Rusty, The Anime-Niac, is proud to present:

Viko

The tale of the child of Vivi and Eiko.

Inspired by Kawai Vivi's fic, The Mage of Eternal Darkness.

For those who care, this follows the stories of my previous Tale of Two Mages fics. So, this would be the third in the trilogy. Enjoy!

1

"Now, just focus really hard, and you'll get it," Eiko said to a figure next to her. The figure was a girl, 4'5" tall, with short, navy blue hair, and the smallest stub of a horn on her forehead. Her eyes were a pair of large, bright yellow orbs, and they focused themselves on the form of Vivi. Her hands were both gloved up to the last portion of her fingers, and they were outstretched fully, with palms aimed at the white mage in front of her. Her pale lips parted, and in a voice as sweet as honey, she spoke.

"Float!"

White energy swirled out of her hands, and nestled itself on Vivi's feet. Suddenly, he started floating in the air. Both he and his wife Eiko began applauding, and the child smiled widely.

"You did it, Viko! Way to go!" Eiko said, crouching down to give her a hug. She rushed up to her, wrapping her arms around her and burying her face in her chest. Quickly, she looked up at her face.

"I did it, mom! I really did it!" Viko said.

"Congratulations. What do you want to learn next?" she asked, stepping away from her and standing up. Eiko cast Dispel on Vivi quickly, and then he went to stand with his wife and smile down at his precious child.

"Um... I wanna learn something with black magic next," the girl said. Eiko nodded to Vivi.

"That's your department."

"Right. Okay, Viko, you already know Blizzard, Fire, and Thunder. Why not complete the cycle with a Water spell?" he asked her.

"Oh, yeah! I love water, dad! Teach me a Water spell!"

"All right!"

Within minutes, Eiko was soaking wet, and Vivi was just smiling to himself. How long had it been since his honeymoon with Eiko? Fourteen years, if he remembered correctly. Well it sounded right. Four years after they had completed their round-the-world trip, they had managed to re-build the Black Mage Village, and were settled in quite nicely. It was shortly after that four-year mark that Vivi had gotten the news; Eiko was pregnant. And, low and behold, nine months later she gave birth to Viko, who had the best qualities of both Vivi and Eiko. They could tell right from the start that she was a summoner, as she had a horn on her forehead, though it was little more then a bump when they first noticed it. And, the glow in her eyes made it seem rather apparent that she would have Black Magic.

The only real problem was what to call her. With so many intelligent species on Gaia; Qu, Human, Summoner, Genomer, (Dagger and Zidane's child), Burmecian, Black Mage, and Moogle, Viko needed a classification. After much deliberating, Eiko and Vivi decided to say that she was a Black Summoner. While it sounded kind of sinister, one only needed to look at her to tell otherwise. She was just about the cutest ten-year-old in existence.

And, though no one knew it yet, Viko would become one of the most powerful things that Gaia had ever seen. Gaia would need that advantage, because it was about to get yet another angry visitor. In fact, Gaia was about to be introduced to something it had long been a part of, but was never fully aware of. And it might very well change the course of Gaia's history forever.

"Tell me, what is the status of our enemy?" a tall, shadowy figure asked to a smaller one standing next to him.

"Yes sir. They are presently not acquiring any vast or important amounts of territory, but the resource inflow from their last conquest had been fueling a massive increase in the size of their military. I fear they may take our last failed attempt at expansion as a sign of weakness, and attack us," it responded, voice grainy and rather low.

"I see. Very well then, let them come. But if we are to defend ourselves amply, we will need another planet to hold as territory. At the very least, it will provide a diversion of sorts. We'll need something that has lots of resources, but not heavily inhabited. Are there any planets like that within our area of influence?" the taller one asked, his own voice smooth and cold.

"I will get right on that, sir. I should have a few planets to report to you in ten minutes."

"Excellent."

The smaller one rushed off, while the taller one sat down in his command chair. War was an ugly thing, but he hadn't started it. In fact, he wasn't even sure what he was fighting for; the whole thing had started generations ago. All anyone really knew these days was that they didn't like each other for some reason, and so they fought. He was the commander of his side's navy; he had no choice. His people wanted him to fight, and so he did so. He would try his very best to end this war as quickly as he could, with as few casualties as possible, but he would spare no mercy. It wasn't in his job description.

"Vivi! Why did you tell her to aim that spell at ME?" Eiko asked in an agitated, but playful voice. Vivi just looked down at Viko, who smiled up at him, and next they were both spraying her with very weak water spells.

"Agh! Stop that, or I'm not going to cook for you! Gah! Oh, I'll get you for this Vivi Ornitier! Just you wait!" she said through mouthfuls of water and much spluttering. Vivi and Viko had had their laugh, so they stopped.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go dry off. I wouldn't trust YOU with a fire spell any further then I can bop you," Eiko informed them, and off she went inside their cozy home on the edge of the village. After Viko and Vivi got over their conniption fits, they gave each other a high-five.

"Good job, Viko. So, what do you want to do next?" Vivi asked her.

"Um... I wanna see Uncle Quina!" Viko shouted. Vivi chuckled. They finally decided that for Viko's sake, Quina would be treated as a man. At least, as long as they weren't around him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, hun, but he's not near here. We'd have to borrow an airship."

"But why can't you? I wanna see Uncle Quina!" she protested. Vivi sighed.

"Because, the closest airship around here is all the way over in Lindblum. We'd have to sail there on the Blue Narciss. And you know how much you hate going sailing."

"Ick! I'm not gonna ride a boat. Okay, I wanna learn more magic then!"

"That's my girl. Second level spells maybe?" Vivi asked. Viko shook her head.

"No, I wanna learn something like what you do; something really strong," she said, jumping up and down a bit. Vivi looked a little nervous.

"Why would you want to learn anything like that?" he asked her.

"Because they look like a lot of fun!" Viko shouted.

"Um... well, I suppose it would be okay, but I'll have to ask your mom first. She might not be okay with it."

"Okay dad. I'll stay out here and keep practicing what you've taught me!"

"Good to hear, Viko. Now don't burn down any trees!" Vivi said, heading into the house, laughing a bit.

"I won't, dad!"

Good, he's gone. Now I can practice the strong stuff. She thought to herself. Placing both hands out in front of her, fingers outstretched, palms aimed at the ground off in the distance, she whispered under her breath.

"Bliziga... no, that's not right... Blizega... no. Blizaga!"

That was all it took to summon forth the massive ice spell, the huge crystals shooting out of the ground, knocking down a few nearby trees. Viko smirked to herself. All this practicing in private really helped out. But she could never let her parents find out, because she knew they would be upset that she had learned it all by herself. For that matter, she had learned quite a lot of white magic as well. So, seeing the trees knocked down, she cast another spell.

"Life!"

And the trees went right back onto their stumps. Giving a satisfied nod, she went back to her weak first level spells. Couldn't have her parents discover that she was as powerful as either of them, with the combined abilities of her magiks. For now, it would just be her little secret.

"Water!"

She shouted as Vivi walked out through the door. Quite suddenly, he had wet feet.

"I'm sorry, Viko, but your mom says that you can't learn anything that powerful yet. You need to learn all of the things below it first, or else it could be dangerous."

Viko sighed. "Fine. Then teach me more fire spells."

"Okay hun."

"So, have you anything to report?" the commander asked, standing up from his chair.

"Yes, indeed! It would seem there is a planet in close proximity to this ship's current location, which fits our needs perfectly. It has only just mastered steam technology, and has next to nothing that could defend against our invasion. It is bountiful in resources, and rather few in population, considering the size of the planet."

"You say they have next to nothing. What is that one thing that keeps them away from nothing?"

"Oh, it is nothing to worry about. They have a few mages who can call forth Eidolons, but they do not have contact with any Eidolon powerful enough to cause us worry."

"If you say so. What is the name of this planet, for the sake of curiosity?"

"They call it Gaia, sir."

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