Hello, all! I'm sorry I'm late...REALLY late. I hope this chapter speaks for itself! Now then, without further adieu, I present...CHapter3!

Chapter 3

A blond man sighed to himself as he sat at the edge of a cliff over looking a large body of water.

"Heeey!" a man with strange orange hair came running up.

"Huh? Oh, hey Wakka" the blond man said, a little depressed.

"Yo, Tidus, what's got you down?" Wakka asked.

"Oh, uh…nothing" Tidus replied, still sounding a little miserable.

"Hey! Ya gotta give me some credit, you're no stranger anymore, I can read you like a book ya!" the man with the giant orange hair spike said.

"I guess…" the younger man said.

"So, what's eatin' ya?" Wakka asked while sitting down next to his friend.

"It's my old man again…I mean, I know we had to do what we did…but it just isn't right, you know" Tidus said.

"Yeah…I know. Hey, we were gonna play some Blitzball, I came to ask you if you wanna join?! You know, to take your mind off of your old man?" the energetic man asked, jumping up from the spot he was sitting in.

"Yeah, I think I will Wakka" Tidus jumped up immediately.

"Alright!" Wakka turned towards the path down to the beach "You probably won't believe this, but I got Lu to play with us!"

"No way!"

"I'm good ya?"

"How in Spira did you get Lulu to play?" Tidus asked in disbelief.

"Ever since Yuna started to practice Blitz, Lu's been thinking that she might get hurt, so, I just told her that if you think she's in danger then you should come and play too!" Wakka said excitedly.

"Great, so who's got which positions?!" the blond asked.

"Well, I'll just give you the roster to look at!" the orange haired man said defiantly.

"Hey, since when did you get a roster?" Tidus asked, taking the paper from his friend.

"Since Lu was gonna play, she was all upset when she found out how disorganized our games were" Wakka said sheepishly.

"That makes sense, Lulu is very strict" the blond replied, looking down at the paper.

Besaid Aurochs:

Midfielder – Wakka
Left field - Datto
Right field - Letty
Left defense - Jassu
Right defense - Botta
Goalie – Keepa

Summoner & Guardians:

Midfielder - Yuna
Left field - Brother
Right field - Tidus
Left defense - Kimahri
Right defense - Rikku
Goalie - Lulu

"Kimahri!" Tidus exclaimed.

"Yep, Yuna talked him into it" the energetic man said.

"Remember the last time Kimahri got wet, his fur was soaked!" the young blond man started laughing.

"Yeah, you can laugh, but you weren't the one who almost got strangled by a Ronso!" Wakka said while starting to pout.

"But I wasn't the one who 'accidentally' missed with a water spell either" Tidus scoffed.

"True…true" the orange haired man said "hey, we should get going, Lu's gonna be mad if we're late!"

"Right!" he responded as they headed down the path to the beach.

A blonde girl with strange green swirled eyes came running up to them "Slow pokes!" the girl teased.

"Hey, Rikku" Tidus said "Sorry we're late"

"We were just clearin' some stuff up. But now we're ready to Blitz!" Wakka said as he ran over to other players.

"Alright Rikku, Let's go show Wakka who's the better team!" the blond man said as he and Rikku ran over to everyone else.

"Hey, Lu!" Wakka ran over to a woman wearing black with black hair, "so you really are gonna play, huh?"

"Yes Wakka" the dark haired woman replied.

"He he! You're almost as bad at trash talking as Kimahri!" the man with the dominating orange hair spike said.

A large blue furred…man with a broken horn waked over. "Kimahri says your Momma wears combat boots." The creature said in a deep calm voice.

"Whoa, Kimahri! Have you been practicing?" Wakka asked bewildered.

"Nice one, Kimahri!" Tidus cheered.

A man with a small blond Mohawk ran over and yelled, "Rao, ajanouha! Yna fa kuehk du Blitz un fryd?" In a strange language.

(Hey, Everyone! Are we going to play Blitz or what?)

"Rumt ouin lrulupuc, Brother! Fa'na kuehk du bmyo eh y sehida!" Rikku said in the same tongue.

(Hold your chocobos, Brother! We're going to play in a minute!)

"Um, Rikku?" a woman with one blue eye, one green eye and brown hair walked over to Rikku, "None of us really know the Al Bhed language, could you maybe translate for us?"

"Well, I would Yunie, buuut, do you honestly want to about the mindless ramblings of my brother?" the perky young woman said.

"Ah!" Yuna screamed as the wind seemed to pick up drastically.

"Yo, it's Cid's airship!" Wakka yelled over all of the noise coming from the large flying machine.

"Hey there everyone!" a gruff sounding voice boomed.

"Vydran!" Brother yelled.

(Father!)

"All of you get up here pronto!" Cid yelled over the airships speakers.

"Looks like we're gonna have to wait to Blitz, eh?" Wakka said.

All of a sudden the entire group, excluding the Aurochs, were teleported onto the airship's bridge.

"So, ah…how exactly do we get up here?" Tidus asked, bewildered.

"I told you before, I have no idea how this airship works!" Cid yelled back at the blond.

"Kimahri not feel safe. Kimahri go through up now" the Ronso left the room in no hurry.

"So, what did ya want us for, pops?" Rikku asked.

"Well, I got this disturbing message through one of these contraptions around here, and thought you all should hear it!" Cid shouted, "Play it back"

"Oan, cen!" another Al Bhed said as they pressed a few buttons on their control pad.

(Yes, sir)

"…Nothings happening" Tidus said disappointed.

"Just give it a minute" Cid said, crossing his arms. Still nothing. "Stupid piece of…" He mumbled as he walked over and kicked something.

Just then, a voice came from all of their speakers saying, "Welcome, slayers of Sin, you have been invited to a competition of champions. Attendance is not necessary, but this is an opportunity to see just how powerful you are." The voice died away in static.

"Pretty vague, ya?" Wakka said.

Cid waved a hand over to the pilot and asked, "Well, what do ya think?"

"It sounds…dangerous, you know?" Yuna said, uncertain.

"Come on Yuna," Tidus encouraged "I think we should go, I mean it's not like their just gonna send us off to die or anything, right? And if we all go there's nothing to be afraid of, right Wakka?"

"I'm all for it!" Wakka cheered.

"Well…I suppose." Yuna said "Let's go"

"Alright!" Rikku said in a joyful tone.

"Lu? What do ya say?" Wakka asked hopefully.

"Very well, if everyone else is going" Lulu said in a monotonous tone.

"Good, you're all in agreement," Cid said "Because I already told the pilot to start flying there!"

"What!"

"Hmph"

"Oh, my!"

"You really gotta show some more restraint, pops…"

"Pretty sneaky, for an old man!"

"Ha ha ha! I pulled a fast one on you kids, didn't I?!" Cid laughed aloud as they flew to their next destination

"Hey! Hurry it up!" a silver haired teen yelled back at his friend.

"Come on, Luneth! Not everyone gets up as early as you!" a brown haired boy said as he packed some things into a leather sack.

"Now Arc, we've got to go get some food for the other two" Luneth replied "you know how Refia gets when we skip out on what we're supposed to do and Ingus will just whine about duty until we do something"

"It's not very nice to say things like that..." Arc said as he finished packing.

"You know, for being so nice, you sure get picked on a lot" the silver haired boy said as they left their room at the inn and headed for a bakery.

"Hey Luneth, watch out for the easily avoidable hole" the shy brown haired boy said.

"Please Arc, I think that I know by now, don't go near any large ho---" Whump!

"Luneth?" Arc asked, walking over to the gaping hole "Did you fall in another hole?"

"Yeah, I really thought that after I fell down a few holes that I just might get that I'm supposed to walk around them!" Luneth said, aggravated.

"Aaaaaahhh!" Whump! "Oww…" Arc moaned as he stood up next to his friend.

"What happened to you?" Luneth asked.

"Some rude man in armor came and knocked me down here!" the brown haired boy said.

"You too!" a voice came from the shadows.

"Who's there?!" the silver haired teen said.

"Don't worry, we don't mean you any harm, we got knocked down here, just like you" a silver haired man came into view with three others. "Hello, I'm Firion, this is Guy" he motioned to a large, but not at all intimidating, brown haired man. "And these two are…" he stopped himself.

"I'm Maria" a woman whose hair was a deep shade of purple said, stepping forward

"And I am Leon" a man with the same color purple hair stepped forward.

"Alright, I'm Luneth, this here is Arc, come on say hi!" the boy said as he pushed his friend closer to the strangers.

"Uh…um…h-hi" Arc muttered.

"Now, to find a way out of here…" Firion thought aloud.

"Well, there seems to be a few passageways out of here" Leon said.

"Guy will ask squirrel for directions" Guy said, walking over to a squirrel.

"Is he, you know, all there?" Luneth whispered to Firion.

"Don't worry, this is completely normal for him" the silver haired man responded.

"Squeak squeakin' squeak skueakity, squeakin' squeakers" Guy said to the squirrel, and then he lowered his ear so that it was right next to the squirrel and sat there for a little bit. "The squirrel says to go that way" Guy pointed to a passageway.

"Let's go then!" Firion said.

"Do you really trust a squirrel?" Luneth asked.

"Do you believe the squirrel talked?" Arc asked baffled.

"It's a lot easier to just except these things" Maria said.

"Firion, you lost another weapon" Leon said.

"Da--" Firion glanced at his younger audience and finished "--ang it" he walked over and picked a sword up off the ground.

"Does that happen a lot?" Luneth asked bemused.

"More then you think" Leon said fatigued.

"What are you two talking about?" Firion called over to them.

"Nothing…" Leon called back.

"We should get going" Firion said. "Which way Guy?"

"That way" Guy pointed to a pathway.

"Let's go!" Luneth yelled.

"Whoops!" Firion started to drop some of his weapons as they headed down the passageway.

"Finally" Maria said as they saw the exit to the cave, which had two figures standing just outside.

"Luneth?" a voice came from outside the tunnel.

"Huh?" Luneth said as he examined the silhouettes "Refia! Ingus! What are you guys doing here?"

"We saw the extremely easily avoided hole in town" Refia, a young woman with reddish-brown hair, said "And we just assumed that Luneth fell in"

"Hey!" Luneth said irritated.

"It is true" Ingus, a blond young man with a knightly manner, said "You do fall down every hole you come across."

"Hmm, this is a little awkward, I believe we will be going now" Firion said.

"Where are you going? If you're going to the same place as us...we could go together" Arc asked nervously.

"You do speak!" the silver haired man said to Arc. "Anyway, we're going to find ssome sort of transportation to…Leon, where are we going to?"

"We don't really know what it is" Leon started "All we know is that it is some sort of tournament or competition, something of the sort"

"That sounds like where we are heading" Ingus said.

"Alright then let's go together" Luneth said "I guess it was luck when we got knocked into that hole by that weird man"

"Excuse me!" the voice came from a man who was standing nearby, wearing tip-to-toe purple armor with brilliant golden horns. "No means to be rude, but that man who knocked you down…was he wearing a vast amount of armor?"

"Yeah…he was. But who are you?" Luneth asked.

"Forgive my rudeness, I am known as the warrior of light, and I know the man of which you speak. His name is Garland, he seems to have developed a liking of knocking people down" the armored man said. "He is a fiend which must be stopped. The knocking down…must end."

"Well, we'd better get going or we'll miss our bus, good luck with your arch-nemesis or whatever" Firion responded.

"Actually, I am also in search of a bus, I don't suppose it's to a 'tournament of champions' by chance?" the Warrior of Light said.

"Why, yes it is!" the silver haired man said.

"Come on, the more the merrier!" Luneth said excitedly.

"I thank you" the resplendently armored man said.

Just then a bus came screeching to a halt yards from the hodgepodge group, then the door opens slowly to reveal a young man in red with brown hair at the wheel. "'Sup" the driver said, half board-half excited. "Come on everyone! Hop on!"

"Guess this is it! Come on Arc!" Luneth said jubilantly as he boarded the bus.

"A-alright…" Arc said, boarding after his friend.

"Those two are idiots." Refia said, placing her face in her palm.

"It is truly a good thing to meet someone who has the same values of honor as I" Ingus said to the Warrior of Light as they entered the bus.

"I feel the same young warrior" the man responded.

"Maria! Leon! Let's go!" Firion called to his companions who got on the bus with him, he poked his head out the door and shouted "Guy! You can come too!"

"Come on squirrel friend, let's go" Guy said, picking a squirrel up off the ground and walked on to the bus.

"Is that everyone? Alright, le'see…ah, here we go!" the driver said, placing the key in the ignition. The bus roared to life and drove down the street…poorly.

Thanks for reading, I'm sorry if this one was a bit boring compared to the others...Any-who, please review and tell me what you think! (Does it not feel as if the shiney button is calling to you?)