Well, I'm glad this story is getting on with you guys better than my one-shot Sunshine. Yeeoouch. Don't worry guys, I swear I'll fix it up and make it like-able.
Anywhoooo here's chapter 5! Thanks to all you guys reviewing; reviews make me smile.
And one last thing, this one is in Gippal's point of view.
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Not So Ordinary
Chapter Five - Wedding Bells Are In The Air?
Besaid. Sunshine, perfect weather, sandy beaches, half-naked girls in bikinis...
"Ow! What was that for?" I swear sometimes Rikku can read my mind. When it strays too far into the "XXX" zone, she lays the smackdown.
She folded her arms across her chest and stuck her little bubblegum pink tongue out at me. "Can't you at least stop VISABLY DROOLING? I'm sure those poor girls don't want to be oogled at by some creepy lurker."
"Thanks for thinking so highly of me. Creepy lurker?", I stumbled back a few steps and clutched at my chest in mock heartache, "That hurts."
At least she laughed. That cute little girly giggle is my weakness. If being cute was a crime, Rikku would be serving a lifetime sentence with no parole. See? This is what she does to me. Turns me into some wierdo who thinks lame lines like that. Thankfully I don't say things like that outloud. It would totally kill my game.
"Well you know what they say...the truth hurts!" She set off running down the hill towards the town. I know a challenge when I see one, so I ran too. I caught up to her pretty easily, which I'm sure she was expecting, because she was off again like a chocobo with it's tail on fire. Saving the world had been good to her. I traded in winning with jogging behind her; I had a much nicer view this way. She reached the archway before me and started doing some wierd victory dance. I hope it's a victory dance, because I would never be seen in public with someone who seriously dances like that.
"IwinIwinIwinIwinIWINNNN!" She put her thumbs against her temples, wiggled her fingers and blew a raspberry at me.
I could see Paine out of the corner of my eye and I knew Rikku was in for a healthy dose of sarcasm.
"Rikku? Is that you? Or is this Rikku's 5 year old long lost sister?" Paine nodded at me in greeting and as she passed Rikku she ruffled her hair. "Yuna's waiting...kiddo."
Rikku dropped her hands to her sides quicker than you could say 'owned' and she turned red as a tomato. "Err...right!"
We walked in and my eardrums then popped from the resounding, "YUNNNIIIIEEE!"
Baralai and Nooj were standing off to the side and I decided to join them.
"How's it going guys?"
Nooj simply snorted, which I took as a "Hello Gippal, how the fuck does it look like it's going? I'd probably rather have acid poured on my normal leg than be standing here right now." Quite a ray of sunshine, ol' Nooj.
At least Baralai was gifted with the talent of speech. "Hey Gippal. Any idea what we're doing here?"
I shrugged. "No clue."
Thankfully neither of us would have to wonder for long because Yuna was standing atop the temple steps waving everyone towards her. I hadn't noticed just how many people were actually here. There was me, Nooj, Baralai, Paine, Rikku, Brother, Buddy, Shinra, some red-headed guy and what looked to be his wife and their baby, a couple Yevonite-looking people, a few Ronso, what appeared to be the entire Besaid Auroch team, and a few scattered others. Oh, and some blonde guy who walked up and joined Yuna on the steps.
"Thank you so much to everyone who came out today. We wanted to get you all together for an important announcement."
She grabbed the blonde guy's hand. "Tidus and I are getting married next month! And you're all invited!"
I groaned, which was totally unheard because of the screams, clapping, whistles, and "OHMYGOSH CONGRATS YUNNIEEE AND TIDUS!" 's emanating from Rikku's area. A wedding? What a bust. Part of me was hoping for some dire threat to Spira's peace so that I could test out some machina we'd been building at Djose temple. Weddings are just excuses to remind the rest of us that we're lonely. But...weddings also mean great reception parties with lots of drunk people and dancing. Drinking, dancing...and Rikku would be there too. I guess this could turn out better than I thought.
Well, hope you guys liked it! I have a whole lot of the next chapter written out, so it'll be up soon. Until then, REVIEW!
