Summary: Basically it's Final Fantasy X with an old western theme. Their will be saloons, high noon quick draw duels, whores, and whore houses, and all the other good stuff we've seen from successful western films like The Quick and the Dead and Wild Wild West.
Disclaimer: No ownership over Final Fantasy X is implied.
Tales of the West
Chapter1: Stranded
The Bikanel Desert was ablaze in the scorching heat of the sun. The heat had dried up what little water was left. Anyone traveling the desert without a quick mode of transportation our nourishment would most surely die.
Someone however, was barely holding on. He had tan skin, and dirty blonde hair. He wore a white shirt that was stained from sweat and dirt, brown trousers, and boots that were worn from the walking. His name was Tidus. His body was slouched over from exhaustion and he hard time keeping his head up. It wouldn't matter anyway, his vision was hazy from the heat. He had been wandering the desert for almost an entire day. Though, his suffering was entirely his fault.
The day before, he was in the city of Zanarkand. He was playing cards at the local saloon. He had beaten almost every person in the room and took most of their money. Until, one shady customer showed up. The man laid his gil on the table and challenged Tidus to game of Poker. Tidus accepted, for he never back down from a chance to beat someone at poker. In the end, the man had a straight in diamonds and Tidus had a Royal Flush, making him the winner. The man however didn't take to kindly to losing. When Tidus left the saloon, the man and his posse jumped him. They bound and gagged him and tied him to a chocobo and sent it off running into the desert. The chocobo had of course died from the heat and now, Tidus was stranded in the desert.
He didn't even know where he was going. He had never been outside of Zanarkand, he was born and raised there. Tidus lived alone in the city now. His mother died when he was seven and his father… well Tidus didn't care for his father, in fact he absolutely hated him. His father, Jecht, was mean to him as a kid. Tidus didn't even believe his father had ever once told him that he loved him. Just thinking about him made him angry. His anger faded when he snapped back to reality and realized he was still in the middle of nowhere.
He also noticed every thing getting fuzzy. He started to feel light headed and had a time standing up. Finally his legs gave out and he fell to the ground. He tried to get back up but, his body wouldn't respond. He laid there, the hot sun beating down on him. He vision began to fade. Before everything went black he thought he saw a pair of black boots surrounded by red appear in front of him. He thought it was just his eyes playing tricks on him and then closed them.