His Machina Heart

Chapter 5: Dreams are a Cruel Bliss

Disclaimer: Dont own any... characters.. unless stated

Teheh.

Sorry about things and the wait, i've been sooooooo busy. In Georgia an' everythang. But I did have fun and im in a good mood soo... HUZZAR! D Onf with the fic

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'No. I wont. I can't... no...' I mumble, but what am I mumbling about. My mind goes blank..

Darkness then surrounded me, everything disappeared from view everything, except for a white light shimmering above me. I try to grasp it but nothing's there, that light, that resembles a pyrefly, but isn't. The light gets larger and larger until land appears before me, I can feel a hard terrain underneath my feet. Looking down I see a dirt road leading to something, but what?

I walk along the dirt pathway leading to another light. I blinked, but when I opened my eyes... I was in Moonflow!

What... Where was I.. yes I know where I am. I'm in Moonflow. I turn around to see Tobli walking back and forth. I call to him, but nothing comes out of my mouth, no voice. What has happened to my voice? I fall on my knees as I feel a sharp pain in my chest. Looking down at the ground I see a small light flying around me, some more of thoe same lights come, and I soon find myself in the Farplane.

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I shudder. The farplane was always the place I feared most. And also the place where Spira finally earned its peace. THe place where Vegnagun had escaped to, and was destroyed. The Calm was there to stay, no more fiend problems... for what we knew.

The root-like ground seemed like it couldn't hold me for long it breaks apart, and I fall.

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SPLASH

I seem to fall into a liquid. Water. I'm in Macalania.

The woods are disappearing, fading from existance. It seems a bit darker here now. Not as blue and vibrant as it was before. I feel a tightened grasp upon my shoulders, an invisible one also. I hear my name echoeing thorughout the woods, I close my eyes hoping it will go away.

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"Rikku! RIKKU!" A voice calls out. The Al Bhed girl opens her eyes quickly and wipes her brow from sweat. Rubbing her eyes, she looks around at her surroundings, she was in a dark room with a lamp lit next to her she could see the outline of someone next to her her.

"Gippal! What happened? What happened to that man?" Rikku asked quickly as soon as she saw him. Gippal shook his head slightly.

"He left after you fainted."

"What?"

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Flashback

"Okay ya creep, now its time to feel some pain!" Rikku shouted out in a strange battle pose. Gippal pulled out his large gun.

"Heheheh. How cute, you think that you can beat me with your simple plastic daggers." The man wore a large cloak with a hood sheilding his face from the outside world. Rikku glared at him.

"You won't call them plastic anymore after you get beaten up you shithead!" (o.o)

"Calm down Cid's gal, he's just a talker, not much of a fighter though" Gippal said with a stern look on his face, but his eyes filled with mock and amusement att he same time.

"I told you, I HAVE A- Uhnn!" Rikku rubbed her eyes. But she couldn't see anything. She was getting very dizzy. Obviously that..that 'person' put a spell on her, though it was unknown of what it was. Her mind went blank 'No. I won't. I can't... no... cant leave battle..' She seemed to just stand there, her eyes no longer the emerald color they were but a milky green.

"Rikku!" Gippal looked at Rikku fall over. "What'd you do to her you idiot?"

"Heh. What is it? Do you love her so?" Gippal wrinkled his nose at the person's remark.

"No its not that, its just-"

"I should get going now." The person said rather quickly

"You aren't going anywhere!"

But the man had already left in a poof of smokey...smoke... (uncreative but..okay..lol)

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"What do you mean he left?" Rikku demanded, chasing after Gippal through the blue walled corridors of Gippal's airship. She was back to normal and the spell seemed just temporary. Her eyes were back to their normal swirly selves and Rikku felt as if she was like herself any other day. Except for the fact that she was agitated at Gippal.

"We're going to Bikanel right now so just stay put Cid's Girl." He said ignoring Rikku's question.

"I asked you a question!" Gippal sighed.

"He just put up a weird fight thing and then ran away like the coward he really was. Pssh grenades, Sure, I use 'em but its not like they're the whole interest of battling. But GUNS for example---"

"Ok. You lost me after the "pssh" part" Gippal rolled his eyes, but his face still foward and not facing Rikku. Stopping abruptly he turned around and Rikku bumped right into him. "Owie..."

"Look little girl. As soon as we reach Bikanel, you can go home." Gippal said waving his hand in the air. The Al Bhed girl crossed her arms and pouted.

"Fine then. wait. Ya know what? I'll go home right now!" She exclaimed heading for the door to the ship and ready to open it, but Gippal was fast enough to warn her that they were a couple hundred feet off the ground. "Oh...heheh.." She said forgetting for that second they were up so high.

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The cool oasis water tickled Rikku's toes as she stood at the water's edge. It had been two hours since Gippal dropped her off at Bikanel. A short chat with Nhadala and all, then he left. Rikku's emerald-eyed gaze shifted to the water, her own eyes staring back at her. Closing her eyes her thoughts rewinded back to the strange dream she had. The very first strange dream she had...

'Who was that man in my dream...or nightmare'

"Stupid girl, how could you think that we were ever friends?"

Shaking the thoughts our of her head she turned around and walked back to the campsite.

But that night. Her dream was different.

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Ok. Im tired, and poopeded. So here's chapta 5 for ya NEXT CHAPTER is... COMING