Authors Note: Second chapter. Yay! Hope you enjoy it everybody!

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN SQUARE ENIX, FINAL FANTASY X-2 OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS!

Chapter 2: Brother and sister

2 years later, Djose temple:

There she saw him again.

It felt like her heart was about to pop out of her body.

He hadn't changed a bit.

The eye patch, the clothes, the blonde hair, even the attitude.

"Well if isn't Cid's girl, how you been?" said Gippal jokefully.

"Hey, I have a name." Gippal always used to joke like that.

In the end, it started to get annoying, but she could stand it, because it was him saying it.

'I have a name' were almost always the first sentence she said to him.

He always called her Cid's girl.

"So, you want to go digging?" Gippal asked Yuna, Rikku and Paine.

But Rikku didn't listen, she was busy trying to fight back the tears and at the same time trying to look happy.

She wanted to yell at him 'Why did you leave me? Have you any idea how much I missed you?' and cry in his arms and maybe even kiss the soft lips of his.

It wasn't easy to hold the tears back, but she thought she did a good job.

Back on the airship, Rikku said she was tired and went to her room.

The moment she closed the door, she ran over to her bed and started to cry…

She wasn't sure if it was tears of joy or sadness. She was happy to know that he was alive, but she was just starting to get over him, what would happen if her feelings returned and Gippal didn't feel the same way about her?

Just then there were a light knock on her door. "Rikku, are you okay?" It was her cousin Yuna's voice. She sounded a little bit worried. Rikku didn't answer. She didn't want to talk to anyone right now, not even Yuna. "Rikku, I'm coming in, okay?" Rikku heard the door open and closed her eyes, pretending to be sleeping.

Yuna looked worried at her cousin. She knew Rikku well enough to know that she didn't sleep, but decided to not say anything. Rikku had her reasons for not saying anything, but Yuna wanted her to tell her if she wanted it herself, not by forcing her.

"Okay, I'm going out again now… I'll check on you later…" Rikku heard the worry in Yuna's voice, but right now she didn't care. All that was on her mind now was Gippal.

She saw all their memories flashing before her eyes. Their first date, Cid's angry face when she wasn't home at 11 o'clock in the evening and their first kiss. She remembered that the only time she enjoyed the rain, was when she was in it with him. She remembered the sorrow she felt when he left. She opened her eyes. She didn't want to remember that part. Rikku stood up from the bed to dry of the tears, but she noticed that she wasn't alone in her room. "Yunie!"

"Hi!" Yuna said casually. Rikku dried of the tears with her hand. "I thought you left…"

"I was thinking about it, but, then again I couldn't leave you in the state you are in…"

"Can you please, leave me alone for a while?" Rikku asked, her voice were where very low. "Huh?" "I said leave!" Rikku yelled at Yuna, the tears rolling down her cheeks. Rikku saw the tears forming in Yuna's eyes. She regretted what she had done right away. A tear fell down Yuna's cheek. "Sorry, I was just trying to help you…" Yuna turned around and started to walk towards the door. "Yunie, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have yelled at you!" But Yuna had already closed the door. Out in the hallway Rikku could hear Yuna's sobs.

"E ryda socamv!" Rikku said to herself before she threw herself back on the bed.

Suddenly the door opened and Brother came in. "Riiikkkuu!" 'Oh, great! Now he has to bother me too!' Rikku thought before she said: "What is it Brother?" "Fro tet oui syga Yuna lno mega dryd?! Fryd ec fnuhk fedr oui?!" Rikku could feel the tears come back again.

"Crid ib! Ouin so pnudran, cu cruimth'd oui dyga so ceta vun uhla ehcdayt uv Yunie's?!"

"Don't use that tone to me, young lady!" yelled Brother back to Rikku.

Now the tears were back on her cheeks. "Zicd mayja sa ymuha!!!" She screamed. "Fro lyh'd zicd ajanouha zicd mayja sa ymuha." The last sentence said in a very low voice. She sank down to the floor. The tear stream wouldn't stop. "Brother…" She said very low, almost like a whisper. "Who do you love the most, me or Yunie?" She couldn't see Brother too well, since her eyes were really blurry after all the crying, but she could hear him sit down next to her. "Rikku… How can you even ask such a thing?" He said, his voice were full of love and worry. "Of course I love you the most, after all, you are my little sister." Rikku could feel his arms around her, but before he got to hug her, she started to speak again. "But, why is it always Yuna you're worrying about, never me?!" The tears still wouldn't stop. "Like that time on Gagazet, after we kicked LeBlanc's ass under the Luca concert!"

Brother was silent for a moment. "Because… because I won't… Because I don't want you to worry! If I were worried for you all the time, you wouldn't be the bouncy, Rikkuish Rikku that you normally are, since then you've been worried about yourself all the time…" 'Okay… I didn't get much of that, but I'm sure he meant it as a good thing!' Rikku thought before she started to giggle. "What's funny?" Brother asked her. "You said Rikkuish! It's kinda funny word!" Rikku answered still giggling "Not funnier than Disasterrific." "Hey! I thought you hated that word!" "I never said I hated it, I just said it wasn't a real word!" He said as he putted his hands on his hips. Rikku started to laugh and gave him a big hug. "I may not say this much, but you're the best big bro a girl can have!"

"I know!" He said back, with a little grin. "But, you still have to say sorry to Yuna!" Rikku let go of Brother. "I know," Rikku said, feeling kinda bad. "I was pretty mean to her…" She bounced up. "I will go at once!" Brother grabbed her arm, and stopped her. "You may want to fix the make-up first…"

Albhed translations:

"Fro tet oui syga Yuna lno mega dryd?! Fryd ec fnuhk fedr oui?!" - "Why did you make Yuna cry like that?! What is wrong with you?!"

"Crid ib! Ouin so pnudran, cu cruimth'd oui dyga so ceta vun uhla ehcdayt uv Yunie's?!" –

"Shut up! Your my brother, so shouldn't you take my side for once instead of Yunie's?!"

"Zicd mayja sa ymuha!" – "Just leave me alone!"

"Fro lyh'd zicd ajanouha zicd mayja sa ymuha." - "Why can't just everyone just leave me alone."

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