Well? I never did ask you guys what the general response to my err... "mystery" character was. Do you guys like Tidus's new, female form? I know, kind of odd, but I really like to read the pairing of Tidus and another certain FFX character, but don't have the nerve to write about it in their current states. So, Tidus is a girly, and as the plot arises, we shall find out more!
Disclaimer: Since people seem to take these things seriously, so yes! I DO own Final Fantasy X. I'm also a millionaire, drive three Porches, and NO, my furniture is NOT made of cardboard. I'm living the high life now!
"A Sea of Crystal Blue"
Chapter Two
Tidus kicked, swam, paddled and scored. Quickly, she led her team to a high score that would be virtually invincible. After her eighth goal, she looked up to check the scoreboard. One hundred and ten to twenty.
'Yes!' Tidus reached up and pulled down a victory fist. 'We have this in the bag!' she thought, very proud of her astounding contributions. 'All we have to do is survive this game for five more minutes and it's ours.' She started to signal her team to go on the defensive, but stopped at the sight that caught her eyes.
High above the stadium, a giant golden orb floated, and from it numerous nasty creatures were spewing. Tidus opened her mouth underwater and was rewarded with a gulp of water. Coughing and spluttering, she swam over to the diving platform, where she struggled out of the water and landed face down. A pair of strong arms grabbed her shoulders and lifted her up, setting her on her feet once more.
"Sin. And its spawn. We need to move, NOW!" The man dragged Tidus along, and Tidus, with her head still down, had no idea where she was going or who was leading her. Wrenching her arms free, she shook off the leader and looked up at him. Tidus let out an audible gasp, at which the man smiled.
"Auron! Where have you been these past few years?" Tidus rushed to him and gave him a hug. "I haven't seen you in... forever!" She bounced up and down, clearly ecstatic to see her old friend and the closest person to a mentor that she haw.
"That does not matter now. You see the monsters?" He beckoned with his free arm. "They come from Sin, a monster of great and horrible powers. Some are simply his scales, or blood, or other such parts of the whole. Others are actual young that he created. They now threaten Zanarkand, and I am here to take you away from it." Auron once again grabbed her arm, and started a quick run up a road towards the glowing orb.
Once again, Tidus shook him off and stopped. "What do you mean, leave? I'm not leaving, there are things I need to do! I– Mystrel!" With a sudden look of desperate fear, Tidus turned and ran in the opposite direction, heading towards the fountain.
"Tidus, no!" Auron started after her, and quickly caught up. "Your story should not end here! You need to come with me, to fight Sin!" He snatched at her, but missed. "Who is this Mystrel that she is so important to you?"
"She's my friend... I mean, kind of... I don't know. I promised to meet her here!" Tidus and Auron had by now reached the fountain, and the prior was now frantically searching for the young girl she had just met. Stepping forward, Tidus located a swatch of blue fabric under a piece of rock, and near it an outstretched, pale hand, also covered by the fallen column of stone. "No..." She let her voice trail off, unheard in the roar and chaos of the collapsing city. "She... she waited. And it's my fault..." Tidus sunk to her knees and started to cry.
"Tidus..." Auron stopped at the sight of the young woman weeping on the ground. "I... I know this is hard for you, but we need to move." Auron's gruff voice difficultly found a soothing tone. "Your story does not end here. Her's did, and there is nothing we can do."
Tidus turned on him, furious at what he was suggesting. "How could you say that?! She was younger than ten, and now she's gone, because I told her to wait here! My story deserves to end, whatever that means!" She stood up, and raised a fist, ready to pound Auron's chest, no matter how much it would hurt her.
Before she could plant a single blow, a large dragon-like beast landed a few feet away from her, the shockwave of its descending knocking Tidus off her feet. She picked herself up, and looked at Auron, who was drawing out two swords.
"Here, take this." He handed the smaller and thinner sword to Tidus. "Aim for the head, and watch the waves of wind it will send from its wings. It's a Garuda, and quite deadly, I assure you." Auron then readied his own sword, and attacked. Swinging and slicing, he hacked at the beast, retreating only after the thing had been severely weakened. "Your turn." He looked over at Tidus, forcing a smile, but only achieved a look of sinister malice.
"But... why can't you handle it?" Tidus was incredulous, the thought of killing a beast ten times her size was beyond her.
"The laws of Yevon forbid a fighter to attack twice in a row. Take your opportunity before the Garuda steals it!"
"Yevon...?" she asked meekly, unable to argue. Auron nodded, and shoved her forwards. Tidus raised the sword, and with an instinctual flip, brought the blade down, causing the giant beast to dissolve in a cloud of colorful lights.
"I just..." Tidus's eyes went round, and her left leg took a step backwards against her will.
"Excellent! Your father would be proud of you. Very proud." Auron turned, grinning sadistically, and beckoning Tidus to follow.
"My... father?" She looked down at her sword, shook her head, and followed Auron up the bridge, stopping to periodically hack down and kill her opponents. Bye the time they reached the top pinnacle of the bridge, they were both exhausted, and had nowhere to go. Auron pulled two disgusting looking potions from his bag and passed one to Tidus.
"Drink it. A wonderful restorative, it was made by the Guado. You'll feel better in no time." Auron raised his own flask then and chugged it, wincing at the taste.
Tidus shut her eyes, and she too, took a big gulp. Spluttering at the horrible flavor, she turned to Auron. "What in all," she stopped to cough, "what in all of hell IS this stuff, Auron?"
"I told you. Guado Potion. Drink it all." Auron downed the rest of it, and laughed as Tidus choked down the rest of hers.
As soon as she had finished, Tidus searched her surroundings. They had come to the bridge's point, but it ended there. The large golden globe was only slightly overhead, and Tidus felt its pull attracting everything within range. Her own necklace jerked upwards, where it hung suspended, tugging at her neck, yearning to enter the void.
Tidus looked down, but the choppy sea below the bridge offered her no hope of escape. Turning back now would be impossible, as the crumbling city had laid waste to their path.
"Auron?" Looking over, Tidus noticed with horror that Auron had sheathed his Katana, and was letting the golden orb pull him up slowly, towards its center. "What are you..." Tidus trailed off as Auron lightly took her hand and held it to his chest.
"Come with me? Please? Wherever it dumps you, you'll be safe, and your story does not end here. You must come." Auron's face was almost pleading, and it startled Tidus so much that she nodded. She slipped her own sword into her belt-loop, and removed her foot from under the cable she had braced herself with. She felt herself silently lift into the air, and the higher she went, the stronger the pull.
"Auron, where are we going?" Tidus's voice was barely a whisper, and although she knew Auron could not hear her, she spoke anyways. Auron dropped the young woman's hand, and stretched out his arms.
"Finally, back to Spira!" A look of true content passed his face, and with that, he disappeared. Now truly scared that she was alone, Tidus tried to go back, but only succeeded in having her legs pulled out from underneath her. As she struggled with the void, a sort of warmth enveloped her, and she began to cry. The words of her father returned to her.
"Don't let them see you cry. NEVER let them see you cry." Tidus shook her head, and the tears stopped. She closed her eyes, ready to accept a fate she didn't want, whispered something even she didn't understand, and lost conciousness.
In a time far along, a man with bright orange hair holding a blitzball looked up. He searched the skies, looking for unknown fiend or monster that had made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. The blitzball team gathered around him looked at him curiously, until one stepped forward.
"Yo, Captain? You ok? You look like death passed over you just then." The dark-skinned blitzer looked at his captain uncertainly, and with an air of concern,
"Nah... It's just, I thought I felt something back there, ya'? Almost like... Ah, forget it. Get ready team, BLITZ!" With a toss of the ball and a shake of his head, the Blitzball captain ridded himself of the odd feeling, yet somehow, it stayed with him.
Author's Notes: So, we have Tidus's disappearance, the introduction of Wakka (please tell me you all knew it was him...), and some implied feelings of Auron, all in a very long chapter. Now, don't take anything I write down here seriously, I mean, ANYTHING can still happen; I'm a psychopath, you see. I know that the lines and actions of the opening scene are very different, but it kind of needed to be that way. Plus, I don't... er, exactly recall the opening game segment. Oh well. I like it this way. Plus, I'm finally getting used to writing "she" and "her" in accordance with "Tidus." This is going pretty well. Any questions/comments/criticisms/reviews/ as well as FLAMES will be taken into acount, and used to help me burn my marshmallows for S'mores. Oh, yes, and seeing as no one yet has gotten my chapter question, all points belong to ME! The new question: "Ten points if you can name the author of... SAIYUKI!!" Leave all answers in a review, and remember, the last question is STILL open for five points.
–Mara
Disclaimer: Since people seem to take these things seriously, so yes! I DO own Final Fantasy X. I'm also a millionaire, drive three Porches, and NO, my furniture is NOT made of cardboard. I'm living the high life now!
"A Sea of Crystal Blue"
Chapter Two
Tidus kicked, swam, paddled and scored. Quickly, she led her team to a high score that would be virtually invincible. After her eighth goal, she looked up to check the scoreboard. One hundred and ten to twenty.
'Yes!' Tidus reached up and pulled down a victory fist. 'We have this in the bag!' she thought, very proud of her astounding contributions. 'All we have to do is survive this game for five more minutes and it's ours.' She started to signal her team to go on the defensive, but stopped at the sight that caught her eyes.
High above the stadium, a giant golden orb floated, and from it numerous nasty creatures were spewing. Tidus opened her mouth underwater and was rewarded with a gulp of water. Coughing and spluttering, she swam over to the diving platform, where she struggled out of the water and landed face down. A pair of strong arms grabbed her shoulders and lifted her up, setting her on her feet once more.
"Sin. And its spawn. We need to move, NOW!" The man dragged Tidus along, and Tidus, with her head still down, had no idea where she was going or who was leading her. Wrenching her arms free, she shook off the leader and looked up at him. Tidus let out an audible gasp, at which the man smiled.
"Auron! Where have you been these past few years?" Tidus rushed to him and gave him a hug. "I haven't seen you in... forever!" She bounced up and down, clearly ecstatic to see her old friend and the closest person to a mentor that she haw.
"That does not matter now. You see the monsters?" He beckoned with his free arm. "They come from Sin, a monster of great and horrible powers. Some are simply his scales, or blood, or other such parts of the whole. Others are actual young that he created. They now threaten Zanarkand, and I am here to take you away from it." Auron once again grabbed her arm, and started a quick run up a road towards the glowing orb.
Once again, Tidus shook him off and stopped. "What do you mean, leave? I'm not leaving, there are things I need to do! I– Mystrel!" With a sudden look of desperate fear, Tidus turned and ran in the opposite direction, heading towards the fountain.
"Tidus, no!" Auron started after her, and quickly caught up. "Your story should not end here! You need to come with me, to fight Sin!" He snatched at her, but missed. "Who is this Mystrel that she is so important to you?"
"She's my friend... I mean, kind of... I don't know. I promised to meet her here!" Tidus and Auron had by now reached the fountain, and the prior was now frantically searching for the young girl she had just met. Stepping forward, Tidus located a swatch of blue fabric under a piece of rock, and near it an outstretched, pale hand, also covered by the fallen column of stone. "No..." She let her voice trail off, unheard in the roar and chaos of the collapsing city. "She... she waited. And it's my fault..." Tidus sunk to her knees and started to cry.
"Tidus..." Auron stopped at the sight of the young woman weeping on the ground. "I... I know this is hard for you, but we need to move." Auron's gruff voice difficultly found a soothing tone. "Your story does not end here. Her's did, and there is nothing we can do."
Tidus turned on him, furious at what he was suggesting. "How could you say that?! She was younger than ten, and now she's gone, because I told her to wait here! My story deserves to end, whatever that means!" She stood up, and raised a fist, ready to pound Auron's chest, no matter how much it would hurt her.
Before she could plant a single blow, a large dragon-like beast landed a few feet away from her, the shockwave of its descending knocking Tidus off her feet. She picked herself up, and looked at Auron, who was drawing out two swords.
"Here, take this." He handed the smaller and thinner sword to Tidus. "Aim for the head, and watch the waves of wind it will send from its wings. It's a Garuda, and quite deadly, I assure you." Auron then readied his own sword, and attacked. Swinging and slicing, he hacked at the beast, retreating only after the thing had been severely weakened. "Your turn." He looked over at Tidus, forcing a smile, but only achieved a look of sinister malice.
"But... why can't you handle it?" Tidus was incredulous, the thought of killing a beast ten times her size was beyond her.
"The laws of Yevon forbid a fighter to attack twice in a row. Take your opportunity before the Garuda steals it!"
"Yevon...?" she asked meekly, unable to argue. Auron nodded, and shoved her forwards. Tidus raised the sword, and with an instinctual flip, brought the blade down, causing the giant beast to dissolve in a cloud of colorful lights.
"I just..." Tidus's eyes went round, and her left leg took a step backwards against her will.
"Excellent! Your father would be proud of you. Very proud." Auron turned, grinning sadistically, and beckoning Tidus to follow.
"My... father?" She looked down at her sword, shook her head, and followed Auron up the bridge, stopping to periodically hack down and kill her opponents. Bye the time they reached the top pinnacle of the bridge, they were both exhausted, and had nowhere to go. Auron pulled two disgusting looking potions from his bag and passed one to Tidus.
"Drink it. A wonderful restorative, it was made by the Guado. You'll feel better in no time." Auron raised his own flask then and chugged it, wincing at the taste.
Tidus shut her eyes, and she too, took a big gulp. Spluttering at the horrible flavor, she turned to Auron. "What in all," she stopped to cough, "what in all of hell IS this stuff, Auron?"
"I told you. Guado Potion. Drink it all." Auron downed the rest of it, and laughed as Tidus choked down the rest of hers.
As soon as she had finished, Tidus searched her surroundings. They had come to the bridge's point, but it ended there. The large golden globe was only slightly overhead, and Tidus felt its pull attracting everything within range. Her own necklace jerked upwards, where it hung suspended, tugging at her neck, yearning to enter the void.
Tidus looked down, but the choppy sea below the bridge offered her no hope of escape. Turning back now would be impossible, as the crumbling city had laid waste to their path.
"Auron?" Looking over, Tidus noticed with horror that Auron had sheathed his Katana, and was letting the golden orb pull him up slowly, towards its center. "What are you..." Tidus trailed off as Auron lightly took her hand and held it to his chest.
"Come with me? Please? Wherever it dumps you, you'll be safe, and your story does not end here. You must come." Auron's face was almost pleading, and it startled Tidus so much that she nodded. She slipped her own sword into her belt-loop, and removed her foot from under the cable she had braced herself with. She felt herself silently lift into the air, and the higher she went, the stronger the pull.
"Auron, where are we going?" Tidus's voice was barely a whisper, and although she knew Auron could not hear her, she spoke anyways. Auron dropped the young woman's hand, and stretched out his arms.
"Finally, back to Spira!" A look of true content passed his face, and with that, he disappeared. Now truly scared that she was alone, Tidus tried to go back, but only succeeded in having her legs pulled out from underneath her. As she struggled with the void, a sort of warmth enveloped her, and she began to cry. The words of her father returned to her.
"Don't let them see you cry. NEVER let them see you cry." Tidus shook her head, and the tears stopped. She closed her eyes, ready to accept a fate she didn't want, whispered something even she didn't understand, and lost conciousness.
In a time far along, a man with bright orange hair holding a blitzball looked up. He searched the skies, looking for unknown fiend or monster that had made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. The blitzball team gathered around him looked at him curiously, until one stepped forward.
"Yo, Captain? You ok? You look like death passed over you just then." The dark-skinned blitzer looked at his captain uncertainly, and with an air of concern,
"Nah... It's just, I thought I felt something back there, ya'? Almost like... Ah, forget it. Get ready team, BLITZ!" With a toss of the ball and a shake of his head, the Blitzball captain ridded himself of the odd feeling, yet somehow, it stayed with him.
Author's Notes: So, we have Tidus's disappearance, the introduction of Wakka (please tell me you all knew it was him...), and some implied feelings of Auron, all in a very long chapter. Now, don't take anything I write down here seriously, I mean, ANYTHING can still happen; I'm a psychopath, you see. I know that the lines and actions of the opening scene are very different, but it kind of needed to be that way. Plus, I don't... er, exactly recall the opening game segment. Oh well. I like it this way. Plus, I'm finally getting used to writing "she" and "her" in accordance with "Tidus." This is going pretty well. Any questions/comments/criticisms/reviews/ as well as FLAMES will be taken into acount, and used to help me burn my marshmallows for S'mores. Oh, yes, and seeing as no one yet has gotten my chapter question, all points belong to ME! The new question: "Ten points if you can name the author of... SAIYUKI!!" Leave all answers in a review, and remember, the last question is STILL open for five points.
–Mara