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This is my very first Final Fantasy Fanfiction! I've always enjoyed playing the games, my favorite being FF8, only because unlike 7, it had a happy ending, and the CGI characters were amazing. I haven't played FF10 because as of yet I do not own a PS2. I'm working on it though, and that will be the first game I buy.
Anyhow, as I said, FF8 is my favorite out of the games so far. However, this is not a FF8 fanfic. Instead it is based on the movie that was created, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
I loved the story, the characters, and yes, evil the villain. But I hated the ending. It was so unfair. And although I have a strict policy when I write not to change a story, it took everything I had not to do so in this story. I like to add on to what happens, even if I have to go off on what I like to call, the what-if tangent.
An example being the DBZ fics in which I keep the same story line in some cases, but just add on to the story. For example, The Return of Mirai Trunks. In the final saga, "Back To the Future" everyone in Mirai's time has been restored to life thanks to the Blackstar dragonballs. And in it, I have Gohan return to learn that he had a daughter he had never known about because he had died the day after he and Videl had slept together right before his battle with the Andriods. Who's to say he didn't have a girlfriend? If could have happened.
But this is not about DBZ, it's about Final Fantasy. The story takes place right after the battle with the Phantoms in the crater. The Gaia has been saved, but Dr. Sid and Aki are the only ones still alive. But all that's about to change when Gaia returns those that shouldn't have been taken so early, including Gray and the other Deep Eyes members.
I sincerely hope you enjoy it and as of yet I can't be sure if it will be a one-parter or multichapter story. Only time will tell. And one last thing, I do not own the characters of Final Fantasy, none what-so-ever from ANY of the games or the movie. I am thinking of cloning Neil and Gray though. Moving on..enjoy the story.
And one last thing, is it just me, or does Gray look like a CGI Ben Affleck?
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Final Fantasy: A New Beginning A New Horizon
"All of New York?" Jane asked in shock as Gray nodded.
"Apparently. We saw it as we were flying in. Thousands of them. But it doesn't make any sense." Gray said.
"Hey, no complaints here Captain. I don't know about you." Neil said.
"Neil-" Jane warned, but Gray cut them off.
"Jane." Gray began as he raised an eyebrow at her. After all, he had witnessed her death. He knew first hand how she felt about Neil, why she had given up when he had been killed.
"Captain.I.." Jane began as Neil looked from Jane to Gray, back to Jane then to Gray again.
"Captain? What the hell are you two babbling about?" Neil asked.
"Neil, ask Jane how she died. I'm going to check on Ryan." Gray said, leaving the room. Jane glared after her Captain as Neil looked at her in confusion.
"Ok cupcake, what was that all about?" Neil asked as Jane sighed.
"He's talking about how I let the Phantoms kill me." Jane said, turning her back on him.
"Let them? *Let them?!* Jane, what the hell were you thinking giving up like that? You've never given up on anything! Why the hell would you give up on something so important?!" Neil asked in disbelief as Jane turned to frown at him.
"Damn it Neil, I did it because the Phantoms killed you!" Jane cried as Neil stared at her in shock.
"You did that..for me? Awww, come here sweetheart." Neil said, taking a step towards her with a smirk on his face and his arms open.
"Touch me and die." Jane said with a smirk.
Neil put his arms down as he smirked at her. Then he sighed as he chuckled.
"Wouldn't be the first time." Neil said.
"Aki? How is he?" Gray asked as he walked into the medical room. Aki smiled at him as she looked up at her fiancée.
"He's lost a lot of blood. But he'll make it." Aki said. Gray smiled as he nodded at her.
"Captain? Tell me again why I let you get me into these messes." Ryan said as he opened his eyes and turned his head to look at Gray.
"You never learn my friend, that's why." Gray said.
"I'll leave you two alone. I want you to get plenty of rest Sergeant. You need it." Aki said as Ryan nodded.
"Sure thing Doc." Ryan said as he smiled at her. She smiled before leaving the room.
"So.she did it..how did she do it Captain?" Ryan asked.
"The eighth spirit found her. Her wave theory worked." Gray said.
"It found her?" Ryan asked. Gray paused before nodding.
"Yes.she's, ah..carrying it." Gray said.
"Carrying it.you mean like..oh." Ryan said. He smiled at Gray.
"Congrats man. Looks like you saved the Earth in more ways than one." Ryan teased.
"Funny. Just for that I'm thinking about asking Neil to be my best man instead of you." Gray teased.
"Neil.ah man Captain, Neil of all people?...wait a minute..you mean you..and Aki..you're settling down? Man I never thought I'd see the day." Ryan said as Gray smiled at him.
"And I could think of no one else better suited to be my best man than my best friend. Unless of course..you want Neil to be my best man instead.?" Gray teased.
"You're lucky I can't get off this bed Captain." Ryan threatened with a laugh.
"You tell the others yet? About your kid? About your fiancée?" Ryan asked as Gray shook his head.
"Not yet. It didn't seem like the right time. I thought Jane and Neil had something of their own to work out first before I told them." Gray said.
"Jane and Neil? You're kidding right?" Ryan asked a Gray shook his head.
"Not at all. Jane was killed by the Phantoms immediately after Neil was. She saw him die, and she let herself be killed too." Gray said as Ryan stared at him in shock.
"You're kidding..right?" Ryan asked as Gray shook his head.
"Not at all man. Get some sleep. We'll talk more later." Gray said. He smiled at his friend, then silently left the room and headed down the hallway.
Aki smiled as she saw Neil and Jane walk into the room.
"Ah come on, Jane. Please?" Neil begged as he followed Jane across the other side of the room. She took a seat, and then looked up at him with a frown on her face.
"I said no Neil. Get over it." Jane said. Neil bent down next to her and gave her the saddest puppy dog look he could muster.
"Pwease? Pwetty pwease? With sugar and a cheery on top?" Neil begged as Gray walked into the room. He raised an eyebrow at he looked at Jane and Neil.
"Neil?...On second thought I don't wanna know." Gray said, walking over next to Aki.
"Come on Janie? Please?" Neil begged again.
"I said no Neil." Jane said calmly.
"Come on, just one." Neil said.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Neil? Leave me the hell alone!" Jane cried, the slightest twinkle in her eyes. Neil pushed the puppy dog look into overdrive, adding his ever popular puppy dog pout.
"Come on Janie. Just one, itty, bitty, teeny little kiss." Neil begged.
"No. And call me Janie one more time and I'll rip your intestines out and feed them to my dog." Jane said. Neil looked at her confused for a moment, before a smirk graced his lips again.
"You don't have a dog." Neil said as Jane smirked at him.
"Not yet." Jane said. Neil blinked at her.
"You'd buy a dog..just to rip out my intestines. to feed them to him?" Neil asked.
"If it came to that." Jane teased.
"That's my kind of girl!" Neil cried as he plopped down next to Jane and draped and arm over her shoulder. She looked at his arm on her shoulder, then up at Neil, then back to the arm.
"You have two choices Neil, either remove the arm, or I'll remove it for you, permanently." Jane said.
"Touché today, aren't we? But don't worry sweetheart. I still love ya." Neil teased as Jane rolled her eyes, flicked his arm off her shoulder and left the room.
"Charming Neil, real charming." Gray said.
"Hey, I'm still working on it Cap. Give it time. She'll be falling into my arms by the end of the week." Neil said.
"Right.." Gray said. Neil shrugged his shoulders at Gray's remark and left to go find Jane.
"Cute, aren't they?" Aki asked as Gray nodded.
"Adorable.in a weird, twisted kind of way." Gray said.
"What do you mean?" Aki asked.
"Three weeks ago, Jane would have already broken every bone in Neil's body for pulling a move like that on her. She's toying with him now." Gray said as Aki smiled at him.
"No, she's flirting." Aki said as Gray stared at her in shock.
"I didn't think Jane knew *how* to flirt." Gray said as Aki laughed at him.
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This is my very first Final Fantasy Fanfiction! I've always enjoyed playing the games, my favorite being FF8, only because unlike 7, it had a happy ending, and the CGI characters were amazing. I haven't played FF10 because as of yet I do not own a PS2. I'm working on it though, and that will be the first game I buy.
Anyhow, as I said, FF8 is my favorite out of the games so far. However, this is not a FF8 fanfic. Instead it is based on the movie that was created, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
I loved the story, the characters, and yes, evil the villain. But I hated the ending. It was so unfair. And although I have a strict policy when I write not to change a story, it took everything I had not to do so in this story. I like to add on to what happens, even if I have to go off on what I like to call, the what-if tangent.
An example being the DBZ fics in which I keep the same story line in some cases, but just add on to the story. For example, The Return of Mirai Trunks. In the final saga, "Back To the Future" everyone in Mirai's time has been restored to life thanks to the Blackstar dragonballs. And in it, I have Gohan return to learn that he had a daughter he had never known about because he had died the day after he and Videl had slept together right before his battle with the Andriods. Who's to say he didn't have a girlfriend? If could have happened.
But this is not about DBZ, it's about Final Fantasy. The story takes place right after the battle with the Phantoms in the crater. The Gaia has been saved, but Dr. Sid and Aki are the only ones still alive. But all that's about to change when Gaia returns those that shouldn't have been taken so early, including Gray and the other Deep Eyes members.
I sincerely hope you enjoy it and as of yet I can't be sure if it will be a one-parter or multichapter story. Only time will tell. And one last thing, I do not own the characters of Final Fantasy, none what-so-ever from ANY of the games or the movie. I am thinking of cloning Neil and Gray though. Moving on..enjoy the story.
And one last thing, is it just me, or does Gray look like a CGI Ben Affleck?
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Final Fantasy: A New Beginning A New Horizon
"All of New York?" Jane asked in shock as Gray nodded.
"Apparently. We saw it as we were flying in. Thousands of them. But it doesn't make any sense." Gray said.
"Hey, no complaints here Captain. I don't know about you." Neil said.
"Neil-" Jane warned, but Gray cut them off.
"Jane." Gray began as he raised an eyebrow at her. After all, he had witnessed her death. He knew first hand how she felt about Neil, why she had given up when he had been killed.
"Captain.I.." Jane began as Neil looked from Jane to Gray, back to Jane then to Gray again.
"Captain? What the hell are you two babbling about?" Neil asked.
"Neil, ask Jane how she died. I'm going to check on Ryan." Gray said, leaving the room. Jane glared after her Captain as Neil looked at her in confusion.
"Ok cupcake, what was that all about?" Neil asked as Jane sighed.
"He's talking about how I let the Phantoms kill me." Jane said, turning her back on him.
"Let them? *Let them?!* Jane, what the hell were you thinking giving up like that? You've never given up on anything! Why the hell would you give up on something so important?!" Neil asked in disbelief as Jane turned to frown at him.
"Damn it Neil, I did it because the Phantoms killed you!" Jane cried as Neil stared at her in shock.
"You did that..for me? Awww, come here sweetheart." Neil said, taking a step towards her with a smirk on his face and his arms open.
"Touch me and die." Jane said with a smirk.
Neil put his arms down as he smirked at her. Then he sighed as he chuckled.
"Wouldn't be the first time." Neil said.
"Aki? How is he?" Gray asked as he walked into the medical room. Aki smiled at him as she looked up at her fiancée.
"He's lost a lot of blood. But he'll make it." Aki said. Gray smiled as he nodded at her.
"Captain? Tell me again why I let you get me into these messes." Ryan said as he opened his eyes and turned his head to look at Gray.
"You never learn my friend, that's why." Gray said.
"I'll leave you two alone. I want you to get plenty of rest Sergeant. You need it." Aki said as Ryan nodded.
"Sure thing Doc." Ryan said as he smiled at her. She smiled before leaving the room.
"So.she did it..how did she do it Captain?" Ryan asked.
"The eighth spirit found her. Her wave theory worked." Gray said.
"It found her?" Ryan asked. Gray paused before nodding.
"Yes.she's, ah..carrying it." Gray said.
"Carrying it.you mean like..oh." Ryan said. He smiled at Gray.
"Congrats man. Looks like you saved the Earth in more ways than one." Ryan teased.
"Funny. Just for that I'm thinking about asking Neil to be my best man instead of you." Gray teased.
"Neil.ah man Captain, Neil of all people?...wait a minute..you mean you..and Aki..you're settling down? Man I never thought I'd see the day." Ryan said as Gray smiled at him.
"And I could think of no one else better suited to be my best man than my best friend. Unless of course..you want Neil to be my best man instead.?" Gray teased.
"You're lucky I can't get off this bed Captain." Ryan threatened with a laugh.
"You tell the others yet? About your kid? About your fiancée?" Ryan asked as Gray shook his head.
"Not yet. It didn't seem like the right time. I thought Jane and Neil had something of their own to work out first before I told them." Gray said.
"Jane and Neil? You're kidding right?" Ryan asked a Gray shook his head.
"Not at all. Jane was killed by the Phantoms immediately after Neil was. She saw him die, and she let herself be killed too." Gray said as Ryan stared at him in shock.
"You're kidding..right?" Ryan asked as Gray shook his head.
"Not at all man. Get some sleep. We'll talk more later." Gray said. He smiled at his friend, then silently left the room and headed down the hallway.
Aki smiled as she saw Neil and Jane walk into the room.
"Ah come on, Jane. Please?" Neil begged as he followed Jane across the other side of the room. She took a seat, and then looked up at him with a frown on her face.
"I said no Neil. Get over it." Jane said. Neil bent down next to her and gave her the saddest puppy dog look he could muster.
"Pwease? Pwetty pwease? With sugar and a cheery on top?" Neil begged as Gray walked into the room. He raised an eyebrow at he looked at Jane and Neil.
"Neil?...On second thought I don't wanna know." Gray said, walking over next to Aki.
"Come on Janie? Please?" Neil begged again.
"I said no Neil." Jane said calmly.
"Come on, just one." Neil said.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Neil? Leave me the hell alone!" Jane cried, the slightest twinkle in her eyes. Neil pushed the puppy dog look into overdrive, adding his ever popular puppy dog pout.
"Come on Janie. Just one, itty, bitty, teeny little kiss." Neil begged.
"No. And call me Janie one more time and I'll rip your intestines out and feed them to my dog." Jane said. Neil looked at her confused for a moment, before a smirk graced his lips again.
"You don't have a dog." Neil said as Jane smirked at him.
"Not yet." Jane said. Neil blinked at her.
"You'd buy a dog..just to rip out my intestines. to feed them to him?" Neil asked.
"If it came to that." Jane teased.
"That's my kind of girl!" Neil cried as he plopped down next to Jane and draped and arm over her shoulder. She looked at his arm on her shoulder, then up at Neil, then back to the arm.
"You have two choices Neil, either remove the arm, or I'll remove it for you, permanently." Jane said.
"Touché today, aren't we? But don't worry sweetheart. I still love ya." Neil teased as Jane rolled her eyes, flicked his arm off her shoulder and left the room.
"Charming Neil, real charming." Gray said.
"Hey, I'm still working on it Cap. Give it time. She'll be falling into my arms by the end of the week." Neil said.
"Right.." Gray said. Neil shrugged his shoulders at Gray's remark and left to go find Jane.
"Cute, aren't they?" Aki asked as Gray nodded.
"Adorable.in a weird, twisted kind of way." Gray said.
"What do you mean?" Aki asked.
"Three weeks ago, Jane would have already broken every bone in Neil's body for pulling a move like that on her. She's toying with him now." Gray said as Aki smiled at him.
"No, she's flirting." Aki said as Gray stared at her in shock.
"I didn't think Jane knew *how* to flirt." Gray said as Aki laughed at him.
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