The team was summoning to Olympus Coliseum where they thought the god's son, Hercules, summoned them. But when they got there, it was a different story…
"Boy, that's a big coliseum." said Selphie
looking up at the entrance.
"I think this is where all the
heroes train, ya?" Wakka asked.
"Huh, I don't need
training. I'm already a hero as it is." Tidus replied.
"Really
now, Tidus" a male voice said. The group turns around and saw a
tall blond-haired guy wearing a long black jacket, black pants, and
heavy boots and carrying a big Buster sword. Tidus knows him and give
him a I-don't-like-you-looked.
"Tidus, you know him?" Selph
asked Tidus as he went past them.
"Yea, his name is Cloud
Strife." Still giving him that looked.
"Yea, I heard of him…"
Wakka announce "All I know he's has a big sword."
"And a
bigger ergo if you tell me," Tidus said, finally turn away.
"You
really don't' like this guy, don't you." Wakka said in a low
tone.
Cloud stop at the coliseum door and looked back at the
group, particularly Tidus. "Are you coming in?" he asked.
"Yea,
I'm coming." Tidus yelled back at him as he walks up to the door.
Wakka and Selph just looked at each other.
"Boy, this is gonna
be good." Wakka said excited. Wakka and Selph follow the two
unfriendly heroes inside.
Inside the Olympus Coliseum,
Hercules and Philoctetes (Phil for short) was waiting for them.
"Ah,
I'm glad you guys could make it." Hercules started out.
"All
course they came." Phil told Hercules. "They're hero, or are
they."
Tidus and Cloud looked at each other with evil looks on
their face.
"Oh boy…" Selph said nervously.
"Cloud,
you may know this, but the others don't so I have to give them the
information." Hercules told him. "I summoned you because two of
you know Sir. Auron, the 'Legendary Guardian.' "
"Sir
Auron, is he here?" Tidus asked.
"Yes but not in good terms.
He's the prisoner of the Underworld."
"The Underworld,
what's that?" Wakka asked
"It what you called the
'Farplane' in Spira but it's in reverse." Comment Cloud.
"And
how the hell you know about Spira, Cloud?" Tidus Asked.
"Well
all course Auron told me. He told me about you, Yuna, everyone, and
everything." Cloud answers.
"Why would he tell you that? That
don't even sound like Auron I know, and respected." He replied,
"He wouldn't tell all his business to somebody like you."
Cloud
laughs. "Why? Are you jealous?"
"JUST SHUT UP!!!!!" Tidus
yelled with anger and charge towards Cloud.
But Cloud made Tidus trip. Selph can only watch helplessly as Tidus takes out his 'Caladbolg' sword and charge at Cloud again. Cloud took out his 'First Tsurugi' and blocks him making a swords deadlock clash.
"Should we stop them?" Hercules asked Phil.
"No,
this is entertainment." Phil replied.
"I wish I have pop
corn." Wakka commented. Selph knock him on his head with her
nunchaku.
"Ouch! What was that for?" Wakka asked her,.
"Big
meanly..." She mumbles.
They break from the sword lock with Tidus almost losing his balance. Cloud strike but Tidus did his one-handed back somersault, avoiding the attack. Cloud ran up to strike again, but Tidus block it with his sword making another swords deadlock clash.
Selph had enough and yelled at Hercules, Phil,
and Wakka.
"IS ANYONE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?"
The
guys looked at each other and yelled back the replied: "NO!"
Selph
have to end this. So she did the only thing that could stop them. She
took a deep breath and yell:
"SSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPP
IIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The fighters stop
and looked at Selph.
"Let just finish the mission first, than
you can kill each other off later. Okay?" She told them. She turns
back to Hercules who looked puzzle like the rest of the group. "So
what is our mission?" she asked him with her fingers on her
hip.
Hercules starts again. "Auron is trap in The
Underworld, but to get through you have to be in the Underworld
tournaments. Your mission: Win the Underworld tournaments and rescues
Auron."
"That's mean that I have to team up with this
goofball?" Cloud commented.
"Who are you calling a goofball,
heartless soldier?" Tidus fired back.
"Wahoo, Wahoo,
Wahoo!" Wakka got between them. "Can you guys ever get
along?"
Hercules and Phil looked at each other and smile, with
ponder. The group looked at them knowing something is up.
"Is it
something I said?" Wakka asked.
Hercules and Phil turn their back at them and whisper among themselves. Curious of what they are saying. The group comes closer to the whispering heroes. Noticing that the group was eavesdropping, they move farther away from them. Few minuets later, they return to the waiting group with smiles on their face.
"Herc and I have made the decision. The mission
of Saving Sir Auron is only for Cloud and Tidus." Phil
announces.
"WHAT!!!!" Tidus and Cloud both cried. "HELL NO."
they both replied.
"Well, Sir Auron is in hell right now and you
two are the only one who can save him." said Hercules.
"Why I
have to work with this whining kid?" asked Cloud.
"Why I have
to work with this stuck-up push over?" Asked Tidus.
"Why you
chose the heroes who don't get along?" Asked Wakka
"And why
we left out of all the fun?" asked Selph.
"Okay, I will explain:" Hercules started.
1. You two have to get
along if you want to complete this mission and save Sir
Auron.
2. You both know him and got the skills to win
the tournaments.
3. They are stubborn pigheaded need to
be taught a lesson
4. I didn't mean to
change your plans. It was a last minuet decisions."
"I can
not work with this kid." Cloud told Herc and Phil
"Who are you
calling kid, pig face?" Tidus fired back at Cloud as he got in his
face.
"HEY! You can't get what you want unless you guy work
together." Phil got between them. "Tidus, you can't help Sir
Auron if you keep fighting Cloud. Cloud, you can't get your revenge
on Sephiroth if you fighting your teammate."
"We're not
teammates," they both shouted.
Phil turns to Hercules. "I
don't know what to about this, Herc."
"Maybe we should let
them fight each other." Herc replied.
"What?" he looked at
Herc crazy.
"Maybe if they fight each other, then they may
respect each other more."
"ARE YOU'RE CRAZY?" Wakka yelled
at Herc. "Cloud will KILL Tidus with his damn sword."
"Yea,
Tidus may have the speed but Cloud got the strength. Tidus doesn't
stand a chance." Selph announces.
"Thanks for you confident,
Selph" Tidus sigh.
"No problem," she replied with a
smile.
"See even his friend don't even have fate in him to be
a REAL hero." Cloud laughs as he walk away.
"Well at lest I
didn't let someone die..." Tidus mumble under his breath, but
loud enough for Cloud to hear it. Cloud stops by his response and
feels his blood boil.
That's when everything snapped. Cloud shoves Tidus across the room. When Tidus tried to get up, Cloud strikes with his sword making Tidus cried in pain. The group could only watches as Cloud held Tidus off the ground by his shirt.
"Never ever say something about that again. Got me, kid?" Cloud told Tidus. And toss him to the other side across the room. Wakka and Selph ran towards the beaten comrade as Cloud walks away. They sit him up as he use his Caladbolg' for support. The blood on his face and scar on his chest only shows 1/3 of Cloud's power. Tidus got one more thing to say to him before all his strength is gone.
"Cloud…" Tidus whisper his name. Cloud looked at Tidus with anger and pity. Pity that Sir. Auron has to deal with this kid. "Aerith want you to live life. She sacrifices for you to live your life. You made her sacrifice in vain…and that's all I'm going to say…. for now…" then Tidus passed out from the pain.
