Chapter 14: Heading to Luca
It was nightfall and Lulu and Niko walked up to the very top of the ship. People again started to surround me because they were so surprised of how far I have gotten. Tidus walked up to the crowed. Then they all walked away getting ready to go to bed but there they were, the Luca goers talking to Sandra.
"What are you all talking about?" Tidus asked
"Who are you supposed to be?" the leader Brickson asked as he went up to Tidus
"Ah, I remember him. Guy from Kilika" said another team player, Graav
"Hmm?" said Brickson confused
"You know, one of the Besaid Aurochs, said something about winning the cup" Replied Graav
"Oh, right, you're that idiot" Brickson said
"Don't call him that" I said getting mad
"But he is an idiot" He said as he turned to face Sandra "They don't got what it takes o win he cup"
"Well, they do now that I'm here!" cheered Tidus
"Yes. They will win! I said "He used to be the star player of the Zanrakand abes"
The Luca Goers started to laugh
"Yeah, as if anyone lived in those ruins" said Graav
"It's not ruins" I said "There's a big city there! There is!"
"Sure" Brickson said as if he thought I was crazy
"There is a city there, really!" I kept going
"Right,
whatever your ladyship says
the whole team then walked away then
tidus walked up to Sandra
"What's wrong?" Tidus asked "You seemed kinda mad back there"
"They were being rude and…." I paused for a moment "I do believe your Zanarkand exists, I really do, you know?"
"How come?" Tidus asked
Sir Jecht used to always tell me stories" I said walked back and forth "It'd be great to see your home someday. I'd love to go there"
"Yeah" Tidus said softly
Tidus then walked away then I just went to explore. As I went half way up these small steps where Lulu and Niko were, I heard them talking
"Well? Say something" Lulu was saying "You'll take responsibility?"
"Relax! He's bound to know someone in Luca" Replied Niko
"And if not?" Lulu Asked
"He could always join a blitz team" said Niko string at the wooden floor "Anyhow, it's better than just leaving him in Besaid"
"What?" Lulu said surprised "Just leaving him in Luca?"
"What do you want me to do?" Asked Niko
"Sandra and him are falling in love, remember?" asked Lulu
"Oh yeah, geez...There's that too" Niko remembering "But were supposed to separate the Black Knight"
"And whose fault is that?" asked Lulu folding he arms
"Not mine!" Niko yelled "It is mine, huh? Why do you think he got picked fo the black Knight, anyway?"
"Because he's Sir Jechts son" Replied Lulu
"Oh, right" said Niko "Wait, your sure 'bout that? He's really Sir Jechts son?"
"It's hard to say, but Sandra seems to believe so."
"Okay"
"Okay?" Okay?" Lulu said louder "That's all you have to say"
"Well, Yeah I mean...He's gotta decide for himself, ya?" Niko Asked "Well, him and Sandra, I guess"
"Your right, for once"
"Ahem" Niko said fake coughing
"I wonder which is best…." Wondered Lulu "What don't you tell him he should?"
"Should
what?" Asked Niko
"Become a true Black Knight"
"Why me?" Niko Asked
"Because Sandra Can't"
"Why not" Niko asked again
"He hates his father—What he was, what he did. Do you really think she can possibly say to him?" Lulu passed for a moment "You want to be a true Black Knight like your father was to mine"?
"Aren't you being over- sensitive?" asked Niko
"Hey!" Lulu Yelled
"All right, all right. I'll try talking to him after the tournament"
"Be discreet" Advised lulu
"I know, it's his decision" Said Niko looking disappointed "He doesn't like his father?"
"Apparently He told Sandra as much
"Hating your own father, huh?" asked Niko "Sounds like Luxury to me. I don't even remember my parents. Can't say how I feel about 'em
"I...I was five then" said Lulu "So I remember mine a little
Niko punched the floor hard with his fist
"Sin just takes everything away from us"
Both of them just stopped talking and I went up there to see what was really going on. They were both on opposite sides. So first I went up to Lulu
"I'm sorry, I need some time to think" Lulu said putting her hand on top of her head
Niko then turned around and said "Tell Tidus he might want to go to bed, Tournament starts tomorrow morning"
I went down the steps and to the front of the ship and in the middle I saw tidus there standing and starring at a blitzball in front of his feet. Tidus's memory then came to his mind. It was him as a little kid trying to do a Jecht Shot but he couldn't do it.
"Well, well, trying to follow in my footsteps. Are you?" A voice mumbled in his head. "I usually charge for lessons, you know? That shot is done...like this!"
Then his memory just went white
"You can't do it, kid" Jecht said "But don't worry my boy, you're not the only one. No one else can do it. I'm the best!"
Memories of that day still haunt Tidus and interfere with his concentration. He was about to try and successfully perform the Jecht Shot
Tidus kicked the ball against the rail two times. The second time it went in the air. He jumped as high as I could and spun a round so when I kicked it, it would go into the sky. But when the ball came down he mist and he fell to the ground
"Told you, you couldn't do it" Jecht mumbled in his mind
Tidus got mad and kicked the ball so hard and watched it skid across the black water of the sea
I walked up from behind him and waved. He scratched the back of his head like he was embarrassed and then he did a back flip to make him feel better. I giggled then he ran up to me.
"You tried to do a Jecht shot, right?" I asked
Tidus walked to the railing and looked at the water and asked "How do you know that?"
"Sir Jecht showed it to me when I was a child" I said as I walked up beside him "He called it the "Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III"
"Stupid name, huh?" He said hopping up onto the rail "You, know what? There is no Mark I or Mark II, you know? My old man said the Mark III was just something to hook the crowed. He said they'd come back every night expecting to see Mark I or Mark II and they really did come back. I used to get so mad"
We both paused for a moment
"Is he alive, you think?" Tidus asked
"I don't know, but Sir Jecht was my father's guardian"
"So he's famous here, too?" asked tidus
"Yes" I answered "But if anything happened to him. I should think word would get around fast"
"Uh-huh" he said as our faces got close together
"What would you do, if you found him?" I asked
"Who knows? I thought he died ten years ago, Well, I'd probably just smack him one" said tidus as he dided a fake punch "And because he was famous. I was always well you should know, Sandra."
"Hm?" I asked confused
"Your fathers famous, too" tidus replied "Everyone in spira knows him, right? Ain't it tough?
"It is hard to follow in his footsteps, as a Black Mage"
"Sure" tidus said understanding
"But the honor of having a father like him surpasses all that, I think" I said
"Well, there wasn't much to honor abut my old man, that for sure"
"You shouldn't say that about your father!" yelled Sandra
"I got the right!" tidus yelled back
"I guess you do" I replied
suddenly a ball came down and hit tidus in the head
We looked up at the base of the ship and there was Niko
"Hey! It's past you bedtime, Kiddos!"
I didn't think Tidus's father would come to Luca. He never did like watching other people play but I couldn't help feeling something bad was going to happen and these feelings are usually right. Sure tidus had told Niko he'd help him win the tournament, but I didn't think he had enough in him to play at all anymore
