Hello everyone. This is my first Final Fantasy story. The character types are from Final Fantasy Tactics. I'm hoping for this to be a good comedy and action fic.

Disclaimer – I don't own…ahh…anything about anything Final Fantasy. I WISH I WAS A BLACK MAGE!

The FF Tactics Story

By Sanoon and friends

Chapter 1: The Mage Town of Gilshire

Two lone figures were walking through the woods, trying to reach their next destination. The town of Gilshire. One, a Black Mage who was simply known as Black Mage, wore the simple black mage outfit. Blue robes, a straw hat, and a magical enchanted staff. Like most black mages, the only part of his face you could see were the two bright yellow eyes. The other was a rouge who was known as Rouge, and he wore the same that thieves normally wore. He did have s special vest that allowed him to carry more items that he 'acquires' from 'special transactions.' They were an odd lot, and really didn't like each other very well. They only stayed together because of one thing. They needed each other's skills. The rouge couldn't handle large battles, and the Black Mage would have a considerably hard time finding enough cash on his own.

"Do you know where we are going?" Rouge asked after about an hour of endless wondering.

"Of course I know where we are going," Black Mage responded in low, annoyed tone.

"Are you sure?" Rouge asked again. "Because we've been wondering around for hours."

"I told you, I know where we are going," Black Mage said in a seriously annoyed tone. "The only way to reach this town is through a magically enchanted barrier that hides it from the world."

"Yeah," Rouge said slowly. "Do we really have to go here? I know you want to go to this whole mage town, but…just dealing with you is painful enough. I don't want to have to deal with another hundred of you."

"As long as you don't try to steal anything from them…then you should be fine," Black Mage responded in a low tone.

"Alright," Rouge said as Black Mage stopped walking. Rouge continued on walking and started to ask, "What are you do-," before he was cut off when he ran into an invisible barrier.

"Ahh, we're here," Black Mage said, somewhat amused at Rouge's discomfort.

"You waited for me to hit the barrier, didn't you?" Rouge asked, somewhat annoyed.

"Yes, yes I did," Black Mage said happily, examining the barrier. Unlike Rouge, Black Mage could see the barrier very well. It was casted hundreds of years to keep out non-magical types. Because of that, only people with magic running through their veins can see the barrier.

Rouge watched Black Mage examine nothing for a few minutes before he asked, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Quite," Black Mage quickly responded. After another minute, Black Mage stuck his staff into the ground and touched the barrier. He started chanting something that Rouge couldn't understand. When Black Mage stopped, he picked up his staff, and started walking through the barrier. The forest seemed to ripple as he walked through. After starting at the spot where Black Mage disappeared through for a few seconds, Rouge started to follow him through the barrier, but stopped when he ran into it.

"Ow," Rouge said rubbing his nose. "I thought you opened it!"

"I did," Black Mage responded from the other side of the barrier. Although Rouge couldn't see him, he could still hear him. "It's to your left." Rouge took two steps to his left and walked foreword again. He, again, hit the barrier. "Too far left," Black Mage said quietly. Rouge took one step to his right, and walked foreword. Again, he hit the barrier. "I was joking," Black Mage said, very amused. "I didn't actually open the barrier for you."

Rouge rubbed his face, and came up with an idea. There was no way in hell he would ask for Black Mage to open the barrier, so he would try a different trick. "I think this barrier stops our item sharing, because I have your half of the gold," Rouge said to the wilderness before him. The barrier opened up and Black Mage grabbed Rouge's arm and pulled him in. "I thought that would work," Rouge said after he was through the barrier.

The view changed quickly after they entered the barrier. On the outside, all you could see was endless forests, but inside the barrier, was beautiful town. The town roads were paved with cobblestone, and were lined with green elm trees, and small shrubs. All the buildings were made out of limestone or marble. All these were the signs of a very rich city, something that made Rouge's mouth drool.

"Don't even think about it," Black Mage said quietly after noticing Rouge's expression towards the city. "These are some of the most powerful mages around. I can't protect you from them."

"Gotcha," Rouge said blankly. Black Mage sighed. They both walked into the town. Some of the guards eyed Rouge angrily, almost as if they already knew the mischief he would inevitably cause. They both reached the town square. The only type of people that were seen walking around were black mages, white mages, time mages, red mages, and even summoners. Anyone mage really.

"I'm going into the library," Black Mage said quietly. "Don't follow me," he added. With that, Black Mage walked through the library doors. Rouge looked around. He looked around at the mages walking around the streets. He would get killed if he tried to steal from them. He would have to find a small shop that hardly anybody would go to.

After a while of searching, he found a small shop that nobody seemed to be going to, and he knew why. It was a weapons and armour shop. Earlier, Rouge had seen a magical shop that was loaded with people, but this place was bare. "Why is there a weapons and armour shop in a town full of mages?" Rouge whispered to himself.

Rouge entered the shop. To his surprise, the shopkeeper was asleep at the desk. Rouge took advantage of this opportunity to try to see if anything was worth taking. He saw many swords that seemed to have many magical enhancements, and many sets of armour that looked to be made out of a rare type of metal, and were lined with gold. He knew that he would enjoy stealing this stuff, that is, until the shopkeeper woke up. He yawned, and saw Rouge. "Holy crap, are you an actual customer?" the shopkeeper said in surprise, perking up immediately from what seemed to be a short nap. The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes, and realized that he was an actual person. "What can I do for you?"

"Ahh," Rouge said slowly, putting down a display sword that he was about to steal. "Do you have anything in the back that you can show me…that isn't in the front?" Rouge asked, hoping to get the man to leave the room.

"Sorry man," the shopkeeper said. "All of my inventory is in this room. This is the entire selection."

"Awesome," Rouge said quietly to himself. "Ahh, hey…What's that?" Rouge asked, pointing at the window, hoping to draw the shopkeeper's attention away from him.

"Ohh, that old thing," the shopkeeper said, nodding at the window. "It's one of my most important defenses here."

"You don't say," Rouge said with fake interest. "Why is that?"

"Well," the shopkeeper began, diverting all of his attention to the window. "It is a magically enchanted window. It electrocutes anyone who gets close to it."

"Really," Rouge said, with fake interest. "How did that come to be?"

"Well," the shopkeeper said, taking a big breath. "A long time ago, there was a powerful wizard that lived in this very house. He was always annoyed with the other people of the town who were always peeking through his side window, that he decided to give his window, extra, powerful enhancements to help keep annoying neighbors away. It worked too well though, and killed the first few who looked through the window. Because of this, no one bought the house after he died. That is until I came along. The town has almost excluded this little house from the community though."

Every now and then, Rouge would say, "Really," and, "You don't say," to keep up the act that he was interested. That is, until he snuck out of the shop while the shopkeeper was still rambling on about his magical window.

The shopkeeper looked away from his window, and saw his store bare, and deserted. Everything was ripped from the shelves. There wasn't a single blade left. "Crap," the shopkeeper said, drooping his head. "Theirs a thief in town. Time to alert the city's guards."

Tah Dah. There's chapter one. Short, I know, but I decided to have the Black Mages tale next chapter, and I though now was a good cut-off point. Ohh, and I haven't read any stories from the Final Fantasy Tactics section. I do love the game though. I don't know if Gilshire is a real town in that game or not. I just guessed a name. I also don't know if the term 'item sharing' is actually used, but here, it means that anyone who forms a party can share ALL of their items with each other. Tell me what you think of the story. Flame me if you want, but make sure it's constructive criticism. Anything else I'll ignore, but I do love good comments.