Hiya! Sorry I ain't wrote in a while, i've been busy on another story. N E who, here is the next chapter. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: YOU ALL KNOW THAT I DON'T OWN ANY FF9 CHARACTERS, BUT I HAVE TO WRITE THIS N E WAY BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY AND I DON'T NEED TO BE SUED!

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*Fights and Invitations*

Vivi woke up and looked outside his window. "Wow, nice day out!" He said to himself and leaped out of bed. He brushed his teeth and got dressed. As he was putting on his hat, someone knocked on his door. "Hang on a sec." He rushed to the door and opened it up. "Hi Eik.." She pulled his head over to hers and gave him a big kiss. "Uh...good morning to you, too." He said with a smile on his face. Eiko giggled and put her arms around his neck. "Guess what tomorrow is."

"I'm guessing again?"

"Just guess!"

"Um, oh yeah! Tomorrow is garbage day!" Eiko's face turned beet red. She quickly grabbed her flute and hit Vivi over the head with it.

"OW!"

"You big meanie!"

"I was just kidding!"

"I bet you don't know what tomorrow really is." She said sadly. Tears started to form in her eyes.

"Is that anyway for tomorrow's birthday girl to act?" Eiko's eyes lit up. She jumped on him and wrapped her legs around his waist. "You remembered!" She started to kiss him passionately. "Whoa! Calm down!" She nodded her head and jumped down. "I need to find Zidane."

"Why?"

"Because he's coming with me to buy you a certain present!"

"YYYYYYYAAAAAYYYYY!"

"Shh! You wanna wale up all of Gaia?" She hit him in the head again. "OUCH! I was joking!"

"I know, but you can be so mean sometimes!"

"Oh, and hitting me in the head twice with a flute is nice?"

"Oh hush!" They both laughed. "Actually, I need to go out of town, too."

"Why?"

"Because I wanna invite a certain person over here for my birthday."

"Alright. Gotta go babe, luv ya!"

"You too! Bye!" Vivi ran down the hall and Eiko ran to her room.

-Eiko's room-

Eiko went into her room and found a change of clothes. She opened up the closet and Haley jumped out and scared her.

"AAAAAHHHHH! DON"T DO THAT!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You should have seen your face!"

"And you should see your face!"

"Huh? What about my face?"

"I'm about to hit it with this pillow!" Eiko grabbed a pillow and swung at Haley. She ducked and grabbed another pillow and they had a pillow fight for about 5 minutes. After they were done they made the bed and Eiko changed her clothes. "Hey Haley?"

"Yeah?"

"You wanna come with me somewhere?"

"Where?"

"I'm going to go get a friend of mine for my birthday tomorrow."

"I'll have to ask my mommy."

"Alright, you go ask her and I'll get ready."

"Ok!" Haley rushed out of her room and looked around for Freya.

-In town-

Zidane, Steiner, and Vivi were walking around town looking at the stores. "You find what your looking for Vivi?"

"Over there! Check out these flowers!"

"White roses! Their Eiko's favorite." The clerk behind the counter walked up to them. "How may I help you gentlemen?"

"How much for a dozen white roses?"

"100 gil."

"I got it Master Vivi." Steiner reached into a pouch on his belt and pulled out 100 gil. They paid the clerk and went around some more. "So Vivi, tomorrow is the big day, huh?"

"Yup, tomorrow is the day I finally propose to her." (A/N: Chances are you already guessed this coming anyway, so it's not really a plot spoiler.)

"Yup, your gonna love married life!" The three sat down on a bench nearby and started talking some more. "Being married has it's advantages, you know."

"Such as?" Steiner asked.

"Well, you know that the girl your married to loves you enough to not cheat on you."

"Are there any bad things?" Vivi asked.

"Well, there is always some bad in every good. Like, you have to do some chores, you can't just expect to have her do everything."

"Well, that doesn't sound so bad."

"And then there's kids."

"I would like kids someday myself." Steiner said. "Me too." Vivi put in. "Well, it sounds all nice, having a little kid around to play with and everything. but there are some bad things too."

"Like?" Steiner and Vivi said at the same time.

"You have to change their diapers when they crap in them, and you'll have to get a good paying job to support your family, and you need to be there when they need you, and you have to discipline them, but not to much or they'll grow up to hate you." Vivi started to turn pale, and Steiner looked like he was going to faint.

"Plus, when she's pregnant, you have to be there for her, and you have to buy food for her, because they'll always be craving something, and they'll have mood swings. One minute there happy and nice, the next there as pissed off as Beatrix was about a week ago."

"Hey!" Steiner said defensively. "Come on Steiner, even you have to admit that she was being all pissy."

"Your one to talk. At least my girlfriend didn't go and make out with some ugly clown dude!"

"That's it!" Vivi stood up and pulled out his Mace Of Zeus. A crowd started to form around them. "You wanna start something tin man?!"

"Bring it on shrimp!" Steiner pulled out Exalibur and held it in a fighting stance. "Come on guys," Zidane jumped between them. "We need to get ready for tommorow."

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" They both hollered. Zidane jumped back and fell on his butt and landed on the bench. He could hear people behind him saying stuff.

"I bet 100 gil on the metal guy."

"200 gil for the black mage."

"300 gil that they kill each other!" Vivi and Steiner were just staring each other down. "I wasn't stupid enough to invite some voodoo woman over for tea ON MY GIRLFRIENDS BIRTHDAY!"

"I wasn't stupid enough to cheat on her with a blue bouncing clown!" There were a bunch of 'Oh!'s coming from the crowd. Zidane just sighed. "This is going to be a long day."

-Meanwhile, somewhere else in Gaia-


Eiko and Haley were riding a chocobo across a desert. Eiko saw a tent pitched up ahead and tied up the chocobo to a rock. She helped Haley off of the chocobo and grabbed their backpacks. "Is this where the guy your looking for lives?"

"Actually, he travels all around Gaia."

"Oh, then how did you know he would be here?"

"I got a mognet letter from him telling me where he would be."

"Oh, neat." They walked up to the tent and knocked on the fabric. "Amarant? Are you in here?"

"No, this is Casper, I just happen to steal this tent from him and use his voice." Amarant said sarcastically and stood up from making his lunch. "Hey." Haley said from behind Eiko's legs. "Uh, there is a little talking rat behind you." He said pointing to Haley. "Hey! Watch it buddy!"

"Oh, feisty little rat too." Eiko grabbed Haley before she lunged at Amarant. "Amarant, this is Freya's kid, Haley."

"Oh, sorry bout that." Amarant stood up and shook her hand. He pulled it away just as she was going to bite him. "Mean little thing isn't she?"

"She gets it from her mom!" They all laughed. "Anywho, your birthday is tommorow, right?"

"Yup. You gonna be around?"

"Probably, I can't promise anything."

"Alright then. Later!"

"Huh? That's it?"

"Well, I found out about that guy I told you about." Amarant laughed a bit. "Oh yeah, I forgot about him. So how is he?"

Well, he turned into a demonic psycho clown who tried to kill me and ended up turning to dust. Does that answer your question?"

"Yeah, pretty much." They all laughed. "Well, alright then, I gotta go."

"Alright. Later Eiko. Later psycho rat!"

"Hey!"

"Just kidding." Eiko and Haley said their goodbyes and went on their way.

-Back in town-

"Bitch!"

"Whore!"

"Shithead!"

"I'll kill you!" Two girls were having a catfight in the middle of the square. Vivi, Zidane, and Steiner were all watching. "Man, i'm glad we made up before we started scraping like that, eh Steiner?"

"I agree Master Vivi. I would also like to apologize for my rude words earlier."

"I told you not to worry about it. Besides, I got to thinking." Zidane looked away from the catfight and looked at Vivi. "About what?"

"What you said earlier about marriage. I'm gonna ask her. I know there's alot of risk involved but if she loves me then she'll help me out through anything, and i'll help her out with anything as well."

"Aw, Vivi!" Zidane said.

"That was so moving man! I need a tissue!" Steiner said pulling out a tissue from his pocket. He blew his nose on it and it sounded louder than a foghorn. "Hey! We need to get going! It's almost 9:00!"

"Wow, time sure flies here." Zidane said looking at the sunset.

-Back at the castle-

Vivi, Steiner, and Zidane walked through the big doors. Beatrix, Eiko, and Garnet all ran down to their man. "Hey honey!" The three girls said at once, startling the guys. The guys looked at each other before saying in unison "What did we do?"

"Nothing." Beatrix started. "We just wanted to see our guys. You haven't been here all day and we were worried about you."

"Fear not lovely ladies!" Steiner said. "We can take on any villain or thief that comes our way! No offense Zidane."

"None taken." Garnet wrapped her arms around Zidane's head. "When are you coming to bed? I know Eiko's birthday is tommorow, but I got a present for you in the bedroom."

"Well, see ya!" Zidane and Garnet dashed off to their room. "You have a gift, too Steiner."

"Later Master Vivi!" Steiner and Beatrix ran down to their room. "Don't think I forgot about you, Vivi! You have a very special gift too!" Vivi gulped real loud and Eiko dragged him to her room.

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Sorry! No lemons in this story! Hope you liked the rest of the story, though. Next chapter: It's finally here! Eiko's birthday! Will Vivi get up the nerve to propose? You'll just have to wait and find out! Please review! Later!