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Alexandria (sp? Haven't played the game in three years, sorry)

Zidane POV, After the Lifa Tree aboard the Theatre Ship

I woke up in my room, the last thing I remembered was falling unconscious next to Kuja in the Lifa Tree, it took a while to register in my mind that I was aboard the theatre ship even though I already knew I was in my bedroom. I tried to sit up but fell back when my tail and ribs started hurting. Cursing myself for not checking for injuries sooner I tried moving my body parts separately to see what was broken. When I was done I was sore, but satisfied. I had a broken leg and arm, a couple of fractured ribs and a long scar across my chest that was bound with bandages that would've been white at some point but were now red with blood. The door opened and Ruby stepped in with Blank behind her

'Good, you're awake, the boss was stating to get worried'

'Really? Wow, I thought he would've beaten me up for missing rehearsal'

Blank grinned 'Oh trust me mate, he would've if you were still conscious when we found ya'

'Darlin' we needed ta hold him back with ropes, it don't matter if somthin's sleepin' or awake, it's all ta same ta the boss'

Blank grinned at Ruby 'Yah, but still Rubes, he would've stopped after about five minutes'

'Hey, hate to break up this adorable conversation between you two, but how long have I been in here?' I asked, kinda irritated that they were ignoring me, ME! The person in the bed with a cast on his leg and bandages wrapped around his waist!

Blank ignored the sarcasm in my voice and replied 'Mate, you've been there for about five weeks' Ruby looked at him

'Actually darl, it's been four weeks and three days'

'No, it's been five weeks'

'You're both as wrong as the piece of mouldy cheese under the desk in the control room' A girl that looked oddly familiar stepped into the room and exaggerated her words by waving her hands around a bit

'It's been six weeks, two days, 5 hours and 42 minutes since we found him outside the Lifa Tree, he had already been there three days and twelve hours, five minutes, so altogether he's been unconscious 7 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes'

We all stared at her with our mouths open

'H-how the hell do you know that!?'

She looked at Blank with a smug smile on her face

'You'd know too if you were the White Mage on the ship with all the medical equipment and years of experience behind you, and getting payed double for looking after the sick Genome on said ship-speaking of which, now that you're awake I gotta pop your tail back into place'

Normal POV

Zidane stared at her for a long time (you would too if you had a tail that needed to be popped back into place!) Blank and Ruby smirked from the doorway

'This is gonna be fun' said Blank

'Lots and lots 'o fun' Ruby agreed

'Traitors!' Zidane pulled his tail up to his chest and held it protectively

'You'll never get my tail!'

'Oh quit being such a baby little brother' Kuja appeared in the doorway with a bandage wrapped around his fifth limb.

'It only hurts for a second and then you go to sleep'

'only 'cause of the pain though' the girl said walking toward Zidane, he tried to move so that his tail was out of view but ended up on the floor with his broken leg on the bed and his arm over his back

'Blank, Ruby, you might wanna step outside for this' said the oh-so-mean girl, Blank and Ruby complied grudgingly, shutting the door behind them. Kuja advanced on his 'brother' with an evil smirk on his face, Zidane tried to crawl underneath the bed but Kuja caught his arm and put him back on the bed, he then held him down while the girl took out some bandages and other medical supplies from a bag that was at the end of the bed, Zidane winced as she took out a needle, she noticed this and chuckled under her breath

'Hey, at least you get a needle, Kuja just got a arm tied behind his back and a cloth on his head, needless to say it was quite the experience' Kuja gave her a death glare 'Why didn't you tell me you had Pain Killers in there?'

'Well, seeing as you are the dangerous mass-murderer and ex-villain, I thought you'd be able to cope' she moved next to Zidane and loaded the very sharp and pointy needle 'This won't hurt as bad as when you fell out of bed just now' she cooed, she stuck the needle into the tip of Zidane's tail, earning a yelp from the young Genome. His tail soon became numb and she did some complicated movements, snapping the broken bones into place

'Now, when that wears off your tail's gonna hurt a lot, I suggest you don't move it or it'll re-break, Kuja learnt that the hard way when he tried to strangle me with it, didn't you, you psychotic little bastard?' her voice held a mocking tone at which Kuja grimaced

'I would've succeeded if you didn't twist it around and tie it to the bedhead you (might need a thesaurus peeps) presumptuous, indignant, self-promoted, un-tame, un-compiled, self-conscious, moronic, pathetic, monkey-tailed freak'

'Hey! You got a tail too! Don't go wraggin' on me 'cause I'm soooooooo much better! And how the hell can you be self-promoted and un-tame at the same time? If ya ask meh, you need to get another brain off Garland, the one you seem to have is waaaaaaay too small for one of your statute, you need one that is bigger, better, and actually works! Isn't that so Zidane?'

Zidane was in shock at actually being involved in this conversation, and also at the prospect of having another 'sibling' he just looked at her with a dumb look on his face

'Ah forget it, I'm related to two morons who have no idea whatsoever as to what goes on around them, trying to have a civilised, classical, normal conversation is impossible' she picked up her bag and walked over to the door, she turned back around to look at Zidane

'Oh, by the way, when your leg heals you've got control duty' then she turned and walked through the door (it magically opened, or she can walk through walls, or a wizard did it, you decide)

Zidane looked at Kuja

'And exactly how long have you been here?'

Kuja sat down on Zidane's bed with a grin on his face

'And here I was expecting you to be glad to see me'

'Yeah-yeah, whatever, how long have you been here?'

'Same time as you'

'And how long have I been here?'

Kuja shrugged

'How the hell am I supposed to know?'

It was Zidane's turn to shrug now

'Who's that girl?'

'The one with brown hair?'

'Yeah, I thought all Genomes had Blond hair, blue eyes or Silver hair, violet eyes' He flicked some of Kuja's hair

'Or am I wrong?'

'Half right, half wrong, Garland decided that hid Angels of Death were not doing their jobs so he made another one, He gave her blond hair and violet eyes, and tried to control her, she got sick of it and beat him up, ran away, and ended up on Gaia'

'Uh-huh, how'd she get brown hair, and what's her name?'

'She dyed her hair and her names is...'

'What?'

'She never did tell us her name...'

Zidane stared at him

'You've been here with her for about a month, and you don't know her name? why the hell do I find that hard to believe?'

Kuja was spared the task of having to answer when there were shouts from behind the door and the girl came in and slammed the door behind her

'I'm not gonna be in your damn play!' she shouted, she glared at Kuja

'Don't just stand there! Help me! They want me to wear a dress with frills! Frills!'

Kuja looked at her with an amused smile on his face

'I thought I was a brain-dead moron who needed to get a new brain'

She gave him a death-glare

'I would come over there and kick your a$$ if they didn't have a dress with pink frills and sequins on it!'

'But it's your fit! Ruby can't wear it!' Cinna yelled

'Forget it you little b$trd! I don't wear dresses!'

Zidane was looking at her weird

'What kind of chick doesn't wear dresses?'

'This kind of chick!'

'But doesn't every girl wear a dress on their wedding day?'

'If they have a wedding'

'So? Every girl wears at least one dress in their life'

'Not this one!' she charged up a spell in her hand and spun around, casting Blizzara on the door, Cinna's shouts were still heard on the other side

'Here, they want you to rehearse for the upcoming play' she threw a script at Zidane 'And you Kuja, are to be the cross-dresser that flirts with the main character' she grinned at him 'They figured it would fit seeing as you like wearing those dresses oh-so-much'

Kuja leapt off the bed and lunged for her, she dodged, causing him to smash head-first into the wall of ice, the girl laughed and walked over to Zidane's bed who was laughing his a$$ off at his brother. The girl sat down with a smile of success. Her brown tail waved around. Zidane looked at her

'What's your name?'

She looked at him weird so he repeated the question

'What's your name?'

She shrugged, either saying she didn't have one or she just wasn't interested in the topic. Kuja got up and grinned

'Oh, Miss 'I'm So Good, I'm So Smart' escaped before her creator could name her! Now, as older brother, I get the liberty of deciding of a name for my oh-so-prostegic (A/N- I don't know what that means, it just sounds good) sister! Oh joyous of joys!'

the girl death glared him while Zidane looked at her with curiosity

'Why'd you escape before he could name you?'

She shrugged 'Actually, he did name me, but I don't like the name so I choose not to say it, anyone who does dies a very slow and painful death, so, legally, Kuja has no say in what I am to be called, it is my decision and mine alone'

Zidane was reminded forcibly of Garnet, Kuja stopped his happy-dance and frowned at her

'Kill joy' he muttered under his breath

'Tell me where to find her and I'll do as you say' she said, Zidane had to admire her response and made a mental note to ask her for some come-back lines later

'So, waddaya wanna be called sis?' he asked, playfully punching her in the arm. She bit her lip thoughtfully and looked out the window

'I like the name Maralia, but that's the name of the lead person in that play you've got, so that's out...'

'How about Charue?' Kuja supplied, Zidane looked at him, one second ago he and their sister were arguing over petty little things (like the siblings they are) and now Kuja was suggesting names?

'I like that name... Charue... yep! That's my name now! Charue! Thanks Kujee!' she jumped off the bed and hugged Kuja. He looked at Zidane

'Save me from her!'

'Awwww, why ruin her fun Kujee?'

Charue cast a spell on Zidanes leg and he felt it heal

'Why didn't you do that before?' he asked her, she shrugged

'You weren't worthy of it's cause before, but now brother, I deem thee worthy of helping me annoy out dear older brother to thy days of supreme annoyingness of the darkest corners of the world!'

She cast the same spell on his arm and he got up and tackled Kuja, his tail waving behind him, Charue prepared a water spell and made the element hover over Kuja's head

'Got any words before I torment you with this water oh dearest brother of mine?' Kuja smirked at her and cast fire on the wall of ice that was holding the door shut, Cinna, who was still banging on the door, fell through holding a dress that even Zidane had to admit, looked ugly, startled, Charue let the ball of water fall on Kuja's head and turned to face the evil dress of doom. She looked from the dress, to the fallen actor, to her brothers, to the door, and back again, she ran out the door and cast a spell behind her, Cinna got up and dusted himself off

'It's just a dress' he said, Zidane got shoved off Kuja and landed on his back, Kuja got up and glared at him, his Silver hair damp from the spell, Zidane backed toward the door and then ran the same way Charue went, this, apparently was a mistake as she came running back and slammed toward Zidane, sending the young Genomes to the floor in the thin hallway, she picked herself up and pulled Zidane up too, the she took off past the room that Kuja was in and into the control room where she waited for Zidane before locking the door. Ruby, Blank, Marcus and Cinna started banging on the door, yelling at them to come out

'Please, we won't make you wear the dress, we just wanna talk' Ruby begged

'I thought we was gonna force her into the dress?'

'MARCUS!'

Charue looked at Zidane funny

'You live with these things?'

'Yep'

Charue looked at him with admiration in her eyes

'How the hell do you survive?'

'Well, it's easier if they aren't forcing you into a dress'

'That's it! We're gonna get the Boss!' Blank yelled, you could hear them walking down the corridor, Charue turned toward Zidane

'Is that a bad thing?'

Zidane smiled at her

'Let's just put it this way, if ya don't do what the Boss says, ya get kicked off the side of the ship'

Charue gulped

'I hate heights' she whispered 'I think I'll give myself up' she opened the door and ran to look for Baku, Zidane grinned triumphantly and walked over to the control wheel

'This is gonna be fun'