Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except Zach and the rest of my annoying muses.

A/N: This fic is dedicated to the wonderful Firehedgehog in honor of her birthday. She pretty much gave me the plot line when I told her I was going to write her something for her.

Warnings: Pretty much the regular for me. shounen-ai, randomness and abuse of characters. AU and Crossover with FF9.

Pairings: at the moment Zidane/Kuja.

The Iifa tree came crashing down around them, branches and roots twisting towards them as the tree lost it's life force. Zidane hovered over Kuja's fallen form, a snarl on his face as he defiantly faced the writhing roots. Kuja lay back, gasping from the loss of his magic and his injuries.

"You should leave me…" The mage rasped out as Zidane's swirling daggers formed a barrier around them. Zidane glanced back at him.

"I'm not leaving you." Zidane growled, brow furrowed in concentration as he prepared to set a second barrier. Kuja frowned slightly.

"If you don't leave me, you'll die." This idea did not sit well with the mage. He didn't want anyone, most especially Zidane, dying for him. Zidane glared at him.

"If I leave you, you will die." Zidane groaned as more branches attacked the barrier, this technique wasn't supposed to take this much of a beating.

"Why bother, I'm going to die anyways." Kuja shook his head; he didn't understand Zidane sometimes. But he had to admit the boy was persistent, after all he had beaten him of all people.

"Don't say that!" Zidane shouts, glaring at the silver-haired genome. "We're going to make it out of this ok. We're going to live out our lives on Gaia, without war, without fighting and we're going to do this together." Zidane's eyes blazed with determination even though the world was crashing down around them.

"Zidane…" Kuja says, unsure of what to say. Zidane had pretty much just swore his life to him, his archenemy and fellow angel of death.

" I'm not going to let you die. I refuse to let you simply throw your life away because Garland told you to." Zidane states, his face set. Kuja nods, still amazed that Zidane would go to such lengths for him. Suddenly a loud rumbling came from above, the Iifa tree stopped moving and a swarm of black swept over it's branches. "What in the hell is that?"
"I don't know, but it doesn't look too good." Kuja says, climbing to his feet to stare at the incoming wave of what seemed to be mutated black cats. He looks at Zidane. "Will the barrier hold?" Zidane shakes his head. "I have enough energy left to cast a teleportation spell to get us out of here."

"And why exactly didn't you do this before?" Zidane demands, crossing his arms and looking at Kuja.

"Because I don't know where it will send us or what it will do to us." Kuja says, gathering the energy in his palms and raising his hands skywards. He pauses looking at Zidane. "…If we get separated I promise I will find you again, no matter what it takes." And with that he completes the spell, sending them both into darkness.

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(This part written by Firehedgehog)

Darkness… and eternity of darkness, he was floating in an abyss of it.

Time, had no definition here. No, time didn't exist here.

It went backwards and forwards, shifting like the waves of an ocean…

In one of these Zidane found himself tossed him, it was a twisting mind numbing experience.

'Kuja… where's Kuja' he thought, he didn't sense the silver haired other anywhere.

Zidane then screamed, but no sound came from his mouth in this darkness. It felt as if something was crushing his body, then remodeling it like a child with clay. No, this wasn't right!

Then the world seemed to twist, color came into the darkness he was entrapped within.

Then, the sounds of waves rushing came to him… his eyes widened as he actually saw bubbling waves of water rush up towards him, they came out of literally nowhere.

Then he was being pushed and pulled, he gave a final silent scream as nothing engulfed him and his mind went numb.

A new adventure would begin when he woke up.

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(And back to me…)

Blue eyes gazed confusedly at the scene before them, blue sky, blue sea, white sands. He had never seen a scene like this in his life, or at least he hadn't from what little he could remember. He looked down, tail waving as he took in his own form.

No this was wrong, shouldn't he be taller, older, stronger? He certainly wasn't five years old. Wasn't his hair a different color? He thought as he pulled at the strands and looked at them. So many things had changed, at least he still had his tail.

"Heeeeyyyy! I've never seen you around before." Someone behind him said, he turned around and blinked. The speaker was a boy about his size with silver hair and green eyes. He stared curiously at the boy's hair, there wasn't important about the color. Something he really should remember.

"Are you new?" The boy asked, looking into his face and blinking. He stared at him for a second and nodded. "Your eyes are really, really blue… From now on I'll call you Sora. Nice to meet you Sora, I'm Riku."

He nodded, afraid to speak because his voice might not sound like his own. Riku stared at him for a second, watching as 'Sora's' hands twisted the fabric of his pants.

"So Sora, where are you from?" Riku asked, crossing his arms and taking the typical Riku stance. Sora shakes his head.

"I…I don't know." He stuttered staring at Riku. Riku blinked, surprised. "When I woke up I was here, I don't even know where 'here' is."

"Where are your mommy and daddy? They should know where you are…" Riku said, as if that was the answer to all problems. Sora thought about it for a moment and shook his head.

"I don't have a mommy and daddy…" Sora sniffled and rubbed his nose, some thought associated with his parents made him really sad. He just couldn't remember why or even what it was.

"Well then I guess I'll take care of you then." Riku announced, taking what he thought was a dramatic pose.

"You can't even put your pants on right." Sora said, pointing at Riku's pants which where on backwards. Riku blinked and looked down.

"And I thought I got it right this time." He said, pouting. Sora laughed, shaking his head at the silliness of his new friend. "I know, my mommy can take care of you. She's always saying she wanted a new baby. Why would she want a baby when she can have you? Come on let's go ask her."

And with that Riku took off to ask his mom, beginning Sora's introduction to his new life. A small part of Sora hoped it would be peaceful and happy, which made the other part of Sora wonder what his old life had been like.

If only he could remember…

TBC

BloodyChaos: "First part down, don't-know-how-many to go."

Zach: shakes head

BloodyChaos: "Happy Birthday Fire-chan! Hope it's a good one ."

Zach: "Reviews would be nice…and very much appreciated."