FFX - Script - S.S. Winno
[Scene change: it's nighttime on the boat. Wakka looks at Lulu, and nods. They walk to the upper area of the boat where they'll be alone. Below, the Luca Goers and another person or two surrounded Yuna and talk; she giggles. Kimahri keeps a vigilant watch over her. In the deck below, the Aurochs are standing around, talking. Tidus is sitting down; he stands up and goes to the deck; specifically, Yuna]
Tidus
"What are you all talking about?"
Bickson
"Who are you supposed to be?"
Graav
"Ah, I remember him. Guy from Kilika."
Bickson
"Hmm?"
Graav
"You know, one of the Besaid Aurochs. Said somethin' about winning the cup."
Bickson
"Oh, right. You're that idiot."
Yuna
"Don't call him that!"
Bickson
"But he is an idiot."
"They don't got what it takes to win the cup."
Tidus
"Well, they do now that I'm here!"
Yuna
"Yes, they will win!"
"He used to be the star player of the Zanarkand Abes!"
[Graav laughs to himself]
Graav
"Yeah, as if anyone lived in those ruins."
Yuna
"It's not ruins, there's a big city there! There is!"
[Everyone stares at her]
Tidus
"I got too close to Sin and--"
Yuna
"There is a city, really!"
[She turns her back to them]
Bickson
"Right. Whatever your Ladyship says."
[They walk away. Tidus approaches her]
Tidus
"What's wrong? You seemed kinda mad back there."
Yuna
"They were being rude and..."
"I do believe your Zanarkand exists. I really do, you know!"
Tidus
"How come?"
Yuna
"Sir Jecht used to always tell me stories."
"It'd be great to see your home someday."
"I'd love to go there."
Tidus
"Yeah."
[The screen goes black]
"So, Yuna, wanna come over to my place?"
"Right, sure... As if I had a place to show her."
[Tidus decides to eavesdrop on Wakka and Lulu]
Lulu
"Well? Say something."
"You'll take responsibility?"
Wakka
"Relax! He's bound to know someone in Luca."
Lulu
"And if not?"
Wakka
"He could always join a blitz team."
"Anyhow, it's better than just leaving him in Besaid!"
Lulu
"What? Just leaving him in Luca?"
Wakka
"What do you want me to do?"
Lulu
"Yuna wants to make him a guardian."
Wakka
"Oh yeah, geez... There's that too, eh?"
Lulu
"And whose fault is that?"
Wakka
"Not mine!"
[They're silent for a few moments]
"It is mine, huh?"
"Why do you think she wants to make him a guardian, anyway?"
Lulu
"Because he's Sir Jecht's son."
Wakka
"Oh, right."
"Wait, you sure 'bout that? He's really Sir Jecht's son?"
Lulu
"It's hard to say, but Yuna seems to believe so."
Wakka
"Okay."
Lulu
""Okay?" "Okay?" That's all you have to say?"
Wakka
"Well, yeah, I mean..."
"He's gotta decide for himself, ya? Well, him and Yuna, I guess."
Lulu
"You're right, for once."
Wakka
"Ahem!"
Lulu
"I wonder which is best..."
"Why don't you tell him he should?"
Wakka
"Should what?"
Lulu
"Become Yuna's guardian."
Wakka
"Why me?"
Lulu
"Because Yuna can't."
Wakka
"Why not?"
Lulu
"He hates his father--what he was, what he did."
"Do you really think she can possibly say to him..."
""I want you to be my guardian, like your father was to mine?""
Wakka
"Aren't you being over-sensitive?"
[She sighs]
"All right, all right."
"I'll try talking to him after the tournament."
Lulu
"Be discreet."
Wakka
"I know. It's his decision."
"He doesn't like his father?"
Lulu
"Apparently. He told Yuna as much."
Wakka
"Hating your own father, huh? Sounds like a luxury to me."
"I don't even remember my parents."
"Can't say how I feel about 'em."
Lulu
"I...I was five then, so I remember mine a little."
Wakka
"Dammit!"
"Sin just takes everything away from us."
[Sin goes to the front of the boat, and approaches a blitzball that's just sitting there. The screen goes white: flashback time. The young Tidus has a foot on the blitzball, tries to kick it, but misses completely and falls down. He stands up; Jecht walks up to him]
Jecht
"Well, well, trying to follow in my footsteps, are you?"
"I usually charge for lessons, you know..."
"That shot is done... like this!"
[Jecht does a series of hits and high-flying manoeuvres]
"You can't do it, kid."
"But don't worry, my boy."
"You're not the only one."
"No one else can do it. I'm the best!"
[Flashback ends. Tidus decides to try the shot. Depending on whether you do it or not, different things happens. This is under the assumption that you do pull off the shot successfully. After doing the shot properly, Tidus laughs]
Tidus
"The best? Yeah right!"
[He turns around to find himself surrounded by Aurochs]
Wakka
"Whoa! What's that called?"
Tidus
"Doesn't have a name. Anyone can do it if they try."
Wakka
"Show us one more time, ya?"
[Tidus prepares to do it again. The Aurochs step aside. Tidus looks back to see Yuna's there; she waves at him. He kicks the ball at the screen, which goes black; it fades back in on the Aurochs running to the front of the boat. Tidus goes to speak to Yuna. In the background, the Aurochs are trying to do the shot]
Yuna
"That was the Jecht Shot, wasn't it?"
Tidus
"How do you know that?"
Yuna
"Sir Jecht showed it to me when I was a child."
"He called it the "Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III.""
Tidus
"Stupid name, huh?"
"You know what? There is no Mark I or Mark II, you know?"
"My old man said the name Mark III was just something to hook the crowd."
"He said they'd come back every night expecting to see Mark I and Mark II."
"And, they really did come back."
"I used to get so mad."
[Yuna giggles. Tidus hangs his head. All is silent for a few moments]
"Is he alive, you think?"
Yuna
"I don't know."
"But, Sir Jecht was my father's guardian."
Tidus
"So he's famous here, too?"
Yuna
"Yes."
"So if anything happened to him, I should think word would get around fast."
Tidus
"Uh-huh."
Yuna
"What would you do if you found him?"
Tidus
"Who knows? I thought he died ten years ago."
"Well..."
"I'd probably just smack him one."
[He punches the air]
"After everything he put Mom and me through."
"And because he was famous, I was always..."
"Well, you should know, Yuna."
"Your father's famous, too. Everyone in Spira knows him, right?"
"Ain't it tough?"
Yuna
"It is hard to follow in his footsteps as a summoner."
Tidus
"Sure."
Yuna
"But the honor of having a father like him surpasses all that, I think."
Tidus
"Well, there wasn't much to honor about my old man, that's for sure."
Yuna
"You shouldn't say that about your father!"
Tidus
"I got the right!"
Yuna
"I guess you do."
[Tidus gets hit by a blitzball. He turns to see Wakka and the Aurochs]
Wakka
"Show me that move again!"
[Tidus says "Yo!"; the screen goes black]
"I didn't think my old man would come to Luca."
"He never did like watching other people play."
"But I couldn't help feeling something bad was gonna happen. And these feelings of mine are usually right."
"Sure, I had told Wakka I'd help him win the tournament. But I wasn't sure I had it in me to play at all anymore."
[Tidus sleeps]