Hey I know I haven't posted in months but I've been in the mood to write again so here I am. I'm going to make a really big effort to keep up with this from now on, but I've got tons of work with school. Thanks for the comments and I look forward to seeing more.
The sun shone brightly in the afternoon sky as she walked between the blades of grass. She could here birds singing as they called to each other from the copses of trees that dotted the field. Waves crashed in the distance and she could smell the salt on the air. She wasn't sure why but she felt an irresistible urge to reach the ocean. Something was waiting there that she was excited to see, something she hadn't seen in years.
She walked at her usual subdued pace but the more the sparkling water came in to view the more excited she became and soon she had quickened her pace. The grass brushed against her black dress as she moved through the blades. She playfully skimmed their fuzzy tops and smiled.
Before she new it she was full out running, and she could feel the grass scratching against her legs and began obscuring her vision. Her ebony hair had grown shorter and bounced across her shoulders while her clothes had shrunk in size and changed into the navy blue skirt and white blouse she used to wear when she was younger.
Now that she thought about it, she was younger. She was only about 4 years old and she began laughing with joy at the freedom lack of age afforded the mind. She didn't have a care in the world and she pumped her little arms and legs as hard as she could to reach the beach. It was utterly inconceivable how fast she was moving, the grass flew by in every direction and she threw her hands out to swat the blades as she ran by.
Suddenly she burst out on to the beach exhausted from running and laughing. She stood for a moment with her hands on her knees until she caught her breath a bit and then looked up to see what she had been searching for, for so long.
There, standing by the water stood a couple holding hands talking. The man had short cut brown hair and was tall and lean but very good looking and wore thinly rimmed glasses. He wore a plain white shirt and pants, nothing special. You could tell he was intelligent just by looking into his sharp blue eyes, which looked at everything questioningly, as if searching for and finding an answer in all that they landed upon. Everything that is except for the woman whose hand he was holding, when they fell on her they seemed lost and unsure, but for once contented not to have an answer.
While the man wasn't too bad to look at, the woman was utterly stunning. She had long ebony hair and milky white skin that contrasted so intensely that it made her seem ephemeral. To add to her supernatural beauty, she had crimson eyes that seemed to glow with the power that hid behind them. She wore a beautiful necklace of violet gems and a dark green dress consisting of endless folds, which seemed to hold all the secrets of the universe within them. Despite her intimidating appearance, she wore an infectious smile, which clearly spread to the man that looked at her so lovingly.
The two turned to the little girl who had finally decided to stop playing hide and seek and somehow made their already huge smiles even bigger. She laughed again and began running toward them only to stop dead as a sudden sense of dread filled her heart. The sky clouded over and the once inviting, sparkling waves became menacing dark behemoths that took hunks of sand with them every time they crashed into the surf.
For some reason she vividly noticed the alizarin colored spires of Bevelle slowly turn black in the distance as the sun was blotted out. She looked up to see that the ocean had somehow moved into the sky.
"Take her, keep her safe!" A blinding light flickered over her vision and she suddenly realized she was sitting in a chair.
Lulu cast her eyes frantically around the room, which was now brightly lit by the morning sun. Sweat coated her face and she was shivering considerably. Was that… when my parents…?" She couldn't even bring herself to think it, and the truth was that she didn't actually remember how her parents had died. Is it possible that I suppressed it?
Tears slowly trickled down her already damp face as she recalled the horrifying memories her dream had stirred. How could she have forgotten that day.
Suddenly the door to the room burst open and Lulu's senses already having been heightened by her dream called forth a firaga spell and nearly incinerated the door along with the little Al Bhed girl who screamed in terror as she fell to the ground in terror.
Lulu only just extinguished it before it blew away the far side of the room, leaving only a slight cloud of smoke lingering around the ceiling.
"What did I do to deserve that you big meanie," Rikku cried out from her fetal position on the floor, still covering her head.
"Try knocking next time." Lulu said calmly, trying desperately to compose herself as she stood up to greet her friends.
She heard Yuna's light-hearted laughter coming from the hall behind the terrified Rikku.
"Don't you think firage is a bit over doing it Lulu?" Yuna walked into the room stepping over Rikku who still had yet to stand up. Lulu looked over the young girl who she viewed as a little sister. She still looked pale and worn even after three weeks of rest. Of course she knew that Yuna's ailment was not fatigue but a broken heart.
"Perhaps, but I guarantee Rikku will knock before she enters a room in the future."
"Only if I know you're inside it, geeze!" Rikku said as she slowly stood up and turned to Yuna.
"Hey Yunie, do I still have eyebrows?" Yuna laughed,
"Yes Rikku, although I think they would be the least of your concerns if that spell had actually gotten you."
"Heh heh, yea. Well that's certainly no way to greet your friends who came all the way to Luca just to see how you're doing!" Rikku walked into the room and began to look around.
"Wow! You two really hit the jackpot with this room." She began running around observing every detail of the luxurious hospital room.
"Look at that view! Is that chandelier real crystal? Ooh! Golden faucets! The shower is soooooo huge! Oh and the bed is so plush!"
"Rikku no!" Lulu commanded, but it was too late as she launched herself onto the bed where Wakka was still sleeping under the influence of Lulu's sleep spell, that is until Rikku landed on him.
"OOOWWWWW!" Rikku screamed in shock as she realized that Wakka was in the bed. The blitzer grabbed her with his powerful arms to hold her still so that he could see his assailant.
"Hi Wakka," Was all Rikku could squeak out in terror.
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Moments later after Wakka had been sufficiently calmed down and Rikku was pried from his death grip, the strange crew of old friends were all seated by Wakka's bed.
"We came as soon as we heard about the wyrm attack on Luca. Of course the news didn't reach Besaid until yesterday evening so we decided to take the airship here first thing this morning." Yuna said looking from Wakka to Lulu, concern etched on her young face.
"We saw the whole fight on the sphere when we were on the airship flying to Luca! Lulu you were so cool, you saved Wakka's butt like 5 times and then blew the wyrm to pieces with that ultima spell. It's even cooler than when we fought Sin cause now everyone in Spira can see you annihilate that thing as many times as they want!"
Wakka almost jumped out of the bed at Rikku's remark.
"Hey that's not fair! I held my own in that fight! The wyrm just caught me by surprise a little, ya."
Lulu ignored Wakka's outburst.
"Rikku, I hardly find it 'cool' that everyone in Spira can view our battle against the sky wyrm."
"What you don't like being the Sky Wyrm Avengers?" Rikku smiled viciously.
"No, I do not."
"Hey, don't ignore me! Lulu only saved me twice and if it weren't for me the wyrm would have attacked her directly!"
"Ok, ok, you make a great meat shield, sheesh, he needs to relax." Wakka was now lunging out of the bed only to be shoved back down by Lulu who had anticipated this.
"Either way there is nothing that can be done about it now so we may as well forget about it and move on." She gave both Wakka and Rikku a meaningful look, lingering a bit longer on Wakka.
"Yea ok. But we still have some serious partying to do when I get out of here!" Lulu sighed and shook her head.
"Oh right!" Yuna stood up quickly, dichromatic eyes wide. "I nearly forgot, Wakka, if I may, could I have a look at your wounds?"
"Ah, they're just scratches, I'm fine see?" The blitzer sat up and hopped out of the bed only to shout out in pain and collapse to the floor, clutching his side. Both Yuna and Lulu stepped forward to help him back to the bed.
"Wakka, you will never learn will you?" Lulu scolded. "And yes Yuna, it would it would be a good idea for you to help heal Wakka's wounds."
"Yup, Yunies the best white mage in all of Spira, that's for sure," Rikku said.
After some more protests from Wakka, threats from Lulu and pleas from Yuna, the young high summoner finally was able to look at the blitzer.
"I know this is the best hospital in Luca, but I just know that I can help speed up your recovery with some magic," Yuna said as she bent over the deep gash in Wakka's side. The blitzer stubbornly refused to respond, frustrated that he had to admit he was as hurt as he was.
"Wakka, you should be grateful to Yuna for her help, she really is the best white mage I know of." Lulu stared into the blitzers dark eyes.
"I don't care, I'll be just fine ya. I don't need anyone looking out for me. Look at this cut it's nothing at all…" He gestured over to the area on his side were Yuna was bent over and stared in shock as he saw the gash was almost completely healed.
"That should do it Wakka," Yuna said cheerfully.
"Holy chocobos! I can't believe it!" Wakka jumped up and began walking around the room. "I feel better than ever. Thankz Yuna."
"I thought you weren't hurt in the first place there tough guy?" Rikku said as she gave him a quick jab in the ribs.
"Ow! That's not funny ya!"
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Now that Wakka was back on his feet, the four friends decided it was time to leave the hospital as nice as it was and in a few hours and after Lulu had forced Rikku to put back the gold and crystals she had tried to steal from the room, they were back on the streets.
"I can't believe you wouldn't even let me take even on gold faucet Lulu! No one would have noticed!" Lulu gave the young Al Bhed girl a withering glare,
"Yes they would have and you don't need the money anyway."
"Hey that reward money we got for beating Sin isn't going to last forever you know!"
"Oh really? Last time I checked 1 billion gil is more than enough to live quite comfortably on for some time."
"Hey now that I'm a hero of Spira I've got some big spending to do!"
The small group walked down the streets of Luca amongst throngs of chatter people.
"We should find a hotel first if we plan to stay here for more than a day, which I assume Wakka and Rikku plan on doing."
"That's right, we're going to paint the town red tonight and you're going to have fun whether you like it or not Lulu!"
The black mage let out a small groan as they continued to shove their way through the eager masses who were trying desperately to catch a glimps of the high summonter and the sky warm avengers.
Alright so what do you think? We're back on the streets of Luca and the gangs going to party it up, will Rikku actually be able to get Lulu to cut loose? Yea I doubt it too.