Chapter 2 - Chapter One-"The Al Bhed"
Submitted December 16, 2003 Updated December 16, 2003 Status Incomplete | The novelization of Final Fantasy 10, which I am hoping to get published, I just have to finish it first, I hope you guys enjoy it.
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Chapter 2 - Chapter One-"The Al Bhed"
Chapter 2 - Chapter One-"The Al Bhed"
He awoke in the water, he was always in water, he quickly broke the surface, breathing in deeply, he looked around frantically, this was certainly not Zanarkand. “Anybody there? Auron?! Hey?!” He swam forwards, past the many ruins that scattered the water; he slowly climbed up that stairs that had lead down into the water. Soon he was walking along a path way. The stone was primitive, hand carved he would have guessed, he slowly walked forward over what he assumed was a bridge of sorts. The bridge began to sway then it suddenly gave way, he plummeted back down into the water.
He swam forward gently, diving under the water, he spotted a door way under the water, but he wasn’t sure. Before he could go to investigate, a swarm of green, lizard like creatures attacked him, he quickly dodged to the left, swimming past them frantically. He was soon cornered, but before he could attack, the creatures quickly retreated, but one was caught in the jaws of the giant fish like animal that was now floating before him. His eyes widen as he turned to swim, desperate to get away from the thing that was threatening to swallow him whole. The monster gave a loud roar was it followed him in the water, opening its large jaws. “Whoa!” Tidus was nearly swallowed but at the last moment the monster roared and sent him forward, sailing through the water into the door way.
“I had made it out of the frying pan…and into the freezer. I thought I was going to die in this place.”
He stepped forward, walking slowly up the cracked staircase, he reached the top and pushed a huge door inwards to a large, derelict chamber. Dome shaped, it must have been some kind of palace before it was decimated. The ceiling cracked, water gushed in like a large water fall. His teeth chattered as he stepped forward, noticing the remains of a camp fire. “Cold…need…fire…” Tidus headed off, in search of kindling and flint, he entered a curved hall, he walked forward, grabbing a withered bouquet of flowers, grumpily, he walked into the nearest room, spotting an open desk with two pieces of flint in it.
He groggily slumped back into the large chamber, bending down over the camp fire circle, he struck up a large flame in a very short period of time, surprised, and he fell back. Instead of standing, he just laid there, rubbing his stomach. “I need food!” Soon his mind began to wonder and he drifted off to sleep.
***
He was standing in the middle of his house boat as Auron entered, a confused look on Tidus’ face, he stepped forward slowly. “What do you want?” Auron grinned, crossing his arms. “It was a bad call. Your team lost because of you.” Tidus blinked several times, “You came to say THAT?”, “It’s been ten years…I thought you’d be crying.” Tidus once again blinked several times, “Who…me?” The purple hooded child appeared once again. “You cried” His dream world was suddenly shattered as he woke up with a start.
***
He looked around, sitting up, his eyes fell on the camp fire, he jumped forward, it was nearly dead. “Hey, wait! Wait! Don’t go out on me! Just hold on! I’ll go get more wood!” He leaped up, spinning around, a loud thud and scraping of claws made him jump, he spotted a man sized creature, down on all of its six legs, and he jumped forward, slamming his sword down. Nothing happened, Tidus blanched, suddenly the sealed door in the chamber exploded inward with a thunderous boom. People raced in, all wearing body suits and things on their heads that resembled colorful ski-masks.
The female ran up, hurling a grenade at the animal, she quickly grabbed Tidus, turning him from it as the creature went up in flames. Its body exploded in a cloud of colorful orbs, all flying upwards. The girl pulled the goggles from her face as men surrounded Tidus. “Whew, that was close!” A man behind Tidus grabbed his hair, holding him there. “Hey! Lemme go!” The man holding him spoke first “Fryd ec drec?”
The man beside him spoke up next, in the same odd langue “Y fiend! Eh risyh teckieca! Oac! Ed ec cu!” One of the other men brought a blade to Tidus’ throat, a sick grin on his face. “Fa gemm ed?” The girl quickly grabbed the mans arm, shaking her head.
“Fyed! Fryd ey ed ec rishy?” the girl said, still holding the mans arm. “Drao yna dra cysa eh taydr.” The girl shook her head, flinging out her own blade to the mans throat. “E vunpet ed! Fa pnehk ed fedr ic.” She pulled the blade away as the men held onto Tidus’ arms, the girl stepped up to him and whispered in his ear. “Cunno…” she slammed her fist into his stomach, he toppled over, being dragged off by the men that held him, She turned, shaking her head, following them.
Tidus was awakened by a strange man elbowing his ribs. “Ced, lybdeja!” Tidus quickly stood up, rubbing his side. “Hey! That hurts…” Another man pointed to him “Hu sujehk, rayn?” Tidus got that same old confused look on his face. “Whoa…okay.” He finally got a good look around him, he was on some kind of cargo ship, the deck. The large hatch a few feet from him swung up and open and out came the girl and another man he hadn’t seen yet. The man pointed to Tidus and yelled to the other men “Caynlr res!” The men grabbed him and quickly padded him down, then let him go. “Right. Whatever…” He held up his hands, looking around.
“Tu oui hud cbayg?” The man who seemed to be the leader spoke, holding up a pair of goggles to Tidus, making swimming gestures in the air. “I said I don’t understand!” The man next to Tidus elbowed him again, “Ehcumahla!” The girl pointed to the man “Fyed!” she turned to Tidus. “He said you can stay if you make yourself useful.” Tidus smiled, perhaps there was some hope. “You…you understand me?” The man next to him hit Tidus upside the head, he stumbled forward. “All right, I’ll work!”
The girl took Tidus aside, looking at his face. “We found some ancient ruins right beneath us. It’s not active now, but there should be some power left. We’re gonna go down there and activate it…and then we should be able to salvage the big prize!” Tidus got slightly excited by this, happy to do some hard work. “Rodger!” The girl dived into the water and Tidus followed. They slowly made their way to a large ruined ship. They swam in through a hole in the hull, Tidus went through the dark, murky halls slowly, watching fishes go by. Shortly, they found the main power supply, the girl worked at a snails pace, careful to not harm it, soon they had it up and running.
As soon as they got back on the boat, lights turned on from under the water, Tidus leaned over the rail and looked down, then turned and walked over to the men and the girl. “Fa vuiht dra airship!” one of the two men said, they began walking to the door that leads into the ship. “Dra naluntc fana nekrd.” They reached the door, as they were walking in, they stopped. “Huf, ruf du tnyk ed ib?” Tidus began to walk in and one of the men shoved him back. “Qui, uidceta!” Tidus stepped back, crossing his arms as the door closed. “Hey! I helped out, didn’t I?” He turned and walked back to a few crates, sitting down, leaning on them.
He soon laid down, supporting himself with his elbow. “Unhh, Hungry…” His arm was suddenly kicked and he fell the rest of the way down, the girl put food down by his face and stepped back. “Whoa! Right on!” he began shoveling the food into his mouth, he began choking, the girl tossed him a bottle of water and giggled as he chugged it down. “Its ‘cause you eat to fast.” She giggled again and he stood up, stretching his arms out, nearly hitting her. “Hey!” she stepped back again. “Hello there! What’s your name?” “Rikku…” he grabbed both of her hands, laughing.
“You really do understand! Why didn’t you say so earlier?” He let go of her, she placed her hands on her hips. “I didn’t have a chance too, everyone thought qui were a fiend.” Tidus looked puzzled “Uh…we?” Rikku shook her head “Qui means you…” He nodded and leaned against the railing of the boat. “Who are you guys anyway?” Rikku smiled, “We’re Al Bhed. Can’t you tell? Wait, you’re not an Al Bhed hater, are you?”
He shook his head, “I don’t even know what an Al Bhed is…” Rikku blinked and stepped towards him, “Where are you from?” He smiled broadly, “Zanarkand, I’m a blitzball player, Star player of the Zanarkand Abes.” Rikku frowned, crossing her arms. “Did you hit your head or something?” “Um, you guys hit me.” She frowned a bit more. “Oh, right…Do you remember anything before that?”
“So I told here everything there was to tell about Zanarkand. About life there, blitzball, and Sin’s attack…and about how Auron and I were engulfed in this light. I just said things as they came to mind but then I started to wonder…”
“Did I…uh…say something fun?” Rikku shook her head, “You were near Sin…” a general concern in her voice now. “Mmm-hmm…” She stood up straight, clapping. “Don’t worry, you’ll be better in no time. They say your head gets fuzzy when Sin is near. Maybe you just had some sort of dream.” “You mean I’m sick?” He tilted his head to the side. “Because of Sins’ toxin…yeah.” “You sure?” “Yeah, there is no Zanarkand anymore. Sin destroyed it one thousand years ago. So no one plays blitzball there…”
Tidus stood there, his jaw dropped. “Huh? What do you mean a thousand years ago? But I saw Sin attack Zanarkand! You’re saying that happened a thousand years ago?! No way!” Rikku sighed and shook her head. “You said…you play blitzball?” Tidus nodded “Uh-huh…” Rikku smiled, stepping towards him “You know, you should go to Luca. Someone might know who you are, or you might find someone you recognize.” Tidus tilted his head again “Luca?” “Okay! Leave it to me! I’ll get you to Luca, promise! You’d rather stay here?” he shook his head. “Okay, I’ll go tell the others, wait here. Oh, and one thing, don’t tell anyone you’re from Zanarkand, okay? Yevon says it’s a holy place. You might upset someone.” He nodded, turning out to the ocean as Rikku ran inside.
“My Zanarkand, some kind of holy place? Yeah, right, I thought. Since when? Yevon? Sin? Luca? I thought Sin took me to a far away place, that I could go back in a day or two. But a thousand years into the future? No way!”
He turned and kicked the cargo, as he does this, a vibrating comes from under the ship and he stumbles back. Two men burst out of the ship, pointing to the water. “Sin!” one slipped and slid across the deck, knocking the other one over. “Sin ec lusa!” “Ihtan ic! Ihtan ic!” A large wave comes up and over the ship, sweeping Tidus off, he slid into the water, enveloped in water once again, the darkness came as he drifted off. He awoke in water, on a sunny beach, he broke the surface. “Rikku?!”
He swam forward gently, diving under the water, he spotted a door way under the water, but he wasn’t sure. Before he could go to investigate, a swarm of green, lizard like creatures attacked him, he quickly dodged to the left, swimming past them frantically. He was soon cornered, but before he could attack, the creatures quickly retreated, but one was caught in the jaws of the giant fish like animal that was now floating before him. His eyes widen as he turned to swim, desperate to get away from the thing that was threatening to swallow him whole. The monster gave a loud roar was it followed him in the water, opening its large jaws. “Whoa!” Tidus was nearly swallowed but at the last moment the monster roared and sent him forward, sailing through the water into the door way.
“I had made it out of the frying pan…and into the freezer. I thought I was going to die in this place.”
He stepped forward, walking slowly up the cracked staircase, he reached the top and pushed a huge door inwards to a large, derelict chamber. Dome shaped, it must have been some kind of palace before it was decimated. The ceiling cracked, water gushed in like a large water fall. His teeth chattered as he stepped forward, noticing the remains of a camp fire. “Cold…need…fire…” Tidus headed off, in search of kindling and flint, he entered a curved hall, he walked forward, grabbing a withered bouquet of flowers, grumpily, he walked into the nearest room, spotting an open desk with two pieces of flint in it.
He groggily slumped back into the large chamber, bending down over the camp fire circle, he struck up a large flame in a very short period of time, surprised, and he fell back. Instead of standing, he just laid there, rubbing his stomach. “I need food!” Soon his mind began to wonder and he drifted off to sleep.
***
He was standing in the middle of his house boat as Auron entered, a confused look on Tidus’ face, he stepped forward slowly. “What do you want?” Auron grinned, crossing his arms. “It was a bad call. Your team lost because of you.” Tidus blinked several times, “You came to say THAT?”, “It’s been ten years…I thought you’d be crying.” Tidus once again blinked several times, “Who…me?” The purple hooded child appeared once again. “You cried” His dream world was suddenly shattered as he woke up with a start.
***
He looked around, sitting up, his eyes fell on the camp fire, he jumped forward, it was nearly dead. “Hey, wait! Wait! Don’t go out on me! Just hold on! I’ll go get more wood!” He leaped up, spinning around, a loud thud and scraping of claws made him jump, he spotted a man sized creature, down on all of its six legs, and he jumped forward, slamming his sword down. Nothing happened, Tidus blanched, suddenly the sealed door in the chamber exploded inward with a thunderous boom. People raced in, all wearing body suits and things on their heads that resembled colorful ski-masks.
The female ran up, hurling a grenade at the animal, she quickly grabbed Tidus, turning him from it as the creature went up in flames. Its body exploded in a cloud of colorful orbs, all flying upwards. The girl pulled the goggles from her face as men surrounded Tidus. “Whew, that was close!” A man behind Tidus grabbed his hair, holding him there. “Hey! Lemme go!” The man holding him spoke first “Fryd ec drec?”
The man beside him spoke up next, in the same odd langue “Y fiend! Eh risyh teckieca! Oac! Ed ec cu!” One of the other men brought a blade to Tidus’ throat, a sick grin on his face. “Fa gemm ed?” The girl quickly grabbed the mans arm, shaking her head.
“Fyed! Fryd ey ed ec rishy?” the girl said, still holding the mans arm. “Drao yna dra cysa eh taydr.” The girl shook her head, flinging out her own blade to the mans throat. “E vunpet ed! Fa pnehk ed fedr ic.” She pulled the blade away as the men held onto Tidus’ arms, the girl stepped up to him and whispered in his ear. “Cunno…” she slammed her fist into his stomach, he toppled over, being dragged off by the men that held him, She turned, shaking her head, following them.
Tidus was awakened by a strange man elbowing his ribs. “Ced, lybdeja!” Tidus quickly stood up, rubbing his side. “Hey! That hurts…” Another man pointed to him “Hu sujehk, rayn?” Tidus got that same old confused look on his face. “Whoa…okay.” He finally got a good look around him, he was on some kind of cargo ship, the deck. The large hatch a few feet from him swung up and open and out came the girl and another man he hadn’t seen yet. The man pointed to Tidus and yelled to the other men “Caynlr res!” The men grabbed him and quickly padded him down, then let him go. “Right. Whatever…” He held up his hands, looking around.
“Tu oui hud cbayg?” The man who seemed to be the leader spoke, holding up a pair of goggles to Tidus, making swimming gestures in the air. “I said I don’t understand!” The man next to Tidus elbowed him again, “Ehcumahla!” The girl pointed to the man “Fyed!” she turned to Tidus. “He said you can stay if you make yourself useful.” Tidus smiled, perhaps there was some hope. “You…you understand me?” The man next to him hit Tidus upside the head, he stumbled forward. “All right, I’ll work!”
The girl took Tidus aside, looking at his face. “We found some ancient ruins right beneath us. It’s not active now, but there should be some power left. We’re gonna go down there and activate it…and then we should be able to salvage the big prize!” Tidus got slightly excited by this, happy to do some hard work. “Rodger!” The girl dived into the water and Tidus followed. They slowly made their way to a large ruined ship. They swam in through a hole in the hull, Tidus went through the dark, murky halls slowly, watching fishes go by. Shortly, they found the main power supply, the girl worked at a snails pace, careful to not harm it, soon they had it up and running.
As soon as they got back on the boat, lights turned on from under the water, Tidus leaned over the rail and looked down, then turned and walked over to the men and the girl. “Fa vuiht dra airship!” one of the two men said, they began walking to the door that leads into the ship. “Dra naluntc fana nekrd.” They reached the door, as they were walking in, they stopped. “Huf, ruf du tnyk ed ib?” Tidus began to walk in and one of the men shoved him back. “Qui, uidceta!” Tidus stepped back, crossing his arms as the door closed. “Hey! I helped out, didn’t I?” He turned and walked back to a few crates, sitting down, leaning on them.
He soon laid down, supporting himself with his elbow. “Unhh, Hungry…” His arm was suddenly kicked and he fell the rest of the way down, the girl put food down by his face and stepped back. “Whoa! Right on!” he began shoveling the food into his mouth, he began choking, the girl tossed him a bottle of water and giggled as he chugged it down. “Its ‘cause you eat to fast.” She giggled again and he stood up, stretching his arms out, nearly hitting her. “Hey!” she stepped back again. “Hello there! What’s your name?” “Rikku…” he grabbed both of her hands, laughing.
“You really do understand! Why didn’t you say so earlier?” He let go of her, she placed her hands on her hips. “I didn’t have a chance too, everyone thought qui were a fiend.” Tidus looked puzzled “Uh…we?” Rikku shook her head “Qui means you…” He nodded and leaned against the railing of the boat. “Who are you guys anyway?” Rikku smiled, “We’re Al Bhed. Can’t you tell? Wait, you’re not an Al Bhed hater, are you?”
He shook his head, “I don’t even know what an Al Bhed is…” Rikku blinked and stepped towards him, “Where are you from?” He smiled broadly, “Zanarkand, I’m a blitzball player, Star player of the Zanarkand Abes.” Rikku frowned, crossing her arms. “Did you hit your head or something?” “Um, you guys hit me.” She frowned a bit more. “Oh, right…Do you remember anything before that?”
“So I told here everything there was to tell about Zanarkand. About life there, blitzball, and Sin’s attack…and about how Auron and I were engulfed in this light. I just said things as they came to mind but then I started to wonder…”
“Did I…uh…say something fun?” Rikku shook her head, “You were near Sin…” a general concern in her voice now. “Mmm-hmm…” She stood up straight, clapping. “Don’t worry, you’ll be better in no time. They say your head gets fuzzy when Sin is near. Maybe you just had some sort of dream.” “You mean I’m sick?” He tilted his head to the side. “Because of Sins’ toxin…yeah.” “You sure?” “Yeah, there is no Zanarkand anymore. Sin destroyed it one thousand years ago. So no one plays blitzball there…”
Tidus stood there, his jaw dropped. “Huh? What do you mean a thousand years ago? But I saw Sin attack Zanarkand! You’re saying that happened a thousand years ago?! No way!” Rikku sighed and shook her head. “You said…you play blitzball?” Tidus nodded “Uh-huh…” Rikku smiled, stepping towards him “You know, you should go to Luca. Someone might know who you are, or you might find someone you recognize.” Tidus tilted his head again “Luca?” “Okay! Leave it to me! I’ll get you to Luca, promise! You’d rather stay here?” he shook his head. “Okay, I’ll go tell the others, wait here. Oh, and one thing, don’t tell anyone you’re from Zanarkand, okay? Yevon says it’s a holy place. You might upset someone.” He nodded, turning out to the ocean as Rikku ran inside.
“My Zanarkand, some kind of holy place? Yeah, right, I thought. Since when? Yevon? Sin? Luca? I thought Sin took me to a far away place, that I could go back in a day or two. But a thousand years into the future? No way!”
He turned and kicked the cargo, as he does this, a vibrating comes from under the ship and he stumbles back. Two men burst out of the ship, pointing to the water. “Sin!” one slipped and slid across the deck, knocking the other one over. “Sin ec lusa!” “Ihtan ic! Ihtan ic!” A large wave comes up and over the ship, sweeping Tidus off, he slid into the water, enveloped in water once again, the darkness came as he drifted off. He awoke in water, on a sunny beach, he broke the surface. “Rikku?!”
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