The Misadventures of YRPBGN

DAY VI: Raikou, Where Art Thou?

Baralai woke up that morning. It was a bright, sunny day in Bevelle. Usually it was raining. Of course, Raikou liked to make it rain a lot, too, so one couldn't complain. But, today was sunny for some odd reason. And the sunlight coming through the windows woke Baralai up.

"Oww...so bright. Gippal turn off the lamp..." he murmured. "Ah...Hm..? Oh, the sun must be out...That's odd..."

Baralai got up, and walked into parlor. Now, usually Raikou was up with the television...eating it for breakfast...Every morning it ate on a different electric appliance for breakfast. And for a snack, it would always find Baralai's hidden spheres. However, this morning, the television was intact.

"Raikou...? Raikou...? Raikou, it's breakfast time! Come get it!"

No answer. Baralai looked in the bathroom. Maybe it decided to try and go for the toothbrush this morning? But, no, it wasn't in there either. Baralai even checked the kitchen. Nothing.

"Raikou? Raikou! Where are you?" Baralai asked walking around. Something was really wrong. It wasn't like it to disappear without a trace.

Gippal was sleeping well when the commsphere rang in his ear. He groaned, and prayed that it wasn't Rikku...It wasn't...So, out of best interest, he decided to pick it up...Big mistake...

"Gippal! You have to help me find Raikou! It's gone! I think it ran away!" Baralai's upset voice rang over the sphere. Gippal internally groaned. But then again, he was thankful, due to the fact that Yuna was on the Farplane now...At least the 'thing' was good for something. He had to give it credit.

"Did you try checking the bathroom?" Gippal asked.

"It wasn't even in the kitchen!" Baralai whined. Gippal groaned.

"Fine...I'll be there in a minute...Just...Don't do anything stupid..."

Ten minutes later after throwing on some clothes, Gippal had arrived at Baralai's house, where Baralai was making missing posters with a crayon.

"You think these will work?" Baralai asked holding up a picture with a stick figure Raikou. Gippal tried not to laugh.

"Yeah. People should be calling every few seconds when they spot that thing... (yeah right, like they could tell what that "thing" is!)" Gippal replied.

"Maybe we should recruit the Gullwings to help us?" Baralai asked. Gippal nodded.

"(Maybe we'd have a better chance at dying from jumping off a cliff)" he thought. So, the two got up, and decided to take a hover around Spira, until Gippal got the bright idea of heading to the Thunder Plains. "So, it has to be AROUND HERE," Gippal said. "It's electric after all."

Baralai sighed. "Yes, you're right. Maybe we should check around the towers?"

And, as luck would have it, when the pair did check behind one of the towers, Raikou was sleeping behind it!

"Heh. Well, that's something you don't see everyday," Gippal said.

"Raikou!" Baralai went and hugged it, somewhat startling it, and creating a chain-reaction of it growling and shocking Baralai, then Raikou jumping up, and sending a huge shockwave at Gippal. Then, it finally went laid down, and went back to sleep.

"Dude, we so need some special equipment for this," Gippal said straining to move.

"Should we call the Gullwings now?" Baralai asked.

"Don't even go there my friend," Gippal replied.

FIN DAY VI