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Tidus wakes up in limbo, swimming through the air he descends down to see a 
young boy who seems rather familiar.  When he truly wakes up he finds himself 
afrift among some broken ruins, however they are not the ruins of his town.  
He makes his way toward the structure to the North but is ambushed by a large 
aquatic monster known as the Geosgaeno.  The temple itself is freezing, Tidus 
quickly gathers the materials for a fire only to find he is not alone in the 
temple.  Before he knows it Tidus is fighting for his life against a monster 
who might just get the upper hand.  That's when the wall caves and a number of 
oddly dressed people burst into the room.  Without saying a word, a mysterious 
girl dressed in a body suit joins Tidus and with her help the monster is 
quickly defeated.  The celebration won't last long, the people who helped 
Tidus quickly decide to capture him, but their motive is unknown because they 
speak an entirely different language.

Tidus wakes up on a mid-sized ocean vessel with the same people who kidnapped 
him.  He realizes the girl who he fought with speaks fluent English, and he is 
able to communicate with her help.  Basically she tells him that in order to 
remain aboard (or alive) he's going to have to work.  She tells Tidus that 
there's some underwater ruins and she wants his help to salvage them.  His 
days as a Blitzball player make him the perfect candidate for the underwater 
expidition.  So he and the girl head down and find some kind of activation 
panel in the ruins, but when they leave they realize they're not alone and 
have to fend off an attack from a giant squid monster.

Back on the ship Tidus is disappointed as he is left out to sit alone on the 
deck.  Just when hunger sets in the girl reappears to help him out, she sayd 
her name is Rikku and she is one of the Al Bhed.  When Tidus says he comes 
from Zanarkand she is a more than a little shocked.  Zanarkand was indeed 
destroyed by Sin, but it happened over 1000 years ago.  When Tidus is trying 
to wrestle with his denail of this fact Rikku tries to explain that often 
neuroticism is a result of Sins toxins and Tidus may be siffering from a loss 
of memory.  This idea of course seems rediculous to him but he keeps quiet.  
Since he mentioned he was the star player of the Zanarkand Abes, she says that 
Luca is a town renowned for its Blitzball players and promises to take him 
there.  Her one condition is that he not reveal that he is from Zanarkand as 
some group called Yevon identifies it as a holy place.  Before Tidus has a 
chance to absorb everything he's heard suddenly there is a disturbance in the 
water and a huge creature is lurking around.  The Al Bhed cry out that Sin is 
attacking and before anyone can act Tidus is thrown from the boat.