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"BLITZBALLERS"

-Fanfiction by RAVEgirl [RAVEgirl_669@hotmail.com]
-Final Fantasy X, blitzball, and all characters are (c) Squaresoft
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~Ch. 12: MY BEST MEMORIES ARE HERE . . . ?

{Tidus searches Luca Cafe, but Auron has already left}

Tidus: Damn. (looks at TV) THE GAME!! I'm not there!! Wakka's gonna kill me!

(On TV)
Announcer #1: (removes earplugs) Well, that was a stunning rendition of the Spira Anthem!! Now, the first match is the Besaid Aurochs vs. the Al Bhed Psyches -- OH, and there's the blitzoff! The ball is in the Aurochs' possession, but that could change any minute now!

(Back to Tidus)

Tidus: (watching TV) Uh-oh. Wakka doesn't look so good.

Lulu: THERE YOU ARE!

(Lulu and Kimahri run up to join Tidus)

Tidus: No need to send out a search party. I know I'm late for the game and stuff, but --

Lulu: (cuts him off) Yuna's been kidnapped by the Al Bhed Psyches and they'll kill her unless Wakka throws the match. (points to TV) Hmm, how stupid of us to leave her alone!

Tidus: Ehehehe. (puts his hand on the back of his head) Yeah, who was retarded enough to abandon her in the middle of a big city like this?

Kimahri: (growl) Less talk, more looking for Yuna.

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{In the sphere pool -- Aurochs vs. Psyches}
(Blitzball is played kind of like underwater soccer/basketball)

(Jassu grabs the ball during the blitzoff and swims towards the goal at a medium pace)
(All the Aurochs are looking to Captain Wakka for instruction)

Wakka: . . . .

(Wakka was having flashbacks that affected his gameplay)

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{Flashback to 10 years ago -- Yuna was 7, Wakka was 13}

(13 year old Wakka kicked a blitzball down the beach on Besaid Island)
(Little girl Yuna put her foot on the blitzball and stopped it)

Wakka: Hey, give it here, ya?

(Yuna picked up his ball and ran away)

Wakka: Hey, little girl! That's mine!

(Yuna laughed at him)

Wakka: Oh, you think this is funny, ya?

(Wakka chased Yuna and caught up to her in like 3 strides)
(He easily picked Yuna up and held her at arm's length)
(Yuna hugged his blitzball tightly with a grin on her face)

Wakka: Where'd you come from?

Yuna: Play with me.

Wakka: Where are your parents!

Yuna: They went to the Farplane. [meaning they're dead]

Wakka: Oh. Mine too. (cough cough) Can I please have my ball now?

Yuna: I wanna play.

Wakka: Oh, jeez. Fine, you can play.

(Yuna sucked at blitzball, so Wakka settled for rolling the ball back and forth on the sand)
(Wakka looked very bored, but Yuna was having the time of her life)
(The sun went down)

Wakka: I'm going home. (picks up blitzball)

(Yuna's lip trembled as Wakka left her)

Wakka: (stopped and turned to Yuna) You're coming too, ya?

Yuna: Yay!!!!

(Yuna hugged onto Wakka's leg while he walked home)

Wakka: Jeez, little girl.

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{Back to present time in the sphere pool}

Wakka: I can't let Yuna die. She's like my little sister!!! [blitzball players can talk underwater, kind of]

(Wakka signals a play)

{In the press box, the announcers are laughing}

Announcer #1: Oh, Lordy!!! Wakka is signaling for his "Good Neighbor" play. Is this guy really that much of an idiot, or does he have alterior motives?

{In the sphere pool, Jassu grudgingly swam up to an Al Bhed Psyche and held out the ball to him}
(The player grabbed the ball and tackled Jassu for effect)

{In the press box}

Announcer #1: It almost looks like Wakka's THROWING the game. What's up with that?

Announcer #2: (screaming) WAKKA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!

{In the sphere pool}

(The Aurochs all look at Wakka to see what to do next)
(Wakka is having second thoughts about losing on purpose)

Wakka: . . . .

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{Flashback to 6 years ago -- Wakka was 17, Chappu and Lulu were 16, Yuna was 11}

(Although his team was last in rank, Chappu was the top scorer of the Spira League)
(After a game, the Aurochs left their locker room and Chappu was mobbed by fans)
(Wakka and the rest of the Aurochs walked away, trying not to look disappointed)
(Chappu escaped from his fans and fell into step beside Wakka)

Wakka: (bitterly!) Don't you wanna go feed your ego off of your fan club over there? (he frowned hugely)

Chappu: No. (shrugged) Let's go celebrate. We won, ya?

Wakka: Don't feel like it.

Chappu: (sighed and looked up at the sky) What's wrong?

Wakka: Shut up you fucking moron.

Chappu: (heaved a really big sigh) Oh, I see. It's like that now. You're jealous of me.

Wakka: Jealous of YOU? WRONG. (forced laughing) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Jealous of you! Lettin' all of that praise get to ya head, are ya, brudda?!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- !!

(Wakka continued laughing loudly while Chappu talked, so Chappu had to keep talking louder and louder)

Chappu: You know that I'm the top scorer in the league! I'm practically carrying the team! I am not bein' all conceited, neither! (Wakka: --HA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!) IT'S TRUE!! IT'S STATEMENT OF FACT!!! YOU'RE ONLY MAD BECAUSE I'M A BETTER BLITZBALLER THAN YOU!!!!!!!

Wakka: HA . . . RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

(Wakka jumped Chappu and began pounding his head into the ground mercilessly)
(Even though Chappu was younger and better at blitzball than Wakka, Wakka was still bigger!)
(Their fight was gathering an audience)

Chappu Fangirl: HEY! That guy is beating up Chappu! Somebody stop him~!!

(Wakka heard this and got even more mad so he began to strangle Chappu)

Wakka: Who's the better blitzer now? HUH? HUH?????????

Chappu: (tried to talk but he was choking)

Wakka: I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Yuna: (tugged on Lulu's arm) Lulu, make them stop.

Lulu: Break it up. (takes out Cactuar doll)

(Wakka and Chappu were suddenly engulfed by flames thanks to Lulu's Fire spell)

Wakka: AAAAAARGH. (released Chappu and ran around screaming because his hair was on fire)

(Chappu still lay on the floor. Wakka had beat him unconscious. Lulu knelt down by him.)

Lulu: (cradled Chappu's head) Are you OK?

Chappu: (opened his eyes) Uhhhhh. Why am I on fire?

Lulu: (glared at Wakka) Why did you attack him?

Wakka: I -- the thing is -- because -- Lulu -- !!

Lulu: Jealousy is no reason to act that way.

Wakka: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!

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{Back in the sphere pool}

(Wakka wrenched the ball from an Al Bhed Psyche's hands and started swimming furiously towards the goal)

Wakka: I'm gonna score. I'm gonna score on my own.

{In the press box}

Announcer #2: (screaming) GO WAKKA!!!! GOOOOOO!!! SHOW THE AL BHED WHAT FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Announcer #1: The Aurochs are going for it! -- Wait, Wakka stopped moving.

Announcer #2: . . . Oh, JEEZ!!! (pulls his hair out) What's he doing NOW?!

{In the sphere pool}

(Wakka stopped)

Wakka: . . . .

Aurochs: Oh, man.

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{Flashback to one year ago -- Wakka was 22 and Chappu was 21}

Wakka: (shrieked) WHAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!

Chappu: This is why I didn't wanna tell you, ya? I knew you would scream like that. Oh, jeez, I hate when you scream like that; it's girly!!

Wakka: I'm not screamin' no more! (shook Chappu and screamed again) You can't! YOU CAN'T JOIN THE CRUSADERS!!!

Chappu: It's too late. My ship leaves in one week.

Wakka: (very sarcastic) Oh, great. Just GREAT. My little brudda is joined up with the CRUSADERS. The very group that got EXCOMMUNICATED from the TEMPLE OF YEVON!!!

Chappu: You had no problem with 'em before.

Wakka: That was before YOU (pointed in Chappu's face) became ONE of 'em! You know what I heard? The Crusaders use machina weapons! Is that true? (Chappu didn't respond) IS IT TRUE?

Chappu: Don't freak out on me, ya? The important thing is that the Crusaders' mission is like this -- to defeat Sin. That sounds nice to me no matter what else. Don't you wanna avenge our parents?

Wakka: WHO CARES about our parents! Sin killed 'em when we were babies. Please stop bein' so stupid and stay in Besaid! What about blitzball? That tournament's comin' up! You gonna give up your career to ENLIST?

Chappu: Yes.

Wakka: (made frustrated noises and lashed out with his fists) You -- CHAPPU!!!!

Chappu: I made my decision. I can't back out now.

Wakka: Rrrrrrr. (clenched his fingers at Chappu)

(Wakka turned his back on Chappu and abandoned him)

{Wakka and Chappu did not talk for the whole week}
(On the morning of Chappu's departure, Chappu spent his last minutes in Besaid staring out at the ocean.)

(Wakka quietly walked on the sand and stood next to Chappu)
(Wakka was holding something behind his back)

Wakka: Hey.

Chappu: What's up.

Wakka: Couldn't let you leave without . . . without . . . uh . . . (scratched the back of his head)

(Wakka and Chappu studied their feet for five minutes without talking)

Chappu: (suddenly) Hey, when I'm out killin' Sin, can you hang on to somethin' for me? I might drop it, ya know?

Wakka: Yeah, sure. What is it?

(Chappu took a ring out of his pocket and held it out to Wakka)

Wakka: (mockingly put his hand on his cheek and said in a girly voice) Oh, this is so sudden!

Chappu: (smacked Wakka) This isn't for you, stupid. It's (ahem) it's for Lulu.

Wakka: Lulu?! You . . . ring . . . Lulu!? (stammered)

Chappu: (laughed nervously) Yeah, I like that girl.

Wakka: (held up hand) LULU?

Chappu: I know she been like a bitch, then like "just a friend", but now it's different.

Wakka: (jaw dropped)

Chappu: I know you surprised! But, hey, how about this? Me and the Crusaders kill Sin so fast that I be back here in time for the tournament! Then we can go to Luca and OBLITERATE the competition. Then after we win, we have this big celebration with food and stuff. And I can propose. (got down on one knee) How's this?

Wakka: (mumbled vaguely) Yeah that's nice. (snapped out of it) Hey, I got you a going-away present.

Chappu: A present? For me? Cool.

(Wakka removed Brotherhood sword from behind his back and held it out to Chappu)
(Chappu looked at it)

Wakka: Well I thought about it. If your thing is to fight Sin in the army, then I gotta support you in that. So over the past week I spent my entire salary on gettin' this made for you . . . .

Chappu: (hesitated) But -- the Crusaders, they -- I don't have any use for --

Wakka: Now I'm kind of in debt, but . . . . WHAT A COOL SWORD!!! (jabbed at invisible fiend and did some swordsman action) And it's all yours! Man, I was tempted to keep this baby for myself. But what would I do with it, ya? YOU'RE the one who's gotta go defeat Sin.

(Wakka remembered to offer the sword to Chappu handle first)
(Chappu took it)

Chappu: Thanks.

Wakka: No need to thank me. Hell, it's not even a very good sword, ya? On my salary I could barely afford a butter knife. (still thought it was a very good sword, just being humble)

Chappu: I gotta go -- I'll miss my boat.

Wakka: (tried to think of something appropriate to say) Don't die!

(Chappu screamed out "Good advice!" while running to catch his boat)

{Chappu did not come back in time for the Luca tournament that year. During halftime of the Aurochs' first match, Wakka found out that his brother was killed by Sin in a Crusader mission}

Wakka: Damn it, Chappu!!!!!

{The Aurochs lost}

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{Back in the sphere pool}
(Everybody in the pool was staring at Wakka, even the Psyches)

(Wakka s-l-o-w-l-y extended his arm to the Al Bhed Captain and handed him the blitzball)
(The Al Bhed Captain grabbed it from him)

{In the press box}

Announcer #2: (a fountain of tears is gushing from his eyes) Nooooo! Wakka IS throwing the game! Why? WHY? WHYYYYYYY?!?!? (cries onto Announcer #1's shoulder)

Announcer #1: GET OFF!

{In the sphere pool}

(All the Aurochs look at Wakka with a "Why?!" look on their faces)
(Wakka waved dismissively at them but he was thinking to himself)

Wakka: (thinking to himself) If you make me choose between blitzball and avenging my brother, I'll do the second one every time. Yuna has to live to kill Sin. I would do anything to see that day. No contest.

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