A/N- Okay, thanks to everyone who has read or reviewed this story. I really would like to know what you think about the fic so far. Well, enough of that and on to Chapter 4!

Disclaimer - I don't own Final Fantasy X or any characters affiliated with it. So there!

Chapter 4 - For the Love of Cousins!

Rikku couldn't believe her eyes.

Her cousin's fiancée stood amongst her with two other women at his side. "Maybe they're family." Wakka suggested. Wakka had always been the optimistic one through Yuna and Graav's relationship. "You know Rikku," Lulu started, "It is possible for Graav to have female friends. I think that we should at least give him a chance to explain himself."

"What!?!" exclaimed Rikku. "Graav is nothing but. a stupid pig!"

People surrounding the trio began to turn their focus towards Rikku as her voice began to rise. "Why, if Tidus were here, those Goers wouldn't even have won this year's championship!" Graav apparently heard Rikku's last statement and in a furious rage, he stormed over to confront the young Al- Bhed.

"What did you say, YOU LITTLE BRAT!!" Rikku found herself suspended approximately 10 inches off the ground. Graav had a firm grasp on the collar of her trademark orange shirt. "Don't ever mention that name again!" Graav had always hated Tidus ever since the two met in the championship game last year.

*Flashback* "Ladies and Gentlemen, never in my life have I seen such an intense match to decide the outcome of the championship!" the announcer's voice blared through the loudspeakers around the arena. The score had just been tied 3-3 thanks to a perfectly executed sphere shot from Jassu. "Only one more for the championship!" Tidus encouraged his fellow teammates. "Now let's get out there and do this. for Wakka!" Only one minute remained in the final half of regulation. "The ball is in play!" Cried the over- passionate announcer. "Datto inbounds the ball to Letty. Letty fires a beautiful wither pass to Botta. Folks, I don't know if the Aurochs will have enough time to finish the play! Bickson attempts to tackle and.ooh he missed! Botta makes a final attempt to get the ball to Tidus with only 30 seconds remaining! I can't take the pressure!" Three defenders swarmed around Tidus as the clock continued to tick. There was only one option left for him, the Jecht shot.

On the way to Luca, Tidus had been practicing this unique move, only executed by his father back in Zanarkand. After hours of failure and hard work, he had come close to perfecting the shot.

With a simple flick of his wrist and a kick of the blitzball, two defenders had been knocked out. Only Graav remained between him and the goal. 10 seconds left. The whole crowd silenced and focused on the two blitzers. Tidus shot the ball right off Graav's fingertips and watched it sail past to goal tender into the empty net as time expired. "GOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!!!" cried the announcer. "The Aurochs are this year's champions! What a game! What a game!" *End of Flashback*

Ever since that day, Graav had sworn to find Tidus, and make him pay for what happened one year ago.

At that point, Graav released his hold on Rikku as he became aware of the fact that the whole restaurant was watching the scene between the two. Everyone appeared shocked at the brash actions taken by the Goer's midfielder.

Lulu quickly seized the opportunity and spoke up. "Ww..wow Graav, you even fooled me with your fine acting skills. You're practicing for that new sphere movie you're in, right?" Graav turned around and his eyes met with the dark mage. He immediately caught on as to what she was doing and then responded.

"Yeah, that's it. Acting. Come on, Bickson, grab your two cousins and let's get going." "But Graav, we just got." "NOW!!" Graav commanded.

Rikku began to open her mouth to say something, but she felt a small jolt of electricity shock the back of her leg. She turned around to see Lulu glaring at her coldly. As the two Luca Goers exited the high-class restaurant with Bickson's beautiful cousins, the media and pauperize quickly followed them in frenzy.

"Thank glad that's over." Wakka stated. Rikku returned to her seat in the booth with a puzzled look on her face. "Hey Lulu." Rikku started, "Later." The black mage snapped back." She seemed to be preoccupied by a small boy who was standing in front of their table. He was breathing heavily and he appeared to be holding an envelope in his left hand.

"Excuse me.are you. Miss Lulu, the guardian.who helped High Summoner Yuna defeat Sin.?" Lulu responded and the small boy continued, "I have.a message.from.High Summoner Yuna." The young boy handed Lulu the envelope and she opened it. After reading the letter and re-reading it several times over, Lulu's face turned pale. A small tear ran down one of her cheeks as she continued to re-read the letter in disbelief.

"Lu, Lu, what's wrong?" Wakka asked nervously. "There's no time. We must get going." She responded. Lulu gathered herself together, clenched the letter in on hand and stood up. "Lulu! Where are we going?" Rikku inquired. "To the Farplane. We must go to see Tidus."

A/N - Wow! The plot starts to thicken.lol hey if anyone has any questions about the story so far, you can E-mail me or im me at Iceman735@aol.com. I will try to get the next chapter posted ASAP! Oh, and I hope that the blitzball flashback wasn't to boring.^_^ until then, please review!! ~Darkblitzer