Authors notes: Ok, you may know me from my Suteki da ne fic, or my many reviews and
cameos in other people's fics, but I'm finally writing my own real story. I kind of write
myself into the plot of ffx, but not in the normal way. I don't get sucked into a video
game, I a real person from their world. It starts out kind of dumb, but hopefully it'll get
better after I get into the actuall plot of the game. Enjoy!

Chapter One
When did I meet Wakka? That's funny. I don't remember ever not knowing him.
He was there, in Besaid, on the beach that day. He was ten then, and I was 2.He was
teaching me some Blitzball moves, while my parents watched nearby. That's when it
happened. Sin came up near us, and a giant tidal wave washed all of us into the water.
Wakka, who was a great swimmer due to his Blitzball practice, quickly grabbed me and
swam to shore. He tried to save my parents too, but it was too late. That was the last
time I saw my parents. I remember Wakka telling me that his parents had died when he
was my age too, and that everyone in Besaid had teamed up to act like a family to him.
He told me that the same thing would happen to me.
I had to leave Besaid when I was five. I went to Kilika, where the villagers
helped me get over the trauma of my parents death. When I finally returned to Besaid, it
was five years later. I was ten, and Wakka was 18. From that moment on, we were
inseparable.
I still remembered that day, so many years ago, when he saved my life on the
Besaid shore, and I thought of him as my knight in shining armor, so to speak. By this
time, he was the coach and captain of the local Blitzball team, The Besaid Aurochs.
Regardless of the fact that they never won a game, I remained their most loyal fan. I sat
nearby and watched them practice every single day. I was there, four years later, when
Tidus washed up on the Besaid shore.

It started out as just an ordinary Blitzball practice. Letty and Jassu were tossing a
Blitzball back and forth, Botta and Datto bounced a Blitzball off of their heads, and
Wakka practiced shots against Keepa. Then something different happened. Out of the
corner of my eye, I saw something floating in the tide.
"What is that?" I asked.
"It looks like a body!" Letty exclaimed.
Wakka instinctively threw his Blitzball at the mass. He (It appeared to be a he)
stood up in the water after coughing for a moment.
"Blitzball!" He exclaimed.
"Heeeyyy!! You ok?" Wakka yelled.
"Heeeyyy!!" the figure replied.
Then he performed a blitzball move that I had never seen before. It appeared to be
a variation on the sphere shot, only far more impressive. The ball whizzed past Wakka's
speed with such force that it could easily knock someone unconscious.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" Wakka laughed with excitement. I had always loved his laugh.
The one from the sea ran to the shore.
"Could you run that move by me one more time?" Wakka mumbled. He had never
seen such talent.
Tidus, as I soon found out he was called, performed the blitz shot again.
"You no amateur. What team you play for?" Wakka asked in awe.
"The Zanarkand Abes"
"Whoa. Hold it right there. Are my ears deceiving me or did this guy just claim to
be from the 'Zanarkand Abes'?" I asked.
"Uh, I mean, I got to close to sin, and my head's all foggy-like." he stammered.
"But you were near sin? It's a miracle that you survived. Praise be to Yevon." We
all gave a silent prayer.
"Uh, It's true that Zanarkand was destroyed, right? A thousand years ago?" He
asked doubtfully.
"A long time ago, this land was full of huge cities, with Machina -Machines- to
run 'em." Wakka explained.
"People played all day, and let the machina do all the work." I stated.
"Then Sin came, and destroyed all the machina cities. Zanarkand along with 'em.
That was about a thousand years ago, like you said." Wakka continued. We always
finished each other's sentences like that. "If you ask me, Sin's our punishment for letting
things get out of hand Oh! But you sayin' your from the Zanarkand Abes That was a good
one!" "We're not saying the team never existed, but a team living in the lap of luxury like
that would be sweet, huh?" I offered. Wakka laughed again. I gave a quiet sigh, but was
unnoticed.
Tidus looked confused, but Wakka offered no further explanation.

Author's notes: Ok, This is kind of the introduction. It'll get more interesting
later, I think. Tune in next week for the second installment of A Few Die Hard Fans.
Review please! But no flames please. This is my first real fic, so give me a break.