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"Oh! There's Beclem's Smoothie Shop!" Yuna pointed out.
'Finally … junk food … Yuna is a life saver. I haven't had junk food for a long time.' Tidus thought to himself.
The two walked inside the Smoothie Shop. There were a few people there, probably there because of a lunch break. The chatter … the noise … it was like being inside Zanarkand International School's cafeteria! Because his mom had dragged him into five or four star restaurants, the people there usually talked in quieter voices.
"Are you all right?" Yuna asked him.
Tidus blinked. "Yeah, of course. Why?"
"I don't know. You looked sort of shocked or something," Yuna said, smiling. "So, what do you want? It's my treat, and there's nothing that will change my decision."
"Persistent, huh?" Tidus returned the smile, and gazed up at the menu over the counter. "I think I'll just have a double bacon cheeseburger and a chocolate milkshake."
Yuna nodded. "But is that all you want? I mean, you really did sound eager …"
"I'm sure."
Yuna got in line behind another person while Tidus decided to get a table for them. He found one – a table surrounded by two chairs. Perfect, considering Tidus and Yuna weren't really talking to someone else. Unless Yuna decided to meet someone here.
In a few minutes, Yuna came to their table, carrying their orders. "Here you go, a double bacon cheeseburger and a chocolate milkshake."
"Thanks, Yuna. You really don't know how good it is to eat this kind of food again," Tidus said.
Yuna laughed. "No problem!"
The two sat there, talking about where Tidus "supposedly" came from. Luca. Tidus told her all about Luca. The Blitzball stadium, the shops, the Sphere Theatre, the Café, and the restaurants. Yuna seemed so amazed by everything that Tidus said.
"Well," Yuna said after swallowing a bite of her BLT. "Maybe one day I will be able to visit! Hopefully, that day will come soon."
"Sure, Yuna! Maybe we could meet up in Luca, and well, just talk again," Tidus said, though he felt a bit weird saying that. He didn't really live in Luca, though he did visited numerous times. And why would Yuna want to go all the way to Luca and just 'visit' him? She would want to visit everything else Luca had to offer.
Strangely, Yuna agreed. "Yes. Once I get enough Gil, I'll go."
"Well, well, well."
Tidus looked up from his meal. That wasn't Yuna's voice. Unless Yuna's voice suddenly changed in less then two seconds, that definitely wasn't Yuna's voice.
"Yuna."
Annoyed, Yuna looked up as well. She knew that voice. She hated that voice. She hated the person that voice belonged to. Tidus stared at Yuna. 'Who is this person?' his eyes seemed to be saying. Yuna closed her own eyes.
"Yes, Dona?"
"Uh, so where is this 'shop'?" Gippal asked Rikku.
"Oh, you just go around the corner, go straight, make a left, go straight for a while, make a right, and at the end of the street, the shop is there!" Rikku explained, in a rush.
"Uh … huh …" Gippal didn't seem to take any of the information in.
"We'll guide you there. Don't worry," Lulu assured. "Rikku has a knack for confusing people."
"I do not!" Rikku retorted.
"How about the time when Yuna first met you? Don't forget the time when Yuna's mom was trying to tell her how to work the cash register, but you told her differently how to work it," Lulu stated.
"Cra ymfyoc vehtc y fyo du feh ynkisahdc mega draca ..." Rikku muttered. ("She always finds a way to win arguments like these ...")
"So, you're an Al Bhed too, huh?" Wakka asked.
"Yup!" Rikku was soon to her normal self. "Rikku Alon, at your service! I hope you don't have a problem with that!"
"Nah, I don't. Gippal here is an Al Bhed too, ya?" Wakka said.
"Rikku Alon, eh?" Gippal seemed to recognize the name. "Cid's girl! Cid Alon? So I finally met Cid's girl?"
"You could just call me Rikku, you know," Rikku glared at him.
Lulu decided to change the subject. "So, what is it like in Luca? Rikku and I have never been there before."
Wakka and Gippal looked at each other. "You've never been to Luca before?" they said at the same time.
"Yes. Is there something wrong with that?" Lulu asked.
"We've only been through Zanarkand and Mount Gagazet! We haven't really been anywhere else …" Rikku told them.
"Why haven't you visited Luca before? You don't have enough Gi—OW!" Wakka cursed under his breath for the second time that day. Yep, and that's twice he's been elbowed in the ribs … Damn Gippal.
"What he meant to say was, why haven't you visited Luca before? It's a really good place to be," Gippal cut in.
"Uhh … right. That's what I meant," Wakka agreed.
"Oh. Um, we don't really have enough Gil …" Rikku said, looking down on the ground as they walked. She really just wanted to change the subject from not having enough Gil to go anywhere. They could only go to Mount Gagazet because it was so close, they could just walk there. But to get to the Calm Lands after climbing Mount Gagazet was too tiring.
"We're nearing Yuna's shop. Do you see your friend anywhere?" Lulu also wanted to change the subject.
Gippal and Wakka looked around. "Nope. I don't see Tidus," Wakka remarked.
After a few minutes, they were standing right in front of Yuna's shop. Rikku read the sign on the door out loud. "Be back around one thirty. Well it's twelve forty-five right now!"
"She's probably on her lunch break," Lulu said. "She could be anywhere then. You still don't see your friend?"
"No, Tidus is around anywhere here," Gippal told her.
"Hey wait! Tidus is one of those people who actually ask for help when he needs it, ya? Maybe he saw your friend Yuna here and asked for help!" Wakka said.
"That's true …" Gippal said, thoughtfully.
"And Yunie is one of those people who can't walk away from people who need help! She must've helped out Tidus in finding you guys!" Rikku exclaimed.
"But Yuna is on her lunch break. Would she really drag this Tidus to her lunch hour?" Lulu asked Rikku, raising her eyebrow.
Rikku giggled, "Yep! That's Yunie for you … hey, if she's hungry, she's hungry! She even dragged me! Like, all the time?"
"So … um … Tidus is with this Yuna girl?" Gippal said, trying to filter everything into his mind.
"Possibly. If you want to find Tidus, you might have to find Yuna, if she really did help Tidus out," Lulu explained. "Rikku. What are her favorite places to eat during her lunch break?"
Rikku thought for a while. "Hmm … I'd have to say she's usually eating something here. But I guess that's sort of out of the question. Okay. So it would be … maybe to that burger shack? No, that's all the way out of town. Maybe she's just hiding in the back of her shop trying to avoid customers!"
"Rikku! Get in touch with reality here!" Lulu exclaimed.
"Oh fine," Rikku said. "Maybe in Beclem's Smoothie Shop or she just went to Yaibal's Exotic Foods."
"All right. Then we need to check out Belcem's or Yaibal's, I'm guessing?" Gippal asked.
Rikku nodded, "Yep! Where should we head to first?"
"Actually, we have to be back to the … uh … hotel we're staying at by three, ya?" Wakka made up another excuse. He knew that Tidus' mom wanted him back by three. Tidus' mom always wanted Tidus back at home at a certain time. Who knew why?
"Really? Why?" Rikku asked, confused.
"Um … we still have to take care of … stuff. Personal stuff, ya?" It was getting harder and harder for Wakka to keep on making up excuses. And telling the truth … was out of the question, probably. He didn't want to risk telling the truth though, Wakka really didn't want Gippal to elbow him again.
"Oh. I guess I understand," Rikku said. "So what should we do?"
"Maybe we should … split up? We'll cover more ground if we do," Gippal suggested.
'Why did Rikku drag me down here?' Lulu thought. 'I could've done something better today then helping out two strangers! Oh well. Then maybe I wouldn't have anything better to do, I guess.'
"Oh. Well, then I guess Lulu and I will need to help you two out!" Rikku said, almost bouncing.
"I guess I'll go check out Yaibal's Exotic Foods," Lulu told them. "Who's going with me?"
"I'll go, ya?" Wakka volunteered.
"Well, then let's go. It's about a twenty minute walk from here," Lulu said, already walking off.
"Wait, ya? If you leave me, then I'll get lost too!" Wakka had to run to catch up with her.
"Guess I'm stuck with Cid's girl …" Gippal muttered to himself.
"You know, you really could call me Rikku, you know!" Rikku argued. "It's not that hard to say! Reek-oo. Reek-oo!"
Gippal laughed, "So where is this 'Beclem's Smoothie Shop' place?"
"What do you want, Dona?" Yuna asked, annoyed that she was here.
Dona just snickered. "When will you introduce me to your friend here, Yuna?" Tidus stared at Yuna, waiting for a response.
"I don't know, Dona. I was sort of planning to never introduce anybody to you," Yuna answered. She looked at Tidus, and saw that his double bacon cheeseburger and chocolate milkshake weren't finished yet. She really wanted to leave but she didn't want to make Tidus leave his food when he wasn't finished.
'What am I to do?' Yuna thought to herself.
"Oh, really, now? Yuna, please, introduce me to your friend," Dona insisted.
'Considering she lost her boyfriend – AGAIN – no wonder she sounds pretty desperate.' Yuna thought.
"Don't worry Dona; he's only in Zanarkand to visit. Introducing him to you would just take away minutes of your nice life," Yuna smiled.
Dona glared at Yuna. At this point, Tidus decided to speak for himself. "Um, hi, I'm Tidus. Yuna was right, I'm just visiting Zanarkand," Tidus decided to speak when Dona gave Yuna a glare so … menacing that it looked like Dona was going to attack Yuna. Tidus honestly didn't want that.
Dona's glare disappeared and she tried to smile sweetly at Tidus. "You don't live in Zanarkand? Well, then where do you live?"
"I live in Luca," Tidus replied, still lying. He hoped that this was only going to turn into a little lie, not into a whole big web of lies he was going to have to make up.
"Luca? Oh, really? I've only been there once. To see a Blitzball game, you see, against the Zanarkand Abes and the Luca Goers … the Goers played … good …" To tell the truth, Dona absolutely despised the Goers, but that wouldn't make a good first impression, now would it?
"Yeah. They usually do …" Tidus also detested the Goers. He wasn't from Luca, he was from Zanarkand, and therefore rooted for the Zanarkand Abes in whatever game they were. Sure, his dad was in it, but who cares! He still loved the Zanarkand Abes more then any other Blitzball team. And saying that the Goers played well in every game … well, that was just another thing to put into the web of lies.
Yuna eyed Tidus he sipped the last of his chocolate milkshake. His burger was also finished. "Um, Tidus, should we leave? I mean, I still have to show you that grocery store and all …"
Tidus could naturally tell that Yuna and Dona hated each other, so he agreed and threw out his food, and followed Yuna out the door. They both left Dona without saying good bye.
When they reached the out side of Beclem's Smoothie Shop, Yuna apologized for her behavior. "Sorry about that. It's just that … Dona and I hate each other so … so …"
"Much?" Tidus offered. He laughed. "I figured."
Yuna smiled slightly. "Well then, let's go to the grocery store. It's about an eight minute walk from here."
Tidus looked at his watch for what seemed like the fifteenth time that day. It was one o' clock. He still had plenty of time. But he knew that Yuna had to get back to her shop at around one thirty … hopefully this wouldn't take too long. He still needed help to get back home. He decided to ask. "Um, Yuna?"
"Yeah?" Yuan was walking in front of him, leading the way.
"I know you have to get back to your shop at one thirty … but I still need some help to get to my … uh, hotel. You can still help me, right? I mean if you can't, that's okay. I guess I could find someone else," Tidus told her in a rush.
"Don't worry about it Tidus. My mom lets me stop working at the shop after my lunch break. I have all the time in the world," she told him.
"Thanks."
"Humph. You're lucky Yuna, that this … Tidus finished his food when he did. Otherwise, who knows what would've happened. We'll see where you go off to, Yuna. I won't forget what you did to my boyfriend."
With that, Dona walked off, silently following Tidus and Yuna.
And Tidus and Yuna never noticed anyone following them. They were both talking to each other too much to notice anything else but the road before them.
Chapter three done! So, Lulu, Wakka, Rikku, and Gippal separate on their massive hunt for Tidus! And Dona is now introduced to the story. What in the world has Yuna done to Dona? And her so called boyfriend?
Next chapter! Tidus and Yuna's trip to the grocery store. What awaits them? And what happens to Rikku and Gippal when they find Beclem's Smoothie Shop empty? Well, not empty, but empty of Tidus and Yuna? And what does Dona have planned? Why do I keep on asking questions? Will these questions ever stop?
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