Hello everyone out there. Sorry this chapter is late, but I've had so
much that I've been doing over the past week and I have had very little
time to write anything out.
Just last Wednesday I went to New York on a field trip. I had to wake up at
5:00 in order to get ready for the trip. And with all of the delays there
were during the trip I didn't get back home until midnight.
But it was a fun time had by all. I took a long tour of Chinatown. Over two hours of nonstop walking. I walked around and nearly got lost several times. Not only that, but the group I was with, with the exception of one person, kept abandoning me. Although I have to say that it was hilarious when a person in the group, who claimed that he could speak some Chinese, took us into a store the he thought was selling fireworks. When, in actuality, it was a funeral service store, and no one who worked in the store spoke English so we didn't realize it until we left and a person outside told us that it was a funeral service store.
Tidus: (FFX): So it sounded like you had a lot of fun.
Veronia: Oh yes, about the most fun I've had in a while.
T: Even more then what you have with me? *starts pouting*
V: No, no, no! That's not what I meant at all!
T: Really?
V: *raises right hand and places left over heart* True! Honestly!
T: Oh, I'm just joking with you now. Please continue on.
V: Phew. Well, not only did we go to Chinatown, but we also took a ferry to Ellis Island and went to Battery Park and to St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Times Square, and- *continues talking*
T: (whispers)Oh boy, she's never going to stop talking. *turns to audience* Well here's Chapter 3. Same spiel about the other chapters, She does not own any characters from Final Fantasy X (whispers) Although sometimes she thinks she does.
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Chapter 3: Blitzball
Hello, hello all you blitzball fans out there today. Oh, what a game we're going to have today. I can tell you that there is no love loss between these two teams. The two teams that have won through to the finals are, of course, the Abes for A-East and the Duggles form C-South. I know that there are a lot of people out there today coming to see the star of the Abes. In just one short year he's became the teams' number one player. He's Jechts blood and a new hope of blitzball. Will we see his father's legendary shot? I don't think I'm the only one excited here folks.
Zen looked over to Tidus after the announcer mentioned his father. Whenever Jecht was mentioned Tidus would always show some sign of discomfort and anger. Usually he would cringe slightly or shutter, but now he wasn't showing any signs of discomfort and there was a sadness in his eyes instead of the usual anger.
Tidus started through the entrance into the sphere when Zen placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey," Zen started, "remember what I told you earlier." Tidus just nodded his head in reply and stepped through the entrance.
Electric lights welcomed him as he stepped out onto the arena's frame. Enormous bolts of lightning crisscrossed over the frame as the water sphere began to form. Crowds cheered as the sphere formed and the final preparations were made for the game. Everything was so loud and so bright that in nearly deafened and blinded Tidus.
Usually he would be basking in the attention, but now he just wanted to run away from it all as fast as he could. It was too late though. The sphere was now completely filled, and the teammates behind him were pushing him in. He jumped off the frame before they were able to push him off the edge.
Tidus watched as the Duggles leapt in on the opposite side of the sphere. He just stayed where he was until Zen started swimming past him and grabbed onto his wrist again. He saw Zen's look of annoyance and realized that he was zoning out again; the one thing a blitzball player should never do.
Zen pointed off to the left, and Tidus knew that he was telling him to go off to the left section of the sphere. He swam over to the position and kept having to force himself to pay attention. This was no way to play the game.
He had to focus his emotions on the game. He no longer felt the sadness , but his anger started to increase. He would no longer be able to see his loved one again. He would never again see any of his friends again. He would never relive those memories again.
He reflected that anger at the opposing team. Thinking that every goal he scored would, in some way, hurt them and quench his anger.
Blitz off!
The ball was launched up. Zen pushed himself up and took a hold of the ball. As soon as his hands touched it he found a defensive block in front of him.
One of the defenders rushed at him and slammed into Zen hard, but he kept his grip on the ball. Another of the Duggles tackled the ball holder right after, and was strong enough to pull the blitzball from Zen's grasp.
Tidus chased him as fast as he could to catch up. There was no way he was going to let his enemy score. He was the only one able to catch the Duggle and get in front of him. Now he stood as a lone defender. He moved as fast as he could, crashing into the guy and pulling the blitzball from his hands. He swam straight down the center of the sphere pool. All members of the opposing team were engaged with the other members of the Abes. He was able to get to the Duggles goal without any trouble, but upon reaching the goal he was encountered by three defenders who had fought their way to the goal.
No. Tidus thought. I will not let you stop me.
He dropped the ball and kicked it forward into the first defender. The Duggle was forced away from the unexpected impact against his chest, and the blitzball started a course back towards Tidus. He slammed the oncoming ball with his fist and sent it towards the second defender. The second Duggle was forced away and the blitzball ricoced back and up. It would have gone right over Tidus's head if he had not already been swimming up. He spiraled as he swam, and as the ball approached he turned upside- down and kicked the ball towards the goal.
The final defender, to stunned to do much, gave a feeble attempt at stopping the ball. First goal of the game scored by the Abes.
"Unbelievable!" The announcer yelled out. "Not for ten years has that move been used! Yes folks, the Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III has been used for the first time in ten years!"
The crowds went wild. Screaming, cheering, jumping, and whistling and there was no chance that it would end any time soon.
The game continued. The blitzball moved all across the sphere. Tidus scored several more goals, but never used the Jecht shot again, while the Duggles scored only one goal, and only because of a lot of luck.
BEEEEEEEEEP!!!!
The game hit its half way mark.
"And it's half-time folks." The announcer said. "The score is 5 to 1 with the Abes leading."
Both teams left the sphere pool, and back to their locker rooms to take a break and to reorganize strategies.
"Great goin' Tidus." Zen congradulated the star player while lightly slapping him on the back. "I don't know what you did to get back into the game, but keep at it."
"Hey, how'd you do that shot?" Another blitzer asked.
"Yeah, that's the best move I've ever seen."
The constant praising and prattling lasted for several minutes.
"Hey guys, don't celebrate too soon." Zen said to quiet the rest of the team.
"Why not?" Another blitzer asked. "We're already ahead by four points."
"Yeah, there's no way we can lose."
"Especially with this guy on our team." A female blitzer said while jumping on Tidus.
"Hey get off of me." Tidus snarled as he pushed her off, and stormed out of the locker room.
"Gee, what's up with him?" She asked as she pushed herself up from the floor.
Zen left the room as fast as he could and saw Tidus waiting in the hall, leaning against the wall.
"Hey man, is anything wrong?" Zen asked as he slowly approached Tidus.
"It's nothing. "Tidus answered. "Everything's alright now."
Zen just nodded his head and left it at that. "Come on. We've got to prepare for the second half of the game."
Tidus didn't answer, but just followed Zen right back into the locker room.
Zen acted like the leader of the team. He assigned new positions and strategies to each player, and was just able to finish right before they all had to get back to the game.
Tidus moved to his new position in the center of the sphere. Zen had placed him there because of his performance in the first half.
The blitzball was shot up and Tidus was able to get to it first. As soon as his hands touched it he started moving to the left instead of going forward. He wasn't going to get caught surrounded by Duggles. He started towards the opposing goal as soon as he reached the perimeter of the sphere.
He neared the goal and was preparing to score another goal when he just froze. He had heard it. It seemed impossible, but over the screaming and shouting he heard her whistle.
Everything around him seemed to slow down until it was all moving at a snail's pace. He heard the whistle again and turned to look over the crowds, but he couldn't pick her out of the vast number of people packed together. His mind was frantic when he heard another whistle and his eyes continued to scan over the crowds.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw something approaching. It was another Duggle charging at him, but there wasn't enough time to move out of the way. Tidus felt a blow to his abdomen and the blitzball ripped from his grasp.
The next thing he knew was that he was no longer in the water, but moving through the air. He had been knocked out of the sphere when hit in the abdomen, and now was flying through the air towards the crowds. He clawed at the air, trying to find anything to grab onto, but there was nothing there to stop his decent.
A sharp pain ran through his head as he landed and the side of his head hit the stone steps. He tried to lift his head, but it caused too much pain. He opened his eyes slightly to see the shoes of some of the people who were gathering around him. He wanted to look up. To see if any one of them was his love, but he hurt too much. He forced himself to stay awake to listen, but he wasn't able to hear her whistle. Especially over the voices of all the people who stood around him. He fell into darkness without ever having the chance to find her.
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Tidus: *scanning over writing* Not bad. *Looks back over to Veronia*
Veronia: And I bought so many things .You know, I knew that I wouldn't be able to go to Chinatown without buying at least one- *continues talking*
T: Oh man, I'm going to have to go through this all day. *sighs and turns back to audience* Well, it looks like I'm going to have to finish this by myself.
Uh, I, well I, uh, I hope you liked this chapter, and I, uh, hope you will review and keep reading. *scans over writing again* Ended on kind of a cliffhanger, didn't it? Well I guess that's to keep people reading.
Uh, oh yeah, next chapter will come out in a week or two... I guess that's about it. So long.
V: Bye-bye! So anyway Tidus. I walked all around the city and- *continues talking*
End Transmition
But it was a fun time had by all. I took a long tour of Chinatown. Over two hours of nonstop walking. I walked around and nearly got lost several times. Not only that, but the group I was with, with the exception of one person, kept abandoning me. Although I have to say that it was hilarious when a person in the group, who claimed that he could speak some Chinese, took us into a store the he thought was selling fireworks. When, in actuality, it was a funeral service store, and no one who worked in the store spoke English so we didn't realize it until we left and a person outside told us that it was a funeral service store.
Tidus: (FFX): So it sounded like you had a lot of fun.
Veronia: Oh yes, about the most fun I've had in a while.
T: Even more then what you have with me? *starts pouting*
V: No, no, no! That's not what I meant at all!
T: Really?
V: *raises right hand and places left over heart* True! Honestly!
T: Oh, I'm just joking with you now. Please continue on.
V: Phew. Well, not only did we go to Chinatown, but we also took a ferry to Ellis Island and went to Battery Park and to St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Times Square, and- *continues talking*
T: (whispers)Oh boy, she's never going to stop talking. *turns to audience* Well here's Chapter 3. Same spiel about the other chapters, She does not own any characters from Final Fantasy X (whispers) Although sometimes she thinks she does.
******
Chapter 3: Blitzball
Hello, hello all you blitzball fans out there today. Oh, what a game we're going to have today. I can tell you that there is no love loss between these two teams. The two teams that have won through to the finals are, of course, the Abes for A-East and the Duggles form C-South. I know that there are a lot of people out there today coming to see the star of the Abes. In just one short year he's became the teams' number one player. He's Jechts blood and a new hope of blitzball. Will we see his father's legendary shot? I don't think I'm the only one excited here folks.
Zen looked over to Tidus after the announcer mentioned his father. Whenever Jecht was mentioned Tidus would always show some sign of discomfort and anger. Usually he would cringe slightly or shutter, but now he wasn't showing any signs of discomfort and there was a sadness in his eyes instead of the usual anger.
Tidus started through the entrance into the sphere when Zen placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey," Zen started, "remember what I told you earlier." Tidus just nodded his head in reply and stepped through the entrance.
Electric lights welcomed him as he stepped out onto the arena's frame. Enormous bolts of lightning crisscrossed over the frame as the water sphere began to form. Crowds cheered as the sphere formed and the final preparations were made for the game. Everything was so loud and so bright that in nearly deafened and blinded Tidus.
Usually he would be basking in the attention, but now he just wanted to run away from it all as fast as he could. It was too late though. The sphere was now completely filled, and the teammates behind him were pushing him in. He jumped off the frame before they were able to push him off the edge.
Tidus watched as the Duggles leapt in on the opposite side of the sphere. He just stayed where he was until Zen started swimming past him and grabbed onto his wrist again. He saw Zen's look of annoyance and realized that he was zoning out again; the one thing a blitzball player should never do.
Zen pointed off to the left, and Tidus knew that he was telling him to go off to the left section of the sphere. He swam over to the position and kept having to force himself to pay attention. This was no way to play the game.
He had to focus his emotions on the game. He no longer felt the sadness , but his anger started to increase. He would no longer be able to see his loved one again. He would never again see any of his friends again. He would never relive those memories again.
He reflected that anger at the opposing team. Thinking that every goal he scored would, in some way, hurt them and quench his anger.
Blitz off!
The ball was launched up. Zen pushed himself up and took a hold of the ball. As soon as his hands touched it he found a defensive block in front of him.
One of the defenders rushed at him and slammed into Zen hard, but he kept his grip on the ball. Another of the Duggles tackled the ball holder right after, and was strong enough to pull the blitzball from Zen's grasp.
Tidus chased him as fast as he could to catch up. There was no way he was going to let his enemy score. He was the only one able to catch the Duggle and get in front of him. Now he stood as a lone defender. He moved as fast as he could, crashing into the guy and pulling the blitzball from his hands. He swam straight down the center of the sphere pool. All members of the opposing team were engaged with the other members of the Abes. He was able to get to the Duggles goal without any trouble, but upon reaching the goal he was encountered by three defenders who had fought their way to the goal.
No. Tidus thought. I will not let you stop me.
He dropped the ball and kicked it forward into the first defender. The Duggle was forced away from the unexpected impact against his chest, and the blitzball started a course back towards Tidus. He slammed the oncoming ball with his fist and sent it towards the second defender. The second Duggle was forced away and the blitzball ricoced back and up. It would have gone right over Tidus's head if he had not already been swimming up. He spiraled as he swam, and as the ball approached he turned upside- down and kicked the ball towards the goal.
The final defender, to stunned to do much, gave a feeble attempt at stopping the ball. First goal of the game scored by the Abes.
"Unbelievable!" The announcer yelled out. "Not for ten years has that move been used! Yes folks, the Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III has been used for the first time in ten years!"
The crowds went wild. Screaming, cheering, jumping, and whistling and there was no chance that it would end any time soon.
The game continued. The blitzball moved all across the sphere. Tidus scored several more goals, but never used the Jecht shot again, while the Duggles scored only one goal, and only because of a lot of luck.
BEEEEEEEEEP!!!!
The game hit its half way mark.
"And it's half-time folks." The announcer said. "The score is 5 to 1 with the Abes leading."
Both teams left the sphere pool, and back to their locker rooms to take a break and to reorganize strategies.
"Great goin' Tidus." Zen congradulated the star player while lightly slapping him on the back. "I don't know what you did to get back into the game, but keep at it."
"Hey, how'd you do that shot?" Another blitzer asked.
"Yeah, that's the best move I've ever seen."
The constant praising and prattling lasted for several minutes.
"Hey guys, don't celebrate too soon." Zen said to quiet the rest of the team.
"Why not?" Another blitzer asked. "We're already ahead by four points."
"Yeah, there's no way we can lose."
"Especially with this guy on our team." A female blitzer said while jumping on Tidus.
"Hey get off of me." Tidus snarled as he pushed her off, and stormed out of the locker room.
"Gee, what's up with him?" She asked as she pushed herself up from the floor.
Zen left the room as fast as he could and saw Tidus waiting in the hall, leaning against the wall.
"Hey man, is anything wrong?" Zen asked as he slowly approached Tidus.
"It's nothing. "Tidus answered. "Everything's alright now."
Zen just nodded his head and left it at that. "Come on. We've got to prepare for the second half of the game."
Tidus didn't answer, but just followed Zen right back into the locker room.
Zen acted like the leader of the team. He assigned new positions and strategies to each player, and was just able to finish right before they all had to get back to the game.
Tidus moved to his new position in the center of the sphere. Zen had placed him there because of his performance in the first half.
The blitzball was shot up and Tidus was able to get to it first. As soon as his hands touched it he started moving to the left instead of going forward. He wasn't going to get caught surrounded by Duggles. He started towards the opposing goal as soon as he reached the perimeter of the sphere.
He neared the goal and was preparing to score another goal when he just froze. He had heard it. It seemed impossible, but over the screaming and shouting he heard her whistle.
Everything around him seemed to slow down until it was all moving at a snail's pace. He heard the whistle again and turned to look over the crowds, but he couldn't pick her out of the vast number of people packed together. His mind was frantic when he heard another whistle and his eyes continued to scan over the crowds.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw something approaching. It was another Duggle charging at him, but there wasn't enough time to move out of the way. Tidus felt a blow to his abdomen and the blitzball ripped from his grasp.
The next thing he knew was that he was no longer in the water, but moving through the air. He had been knocked out of the sphere when hit in the abdomen, and now was flying through the air towards the crowds. He clawed at the air, trying to find anything to grab onto, but there was nothing there to stop his decent.
A sharp pain ran through his head as he landed and the side of his head hit the stone steps. He tried to lift his head, but it caused too much pain. He opened his eyes slightly to see the shoes of some of the people who were gathering around him. He wanted to look up. To see if any one of them was his love, but he hurt too much. He forced himself to stay awake to listen, but he wasn't able to hear her whistle. Especially over the voices of all the people who stood around him. He fell into darkness without ever having the chance to find her.
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Tidus: *scanning over writing* Not bad. *Looks back over to Veronia*
Veronia: And I bought so many things .You know, I knew that I wouldn't be able to go to Chinatown without buying at least one- *continues talking*
T: Oh man, I'm going to have to go through this all day. *sighs and turns back to audience* Well, it looks like I'm going to have to finish this by myself.
Uh, I, well I, uh, I hope you liked this chapter, and I, uh, hope you will review and keep reading. *scans over writing again* Ended on kind of a cliffhanger, didn't it? Well I guess that's to keep people reading.
Uh, oh yeah, next chapter will come out in a week or two... I guess that's about it. So long.
V: Bye-bye! So anyway Tidus. I walked all around the city and- *continues talking*
End Transmition