A/N: Hi again, im sooooo sssooorrrrrrrrryyy at it took so long, I had a mental block and Christmas, and a few problems here and there.











Chap 4





The lovebirds: Part 1



The three groups, the crystal gang, the Tantalus Troup and Zidane and co, they grab their weapons and run in, the moogles were waiting for them, Eiko spoke to them " Where are they?", before they can answer her the ground shake, the gangs run towards the cliff, rocks and boulders rolling down the cliff by the river opposite the Wall of Sacred Beasts.

"What the fuck?" shouted Griffin, They looked on in horror that this mountain IS collapsing and destroying everything and anything in its path, Garnet and Eiko are about to use their summing power but Freya stop them " Why have you stop them, they are the only ones who can stop this." Vivi pointed it out, "I stop them cause they will kill Ruthy before we can get any answer out of her" Freya pointed at the top of the mountain, " and look who with her." Amarant said in an angry tone, everyone looks up and there two people..Ruthy and Kuja. " Oh shit!" said Beowulf " They're goin' to jump" "WHAT!!!!" everyone who don't know her well in unison.

Just then Ruthy and Kuja jump in front of the rocks and boulders and started running down the mountain for their lives, dogging and weaving the rock and boulders with ease, as they got closer to the cliff's edge, Draco shouted " EVERYONE, MOVE" the big groups parted into two little groups either side, Ruthy and Kuja came to the cliff's edge and leaped off it, when they came to landing on the other side, Ruthy landed on her feet with grace of a gymnast on this a still boulder with her tail grown back and still to keep her balance, Kuja on the other hand landed in a heap on the ground underneath her, Ruthy turned and giggle at him on how he as landed, click her fingers and everything were back to normal, then she looked around and seen the expression on the Gaias faces , Ruthy jump down off the rock in front of Kuja, Ruthy looked at everyone, Kuja turned the right side up and stood, he is a bit scared as he looked around knowing they are here to kill him or put him under arrest. The Gaias are ready about for anything that Kuja MIGHT do, the crystal people looked at her like it's a every day thing, Draco had his arms folded across him, Beowulf hands on hips, Eirwen and Branwen stood on the side of Draco and Beowulf with hands by their sides, their birds on a dead tree near by, Cookie gives her a smile and as of Griffin well he's the smartest of them all he hiding behind Cookie as he know at Ruthy will not and has never hurt or harm Cookie.

Zidane came up to Ruthy, looked at her then looked at his brother, " Why is Kuja hiding behind Ruthy? And is he holding on to her" thought Zidane noticing that Kuja is holing on to Ruthy hips and he is pale, "okay guys" Zidane said " I think hes on our side now." Everyone put their weapons away, Garnet walk up to Kuja, Kuja let go of Ruthy, Ruthy step to the side a bit to let Kuja thought, Garnet and Kuja face each other, to everyone amazement Kuja bowed to Garnet " It a pleaser to see you are well, Your Highness" Kuja spoke in a well manner.

"I think we should go to Alexandria castle and I will explain everything" Ruthy said, Kuja step towards Ruthy "Me and Kuja meet you there" Ruthy grab holed of Kuja's hands and with the other hand she use it to whistled and a red dragon appeared, Ruthy drag Kuja up some old builds, the dragon came to land near by them, " We meet you lot there" Ruthy said as she and Kuja jump on it, and with that the red dragon open its wings and took off at a very fast speed, "Come on people, we can't stand round there, Baby is going to be there before us" Cookie said in a ' I have run out of cookies and I will kill someone if I don't get some soon' tone.



In Alexandria castle.

Beatrix is wearing her wedding dress for fitting as the women are going around her making adjustment to it; Steiner is in one of the big halls sorting out the few thing.

"Likely I am ONLY wearing this once" Beatrix though as the women pick up their things and left the room, she looked in the mirror, she smiled, then she seen the mirror image of what looks like Zidane, " OH Zidane, you are back already" and she turn around, she gasp in shock " Hello General Beatrix." Kuja spoke in his plain, flat tone; Beatrix instinctively went of her sword by her side, she could not feel it there, she looked down to see where it is, then she relies she wearing her wedding dress. She have to act and fast, Kuja walk to her slowly, "I'm unarmed and I can't believe that he's STILL ALIVE, and there is NOTHING I can do about it but." Beatrix thought as she looking at Kuja not taking her eyes off him for a second, Beatrix cant believe what was happen, she drew in a big breath and shouted " STEINER HELP!!!!!!", Steiner heard his loves helpless cries and run up to her room, busted through the doors and in to her room, "KUJA" Steiner shouted as he drew his sword, just then Ruthy came behind Steiner walk trot to Kuja " there you are, I been looking for you every were and when I heard her screams, I came as fast as I can before you get yourself kill, oh hi I'm Ruthy aka Baby and you are?", there was a silent as Beatrix and Steiner are too stunned to said anything, Kuja broke the silent " Her name is General Beatrix, she commend the soldiers here. So were did you go any way? Turn to face Ruthy, "I when to the kitchen to teach the Qu's how to cook cookies cause when Cookie get here she kill me. Come on Kuja you can help it nice to meet you Bea and nice to seen you again Rusty but we got to go." Ruthy grinned and she drag Kuja out of the room and down to the kitchen. Steiner and Beatrix looked at each other as Ruthy and Kuja talking get faint " You look beautiful, love" Steiner said as put his sword away and holing his wife to be.

The three gangs just arrive at the castle and look at Beatrix and Steiner, Beatrix is back into her uniform, and they came running to their Queen, " you Highness" Steiner and Beatrix bowing to her, " We need to get you out of here because." Steiner were stop of Garnet hand when up to stop him and she finish his sentence " Because Kuja back and he is here and where is he now? Steiner." Beatrix answer for him " Kuja went to the kitchen with some girl to make something called cookies" "COOKIES" Cookie run to the kitchen, " Rrrrrriiiggghhhtttt, She off and YOU got some explaining to do." Draco looking at Ruthy with an evilly look and arms folded in front of he, right hand fingers drumming on his left elbow.

AFTER SOME TIME AND A HELL OF THE LOT OF EXPLAINING

" And that the hole truth" Ruthy looking a bit worried, Steiner spoke " So let me get this, you give him a NEW life." Ruthy nodded, "so WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINK ABOUT? BRINGING THAT DEMON BACK TO LIFE, HE IS GOING TO KILL EVERYONE AND DESTROY THIS WORLD!!!!!!!!!!." Steiner shouted at Ruthy, Ruthy stood her ground, looking dead at Steiner, her hair and tail a deep red with a black trips, Griffin notice this, Griffin putting his hands in the t- form siding "hold on now, time out people, Steiner you need to shut up I MEAN you need to shut up, Baby please chill out." His hands gone from the t- form to praying, Ruthy huffed and walk out, "Lord Adelbert Steiner, You should have not done that. Ruth will be wary of you from now on. " Eirwen schooled him, Draco add to it, " She right, did you see the colours Baby turn to?" Steiner stayed quit as Draco contained " a deep red and black, that's her way of telling us that's she's angry and she kill and destroy anything or anyone and this case YOU. It's lucky you didn't REALLY piss her off." There was a big long silent from everyone, until.... " Griffin!!!, GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!!!!!!" Ruthy voice bellowed, "I better find out what she wants." Griffin said before he run to where the shout came from.

When Griffin got to Ruthy, she is the kitchen, with Zidane, Kuja, Herne and Herma laughing looking at this a very large jar with bold black writing on it saying ' Cookie jar', " Meee and Kujaaaaaaa were heeeeelllppppping the Qu's with cooking cookies aaaaand wwweeeeee tttiippp ssoomee oooffff hhhheerr vodka in and Coookie thought what a cool idea and at first she eat one then other oonnnnee affteer ooottttthhhheerr." Ruthy tried to explain, Griffin looked at her seeing her back to her original golden colour, He spoke in a puzzling tone to his voice " So were is she now?" Ruthy and Kuja couldn't stop laughing and just looked at Griffin with a HUGE grin, * hic* Griffin walk up to the cookie jar, lifted up the lid, look in and put the lid back down, then took the lid off completely, Ruthy and Kuja and the rest were buckle, Ruthy finally calm down after 10 minuets while Griffin help very drunk Cookie out of her large jar. "Hey Griffin, I 'made' a house for us lot to live in while we are here, its just out the castle. I'll transport you two there," Ruthy said and raising her hands above Griffin and Cookie heads, they both disappear.

Griffin found him in side the house living room with Cookie's arm is round his neck and Griffin is holding on to her to keep her up, " come on, and time for you to sober up." Griffin said all most dragging Cookie to her room, As Griffin walk to past the big living room, he notices a sign above the door way saying ' Bed rooms', as he walk down the long corridor he seen doors with names on them 'Beowulf and Brawn' names is on a copper plate mounted on a big pine wooden door with big heavy brass handles and hinges on the left side of the corridor, on the right side is the same wooden door with 'Griffin and Cookie' on the copper plate, Griffin looked a bit pleased, Kick the door open, walk in with Cookie hanging on to him, Griffin put Cookie on to the bed, Cookie just flop over to the pillows as Griffin sign at her and walk out back to the living room, The living room is big, rectangle with a sitting area down from the ground in the middle of the room, on one side of the room is a big firer place with a settee in front of it, there is a swing door, Griffin when to the swing door to the kitchen, the kitchen is smallish but spacey, the door to lead to Alexandria is right opposed the swing door to the living room, the sink is next to the door that's leads to the town with a window above it, the many cupboards are place carefully around the kitchen, ' Right, let get Cookie a drink' as he look in the many cupboards for a glass.

He went back to his and Cookies bed room with the drink for Cookie, as Griffin walk in and up to her, looked at Cookie, giggle quietly, put the drink on the bed side cabinet, " Let sort you out" as he just said that he remember a spell that Ruthy had tort him to become more human. Griffin stood up, close his eyes and he wispier the spell, a cloud of dark grey surround him, it took only a few seconds, but it seem an hour or so, as the cloud disappear, Griffin look that himself, he is shock that one of Ruthy's spell work, He sat back down, stared to pull out Cookie's hair pins and put them next to the drink, Cookie looked at him, "Griffin??? Is that you?" Cookie said in a daze tone. " Yea, it is, what do ya think?" Griffin reply, Cookie sat up with help with Griffin and handed her the drink, " here, drink this, it will clear your head." Cookie tried to grab the glass but miss it, Griffin help her by putting her hand on the glass and drinking it, after she finish the drink, Griffin put the glass back on the bed side cabinet, Cookie looked at Griffin again, Griffin looked back at Cookie, his heart is beating fast as well his breathing, Cookie reach out to Griffin hand and close her fingers around his, her heart is beating and breathing as just as fast as Griffin's, Griffin pull her closer to him, they lean into each other and...kiss.

A/N: I am sorry again. I hate having mental blocks. I will try my best to do more couples in my next chaps. So hope I seen you soon. OH I would read Cheena Son, Satin doll and my good friend Valkyrie, The future world. Thank you both for your reviews.