Ruki: Welcome to my new improvement on an old idea of mine. Hopefully I'll be able to finish this one, and not go competly crazy! This will be an Aurikku! If you don't like it then go somewhere else. I decided to put this in the X-2 and X section since i think it should be in both... oh and the rating may go up in later chapters, but I havnt decided yet...
Discliamer: As usual I dont own anything excpt the idea behing the fanfic...
My heart Bleeds no more: Prologue
Emerald swirls that were her eyes seemed to spin as she turned the key, shutting off her latest invention, well improvment. Using the same technology that enables the Celceus to fly, she took a typical land speeder and "hoverized" it, as she has come to describe it. Now it could glide over land and water without the hassle's of take-offs and landings. Also, with this innovation, you wouldn; have to worry about finding a parking space big enough to sustain the oversized Celceus.
Naturally though, there were still a few kinks to be worked out to the machine.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead with her greasy hand leaving a smudge of black grime across it. She did not notice, nor did she care. She threw her grease rag over the handle-bars, and decided that she had had enough for the day, she had been working on it for over 12 hours now, and hadn't really gotten anywhere, her mind we elsewhere today.
"Rikku...!" Came a familiar masculine voice form down the hallway.
"Yeah, I'm in here!" She confirmed as she turned around and began to clean up her mess. She leaned over her massive tool box and carefully arranged every screw driver and socket wrench in it's marked place, wiping each one off first with a clean rag so as to cut down on build up of grime and rust.
Gippal watched her, admiring her Obsessive Compulsive tendancies with a smug smile of his face. His work area was a complete wreck.
"You've been in here all day..." He observed from his place in the door way. He crossed his arms over his chest and kicked a red peice of scrap metal across the shiny stone floor.
She smiled and looked up at him, "Of course, You know...this project's my baby!"
He flet his heart skip a beat when she looked up at him. She was absoutly adorable. Perfect face was smeared with grease and grime from her heard days work, and her hair, which had growm down past her butt was tied up in a messy bun on top of her head, braids and beads included. A pair of goggles were being used as a head band to keep the other loose strands out of the way.
The strange unexplainable, yet natural, light of the Djose Temple gave her bronze skin a blue tint and made her emerald eyes glow. Not to mention her choice of attire, was as usual, next to nothing.
She wore a pair of very short black shorts with orange stitching and strpies down the side, and a matching black bikini top which also had orange stitching. There were spots of grease smeared across her stomach and down across her legs as well.
She giggled when she noticed his intense inspection of her apperance, which brought him back to reality, "Are you al,ost finished?" He asked running his hand along the leather seat of the beatuifuly built machine. He had to give it to her, she had the brains to back up the beauty, she just didn't show it all the time.
She shrugged, "There are still a few bugs to be worked out of it...but for the moat part, it runs."
"Bugs? what kind of bugs?" He asked leaning against the seat and crossing his arms watching as she bent over in front of him and picked up her tool box. He would offer to help her pick the ginormous thing up, but her knew she didn't need it.
She lugged the box into a corner and out of the way then turned to look at him, "Well..." she placed a finger on her chin in a very Rikku-like manner, "Like the breaks..."
He raised an eye brow, "The breaks?"
She nodded and come to stand in front of him, "Yeah..." She placed her hands behind her back and smiled sheepishly.
"What about 'em?" He asked his face inching closer to hers.
"They don't really work yet..." and with that she closed the gap between them for a hungry kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her tightly against him. She stepped in closer and wrapped her arms around his neck.
When both needed air, Gippal pulled away first, "Got plans for tonight?"
She giggled, "Yeah..."
"They involve me right" he asked in her ear nipping it gently
"Blitzball..." She answered.
He groaned and rested his head on her shoulder, "Damnit..."
She pulled out of his embrace, "your comming right?" She asked hopefully.
He leaned back onto the bike and though a moment, "I think I can work it into my schedule..."
She rolled her eyes and kissed his cheek, "Good, then I'll see you there..." She turned and started to walk out of the chamber.
"You know..." Gippal started. Rikku stop and turned to look at him, "I hope this whole Blitzball phase of yours will be over before were married 'cause it's seriously cutting into 'me' time."
Rikku rolled her eyes and continued to walk out of the room, "Yeah...sure...okay..." She said waving him off dismissivly, "I'll see you at the game..." she said her voice echoing through the empty stone hallways.
He sighed and crossed his arms staring down at the floor. Secretly he knew that he wouldn't have to worry about the marriage thing. It was wrong to hold on to Rikku when her heart wasn't as into the relationship as his was. He knew she loved him, but not the way he loved her. It was killing him to know that her heart wasn't truly his, and there was really nothing he could do about it.
He though that by asking her to marry him, it would solve the problem, but it only seemed to make things worse. He could tell that deep down Rikku didn't want to marry him, that she was merily settleing down to make him and everyone else happy. He wouldn't let her do that though, for he cared too much. He would have to eventually let her go, but he hated the thought of being without her. He wanted her to be happy for herself, not just to make someone else happy. That's all the mattered to him now...
yeah so that was the first chap...Ill prolly have the next one out tommorow...hopefully... REVIEW!