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Part 8

''Gullwings! Du dra talg! Yht rinno!'' Brother's obnoxiously loud voice was heard over the intercom, practically waking Rikku and everyone else aboard the ship. ''Ahhhhhhh what does he want?' Rikku whined, slowly getting out of her bed and wiping her eyes.

Suddenly Tifa comes running into the room heading towards Rikku.

''G'morning Tifa! Did you sleep well?'' ''Hey Rikku. Yes I did, thanks. Whats going on? Whats Brother saying over the intercom? Some sorta trouble'
''Could be, he wants us all up on deck it seems!''

In a hurridly pace, Rikku quickly got out of her bed and changed into her normal attire...right in front of Tifa.She didnt bother going to the bathroom to change because she purposely wanted Tifa to see her gorgeous body without clothing.
''I wonder if she was watching me change the whole time. If she was, I hope she got a really good glimpse of my bod! Ahehehehhehehe!'' Rikku maliciously giggled. Tifa's back was turned, looking in the other direction. ''Tifa?'' Rikku tilted her head.
''Yes?'' Tifa's back still facing Rikku.
''Im...sorry for dressing in front of you like that. Im just in a bit of a hurry. Well Im dressed now!'' She said in a cheerful tone, raising an arm up into the air.
''I understand.'' She turns to face Rikku.
''Lets go!''

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''Duug oui muhk ahuikr!'' Brother yelled to Rikku.
''I was hurrying!''

Rikku and Tifa made it to the deck. Everyone was present there and at their usual spots. Paine turned her head over to a smiling Rikku and Tifa. She gave a stern glare at Tifa, who gave a confused look back at Paine. Their faces both went another direction.

''Gullwings, we got trouble.'' Buddy said in his normal tone.

''What is it?'' Paine asked.
''Fiends are loose over at the Luca Stadium. As to where they are coming from is beyond me. Theres gotta be a source'
''Okay, we'll get to it!'' Yuna proclaimed, putting on her face of determination.
''Oh hey, Tifa, do you wanna come along with us?'' Rikku asked out of the blue.
''But...Im not a Gullwing'
''Gullwing or not, we could still use the help!'' Yuna pleaded.

''She will just attract people's attention and slow us down! Not to mention that Rikku will loose her consentration during battle thinking about her.'' Paine thought to herself while silently cursing the others. :angry:

''Alright, I'll go with you guys.'' Tifa agreed.
''Yaaaay!'' Rikku leaped a few times and doing a little dance.

Destination: Luca!

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''Ahhhhhh! Fiends are coming out of the Dome!'' A man yelled.
''Everyone ruuuuuuuun!'' Another person yelled.

Rikku and the others saw a fleet of people running around trying to run for cover away from the fiends.

''So somewhere in the Blitzball dome is the source of where the fiends are coming from! Okay team! Let's go!''

''Y!''

''R!''

''P!''

Tifa looks to the side confused.

''Ahhh...T?'' ;;;

The four of them begin heading towards the Dome. More and more people were running away from danger. Several fiends were heading their way and their speed was great.
''Fiends at 1:00!'' Rikku shouted, pulling out her daggers.
''Time to let my fists do the talking!'' Tifa yelled out, poising herself for battle.

With great speed, Tifa ran passed YRP and began charging at a couple of fiends. She unleashed several kicks and punches out to the fiends. They weakend, and fell pretty hard.

''Ur so kut cra ec cu yfacusa!'' Rikku spoke in her native tounge, cheering Tifa on like a silly schoolgirl.
Paine looked to Rikku and saw her going ga-ga over Tifa. Jealousy erputed.
''Impressive, Lockheart.'' Paine admitted, even though she sees Tifa as a love rival.

After all the fighting and saving of some people, the four made it to the dome at last. It appeared that the fiends were coming from a small device inside the dome's sphere.
''Who put that there?'' Yuna questioned.
''A jackass.'' Paine pulls out her sword.
''I'll go inside the dome sphere and see if I can destroy the source.'' Tifa proclaimed.
''Tifa, I'll come with you!'' Rikku demanded that she go with Tifa.
''Ok, be careful you two!'' Yuna watched as Tifa and Rikku ran.
''Hmph.'' Paine pouted.
Suddenly a mysterious voice is heard throughout the dome.

''Hahahhaha! Looks like I was right! I knew the Dullwings would fall for something like this!''

Then two other voices began to talk.

''Now we can steal their spheres, right, Boss'
''LeBlanc!'' Yuna and Paine yelled the name out simultaneously.
''Yes, its me loves! I knew this would work'
''So youre behind this!'' Yuna shouted, pulling out her guns.
''She's getting hurt.'' Paine muttered.

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''Okay Rikku, we're gonna have to go for a swim down there.'' Tifa told Rikku.
''Uh..okay! I'll follow your lead!''

They both dive into the water. Tifa was swimming pretty fast, because of her Blitzer stamina. She could stay in the water all day if she wanted. It was not so easy for Rikku though. The deeper they were going, the more tired she got. But she didnt want to complain and slow Tifa down, nor keep them from completing the mission at hand.

As they reached the device, it was clear to them as to what it was. It was some kind of portal with nothing but fiends coming out of it. So Tifa and Rikku had to fight and destroy some of the fiends before getting to the device. Tifa was punching the device as hard as she could, hopefully the device would malfunction and the portal will dissinigrate. Rikku helped too in the destruction of the device. The portal's size was decreasing and the device was in parts. They both nodded at each other and swam back up to the surface. As they reached the surface, Rikku got slower and slower can could barely manage to keep up with Tifa's speed. She stopped moving and began falling downward. She was drowning.
Tifa turned her head to look at Rikku. She noticed the young thief's eyes were closed and she was falling deep withing the water.
''!'' Tifa's eyes widened to the drowning Al Bhed. She zoomed down to catch her from falling any further.

Carrying Rikku in her arms, Tifa ran to the nearest spot on the stands to place Rikku's body down.
She looked into her face, realizing how delicate she looked.
''I have no choice. Looks like I'll have to do it.'' Tifa sighed, looking worried.

Tifa went down and placed her lips onto Rikku's, giving her CPR. She did it a couple of times. Then suddenly, Rikku was revived. She coughed up some water that was in her.
''Rikku? Are you alright?''

Rikku still coughing some more.

''T-Tifa? Did you just...?'' She blushed, placing her hand onto her lips.
''I just did CPR on you. But are you ok?'' She smiled.
''Yes.'' ''Good, now lets be going'
''Ah Tifa'
''Yes'
''...thank you, for saving me.'' She blushed.
''I had to, I couldnt let you drown like that. Besides, it would be a horrible sight to see a spirited and adorable girl like you fall to her doom.'' ;) She winked at Rikku.

Rikku gasped at the comment. ''She locked lips with me and then she calls me adorable and spirited. Could she be...flirting with me?'' Rikku giggled at the thought.

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''We'll be back, loves!'' LeBlanc and her lackeys fled, all beat-up looking.

Yuna and Paine see Tifa and Rikku heading their way.

''Mission Complete! We disposed of the device the fiends were coming out of!'' Rikku said in her usual cheery tone.
''Good job!'' Yuna cheered.

Then suddenly, the Celcius comes flying by. All four girls looked up.
''Yuna? Is she alright?'' A worried Brother was on intercom.
''Mission Complete, Brother!'' Yuna shouted.

Paine looked to Tifa and then looked the other way.
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Everyone was back on the ship later on. Paine was outside the ship doing her usual thing, Rikku was bragging to Yuna how Tifa saved her life, and Tifa was at the bar having a sports drink.
''Are you what they call a Hypello?'' Tifa asked the blue colored bartender.
''Yesh'
''Ooooh. This is a first for me, y'know. Cute.'' She laughed.

Suddenly, Tifa's cell phone rings. She takes it out of her pocket and picks it up.

''Hello'
''Tifa-sama'
''Oooh Nissa! Its you!'' ;
''Tifa-sama, how are you and where are you, my love?''