One Day, We'll Meet Again
Chapter 1:
Childhood Promise
By: KawaiiLeena
Disclaimer: I don't own FFIX…
A/N: Hello people… it's my new story and me … yeah, you'll wonder, 'what happened in Little Sister?' Well, people, here's my answer: It's gone! It's been deleted by the administrations. So, I know, I'm sad, too… it's going to be a long while for me to overcome it… so, here's a new one. I hope it's worth replacing the other one. So, to those who have supported my story, Little Sisters, thank you very much… thanks, thanks… well, I must be boring you right now! Also remember: the characters might be a little OOC, but please excuse that, ok?
Enjoy!
REMINDER: If there is a fic similar to this, maybe it's just PURE coincidence!
ALSO, The live in Japan!
Chapter 1: Childhood promise
A 5 years old small blonde boy, with a golden brown tail, plays on the sandbox happily, making small sandcastles with the other toys. His messy golden yellow hair covered with some small sand particles under the yellow sun. His small but delicate hands busily making the sandcastle, his blue-green eyes twinkling with excitement. Yes, that's Zidane Tribal
"Hi, Ziddy-kun!" a cute female voice cheerfully greets behind the blonde toddler, making Zidane smile wide and turn around.
4-years old Garnet a.k.a. Dagger with long and beautiful silky black hair, chocolate brown eyes stands before him, wearing a small pink T-shirt and blue skirt which is up to her knees.
"Daggy-chan!" Zidane grins happily, stepping aside for a room with Dagger. Dagger smiles at him and sits down. "So, how are you?"
Dagger giggles. "Great, Ziddy! How about you?" Dagger replies very cheerfully, clasping her soft hands.
Zidane grins as he replies, "Fine, because you are here, Daggy-chan!"
Dagger punches Zidane playfully on the arm. "Mou (Geez) Ziddy-kun! Anyways, what are you doing? Making that things that looks like in the fairytales books?"
The blonde genome laughs at his friend's remark. "It's not the 'things that looks like in the fairytales books' Daggy-chan! It's called, castle! But this one is made of sand, with that, it's called sandcastle!"
"Sandcastle?" Dagger stammers, and then backs away. "It sounds scary!"
Zidane laughs and pats his best friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, Daggy-chan! It won't hurt you! Want to play with me?"
Dagger willingly nods and crawls closer to him. "Sure, I love to, Ziddy-kun! What are we going to play?"
And so, for the past 1 hour, the cute toddlers played by themselves all day under the cheerful yellow sun, enjoying themselves as they can, playing 'tag', making sandcastles, playing by the slides and swinging in the swing, and all sorts of other children play.
After an hour…"I had so much fun, Daggy-chan!" Zidane exclaims, giving out his familiar grin, making the other girls swoon. "Of course, it always is, when with you!"
Dagger giggles and gives him a soft shove. "Mou! Ziddy-kun is on his flirt side again!"
"But it's the truth, Daggy-chan!" Zidane admits, blushing scarlet, but he brushes it off. "Anyways, let's do it again tomorrow! Maybe everyday!"
Dagger's cheerful smile fades away as it turns to a regretful frown. She sighs and looks down to her cute pink sandals to the emerald green grass.
"I…I can't, Ziddy-kun…" Dagger says softly, tightening her small and delicate hands to little balls of fist. "My family and me… are… are moving away the day after tomorrow…"
Zidane's blue-green eyes widens after he hears this, as he steps back, his eyes suddenly filled with sorrow.
"B-But why, Daggy-chan?" Zidane asks softly, holding the tears that might fall. "You can't move! You can't! You can't leave me here!"
Dagger looks up, revealing her fresh tears plastered up on her beautiful angelic face. "I'm sorry Ziddy-kun, I tried to reason it out on my mommy, but she said no and daddy also. I'm so sorry, Ziddy-kun!"
Zidane looks down and sighs, his tail dropping sadly. He takes a deep breath, closing his eyes and holding his tears.
"I… understand… I understand," Zidane says, sighing and looking away to another corner. Then, he quickly glances to Dagger and smiles at her. "But go back here tomorrow, ok? I… I want to play with you before you leave, and I want to give something to you."
Dagger smiles weakly and nods. "Okies, Ziddy-kun. I'll be here by 3."
"Bye, Daggy-chan!" Zidane waves as he sets off to run to his home.
"Bye, Ziddy-kun!" Sakura waves back, smiling broadly, until, a fat tear falls on her cheek, making her look away sadly.
Next day…Dagger exactly arrive 3 in the afternoon the next day, wearing a brown auburn dress with cherry blossoms printed on it. She enters the popular park, looking around for the childhood friend she will truly miss.
On the corner of her brown eyes, sits Zidane, his messy golden yellow hair on the sandbox, his blue-green eyes sparkling in annoyance as the sandcastle he is making keeps falling down.
"Ziddy-kun!" Dagger happily shouts as she cheerfully skips to the sandbox where her friend waits for her. "Hey, Ziddy-kun!"
Zidane turns around and grins. "Hey, Daggy-chan! You are here! Want to play with me?"
Dagger nods and crawls beside him, ignoring the fact that the sand is messing her new dress. All she wants is to spend time with him until the minute she is about to live… to Tokyo.
After 15 minutes in the sandbox, 4-years old Dagger suddenly stands up and takes Zidane's wrist. "W-wha? What's up, Daggy-chan?" Zidane asks as Dagger pulls him out of the messy sandbox.
Dagger smiles and points her index finger on the vacant swing. "Push me in those swings, please?"
Zidane sighs and runs his hands on his hair and nods. "Sure, Daggy-chan! Anything, for you… well, let's go!"
The two children race each other to the swing, as Zidane helps Dagger up and pushes her like crazy.
"WHEEEE!!!! THIS IS SO FUUUNNN!!!" Dagger squeals, grasping her hands tightly. "WHEEEE!!!! IT'S SO FUN, BUT IT'S MAKING ME DIZZY!!!"
In a sudden, Zidane stops as he pants, "Daggy-chan, I'm so tired! Can I rest?"
As the swing stops, small Dagger jumps out and walks towards the gasping Zidane and smiles as she hands him a tissue. "Here, wipe that water on your forehead!" she suggests.
Zidane smiles and accepts the tissue. "Thank you very much, Daggy-chan."
After 2 hours…As the sun sets down, almost everyone went home, except for Dagger and Zidane, who are still staring at each other in the middle of the playground.
"So… this is it?" Zidane asks softly and sadly, looking away, avoiding Dagger's chocolate brown eyes. Dagger sighs and regretfully nods. "I see…"
But Dagger puts up a small but weak smile. "But we will meet again someday, Ziddy-kun! So please don't be sad, ok? Please? I hate it seeing you sad…"
Zidane smiles but continues to look away. "But what if we won't see each other again? What if we will never each other again?" he asks this with a teardrop falls on his cheek.
"We will see each other again, Ziddy-kun," Dagger assures, hugging him to a gentle embrace. "I promise!"
They let go, as a hesitant look escapes Zidane's face. "But what if our promise will never be fulfilled?" he asks again. "What if—"
Dagger pouts cutely but annoyingly. "Mou, Ziddy-kun! You have so many 'what if' questions! You are driving me… what do they call it? Peanuts? Yeah, peanuts! You are driving me peanuts!"
Zidane chuckles softly. "It's not peanuts, Daggy-chan! Its 'nuts'! You are driving me nuts!"
Dagger lightly blushes but continues to pout. "It is the same thing!"
Zidane smiles and sighs. He reaches his hand for his pocket and as he pulls them up, it reveals a beautiful silver pendant with a printed 'DT' on it. And if you open it, you will see a small picture with two small children together, smiling cheerfully. Yes, it is they.
"I…I want to give this to you, Daggy-chan," Zidane says, handing the beautiful pendant to Dagger. "So that, even though you are far away, you will still remember me. Also, if you are sad, depressed or rather lonely, just look at the picture of the two of us and remember our childhood days together."
Dagger looks down and cries silently, holding the pendant tightly, her bangs covering her eyes and face. She never felt so loved before. She feels so complete, but it feels so painful seeing that she will never see her childhood best friend again.
Zidane smiles sadly. "Don't cry, Daggy-chan… like you said, we will meet each other again."
Dagger wipes her eyes with her arm and gives out a sob. She pulls something from her pocket, revealing a homemade wooden bracelet carved with a 'Dagger and Zidane Forever'. Also, it has a matching of red and yellow beads.
"Here, Ziddy-kun," Dagger hands out, sniffling. "This is one of the homemade bracelets I made… It's not much, but I did some really hard work on it. I hope you like it and I hope you won't forget me also. And, to add, it is also a symbol of our promise we will meet each other again."
"I love it… thanks Daggy-chan," Zidane says as he takes the bracelet. "It's just fine."
Zidane smiles as Dagger smiles also. As a second passed, the two of them hugged each other the longest time they ever had…
To be continued…A/N: Hello! Well, here's a new story!!! I hope you like it! It's something I thought to replace the old one… I'm still sad about it. If you want to know more about what happened, email me, ok? Well, don't forget to REVIEW!!!!!!