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Chapter 1 – Falling Apart

Darkness. Everything is dark. Not a sound to be heard.

Waiting…

I'm usually pretty patient but still…this is the big one. This will either make us legends or just another forgotten name, and no one here's willing to settle for the latter.

Still waiting…

I suppose you're wondering what I'm going on about. My name is Zeek and I'm a blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes, a Defender to be exact. It's my job to stop the other team from getting near our goal. As for the Abes, we're one of the top ranked teams in Zanarkand and tonight we're playing the Zanarkand Duggles. The Duggles will be in their traditional red and black uniforms while us Abes will be in dark blue and yellow. Speaking of uniforms we got some new ones this year. I got this yellow vest that covers up a tight black short sleeve shirt made for underwater sports. Along with that I have a black forearm guard, black and white gloves and dark blue shorts. We also get shoes that are virtually weightless while underwater. Those are dark blue and yellow as well. All this goes wonderfully with my brownish-red hair and blue-gray eyes. Anyway enough of the dress-up. Back to blitzball. Where was I again...oh yeah. Since Zanarkand is such a big city it has multiple blitzball teams. In fact, I can't recall ever playing a team that wasn't from Zanarkand. With all this talk about Zanarkand I should explain that too.

So, how does one begin to describe Zanarkand? Well, it's really really big. Okay that's kind of vague. There's about a few million people populating the city. It's also one of the most technologically advanced cities around. It hums with activity from the early morning to the late evening. Lights, music, and people fill the streets. It's like the city never sleeps. Almost like a giant amusement park. And let's not forget the blitzball stadium. The stands are packed full every night. Blitz is so popular that games are held almost every night. The crowd's cheers fill the air as each teams gives it their all every minute, every second. The passion of the fans is matched only by the players' passion to play and win.

As for right now, us Abes are playing the Duggles for the championship match in the Jecht Memorial Cup. For those who don't know Jecht was a famous blitzball player about ten years ago. He also used to play for the Abes. I've even met him a few times when I was younger. The tournament is being held in honor of him. He just up and disappeared ten years ago. The whole incident was pretty strange. Jecht went out to sea for training one day and just never came back. Anyone who is or was a fan of blitzball was devastated by the news of his disappearance. Well, except for one guy.

There's a dull hum…

Butterflies are dancing in my stomach. Haha, still haven't gotten over that. But it's nowhere near as bad as when I first started blitzball for the Abes last year. In my first match of the season I panicked and almost drowned. Man, that was a mess. Anyway there's nothing to worry about now. I only get nervous before the start of a match now. Besides I can't go choking during out biggest match of the year. Like I said our names will go down in history if we win this. Part of it may be due to a certain tournament memorial's offspring who's on the team.

Blinding light flashes as the pod fills with water almost instantly. Players from both teams swim around getting into position.

There's a lot of pressure on him. I'm not sure if he knows it. If he does he sure doesn't show it. I'm glad I'm not in his shoes right now.

The crowd roars, as the match is about to start. You can't make out any distinct sounds.

He just started this year and has quickly become one of the best Forwards that Zanarkand has seen since Jecht. Forwards are basically the people who score in blitzball. But seeing as Jecht is the guy's dad it only makes sense he'd be so good. One thing I can't wrap my head around is how much the guy despises his old man. He's told me stories of how his dad would just tear him down, saying, "You're no good. You'll never beat me. You can't do it kid. Why don't you just give up." It's weird because Jecht was never like that when I was around. I guess I should be happy my family is supportive of me.

5…4…3…2…1…Bzzzzzzt!!!

Alright, game time.

Both Centers jump up to get possession of the ball. Their primary job is to get the ball passed to the Forwards. The Abe Center grabs it and quickly swims towards the Left Forward, Jecht's son. The Center throws it and the Forward turns around and catches it. He looks to his left and sees two opposing blitzers headed his way. He swims towards them slowly at first, playing it safe. As they get closer he speeds up. I keep an eye out on the Forward, making sure no stray Duggles sneak up from behind.

Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet, the two Duggles get closer and closer. Just as one shoots out to grab the ball the Abe Forward suddenly drops underneath the Duggle, dodging the attack smoothly, and continues forward, the next Duggle waiting eagerly. As the Duggle gets ready to attack the Abe Center shoots up in front of him, taking the hit in place of the Forward. The Forward quickly swims around them and continues swimming towards the Duggle's goal. The remaining Duggles rush towards the Forward hoping to halt his advance. One of the Duggle Defenders attempts to tackle the Forward but gets pushed out of the way by the. With one Duggle left to overcome the Forward keeps heading towards the goal. Once the Duggle swims right up to the Forward the Forward swiftly dashes upward and throws the ball back to the second Abe Forward who had swam back towards the goal. The second Forward winds up and kicks the ball with great force, just barely scraping the tips of the Goalkeeper's fingers. The buzzer rings signaling the Abe's, as well as the matches, first goal. The crowd cheers even louder, boosting the morale of all us Abes.

Once the ball get launched the Duggle's Center grabs it with a burning ferocity burning in his eyes. As both the Right Defender and myself close in the Duggle plows right through the Abe Center. It's clear this isn't going to be easy. I signal the other Abe Defender to get behind me to execute one of our newest defense plays. Once we get lined up we swim towards the raging Duggle Center. As he drops his shoulder to tackle me I quickly drop just low enough to horizontally line myself up with him and grab his arms and flip him upside down. The other Defender is then able to grab the ball and pass it on. However the Duggle Center struggles to maintain possession of the ball and doesn't let go easily. As soon as the Abe Defender touches the ball the Duggle Center kicks his feet up, struggling to swat away the Abe Defender. I wrap my legs around the center to keep him from wriggling free, and from kicking my teammate in the face. After some struggling our Defender manages to pry the ball loose and swims off to get into passing position. Realizing he just lost the ball, the Duggle Center starts to squirm even harder. Just as I think my grip is about to break he lands an elbow to my face, stunning me and allowing him to chase after the ball.

I slowing start sinking to the bottom of the sphere pool still stunned from the elbow. "Come on, shake it off" I think to myself.

Slowly I start swimming back towards the middle of the field. The other Abe Defender stops momentarily, looking for an open teammate to pass to. Just as he's about to get moving the Duggle Center rushes up from underneath and kicks the ball out from the Defender's hands. The ball shoots up through the water and out the top of the sphere pool. Way ahead of everyone else, our Star Forward jumps out of the sphere pool, positioning himself to launch a powerful upside-down kick to the ball. As soon as he flips back he sees several lights flash past him and colliding into surrounding buildings with deafening explosions. Everyone in the stadium looks around in confusion trying to figure out what's going on. Even us in the sphere pool could hear the explosions.

All of a sudden more blasts hit the stadium, tearing it apart. The ground and even the sphere pool start to shake as the former starts splitting apart while the latter starts dissipating. Everyone in the stadium starts running out of the stadium in a panic. Unfortunately most of the players, myself included, are too late in trying to escape. Before I know it, the pool starts dissipating and all the players inside start falling. Mind you it isn't a short fall either. This sphere pool is sitting a good 30 ft above the ground. And that's the very bottom of it. As I start falling, I notice a particular player hanging by the roof of the stadium.

Falling…faster…faster…fa

Darkness…everything is dark…again. Not a sound to heard. Well, except for that pounding ache in my head. Ow.

"Ahh…ow…ugh…" As my vision slowing starts coming into focus I notice the stadium sitting in ruins. "Wha…no…" the roof is completely disintegrated. The walls have broken down and crumbled. And the sphere pool, well, it's like it was never there. I try to stand up, shakily at first, head still throbbing. Looking around, I notice the floor is littered with the bodies of blitzball players unconscious. I go over to try and wake up my fellow teammates but they're all out cold. Unable to wake anyone up, I walk to the stadium entrance, crawling over bits of debris left behind in the recent destruction. Luckily the corridor wasn't too messed up which made for an easy escape. when I get outside I see several people who escaped from the stadium running away in panic. Also, there's a certain blitzer sprawled out on the ground.

"Tidus!"

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