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Now thats out of the way, how will our duo fair now they have arrived on Besaid? They meet another new ally and our duo get more information about thier situations than they bargained for! Lets go.
Chapter Five: The Beauty Of Besaid - An Auroch Welcome
"Your weak" spoke the voice
"You again?" I ask
"You speak as if I left before... either way... you are always weak without me" came the voice
"How we figure that one out eh holmes?" I ask
"You would be dead by now if it wasnt for me, thats enough reason" finished the voice.
A couple of hours later...
For the first time since I arrived on Spira, I feel warm, almost comforted even, but then I realise something, im underwater. Snapping my eyes open I throw my head up to the surface, and I didnt have to go far, I surfaced straight away gasping and spluttering, filling my lungs with air. Tidus beside me, also surfaced, gasping and spluttering for air.
"Kaiser! Rikku!" He shouted.
"Im right next to you, you know... you really need to get your eyes checked" I say
Tidus didnt have time to reply as he was suddenly hit in the back of the head by a blitzball.
"Gaahhhh!" he squirmed in shock.
Stifling a laugh, we both looked towards the Blitzball had come from, as my eyes adjusted against the glare I could see about six people on the beach looking out towards us, they were dressed in mostly yellow body suits, almost like suspender shirts and trousers with upper body suits held up with straps over the shoulders and dark blue trousers with yellow material strapped over the top. They looked of all shapes and sizes, but the one I singled out was the one in the middle, stood with his arms across his broad chest, the flaming orange hair sticking straight up into a point on his head and the blue bandanna gave him away instantly.
"Wakka you old dog, your a sight for sore eyes" I thought
Just then I noticed a strange sight below my eyes, the blitzball was floating around, and it stopped infront of Tidus who picked it up straight away.
"Blitzball!" he cried like a kid in a candy store.
You know looking at his face, I could see the life return to his bright blue eyes for the first time since id met him, it was good to see that for a change. Least he was doing a bit better with something he knew.
"HEY! YOU TWO OK?" Came a loud voice from the shore.
"HEEEY!" Tidus yelled back, waving like a maniac, he gave a wide grin before looking at me.
"Watch this" he says with a wide smile.
Diving under the water I see him look back up towards the ball and shoot up high into the air, heading the ball with him, flipping round he kicks the ball with both feet sending it straight for the beach, where it spirals away onto the island. Wakka and the rest of the group were just stood there, looking absolutely stunned. Surfacing once more Tidus looks at me with a cheeky grin. I had to say I was impressed, id seen him do that shot before, but doing it in person was far, far more impressive.
"Have to say Tye, that was really cool, you got mad skills." I say, I give him a brief clap the best I could while treading water.
Smiling even wider now Tidus gave me a thumbs up.
"Thats what makes me the star player of the Zanarkand Abes! Come on, lets head to shore" He says
Both of us start swimming to shore, although for once I wasnt moaning about my clothes, the water here was so warm under the bright sun. So for once, I decided to bite my tongue. Once we were on the shore, I quickly brushed off the water from my clothes while Tidus shook himself down, almost like a dog. Looking up once again at the sun, I could already tell it wouldnt take long before our clothes dried. Strangely though after examining my duel disk and deck, I noticed that they were both bone dry, almost as if I hadnt been in the water at all, thinking back, I realised the same had happened when I had come out of the water at Baaj Temple, but with us recovering from the attack from the Fiend there, I didnt notice. Now that I had noticed, to say I was suprised was an understatement, I expected them both to be ruined, thankfully I was mistaken, I made a mental note to check on that later.
Tidus was quickly surrounded by the group as Wakka quickly approached Tidus, leaving my fortunately without a crowd observing me or my duel disk for a change. I could see that they were all completely stunned at seeing Tidus perform that shot, at least a few feet away I could hear what they were talking about, Wakka's face was a picture, I didnt think it was possible for someones jaw to be that far open.
"Yo...Hiya..." Tidus said meekly, rubbing the back of his head.
Wakka was still almost too stunned for words, I could almost see that his orange hair was going darker.
"You wanna...try dat move...one more time?" he stammered.
"Finally! Things were starting to look up!" Tidus narrated
"He's in his element, good for him" I narrate.
Tidus wasted little time, he performed the Sphere Shot once again, sending it hurtling into the ocean, there were more collective gasps from the group as they watched the shot. Wakka folded his arms before speaking "You no amateur! Who you play for?" he asked with a chuckle.
"The Zanarkand Abes!" Tidus beamed.
I immediately facepalmed.
"Oh Tidus! For the love of..." I think
The entire crowds mood changed in an instant, they all began to murmor amongst themselves at what they had just heard. Tidus started rubbing the back of his head again. He cast a nervous glance towards me, and I simply shook my head at him, mouthing to him, "Your on your own"
"What team you say again?" Wakka inquired with narrow eyes.
"I meant... forget that..." Tidus flustered "I er got too uh close to Sin and my head's all foggy-like." "So I don't know where this place is... Or even where I came from..." Tidus finished with a sigh.
"Sin's toxin got to you ya?" The red-haired player confirmed. "But, you're still alive!" he added with cheer "Praise be to Yevon.."
The entire group then gave an odd gesture, stepping back with one foot, they extended thier arms and brought them both together, much like they were holding a ball, and then bowing. Tidus looked confused at what they were doing. I on the sidelines however, knew it was the sign of Yevon. The INFAMOUS sign of Yevon I might add.
"Alright! Back to practice!" Wakka yelled to the rest.
Without any further coaxing the rest of the group ran back across the beach to begin thier Blitzball training once more. Wakka began to address Tidus.
"I'm Wakka." he said turning back to Tidus, taking his hand tightly in a firm hand shake. "Coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs, brudda!"
"Im Tidus, good to meet you Wakka" Tidus replied breaking thier handshake. Looking over Tidus's shoulder, Wakka spotted me for the first time.
"Who's your dark friend over there Tidus?" He asked
Hearing I was needed I walked over to the pair, Tidus was already introducing me.
"Wakka, this is Kaiser, Duelist extrodinare!" he exclaims
Quickly I facepalm before offering my hand to Wakka.
"Nice to meet you Wakka, and ignore him, he tends to exaggerate sometimes." I say
"Hey!" Tidus cries.
Wakka grinning, happily returns my handshake. I didnt think that Wakka would be a pushover, but the man sure could grip.
"Good to meet ya brudda, you going to the temple to pray to the Fayth ya?" He asked
"Pray to the Fayth? Why would I need to do that?" I wonder
"I dont remember much about myself Wakka, I think I got a bit close to Sin too, I still got most of my senses about me, but ive got the odd gap here and there, so your gonna have to tell me why id pray to the Fayth?" I ask
After some of the shock Tidus had given him so far, Wakka didnt seem too fazed by my question.
"Your a duelist ya?" He says nodding at my duel disk. "Duelists pray to the Fayth at the temple in order to become thier champion, happens after The Calm, each temple always has a duelist champion, only Besaid never has one, the Fayth never seems to deem any of them worthy for some reason, so dont be too worried if it dosnt accept you, if you decide to pray." He finished
Wakka's explantion only opened up a world more of questions for me. My mind was on overload trying to figure out all this information. But as usual, Tidus's stomach growling decided to interrupt. Then again I did feel rather hungry again.
"What? You hungry?" Wakka asked, hearing his stomach as well
Nodding sheepishly Tidus gave him a wry smile. Followed closely by my facepalming again.
"Alright, back to the village. I'll get ya somethin'!" Wakka declared before he ran off towards the exit to the beach.
I on the other hand was still in a world of my own about what Wakka had told me, it was simply too much to digest at once
"Praying to the Fayth? Duelists? Thats it, soon as we get to Besaid, im having a drink" I think.
Tidus seemed to notice me deep in thought, and waved his hand infront of my face.
"Hello in there? Tidus to Kaiser? Heeellloooo?" He said. Roused from my thoughts I glance up.
"Yeah sorry Tye, just a bit to absorb is all. Come on, lets get going" I say
Nodding Tidus and I follow after Wakka, we dont have far to go before we see him between two cliff faces at the exit to the beach.
"I felt like I could trust this Wakka. Kaiser seemed to believe what he had told him. So, I just had to ask." Tidus narrates.
"This is too much, saying the rules had changed on Spira was an understatement, at that moment, I really wanted a drink to drown it all out" I narrate
As we approach Wakka, I can see Tidus shuffling about, I can tell he wants to ask him something.
"Um..it's true Zanarkand was destroyed, right? A thousand years ago. So, it's just a big pile of rubble now, isn't it?..." he says slowly.
Wakka folds his arms across his chest and nods solemly.
"Hmm" Wakka nodded. "Long time ago, there were a whole lot of cities in Spira." he explained "Big cities with machina, machines to run 'em. People played all day and let the machina do the work...and then, well, take a look."
Despite the fact that Id been on the beach a few minutes now, it was only just now that id noticed the ruins the Wakka was describing, while he was speaking I took a look around, the leafy vegatation on the beach and the rock faces were quite evident, and among them were the ruins of all the machina citys and structures that once used to exist on Besaid. I couldnt help notice how beautiful the scenery was, in a morbid sort of way, considering that Sin had destroyed them all.
"Sin came and destroyed the machina cities. And Zanarkand along with 'em." Wakka sighed "...Yeah, dat was about a thousand years ago, just like you said. If you ask me, Sin's our punishment for lettin' things get outta hand." Wakka frowned. "What gets me though is that we gotta suffer 'cause of what some goofballs did way back when!"
Wakka folded his arms angrily, id forgotten how much of a Yevonite he was, in respsecting the teachings and everything.
"Course we must always repent for our sins. That's important!" he turned to the blitzer with a wry smile "It's just that...it's hard to keep at it sometimes, y'know." My attention also now back on Wakka.
"It was just as Rikku said. Wakka and Rikku couldn't both be lying. Why would they?" Tidus narrates.
"He's lost, it dosnt take a genius to see that he's torn in two... although I arnt doing much better considering all the stuff ive heard since I got on Spira." I narrate.
Wakka decided to start laughing, almost hysterically, breaking up the awkward silence.
"But you from the Zanarkand Abes? Dat was a good one, eh?" he chuckled, throwing his arm around Tidus's back, Tidus just held his head down,
clearly dejected. "Hey, I'm not sayin' the team never existed, ya? But you gotta figure, a team livin' in luxury like that'd be pretty soft, eh?" He said, ruffling the young Blitzers hair in a friendly manner.
"I appreciated the fact that Wakka was trying to cheer me up. But at that time all I could think about was...everything that had happened to me, all this, started with Sin. Kaiser too, he'd had a rough time because of Sin by the sounds of it. Maybe if we could find Sin one more time, I could go home and Kaiser could remember who he was. For now, I'd just live life until that time came. No more worrying about where or when I was. Sure was hard not to think of home. But it started to feel better already. A little better...maybe..." Tidus narrates
"I thought I knew a lot about Spira, that I knew everyone, and everything that would happen here, but I was wrong, dead wrong. Spira seemed to have changed a lot now that I was actually here, the worse part is, im completely fighting in the dark, I cant tell anyone of who I really am or why am here. Worse still I havnt got a clue what this evil is that the Fayth told me about. I could feel one of my headaches coming on" I narrate
Breaking out of my thoughts, I can see that Tidus was stood at the waterfront, looking out over the ocean, walking up behind him I nudge him with my elbow.
"Quite the pair arnt we Tye?" I say
Looking up at the sky, Tidus gave a sigh. "I... never really wanted to believe that Zanarkand was destroyed, kinda hits home you know?" he said quietly
"If only you knew" I think
Looking out over the ocean, I suddenly realise how peaceful it is on Besaid, almost like no where else in the world, seagulls flying overhead, the cool ocean breeze caressing my skin, its almost like paradise.
"Ill make sure you get back to Zanarakand" I say with conviction.
Tidus looked up at me at that comment.
"We both got dumped here together, so we may as well finish our journey together" I finish
A sly smile seemed to come across Tidus's face at what I had said, I knew that he was feeling really alone right now, seemingley far away from what he called home. It must have been a relief to know someone was going to take that journey of discovery with.
"In that case lets make a promise" Tidus says
Looking at him I raise an eyebrow, and nod for him to continue.
"You see me to Zanarkand, and Ill see to it that you find out who you are" He says
"Done" I say
Clenching my fist I put my arm out towards him, looking a bit confused he took a moment to look at my fist and then look at me, nodding at him, he seemed to catch on, and he did the same, as both of our clenched fists met with force, the deal was done. For what seemed like the longest moment, we both stand there, still with our fists met, just looking at each other.
"For the first true time since I met Kaiser, I could tell the strength of his will, his eyes said it all when he said he would get me to Zanarkand. To be honest, I believed him completely. And I was glad to have a friend around since I came to Spira. If his resolve was that strong, then id do my best to keep my half of the promise to him." Tidus narrates
"For some reason, I can tell already that he is at ease, that he isnt truely alone in this world anymore. It was good to know that at least that I had a good friend here on Spira, its not an exaggeration to say that he was probabally the first true friend id had in a long while... if at all. So even if it killed me, id make sure to get him to Zanarkand. Its just a shame that I cant get him to the Zanarkand he is expecting." I narrate
"Come on Tye, Wakka's waiting for us" I say, moving away.
Nodding we exit the beach looking for Wakka, it dosnt take long, we spot him at the crossroads waiting with his arms folded.
"Hey! It's this way!" Wakka dashed ahead suddenly, veering off to the right.
Suddenly I stop up short. Tidus noticed once he took a few more steps forward, turning back he looked at me, puzzled.
"Whats the matter?" he says
Looking round I can feel something in the air, almost calling to me.
"You go with Wakka, ill meet you both at the statue near the village... and dont worry I can find it" I say reassuringley.
For once Tidus didnt question me, he simply nodded with a smile and ran off after Wakka. Looking towards the other path, that lead around the cliffs to Besaid village, I take it and start on the trail. Walking along side the cliff, I look up to see an overhanging rock face above me, with waterfalls intermitantly flowing freely down the side of the cliff. In the end I come out to the trail proper, and simply gasp at the beauty that I behold. The entire cliff was a scene of absolute beauty, the vegitation flows freely along the cliff face, along with several waterfalls that flow down the cliff, almost as if tracing a line down the side of the cliff face. But it didnt take long for the scene of beauty to be shattered by some unwanted guests, three of them infact, a trio of Fiends heading in my way, who looked quite interested in tearing me a new one.
Looking at my adversarys I can identify them straight away, the first looked like a wabbling pile of blue jelly with a face, otherwise known as a Water Flan. The second was a small purple coloured wolf, that was snarling and hissing in my direction, a Dingo Fiend if memory served me. Finally a large bird creature was following behind them, flapping its wings keeping itself in the air, It gave a rather high pitched shriek with its rather long sharp beak, A Condor Fiend I identified it as. As the Fiends bared down on my I realised that I was gonna be alone in my first really battle on Spira, I soon started to regret not going with Tidus and Wakka, but I realised that I had to fight Fiends sometime, so now was the best time to get some practice in, as the Fiends on Besaid wernt exactly too strong to deal with. Standing my ground I feel my duel disk deploy almost instantly, which frankly was a relief to know, only problem was that it was now three on one, so I was gonna have to even the odds up a bit.
"Ok Kaiser, its go time, your first real fight against Fiends, so lets get that brain of yours in gear, firstly I know that the Water Flan is weak to Thunder attacks, so a monster with those kind of abilities would be good to summon, and as far as I remember the other two should be weak against Fire, so if I can draw Fox Fire again, he should be able to deal with those others. Well no time like the present" I think
Reaching for my duel disk, I grab hold of my deck to draw a card, to my relief, I feel as if I can safely grab hold of three cards, considering that having three monsters for a change is better than one, I take them all.
"Here we go, I draw!" I say, drawing my cards with a flourish.
Glancing at my drawn cards, I smile almost instantly at my draws. Ive picked up Hinotama Soul, a Fire attribute monster. Thunder Kid, a Thunder type monster. Rather strangely, I realised that ive also drawn Harpies Pet Dragon, a level 7 Wind attribute monster. For a few seconds I stare at the card puzzled. So far ive only seemed to have drawn lower level monsters. But casting my thoughts aside I realise that a little extra muscle on deck cant hurt. Instantly I slam all the cards onto the Duel Disk.
"Alright, come on out! Hinotama Soul! Thunder Kid! And Hapries Pet Dragon!" I yell
Instantly my monsters started to appear, in a burst of pyreflies I might add. The Hinotama Soul appeared first, exploding into a ball of fire that made up its form, appearing shortly after, was the monsters face, that gave a wide grin at the Fiends. The Condor and Dingo backed away slightly, obviously fearing what was about to happen. Thunder Kid appeared next, appearing after a small blast of lightning hit the ground, the small yellow lizard had a long tail, wide lips, displaying a rather large set of teeth to boot, plus rather large fierce eyes. But the real thing to notice was the two antena on top of its head, with electricity dancing around between them.
"All right boys, attack!" I yell
Thunder Kid and Hinotama Soul immediately leaped into the fry, but it was only then that I noticed something, Harpies Pet Dragon wasnt around for some reason, looking down at my Duel Disk, I could see that the card was set up properly, but for some reason I couldnt summon it.
"Wait a sec, is it because its a level 7 monster? Would I have to sacrifice something for it?" I think.
I didnt have much more time to think, due to my monsters being on the attack. The Dingo leaped at the Hinotama Soul, which simply floated and awaited for it to attack, suddenly the Fire monster lurched forward, completely engluphing the Dingo, it incinerated the poor creature, which disapeared in a cloud of Pyreflies. Thunder Kid on the other hand was having a harder time with the Water Flan, jumping forward it threw a punch at the Flan which connected with ease. Only problem was, Thunder Kids fist went right into the jelly like body of the Flan. Sweatdropping Thunder Kid was stuck, the Flan made a sort of watery laughing sound before throwing Thunder Kid back against a wall. It hit the wall hard with a thud was it impacted directly on its back. An immense pain suddenly shot through my back, almost like it been thrown against the wall. Then I realised what had happened, my monsters and I were connected, I feel what they feel, meaning that all the pain they experience would come back on me. And that wasnt good. Fortunately by now Thunder Kid was back on his feet, and raring to go.
"Alright Thunder Kid, lets try another tactic, attack it with a Thunder attack!" I command.
Thunder Kid started to charge electricity between its antenae until it launched the bolt at the Flan, which was electrocuted instantly, it started to dissolve first into a large pile of goo, then turning into pyrfelies and disapearing. Looking round I could see that Hintotama Soul had already finished off the condor quite easily, the battle had been won.
"Good job there guys" I say to my monsters
Hinotama Soul started to bob around in the air with a smile on its face, while Thunder Kid started to clap its hands and jump around on the spot squeaking.
"Thats really wierd" I think
Our celebration was cut short as a loud screech pierced the area, looking up I could see a rather large bird with huge wings coming down from the cliff top towards us, it was a Garuda, the strongest Fiend on Besaid.
"Well this is just dandy" I think.
Looking at my monsters, I could see that they were actually shaking with fear, realising that they stood no chance against such a collosal Fiend, I looked at the remaining card in my hand and decided to call in the big guns.
"Alright you two, take a bow, lets call out the big guns" I say
With a nod, both my monsters both started to dissapear into pyreflies, and began to reform into another shape as I played the card in my hand.
"I sacrifice both my monsters, and summon Harpies Pet Dragon!" I call out.
The pyreflies start to take shape and formed into a large purple dragon, snorting putrid breath from its masked face, the dragon opend up withs large wings and took to the skys, the chain around its neck floating in the wind, and the claws on its wings were already itching to slice into the Garuda. The two monsters began to stare each other down in the air, daring each other to make the first move. In the end the Garuda blinked first, it dived forward and clamped down onto the dragons neck with its beak. Both I and the dragon roared in pain, my hands immediately went to my neck to take hold of the pain I was feeling.
"Hapries...Pet...Dragon...Counterattack!" I cry out weakly.
The dragon started to thrash about in the air, trying to pry the Garuda off of its neck, to which the Garuda was hanging on tightly. In the end the dragon whipped round its long tail and slammed it into the side of the Garuda's head. The Garuda instantly let go and started to fall to the ground stunned. Regaining some of my strength I call out the finishing blow
"Harpies Pet Dragon! Finish it with Dragon Flame!"
The Dragon gathered up a deep breath before exhaling a large fireball straight for the falling Garuda, upon impact the Garuda went up like a fireball, screaming as it began to disintegrate into Pyreflies, its corpse had long since evaporated before it even hit the ground. With a roar of victory the dragon started to dissolve into pyreflies as well as my Duel Disk deactivated, the battle was truely over. Falling down onto the ground, I rested against a nearby wall, panting for breath.
"This really bites! The pain felt so real when my monsters were attacked" I think while reaching for my neck. "I suppose this is how it works here, better be more careful. At least ive learnt how to summon stronger monsters now, that should come in handy"
Standing up I brush myself down and replace the cards back into my deck before continuing along the trail. In the end I reach the bridge across the waterfall section and I decide to stop for a rest after my recent battle. Looking out from the bridge I can see the ocean, streching as far as I can see, the sun in the sky reflecting on the crystal clear water.
"This place is so much better seeing it with my own eyes" I think
Leaning back against the bridge railing I look up at the water fall flowing down, almost caressing the cliff side, smiling I close my eyes as the fine spray of water lands softly on my face. This place was too perfect. I knew that Besaid was like a paradise, but actually being here put the experience on a whole new level.
"I SUMMON THE ULTIMATE CRYSTAL GOD! RAINBOW DRAGON!" came a large shout.
My eyes flew open in a second. "What the hell? Rainbow Dragon!" I think.
Looking round on either side of the trail I could see no one, and for something as big as Rainbow Dragon I knew it wouldnt be that hard to miss. Frantically my eyes dash back and forth, searching every corner of the trail in search of the dragon. Suddenly I notice something in the sky, a stretch of red light, shining out toward the ocean, following it back I see that it extends onto the cliff top. Standing as far back as I can, I lean back looking up the side of the cliff face. I can just make out several other beams of light converging on one spot on the cliff, pyreflies beginning to form something as they do. Within seconds it appeared, with a massive roar the Rainbow Dragon made its appearance. I could just make out its head and the top of its wings from where I was.
"Whats it doing there? Who summoned it?" I think frantically.
I didnt have to wait long for an answer as I got one with a rather large exclamation point.
"RAINBOW DRAGON! ATTACK! OVER THE RAINBOW!" came another shout.
The Rainbow Dragon roared and reared its head back, within a second it charged up a multicolour of light in its mouth, before firing it at something on the cliff. After a rather large explosion the dragon disappeared. I was frantic, I couldnt think of any way to get up there at all, and I had to know who had just summoned that dragon. In the end I decided that I wasnt going to get anywhere, and I sat down on the bridge in defeat. Slamming my hand on the bridge I gritted my teeth in anger.
"Who the hell was that? How could they summon such a strong monster? Is that the level of duelists on Spira?" I think to myself.
Standing up I voice my opinion rather loudly
"SPIRA IS REALLY STARTING TO PISS ME OFF!" I yell, the sound echoing off of the cliff sides.
My eyes widen as I realise what ive just done, chuckling quickly to myself, I just thank anyone that there is no one around. I realise that im wasting time and Wakka and Tidus might have already beat me to the village. Walking away from the bridge I make double time as I head for the village. As I walk I couldnt help but notice how the next part of the trail turns into what looks like a small jungle. Looking round there are several more structure ruins, mostly looking like large colums and overhead stone beams across the trail. Vines of all shapes and sizes are draped across and around them, almost like a snake. In the end I reach the crossroad of the trail, where the statue is. Wakka and Tidus were already there waiting for me.
"Whats the matter? You get lost ya?" Wakka asks.
Sheepishly I make my way over to them, nodding. "Just a little trouble with some fiends, dont worry bout it" I say.
"Unbeknownst to me at the time, my shout had actually drawn the attention of someone, you see, there was a person who summoned Rainbow Dragon on top of the cliff, and as I walked away across the trail. They were looking down at me with interest, noting my duel disk and clothing. Lets just say that the person in question, was going to be a big player." I narrate
Chapter five over and out! A lot of questions arise once more, like whats with the duelists praying at temples like Summoners? And who is the mystery duelist on the cliff top that commands the power of Rainbow Dragon? Find out in the next chapter, see you then!