Disclaimer: I do not own Zidane, Dagger or any of the other FFIX
characters. *sniffle*
Lady Ruby Dragon: I wrote this story because I was bored and needed something to do. Well anyways, let's not listen to me ramble on and on. Please R&R. Hope you enjoy my first attempt at a fanfic, and now. onto the story!!
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Chapter 1-Don't Leave Me
"Zidane. you're such an idiot!" A young girl a little past 16 years old shook her head back and forth. "You shouldn't have risked your life just to save Eiko and my lives." She knew the boy that she called, Zidane couldn't answer her, but she could sense that he could hear her. Dagger stared at the bed before her, trying to hold back oncoming tears. The love of her life, Zidane Tribal, lay in the bed in critical condition. He had been like this ever since their return from Alexandria Castle after the attack 7 days ago.
"Princess?" A male voice behind her said.
"Hmm?" Dagger turned around to look at the person whom the voice belonged to. "Oh, hello Steiner." The princess turned around towards Zidane's bed so that Steiner wouldn't notice her brushing away the few tears that had worked their way out of her eyes.
"Princess?" Steiner repeated, "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes. I'm fine." Dagger had now turned back around to face Steiner.
"Princess, you should come join the others and myself for dinner. Leave the monk- I mean Zidane here." Steiner was trying to be as considerate for his princess as possible, even though he despised Zidane. "He'd hate it if he knew you haven't eaten for the past 2 days because of him."
"You're right. I'll be down in just a minute."
"Very well, Princess." Having said that, Steiner turned around and started to leave the room.
"Wait, Steiner." Dagger stopped Steiner before he left.
"Yes Princess?"
"Don't be so formal with me all of the time. Please, call me Dagger, everyone does."
"But Princess, that's a- a- a commoner's name!" Steiner protested.
"If you won't call me Dagger, then will you at least call me Garnet, my given name?"
"Which would you prefer?
"Dagger if you don't mind. Zidane gave me that name."
"Yes Prin- Dagger"
"Thank you Steiner." Steiner bowed before the princess and left the room, shutting the door behind him.
"Zidane, I love you. Please don't die and leave me all alone. I need you." Dagger gently (so as not to further hurt him) and quickly kissed Zidane and brushed away some of the blonde locks of hair off of his pale face before leaving to eat dinner with the others.
Outside the door, someone said, "Tell me again."
"Hello Freya." Dagger looked to her left where her comrade and friend, Freya Crescent, stood. She was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes were focused on a spot on the ground as she spoke.
"Tell you *what* again?" Dagger asked.
"Tell me how Zidane got like that. You know, the way he is now." Freya inquired, lifting her head to look into Dagger's deep brown eyes.
"Oh. Well, after Eiko and I summoned the Eidolon, Alexander, the castle was being attacked. Zidane had come up to save us. We were all clinging to one of the castle decorations. We finally came to a stop in front of the castle, however, at that very moment a huge piece of concrete from the crumbling castle came falling down directly on Zidane. It practically crushed him. Actually, it did crush him."
"Eiko went off running calling for help while I remained with him casting cura, life, and some of my other curative white magic on him, trying to find *anything* that would work to save his life. None of my magic was working; I must have been too weak after summoning Alexander. Eiko came running back with Steiner, Amarant, and several Alexandrian Soldiers and Knights of Pluto. They immediately began pulling of pieces of the concrete which had broken off until they were able to get Zidane out of the wreckage. I nearly screamed when I saw him. He had deep cuts all down his face and arms. His once blonde hair now looked copper due to all of the dirt and blood mixed in it. I would have run towards him if it weren't for Eiko holding me back. Steiner walked past me with Zidane in his arms and said, 'Don't worry Princess. We'll get him help.' All I could was nod and blink back tears."
"That's basically all I know. They put him on an airship and rushed him off here, to Lindblum." Dagger put her head down. It hurt her to remember how her beloved looked that one night.
"He'll be fine Dagger. Don't you worry. Now eat before I have to carry you down there!" Freya joked as she tried to cheer the young girl up. Dagger gave a weak smile in return.
Dagger looked back at the room where Zidane was and then followed Freya downstairs.
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Lady Ruby Dragon: So, what do you think? Sorry if this chapter is a little too mushy gushy for you. I'll try to make the next chapter with less of that. Wonder what's going to happen, wait, no I don't. I wrote this! Let's see. have Zidane die. or let him live? Decisions, decisions. Well anyway, please R&R. Tell me what you think on the Zidane living or dieing thing in the review. Oh, and reviews=I update the story. So, review.
Lady Ruby Dragon: I wrote this story because I was bored and needed something to do. Well anyways, let's not listen to me ramble on and on. Please R&R. Hope you enjoy my first attempt at a fanfic, and now. onto the story!!
~*~
Chapter 1-Don't Leave Me
"Zidane. you're such an idiot!" A young girl a little past 16 years old shook her head back and forth. "You shouldn't have risked your life just to save Eiko and my lives." She knew the boy that she called, Zidane couldn't answer her, but she could sense that he could hear her. Dagger stared at the bed before her, trying to hold back oncoming tears. The love of her life, Zidane Tribal, lay in the bed in critical condition. He had been like this ever since their return from Alexandria Castle after the attack 7 days ago.
"Princess?" A male voice behind her said.
"Hmm?" Dagger turned around to look at the person whom the voice belonged to. "Oh, hello Steiner." The princess turned around towards Zidane's bed so that Steiner wouldn't notice her brushing away the few tears that had worked their way out of her eyes.
"Princess?" Steiner repeated, "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes. I'm fine." Dagger had now turned back around to face Steiner.
"Princess, you should come join the others and myself for dinner. Leave the monk- I mean Zidane here." Steiner was trying to be as considerate for his princess as possible, even though he despised Zidane. "He'd hate it if he knew you haven't eaten for the past 2 days because of him."
"You're right. I'll be down in just a minute."
"Very well, Princess." Having said that, Steiner turned around and started to leave the room.
"Wait, Steiner." Dagger stopped Steiner before he left.
"Yes Princess?"
"Don't be so formal with me all of the time. Please, call me Dagger, everyone does."
"But Princess, that's a- a- a commoner's name!" Steiner protested.
"If you won't call me Dagger, then will you at least call me Garnet, my given name?"
"Which would you prefer?
"Dagger if you don't mind. Zidane gave me that name."
"Yes Prin- Dagger"
"Thank you Steiner." Steiner bowed before the princess and left the room, shutting the door behind him.
"Zidane, I love you. Please don't die and leave me all alone. I need you." Dagger gently (so as not to further hurt him) and quickly kissed Zidane and brushed away some of the blonde locks of hair off of his pale face before leaving to eat dinner with the others.
Outside the door, someone said, "Tell me again."
"Hello Freya." Dagger looked to her left where her comrade and friend, Freya Crescent, stood. She was leaning up against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes were focused on a spot on the ground as she spoke.
"Tell you *what* again?" Dagger asked.
"Tell me how Zidane got like that. You know, the way he is now." Freya inquired, lifting her head to look into Dagger's deep brown eyes.
"Oh. Well, after Eiko and I summoned the Eidolon, Alexander, the castle was being attacked. Zidane had come up to save us. We were all clinging to one of the castle decorations. We finally came to a stop in front of the castle, however, at that very moment a huge piece of concrete from the crumbling castle came falling down directly on Zidane. It practically crushed him. Actually, it did crush him."
"Eiko went off running calling for help while I remained with him casting cura, life, and some of my other curative white magic on him, trying to find *anything* that would work to save his life. None of my magic was working; I must have been too weak after summoning Alexander. Eiko came running back with Steiner, Amarant, and several Alexandrian Soldiers and Knights of Pluto. They immediately began pulling of pieces of the concrete which had broken off until they were able to get Zidane out of the wreckage. I nearly screamed when I saw him. He had deep cuts all down his face and arms. His once blonde hair now looked copper due to all of the dirt and blood mixed in it. I would have run towards him if it weren't for Eiko holding me back. Steiner walked past me with Zidane in his arms and said, 'Don't worry Princess. We'll get him help.' All I could was nod and blink back tears."
"That's basically all I know. They put him on an airship and rushed him off here, to Lindblum." Dagger put her head down. It hurt her to remember how her beloved looked that one night.
"He'll be fine Dagger. Don't you worry. Now eat before I have to carry you down there!" Freya joked as she tried to cheer the young girl up. Dagger gave a weak smile in return.
Dagger looked back at the room where Zidane was and then followed Freya downstairs.
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Lady Ruby Dragon: So, what do you think? Sorry if this chapter is a little too mushy gushy for you. I'll try to make the next chapter with less of that. Wonder what's going to happen, wait, no I don't. I wrote this! Let's see. have Zidane die. or let him live? Decisions, decisions. Well anyway, please R&R. Tell me what you think on the Zidane living or dieing thing in the review. Oh, and reviews=I update the story. So, review.