Disclaimer: I do not own FFIX Square does but the children are mine mostly let's just put it this way all the peeps that you have a clue as to who they are belong to Square but the peeps that make you go who the hell is that? Those are mine so enjoy!!!

Dedication****I dedicate this to Cedar she isn't a real person but she has inspired my life.

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"Aah crap dead end, knew I shoulda studied the map," the tiger-tailed girl muttered to herself as she ran into a stone wall in the dank bowels of the Treno mansion.

"Stop where you are thief!" cried the guard that had been chasing the spry teen.

"I'll give ya one thing you guys are damn persistent," the girl said shrinking into the corner of the wall.

"Don't spose we could make some sort of arrangement," she purred innocently batting her large blue-green eyes at the man.

"You give me this useless ol' staffy thing and I'll give you anything you want," she said still crouching in the corner.

"Well, I suppose we could work things out," the guard said moving closer to the masked beauty.

"Hah, I'll give you another," the girl said smiling sweetly.

"What's tha-," the guard cut off suddenly realizing the dagger buried into his gut. He fell to the ground blossoms of red sprouting from behind his fingers that clutched the lethal wound.

"Your all dumbasses," the girl smiled stepping over the man.

"You'll be dead by the time they find you but please tell Hades that you were vanquished by the respectable Cedar Page prize thief of Tantalus," she said turning away down the hall.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way," she yelled over her shoulder.

Cedar ran down the exit hall she could see the escape hatch.

"Hey!" came the assertive voice of an elite.

Cedar spun to face the guard who had a foreign weapon pointed at her.

"Oh, shit," she breathed, calmly looking at the man with no fear.

"Hey stupid!" came the voice of a tiny creature that sprung from the ceiling knocking the guard out and landing on the ground with perfect agility.

"Perfect timing, as usual Fayore," Cedar smiled as the tiny purple and blue Carbuncle hopped up onto her shoulder.

"Of course!" grinned the little animal

"Ladies, can we pat each others backs later? We need to get outta here," came the voice of the red mage called Crow. He was at the exit holding the door open.

"Right, right God Crow, your almost as bad as Blank," Cedar quipped walking towards the exit Fayore perched tentively on her shoulder.

"Let's go fast," Crow said staring into the dark again before shutting the big wooden door.

Cedar climbed into the little boat that would take them to the ship back to headquarters. She turned the small silver tube in her hand as the boat departed.

"I can't believe I went through that hell for this what is it anyway?" Cedar wondered aloud.

"It's a very powerful weapon and Blank wanted to get a hold of one for some reason," the red mage said to no one in particular.

"What the hell is Dad up to?" Cedar muttered.

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Author's note: garsh I just noticed how incredibly short this chap is… I'm feeling bad now… well that's easily remedied I'll post the next one too!!! Mebbe the one after that!!!!