To earn 100,000 gil...
Chapter 1: What to do?
"What am I going to do?Why did she have to crash over Nalbina?" Balthier asked himself. "Why?"
He'd been flying the Strahl over Nalbina when all of a sudden, she just started to go into a spin and then crashed. Nono found it impossible to salvage, but Balthier practically forced him. Almost every piece of it was rubble. Nothing but debris...
"Please fix her, would you? Without her, I'm..."
"Not a Sky Pirate, kupo."
-Later in Nalbina's Areodome-
"Nono, tell me you've found a way to fix her."
Nono nodded 'no'. "So sorry, kupo! The Strahl needs new parts, kupo, and I've no gil to purchase those parts with, kupo. Besides, considering the damage, it'd be better to just get a new airship, kupo."
Balthiers eyes widened. "Are you mad? There's no way I'd ever give her up." He sounded as though he was actually going to cry. "The Strahl isn't just an airship... She's my airship!" A tear ran from his eyes.
Nono pondered over this. He didn't want to fix a machine that wasn't even worth fixing. "Fine, kupo-po... Gather 100,000 gil and then I can start to fix the Strahl, kupo. 100,000 gil, no less, kupo." This plan was full-proof, at least, it was to the moogle. He had a feeling that Balthier couldn't find 100,000 gil.
The 'sky' pirate stared at the moogle with wide eyes. "Are you mad!? Where do you think I'm going to get 100,000 gil? It doesn't grow in sand and I'd not like to have to find a change of clothes. I don't take well to sand."
-In the real world-
At this point, I'm going to add in a word I forgot... Okay, so it's 77 words (yes, I actually counted and this includes the FFVII and XII)
1: I own none of these characters.
2: No humes (or viera) were harmed in the making of this story
3: I thank Square Enix for having such a great imagination and making my life more bareable (you've never lived in Canada)
4: There is no '4' (eyes shifting back and forth) You didn't read anything...
Personally, I think that I should actually write about FFVII instead of XII. Hey, this is my first fic, so give me a break...
-Back in Ivalice: Nalbina Areodome-
Balthier paced around in a circle. "Nono, tell me... Do you have some idea as to where I can find such a sum of gil?"
Nono looked up at him. "NO, kupo! But...I suppose you could always go to Rabanastre. You could find a job there and..."
Balthier's back was turned to the pint-sized moogle, which didn't exactly make Nono happy. The moogle knew this action well. It was a sign that Balthier was thinking.
"Rabanastre... That's perfect! Hmmm..." He looked around. "Where's Fran when you need her?"
-Meanwhile in Eruyt Village-
Fran was taking a break from flying the skies with her hume partner and decided to return home for a break. However, not all Viera welcomed her. Jote was one of these.
"Sister, you are not welcome here. You would do well to return to the humes."
"The Wood says I should stay, does she not? Mjrn welcomes me as do Nera and Alja. I would honor them with my presence here. I shall not leave here until my time here is no longer welcomed." Fran looked into Jote's eyes. "What does the Wood say about my presence here?"
Jote listened to the Wood. "She says that she does not want you to leave. If that is her wish... then I have no say as to what must be done. The Green Word is our law, and Viera live by that law. I, too, live by this law. Your presence here disturbes our peace. Though you are my sister, I will not have you here. Leave us...when you are ready. I may live by the Green Word, but I too shall live by Her words." Jote looked up at the sky. "I leave you to do what you will. Balthier, the hume, he shall be wanting your presence to help him in his trials."
"Jote, wait..."
Jote had already left Fran, alone to do what she would do.
Fran looked around the Fane of the Path, turning once or twince to look in the same direction. "Maybe I shall return to him. Jote is right. There is naught for me here."
-Rabanastre-
Balthier sat up in the balcony of the Sandsea, pondering on how to earn such a hefty sum of gil. It seemed impossible until a 17 year-old thief walked in.
"I know! Vaan shall help me...but to ask help from a thief...How could I sink so low, but, I've no other choice..."
"Say, Tomaj, had any new marks come up?"
Tomaj finished cleaning up the counter and walked over to the Notice Board. "Can't say I have. Sorry, Vaan. It's been a slow three weeks, and nobody's put up a single bill. I hear Montblanc is out of bills as well."
Balthier came running down the stairs."Vaan, I've no time to explain, but I've need of your assistance."
He grabbed Vaan by the arm, and the thief began to struggle.
"Let go of-"
"Sorry, but I don't have time! Come, I need your help!"
Now in Lowtown, Vaan still struggled to get away from the Sky Pirate, but to no avail. Balthier led him into Storehouse 5, where nobody could interrupt them.
"Hey, hey!"
Vaan was finally free of Balthier's grip. "What's wrong with you!? Are you trying to be killed by Migelo?"
"I'll say this once, and only once. I need 100,000 gil!"
"And...you think I can help you?" Vaan just stared plainly at the 22 year-old. He couldn't understand what was going on."You want me to help you, right? Well...let me fly the Strahl, and I'll agree to help."
"There's one problem with that...The Strahl... That's why I need 100,000 gil and why I wanted you to help me... I know that you can help me get that much gil. Please, I'm practically begging you, which by the way is below even my standards..."
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What is a sky pirate to do? Don't ask me, I'm just the author of this, and once again, I own none of these characters... I do however own a copy of the game and I have not yet beat it, but I've lost my chance of getting the Zodiac Spear, one of the most powerful weapons in the whole game...ooops SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!... tears
