Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ the millionair + the thief=? ❯ just checking on you ( Chapter 8 )

A/N (UltimaWitch): Kay, took awhile to think up the rest of the plot...sorry!

Disclaimer: Don't own yugioh or rikku.

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When Rikku woke up again, she brushed her, got her hair all combed, got dressed, etc. It was another free Saturday. Normally, she would we out all day to steal. She walked out the door and went to the same park again, trying to catch up on her relaxation that she lost the other day.

"What to do? I'm losing money...and in like a week, I'll have no place to stay at. What am I gonna do...?" she kept thinking.

"Rikku?" a voice from behind her asked.

She stopped and turned around. "What?"

It was him, the man from yesterday. "You really don't remember me?" he asked.

"No! Who ARE you???"

"My name is Auron. Remember that day you ran off?"

"Auron?"

*flashback*

After the coast was clear, Rikku jumped up to the window and slipped out. It was dark. She was still very young and didn't know any dangers of the outside world. She fell down on her knees because she wasn't aware of how high the drop really was. "Ow..." she said, and rubbed her butt.

Rikku got back up and ran away from the orphanage. She kept walking quickly, looking back, unaware of who was in front of her. Then she bumped into someone.

"Well, lookit here..." the guy said. "A little runt!"

He was with two other guys just like him. "Hehehe...maybe she's got some bills to spare..." his friend said.

Then the third one walked up to her and grabbed her arm. "So, you got money kid?" he asked.

Rikku was scared, she didn't know what to do. She always remembered her brother telling her to always be brave, so she kicked him, HARD. Rikku definitely wasn't a weak little girl.

"OW!!! WHY YOU LITTLE!!!" the guy grunted.

"Your mommy ever teach you any manners?"

Rikku was also a wise cracker. "Well, you must be really stupid then...I just came out of the orphanage...which means I HAVE NO MOMMY, IDIOT!!! And if I had a mommy, then she'd tell me not to talk to strangers...but I'm yapping away at you three losers!" she began mocking.

The three were angry and embarrassed at the same time. They knew no one would get away with mocking them so they chased Rikku.

"GET HER!!!" their leader ordered.

Rikku was laughing but stopped to find an escape route. "GAAH!!!" she yelled. Rikku ran down the street with her eyes closed and she kept screaming out, "HELP! SOMEONE, HELP!!!! THESE THREE IDIOT GUYS ARE CHASING ME!!!!!"

She was unusually fast for a little one but she kept on running without looking to see what was ahead of her. She bumped right into someone. She fell to the ground on her butt again and looked up at the man she ran into.

"Do you need help little girl?" he asked.

Rikku was still a little scared so she hid behind him and pointed toward her pursuers.

"I see..." the man said.

"Hey Pops...hand over the kid!" one of the thugs said.

"Why should I?" the man asked tauntingly.

"A wise guy eh? Make him pay too!" their leader shouted. So the two others lunged at him.

The man didn't back out. Instead, he drew out a gigantic blade. The two attackers were shocked at the shimmering sword he wielded. So they ran away with their leader soon following behind.

"Umm...thanks for helping me Mister..." Rikku squeaked from behind.

"That's ok. What's your name and what are you doing here all alone?" he asked.

"My name's Rikku! And, I ran away to look for my brother..." she explained.

The man looked at her face. He knew she was partially lying. "Well, my name is Auron."

"Mr. Auron! I don't have anywhere to sleep at tonight...can you take me somewhere?" she asked innocently.

"Sure," he replied. He stood up. But just as Rikku sat up again, she grabbed his bag and ran off. Rikku had stolen for the first time.

*end flashback*

"I remember..." Rikku said. Her face was so blank. She spaced out from her sudden memory shock.

"Have you found him yet?" Auron asked.

"Huh?" Rikku asked. She had no idea what he was talking about.

"I'm just kidding. You didn't leave to go look for him..."

"Oh right...and, yeah. I didn't. I left cause I didn't want to be next. I didn't want to be chosen to live with another family," she explained.

"Oh? You would've been better off then you would now," he said.

"That is none of your business!" Rikku shouted back at him. "But...I do need the money..."

Auron walked closer to Rikku. "That's ok. It'll work out. I only came here to check on you. To see if you were ok."

"SEE IF I'M OK??? Look at me! I steal because I have no other option! I'm gonna get kicked out of my home soon! And there's a guy I REALLY, REALLY HATE!!! I AM ANYTHING BUT OK!!!" she screamed.

"It was a request."

"What?!! From who???" she asked.

"From Cid."

"Who's Cid??? I don't get you!"

"You're very forgetful, aren't you? Well, Cid only wanted to know how you were. And I've done what he asked. I have to go now..."

"HEY! You pop out from nowhere...saying this CID guy told you to check on me, and then you leave??!?!?!" Rikku was confused.

"It's not my problem you turned out this way...deal with it. It was your decision to leave and you have to live by it," Auron said. Then he left.

Rikku watched him leave. "What?!?! That guy is WEIRD!!!" Rikku thought to herself. Then she saw a familiar looking group across the park. "It's Yugi and his friends!" she thought. So Rikku walked by to say hello.

A/N: Oi! After waiting for so long...you get THIS trashy chapter...SORRY!!!! And I know it's short but it explains how Auron and Rikku met. So yeah...I really have nothing left to say really...