Hello! I was playing FF9 when I got an idea for a story. You all know that Freya and Zidane were friends back in the day when they lived in Lindblum, but what if they were more than that at one point? Read on and enjoy! DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE FF9 CHARACTERS, PLEASE DON'T SUE.

" " = talking

' ' = whispering

* * = thinking

Zidane: 16

Freya: 16

Zidane and the rest of Tantalus came back early in the morning after robbing someone in Treno. "Haha! That guy won't even know we were there until he wakes up and realizes that the only thing we left in his room is his bed!" Zidane said as he grabbed two bags and jumped off of the airship and onto the sidewalk. Cinna jumped off with a gold mirror over his head. "He really shouldn't have kept all his valuable stuff out in the open like that." Blank jumped off next with a couple more bags. "They weren't in the open, they were in the vault." Marcus and Baku jumped off holding a big dresser. "Well, as easily as Boss cracked the code on the lock, they might as well have been in the open!" They all laughed. They set the stuff down in the floor and stretched their arms a bit.

"YYAAWWNN! I'm hitttin' the sack. See ya in the morning." Baku said and went off to bed before anyone corrected him that it already was morning. "I'm gonna go get some coffee, you guys want some?" Zidane offered. Blank and Marcus said no, and Cinna had already gone off to bed. Zidane walked out the door and towards the tavern. He walked out the door and saw something jump off a roof. "What the hell was that?" He decided to follow it. It was jumping at a very quick pace, and Zidane had trouble keeping up with it.

He saw the shadow fall between two houses and then heard a crashing sound. He heard a girl moaning and ran towards the sound. He ran in the alley and saw some rat girl wearing an orange hat and an orange coat holding her leg lying on the ground. He ran over to her to see what was the matter. "You ok?"

"I..i'm fine...really..." She said and tried to stand up. Zidane could see she was lying and walked over to her. "You need help. Your leg could be broken."

"I've lived through worse." She said and knocked his hand away. She tried to walk but fell down on her injured leg. She moaned in pain as she tried to stand up. *This is pathetic.* Zidane thought to himself. He walked over to her and picked her up, one arm under her neck and the other behind her legs. "Hey! What in the hell do you think your doing?! Put me down!" Zidane started walking towards his place. "Look, your injured, you can't walk and my place is really close by. So, i'm taking you there so I can work on your leg."

"Listen dude, not that I don't appreciate the chivalry, but I can handle it on my own."


"I've never seen you here before, you new?" Zidane said changing the subject.

"Yeah, moved in last night. I'm Freya."

"My name's Zidane. Was that you jumping from house to house?"

"Yeah, I got really strong legs so I can jump really high and really fast."

"So I noticed. So, where do you live?"

"Why should I tell you? I just met you, you could be an axe murderer or something."

"Bandit, yes. Murderer, never. I've killed monsters and stuff like that, but I've never killed anyone."

"Oh, well, I live in the buissiness district, next to the church."

"Cool, maybe I can come by sometime and meet your parents."

"I live by myself. Both of my parents died when I was very young. I can't remember the guy that killed them very clearly, but I can remember small stuff."

"Like what?"

"Well, he used a sword, and he was a big guy, but I don't remember his face."

"Oh. Well, here's my place." Freya looked at the building then looked back at Zidane. "You live in an old factory?"

"Well, not just me. My whole gang lives here. Blank, Marcus, Cinna, And our Boss, Baku. There all cool." Zidane carried Freya in the building. He walked over to his bed and laid Freya on it. "It's really early so i'm going to bed. Good night." Zidane grabbed a cover off of Cinna's bed and laid in the floor next to his bed. "Your sleeping in the floor?"

"You got my bed and all the other ones are taken, so I get the floor. Besides, i'm too tired to try to sleep with ya so i'll just lay down and sleep."

"What? What do you mean sleep with me?"

Zidane turned over to look at her. "I'm too tired to sleep with you. Usually I would have made my move on you and we'd be in bed by now."

"What makes you think I would even sleep with you?"

Zidane laughed a bit. "Trust me, with my moves, you'd be all over me in a second."

"Uh huh, sure. Whatever." Freya rolled her eyes and fell asleep. Zidane curled up in his blanket. *I'll show you...once I get some sleep.* Zidane thought to himself before he passed out.

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Alright. First chapter finished. Hope you like it. With good reviews, i'll make more chapters soon. Read & review! L A T E R !