Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to Square Enix or something. I don't own the characters, plot or anything else. This is just my own take on the story. (I don't even know if I need this but just thought I'd put it here anyway.)

Chapter One: Listen to My Story

Yuna walked along the bright streets of Zanarkand. She was on her way to the sphere dome to play a Blitzball game. She was the star player for the Zanarkand Abes but never liked to brag about it. Having just signed Blitzballs for her fans and even promising to teach a group of kids how to Blitz, she was in a good mood. She loved meeting fans, not so much to boost her ego but rather to make their day better. She knew that she was getting closer to the stadium as she could already hear the commentator Zanar reminiscing about her father, Braska. Braska was known for being a great Blitzball player and most people always compared Yuna to her father. She never liked it when they did but was too kind to comment on it. She just faked a smile and agreed. Ten years ago, Braska had left to train overseas but never came back. Yuna's mother loved him so much that she went into a deep depression and died soon after. Yuna, herself, missed her father deeply but also harboured a slight hate at him simply leaving without any word. She knew everything that her mother had went through and sometimes grew angry that he put her through that.

Yuna was now at the stadium. After wading through the crowd at the entrance she was finally ready to Blitz. She was waiting in a small pool, waiting for the sphere pool to be made. She sat there, pumping herself up for the coming match. She wanted to win the Braska memorial cup, partly for her father and partly for her team, the Zanarkand Abes. She sat in the pool wearing her uniform. Her uniform was a pair of white trousers that reached just under her knee with the team logo on one leg, a red J with yellow outlines. Yuna had personalised the uniform by having one leg shorter than the other. Her shoes were blue and white. Her left hand was covered by a gauntlet while her right hand was hidden by a white glove. On her upper half, there was a blue jacket with a black hood coupled with a blue pauldron and armor that covered her left arm. She also wore a white outfit, similar to dungarees, over her jacket that was fastened with a black belt that had a metal chain. Something that looked like flowers crept along the side of this dungaree-like item. Within minutes of waiting, she heard the music. The rock music that usually played while the sphere pool was created echoed throughout the stadium. A ball of blue lightning seemed to appear in the centre of the stadium. Arcs of lightning blew from the ball as it grew larger and larger. Fans cheered as the sphere pool grew. Zanar, the commentator, started to welcome the teams. "Today we'll see the match between the Zanarkand Abes from A-east and the Duggles from C-south." Fans continued to cheer as the ceiling moved outwards. Light from the outside crowded in. Stars could barely been seen in the sky from the many streetlamps littering every street. The sphere pool was nearing its final size as the top just popped out of the skylight. When it was ready all players dove into the pool and got into position.

Yuna herself was the right-forward player. She did best when shooting. The ball appeared in the centre of the pool, spun higher into the water and the game begun. The game was fast-paced as each team caught the ball, passed to others and intercepted. Tackles were brutal as players seemed to attack each other just to get the ball. Yuna's team would always pass to her whenever they received the ball and she would shoot, scoring each time. Yuna scored the first goal and everyone went back to their original positions. Kick-off started again and the ball spun Duggles centre player caught the ball but was soon tackled. A member of the Abes took the ball and threw it out of top of the sphere. Yuna was going to do her signature move. She swam up and leapt into the air, almost like a dolphin. Her foot was about to come down on the ball when she saw a great beast in the distance. The beast shot strange blasts toward the stadium that landed in the tall building surrounding it. The building blew from the blasts and fell apart. The stadium itself shook and Yuna missed her shot. She was going to fall to the floor but was able to grab hold of the skylight. With only a few fingers keeping her there she wasn't able to hold on for long. She soon fell to the floor and blacked out.

When she woke up she was at the entrance to the stadium. She slowly got up as many people ran past her and held her hands to her head. She wasn't hurt too much from the fall but had a bad headache. She began to walk away. "Auron?" As she walked down the steps she saw a man that she recognised and her excitement pushed the headache from her thoughts. It was Auron, the man that had taken care of her since her mother died and never came to her Blitzball matches. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she ran up to him. The older man barely gave her any recognition. Simply stating, "I was waiting for you…" His gruff voice never changed. He simply stood there in his usual outfit, a haori closed by a black and blue strap with two brown belts. There was an intricately decorated shoulder pad on his left shoulder. His blank pants, shoes and shirt worked perfectly with the red haori to give him others a strong impression of him. He always kept left arm tucked into the haori making some think he had a broken arm whereas his other hand was usually resting either on the sake bottle attached to his belt or the large katana he always carried with him. Yuna waited patiently for him to elaborate but he never did. When she was tired of waiting she asked, "What do you mean?" but she still received no reply. Auron walked off. He left Yuna. She soon followed after him, not wanting to be alone during the current situation.

As she ran along the road many different people ran past her, ignoring her. They didn't notice her as they were all too scared of the large beast in the sky. She took another few steps and everything stopped. The people weren't moving, even those in mid-step. It was lik time had stopped for all but her. She took a look around and found a small boy behind her. She leant over to talk to this small boy. He was wearing a dark blue robe with the hood up. The hood covered most of his face, all you could really see was his mouth and nose. He said two simple words, "It begins," before disappearing. Time restarted and the boy was gone. She looked at the many people running past her and saw Auron again. She had caught up. She ran to him pointing out, "Wait, you're going the wrong way Auron." He stood staring at the sky. When she reached him she followed his gaze and saw it.

There was a large ball of water floating in the sky. In the water you could see many lights moving. Were they eyes? She took another look at Auron and asked, "What is it?" A slight hint of fear spread into her voice.

"They called it Sin…"

"Sin?" She asked. Her question was met with yet more silence. She opened her mouth to probe further but her attention was stolen by a large black creature erupting from the side of a nearby building. It had black tentacles waving from the top of the 'body', if you could even call it a body. A large tentacle protruded from the centre covered in a strange type of rock. Within seconds the rock like skin started to flake off. The flakes flew in all directions after circling the creature for a few seconds. A few flakes landed near Yuna. The flakes moved and seemed to open into a strange monster. What was the outside of the flake became wings for these monsters and glowed. The monsters approached Yuna, growling and furiously moving their short legs. Yuna was becoming scared. The monsters were getting closer and closer, she completely forgot about everything else. "No! Get away! Leave me alone!" She shouted, waving her hands to try and ward them off. Her efforts didn't work and they got even closer. She fell back and tried to protect her hands with her face. They didn't attack. She looked to see Auron warding them off with his large katana. "Here," he called to her while throwing a sword to her. It landed at her feet. "It's a gift from Braska. Do you know how to use it?" She stood up, pulling the sword with her. It was heavier than expected and she almost dropped it. She grabbed it with both hands, felt its weight. When she was ready she held it up in one hand and readied herself. She wasn't defenceless. She could help. She needn't rely on others to protect her anymore.

She ran at the beast and slashed it along the chest. It went down in one blow and disappeared. She helped Auron defeat these strange monsters and they both continued on. They didn't get much further before running into more monsters. "Just cut through. Don't fight the ones that don't matter." Auron's commanding voice directed Yuna. She ran and jumped towards the monster in the middle. Her short brown hair still glistened with water from the sphere pool. She drove her sword into the monster and it disappeared. She took this opening and ran. Ran past the monsters and just continued along the road. Auron followed closely behind her. She was still unsure why they were going along this road, going the wrong way, but trusted Auron. 'He must be going this way for a reason,' she thought to herself. She stopped at a turn in the road to catch her breath while Auron caught up. She barely had a second to rest before the floor shook like an earthquake. She looked ahead to see the same black creature from before, the black 'stone' with tentacles protruding from the top. It was accompanied by two small monsters. "Come," Auron commanded. They both ran towards the beast. "I'll deal with the sinscales, you deal with the sinspawn."

'Sinscales, Sinspawn? Is that what these things are?" Yuna asked herself. She watched the creatures in front of her while Auron jumped into the air. "Dragon fang!" Auron shouted out the name of the technique as he slammed his katana into the ground. Small blasts erupted from beneath the enemies. Both of the Sinscales were defeated and a few of the Sinspawn's tentacles disappeared. Auron and Yuna sliced away at the last monster as it threw spell after spell at them. Yuna was about to drink a potion before Auron stopped her. "Don't waste your potion. Sinspawn Ammes only uses Demi, it'll never kill you. You'll just get weakened. Heal after the battle if you need to." Yuna believed him. Auron had a lot more experience with monsters than Yuna. They continued their assault as the creature continued to throw demi spells. With each attack the monster lost a tentacle. When there was only a single tentacle left, both Auron and Yuna both attacked at the same time to finish the beast. The final large tentacle disappeared and the body turned into a deep black, stone. Leaving the stone, the two friends continued along the road defeating any Sinscales that they met. The ended up on a stretch of road that was alongside a large building. The building had a glowing board with Braska's face on. Yuna looked into the face of her father. She couldn't help but remember some of the times she spent with him. When she was a child he let her watch him play Blitzball and even taught her how to blitz. He taught her every one of his moves but there was a single move she could never pull off.

"It seems we were expected." Auron's voice pulls her back into reality. Many Sinscales shot into the road they were on. Countless monsters embedded themselves into the road far behind them and far infront. They were surrounded. Not all of the monsters awakened at once. Only around three at each side opened up to attack. Yuna and Auron fought them off. With every monster that was defeated, another would turn up just as it disappeared. It was a never ending stream of monsters around them. Yuna had realised to focus on any monster that had glowing wings as the wings showed they were readying a strong attack. Eventually, Auron stopped attacking the Sinscales but instead attacked a broken tanker that was almost falling off the road nearby. "Knock it down!" His voice was, yet again, commanding her. Yuna asked why as she defeated another monster. "You'll see." Auron's comments almost always acted like this. He would never give her much information but just answered everything with vague comments that left her even more confused. She suppressed her desire to question him again and followed his instruction. While dodging enemy attacks, Auron and Yuna both attacked the purple tanker. It was only held together by a small tank that had electricity passing through it. Once the tank had been destroyed by the two, it fell. The tanker fell to the ground with fire blazing from the broken part. When it had almost reached the bottom it exploded with a thunderous blast. The sound was almost deafening. The blast destroyed the foundations of the nearby building and it fell. It fell on the road ahead of Yuna and her friend. As the blazing building came down it cut off their only chance of escape. "Go," Auron muttered. He was telling her that she could make it. She took the chance and ran as fast as she possibly could. She jumped onto the building and ran across flaming windows and evaded small holes and eruptions. She had almost reached the end when she realised she'd never make it. Taking one last chance, she leaped up towards the road ahead.

Her fingers only just managed to grab the ledge. As she held on for dear life her body swung and swayed in the breeze. She saw Auron had reached the ledge and called out to him, "Auron, Auron, help me!" She called out to her friend while her mind was confused. 'How did Auron get there before me, I'm way faster than him.' She could only ask these questions to herself while she dangerously hung from the ledge. When her head got back to the urgency of the situation, she called again. "Auron, help me. Please!" Yuna hadn't realised that the great beast, Sin, was flying above them. Auron looked at the beast. "You're sure?" He asked his question as the beast became a large swirling mass, sucking things in. Auron's hand grabbed Yuna's jacket and he raised her up. Chunks of road and buildings ascended with her and even the platform Auron and herself were on began to float towards the heavens. Above them, the great, swirling beast sucked them in. Auron held onto Yuna as he looked into her face. His usually gruff, strong voice gained a slight softness as he looked at her. "This is it," he uttered his words with great importance. Taking his time to give each word weight he continued, "This is your story, it all begins here." Those were the last words he said to her. They were incredibly close to the swirling beast now. Auron's face seemed to stretch into nothingness. Before she could speak, Auron and Yuna were stretching into the swirling beast above.

Was this it? Was this the end? Was she going to be eaten by this huge monster, Sin? What would become of Zanarkand, her beloved hometown? These questions swirled around in her head as she was sucked in. She let out a scream as everything faded to white…

A/N: So, that's it for my first fan fiction and I'm really excited about it. I welcome constructive criticism and would like to hear what you think. Did you enjoy it? Please, review and tell me. I wanted to make this first chapter longer but this feels like a really good place to stop for now. It's a really good cliffhanger. Also, I plan on making the story in the future similar to the original storyline but will show it from different points of view. I also want to add in some scenes that didn't happen and possibly have some character couples in the future, even if it's not made into a big deal. Does anyone have a suggestion for couples? I can't promise I'll make it happen but I'll think them over and if I think I can make the relationship make sense I'll include them.