It's here, it's here, it's finally here! Weirdness Chapter 9! Sorry I haven't updated, so I hope this chapter will make up for that. (bows head for forgiveness)

I'm a Freshman in High School right now, so my grammar and such have improved again! Yay! So, enough about this, time for Chapter 9 of Weirdness!

Chapter 9: Scary Stories

Auron managed to lose the cops from the dance as the van winded down roads back to Sirius' place. He took shortcuts through yards, playgrounds, parking lots, and pretty much everywhere else in town. Finally, after a long journey, Hikaru, Sirius, Auron, and the rest of the Final Fantasy X gang made it back to Sirius' home in one piece (A.N. at least, I think they did…). Auron took the keys out of the ignition, picked up his katana and ran to the front door of the house. Sirius hopped out of the van after him.

"Auron, what are you doing?"

"Going into the house, of course" he replied.

"Well, don't you worry! I have the doors locked, and I" she stopped, feeling her coat pockets . "I…I, uh…can't seem to find…the keys…to the…front…door" she panicked and searched every pocket again. "What? I had the keys right here!"

"Find them quickly…please…" Auron said, staring at the panicking girl.

"Hey, hold your chocobos! I'll find 'em soon!" she stopped and looked at the legendary guardian. "Say, what are you in such a hurry to get inside for?"

Auron signed and blushed slightly "I have to pe…uh, relieve myself."

"Oh, well, if it's an emergency…I'll look faster!" Sirius took her coat off and thrashed it around, hoping the house keys would pop out of one of her pockets. Instead, she found a quarter, some old candy, a packet of sugar, and a few batteries.

As she dumped more and more things on the driveway, Auron's patience level was growing thin. He couldn't stand it, he had to pee.

" Maybe if I look one more time I-" Sirius said, digging through her coat.

"Forget it!" Auron shouted, picking up his katana. "I'll open the door without the blasted keys!"

"Aurrie!" Sirius watched in horror as the legendary guardian whacked down the front door with his katana. When the door was down, he zoomed into the nearest bathroom.

Meanwhile, in the van…

"My goodness, I'm glad I stayed in here…with the windows rolled up…" Yuna said, staring at the spectacle outside. Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement.

"I dunno what they're yellin' about, but it sure doesn't look good, ya?" said Wakka.

"Should we get out now?" asked Tidus.

"Hold on a second." Hikaru said as she poked her head out the front window of the van. "Hey, Sirius, what are these keys for? I found them on the the passenger seat." Sirius looked at Hikaru. In her hand…were the house keys.

"Oh my God!" Sirius shouted.

"What?

"OMG!"

"Huh, what is it?"

OOOMMMMGGGGGG!"

"WHAT?"

"Give me those!" Sirius snatched the keys out of Hikaru's hands and walked to the front door, or at least, what remained of it. "Oh, wait a minute, what would be the use of the keys IF AURON KNOCKED THE FRONT DOOR DOWN! Oh, just perfect!"

"He sure did knock that door down" Hikaru giggled.

"Just get out of the car…"

Hikaru obeyed and jumped out of the car with Yuna and the rest of her friends. After getting out of the bathroom, Auron kindly agreed to repair the door that night. With his extremely brilliant mind, he was able to do it in no time at all. (A.N. Yay! What a nice guy!) As he was fixing the door, everyone else donned their regular clothes (Sirius and Hikaru got into pajamas) and gathered in the living room. Then, there was silence.

"Umm…now what?" asked Tidus, looking at everybody.

"Oooh! I have an idea! We can play video games!" Hikaru suggested excitedly.

"Your game system is broken, is it not?" Lulu reminded her.

"Crap."

"Uh, we could pray to the fayth" Yuna suggested, glancing around the room "but, you don't seem to have one here, do you?"

"No, we have different religions here." Sirius told her, resting her head on Auron's shoulder. Hikaru followed suit. Auron did nothing.

"It's only eleven o'clock!" Hikaru complained, staring at the clock on Sirius' wall. "There has to be something we can do!"

"We can go to bed." Yuna suggested, rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm kinda tired myself" Rikku yawned.

"Nah, it's too early for me" Sirius told them.

"Kimahri eat clay" Kimahri grabbed a slab of clay from nowhere and began to munch on it.

"Oh, no, you don't, Kimahri!" Tidus shouted, throwing the clay across the room. Kimahri frowned and bowed his head.

"So, what do we wanna do, ya?" Wakka sighed and rested his head on a pillow.

"Oooooh! I've got it!" Hikaru ran into the kitchen and grabbed a few flashlights, and ran back into the room. "Sirius, get as many blankets and pillows as you can!"

"Uh, why?"

"Just do it! I'll tell you what we're doing soon!"

After many blankets and pillows were retrieved and all the lights in the house turned off, Hikaru and Sirius put the blankets over the living room furniture and made a tent in the middle of the room. Everyone turned on a flashlight and put them in the middle of their circle, so everyone could see each other. Hikaru grabbed the nearest flashlight and began to speak.

"This is the tale…"she began, in a creepy, whispering voice, turning the flashlight on and shining it on their face "…of Hangman's Bridge. A long time ago, long before Sirius and I were born there was a man named-"

"Is this a true story?" Rikku interrupted.

"Maybe, no one really knows. It's just a story I heard, so I don't really have an answer to that. Okay, anyway, the man's name was-"

"Oh, fun! Scary stories!" Sirius smiled.

"I see someone has the attention span of a potato."

"Sorry, Hikaru-sempai, please continue."

"So, the man's name was-"

"Did you know this man?" Yuna asked.

"Did I not just say this "happened" a long time ago. No, I don't know him, Yuna, I-"

"Well, how do you know this story, ya?" Wakka interrupted.

"My dad told me, okay? It's just a legend, so don't "ya" me…ya?"

"Sorry, Hikaru" Wakka apologized.

"Carry on" said Yuna.

"All righty" Hikaru used her creepy voice again. "The man's name was…crap! After all these interruptions I forgot the man's name! For argument's sake, we'll just say the man's name was…Wakka."

Wakka smiled. "This should be good, ya?"

"Just you wait, Wakka" Hikaru smirked. "So, this Wakka was a good man. He was a good student in school, had a good job, and all of that jazz." Wakka nodded his head in approval. So, one Halloween night, October 31, Wakka walked for miles out in the middle of the woods with nothing but a rope and the clothes on his back, until he came upon a small bridge over a creek. And, right next to that bridge, he committed suicide by hanging."

Wakka's eyes widened in terror. "WHAT? AND YOU USED MY NAME?"

"But, why? Why did he do it?"

"No one knows why he did it, but his ghost still haunts that very bridge. Some people, teenagers mostly, drive out to that bridge on Halloween night to see if they can see "Wakka's" ghost appear."

"Have people seen the ghost" Tidus asked anxiously.

"Yeah, how do you know there is one, sempai?" Sirius wondered. This story was new to her as well.

"I don't know, but do you know how I'm familiar with this tale?"

"HOW?" everyone asked in unison.

"Like I said, my dad told me, because he's been there with my mom. They drove out to the bridge one Halloween night."

"Did they see the ghost?" Lulu asked.

"…they…"

Everyone was on the edge of their seats, the suspense was killing them! They had to know what Hikaru's parents had seen that night!

"Yes? What did they see?" Auron asked.

"Pardon my French, but they didn't see shit and left."

"Oh, come on! What the heck was that?" Tidus stood up next to Wakka and frowned.

"Hey, don't question the legend." Hikaru crossed her arms and pouted.

"Your storytelling needs some work." Lulu commented.

"Hey, I tried!" Hikaru defended herself.

"Uh, guys, I need to go, ya?"

"What's wrong, Wakka?" Rikku asked, staring at the large Besaidian man.

"I am to the point of peeing myself, ya? I gotta go to the bathroom!" He ran out of the living room and slammed the bathroom door.

Lulu chuckled. "Heh, I saw that coming a mile away."

"Geez, the story wasn't THAT bad" said Rikku.

"Crap!" Hikaru smacked herself. "Well, I tried. C'mon , it was very suspenseful, though!"

"Guys, the floor's wet…" Tidus spoke up. "Wakka apparently couldn't "hold it in that long"." (A.N. No offense to all you Wakka fans out there. I love the big guy, but the peeing part was Sirius' idea, and I just couldn't resist.)

"Gross!" Sirius squealed and quickly stood up.

Hikaru got some cleaning utensils and began cleaning the mess up, with a gas mask on.

"Whoa, it's just one thing after another with us coming here." Yuna said, helping Hikaru clean.

"It sure is." Auron said angrily, standing up and destroying the tent even more. "I've had enough of this. I'm going to bed."

"But, Auron" Sirius and Hikaru said in unison.

"Sir Auron, where are you going?" Yuna asked, concerned.

"Don't you all see? Ever since we came to this world, these two girls have caused us nothing but trouble! One thing after another! The police were even involved! (Hikaru snickered) Who knows, maybe they'll find us! We need to get back soon because Yuna has a pilgrimage to complete! We're not getting anywhere with that in this world!" He pointed a finger at Rikku. "Fix the Playstation so we can leave!"

"I told you, I can't! The machina's different than Spira's! Cunno, but it's just not that simple, Auron!" Rikku shouted back.

Wakka finally emerged from the bathroom with a satisfied look on his face. "Whew! I feel better, ya?" He looked around, seeing everyone upset with each other. "What's all the yellin' about?"

"Try to fix it, Rikku!" Auron yelled at the young Al Bhed and stomped up the stairs. "Good night!"

There was a very long, sad period of silence. No one made eye contact with each other, they just stared at the floor.(avoiding the wet spot on the carpet where Wakka had been sitting) Hikaru and Sirius eyes began to water as they thought about what Auron had said moments ago. Finally Sirius spoke up.

"Is he right?" she asked sadly. "Are we…nothing but trouble to you guys?"

"No, of course not" Yuna comforted her. "Sir Auron is just a little homesick, it appears."

"Really?" asked Hikaru, wiping her eyes.

"Sure" Rikku smiled, and put her arm around Hikaru. "I'm sure he didn't mean what he said. Besides, he does tend to get a little cranky at this time of night, you know?"

"Besides, I like this world you guys live in" Tidus chimed in. "No fiends, no Sin, no pilgrimage, everyone is well-clothed…it's great here!"

"Thanks for bringing us here" Lulu spoke up, smiling at the two young girls. "It's nice to be away from a place where there's Sin. Sure, I'm a little homesick myself, but there's so much more to explore here."

"Agreed" Kimahri said, chomping on his clay.

"See, Kimahri's having a good time, ya?" Wakka chuckled.

"It may have been an accident" Lulu said wisely "but 'sometimes accidents cause good things to happen, and they can benefit others.' That's a quote from one of the books of the Fayth on Besaid."

"We're glad we are with you" Yuna said, smiling.

Everyone shared smiles and hugs and happy, cheery, and somewhat cheesy times until Kimahri looked over at the clock on the wall.

"Time for Yuna and Kimahri to sleep. Good night." Yuna headed upstairs to her room and Kimahri returned to his cozy tree out back.

"Come on, let's go to bed!" Hikaru said and climbed upstairs to Sirius' room, with her friend right behind her. "What a day!"

"Agreed! Let's get some sleep! Tomorrow's another day." Sirius yawned and lied on the bottom of the bunk bed while Hikaru climbed up to the top. Both of them fell fast asleep, looking forward to the next two weeks of their holiday break. For those two weeks, the FFX characters couldn't leave their sights, so they knew they were in for quite an adventure.

To Be Continued…

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In the next chapter, Hikaru and Sirius will teach the FFX characters how do use everyday household appliances, and an appearance from another Final Fantasy X character. Who could it be? Well, you'll have to wait and see! Next chapter WILL be here sometime in February!

See ya then!

-Hikaru-Chan13