The Biggest Changes Start Here

Moving on from that, as we got to the stands and sat down, all of my summons were in place, and at the ready. The blitzball game would take around 20 minutes, with five minutes for each of the two quarters, and a 10 minute half time. Because of how long it would be, there would be plenty of time for my rogues to record stuff, and for me to relax, and enjoy the game.

The game itself wasn't even a challenge for the Aurochs honestly. I think it's because I'm watching it, rather than playing it, but Tidus and Wakka were able to achieve feats that were shown in cutscenes, rather than what is shown in the blitzball mini game. That means that they were able to knock people outside of the blitzball sphere, dodge them with no problems at all, and pass at a much faster rate.

Tidus scored on them twice, once normally, and once with a Jecht shot. Wakka scored with his famed, venom shot. It was interesting to see in real time as the blitzball glowed green when he threw it at the goal, it hit the goalie, knocked him back, then the ball bounced in the goal itself. The game was 3-0 at three minutes, and the Aurochs already stole the ball again from the Goers. Yeah, this game was over before it even started.

Heck, the announcers were flabbergasted, and struggling to say anything. The crowd was going wild though. I know Yuna was cheering loudly. Even Lulu was giving out quiet cheers.

I remembered that Auron should be somewhere in the stands watching. We will be meeting up soon, I'm still looking forward to his reaction to Tidus already being a guardian. Heh. Although knowing him, he probably won't react that much.

By the time I focused back on the game, it was four minutes into the second quarter, and the score was 9-2. Yeah, the Goers' pride had to be destroyed by now. Sucks for them. That's what happens when you talk the talk, without showing anything for it. Soon enough, the announcer announced that the Aurochs had won with a score of 11-2.

Congrats to them, now Wakka won't have any regrets on blitzball. Although, it's almost time for the guado to make a move. Sure enough, I see a bunch of aquatic fiends appear in the blitzball sphere. Then fiends started showing up all over the stadium. I saw this as my chance once I spotted Auron fending off a fiend in the distance.

Before Seymour got anywhere near the top stand, I started summoning my ice dragon. Everyone looked up to see a large egg of ice appear in the sky. Cracks slowly showed across the egg, until it eventually shattered, and a snowy blue dragon, with four wings appeared in the sky. It flew down in front of me and activated its overdrive ability called [Flash Freeze]. It targets all enemies in a large surrounding area, freezing them in place, then shattering them depending on how strong the enemy is.

Of course, since all the fiends around here aren't nearly as strong as my dragon, the moment it used [Flash Freeze] it took out all the fiends in the area, causing them to turn into totes of light. I saw Seymour had a bewildered look on his face when he noticed the dragon flying near me, and that all the fiends were taken care of. My dragon came down, and I petted its head. Too bad Seymour, you don't get to show off today, screw your plans.

Once Seymour realized that he lost his chance, he took a deep breath, and just walked back to where he came from. I chuckled at this, while Lulu, Yuna, and Kimahri looked at me in bewilderment. I just laughed it off and unsummoned my dragon.

After that point, the rest of my summons returned to me with the large number of recordings and evidence they had. I put all of it in my inventory to organize on my computer later. As we walked out of the stadium, there was something I completely forgot about, that apparently did exist here. The save spheres. I quickly went to access one, and sure enough, I was able to save.

I looked around for a bit, then stored this sphere in my inventory. I will be keeping this in the inn that I crafted. I will be upgrading it as well, now that I have better technology. Before we headed out, I purchased as much food, and food materials as I could afford. I obtained plenty of potions from those worker bots, so no need to worry there.

Once I was finished, we headed out to the stairs leading to Mi'ihen Highroad. I sat down for a little while as we waited for Wakka and Tidus to come round. Also, Asta would be joining us as well, funny enough, it was because she didn't want to separate from Wakka.

Asta wasn't going to be a guardian, but she would be adventuring with us nonetheless. She will probably have to be a guardian at some point though. As I got in my thoughts, I realized another thing, I want to learn the Al Bhed language.

I wonder, if I hack into their servers at some point, could I download the Al Bhed dictionary? Possibly. For now, I will just organize the recordings on my laptop that I built, using some of the tech I gained from the worker bots. Lulu was standing by Yuna, talking to her as she talked about Auron and Zanarkand. Wakka showed up eventually and announced he would be a full time guardian now. Then Auron showed up, with a tired Tidus.

He went on the same spiel as in the game, except just offering his services as a guardian since Tidus was one already. Yuna accepted of course. Auron did glance my way for a second, probably because I was the one that suggested that Tidus became a guardian.

Now that the party has gathered, with two additional members, we set off. As it turned out, Asta was a bow user, funny enough. So that means, I needed to learn how to make bows. I had plenty of wood to practice with. Also, the road was much longer than in the game. Of course, I should have expected this. Everything here seems to be bigger than in the game.

I fear to see what Bikanel Island, or the Calm Lands will look like. While we were on this road, I was thinking of the two optional bosses. Ifrit, that is summoned by Lady Belgemine, and the chocobo eater. The chocobo eater will be a piece of cake, but Ifrit could be an issue. So, I decided to have Yuna grind for a while to make Valefor strong enough to defeat it on the first attempt.

While we traveled on the road, I tinkered with the various materials in my inventory, and the rest of the party fought to help Yuna level up and move along on her sphere grid. This also empowered everyone else since they were also participating.

Of course, we also encountered that old squire who tried to educate us on what the ruins around us represented. I just ignored him, while everyone else listened. Of course, I acted like I was listening so it wouldn't seem out of place.

[As you can see here, this depicts parts of the ancient Zanarkand. Don't you see the advanced Machina that was lost to time?] This dude was still talking? Damn bro, I guess I zoned back in at the wrong time. I just leaned against one of the 'ancient' ruins as everyone else stood around the guy that has one foot in the grave and listened. 

Once that was finished, we continued our journey while grinding enemies at the same time. We stopped just outside of the area where we would meet Lady Belgemine for the first time. While this grinding session was going on, I was thinking of a way to make large amounts of gil.

I decided that I would make manga and introduce it to the world of Spira, since their reading material was lacking. My hacking skills were also up to the standard that I felt comfortable hacking into the Al Bhed 'Home' and trying to obtain any and all blueprints they may have there. I used this skill to share my manga across any and all book stores that printed out books.

They would get sold, and the funds would be sent electronically. It was always a wonder how gil was sent between places, now I know that there is a physical and electronic version of it. There were also banks across Spira, but I didn't plan on hacking into any banks to take money.

Spira may be all over the place with technology, but they had it in all the right places. Once my money scheme was in place, Yuna and the rest of the party grinded enough that I felt like Valefor would win a fight against Ifrit on the first try.

Once we greeted the Lady, she introduced herself as a summoner, and stated that she wanted to test Yuna. To which of course she agreed and fought her Ifrit with Valefor. It didn't take long for Yuna to win the fight though, and Lady Belgemine gave Yuna an Echo ring, which she passed to me right away. Probably to store it and Analyze it.

"Interesting, you, guardian of Lady Yuna with the silver hair, and black jacket. Would you care to be tested as well? I'll reward you of course." When she asked me that, it threw me for a loop. Apparently I wasn't the only one, because everyone else either had a bewildered look or one of surprise.