Well I fixed this chapter cuz it was screwed up. so ya. Maybe u can unnerstand it now.

Chapter 9 Romance in dali

~zidane~ I woke up sometime later while everyone was still sleeping to hear an evil laughing coming from further down the ice cavern. "creepy," I said to myself, getting up off the snowy ground.

Well, I thought everyone was sleeping.. turns out flare woke up about the same time as me.

He sat up slowly, and blinked a few times. "oww.. I think my leg fell asleep!" he muttered as we both shivered in the intense cold.

"come on, there's s-something over there!!" I chattered and led him towards the voice.

Something that looked like oddly like Vivi was doing all the creepy laughing.

"what the-" flare blurted out.

"so it was you!" I shouted.

"not asleep, eh? Well, I, black waltz 1, shall put u to sleep personally!!" [I no, that's not what he sed but its pretty close! Sorta..]

~yayness. Boss battle~

the black waltz rang a small bell, summoning a giant sealion.

Flare drew his sword as I drew my dagger. After a few hits, we realized that we should go after the black waltz, since he would heal the sealion. It took what seemed like a real long time, but probably because we were both really cold, but we defeated the waltz and only the sealion was left.

"sealion.. defeat him for me.." the waltz sed as he slowly vanished.

the sealion roared (if they even DO roar..) and used blizzard on flare.

"YOW!! THAT'S COLD!!!!" flare screamed, feeling as if he had just been plunged into a pool of ice and water, which, he probably just was..

I quickly used a potion on him, and we continued taking turns with attacking.

Then the sealion died.

~end~

we both heard a voice, coming from just about everywhere. "you may have defeated no. 1, but no. 2 and no. 3 will reclaim the princess.."

"umm.. lets go back," flare suggested.

"yeah, the others should be awake by now."

~aki~

I woke up after who knows how long. It wasn't as cold as before, but, hell, it was still cold. The little kitty had escaped from my bag and was licking my face. I pushed him off and wiped my face of kitty slobber [yes, they DO slobber, but not as much as dogs.] as I sat up. Everyone else was getting up, too.

Zidane and Flare were walking towards us as if they had just been somewhere. "where did u go?"

"well." zidane started, but shook his head. "never mind, we msut be close to the end now. come on, lets go."

"whatever," I muttered, helping the princess to her feet. "lets just blow this popsicle stand!!"

"whats a popsicle?" vivi asked as we all headed towards the light at the end of the tunnel, the kitty trailing behind me the whole way.

~3rd person~

they all warmed up considerably when they were finally out of the ice cavern and on a hill overlooking a village.

"YES!! A VILLAGE!! COME ON!!" aki screamed excitedly and grabbed garnet's hand and was right about to run off towards the village when zidane stopped her, much to garnet's relief. "what is it now?!! hurry up!! I have to use the little girls' room, so make it snappy!" she said impatiently.

"well, the princess cant go running off into public. People are searching for her," zidane said, crossing his arms.

"so ur saying that she needs a new name or something?" flare asked.

"exactly!"

then stiener began argueing with zidane about how the princess doesn't NEED a new name, until aki interrupted.

"will u SHUTUP for ONCE??!! Lets just GO TO THE FREAKIN VILLAGE! I need to use the bathroom!!!"

zidane rolled his eyes and pointed to some trees and bushes off to the side. "go ahead, theres some bushes over there."

Aki went red, mostly out of anger. "WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?! IM A *GIRL*, YOU JACKASS!!"

Zidane narrowly missed a flying rock the size of a grapefruit aimed at his head. "AH! Sorry!! I was just kidding!!"

Garnet noticed a rusty looking weapon on the ground. She picked it up and looked it over in her gloved hands. "zidane, what is this sword called?"

"PRINCESS!! PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!" Steiner cried.

"that's called a dagger," zidane replied, then began going on and on about other types of weapons until garnet cut him off.

"ok, I get the point." she said, and threw the rusty dagger away somewhere. "alright, my new name shall be Dagger!"

"well, u should also speak more casually, u no, to blend in more," flare suggested.

"alright, I shall."

"I mean don't speak so properly, say 'alrighty' or sumtin instead," flare said.

"CAN WE GO NOW?!" aki screamed so suddenly that she startled vivi and made him trip over a rock behind him. "oh, sorry, vivi.."

~later, in the village, which is called Dali~

zidane led everyone into the small inn. It wasn't hard to find, considering it was at the entrance of the village and had a sign in front.

The innkeeper was sleeping in his chair at the counter.

"WAKE UP!" zidane shouted, startling him awake.

"OH!! Er.. sorry.." the man said. he began to apologize until he noticed Aki and Dagger.

Zidane noticed this and whispered "I no, theyre cute, but its not nice to stare."

"umm.. the. Er.. room is this way," he said hastily. He led them all to a room. the man walked off to get extra blankets.

Aki discovered a bathroom and hurriedly ran in and closed the door.

"umm.. well, its getting dark." zidane said, breaking the silence.

"zidane, there are only 4 beds in here," dagger pointed out as aki returned from the bathroom, much happier.

"im not sleepin on the floor. I gots a bad back! DIBS!" aki quickly sat on the nearest bed before anyone could figure out what she said.

"I guess two of us hafta sleep on the floor," flare said.

"well, its obviously going to be us. I mean, what kind of a guy would make a girl, a kid, or an old guy sleep on the floor?" zidane shrugged.

"I am NOT old!" Steiner clanked.

That night, zidane and flare ended up sleeping on the floor. Flare woke up in the middle of the night to find a girl's leg on top of him.

At first, he nearly screamed. But then he noticed it was only aki, who had somehow gotten from her bed to the floor. Flare desperately hoped that she, or anyone else for that matter, would wake up and see him and think that he was some kind of pervert as he put her back on her bed. He went back to his spot on the floor and fell asleep some time later.

~the next morning~

zidane woke up to find himself alone in the inn. He could hear beautiful singing coming from outside. "is that.. dagger?" he thought, listening intently. He shrugged it off and went outside.

~meanwhile, outside~

flare was wandering around the village, being really bored. Usually he played video games when he was bored. But now, he was IN a video game.

he walked past some kids playing tag to go see what aki was doing under a shady tree. He sat down in front of her. "whatre u doin?" he asked.

"notin much.. just checkin out wat kind of crap is in this bag. so far, I have my blankey.. which the little kitty seems to like very much.."

"mew!" came a reply from the orange cat, who was sniffin around at all the various plants, curiously.

"I don't get it.. this bag came out of nowhere. I don't remember having a bag like this at home.. hey! Whats this?" aki pulled out a black cloak from the bag. "wow. I wonder if my sketchbook is in here.? Damnit.. no sketchbook."

a pudgy kid came up behind flare, shouted "TAG! Ur it, mister!", and pushed him into aki. A bunch of kids started giggling.

The two were too shocked to notice all the little kids, though. They were kissing, though by accident. The world around them seemed to dissolve completely, but it went back into sharp focus when zidane let out a loud whistle.

"in front of all these kids.tsk, tsk. how shameful," he shook his head, leaning against the back of the inn, which was not too far away.

Aki suddenly realized what was going on and pushed flare away, knocking him backwards onto the grass. "HOLY SHIT! WHAT DO U THINK UR DOIN, FLARE?!"

"I didn't-it was an accident-I swear-" he stammered, sitting up. "im so sorry! I didn't meen to!"

they both went beet red, and aki quickly shot off into the inn, wiping tears of embarrassment from her cheeks. She ran into the room, and slammed the door shut, and then noticed the back window was open. Zidane and Flare were visible, too. This wood be a good time to eavesdrop.

Flare rubbed his head as he got up off the grass, not bothering to shake off dirt from his clothes.

"that went well. Nicely planned," zidnae grinned.

"what are u saying? I didn't plan anything!!"

"sure."

"I DIDN'T!"

"denial, of course. U know u want her, flare."

"." flare suddenly started brushing dirt off, pretending he didn't hear zidane's last comment.

"hoo knows? Maybe she planned the whole thing and paid the kid to push u!"

"w-what..? well, uh, last night.. I woke up, and her leg was on me."

"really? Then what?" zidane asked, quite interested.

"I guess she fell off the bed. No one else was up, and I had to put her back in her bed."

"yep. Shes definitely planning this."

"IM NOT CONSPIRING ANYTHING!!" aki blurted out through the window.

"it sure didn't look like it back there," zidnae grinned.

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" aki and flare both said at the same time.

"sure.. making out is an accident?"

"ZIDANE, IM GONNA * KILL * YOU!!!" aki shouted, face still bright red, and came out through the window. She ended up chasing him around for a really long time, and when she finally caught him and grabbed his tail, zidane thought he was done for.

But then aki broke down crying and ended up hugging him, saying "even tho ur a pervert, ur still nice to me!!" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Im workin on the 10th chapter, so plz be patient and read my bio for updates. Thanks for the reviews, ppl!! I LOVE U ALL!!