AN I've just had this sudden burst of inspiration in writing a crossover ever since I've been playing Final Fantasy… I just had to let it out. This story might end up REALLY long though. Author flinches at thought.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, or Final Fantasy X. Uhh…. Or Ranma ½. Lol.
WARNING: Characters (Especially Usagi) may act quite OOC at the start. But there's a good reason behind it, which will be explained later. Oh, and Spoilers ahead.
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Blue Eyes
Prologue
By Angel-Goddess
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The soft rhythmic pitter-patter of raindrops clattered and slid down against the windowpane, leaving trails of water as it descended out of view.
Dreamy cerulean-blue eyes watched them tumble down idly as a soft sigh of boredom passed through slightly parted rosy lips. The glorious scenery of large majestic buildings that towered and flashy appearances of the high tech equipment literally flew past her peripheral vision as the gentle hum of the plane started to rise in volume, signalling that they had reached their destination.
Sixteen-year-old Usagi Tsukino let her hand run though her sun-kissed blonde hair in mild irritation as a few strands of her fringe covered her sight.
"Come on, Odango! We don't have all day. We need to book a hotel or we won't have anywhere to sleep tonight." An annoying voice urged her, accompanied by a sudden impatient tugging on her sleeve.
Usagi rolled her eyes at her edgy little brother, "Don't call me Odango, squirt!" She snapped as she stuck her tongue out childishly.
Shingo glared daggers at her, his chocolate brown eyes narrowing. Resisting the urge to do the same, he decided to act more mature than his older sister and made a grab at his luggage, heading for the open door of the luxurious plane and into the chilly wet weather.
Usagi muttered darkly as she did the same. She was comfortable in the dry comfy seats of the plane; she didn't want to have to get wet now!
"Why couldn't my parents go instead of me? Why do I have to baby-sit? I do have a lot more to do!" Her voice gradually rose into a high-pitched scream, making a few people look at her and edge away as though in her mentally unstable state and that she might try do some damage to them.
Usagi had the decency to blush as she muttered an apology and grabbed her own baggages before she jogged after her brother.
I'm sixteen years old, and I have a life. I don't have the time to baby-sit a spoiled brat who wants to watch a Blitzball game! Usagi ranted in frustration mentally.
"Hurry up, Odango!"
"Shut up, Shingo!"
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Usagi let out a roar of laughter as she read her Ranma ½ manga. Oh, the hilarity of it all!
She rolled onto her back, enjoying the spaciousness of the large four-star hotel bed.
"Hey, keep it down there, Odango! You sound like a hyena!" Her brother's head stuck into her allocated bedroom that they were renting for three nights. "Can we see Tidus tomorrow?" he questioned eagerly, eyes alight as he mentioned his idol.
"We'll see him in the game." She answered in a brief, annoyed tone, not at all happy with the fact that he had disturbed her during her sacred manga-reading time.
His mouth popped open at the blunt answer. "But Usaaaaaaaaagi! I heard that he was going to sign autographs!" He wailed, his face starting to scrunch up at the thought of missing out on seeing his hero in person and not being able to claim an autograph when he had flown all the way from Juuban to Zanarkand.
"No. You can't have everything in life. What's so good about his signature anyway?" She asked with a light frown marring her serene features. She couldn't understand why today's youth had such weird obsessions. Now Ryoga or Ranma… that was an understandable obsession. A small smirk made it's way onto her face at the thought.
"You don't understand how cool he is! His autograph is worth … like … millions!" He blurted out as his hands made wild circling gestures as he tried to explain his cause.
"Millions, eh?" She quipped boredly, flicking a page of her manga whilst keeping an eyebrow raised in a sardonic manner in her brother's direction. When he looked like he was about to throw a tantrum, she grinned.With aspark of amusement dancing in her playful gaze, she relented. But of course, that wasn't without a special 'request'."Only if you do the dishes for two weeks once we get back home."
"Deal!" Shingo cried out without hesitation, balling his hands into fists. He jumped up, punching the air with his right fist in excitement as he closed the door and the soft muffled thuds of his running footsteps faded off.
Usagi shook her head. Why did her brother always seem to get the best? If she wanted to see the Starlights perform in a concert in her own neighbourhood she would have to beg, and plead and do a lot of extra chores. But with her brother, he was allowed to go on this trip from halfway across the world and to stay in a hotel for three nights just to see the Zanarkand Apes…. or was it Babes? Nah, definitely not babes… Abes? Yeah, Abes...
When her brother wanted to see them they'd immediately agreed and had allowed the thirteen-year-old to fly halfway across the world to get to Zanarkand just to see the stupid team play against some other team when you could've just watched it in the surrounding comfort of home via television (ah - good old tv)! Personally, she found the game of Blitzball rather boring. Probably because she wasnt used to the rules, but hey.
Then again… she did spend a lot of her parent's money on anime and manga goods while her brother rarely requested anything … Usagi sweatdropped. Maybe she should start using his tactics.
Her sacred reading time, having been ruined, made her lose interest in what she had been reading. Lovingly, she put her manga into its plastic cover and carefully placed it into her special bag (just for mangas) before stretching and diving under the soft silk covers of the large king-sized bed with a giggle. She had never slept in a bed so big in her entire life.
Her eyes roamed around the roomy bedroom.
She and her brother had rented a three-bedroom with a bathroom and an ensuite (which was in her very room) and a large lounge. The hotel room was rather expensive, but with all the money that her crazy parents had provided them they could afford to rent it out with ease.
Even though she had to babysit her brother for four days and three nights she was going to make the best of being here at the famed city of Zanarkand. With that thought firmly putting a bright smile on her face, she reached over to the bedside table and flicked the lamp off, letting the darkness cover the large room instantly.
Snug and comfortable, she started to drift off into a deep sleep…
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"Usagi, hurry! Hurry! We'll miss him!" Shingo cried in desperation.
Usagi rolled her blue eyes. "I swear you'd go bisexual for that Tidus person." She grumbled more to herself than Shingo, as she let her brother drag her around through the small crowd that was awaiting the Blitzball player.
A few minutes passed before a boat docked nearby, and the awaiting fans immediately ran towards it in anticipation, shouts of joy being heard from most of the viewers. The blonde girl nearly scoffed at the scene. Really, how pathetic could you get? It was just a person with money who got media attention. Nothing special.
"Tidus-sama! Tidus-sama!" Her brother shouted and ran off along with the crowd, startling Usagi.
"Hey! Don't leave me!" She ran after her brother in fear of losing him.
Usagi was suddenly knocked over rather hard to the side by a heavy body and was thrown off balance at the sheer force of the blow. The world around her literally flew in a flurry of mixed colours. "Ack!" Shesharply yelped, as she went flying at least three metres away from her original spot.
Dazed and slightly disoriented, she shook her head and stood up shakily, her legs unsteady underneath her as she tried to retain her balance. She looked around wildly, hoping to catch the assailant. However, no one was close enough to be the suspect, and there didn't seem to be any witness to the event! Everyone was all crowded and paying attention to one person.
Usagi felt a little frustrated at this and she instinctively tried to unzip her bag in search for her mobile. "Huh? Oh no! My bag's open…!" A feeling of dread washed up on her, and she started to furiously search through her bag for any missing valuables. No valuables had been taken to say the least, but there was definitely something missing…
A frown crossed her face as she thought hard of what she had put into the bag beforehand. Mobile, check… wallet, check… tissues (which weren't that important, but…) check … tickets…
The flash of yellow was competely absent.
Usagi frantically went through her bag, starting to panic.
"Ah! The tickets! That person's taken the tickets! Oh no! Shingo's going to kill me!" She cried out in anxiety as she pulled at her hair. Her parents would kill her too. After all, the reason they sent them here was to see the game.
"Hey, what's up? You looked troubled." A gentle male voice asked.
"What's up? What's up? Well, I'll tell you 'what's up', mister! I've just lost tickets to the Blitzball game that my brother has been dying to see! Troubled? Of course, I'm troubled! I have a good reason to be!" She shouted at the surprised-looking male before her.
She needed to release her frustrations, and subconsciously she felt kind of sorry for this guy –who had to cop it all.
As she glared hotly at him, her calculating eyes were analysing him. He had to be wearing the weirdest clothes she'd ever seen in her life. Yellow didn't seem to be much of his colour either. He was tanned, and he had a good sturdy build with nice abs. Not that she would ever say the last comment out loud. His messy unkempt sandy-blonde hair somehow brought out the warm ocean-blue colour of his eyes. He looked kinda familiar. But Usagi didn't know where he was from.
"Uh…" was all that came out of his mouth. This ticked Usagi off more.
"'Uh…'? Is that all you can say!" She interrogated the boy.
A frown started to cross his face, "Look, I have some tickets to the game-"
Usagi interrupted him; her hysterical state overtaking her and making her let go of the usual polite manners. "You're bragging that you have tickets now, are you? Sure, go ahead, brag to the person who just got mugged and had her tickets taken off her! Brag t-"
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The innocent-looking girl didn't seem all too innocent any longer as she started to scream at me in public. Geez, talk about humiliating. In front of my fans too! By her reactions she must really want to see this game of mine. Now that's what I call a true fan!
I shook her roughly by the shoulders, "Calm down!"
Reality seemed to collapse on the girl because she started to look really worried and she had avoided my gaze.
"It's okay. Breathe… I have a few tickets that you can have!" I reasoned.
She regarded me with a suspicious look with those cerulean-blue eyes of hers.
"What do I have to do to get them?" She asked warily, her eyes narrowing.
Huh? What does she mean?
"Nothing!" I let a grin slide onto my face. Letting go of her shoulders, I pointed my thumb at my chest, "Since I'm playing, I don't need them!"
She snorted. "You? Playing? Give me a break."
I felt shock course throughout me then. "You mean you don't recognise me? What kind of fan are you!"
She really doesn't recognize me? Prepostrous!
She gave me an odd look. "My brother's the fan. I've only ever seen one game of Blitzball." She said in a dry, brisk tone. "So… what's you name, and what team do you play for?"
My mouth dropped open.
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The weird boy looked so shocked that Usagi wondered if she had said something wrong.
"Y-You seriously haven't heard of me?" He asked in almost a whisper. Man, was this guy dense? She just said she didn't know him. When she shook her head, he cried out, "Does the name 'Tidus' ring a bell?"
Usagi blinked a few times, "Tidus? … You mean you're Tidus? Ohhhh…." A sweatdropped appeared and slid down the back of her head. She wasn't all too sure of his identity, but if he was going to give her tickets… why not play along? "Aha, I thought I recognised you from somewhere! And aren't you going to be late for your game?"
Tidus was still incredulous at the thought that someone here didn't know him.
Usagi tilted her head at the stunned boy, and decided that she may as well as him for an autograph for her brother. "So umm…. 'Tidus', can I have your autograph?" she asked mildly.
He looked at her in slight confusion at the way she had said his name. "Aw, yeah, sure…"
After signing a piece of paper for her, he silently handed her three tickets.
A look of pure relief seemed to make her eyes shine brightly as she took the tickets into her own hands and she hugged him tightly. "Thank you so much! You don't know how much I appreciate this!" She squealed out of sheer enthusiasm.
Realising what she was doing she immediately backed off and bowed, a flush rising to her cheeks. "I sincerely apologize for my rash behaviour." She amended as she ran to mix with the crowd in search for her brother.
Tidus was shell-shocked once again. That was one strange girl. Changing moods so easily!
"Huh? My game! I'm gonna be late!" He realised as he started to sprint towards the Blitzball stadium.
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"Whoa, Odango! I didn't know we had gold tickets!" Shingo cried out as he passed his ticket to the ticket collector that directed them to their seats.
Upon close inspection of the tickets that Tidus had given her, Usagi realised that they were one of the most expensive tickets because of the view that you get from the seating area.
She let out a tense laugh at her brother's face, "Ehehe, well, neither did I! Would you look at that, surprise, surprise." Seeing that he was about to ask some questions she grabbed his arm and started towards their seats, dodging all the people that have come to watch the game. "Come on, the game's about to start."
The stadium had filled out awfully quickly. It was obvious to any person with eyes that the people were extremely eager and thrilled to be able to watch the event.
There was a large flash of light that nearly blinded Usagi temporarily and the stadium started to fill quickly up with a large ball of water in which players started to swim in. Cheers immediately erupted in the crowds, making Usagi's eardrums tingle and seem to move at the amount of vibration that everyone was emitting. To Usagi, this was probably the only exciting part. She was amazed at how they could hold their breath underwater… or could they breath underwater? She scratched her head and shrugged.
"Hey! It's Tidus!" Shingo cried, as he jumped up onto his seat and started to applaud wildly.
Seeing the familiar tanned figure wearing the odd clothing, Usagi smirked as she remembered the earlier encounter with the Blitzball player. So he really was Tidus after all. She shouldn't have doubted his identity… now she was starting to feel bad about the way she had treated him.
Tidus swam up towards where they were seated, making Shingo scream wildly, "Usagi! He's coming this way!"
Screams of excitement were coming from around her seating area too, making Usagi flinch and block her ears. Although that didn't help much, she could still clearly hear the screeches of;
"Omigosh! Tidus! He's so close!"
"Yay! Tidus!"
"I love you, Tidus! Marry me!"
"Do you think he's attracted to my beauty?"
Usagi sweatdropped as she glanced around at the star-struck die-hard fans that looked as though they'd been presented with a billion dollars -and that included her brother. Good grief, they look like zombies! She turned her eyes to the figure obstructing the bright glow of the underwater lights, allowing his shadow to cast onto her form.
Tidus was literally in front of them in all his glory as he waved, enjoying the attention given to him. He gave Usagi, who was directly in front of him, a thumbs up, making her grin.
She mouthed, 'Good Luck' to him, knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to hear her. No use wasting her breath like the people around her.
He gave a nod, mouthed 'Thanks' and swam off, but now without a quick wave in her direction.
Shingo had seen the interaction between his worshipped idol and his sister, and he looked at her in wonder. Was there something he missed?
Usagi gave her brother a sidelong glance, "What?" She asked, knowing very well what he wanted to know.
He frowned at her. "I want to kn-"
"Hey, look! Check that out!" She cried, distracting him.
Something watery seemed to float over the stadium, and Usagi wondered if it was meant to be some sort of stunt for the game.
Some other people were looking up too, already noticing the large sphere.
Usagi watched as Tidus leaped out of the water, and suddenly grab onto a ledge, looking up at the thing in surprise. It was awfully clear that this wasn't a stunt…
The building started to shake roughly, making people scream and panic. All of them were already rushing towards the exit.
The force of the crowds pushed Usagi and Shingo, separating them.
"Usagi!" Her brother instinctively cried out in alarm.
"Shingo! Grab my hand!" Usagi shouted over the screaming voices of others. Usagi stretched her hand out towards her brother; it felt as though she was trying to swim through some sort of current. She could see her brother doing the same, and their fingers brushed against each other for a moment when a rather pushy lady shoved Usagi harshly to the left, away from her brother.
"Shingo!"
She could no longer see her brother as she was pushed towards the south exit of the collapsing stadium by a flurry of wild panicked people.
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It had all happened to fast.
By the time Usagi realised it, she was already outside, and literally half of the Blitzball stadium was in ruins along with most of Zanarkand. Streams of water were flowing out of the damaged stadium and Usagi could only hope that Shingo had gotten out safely.
Some people were still running out of the stadium, they're faces pale. A few were screaming and crying and saying negative things like the end of the world.
Usagi looked up and spotted the large sphere in the sky. What's going on? She wondered.
"Auron! What are you doing here?" A familiar voice cried out nearby.
Usagi swivelled around and spotted Tidus talking with an odd looking man with a red coat who had one arm in what looked like a sling.
"Tidus!" She cried, earning his and his companion's attention.
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Like it? Hate it?
Tell me you're opinion, and tell me what I can do to improve. It will help me become a better writer, and you'll enjoy the story more! Comments like, 'Add more', or, 'Cool'. Doesn't really help me. Tell me what you REALLY think of it. Overdone? Repetitive?
Keep in mind that this story won't exactly have the EXACT events in the game. It'll take too long to run it alongside the plot of the game.
Angel-Goddess
aka Tenshi-Megami
PS. Definitely a side-pairing of Wakka/Lulu…
