Well this is my first fic. It's another "sucked into the world" story. Hey, no one said I was original. At least this one will have a twist.
Disclaimer: I do not own FFX. I do not own any references to other games or movies. I do however own a taco. And that makes me happy.
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"Come on Griff, beat his ass!"
The yelling was distracting Griff and when he turned around to tell everyone to let him concentrate. Jin scored a final blow on Hwoarang, winning by KO.
"Looks like I win" Shawn chuckled at him, "As usual". He wasn't surprised at all, he was practically undefeatable at Tekken. Shawn was a nice enough guy, but cocky whenever it came to something he was good at.
"You only won because I was distracted." Griff countered. Although he was the geek of the group, Griff was also one of the largest and usually the most level-headed.
"And what, may I ask, was distracting you?" Wiggy smirked. Wiggy was the leader of the group, and also one of the biggest goofballs on the planet.
"Isn't it obvious?" Cam replied for him, knowing full well that she was Griff's biggest weakness. A trait she flaunted whenever she could. Her real name was Holly, but she insisted on being called Cam. No one minded, they didn't call Griff and Wiggy Josh and Steve after all, so why call Cam Holly?
"She did bend over right beside the T.V" Paul added, earning an evil glare from Griff, "N-not that I was looking" Paul may have been the biggest pervert they had ever met, and the biggest person in the group, but even he didn't push it when it came to Cam and Griff. Looking at her the wrong way in front of him would usually, well let's not get into that.
"OK guys, this is getting boring" Sara whined. Sara always whined when they hung out like this. Mainly because she didn't play games as often as the others, and felt left out. The guys had all offered to help her learn, but she was more of an outdoorsy person.
"Oh come on" Cam said, "Let them play". Cam didn't play games much either, but she loved watching the action.
"I agree with Sara" Wiggy's girlfriend, Jess said, "This game is pointless, we should play something with more of a story" Jess, unlike the other girls, played games quite a bit (going out with Wiggy it was a necessity) but mainly on Xbox. Henceforth she was quite a violent person, especially towards Paul.
"So you want a story.." Wiggy chuckled.
"In a PS2 game…" Shawn added.
"That can only mean one thing…" Paul laughed.
Griff rolled his eyes, "I'll go get FFX" he said with an amused sigh
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Griff returned after digging through his room searching for his copy of FFX. He found it underneath his English textbook and headed back downstairs.
"About time" Sara joked, "If I had to sit here watching Wiggy and Jess make out much longer I'd go crazy"
"Hey, we weren't that bad" Jess scoffed.
"Yes you were", Paul cut in, "It was quite hot really"
"Shut up Paul" Everyone said in near unison.
Griff popped in the disk and the familiar Zanarkand tune began playing, but something didn't seem right. It was louder than usual, like it was right there in your face.
"Whoa Griff, when did you get surround sound" Shawn asked
"I didn't" Griff responded, a horrified expression on his face.
Just then a flash of light erupted from the screen and engulfed them. They awoke in a seemingly completely blue universe, with nothing around but themselves.
"So someone finally discovered what happened when you play the game with four guys and three girls in the room huh?" A mysterious disembodied voice said to them with slight humour in it's tone of voice.
"That voice…" Wiggy stuttered.
"No way…" Shawn added
"It can't be…" Paul said
"Would you idiots cut that out!" Griff yelled at them, "What do you want Jecht?"
"Chill out kid" Jecht's voice told him, "I'm just here to welcome you to this special feature of the game."
"What's he talking about Griff? What's going on?" Cam asked, latching onto him.
"Like I said before, whenever the game is turned on with four guys and three girls in the room, a special mode is unlocked" Jecht's voice replied.
"Tell us about this special feature" Jess inquired, sounding intrigued.
"Well each of you gets to pick out a weapon from other FF games and will be paired with one of the playable heroes, you will play through the game at that person's side. A force field will surround the character so you will not be able to be more than 20 feet away from them. You will also inherit any non-battle based skills the character has"
"What do you mean non-battle based" Wiggy asked, obviously confused.
"In other words whoever gets paired with Rikku will be able to speak Al Bhed, whoever is paired with Tidus or Wakka will be able to breath underwater…" Griff started
"And whoever gets paired with Auron will be able to consume large amounts of sake without getting the slightest bit tipsy." the voice finished for him, "I warn you though, this is very dangerous, you will feel every hit"
"We understand" Sara replied, sounding like she was trying to convince herself this was happening.
"Well then let's pick out your weapons" Jecht told them. Suddenly every weapon in the history of FF appeared before them.
Griff, knowing all to well what he wanted, dove at Zidane's ultimate weapon from FF9. When he looked up he saw that Wiggy and Shawn were sporting a pair of gunblades from FF8 and Paul had Cid's Dragon Lance from FF7 (A/N: is it dragon lance or dragoon lance, I can't remember?). At the other end of the pile he spotted Cam picking up Selphie's nunchucku from FF8.
"I always knew she liked large blunt objects" Paul joked, earning himself an elbow to the gut from Griff. Also at the end of the pile Sara and Jess were discussing what to take.
"I don't know anything about this stuff!" Sara yelled in frustration, What do we take?"
"Neither do I" Jess replied, "Something here must be useful"
"Why don't you take mage staffs?" Shawn suggested as the guys walked up to them.
"Magic is a big part of the game." Wiggy added
Jess, who was never one for disagreeing with Wiggy, quickly grabbed a black mage staff from the pile, while Sara grabbed a white mage staff.
"You ready?" a bored sounding Jecht said from seemingly everywhere.
"Just a sec" Griff told him. "Now remember guys, at first we will be mostly separated from each other, everyone will have to take care of themselves for awhile."
"No problem" Wiggy replied.
"We'll be fine" Shawn added.
"Nothing to it" Paul laughed.
"…Sure" Cam responded.
"Don't go dieing on me now" Jess chuckled.
Sara just gulped.
"Ok then, let's go."