Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy IX... SqaureSoft® owns it all... unfortunately...
Dedication: To my friends who I cherish dearly to my heart as each day passes by.... Siena, Zidane's Dagger, Taemyr, and last but not least, Alria....
~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~ My Heart Will Go On... ~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~ ~Prologue~ I-I can't run from you if I... I love you... " We can't go on like this... can we? ", a young woman the age of seventeen asked as she pushed her hands out at her sides, pushing through the air. The man standing in front of her with his back towards her, turned and looked at her, noticing the crystal droplets that threatened to fall, noticing the look of worry and great sadness that caused the once soft chocolate to die down to a melted, gooey kind. " I'm sorry... there's nothing I nor anyone else can do about this. It's the way that this has to go. I'm sorry.... ", he apologized again as he turned his back to her, leaning over the railing so he could watch the newly re-built town of Alexandria bustle with life "I'm sorry too... ", she whispered as she closed her eyes against the tears and walked up behind him to wrap her bare arms around his waist from behind. Zidane Tribal closed his eyes and tensed as he felt her arms go around his waist. The song kept playing over and over in his mind, causing him to cringe at the sick sweet tone of the voice. The dark night sky above, exsists to expose out hearts, as they call out to each other, when the two of us are apart. Everytime he was around her, he'd always hear a soft, gentle voice in his head, whispering, singing to him that song. " You have no need to apologize, Dagger... ", Zidane murmured softly as he covered her arms with his own arms, giving her smooth elbows a gentl squeeze. Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th sighed lightly as she rested her head against his back, " I have almost every right to be sorry... ", she replied softly as she sniffled slowly. Zidane slowly turned around in her arms and then wraped his arms around her, pulling her close and holding onto her like it was going to be the last time he ever got to touch her, kiss her, hold her, tell her that he... loved her. Yes. It was true. He loved her. Loved her more then life itself, more then the air he breathed everyday of his life, loved her enough to ask for her hand in marriage, but... he couldn't do that. Not now... Not here... Not this night... The spirit of rage, hate, fear was growing stronger inside of him and one thing he didn't know what to do was to break away from it, break away from the evil spell, the evil curse that had been sat upon him when his sister had been killed in coldblood and molestation back on Terra by those Berserker orges. Garnet trembled in his arms and then uttered a cry of surprise as she felt his arms tighten their grip around her frail body into a deathgrip, sucking the very breath from her lungs. " Z-zidane... you're h-hurting me... ", she groaned into his chest, inhaling the sweet musky scent that he and his body naturally carried. Zidane's arms suddenly left her waist as he took a step back from her, his hands now clutching his head tightly, his long fingers tangling themselves in his shaggy mane of dark honey, digging into his scalp as he tried to fight it, tried to fight the spirit of rage. " D-dagger... go... ", he groaned as his eyes snapped open, the dark, mysterious deep forest green now completely goen, only to be replaced by complete white, nothing more, nothing less. Garnet brought a hand to her mouth as she tried to stiffle a loud gasp of surprise. Her eyes searched Zidane's once soft, kind, open face, finding nothing but hate, rage and fear. Small veins popped out of his head, his neck, decorated his forearms, his shoulder as Zidane doubled over, groaned and moaning loudly in pain as a loud sickening tear of muscles was heard. The muscles in Zidane's arms bulged to life, grew to become large, twice their regular size [Think of a Super Saiyan at level 3 from DBZ/GT]. He groaned again and looked up at Garnet, anger and hate flraing more to life as his eyes found hers. There was a loud scream of agony that tore from his throat, ripping his vocal cords greatly as he stood up, throwing his head back, his hands clutching his head again, causing Garnet to drop to one knee on the ground, her hands over her ears, tears streaming down her cheeks. ' Zidane.. what's wrong with you? ', Garnet thought in horror as she lifted her head to look at him looking at her. Zidane opened his mouth and then made a sick choking, gurgling sound that made Garnet voice her thoughts. " Z-zidane... what's wrong? Why are you like this?! ", she asked as she stood up and took a step back and watched as Zidane clutched his chest this time, outstretching a hand to her. Zidane swallowed thickly past the lump in his throat, ' I can't let anything happen.. not to my Dagger... anyone but her! " " D-dagger! Go... run a-away! Leave me... ", Zidane shouted ro her, his voice growing deeper and more deformed with each passing second. Garnet shook her head, " I'm not leaving you, Zidane. We always said that we'd stick together and not run anymore. Well... I-I'm not running! I-I can't run.. not from you... not when I... I love you, Zidane. I'm not going to run from you if I love you... ", she replied, unable to control the tremor in her voice as she crossed her arms over her chest; her long white gown billowing out behind her as the breeze captured it and attempted to take it away. ' She loves me!? But how can she love... love a monster? A monster who means to kill her... ', Zidane thought to himself as he felt something inside of him click and newfound rage soared to life through his veins, setting his blood on fire. Garnet swallowed thickly and shook her head, ' I'm not going to leave him... I can't leave him. I'll forgive him if he strikes out at me.. I'll forgive him... ' ' But what will you do if he ends up killing you? Zidane felt himself finally lose control. He screamed out in his mind to stop, to just leave her alone and find someone else, but he couldn't.. his body wouldn't listen to him, the spirit of rage and hate had won over him once again. His body and his mind wouldn't listen to him, he was completely helpless, he was going to kill his Dagger, Zidane knew for a fact as he charged at full speed to Garnet's trembling form. Garnet closed her eyes and waited for whatever he had planned to come. Zidane brought his arm back, balled his hand into a tight fist, so tight that his fingernails dug into the flesh on his palm, and let it fly straight at Garnet's beautiful, small heart-shaped face... {Author's Note: Well? Whatcha think so far? Have I got all you peeps on the edge of your seat yet, wondering if Zidane actually does hit his Dagger? *giggles evily* I thought so... hee hee! If you don't review, I'm not going to continue with this... and from what I've read so far... this is pretty interesting and it's going to eventually make you want to read more.... *waves* well... off to write chapter 1. BYEBYE!! Remember... read and review!!!}