Chapter Five: The New Goers
The team woke up early the next morning. Wakka, Botta, Keepa, Letty, Jassu, and Datto were already up, discussing blitzball in the living room when Tidus walked in.
"Hey, sleepy head! Our game is in a few hours," Wakka told Tidus.
"I see," Tidus said, "well, today, the Aurochs are going to win."
"We're the Luca Goers now, Tidus, remember that the Besaid Aurochs don't exist anymore," Datto told him.
"Pretty ironic if you think about it," Wakka commented.
"So, do you have the starting line-up, cap'n?" Botta asked leaning over Wakka's shoulder.
"Well, here it is. Our left striker will be Tidus, I will be the right striker, captain, and set pieces player, Datto will be the midfielder, Letty will be the left defender, Jassu will be the right defender, and Keepa will be the goalkeeper," Wakka informed.
"Crap! I'm on the bench again!" Botta complained.
"Sucks for you," Keepa said, in between munching on another twinkie.
"Well, I guess it's time to go to the stadium," Tidus told them getting up.
"I haven't been to downtown Luca in a long time, I wonder what's it like now," Datto said walking toward Tidus.
"It's more like the old city of Zanarkand, ya?" Wakka told Tidus.
"Really? Let's go!" Tidus exclaimed excitedly as he ran out the door.
The others quickly followed Tidus as they headed for Luca Stadium. As they walk from their house to downtown Luca, they are greeted by dozens of blitzball fans.
"Hey, look, I guess they're coming up to congratulate us," said Tidus as he stopped in front of the fans.
"Scabs! Get them!" yelled a hostile fan.
"Uh, something tells me, they don't want our autograph," Datto said worriedly.
"Let's get the hell out of here, ya?!" Wakka said as he and the rest of the new Goers ran into the stadium entrance and locked the door behind them.
"I guess they don't have much faith in us to win the Crystal Cup," said Tidus.
"That's putting it lightly," commented Jassu, "they're trying to kill us, so at least the Goers would lose by default without any players instead of how many they think we'll lose by."
"Well, I hope they don't try to throw stuff into the sphere pool to mess up," Letty complained.
"Well, enough, standing around, the Ronso Fangs are already on their side of the sphere pool practicing, and the fans will be coming in soon, so we had better get out of the entrance," Wakka told them.
The Goers quickly warmed up on their side of the pool, exchanging negative gestures with the Ronso Fangs until the referee signalled for the teams to enter their locker room for the final preparations. It was then that the Spira television broadcast began.
"Well, we're just moments away from the blitz off of this important Crystal Cup quarterfinal match between the new Luca Goers and the Ronso Fangs," the announcer said.
"Yes, all eyes will be on this Luca replacement. Their players include former blitzball flunk-outs Tidus and Wakka. They were once all-stars, but they have not been heard of in the blitzball world since their disastrious showing the Crystal Cup three years ago," said the color commentator.
"It's definately a good chance for redemptions for both teams. The Ronso Fangs really need a win here to get out of the Spira League cellar. You know, it's games like these that put tears in my eyes."
"Tears?" the color commentator looked at him like he was crazy.
"Yeah, here it comes," said the announcer as he reached for his cup of water which was just replaced by some boiling hot coffee and sprinkled some into his eyes, "AHHH!!! MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!!!"
Everyone across Spira who was watching the broadcast sweatdrops. Meanwhile, back in the Goers locker room.
"This is it, boys. We're taking the field as the Luca Goers," Wakka told his team.
Moments later, Yuna and Rikku walk in the locker room.
"Hi, Yuna," Tidus greeted weakly.
"Hi, Tidus. Everyone, this is our first match. Let's go out there and represent Luca, well," Yuna informed them.
"And Besaid!" Rikku said cheerfully.
"Yeah!" the Goers cheered.
"For cap'n Wakka!" Datto said, earning cheers from the others.
"For twinkies!" Keepa threw in, earning cheers from the others.
"For myself!" Botta yelled, earning a punch in the nose from Wakka.
The announcer had announced ten minutes until the blitz off. The Goers then quickly rushed into the sphere pool. Botta took a seat in the Goers's bench area by the pool as Yuna and Rikku headed up into a VIP press box.
"Hey, you want to hear something weird?" the color commentator said on the broadcast.
"What's that?" the announcer said.
"I can easily remember all the Besaid Aurochs stats from three years ago, because they're all ZERO!!!" the color commentator said as he burst out laughing.
The blitz off went up and both Wakka and the Ronso captain went up for the ball.
The team woke up early the next morning. Wakka, Botta, Keepa, Letty, Jassu, and Datto were already up, discussing blitzball in the living room when Tidus walked in.
"Hey, sleepy head! Our game is in a few hours," Wakka told Tidus.
"I see," Tidus said, "well, today, the Aurochs are going to win."
"We're the Luca Goers now, Tidus, remember that the Besaid Aurochs don't exist anymore," Datto told him.
"Pretty ironic if you think about it," Wakka commented.
"So, do you have the starting line-up, cap'n?" Botta asked leaning over Wakka's shoulder.
"Well, here it is. Our left striker will be Tidus, I will be the right striker, captain, and set pieces player, Datto will be the midfielder, Letty will be the left defender, Jassu will be the right defender, and Keepa will be the goalkeeper," Wakka informed.
"Crap! I'm on the bench again!" Botta complained.
"Sucks for you," Keepa said, in between munching on another twinkie.
"Well, I guess it's time to go to the stadium," Tidus told them getting up.
"I haven't been to downtown Luca in a long time, I wonder what's it like now," Datto said walking toward Tidus.
"It's more like the old city of Zanarkand, ya?" Wakka told Tidus.
"Really? Let's go!" Tidus exclaimed excitedly as he ran out the door.
The others quickly followed Tidus as they headed for Luca Stadium. As they walk from their house to downtown Luca, they are greeted by dozens of blitzball fans.
"Hey, look, I guess they're coming up to congratulate us," said Tidus as he stopped in front of the fans.
"Scabs! Get them!" yelled a hostile fan.
"Uh, something tells me, they don't want our autograph," Datto said worriedly.
"Let's get the hell out of here, ya?!" Wakka said as he and the rest of the new Goers ran into the stadium entrance and locked the door behind them.
"I guess they don't have much faith in us to win the Crystal Cup," said Tidus.
"That's putting it lightly," commented Jassu, "they're trying to kill us, so at least the Goers would lose by default without any players instead of how many they think we'll lose by."
"Well, I hope they don't try to throw stuff into the sphere pool to mess up," Letty complained.
"Well, enough, standing around, the Ronso Fangs are already on their side of the sphere pool practicing, and the fans will be coming in soon, so we had better get out of the entrance," Wakka told them.
The Goers quickly warmed up on their side of the pool, exchanging negative gestures with the Ronso Fangs until the referee signalled for the teams to enter their locker room for the final preparations. It was then that the Spira television broadcast began.
"Well, we're just moments away from the blitz off of this important Crystal Cup quarterfinal match between the new Luca Goers and the Ronso Fangs," the announcer said.
"Yes, all eyes will be on this Luca replacement. Their players include former blitzball flunk-outs Tidus and Wakka. They were once all-stars, but they have not been heard of in the blitzball world since their disastrious showing the Crystal Cup three years ago," said the color commentator.
"It's definately a good chance for redemptions for both teams. The Ronso Fangs really need a win here to get out of the Spira League cellar. You know, it's games like these that put tears in my eyes."
"Tears?" the color commentator looked at him like he was crazy.
"Yeah, here it comes," said the announcer as he reached for his cup of water which was just replaced by some boiling hot coffee and sprinkled some into his eyes, "AHHH!!! MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!!!"
Everyone across Spira who was watching the broadcast sweatdrops. Meanwhile, back in the Goers locker room.
"This is it, boys. We're taking the field as the Luca Goers," Wakka told his team.
Moments later, Yuna and Rikku walk in the locker room.
"Hi, Yuna," Tidus greeted weakly.
"Hi, Tidus. Everyone, this is our first match. Let's go out there and represent Luca, well," Yuna informed them.
"And Besaid!" Rikku said cheerfully.
"Yeah!" the Goers cheered.
"For cap'n Wakka!" Datto said, earning cheers from the others.
"For twinkies!" Keepa threw in, earning cheers from the others.
"For myself!" Botta yelled, earning a punch in the nose from Wakka.
The announcer had announced ten minutes until the blitz off. The Goers then quickly rushed into the sphere pool. Botta took a seat in the Goers's bench area by the pool as Yuna and Rikku headed up into a VIP press box.
"Hey, you want to hear something weird?" the color commentator said on the broadcast.
"What's that?" the announcer said.
"I can easily remember all the Besaid Aurochs stats from three years ago, because they're all ZERO!!!" the color commentator said as he burst out laughing.
The blitz off went up and both Wakka and the Ronso captain went up for the ball.