Chapter 6: Castaways

Ronoa... I promise... that I will find a way to save you...

I woke up, shivering. I find myself on a rock, surrounded by water. As I look around, there's a lot of water. And a lot of ruins. "So this is the Baaj Temple..." I say to myself.

"This is a temple?"

I turn around. On another floating piece of rock was Tidus. "Hey Tidus!" I exclaim. "So glad to see you alive!"

"Ditto," he replies. "So, what's with this Baaj Temple thing?" he asks me.

I start to say something, but I sigh. "You'll know later."

"Aww, come on," he begs. "Tell me now."

"No!" I roared. "Let's explore for now."

Tidus sighs. "Fine. Lead the way."

And that's just what I did. Swimming through the ruins was harder than I thought. I would always get stuck on a jagged rock, or I would feel something brush against my leg. No matter, I still continued.

A few minutes later, we reach an island. There was something written on a pillar. It said: FEDR MACALANIA PAREHT DRA VUINDR BEMMYN OUI CEKRD.

Tidus tried to decipher it. "What does it say?" he asks.

I study the writing. "It looks like it's in Al Bhed," I reply.

Tidus looks at me, confused. "What's Al Bhed?"

"You'll figure it out later."

"Fine. But what does it say?"

"It says FEDR MACALANIA PAREHT DRA VUINDR BEMMYN OUI CEKRD."

"I mean in English!"

"Oh. It means WITHMACALANIA BEHIND THE FOURTH PILLAR YOU SIGHT."

Tidus stares at me. "How do you know that?"

"Consider it a hidden talent."

"What does it mean?"

"Just keep swimming, okay?"

"All right."

A minute later, we make it to dry land. "Finally! Dry land!" Tidus weeps, and drops to the ground, kissing the rocks.

"Uhh, dude? We're just on rocks of the ruins. It's not land."

"Stop ruining my fantasy!"

"Sorry, it's just that-"

I stop in mid-sentence. I heard a creaking sound. I looked down at the bridge we were on. Suddenly, it collapsed, dropping both me and Tidus into the deadly waters!

"Ahh!" we scream as we plunged into the depths.

After we surfaced, I called to Tidus. "Let's explore some more," I suggest.

Tidus, however, didn't like this idea. "Uh uh. No way. Your little actions led to serious consequences! I'm staying here!" He folded his arms.

"Fine. Be that way."

Suddenly, three monsters appeared from out of nowhere. "Sahagins," I say to myself. The Sahagins were green lizards with fins and an ugly orange-yellow tail. I call out to Tidus. "Ready to dispose of some fiend?" I shout to him.

Tidus smiled. "Any time," he replied, as we defeated two Sahagins. Tidus grinned even bigger. "Let's finish it!" he exclaimed, and swam towards the last fiend.

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, another larger fiend comes along. It was another large fish with a cage for a stomach, two large pinchers, four tentacles, and an ugly head. "Tidus, watch out! It's Geosgaeno!" I shout as it devoured the last Sahagin.

"How do you know these things?" he asks me.

"Tell you later. We just have to fight this thing!"

"Are you crazy! We'll get eaten!"

"Calm down! Just hit it a few times for me to find an escape route!"

Tidus nodded, and slashed at the Geosgaeno. The fiend kept trying to cut Tidus in half, but it was unsuccessful. After a few minutes have passed, I found a cave. "Follow me!" I shouted to Tidus, and swam towards the cave.

Tidus followed, but he wasn't too thrilled about racing to the cave in a life-or-death situation. Geosgaeno swam faster than both of us thought. It smashed through many of the pillars. As we neared the cave, the fiend took a huge gulp. It was going to suck us in.

I was able to make it. I saw Tidus struggling to make it. "You can do it Tidus!" I shout. I looked around to find something useful. I smile. "One grenade, coming up!" I shouted as I threw it into Geosgaeno's mouth. A few seconds later, it blew up, and the fiend fled in terror.

When Tidus pulled himself out of the water, he extended his arm. "Good job," he thanked as I shook his hand. I couldn't help but to smile. "Don't you hate it when the big fiends are just way too dumb?"

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Where did Tidus and I end up? What new fiends will try to kill us now? And who are those strangers who save us? Tune in next time!