A/n Hi guys! Thanks for reviewing and reading my story. You know what I wanna see the movie Advent Children really bad! I can't wait for it to come out as soon as it does I will get it on DVD because I love FF7 actually it is in a tie with FFX/X-2 as my favorite game in the whole Final fantasy series. Anyways if you already don't know about Final Fantasy Seven: Advent Children I highly suggest that you go look it up, I'll tell you this Cloud looks really good! And Tifa looks hot to! Okay anyways on with the story right? Sorry to bore you so much

Chapter 8

Gippal's POV

"Rikku." I said in a whisper.

I could see the tears on her face and the pain in her eyes. She shook her head no and took off in a run. I looked at Kadena. Man did I want to beat the shit out of her right now. She was smiling too, how could she smile? I pushed past her and she fell down. I took off after Rikku.

I found her sitting by the bridge leading into Djose. She had her head in her hands and she was crying loudly. No one was around because they were all inside playing with the new and improved experiment. More like a piece of rubble to me, but it kept them busy and out of my hair so whatever. I kneeled down next to her.

"Rikku."

She looked up at me and quickly looked away.

"Please look at me."

She turned to face me. Her eyes were red rimmed and puffy from crying. I wiped away her tears.

"I didn't mean for that to happen."

"Well what did you mean to happen? What were you just using me this whole time?"

"No." I said.

"Just like last time huh?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You used me before why would I fall for it again, god why am I so stupid?" She questioned herself as if I wasn't even there.

"You're not stupid." I replied.

She looked down at her finger; at the ring, I gave her. It was wet with her tears and glittered in the sunlight.

"No, I can't do this. Not anymore." She said starting to cry harder.

She slipped the ring of her finger and put it in my hand closing her own over mine.

"Rikku. Please don't do this." I said my voice shaky.

She stood up.

"I just need some time." She said.

I stood to meet her.

"Rikku. I love you and I mean it I'm not just saying it to get you to sleep with me or something." I said.

She turned and gave a slight smile.

"I know. Just give me some time." She said and walked away back towards the moon flow.

And as I watched her walk away from me, it felt like my insides were on fire. It hurt really bad, worse then I thought it would. When she was out of sight, I opened my hand and played with the small silver ring I held. Her tears were still on it making my hand wet. I slipped it in my pocket and walked slowly back to my room at Djose. I sat at my desk and looked around the room. My eyes fell on a picture of me and Rikku in our new apartment. I started getting a really bad headache and I knew why. After I joined the crimson squad, I learned to suppress tears so now I rarely ever cried I just got bad headaches. The last time I cried was when Rikku and I broke up. Man this sucked.

Rikku's POV

I walked quickly back to the apartment and packed a bag of cloths. I called Yunie to tell her what was going on and she offered me a place to stay for a little while. Paine was there too so I would be in the company of all my friends. Good I needed a few people around to comfort me. I know what happened wasn't Gippal's fault. However, it still hurt and made me realize that maybe we were moving a little to quickly. So I needed time away from him, time to find myself. I didn't know how long it would take, but I knew every day would be harder then the last. They picked me up about twenty minutes after I called and Yuna gave me a big hug when she saw me. Right then and there, I broke down crying. Yuna hugged me and comforted me while I heard Paine and Tidus discuss how they were going to hurt Gippal.

"Don't hurt him." I said to them.

They looked at me oddly. Okay so yes I was royally pissed at Gippal for his reunion with Kadena. And, yes a part of me wanted him to hurt. However, it was a small part and plus I knew he was hurting right now. Therefore, I shook my head.

"It wasn't his fault. It was that Kadena girl."

"Kadena?" Paine asked.

"Yea Kadena."

"I met her a while ago. She's a whore." Paine said, "I'll enjoy hurting her."

"Only if I can help. No one messes with my friends." Tidus replied.

Yuna shook her head.

"No one is going to hurt anyone guys. No more hurting." Yuna said and helped me up.

Tidus carried my bag and Yuna helped me to the airship. Yeah I needed help; it felt like my legs were going dead on me. That's how much I hurt at the moment. We got to Besaid shortly after sundown. Lulu was waiting for us with Wakka and Vidina. She came and gave me hug to. I hugged back and she patted me on the back.

"Sometimes life hurts. But you're strong you'll find your way." She said to me.

Wakka just said not to think too much on it. Vidina just smiled he was too young to understand why I was crying. I patted him on the head and walked past to the beach house. When I got inside, I went strait to my room. It was clean and there were cloths folded on the end of the bed. Some of them were Gippal's. It was weird just looking at his cloths made me want to cry. I took them and shoved them under the bed. I sat on the edge of the bed and my reflection stared back at me. My eyes were red from the crying, I had tears on my cheeks beginning to dry. My hair was a mess. Moreover, I wore the necklace Gippal had given me around my neck. I took it off and put it in the small jewelry box on the nightstand. I climbed onto the bed and laid down. Closing my eyes, I drifted of to sleep.

Gippal's POV

I decided to go back to the apartment and sleep my headache away, but when I got there, Kadena was sitting outside my door. I glared in her direction and walked to unlock my door. She stood to meet me.

"So you and the Princess back together yet?" She asked with a laugh.

"Fuck you."

"Love too." She replied with a smile.

I walked inside and she followed me. Really I didn't care, I didn't care about anything but how I was going to get through the next few days without killing someone. I was pissed off at the world today. Not only had Rikku left me, but also there was a big explosion from the experiment, which took the three best workers I had to the hospital, and blew a hole in the temple. I had to hire a construction crew to fix it. Therefore, after I left Djose I went and found a bar to drown out all the shit that had happened today. Mostly to drown out Rikku. Kadena followed me. She sat next to me on the bed.

"Nice place." She said and began to rub my bag.

Okay I knew I should probably stop her but damnit it felt good. Okay yes I didn't want Rikku to hate me even more, because she just said she needed time. Not that she never wanted to see me again. However, right now I was single so what the hell. And yes, I know it's bad but I was pissed at her right now too.

"See now that she is out of the picture we can be together again."

I stopped her Right then and there.

"She is still in the picture Kadena. Don't go getting your hopes up."

"Oh Gippal. Dear she doesn't want you back. You kissed me she saw it. She knows you don't love her."

No, she was wrong. Rikku knows how I feel…yet she did see Kadena and me so maybe Kadena was right. Maybe Rikku won't come back. Nevertheless, she might still and I need to hold on to that.

"Shut up Kadena."

She smiled.

"You're so cute when you're angry." She replied and batted her eyes.

Man, she looked so much like Rikku right now…no Gippal it isn't Rikku. Rikku is with Yuna, this is Kadena.

"Let me make you some dinner."

She even sounds like her.

"Okay." I replied without thinking.

She smiled and left the room. I just laid down and closed my eyes for a few seconds. Shit, I was drunk off my ass. When I smelt the end result of Kadena's cooking, I walked downstairs and found a meal on the table. I sat down and began to eat. When she came closer and pored me a glass of wine I didn't even think twice about drinking it. So I did and that is how I ended up in bed with Kadena that night.

Rikku's POV

I woke up and it was three in the morning. I was really cold and still in my cloths from the previous day. I got up and went to the bathroom, turning on the shower, I watched the steam fill the room and I basked in the warmth. I took a quick shower and put on my warm Pj's which consisted of a pair of soft sweat pants and a super big t-shirt that came down to my knees. I went back to my bed, but I couldn't sleep. So, I sat up and looked at the phone sitting on the desk beside me. I could call him, I could wake him up and say, I was sorry. I could start the making up process right now. I could tell him I thought we were going to fast, and you know what that was exactly what I was going to do. So, I dialed my apartment. It rang about six times before Gippal picked up. His voice was groggy and I could tell he had been asleep for a while. He answered as anyone who was woken up at three in the morning would.

"Who ever the hell this is, you better have a good excuse for waking me up."

I swallowed and sighed. Okay here I was on the phone and I couldn't think of anything to say. I guess there was a first time for everything. I started as any normal person would.

"Hi."

I heard him gasp.

"Ri is that you?"

"Yea it's me."

I heard him move around like he was getting up. He told me to hold on and he set the phone down on the bed. A few minutes later, he picked up again and apologized for putting me on hold in the first place.

"Really it's okay." I said and laughed.

He laughed nervously.

"What's going on, you're not in trouble are you?" He asked suddenly worried.

"No, no I'm fine I just wanted to talk to you."

"Oh okay."

"I was thinking maybe you could come and pick me up or something. I want to come home."

He didn't reply for a second, and I could tell he was freaking out. Something was up.

"Gippal?"

"Yeah sure, actually I can't come get you."

"Huh why?"

"Cuz I'm drunk off my ass right now." He replied.

"Okay, then I'll have Tidus take me. He is up anyway."

"What?"

"I'm on my way." I replied.

"No, wait why don't you just get some rest, I'll come and get you first thing when I wake up."

"You'll have a hang over. No it's okay I'll see you soon. Bye." I said and hung up.

Okay so yeah I was warning him honestly, what ever was going on I was going to find out one way or another.

Gippal's POV

I heard the click of the phone and I looked over at Kadena's sleeping form. Okay so I slept with her and now Rikku is on her way here…shit. Maybe Rikku would understand…bullshit she would never speak to me again. Okay I'll just get rid of her. I shook Kadena's body and she opened her eyes.

"Hey lover."

"Get up and get the fuck out now." I said.

"Huh?"

"You fucking tricked me into sleeping with you and now that I am sober enough to realize it was a big mistake I'm making you get out."

"Fine, I'll go. But don't think this is over Gippal." She said and gathered her stuff.

She left and not even five minutes later Rikku showed up. Tidus was behind her like a bodyguard or something. He glared at me. His eyes told me that if I were going to hurt Rikku he would kill me. I knew he would to. And he would get away with my murder. Scary enough if Rikku found out about anything that went on tonight I would ask for death, because I don't think I could live a normal life without her. At least not after what we had been through in the past month.

"Can we be alone?" I asked her.

"It's okay Tidus you can go home now." She said.

"Call me if he does anything to you that you don't like." Tidus said and left.

She smiled at me and ran to hug me. When she came to me, she frowned.

"What have you been doing you smell like sweat, and my perfume."

"Nothing just sleeping." I replied.

"Well let's go to bed, we can talk tomorrow." She said and held my hand.

It felt good to have her in my arms again and I felt hella guilty. Therefore, before she thinks I am some unbelievable wonderful person I was going to tell her the truth.

"Wait. Ri, I have to tell you something first."

"Hmm?" she said with a smile.

"Kadena was here tonight."

She pushed away from me.

"Something was happening when I called? I knew it."

"Rikku listen to me. I went to a bar to forget about you. And when I came home, Kadena was here. She just reminded me of you so much."

She was starting to cry again. God don't cry please don't cry…

"Why do you want to hurt me?" she asked.

"I don't want to hurt you, I never wanted to hurt you."

She tuned from me at that moment. And shook her head.

"Do you even want to be with me or was that just a lie?" She asked I couldn't hear the tears, no now she was angry.

"I love you Rikku. I want to marry you."

"You can't marry me, if you can't even just sleep with one person. It doesn't work that way."

"I know I fucked up but you can't leave me. I don't want to be without you."

"Well you know what screw you. I don't want to be with you any more."

I lowered my head. I had to stop myself from crying. I don't cry anymore. I won't cry over her. She is just a girl. God I was crying. Why did this hurt so much?

Rikku's POV

I turned when he didn't answer and I saw his head down. He stood there like a little kid who was being scolded looking at his feet. I saw the crystalline tears, was he seriously crying over this? Well good, he needed to cry he was the one who messed up not me. But he was crying and I hated making people cry. So, I walked over to him and I looked at him. He had his eyes closed.

"Gippal?"

"Please don't leave me." He said in a whisper, his eyes still closed.

Damn, I loved him. Why did I love such an asshole?

"I need you Ri." He said opening his eyes.

I looked at him. I knew it, he needed me more then I needed him. He needed someone to lead him in the right direction. He needed help from me and I knew I should help him.

"I know, and I won't…" I said.

A/n Okay end of chapter 8. Wow I made everything dramatic…so not like me, okay it is. Anyways I like making sad things. I enjoy death and sadness. Okay so I'm a Goth vampire/werewolf freak so what? Anyways please R/R thanks!