Hi everybody! Sorry for the late update, I've been having a VERY busy week today. It's my boyfriend's birthday week, I had a huge Chem test last Friday, and not to forget, my sorority had this huge week of events and stuff going on! But hey, at least I updated, right? =) Well thanks for all the reviews and such you guys have been giving! It's very very special to me.

Anywho, hopefully you guys will like this chapter! Happy reading! =)

PS Italicized means that it's Yuna's thoughts!

PPS Sorry if this chapter seems a bit "blegh" to you. I lacked the time to thoroughly proofread this as well as the fact that I basically just sped through this chapter. I hope you guys like it still, and I am super sorry if this chapter was hideous and unsatisfying.

Of Blitz Stars & Praetors

Chapter One: Brown & Blonde

Yuna

A month has passed since the apparent "arrival" of Tidus.

Before I knew it, almost everybody I had known had this cool new party to go to that was hosted by Tidus every weekend.

It was also the time when a girl would come to school with her mascara running down her face, sobbing about how Tidus kept ignoring her and how she thought "Tidus would've changed for me" or "I thought I was different".

The funniest incident I encountered with that, however, was when this one chick I absolutely abhor named Dona spent the whole school day on Friday bragging about how Tidus wouldn't be able to keep his hands off of her at his party that weekend. On Monday, Dona came to school with no make up on, and her hair all messily tied up. Dona's school uniform was all crumpled and she was even wearing mismatching socks!

It was just completely odd as to how great of an extent of power Tidus has among girls.

Not even a day after he meets them and does his "magic", he is capable of breaking their hearts and having them think the option of becoming a nun in the future.

It intrigued me a tad bit more than it actually should.

"Oh my Yevon! Are you serious?!" Rikku's high pitched squeal caused me to jump in my seat, interrupting my thoughts.

Rikku was currently on the phone with her boyfriend, Baralai, AKA the future Praetor of Spira.

Baralai is the son of Spira's Praetor, forcing Baralai to have to move around a whole lot. Recently, Baralai's been living in Luca for the past year he left Bevelle.

The longest place of Baralai's residency was here, and that was for about three to four years. Rikku and Baralai have been together for approximately two and a half years, I believe.

He went to the same school as us and was supposed to have graduated last year (he's a year older than us), however, stuff happened that caused Baralai to move to Luca for that past year.

As usual, Rikku was distraught knowing that she wouldn't be able to see him for long, but dealt with it for a year.

"So you're coming back?!" Rikku continued squealing, not caring about all the people walking around us, "For how long?!"

I tried nudging Rikku's arm to indicate how obnoxiously loud she was being, but Rikku completely disregarded it.

In fact, it only caused her to squeal even louder, "Really?! Yevon, I'm about to faint!"

An elderly couple passed by us, their eyes narrowed in annoyance. From seeing that, I blushed and lowered my head in shame, fiddling with the hem of my uniform plaid skirt.

"Okay, okay! Love you too and I can't wait! Bye!" When Rikku finally put her phone on the table, that was when I finally looked up.

Rikku was basically beaming. She had a hard time eating her food without having to fidget in some sort of way.

"So so so so so, Baralai's coming back!" Rikku said, not even after she swallowed her food.

"Uh, it was actually quite obvious, Rikku," I replied, "you were pretty, well, enthusiastic about the whole thing."

"I'm sorry! I can't help it!" Rikku was vibrating in excitement, "He's coming back next Monday! His dad bought him a new apartment for himself and everything!"

Hearing those words made my heart flutter a little bit.

Wait, what? I thought I was over that already! I thought to myself, my heart beating as if it's going through a palpitation.

Rikku was rambling on and on about how she's so excited for Baralai's arrival while I was just sitting across from her, looking dumbly at her and not paying attention to a single word she said.

What do I do now?

. . . . .

Not again Rikku...

For the third time in the past month, Rikku has been apparently using me as a decoy for her dad.

Rikku would tell her dad that she was spending the night at my house, but in reality, she was obviously at Baralai's apartment doing some "activities" Yevon wouldn't really approve of.

However, this time, Rikku left all the stuff she brought to my house here.

It was past midnight, and I had just come back from hanging out with Lenne and Leblanc. We watched a movie and even went shopping in preparation of the upcoming holiday season next month.

I hadn't received a text from Rikku the whole time and it frustrated me to a great extent.

I had already fixed and organized Rikku's belongings and set them in my room, next to my desk.

Walking into my room, the first thing I noticed was Rikku's phone on my bed.

Upon seeing it, I let out a loud groan in frustration and grabbed it.

I turned the screen on and saw all the missed calls from "Babykins", who I am assuming is Baralai.

First thing I did was call his number back, my heart pounding extremely loud and hard. However, the call went straight to voicemail.

I attempted to call about three more times but every call would lead immediately straight to voicemail.

Having given up already, I grabbed all of Rikku's stuff, including my purse and her phone, and marched to my car.

Rikku didn't live far from me, at most, it'd take me five minutes to get there.

When I got to her house, however, there was a line of cars against the sidewalk.

Rikku and her dad lived in an almost mansion-type house. Cid owned this really popular airship company and is probably the richest man in Bevelle, with my father following. Their house was in a more spread out neighborhood compared to my own, whereas mine is a gated community.

I parked the closest I could get to the house and hurriedly got Rikku's belongings.

The walk to the front door was not very close as it usually is when I visit, it was even longer due to the multitude of Rikku's stuff I was carrying.

When I got to the huge driveway, Cid's car was nowhere to be found.

He probably had another convention at Bikanel.

There was music blasting very loudly and there were people drunkedly hanging out in the entryway of the house. As I walked into the house, they all stopped to stare at me (probably because of Rikku's stuffed moogle I was holding).

I continued going further into the house, and I saw people dirty dancing in the living room to the music, another set of people playing a game of beer pong in the kitchen, and another group of people who just completely streaked throughout the whole house in only their undergarments.

A couple of people I had noticed were some athletes from the Zanarkand Abes blitzball team and even a couple from the Duggles and Luca Goers.

There were a ton of people I didn't know, however, I did see some students from the University of Bevelle, but nobody from my school at all. Nonetheless, that all changed when I made my way upstairs and I saw Dona making out with one of the athletes on the stairs.

I walked by in disgust to only find another couple doing the same thing in the bedroom hallway.

Immediately, I walked straight to Rikku's room, which was placed all the way at the end of the hallway.

I turned the knob to her door and found that it was locked.

Ugh. This would happen to me.

I rolled my eyes and leaned my back against the door before sinking down to the floor.

I set Rikku's belongings on the floor next to me and rested my forehead against my knees.

I'm not sure how long I was like that for, but an hour could've passed and I wouldn't have noticed.

The only reason why I even looked up was because I felt a small tap on my shoulder.

"Hey, Sweetheart, you look too beautiful to be hanging out by yourself at a party like this." I looked up to find a blonde guy with a crooked smile on his face.

He was actually quite handsome; his emerald green eyes burned into mine.

"Oh-uh-I was just waiting on a friend..." I replied awkwardly, scratching the back of my head.

"Maybe I can help ya out?" He grinned, offering me his hand to help me up, "I'm Gippal by the way."

I took a hold of his hand and he gently stood me up from my spot on the floor.

I smiled at him and nodded my head in gratitude before replying, "I'm Yuna."

. . .

An hour had gone by and I had to admit that Gippal did provide good company.

He basically never left my side throughout that whole hour and he introduced me to all of his other teammates (he plays alongside Tidus in the Zanarkand Abes).

"Hey Yuna, there's one last person I want ya to meet," Gippal's hand gently grasped my arm and before I was able to look back at Gippal, a pair of cerulean eyes stopped me in the process.

It was sort of like one of those cinematic moments where he and I were in this bubble and the world had stopped around us.

I'm not sure how long we had locked gazes but before I knew it, his lips slowly creeped up into a smirk and his toned arms crossed over his t-shirt clad chest.

Gippal snapped me out of my daze when he gave Tidus one of those "bro hugs".

"This here, my fair Yuna, is not only my favorite teammate, but my best buddy, Tidus!" They were still in their little embrace, and I started to feel like I was interrupting something.

Tidus was the one to break it, and he did so by walking over to me with his hand stretched out for me to shake it.

"I'm Tidus if you hadn't figured that out by now." He still had that smirk on his face and his cerulean blue eyes darkened upon looking into mine.

I let out a sort of awkward giggle and shook his hand, "Yuna."

Whoever had known that from that particular moment onward, the friendship I had built with Rikku had started to crumble, piece by piece.

Thank you guys for reading! =) Please take the time the leave a review, reviews actually encourage me to update a tad bit faster. Also, again, sorry for the late update, I honestly did not abandon the story and I am not purposefully intending to anytime soon. I mean, summer's coming up! So, therefore, I'll have more time to work on this.

On another note, I'm sort of sad as to how the Final Fantasy X/X-2 FFn community has dwindled down by a lot. I started reading Final Fantasy FFn when I was in 5th grade (I know right, I was so young). Now the community is basically dead. However, apparently, according to what I have heard, there's some sort of re-make coming out for the PS3 and I am absolutely excited! I hope you guys are too!

Well, I gotta go now! Thank you for reading and (hopefully) reviewing!

- igmv