A/N: Never fear because I am not dead, sorry for all the delays. Had so much work and stuff. It has been decide on who'll participate, hope no one is against my decision, but you'll see… By the way, for any Naruto fans, join my RP at . Please join and role-play!
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FFX: Duelists' Fate
Chapter 9: Blame the Magic; Luca Tournament Coming Up!
By KokoroHikaru
Learning black magic was MUCH harder like this than the sphere grid, which all you do is press some buttons and what nots and you get that skill. But it had proven more difficult, nonetheless each of the duelists managed at least one element. Tsuki had learn water elemental, which kinda fits her and her ever changing mood. Malik, well, learn lightning….. matches his hair and possible shocking attitude? Well, he is an odd hikari. Bakura, might be obvious, but learned fire in place of Ryou who couldn't exactly master it himself. Yami, last but not least, got ice. A nice counteraction on Bakura, much to the tomb robber's disapproval.
Come with magic is much responsibility, like the Sennen items……, but unlike it, this ability is not hidden…..
"Hey, Bakura, if fire is weak against ice, that must mean you are weak against Yami. Kinda obvious don't cha think?" Malik smirks at the thief, looking considerably smug.
"Hmph…. You're asking for it. I have no time for such fools." Bakura narrowed his eyes, and begins to walk away. Somehow he was feeling kinda strange, tired even… dammit, how he wished to leave this fantasy world. A bolt of lightning strucked near him, pulling Bakura out of his thoughts.
He stared at the fizzing wood panel where it struck, knowing who did it on a cloudless night. "Damn you Malik, what are you doing?!?!?!?" Temper gauge going up in some terms.
"Just some fun, thought you do the same… Anyways, making you pissed is fun." Sniggering, the Egyptian casted another bolt missing Bakura now just by spare centimeters.
Snarling, he conjured a fireball, a very big fireball, and threw it hard at Malik. "You'll pay for your stupidity!!"
Seeing the large ball of flames coming at him, Malik dodged aside… but his hair caught on hair a bit. "Dah! It was only a joke, I didn't exactly aim at you!!" Trying to pat the fire out, he got some assistance from Tsuki who drenched him with water. "Gee, thanks." *Soaking wet*
More fireballs came hurling down, each had Malik jumping around. "I said it was only a joke!! Can't you take a joke, you baka!??!"
Yami looked on, slightly amused. "I doubt so, this is the TOMB ROBBER we are talking about."
"Yeah, I gotta agree with Yami." Tsuki waved her hand. "Don't piss him off like that when he's that moody. But I think we should stop him before Malik's fried turkey."
"Uh huh….. so I'll handle Bakura and you—."
Poor Yami never finished that sentence. Malik had finally gotten to his feet and retaliated with a lightning ball in his place. Sadly, his aim was off and Bakura dodged with ease. But the electrical orb flew at the other two duelists, singeing their hairs. "Hey watch it!!"
Lulu grimaced, shaking her head in her hand. "Why, why did I give in?"
"Er……. You're getting soft?" Wakka said and received an evil glare from Lulu. "What? Geez…"
It became a battle of Bakura vs. Malik vs. Yami and Tsuki. First with elements they just learned until… Yami got kinda mad. "That's it! I'm taking you all by force with this! Celtic Guardian!" He pulls out a card, summoning it to this plane.
The Earth monster struck at a shocked Bakura. "Damn Pharoah! Why you pull them out??!!??!! Gr…. Fine, you want it that way?!" He too slips out some cards, his Millennium Ring glowing along. "Earl of Demise and I'll equip it with this, Axe of Despair! Attack his pathetic Guardian!" He does a little psychotic laugh as he watches his Earl destroy Yami's monster.
Tsuki looks at them strangely… "A duel?"
Malik stops momentarily. "Um… they are gonna get off hands aren't they?"
"I think so, just hope no 'Penalty Game'."
Wakka and Lulu look amazed, now join by Tidus and Yuna. Yuna is the first to speak, but in a small voice. "Are…. Those aeons? I've never knew there were so many then."
"I wouldn't be so sure. I've never seen or heard of these ones before." Lulu watched intently to the fight. Other people on the ship began to too.
Tsuki glanced over to them; the party was getting suspicious. "Let me explain; these are 'special unique aeons' that only people of ours can summon, quite limited. We are also secretive in these abilities, since they are only to help with small things and not against Sin.
Now back to the duel, while Tsuki explains to them, Yami had counteracted with Bakura. "Not so fast! I play Reverse Trap." This depletes Earl's attack power, in which the Celtic Guardian gashed through, dispersing the thief's monster. "You can never win against me, now stop this foolishness and fighting."
"No way, Pharoah. You mess with my monsters, you mess with me, and you will pay." He gives Yami a malicious stare.
The Sennen Rod holder seeing an opportunity to get at Bakura, conjured up a few lightning balls. "Heh heh."
Next are these confusing chain of events. The three, sensing danger, tried to react quickly to it. Yami and Bakura called out on an attack for their monsters to destroy the other. With that, the tombrobber had brought forth some more fireballs. Both Bakura and Malik threw them at each other. Tsuki, attempting to stop them from hurting one another, cast a water wall between the attacks. This caused smoke to form and cover the field. And the impact of the three elements effected into an explosion in the smoke, sending sparks and water everywhere. Yami had brought out some ice elemental, thinking at first Bakura was gonna attack him, and threw them blindly into the smoldering fog.
As the smoke cleared, Tsuki was still standing next to Wakka and the others, twitching slightly from the sparks. The Egyptian and thief stood still, winching from the pain and panting faintly. Yami stood at a distance unharmed, such luck.
Tidus looked over at the damage… some stuff thrown array and some scorched items. People looked frightened at the incident. "What was that?"
"Hey, over here!" Wakka waved his hand, gesturing them forth. "Got some people hurt here!"
Yuna had rushed quickly over, performing white magic, but it wasn't enough. This would take more recovering time. "Wakka, I'm sorry, but they'll be out for awhile. This means the Blitz tournament…"
"I see…. But who will take their spots! Tidus isn't enough, we'll get disqualified. Maybe we'll have to forfeit." The blitz coach droopped his head. Some of the Aurochs tried to comfort him. Even the ones that were injured.
Tsuki then spoke up. "I know! You need two more players only. Malik and Bakura can take the spots!"
Those two looked at her in disbelief. "Wha?!?!?!"
"Hey, you owe him for hurting his teammates, not letting them play in the tourney, and nearly destroying the ship!!" She punches them on the shoulders. "You're gonna blitz in repent!"
"Fine, fine."
"Ok, I'll teach you the basics. Wakka and Tidus will do the rest."
Wakka looks in disbelief too. "They are the replacements?? But, but…"
"Don't worry! They can play, just need to know how." She gives a thumbs up.
After the four of the duelists dispute, Tidus broke away. He comes across a blitzball. His thoughts wander back…..
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A chibi Tidus is seen in the flashback, trying to kick the blitzball, but fails too and falls. Standing up, Tidus sees his dad approach him.
He sniggers at the boy. "Well, well, trying to follow in my footsteps, are you? I usually charge for lessons, you know... That shot is done... like this!" Doing some hits to the ball, and a high-flying twirly technique, Jecht does an awesome kick to the ball. "You can't do it, kid. But don't worry, my boy. You're not the only one. No one else can do it. I'm the best!"
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"Hmph." The Zanarkand player tries it out, trying to focus on it and clear his mind of his father's taunts. He kicks the ball at the pole, then smacked it once again there, making it go into the air. Tidus jumped into the air too, doing some kind of spin and lastly kicked the ball, which zoomed out into the sea. He snorted. "The best? Yeah right!"
"Whoa! What's that called?" Wakka looks in amazement, forgetting the incident and stare.
"Doesn't have a name. Anyone can do it if they try."
"Show us one more time, ya?"
Tidus does it once more with the Aurochs stepping aside. He looks back to see Yuna there who waves at him. Doing the trick once more, the Aurochs running to the front of the boat. Tidus walks up to Yuna. In the background, the Aurochs are attempting the shot.
"That was the Jecht Shot, wasn't it?" Yuna smiles at him.
"How do you know that?" He gives her a funny look.
"Sir Jecht showed it to me when I was a child. He called it the 'Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III.'"
"Stupid name, huh?" He leans against the rail, slightly glum. "You know what? There is no Mark I or Mark II, you know? My old man said the name Mark III was just something to hook the crowd. He said they'd come back every night expecting to see Mark I and Mark II. And, they really did come back. I used to get so mad." Yuna gives a small giggle, while Tidus droops his head. After awhile, Tidus spoke up again. "Is he alive, you think?"
"I don't know. But, Sir Jecht was my father's guardian."
"So he's famous here, too?"
"Yes." Talking softly, she continued. "So if anything happened to him, I should think word would get around fast."
"Uh-huh."
"What would you do if you found him?" Curiosity getting the best of her, and she needed to know.
"Who knows? I thought he died ten years ago. Well... I'd probably just smack him one. And does a punch in the air. "After everything he put Mom and me through. And because he was famous, I was always...Well, you should know, Yuna. Your father's famous, too. Everyone in Spira knows him, right? Ain't it tough?"
"It is hard to follow in his footsteps as a summoner." She hangs her head a bit, clutching her hands in a nervous fashion.
"Sure."
"But the honor of having a father like him surpasses all that, I think."
"Well, there wasn't much to honor about my old man, that's for sure." He presented a small snort.
"You shouldn't say that about your father!"
"I got the right!"
Retaliating, she backs away softly again. "I guess you do."
Tidus gets hit by the Blitzball. "Ow!" He turns toward the Aurochs.
"Show me that move again!" Wakka said.
"Yo!" Tidus goes over. I didn't think my old man would come to Luca. He never did like watching other people play. But I couldn't help feeling something bad was gonna happen. And these feelings of mine are usually right. Sure, I had told Wakka I'd help him win the tournament. But I wasn't sure I had it in me to play at all anymore.
As it got darker, each player retires for a rest.
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After the night…..
Yugi woke up with a yawn, aching. Tsuki was looking out at the city before their eyes.
Tidus had stood up on the rail, holding onto the rope. "Wow." Luca was big with people filling up everywhere in its streets. Buildings glinting silverfish gray situated tall with signs of rainbow colors hung ubiquitously. Balloons and small aircrafts like hot air ballons circled overhead.
Entering the dock, Malik gave a cheer. "Yah! Off the boat!"
"You're just saying that cause you avoided paying the damages on the boat." Tidus said, laughing at him.
"No, I was kinda feeling seasick." He peers around. "Wow, this place is huge! How come the other cities were small?"
The black mage stepped forth. "Because it is dangerous to have lots of people in one area, where Sin can attack." Luca is big because of Blitzball, the only thing that gets people's minds away from the thought of Sin."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Tidus cheered, motioning them onward.
"Wait. I heard Maester Mika's coming, we should first meet them." Lulu tells them to head towards the other dock.
After Tidus had cause some ruckus with the Goers, they proceeded towards dock 3, where the Maester was coming off of. He gets slightly impatient. "So, um, what now?"
"Meeting Maester Mika, that's what!" Yuna looked cheery at the thought.
"Um, Maester? What?"
Lulu once again explained. "Maester Mika is the leader of all the peoples of Spira. He's come all the way from Bevelle. The tournament is being held to honor his fifty years as maester."
"Should the old man be retired?" Malik interrupted.
"Mine your mouth!" Wakka slaps him upside the head, making the Egyptian curse and mumble, rubbing his head.
"I don't see anything special about the old dude…" Malik follows them, towards a bustling crowd. Several people had gotten off the boat, now followed by a spiky blue haired man. After some introduction and reluctance of bowing down to the maetsers, the group found out that the blue haired guy was Maestor Seymour Guado, the son of Maester Jyscal Guado, who had died. The other master was Mika who was a withering old man. As Mika and his assossciates leave, Seymour peers at Yuna before departing too.
"Hmph, I don't like him." Tsuki glares at his back. "Well, I'm gonna do something before the tourney so you two practice the game." She points at Malik and Bakura, then leaves on her own to the city. Wakka, Bakura and Malik reluctantly, and the Aurochs go on their way. So the group splits……
-End of Chapter 9-
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