Hey! Platypus here! Opening up for my first story! Themed Final Fantasy 9! Oh and I don't own Final Fantasy 9. Although I wish that I did so I could make millions in the gaming business. Actually I had made this story before I had heard about So I hope you enjoy my first story! And I look forward to those reviews. This is a humor/romance. Usually I only write humor…but hey some romance is good too right? Oh and another reason I choose Final Fantasy 9 above all the rest is because a lot of people either don't know about it or they don't like it because they went back to chibi's. But hey! Zidane's got a tail! What's not to love?

Chapter 1

Enter Zidane

A huge air ship was making its way through the sky towards the city of Alexandria. Alexandria was a busy bustling city where they held a famous festival that was composed of stands where they sold items, weapons and accessories, and who could forget the famous play performed by the famous Tantalus" Company". They came from the East every year to perform the same play over and over again, year after year. The play was called "I Want to be Your Canary". As the airship docked a young princess with dark black hair stared out the window viewing everything that she could see from the top balcony of the castle. A small black mage was running and tripped. He then picked himself back up and looked at the huge airship that was powered by Mist, hover just over his head.

Inside the ship a young man with a curious monkey tail slid down the fire pole and walked inside the captains cabin.

"Hello? Hello is any one here yet?" The young man yelled. "I guess I'm the first one here huh?" He said to himself.

"Prepare yourself!" A dark figure yelled. He jumped out of the shadows and lunged for the young man. He easily dodged it and went so far as to trip the figure that had a head shaped like a dragon.

"Is that all you got!" He shouted smiling to himself.

"I'm just getting started!" The dragon stood up and charged again. The young man pulled out duel daggers and stood in battle stance. He played with the dragon by jumping on his head and kicking him to the ground. Occasionally hanging by his tail to avoid being hurt.

"Time to finish you off!" He yelled as he cut the dragons head clean off. "There!" He said clapping his hands together dusting them off.

"Oww…Your getting better Zidane." One of the Tantalus members said. It was Zidane's Boss Baku under that dragon mask. " I trained you well." He proceeded to rub his head.

"Heh…I'm just a natural" Zidane said cockily, looking away and crossing his arms.

"Eh! What was that! I guess I still need to whip that attitude into shape!" Baku shouted back.

Baku is basically Zidane's foster father. You see Zidane doesn't remember his parents and Baku found him and raised him to be a Tantalus Thief. Baku is a little on the heavy side and his face kinda looks like a pig's, even though he is supposed to resemble a monkey, like Zidane and the other Tantalus group soon to be announced.

"Heh and it still hasn't worked all these years!" Zidane smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

"Hey guys! Hope we're not too late!" Three other members of Tantalus walked in the door.

One was named Marcus, he had monkey fangs and pointed ears. He wore a blue jean outfit, with leather shoes. The other's name was Cinna, and he wore a chef hat, with an apron, and fought with a wooden spoon. He also resembled a pig. And Blank, he had dark reddish-brown hair and was like a half-brother to Zidane.

"Good everyone is here then! Let's get on with the meeting!" Baku announced. Zidane ran through the door eager for the plan to come. Everyone sat down around a small table and waited for Baku's instructions. "Ok then everyone listen up! Normally I would give the orders but this time it is Zidane who planned this all out. So take it away!" Baku gestured for Zidane to stand up.

"Alright then. The plan is to kidnap the most babe-licious princess in all of Alexandria, Princess Garnet!" Zidane explained.

"Hey, didn't we do this last year?" Questioned Blank.

" Yeah well ya see…I haven't seen Garnet in so long…that I wanted to kind of re-meet her. You know, like how we first met. But this time the plan won't fail!"

"Oh and how do you plan to do that?" Asked Cinna raising an eyebrow.

"Well since the guards there know me now I can just waltz right in and sneak the sleeping powder in her morning tea. But I will put so little in there that it will take some time to kick in, so she wont fall asleep until right before the play starts. She'll fall asleep in her bed, and I will direct the ship to her window. And you guys will perform the play without me."

"Are you sure this is going to work? I mean we still need one more person to play your part." Marcus theorized stroking his chin.

"See that's the thing! We always alter some part of the play to keep things interesting! Like last time when Garnet and I got caught on the elevator below the stage, and were sent up on to the stage itself! No one will say' Hey where's the guy with the tail?' It won't matter! Everyone pondered a moment. Thinking things over. Trying to find a flaw in his plan.

"Hey what about…nah…that covers it…" Baku started.

"How will you get from the airship to Garnet's window without being noticed?" Blank finally spoke up.

"Ahhhh……." Zidane opened his mouth for a breath but he didn't have that part figured out yet. Everyone waited for his "brilliant mind" to work. "I…uh…haven't thought that far into the plan yet…but I'm working on it I swear!" He tried covering up for himself.

" Oh yeah I knew it was a mistake leaving the planning up to a dull witted baboon like Zidane." Baku smirked.

" OH YEAH! YOU JUST SAID THAT ON PURPOSE TO GET ME ANGRY SO I WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE PARK THE AIR SHIP 20 FEET AWAY FROM HER BLACONY WHILE I CARRY HER ON MY BACK AND SLIDE DOWN THE BANNER THAT HANGS ABOVE HER WINDOW!" Zidane took a deep breath after that long sentence and was gasping for air.

"Hey that's not bad. You think better when you're mad!" Cinna poked fun at Zidane.

"I do? I mean…YEAH I do! Isn't it a brilliant plan? Oh yeah I'm good. Who's good? Me! Oh yeah! Come on! Work it!" Zidane sang as he danced around the table.

"ALLRIGHT! WE GET IT!" Everyone yelled annoyed by him.

" Now let's put the plan in motion. Operation: De Ja Vu!" Zidane pointed up in the air. He rubbed his hands together with a gleam in his eye.

"Don't you think he's getting a little too excited?" Marcus whispered to Blank with a sweat drop on his head.

"Hey it's his girl, you can't not expect this from him. At least he'll be off our backs and telling us how much he misses her!" Blank whispered back.

"Yeah you have a point. All he ever thinks about is girls." Cinna joined in.

" Hey." Zidane said coolly, hovering over the whispering three. Zidane had this priceless expression on his face. " You guys should really rest up you know? Talking about me and my obsession over girls behind my back is really tiring isn't it? You should rest up and SHUT UP!" He pounded their heads into the floorboards. "Tonight is a big night!"

And there you have it! My first story and my first chapter! I hope you liked it! And there will be more humor as the story progresses! So keep reading! Hey every story has to have a time when they explain what they're doing! It'll get better trust me…heh heh heh….ha ha ha AHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry…maniacal laughter got the better of me!