Disclaimer: Don't own Final Fantasy X or its characters and never will.
A/N: Sorry for the long update time but I blame a combination of writer's block and being sick.
Chapter 2: A New Journey
In a lonely run down ruin the portal appeared. It dumped a young man quite unceremoniously upon the cold stone walkway leading to the ruins. As he took a look around he realized were he was and started to explore.
"Damn. Now what is happening," he muttered to himself as an explosion ripped its way thru the stillness. Upon following it he reached the source just in time to see a group of people enter into a smoking hole in the wall. "Okay so it appears I'm late to the show," he comments while heading towards the hole himself. Then as he neared the hole he realizes that he is completely unarmed. "Damn, they could have at least given me a weapon before they sent me here," he speaks while looking around for anything that might be a weapon. Seeing nothing at hand he goes to the nearest likely spot … the Al-Bhed ship.
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Well nice of them to leave it open and unguarded for me he thinks as he strolls thru the ship looking around for a weapon, and somewhere to hide away. Finally upon reaching what he assumes is an office he sees a claw sitting upon the desk. Long 6 inch blades with a slightly serrated edge it looks like it could be a very formidable weapon. As he fits it to his hand and notices the slightly snug feel of the glove he hears starts to panic as voices begin to drift from the corridor he just came from. Just great what am I going to do? he thinks taking stock of the sparse furniture mainly two secured chairs, a full bookcase, and the desk.
"Fryd dra ramm fyc cra drehgehk …," said a voice as it entered the room where he was hiding under the desk.
"Ur vilg," Said the second voice upon noticing that the claw was missing. "Punisher ed'c seccehk, cra fuimth'd fuimt cra?"
Well that was weird I wonder if it has anything to do with this he thinks hefting the claw as the rushing of feet exited the room. Suddenly a third somewhat familiar voice was heard in the hall approaching quickly. Upon entering the room he peeked from his hiding spot to see who it was. That was when his luck ended as the girl who the voice belonged to happened to glance toward the desk as she dragging two goggled men behind her.
"Fru dra ramm yna oui yht fryd yna oui tuehk ihtan drana?" the girl asked in an obviously angered voice.
"Rikku where are we and why in hell did you send me here?" I asked confused as to her presence here.
"What the hell are you talking about you yevonite, and what the hell are you doing with Punisher?"
"It's me Marcus, Rikku don't you remember you just sent me here?" I asked getting even more confused.
"Yevonite just what do you think you are talking about, take him up top," she stated and with that the two that were with her rushed up and with one attack everything faded into darkness again.
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Ok I am getting tired of waking up in strange places already I think to myself as I become conscious once more. Opening my eyes I take a look around at what must have been the deck of the ship. There wasn't much just a crane and a slightly familiar looking blonde who looked to be either asleep or unconscious. It was then that everything clicked into place. "Damn I really must have ended up in the game but how and why," I muttered to myself as questions begin to swarm my brain.
"Hey who are you?" asked the blonde, Tidus, who had evidently regained consciousness.
"Names Marcus, Oh and before you go on Tidus I could care less that you are star player of the Zanarkand Abes," I stated having never liked how he seemed to boast that fact.
"Hey wait are you one of my fans since you know about me and I don't recognize you?" He asked with a gleam in his eyes. However my scathing remark was cut off by the door to the inside opening. Out stepped Rikku and a bunch of other Al-Bhed. They then proceeded to explain to us with quite a few angry glances toward me that if we wanted to stay we would have to work. As I was preparing for what I knew would come next it was then I noticed the claw was gone from my arm, instead it appeared to be on Rikku's arm instead. Just great how in hell am I supposed to defend myself down there now I thought just as something was thrown my way. After catching it I noticed that it appeared to be a very worn and dull set of claws that just barely fit my hand as it was several sizes to small. Well at least I have a weapon now I thought while diving into the extremely cold water.
"Bloody cold water it just figures," I mutter as we began to dive toward the submerged ruins. After several fights mainly fought by the other two we reached the ruins and Tidus activated the ruins. However just as I feared Tros appeared just as we were about to leave. Tidus immediately slashed at it and was knocked aside with minimal damage to Tros. Rikku then threw a grenade at it that did considerable more damage to it. It was then that I noticed that something seemed to be sticking to Tros' side. Pointing it out to Rikku she then swam up and came back with it in her hand. As she threw it I noticed that it was yet another grenade. After the second grenade Tros was significantly more injured and swam to the other side of the room. When it did Tidus and Rikku immediately did the pincer maneuver and finished it off shortly afterward.
Back on the ship the Al-Bhed promptly went inside and left us to are own devices. Settling down I decided to rest and though it proved rather difficult with Tidus yelling to be let inside I eventually fell asleep.
"Hey food!" I awoke to Tidus' yell and noticed a tray of food in front of me. Quickly wolfing down the meager food provided I listened in as Tidus and Rikku had their conversation. After their conversation Rikku then approached me with menace clearly written on her face.
"Ok yevonite care to explain how you got on our ship and how you know my name," she snarled at me. I then proceeded to explain all that had happened to me. "I find that very hard to believe, ya know," she said in a kinder tone than she had used previously.
"Yeah well how else would I know about what is on Bikanel Island and that you have a cousin named Yuna who you refer to as Yunie?" I ask using some of my knowledge of the game to try to convince her.
"Well you won't tell the yevonites about us then will you?" she asks fear tinting her voice.
"Don't worry about why would I want to hurt a pretty young girl like you by telling them," I ask as a blush stains Rikku's cheeks at my comment.
However our conversation was then interrupted by the Al-Bhed rushing out and yelling about Sin. As the ship started rocking I grabbed onto the nearest thing to me, Rikku. All that did however was cause both of us to tumble over though Rikku managed to stop herself by grabbing onto the crane. I however slipped into the ocean and into darkness once again…
A/N: please review and with any hope I will have the next chapter soon. Also anyone interested in being a beta for this story please state so in your review.