A/N: Well I'm glad that everyone likes my story so far. Sorry if my chapters seem short. I write them out on paper first and 4 pages is only like 2 and 1/4 typed. So sorry again. Well here's the next chapter.
Chap6
(Rikku's pov)
"We're here already?" I groggily asked.
"Yes I already called Yuna. She knows that we're on our way." he said as he gently picked me up.
"Gippal let me try walking." I asked him
"Sure your strong enough?" he asked setting me down
"Yea as long as you hold me steady." I answered
I slowly walked down the stairs with Gippal supporting me around the waist. I made it down the stairs and to the elevator. When we go to the beach I had to stop and take a break.
"Rikku, let me carry you. You need your energy, and you don't want to re-open your wound again." Gippal said
"I'll be fine. I just need a break. And I won't open my wound as long as you help me." I stubbornly replied. Now as you all know it's natural for all Al Bhed to be stubborn. I was the queen of being stubborn.
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO! Gippal I'll be fine."
"Oh, ok so your going to be fine walking up the outcropping to the bridges by the waterfalls and up hill to right?" he shot back sarcastically
Damn he had a point "look let me walk as far as I can, and then when it gets really hard for me to walk then I'll let you carry me alright?"
He looked at me as if deciding what to do. "Alright, but as soon as it gets difficult for you to walk I'm carrying you." he finally agreed.
I made it all the way to the second bridge, but then the throbbing in my side became to much and Gippal had to carry me the rest of the way.
When we got to the entrance to the village Gippal set me down because I was getting restless, I wanted to walk. We took one step into the village when Vidina came crawling right towards us.
"Hi Vidina." said gippal as he bent down to pick him up. "Is your daddy still trying to catch you?"
Wakka came up to us breathless. "How did you catch him? I've been trying to catch him all day."
"Awww what's the matter Wakka? Can't keep track of your own kid. Tisk, tisk." Gippal said jokingly. I started laughing even though it hurt.
But Wakka didn't take it jokingly. He was trying hard to be a good father. He said "Hey you two try having a kid. Then you'll see it's not so easy."
Gippal and I quickly looked at each other and blushed deeply.
Gippal coughed. "Wakka I was joking. He just came up to me and I picked him up."
"Well still, don't make comments until you know what its like." he said satisfied that he throughly embarrassed us. "Anyway Yuna said you two were coming and that you were hurt. What's the matter, Rikku? Can't defend your self?" he said teasing me for laughing at him.
But I didn't care if he was joking or not. "I can defend my self just fine Wakka. How about you try going up against hundreds of Ultima and Omega weapons and lets see how you do!" I shouted. Getting pissed off.
"Whoa Rikku take it easy I was just joking." he said putting his hands up in defense.
"Joking? You were just joking huh. Well guess what Wakka this is nothing to joke about.
I could've died. I was fighting hundreds of Ultima and Omega weapons by my self. If gippal hadn't come when he did I wouldn't be standing here right now." I said on the brink of tears as realized how close to dying I actually was.
"Rikku I'm sorry." he said
"Well don't make comments until you know what it's like.' I said throwing his comment back at him. I looked past him and saw Lulu coming out of her tent walking towards us.
" Hello Rikku. How do you feel? I heard a lot of yelling" Lulu asked
"I feel fine except for the fact that Wakka over here is being mean to me." I said while pouting.
"Wakka what are you doing to Rikku? asked Lulu
"Me I wasn't doing anything. They started it all." he said trying to avoid Lulu's piercing gaze.
"Ohhh you did nothing?" I asked my anger level quickly rising "You call teasing me because I almost died nothing? Oh and might I add that my father scared the living daylights out of me, causing me to re-open my wound, in which I lost so much blood that I became dizzy." I shouted
"No, Rikku, I'm sorry. It was meant as a joke to get you back." he said in an apologetic tone.
"First of all it was Gippal who said 'what's the matter Wakka can't keep track of your own kid'?, I was just laughing. And besides you already got us back by embarrassing us. There was no reason for you to make fun of me for almost dying." I shouted. My voice kept getting louder, and my anger level still continued to rise.
"Wakka, how could you?" Lulu asked shocked
"Lu, I- it was meant as a joke. I didn't mean for it to turn out the way it did. Rikku I'm really sorry.
I ignored him and asked Lulu where Yuna was.
"You just missed her, she went to the beach with Tidus. Paine and Baralai are on there way here. They're meeting them at the docks." she answered
"Ok thanks Lulu. Oh hey can we watch Vidina for a while?" I asked
"Sure. If you think your up to it."
We walked up to the temple and sat on the landing
"Gippal can I hold him for a while?" I asked
"Sure just be careful." he said handing Vidina to me. Within a few minutes he fell asleep in my arms. "So why did you want to watch Vidina?" he asked
"Well because I haven't seen him in a while and I wanted to watch Lulu yell at Wakka." I said with a devilish grin
As if on cue Lulu started yelling
"What is wrong with you?" She's been injured Wakka. And keep in mind she's only 17. She's been through so much in her life." she yelled
"And what we haven't?" he asked "My parents were killed by Sin. I don't even remember them. Sin also took my brother Chappu. ( I think that's how you spell it.) Sin also killed you parents." He countered.
"That's true, but she's Al Bhed. She's probably faced a lot of discrimination when Sin was around and people still followed Yevon's teachings. She lost both her mother and her aunt to Sin, and she also helped us destroy Sin when she was only 15. Then there was the threat of Vegnagun. She helped defeat that, and she's only 17. We didn't go through that battle. Who knows how much harder Vegnagun was. Wakka she's saved the world twice. Yes she was helping Yuna, but that's the point. She's helped save the world twice. And now there's something else threatening her life." she said
"How do you know that?" he asked her
"Wakka it's simple, there never were Ultima and Omega weapons any ware near Djose or Djose temple, and now she was attacked by hundreds of them." Lulu said
As Lulu stopped yelling I saw Yuna, Tidus, Paine, and Baralai come around the corner and into the village. They stopped to talk to Lulu and Wakka, and Lulu pointed to where we sat at the temple. They started walking towards us, well, all except Yuna, she ran to me. I stood up and handed Vidina to Gippal. He was asleep but now he woke up and refused to calm down. 'Let Gippal handle it' I thought as I carefully made my way down the steps to meet my cousin.
"Oh my Yevon, Rikku are you alright. I was so worried when Gippal said you were hurt. I didn't know what had happened." Yuna said
"Yevon?" I asked my cousin jokingly
"Ohhh you know what I mean. Are you alright. What happened?"
"I'll explain everything later. I want to know how everyone is first." I said. I knew my cousin hated waiting . But I decided to make her wait, it was fun, at times. " Hiya, Paine, Baralai, how are you?"
"We're fine Rikku. What did you do to your self now?" she asked in the same monotone voice she always uses.
I ignored her question as I saw the ring on her finger. I squealed in delight. "Awww when did you two get married, and why didn't I know?" I asked
She sighed in annoyance. "15 respect points Rikku." she said
"Hey that's not fair. I only asked you a simple question." I complained
"We got married last week in secret, so it would cause a commotion." Baralai answered
"Awww how cute. Though I always thought Yunie would be the first out of the three to get married." I said. Out the corner of my eye I saw Yuna and Tidus blush.
Pain sighed again. "10 more respect points Rikku. If keep this up you'll have points left by the end of day."
"That's not fair." I said, but as she glared at me I quickly shut my mouth.
Lulu and Wakka came up to us and asked if we would like to eat dinner with them.
"Sure." we said
"After dinner I'll tell you all what happened." I said
So we all headed to Lulu and Wakka's hut and had dinner.
An hour later we were all sitting around pleasantly stuffed.
"Wow Lulu that was really good." I said
"Thank you Rikku. Now if I remember right you said you would tell us what happened." she replied
"Right well to make a really long story short, two years ago when Gippal and I first broke up, I told him that I hated him, which wasn't true. So about 2 days ago I went to go apologize. I still loved him, but when I got to Mushroom Rock Road I was attacked by hundreds of Ultima and Omega weapons. Gippal saved me and helped me with my wound. The next day someone killed everyone in the Machine Faction. Gippal you know what happened next you tell the rest." I ended
"Well her father came to visit and I was seeing him off when I heard the explosion. The Machine Faction was working on a new weapon of sorts. It was called the Machina Blaster Bomb. We were making it for Rin incase the Machina went haywire again. I ran back to the inn to see if Rikku was alright, when I found a note saying 'all full blooded Al Bhed beware. I will find and kill you all.' the Machina Blaster Bomb was only meant to destroy machina and nothing else, not people or buildings, but they haven't been tested, so we found out the hard way that our invention still had a few bugs to work out, and plus the fact that our whole supply of them was destroyed to doesn't help either. But any way that was shortly before I called you Yuna to see if we could lay low for a while. But now we have a two problems, we have the maniac who's out to kill all of the Al Bhed, but soon we'll have New Yevon chasing us down." he ended (Oh by the way just for my story Nooj and Baralai rule together as New Yevon).
"What do you mean Gippal?" Baralai asked confused.
"Yea what do you mean?" I asked?
"A very select few of the Machine faction wasn't Al Bhed. They're now dead. The old hatred for the Al Bhed is gonna return and people are going to demand justice, and that you catch us before we 'kill again'." Gippal said sighing
"That's not true Gippal." Baralai said shocked
"Yes Baralai it will." Paine said
"Well what ever happens we won't turn you in. We know the truth, and besides your one friends." He answered
"Thank you Baralai." I said
"Any way do you know who did this?" Paine asked
"No but we think it's someone who's only half Al Bhed." Gippal replied
'Why do you think that persons half Al Bhed?" Yuna asked
"Well it would make sense. When that person was a child they were probably shunned wherever they went. Two years ago no one liked the Al Bhed because we didn't follow Yevon's teachings. They want revenge even though the Al Bhed are no longer hated. But that will change soon. Plus in the note it said 'full blood Al Bhed beware." he answered.
"Well we'll help you." Yuan answered
"Thank you Yuna, but this is an Al Bhed problem. And Al Bhed deal with Al Bhed problems. Usually alone." I said
"But I'm Al Bhed too." Yuna complained.
"Yes but Yunie your only half Al Bhed and not many people know about your heritage. This is a Full Blooded Al Bhed problem. Besides you deserve some quite time to your self, for once." I told her
"But what about you Rikku? You've been through just as much as I have." she answered
"No not really. You were willing to sacrifice your life for spira, you were willing to die, and then you find out that everything that you've lived for was a lie. Then you loose Tidus for two years. Which I give you credit for. If Gippal just disappeared like that, I don't know what I would do. The you fought Vegnagun, and again we could've lost out allies. Besides, I love the adventure." I said
"Are you sure Rikku?" she asked
"Yes I'm positive."
"If you need help in the future, you better ask us." Paine said.
I smiled at my friends, glad that I had people I could count on "I promise."
"Well it's getting late, I think we should get some sleep." Yuna said
"Riku, you tow can stay with us, if it's to hard to get up or move." Lulu said
"Thank you Lulu, we'll do that.' I said
"Alright let's get a bed made up for you two." she said "Oh wait do you two sleep together?" Lulu asked
"Yes. I answered "I don't feel safe without him by my side."
Lulu smiled at us and left the room to get blankets and pillows. (In my story the tents are a lot bigger)
"Rikku is that true?" he asked wrapping his arms around my waist from behind me.
"Yes Gippal it is." I said in a slightly embarrassed tone.
"Rikku you don't have to be shy about it, I feel the same way." he said kissing my neck. "You slept fine on the airship." he said
"Or so you think. I had just fallen asleep when you came in to wake me up." I replied
"But I thought you fell asleep as soon as I left."
"Nope. I just yawned. I was tossing and turning the whole time."
"Rikku you should've told me you wanted me with you." he said kissing my neck again.
"Well you wanted to talk to my father, so I let you." I answered, tilting my head to give him better access.
We just stood there for a few minutes, with Gippal kissing my neck still when Lulu came in and said "ahem" to get out attention. We both jumped a little
"Now I'm just going to warn you two, nothing better happen tonight." she said
"Lulu I'm hurt, so nothing can 'happen' for a while." I stated
"I know, I'm just letting you know. You can use the couch to sleep on if you want to." she said
"Thanks Lulu" I said
"Goodnight"
"Night"
Gippal and I slept on the couch the same way we did when we first started going out. With my back pressed against his chest and his arm around my waits.
"I love you Gippal"
"I love you too Rikku."
A/N: Well what did you think? Sorry it took so long to post this chapter I was trying to make it longer than the others. Well and please review. oh one more thing. my best friend just started a story too. its called wellofsouls. its a really awsomestory.wellofsouls is an online game and a mix of other games kinda. well my friend made a story ou of it. her pen name is MoonGoddessAngie. just a wrning if you do read it, towards the middle to the end of the story the rating will defenatly go up. so you have been warned. but it's a really cool story if you want to read it. could you just please give it a try. she doesn't have amny reviews b/c it's in the crossover section. but you can find it by using the search engin. thanks. well please review my story. :)