A/N: Welcome back to Tetsu's Story! We last left off where I met Tidus, and he invited me to the blitz ball game! I can't wait!
Chapter 3: Sinscale Attack
"Do you have to run so fast?" I yelled to him.
"I don't want to be late!" he replied.
After a few minutes of running, we finally made it to the stadium. It was huge. Two statues guarded the entrance of the stadium. Banners were flying, the lights were bright, and the crowd was cheering. They cheered louder when they saw Tidus and me.
"Hey, let go of me!" Tidus shouted as the crowd tried to grab him.
"Watch where you're going, Tidus!" I yelled at him as I brushed hundreds of hands away from me.
After a few minutes, we finally made it through the crowd. We took a few moments to take a breather. "F-finally, we made it," I said. "I thought we'd die from the crowd."
Tidus laughed. "Never knew you had a sense of humor," he complimented.
I stared at him awkwardly. "That's probably because we just met each other ten minutes ago," I replied.
Tidus shrugged. "Anyway, to the left is the VIP seating. That's where you'll be going."
I grinned. "So, when does the game start?"
"In about five minutes."
I sprinted to the stands.
VIP seats. They're only for two kinds of people: People who are rich and people who have connections between the blitz ball players. Guess which group I was in? If you guessed that I was rich, then go to Cape Canavral, steal a space shuttle, and fly to the Sun and die. I glanced down at my watch. One minute until the game starts. And in 10 more minutes, we will meet the ultimate enemy.
Cheers filled the air as the blitz ball players entered the water sphere. When Tidus appeared, we cheered our heads off. A bright light filled the sphere pool. The game will now begin, we hear the announcer say.
As the ball was passed between players, I looked up into the horizon. A figure wearing a red overcoat was visible. He had jet black hair, a black glove on his right hand, and black sunglasses. His left arm was bent at a ninety-degree angle. On the other side was a jug, possibly filled with water. "Auron," I said to myself.
I saw him get down and walked over to the stadium. The buildings were starting to become warped. A huge sphere of water was visible on the horizon. I stared in disbelief. "I never knew that it was that big," I said.
"What was that?" I turned to see a man looking at me with a skeptical look on his face.
"Nothing," I said quickly, and got up.
Before I left the stands, I looked back. Tidus was trying to do the Jecht Shot. Good luck, I thought to myself, and ran towards the exit.
Then it happened. First, the alarms went off. Then, these huge orange lights flew towards the stadium. Tidus was falling from the material he was holding on to. The crowds dispersed from the stadium and fled in terror, screaming. I waited at the entrance for Tidus.
"Come on, come on!" I said impatiently. Finally, I see him. Tidus was running with many deep cuts on his face and rubble on his clothes. He smiled as he saw me. When we found each other, Tidus gasped.
"Auron? What are you doing here?" he asked.
I turned to where Tidus was talking. It was Auron. "Nice to meet you, Auron," I said, extending my hand. Auron walked away. Tidus turned to me. "Sorry about that," he apologized. "Auron's a bit of... an oddball."
I laughed. "It's all right," I replied. Then I got serious. "We must follow him." We ran to catch up to him.
As we followed Auron, a large monster crashed into a nearby building. It was hard to see because it was dark, but I could tell that it was black with blue lights emanating from the tips of the tentacles. It shot out these black eggs towards us. They unraveled and became Sinscales, fiends with a bug-like head, orange eyes, and these large wings.
"Can you wield a sword?" Auron asked Tidus.
Tidus stared at him in disbelief. "Wha...?"
Auron throws a long pink sword at him. I looked at it. "A Longsword," I muttered. Auron chuckled at my observation. "A gift from Jecht," he replies.
Tidus stares at him. "My old man?"
"Can you use it?" Auron asks him.
Tidus does some practice swings with the sword. He falls on his ass. I laugh hysterically at him. Tidus gets up and shouts at me. "What are you laughing at!" he roars. I look away, still smiling. "Nothing," I reply quickly. I look at Auron. "Where's my weapon?" I pleaded.
He throws two curved daggers at me. The blades were fairly sharp and were a dull silver color. The handles were a plain brown. I look down at them with confidence. "Twin Daggers. Sweet!" I say, as I made my stance. I held my blades close to my face and my feet were spread apart. "Booyah!" I exclaimed, and headed straight for the Sinscales.
"Get back here!" Tidus yelled, still having difficulties with the sword as he was fighting the fiends. Auron was calmly slashing the fiends with ease. I look back at him. "Whoa. Auron, you're awesome!" I commented as I hacked away at three more Sinscales. Auron just chuckled and destroyed more Sinscales.
When all of them were gone, Auron pointed upward. I gazed at the being. "What is it?" Tidus asks. A humungous ball of water is floating in the air. I face Auron. "Sin, right?" I ask. Auron shakes his head. "Sort of," he replies. "There's another sphere." I look harder. Yep, he was right. There was another one. "What is it?" I ask. "We call it Ronoa," he replies. I stare at him, mouth hanging wide open. "R...Ronoa?" Auron nodded his head. "Correct." I gulped. That was my sister in the sky. I was too scared to tell Auron that she was my sister. But somehow, I had a feeling he knew anyway. Auron ran forward. "Let's go!" he commanded. I stared at him, then looked at Tidus. "Should we follow him?" I asked him, even though I knew the answer.
"Sadly, we should," he replied as we ran to catch up with Auron.
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Could that really have been Ronoa? Why is Auron in a hurry? Is there something he wants to show us? If there is, I'm sure I could defeat it... I think. Tune in next time!