Chapter 4: Sin's attack
Tidus opened his eyes quickly. He was sitting in water. It was dark, and very silent. He started to hear small whispers all around him.
Tidus stood up and looked around. He couldn't tell for sure where he was. Then, there was a burst of light and huge cheers came from all around. He took a step back and smiled. It was a Blitzball stadium. He looked down at his feet and saw a blue and white ball with bumps all over it. He picked it up and held it close. He finally knew where he was.
Lulu was in the crowd, wondering where in Spira she was. She was wearing her normal clothes, a large black dress with cream-colored fur lining the collar. The dress didn't hang on her shoulders; it hung halfway down her arms. The front of the dress, near her legs, was missing. And in its place were many crisscrossing belts, and finally, in her hands she held a small knight doll. She pulled her jet-black hair behind her ear and sighed as she plopped in one of the seats, finally giving up on her location.
Tidus looked at the sphere as it filled with water. "Whoa…Déjà vu…." He whispered to himself. He was in Zanarkand…the exact day he left for Spira.
Before diving into the water sphere, he looked down at what he was wearing. He modeled a short, opened button up shirt. He also wore shorts with overall straps. One of the leggings was longer than the other. Only one arm was protected with an arm guard. He had brown and yellow shoes, and wore a silver chain around his neck that bore the Jecht symbol. He ran his fingers through his blonde hair and dove into the sphere.
The announcer and came on the intercom and shouted the game highlights. "Ten years have past since his death and the Jecht memorial cup is today! We are honoring him with the best of the best! These two teams will Blitz their way to victory! The Goers and our very own, Zanarkand Abes! And the Abes star player, Tidus, swims to the center!"
Lulu's attention was caught at the mention of Tidus. She looked at the Blitz players and leaned back into her seat. She put her doll in her lap and watched as the game began.
"And the action starts quickly as Tidus takes hold of the ball! He is swimming swiftly to the Goers goal! Looks like he wants to get an early lead!" The announcer yelled in excitement. "OH! And Kaaj of the Goers hits Tidus hard! Kaaj takes possession of the ball and swims in the direction of the Abes goal…. He shoots…AND HE SCORES!" The announcer was yelling at the top of his lungs. "Oozeki of the Abes takes the ball! Kaaj strips the ball from Oozeki! What's this! TIDUS JUST KICKED KAAJ INTO THE STANDS! Won't you look at the grin on Tidus's face?"
Tidus swam up and flew out of the sphere. He stayed in the air and waited for the ball to come to him. He did a back flip and opened his eyes wide as he saw Sin, floating in the center of Zanarkand. He reached out and grabbed a ledge.
Sin fired off Sinspawn and the crashed into several buildings. People in the stadium started to run out.
Tidus lost his grip and fell to the ground, a few feet from Lulu. He grunted as he hit. "Ow…" He looked over as Lulu ran up to him.
"Are you alright?" She whispered.
"Yeah, I am fine." He replied. "But we have to get Sin away from here. He can't do this again."
Lulu nodded. She looked at the ground and saw three round stones, a dark purple one, a violet one, and a light green one. She picked them up and immediately two of them started to glow. The dark purple one stayed in Lulu's hand, but the light green one flew into Tidus's hand. The only one that didn't glow was the violet one.
Tidus held his stone tightly and stood. He looked at it, not taking his eyes off of it. After he stared at it for a while, he placed the glowing stone in his pocket.
Lulu put her stone in her dress and the other in the hands of her doll. "C'mon Tidus, we must fight off the Sin scales. Then we must find the others."
The blonde Blitz player nodded and ran off. Lulu followed him closely.
They reached an open road where a lone woman was fighting Sin scales. She had long black hair, and black eyes. She wore a black skin-tight shirt, black shorts, and a pair of black converse shoes.
She punched her way through a line of scales. One Sin scale jumped at her from behind.
"Look out!" Tidus yelled.
The woman turned around and kicked the Sin scale. She waved at Tidus and went back to fighting.
Tidus pulled out the Brotherhood sword. It was a see though sword filled with water. "Lulu, we have to help her!" Without waiting for a reply, Tidus charged the Sin scales.
"Humph." Lulu grunted as she ran after him. She dropped her doll, which raised its arms. Lulu stopped and did the same. She threw her arms down and a bolt of lightning dropped on a Sin scale. It burst into pyre flies and floated to the Farplane.
A Sinspawn landed a few yards away. It shot off more Scales. They all started to attack the woman. She fell over and started to breathe heavy.
Six Sin scales started to glow. They pointed their wings at the woman. Spines flew from the tips of their wings.
"Nooooo!" Tidus ran and jumped in the way. There was a flash of lime green light. Tidus had stopped the attacks with his final weapon, the Caladbolg. He was wearing light green armor with wings. He also had a dark green headband on.
Lulu watched in awe as Tidus transformed. "Whoa…" She blinked a couple of times to make sure it was real.
"Lulu, take her away. I've got Sin." Tidus said in a low voice. "See you guys later." He waved and shot up into the air. He held the Caladbolg at his side and waited for the women to leave. He smiled as they left. He then swung his sword horizontally to make a huge gash in Sin's side.