Love Triangle Murder
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 9 and all their legal stuff. Just the story I made up off their characters which fully and totally only belong to the creator's of Final Fantasy 9.
Lust
A view of the Alexandrian Library is seen as a small group is among the various shelves.
"Kuja, Watch over my daughter while I go fetch you your…items." commanded Queen Brahne. The silver hair youth smiled and bowed to the queen, watching as she took her portly body out of the remaining company. He observed as the young girl took down a book from the shelf and began to read silently to herself. With graceful strides, the young man was looking over at the title of this said book and spoke towards the other.
"Thou art merely a child and wish to leave thy side? Bold are your actions which thou takes. A daughter of mine does now dare to challenge the laws that rule our kingdom? Flee into immoral nightfall and wickedness shall be thy new name!"
"Nay father, I shall not heed thy word. You are now but only a cruel ruler of man, which I dare not stand by any longer." The girl responded, smiled upon her slender face.
"I had no idea that you were interested in plays. What others do you know of?" She asked of the young man.
"Many more, if it so please you, princess, I'd gladly do more." The vision is now blurred and a new one arises. It is of the same two youths, now a year older than before. It seems they are in a bed room, at a table for two drinking tea.
"Tell me, princess, how have you been as of late?" Silver haired youth asked.
"I've had better days, I do wish sometimes I could go out and do more…May I be frank with you?" She asked.
"But of course." Replied the young man.
"I dream sometimes of a life beyond this castle. Of adventures I will have and new people I shall meet. No more will I be bound to this life style, but of which ever I so choose." She spoke, a twinkle in her already bright lit eyes.
"Now that is a dream of extreme interest, tell me, do you think it will come true?" He asked.
"Oh, I dare not dwell upon it. It is just a dream, nothing more…but if it were to be true, that will be a great day, my friend."
"And what of when you are done with your adventures? Will you settle down somewhere?" The man asked.
"Where could I go to rest my head at night? I would no longer be able to come to this castle. I am unsure of where I could call home." She said, thinking hard about the subject.
"Worry no more, you shall come live with me, in my Palace across the sea. Lets make a promise, no matter how silly it sounds now…" He stopped, feeling unsure of what he wanted to ask of the other.
"Go on, I wish to hear your pact you would make with me." She smiled at her friend.
"If your dream is to come true, and all is as you wish. When time comes for your adventures to end, come with me, and become…" His speech is broken off as a guard barges into the room.
"The queen wishes to see you, Sire." The young man nods his head and takes his leave of the other, not knowing that he would not see her for a very long time…
Years have now gone by and the girl from the other visions is now a young woman. Slender and fair, one might have taken her for an enchantress. A man in kneeling next to her, "Awaken, my beauty..." He speaks as the lady stirs from her slumber.
"Where am I? Why have you taken me from my friends?" She asks boldly of him, no sign of fear in her bright eyes.
"Back in Alexandria, with me." He said, looking at her longingly. "Have you forgotten me already? It has only been five years and my face you do not recognize?"
She looks deeply into the other, as if trying to remember who he really was, but it does not come to her. "I know not who you are, but what does it matter? What of my friends?!" She demands.
The man gives a sigh and shakes his head, "Then I'll have to bring back your memory by force..." He then takes his hands and waves them over the lady, making her movement from the couch she is laying upon stop completely. Her eyes stare blankly as he picks up her light body. "You will remember...you must..." He whispers as he teleports from this room to a dark and humid one. A pool of glowing water is the only light which is given off for the man to see. He walks gracefully over to it and places the body of the immobilized woman into the warmth of the pool.
"Memories of the past, open your gates. Let my princess know before it is too late. The deal we were to make, come into view. Let it be known what I had wished to do. The last word that escaped my lips that were said. Heed her listen or shall I drop dead, to the words that were left unspoken. Become my love is what I ask, so take my words and make this pact. Of which we are now bound, take this blood to make it sound." He then takes out a sharp knife and slices the palm of his hand, letting the blood pour into the water. The pool begins to bubble and foam, a deep crimson red. The water seems to be absorbing into the princess's very soul. There is now a warm glow about her body as her eyes seem more alive then before. As if in a trance, she stands up in the water and takes the knife from the man. Slicing her own palm, she lets her blood seep into the now red glowing water. There is a flash of white and now the two are no longer in the area.
They are transported back to the room in Alexandria, where there is well lit light and clearer air. Now standing together, the couple take their bleeding palms and place them together.
"Let our wounds heal, and let your heart rest. Knowing that I will do my best, to possess your heart and make it soar. Across the sky forever more." The man spoke as their joined hands glow and are now healed, free from any signs of past damage.
"Now, my beauty, become one with me in mind and body." Their forms are seen moving over to the couch and lay upon it together. The last thing to be seen is the smile upon each of their faces.
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Kuja awoke from his dream in a hot sweat. It seemed he always had dreams about Garnet ever since his arrival to the place he called home. Getting up and out of bed, he walks over to the mirror on his dresser and sits on the stool set there. Taking a brush, he commences to tame his wild silver locks and he begins to hum to himself. He silently wondered how she was doing when he heard voices in his domain, calling out his name.
Getting up, he quickly dresses and exits his room via transporter. Now in the common room, he takes sight of Zidane and that one guy...one of Zidane's friends from his journey.
"What news from Alexandria?" Kuja asked, wondering why his brother looked so depressed and hurt at the mention of the word.
Garnet had been murdered. Flair and I are suspects in it, we were caught and almost brought back to Alexandria, but we got out and took over the ship and came here. What can we do about this Kuja?" Zidane asked, hoping his brother would have a brilliant plan up his sleeve.
Kuja walked away from the two and sat down on a chair, in shock. Was it really true? Garnet murdered? How? Why? But now was not the time to shed tears, he had to act like he was emotionless, right? So onto their question. What could they do to clear their name? "Have you any idea who might have really killed her?" Kuja asked both of them.
"I've got none, how bout you?" Zidane asked Flair.
"Zilch." Responded the other.
"Well, this is a predicament. I will have to give this some deep thought. Give me a few moments or so, I'm sure everything will turn out." Kuja said, getting up and walking over to the two comrades.
"Right now, we need to sit down, and discuss. Write a list of real suspects." Kuja walked over to a table and three chairs, "Please, sit." He asked of them.
Sitting down, with paper in hand, Kuja began to think of some people who would benefit from the murder of Garnet. Then an idea came to him, unlikely, but weren't all murderer's unlikely suspects? Taking his quill, he wrote down the name.
"Eiko?" Both Zidane and Flair said, surprised.
"Exactly, it makes sense. Killing off Garnet, makes Eiko the last summoner. Thus making her very important and wanted by all. Also, she did have a crush on you, Zidane, so killing her only opponent and getting her out of the picture is a likely story as well. It could easily have been her." Kuja explained.
"How could she have gotten there? Or even have the guts to even do that to Garnet?" Zidane asked.
"Hello! Her adoptive father does have a shit load of air ship's at his command, right? And to answer your other question, when a person is determined enough, and given the chance to do what they really want, they'll take that chance. No matter what."
"She's a little girl!" Cried Zidane.
"The harder it would be to pin the blame on her. See? No one would expect her of the crime, she could get away with it all too easily." Stated Kuja.
"This is sick...Is there any other person you can think of?" Zidane asked, hoping that they would have a better suspect that he wouldn't feel so bad as to take vengeance upon.
"Who has hated you from the beginning, Zidane? Who didn't like you having any contact what so ever with Garnet?"
Zidane looked dumb founded and only gave a shrug of his shoulders.
"That knight, what's his face." Flair said, spacing off, just thinking out loud.
"Exactly! He would love to throw your ass in jail for something you didn't do. Making you take the blame for something so vial, so sinister, that you could never see the light of day again."
"That's ridiculous! He loved Garnet, and swore to protect her! Why would he hate me that bad anymore? We're over everything when it comes to me and Garnet. No other reason why he should blame something like this on me..."
Flair gave a cough and Zidane cussed. "You don't think...?" Zidane asked of Flair.
"He could have been watching the whole time and you never knowing. Or the bitch could have opened her mouth about it, trying to make him jealous and make him want to prove himself to her. Show her how much better he was than you." Flair told him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" demanded Kuja.
"I...messed around with Beatrix..." Zidane said, eyes to the ground.
Kuja stared at his brother blankly, shocked that he would do such a thing. Was Garnet not enough to satisfy his needs? He was crazy to have done such an underhanded thing! "Anything else I should know?" He asked.
"Flair was with Garnet too." Answered Zidane, who got a dirty look from Flair.
Kuja held back a laugh. Was he for real? Garnet, touch that ugly piece of garbage? HA! She would never have sunk so low, if anything that guy probably raped her. Shaking his head to clear his mind of unwanted images, he continued his speech, "So it really could be the knight. You could almost say it was your fault in the first place that she's dead." Kuja watched as Zidane looked away from his brother, tear slipping from the corner of his eye.
"Maybe if you didn't piss off the man, he wouldn't have killed her. That's just a guess after all. When it comes right down to it, those are my two suspects, Eiko and the Knight."
"Now what do we do?" Asked Flair.
"You, do nothing. I will go to Alexandria and watch the funeral for her. I will look for signs from the suspects and see if they even show up. Maybe even corner them and ask a few questions..." A smile played upon Kuja's lips as he thought of this.
"Oh no you don't! We're going with you! We'll stay on the ship the whole time if it comes down to it, but we're still going. We have to be there if something should happen." Complained Zidane.
"Fine! But don't get into any trouble and get yourself caught again, next time you might not be so lucky to escape the hangman's noose." Kuja agreed. "Let's get going, we have a long way back to Alexandria..." The three companions started out of the common room and towards the air dock for the ship.
"Hey, how are you going to get by security? I mean, once they see you, they'll think you're back to destroy their kingdom and blow your ass to smithereens." Asked Zidane of Kuja.
"You forget, since you are still too stupid to use it, that I can perform magic." With a wave of his hand his appearance changed slightly. His attire was not as girly and revealing, more like a foreign prince or something. His hair was still the same, though his face seemed less womanly and more handsome than pretty as it usually was.
"How do I look?" He asked, in a new voice, sounding like the strong and muscular type. With a roll of his eyes, Zidane boarded the ship. Followed by Flair who also gave no comment to Kuja's new appearance.
"You two are so much fun, like playing with deflated ball." Kuja said sarcastically, walking lightly upon the deck of the ship. Taking the wheel, Kuja started the ship and away they went, headed for the funeral of the dearly departed Queen of Alexandria...
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Now standing among the many people surrounding the place of Garnet's funeral, Kuja walked among them until he found one of his suspects. Eiko and her parents were seen close to the casket, eyes damp with tears except for Eiko...'Strange...why is the child not upset?' He thinks to himself as he moves closer to the family unit. Listening to Doctor Tot talking about how wonderful the Queen was and how unfortunate her death was, Kuja made his way right next to Eiko. Standing still and quiet as the grave, the child gave no sign of any emotion.
"She was all too young to have died so tragically. I blame myself!" Cried the knight who was Kuja's other suspect. Kuja watched as the knight wailed and cried over the casket, "Please, just let me look upon her one last time!" He wailed as guards and other knights tried in vain to stop him from doing so. With great strength, he flung off the group and swung open the casket.
"The body, it's missing!" Yelled the knight and everyone flooded over to the casket to look for themselves the sickening truth. Kuja watched as Eiko stayed behind, letting her parents run over to the empty thing and taking her chance to flee the scene. Kuja followed her trail, watching as she ran off to a side street and towards the docks. With effort, Kuja kept on her trail, following her to a beat down hut next to the docks. He stopped and took a breath, before going in and seeing what this little girl was up to...
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She screamed at a shadowy figure, placing what had to be Garnet's body into the awaiting little ship. It seemed there was an underground waterway leading from the hut like home into the open sea.
"I couldn't do it..." The raspy voice said, clearly just having got done crying.
"WHAT?! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS WHEN WE'RE SO CLOSE!?" She shrieked at the man, seeming to be unmoved and unafraid of her rage towards him.
"I didn't do it, like you asked me to...It's not what it looks like..." He said, sounding unsure if he should say any more.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SHE'S DEAD ISN'T SHE?!" Yelled the other.
"I couldn't let them put her under all that dirt, when she's still alive..."
"YOU YELLOW LIVERED BASTARD! YOU COULDN'T FINISH THE JOB?! NOW EVERYTHING'S RUINED!" The little girl roared, grabbing the man by the collar and telling him he better tell her what the hell he did to the Queen.
"I...I put a spell on the dagger, so that it would look like she were dead. But then, when they were preparing her body and getting ready to bury her...I just couldn't stand it! She's still alive!" He told her, voice cracking from more tears.
"Oh, what a shame. I had such high hopes for you...You know my boss will not be pleased to hear of this, don't you? I'm afraid I'll have to take matters into my own hands..." She began to walk over to the body.
"No! I won't let you hurt the Queen! Take you're money back, I don't want it any more!" He said, trying to hand the Gil to her.
"You fool, why would I need money?" She slapped the Gil out of his hands and onto the floor. "What I want is vengeance..." With a burst of flame, the man was now devoured in a flame of red. His screams were smothered in the flames as Eiko made her way over to the body.
"Oh no you don't!" Yelled Kuja as he cast a stop spell upon her and rushed to the boat. With hateful eyes Eiko could only watch in silence as Kuja took Garnet's body in his arms and hid it beneath a cloak. With a wave of his hand, he cast a mini spell upon the child and placed her motionless body in the palm of his hand. With much haste, he exited the hut and started off into the back streets of Alexandria and towards the gates.
It seemed he was going to be trapped here, for guards were not letting any one pass out with out a complete body search. Standing off in a back ally, Kuja changed the appearance Garnet to a blonde, chubbier faced woman. Her clothes were changed into formal attire, so it would seem his mistress, and headed over to the guards.
"What's this then?" They asked, inspecting the man and woman he was carrying.
"She fainted at the sight of the missing Queen's body, I afraid it was too much for her sweet little mind." Kuja told them, knowing his story would be a success.
"It is a shocking occasion. Let him pass!" One guard yelled to the knight maning the gate. With elegance and grace, Kuja exited the city and headed for his hidden air ship and awaiting companions.
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"She did what?!" Exclaimed Zidane as Kuja told both him and Flair of what had taken place. "I can't believe it, she really did do it!"
"Not quite, she was just one of the pawns involved in this. She talked of a Boss, someone higher than her, being angry at finding out the deed was not done. So I say we tie her up and question her. Find out where this guy is and who." Kuja stated.
They all agreed, as Kuja took out the mini and stopped Eiko and took off the enchantments.
"Your all going to be sorry!" She screamed as she attempted to summon, but Kuja bruptly stopped her.
A groan of pain is heard as Kuja's magic spell begins to torture her. "Tell us who planned this murder?" He asked.
"Fuck you!" She gritted, which brought more pain onto her little, yet evil, body.
"That's not a very nice thing for a little girl to say. Come, tell us and we'll let you live." Kuja told her.
"How about we strike a deal? I tell you who it is, in return..." She looked over at Zidane.
"What would you have of my brother?" Kuja asked, feeling slightly sick to his stomach thinking about it.
"Sex slave comes to mind." She said which brought on an increased amount of pain.
"I don't like your intent, little girl, try again." Kuja growled, glaring into the Eiko's eyes.
"A kiss, then." She said. Kuja let up on his spell and nodded his head.
"Zidane, if you would kindly do as she says."
"You're joking, right?" He asked. Kuja merely shook his head, "No fucking way! She might have something!" He said, backing away from them, only to back into the arms of Flair who thus began to drag Zidane, kicking and screaming, over towards the plucking up Eiko. With much force from both Flair and Kuja, Zidane planted one on her and began to throw up over the side of the ship as she began to tell Kuja who she was associated with. They both were taken by surprised when she said it. When Zidane came over, after vomiting one more time, he too could not believe her words.
"Say that again?" Asked the shocked Zidane.
"Quina, you know, big thing with the chefs hat and tongue hanging down to it's knees? That's who planned it out."
"Is she lying?" Zidane asked of his brother.
"No..." Said Kuja, him being a surprised as the rest. "Put her in the brig, after I've cast silence and all other spells on her, we'll talk about how we can deal with Quina, and awaken our enchanted Garnet."
"Can't you undo the spell?" Flair asked.
"If I could, I'd already have done it by now..." Kuja answered, worry in his eyes. He had no clue of the origin of this particular spell, and knew not of how to undo it. Who was to say that she could come back to the land of the living? Perhaps after being under the spell for so long, she could not awaken? There was no telling what would happen...
VashandNaomiForever: Long chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Please R&R!