A/N: I do not own Final Fantasy;

SQUARE does. I am merely a puppet, to its vast army

of game creators... Kinda flipped out there.... ^o^;;



Chapter 1 - The King Of Eblan

"I might just be paranoid, but I can't trust you on this one, Cecil..." Edge said.

"C'mon, man! What's wrong?" Cecil asked.

"Nothing, really... Except the fact that, you, Cecil Harvey, is helping me, Edge, king of Eblan, with his love life." Edge replied.

'What's Cecil's problem? I mean, I can handle my own life. Just because he got married before me gives him the privilege to give me advice?' Edge thought, 'I'm working on it, just can't seem to get Rydia's...' Edge froze, 'Rydia, so sweet, yet I am a jester in her eyes...' He felt bad.

"Yo, Edge. Snap out of it... We're here!" Cecil snapped, "I bet you Rydia's here!"

They stopped in front of a big party at Baron Castle.

"What makes you think that I have the hots for Rydia?" Edge replied.

"Oh, so you don't now, all of the sudden..." Cecil faked a sadness, "We were all expecting a queen of Eblan... Man, this is bad news..." Cecil laughed inside.

At the party...

"So Rydia, I hear you are living in the Land of The Summons now, huh?" Rosa asked.

"Yeah... Leviathan and Asura are living with me as great mentors." Rydia replied.

"Do you know anyone you like, now?" Rosa asked, chuckling under her breath.

Rydia was silent for a moment. 'Why can't I say it? I say a lot to Asura and the other summons...' Rydia thought. "Not really..." Rydia replied.

"I thought you would by now, y'know?" Rosa tried to push the answer out of her.

"Hey everybody, we're here!" Cecil called.

"Hello Sir Cecil," the servants greeted.

'Well, it's a party, might as well enjoy it,' The king of Eblan thought, 'Might as well go hang out at the--' His eyes caught onto Rydia. She was wearing the usual clothing, the green summoner's getup. Her green hair was as beautiful as ever.

"Hey, Edge, long time no see!" a familiar voice called out. It was Rosa. "Come on over here and say hello."

Cecil was edging away slowly, trying to be unnoticed, but that was hard, being the king and all.

"You too, Cecil!" Rosa caught him trying to get away.

Edge took a seat next to Rydia. He always tried to get as close to Rydia as possible.

"So, Edge, got a crush on anybody?" Rosa asked.

'Crush on anyone? Yeah, Rydia... Does she love me back?' Edge struggled, 'Do I lie about my feelings? Do I say it? What if they think I'm just joking?' Edge thought, 'Oh well, I'll just lie,' "No, I don't think so, unless every girl I know counts..." Edge attempted to make them laugh.

"Well, we were expecting a heir to your throne," Cecil replied.

'I hope I can get one too,' Edge thought, slightly worried.

'Edge... What do I think about him? Well, 1.) He's hot... But that means nothing,' Rydia thought, 2.) He's funny... What am I doing? Admitting that I love-- like him.' Rydia tried to think of why Edge was hitting on her, 'A lot of people say he's a pervert...' Rydia strained, 'But he's seems to like me.'

"Hey, Rydia, how about you and Your Majesty in a photo!" Yang said, "I just remembered how fun photography is!"

"OK..." Rydia answered.

"Come on, Rydia, big smile!" Cecil ordered.

"OK, now Rydia and Edge.... Edge...Edge where'd you go?!?!" Yang said, confused. "Probably at the snack bar... I'll go get him..." Cecil offered.

"All right, I'm here!" Edge yelled out. The ninja was alone in a cave. The pungent stench of mildew emanated from the wet walls.

"So, you've finally shown up..." A high-pitched reptile-like voice responded.

"Dark Sahagin, you better not disturb the party at Baron tonight," Edge said, "your fight is with me."

"Your right... yet your stupid ninja magic won't help you now." Dark Sahagin pointed out. "Oh, gods of the underworld, grant me thy magic, and silence my foes!!"

"Damn, I can't use my ninja magic..." Edge said, pointing out the obvious.

"Now to ensure your total destruction!" The sahagin grabbed Edge's item bag and tore into shreds. "Now you can't cure your silence. You're helpless."

Edge hurled a stone at the Sahagin.

"What are you doing, are you insane? Do you want to provoke me to kill you?!?!"

"I want to kill you off. That's the whole point... All right enough!" Edge yelled.

"Powers of the dark mage, allow me to see the light! BLITZ!" Edge chanted. Nothing happened.

"You ass! You're silenced!" Sahagin exclaimed.

"....." Edge couldn't speak. A fine ninja like him... forget a tiny aspect of the fight? It wasn't like him to do something like that.

"Damn, you are one dumb ninja!" The Sahagin taunted.

Edge took out his swords, two Kotetsu's, and slashed the sahagin.

"I'll go look for him," Rydia offered, "he can't be far."

"All right, but cake is being served in an hour so hurry back now!" Rosa exclaimed. "Alright!" Rydia said, running off.

"Don't push my limit, ninja!" the sahagin warned. It slammed the Eblanian king's head into the side of the cave wall. "I'm warning you!" The sahagin repeatedly slammed Edge into the wall.

'I can't believe I was brought to this...' Edge thought, 'I'm helpless...The stupid threat he made...'

Edge slashed the sahagin many times. The sahagin was brought down, but it was still making threats.

"You wouldn't bet your loved ones lives, would you? Like your mother and father?" Dark Sahagin questioned evilly.

"You're too late. They committed to suicide," Edge revealed.

"Ha... anyone will do. Even King Cecil of Baron," the sahagin tried again.

"He can fare for himself," Edge replied again, "but that doesn't matter, as your life ends here."

"Wait! I've got a team of Dark Sahagins outside of Baron-- just one distress call and they'll ambush them all -- even Rydia, the one you love!" the sahagin threatened. "Now you will lose horribly-- one more attack from you could mean the end of Rydia!"

"....But...you..you...can't...that's foul play!!" Edge tried to reason with it.

"Do I look like I follow the rules?" The Dark Sahagin replied, slashing Edge with its claws...

'I can't kill it... I can't risk losing Rydia... I have to die here....' Edge thought sadly.



A/N: Isn't that sad? I don't know... Tune in for chapter 2, coming next!