I am JD "The Dragon" Thomas
I hope you liked the first one, and this one, please tell me if it's good.
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Final Fantasy 9
17 years later.
Chapter 2
It was early morning, very early morning.
The Sun was not even out yet, and most was quiet.
The day had come, Baku's birthday.
Everyone in the town of Alexandria was fast asleep, except for one black mage.
Vivi was up at two in the morning working on a great weapon.
He had stayed up all night to finish the final adjustments, and things that e couldn't have done earlier.
For one thing, he had to make it look nice and shiny, so it looked brand new.
He knew staying up might have repercussions But he would try and stay awake. Vivi's Ultimate Weapon was complete, Baku would love it, and so Vivi went off to bed, knowing full well that he would be up again in a few hours.
A shadow leapt over the gates, and began silently creeping about Alexandria, without anyone noticing him.
At the Castle, a few more were awake, the guards for instance, who did not see the shadowy figure go past them.
A few hours after Vivi went to sleep, at about six, Quina and the cooks were awakening to begin the Birthday Breakfast.
No one could see the figure go past him or her, and towards the Prince's chambers.
Baku had taken a long time to fall asleep, but he did and now was fast asleep, when the one who had snuck by grabbed him, and lifted him from his bed, onto the man's shoulder.
Baku continued to sleep, as the assailant snuck out the same way he had snuck in.
(Two hours later, at about eight)
A handmaiden: "Miss, Miss, Queen Garnet, please awaken. It is your son's birthday."
Garnet perked up rubbed her eyes, put on a robe, and began brushing her hair.
Zidane was still asleep, because no one could awaken him, but Garnet.
Garnet in a seductive voice: "Hunny, wake up, or."
Zidane rushed out of bed, and got ready for breakfast.
The handmaiden laughed, and exited the room.
Zidane and Garnet kissed for quite a long time before getting completely ready.
When they came down, everybody in the castle, and the guests were wearing simple robes, or pajamas, because that was the way things were done.
Everyone would get dressed after breakfast.
Zidane: "So, were's my son, the Birthday Boy?"
A handmaiden rushed down the stairs, to them. The Handmaiden: "Your Majesty, the Prince is gone!"
Garnet and Zidane ran up to their son's room, but the handmaiden was right, he was gone.
As soon as the news was yelled all at the dining table, waiting for the birthday boy so that they could eat gasped.
Vivi, Eiko, Freya, and Steiner ran to Baku's room and he was not there.
Vivi: "Who could have done this? You have guards don't you?"
Stainer growls: "Yes we have guards, but this guy was good."
Freya: "I was on guard as well tonight, and they got passed me, there are only three people that I know of who have ever been able to do that!"
Eiko: "Who might those be?"
Freya: "The Prince himself, my old lover Fratley, or" snarls "Amarant, our old friend."
Everyone in the room looked at each other and nodded.
Garnet: "It is possible. He is the only one of our party that is not here."
ZidaneL "And he is a great thief."
Eiko: "I never liked that guy very much!"
Vivi: "He may have good intentions, Baku always came to me in secret and I helped him."
They all stared at him.
Vivi: "Never mind."
Everyone went downstairs.
Zidane: "Everyone may eat, after eating breakfast, the old party has agreed to go find Baku."
They ate quickly, and then got dressed.
Zidane, Garnet, Eiko, Steiner, Freya, Quina, and Vivi all left to find Baku.
Zidane: "I have taught him too well, how could he be so easily captured?"
Vivi: "This brings up my point. We have taught him too well to be captured, maybe he wants to be with Amarant, because Amarant is helping him."
Freya: "No. Baku may be good, but Amarant is better."
Quina: "I hope my apprentices can make the meals."
Everyone stops walking and glares at Quina.
Quina: "Oh sorry."
They continued walking, until they found tracks.
Freya: "Look at this, he actually left tracks."
Steiner: "Maybe he isn't as good as you thought, Miss Freya."
Freya: "Wrong! He wants us to follow him."
Vivi: "But we have gotten so far if he wanted us to follow him he would have left tracks sooner."
Eiko: "Maybe he thinks we wouldn't get this far."
FreyaL: "No, it was a test of our tracking skills, he wanted to see if we could follow him this far. And the test isn't over."
A gigantic dragon came from a cliff on their left.
Zidane: "Grand Dragon!"
Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Freya jumped into fighting stances.
The Grand Dragon launched itself at the party, and hit Zidane.
He quickly jumped back and took his weapon: The Tower and jumped at the Grand Dragon.
Freya cast Dragon's Crest, Vivi cast Firaga, Steiner cast Climhazzard, and Zidane dove in for the kill.
Afterwards Garnet healed Zidane and they all took a look around.
Freya jumped up to the Cliffside where the Grand Dragon had come from.
She saw something, a patch of grass, stained with blood.
She jumped down to the others, and had a solemn face.
Garnet: "Freya, what is it?"
Eiko: "Yeah, you look like you found him, dead."
Freya: "Steiner! Check that dragon's body, find out if his only cut is from were we hit him."
Steiner: "Surely you do not intend for me to do a biopsy upon this Grand Dragon's corpse."
Freya: "Actually, that's exactly what I want you to do."
Vivi: "Here, I'll lift it for you."
Vivi used his powers to make the Grand Dragon's body levitate.
Quina: "Hey guys! I think I found something."
Everyone ran over to where Quina was, to see what he was looking at.
It was a scrap of food, some fruit.
Eiko: "Don't let your stomach take over Quina. Its just food."
Quina: "No! It is food that does not grow here. I know the food in the area. This fruit only grows in Burmecia."
Freya: "She's right, I used to eat those all the time, and I remember trading them to other kingdoms."
Zidane: "So, what does it mean?"
Freya: "We're going the right direction."
Vivi: "Shouldn't we go to Burmecia?" That's we he was, wouldn't he go back?"
Freya: "You are pretty smart Vivi, but in this scenario that is not what we do. If you were hunting a beast you would, but Amarant is smart."
A voice: "Thank you."
Steiner: "What was that?"
Freya: "Look for a mark on the Grand Dragon, we'll handle that voice!"
Steiner: "No marks!"
Freya: "It is as I thought."
Eiko: "Show yourself!"
Vivi cast Firaga all over the valley around them, in order to blast out the assailant.
The voice: "OW! Nice job!"
Amarant came out clapping, his robe was torn and he was throwing it off because it was on fire.
Everyone could see his scarlet hair, and green clothes, so there was no longer any doubt who it was.
Garnet: "What have you done with Baku?! Our son!"
Amarant: "Done with him? I have played with him, messed around with him, taught him, and trained him. It's okay come out now!"
Out from the shadows a boy emerged.
It was Baku, but his clothes were torn and he appeared to be different.
Zidane: "I have trained you well enough. Why did you not escape from Amarant?"
Baku: "Escape? Escape! Even if I wanted to run away from Uncle Amarant, escape is not the would that I would use. Uncle Amarant is nice to me, like Uncle Vivi."
Amarant: "Baku, I told you not to call me Uncle Amarant, I am Amarant, or Scarlet Hair."
Baku: "Look, you are Uncle Amarant to me okay."
Zidane: "He is right, he doesn't deserve to be your uncle."
Garnet: "Now come back home with us."
Baku: "Why did you never tell me about Uncle Amarant? Or Uncle Vivi for that matter?"
Freya: "They did not tell you about Amarant because they did not know where he was, and he is a miscreant!"
Garnet: "You found Vivi on your own, and we did tell you about him. How he was one of our friends when we went on our journey."
Baku: "That reminds me. As soon as I get my weapon, I am going on a journey of my own."
Eiko: "ALONE! You must be crazy!"
Garnet: "Eiko is right, do not go alone."
Zidane: "Yeah! Get a party first! Like I did!"
Amarant: "Shut up Zidane! Your boy is stronger than you were and will have a party. Soon."
Zidane: "Thos has nothing to do with you! So stay out of it! And by the way, why did you kidnap Baku?! You seem to care so much!"
Amarant: "I did not kidnap him!"
Baku: "He extracted me! I will now be taking my weapon and leaving!"
All of the old party looked at eachother and Amarant took from his cloak a great weapon, Vivi's Ultima Weapon.
It was awesome: A six-foot blade, curved slightly, along the whole weapon. A handle in the center, and a string all along the straight side, so it could launch arrows, magic arrows, not physical ones.
Amarant handed it to Baku as Vivi looked on in amazement, the man had stolen that which he had made for Baku.
At least it made it to the one it was meant to get to.
Baku took it by the handle and pulled back the string.
They all saw as he pulled it back, a sphere of fire appeared before it.
He let the string go and launched the blast, and a huge fiery explosion occurred where he aimed.
All but Zvivi: "VIVI!"
Vivi: "That was a fire arrow, sorry."
Baku then ran off in the opposite direction, towards Lindblum.
The old party leapt after him, but Amarant dashed in front of them to block their way.
Amnarant: "Leave the boy alone! I am pretty sure that you all know I can take on all of you! Especially since I have continued training and all of you have become old and lazy!"
Freya: "I also have a question! What was the patch of grass stained with blood back there from?"
Amarant: "HA HA HA! The boy did not know me at first and when he woke up he did this!"
Amarant pulled back his cloak to reveal an injury in his side from being kicked so hard that his ribs cracked and popped out the skin.
They grimaced and decided to fight him, because of the injury.
Amarant knew that they would.
Vivi cast Blizzaga upon Amarant, but he dodged, as he did the strikes of the others.
Amarant then thre a weapon, a broad sword, which hit Eko in the leg.
Eiko let out a loud shriek when it hit her and Garnet came to heal her.
Amarant did not want to hurt Eiko, but he knew that it was the only way he could get away to help Baku, and he knew that Garnet could heal her.
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Final Fantasy 9
17 years later.
Chapter 2
It was early morning, very early morning.
The Sun was not even out yet, and most was quiet.
The day had come, Baku's birthday.
Everyone in the town of Alexandria was fast asleep, except for one black mage.
Vivi was up at two in the morning working on a great weapon.
He had stayed up all night to finish the final adjustments, and things that e couldn't have done earlier.
For one thing, he had to make it look nice and shiny, so it looked brand new.
He knew staying up might have repercussions But he would try and stay awake. Vivi's Ultimate Weapon was complete, Baku would love it, and so Vivi went off to bed, knowing full well that he would be up again in a few hours.
A shadow leapt over the gates, and began silently creeping about Alexandria, without anyone noticing him.
At the Castle, a few more were awake, the guards for instance, who did not see the shadowy figure go past them.
A few hours after Vivi went to sleep, at about six, Quina and the cooks were awakening to begin the Birthday Breakfast.
No one could see the figure go past him or her, and towards the Prince's chambers.
Baku had taken a long time to fall asleep, but he did and now was fast asleep, when the one who had snuck by grabbed him, and lifted him from his bed, onto the man's shoulder.
Baku continued to sleep, as the assailant snuck out the same way he had snuck in.
(Two hours later, at about eight)
A handmaiden: "Miss, Miss, Queen Garnet, please awaken. It is your son's birthday."
Garnet perked up rubbed her eyes, put on a robe, and began brushing her hair.
Zidane was still asleep, because no one could awaken him, but Garnet.
Garnet in a seductive voice: "Hunny, wake up, or."
Zidane rushed out of bed, and got ready for breakfast.
The handmaiden laughed, and exited the room.
Zidane and Garnet kissed for quite a long time before getting completely ready.
When they came down, everybody in the castle, and the guests were wearing simple robes, or pajamas, because that was the way things were done.
Everyone would get dressed after breakfast.
Zidane: "So, were's my son, the Birthday Boy?"
A handmaiden rushed down the stairs, to them. The Handmaiden: "Your Majesty, the Prince is gone!"
Garnet and Zidane ran up to their son's room, but the handmaiden was right, he was gone.
As soon as the news was yelled all at the dining table, waiting for the birthday boy so that they could eat gasped.
Vivi, Eiko, Freya, and Steiner ran to Baku's room and he was not there.
Vivi: "Who could have done this? You have guards don't you?"
Stainer growls: "Yes we have guards, but this guy was good."
Freya: "I was on guard as well tonight, and they got passed me, there are only three people that I know of who have ever been able to do that!"
Eiko: "Who might those be?"
Freya: "The Prince himself, my old lover Fratley, or" snarls "Amarant, our old friend."
Everyone in the room looked at each other and nodded.
Garnet: "It is possible. He is the only one of our party that is not here."
ZidaneL "And he is a great thief."
Eiko: "I never liked that guy very much!"
Vivi: "He may have good intentions, Baku always came to me in secret and I helped him."
They all stared at him.
Vivi: "Never mind."
Everyone went downstairs.
Zidane: "Everyone may eat, after eating breakfast, the old party has agreed to go find Baku."
They ate quickly, and then got dressed.
Zidane, Garnet, Eiko, Steiner, Freya, Quina, and Vivi all left to find Baku.
Zidane: "I have taught him too well, how could he be so easily captured?"
Vivi: "This brings up my point. We have taught him too well to be captured, maybe he wants to be with Amarant, because Amarant is helping him."
Freya: "No. Baku may be good, but Amarant is better."
Quina: "I hope my apprentices can make the meals."
Everyone stops walking and glares at Quina.
Quina: "Oh sorry."
They continued walking, until they found tracks.
Freya: "Look at this, he actually left tracks."
Steiner: "Maybe he isn't as good as you thought, Miss Freya."
Freya: "Wrong! He wants us to follow him."
Vivi: "But we have gotten so far if he wanted us to follow him he would have left tracks sooner."
Eiko: "Maybe he thinks we wouldn't get this far."
FreyaL: "No, it was a test of our tracking skills, he wanted to see if we could follow him this far. And the test isn't over."
A gigantic dragon came from a cliff on their left.
Zidane: "Grand Dragon!"
Zidane, Steiner, Vivi, and Freya jumped into fighting stances.
The Grand Dragon launched itself at the party, and hit Zidane.
He quickly jumped back and took his weapon: The Tower and jumped at the Grand Dragon.
Freya cast Dragon's Crest, Vivi cast Firaga, Steiner cast Climhazzard, and Zidane dove in for the kill.
Afterwards Garnet healed Zidane and they all took a look around.
Freya jumped up to the Cliffside where the Grand Dragon had come from.
She saw something, a patch of grass, stained with blood.
She jumped down to the others, and had a solemn face.
Garnet: "Freya, what is it?"
Eiko: "Yeah, you look like you found him, dead."
Freya: "Steiner! Check that dragon's body, find out if his only cut is from were we hit him."
Steiner: "Surely you do not intend for me to do a biopsy upon this Grand Dragon's corpse."
Freya: "Actually, that's exactly what I want you to do."
Vivi: "Here, I'll lift it for you."
Vivi used his powers to make the Grand Dragon's body levitate.
Quina: "Hey guys! I think I found something."
Everyone ran over to where Quina was, to see what he was looking at.
It was a scrap of food, some fruit.
Eiko: "Don't let your stomach take over Quina. Its just food."
Quina: "No! It is food that does not grow here. I know the food in the area. This fruit only grows in Burmecia."
Freya: "She's right, I used to eat those all the time, and I remember trading them to other kingdoms."
Zidane: "So, what does it mean?"
Freya: "We're going the right direction."
Vivi: "Shouldn't we go to Burmecia?" That's we he was, wouldn't he go back?"
Freya: "You are pretty smart Vivi, but in this scenario that is not what we do. If you were hunting a beast you would, but Amarant is smart."
A voice: "Thank you."
Steiner: "What was that?"
Freya: "Look for a mark on the Grand Dragon, we'll handle that voice!"
Steiner: "No marks!"
Freya: "It is as I thought."
Eiko: "Show yourself!"
Vivi cast Firaga all over the valley around them, in order to blast out the assailant.
The voice: "OW! Nice job!"
Amarant came out clapping, his robe was torn and he was throwing it off because it was on fire.
Everyone could see his scarlet hair, and green clothes, so there was no longer any doubt who it was.
Garnet: "What have you done with Baku?! Our son!"
Amarant: "Done with him? I have played with him, messed around with him, taught him, and trained him. It's okay come out now!"
Out from the shadows a boy emerged.
It was Baku, but his clothes were torn and he appeared to be different.
Zidane: "I have trained you well enough. Why did you not escape from Amarant?"
Baku: "Escape? Escape! Even if I wanted to run away from Uncle Amarant, escape is not the would that I would use. Uncle Amarant is nice to me, like Uncle Vivi."
Amarant: "Baku, I told you not to call me Uncle Amarant, I am Amarant, or Scarlet Hair."
Baku: "Look, you are Uncle Amarant to me okay."
Zidane: "He is right, he doesn't deserve to be your uncle."
Garnet: "Now come back home with us."
Baku: "Why did you never tell me about Uncle Amarant? Or Uncle Vivi for that matter?"
Freya: "They did not tell you about Amarant because they did not know where he was, and he is a miscreant!"
Garnet: "You found Vivi on your own, and we did tell you about him. How he was one of our friends when we went on our journey."
Baku: "That reminds me. As soon as I get my weapon, I am going on a journey of my own."
Eiko: "ALONE! You must be crazy!"
Garnet: "Eiko is right, do not go alone."
Zidane: "Yeah! Get a party first! Like I did!"
Amarant: "Shut up Zidane! Your boy is stronger than you were and will have a party. Soon."
Zidane: "Thos has nothing to do with you! So stay out of it! And by the way, why did you kidnap Baku?! You seem to care so much!"
Amarant: "I did not kidnap him!"
Baku: "He extracted me! I will now be taking my weapon and leaving!"
All of the old party looked at eachother and Amarant took from his cloak a great weapon, Vivi's Ultima Weapon.
It was awesome: A six-foot blade, curved slightly, along the whole weapon. A handle in the center, and a string all along the straight side, so it could launch arrows, magic arrows, not physical ones.
Amarant handed it to Baku as Vivi looked on in amazement, the man had stolen that which he had made for Baku.
At least it made it to the one it was meant to get to.
Baku took it by the handle and pulled back the string.
They all saw as he pulled it back, a sphere of fire appeared before it.
He let the string go and launched the blast, and a huge fiery explosion occurred where he aimed.
All but Zvivi: "VIVI!"
Vivi: "That was a fire arrow, sorry."
Baku then ran off in the opposite direction, towards Lindblum.
The old party leapt after him, but Amarant dashed in front of them to block their way.
Amnarant: "Leave the boy alone! I am pretty sure that you all know I can take on all of you! Especially since I have continued training and all of you have become old and lazy!"
Freya: "I also have a question! What was the patch of grass stained with blood back there from?"
Amarant: "HA HA HA! The boy did not know me at first and when he woke up he did this!"
Amarant pulled back his cloak to reveal an injury in his side from being kicked so hard that his ribs cracked and popped out the skin.
They grimaced and decided to fight him, because of the injury.
Amarant knew that they would.
Vivi cast Blizzaga upon Amarant, but he dodged, as he did the strikes of the others.
Amarant then thre a weapon, a broad sword, which hit Eko in the leg.
Eiko let out a loud shriek when it hit her and Garnet came to heal her.
Amarant did not want to hurt Eiko, but he knew that it was the only way he could get away to help Baku, and he knew that Garnet could heal her.
