A Not So Pleasant Trip

[Welcome back folks. Our story continues with a little ship ride, and our Hylian hero, Link walks onto the deck. He spots a man gazing out with a pair of binoculars, Link walks over and pulls out the Hawkeye mask from his bag. He watches around the deck, but the man thinks he's checking Yuna out, and blocks his view. After checking out the view, Link walks off and spots Wakka..]

Link: ... Whats going on over here?

Wakka: (noticing Link) Come to think of it, I haven't told you where we're going! First to Kilika Island, then we change boats and head for Luca. 'Fore that, though, Yuna's gotta pray at the temple. I'll be guarding. We'll be praying for the Aurochs victory, too, so you come along, ya?

Lulu: Great plan.

Wakka: Hey, it is a great plan!

Link: Don't look at me!

[Link walks over to Yuna, who's surrounded by a crowd, even at sea.]

Man: Word is that summoner's got noble blood!

Man 2: I heard she's Lord Braska's daughter!

Man: Ya don't say?

Link: Lord Braska's...daughter? [Link goes back to Wakka.] Is Yuna royalty or something?

Wakka: She's the daughter of High Summoner Braska! You saw his statue at the temple. Lord Braska defeated Sin ten years ago. Yuna's the heir to a great legacy!

Link: Yeah, its tough when your dad's famous...

[Wakka gets a quizzical look on his face.]

Lulu: Wakka's...a bit lacking in the imagination department.

Link: Thanks, Lulu. I'll keep that in mind.

[Link walks back over to Yuna and they look out to sea, together.]

Yuna: The wind...it's nice.

Link: ... yeah.

[They start laughing for no real reason.]

Yuna: You're a blitzball player, aren't you? From Hyrule, right?

Link: Wakka tell you about that? From what i can see, he doesn't believe a word about it.

Yuna: But I believe you! I've heard, in Hyrule...there is a great arena, all lit up even at night! Great blitzball tournaments are held there, and the stands are always full!

Link: Heh... yeah but Blitzball was no game... it was man against monster... 2 different fighters, representing their respective homes. No 'blitzballs' only swords and magic... but anyway, how do you know all this?

Yuna: A man named Jecht told me. He was my father's guardian.

Link: that's ... my father's name!

Yuna: Amazing! You know, our meeting like this must be the blessing of Yevon!

Link: ... but that's... impossible

Yuna: Why is it impossible?

Link: 10 years ago, Jecht died at sea off the coast of Termina.

Yuna: I'm sorry.

Link: He left out for training one day... and hasn't been seen since.

Yuna: Why, that's the day that Jecht came to Spira. It's true! I first met Jecht ten years and three months ago! I remember, that was the day my father left. The date fits, doesn't it?

Link: Yeah, it fits, but how did he end up here?

Yuna: You're here, are you not?

Link: good point...

[The ship violently rocks as Sin emerges from the depths.]

Link: I swear to Din... !

Man: Sin!

[The man heads to the harpoon.]

Wakka: What do you think you're doing? Stick a harpoon in it and we'll all get dragged under!

Man: Sin is going for Kilika! We gotta distract it!

Man 2: Our families are in Kilika! Forgive us, Lady Summoner!

Wakka: Wait! Oh, boy...

[They harpoon Sin's fin, which makes it drag the boat through the waves. Sinscales fly onto the deck and more appear after the others are killed.]

Link: There's just no end... guess we got to hit the fin first!

[The party uses long-ranged attacks to knock the harpoon loose. Sin swims away and the sea calms again. But as the harpoon breaks loose, the boat rocks back and forth, knocking Link overboard)

Yuna: Link?

(Wakka looks around for Link, but he's nowhere to be found onboard. He dives in and finds him, but only just before another boss attacks. After they defeat it. Sin attacks Kilika, engulfing it in a big wave. It sucks the debris into a 'halo' above it before dropping everything and disappearing beneath the sea.]

Link:(Narration) When Sin attacked Hyrule that day, I woke up in Spira. I kept hoping it would work in reverse, too. Guess i was wrong...

(Link comes to, laying on Yuna's lap with everyone around them.)

Link: uhh... Yuna...?

Yuna: I will defeat Sin... I must defeat Sin.

Link:(Narration) I was just fooling myself. Maybe it was that day...on the sea, under the burning sun. I started to give up hope. I was in a foreign world, I wasn't going home. This was my new reality, and I was stuck in it for good.

[The S.S. Liki pulls into Kilika Port somberly. Seems like our newly formed group of heroes had a rough ride just getting to Kilika. didn't they folks. Tune in next time to see what happens in the next chapter. A Somber Sight, Kilika Temple]