Author's Note: This is an big apology from me.......
The reason I've lacked in updates was because of vacation, and then moving, and then settling down into a new school and region. Those of you who have been faithfully watching for new chapters, well..... I'm proud to have such loyal admirers of my work!
Now it's time. The Show MUST GO ON. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
- lil genius
Kuja's booted feet made a muffled clacking up and down this lightless void. It wasn't as though everything was dark. He could see, himself at the least, as he could in the middle of a field in broad daylight. It was more as though evrything was black. It strectched out miles around him, but felt as compact as a narrow hallway. It was an odd place without reasoning, for it even felt as though he was walking on air instead of a floor. His steps were slow and careful, lest a pit show itself before him. So far, he was on his own.
The Genome stuffed his hands in his pockets and continued walking without landmarks or any change in the intensity of the blackness to tell of time's passing. Ahead of him was a dull glow of gray, which was his target. No matter how long he thought he was walking, the light never moved, never got closer or larger to prove he was moving at all. His tail flicked back and forth in an impaitient manner. How much longer was this going to last?
"Yooooooohooooooooooo???" There was silence after this outburst, then a scuffing sound. "Aw, man..... Now I'm stuck with you." Amarant rolled his eyes, though no one could see him do so underneath his mass of red hair. Zidane was obviously upset, stomping on the "floor" of wherever it was that they were.
"That's not the way a king should behave." he snickered, then added as an afterthought, "Your majesty." The blonde man ceased what he was doing and refrained from pouting. He suddenly stalked off in a random direction, leaving Amarant no chocie but to follow. 'And I thought Eiko was bad.....'
Every so often they would stop, call out for others, and then continue on their walk, but it was as uneventful as the day after the defeat of Necron. It wasn't until Amarant had announced that they'd been walking 1,738 seconds that someone literally popped out at them. Zidane found himself staring at a very sharp object, very quickly. Nevrtheless, he smiled. "I knew I smelled a rat! Freya!" The spear, as it was, didn't go down, but was still held there threateningly.
"I resent that, monkey-boy." Freya finally put the weapon away, and looked at the two of them. "Where's Kuja?" The pause after that question was more than enough answer for her. She sighed and followed the two men as they once again began walking.
Kuja had finally figured out why the light hadn't gotten closer. He stood staring at a small silver-colored orb, that hung suspended in the air. Curiousity having gotten the better of him, he prodded it once or twice, then leaped back as the thing flared to life. The orb danced in the air and pulsed steadily, then it filled his field of vision with a blinding light. The blackness melted away and formed a ring of blue, and a shining gem in the middle of it. The Genome watched, quite perplexed as it showed him in Trance, diving through the ring and shattering the crystal. Over and over and over again.
"See? This is how you woke me." a soft padding came forth from an unknown direction behind Kuja, who whirled around to face it. The silky blood-red fur gleamed in the light of the faux-crystal. "Well, not just you but your friends as well. Garland would have been proud, I'm sure." The eidolon laughed. "Isn't irony wonderful?"
Kuja had slipped the Orichalon out of it's sheath, but held it limply at his side. The eidolon sat down and watched the replay of Gaia's final moments before it's rebirth. Kuja was as confused as he had ever been, in wondering why this creature was here, and in wondering when he would be allowed to live without his past. "All I've been struggling to do is fulfill my namesake. Why could I have been created if not to unleash my powers? It makes no sense. Therefore, I am thinking you are wrong to fault me."
"An accident, perhaps." Kuja muttered. The creature did not seem to hear him. A low growling came from behind him and he spun once more to meet it. A wolf, hideously deformed, stood on his hind legs and swiped at the man. He rolled out of the way and dug his knife into it's back. It howled, twitched, and was still.
"Seventy thousand years from now the sun will grow and almost engulf Gaia inside it. That wolf would've been normal, had I had the chance to stop the radiation. However, two months from now, you and your friends will hunt me down and destroy me. Thus ensuring the death of future generations." Kuja's frown went to a snarl, but he had no words to respond with. Mutilated creatures with no eyes and horrid sunburns leapt forward on the man who would cause them their pain for killing "Master Chaos". Kuja shouted his surprise and fought like a madman to free himself.
"Freya?" Zidane had tried to gain the rat-woman's attention numerous times and she was still not paying a single bit of attention. Her ears were twitching, and were perked up, and her tail was swishing back and forth. Suddenly her spear shot forward and a strangled cry emitted from it's end. A corpse dropped forward, vaguely reminding the group of a rabbit.... with serious skin sores and cracked skin.
"Ugh, what IS that thing?" Amarant poked it, then turned it over with his claws, much to his companions' disgust. It quickly turned to a type of charred dust, not quite ash. As the former guard wiped his hands on his shirt, another such creture landed on him from above. The three were equally wrestling with damned animals of this queer plane and time.
Freya rolled her opponent onto Zidane's waiting blade, and dragged a cancerous fish-man off of a flailing bounty hunter. The King of Alexandria was hooting with exitement and using his speed and power to fell many of the beasts. "Today is a GOOD day!"
Garnet was swamped with paperwork over the insurance and damage of the town, as well as with worry over her missing husband and friends. Shiva hovered near her with concern, having offered to help, but finding her summoner unwilling to burden her servant. 'Such a hard worker..... She'll be hurting in the morning.' The eidolon sighed and went back to watching the children, playing on the floor. Koh was not in the least bit owrried over the disappearence of his father, and had managed to console Lila into a state of calm as well. It was a curious thing indeed, but the ice queen was not about to ask questions when she prefered this over crying and fussing.
Outside, Blank and Marcus were helping rebuild houses and such, and causing such a racket that the Queen's headache had skyrocketed into a migraine. She let the feather quill drop to the ground and left her study to change and help with the work. Her Prime Minister was paid to help with royal affairs anyways.
"Your Majesty! Queen Garnet, help!" She was stopped just outside the door to her chambers. She asked the man what the problem was, and he continued. "Burmecia is attacking! It's war!"
Sure enough, as she stole another glance out the windows, smoke was rising on the horizon, and a cold lump of fear leaped into Garnet's throat. "Why?!"
Author's Note: Short, mayhaps, but I'll be more adamant about updating this story for you all! Please review, unless you want to make Lila cry.....
The reason I've lacked in updates was because of vacation, and then moving, and then settling down into a new school and region. Those of you who have been faithfully watching for new chapters, well..... I'm proud to have such loyal admirers of my work!
Now it's time. The Show MUST GO ON. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
- lil genius
Kuja's booted feet made a muffled clacking up and down this lightless void. It wasn't as though everything was dark. He could see, himself at the least, as he could in the middle of a field in broad daylight. It was more as though evrything was black. It strectched out miles around him, but felt as compact as a narrow hallway. It was an odd place without reasoning, for it even felt as though he was walking on air instead of a floor. His steps were slow and careful, lest a pit show itself before him. So far, he was on his own.
The Genome stuffed his hands in his pockets and continued walking without landmarks or any change in the intensity of the blackness to tell of time's passing. Ahead of him was a dull glow of gray, which was his target. No matter how long he thought he was walking, the light never moved, never got closer or larger to prove he was moving at all. His tail flicked back and forth in an impaitient manner. How much longer was this going to last?
"Yooooooohooooooooooo???" There was silence after this outburst, then a scuffing sound. "Aw, man..... Now I'm stuck with you." Amarant rolled his eyes, though no one could see him do so underneath his mass of red hair. Zidane was obviously upset, stomping on the "floor" of wherever it was that they were.
"That's not the way a king should behave." he snickered, then added as an afterthought, "Your majesty." The blonde man ceased what he was doing and refrained from pouting. He suddenly stalked off in a random direction, leaving Amarant no chocie but to follow. 'And I thought Eiko was bad.....'
Every so often they would stop, call out for others, and then continue on their walk, but it was as uneventful as the day after the defeat of Necron. It wasn't until Amarant had announced that they'd been walking 1,738 seconds that someone literally popped out at them. Zidane found himself staring at a very sharp object, very quickly. Nevrtheless, he smiled. "I knew I smelled a rat! Freya!" The spear, as it was, didn't go down, but was still held there threateningly.
"I resent that, monkey-boy." Freya finally put the weapon away, and looked at the two of them. "Where's Kuja?" The pause after that question was more than enough answer for her. She sighed and followed the two men as they once again began walking.
Kuja had finally figured out why the light hadn't gotten closer. He stood staring at a small silver-colored orb, that hung suspended in the air. Curiousity having gotten the better of him, he prodded it once or twice, then leaped back as the thing flared to life. The orb danced in the air and pulsed steadily, then it filled his field of vision with a blinding light. The blackness melted away and formed a ring of blue, and a shining gem in the middle of it. The Genome watched, quite perplexed as it showed him in Trance, diving through the ring and shattering the crystal. Over and over and over again.
"See? This is how you woke me." a soft padding came forth from an unknown direction behind Kuja, who whirled around to face it. The silky blood-red fur gleamed in the light of the faux-crystal. "Well, not just you but your friends as well. Garland would have been proud, I'm sure." The eidolon laughed. "Isn't irony wonderful?"
Kuja had slipped the Orichalon out of it's sheath, but held it limply at his side. The eidolon sat down and watched the replay of Gaia's final moments before it's rebirth. Kuja was as confused as he had ever been, in wondering why this creature was here, and in wondering when he would be allowed to live without his past. "All I've been struggling to do is fulfill my namesake. Why could I have been created if not to unleash my powers? It makes no sense. Therefore, I am thinking you are wrong to fault me."
"An accident, perhaps." Kuja muttered. The creature did not seem to hear him. A low growling came from behind him and he spun once more to meet it. A wolf, hideously deformed, stood on his hind legs and swiped at the man. He rolled out of the way and dug his knife into it's back. It howled, twitched, and was still.
"Seventy thousand years from now the sun will grow and almost engulf Gaia inside it. That wolf would've been normal, had I had the chance to stop the radiation. However, two months from now, you and your friends will hunt me down and destroy me. Thus ensuring the death of future generations." Kuja's frown went to a snarl, but he had no words to respond with. Mutilated creatures with no eyes and horrid sunburns leapt forward on the man who would cause them their pain for killing "Master Chaos". Kuja shouted his surprise and fought like a madman to free himself.
"Freya?" Zidane had tried to gain the rat-woman's attention numerous times and she was still not paying a single bit of attention. Her ears were twitching, and were perked up, and her tail was swishing back and forth. Suddenly her spear shot forward and a strangled cry emitted from it's end. A corpse dropped forward, vaguely reminding the group of a rabbit.... with serious skin sores and cracked skin.
"Ugh, what IS that thing?" Amarant poked it, then turned it over with his claws, much to his companions' disgust. It quickly turned to a type of charred dust, not quite ash. As the former guard wiped his hands on his shirt, another such creture landed on him from above. The three were equally wrestling with damned animals of this queer plane and time.
Freya rolled her opponent onto Zidane's waiting blade, and dragged a cancerous fish-man off of a flailing bounty hunter. The King of Alexandria was hooting with exitement and using his speed and power to fell many of the beasts. "Today is a GOOD day!"
Garnet was swamped with paperwork over the insurance and damage of the town, as well as with worry over her missing husband and friends. Shiva hovered near her with concern, having offered to help, but finding her summoner unwilling to burden her servant. 'Such a hard worker..... She'll be hurting in the morning.' The eidolon sighed and went back to watching the children, playing on the floor. Koh was not in the least bit owrried over the disappearence of his father, and had managed to console Lila into a state of calm as well. It was a curious thing indeed, but the ice queen was not about to ask questions when she prefered this over crying and fussing.
Outside, Blank and Marcus were helping rebuild houses and such, and causing such a racket that the Queen's headache had skyrocketed into a migraine. She let the feather quill drop to the ground and left her study to change and help with the work. Her Prime Minister was paid to help with royal affairs anyways.
"Your Majesty! Queen Garnet, help!" She was stopped just outside the door to her chambers. She asked the man what the problem was, and he continued. "Burmecia is attacking! It's war!"
Sure enough, as she stole another glance out the windows, smoke was rising on the horizon, and a cold lump of fear leaped into Garnet's throat. "Why?!"
Author's Note: Short, mayhaps, but I'll be more adamant about updating this story for you all! Please review, unless you want to make Lila cry.....