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Tidus leaned against the light post of the temple, watching a distressed Gippal pace back and forth, muttering to himself.
"Dude calm down, I'm sure Cid won't give it to you too hard." Tidus said in a reassuring tone.
Not even stopping to look at him Gippal continued to pace. "It's not Cid that's worrying me, its Brother, and Buddy!" he said.
Chuckling, Tidus imagined Brother beating Gippal to a pulp. But then again, you have to think that Brother is a goon, so it really shouldn't be to hard for him to defend himself.
"I truly don't think that is the true reason that you're worried. I think that you're worried that Cid will go postal on you." Tidus said
"Hell I don't care what the reason is for your suffering boy!" came a bellowing Cid.
Jumping at his voice, Gippal ran his hand through his blond hair, and took a deep breath, expecting the worst.
"Uh... Hey Cid..." he mumbled out.
"Don't HEY me boy! What happened to my little Rikku!" he bellowed out.
"Uh... Well that's a long story you see." He said feeling even more pathetic.
"Well I got some time, so spit it out!" Cid yelled, his face turning bright red.
Gippal took the time to explain everything, not forgetting a single detail.
"I see. It makes since that Rikku would just plunge forward." Cid said while rubbing his chin.
Before Gippal could respond Yuna entered the room with a worried look on her face. She walked over to Tidus and whispered to him, apparently telling him about the situation at hand. He nodded and gave her a hug, before leading her over to the group.
"Rikku's wounds were quite bad. It was good that Gippal applied a Hi- Potion to the wound on her leg." She explained in a doctor like tone. "The thing that worries me the most is her head wound. I don't know if or when she'll wake up." She said, allowing some tears so run down her cheeks. Her husband took her into his arms, rubbing his hand up and down her arm in a comforting gesture.
"I think that Yuna and I'll take a rest at the inn. She seems to be very distressed. She told me that it's ok to visit Rikku. Actually it'd be good if you talked to her. You never know when your voice will reach her." He said with a tentative grin.
After they left, Cid turned to Gippal with a worried look on his face.
"I'm gonna go stay with my little girl now. Don't bother me." He said as he ascended the staircase to where Rikku was recuperating.
Several hours later, Cid came down, his face ashen with sadness. Well that look sure wasn't comforting to Gippal. Cid rarely ever looked that way... Well there was that time when Yuna and Rikku got on his case for the whole Zanarkand tourism thing, but that was really the only time when he was like that. Usually when he was upset, Cid was in a rage. He decided to go over and find out what was wrong. (~dumb thing to ask ya know. I mean Duh Cid is gonna be upset that his kid is hurt. Lol~)
"Yo, Cid did anything happen?" Gippal asked.
"Not really. She's just asleep. I'm gonna hit the sack. Brother will come later. Contact me later if anything changes." He mumbled before slowly walking out to his airship.
Since Cid was gone, Gippal decided to watch over Rikku. When he got in there, he noticed that Yuna had put her in a priestess kimono. She looked so helpless that it made is heartache. He never thought that he'd develop feelings for her, but stranger things had happened. He walked closer to her, and sat down in a chair beside the bed. He could only pray for her to get better. But then whom was he supposed to pray to? He'd just hope in his heart that she'd regain consciousness.
Taking her hand in his, as he'd done earlier, he squeezed it before giving it a gentle kiss. "Rikku, you've gotta get better. If you don't, then who'll I bicker with?" he said quietly, before setting his head down on the bed, hand still griping hers.
In the morning, Rikku woke up to the light shining on her face. She felt so groggy, and her vision was all blurred. She slowly sat up, wincing at the shooting pain in her head. She couldn't quite remember what had happened to her, but all she could tell was that she go pretty banged up in the process. She sat up more, prepared to get out of bed, but was stopped by heaviness weighing down her arm. Looking down she saw that someone was gripping her hand. Turning to the side, she realized it was Gippal! He'd stayed with her the entire time. Wow was that unlike him or what. She gently removed her hand from his, and slowly got up. Walking over to a mirror in that room, she saw that she looked like hell. Her hair was in a matted mess, and was going in all sorts of directions. At the side of her forehead she noticed that there was some dried blood left in her hair. Ugh would this be hell to fix. Turning around in front of the mirror, she noticed what she was wearing. She noticed that she was in a summoner's kimono. Wow did it look cheesy on her. For a girl who'd always worn skimpy clothes since she was a child, this was quite conservative.
Gippal awoke to the bright sun, shining over his face. Man even with one useful eye, the sun could still be quite annoying. Blinking a few times he noticed his bed empty. Rikku was gone! But how could that possibly be. He stood up turning his head, searching the room, when he saw her in the far corner by the closet, where the mirror was. He couldn't move. She looked so beautiful as she examined her messy hairstyle. Always thinking of her appearance as always. Shaking his head, he noticed her smiling at herself. He'd decided to walk over to her and give her a hug.
Jumping when strong warm arms encircled her, she looked up to see a tired Gippal smiling at her.
"Oh... Uh... Gippal good morning." She said, her voice scratchy from sleep.
"I'm glad that you're feeling well." He said in a deep, husky voice that made Rikku shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked, as he turned her to face him.
"Ah... No, no I'm not." She said as she smiled at him. "So what exactly happened to me?" she said.
"You don't remember anything?" he asked, his eyes wide with surprise.
"The last thing I remember is heading off towards the Moonflow to show you the mess you made." She said.
"Well you did, but when we got there, there was a mysterious machina. You ran ahead, ready for any type of challenge. The thing caught you off guard and chucked you into the ground. When that happened, you landed on one of your blades, which gave you a gash on your thigh." He said as he pointed to her thigh. He watched her lift up the kimono some, and she saw the light pink scar there. "Well then how did this get all better?" she asked looking confused. "I called Yuna after I shot that sucker down. She spent a few hours with you, working her magic on you." He said with a smile. "Is she still here?" "Yeah, she and Tidus went downstairs to the inn to rest. She's really distressed about your injuries." He said
"Oh I see... Did you call my Pops?" she asked with a nervous look.
"Yeah I did. He spent some time here with you last night. He looked like a mess." He said with a chuckle.
"Will he be coming back?" she said, still with that pained look on her face.
Realizing what it was, he swung an arm around her shoulder, giving her a reassuring grin. "Don't worry, he's not mad at you."
"Did he fuss you out?" she asked, her worry melting away like ice cream.
"A little bit. I'm just glad I didn't have to deal with Brother." Smiling she couldn't help but feel relieved that he had the wonderful opportunity to deal with her old man. God she was glad that he wasn't mad at her.
"Well I'm gonna go clean myself up if that's all right?" she said.
"Yeah that's fine, just be careful." He said before he left her, heading downstairs to tell Yuna and Tidus that she'd regained consciousness. When he got down, Yuna and Tidus had just entered into the Temple, with more relaxed faces that they had last night.
"She's awake!" Gippal said with a wide grin.
"She is, that's wonderful!" Tidus said.
"When did she wake up?" Yuna asked, her eyes lighting up.
"I think this morning. I woke up to see that she wasn't in the bed. I stood up to see her examining herself in the mirror. She's currently taking a bath." He said.
"Well that's good. I'll drop in later." Yuna said with her normal cheerful smile on her face.
"Well I gotta go call Cid and tell him the good news." Gippal said, before leaving the temple, to go outside, hoping for some privacy.
When he got out there, he called up Cid and left him a message telling him the good news. Taking a deep breath, he enjoyed the smell of the fresh air mixed with oil. He felt so much better that Rikku was awake. He didn't really know why he'd been worrying so much. A girl with that much Spunk could never be thrown down that easily.
"IT'S YOU, YOU UGLY ASZ HOLE!" came a furious Brother.
"Uh... Me?" Gippal asked, pointing to himself.
"Don't play uh, stoopid." Brother said, trying to speak the best English as he could.
"I'm afraid that you've got me stumped Brother." Gippal said.
"I CAME TO BEAT YOUR UH... BONY ASZ YOU BASSTURD!" he yelled out before punching Gippal in the face, then kneeing him in the groined. That there made Gippal buckle over, clutching his stomach in pain. A hot flash of nausea hit him. Shit did that hurt.
Up stairs, Rikku was brushing her wet hair out, getting ready to put it up in one of those messy twists that she used to wear constantly when Yuna was a still a priestess to Yevon. She then turned to the chair, and pulled on a light pink, sleeveless leather tank that she wore a lot three years ago. Then she gently slipped into her old green shorts with frills at the hem. She was surprised that she still fit into them. Suddenly voices from outside pulled her mind away from her appearance. She listened carefully, and heard her brother yelling at what appeared to be Gippal. Quickly sensing trouble she quickly put her belt on, with her boots, before running down stairs, completely brushing off Yuna and Tidus. When she got outside, she was greeted by the site of Gippal crouched down on the ground, groaning. She then looked up and saw her dear old brother in his overalls, showing off his retarded tattoos. Deciding to hurt him she stomped over to him.
"What do you think you're doing Big Brother?" she said in an impatient tone.
Looking dumbfounded, Brother just stood there gaping at her.
"That's what I thought." She said before she pulled out what looked like a stone grenade from her pouch at her waist. Tossing it up and down, she looked at her dumb ass brother. "Do you know what this is?" she asked him.
Looking confused he scratched his mohawked head. "I, uh, I dunno eh Rikku." He said, looking even more pathetic.
Smirking, she decided to tell him. "This is a petrified grenade." She said, pulling the tab and throwing it directly at him. It hit him smack in the head, making it go off. It emitted a huge cloud of dust, and once it cleared there stood a very unpleasant stature of her brother, with is hand scratching his ass, and finger up his nose.
"Oh my god, how gross can he get?" she said aloud.
"I don't know..." came a voice from behind her.
She turned, and realized that Gippal had spoken to her. She'd completely forgotten that he'd been on ground in pain. Hell she'd forgotten that he was the reason that she'd come and beat her brother's ass. But why did she come out and help Gippal?
"Uh, well are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, nothing that a nice hi-potion and a nap can't fix." He said while rubbing his jaw.
Smiling she began to rock on her heals, not sure of what to say. Well she really didn't have much time to talk, when she heard pain holler to Gippal.
"Yo Gippal, I came to see how Rikku's doing." She said
"She's fine now, she's right here." He said, trying to hid his pain.
"Where, I don't see her." She said.
"I'm right here Paine." Rikku said as she turned to face her old battle companion.
"Wow Rikku, you look so, covered." She finished lamely.
"Yeah I know, my other outfit is being fixed." She said with a grin.
Rikku then realized that maybe it was time to give Brother a Soft before he was permantely stuck that way. Plus she just couldn't stand looking at that pose. Paine noticed what she was doing and decided to ask what happened. "So whose handy work is this?"
Blushing some, Rikku raised her hand before throwing the potion at her concrete brother. Once it hit, a bright light shined then Brother came to, looking as dumb as he always did. When he spotted Paine, he screamed.
"AHHH... Eh, Oh, Hi Paine, I waz eh, just chill-een." He said
"Sure you were buddy. Now get going." She said, giving him her 'evil' eye.
Once Brother had fled to the Celsius, Paine ran a hand through her short, messy silvery hair. When she did that, Rikku noticed a glimmer on her left ring finger. Jumping at her, she grabbed her arm, and pulled it to her face. Looking closer she saw that it was indeed a ring. A very beautiful ruby ring, with a silver band. Raising her eyebrows at Paine, Rikku put her hands on her hips. "So is that what I think it is?" she said, her grin expanding more.
"Um... I guess you caught me." She finished lamely. That wasn't exactly Paine like. She did seem to look different. I mean she had a certain glow to her. Rikku hadn't seen her for a long time, maybe two months or so.
"There's something else to this isn't there?" Rikku said.
Looking down at her black boots, Paine blushed. She then not wanting to say it out loud in front Gippal, she went over to Rikku and whispered it into her ear, making sure she emphasized, "AND don't say it out loud when I tell you... I'm pregnant, and Baralai and I are going to marry soon." Well apparently Rikku didn't seem to process that well, and screamed, "OH MY GOD, YOU'RE PREGNANT WITH BARALAI'S KID!?" That there made her simmer in rage.
"Hehehehe... Well Dr. P, I see that you and Baralai had some fun." Gippal said while laughing. The thought of Paine being a mother just seemed so impossible.
Having Rikku having such a LOUD voice, Yuna and Tidus came running out. Yuna had a huge smile on her face. "You're pregnant too?" she said, before gasping.
A/N: Gonna end it there. Might as well have Paine be pregnant, something that I would never EVER see her doing. Especially with Baralai. LOL. And having Yuna say that will add more of a twist, making Rikku feel stranger about her 'relationship' with Gippal. Who knows. Ok, news news news. I tend to update my stuff A LOT. When I say A LOT, I mean it. Since I'm getting such great reviews, I'm allowing my creative juices flow, and writing a lot of chapters. Let's see, you guys can expect ch.4 maybe by Saturday, February 21. Actually you can prolly expect several chapters since it's the weekend. On weekdays, you can expect a chapter every other day, since I do have a Biology test coming up, and I need to study. And I need focus on my schoolwork. But don't worry, the more positive reviews I get, the more likely I'll get a chapter created. You can also post negative reviews too, cuz then that can help me maybe fix something a/b the story that's bugging you. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WHOMEVER IS SENDING THOSE VIRUS'S TO ME THROUGH EMAIL TO PLEASE STOP!. I'm not a fake, and I don't appreciate people being bitchy that way. If you got something to say, say it in a REAL email. If it's cuz you think it's like another FANFIC, well tough luck, cuz I made this on my own. HAVEN'T U EVER NOTICED THAT FANFICS ARE ALL SOMEWHAT ALIKE, BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON A CERTAIN SUBJECT. So please stop sending viruses. AND MAY I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE, HAHAHAHAHA, BECAUSE MY EMAIL CAN SCAN THOSE NASTY ATTACHMENTS. And those of you that like my writing, please state your opinion on the my comment on fanfics, if you think it's ok to send that kind of mail. I mean I know my writing is as good as some other peoples, but it doesn't mean you should be nasty that way. Gosh, I mean this is only my 2nd fanfic. My first has 17 chapters, and is on Fushigi Yuugi. Give me a break. Well any who, please enjoy this next chapter. Oh yes, and I'd like to thank, DiGiShORtI, Idiotwithnoemialadress, and rikku- chan for their really great reviews. Hope you have a nice day. LYL! ~Teri Baumer~
Tidus leaned against the light post of the temple, watching a distressed Gippal pace back and forth, muttering to himself.
"Dude calm down, I'm sure Cid won't give it to you too hard." Tidus said in a reassuring tone.
Not even stopping to look at him Gippal continued to pace. "It's not Cid that's worrying me, its Brother, and Buddy!" he said.
Chuckling, Tidus imagined Brother beating Gippal to a pulp. But then again, you have to think that Brother is a goon, so it really shouldn't be to hard for him to defend himself.
"I truly don't think that is the true reason that you're worried. I think that you're worried that Cid will go postal on you." Tidus said
"Hell I don't care what the reason is for your suffering boy!" came a bellowing Cid.
Jumping at his voice, Gippal ran his hand through his blond hair, and took a deep breath, expecting the worst.
"Uh... Hey Cid..." he mumbled out.
"Don't HEY me boy! What happened to my little Rikku!" he bellowed out.
"Uh... Well that's a long story you see." He said feeling even more pathetic.
"Well I got some time, so spit it out!" Cid yelled, his face turning bright red.
Gippal took the time to explain everything, not forgetting a single detail.
"I see. It makes since that Rikku would just plunge forward." Cid said while rubbing his chin.
Before Gippal could respond Yuna entered the room with a worried look on her face. She walked over to Tidus and whispered to him, apparently telling him about the situation at hand. He nodded and gave her a hug, before leading her over to the group.
"Rikku's wounds were quite bad. It was good that Gippal applied a Hi- Potion to the wound on her leg." She explained in a doctor like tone. "The thing that worries me the most is her head wound. I don't know if or when she'll wake up." She said, allowing some tears so run down her cheeks. Her husband took her into his arms, rubbing his hand up and down her arm in a comforting gesture.
"I think that Yuna and I'll take a rest at the inn. She seems to be very distressed. She told me that it's ok to visit Rikku. Actually it'd be good if you talked to her. You never know when your voice will reach her." He said with a tentative grin.
After they left, Cid turned to Gippal with a worried look on his face.
"I'm gonna go stay with my little girl now. Don't bother me." He said as he ascended the staircase to where Rikku was recuperating.
Several hours later, Cid came down, his face ashen with sadness. Well that look sure wasn't comforting to Gippal. Cid rarely ever looked that way... Well there was that time when Yuna and Rikku got on his case for the whole Zanarkand tourism thing, but that was really the only time when he was like that. Usually when he was upset, Cid was in a rage. He decided to go over and find out what was wrong. (~dumb thing to ask ya know. I mean Duh Cid is gonna be upset that his kid is hurt. Lol~)
"Yo, Cid did anything happen?" Gippal asked.
"Not really. She's just asleep. I'm gonna hit the sack. Brother will come later. Contact me later if anything changes." He mumbled before slowly walking out to his airship.
Since Cid was gone, Gippal decided to watch over Rikku. When he got in there, he noticed that Yuna had put her in a priestess kimono. She looked so helpless that it made is heartache. He never thought that he'd develop feelings for her, but stranger things had happened. He walked closer to her, and sat down in a chair beside the bed. He could only pray for her to get better. But then whom was he supposed to pray to? He'd just hope in his heart that she'd regain consciousness.
Taking her hand in his, as he'd done earlier, he squeezed it before giving it a gentle kiss. "Rikku, you've gotta get better. If you don't, then who'll I bicker with?" he said quietly, before setting his head down on the bed, hand still griping hers.
In the morning, Rikku woke up to the light shining on her face. She felt so groggy, and her vision was all blurred. She slowly sat up, wincing at the shooting pain in her head. She couldn't quite remember what had happened to her, but all she could tell was that she go pretty banged up in the process. She sat up more, prepared to get out of bed, but was stopped by heaviness weighing down her arm. Looking down she saw that someone was gripping her hand. Turning to the side, she realized it was Gippal! He'd stayed with her the entire time. Wow was that unlike him or what. She gently removed her hand from his, and slowly got up. Walking over to a mirror in that room, she saw that she looked like hell. Her hair was in a matted mess, and was going in all sorts of directions. At the side of her forehead she noticed that there was some dried blood left in her hair. Ugh would this be hell to fix. Turning around in front of the mirror, she noticed what she was wearing. She noticed that she was in a summoner's kimono. Wow did it look cheesy on her. For a girl who'd always worn skimpy clothes since she was a child, this was quite conservative.
Gippal awoke to the bright sun, shining over his face. Man even with one useful eye, the sun could still be quite annoying. Blinking a few times he noticed his bed empty. Rikku was gone! But how could that possibly be. He stood up turning his head, searching the room, when he saw her in the far corner by the closet, where the mirror was. He couldn't move. She looked so beautiful as she examined her messy hairstyle. Always thinking of her appearance as always. Shaking his head, he noticed her smiling at herself. He'd decided to walk over to her and give her a hug.
Jumping when strong warm arms encircled her, she looked up to see a tired Gippal smiling at her.
"Oh... Uh... Gippal good morning." She said, her voice scratchy from sleep.
"I'm glad that you're feeling well." He said in a deep, husky voice that made Rikku shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked, as he turned her to face him.
"Ah... No, no I'm not." She said as she smiled at him. "So what exactly happened to me?" she said.
"You don't remember anything?" he asked, his eyes wide with surprise.
"The last thing I remember is heading off towards the Moonflow to show you the mess you made." She said.
"Well you did, but when we got there, there was a mysterious machina. You ran ahead, ready for any type of challenge. The thing caught you off guard and chucked you into the ground. When that happened, you landed on one of your blades, which gave you a gash on your thigh." He said as he pointed to her thigh. He watched her lift up the kimono some, and she saw the light pink scar there. "Well then how did this get all better?" she asked looking confused. "I called Yuna after I shot that sucker down. She spent a few hours with you, working her magic on you." He said with a smile. "Is she still here?" "Yeah, she and Tidus went downstairs to the inn to rest. She's really distressed about your injuries." He said
"Oh I see... Did you call my Pops?" she asked with a nervous look.
"Yeah I did. He spent some time here with you last night. He looked like a mess." He said with a chuckle.
"Will he be coming back?" she said, still with that pained look on her face.
Realizing what it was, he swung an arm around her shoulder, giving her a reassuring grin. "Don't worry, he's not mad at you."
"Did he fuss you out?" she asked, her worry melting away like ice cream.
"A little bit. I'm just glad I didn't have to deal with Brother." Smiling she couldn't help but feel relieved that he had the wonderful opportunity to deal with her old man. God she was glad that he wasn't mad at her.
"Well I'm gonna go clean myself up if that's all right?" she said.
"Yeah that's fine, just be careful." He said before he left her, heading downstairs to tell Yuna and Tidus that she'd regained consciousness. When he got down, Yuna and Tidus had just entered into the Temple, with more relaxed faces that they had last night.
"She's awake!" Gippal said with a wide grin.
"She is, that's wonderful!" Tidus said.
"When did she wake up?" Yuna asked, her eyes lighting up.
"I think this morning. I woke up to see that she wasn't in the bed. I stood up to see her examining herself in the mirror. She's currently taking a bath." He said.
"Well that's good. I'll drop in later." Yuna said with her normal cheerful smile on her face.
"Well I gotta go call Cid and tell him the good news." Gippal said, before leaving the temple, to go outside, hoping for some privacy.
When he got out there, he called up Cid and left him a message telling him the good news. Taking a deep breath, he enjoyed the smell of the fresh air mixed with oil. He felt so much better that Rikku was awake. He didn't really know why he'd been worrying so much. A girl with that much Spunk could never be thrown down that easily.
"IT'S YOU, YOU UGLY ASZ HOLE!" came a furious Brother.
"Uh... Me?" Gippal asked, pointing to himself.
"Don't play uh, stoopid." Brother said, trying to speak the best English as he could.
"I'm afraid that you've got me stumped Brother." Gippal said.
"I CAME TO BEAT YOUR UH... BONY ASZ YOU BASSTURD!" he yelled out before punching Gippal in the face, then kneeing him in the groined. That there made Gippal buckle over, clutching his stomach in pain. A hot flash of nausea hit him. Shit did that hurt.
Up stairs, Rikku was brushing her wet hair out, getting ready to put it up in one of those messy twists that she used to wear constantly when Yuna was a still a priestess to Yevon. She then turned to the chair, and pulled on a light pink, sleeveless leather tank that she wore a lot three years ago. Then she gently slipped into her old green shorts with frills at the hem. She was surprised that she still fit into them. Suddenly voices from outside pulled her mind away from her appearance. She listened carefully, and heard her brother yelling at what appeared to be Gippal. Quickly sensing trouble she quickly put her belt on, with her boots, before running down stairs, completely brushing off Yuna and Tidus. When she got outside, she was greeted by the site of Gippal crouched down on the ground, groaning. She then looked up and saw her dear old brother in his overalls, showing off his retarded tattoos. Deciding to hurt him she stomped over to him.
"What do you think you're doing Big Brother?" she said in an impatient tone.
Looking dumbfounded, Brother just stood there gaping at her.
"That's what I thought." She said before she pulled out what looked like a stone grenade from her pouch at her waist. Tossing it up and down, she looked at her dumb ass brother. "Do you know what this is?" she asked him.
Looking confused he scratched his mohawked head. "I, uh, I dunno eh Rikku." He said, looking even more pathetic.
Smirking, she decided to tell him. "This is a petrified grenade." She said, pulling the tab and throwing it directly at him. It hit him smack in the head, making it go off. It emitted a huge cloud of dust, and once it cleared there stood a very unpleasant stature of her brother, with is hand scratching his ass, and finger up his nose.
"Oh my god, how gross can he get?" she said aloud.
"I don't know..." came a voice from behind her.
She turned, and realized that Gippal had spoken to her. She'd completely forgotten that he'd been on ground in pain. Hell she'd forgotten that he was the reason that she'd come and beat her brother's ass. But why did she come out and help Gippal?
"Uh, well are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, nothing that a nice hi-potion and a nap can't fix." He said while rubbing his jaw.
Smiling she began to rock on her heals, not sure of what to say. Well she really didn't have much time to talk, when she heard pain holler to Gippal.
"Yo Gippal, I came to see how Rikku's doing." She said
"She's fine now, she's right here." He said, trying to hid his pain.
"Where, I don't see her." She said.
"I'm right here Paine." Rikku said as she turned to face her old battle companion.
"Wow Rikku, you look so, covered." She finished lamely.
"Yeah I know, my other outfit is being fixed." She said with a grin.
Rikku then realized that maybe it was time to give Brother a Soft before he was permantely stuck that way. Plus she just couldn't stand looking at that pose. Paine noticed what she was doing and decided to ask what happened. "So whose handy work is this?"
Blushing some, Rikku raised her hand before throwing the potion at her concrete brother. Once it hit, a bright light shined then Brother came to, looking as dumb as he always did. When he spotted Paine, he screamed.
"AHHH... Eh, Oh, Hi Paine, I waz eh, just chill-een." He said
"Sure you were buddy. Now get going." She said, giving him her 'evil' eye.
Once Brother had fled to the Celsius, Paine ran a hand through her short, messy silvery hair. When she did that, Rikku noticed a glimmer on her left ring finger. Jumping at her, she grabbed her arm, and pulled it to her face. Looking closer she saw that it was indeed a ring. A very beautiful ruby ring, with a silver band. Raising her eyebrows at Paine, Rikku put her hands on her hips. "So is that what I think it is?" she said, her grin expanding more.
"Um... I guess you caught me." She finished lamely. That wasn't exactly Paine like. She did seem to look different. I mean she had a certain glow to her. Rikku hadn't seen her for a long time, maybe two months or so.
"There's something else to this isn't there?" Rikku said.
Looking down at her black boots, Paine blushed. She then not wanting to say it out loud in front Gippal, she went over to Rikku and whispered it into her ear, making sure she emphasized, "AND don't say it out loud when I tell you... I'm pregnant, and Baralai and I are going to marry soon." Well apparently Rikku didn't seem to process that well, and screamed, "OH MY GOD, YOU'RE PREGNANT WITH BARALAI'S KID!?" That there made her simmer in rage.
"Hehehehe... Well Dr. P, I see that you and Baralai had some fun." Gippal said while laughing. The thought of Paine being a mother just seemed so impossible.
Having Rikku having such a LOUD voice, Yuna and Tidus came running out. Yuna had a huge smile on her face. "You're pregnant too?" she said, before gasping.
A/N: Gonna end it there. Might as well have Paine be pregnant, something that I would never EVER see her doing. Especially with Baralai. LOL. And having Yuna say that will add more of a twist, making Rikku feel stranger about her 'relationship' with Gippal. Who knows. Ok, news news news. I tend to update my stuff A LOT. When I say A LOT, I mean it. Since I'm getting such great reviews, I'm allowing my creative juices flow, and writing a lot of chapters. Let's see, you guys can expect ch.4 maybe by Saturday, February 21. Actually you can prolly expect several chapters since it's the weekend. On weekdays, you can expect a chapter every other day, since I do have a Biology test coming up, and I need to study. And I need focus on my schoolwork. But don't worry, the more positive reviews I get, the more likely I'll get a chapter created. You can also post negative reviews too, cuz then that can help me maybe fix something a/b the story that's bugging you. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WHOMEVER IS SENDING THOSE VIRUS'S TO ME THROUGH EMAIL TO PLEASE STOP!. I'm not a fake, and I don't appreciate people being bitchy that way. If you got something to say, say it in a REAL email. If it's cuz you think it's like another FANFIC, well tough luck, cuz I made this on my own. HAVEN'T U EVER NOTICED THAT FANFICS ARE ALL SOMEWHAT ALIKE, BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON A CERTAIN SUBJECT. So please stop sending viruses. AND MAY I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE, HAHAHAHAHA, BECAUSE MY EMAIL CAN SCAN THOSE NASTY ATTACHMENTS. And those of you that like my writing, please state your opinion on the my comment on fanfics, if you think it's ok to send that kind of mail. I mean I know my writing is as good as some other peoples, but it doesn't mean you should be nasty that way. Gosh, I mean this is only my 2nd fanfic. My first has 17 chapters, and is on Fushigi Yuugi. Give me a break. Well any who, please enjoy this next chapter. Oh yes, and I'd like to thank, DiGiShORtI, Idiotwithnoemialadress, and rikku- chan for their really great reviews. Hope you have a nice day. LYL! ~Teri Baumer~
