Chapter IV: Guadosalam
Hey, sorry it took so long, but I hit a writers block, I've got plans for the Thunder Plains and Macalania, but I have no plans whatsoever for Guadosalam...ah whatever, I'll make it up as I go. Anyhoo, I still only own Heiei, sadly...whatever, ONWARD!
(Heiei's PoV)
"Ug..." I shakily sat up and looked around, "Wha...what...happened...where am I..." I looked around, I was on a riverbank, as I stood up, it all came back to me, the battle, Tidus and Wakka beating the shit out of the Extractor, meeting Rikku...wait...where was Rikku?
I quickly stripped off the wetsuit she had given me to wear, but I kept the goggles around my neck, I had a feeling they might be useful. I then looked around again, as I did, I caught sight of a person running up to me from the direction of the Shoopuf docks, and an unconscious person a little to my left. I was about to just ignore the runner and head over to the unconscious person, which I was pretty sure was Rikku, when the runner yelled out to me.
"Heiei!" The person yelled out, the voice was very familiar, "Heiei! Where were you?" The person finally got up close to me and bent down, putting his hands on his knees and panting
"Hey Tidus, sorry about that." I said, "I was helping someone..." I paused... "Ah, crap, I forgot to wake her up!"
I ran over to Rikku's unconscious body with Tidus following me, I knelt down beside her and was about to shake her awake, when she came to.
She stood up shakily, unzipped her wetsuit and stripped it off, I looked at Tidus, he was staring at her like she was stripping or something, she smiled as her headgear fell to the ground, revealing her regular clothing, Tidus just stared at her for a second, "...Rikku! You're Rikku! How were you!"
"Terrible..." She moaned
"What? Why?" He asked, I was about to point out that it was obvious, but the I remembered that he had no idea it was us...
"You beat me...well us...up! Meanie!"
"Wait...that was you in there?"
"Her and me" I corrected, "I told you I was helping someone, that someone was Rikku"
Tidus was about to say something when the others walked up, they looked a little surprised to see me.
"Hey!" Tidus greeted as they walked up, "This is Rikku, the one who saved me."
"Hello again" I followed
Wakka looked at Rikku, "Wow, so you like...owe her your life man." He said, he then turned to me, "Where were you?"
"I uh...missed the Shoopuf...so...I...um..." I couldn't think of an excuse, I couldn't tell them that I helped Rikku pilot the mech thing that tried to kidnap Yuna...
"Don' worry about it" Wakka said, you got across, so that's what matters"
Rikku looked at Yuna, and Yuna looked at her, "I need to speak with Rikku." Yuna said
The next thing I knew, Tidus and I were pushed away by Rikku who was saying something about 'girl talk', and Rikku, Yuna and Lulu were talking quietly amongst themselves.
"So...uh...what do you think they're talking about?" I asked the others, well mostly just Tidus and Wakka, Auron and Kimarhri were...well silent like usual.
"Whatever it is, it's none of your business ya?" Wakka said, "Just let 'em talk"
They returned to the group a few minutes later, Yuna walked over to Auron, "Sir Auron, I would like Rikku to become my guardian." She said, she turned to me, "And Heiei as well."
I looked at her, "You serious?" I asked, somewhat surprised
She nodded, "I was going to ask you earlier, but you disappeared," she said. As she was saying this, Auron was examining Rikku's eyes.
"As I thought" I heard him say, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
She nodded, "Yes." She said
"Fine," he looked at me, "What about you?"
"Sure, I'll do it," I said, "I mean, if I'm gonna be following you guys around, I might as well have a reason to, ya know?"
Auron only nodded.
After that, we started to walk again, the path along the Moonflow's bank soon curved into the forest, after a while of walking down the forest path, we came to a cave, "What's in here?" I asked
"This cave leads to Guadosalam." Yuna said, "We need to pass through here to get to the Thunder Plains."
I saw Rikku cringe at the sound of the word, 'Thunder', I wondered why.
We entered the town, we had planned to just stock up on supplies and then leave, but unfortunately, our plans were interrupted by a problem in the form of a hunched man with long arms and fingers, strangely styled and colored hair, and a strange face. "Ah, Lady Yuna," The strange man said in a butler type of voice, "Maester Seymour is expecting you."
"He's...expecting me?" She asked, "Why?"
"That is not important, please, come with me." With that, the freaky little man walked away.
"Um...if you guys don't mind me asking...WHAT IN GOD'S NAME WAS THAT?!"
"Please, do not say that so loud." Yuna said
"It was a Guado." Lulu answered, "Get used to them, they are the native residents of this town."
"Ah, I was just asking, I mean, that guy was kinda scary looking..." I looked around and noticed everybody was already walking to this 'Seymour' guy's mansion, well, everybody except Tidus and Rikku that is.
Rikku looked at the two of us, "Oh, I almost forgot, there's something I wanna show you guys.
Rikku then showed how to use the various, seemingly useless items we had acquired on the highroad and before I came to make our weapons better. I immediately used this new skill to customize my saber with a few of the 'Bomb Cores' they had found, causing my saber blade to be engulfed in flames. (Fun...) I thought as I sheathed it.
We followed the others to Seymour's house and walked inside, the freaky guado who had greeted us lead us into a room where the others were, along with a whole lot of food. I walked over to the food and started eating, the others were too, I didn't know how long it had been since they had eaten, but I hadn't eaten since I met them, a little while later, Seymour came in.
I just stared, I didn't know what was scarier, his funky hair that resembled horns, his clothing that showed a little more chest than necessary, his extremely long fingers and nails. Or maybe it was just that big, blue, vein in his forehead that seemed to pulse, after a moment of deliberation, I decided, that it was the vein. I turned to Rikku, "30 gil says he's evil."
Rikku looked at me and smiled, "Sure." She said and we shook hands, confirming it, although...for some reason...I didn't want to let go of her hand...
"Ah, Lady Yuna," Seymour said, his voice sounding very calm, very evil, "Please, follow me."
As we followed him, I turned to Rikku again, "50 gil" I said
Rikku just smiled.
Seymour led us to his room and pressed a button on his wall, the room suddenly faded away and was replaced by a huge, high-tech city, shining with lights, Seymour was saying something, but I wasn't paying attention. Suddenly, the city vanished and we were in a bedroom, there was a woman with long hair sitting on the bed, I noticed that she was barely wearing anything.
"Lady Yunalesca..." I heard Yuna say
"Yes, and you inherited her name."
"I was named by my father..."
"And he wanted you to be strong, to defeat Sin like he did."
I sighed, was this going to take forever? I just tuned out the rest of Seymour and Yuna's conversation.
I looked over at Rikku, (She's pretty cute...) I thought as I looked her over, (Hmm...I wonder if Tidus has his eyes on her too...) I asked
I suddenly heard Yuna gasp, and Seymour pull his head away from her ear, (Did he just...) Seymour turned off the illusion and led us out, smiling at Yuna as he did.
"What happened?" Lulu asked as we left the mansion.
"S-Seymour...he...he...asked me to marry him!"
"What?!" I heard Tidus yell out, "What did you say?"
"I didn't answer...I need to think about it...maybe I should ask my father...let's go to the Farplane."
The others nodded and followed Yuna, as we were walking, I looked over to Wakka, "What's the Farplane?" I asked
"It's the place where the dead go after they're sent." He said "But here, you can go to the Farplane and speak to the dead."
"That's just weird..." I mumbled as we continued to walk.
Soon we came to a huge portal, "This is it." Wakka said, Yuna walked in first, then Lulu, then Kimarhri, then Wakka, Tidus was about to walk in when he looked back, "Hey," He said to Auron, "Aren't you coming?"
He shook his head, "No..." He said stoically, "I do not belong there."
Tidus shrugged, "Well, have fun!" Rikku called out
He looked at her, "You're not coming either?"
"No, memories are nice, but that's all they are...I prefer to keep mine inside."
"Alright, fine, what about you Heiei?" He asked
"Nah, speaking with the dead just doesn't sound like my thing, I'll stay."
Tidus just shrugged and walked inside
"After he left, I simply walked over and sat on the rail beside Rikku, (I wonder how long we have to wait...) I thought
There ya go, the long awaited chapter four, sorry if it sucked, think of this as a long filler. Anyhoo, Thunder Plains next chapter, Heiei and Rikku start to get closer there too. Sorry about the small bit of humor, (If you can even call it that...) but if you guys like it, I'll do more. Anyhoo, Please, Review!
See ya