Chapter Four: Judgment Day
"You mean Tidus is really going to be on our team?" Rikku asked excitedly to Yuna.
"Yes, he will be our left forward," answered Yuna, "he'll be at the team banquet tonight."
"I can't wait to see him again!" Rikku said running around Yuna hyperly.
Later that night, the banquet in Luca was about to start, and the new Luca Goers were setting everything up.
"Well, if we win, we're in the Crystal Cup finals," Tidus said clenching a fist and accidentally knocking out Botta by swinging it out.
"Yeah, but the Fangs will be tough," Letty responded.
A few moments later, Tidus suddenly had someone throw her arms around him.
"Tidus!" Yuna said giving him a big hug.
"Yuna! Rikku! How've you been?" Tidus asked cheerfully.
"Oh, pretty good, you know?" answered Rikku.
"Hey, enough mushy stuff, brudda. We have a game tomorrow," Wakka intervened, ruining Tidus's moment.
"Hey, Wakka, have you ever been venom tackled before?" Tidus whispered angrily under his breath.
"What was that?" Wakka asked suspiciously at Tidus.
"Uh, I meant, have you come up with our gameplan for the game?"
"Yeah, of course. Check this out," Wakka said as he went over to the blackboard and flipped it over revealing scribbled X's and O's.
"Uh, have you been playing tic-tac-toe?" Rikku asked confused.
"No! This is my awesome new play," Wakka said harshly, "okay, so the left forward gets the ball then he fakes to his left, no he fakes to his right, no he pretends to fake, he fakes to fake-"
"Okay, we get the picture!" Tidus interrupted, "you know that will never work against the Fangs, right?"
"Yeah, I think we're screwed, brudda."
"Well, if I can just think of a gameplan that uses our superior speed to our advantage."
"Leave it to me," Wakka reassured Tidus.
"Yeah right," Tidus laughed, "the last time I did that, we didn't win anything at the Crystal Cup."
"Well, we won this potion," Wakka said pointing to a potion shaped bottle with a "My First Magical Potion Play Set" label on it full of Juicey Juice, "besides, you can't win every game, you know."
Tidus shuddered. "Look, Wakka, I respect the fact that our goal is to do our best every game, but is this really doing our best?"
"Well, that would depend on your definition of the word 'is,'" Wakka replied with an Arkansas accent.
"Okay...?" Tidus shook his head.
"Well, brudda, the way I see it is that the world is a sphere pool and we're the light in it."
"Dude.......that line sucked," Tidus replied annoyed.
"Uh, it's getting late. Rikku and I better go. Good luck tomorrow," Yuna said, getting up and ready to leave.
Just then, Kimahri burst through the door.
"Woah, Kimahri, what are you doing here?" asked Tidus.
"Kimahri bring Powerade for Aurochs. Kimahri new Aurochs waterboy."
"Thanks, brudda," Wakka replied with grattitude.
As Kimahri left, Botta and Keepa decided to drink some of it.
"Wow, Powerade, I haven't drinken it in a long time," said Botta gulping down a bottle.
"That's odd, I don't remembering it tasting like .... ah, oh well," Keepa said as he grabbed a twinkie and shoved it down his throat.
"Hey, save some for tomorrow, ya?" Wakka requested.
"Yes, cap'n," Botta said putting the bottle down.
Meanwhile, Tidus, Letty, Jassu, and Datto were talking in another room.
"So, we have 7 players but of course only 6 can play. I wonder who's on the bench?" Letty asked the other blitzers.
"Well, I know Wakka's the captain, Tidus is our best forward, and Keepa is the fattest goalkeeper in the league so I guess it's down to me, Letty, Jassu, or Botta," Datto responded.
"It's got to be, Botta. I mean he has a million bandages on his nose from being hit by Jecht shots," Tidus said laughing.
"Did you know how Wakka became the captain of the Aurochs?" Jassu asked a little more serious.
"How did he, anyway?" asked Tidus.
"Well, before he was captain, Chappu was our captain and star player. When Chappu unfortunately died, he left in his will that whoever was the tallest would be the new captain," Jassu explained.
"And of course, I was five feet, eleven inches while Wakka was five feet, ten inches, and Wakka knew he was shorter than me, so he kept on stalling the captain inaugeration," Datto chimed in.
"So how did Wakka become captain?"
"Wakka grew his hair out to make it stand it giving him the needed height, so now, he's the captain!" Datto said in a fit.
"...Okay...?" Tidus scratched the back of his head confused.
"The point is Wakka ruined my dreams," Datto complained.
"Tell me about it, I was this close with a threesome between me, Yuna, and Rikku, when Wakka interupted," Tidus muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Letty asked.
"Err...nothing."
"Well, now, we suck really bad ever since he became our new captain. Who cares if his hair sticks up like weed whacker?" Datto said softly like he was a killer telling his dark past.
"You got something caught in your throat?" Jassu asked annoyed.
"Oh, sorry, dramatic effect."
"...Yeah... anyway, you see, Cap'n Wakka promised Chappu that he would lead the Aurochs to the Crystal Cup before he retired, because the will said the new captain has to do that since the Aurochs never have, and at 26 years of age now, this is probably Wakka's last chance," Letty explained.
"I see Wakka has some demons of his own he's dealing with," Tidus said as he got up, "Come on, it's late. We need some rest for tomorrow. If we beat the Fangs, we're in the semifinals."
"You mean Tidus is really going to be on our team?" Rikku asked excitedly to Yuna.
"Yes, he will be our left forward," answered Yuna, "he'll be at the team banquet tonight."
"I can't wait to see him again!" Rikku said running around Yuna hyperly.
Later that night, the banquet in Luca was about to start, and the new Luca Goers were setting everything up.
"Well, if we win, we're in the Crystal Cup finals," Tidus said clenching a fist and accidentally knocking out Botta by swinging it out.
"Yeah, but the Fangs will be tough," Letty responded.
A few moments later, Tidus suddenly had someone throw her arms around him.
"Tidus!" Yuna said giving him a big hug.
"Yuna! Rikku! How've you been?" Tidus asked cheerfully.
"Oh, pretty good, you know?" answered Rikku.
"Hey, enough mushy stuff, brudda. We have a game tomorrow," Wakka intervened, ruining Tidus's moment.
"Hey, Wakka, have you ever been venom tackled before?" Tidus whispered angrily under his breath.
"What was that?" Wakka asked suspiciously at Tidus.
"Uh, I meant, have you come up with our gameplan for the game?"
"Yeah, of course. Check this out," Wakka said as he went over to the blackboard and flipped it over revealing scribbled X's and O's.
"Uh, have you been playing tic-tac-toe?" Rikku asked confused.
"No! This is my awesome new play," Wakka said harshly, "okay, so the left forward gets the ball then he fakes to his left, no he fakes to his right, no he pretends to fake, he fakes to fake-"
"Okay, we get the picture!" Tidus interrupted, "you know that will never work against the Fangs, right?"
"Yeah, I think we're screwed, brudda."
"Well, if I can just think of a gameplan that uses our superior speed to our advantage."
"Leave it to me," Wakka reassured Tidus.
"Yeah right," Tidus laughed, "the last time I did that, we didn't win anything at the Crystal Cup."
"Well, we won this potion," Wakka said pointing to a potion shaped bottle with a "My First Magical Potion Play Set" label on it full of Juicey Juice, "besides, you can't win every game, you know."
Tidus shuddered. "Look, Wakka, I respect the fact that our goal is to do our best every game, but is this really doing our best?"
"Well, that would depend on your definition of the word 'is,'" Wakka replied with an Arkansas accent.
"Okay...?" Tidus shook his head.
"Well, brudda, the way I see it is that the world is a sphere pool and we're the light in it."
"Dude.......that line sucked," Tidus replied annoyed.
"Uh, it's getting late. Rikku and I better go. Good luck tomorrow," Yuna said, getting up and ready to leave.
Just then, Kimahri burst through the door.
"Woah, Kimahri, what are you doing here?" asked Tidus.
"Kimahri bring Powerade for Aurochs. Kimahri new Aurochs waterboy."
"Thanks, brudda," Wakka replied with grattitude.
As Kimahri left, Botta and Keepa decided to drink some of it.
"Wow, Powerade, I haven't drinken it in a long time," said Botta gulping down a bottle.
"That's odd, I don't remembering it tasting like .... ah, oh well," Keepa said as he grabbed a twinkie and shoved it down his throat.
"Hey, save some for tomorrow, ya?" Wakka requested.
"Yes, cap'n," Botta said putting the bottle down.
Meanwhile, Tidus, Letty, Jassu, and Datto were talking in another room.
"So, we have 7 players but of course only 6 can play. I wonder who's on the bench?" Letty asked the other blitzers.
"Well, I know Wakka's the captain, Tidus is our best forward, and Keepa is the fattest goalkeeper in the league so I guess it's down to me, Letty, Jassu, or Botta," Datto responded.
"It's got to be, Botta. I mean he has a million bandages on his nose from being hit by Jecht shots," Tidus said laughing.
"Did you know how Wakka became the captain of the Aurochs?" Jassu asked a little more serious.
"How did he, anyway?" asked Tidus.
"Well, before he was captain, Chappu was our captain and star player. When Chappu unfortunately died, he left in his will that whoever was the tallest would be the new captain," Jassu explained.
"And of course, I was five feet, eleven inches while Wakka was five feet, ten inches, and Wakka knew he was shorter than me, so he kept on stalling the captain inaugeration," Datto chimed in.
"So how did Wakka become captain?"
"Wakka grew his hair out to make it stand it giving him the needed height, so now, he's the captain!" Datto said in a fit.
"...Okay...?" Tidus scratched the back of his head confused.
"The point is Wakka ruined my dreams," Datto complained.
"Tell me about it, I was this close with a threesome between me, Yuna, and Rikku, when Wakka interupted," Tidus muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Letty asked.
"Err...nothing."
"Well, now, we suck really bad ever since he became our new captain. Who cares if his hair sticks up like weed whacker?" Datto said softly like he was a killer telling his dark past.
"You got something caught in your throat?" Jassu asked annoyed.
"Oh, sorry, dramatic effect."
"...Yeah... anyway, you see, Cap'n Wakka promised Chappu that he would lead the Aurochs to the Crystal Cup before he retired, because the will said the new captain has to do that since the Aurochs never have, and at 26 years of age now, this is probably Wakka's last chance," Letty explained.
"I see Wakka has some demons of his own he's dealing with," Tidus said as he got up, "Come on, it's late. We need some rest for tomorrow. If we beat the Fangs, we're in the semifinals."