Hey all! What's up?? Finally finished chapter 6, but you'll just have to be patient until I'm ready to post it (I still have to edit chapter 5). Hope you like chappie 4!

Love ya all,

Momo

.:Chapter 4:.
Wakka

Oh god, she's gonna kill me, ya!

Wakka took a deep, shaky breath and waited for Azumi to make the first move.

"Ready? GO!" shouted Tidus enthusiastically; more that ready to see someone besides Sora and Riku beat Wakka.

Wakka kept his eyes focused on Azumi, not daring to look away, when all of a sudden she charged at Wakka with incredible speed. In about 3 seconds, Azumi, who had been about 100 feet away to begin with, was in Wakka's faced.

"Wow, if you're gonna beat me, you better learn to follow my speed..." And with that she shifted about 20 feet away as Wakka's brain registered the blow she had landed in his stomach. Falling to the ground, the 14 year old dropped his blitzball and used both arms to steady himself. He felt an awful stirring in his stomach and his body heaved forward as he spat out a red liquid.

"D-d-did he just spit out b-b-blood ?!?!?!" Tidus screamed.

Just them Sora came down with Kairi, "Hmm?"

"Whoa...intense," Kairi gulped, arriving at the scene.

"Yeah," said Tidus, "and that was only after one hit."

Sora's eyes widened in ambivalence. He was filled half with awe, and half with fear. Maybe he had made a mistake when he thought what was a captain of a pirate ship and professional thief and scum-slayer, had been a measly slave or stowaway. And maybe telling Wakka and Tidus what he originally thought she was had put Wakka in a rather bad situation right now...

He had heard of the Kiribayashi's deadly crew, and of their skilled daughter (she's a freaking legend!), but he never suspected that this girl was her! His thoughts were broken by a shout.

"I'll...I'll...I'll beat you yet!" yelled a bloodied and bruised Wakka.
Just then Azumi popped up next to Sora, causing him to jump in surprise. She continued on anyway and said, "Geez, at this rate, he'll kill himself..."

"Just give up!" she shouted to Wakka.

No...I can't give up...I lose to Riku and Sora all the time...but her? She's just some stupid stowaway (I think)...I can't lose to her!

Suddenly a shadow appeared over him, and he felt a hot, burning, smack land on his right cheek.

"Idiot," Azumi murmured to him, "If you were a pirate, you'd be dead in five seconds...Just give up already!"

Wakka glared up into her eyes to protest, but realized hers were soft and caring as she said, "Come on, well battle some other time, once you're ready."

She smiled sweetly and Wakka swore he could've melted right there, but he struggled to his feet, murmured, "Okay," and almost danced off to the other side of the island, but his newly inflicted limp prevented that.

Kairi approached her, laughing, "You shouldn't mess with his feelings like that, ha, ha! He'll get ideas!"

Azumi turned to look at her, "Every girl has her tricks," she said with a wink glancing towards Sora and reminding Kairi of the incident earlier.

"Ha! Sora? He's so thickheaded though! Nothing'll work on him! When I finally confessed that I loved him, I had to say it, like, five times over again for it to finally sink in!" she giggled.

The girls turned and headed back towards the tree house.

"Oh, and by the way," she added, "we're having a campfire tonight, and Riku is coming back! He was out getting some equipment for the tree house. You should try Sora then, ha, ha, ha!"

Azumi raised her pierced eyebrow and quizzically asked, "Seriously? You actually want me to hit on your thickheaded boyfriend?"

That sent Kairi into a hysterical fit of laughter. When she started to calm down she said, "Of course! He could totally use some 'excitement' anyways, catch my drift..." she winked at that last part.

"Well, alright" Azumi said walking back up the ramparts and ladders with Kairi, laughing, "but I don't do dirty..." And they both burst out laughing.

Around noon, Tidus found Wakka on Paopu Island, and brought him lunch. As they sat down to eat mushrooms, fish, and bread, Tidus ventured to ask, "So, wadda ya think about her?"

"W-w-what?" Wakka stammered, blushing. "Who?"

"Azumi," Tidus said with a sly grin on his little face, "the girl that beat you to a pulp this morning?"

"Oh, her..." Wakka mumbled to himself, gazing at the ocean with a dreamy look on his face.

"Hee, hee, hee, you like her, don't you?" he smirked.

"Wah? ..." Wakka gulped, turning cherry red, "so what if I do?" he snapped, turning even darker.

"Oh, just wondering..." Tidus smiled, looking in the same direction of his best friend.

The two boys sat in silence and ate their lunches, not noticing Selphie creeping up behind them. Rushing forwards and holding herself up with her hands, she swung her legs between her arms, separated them, and landed a front kick to each of their backs, knocking them onto the shallow sand bar below.

She stood up and looked over the edge, admiring the damage she had done. Selphie then jumped down and stood over Wakka, sticking out her tongue at him.

Wakka got a worried look on his face and said, "Hey, Selph, you better be careful down here because, you know, you can't sw-"

But he was cut off as Tidus, not knowing of Selphie's inability to swim, tackled her and sent her flying into the deeper water.

"AH! Wakka! Help me I can't-," but she was cut off as her body sank under the water.

"Tidus, you asshole, she can't swim, ya! " Wakka shouted diving in after her.

Tidus's reaction: "Oops..."

Meanwhile, Wakka dove down, deeper and deeper, until he could finally see his girlfriend.

She was falling head first, and he could first see her yellow dress, looking a deep green in the dark blue water. He reached her ankle, and in grabbing it, flipped her right-side up. He then slid an arm around her thin waist. He also realized, to his surprise, his lungs weren't screaming for air. It must've been all that Blitzball training.

Dammit Selphie, don't die! I don't know what I'd do without you...

After what seemed like forever, Wakka broke the surface of the ocean and frantically swam for the sandbar and ladder. Tidus had already climbed the ladder back up to the island, and was sitting on the Paopu tree with a worried look on his face.

As Wakka hurriedly clambered up the ladder holding Selphie in one arm, he yelled to Tidus, "Go get help!"

In a flash, the little boy was gone. After all, running (generally away from things, like an angry Wakka) was his specialty, being the youngest on the island.

As Tidus raced off, Wakka lay Selphie down on the warm grass.
"Dammit, she's not breathing, ya!" he yelled to himself and immediately began giving her mouth to mouth. It took a few tries, but when he was in tears and about to give up, Selphie coughed up water and began breathing heavily.

"Oh my god Selphie! I thought I lost you, ya!" he said, scooping her up in his strong arms and embracing her.

Selphie opened her eyes.

"Wakka? Wakka, is that you?" she murmured, closing her eyes again at his reassuring response and returning his embrace.

Thank God Selphie, thank God...

Just then, Azumi showed up, followed by Sora, then Kairi, and finally by a tuckered out Tidus.

"Wakka is she ok?!" Sora rasped, out of breath.

Wakka just nodded his head as Tidus shouted, "See? Everything is fine! "

Everyone glared at him, including Selphie, and Azumi grabbed him by the wrist. Leading him over to the edge of Paopu Island, she lifted him into the air and dropped him into the water, all with a straight face.

She then walked back to the group and everyone stood in silence, but started to smile. The thing that got everyone laughing hysterically was Tidus's curses and colorful words coming from his sodden form.

"Hey," said Kairi looking at the setting sun, "anyone ready for a campfire? Riku should be back soon too!"

They all cheered and headed over the bridge to the South Beach, leaving a sulking Tidus behind.

.:End Chapter 4:.