The S.S. Liki was sailing across the eastern sea of Spira. On board, there were not only a young summoner that has just begun her journey, and not only the blitzball team of the island of Besaid, but also (unknowingly to the captain and several of the passengers) some travellers from an entirely different world.
There also was a boy who supposedly was from 1000 years in the past.
Tidus walked across the deck and enjoyed the fresh sea breeze. He passed the grumpy-as-always-looking Kimahri and the small group of Ranma, Akane and Wakka.
Then he saw Yuna.
The young summoner was standing near the front side of the ship and was surrounded by a large group of people.
Two men were standing near him. One of them just told his friend: "I heard this girl was Lord Braska's daughter!"
"You don't say!" the other man replied excitedly.
Tidus wondered about that, then he returned to his friends.
"Hey Tidus," Akane greeted him. "Enjoying the boat trip?"
"Um, something like that," Tidus muttered. "Say, Wakka... I just heard those two men talking... and I wondered... are Yuna's parents famous or something?"
"She's the daughter of high summoner Braska," Wakka explained. "He defeated Sin ten years ago. You all saw his statue at the temple, right?"
"Oh, the guy with the long hair and the funny-looking hat?" Ranma asked.
"Um, yeah! That's him!"
Tidus sighed. "It's tough... when your father is famous!"
"I wouldn't know," Ranma shrugged. "There was nothing famous about my father. Except when he stole a village's food sometimes. The next morning, he surely was famous in the whole village."
"Your father was a thief?" Wakka asked surprised.
"A thief, a liar and a lousy father... But at least he taught me the way of the Arts..."
"Sounds similar to my old man," Tidus sighed. "He didn't steal, but he was a bastard in his own ways... And like Yuna's father, he was famous..."
"Did he play blitzball too?" Akane guessed. Tidus nodded. "Yeah, he was like Zanarkand's national hero of the stadium. And when I got on the team, everyone expected me to do as good as him."
"Hmm, sounds tough," Ranma agreed.
Tidus sighed again and went to talk to Yuna, now that the crowd around her had left her alone for now.
"Well, I got to talk to the boys," Wakka said. "Later..."
After Wakka went inside, Akane asked: "Um, Ranma?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Um, I just wanted to ask you: What did you want to tell me that evening, when we were sitting at the fire?"
Dang! Ranma thought. I thought she forgot about that.
"Well, Akane..."
"Yes?"
"You know, um... I know you're my fiancee and all... and we're bound by honor to unite the houses and stuff... but I... I just wanted to tell ya..."
Man, that really was hard!
'Relax, Ranma!' Carbuncle told him. 'Just take a breath and tell her!'
"Akane, I'm sorry that I called you uncute and a bad cook and all these things over the last years. And I... wanted you to know that over these years, I... I grew to like you! Not only as a part of the family or as a friend, but as something more! I can't say at the moment what this does mean for the two of us... but I wanted to tell you... I'm probably not planning to fulfil the agreements I have with the other girls."
'And I certainly hope they don't massacre me for that decision!' he thought.
"Ranma... that's..."
'Uh-oh, I think I made a mistake again!' He braced himself for the inescapable mallet of doom.
"That's so sweet of you!"
'Huh? That's new!'
"Ranma, I'm sorry, too! I always called you a jerk and never listened to you! I always hit you with my mallet and was pretty jealous... Can you forgive me?"
"Akane..."
And while the two younger teens embraced each other, Kasumi stood nearby and smiled. 'That's the spirit! Finally they found each other!'
'They certainly look happy!' Lenne added.
But suddenly, the whole beauty of the situation was destroyed, when something hit the ship from underneath.
Ranma, already used to that feeling, could only groan. 'Oh no! Not that! Not now!'
And when the sea water erupted and a large fin broke through the surface, the ship's captain cried out in horror:
"SIN!!"
And while everyone was scattering in panic around the deck, one of the crew members headed for the harpoon that was situated at the front of the ship.
"What are you doing?" Wakka asked the man. "Stick a harpoon in it and we'll all get dragged under!"
"But... but Sin is going for Kilika! We have to distract it!"
Another man helped the first to adjust the harpoon. "Our families are in Kilika," he told Yuna, who was watching in terror. "Forgive us, Lady Summoner!"
Yuna sadly nodded. When they fired the harpoon, Wakka only had time to say: "Wait! Oh boy..."
The two harpoons flew across the water and hit the hard surface of Sin's fin. They embedded themselves in its flesh. The boat started shaking when Sin began to drag it around the sea. Several scales separated from Sin's skin and flew towards the ship.
They stuck to the deck's surface and unfolded themselves. The little creatures that hid inside their shells - Sinscales - hissed and began attacking the passengers.
Kimahri came running and helped Yuna up. Ranma shouted to Tidus, Akane and Kimahri: "You three protect the passengers! I'll take care of the harpoons!" And with that, he jumped across the gap between the S.S. Liki and the fin.
Akane took a Sinscale out with a swipe of her clawed gloves and shouted: "You heard him! Take them on!"
The Sinscales fired their spines at them and tried to hit them with their wings, and so the battle commenced.
Kasumi stood behind them. 'I've got to help them,' she thought.
And as if she had done this all her life, she started dancing. She danced on the ship's deck while the others were fighting for their life. But it was no normal dance. This dance was supposed to blind their opponents to raise their chances for victory.
Meanwhile, Ranma had landed on the rough surface of Sin's fin. Above his head, the harpoons were embedded in the behemoth's flesh.
'I've got to pull them out somehow, or we'll all end up as fish food!'
But suddenly an ugly Sinspawn emerged from Sin's skin. It roared at Ranma and spit some green acid, which he barely managed to dodge.
"I have no time for you, I gotta pull out the harpoons!" But the Sinspawn didn't take 'no' for an answer and blocked his way with its tentacles.
But suddenly, some vacuum blades of wind cut through the air and hit the Sinspawn's side. Angrily, it hissed at the intruder.
It was Valefor, Yuna's flying Aeon! The colorful, dragon-winged bird hovered over the water and let out a challenging scream at the monster. She reared back her head and attacked with a small fire spell.
In a blind rage, the Sinspawn lashed out with its long tentacles, but missed the flying Aeon. It totally seemed to have forgotten about Ranma.
The pig-tailed martial artist took the chance and jumped up to the harpoons. With a powerful yank, he pulled them out of the fin's flesh and threw them back to the ocean. While he nervously looked for the best chance to jump back aboard, Valefor came flying close by.
Ranma realized her intentions and jumped on her back. While the Sinspawn screamed after them, the big bird safely brought Ranma back to the S.S. Liki.
Ranma jumped of her back and looked at Yuna gratefully. "Thanks for the help!"
She smiled. "I'm glad I was able to help!"
At that moment, Tidus and Wakka climbed aboard. "Sorry," Wakka said. "But I had to help Junior here fight a big swimming Sinspawn when he fell into the water."
They all looked after the giant fin that was slowly moving away from them.
Yuna gasped, when she realized: In that direction, it would soon reach...
"Oh no," she whispered. "Kilika..."
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(Posted Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:29)
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