Featured Author OCS:
AWESOME AUSSIE GURL-Isabelle Smith and Roderick "Rocky" Aarons
Realms of Destiny- Dez Xerxes and Cyrus Afsaneh
Hikari-Angel143- Carmina Sanchez and Bryan Train
Lucas Bane- Lucas Fedrick and Clare "Red Death" Clyde
The UndyingCrystal- Viktor Vadin
Flame Dragon Suda- Joshua "Juuda"
Noxis- Colin Cortez
Pikpixie03- Rally Nightshade and Jasmine Kairos
Zalger248- Shuyan Chao and Tony Lambda
Kiako Ornitier- Kiako Ornitier
ACT TWO
Chapter 19: 6 Months Ago
~Opening Theme: "Chameleon Guy" Getbackers OST~
[FROM HERE ALL THE WAY THROUGH ACT TWO, WE WILL BE SEEING THINGS THROUGH THE EYES OF DEZ XERXES]
5 months before the great battle that we would call the "Cross Dimension War" with VOLCANO Corps. We used to live life peacefully on Spira with the people of the Final Fantasy X world. Izzy called that glorious time. "The Awesome Dayz." And I'll have to agree with her. We had so much fun in that time before everything got so serious and stressed out.
I'm here to recap those times, times that I'll never forget for as long as I live.
Those days began about a month after we landed in the Final Fantasy X World, Kel and Carmina who know it best called it Spira. I've only ever played Final Fantasy 8 so I didn't know much about it. The world was in a time of peace, we figured out Sin was defeated a year prior to us arriving so we didn't have much to worry about or so 'Carmina and Kel' said.
We spent a few days visiting all kinds of sights and seeing the world. But eventually we all got tired and we didn't have an infinite stock of money to keep staying in inns. So we built ourselves...a home.
Rose was a busy body, almost like a mom. She was beautiful and had a nice figure, she wore a white t-shirt with blue mom-jeans and a yellow apron. She was in the middle of preparing a bunch of box lunches for everyone in the kitchen. It was a amazing just watching her cook, she really knew her way around a kitchen. It kind of made me feel inferior when it came to real woman stuff...
"What's with all the lunches, Kupo?" A tiny brown moogle climbed up onto the bar table beside me with a little cowbell hanging from her little neck.
"Beefsteak, good morning." I yawned at her.
Beefsteak is a moogle that Cosmos left in our care. She's really cute and just adores Kel, she's always with him everywhere he goes. He named her Beefsteak, I don't know why. I should ask him sometime.
"Today Lucas has Blitzball try outs. We're going to give him our support, Rose is making lunches for everybody." I explained to her.
"Will Rose-mama, make a lunch for Beefsteak?" The little cutie responded pointing at herself.
Rose laughed. "Of course. I made a very special Kupo Nut casserole for Beefsteak."
"Yay!" Beefsteak started to twirl on the counter. She really loved to dance, I always thought it was so cute watching her do her little spins.
"Dez, can you gather everyone? I'm almost finished here, once I'm done with the lunches we're gonna."
"Sure." I gave her a nod and jogged out of the kitchen and through the back door to the wooden balcony behind the house. Kel, Lucas and Shuyan really did a great job building this house. They materials and schematics drawn up by Al Bhed Carpenters. We girls helped where we could but they did most of the work. Not like I build houses everyday.
"Come on KEL PLEAAAASE! I'M BEGGIN' YA HERE! AND BEGGING ISN'T MY THING YOU KNOW THAT!" Rally pleaded.
The scene I happened upon was on the back porch, Kel was lying down on a lawn chair reading a book with a pair of reading glasses, he looked like an old man with a blue blanket covering his legs. And Rally was near his feet with her arms sprawled out over Kel's leg like a whining child.
"PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! SPAR WITH ME! SPAAAAR! SPAAAAR! SPAAAR! I WANT TO BE STRONGER C'MON! What's the deal man?!" Rally cried.
Kel licked the tip of his finger and turned a page. "I said no...give it a rest already girl, this is getting sad."
Ever since the end of the first Cycle which I can't remember for some reason. Rally has been begging Kel, every day...to train and spar with her. It seems she still isn't even to this day, able to live down being killed by Lecter and revived. Like a true warrior her pride was tearing away at her and for what it's worth, it is pretty sad she begs.
"Take it easy, Rally. I'll spar with you if you want." I patted Rally's messy brunette hair.
She sighed then hopped to her feet. "Fine then...I guess Kel needs some inspiration. Maybe if he saw me wipe the floor with you, he'll want to fight me!"
I don't know why but I instantly regretted my decision. Rally had a determination and cockiness about herself that you had to either, love or just hate. I reserved judgment on the matter. Out of an invisible hammerspace I drew my Wonder Shears which manifested itself with a bright light.
My wonder shears were a giant pair of scissors that were about as big as a broadsword. When I first got them I was a bit skeptical about them, I never really saw myself using them as a weapon but as time went on I sort of got used to them, they grew on me. Now I can't even think of a battle without them.
With that Rally and I made our way into the back yard of the house, Kel didn't turn away from his book for one second. It was almost like no one else in the universe existed when he was reading.
"This oughta be easy." The always cocky Rally said drawing her twin katana blades. Rally was dressed in a navy blue and teal colored training hakama. Those robes that samurai usually wear under all their armor. This girl really loves battle.
BATTLE MUSIC: "Bustin Up on the Beach" Kingdom Hearts OST
I inhaled and exhaled, practiced a few breathing exercises. Something I'd always do before a fight or a battle, it really helps when you're flying everywhere and stuff. More often than not when you're sent flying through the air and stuff, you can't breath because you're going so fast. I found that when I loosen up my lungs I can breath a little during those moments.
"Let's start NOW!" Rally tried a straight forward rush. "Now to end you with one attack!"
"Sorry!" I apologized as I broke her assault with a power swing of my shears. I shattered her guard instantly leaving her wide eyed and gaping. Using my shears I then one handed swung it upward launching Rally into the air. "That I'm not as weak as you thought I was..."
Rally went soaring into the air and landing down behind me with a THUD.
"Oomphf." She grunted landing down on her stomach. Almost immediately after, Rally got up. "No-way...how come you're really strong?" She pointed at me.
I pointed at myself. "Well, I go on morning walks." And I do, I like to get up really early and walk.
(T.T)-Rally "Morning...walks?"
(O.o)-Me "Yeah it's really refreshing."
BREIF BATTLE MUSIC ENDS
Rally crossed her arms. "My guard was so easily broken, beaten by Dez...ahhh crap I still have a loooong way to go!"
"Heeey! Why do you say 'beaten by Dez' like it's impossible to lose to me or something?" I puffed up my cheeks angrily.
"No offense I always thought you were weak." Rally shrugged.
"Ah...whatever. Look, Rose is done with the bento boxes and she wants us to start heading to Luca now." I said loud enough for Kel to hear too. He simply closed his book and stood up then began walking around the house. Rally and I followed, by the time we came around to the front of the house Rose was already there holding the cases of bentos waiting for us with Beefsteak.
"Where are Carmina and Izzy?" Kel asked as Beefsteak crawled up onto her shoulder and began wagging her little tail.
Rose smiled. "They're already at the stadium, they're pretty psyched to see Lucas in action."
"Is Shuyan coming?" Rally asked as she sheathed her twin swords. Was she really going in that training hakama?
"No he said he'd stay behind and watch the house for us." Rose responded as well.
"Well then let's hit it." Kel took off his reading glasses which was a big 'boo' for me. I liked him better when he wore them, he looks like a nerd and I like the nerdy look. His reading glasses are the really big framed glasses with the thick lens that blurred.
We set off for Luca which took about a 10 minute walk, our house was positioned right smack dab on the Mi-Hen Highroad not far from Luca. The port town, it was a really huge place that always looked like it was in the middle of a festival. Lots of decorative balloons were always hovering over shops and hotels. People trafficked the streets in different forms of cloths.
BGM: "Luca" Final Fantasy X OST
What I've noticed about the locale in Spira is that everyone always dresses like they're at the beach. Females often wore bikini tops or short skirts while the guys near 90 percent of them are shirtless. I don't know much about the Final Fantasy X world, FF8 being the only one I've played. Carmina whose an expert at this version of the series told me that it's like that everywhere in this world. Which fascinated me to no end.
Even I blended with the environment a little, I wore a white bikini top with a baby blue cloth that I hat tied around my waist to hang to my ankles like a long skirt and high block sandals. Kel still dressed like he was going to a business meeting, he wore a black suit with a cerulean blue tie and a white button up and a black hat. Rally still had that samurai wear and Rose, probably the normal looking one among all of us only wore a white t-shirt and blue jeans.
Which I'm sure saddened most of the men who watched us walk by, she had a super thick model figure.
We walked through the crowds and to the Blitzball Stadium which was really big, bigger than any baseball or football arena I've ever seen. Near the front gates I spotted two girls wearing baby blue cheerleader outfits holding pompoms. Upon closer inspection I noticed it was Carmina and Izzy. They even wore make up and everything their hair was styled in spiral perm hairstyles, it was borderline embarrassing.
"HEYA GUYS! BOUT TIME YOU GOT HERE!" Izzy waved one of her pompoms to us as we came over.
"What are you guys wearing? Are you serious?" Rally was seemingly just as embarrassed as I was. Her face turned blue and she lowered her head into her shoulders like an embarrassed older sister.
"Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" A tiny chocobo popped up from Carmina's head.
Carmina's chocobo chick, his name was Chocolate Parfait or Coco Puff for short. We got him from the Chocobo Ranch further up near Rin's Inn. They gave him to us as a gift but Coco has been more attached to Carmina for some odd reason.
"What's wrong with cheering on our friend! I just plain love blitzball anyway! Now I'm gonna have a friend who plays! Isn't this exciting?" Carmina rubbed her pompoms together. "Hey Kel, why don't you try out?"
"No thanks." He shrugged.
"Yeah, ever since this big oaf saved the world or whatever. He's become a lazy bum." Rally shrugged.
"KEL IS NOT A LAZY BUM! KUPOPOPO!" Beefsteak pointed her little nub at Rally. But Rally wasn't that far off, Kel is a bit of a lazy body. He just lays around most of the time and reads books. I can understand his curiosity though, it's not every day you get to look up the literature and history of another planet. It's often hard to believe at times that this guy saved the world.
"Can we go inside now? We might miss the try outs." Rose announced.
"Oh right! YOU READY AWESOME AUSSIEGURL?!"
"Born ready! HOW BOUT YOU HIKARI ANGEL143?"
They both jazzed each other up like two sugar high toddlers then ran off past the sleeping guard and into the stadium bleachers. The blitzball arena which was a giant dome of water hovering in the center of the arena was pretty unnerving, I didn't know how people got used to watching a huge mass of water just floating there. I couldn't keep my eyes on my footing I kept staring up at the dome with the fear in the my heart that it was gonna fall any minute.
We all sat down near the top of the stands where we could see at eye level the center of the dome. There was one guy in a coat holding a clipboard near the bottom of the stands. Most likely the coach and there was a second coach in the dome swimming around as a huge fleet of men also swam in the dome keeping an eye on him.
I searched the men in the group and spotted Lucas, he wore a pair of black swimming trunks. Once he noticed us he waved and everyone at the same time waved back.
"Alright Lucas, kick some ass buddy." Kel cheered with crossed arms.
"KUPO!" Beefsteak cheered.
"GO LUCAS!" Izzy and Carmina hopped up on the stands.
"CUCKOO!" Choco Puff squawked.
"You better get the position fucking jerk!" Rally sounded more like she was threatening him than cheering.
"I'm kinda proud of him." Rose said with a smile.
I nodded in agreement with her, I didn't want to be the odd ball out so I decided to cheer too. But before I could suddenly I felt a heavy presence in the air. My heart dropped and my body suddenly started to chill over. This feeling, it was...a threatening presence. A presence that meant to disturb the peace that was gathered here.
I looked around, Carmina, Izzy, Rose, Choco Puff and Beefsteak didn't seem to notice. But Kel's eyes were narrowed and he was leaning his head down so that a shadow cast over his face. "GUYS!" I stood up but before I could say anything at all...the Blitzball dome exploded shooting water in every direction like aqua bullets.
"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" I screamed drawing my Wonder Shears and casting a magical barrier over everyone blocking the high speed water.
"What's going on?!" Rose asked standing up.
"Is Lucas okay, kupo?!" Beefsteak asked on Kel's shoulder as he stood up.
Kel and Rally together jumped out of my magic barrier and into the center of the arena where the blast originated to see if Lucas was okay. There were other people in the stands whom were screaming and running, plugging up the exits in a panic. I felt another presence, the same cold presence as before.
Like a throbbing in my head it called out to me. I looked up at the top frame of the blitzball dome to see a woman in a large black hat wearing a black catsuit. She had silver hair with purple eyeshadow and lipstick make-up. She grimaced at me then summoned a black cloud and jumped on it to fly away.
"HEY WAIT!" I called and pressed all my energy into my right foot. I hopped through the air maxing her height and flying after her. Carmina and Izzy had followed close behind.
"Did you see her? She looked creepy!" Carmina asked as she also used hammerspace to make her twin metal fans to appear.
"Probably the bitch whose behind this! I'm gonna kick her ass! If she had anything to do with that!" Izzy threatened as she used hammerspace to summon her Cutlass.
"Well we're gonna find out! One way or the other." I said as we flew after her.
Author's Note: Who is this woman, is she behind the Blitz Dome bombing? In the first place what is this seemingly new force after?
