Disclaimer: No I do not and won't ever own the rights to Final Fantasy X-2 or another Final Fantasy ever. They belong to Square-Enix. I just play the games and write fanfiction.
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Screwed Up
Prologue: The Entrance
It was a beautiful day in Surrey. The skies were blue, the sun was out, and everything was peaceful. At least until…
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" shouted the voice of a seventeen year old girl at her younger brother.
"USE CRIPPLE!" her younger brother ordered, jumping up and down from behind the sofa in excitement.
The girl paused her game and turned toward him with a glare fixed on her face. "Ivrin, a Dark Knight doesn't have 'Cripple', you fool! And I'm definitely not using it against Vegnagun!" she told him firmly before turning around and continuing her game.
"Then use black sky!" He told her, towering over her, obviously loving the fact that he was taller in height even though they were three years apart.
"I AM!" She screeched at him as she selected the command, "Shut up and let me play my game!"
"Pfft, fine! I'm gone." Ivrin sighed as he exited the recreation room.
Yup! This was yet another typical day at the Infinity house. That girl sitting on the sofa, the one with the shoulder long chestnut hair that flows past her shoulders and the eerie Ice blue eyes that are practically glued to the television; that would be me, or at least was me. I was just a regular teenage girl who happens to be crazy about Final Fantasy. The tall boy that just left and was trying to tell me what to do was Ivrin, my little brother, though according to his appearance he might not look like it. He always thought he knew everything and tried to give me advice while I was fighting bosses, which is completely useless. You can't give a Pro tips, you know. By the way, I'm Nyaru. Nyaru Infinity.
"Nyaru! Your friends are here!" her mother called from down the hall.
"…Okay, Mom," Nyaru replied automatically.
Suddenly her mothers words registered in her mind and she dropped the console controller, "…Friends. Friends?" she repeated to herself until her face finally flashed with realization, "Oh crap! I completely forgot about the sleep over!"
"Well," a voice came from the doorway of the recreation room, "It's nice to know you eventually remembered."
Nyaru looked over to see short girl with shoulder length blonde hair and dark blue eyes standing in the doorway with a smirk.
Nyaru smiled sheepishly brushed the wavy chestnut locks from her face. "Hey Maxx. Glad you could make it."
Nyaru then quickly got up from the sofa, pulled the plug on the console and welcomed the older girl with a hug. Maxx gladly returned the hug. During which she also took the time to look over Nyaru's shoulder and spotted the Game case laying on the sofa.
Maxx scoffed, "Final Fantasy X-2 again?" releasing Nyaru from their hug and stepping into the room.
"What can I say, it's addicting." Nyaru told her simply.
"You really need to control yourself more. It's only a game." Maxx reminded her with a tone of warning.
"That's just what the matrix wants you to think." A young man with brown spiky hair that was streaked a bright red told them as he entered the room.
The two girls recognized him as their friend Miroku. He was nicknamed 'Miroku' because he, as well as everyone else, believed he has the same personality as the Monk from the popular Japanese Anime "Inu Yasha". Miroku was followed by three others. One was a girl with short red hair with large brown eyes and a cute smile by the name of Momo. The second person was a tall and slim yet athletic young man with short brown hair and shining blue eyes. His name was Adam. And last but not least was Jakob. He tallest of the group, with long dark hair that was tied back at the nape of his neck, chocolate brown eyes and a smirk on his lips. Nyaru shuddered when she met his eyes.
"Sup?" greeted Adam, bringing Nyaru back to reality.
"Not too much." Nyaru smiled weakly.
"Nyaru forgot about our sleep over weekend and was playing Final Fantasy X-2, AGAIN." Maxx told the others.
"Jeez, how many times is that now?" Momo asked.
"I believe this is her 125th time playing that game." Jakob thought aloud, pretending to stroke a non-existent beard.
"126th!" Nyaru corrected him.
The five guests gave Nyaru an odd look.
"…WHAT?" Nyaru demanded in exasperation.
The five of them rolled their eyes and laughed at Nyaru's expense.
"Stop picking on me," Nyaru pouted, "I'm not the only one who is obsessed about a video game, or should I say, video game character."
Nyaru elbowed Miroku in the ribs as he was staring at a picture of Leblanc in the Final Fantasy X-2 booklet.
"Give me that!" Momo said irritably, snatching the booklet from Miroku's hands.
"HEY! I was studying that!" Miroku protested.
"Studying or drooling over?" Nyaru asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Aren't they one and the same?" Miroku asked with a smirk.
"No." Maxx said as she cuffed him in the back of the head with her open hand.
"So, what shall we now?" Jakob asked with a laugh.
"How about little 'Miss Forgetful' goes and brings our sleeping bags in here and sets them up for us?" Maxx suggested.
"Sounds good," Momo agree with a laugh.
"Hey! No fair!" Nyaru protested, hunching over hopelessly.
"Hey, you are the one who forgot about us, so… Chop! Chop! Hop to it!" Maxx smirked and pushed Nyaru out the door and closed it behind her.
"Hee, hee, hee!" Momo exclaimed with glee, "Let's see how far she's gotten!" she said as she rushed to the console and pressed the "on" button.
"I'm playing!" Jakob proclaimed as he grabbed the controller.
"Hey! No fair! I'm playing!" Momo told him and she reached for the controller in his hand.
"Hey, you snooze you loose," Jakob laughed as he held the controller out of her reached.
The Television screen suddenly turned white and began to buzz. The four of them began to look at it suspiciously.
"Damn it, Miroku, your perverted-ness broke the Television!" Jakob joked.
"HEY!" Miroku shot him a playful glare.
Suddenly the screen turned black and in large white letters it wrote:
Game-Plus?
Yes
Or
No.
"Ahh, cool! Let's play a game!" Momo exclaimed excitedly.
"That's odd," Maxx mused, "I've seen the Game plus menu many times before, and that screen never came up."
"Who cares, I just want to see Yuna dance!" Miroku smiled to himself.
"You sound like Brother," Momo laughed.
"We should warn his sister and cousins then," Jakob whispered to Maxx.
"HEY! I heard that!" Miroku glared at Jakob.
Everyone in the room burst into laughter.
"Hey guys, what's all the laughter about?" Nyaru's voice came from the doorway as she entered the room, "Look who's here!"
Nyaru entered the room with three others. The shortest was Natalee. She had long brown hair, brilliant pale green eyes and was the same age as Maxx. The second was Sekaya, young oriental girl with long raven hair and dark eyes. The last person to enter the room was Hamster, A cheerful young man with mousy hair and smiling brown eyes.
"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Nyaru shouted as she spotted the television screen, "WHAT DID YOU DO?" she demanded, approaching the TV.
"We didn't do anything!" Momo told me.
"All we did was turn the console on and it ended up like this!" Maxx explained.
"But how can you turn it on when the console is unplugged?" Sekaya pointed to the cord that was still on the floor where Nyaru had left it.
The nine friends all turned to the TV. Suddenly, the cursor began to move on its own, switching from yes to no, over and over.
"Man! It's like we're in a Scooby Doo episode!" Hamster exclaimed watching the Phenomena.
"This is too weird." Natalee shook her head and clung to Maxx, "It's like how one of those Fan Fictions start out."
"You mean the cliché where the girl and/or boy gets sucked into their favorite video game?" Sekaya asked.
"Yeah, that's the one." Natalee nodded.
"Look! It's slowing down!" Momo shouted, drawing everyone's attention to the TV.
They all turned to the screen again. The cursor had now slowed down just as Momo said. Until it finally stopped on… No. They all let out a sigh of relief. But just as they turned our attention away from it, the cursor then switched to…Yes. A HUGE bright light erupted from the television and the nine friends all turned back around in shock, shielding their eyes from the light. The beginning Full Motion Video for Final Fantasy X-2 began to play. But it was different… It… it looked so real! Nyaru was immediately drawn to it. She walked over to it, as if in a trance, and slowly touched the screen. Just as she touched it, a hand grabbed her by the arm and began to tug roughly. Her friends quickly jumped to her aid, grabbing onto her other arm and her shirt. She lost in the beauty, she was so far gone, that she didn't even realize… that she was pulled inside… along with her friends.
It was a beautiful day in Surrey… until we found the entrance to Spira.
To Be Continued…
