His Machina Heart

Chapter 6: Wishful Thinking

Disclaimer: EEP! -kills self- I forgot to put a disclaimer on my newest story "Falling". But anyway, I do not own Rikku or Gippal or Yuna or Tidus or.. -people outside yell to shut up- ..;; I do not own Final Fantasy. Square Enix does -scurries-

Hahaha…hah. I know, this chapter is SHORT. But I really wanted to get this chapter out. After writing a bunch of chapters, for homework and blah blah, your brain just goes blank. Well, anyway, here is chapter six.

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"Rikku!"

"Gippal!"

"Don't die, Rikku!"

"What?"

Rikku looked down and shrieked as she drowned in a pool of blood, her hand stuck out of the pool, and a strong hand pulled her up to the surface. Once Rikku opened her eyes, she noticed that she was on a field of flowers. Looking around, she called out for whoever saved her.

"Hello?"

"Uhn!" Rikku's eyes opened wide and she literally jumped out of bed, rolled over, and hit her head against the door. Her sudden action? She didn't know why she did it, she just did. "What the heck?" She asked no one in particular while rubbing her head.

Standing up, she walked over to the cooler where she kept her food and pulled out a soda. Sipping it, she stopped suddenly, and looked at it.

"I drank all of the soda that quickly?" She shrugged and was about to throw it away when she had a sudden idea. "I haven't done this in a while..."

Pulling on the opener, she twisted it back and forth reciting the alphabet as she did so.

"A, B, C, D," She said as it started to get looser and looser, "E, F, G --oww!" Rikku swung her finger and sucked on it a bit, when she said 'G', the opener came off, causing her finger to scratch against the can's opening, giving her a small cut.

"Why do I always get injured in the most clumsiest ways?" She looked at her finger and smiled.

"Well, I guess Gippal isn't here to tend to my wounds.'

'Wait, where'd that come from?'

'You know you love him!'

'Uggh! Do not!'

But then again, maybe Rikku did have feelings for our favorite eye-patched Al Bhed. There was certainly something about him that made her think about him.

"Rikku!"

"Gippal!"

AHH!

Rikku looked down and shrieked as she drowned in a pool of blood, her hand stuck out of the pool, and a strong hand pulled her up to the surface. Once Rikku opened her eyes, she notice that she was on a field of flowers. Looking around, she called out for whoever saved her.

Rikku collapsed as her knees gave up on her, she clung so the hairs on her scalp, yelling in pain.

"Stop it!"

"Where am I?"

An image of a field of flowers passed through Rikku's head.

"Stop!" Rikku let out one final yell, then fell to the side, her green eyes glossed over, as if she was being hypnotized.

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"Stupid girl, leaving her stupid plastic daggers, good for nothing—"

Gippal stopped in his tracks as soon as he heard a scream coming from Rikku's hut.

"Rikku!"

"Gippal!"

"Rikku, you better not die on me!" Gippal dropped the 'stupid plastic daggers' on the ground, and ran… fast. When he reached the hut his jaw dropped open at the sight. The hooded figure from before was carrying Rikku, bridal style, and stood there. If his face was showing, you would be able to see that he was smiling.

Blood was everywhere, on the floor, walls, and everything else.

'This will be hard to clean up…'

Rikku's hand was shaking, her milky green eyes showing no traces of emotion. Gippal's eyes looked to her hand and froze.

"Rikku! Put the knife down!" Rikku's hand still shook, as the knife got closer and closer to her neck.

"Poor thing, going through so much pain." The man said.

"What did you do to her!"

"I didn't to anything." The man grinned, but of course, Gippal couldn't see that.

"Let her go!"

"I will, once she's locked up in her cell. A girl like her shouldn't be running around. She could get hurt.

"What did you do!"

"Didn't I already answer that question?"

Enraged, Gippal made a fist with his hand and ran towards the man, as soon as he was close enough, Rikku's eyes widened. Splat. The danger that was threatening to slice her own neck, pierced through Gippal's arm instead.

"Good girl." The man said, smiling down at Rikku. Amusement could be heard clearly in his voice. Gippal's eye's widened as he held his arm and pulled out the dagger, attempting to throw it at the man, but right as he threw it, the man disappeared, his voice ringing in the air.

"Bye."

"YOU BASTARD!" The Al Bhed yelled out. Slowly, he dropped to his knees. "RIKKU!"

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The Al Bhed girl slowly opened her eyes and looked around. Her body was caked in blood, but that didn't seem to bother her right now.

"Where am I?"

A bunch of flowers surrounded her, and she noticed a small waterfall in the distance.

"What? This is just like in my dream?"

"I see you've awoken, Rikku." Rikku turned around to face the hooded figure and mustered up a glare.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" The man chuckled and pulled off his hood, revealing his identity.

Rikku's jaw dropped.

"B-baralai?"

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I know, it's short, but oh well. Next chapter will come out when I have time. This one was kinda intense, and the writing was poor. But… you'll just hafta deal with it! xDD