I'm expecting this story to be AT LEAST 19 chapters. It depends on how I write it and what little twists I throw in. There will probably be more, that's just a rough estimate. And I'm still not sure how to spell Mi'hen. And intellectually perplexed is my new favorite phrase :p
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Why didn't the rest of Spira have snowmobile thingies like the Al Bhed? It would make their lives so much easier.
I don't think I'd ever walked so far as I did down the Mi'hen highroad. Every time we thought we'd reached the end it turned and kept going.
We'd had to use those weapons a lot. I had to hand it to Rikki that she'd saved our butts. Fiends were everywhere.
I'd only used a sword once before. Back in Zanarkand, when Auron and I were battling our way towards Sin. And I have to say, I didn't suck too badly.
Anyway, we reached the end of that horrible road. And guess where the end of the road was? You guessed it! Mushroom Rock!
Rikki shivered and clutched my arm when she saw the still visible aftermath of the operation. I glanced down at her. She was looking like the freaked out Rikki I'd come to know so well. Honestly, I'd liked the new Rikki a lot better.
Without warning, she ran towards the Djose Highroad (I'd basically memorized the map), dragging me with her by my arm.
Once we were away from the battlefield she was cheerful again.
I was never gonna' get that girl.
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The Djose Highroad was more fiend-infested than the Mi'hen, but not nearly as long. Rikki dragged me past some giant snake-things as fast as she could a few times. When I asked her why she did this, she just gaped at me and said "Do you want to turn into a statue?" I didn't get it but I figured those things were bad news.
When we reached the end of the highroad, there was a crossroads.
"Which way do we go?" I asked Rikki, pulling out my map. The pointed to the path going to the left.
"The other one goes to Djose temple." She explained. "We have no reason to go there, so we can just go straight to the Moonflow. But…" She looked around. "We should probably stop for tonight." I hadn't even realized the sun was gone. But we found a place nearby and fell asleep on the hard ground with nothing but our arms for pillows.
Thank God it was summer.
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Rikki was really quiet while we walked along the path to the Moonflow.
"Tidus?" She finally said. I just looked at her. "You know how I said the Al Bhed freak me out?" She said quietly. I nodded. "Well, I know you like the Al Bhed, so please don't take that the wrong way." She sounded just like Rikku. "It's just that… I'd never met an Al Bhed before Operation Mi'hen." She paused for a moment, fingering one of her green tassels while she walked. "Well, other than Rikku." I sensed she was about to tell me something big, so I kept my mouth shut. "I'm sorry I never told you anything about the lab." She whispered, wringing the tassel in her fingers. "I just didn't like to think about it." Every word sounded forced. "Actually, I still don't like to think about it. But I think you have the right to know." I knew I should stop her, but I needed to find out more about this lab. "Well… I… I've lived in that lab my whole life." Well that was news. "And… I've always looked… just like Rikku…" It seemed extremely difficult for her to say this. "But… we're not related." She admitted. Wow, more big news. "I… well, I don't like to think of myself as one, but… I guess I'd be considered… a clone."
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Yay! Rikki's secret! VVolf, I'm putting you on the spot by saying your little "That's just me" wasn't just you. :p I would give you a cookie but 1) I don't have one and 2) I have no idea how I would get it to you.
Anyway, I know, really sudden ending, but I like it better that way. Plus if I kept going I would put the whole journey into one chapter. Then the story would be a lot shorter. But, hey! I got two chapters up in one day! Yay! I'm on a roll ^-^