Chapter 4 - Daydreaming
Yuna felt the soggy mud beneath her. Her arms were buried up to her elbows in mud. It was hard for her to sit up. Her body ached from hitting the hard earth. "Rikku?" she asked. "Yeah Yunie. I'm allright." Rikku was standing up glancing up at the top of the hole. "I'm trying to figure someway out of here." She said quietly, her voice raspy from thirst. "How long was I out?" asked Yuna. "I would say about a half hour." answered Rikku. "That is, after I woke up." Yuna groaned. "Ti is going to kill himself from worry."she muttered. "Yeah well at least Tidus cares." Rikku spat irritated."Gippal is probably at some fancy party or asleep back in Bikanel." Rikku daydreamed of Bikanel. Home. she thought.
Daydreaming
Rikku walked up to her tent. It was a hot day and this machina was driving her mad. "Gosh this part is so hard!" she complained stepping out of the sun and into the tent. She set the machina down on the bench she had set up inside her tent. She pulled her goggles off her eyes and placed the on top of her head as she examined the machina."I can do this." said Rikku to herself. "I know this stuff." She tinkered with it some more until she heard a familiar voice. It made her stomach turn with delight and nervousness, for she had to tell him something she thought she would never have to.She turned around with a smile. Gippal's eye locked into her's. "Hey there Cid's girl! Whatch'a got here?" He asked curiously , though more intrested in Rikku. She looked him over her gaze travelling from his dirt covered and still handsome face to his dirt covered body. "you look hot." She said noticing him sweating. "Thanks Cid's girl! You do too." he said looking her over. "I meant that in a serious way Gip." she said crossing the room to hug him."What is this?" he asked surprised."Cid's girl actually showing affection towards me?" He said with that devilishly hot grin of his."Of course silly!"she answered, unphased."We are going out ya know?" yeah" he answered happily."We are arent we?" She lightly punched him on the shoulder. She looked away suddenly, her smile turning into a frown. Gippal noticed. "Hey now Cid's girl, no frowning!" He said pulling her sand-covered body towards him. She looked up at him, her amazing green eyes full of concern. "Gip, I really dont think this is working out, between you working and me working... It's just hard not to worry about you." She looked away quickly, waiting for the response. He let go of her suddenly. This was going to be worse than she had thought. "What do you mean? Ive tried the hardest I can to come and see you every oppurtunity I get! Ive been trying to even work over here occasionally! What do you mean it's not 'Working'?"He said, becoming upset. "Rikku, we just started going back out two months ago, and your giving up already? You know what Cid's Girl... nevermind. I shouldve known this would happen." He spun around storming out of the tent before Rikku could even get an answer out. Rikku stood in quiet awe as it hit her. Wow. She'd just broken up with him again.
"RIKKU!" Yuna shouted. "Earth to Rikku! Are you listening?" Rikku snapped out of her daydream. "Yeah sorry." she replied. Yuna was looking up too. "I dont know about you but Im starving." said Yuna. "We need to get out of here." Rikku looked around herself a second. "I have a feeling we're going to be stuck here a very long time." she said unhopeful. Yuna began clawing the muddy sides of the trap with no success she only slid back down. Yuna sat down. "we'll just have to wait." she said sadly. Rikku sat down beside her pulling her knees in close to her body. "Yeah" she said pitifully, her stomach growling with hunger.
Tidus yelled as loud as he could. "YUNA!" there was no answer as usual. Tidus could here Gippal far off across the woods yelling Rikku's name. The light that the flashlight gave off was starting to fade on Tidus. He hit the side of it a couple times. "awww come on!" he said shaking it. "No way my luck is THIS bad." He couldnt help but worry where in the world they could be. The wind was blowing hard sending dirt off the woods floor everywhere. It had quit raining but had still continued to thunder."YUNA!" he yelled again with no success. "I'll never find her." he said aloud, sitting down on a log. Gippal soon joined him with nothing but his flashlight which was also starting to die. "We've been out her for like 2 fucking hours." said Gippal tossing his dead flashlight aside. "Gippal we've only been out here for 30 minutes." replied Tidus."Eighther way Im sick of looking! If they were here then we would have found them by now." Gippal ran his rough hands through his blond hair and looked around them."As a matter of fact I dont even know where we came in at." he said frowning."Great now were lost" said Tidus depressed. Gippal only shook his head. Tidus said: "If I were Rikku where would I drag Yuna off too...?" He looked around some more. Gippal answered. "If you were Cid's girl you'd be alot smarter." Gippal chuckled as Tidus shoved him a little. "Shutup. Just because Yuna is hotter than your girlfriend doesn't mean..." Gippal cut him off Swinging a stick at him. Tidus ducked just in time and grabbed a stick of his own. They fought for a minute laughing finally forgetting the situation for a little while. Tidus jumped from side to side avoiding Gippal's swings. "You forget mechanical nerd that I have ACTUALLY had practice with swords." said Tidus amusingly hitting Gippal across the stomach. Gippal backed up trying to reflect Tidus's swings." All bronze and no brain Tidus, all bronze and no..."Before Gippal could finish his sentence he tripped and went plunging to the ground backwards. Tidus busted out laughing as hard as he could."Shutup." said Gippal rubbing the back of his head. Tidus continued to laugh until he noticed what Gippal had tripped over. He stopped moving. Gippal seeing Tidus's reaction stopped too and looked ahead of him. Just then he saw what he had tripped over. A tombstone was contrasted against the dark woods it was black with streaks of water stains and there was an angel statue beside it. It stood out among the trees the statue of the angel staring down upon them her face full of sorrow. Gippal shocked looked around them. Tidus realized that they had fought right into the middle of an old graveyard he'd never seen before.
