Both teams swam out onto the field and we met in the middle. Bickson had enough nerve to swim towards Tidus and shake his hand, but pulled it back at the last minute.

The other Goers laughed and I scowled deeply. The ugly ginger turned to me and winked before swimming away. I was on fire.

Everyone got in their positions, and the game started off with the ball flying upwards and the Goers getting possession of it.

Abus had ahold of the ball and I swam as fast as I could to catch him off guard. I tackled him hard and grabbed onto the ball.

I looked around and saw Jassu nearby, so I threw the ball to him and he caught it.

He passed it to Tidus, who swam close enough to the goal before getting caught by three Goers. He was going to shoot it but decided to pass it to me instead.

He passed it to me and I prepared myself to catch it. Instead of doing that, I fumbled the ball and Bickson grabbed ahold of it.

I mentally kicked myself.

'Way to go, Riley. The game's all over now!'

Tidus swam over to me and patted me on the back. We looked at each other and both followed Bickson as he headed for the Auroch's goal post.

We both caught him off guard and tackled him pretty hard. He fumbled the ball and Tidus got ahold of it.

He passed it to Letty, who swam back towards the middle of the field. He passed it to Datto, who managed to shoot the ball and score!

We were winning the game!

"And the Besaid Aurochs are the first to score! They just might win this game, folks."

I smirked, knowing that we were taking home the cup.

The game continued in the same manner as before. The Goers had the ball at one point, but we stole it right back and Tidus used the Jecht Shot to score us another point.

One time, I had the ball and was swimming towards the goal, but Balgerda had to come over and tackle me. Hard.

I fell backwards and fumbled the ball, allowing her to grab it and pass it to Bickson to shoot. The score was now 2-1.

I scowled as Bickson swam past me and smiled. What a douche.

There was only a minute left in the first half, so we beefed up the defense and tried to keep the Goers from scoring again.

Sadly, that didn't happen.

They scored with seconds left to go, leaving us tied.

"And that's the first half!" I heard one of the announcers say.

Everyone swam back to their locker rooms and the spectators left to either get food or use the restroom. Classic halftime events.

Once inside the locker room, I sat on the bench and gasped for air. I didn't realize how long I'd been holding my breath!

"Zone defense, boys! Stop those Goers!" Wakka shouted.

We all nodded and said, "Cap'n!"

"What about me?" Tidus said.

"Just get the ball and shoot like crazy!" He responded.

Tidus nodded and looked at me, "Riley. You okay?"

I looked up at him and smiled, "I'm all right. Lemme at those Goers!"

He grinned back at me and grabbed my hand, pulling me up to stand.

"Let's get 'em!" I shouted.

"Goers are going down!" Datto shouted.

"Yeah!"

"Shoot like crazy!" Tidus shouted.

"Yeah!" Everyone responded.

We all hustled out of the locker room and back out onto the field, meeting the Goers once more.

The clock started up again as the ball sprung into the air and I caught it. I swam towards the goal and handed it off to Botta, who was now in the game.

He swam away with the ball, but lost it to Abus.

And the game continued like that for at least 3 minutes. We basically played hot potato with the ball.

I looked up into the stands and saw everyone was getting impatient. I even noticed that Tidus was floating on his back, paying no attention to the game.

All of a sudden, the crowd began to chant.

"Wakka...Wakka...Wakka..."

The chanting was getting louder and louder. Every player on the field stopped and listened to it.

I looked over to see Tidus swimming out of the sphere. I smiled, knowing exactly what he was doing.

The game was put on hold for a moment and when the crowd started screaming and clapping uncontrollably.

"I wonder what's happening? The crowd is going wild!" Bobba said.

I looked over toward the entrance to the sphere and saw the orange haired man swim my way. Everyone on the team gathered around him for a strategy that he worked out with his hands.

With just a minute left to go, the ball shot upwards and Bickson caught it. Wakka caught up to him and stole the ball away from him, leaving him gasping for air on the floor of the sphere pool.

Wakka swam towards me and was confronted by 2 Goers. He broke through them both and threw the ball to Jassu, who in a spur of the moment, threw the ball all the way across the field.

I gasped and swam to catch it and beat Balgerda to it. I tackled through her and saw I had an open shot to the goal.

It was me vs. the goalie now.

I heard the crowd chant my name and smirked at the goalie, who was waiting for me to shoot.

I tossed the ball up, and jumped up to bounce it higher with my nose. It shot up in the air above the water, as did I. The ball came back down and I did a back flip in the process.

My foot met the ball and I used all my power to kick the ball down into the water and into the goal.

I did a cannon ball back into the water and watched as the goalie missed the ball and it flew into the goal post.

The final buzzer sounded through the entire stadium and the crowd roared.

"Did you see that, folks? That incredible move that scored the final point for the championship game done by the only female on the team! The Besaid Aurochs have won!"

The Aurochs surrounded me and picked me up, spinning me around and high fiving me. Tidus even came back into the water and gave me a huge bear hug.

I looked back and saw the Goers sulking as the left the field. I smiled even bigger whenever I saw Bickson limping out of the sphere.

Everything was perfect, until the crowd broke out into terror filled screams and the stadium become flooded with fiends.

I looked around and pulled out my guns.

'Time to fight.' I thought.

I was joined by Tidus and Wakka and we fought our way through waves of water fiends. Most of them were dead in one hit.

We were trying to get out of the sphere, but they just kept coming! I wasn't sure how much longer my lungs could take it without sweet oxygen.

Thankfully, we finished off the last of them and exited the sphere, running up into the stands where the rest of our crew was.

The three of us ran towards Yuna and the others whenever we were cut off by a large bird-like fiend. It looked more like a dragon mixed with a bird.

I turned around and saw a tall man walking towards us with a huge sword resting on his shoulder. He was wearing a long, red trenchcoat with one arm sticking out, holding onto the sword and his hair matched his age. It was once a black, but now fading into gray.

There was also a large scar across his left eye, forcing it shut.

Overall, he looked badass.

"Whoaaa." I breathed.

Tidus turned around and looked in astonishment along with me. Wakka turned around as well and gasped, "Sir Auron!"

Tidus looked at Wakka with accusing eyes, "So, you do know him!"

"Yeah! Best guardian there ever was." Wakka declared.

I looked at Auron again. Being a guardian would explain the large scar on his face. We turned our attention back to the fiend, and defeated it in a few blows.

We ran through the stands, trying to make our way to the others, but we were once again stopped by fiends.

"Oh, c'mon!" I shouted.

I was so tired from the game and the fight earlier today, I was about to just fall over. One of the fiends was just about to attack me before it was hit by a ray of light and it exploded into a sea of pyreflies.

I looked up into the sky and gasped at what I saw.

Seymour was standing on the balcony with an aeon in front of him. It was a huge mummy-looking creature with scales poking through the bandages. It had razor sharp teeth and blood was dripping from its eye. It's arms were covered in tattoos and wrapped around the body just like a mummified person.

I watched in fear as it leaned back it's head and fired white lasers from it's bleeding eye. The light struck all the fiends in the stadium and they were instantly killed.

I couldn't move from my spot on the ground. This aeon was so powerful, and scary. I never wanted to mess with that thing.

After all of the fiends were gone, Seymour dismissed it and the light of the sun shone down on his face. Everyone began clapping and cheering for him, but I stayed put.

It was at the point that I saw that aeon, that I began to miss my family. Especially my mother. Why? I wasn't sure. I just felt empty inside.