to the others in the car. Yuna was the first to emerge from the van and she grinned as she ran over to Cid.

"Hey Uncle Cid!"

"My girl! It's been too long!" he hugged his niece tightly before grinning. "You enjoyin' yerself on this here road trip?"

"You bet!"

"Hey Cid!" Tidus followed Yuna, waving his hand. A huge grin appeared on Cid's face.

"Tedus! My boy!"

Tidus looked heartbroken as Rikku giggled. "Vydran, it's Tidus."

"Oh, uh…yeah…" (Well, this isn't awkward…) "it's good to see you again, Tidus!"

Tidus grinned once again as he shook hands with the older man.

"You're lookin' good, boy! Haven't seen you since you were 4. Ya know, yer dad and I were gonna arrange a marriage between you and Rikku here." Cid grinned.

Yuna turned the slightest red while Tidus and Rikku shifted uncomfortably, both pink in the faces. "Vydran…!" warned Rikku.

"Heyyyyy Cid!" a familiar voice greeted and Cid shifted to his side to come face to face with the one and only Gippal.

"Gippal!" laughed Cid as he slapped Gippal on the back. "You look fantastic! Look like your mom, you do."

"That's what everyone always says." Smiled Gippal. "And you're not looking too shabby yourself, Cid."

"Rikku?" a voice asked from behind Cid, as Brother exited the mansion.

"Brother!" Rikku giggled as she flung her arms around her sibling's neck. "Hey!"

Brother could only make gagging sounds, as Rikku's grasp was rather tight around his neck, but smiled none the less.

"Hello, Neggi."

Rikku glared at him as she whispered to him, "RIKKU. Neggi is only in front of sophisticated and elegant friends of Vydran." She warned and he nodded, slowly processing her words.

Shuyin grinned as he saluted Brother. "Hey man."

Brother laughed heartily as his sister let go of him and he greeted his old friend. "Hello, Shuyin."

"Um…you gonna introduce us?" Wakka's small voice inquired.

((25 minutes later, inside Rikku's house in Rikku's room. After the introductions are made.))

"This is a HUGE ROOM!" Lenne seethed, envy obvious in her voice.

"I was barely ever in it." Rikku laughed.

"Okay, so, in here, it'll be us 8 and Wakka and the others in the guest room across the hall?"

"Mmm hmm."

"Damn, I wish my HOUSE was as big as this room…" mumbled Tidus.

Rikku giggled as Cid popped his head through the open door. "Hey kid, there's a festival tonight in a certain someone's honor." He wiggled his eyebrows. "Dress nice and bring your friends. It's gonna start soon. Hurry up and meet me downstairs." And with that, he closed the door.

"Whoo-hoo! Party! Lenne, run across the hall and tell Leblanc and the others! Tell Leblanc and Lulu to come over here and change and send the guys over here! We'll all meet in the parlor when we're done. Whoo-hoo!" Rikku repeated, pumping her fist in the air.

"Can't we stay here and watch you guys change?" whined Gippal, but that earned him a smack from Rikku. He mumbled as the guys shuffled out the door along with Lenne.

A minute later, Lulu and Leblanc appeared in the door with the chestnut haired dancer.

"Alright, do you guys need dresses to pick from or do you have dresses?"

Everyone had brought their own dresses and mayhem commenced in the room of Rikku as the girls hurried to look perfect for their boyfriends and…fiancé.

((MEANWHILE, IN THE BOYS' ROOM.))

Tidus lazily threw a small bouncy ball against the wall and caught it before continuing the process.

Gippal was staring at a picture of Rikku.

Shuyin was downstairs, already dressed and speaking with Brother.

Nooj was listening to a rap song.

Wakka was gelling his hair, already dressed.

Baralai, already dressed, stared at his friends. "Uh, shouldn't you guys be changing?" he asked, smoothing out any wrinkles in his white polo.

No one seemed to be listening. He glared at them. "Tidus, Yuna wants you to change into something casual but dressy for tonight's festival. She says she might even throw in some makeout sessions if you do. Maybe you can get past 1st."

This caught the blonde's attention. He turned his head the minute Baralai said "Yuna" and got hit by the bouncy ball in the face. He scrambled to his feet and rushed to the bathroom. In less then a minute, he came out looking very presentable and, dare I say, hot.

Now it was Gippal's turn. "Gippal. Rikku wants you to change into what you wore that night you proposed to her. Or else she'll have Brother come after you." That was enough. Gippal bolted to the bathroom and came out in less then a minute.

"Nooj. Go get changed or I'll kick your ass."

Nooj glared at him as he stood up and struck a pose. "You wanna mess!"

Baralai rolled his eyes. "Get your ass in the bathroom."

Nooj glared at him once more before going to change. It took him 10 minutes before he came outside.

((DOWNSTAIRS, PARLOR.))

Rikku checked her watch impatiently as she flattened her emerald green sundress, showing her tiny waist. The rest wore the same types of dress, but in different colors.

Yuna sighed as she looked over her teal dress.

Leblanc threw her hands in the air. "For heaven sake, they're lost!" she declared, her pink dress twirling about.

"Lost in a house?" Paine inquired, rolling her eyes. She and Lulu both wore black dresses.

Lenne paused. "Well, Rikku's house is rather…huge." She stated, looking in the mirror as she smoothed out any wrinkles in her dark blue dress.

5 minutes later, the men stumbled down the stairs.

((10 MINUTES LATER, AT THE BEACH))

Cid was whisked away the minute he had stepped out of the car along with Brother.

The music was upbeat, the people were friendly and the atmosphere was very amiable, but Lulu felt a nervous feeling take over her body. She glanced over at her soon-to-be-husband, who was talking and laughing with the boys.

(What if I ruin his life by telling him?)

Guilt wrecked her heart as her gaze turned to Rikku, who bounced over to her friend.

"Hey Lulu! The men are going to go have their beers and have their…manly talk, so we will go drink our…stuff and have our girly talk!" she flashed a pearly white smile.

Lulu couldn't help but smile back. (She stays so optimistic, even when she's hurting inside. I really admire her for that. And her smile is contagious.)

"Alright." Lulu grinned as her blonde friend lead her over to a campfire on the hot sandy beach, which was all the way on the right side of the beach. The men were seen gathered around their own campfire, but on the left side of the beach.

"So, Wakka…bachelor party?" Gippal wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. "We could get Rikku as the stripper."

Tidus let out a snort. "As if she'd strip for us! She probably wouldn't even strip for YOU, Gippal!"

Gippal smirked, "Oh, Tedus, if you only knew."

Baralai rolled his eyes. "Okay, off the subject of Rikku stripping…"

Wakka shrugged his shoulders in response to Gippal's question. "Nah. Don't need a stripper, ya? Plus, I wouldn't want Lu to feel isolated or nothin'."

"That's sweet, man." Gippal patted his friend on the shoulder, "Sappy, but sweet."

(Heh, like you're any better, Gippal.) The blonde Al Bhed taunted to himself as he secretly gazed out of the corner of his left eye to look over at his beautiful girlfriend.

Rikku felt eyes on her as she spoke excitedly to her friends, but shook it off. She sipped her strawberry banana drink and her gaze switched to Lulu as the older woman cleared her throat.

"I um…I have something to say…" Lulu said slowly and carefully.

(What could it be?) The 5 other girls thought in unison.

"Uh…I think…I might be…um…" Lulu smiled shyly and nervously. "I uh, I think I'm pregnant."

Lenne let out an excited squeal. "NO WAY!"

Rikku giggled and hugged her friend tightly. "WHOO HOO!"

Yuna also threw her arms around her friend. "That's great, Lulu! I'm so happy for you- Congrats!"

Leblanc paused. "…Sweetie, you know that to be pregnant, you have to had sex with someone, right?"

Lulu glared at her.

Paine chuckled. "Ignore her, Lulu. I'm happy for you."

Rikku was also the first to stop cheering. "Wait…you and Wakka…did the nasty?"

The 5 girls looked at her in disgust and she rolled her eyes as she laughed. "Knock it off. Your parents had sex, get over it."

Leblanc smiled, "Oh no, my parents don't have sex. Never had, never will."

Rikku stared at her. "Leblanc, you have 2 brothers and 5 sisters."

Leblanc scowled at her friend. "I said, my parents don't have sex." The women all giggled at this and began to chat excitedly about Lulu.

"Since how long?"

"A month…"

"Do you want it to be a boy or a girl!"

"I'd want a girl, but I would enjoy a boy as well."

"WHEN did this happen?"

"NONE of your business."

"What are you gonna name it?"

"I am not sure yet…"

"What did Wakka do when he found out!"

"He doesn't know."

"WHAT!"

Yuna looked at her friend worriedly. "Lu…he IS the father, right?"

Lulu nodded. "Yes, but I haven't told him yet." She said softly, shaking her head. "I don't want to ruin his life…you know?"

Rikku frowned and placed an arm around her friend's shoulder. "Nonsense, Lu! Wakka will be ecstatic when he finds out!"

Lulu faintly smiled at her friend's energy but the smiled quickly vanished as a deep voice behind her questioned,

"And what will Wakka be ecstatic about when he finds out…?"

((END CHAPTER 16))

Wow that was crappy. This is the second to last chapter of Road Trip! I can't believe I've been doing this story for so long! I love you guys and thanks for reviewing!