The Chronicles of an Adventure Chapter 01. The Chronicles Begin!

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 9. It's all belongs to Squaresoft. (Although I wish I own it. o)

A/N: Ni Hao! (Hello!) Anyway, this is my second story for Final Fantasy 9, The Chronicles of an Adventure. Please read it, enjoy it, and last, review it!! ^_^

"Get your lazy butt here, Zidane, or you'll be left again!" I shouted to my tailed-monkey friend. "Geez, Rikku. Can you just be patient a bit?" he complained about my temper again. "Be patient?!! While boss beating you?! NO WAY! I don't want to get him mad at us again, and so do you. So hurry up!!" I lost my temper again. "Alright, alright. I'm coming!" Zidane shouted as he ran beside me. We slide down with a log to downstairs.

"Who's there?!" shouted somebody as we came to the meeting room. "It's us! Rikku and Zidane!" I said. When Zidane lit the candle, we saw Blank, Cinna, and Marcus already in the room. "Hey! Where's Boss?" I asked to them. "Dunno. He still doesn't come." replied Blank. "Told ya we won't be late!" Zidane tucked a tongue at me. I tucked my tongue as well. Suddenly, there's a roar coming from outside, then a guy with dragon mask burst into where we were.

"Whoa!! What's that?!" Cinna shouted in surprised. "Whatever it is, let's go get him!!" said Zidane as we all unsheathed our weapons. Zidane with his daggers, Blank and Marcus with their own sword, Cinna with his hammer, and me with my rod. The boys striked, while I healed them with my white magic. After a while my magic powers would run off, then Blank threw me an Ether. I smiled a thanks smiled to him, and he blushed. I always thought he was in love with me. I liked him too, but I liked him like he was my brother, so I can't loved him like 'that'.

I realized I can use white magic since I was conscious, about when I was 10 years old. I don't remember about my past before I woke up. Blank found me and then I was joined to Tantalus group. I still searched for my past, but I'm quite happy with my life with Tantalus. We stole from nobles, ran off from the guards, sneaked into the houses, and much more. It's really fun to me and we all enjoyed all of our adventures together.

Back to the fight. We all became a little tired, but the mask guy even didn't drop a sweet. When my times to attacked came, I struck right at the center of the mask. My hits were really powerful, just like the boy's hits. The mask shattered to pieces and we saw Baku behind the mask. We all collapsed to the floor in tiredness. "Ha ha ha. Is that all the best you can do? Then you'll need a lot of practice. But right now, we need to discuss something more important." Baku got a serious face. Like it or not, we all took a seat and listened to him.

"Alright, we'll perform the 'I Want to be Your Canary'. While we distract them, Zidane, Rikku, and Blank go and kidnap the princess. Zidane, Blank, and I nodded. "After the play, we all took off to Lindblum. Everyone clears?" We all nodded. "Great. Now, there's still some time. If you want to explore, do it right now. We'll meet in here again about 6." We gave each other our sign, then left to our own place we want to go. I went with Blank, while Zidane, Marcus, and Cinna went by themselves.

"Just where do you want to go, Rikku? I'm tired, you know?!" said Blank to me as he tried to catch up with me. Well, the truth is, I was forced Blank a little to come with me. But, after all, he will come with me even if I didn't ask him to. "I want to buy a racket. I heard that the new racket is already sold in here. It makes my strike two times better, and will upgrade my white magic's skills! I need to buy that!" I explained to him. "Hmph. Whatever." said Blank as we ran passed the crowds. Suddenly.....

"Rikku! Watch-"

BUMP!!!

"OUCH!!"

I bumped into someone. Blank helped me to stand up. "Oh my gosh! Are you alright?! I'm so sorry I didn't see you there!" I helped the kid I bumped into. "Like you always look around when you walk." Blank teased me. I tucked my tongue at him. The kid fixed his point large hat that covered most of his face and he nodded in understanding. "It's alright. I'm fine, miss..." "Rikku. But just call me Rikku. And this is Blank" I introduced us to him. "My name's Vivi." said Vivi. "Hey! Are you a black mage?" Blank asked Vivi. "Y-Yeah. How did you know?" said him in nervous.

"Great. We just have two mages here. You must be happy, Rikku." I shoot a glared to Blank. Sometimes, he liked to tease me. "Really? You're a mage too, Rikku?" Vivi asked me in interested. I grinned nervously while kept glared at Blank. "Yeah, but I'm a white mage. Oh no!! It's five thirty! We must hurry or the Boss will have our neck!" I realized the time. "Wait! Why you are in a hurry?" asked Vivi. "We have a play tonight, the 'I Want to be Your Canary'."

"You two are in the play?! I have a ticket to the play, and I'm going to watch it." said Vivi. "Well, don't forget to watch our play, okay. We must hurry now. It's really nice to meet you, Vivi. Bye!" I waved at my new friend. Blank waved at him as well, then we continue ran to the weapons store. After bought the racket, I transported us to our ship. Oh yeah, I also can transport using my magic. Sometimes, magic is really useful.

We managed to arrive in time, then we hurried to the meeting room again. "Finally, the love birds comes." said Zidane as we entered the room. "We're not lovers!!" shouted me and Blank in unison. "See?" Zidane grinned at us. I hit his head with my new racket. "OWW!! That hurt, you know." said Zidane as he stroked his head. "So, if you don't want to be hit by my new racket, don't insult us again!" I glared at Zidane dangerously.

"Chill out, darlinâ–“! He just insult ya. 'sides, we hav' a play ta go. Don't let 'im make ya angry." said the other girl in Tantalus, Ruby. I smiled at her and she smiled back at me. The Boss burst in and made all of us startled. "What's that?!! Oh, Boss. Don't startled us like that again! You almost get me have a heart attack!" shouted Zidane. Baku just grinned. "Ya must prepare for anything. Dangers don't wait for you to be ready before it attacks you. Everyone, get ready. The play will start at 8. Don't forget about your lines, or you'll know what will happen next." Everyone gulped at the last sentences. But we all stood up and got ready by ourselves.

~7.55 p.m.~

"Everyone's ready?" asked Baku to all of us. Marcus played as Marcus, Ruby played as Cornelia, Zidane, Blank, Cinna, and I played as Marcus's comrades, Baku played as King Leo, and Zenero and Genero, the twin bull, played as King Leo's soldiers. We all nodded to Baku. "Alright, everyone. The play will begin in ten minuets. Get set at your own position." We all went to our position. "And now, we'll start it!" said Baku as me and Blank lifted the curtains and the music began.

A/N: To be honest, I have this idea for a month ago, but I don't publish/write it yet until now. I saw a story named 'More Than Mere Coincidence' by 'forlorn-devotion6' , but he/she isn't completed it yet, and I really like the idea, so I make the story by my own style. (Gomenne, forlorn-devotion6!!)

I make this story when I was doing my test 2 weeks ago. :P While I waited for the time to end, I took out a paper quietly from my pocket and started writing! (YEY!) And now, I even already make it until chapter 4! Whoa, I don't realized it and continue to write. Also, I'm really sorry if my grammar is really poor. Like I told you in my profile, in Indonesia, English isn't the main language, so my grammar isn't really good. But, believe me, my classmates are 100 times worst than me, except one. (Spoilers, he/she's an author too!)

Anyway, I still gonna continue my other story, Memories from the Past. But, please review my stories, reviewers!! *puppy dog eyes* I won't continue this story if there isn't anyone that review my story! Hehe, just kidding...... I really welcome for any kinds of reviews, and if you want to send a private e-mail, I also welcome it happily. Don't forget to review. Just click the button under this Author Note, 'kay? Arigatou!!! ^_^

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