A/N: Hey everyone! Wow, chapter 7 coming up. I really want to thank everyone for reading and all the reviews. You guys are awesome. It's late and I am sleepy but I am getting this chapter out because of your reviews last chapter. I can't keep anyone waiting! Again, thanks and let me know if you want to see anything in the story. Shout out time!
starry34: I'm glad you like the story! Yeah I was a little concerned about Auron too, but I think it will be ok. He gets a chance to be alive so he should make the most of it right? Also, glad you like to see some complications because they are coming!
Gining: It's okay, read when you can! The whole point of the story is so there is more aurikku out there to enjoy, so read on. Thanks as always!
Ruki The Sake Fairy: I hate cliffhangers too! However, they are awesome in a terrible way, and I am a frequent updater so hopefully you won't be hanging for long! Thanks for reading!
FXX-Lover: I am glad your reading even though you like the rikku/gippal. Thanks! I got an aurikku bug right now, maybe I will do a rikku/gippal in the future.
Back Home
The trip back to Besaid was unnaturally quiet. Yuna and Tidus tried to keep the conversation going, but their friends weren't cooperating. Everyone had been acting oddly since they woke up. Lulu and Wakka were not speaking to each other and Rikku and Auron were avoiding eye contact, let alone speaking.
"So who wants to stop for breakfast! I'm so hungry. I could eat a whole shoopuf," Tidus announced animatedly to the group in hopes of getting a reaction. Wakka and Lulu ignored him and Rikku stepped behind Yuna, hiding herself from Tidus' view. Auron grunted a response Tidus didn't quite catch.
"What was that old man? You said you could beat me in an eating contest? What you want to make a wager?" Tidus jested.
Auron scowled at Tidus and walked away from him. "Ooookay, Yuna looks like we're just heading home."
When the reached Besaid, it had turned into a beautiful rain-free afternoon. Tidus and Yuna had high hopes their friends would cheer up and enjoy the day. They were wrong. As soon as they had arrived Wakka set off to the blitzball training ground without a word to anyone. Lulu tossed her hair behind her and stormed off toward her house. Rikku announced she was tired and was going to take a nap. Auron walked off in opposite direction as Rikku also without saying a word.
"What happened last night? Did we miss something?" Yuna yelled at Tidus. Tidus, who had been used to the silence, jumped high into the air in surprise. When he landed, Tidus turn to look at Yuna who was laughing harder than he had ever heard her laugh.
"Oh you think scaring me half to death is funny do you?" Tidus grinned at his girlfriend and began to chase her around the village. The two collapsed on the beach together in exhaustion. They sat in silence for a few moments until Yuna said "I am going to go talk to Lulu, want to come?" Before Tidus could respond, he found himself being led to Lulu's house.
They entered through the door and saw a very surprising sight. Lulu wasn't alone. She and Wakka were standing in the living room in a tight embrace. Wakka was gazing at his wife lovingly as she kissed his chest and rested her head on him.
"What! When... you know what, never mind. I don't want to know." Tidus folded his arms across his chest and shook his head in confusion.
Lulu and Wakka laughed at him. "Don't be such a drama queen, man!" Wakka told him.
"What! I'm not the one who was fighting thirty seconds ago. You guys were remember?" Tidus argued.
"Oh Tidus, we were just having a little argument," Lulu explained, " A lover's quarrel if you will. We have them often. You would know that about us if you hadn't been dead for two years."
"Ow Lulu that hurt." Tidus grabbed at his heart in mock pain. The four laughed together for the first time that morning.
"Well I am glad to hear that Lulu. Now does anyone know what happened between Auron and Rikku?" Yuna asked. Everyone shook their head.
"Maybe they're having a lover's quarrel of their own ya?" Wakka suggested. Tidus and Wakka laughed and launched into a mini-skit.
"Oh Auron, I love you, tee hee (treasure! Bombs!)!" Wakka said in his best Rikku voice.
"Oh Rikku, I love you too, gruff grrr (keep moving, waste no time)." Tidus replied in his best Auron.
Lulu stepped in when the two were making kissing faces at each other. "That's enough you two. Wakka why don't you take Tidus down to the blitzball center and introduce him to everyone. Get some practice in."
At the mention of blitzball Wakka and Tidus were all business. "Ok Lulu! Yuna, I will see you in a little while if that's okay?" Tidus asked her.
Yuna smiled at his excitement. "Yeah we will see you guys later." She gave him a quick kiss and the boys left.
"Come on Yuna, let's go see Rikku."
Rikku had gone straight to her room and threw herself on her bed. She had never felt so stupid in her life. I kissed Auron. I can't believe it. I kissed, actually kissed, him. Well he kissed me first...but I kissed back!
She stayed like that until she heard a knock at her door followed by Lulu and Yuna coming in the room. She sat up and looked at her two friends. Lulu looked happy so she assumed she and Wakka kissed and made up. "Hey guys, I was just napping," she said.
"Yeah right Rikku! What happened? You don't look good. Did you and Auron have a fight or something? You can tell us," Yuna ranted at her cousin.
"Smooth Yuna," Lulu smiled, "You have to stop hanging out with Tidus." Yuna rolled her eyes and smiled at Lulu. She was glad Lulu was in a better mood.
Yuna and Lulu spent the next fifteen minutes trying to coax Rikku into a confession. Finally, Lulu was able to break her.
"Rikku," Lulu told her, "I wish you could feel like you can tell us anything. We can help you. We have always helped you whenever you needed us. When did you stop trusting us?"
Rikku immediately felt guilty. "No Lulu it's not that! I trust you. Okay I will tell you." Rikku sat up on her knees at looked at her friends preparing for her confession.
Yuna raised an eyebrow at Lulu. Man she's good, she thought. Lulu caught the look and winked at her. "Rikku," Lulu continued, "I was joking with you. But since you already agreed to tell us, we're ready when you are."
Rikku stared at her friend. Man she's good!
"Ok ok ok," Rikku took a deep breath, "Last night I kinda found myself in a weird situation."
"Did you accidentally see Auron naked?"
"NO! Yuna! Be quiet," Rikku laughed. "Last night Auron kissed me. And I kissed back."
Yuna and Lulu had not been expecting that. "What! Tell us what happened. Every detail!"
Rikku told them. She told them how she had went into Auron's room and the power went out. She told them how she jumped into his arms in fright. She told them every detail (at their constant request) of the best kiss she ever had in her life.
"Then went I woke up I felt so stupid. I don't know what happened at all yesterday. I am so confused." Rikku punched her pillow in frustration.
"Did you two talk today at all?" Lulu asked.
"No, I can't even look at him. When I saw him the hallway, he avoided me. I think we just got caught up in something and now we are too embarrassed to even look at each other."
"Is that how you feel Rikku? Did you get caught up or do you like him?" Yuna asked her.
Rikku blinked. That was the one question she didn't know the answer to. "I don't know Yunie. I like him. I think just as a friend, ya know. He is so different now. He's actually nice to me, and we get along way better that I ever expected. But it's Auron!"
"What's wrong with Auron?" Lulu inquired.
"Well he's Auron. Legendary guardian Sir Auron. He's almost as old as my dad! He's so different than me." Rikku looked down at her pillow. "I'm just confused.
"Rikku I know this isn't what you want to hear, but you need to talk to him," Yuna told her, "It's the only way you will feel better."
Rikku sighed, "I know."
Meanwhile, Auron was sitting in peace under a tree away from town. Well, as much peace he could get considering the thoughts in his head.
Nice going Auron. Alive two days and you already made a mess of things.
Auron wished a lot of things. He wished he knew how he felt about Rikku. She was so different from the girl he knew on the pilgrimage. She was older, wiser, calmer, more beautiful. He wished he knew how she felt about him. If I was still twenty-five this wouldn't be a problem.
He wished he could stop thinking about her. He wished he would stop wishing she felt the same. Most of all he wished he could erase last night. He never felt that much passion and emotion in one kiss. It confused the hell out of him. He was Sir Auron. Cool, calm, collected, even cold. This kind of thing did not happen to him.
Auron was too deep in his thoughts to hear someone approach behind him.
"Excuse me," the stranger said, "I'm looking for Besaid village. Am I going the right way?"
Auron turned to look at the idiot who couldn't find the village on this small, small island. He saw a tall, well built, tan man with spiked blond hair. Auron knew this man to be Al-Bhed because of his attire. He reeked of arrogance too. Auron knew his type.
"Yeah just keep following the path down and you will run right into it." Auron went to turn back to his thoughts, but the man continued to talk to him.
"Hey! Your Sir Auron aren't you. Rikku told me all about you."
At the mention of Rikku's name, Auron turned back around. "Yes, I am Auron. And who might you be?"
"I'm Rikku's boyfriend. Have you seen her? I was told she was in Besaid."
A/N: Oh snap. Let the drama begin. Look for the next update sometime this week before next Saturday. Hopefully sooner, but by next Saturday.
