OK so for the my wonderful reviewers, not that you guys read these but i understand the characters are not being played as they would normally be THERE IS A REASON!! they are older maturer and all around different with similar attributes so please don't get your panties in a bunch! as for the spelling grammar I have already explained this need a explanation see first chapter read the first line!

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"HERE THEY COME!" A butch man said his bellowing voice was loud enough for all to hear as a rumble came from the caves mouth, Paine looked up as Rikku pulled herself from the cave jumping out running towards Paine. The rumble came louder and Gippal walked out from his cover that was shielding him from the blazing rays into the sun and shielded his eyes as Rikku ran towards Paine who raised her blade, his eyes traveled over the new Dress spear Rikku was wearing her huge blade formed to her hand and she looked at Paine who stepped forward ready. Gippal looked at his men who started to run he shook head returning his eyes and watched as Rikku was talking to Paine then did a fast game of row sham bow. He could tell Rikku lost cause she stomped her foot and turned her body her hair flinging over her shoulder raising her fingers to her lips and whistled catching the blind fiend who turned towards her with a running start towards the noise.

Gippal raised a brow as she jumped onto the claws that went towards her and onto the head running down its back her blade running down its side causing a stream of Lava to exit the giant mouth. Rikku heard it's cry of pain and looked up as its tail swung her eyes grew wide as it hit her belly sending her flying back to the sand into a rock Paine tried not to laugh but ran forward and took Rikku's place running her sword through the bone crushing skull and jumped off as its spirit left into the air. He walked over to Rikku who sat up from the sand and looked at her scrapped arm and sighed

"Poopie."

"Are you ok kid?" Paine asked smiling offering a hand Rikku lifted her hand pulling herself to her feet groaning. Cheers could be heard from the people who were around coming from their hiding places they looked at each other and high-five and then laughed "Not the same without Yunnie" Rikku said and held her rib cage and walked towards the fiend's skin then going to the opening where it had butted threw walking inside it's depth Gippal set his coffee down and walked after them where his men were over looking the Machina.

Rikku stood in the back of the large rocky room while it was over looked holding her left side smiling like nothing was bothering her. "You ok?" a voice asked the soothing whip like sound sent her into a lather of shivers she looked up at Gippal who had finished his walk over to her. "Yeah, fine why do you ask?" she asked lowering her eyes slightly looking towards the men who were avoiding the heat that was coming off the Machina before finding a hatch to disable the electrical field around the cockpit. Her head began to reel as she waited for him to reply then said "No I am not" her legs buckled he looked at her and caught her arm before she hit the floor pulling her up against his chest looking at her eyes as they wavered closed he looked for Paine who was no where in sight and sighed swooping her up then walked out of the cave to the cover and set her on an small couch after pulling random digging gear and weapons then laid her down looking over face and shook his head.

"You are so small Rikku but you're strong as Machina."

Rikku allowed her eyes to open and she looked around expecting herself to be in her own room or the nurse's tent only to find herself in Gippal's bed, alone to her surprise and oddly enough to her disappointment which was a new emotion for her. She pulled the sheets to her chest discovering she was half naked again her underwear and the bandage that wound around her breast to the middle of her middle which made her sigh. "He is so over protective" she said getting up hearing voices out side and was half tempted to jump back into the bed instead she snatched her skirt and pulled it on as the door opened. Gippal smiled at his buddy and stopped looking at her openly his buddy also stopped walking and found himself staring she raised a brow and grabbed one of Gippal's shirts and pulled it on. Gippal cleared his throat and closed the tent flap his buddy protested, he walked in his eyes diverted she got in his way trying to get to the door he moved again and she fallowed and grabbed his arm to push him to the side only to find her lips pressed against his.

She was about to step back but found herself not it was him who pulled away looking at her closed eyes and raised brow. He smiled and taped the underneath her gently and walked away from her to the desk where he grabbed a file she opened her eyes and stared at the tent opening before looking over at Gippal then just walked out . Gippal turned looking at the door nodding his head. "Not bad" he said then continuing his work.

"He just grabbed you and kissed you?" Paine asked looking at Rikku as they ate. "But its Gippal he doesn't just do that to do it I mean he has Sex with women when he wants but he has never done anything like that to me EVEN when we dated." She said the last part rather lowly so the people around her wouldn't over hear. "You dated Gippal?" Paine asked raising a brow arched brow taking a drink of her drink they both were a little tipsy but nothing that would affect their judgment. "Did you have sex with him?" she asked Rikku coughed in her drink and lowered it and shook her head. "No surprisingly when I wanted to, I as pretty wasted, he said no he didn't want me to regret it in the morning, all though I did sleep in with him, he also didn't want me to walk home alone so he let me stay with him." She said also lowly knowing he had slept with most of the women at her table. "Think about it though he wouldn't randomly kiss you, maybe he wants there to be something more?" she said taking another drink. "Yeah right, not after what happened between us, look I am starting to hurt again I will catch you later ok?" she asked Paine stood up to help Rikku but she just brushed her off saying she would make it ok.

Rikku turned the corner from the eating area and turned behind a tent and started up a sand Doon her sight was fuzzed which occurred to her drink was spiked or it was one of her spells she got when a huge storm was going to come which was most likely the one because she didn't have but one cup. A firm grip on her hand made her look up into a familiar Al bhed face. His name was judoka black mid length hair brown eyes he was one of the few who had the different colored eyes. She looked at him blinking trying to clear her vision managing to see the cocky smile, "what are you doing" she slurred her stomach churning and shook her head. Her body was on fire making her sweat that ran in long liquid strips down her skin. "I missed you." He said kissing her neck whatever was wrong with her was starting to take over, her body that was growing tired from her struggling as she pushed him away elbowing his nose in the process and tried to run down the sandy hill. Her feet sank into the sand like they had magnets on them as she made her way to hers and Gippal's tents her eyes grew tired and she collapsed in the opening falling threw the tent. Gippal who was trying to sleep sat up and looked at Rikku who was trying to pull herself up and coughed sitting up crawling towards the exit to get sick only to have hands scoop her up.

"OK so you drank too much?" Gippal said holding Rikku's hair and looking at his nails her respond was more throwing up. He looked at her and shook his head "You always were a light weight." He said she swung her arm back hitting his thigh and staggered he laughed and recollected her hair. She pulled herself up from her hunched over position and looked at him her eyes looked hurt and her lips pouted and he raised a brow looking deeper into her eyes "Are you high?" he asked she shook her head. "There is going to be a storm tomorrow…" she rasped and licked her lips he shook his head "Tell me later come on." He said they had come a ways from the tent up the hill. She looked at him her feet falling from underneath her pushing him he lost his balance and hit the sand.

Rikku lifted her head from his chest and looked at him as he lifted his head returning the look. "You smell like booze." He said smiling her lips parted to a smile. "You smell like cheep clone" they laughed and he rolled her off and sat up she just laid there her stomach settling down. "You feel better?" he asked after a while of silence. She sat up and rested her head on her knees that her arm wrapped around tightly "I am now." She said rocking slightly he rubbed her back making her stop and narrow her eyes but let it go he used to do it when the large storms would come she always got sick and received the nickname 'storm predictor squirt' by her father. "Why did you kiss me?" she asked looking over at him he didn't take his eyes off the spot he was looking at. "I don't know." He said she gave a small smile and turned his face towards her running her finger over the eye patch only to have him grab her hand grinning. "There is no guilt remember?" he asked she shook her head

"How could I forget?"

The sun peeked over the edge of the sand the wind lashing around the tents giving off loud whipping noises all around the Al Bhed camps. Rikku opened her eyes to find Gippal getting dress, herself fully clothed to her pleasure and looked back at him to find a cocky grin on his lips as he raised a brow at her. "Hey I don't remember a lot of what happened last night" she said he ruffled her hair. "You want something to eat?" he asked she nodded "Then get up and get it" he said walked towards the tent flap and she let her face fall and glare at him. "Consideration?" she whispered and fallowed him. 'Just when I thought he was going to be nice and we would have a nice conversation without hostility and argument.' She thought as she walked towards the food tent her eyes closed from the storm so she was guessing she would be entering the right tent, according to the aroma she was dead on.

"How are your ribs?" the woman asked handing Gippal his trays he whispered something to her making her blush and look back at Rikku who raised a brow. "What did he just say to you?" she asked the woman neared the counter whispering the message only to have a clank of her plate on the railing. The woman smiled and went to serve someone else Rikku walked behind Gippal smacking the back of his head his buddies laughed he couldn't help but to laugh with them as the red face Rikku walked over to Paine who sat with Tidus who she didn't even see until after she sat down and went on a ranting rage.

"It sounds like…. You are starting to stir those old feeling in his cold heart." She looked up at the voice that wasn't Paine's. "What was it that he said?" Tidus asked with a smeared smirk on his smug face. "Tidus!" she yelled loudly standing up leaning over the table grabbing him into a smashing hug. "Easy girl! Tell me what this boy said to you." He said trying to pry himself from her grasp. "Its nothing" she said her face turning the odd shade of red again and looked down sheepishly Paine raised a brow feeling a small tug of a smile on her lips only to be pushed away, by the cover of a napkin, "He most likely said something along the lines of" "NOTHING" Rikku said closing her eyes waving her hand in front of her face Tidus shook his head and looked at his food she opened her eyes giving off a sigh of relief and her head hung slightly tilted Gippal caught her eye and she looked away back to the light conversation that Paine and Tidus were holding about Yuna.

Rikku walked along the tents fallowing the sound of children cheerful screams and laughter the storm had dimmed down enough to be out and walking until later she turned on her heels and walked up the hill and smiled at the children who were playing a game of Ruck ball. She walked down the hill not catching any of their attention and folded her skirt and plopped to the sand wrapping her arms around her legs and leaning on them. She watched them carefully as they're little legs ran around in the sand tossing the ball tackling each other and tagging each other laughing, playing in general it was plain refreshing from the adult world Rikku was now living in. Rikku rested her chin on her knees reflecting how much she has grown up only to hear a cry go up and she looked over at where they were running and allowed her smile to disappear as Gippal and Tidus walked down the trail with two other guys one of which she knew as Gippal's sidekick Rusho (Roo-zo) the other was in his group but wasn't one she had spent time with.

Gippal walked onto the field Tidus catching the ball the kids threw to start off with and the other men took up their positions towards the goalie. From what Rikku noted 10 children against 4 men was still odd numbers for the kids and sighed. She watched as the kids became further and further behind and grew angry standing up walking onto the field catching the ball that was thrown to Tidus by Gippal and raised a brow. "This isn't a fair game boys." She said grinning spinning the ball the kids all nodded their head. "See they agree," she said her hand on her hip. "Fine the kid can be on the kids team seems to fit." Gippal said Rikku threw the ball at his face only to have it caught and the game started up again. The ball went up once again towards Tidus who was preparing to catch, only to have it snatched by little hands Rikku set the boy down who ran through the legs of Gippal tossing it to a buddy who slide through the legs of the unknown man and handed to a girl who ran it all the way to the goal which was scored. Gippal looked at the goal scored and looked at Rikku who gave a smug grin and turned around picking the boy again which gathered around of cheers in the crowd of kids.

The kids were 2 goals behind which in the game was 4 points, the children were ready for the plan to go through the clock was running by Paine who had come down to watch. The ball went up… Rikku caught it as expected and came face to face with the now bare chest Gippal who grinned, "where you going now?" he asked eyeing Tidus who was going to pretend to pull her skirt down to get the ball cheep but what had to be done had to be done. She knew the attack was coming not sure what was going on but she knew something was up and ran to the right ducking the arm that came from Gippal who caught her on the rebound which ended her over his shoulder by her own force and let the ball go… the round ball spun in the air and the scramble of kids ran knocking one man over and caught by a little girl who ran as fast as she can tossing it after 10 paces to a boy who passed it again and threw it into the goal that passed the man and everything went silent.

"WHOOOOOAAAAAAA" Rikku yelled over Gippals shoulder who shied away from her loud noise and set her down.

She ran towards her team picking the goal scorer and spun him around and did a victory dance. The time was called and Gippal looked at Tidus who shrugged "we won! what is so exciting?" Gippal asked looking at Rikku again and shook his head. "That my friend is her gift." Tidus replied crossing his arms across his broad chest. "You have no idea" Gippal said whipping his mouth with his hand then collapsing to the ground leaning back on his arms Tidus joined him fallowed by Gippal's buddies who were morally depressed.

OK so here is what is going on this is going rather well i am impressed with myself! so please share your thoughts NICE ONES that wont be waisting my time! lol jk thanks again for reading next chapter will be up soon with in two days or so no Promises! I also said in last one sorry about the stupid indenting I REALLY want to it is being well, retarted no hard feelings, but it is so sorry!