Sorry for not updating. As I stated before, my AC broke down, leaving me computerless for a good week. Anyway, I'm back (no AC, but still back anyway), and updating. Excuse two is summer school (so what if I'm blowing off a paper to write, a test or three to study for, and possible "loss" of my computer use?(I sneak on anyway, so don't worry about no updates) Anyway, onto the reviews!
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By the way, he commented about the chapter I deleted so ch 10 is on… well, chapter 10.
Sorry. My computer is currently having trouble, and I am typing this at a friend's house. Don't expect an update soon, because I am having Air Conditioning trouble. Sorry for the delay, an approximate date for the next update could be in a week or so.
I'm starting to just give up on getting reviews. Still gonna update anyway. This chapter has a bit of OOC Wakka, but not too much. Anyway, on with the show!
Reminder that Bold is shouting, or faces, All is POV changes, Underlined is said with some more enthusiasm, and Italicized is thoughts.
Discalmer: I want to own Final Fantasy, yet I don't. I also would want to own Sum 41's "Still Waiting" (used to inspire me to write this,), Kingdom hearts, Pirates of the Caribbean, the "Super Dolby Dome"(read this chapter), or a continent. Yet I don't, so there. Also, the announcer text, The speeches, and some other small stuff around those spots I took from AquaFlameElementalist. No I do not like looking up scenes.
Chapter 10: Time to Blitz!
Jack's POV
We woke up just as we got to the place. Well… a certain few of us.
"OHMYGODEVILTURNUPS!"
"MIKE!"
Surprisingly, all of this didn't wake up anyone else, not even Tidus, who was right next to him. I wasn't very surprised.. After this (painful and fun) scene, I told them we should sneak off the boat while there isn't anyone watching. We got out and made sure no one was nearby. Then we walked around for a bit, exploring all the spots we… well ok, I, wanted to go.
"Oh wow, Jack your right, this place is like a super MP3!" Mike said after leaving the (what I call it, I told them it wasn't actually. Still they wanted to call it that too.) "Super Dolby Dome"
"Glad you liked it!" "Well yeah, how can I not like it! The place had a giant personal surround sound!" "Yeah well I liked being able to sing karaoke there." (A/N: Wonder if they even have karaoke in Spira P) "Yeah, hearing some songs from home was fun too."
"Wonder if we will see home ever again…" Lin said. Mike thought about this too, and they stopped walking. "Personally… I wouldn't really mind not seeing home again." This really got Lin's attention. "WHAT! You mean you would rather fight evil… things, run around against a town destroying evil demon, and never see home again?" "Not like that… its just, this place is fun… even with these things. I also would… meh, never mind. Come on, I'll show you where the blitz ball stadium is!"
"Oh good god! And I thought Super Dolby Dome
(I love that name P)
was huge, but this… wow." We stood on top of the bleachers, there was a surprisingly large amount of people stalking their seats. These games are apparently "pay after" shows. Or this tournament viewing is free. Or something, anyway, we looked down. Something popped into my mind as I was watching.
"Hey Lin, your playing for the Aurochs, right?" She frowned, then responded, "No, Wakka said that I didn't have the 'credentials' for this." "Wha? But your great at this, he should know, you LITRALLY KILLED him with a blitz ball, one shot! I KNOW girls can play, there are quite a few girls in the blitz ball league." "Well, I asked and he said it was a matter of trust." "Trust, but Lin, your one of Yuna's guardian things!" "Yeah, I said that, he said it had to do with something else." "Well that's dumb!" "Yeah, agreed Mike, Lin should defiantly be in this…"
We went angst for a few minutes, then Lin broke our silence. "So why did you ask me anyway?" "Wha- Oh, I was wondering because at the time you win-" "Or lose," Lin reminded me. "Forget losing, when, and I mean WHEN you win… what happens Jack?" Mike said "What happens is that fiends attack the stadium, and also the sphere pool, meaning that-" "That I would be ambushed and attacked by a army of fiends. So they attack outside too?" "Yeah, but all of us could handle that easy, I would be more worried for you." Mike reminded her. "Heh, thanks Mike. You too Jack." "Well what are friends for?
We started back to the boat, some people were leaving. We got to the crowd (at the inner rim, I positioned us just behind the box that Tidus stands on) and not much later, I heard the COU-ANNOYING-GH annoyncer, erm announcer chime in. "All the way from Kilika, it's the Kilika Beasts! High Summoner Ohalland used to play for them-a big name to live up to. Their hometown was recently attacked by Sin. Isn't that right, Jimma?" We heard another announcer reply, "Yes, Bobba. They're going to be pulling out all the stops to try and bring back the cup this year." Yeah. Their hometown is destroyed, and all you think about is them going all out for the cup this year. Reallllll nice priorities.
"Exciting, isn't it folks? Our next team off the ramp is..." Bobba said as he looked at the ramp. The Aurochs came out. "Well, well, well! If it isn't the Besaid Aurochs! They're a living, breathing, statistical impossibility! I've never seen a team this bad! That's right! In twenty-three years they've never made it past the first round! Only a few die-hard fans are in the audience today, folks." "Good luck to them and a safe trip to Besaid." Jimma added.
"Let me beat them until their just shiny lights." "Count me in." "I would, but even I don't know where they are." Incase you haven't noticed, we don't like them.
Moving right along, our next team is..." The Luca "Zomygodwereoverrated"s came. "Here they are, folks! Our very own Luca Goers! They've got power! They've got speed! They've got teamwork! They're an all around first-class team! And they're back home in Luca!"
"Don't forget that they have the worst players in the game." I commented silently
"They are the favorite this year, folks. Considering the way they dominated last year, it's take a miracle for them to lose!" "You can say that again, Jimma. Look at the crowd, folks! Look at the crowd! Looks like all of Luca has turned out to cheer the Goers on! They know, I know, and you know, folks! The Luca Goers are number one!" Tidus, Lin, Mike and all I got pretty ticked off by that. "It's like this every year, ya? Don't let it bother you." Wakka said, surprising us so much Lin almost delivering a punch into his head.
Tidus got on the box and got a microphone and said, "Stop right there, Goers!" Everyone turned to face him. "You guys are smiling now, but not for long! 'Cause this year, us Aurochs are taking the cup!" This got Lin really going, with her getting up and joining Tidus. "Yeah! So I would like to see you guys get the cup this year!" Everyone just turned around and started going off by then, save a little boy with a hat. Come to think of it, he looked familiar, but he left then, and the two blitzers got off. "What in Yevon's name were you doing up there?" Wakka snapped at them. "We sure stood out, though!" One of the Aurochs exclaimed. "We were on the sphere!"
"Hey, where were they going anyway?" "To dock number three! Maester Mika's here!" "Already?" "Huh, whats this maester thing?" ""Maester?" Tidus and Mike asked in unison. "Mika?" Lin asked. "Maester Mika is the leader of all the people of Spira." Lulu explained. "He's come all the way from Bevelle. The tournament is being held to celebrate his fifty years as maester." "50 years?" Mike asked. "Shouldn't he be retired?" Tidus asked. "Hey! Mind your mouth now!" Wakka snapped at him. "Let's go see him!" Yuna said. We nodded and followed the mob of people.
The first thimg we heard is loud music. Soon, we saw a...person come out of the boat. Not any person. Seymor Guado, who if I had the chance, would murder him on the spot. Yet with all these people, I would have little to no success. Another person, Mika came, saying, "People of Spira, I thank you for your generous welcome. Rise, Maester Seymour. And all of you as well. I present to you...the son of Maester Jyscal Guado, who departed for the Farplane a fortnight past." Yeah, to that bastard's very hands. "As some of you already know, he has been officially ordained a maester of Yevon" "I am Seymour Guado. I am honored to receive the title of maester. In life, my father Jyscal worked to foster friendship between man and Guado. I vow to carry on his legacy, and to fulfill my duties as maester to the best of my abilities." Everyone powed their heads. "You too, guys!" Wakka snapped at us. They bowed as they left. Me? I just stood there, staring at him coldly.
He stared slightly at me, not changing his face in front of everyone else. I whispered to him as he passed. "I know the truth.". He didn't change regardless, but he seemed to smile a bit more to that comment. God, he knows exactly how to tick anyone off. As soon as they left, and everyone rose back up, Wakka snapped immediately at me "Hey ya! What was that? That was very disrespectful to do, especially to a maester. I decided to use a line he would really hate. "Then pretend I never did it. Lets get outta here guys." And with that, I walked off, Mike not trailing that far behind, but Lin didn't.
Lin's POV
"You going to go with them too!" Wakka asked angrily. I wondered why I didn't, Jack was my friend since before I could remember, and yet… "No. No I'm not." I said. Wakka just nodded to that and called us to all get going.
At the stadium, Wakka told Tidus and the team some great news when he came in. "Guys, We finally got seeded! We're playing the Al Bhed Psyches, and if we win, were in the finals!" They all cheered, and Yuna and Lulu came in. Yuna, very excitingly said out loud "I just heard someone saw Sir Auron at the café!" Oh yeah, last Halloween Jack cosplayed as him. Silently giggling, I missed out on a bit of them talking, but I did see Tidus dart out of the door, so I just followed. On our way out, we was two people looking at Yuna, speaking that weird language that Rikku and the others spoke. Al… Al bead? I didn't bother with it long, I was already behind, so I ran forward with them.
Suddenly, there was a huge mob of people surrounding Yuna. "I'm sorry, please let me through." Yuna said as the crowd parted. "You're really famous." Tidus said, causing Yuna to giggle. "Thank you for the observation, Captain Obvious!" I said to him, causing Yuna to giggle again. "That's what life's like when you're the kid of a famous person. I hope we don't get separated." Yuna said. Then, a sharp whistle broke the silence. "What was that?" I asked asked. "In Zanarkand, we do this to cheer on blitz players." Tidus replied. He whistled again. Oh god that's loud. "You try it, too. Put your fingers in your mouth like this..." Yuna tried it. "...Like this?" "Not like that, like this." He said, showing her again. "Then you blow. You try it, too." He said to the Yuna. She tried it, but... "It's not working!" Yuna exclaimed. "Pratice!" We nodded. "Hey, use that if we get separated. Then I'll come running, okay?" He said to Yuna, who nodded. "Well, guess we should stick together till then."
Jack's POV
Later, at the café, we talked about why Lin stayed. (I explained to him that we should just wait there now too.) Long story short, Lin wanted to be on the team, and was going to earn trust in nearly any way she could. Mike didn't like that idea, but he agreed to just leave her be. A little while later, Kimari had his fight with the two ronzos. "Yo, Mike, that's our cue" "Ah, sure whatever" We got up, and started to walk over to them. I planned on saving Yuna early, but then I remembered what always happens in the fan fictions, they win that fight, so I decided against it.
"Need some help catching them?" I said to Lulu, who was now worrying where Yuna went. "Some Al Bheds ran off, I'm guessing toward the docks where the cowards can run." "What!" One of them was a bit slow, and was now trying to sneak out. "Not so fast!" Mike and Lin yelled, jumping on him. Well, that's new. Oh well, now I don't have to explain the situation to them. He spoke in Al Bhed. Great, so I do gotta, oh well. I said, not caring if he was finished or not (I highly doubted anyone else knew Al Bhed) "He said that they are taking Yuna, and they will only give her back if the Aurochs throw the game!" They looked at me, then back at him. He said some other stuff, most of it "Don't hurt me" stuff. Man, lying is fun. "He said that they also told the Aurochs by now". He looked at me and said "How did you know that" in Al Bhed, I just said to Lin. "That was a threat, just knock em out Lin" Lin then grabbed him and did what she does to Mike to shut him up sometimes. "Sleepy grab, nighty night!" The Al Bhed fell to the ground, uncontious, and we ran after them. I lied again, "I saw them heading to dock 3!" We ran after them, cutting, blitzballing, shooting, or zapping any machina that got in our way. We finally made it onto the boat. It surprised most of us, shooting a flurry of blitzballs at us all. I managed to do a successful dodge roll out of the way, pointed my wand at the crane.
(A/N: Jack uses a wand instead of a staff. Also, he can cast spells without it (Like Lulu), it just makes it stronger.)
"THUNDAGA!" I yelled, not caring to even bother telling Lulu to help. My spell instantly got it running, and I tapped the "big red button" to get it's shooting unit off and, instead of ditching it into the water, RIGHT ON IT'S HEAD! This actually was enough to destroy it, wonder why they didn't do this in the game. Yuna came out of the door moments later, throwing an Al Bhed out while getting out.
(A/N: A little? Heh, oh well)
Lulu, instead of saying "I hope you hurt them" said "I hope that was painful for him" and hugged Yuna. "Um, Lulu? The game? The Aurochs don't know that we got Yuna!" "Oh! Right!" She aimed upward with her doll, then shot a big blue flare upward. We watched the ending for the game, and cheered to see them win, even me.
I got into the locker room last, and they were in the silent huddle around the captain thing. I put my wand near the locker to remind me to get the Jupiter Sigil and walked between Mike and Lin "Did he put you on the team?" I whispered to her. Wakka noticed me right away and said, "Well, I'm not putting her on with you here." Wait. Wha? "What do you mean?" "You insulted a maester, ya! That's like committing a huge sin!" "But Jack, he h-" "Sorry, no exceptions." "Ok fine, just let me ge-" "Out means out" he said, losing his temper and sitting up. I whispered to Mike "Third locker to the left, get the little glowy thing for me" I said, then I backed off… then I opened the door, pounded the wall hard, and ran out, slamming the door hard while I ran out. I grabbed the only potion and last ether I had, and threw them both at the door, then stormed off into the bleachers, near the highseats to watch.
Lin's POV
THUD! CRASH! Wow, Jack was sure angry. Wakka meanwhile slumped back down, and sighed. Mike asked "So… does that mean I should go too for leaving with him?" "Nah, you didn't do something drastic like insulting a maester" Oh yeah, you kick him out for just insulting someone. Lack of freedom of speech? "So, am I warming the bench?" Botta asked.
(A/N:ok, I forgot if it was Letty or Botta, so I just am going with him)
"Fraid so, but not for me." "Wha? What do you mean? One two three four, and Tidus makes five, who's the last person?" "You, ya! I didn't mean what I meant when I said I wouldn't put you on the team with him around. I thought he would argue to just see ya on, ya, but if he left he probably was fine missing it ya." Or he was scared for me to not be on the team… "Anyway ya, go win this for us all ya?" "Cap'n!" And we all ran off, excluding me, Mike, Lulu, and Wakka. I looked back, at Mike first getting something from the lockers, then Wakka. "Go, ya!" I took that, nodding my head and walked out. I closed the door, and… it felt wet already, a leak? I looked down onto the stone part of the floor. There was two shattered bottles, one labeled potion, the other said ether.
"This is it, folks! In just a few minutes, the championship game! But who could have imagined...a championship game between these two teams! Our legendary Luca Goers going against...the horribly ill-fated Besaid Aurochs!" Bobba exclaimed. "This looks like history in the making, Bobba." said Jimma. "Oh and look! They seem to have not one, but TWO new players!" Oh yeah, that's us! We waved to the crowd, and then got ready to play. In centerfield, I was going to shake hands with their team captain, then we both attempted to trade blows, then stopped to dodge each other's. "Hey! It looks like tensions are running high, as they are exchanging blows already!" an announcer said. Give it a rest. The blitz ball flew up, and landed right in my hands. I looked around a bit to check everyone's spot, then I started to go forward. I repeated to my self Just do what Jack said to do and you will get an easy shot in… I just rushed in, and near point blank, I turned around to face the… um… four players? Oh… Kay.… Shammit! I just started up the advanced Jecht Shot, hoping that Jack was right about it being able to take up to four people out. Surprizingly to me, it worked, and I ended with an impressive sphere shot finish into the goal. As I swam back, Tidus hit me lightly on the shoulder, probably for stealing his star move. A little later, he pulled off the normal one, which seemed to impress more people. I would have punched 'em in the head for his taunt, but not in the game…
The game raged on, a 2-2 tied game, and suddenly outside, the fans were all chanting… chanting someone's name? wa… Wak… Wakka! They were all chanting for Wakka. Tidus poked me and then made a few punching movements to his stomach. I got the hint, and I faked a hard swing at him in the stomach. He started to swim down, and the announcers by their reaction to this seemed to buy it. Bickson just laughed, then I would have wanted to crack up just there and then for him having to surface for air. I heard so much laughter in the stadiums, and I almost asked the others to help keep me from laughing.
Shortly after Tidus's tag, Wakka came in and the Aurochs all combined up to pull off a huge blitz to score. (and I got to keep Bickson busy, which I did by ramming him numerous times) In the end, we won the game at 4-2, heard the announcer go "Unbelievable! The Aurochs win, folks! This is one for the record books!", and the Aurochs and Goers cleared out. Tidus came out, swimming to Wakka, and I stayed incase they needed help. I looked in the stands for a sign of Jack, any sign, but I was quickly ambushed by a fish creature, the same one me and Tidus saw back at those ruins. I motioned for the exit, and we swam towards, running and killing some of those fishes of doom.
Jack's POV
(A/N: Wow, perhaps the most POV swaps I've done in one chapter! Perhaps more than the entire story so far!)
The game ends, the fight begins. I got up, looking around for Mike. Mike did what we do at some base ball games. Go somewhere else, and meet up at the end. Probably, with Yuna and Lulu. I got up, and quickly got down to the normal area. An ahmbrian(sp?) came out, and I cast a quick Blizzara on it's wings. I watched it not die, but twitch in agony until it fell onto the hard ground and die. I looked to my right to see a lupee come at me. I reached for my wand… and nothing. Crap, I forgot I left it at the locker. I looked at it, and I remembered only one thing, that I had a horrible run in with a dog at three, and I have a small "Squall" scar on my face from it. I dived back from it's claws, but it just landed on me. I panicked, flailing and trying to escape, It bit my arm painfully, and would have bit my face, but then it froze suddenly.
A large metal katina(sp? Microsoft word doesn't have it) stabbed through and slaughtered it. It burst into pyreflies, and Auron offered his hand to help me up. I took it and got up with him. Another ahmbrian started to come to us, and I reached for my gun. Then I remembered, there was a large crowd. A panicking crowd. And two maesters, one of them Seymor. I yelled behind Auron to watch out for the incoming ahmbrian, and he quickly did, promptly slicing it in two. "Why don't you fix you arm up with magic or a potion or something?" He said as he sliced a drake's mouth off. "Can't, I don't have enough energy, and I um… 'used' my last potion." "Well then fight back with that other weapon of yours!" "Can't, look at the huge crowd." "Ah yes, and maesters" "Precely my tho-Drake 5 o'clock!" I said, followed by a dodge roll, crashing into Yuna.
"Oh my god, Jack are you ok?" She said while curing my arm. "Yeah, now I am." I turned to Mike "You did get the signl right?" "Shiny thing? Got it!" he said, passing it back to me. Me, Lulu, and Yuna backed away, and Mike and Auron held them off on the edges. Then, one blast came out. About time he got Anima. Like as soon as we… no, I, got to cover. Yeah, some maester he is.
(A/N: Mysterious Talking Scene… Kinda)
"So, Jack, why are you here" "I'm here because Tidus was brought here. And you're here to help him defeat sin, right?" "You know?" "I know a lot. A lot more that you know I know." "And you tell me this why?" "Because you're the only one that I can trust with this here." "And how do you know that?" "You know why I know."
(A/N: Like Jack and Auron's little chat? They will be having more of these in private, mostly fro humor, but also to help the story line out.)
"So if you know so much, why did you not know to prepare to fight?" "I did" "Then why didn't you have your weapon with you?" "Wakka made me leave it." "…"
Later, at the bridge (I made it clear to Mike and Lin to leave the two alone at the docks) Auron and Tidus came up. Auron joined as a guardian, "because of his promise to Braska", and Tidus "officially" joined "because of Auron's promise to Jecht". And Auron made an extra comment, referring to the talk we had. "Which one of you is Wakka?" "Me, ya Sir Auron." "Well, then I believe that you almost had this boy killed" He said pointing to me with his right hand. "Wha? What do you mean, ya?" An auroch came chasing after us. "Hey, you forgot this back there, ya!" He said, with my wand in hand. I took it, "Thanks" "No problem, ya!" and he ran back down to continue their alleged celebration… or to leave back to Besaid, one of them. "Oh… so that's what you wanted to get, ya?" "Yes, Ya!" I said with some anger. Lin apparently was ready to kill Wakka, but she was interrupted by Tidus's and Yuna's spontaneous laugh scene. "Yo, you two ok there, ya?" "Yeah, their fine, their just going a bit crazy, heh" I commented, making them both blush. I whispered to Mike and Lin "crazy in love, heh"
We went up the evil stairs (of doom, man that's a lot of stairs!) and got to the top. Lin asked Wakka to sit on the railing, which he stupidly complied. Then, she abruptly pushed him down, making him climb back up again. I guess she didn't forget to get revenge for me.
Like the ending? Hoping I got a yes, anyway, that's it and it took me a while! And I listened to Still Waiting for atleast half of it w00t! Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!