A/n: well here's the second chapter hope you enjoy.

Chap2: rescuer

When I woke up everything came spinning into focus.

"Where am I?" I wondered aloud.

"You're in Djose temple Cid's girl." Came a cocky voice I recognized.

I groaned to myself "Gippal I have a name." (A name you stopped using after we broke up) I thought to myself.

He ignored my comment. "So what brings you here?" He asked instead.

"Well I came to see you." I said slowly.

"What does Cid's girl want with me." He said in the arrogant tone he always uses.

"Damn it Gippal I have a name, use it. I came to apologize. You were right, it was best to break up, back then. I was young, I was acting immature, only caring about my feelings, not even bothering to think about how you might've been feeling. I regret it every day. I don't hate you, I could never hate you. But if you're going to tease me then I'll leave. I deserve it. I don't blame you for teasing me, or even if you hate me. So thank you for your help but I should be leaving." I said as tears welled up in my eyes. I tried to sit up and swing my legs over the side of the bed, but a sharp pain in my side made me fall back on the bed.

"Rikku." He said quietly. "I don't hate you and I'm sorry that I tease you, you don't deserve it. And besides you're wounded. You shouldn't try to move for a while." He looked down, then back at me. "Rikku just because we were going separate ways didn't mean that we had to break up. I mean I might not have even made the crimson squad so there might not have been anything to worry about." He said

"Yea but Gippal you did make the squad, and anyway you could've died like everyone else in the trials in the Den of Woe." I replied.

"Hmm I guess"

"So do you forgive me? Can we at least be friends?" I asked. I had managed to sit up so that my back was against the wall. I was totally ignoring Gippal about not moving.

"I forgive you, but not friends." He said. I looked down. "More than friends" He said as he leaned forward and kissed me lightly. He pulled back smiling. I was smiling. "I still love you Rikku.

"So do I Gippal I never stopped." We just sat there for while happy that we were back together and that we didn't hate each other. "So uh I guess you were the one who threw the flashbomb right?" I asked.

"Right" He said.

"So what happened?" I asked.

"Well after that giant machina you were using got destroyed one of the Ultima weapons attacked you while you were falling. That's why your side is bandaged." He said.

"And I'm guessing that you're the one who bandaged me?" I asked with a sly smile.

"'corse I did Cid's girl. I wouldn't let anyone else near you." I glared at him. "Anyway after you were hit I used a flashbomb to distract them. You hit the ground, but as soon as I got to you I picked you up and carried you to the hover, and brought you back here to my room to help. I don't know why, but I wouldn't let any one lese help you.

That's when I noticed that I wasn't wearing my usual clothes. I was wearing a long t-shirt that went past my knees. "Umm where are my clothes?" I asked him.

"After I bandaged you up I had one of my female assistants change you into this so we could get your outfit changed. It's not good to have dirt near a wound. Don't worry I gave you your privacy." He said.

"Thank you" I said.

"You're Welcome. You should really get some rest. Your father's coming tomorrow to do an inspection."

"But why does he have to do and inspection when you're the leader of the Machine Faction.?" I asked confused.

"Because he wanted to and so I let him. Whatever he says won't make a difference. It saves me the trouble of doing it. Plus he still thinks he's the leader of the Al Bhed." He answered.

"That sounds like father alright. At least he'll be happy that I have a boyfriend. He keeps telling me that I have to 'settle down'."

"Hahaha Really he does, does he. Well I'll let you get some rest."

"But where will you be staying?" I asked.

"I'll stay in one of the rooms in the inn." He said.

"Don't... stay with me. Please." I asked.

He smiled at me. "Alright just let me make sure that everything is put away and locked up."

As I lay there I started wondering why there were so many powerful fiends along the Mushroom Rock Road. They were usually very weak. Oh well it's probably nothing. Gippal came in a few minutes later.

"Well everything is locked up." He said as he climbed into bed next to me.

I carefully turned on my left side, the side that wasn't injured, and pressed my back against his chest. He lightly wrapped his arm around the lower part of my stomach making sure to avoid my wound.

"I love you Gippal." I said before I fell asleep.

'I love you to Rikku."

A/N: well how do you like it. Please read and review. O and thanxs to the shadow of sora for telling me that in my other story I seemed to have skipped a chapter.