Chapter 17: The Tournament or the Enemy

Mean while Niko and his team went back to the locker room and Niko laid down on the bench and moaned painfully

"Sure you alright Cap'n?" asked Datto

"The game starts in a few minutes." Said Letty "You sure you okay?"

"Were playing the Goers too" mentioned Jassu

Niko threw the ball at the door like he was mad. Then Tidus, Lulu, and I walked in. Tidus saw the ball roll right in front of him and he put his foot on top of it

"Miss me?" asked tidus picking up the ball and throwing it in the air

I then walked in, beside Tidus

"Lady Sandra!" yelled Datto

"Are you okay?" asked Letty

"All this because of me. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" I said bowing to the team

"How can you let some Al Bhed kidnap you" asked Niko

"Hey, let it go alright?" said Tidus

"Don't go near Al Bhed anymore" advised Niko "They're trouble"

I laughed "Hey I'm going to see how Alice and Wakka are doing at the stadium" I said as I gave tidus a kiss on the cheek "I'll be watching the game"

I ran out of the room

Tidus walked up to Niko

"The game starts soon" said Niko "No time for warm-ups. Ready?"

"Lemme at 'em!" replied Tidus

"All right" Said Niko getting up "I got something to tell you boys. After this game, I'm retiring. I promised myself this would be my last tournament. Win or lose I'm quitting Blitzball but you know, since we're here, we might as well win!"

"Yeah!" yelled the Aurochs

"I'm warming the bench" Niko said "Tidus is taking my place. All right, boys lets win this one!"

"Lets Blitz!" added Tidus

Tidus and the team went out of the locker room as Niko and Lulu stayed inside. Lulu walked up to Niko

"I saw you there floating on the sphere" said Lulu

"Hey, you weren't supposed to see that" Niko said

Niko moaned and fell into Lulus arms

"You really gave it your all, didn't you?" Lulu whispered

Tidus and the team formed a circle outside the Locker room. They all put there hands out in the middle on top of each other

All right boys, what're we gonna do?" asked Tidus

"Win" yelled the Aurochs

"For Cap'n niko!" added Botta

Niko and Lulu sat on the bench and watched the game on the sphere

"This is it folks!" said Bobba "In just a few minutes, the championship game! But who could have imagined these two teams? Our legendary Luca Goers going against the horrendously ill-fated Besaid Aurochs"

This looks like history in the making, Bobba" Said Jimma

The Leader of the Luca Goers and Tidus went in the middle of the Sphere pool with there team behind them. The leader held his hand out, wanting to shake Tidus's hand but as soon as tidus put his hand out the leader pulled his hand back.

"There already going at it, folks!" Said Bobba "The goers are taunting the Aurochs!"

It was finally blitz off time. The ball was launched in the air and Tidus caught it. He looked behind him and seen the whole Luca team right behind him but as soon as he looked back the leader was in front of him and kicked the ball right out of his hands. The leader quickly swam right at the goal line but Letty and Datto stopped in front of him. The leader then threw the ball over Letty. Letty tried blocking the pass but it didn't work and Brickson the Luca goer's team mate grabbed the ball and headed straight for the goal. Tidus saw that Brickson was about to shoot and he swam as quickly as possible to block it. Tidus tackled hard and had the ball once again. But it wasn't good enough. The clock had run out.

"And its Half time!" said Bobba

"The Goers are just playing great Bobba. Really great" said Bobba "The fans are getting impatient. They're calling for some action! The Aurochs spirits are fading quickly, are they going down without a fight?"

Tidus looked at the crowed and saw me with Alice and Wakka beside her. He smiled and I smiled back. Suddenly the whole crowed started chanting "Niko!"

"Everyone seems to be calling for Niko, folks!" said Bobba

tidus then closed his eyes tightly and just swam out of the sphere pool

"Say...Where is that player going?" asked Bobba "He's leaving the sphere pool. He may be injured"

Tidus went back to the Locker room to check on Niko

"Its your turn to go out there" tidus said

Niko just looked down. He put on his uniform and walked out of the locker room. Tidus watched him leave and was thinking

"To be Honest, I did feel kind of left out, but it really was the Aurochs and Nikos show after all" Tidus thought

"I wonder what's happening" Wondered Bobba "The crowed is going wild"

Suddenly Niko came in the Sphere pool and to his team

"Ah! It's Niko; He's back in the field and ready to go!" Said Bobba "The Aurochs team is glad to have him back"

Niko gave his team a high five

It was time to Blitz off again. Suddenly out of no where the Leader of the Luca goers grabbed the ball and unexpectedly made a goal. Now it was 1-0

Niko told the team to split up and just shoot like crazy. 3 minutes past and it was 2-0. Finally time was up and the Luca Goers Won.

"The Aurochs may have lost the game, but what a way to go!"

Niko just looked at the score bord and was shocked and disappointed. He just laid there in the water. Suddenly Tidus came into the Sphere Pool and saw Niko just laying there. He swam up to him and gave him thumbs up. Suddenly Tidus saw those Jade green fish come into the Sphere pool. He tapped Niko on the shoulder and he Saw the fish too. He quickly got up. Niko saw a Blitzball floating in the water so he grabbed it and used it as a weapon. The fish came closer and closer and they were ready to battle

"Whats Happening?" asked Lulu

"Sandra, what do we do?" asked Alice

I didn't know what to do I just knew they were in trouble. There were too many of them and they were all blocking the way out.

I knew somehow I had to pull the plug seriously I had to drain the water out of the Sphere pool. I didn't know how so I had to use magic. I formed an X with my hands and slowly pulled them apart and the water magically started to drain. The fish swam away so Tidus and Niko had a chance to escape. Suddenly there were fiends everywhere coming from the main gate. Everyone was running and screaming for there lives.

Then I saw him. Sir Auron, standing in front of a dinosaur fiend. The thing I noticed, it was really him. He was the guy who let go of my hand and let me slide into that sea. But that didn't matter right now. What mattered was me saving him from that fiend. Was he looking at me? Then he smiled like he didn't care that the fiend was there. He held his humongous sword over his shoulder and took a few steps forward and sliced that fiend in one hit. I didn't know he was that powerful.

We tried getting to him but the crowed was pushing us back.

But Tidus and Niko ran into him

"Auron!" they both said

"So you do know him?" asked Tidus

"Yeah, best guardian there ever was." Replied Niko

They both walked up to him but he didn't say anything. Suddenly about five fiends surrounded them.

"Hey, gimme a break!" yelled Tidus

We could see Measter Seymour up at the throne. He did this weird Hand Formation and an Anchor came from the clouds in the sky and go far into the concrete of Luca right in front of him. Suddenly the Anchor was pulling back up from the ground and a monster was connected to the end of it. It was a horrifying bird looking thing, its wings was against its body tied with chains. It gathered this power and every time the Monster twitched its neck a fiend blew up and Light Orbs came from its body. The orbs had a screaming noise coming from each and everyone of them. Everyone was completely terrified of the monster but they all knew that the monster was helping them.