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~~Reviving a 13~~
~Chapter 1~
"Hi, Zidane."
"Hey Eiko."
Zidane, a 13-year-old boy with an awkward tail, sighed as an annoying 3- year-old toddler (who he was supposed to baby-sit) ran up to him.
"Waz up? Where are youw gowing?"
Eiko tried to catch up with Zidane, who was speed walking away.
"School. Now go away, jackass." Zidane kept on looking ahead of him, switching his backpack position from shoulder to shoulder now and then.
"Jackass? Waz that?" Eiko gave Zidane the puzzled baby eyes.
Zidane laughed. One time, he told Eiko that fuck you means you love that person. Abruptly the smile on Zidane's face turned into a frown, though. Eiko had said 'fuck you' to her mom and dad. That got Zidane grounded for a month.
However, Zidane now had a good plan.
"Eiko, sweetie," Zidane grinned evilly and tried to walk as casually as possible, "I have a plan."
"A pwan? Oh, I like pwans!" Eiko still did not understand that this was a prank.
"Jackass means 'hello teacher,'" Zidane tried not to laugh. "Now, say this only to my teacher, Dr. Tot, but to no one else unless I say so."
"Why do I haf to do whatever youw say?" Eiko put her hands on her hips.
Stubbornness.
Zidane smiled. He liked it when Eiko got mad.
"Because I'm your babysitter and you're my favorite girl, right?"
"Weally?" Eiko was caught with surprise.
"Of course," Zidane turned around and gave Eiko a huge fake smile as he crossed his fingers behind his back.
"'Kay then. I do it." Eiko hummed and skipped along behind Zidane happily.
"This is gonna be so fun," Zidane chuckled as the corners of his mouth turned upwards into an evil smile.
"You know Zid, sometimes I hate babysitting. It's all like, 'Take care of me big brother!'"
Blank rolled his eyes around at Eiko, who gripped on Zidane's shirt so she wouldn't get lost.
"Talk about a pain in the arm."
Cinna rubbed his arm at the place where a baby he watched over bit.
"C'mon guys, its just a bit of fun. Right Eiko?" Zidane gave his friends a 'remember-the-prank' sign.
"Wight." Eiko had no idea what Zidane had asked, but she knew Zidane was her big buddy. He always was.
"Zidane, oh she's so cute!"
The most popular girl (followed by her gang) in middle school crowded around Eiko, who marveled at the sight of being in the center of attention.
Zidane was, however, speechless. This was both good and bad. The good part was that it was Dagger, the most popular and loved girl in Alexandria Middle School. She had never paid a single piece of attention to Zidane for 7 years. He always wanted to be her friend, especially a girlfriend, but it never worked. The bad part was that she was admiring the most retarded girl ever, Eiko Carol.
"Yeah she is, isn't she?" Blank flushed at the sight of Ruby, who was a western cowgirl until she came to Alexandria Middle School.
Dagger did not take Blank's answer, so she asked again.
"Zidane, what's her name?"
This time Cinna answered.
"Eiko Carol. Sweet girl huh?"
He kept on blinking when he caught the eyes of (Zidane's pretty sister) Mikoto, who considered him a jerk.
Dagger was getting impatient and asked one last time to Zidane.
"Is she your sister?"
Zidane was aware of this question that he practically shouted.
"Heck NO!"
Dagger seemed taken aback by this answer. No one had ever dared to speak to her that way. Kuja, Zidane's stepbrother, was the most powerful and popular boy in middle school, and he even acted cool and did not say that. Zidane seemed to have that kind of absentminded personality that she didn't enjoy. But now.Zidane suddenly changed that 'absent-minded' feeling.
She started to giggle.
"What!?" Zidane still had that voice, but he was smiling.
"You're too different, wonder boy." Dagger stroked Eiko's shockingly violet hair. "See ya around."
Zidane was dumbfounded, but Blank and Cinna were exploding.
"Zidane, you rock, man!" Blank did his secret handshake with Zidane, who was staring off at Dagger with a hint of a grin.
Cinna nudged Zidane in the ribs, "You really, really like her. Snap out of it."
"What? What?"
The blonde boy shook his head as he tuned in.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Duh!" Blank slapped his friend's back. "You're all blushin' and freakin' out."
"I didn't look like a piss-off, right?"
Zidane was filled with embarrassment as his blood pooled into his face.
"Well, not really. At least you're not as bad as some boys, who drool when they see her."
Cinna pointed at 3 boys staring widely at Dagger as she walked by while ignoring them.
And all that while, Eiko was patiently waiting for her buddy Zidane to get to class so she could tell his teacher 'jackass.' Eiko didn't know and understand what the conversation was about. She just held tight to Zidane's shirt and loved him like a big brother. She had no idea Zidane hated her, but she never meant to do any harm in his life, especially when he got grounded. She was going to miss him when she would move away in 1 month, but she never told Zidane. However, she would now, even if he would be hurt.
That's what she thought...
"Zidane."
Eiko had a sad voice that Zidane had never heard before, which caught his attention.
"What Eiko?"
"I haf to tell youw someshing."
"Yeah?"
"I..."
"You..."
"I'm moving t- to Hawaii in one mwonth."
Eiko burst out crying out her little heart and hugged Zidane tight. The commotion made him pretty embarrassed, for many teens whispered, "What the hell?!" and ridiculed him. Eiko didn't want to cause trouble. She was just sad; she didn't want to leave Zidane.
But Zidane...
"Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!! I'm the luckiest boy on Gaia!!!!!!!!"
Eiko, who was terrified, started to weep like a whole boisterous party. Just then Zidane caught Dagger's glare, so he quickly bent down and hugged Eiko gingerly and whispered:
"Eiko, do you have to leave? It wouldn't be the same without you."
The 3-year-old girl felt better and said, "When do class start? I want to shay jackass to Dr. Totty."
~~
"So you add the mix-,"
Zidane stopped at his classroom door and made sure no one, especially Dr. Tot was looking. Dr. Tot was adding mixtures of chemicals, so he barely even lifted his head.
"Now Eiko, don't tell anyone I'm your babysitter. Just go walk in there after me and go up to the teacher. Then say 'hello jackass.'"
Eiko nodded and waited for Zidane to go into his classroom and sit down. Then she walked in like she was lost and came up to Dr. Tot.
Dr. Tot looked down and stopped mixing chemicals. "Why hello? Are you lost? This school is no place for a 3-year-old."
Dagger immediately raised her hand when she saw Eiko. What was Zidane planning now? He would pull pranks on everyone. Fortunately for Zidane, Dr. Tot did not call on her.
Eiko stood up straight and yelled, "HELLO JACKASS, NICE TO SEE YOUW CUZ YOUW A TEACHOR!"
The whole class exploded as Dr. Tot turned beet red.
"Well, that is quite enough, class! Now Mr. Tribal, you come up here and take this girl away!"
Zidane was laughing so hard even though Dr. Tot knew this was his prank. As he wobbled up to the teacher's platform and took Eiko's hand, he said:
"Good job, Eiko, you rock!"
And he really meant it.
~~---~~---~~---~~
"How was school Zid, Miko, Kuja?"
Mrs. Eisia Gaka Tribal, Zidane's step mom, asked as she hugged all of them, especially Kuja, her true son.
"Zidane played another prank, Eisia, so not the drama."
Mikoto rolled her eyes and dropped herself on the couch.
"Well is that so?"
Eisia laughed, she loved Zidane's personality, just as much as she loved Kuja, her own son who was so cool and popular.
"Hey, Eisia, Mikoto ignored Cinna again. So not the drama."
Zidane plopped on the other couch, right across from Mikoto.
"Well is that so?"
Eisia laughed even harder as she set her homemade cookies on the table.
"And I flirted with another girl in school, mother," Kuja boasted. "Can you believe it? 424 girls exactly and 424 signatures in my yearbook to prove who flirted with me. I just need one more... Dagger Alexandros."
"Wow!" Eisia took off her apron. "Looks like all of you had a good day. So, that deserves a cookie. Dig in guys!"
Zidane was a messy eater, careless, loud, and annoying. He dropped a lot of crumbs and didn't bother to clean it up. He talked with his mouth full and chewed really loud.
Mikoto was a polite and careful eater. She used a plate to hold the crumbs even though she barely dropped any. She ate quietly and never bit a large mouth-full. She would bite a little piece and talk after chewing it.
Kuja, well, you couldn't really explain anything except that he ate between his stepsister and stepbrother.
The doorbell rang. Zidane was the only one finished so he answered the door. There was Eiko with a big present that she could barely hold.
"H-happy b-bwirthday sshree (number 3) days aft-ter." Eiko gave Zidane the present and added, "I prowmised that I would give youw your bwirthday present sshree days agow."
"Uhhuhreallynicegoodbye."
Zidane had no feeling in his voice as he said the words right next to each other and slammed the door on poor Eiko, who didn't even get a thank you.
"Who was it, Zid?"
Eisia stopped sweeping the floor and looked up.
"Oh, just Eiko, giving me her stupid present."
"Well, Zidane Tribal, I wouldn't call that stupid. Go say thank you, young man."
Eisia's stubbornness...
Zidane opened the door and was about to say thank you to long gone Eiko but who else barged in then but Dagger.
"Sorry to interrupt Mrs. Tribal but Zidane," Dagger glared at the stiff boy at the door, "forgot his homework because he was running away from Dr. Tot and being afraid that he would be suspended. Well he hasn't. And because he did that, I have to come all...the...way...here to give him this...hell- what homework. And why me, huh, why me? Couldn't Cinna or Blank bring it?"
With that, Dagger left and did not bother to say anything but, "That was some prank, wonder boy."
~~~~~~~
A/N: Hey! How'd you like it? It's probably boring right now, but wait for the next chapter. Maybe it's because it's my first FFIX fic...so please don't get mad at me! *runs and hides* Anyway, please tell me how you like it by reviewing. Flames are appreciated... they help make the story a better one! Again, please review! AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thanks to my beta-reader, Brian!
~~Reviving a 13~~
~Chapter 1~
"Hi, Zidane."
"Hey Eiko."
Zidane, a 13-year-old boy with an awkward tail, sighed as an annoying 3- year-old toddler (who he was supposed to baby-sit) ran up to him.
"Waz up? Where are youw gowing?"
Eiko tried to catch up with Zidane, who was speed walking away.
"School. Now go away, jackass." Zidane kept on looking ahead of him, switching his backpack position from shoulder to shoulder now and then.
"Jackass? Waz that?" Eiko gave Zidane the puzzled baby eyes.
Zidane laughed. One time, he told Eiko that fuck you means you love that person. Abruptly the smile on Zidane's face turned into a frown, though. Eiko had said 'fuck you' to her mom and dad. That got Zidane grounded for a month.
However, Zidane now had a good plan.
"Eiko, sweetie," Zidane grinned evilly and tried to walk as casually as possible, "I have a plan."
"A pwan? Oh, I like pwans!" Eiko still did not understand that this was a prank.
"Jackass means 'hello teacher,'" Zidane tried not to laugh. "Now, say this only to my teacher, Dr. Tot, but to no one else unless I say so."
"Why do I haf to do whatever youw say?" Eiko put her hands on her hips.
Stubbornness.
Zidane smiled. He liked it when Eiko got mad.
"Because I'm your babysitter and you're my favorite girl, right?"
"Weally?" Eiko was caught with surprise.
"Of course," Zidane turned around and gave Eiko a huge fake smile as he crossed his fingers behind his back.
"'Kay then. I do it." Eiko hummed and skipped along behind Zidane happily.
"This is gonna be so fun," Zidane chuckled as the corners of his mouth turned upwards into an evil smile.
"You know Zid, sometimes I hate babysitting. It's all like, 'Take care of me big brother!'"
Blank rolled his eyes around at Eiko, who gripped on Zidane's shirt so she wouldn't get lost.
"Talk about a pain in the arm."
Cinna rubbed his arm at the place where a baby he watched over bit.
"C'mon guys, its just a bit of fun. Right Eiko?" Zidane gave his friends a 'remember-the-prank' sign.
"Wight." Eiko had no idea what Zidane had asked, but she knew Zidane was her big buddy. He always was.
"Zidane, oh she's so cute!"
The most popular girl (followed by her gang) in middle school crowded around Eiko, who marveled at the sight of being in the center of attention.
Zidane was, however, speechless. This was both good and bad. The good part was that it was Dagger, the most popular and loved girl in Alexandria Middle School. She had never paid a single piece of attention to Zidane for 7 years. He always wanted to be her friend, especially a girlfriend, but it never worked. The bad part was that she was admiring the most retarded girl ever, Eiko Carol.
"Yeah she is, isn't she?" Blank flushed at the sight of Ruby, who was a western cowgirl until she came to Alexandria Middle School.
Dagger did not take Blank's answer, so she asked again.
"Zidane, what's her name?"
This time Cinna answered.
"Eiko Carol. Sweet girl huh?"
He kept on blinking when he caught the eyes of (Zidane's pretty sister) Mikoto, who considered him a jerk.
Dagger was getting impatient and asked one last time to Zidane.
"Is she your sister?"
Zidane was aware of this question that he practically shouted.
"Heck NO!"
Dagger seemed taken aback by this answer. No one had ever dared to speak to her that way. Kuja, Zidane's stepbrother, was the most powerful and popular boy in middle school, and he even acted cool and did not say that. Zidane seemed to have that kind of absentminded personality that she didn't enjoy. But now.Zidane suddenly changed that 'absent-minded' feeling.
She started to giggle.
"What!?" Zidane still had that voice, but he was smiling.
"You're too different, wonder boy." Dagger stroked Eiko's shockingly violet hair. "See ya around."
Zidane was dumbfounded, but Blank and Cinna were exploding.
"Zidane, you rock, man!" Blank did his secret handshake with Zidane, who was staring off at Dagger with a hint of a grin.
Cinna nudged Zidane in the ribs, "You really, really like her. Snap out of it."
"What? What?"
The blonde boy shook his head as he tuned in.
"Is it that obvious?"
"Duh!" Blank slapped his friend's back. "You're all blushin' and freakin' out."
"I didn't look like a piss-off, right?"
Zidane was filled with embarrassment as his blood pooled into his face.
"Well, not really. At least you're not as bad as some boys, who drool when they see her."
Cinna pointed at 3 boys staring widely at Dagger as she walked by while ignoring them.
And all that while, Eiko was patiently waiting for her buddy Zidane to get to class so she could tell his teacher 'jackass.' Eiko didn't know and understand what the conversation was about. She just held tight to Zidane's shirt and loved him like a big brother. She had no idea Zidane hated her, but she never meant to do any harm in his life, especially when he got grounded. She was going to miss him when she would move away in 1 month, but she never told Zidane. However, she would now, even if he would be hurt.
That's what she thought...
"Zidane."
Eiko had a sad voice that Zidane had never heard before, which caught his attention.
"What Eiko?"
"I haf to tell youw someshing."
"Yeah?"
"I..."
"You..."
"I'm moving t- to Hawaii in one mwonth."
Eiko burst out crying out her little heart and hugged Zidane tight. The commotion made him pretty embarrassed, for many teens whispered, "What the hell?!" and ridiculed him. Eiko didn't want to cause trouble. She was just sad; she didn't want to leave Zidane.
But Zidane...
"Holy shit!!!!!!!!!!! I'm the luckiest boy on Gaia!!!!!!!!"
Eiko, who was terrified, started to weep like a whole boisterous party. Just then Zidane caught Dagger's glare, so he quickly bent down and hugged Eiko gingerly and whispered:
"Eiko, do you have to leave? It wouldn't be the same without you."
The 3-year-old girl felt better and said, "When do class start? I want to shay jackass to Dr. Totty."
~~
"So you add the mix-,"
Zidane stopped at his classroom door and made sure no one, especially Dr. Tot was looking. Dr. Tot was adding mixtures of chemicals, so he barely even lifted his head.
"Now Eiko, don't tell anyone I'm your babysitter. Just go walk in there after me and go up to the teacher. Then say 'hello jackass.'"
Eiko nodded and waited for Zidane to go into his classroom and sit down. Then she walked in like she was lost and came up to Dr. Tot.
Dr. Tot looked down and stopped mixing chemicals. "Why hello? Are you lost? This school is no place for a 3-year-old."
Dagger immediately raised her hand when she saw Eiko. What was Zidane planning now? He would pull pranks on everyone. Fortunately for Zidane, Dr. Tot did not call on her.
Eiko stood up straight and yelled, "HELLO JACKASS, NICE TO SEE YOUW CUZ YOUW A TEACHOR!"
The whole class exploded as Dr. Tot turned beet red.
"Well, that is quite enough, class! Now Mr. Tribal, you come up here and take this girl away!"
Zidane was laughing so hard even though Dr. Tot knew this was his prank. As he wobbled up to the teacher's platform and took Eiko's hand, he said:
"Good job, Eiko, you rock!"
And he really meant it.
~~---~~---~~---~~
"How was school Zid, Miko, Kuja?"
Mrs. Eisia Gaka Tribal, Zidane's step mom, asked as she hugged all of them, especially Kuja, her true son.
"Zidane played another prank, Eisia, so not the drama."
Mikoto rolled her eyes and dropped herself on the couch.
"Well is that so?"
Eisia laughed, she loved Zidane's personality, just as much as she loved Kuja, her own son who was so cool and popular.
"Hey, Eisia, Mikoto ignored Cinna again. So not the drama."
Zidane plopped on the other couch, right across from Mikoto.
"Well is that so?"
Eisia laughed even harder as she set her homemade cookies on the table.
"And I flirted with another girl in school, mother," Kuja boasted. "Can you believe it? 424 girls exactly and 424 signatures in my yearbook to prove who flirted with me. I just need one more... Dagger Alexandros."
"Wow!" Eisia took off her apron. "Looks like all of you had a good day. So, that deserves a cookie. Dig in guys!"
Zidane was a messy eater, careless, loud, and annoying. He dropped a lot of crumbs and didn't bother to clean it up. He talked with his mouth full and chewed really loud.
Mikoto was a polite and careful eater. She used a plate to hold the crumbs even though she barely dropped any. She ate quietly and never bit a large mouth-full. She would bite a little piece and talk after chewing it.
Kuja, well, you couldn't really explain anything except that he ate between his stepsister and stepbrother.
The doorbell rang. Zidane was the only one finished so he answered the door. There was Eiko with a big present that she could barely hold.
"H-happy b-bwirthday sshree (number 3) days aft-ter." Eiko gave Zidane the present and added, "I prowmised that I would give youw your bwirthday present sshree days agow."
"Uhhuhreallynicegoodbye."
Zidane had no feeling in his voice as he said the words right next to each other and slammed the door on poor Eiko, who didn't even get a thank you.
"Who was it, Zid?"
Eisia stopped sweeping the floor and looked up.
"Oh, just Eiko, giving me her stupid present."
"Well, Zidane Tribal, I wouldn't call that stupid. Go say thank you, young man."
Eisia's stubbornness...
Zidane opened the door and was about to say thank you to long gone Eiko but who else barged in then but Dagger.
"Sorry to interrupt Mrs. Tribal but Zidane," Dagger glared at the stiff boy at the door, "forgot his homework because he was running away from Dr. Tot and being afraid that he would be suspended. Well he hasn't. And because he did that, I have to come all...the...way...here to give him this...hell- what homework. And why me, huh, why me? Couldn't Cinna or Blank bring it?"
With that, Dagger left and did not bother to say anything but, "That was some prank, wonder boy."
~~~~~~~
A/N: Hey! How'd you like it? It's probably boring right now, but wait for the next chapter. Maybe it's because it's my first FFIX fic...so please don't get mad at me! *runs and hides* Anyway, please tell me how you like it by reviewing. Flames are appreciated... they help make the story a better one! Again, please review! AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'LL NEVER SEE THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!