Chapter 2: Every story's gotta start somewhere
"My feet hurt." I whined to Auron. We had been walking along for a while now.
"He never said you would be this irritating." Auron replied, looking down at me over the rim of his sunglasses. He continued on, leaving me behind.
"He? Oh you mean the Fayth?" I asked running to catch up with him.
"Yeah. He was the one who told me about you in the first place. I went out of my way to find you…"
Before the guardian could finish speaking, a low rumbling could be heard. People were scrambling like mad hounds to get away. That's when I saw it. A big ole blob…thing that was up close and personal. It looked like it was about to attack the Blitzball stadium. Auron just watched as if this was a typical, everyday event. "Uhh Auron shouldn't we…"
"Hurry up and wait." He said.
Where have I heard that before? "Oh…we should prepare quickly so we can be ready for whatever comes next, right?" I asked.
Auron smirked, "I didn't think you would know what that meant. Most kids your age don't."
I smiled proudly; he just gave my ego a kick in the right direction. We finally reached our destination at the stadium and he leaned against a broken statue. "He'll be here soon. Just stay calm and wait."
Hordes of people, who all run like they have something stuck in their butts, began stampeding out of the stadium, as The Blob continued destroying the beautiful city of Zanarkand. Tidus was one of the last people to come out. "Auron!" he shouted running up to the man.
Auron straightened, "I've been waiting for you." he began walking away. Tidus looked around helplessly.
"You…" he said, pointing to me when he spotted me.
"Me?" I pointed to my chest, "Yes it is me. At least it was when I woke up this morning."
"Pick the lead up you two." Auron said from over his shoulder.
Tidus gave me another glance before running after Auron. As I ran after the two men, I began to get this creeping feeling of De Ja Vu. Where had I seen this before? Oh wait…this is the beginning of the game…was I…was I in the game? Suddenly, Tidus stopped running, mid-stride. Once again time had frozen. "Still think it's a game?" the Fayth asked stepping up behind me.
I whirled around, "…Aren't you suppose to be talking to Tidus right now?" I asked.
"We've already talked. Now it's your turn. I brought you a present." He said.
My book bag materialized in front of me. "You expect me to carry that? What do I look like, a pack mule?"
"Actually you can only take two things from your world with you. So choose carefully."
"Dude is my Gameboy Advance in here?" I asked dropping to my knees and digging through the bag. Unfortunately my search was unsuccessful. I did, however, find my slingshot, and an old pack of Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Ya know the really big packs. I shoved the gum down in my pocket and tucked the slingshot in my other pocket. Who knows? A slingshot is always useful and well…I just like Juicy Fruit. The Fayth smiled and time returned to normal. I looked around anxiously for my travel companions. "Hey not this way!" Tidus said running up to Auron.
Auron remained still, staring at The Blob. "We call it Sin." He said.
"We're about to become Sin's toe jam! I think Tidus has the right idea." I said joining them on the hill. But before we get the chance to do anything, Sin shoots a tentacle into the side of a nearby building and scales scattered onto the streets. Sinscales emerged and Tidus began swatting at them with his hands. Auron discreetly rolled his good eye and whipped out this really cool looking sword, "A gift from Jecht." He said before facing the sinscales. "My old man?" Tidus said, as he toppled over from the weight of the sword. It took all I had in me not to laugh in his face. He noticed the look on my face and quickly took a fighting stance, "What are you laughing at? I hope you know how to fight." He said.
I popped a piece of gum in my mouth and smiled. Instinctively, I raised my fists and took my fighting stance as well, "There's only one way to find out."
Auron smiled at us before barking out instructions, "Cut through the ones that matter and run."
We obeyed his order and began fighting. Using the sword, the agile Blitzer cut through sinscales with no problem. I, on the other hand, had to repeatedly punch em the face before they decided to die. And Auron…well he just totally owned the sinscales.
"Let's go." Auron ordered running through the cleared pathway. Tidus and I took off after him, but our path was blocked once again by another tentacle. That's just great. More things trying to kill me. "You two know how to use your Overdrives, right?" Auron asked.
I nodded but Tidus, like the super dork that he is, shook his head.
"Don't worry, just watch me." I said. A sinscale slapped the taste out of my mouth just as I had stopped talking. I turned and glared at the monster, "Oh no you didn't!" I shouted. I let out a roar and unleashed my Overdrive, Brawler, on the monster. The move I used was called Street Fighter. I ran up to the sinscale and kicked it high into the air. As it came back down, I punched it rapidly before it finally hit the ground and exploded in a swirl of pyreflies. I turned and smiled at my party but leave it to Auron to knock my ego back to its original position. "Why did you waste your time with that thing? We've got bigger fish to fry."
I stared up at the tentacle behind me and popped my gum one good time; well after several second-rate attempts, I popped my gum one good time. After that, there was only one thing left to say: Boss Battle Time!
Author's note: The majority of this was written from memory. So please forgive me if the dialogue between Tidus and Auron isn't exactly right.
Disclaimer: Squeenix has total ownershipness of this game and its characters. I just inserted myself because I wanted to know what it would be like to go to Spira. Oh and any other references made are copyrighted to their owners (Ya know Juicy fruit, GBA AKA: Gameboy Advance or anything else I may have mentioned but forgot I mentioned it.)