"That was the last day I ever saw her...ever since I've been trying my hardest to reach the top, not for myself, certainly not my old man, but for the friend I left behind...maybe, maybe I would have been able to see her again if I wished on a shooting star. Not likely to happen, no, not to me...until...10 years later at the games..."
"10 Years have passed, since our beloved Jecht vanished at sea...gone, nowhere to be found. The day I found out I went running straight back home, my dad and I talked about him all night a-woah! Sorry to get off track folks! Anyways the Jecht Memorial cup is today! In just one year we were blessed with a new hope for the Zanarkand Abes! He's Jecht's flesh and blood, and a new hope for Blitzball! Will we see his father's legendary move? Or perhaps will we see a whole new move? I'm not the only one excited folks!" The announcer bellows from his microphone, making the viewers and fans more pumped than ever. Everyone seems excited, except for Tidus himself.
He sits in his room of the empty house, just staring at the mirror, but grinned, putting on his pendent, the one he got from Tari 10 years ago, "Well, tonight's the night, let's take 'em!" He said and dashed out of the house, only to be greeted by a handful of excited fans. He blinked, walking out slowly now as if a perky girl who held a Blitzball to him greeted trying to run away from e predator, but then, "May I have your autograph?"
Tidus, smiling at her enthusiasm, nodded and took the ball from her hands, "Of course," he signed it, twirled it in his fingers, and handed it to the blushing girl, "What seat?"
"East block in the front row!" She smiled happily, looking up at the amused Blitzer.
"Ah," He nods and then looked down at her, "Tell ya what? If I score a goal, I'll do this," He struck a pose and then went to normal stance, "That will mean it was for you, alright?"
"Thank you!" She cheered happily, backing up so he could get through. Just as Tidus took a step and saw 3 boys run up, "Can you sign this?"
"Hey hey! Geez guys," He laughed, signing their Blitzballs, "What a crowd today huh?" he whispered to himself, and then stood up, looking at everyone, "Well, gotta go, cheer for me!"
"One...two...three..." One of the boys chanted and then the three shouted, "Teach us how to Blitz!!"
"Hey, I gotta game to play," Tidus looked down at them shaking his hands.
"Then, teach us after!" One of them said gleefully. "Maybe tonight? Um, well..." Tidus's gaze wandered, until he caught a glimpse of a hooded boy speaking to him, "You can't tonight," "Eh-how about tomorrow?" Tidus looked down at them and saw the shimmer in their eyes, "Promise?" "Promise!" Tidus said cheerfully and saw them bow, giving him the Blitzball sign for Victory.
After a while of trying to get through run-ins from his fans, he finally makes his way to the streets, and paused, looking up at a huge monitor, seeing a glimpse of his father on the screen. He huffed and continued to run for the stadium. After a while he finally reached the stadium, only to be hounded by more and more fans, "Coming through, sorry!" He said trying to pull through, "Hey! Let go of me!" He fell flat on his face at the top of the steps, standing again to give a salute to the fans as he ran inside. (Yes this is a short chapter, but it pauses like this once the actual video of the game starts, let me know what you think! –Ichigo)