Chapter 13: Get a room!

"I'm not going in first. You go in first." Tidus said, pushing me toward the Chamber of the Fayth.

"No way. Lulu is a femnazi! I'm not going in there." I said shaking my head.

"What's a femnazi?"

We stood silent for a little while, but then I spoke, "Hey how about we go in at the same time."

Tidus nodded in agreement. Sucker. We stepped into the chamber and I immediately ducked behind Tidus as soon as Wakka spotted him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he said putting his hand on his forehead.

"What are you doing in here?" Lulu demanded.

Tidus reached behind him and grabbed my arm. "It was Dona and that big muscle head man." He said, yanking me beside him.

"Yuna will be the one who suffers the consequences." She said, obviously angry.

"She could be excommunicated." Wakka crossed his arms and returned to his spot.

Tidus and I exchanged a glance. I guess he figured out what I meant when I said Lulu was a femnazi. Now what time is it kids? Its Tidus asks another really dumb question time. Hooray! "So what's in there anyway?" Tidus asked.

"The Fayth remember?" Wakka said.

"Uhh Fayth?"

Noting his confusion, Lulu explained, "The Fayth are people who gave their lives to battle Sin. Yevon took their souls, willingly given from their still living bodies, and now they live forever in statues. The soul of the Fayth emerges when a summoner prays, and that is what we call an Aeon."

Tidus looked at the door, "So what does Yuna do in there?"

"She prays with all her heart for a way to defeat Sin." I said stepping up beside him. Well I just got tired of standing here listening, "Only Summoners can enter there."

"What even guardians can't go?" he asked Wakka, who nodded.

The door slowly slid open and Yuna stumbled out, caught by Kimahri. Lulu and Wakka gathered around her. He watched on, a distant look in his eye. "What's wrong Tidy?"

"This song…" he whispered, "…I know it from my childhood. And now…" he seemed to choke on the last words. But I knew. He wanted to go home. Poor kid. We walked out of the temple as a group. The villagers shouted for joy as we walked through the temple grounds. I ran ahead to catch up with Wakka when suddenly, we heard Tidus scream. "What the heck did you do that for, you idiot?" I shouted turning around.

"He said he wanted to scream real loud." Yuna replied with a giggle, "Feel better?" she asked him.

"Yeah…a little."

We continued on into the village and found the ship bound for Luca. "Off to Luca at last." Wakka said happily boarding the ship.

Night fell quickly as I explored every nook and cranny of this ship. I was standing on the back of the ship when I heard a familiar voice call my name. "Hi Gippal." I said, not even turning around.

"How'd you know it was me?" he said standing beside me and resting his arms on the rails of the ship.

"I could pick your voice out anywhere." I said, trying to hide my smile, "So, why are you going to Luca?" I asked.

"Well I'd love to see the tournament. I've got some friends playing in the game. But unfortunately, it's just a pit stop. I'm on my way to Mushroom Rock Road."

That's when it dawned on me, "The Crimson Squad?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Yeah how'd you know?" he asked.

Uh-oh…I better think of something quick, "I was going to be a candidate myself…I uhh was out training when I got attacked by Sin. The toxins messed up my head…" did that even make any sense? Gippal smiled and looked back at the water, "I wanted to be a Crusader but apparently we aren't eligible. They don't seem to get that we Al Bhed want to protect Spira too." He said shrugging.

"That's a shame. I think you'd make a great Crusader." I said. Was that sucking up?

"You know my friends think it's weird." He said with a small chuckle.

"What's weird?"

"Every time I run into you I just gotta stop and talk to you. Paine, the woman with the silver hair, she thinks I have a crush on you."

I giggled softly, "That's funny." I said.

"Why?"

"I don't see you as the kind of person who wants to be tied down to just one girl." I answered.

He smiled, "There was one girl…but it didn't work out. I guess…I'm a natural born bachelor."

We laughed together then I looked over at him. He had a soft smile spread across his lips. Now I know this is totally cliché but slowly our faces inched toward each other. Our lips were mere centimeters apart when we heard, "Oh, get a room!" Tidus shouted.

I turned around to see the blonde, his foot resting on a blitzball.

"Who is that guy?" Gippal asked his face still close to mine.

"That's Tidus, one of my travel companions. Tidus this is Gippal. I met him back on the S.S. Liki."

"Don't mind me…you two can go back to swapping spit." He said. Then he started making really nasty kissing noises. My face flushed with embarrassment. Ohhh I'm going to kill him!

"I'm so sorry. He's being such a NERD!" I yelled nerd, shooting another glare at Tidus.

Gippal simply smiled, "Is he your brother?"

My face flushed deeper, "Dryd pent pnyeh? Ralg Hu!" Translation: That bird brain? Heck no!

"It's getting late anyway. I better bed down for the night." Gippal patted my arm then disappeared into the cabin. I watched Tidus as he attempted to do the Jecht Shot. After several failed attempts, he succeeded, but he barely missed my head with that stupid blitzball. He is such a mood killer! Remind me to stab him in his face when we get to Luca. Or at least kill a mood between him and Yuna. I turned my back to him and leaned over the railing. Gippal was so cool. I simply adored him in Final Fantasy X-2. As a matter of fact, he was my favorite character in that game. Well besides Brother. Meeting him in real life was simply amazing. And I enjoy our talks together. Hey wait…was he the guy the Fayth was talking about? Nah…I wasn't in love with Gippal…was I?