A/N: Hooray for me! I'm already starting chapter 6. Oh, By the way, I'm nice, so I
publish my new chapters as soon as I'm done writing them regardless of whether anyone
is actually enjoying reading it. Qui-it will show up around chapter 10 of this story, and
Auron-Mujan (which is Al Bhed for "Auron-lover", by the way.) will show up later,
around chapter 25, or however long it takes me to get to Djose. If you want a cameo,
you only have to review all my FFX fanfictions, not my original ones. I'm not quite that
mean. Still, first come, first serve.

Disclaimer: Square owns ffx. Not me. But I do own my floppy disk, even if it is broken,
and my little red notebook I write everything in. But I don't own the coat I keep them in
the pockets of. That's my mom's. I grew out of my coat so I stole hers. I also own my
gel pens, even if I do lose them sometimes. Then I find them in the pockets of my mom's
coat. But not when I need them. I could fish around in the pockets looking for something
for an hour and not find it, but then, when I'm looking for something else, I just pull out
whatever I was looking for the first time. Wow. None of you actually cared a single bit
about any of that. Why is my disclaimer always longer than my author's notes? Not
even I understand me.

A Few Die Hard Fans
Chapter 6
As we emerged from the temple, people were running to Yuna, and trying to
touch her dress. She was proud, and never tried to brush off the children from her skirt.
Tidus, on the other hand, did not receive such a friendly welcome. Children shirked
away from him in fear. Their mothers hissed at them, "Don't look at him. He's a bad
man." Apparently, everyone already knew that not only had he entered the cloyster of
trials, but he had also pulled me in along with him. Word travels fast in a town as small
as Besaid. Yuna, however, seemed undaunted by comments regarding the newcomer.
She also seemed to believe him when Wakka told her he had claimed to be from
Zanarkand.
"The last person to claim to be from Zanarkand was Sir Jecht," she said. "He also
claimed to be a Blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes. They both have the same story,
perhaps there is some truth to it after all."
Anyway, Yuna and the rest of us walked out of the temple. A crowd of people
surrounded Yuna. I was just about to plop on to the stairs by the temple when I felt a
large warm object smooshed into my face. I tried to yell, but the object smothered my
words.
"Hey! Come see this!" Wakka yelled as he dragged both Tidus and me by our
heads towards lady Yuna. Somebody really needs to teach that guy a better way to get
somebody's attention.
"Gah! I can't see anything!" Tidus yelled as he struggled free from Wakka's
grasp. I knew better than to struggle. As long as you relax, Wakka always lets go
eventually. I was right. Just then, Wakka relinquished his hold on us and we proceeded
to watch Yuna's new talent. The summoning was awesome. Really. As in, invoking
awe. I was really glad I was Yuna's friend, not her enemy. "Valefor." she whispered as
she stroked its feathered neck. It made a purring sound as she stroked it. It made me
trust the creature.
After watching the summoning, Tidus headed back to the Crusader's lodge, and
Wakka and I headed back to his house. We opened the flap door and we knew at once
that we had made a mistake. A thick cloud of vile smelling black smoke enveloped us as
we opened the door.
"The soup!" we yelled as we ran into the door. Coughing, I somehow managed
to grab the pot off the fire as Wakka doused the fire with water. I ran outside of the small
hut, still carrying the pot. I dumped its contents onto the grass. A hard black lumpy
chunk of a charcoal-like substance fell out. By that time we had gathered quite a crowd.
Wakka blushed as he opened the windows to let the hut air out.
"That's what you made for dinner?" Tidus asked, laughing.
"Whoops." I muttered as what seemed like whole town laughed. I admit, it was
pretty funny. Luckily for us, one of the weavers of Besaid had cooked a feast to
commemorate Yuna becoming a summoner. There was enough food for everyone.
After a good dinner, Tidus retreated to talk to Luzzu and Gatta again and Wakka
and I headed towards the beach to watch the sun set. We didn't say much. We just
walked in silence. I didn't have to ask him what he was thinking about. He was thinking
about the pilgrimage. Very few summoner's guardians have ever survived when their
summoner defeated Sin. I knew that Wakka had been a guardian before, but he confided
in me that he never really believed Father Zuke could defeat Sin. He put his arm around
me and I rested my head on his shoulder.
"You worried about Yuna too?" he asked. I nodded in silence.
"And about you." I said.
"Huh?"
"When a summoner defeats sin, their guardians rarely survive. And when they
do, they generally come out a little weird."
"I know"
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Well, I'm worried about you, Wakka. I don't want anything to happen to you."
He grunted in response. There wasn't much else he could say, really. We arrived at the
beach just as the sun was sinking beneath the horizon. The sky turned a myriad of colors;
reds, purples, pinks and blues. We sat leaned against a palm tree and watched the sun set
below the ocean. One of the best things about living on an island is you get really
beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Both of them are over the ocean. Actually, you can see
Kilika off in the distance, but it's not very prominent. I wonder if people on the Farplane
can see the sunset?
"Have you ever noticed how Tidus seems to act a lot like a golden retriever?"
Wakka asked, completely out of the blue. This time it was my turn to say "huh?"
"Not only is he dumb, blonde, and always perky, his voice sounds like one."
"And he shakes the water off when he gets out of the water too!" I added,
laughing. "Just like Maggie." Maggie is the dog that hangs around the shop and the
temple in Besaid. (A/N: I have named it Maggie and it's owner Roxanne, just cuz i felt
like it .)
"Our minds seem to work kind of differently." I said, "I was just wondering if the
souls on the Farplane can see the sunset, and over there, you are comparing Tidus to
Maggie." That set us off laughing again. By the time we stopped, it was pitch black out.
"I guess we'd better head back to the village, huh?" I said
"Yeah. I've gotta introduce Tidus to the rest of the Aurochs."
"Race you back to the village!" I shouted while taking off at a dead run.
"No fair! You got a head start, ya?"
"Ya!" I shouted back to him as he took off after me. I beat him back to the
village, but only barely. And I did get a head start. The Aurochs were practicing, and
Yuna was having tea with some villagers. Roxanne was racing Maggie up and down the
road. Tidus was trying to take a nap, i think. In any case, he was sitting, watching the
Aurochs. Wakka grabbed him (by the neck, of course) and dragged him over to where
the aurochs were practicing.
"Listen up. This guy here wanted into the tournement so bad i decided to let him
play." Wakka explained.
"That's one twisted version of the story." I mumbled. Botta heard me and
snickered.
"His memory's a little fuzzy, so don't mind him if he says anything odd. Go on,
say hi." He shoved Tidus towards them.
"Uh, hi guys!" he said, "So, what's our goal?"
"TO DO OUR BEST!" the Aurochs responded in unison.
"Nope. We got a new goal now. Our new goal is Victory!" Wakka said.
"To win every match. To defeat every opposing team. To bring the Crystal Cup
back to our island." I said. We were both saw the effect this was having on the team.
"Hey, that was my line! Anyway, That's all we've got to do to win." Wakka
finished.
"victory?" "Victory?" "Victory." The team mumbled to each other as if victory
was a completely alien concept. It was an alien concept to them, actually. The team's
discussions resolved themselves into a chant.
"Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! VICTORY!!!" I elbowed
Wakka in the stomach. He patted me on the back and ruffled my hair. We didn't need to
talk to know what we were thinking. We both knew that this year, we could do it. We
could win the tournament!
The Aurochs started practicing with renewed vigor. Tidus headed straight to talk
to Yuna.
"Stay away from the Summoner!" an old lady shouted, brandishing a tea kettle
like a weapon.
"You're a bad man!" Lady Yuna stood up.
"Lady Yuna! Be careful!"
"But it was really my fault to begin with." From there, their conversations were
drowned out by the Aurochs chants, but we continued to watch their encounter.
"Do you see the way he's looking at her?" Wakka asked.
"It's so obvious she's flirting with him. Is he too dumb to notice?"
"They make a cute couple, don't you think?"
"Wakka!" I exclaimed, shocked. "You do have a point, though"
"Think he likes her?"
"I bet you could find out."
"Lora!"
"You could!"
"Fine." As Tidus finished his conversation, Wakka approached him as he was
still staring at Yuna. I couldn't hear what he said, but seconds later he turned to me and
grined as if to say "Yup, he likes her all right."

A/N: Whee! I'm happy now. I finally finished chapter 6. By the way, I do have
a save that i've been playing from the begining, but I'm almost to Djose now, so it's been
a while since I've played Besaid out. I really do have all this memorized. Amazingly
well, if I do say so myself, but I don't have to. I have reviewers for that. Speaking of
which, Review!