Chapter 1: The Opening Ceremony
The whole group, excluding Lloyd, is sitting in the stands at the Meltokio Coliseum, waiting for the opening ceremony to begin. Colette is jumping around nervously, trying to spot Lloyd.
Just when she had given up looking, Lloyd came running through the stands.
"Hey guys!"
Colette almost yelled. "Lloyd!"
Lloyd apologized. "Sorry I'm late. Has the opening ceremony started yet?"
Colette reassured him. "Nope. I think you're just in time." Lloyd was relieved.
"By the way, what event is it today?"
Raine jumped in. "The 400 Meter Freestyle swim is today. I've already entered."
"Me too." Added Sheena.
Regal replied, "So am I."
"I'm swimming too!" Zelos added with his usual, carefree attitude.
"I hear Yuan is in it! Woo!" Sheena said excitedly.
Zelos questioned her opinion. "What's so great about him?"
"Um..." Sheena nervously added.
"Lord Botta is also entered in the race." Presea said with a bored expression on her face.
Genis added, "And another entrant is a Random Desian member."
Lloyd looked confused. "Who's the last contestant?"
Raine shrugged her shoulders. "Oh, just some guy who's supposed to be really good, but nobody's ever heard of him."
"Strange." Lloyd said. Apparently he hadn't either.
Their brief conversation stopped and they resumed waiting for the opening ceremony.
Colette finally spotted something. "Look! It's starting!"
Bright, fluorescent colors filled the room, and suddenly the huge arena looked like a disco ballroom.
Regal saw something else. "The torch carrier is coming!"
Shigeru Mayimoto ran, panting, into the arena, holding the torch up.
Zelos was not impressed. "Shigeru Mayimoto?"
A sweat drop appeared over Lloyd.
Shigeru barely makes it to the big torch and collapses.
"I've heard that he was never very athletic." Remarked Zelos.
Instantly, a mob of reporters surrounded Mayimoto's fallen body.
Another sweat drop appeared over Lloyd.
A giant white sphere pops open and an incredibly fat and huge dove struggles to fly out, ending the opening ceremony.