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*************************** Black Dreams, White Dreams By Lulu-san
Chapter 1 - Talk of things to come
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"So you're doing the tournament again."
Lulu, Wakka, Yuna and Tidus were all sitting on the Besaid beach, discussing the coming Blitzball tournament. Well, Tidus and Wakka were discussing Blitzball.
"You just watch." Tidus said, flinging an arm around Yuna. "We'll win again this year, just like last year and the year before."
Lulu sighed at the boy's confidence, and pulled her arms closer around herself. Although the sun was as hot as it always was on Besaid, she could still feel a cold wind that sprung up in the late afternoon. It had been some time since the defeat of Sin, and everyone seemed to be enjoying peace. Wakka and Tidus had started another Blitz team, ironically called the Aurochs-Mark-II, which ironically included most of the old players.
"Aaah. How could we not lose, ya!" Wakka flopped backwards onto the sand. "Are ya coming to watch, Lu?" he said, giving her a sideways look.
"I suppose." She answered, turning her head away.
Wakka sighed within. "Still so grumpy, even though Sin's well an' truly gone. I wish she'd smile again." he thought.
"Do you think Rikku will come again?" Yuna asked softly, leaning into Tidus arms.
"Speak of the devil."Tidus replied, raising a hand to point at a furiously waving figure on the other side of the beach.
"Hey! HEY!"
Rikku ran over to when the group was settled. "You'll never, ever, ever guess what!" she giggled, flopping in front of them.
"You're leaving-marrying-pregnant-grown-an-extra-leg-becoming-a-female- blitzer?" Tidus asked.
The young Al-Bhed glared at him. "No, dummy. Even better. Look at what I won!"
Rikku thrust 5 colourful bits of paper at Yuna. "What? What is it?" Tidus whined, trying to see. "Rikku! This is." Yuna gasped.
"I know! Isn't it cool?" Rikku smirked.
"Wha--aa-t?" Tidus whined.
"5 tickets to the most expensive hotel in Luca!" Yuna exclaimed. "How on earth did you get these?"
"Like I said." Rikku smiled. "I won them."
"Rikku." said Lulu. "You didn't cheat, did you?"
"We-ll." Rikku said, shuffling her feet uncomfortably. "Not really."
"Rikku!" Yuna gasped. "You didn't!"
"We-ll, like I said, not exactly. I just put a couple of Luck spells on the entry form, and sent it off." Rikku said, which for some reason started Tidus and Wakka laughing.
"Oh Rikku." Lulu muttered, shaking her head but almost smiling.
"Wh-aa-t?" Rikku whined. "You'll all still go, yeah?"
"But what's the point, ya?" Wakka grinned. "I mean, we're all going to be in Luca for the tournament anyway, ya?"
"Exactly!" Rikky beamed. "So I thought I'd go ahead and make accommodation reservations! After all, you did such a shocking job last year."
The group winced, remembering the 0.4 of a star hotel that they had stayed in last year, on Tidus's recommendation. "Anyway.You all will be coming, right?" Rikku pleaded.
"Course!" Tidus and Wakka said in unison.
"I don't know."Yuna said thoughtfully. "I mean, you did cheat and-"
"C'mon Yunie!" Rikku wailed. "Even Lulu's coming!"
"I didn't say anything." Lulu interrupted. "I don't even know if I'm even going to Luca yet!" Rikku turned to face Lulu, and put her hands on her hips.
"How could you not go?" she cried. "The Aurochs-Mark-II are going to have their 4th consecutive win, and you're not going? Lulu, you're so mean! That's just so awful."
"Uh- I don't mind, ya? Lu's got her reasons, she's doesn't gotta go, ya know?" Wakka said, sitting up.
"You big liar!" Rikku wailed, upset at the thought of her perfect plan collapsing.
"It's ok, Rikku." Yuna said, calmly. "If I'm coming to watch the team, I see no point in wasting those tickets."
"Really!?" Rikku cried.
"If you offer still stands, that is." Yuna smiled.
"Ya-ay!" Rikku turned back to Lulu with a determined smile. "You absolutely have to come now!" she smirked. "Everyone else is going."
"She's got a point, you know." Tidus agreed. "It wouldn't be the same without our beloved grump Lulu." Lulu shot him a death glare, before sighing in defeat.
"All right."she said quietly. "I guess I'll come along."
Rikku almost turned purple with happiness.
"Yesss~!" she grinned, bounding to her feet. "It's next week, right? I'll make the arrangements now!" With one final jump of excitement, Rikku ran off, probably to find the closest telephone unit.
"Man, that girl takes it out of you!" Tidus said, lying back into the sand. "Still, that hotel sounds like fun."
Another burst of cold wind surrounded the group, and Lulu shivered, hugging her knees.
"Since when did I become so weak?" She thought to herself. "It's only a little breeze. I've been through far worse. Anyway, it's alright for Yuna. She's got Tidus to keep her warm."
Almost as if on cue, Yuna moved into the comfortable embrace of Tidus's arms. Lulu rested her head on her folded arms and looked up at the darkening sky. "I don't even know why I made such a fuss back there." she thought. "It's not like I was ever seriously considering not going. I just went straight out and upset people again."
"Uwaah!"
Lulu broke out of her thoughts, distracted by Yuna's excited cry.
"Look! A shooting star!" Yuna cried, pointing to the sky. Lulu followed her gaze. The small line of light disappeared as quickly as it had come.
"So pretty!" Yuna said in awe.
"Where? Where? I didn't see it?" Tidus whined.
"Are you sure, Yuna?" Wakka asked. "Ain't it a little early for shootin' stars?"
"I saw it too." Lulu murmured.
"You see!" Yuna teased. "You guys just aren't fast enough. What did you wish for Lulu?"
"Aren't you getting too old for wishes?" Lulu said coldly.
Yuna was silent for a moment before smiling.
"Aha! I get it! You just don't want to tell me your wish, right Lulu?" she said winking.
"No." Lulu thought. "I didn't tell you, because I didn't make one."
Suddenly Yuna stifled a huge yawn. "Aa!" she giggled. "I'm more tired than I thought. Guess I'll head home now."
"Good plan." Tidus agreed, standing up and stretching. "Tide's coming in. If you guys don't pack it in soon, you'll get wet!" With the last sentence, Tidus swung a gentle kick into Wakka's side.
"Ow! I getcha, I getcha. G'night, you two." Tidus and Yuna headed back to the village, their footsteps fading slowly to silence, leaving Wakka and Lulu by themselves on the sand.
"Heh. It's quiet, ya?" Wakka said, once Tidus and Yuna had disappeared from their sight.
"Is it that necessary to state the obvious?" Lulu said coldly.
Wakka laughed nervously, before once again lying back into the cold sand. The two of them sat there in silence, watching the slowly rising moon. Wakka turned his head to the side, so the mage was in his sight. Lulu had her knees drawn in, and was resting her head on her folded arms. Her eyes were closed, and her soft breathing was the only noise that broke the quiet of night.
"Man. I don't believe it. She's got her eyes shut! Boy, is she missin' a show tonight. Such a grump." Wakka thought to himself, as the stars glowed above.
"Still." he thought, stealing another glance at the black mage. "She is quite pretty, ya. Pretty? Nah, I'd say beautiful is more the word. After all, she always was a cute kid. Anyone could have seen that."
Wakka grinned to himself as he remembered the days that they had shared as kids. Lulu had been extremely popular among the young boys, until she had scared them all off with her 'black magic in practice'. Nevertheless, it hadn't stopped him and Chappu hanging around her, and a firm friendship had soon been forged. Wakka could barely contain himself from chuckling as her remembered the stupid (and quite funny) things that they had gotten up to. Playing tricks on the Yevon priests had given them two weeks worth of lectures, and Chappu had gotten into deep trouble after he had (accidentally on purpose) dropped a can of paint over a visiting maester, when Lulu had dared him to. And then there was the time when they had decided to cut each others hair. They had already had great fun snipping away at his and Chappus hair, and was just about to start Lulu's when they had been discovered.
"Actually, it's probably a good thing we were found out, or I doubt she'd have half as much hair as she does now, ya." He thought, gazing at Lulu's extremely long braids. He could help but admire them, the way that they would spill out on the ground, creating little black spirals in the sand around her. She really was a beautiful sight. But recently, Lulu had looked exhausted, and ill. She looked even paler, and Wakka was sure that she was losing weight. Huge black bags were haunting her eyes, and she was constantly looking sad. No one else seemed to have noticed, they all still saw the same old Lulu. But Wakka was sure that no one else in Spira knew Lulu quite as well as he did.
"Dammit. It hurts to see her looking like this." He thought angrily.
Wakka longed to do something, to take away her pain.
"You OK, Lu?" he asked reaching out with his hand, and placing it reassuringly on her shoulder. Lulu jerked, startled at the sudden gesture.
"Don't!" she snapped harshly, and slapped his hand away.
"Jeez! Sorry already!"
"Tidus is right though." Lulu said, gracefully standing up. "The tide will come in on us if we hang about here any longer."
"Huh? Oh yeah." Wakka slowly got up off the ground. "Anyway, don't you mind Rikku, ya. If you don't want to come, it's cool! You don't gotta come! Don't let them kids push you into it or anything!"
Lulu turned her back and began walking to the village.
"Uh, yeah so if you didn't want-"
"I want to go." Lulu cut him off.
"Uh, Ok. That's cool too." Wakka walked beside the black mage, easily matching her pace. "But Lu?"
"What."
"You sure you're OK?"
Lulu looked at him, and he was sure she was about to tell him something important, but she just turned away from him, and started walking to her small hut.
"Hey Lu! I said, you sure you're- "
"I'm fine." She growled and vanished into her house, slamming the door.
"No." Wakka half whispered, watching the empty space where she had just been. "No.you're not. But you will be. I'll look after you." Wakka said, promising himself. "I will."
Then, feeling rather silly, he turned around and began walking towards his own hut.
************** Heh heh. what will happen? Don't worry, they'll be more Lukka later on ^o^ Anyway, this is my first fanfic, so please give me reviews! Love it, hate it, comments, thoughts.anything (preferably not too many 'hate it's. Thanks for reading! Send all reviews to Lulu_san@hotmail.com
*note, I just adjusted the paragraphs, because Fanfiction.net somehow changed it before.weird..*
*************************** Black Dreams, White Dreams By Lulu-san
Chapter 1 - Talk of things to come
******************************************
"So you're doing the tournament again."
Lulu, Wakka, Yuna and Tidus were all sitting on the Besaid beach, discussing the coming Blitzball tournament. Well, Tidus and Wakka were discussing Blitzball.
"You just watch." Tidus said, flinging an arm around Yuna. "We'll win again this year, just like last year and the year before."
Lulu sighed at the boy's confidence, and pulled her arms closer around herself. Although the sun was as hot as it always was on Besaid, she could still feel a cold wind that sprung up in the late afternoon. It had been some time since the defeat of Sin, and everyone seemed to be enjoying peace. Wakka and Tidus had started another Blitz team, ironically called the Aurochs-Mark-II, which ironically included most of the old players.
"Aaah. How could we not lose, ya!" Wakka flopped backwards onto the sand. "Are ya coming to watch, Lu?" he said, giving her a sideways look.
"I suppose." She answered, turning her head away.
Wakka sighed within. "Still so grumpy, even though Sin's well an' truly gone. I wish she'd smile again." he thought.
"Do you think Rikku will come again?" Yuna asked softly, leaning into Tidus arms.
"Speak of the devil."Tidus replied, raising a hand to point at a furiously waving figure on the other side of the beach.
"Hey! HEY!"
Rikku ran over to when the group was settled. "You'll never, ever, ever guess what!" she giggled, flopping in front of them.
"You're leaving-marrying-pregnant-grown-an-extra-leg-becoming-a-female- blitzer?" Tidus asked.
The young Al-Bhed glared at him. "No, dummy. Even better. Look at what I won!"
Rikku thrust 5 colourful bits of paper at Yuna. "What? What is it?" Tidus whined, trying to see. "Rikku! This is." Yuna gasped.
"I know! Isn't it cool?" Rikku smirked.
"Wha--aa-t?" Tidus whined.
"5 tickets to the most expensive hotel in Luca!" Yuna exclaimed. "How on earth did you get these?"
"Like I said." Rikku smiled. "I won them."
"Rikku." said Lulu. "You didn't cheat, did you?"
"We-ll." Rikku said, shuffling her feet uncomfortably. "Not really."
"Rikku!" Yuna gasped. "You didn't!"
"We-ll, like I said, not exactly. I just put a couple of Luck spells on the entry form, and sent it off." Rikku said, which for some reason started Tidus and Wakka laughing.
"Oh Rikku." Lulu muttered, shaking her head but almost smiling.
"Wh-aa-t?" Rikku whined. "You'll all still go, yeah?"
"But what's the point, ya?" Wakka grinned. "I mean, we're all going to be in Luca for the tournament anyway, ya?"
"Exactly!" Rikky beamed. "So I thought I'd go ahead and make accommodation reservations! After all, you did such a shocking job last year."
The group winced, remembering the 0.4 of a star hotel that they had stayed in last year, on Tidus's recommendation. "Anyway.You all will be coming, right?" Rikku pleaded.
"Course!" Tidus and Wakka said in unison.
"I don't know."Yuna said thoughtfully. "I mean, you did cheat and-"
"C'mon Yunie!" Rikku wailed. "Even Lulu's coming!"
"I didn't say anything." Lulu interrupted. "I don't even know if I'm even going to Luca yet!" Rikku turned to face Lulu, and put her hands on her hips.
"How could you not go?" she cried. "The Aurochs-Mark-II are going to have their 4th consecutive win, and you're not going? Lulu, you're so mean! That's just so awful."
"Uh- I don't mind, ya? Lu's got her reasons, she's doesn't gotta go, ya know?" Wakka said, sitting up.
"You big liar!" Rikku wailed, upset at the thought of her perfect plan collapsing.
"It's ok, Rikku." Yuna said, calmly. "If I'm coming to watch the team, I see no point in wasting those tickets."
"Really!?" Rikku cried.
"If you offer still stands, that is." Yuna smiled.
"Ya-ay!" Rikku turned back to Lulu with a determined smile. "You absolutely have to come now!" she smirked. "Everyone else is going."
"She's got a point, you know." Tidus agreed. "It wouldn't be the same without our beloved grump Lulu." Lulu shot him a death glare, before sighing in defeat.
"All right."she said quietly. "I guess I'll come along."
Rikku almost turned purple with happiness.
"Yesss~!" she grinned, bounding to her feet. "It's next week, right? I'll make the arrangements now!" With one final jump of excitement, Rikku ran off, probably to find the closest telephone unit.
"Man, that girl takes it out of you!" Tidus said, lying back into the sand. "Still, that hotel sounds like fun."
Another burst of cold wind surrounded the group, and Lulu shivered, hugging her knees.
"Since when did I become so weak?" She thought to herself. "It's only a little breeze. I've been through far worse. Anyway, it's alright for Yuna. She's got Tidus to keep her warm."
Almost as if on cue, Yuna moved into the comfortable embrace of Tidus's arms. Lulu rested her head on her folded arms and looked up at the darkening sky. "I don't even know why I made such a fuss back there." she thought. "It's not like I was ever seriously considering not going. I just went straight out and upset people again."
"Uwaah!"
Lulu broke out of her thoughts, distracted by Yuna's excited cry.
"Look! A shooting star!" Yuna cried, pointing to the sky. Lulu followed her gaze. The small line of light disappeared as quickly as it had come.
"So pretty!" Yuna said in awe.
"Where? Where? I didn't see it?" Tidus whined.
"Are you sure, Yuna?" Wakka asked. "Ain't it a little early for shootin' stars?"
"I saw it too." Lulu murmured.
"You see!" Yuna teased. "You guys just aren't fast enough. What did you wish for Lulu?"
"Aren't you getting too old for wishes?" Lulu said coldly.
Yuna was silent for a moment before smiling.
"Aha! I get it! You just don't want to tell me your wish, right Lulu?" she said winking.
"No." Lulu thought. "I didn't tell you, because I didn't make one."
Suddenly Yuna stifled a huge yawn. "Aa!" she giggled. "I'm more tired than I thought. Guess I'll head home now."
"Good plan." Tidus agreed, standing up and stretching. "Tide's coming in. If you guys don't pack it in soon, you'll get wet!" With the last sentence, Tidus swung a gentle kick into Wakka's side.
"Ow! I getcha, I getcha. G'night, you two." Tidus and Yuna headed back to the village, their footsteps fading slowly to silence, leaving Wakka and Lulu by themselves on the sand.
"Heh. It's quiet, ya?" Wakka said, once Tidus and Yuna had disappeared from their sight.
"Is it that necessary to state the obvious?" Lulu said coldly.
Wakka laughed nervously, before once again lying back into the cold sand. The two of them sat there in silence, watching the slowly rising moon. Wakka turned his head to the side, so the mage was in his sight. Lulu had her knees drawn in, and was resting her head on her folded arms. Her eyes were closed, and her soft breathing was the only noise that broke the quiet of night.
"Man. I don't believe it. She's got her eyes shut! Boy, is she missin' a show tonight. Such a grump." Wakka thought to himself, as the stars glowed above.
"Still." he thought, stealing another glance at the black mage. "She is quite pretty, ya. Pretty? Nah, I'd say beautiful is more the word. After all, she always was a cute kid. Anyone could have seen that."
Wakka grinned to himself as he remembered the days that they had shared as kids. Lulu had been extremely popular among the young boys, until she had scared them all off with her 'black magic in practice'. Nevertheless, it hadn't stopped him and Chappu hanging around her, and a firm friendship had soon been forged. Wakka could barely contain himself from chuckling as her remembered the stupid (and quite funny) things that they had gotten up to. Playing tricks on the Yevon priests had given them two weeks worth of lectures, and Chappu had gotten into deep trouble after he had (accidentally on purpose) dropped a can of paint over a visiting maester, when Lulu had dared him to. And then there was the time when they had decided to cut each others hair. They had already had great fun snipping away at his and Chappus hair, and was just about to start Lulu's when they had been discovered.
"Actually, it's probably a good thing we were found out, or I doubt she'd have half as much hair as she does now, ya." He thought, gazing at Lulu's extremely long braids. He could help but admire them, the way that they would spill out on the ground, creating little black spirals in the sand around her. She really was a beautiful sight. But recently, Lulu had looked exhausted, and ill. She looked even paler, and Wakka was sure that she was losing weight. Huge black bags were haunting her eyes, and she was constantly looking sad. No one else seemed to have noticed, they all still saw the same old Lulu. But Wakka was sure that no one else in Spira knew Lulu quite as well as he did.
"Dammit. It hurts to see her looking like this." He thought angrily.
Wakka longed to do something, to take away her pain.
"You OK, Lu?" he asked reaching out with his hand, and placing it reassuringly on her shoulder. Lulu jerked, startled at the sudden gesture.
"Don't!" she snapped harshly, and slapped his hand away.
"Jeez! Sorry already!"
"Tidus is right though." Lulu said, gracefully standing up. "The tide will come in on us if we hang about here any longer."
"Huh? Oh yeah." Wakka slowly got up off the ground. "Anyway, don't you mind Rikku, ya. If you don't want to come, it's cool! You don't gotta come! Don't let them kids push you into it or anything!"
Lulu turned her back and began walking to the village.
"Uh, yeah so if you didn't want-"
"I want to go." Lulu cut him off.
"Uh, Ok. That's cool too." Wakka walked beside the black mage, easily matching her pace. "But Lu?"
"What."
"You sure you're OK?"
Lulu looked at him, and he was sure she was about to tell him something important, but she just turned away from him, and started walking to her small hut.
"Hey Lu! I said, you sure you're- "
"I'm fine." She growled and vanished into her house, slamming the door.
"No." Wakka half whispered, watching the empty space where she had just been. "No.you're not. But you will be. I'll look after you." Wakka said, promising himself. "I will."
Then, feeling rather silly, he turned around and began walking towards his own hut.
************** Heh heh. what will happen? Don't worry, they'll be more Lukka later on ^o^ Anyway, this is my first fanfic, so please give me reviews! Love it, hate it, comments, thoughts.anything (preferably not too many 'hate it's. Thanks for reading! Send all reviews to Lulu_san@hotmail.com
*note, I just adjusted the paragraphs, because Fanfiction.net somehow changed it before.weird..*