Rikku smiled at Andy. "Stay here I'll be right back with Yunie an Paine and you can show us how to play football or whatever its called."
Andy smiled as he grabbed his football, "Ok, and yeah, you got it right."
Rikku ran down the beach and found her cousin and Paine laying on the pier. "Get up you two ome on Andy wants to show us something."
Paine growled. "No."
Yuna smiled and stood. "Come on babe get up." Paine looked up at Yuna. "Don't look at me like that come on."
"fine."
Yuna, Rikku and Paine walked back down to where Andy was. "So what is it your showing us?"
"Well..." Andy started... "You guys have shown me stuff about this world, so..." Andy threw his football in the air and caught it, "...I am gonna show you the game of football. One of the greatest sports played in my world."
Paine raised her left eyebrow. "Ok..."
"Well, i'll tell ya right now, its a rough sport cause of all the tackling." Andy started.
Paine smirked. "OOOh violence please continue."
"Stop it." Yuna giggled and elbowed her lover's ribs
"Well, it's hard, but if you understand it, it can be simple. The objective is that offense needs to move this ball..." Andy showed the football, "...downfield into what is called an endzone. You can either run the football, or throw it to a reciever."
Paine nodded. "Similar to Blitzball you just have to get the ball into a goal."
"Yeah... Anyway... Um... First..." Andy grabbed two sticks and stuck them into the ground ten yards away from each other. "Now, each team gets four 'downs' or tries to move the ball ten yards downfield. If they do that, then they get a fresh set of down. Basicly, they try to get it in three downs. Forth down is used for punting the ball, or kicking it far so that the kicking team gets the other team ferther away from their endzone."
Yuna rubbed her chin. "So basicly you take this ball here." Yuna took the ball Andy was holding "and run or throw it to others to reach an endzone?" Yuna tossed the ball back to Andy.
Andy caught the ball. "Thats right. Now, there are 11 players at a time on the field at a time, but we don't have that many people. Doesn't mean we can practice. Now, play calling; it all starts in the huddle. Now, all players would huddle up." Andy motioned everyone to huddle up.
Paine rubbed her chin. "I can get us four more people if you want a semi interesting game."
"Nah, just us will do for now, I just want to go over three basic plays for now." Andy said.
Paine nodded. "If you change your mind let me know. Now the plays." Paine motioned to Andy to continue.
"Ok, well, we are gonna do three for now, a running play, a passing play, and then a play action pass. Now, first we need a center. I'll probably be that. The center is the first person to touch the ball. He's the person who snaps the ball to the quarterback." "The quarterback is the person who makes the plays. I'll be making the plays, but one of you will be the quarter back. Then we will need a full back, and a half back. Those people are basicly your people who run the ball. Now, here's the play..." "Ok, now..." Andy got everyone into an 'I formation', he explained to each person what they were going to do. Andy was going to be the center, Rikku the quarterback, Yuna the full back, and Paine the half back. Andy would snap the ball to Rikku, pass Yuna, and hand off to Paine, who would run it the ten yards. Andy and Yuna would act like blockers. "Ok, everyone got there job?" Andy asked.
Yuna nodded then her eyes got wide. "Um so after I hand it off to Paine I have to try and block her from reaching the stick?"
"Oh no. Pretend theres people on defense. They're trying to tackle Paine. We are going block them and clear a path for Paine to run. That's what I meant by blocking."
Yuna nodded. "Oh ok."
"You know Buddy isn't originally from Spira, he'll know how to play so after we run the three plays I can tell him to snag Brother, Wakka and Tidus and we can have ourselves a game what do you? I think we can beat um if your up to it."
"I would..." Andy said, "...but I'd like to learn more of this land first."
Paine nodded. "Well if you want after the game we can give you the grand tour in our airship."
"That works for me." Andy smiled, then went over to Rikku, explaining the count, going, 'Down! Set! Hut Hut!' and how that the 'hut hut' would be his signal to snap the ball. He bent over and grabbed the ball. "Ok, here we go. When I snap the ball, Paine, your going to run right of me, Yuna, right beside me and pretend your blocking defenders. Rikku, when your ready."
Rikku blushed looking at Andy's ass. "So after we a run through we're playing with Buddy and them right? I play better against real people." Rikku blushed again. "But ready when you are."
"After this, we are going over two more plays. Remember the count. Get ready everyone." Andy said.
Rikku nodded. "Yup totally ready." Rikku bent down. "Down...set...hut...hut!"
Andy snapped the ball to Rikku. "Go!" Andy pretended he was holding off a defender.
Paine ran off to the right side of Andy as Yuna ran along side him Rikku ran backwards five of six steps and launced the ball towards Paine in a perfect spiral. Paine easily caught the pass and ran towards the down marker. Paine smirked. "Too easy." To show off she acted like a defender tackled her at her knees and she jumped up and fliped landing on her back just past the down marker.
"Ok, not bad at all. Now..." He positioned everyone for a passing play. He set up Yuna on the left side and Paine on the right side. He told each of them the route they we're gonna run. Yuna would run straight, while paine ran half way, and cut in to the middle of the field, he then told Rikku the same drill and told her to pass to Yuna. "Ok, everyone got their play?"
"Got it!" Yuna and Paine spoke at the same time while Rikku nodded.
"Ok, Rikku, same thing with the count." Andy bent over and grabed the ball.
Rikku nodded and hunced down. "Down...set...hut...hut!"
Andy snapped the ball and did what he did before on the first play.
Rikku took a few steps back and while Yuna ran straight while Paine ran half way then cut back like Andy had said. Rikku faked a paas to Paine and let it fly in a perfect spiral to Yuna. Yuna jumped and streached to catch the ball. Once she had it she landed hard on her face in the sand just short of the down marker.
Andy winced. "Nice catch, and ouch." and ran over to Yuna, "You alright?"
Yuna rolled over and handed the ball up to Andy and sat up. "I'm fine." Yuna stood and brushed the sand off.
Andy placed the ball just shy of the marker. "Ok, one final play, play action pass." He explained that it was a fake handoff, to a pass. He set them up. Andy and Rikku's positions stayed the same, as Yuna would be the half back and Paine, a tight-end, which he explained to everyone that they could be either an extra blocker, or a reciever for short passes. He told Paine the route she would run going five yards straight, then cutting to her left. He explained the play one more time so everyone got it. "Ok, lets do this." Andy set up.
"Set...hut...hut!" Paine made her run as Rikku faked the handoff to Yuna and with a perfect release spiraled the ball to Paine. Paine reached for the wall and once she caught it she stumbled a bit like she was going tgo fall but caught her balance and made it to the down maker and went to one knee.
Andy clapped his hands. "Nice job. Way to go. Alrught, I think that's enough for now. Wait..." Andy seen something sparkle and went touards it... "Hey! My sword!" Andy grabbed it. "Great, now im not defenseless anymore!" Andy smiled.
Paine chuckled. "Yea guess your not."
"So..." Andy said with a sigh, "...now what?"
Rikku smiled. "Now you ride our airship."
"I've only flown once, and that was when I was little." Andy said.
"Your in for a treat then." Rikku radioed Buddy and the Celcious soon appeared. "The limo has arrived."
Andy looked up. "Oh... My... God..."
