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in awe: Nimrook in goal, least goals conceded.               'Watch  this.'  Lightning  dashes  forward,
                                                                      Jassu and Deim the top two defenders. Graav              twirling and spinning through the water before
                                                                      in  the  middle,  top  in  assists.  Basik  Ronso        pushing  her  leg  out.  However  Basik  saw  the
                                                                      boasting the hardest shot in the league. Then            telegraphed tackle and simply moved, causing
                                                                      Giera,  the  Guado,  the  fastest  swimmer  and          Lightning  to  fly  past  him.  Tidus  looked  at  her
                                                                      second highest goal scorer.                              annoyed before chasing Basik, swimming past
                                                                          "None  of  this  matters"  she  thinks  as  she      her.
                                                                      looks  at  Tidus.  "Top  scorer  and  the  reigning          Lightning  looked  down,  disappointed  with
                                                                      two  time  MVP"  she  smiled  to  herself  as  the       herself for letting him down.
            We Had No Idea                                            players  shook  hands  before  preparing.  The
            by Tayaab Ahmad                                           buzzer  then  thundered  starting  the  blitz  event         Tidus catches up to Basik ready to tackle
                                                                      of the century.                                          the tough Ronso as hard as he could but Basik
            Tidus leaned forward, putting his hand on the                                                                      turns and throws the ball to Graav.
            floor  to  stretch  his  back.  He  waited  for  a  few       Tidus  leapt  from  the  glyph,  grabbing  the           'Alright, Zidane is fast. He can get' then to
            seconds  before  standing  up  and  turning.  “So         ball  and  immediately  moving  right;  avoiding  a      Tidus’s  bemusement,  he  sees  Zidane  at  the
            we all ready?” Tidus turned around addressing             tackle  from  Graav.  He  glides  past  Basik  who       edge of the field, posing and flirting with girls in
            the locker room.                                          tries  to  follow  pointlessly.  Tidus  pulls  away.     the stands.
                                                                      The attack continues but Deim intercepts. She
                 Squall sighed before nodding. Zidane was             dashes  towards  him  feet  first,  catching  Tidus          “DAMN  IT  ZIDANE!”  he  yells,  taking  in  a
            bouncing  up  and  down  on  the  spot  before            on the  way through. But he  breaks the tackle           gulp of water while chasing after Graav who is
            doing a flip, but almost falling. He straightened         and  marches  on.  By  now,  3  all-stars  are  in       closing  in.  Cecil  looks  at  Graav  ready  for  the
            up, scratching his head before nodding as well.           pursuit with Jassu next. He can’t help but smile         shot.  Tidus  looks  at  Cecil  and  his  mouth
            Cloud  stood  against  the  wall;  stoic  as  ever.       as he prepares his venom tackle. Tidus smiles            dropped,  “Why  the  hell  are  you  wearing
            Lightning adopting a similar position to conceal          back at him.                                             armour?!” he yelled loudly.
            her excitement. Cecil spoke loud and proud. “I
            shall  defend  the  goal  with  all  my-”,  But  Tidus        "We've played together for so long, I know               Graav  smiles  and  throws  the  ball
            cuts  him  short  announcing  they  should  get           the exact timing of your tackles, Jassu." Tidus          backwards,  straight  into  Giera’s  large  hands,
            going.  Squall,  Zidane,  Cloud,  Lightning  and  a       smirked and with a spin he dodges the tackle             who was rapidly approaching Cecil. 'Where the
            disappointed Cecil follow.                                and  goes  on.  The  crowd  roared.  Tidus               hell is Cloud? He should be able to challenge
                                                                      approaches  the  goal,  readying  his  signature         him' Tidus thinks, giving chase. There he was,
                 Tidus swims in, whipping his adoring fans            Sphere Shot.                                             swimming  nonchalantly  on  the  spot:  arms
            into a frenzy. The other 5 swim out behind him,                                                                    folded, eyes closed. 'What’s the point?' thought
            overwhelmed by the reception.                                 Just  as  Tidus  pulls  the  trigger,  a  shadow     Tidus, too focused on catching up to Giera.
                                                                      storms  past  everyone  like  a  blur.  As  Tidus
                 “And here they come! The team facing the             connects  with  the  ball,  there  appears  Giera;           The  problem  was  that  speed  is  the  one
            Spira  All  Stars!  The  Enix  6!”  yells  the            mirroring  Tidus’s  motion.  Their  feet  collide        thing  he  could  never  match  him  in.  Giera
            announcer, further pumping the crowd.                     either  side  of  the  ball,  compressing  it  to  the   readies  himself  and  fires  a  shot  into  the  top
                 Lightning  looked  around,  amazed.  "This           size of a golf ball. The crowd hold their breath,        right corner. Cecil jumps but the weight of his
            isn't  all  for  us…  it's  for  him"  she  thought  to   expecting the ball to burst. Instead, it ricochets       armour  not  letting  him  move  anywhere  fast.
            herself.                                                  out of play. Tidus glares at Giera, who meets            The  ball  went  in  without  anything  close  to  it.
                                                                      his gaze with twice the intensity. The crowd is          The buzzer sounds, changing the score to 1-0.
                 Tidus  swims  to  the  middle,  facing  players      loving this.
            he had faced off many times, including former                                                                          Tidus looks at him: mortified, let down. He
            team  mate,  Jassu.  Lightning  peeks  out  from              Play is reset and Nimrook lobs it to Basik,          hasn’t even gotten to Cloud yet. It was obvious
            behind Tidus; She has been a massive fan of               who launches his attack. He notices Lightning            how  he  felt  about  this  game.  Tidus  resets  to
            blitzball  ever  since  it  was  broadcast  on  the       chasing him very quickly and stops in front of           the  middle  and  prepares  to  jump  for  the  ball.
            cross-dimension  network.  Even  though  she’d            him.  Lightning  caught  a  glimpse  of  Tidus           The buzzer sounds; Squall looks determined.
            never admit it, she thought Tidus was amazing.            behind Basik and she smiled to herself.                      'Forget this' he thinks arrogantly. He brings
            She looks across at the faces of the opposition                                                                    his  hand  to  his  chest.  Suddenly  Leviathan
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