Hello again! Yup, I'm back with Chapter 3! I would like to say sorry for Chapter 2 as some of the words were all scrunched uplikethis. I was very tired that day and I wanted to finish the chapter before the day was done, so it was rushed. But I will no longer type when tired, theres a golden rule!

But anyway I'd like to make some replies to reviews public because it will save me having to reply to everyone, lazy aren't I?

James/quigybo:

Yes, I am sorry for my spelling but hey, pobodies nerfect. And by retard I assume you mean Brother. Well if you had played the games you would know Brother is like that, he's very misunderstood I think…in some ways…

Dicebcd2001:

Thanks . I do hope the characters do stay true to the game, otherwise they wouldn't be themselves right...does that make any sense? But anyway, I'm glad you want to read more.

Right, enough of that jibber jabber and on with the fic, CHARGE!

As a new day dawned in Spira and the light of the sun shone down upon the Celsius, a very worn out Rikku slowly rose from her slumber, the light from her cabins window shining upon her closed eyelids.

"Unngh, boy am I tired…maybe I'll just slowly…go back to…sleep…" Rikku said to herself as she closed her eyes and turned away from the streams of light. It was then she saw all her formal clothes scattered about the floor.

"Ah, the wedding! Busy busy busy! I have no good clothes!" exclaimed the distressed Al Bhed as she jumped to her feet and began trying on different outfits.

After a thorough search of all her cupboards and under her bed, she concluded that she had no clothes good enough to be worn for her best friend's special day. She decided to ask Brother to fly her to Luca so she may buy new clothes for her already vast collection. She rushed down the hall and knocked impatiently on Brothers door, waiting for him to allow her entrance.

"Brother, get your lazy backside up and outta' bed, we have an emergency!"

There was a loud snoring sound from behind the door, indicating Brother was still asleep, or was trying his best to ignore the shouting. It was then Rikku got an idea.

"BROTHER! Um…Yuna is in trouble! Help us! And hurry"

With that there were a few bangs and crashes before Brother opened the door and rushed out into the hallway.

"Yuna, were is she, I the almighty BROTHER shall save her!" Brother shouted, triggering Shinra and Buddy to both come out of they're rooms and look around.

"Do you guys no what time it is? Go back to sleep!" Buddy said before turning and slowly retreated back to his bed. Shinra however just yawned before turning and going down the hallway, supposedly to go have breakfast.

"Quiet! This is not telling me were Yuna is, tell me faster!" Brother stated, not knowing the real truth.

"Yeah, you see Brother, Yuna is trapped by an evil fiend at Luca and needs you to get there right away!" Rikku explained, hoping Brother would believe her.

"Alright, to Luca we go, prepare for battle!" Brother then struck a victory pose before running off in the direction Shinra had headed in before. This left Rikku standing there dumbfounded surprised at how gullible Brother really is. She just shook her head to clear the thought from her head before she followed Brother towards the Bridge.

As they entered the Bridge, brother jumped into the cockpit and began flying the airship towards Luca, supposedly to rescue Yuna, but the true motive was for Rikku to buy new clothes for herself, of course. Rikku couldn't help but let a laugh out. Her plan was coming into action.

As they reached Luca, Brother was all hyped up, ready to see Yuna and get all the praise.

"When Yuna sees Brother Yuna will say how strong and brave Brother is! Brother gets all the praise! Oh, and Rikku will get praise to, but Brother will have more!"

Rikku and Brother exited the Celcius and began looking around. Rikku told Brother to look way over the other side of Luca, near Mi'hen Highroad while Rikku looked through the shopping district. Once again, Brother complied and went running off looking for Yuna, while Rikku made use of the Gil she had saved from different occasions to go buy the best outfit Gil could buy.

As she browsed through the many shops Luca has she spotted what appeared to be Paine looking through various items of clothing in one of the shops. Rikku immediately ran through the crowds of people towards Paine.

"'Scuse me, pardon me, make way, coming through!"

After Rikku had managed to worm her way through the crowds she ran toward the shop and down the aisles towards were she last saw Paine. Unfortunately she was no longer there, luckily however she was just rounding a corner. Rikku chased after and tapped her on the back. Paine turned around, but there was no one there, she dismissed at only her imagination, but when she turned back around Rikku was standing there, beaming.

"Rikku, don't do that…" Paine replied flatly to the wide grin on Rikku's face.

"Awkay. Hey what's that you have there?"

Paine revealed a violet colored dress with golden bands around the waist. Paine seemed to look away as she showed Rikku what she had intended on buying.

"Aww, sweet. I think it will look good on you Paine!"

"Oh this? No it's for a friend…"

Rikku stared at Paine giving her a kind of 'it's not really though' look which made Paine shift about in her place.

"Oh so maybe it is for me…I have nothing good to wear for next week, the best thing I could wear would probably be my Songstress Dressphere which is embarrassing enough to wear as it is, so I came out to buy something with the Gil I have, does it honestly suit me?" Paine explained, also hoping that maybe something that was not used as armor in battle would suit her.

"Paine, would I ever lie to you…umm I mean, ever lie to you again? It would look great on you, I'm sure of it!" Rikku replied forming a peace sign with her fingers.

Paine gave a faint smile before turning and heading towards the register to pay for her goods.

Now Paine was gone, Rikku decided to take it upon herself to look through every item of clothing this shop held. She swooped between aisles like a hawk, trying to pinpoint something that would make her stand out at the ceremony of the year. Quickly she found a cream colored skirt that looked like three smaller skirts sewn together. This appealed to Rikku nicely so she picked it up and draped it over her arm. She continued through the shop doing the same again. If something appealed to Rikku in the slightest she would swoop in and grab it. Being a thief obviously helped in this.

After an hour or so Rikku emerged from the shop with 3 bags full with different clothes and shoes. She headed over towards the nearest bench and immediately slumped over it. It was then that Paine reappeared with one bag with two or three items of clothing in. She smirked.

"Heh, looks like you brought a new meaning to shop until you drop."

"Hey I only got the essentials!"

"Whats this? Teeth whitener? Do you really need this?"

"Hey, you never know, these pearly whites could go pitch black one day and I couldn't do a thing about them!" Rikku just shrugged and smiled up at Paine whose expression looked rather flat from looking at the useless objects Rikku had bought with her Gil.

"What have you got left? You didn't spend it all did you?"

"My Gil? No, of course not!" Rikku sank her hand into her back pockets and pulled out the remains of her shopping spree. "See, 13 Gil, a paperclip and half of a gumball!"

Paine then smacked her forehead with her hand and let out a deep sigh.

"Well, it looks like you may need some help with all that junk, were is the Celcius? I'll carry this stuff for you."

Rikku then remembered her plan to get Brother out of the way. She did not want to return to the Celcius and face an incredibly annoyed Brother, who had for 5 hours been searching for Yuna, not knowing Yuna was no were near the vicinity of Luca. It was then she thought up another plan.

"I…um…walked! I walked here from the Highroad!"

"You walked? And you bought all this stuff knowing that you would have to walk all the way back? You know Rikku, sometimes you can be very reta-"

"Yes, yes whatever…so, can you help me carry this stuff or not?" Rikku interrupted, not wanting to be called what she thought Paine was going to say.

"Hmm I don't know Rikku, the Highroad is very long and treacherous. If we reach the end and enter Mushroom Rock Road then we would have to spend half an hour having security from the Highroad check our bags. And then we would have to trek along the road to our old Headquarters and hopefully get you back to the ship that way…or we can take a boat to Kilika and go to the Youth Leagues new Headquarters. You could be picked up there…"

"Um…yeah the second one, pleeeeease." Rikku smiled broadly at Paine who just nodded, took two of Rikku's bags and started heading towards the ports around the Luca Stadium.

As they went around the stadium it brought fond memories of the days Yuna, Paine and herself were all Sphere Hunters. It also reminded her when they tried to track down Le'Blanc for stealing the Dresspheres and Garment Grids.

Le'Blanc was the head of the Le'Blanc Syndicate, another group of Sphere Hunters. She was always followed around by her two cronies Logos and Ormi. They used to be the bad guys, but later on when Yuna, Rikku and Paine (or YRP as they were called then) were traveling the Farplane, the Le'Blanc Syndicate helped them out.

As this stray memory entered Rikku's mind she began humming the words to Real Emotion, the song Yuna supposedly sung at the stadium, but it was really Le'Blanc.

"Rikku, stop that. It's catchy." Paine said as a reply to Rikku's humming.

"Aw, come on! And if, I find, a world of real emotion has surrounded me…"

"…"

"Come on, continue it. I know you know the words!"

"…and I can't go on" Paine said it so monotonously that it put Rikku in a rather sour mood, but she kept singing anyway to lighten her mood.

"You, are there, the moment that I close my eyes to comfort me, you'll never be alone…"

As they boarded the boat to Kilika, Rikku had just ended her song and Paine sighed, thanking Yevon that it was finally over.

Night soon set in and Rikku was wondering whether Shinra, Buddy and to the lesser extent, Brother, were missing her. Probably. She could imagine Brother telling the others about Yuna be captured and 'they' must of got Rikku too.

As the sea breeze swept against the sails of the wooden boat, Paine and Rikku stepped up, on deck. Rikku looked down at the water splashing against the sides of the wood and she began talking with Paine. Only small talk at first, but one question caught Paine of guard.

"So, who are fancying at the moment, Baralai, Nooj?" She asked jokingly.

"Well I- Hey!"

Rikku began laughing uncontrollably at being able to trick Paine.

"Gippal." Paine replied plainly.

This make Rikku stop laughing immediately and stare Paine in the face with one of those 'dear caught in headlights' kind of looks. It was Paine's turn to start laughing, only lightly though, at being to retaliate with a joke of her own.

It was rare Paine would say something funny, being the cold, anti-social person she is, however after Vegnagun was destroyed she had opened up slightly. You could refer to her as a rose with sharp thorns.

Rikku realized that Paine was just kidding and began laughing again. As their laughter died down they both decided to head back inside until the sun shone again.

They left the deck, leaving the full moon to shine down upon the glossy deck of the ship.

Anyone notice how these are getting ever so slightly longer? I think I'm building confidence! But, I need to ask YOU that's right YOU sitting there right now, a very important question. Should I continue on and skip to the wedding day or should I use the space up with a little adventure between now and then wedding? It's your decision! If no one tells me then I'll just throw in a little adventure for fun.

Rikku: The Gullwings are going on an adventure! The Gullwings ar-

Quiet you fool!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed the fic. If theres something you think needs pointing out then please tell me. It would be a great help, and I would edit it right away, or at least try to! But to close I'd like to thank you for reading and hope you keep doing so, bubi!

Rikku: Keep on smiling!