Hello again! First I'll put up answers to my reviews, and then I'll start the story.

Zysos: Well, updating fast will be a thing of the past. School is well under way, and I've got to study for mid-terms.

Aurons a sexy dead guy: I'm so glad you might remake your story! It was so good too (especially since I was in it!)

Srius123: I only said that I wanted to hunt down GARBAGE. But, yes, we can hunt him down together. Have an idea where to look?

Anyway, we last left off where Kinshi and Rikku asked us to help them find an underwater machina... Let's find out!

Chapter 9: Calamari and My Sister

Rikku walked towards the bow of the deck. "You guys ready?" she asked us. Tidus and I grinned. Our first awesome mission in Spira! We couldn't wait. Tidus made no hesitation and dove off the bow. "Tidus!" I called to him, searching the dark waters. Kinshi showed no emotion and trotted towards the bridge.

I turned to her. "Where you going?" I asked.

Kinshi looked back. "I'm not going on a stupid swim," she replied forcefully, and headed inside.

She has major issues, I thought. I sighed and ran towards the bow of the boat, and dove into the dank ocean. I inhaled sharply as the icy cold water covered me. Rikku laughed. "How's the water?" she giggled. "Cold enough for you?"

She thinks this is funny! I thought. I'll show her funny!

I shoved my head under the surface. I took a huge gulp, and resurfaced. My cheeks were like chipmunk cheekslike whenthey store nuts in their mouths. I spit water at her. Rikku gasped as she jumped back. "It's perfectly fine," I replied coldly.

"Very funny," she said, and dove in after me.

Tidus resurfaced. "Come on, slowpokes!" he commanded, and swam underwater.

Rikku and I looked at each other. "Let's go," she said, and dove. I sighed, and swam after them.

It was hard to see. There were a lot of bubbles clouding my vision as we swam deeper. Since it was dark, there was no light to guide us. But as I swam deeper, my eyes adjusted to the darkness, and I made out a shape. It looked like a sunken ship.

A few minutes later, Rikku stopped us. I looked at the bulky object. It wasn't only a ship. It was more like an underwater city!These structureswere etched into the rocky cliffs. There were a few spotlights on the tops of the buildings, but they didn't seem to be working. "There are fiends inside," she said. "Are you still willing to go on?"

Tidus scoffed. "The only fiends here are Piranhas," he explained. "There isn't much else here, and those are pathetic fiends. Let's get moving!" He swam inside the opening. Rikku followed.

I smiled. "Like father, like son," I said, and headed inside.

Inside the city looked much more like a ship. Digital readouts were still displayed on the walls. This colossal engine was the most awe-inspiring. There were many parts to the engine. There were also these blue tubes on the sides of it, possibly containing electricity to power the city, or ship, or whatever this thing is.

As I floated there, staring at the engine, Rikku swam up to me. "Come on!" she told me. "The thing I want you two to see is in the next room." I shrugged. I'll have more time to see this after she shows us, I thought, and followed her into the room.

Tidus was already powering up a console at the end. I couldn't help to bear a grin. He was pounding the screen with his fists to get it to work. "Just like Tidus," I said to Rikku. When I received no reply, I looked at her. She was swimming up towards Tidus. "Guess she's trying to help," I said to myself, and floated there, waiting for them to finish up.

After a few minutes passed, there was a loud groan coming from outside the ship. I looked out the side window. Lights were flashing outside. I turned towards Tidus. "I think you powered up the city!" I exclaimed.

Rikku smiled. "Good job, Tidus."

Tidus shrugged. "You gotta do what ya' gotta do," he said, and swam away.

As soon as we reached the engine room, I had a feeling that I was forgetting something. Then it hit me. "Look out!" I screamed, and swam towards the engine.

"What's going on?" they shouted.

I pointed behind them. "Get your weapons ready!" I replied. "Because a Tros is coming!"

They turned away from me, and stared at the amazing fiend. It resembled a purple octopus, with a tan football helmet-like shell around its head. It had yellow eyes and had a mouth with several sharp teeth.

"What is that?" Tidus asked.

"Didn't you hear me before?" I replied. "It's a Tros!"

Rikku looked uneasy. "I don't have that many grenades left," she said with uncertainty. "What do we do?"

I smiled evilly. "I thought you'd never ask," I said. I face Tidus. "You, go and hack away at the monster." Tidus nods, and swims towards the beast, Longsword at the ready. Then I face Rikku. "And you, you go and steal as many grenades as you can from the beast. And don't worry," I added, seeing the nervous look on her face. "I'll protect you."

This makes her feel more safe. "All right," she says with her claws out. "Let's go."

I swim up towards the beast, with Rikku behind me. As I slash the Tros with my Twin Swords, I yell, "Now!"

Rikku rushed towards the Tros, and stole 6 grenades. "I did it!" she exclaimed, and threw a grenade at the fiend.

It made a direct hit. The Tros was fleeing to the other side of the chamber. Tidus and Rikku laughed triumphantly. But I knew better. "The fiend isn't fleeing," I tried to explain to them. "It's going to use a technique called Nautilus Charge. It'll attack all three of us at once and deal a lot of damage!"

But before they could reply, we were hit with Tros' tentacles. I hear Rikku shriek and Tidus yell in pain. "Don't give up!" I encourage them, and give them a potion each. "When it moves away again, I'm going to grab onto one of its tentacles. Then you two will corner it using a Pincer Attack, where you surround the fiend to prevent it from using Nautilus Charge again. Then unleash your strongest moves."

The Tros, seeing that my friends were at full health again, fled to the other side of the chamber again. It was fast, but I was faster. I grabbed the end of the tentacle just as it made its way past the engine. I sliced part of the tentacle off. Tros screamed in pain as the tentacle writhed to the bottom of the room. "Now!" I shouted.

Tidus and Rikku nodded. They swam as fast as they could to surround Tros. It worked. The Pincer Attack was successful against this fiend. "Unleash your overdrives!" I shouted as I swam away from the beast.

"Spiral Cut!" I heard Tidus shout as he leapt through the water gracefully and hit the Tros square on its head. I could see Rikku Mix something.

"Rolling Thunder!" she yelled as she threw her solution at the Tros. Several Thundaga spells hit the Tros. It started to squirm in a disturbing way. Pyreflies took over. We breathed a sigh of relief. Tros was defeated.

"Good job," I congratulated the two as we headed out of the ship.

Tidus and Rikku grinned. "Looks like Tros became calamari sushi!" Tidus joked.

"That was so not funny," Rikku answered as we surfaced.

But before I swam out of the water, I looked at the ship one more time. I gaped at the block of mass. I was wrong. It wasn't a ship, nor a city. "It's an airship!" I shout. It looked just like the one Rikku will have later. "I have to catch up, or else they'll think I drowned," I told myself, surfaced, and jumped up on the ship.

As I jumped over the guardrails, I could see Tidus stuffing his face, and choking, once more. "You'll choke if you eat too fast," I heard Rikku say. I laughed. This was the life. Meeting two people from FFX was amazing! I can't wait to meet the others! I thought. Suddenly, Kinshi walked out from the bridge. I turned away towards the night sky, hoping that she didn't see me look so stupid.

"So how was the trip?" she asked me with no interest whatsoever.

"Oh, it was fine," I replied. "We only just discovered an airship guarded by a Tros and almost got our asses handed to us."

Kinshi looked up. Great. I said something that she paid attention to. "Did you say you discovered an airship?" she asked with a hint of excitement.

I gulped. "Shouldn't of told you that," I said quickly. "Just don't tell Rikku, okay? She'll flip out if she learns about it."

Kinshi turned away. "I've always wanted to fly on an airship. It must be breathtaking to feel the wind whipping against your face."

Suddenly, a large shape emerged from the ocean, creating a huge wave. Everyone started screaming and yelling, except for me, because I knew this was going to happen. "Ronoa..." I talked to her. "Why are you doing this?"

All of a sudden, something pierced my stomach. I gasped in pain as I looked down. There were two small blades digging into my skin. Blood was flowing all over the place. "Tetsu!" I heard everyone shout, as I blacked out.

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What a twist! What happened to the others? Will I end up with them, wherever Ronoa sends them? Tune in next time!