Cursed

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Story Summary: She's known everywhere! There is no privacy in her life, wherever she goes…Everyone follows. This is the story of Yuna's cursed life…The life of a teenage singing sensation who is desperately trying to find her sense of belonging.

Chapter Summary: A chocobo catastrophe is well on its way as a new special assignment/school field trip is setting off. What's with the new girl they meet along the way?

Chapter Five:

" I am not scooping chocobo poop!" Wailed Dona and she flailed her arms in an exasperated manner. The teacher, Mrs. Rimiden merely gave her a stern look and continued explaining to the senior students about this assignment. " Mrs. Rimiden, you've got to be joking…I mean…I just got my nails done and were leaving next week?"

" Dona, I had told everyone ahead of time about this assignment, a couple weeks back to be exact. Now sit down and keep your mouth shut, you should be begging to go on this trip to earn more credits because you know how your marks have recently been!" Mrs. Rimiden replied in an annoyed voice. " If you fail to cooperate Dona, then you fail my class and believe me…neither of us want to be stuck with each other for another year."

Dona became infuriated as she heard Mrs. Rimiden say that and huffed in distaste before shutting up.

" Now as I was saying before I was interrupted…you all will be split up into groups, whom you may chose, and will be helping out different chocobo owners and breeders. Depending on which kind of chocobo facility I assign you to will determine how laborious the work will be. This is part of your Physical Education marks and is part of your Community Service hours. You will be there for about a week…any questions?" Mrs. Rimiden asked in an exasperated voice.

Yuna slowly raised her hand up, a small smile split across Mrs. Rimiden's face. " Yes Yuna?" She asked in a sing-song and cheery voice.

" Um, which facility am I in?" Yuna asked uncertainly. Although she didn't like the idea of scooping chocobo poop, she loved chocobos…they were cute, and their feathers were so soft and downy.

Mrs. Rimiden smiled again. " Yuna, I must have your group first before I tell you which facility it is. Choose."

Yuna thought for a moment, looking at the ecstatic Rikku as she tried to grab Yuna's attention by waving her arms frantically. Yuna thought I moment more, earning a snide look from Dona in the process but thinking nothing of it.

" Myself, Rikku, Gippal and Tidus." Yuna announced. Tidus flashed a charming and boyish grin while Rikku sighed in relief. Gippal blinked, or possibly winked. Yuna couldn't tell since he wore that inferior eye-patch all the time. Mrs. Rimiden nodded in response to Yuna's choices and said.

" You are assigned to Clasko's chocobo facility…I can't tell you what genre it falls under…it would ruin the surprise." Mrs. Rimiden replied, that glimmer in her eyes were bright, signifying that this wouldn't be a piece of cake.

-One Week Later: At Clasko's Chocobo Ranch-

Clasko had a large spread of land for his chocobos and every inch of it was covered in wonderful luscious green grass and foliage. It was quite pretty here and the birds were wonderful to watch charge in their fields. Only moments after arriving at Clasko's Chocobo Ranch, he had asked them to assemble in the stables. Willingly, Yuna obliged but Rikku seemed to be having some issues with the stench portraying from the stalls.

" Oh Yunie, this place is stinky!" Rikku complained as they all walked through the path between each side of the stalls that some of the chocobos were standing in. Sure enough, Claska appeared like he promised and began to lecture them about how wonderful chocobos really were and how they were poetry in motion. " This guy is whacked!"

Yuna could hear Tidus and Gippal laughing at Rikku's comment, but being courteous and polite, she listened to Clasko without any snide remarks.

" Chocobos are beautiful creatures, you never get more of a thrill from being on a chocobo!" Claska said passionately, making Yuna smile in amusement. He continued. " Anyways, my ranch is an all-round ranch, meaning that it includes breeding chocobos, training chocobos, racing chocobos, catching chocobos and caring for chocobos. All of you will be doing everything…you are after all, here for a month! " Clasko exclaimed giddily. Yuna could see Rikku cringe but she didn't say anything.

" For your first day here, I'm going to have some ranch hands teach you how to ride a chocobo…fiends are spread through the area though so I advise everyone to take caution." Clasko said, then he scurried off to tend to a large yellow bird in one of the stalls.

" Lady Yuna?" A strangely familiar voice called from behind them. Yuna turned around to see none other than Ben, the bouncer from 'The Red Moogle'. " Do you remember me?"

Yuna smiled and nodded sincerely. " Of course I do Ben, but what are you doing here?" She asked as she gazed at the handsome Al Bhed man with question in her expression. Ben scratched the back of his head.

" Well it's another one of my part-time jobs…you know, it pays the bills. " He replied with a shrug of his shoulders. " So I'm assuming that you all are the ones that I need to teach how to ride a chocobo…jittery creatures the lot of 'em are!" He finished with a shake of his head.

Yuna nodded again and offered another smile, she couldn't see Tidus scowl in displeasure at her acquaintance to the Al Bhed man. Ben lead them outside into a large fenced in area were four beautiful yellow birds stood casually cleaning their feathers. She could hear Rikku squeak at their size and giggled lightly. They were rather large.

" Now these chocobos are dead broke, totally secure and bomb-proof…but it's important that you stay alert while riding all the time, just in case something does spook them." Ben explained as he led one of the yellow birds over to Rikku. She jumped back and shook her head, her crazily braided hair bounced wildly as she did so.

" Come on Cid's Girl, quit being such a chicken!" Gippal cried and shoved her forward gently towards Ben and the chocobo. Rikku gulped and clambered onto the large yellow birds' back with much difficulty and gathered the reins in her hands. After Ben had told her the instructions of how to get going, Rikku nervously urged her chocobo forward. The chocobo set off at an easy, smooth trotting pace…nothing at all close to the speed the racing ones had when you watched them on the television.

" Hey, this is fun!" Rikku squealed in delight as her chocobo continued to easily trot around the closed in field. She was blooming with confidence now and urged her chocobo a little faster, laughing joyously when she got a response of more speed.

" Alright then Yuna, lets get you up on old Bert." Ben said and held Yuna's chocobo still as she climbed on board his silky back. The chocobo or 'Bert' as they called him was quite gentle and obedient. Yuna was thankful they had started her on such a nice chocobo. She urged Bert forward and soon caught up with Rikku. Bert's stride was a little more bouncy than Rikku's chocobo…he strutted a little more. Sure enough, Yuna's confidence had risen and she was going much faster. Bert was a great chocobo!

" Ah Yunie, not so fast…Cocoa wants to catch up when you're ahead of us!" Rikku screeched in surprise as Yuna sped by them with amazing speed. Yuna laughed in obvious enjoyment, easily sitting upon the massive creatures back as he tore across the field. Tidus and Gippal were still getting the hang of turning and stopping their chocobos. It seemed Yuna had the real talent for riding them.

After a while of riding Bert, Yuna decided to stop riding the chocobo. Ben showed her how to care for him afterwards, how to brush his feathers with a soft bristle brush and how to dip a cloth in water to rub over him to get rid of sweat that could cause him irritation later. Yuna did all of this, then put Bert in a stall for the night and gave him some greens to munch on. Meanwhile, Rikku was still fumbling with opening the stall and holding onto her chocobo at the same time.

" Need some help Rikku?" Yuna asked with a smile on her lips. Rikku nodded and Yuna went over to open the stall door for her. Rikku put the chocobo in for the night and rubbed her sore bottom. She complained that there should be cushions fastened to the chocobos' backs to ensure that no aftermath would happen.

" Today was just fun and games, tomorrow the real magic of these beautiful creatures begins!" Claska exclaimed excitedly as she ushered the students into a bunkhouse. Somehow during their walk there, Tidus' arm had snaked around Yuna's waist and he was delighted that she didn't pull away either. She had tensed, like she had in the pool that day…but didn't make to move away. It was a real boost on Tidus' ego!

He chuckled to himself lightly. ' Soon Yuna, soon' He thought.

AUTHORS' NOTE: I am really sorry for the wait and the shortness of this chapter…I've been reading a lot of fanfictions too do it's really hard to find time for writing. Not to mention I'm working on a Star Wars fiction right now as well. Anyways…If you have any superior knowledge of Star Wars please contact me…I think I could use a Beta for the fic I'm creating!

A SPECIAL thanks to all my patient reviewers!