AN: hello hello! I am terribly sorry for hte inconvenience, my friends... i am grounded so it takes me a while to finish up these things... sorry... and besides! it's cold and no one'll let me turn on the heater!!!! so... obviously, my fingers are frozen, i'm freezing, and-- *hears something... looks up to see...* wait! what hte hell is hte ceiling fan doing on?!!! aiyee!!! *jumps and turns it off immediately* there... but it's not much better... anywho, i'm frozen, my fingers are frozen, and i'm sick... *sniffles* okay... now... let's recap... Okay! Roz is in the bubble and Sora carried Riku off into the night (ooh!!!)... and no one knows what to make up this whole mess, let alone what to do with Roz before searching for Riku and Sora! NOw... ladies and gents, i know you'll probably wunna know how things'll work out and how come all of this is practically taking place on Gaea, but dont' worry! a hint was given in the last chapter on how things'll flow, so just sit tight, and let this baby rocka nd roll and let me type in peace! i need thinking space for even thing to be laid out perfectly and be long! and good! and i'm sorry for the grammer and shitty stuff i make mistakes on! now shut up and read, damnit! argh!! stupid cold weather! stupid cold! stupid Myrtle! (yes, i know you're out there Myrtle!) stupid mom! stupid grounding! stupid frozen fingers!! argh!
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Chapter Six
"Oh Vivi..." Dagger hugged the small black mage, tryig to comfport him. "It's okay... We'll find a way to bring her back unharmed. Okay?" She paused to hug tighter. "Somehow..."
"Yeah! We'll find a way! Don't you worry, Vivi! We'll find a way!" Zidane cheered. "Right guys?"
Everyone nodded. Zidane turned to face the bubble that imprisoned Roz. /We will... We WILL find a way...\ Zidane thought, determined to set Roz free of that weird contraption. But then, he turned around sharply to face Cid.
"Wait a minute! YOU built it! Now tell us how to fix this mess!"
"I'm sorry! But I'm afraid I don't know HOW to fix this! There are still a few things that needed to be fixed, remember? This is one of them!" Cid said defensively. "Besides! It doesn't fly yet! We didn't expect--"
But Cid was cut off when the air ship made a violent jerk. Dagger screamed and Eiko gave a yelp, grabbing onto anything that would support her--it was Stiener's leg. (-_-;;;)
When most of the movement subsided, Everyone turned to the bubble which Roz was in. Electrical crackling surrounded the bubble, making several rings of yellow bolts. Roz moved in her liquidated cell; she opened her eyes slowly, blinking. She tilted her head back before closing her eyes again, remaining motionless.
In Roz's view, when she was in teh sea of blues and greens, she was floating endlessly, aimlessly. She had no sense of direction, but was floating somewhere. Whatever she thought, it was answered.
/Where am I...?\
[You are here... In this chamber... This chamber that will help you in more ways than one...]
/What so you mean?\ She looked around her in this nothingness of colors. She couldn't pinpoint where the voice was coming from.
[I'm here... In you... Right here...]
/What? Wha...\ Roz closed her eyes, sensing something deep within her; it was a strange feeling she could almost express in words.
[You are me, I am you... Together, we will help those in need....]
/How?\
[You shall see... But you must thank my creator for giving me life, and to fate who brought you to me so that we may be connected...]
/I still don't understand!\
[There is so much you don't understand, yes, but there will be a chance for you to seek those answers and will find them... Does that make sense?]
/I... I'm not sure... I... I guess... So I will be able to find what I am looking for when I bond with you?\
[Indeed... But not all questions will be answered.... You understand this, yes...?]
She nodded, entwining her fingers together as if in prayer in front of her. /Yes... I know... But... I want.. I...\
[I know, you one... I know... You wish to find your friends... yes?]
/Yes... I do...\
[Yes... But first, to find your friends, you must first help me before I help you...]
/Help me...? You'll... help me...?\
[I will, young one... I will... but please... help me first so that I may help you....]
Roz was excited. /I will! I'll help! I'll help all I can so that I can find Sora and Riku!\
[Thank you..... Now open your eyes and yourself so that I may enter...]
Roz hesitated before she did was she was told. She opened her eyes, blinking slowly, to find herself in the ship, in the bubble; she saw Zidane and all the others, even Cid. She tilted back her head and opened herself up, closing her eyes just after she felt a warm, calm feeling coursed through her. She heard the conversation that took place just outside her capsule a mere few minutes ago.
/Move.... Fly.... Needs to fly...\
[Yes. Yes, young one... We need to fly...]
/Fly....\ Roz opened her eyes yet again to see but a different place; it was not the ship, but it was not the sea of colors. It was... different... Roz knew what must do and willed her way to moving. She was going to move this damn ship if it even killed her.
Zidane and the others felt another violent jerk of the ship. Zidane stared at the bubble in horror. /What's going on?!!\ he thought, not liking this one bit.
A wave of turbulence knocked everyone off their feet. Zidane was thrown this was and that as he tried to stay afoot. When he could not stand a second more, he skidded a foot or two when he fell, landing right in front of the bubble. It was emmiting strange energy and the high voltage of electrical crackling and bolts sents his hairs on end, and it was changing colors. IT didn't stay to the fashion of blue-green but changed among the colors of fushia, purple, orange-red, blood red, sky blue, and so on.
"Guys! Look!" Zidane shouted over hte creaking and abnormal sounds that started to wake all around them.
"Oh gosh! What's happening?!" was Dagger's voice.
"She must be controlling the ship!" Freya shouted, her voice barely heard above the sound.
"But how?! I thought it couldn't fly!" Eiko's voice rang as she paniced.
"Cid! Uncle Cid!" Dagger called for her uncle, but when she looked around to find him, he was nowhere in site.
"Cid!" Zidane was heard shouting. He too looked around. "Damnit! Where IS he?!! He was right here with us!"
The air ship gave a jerk and groaned as if it hadn't moved in decades. "What the hell--?! What's goin on?!"
"I'm gonna check what's happening outside!" Zidane said, getting up wobbly.
"I'll check the bridge!" Freya offered her help. She too got up from her space on the floor and wobbly exited, followed by Zidane.
Vivi was up against the wall, shaking in fear. "What's going to happen, Dagger?" he asked her.
"We don't know Vivi! But if our guesses are right, Roz will control the ship and take us out of the hanger with a bunch of rubble left behind!"
The ship groaned yet again, but the motions subsided. Dagger queasily got to her feet--she didn't enjoy the jerks and sickly sounds that clouded her mind--and looked around. She knew that she couldn't reach Roz and make her stop, even though it's seemed as it she was, so she decided to get Zidane.
"Vivi, Eiko, Steiner, Amarant? Stay here and watch for my uncle or Frey or anyone who comes by, okay? i'm going outside to check what's going on." And with that said, she ran out the room and toward the outside of hte ship.
Zidane was struggling to keep himself afoot for as long as possible until he reached outside. He made slow progress, but progress nonetheless. When the ship stopped moving for a pause, he ran as fast as he could to mak it outside. There, he saw Cid with the builders and tech crew that made the ship. Cid was shouting orders to unhook the ship from it's binds.
"Come! We must release this ship before he takes off with all of us with it!" Cid shouted, waving his arms, pointing here and there, and pushing everyone to their limits to get the work done.
"Cid!" Zidane shouted, runing up to the man.
"Zidane! What in the world--" Cid started but was cut off when Zidane grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him.
"Cid! We have major trouble! Roz is controlling the ship! She's making it move! Well- She was a second ago!" Zidane screamed int eh man's ears.
"Well, boy, I know that!" Cid shouted back. "We're trying to unhook the shackles that bind the ship to this place! If we don't and Roz continues to move the ship, then it'll all come down! Come boy! Help us out!"
"I'm not a boy!" Zidane shouted, but ran back to the ship, his dagger out to aid him in his work. He ran into Dagger right before he started to climb up the side. "Dagger!"
"Zidane! What are you--"
"No time! We need to free the air ship! get hte others to help! quick! summon some Eidolons! Something! C'mon! I dont' care what you do! Just help us free this ship before Roz starts up again!!" Zidane jumps up and climbed up the side of the ship as fast as his legs could take him.
Roz was tired; she felt weak; she wanted to rest for a while.
/Please... May i rest for a moment?\
[Yes you may, young one... You may rest...]
Roz was happy to hear that. /Good... Thank you...\
[Ah.. but do not think you can rest forever, young one. You still have to help me move before I can help you...]
/I know... I know...\
[Good.... Please... rest for a moment or two then help me with all your might. You are young and short on energy... You dont' hold as much strength as I do, young one, but once you grow accustom to my system, you will do more than you've ever done, know more than you've ever done, and maybe... be greater then I...]
/But wait... If I am young and short on energy, shorter than you, then why must I do your biddings if you are stronger than I?\
[I cannot move one my own... I am a vessel with a mind, but no bones... You are my bones... Together, we will help each other... I am the flesh and brain, but you are the skeleton with nothing else to help you. We help each other... Mostly I to you... Does this clear things up a bit, young one?]
/I suppose...\
[... You are welcome, child...]
/Child... You called me a child... But a second ago you called me 'young one'... Why the sudden change of words?\
[Ah, but you are like a child... Once you grow more into here, you will develop new powers... Then, will you truely be a 'young one' in here... Besides... you are like my child...]
Roz smiled as her eyes closed. /Hmm... I guess so... It must also be easier to call me a child than a 'young one' I suppose...\
[... That as well...]
/Hee!\ she giggled.
[You must rest, child... Why are you still speaking with me?]
/I am resting... But i would also like to talk wiht you... get to know you... before I use my strength once more...\
[But you must rest completely! This is foolish of you! my child... You are still young and weak, and when you exit to your world again, you will be terribly exhausted! You must rest as much as you can!]
Roz thought about this. /Oh... I-- Okay...\ Roz shut up and let the flow of relaxation and rested in silence. After a while, she spoke once more. /You know, you are like a mother... You sound like a patient and caring mother...\
[Why thank you child... I suppose I am like a mother... But rest, dear... rest...]
Dagger had Amarant and Steiner help Zidane and the crew free the ship while it ceased to move. Eiko rode atop of one of her Eidolons that looked similar to a wolf. Dagger: she did not help outside the ship but stayed inside to monitor Roz and what went on inside. Vivi too was with her but stayed always in that room when Dagger would run around the ship, checking things.
When everything was done, the shackles were off, the ship crew for the bridge was ready, and the rest of the ship crew outside to monitor what happened outside, Dagger, Eiko, Steiner, Freya, Cid, Zidane, and Amarant joined up in the dome like room where Roz slept.
Moments after, the ship moved again, this time, without the shaking, groaning, the weird eerie sounds, and as much strain as the before. The ships lifted from it's area and out of the hanger, through the open gates which Cid ordered to be open for access of the ship. Ship fly out of the castle's hanger and out of the city, onto the high ground that was right outside the kingdom. When they had landed, the bubble which held Roz started to do funny things. It changed colors and bubbled up as if it was about to boil. Everyone edged back, afraid of what was to happen, but when nothing dangerous DID happen, everyone pushed Zidane forward to check it out.
"Hey! I--" Zidane stumbled forward. He nearly crashed into the sheild of bolts that still circled the bubble. He reached out with his hand to touch the shield, but when he was just about ot make contact, the shield disintigrated all together! The bubble was still doing funny things, but it's movements and reactions were slowing into nothing. Zidane approached the bubble cautiously, his hand out in front of him like a shield in case he was to contact with something or run into something. He touched the bubble; it felt like goo. He poked the bubble several times before he accidentally poked his hand through. Having a sudden idea, he turned to his friends and nodded his decision. He pushed his way through into the bubble before he was surrounded entirely by it to reach and touch Roz.
Roz was humming a tune, a tune that she loved and reminded her of happier days.
/Will you help me now?\ She asked the ship, smiling.
[Oh course, child. I will help you after you have helped me this little bit.]
/Oh thank you!\
[You are welcome child...]
/But before I ask you of something, may I have a name to refer to you by?\
[A name? I have none to give you... You may think of one that will please you the best...]
/Me?\
[Yes. You may create a name for me...]
/Oh.. Well... I--\ But Roz stopped when she felt another presence there. She looked around until she spotted Zidane. /Oh! Zidane! What in the world are you doing here?!\
//Roz! You're okay!\\
/Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be, silly?\
Zidane furrowed his brows. //What do you mean by 'Why wouldn't I, silly?'? You've been stuck in that bubble for an hour or two already!\\
/Really?\ She blinked, puzzled. /Have I, Feng?\
['Feng'? Is that what you call me, child?]
//Huh?? Who was that?\\ Zidane was confused when he heard Feng.
Roz smiled. /Yeah... I like it...\ She giggled for a moment, a hand over her mouth. /Friend eternal, never going. You are inside me always, right? Well, yu will be, right? So then you will never go away, my friend...\
[How nice of you... But to answer your question earlier, yes. You HAVE been here a while...]
Roz frowned. /But it only seemed minutes!\
[Indeed. You only see it as minutes, but it is indeed hours. Soon you will learn to flow yourself along with the flow of time. You may need later on...]
//Uh... Can we get on with what we started a while ago? I mean, can we get Roz out of here, now?\\ Zidane seemed a bit anxious but didn't want to interrupt the nice conversation of nothing important. //I'm sorry, but I'm here to take Roz if you dont' mind.. um... 'Feng'...\\
[Oh, not at all, dear... She and I cannot part forever, so when she comes again, then we shall continue our conversation later... But please... Visit us anytime... Especially if you need to retreive Roz fromher duties here to face important ones out there...]
Zidane blinked. //Um... Sure....\\ 'Visit'?! Did he hear that right? Come and visit? ... Weird...
[Well, you must go now, child... Please rest... You have used more of your body then you think or have ever done before... Please take care, child... And come back when you need my help...]
/Wait! First, I'd like to ask you a question!\
Zidane was about to grab Roz and pull her out, but stopped when she continued.
/Tell me where Sora and Riku are! Please! Can you tell me where they are?\
[Do not fret dear... I cannot tell you now, but it will come to you later... You will soon know what I mean... The answer will come to you later... Let your heart and mind giude you.... Now go, dear... go...]
/But wait! I don't understand! I--\
But Zidane wouldn't let her finish. He picked her up and dragged her out. //C'mon, Roz. She said you'll find the answer later, okay? So you'll find the answer later! Now C'mon!\\
/Wait! No! Zi- Zidane! No! I want to know what she means! I really wunna know!\
Zidane stopped, his arms still around Roz's waist, half carrying, half dragging her out of that place. //Roz, c'mon... I know you want to know, and I do too, but she said that you'll know soon. Now the faster and sooner we get out of here, hte faster and sooner we'll know the answer! Makes sense?\\
Roz lowered her head. /Yeah... But...\
//But nothing. C'mon, girl. Let's get going... We have people out there that are anxious to meet us.\\
Roz lifted her head. /Really? Dagger? Eiko? Cid? and.. Vivi?\
//Yup. All of them. C'mon.\\
/Okay! .. Besides... I want to apologize to Vivi for freaking him out as I probably did to make you com in her and drag me out of the place...\
//S'okay, kid. Let's just go already.\\
Roz nodded and let Zidane carry her out. She was weighed down with sudden exhaustion and felt as if she couldn't stand up anymore.
The others waited patiently, yet anxiously as the bubble morphed and created a hole in itself. Slowly, but surely, Zidane emerged with Roz in his arms. Dagger was hte first to run up to them as Zidane fell to the ground with Roz still with him.
Zidane opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was the tear stained face of Dagger. "Hiya, Dagger. I got 'er." He looked down at Roz who had her arms wrapped around his neck but a small, sweet smile on her lips. "Nice girl, she is," Zidane whispered.
Roz blinked, slowly opening her eyes from what was like a deep slumber. She was tickled under her chin by some kind of fabric. She sneezed and pulled away from it, her nose wrinkled. She felt a warm body right by her, and when she looked at the person's face, she saw Zidane. "Zidane... Hi... Um... About what happened back there... Thank you..." And with that, she hugged the blond haired man.
"No problem, Roz. But as Feng said, you should rest..." Zidane advised.
"I know... I know..." Roz let go of Zidane and pulled away from him completely, sitting on the cold ground in her own space. She was greeted warmly by the others, Vivi especially who which she apologized just as she said she would.
"I'm very sorry for scaring you back there, Vivi..." She looked up at the others. "I'm really sorry... everyone. But somehow, I was drawn to it... Zidane, you know what I mean... you were there for those very last moments... You talked with us... Feng and I... You heard, right?"
Zidane nodded. "I did..."
"Yeah... But the only way am I to find our friends is to rest up, right? Feng said that it'll come to me sooner or later, right?"
"Right." Zidane smiled charmingly at her, reassuring her a great dear. He had gotten up, extending a gloved hand to help her up as well.
"So.. then... I suppose... I'd better rest, right?" Roz gladly took the hand and got up.
"Right again, Roz."
"Good..." Roz smiled and hugged Zidane once again. "Thank you... Zidane..." was all she said before she slumped in his arms, falling straight to sleep.
"Your welcome Roz..." Zidane scooped her up and carried her. When he was about to leave the room, he noticed that Cid was again, gone. "Now where did he go?"
The others looked at one another, confused and unsure. They knew not of where the old man was, neither did they know what just happened but a second ago in front of their eyes. Who was Feng? And what were Roz and Zidane talking about? And did they miss something completely?
Zidane brought them all out of their thoughts when he said that they needed to find the old man so that they could go back to the castle. So, agreeing, they looked. To their surprise, they saw Cid in the bridge where the pilot and several other crew members were.
"It doesn't move? Is that possible? Then... It only moved when the girl was in it? Blank, could you steer it at all when it moved?" Cid asked a man around Zidane's height and age who was at the controls of the airship.
"No, sir. Not-- Not really... I couldn't do much as land it... I guess..." answered Blank.
"Blank!" Zidane cut in, carrying Roz as he ran up to his old friend and the king--the others were right behind Zidane.
"Zidane! Hi-- ... Ooh... Nice girlfriend... Who is she?" Blank said, noticing Roz. "A bit young though, don't you think?"
"Shut up! Just-- What are you doing here? I thought you were with the Tantulaus!" Zidane exclaimed, really excited to see his friend.
"Nah... I work here part time... Cid asked me to assist him on the ship..." Blank gestured to the older man behind him.
"Oh.. Well, great! Now, hold her." Zidane gave Roz to Blank after untangling her arms from around him. Once Blank had Roz, he went over to Cid. "Cid, I heard you a second ago about how the ship wouldn't move without Roz. What's this about?"
Cid had his back to them, but soon turned around to face Zidane and the rest of hte group that stared at him, wanting an answer. "Well, Zidane, I'm not sure exactly what this is about... The ship moved when Roz was in control of it at the heart of hte ship--the bubble--but when she came out, I went straight to here to see if it could move without her. Apparently not."
"So what then?" Zidane asked. "How're we gonna get the ship back to your hanger? And why did the ship land in the first place when it could've stayed afloat before all that weird stuff went on wiht the bubble?"
"Zidane, ask Blank. Not me. He said he landed it."
"Huh?" Zidane turned to Blank with a confused look on his face.
Blank smiled sheepishly. "Well, I think I landed it... I mean..."
"Yeah.. Go on..."
"Well, I kinda freaked out when the air ship moved and was still moving when it reached outside Limblum. I wished in my mind for the air ship to land and stop flying because I was really freaked."
"Apparently..." Zidane muttered. But then he blinked. "Wait... you said you 'wished' for the ship to stop and land? But you said it mentally?"
Blank nodded but could do no more for he lost his balance with Roz in his arms. Zidane jumped and immediately took Roz from Blank, afraid he'd might drop her. "Okay... you did... but where did you say.. er... think... all this? I mean, was it a specific place?" He shifted Roz's weight in his arms as he looked around. He walked over to the part of the ship where the pilot would steer the ship--there wasn't a wheel there but a cirle on the floor with a glowing, pulsing light there. Zidane walked over to it and stood over it.
"Is this where you stood?" he asked Blank, turning around to see Blank's approval or disagreement. Blank nodded. "Really? Hmm... Maybe..." Zidane stood right in the center of hte circle, looking down at his feet where the circle pulsed rapidly.
//Feng? Can you hear me?\\ Zidane thought at the circle.
[Yes dear, but i do not see why you are talking to your feet...] Feng joked, talking in his mind.
//Oh... Sorry... But um... Where are you exactly?\\
[Just look up dear... Pretend I am right in front of you...]
Zidane looked up and straight ahead. He looked out at the long and large row of windows in front of him. In the windows, he saw a faint image of himself holding Roz. Then, he blinked, wondering if he was seeing things.
"Wha.."
"Zidane? What is it?" Dagger asked him.
Zidane turned around to glance at her before looking back at the window where he still saw himself, Roz, and a girl that he knew wasn't next to him. "N- Nothing..."
//Feng?\\
[Hello...] The girl in the window smiled, waving.
//But you look like a girl! I mean-- a young one! I mean--\\
[I know... But I can look as old as I want... It does not matter...] The girl in the window changed to an older woman.
//Whoa...\\
The image changed back to the girl that was younger and looked just a little younger than him. She was slim and looked like a mix between many people. She had his hair style, but Dagger's lair color and beauty, Freya's sharpness, Amarant's silence (how could he tell? well, he just could... leave it at that...), Vivi's shortness, and Eiko's stubborness. Zidane whistled, impressed in how this girl was put together to represent all of them.
//But wait... nothing of Roz?\\
[That I leave for later and for her to create... I will not choose who or how I look like. I only do this to when you or your friends come to speak with me.]
//Huh? So then all they have to do is stand here to talk to you?\\
The girl in the window nodded. Zidane pondered more on this. //So... then... Could I ask you to fly the ship and you could do it for me?\\ Feng nodded again.
"Oh... Okay... I get how it works now..." Zidane said aloud.
[Are you satisfied, Zidane? I will happily tell you of how it works.]
"Oh? Relally? Could you tell everyone?" Zidane glanced bakc at the others as they stared at him as if he was crazy by talking to himself.
[Of course...]
"Guys! Feng is going to tell us how this ship works and how Blank could land the ship just by begging to in his head!" Zidane announced.
Blank got a few stares which made him blush. "Oh wow... Thanks Zidane... But I'm not a twit or anything..." he muttered under his breath.
[Oh, of course you aren't a twit, Blank, dear.] Feng smiled at Zidane when he laughed. The image of the girl disappeared and the circle under Zidane's feet glowed. [Zidane, could you move please?]
"Oh... Okay." Zidane jumped back a few feet to allow Feng access to come through.
The girl that was once in the window was now a holographic like image where the circle was. She smiled and waved to everyone. 'Hello, everyone.'
"Hey Feng." Zidane turned to the others who were gaping and stumped completely. "Guys, this is Feng. The one I was talkig to a moment ago and before that with Roz."
Feng projected her voice so that it was a s if she was talking instead of just speaking in their minds. "Hello. I'm pretty sure you would like to know how Blank operated the ship. No?"
Silence answered her question. "Well, if you stand right here where I am," she pointed to her feet, "you can control the ship with your wishes and wants and so on just by telling me mentally. See, you can call me a... well, the heart and mind of the ship."
Still, silence answered her. "Okay...? Well, when Blank begged for the ship to land, I did as he wished and landed it, with the help of Roz. See, I cannot really operate without the girl, but until she is powerful enough to endure it long enough for hour flights, I believe I must use my own strength to fly the ship. But see, without Roz, I cannot travel far. I cannot go to outer space as I was meant to do." Feng smiled sweetly at Cid. "But, I can at least get your around the continents. I hope that is enough for you for a while... At least until Roz learns more and has rested..."
Blank was... blank in expression, Vivi was scared and confused, Eiko was just confused, Freya and Amarant showed no emotion, and Steiner was his usual stupid self. Zidane grinned at Rusty's appearance, nearly laughing his head off. Zidane turned to Feng and smiled at her, she knew too of Steiner's dumbstriken look.
"So, Feng. Anything to say to your creator?" Zidane gestured as best as he was able to Cid with Roz still asleep in his arms.
"Actually Zidane, he is not me creator, but only a director."
"I don't understand."
"I was made a long time ago, but just now, I was placed in here, as a part of the ship. But I am glad I am put here." She smiled at Cid reassuringly, showing that she was greatful of him even though he did nothing but move her from one location to the other.
Cid stayed silent, trying to seem dignified and in control of himself even though it wasn't working. He looked as stupid as Steiner almost. Feng smiled warmly at Cid, then turned to Zidane. "Zidane, you will make sure she rests fully, correct?"
Zidane nodded, his face determined to keep his word. "Yeah. I promise that she rests. She'll be okay, right?"
"Of course... She's a strong girl... Hee hee." Feng smiled, giggling. "Please take care of her. She is still young and cannot endure the full power of this ship nor the powers the will get later on. That is why it is later on that she recieves them. They are much too powerful for her. Zidane... you--"
Zidane cut her off after a quick flash of his white teeth. "Don't you worry one bit, Feng! Dont' wunna go into the whole romantic love scene where it's like someone died and then a loved one leaves or something, right?"
Feng nodded and started to fade. "Of course not! Take care of her, Zidane! Or else I'll get at you!"
Zidane nodded and walked out of the ship and back to Limblum hotel on foot; besides, it wasn't that far, the ship didn't fly that far away from Limblum--it was just outside the gates for crying out loud! Zidane quickly made it back to the hotel where he fixed Roz her bed and laid her in it. In that bed, she would rest the rest of the morning, afternoon, evening, and if needed, all of the next day too. Zidane didn't care. He'd keep his promise and hopefully, it'd do them good and Roz will know where Riku and Sora were by then time she woke up.
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An: ah, but WILL she know where they are by the next day or so? and hey, what's going on with the two anyway? and what WILL happen while the others are at the sidelines while Sora may do as he pleases with Riku and any part of Gaea he wants?! who knows? (*jumps up and down, waving my arms back and forth* i do! i do!!) hee hee! and i'm sorry to the fluff and sappiness in this chapter... I'm pretty sure things'll get exciting later on... so you've read, now review, email, whatever! and remember, i'm grounded, but i've finished the game and am still trying to get this thing on it's way to the ... uh... well, on it's way! so enjoy the cliffie and ponder on what the hell i'm gonna do next! yeah! *wink* ;)
Disclaimer: i don't own! me no own! you no sue! me no own KH or Squaresoft stuff, so you no sue me! HAH!
Chapter Six
"Oh Vivi..." Dagger hugged the small black mage, tryig to comfport him. "It's okay... We'll find a way to bring her back unharmed. Okay?" She paused to hug tighter. "Somehow..."
"Yeah! We'll find a way! Don't you worry, Vivi! We'll find a way!" Zidane cheered. "Right guys?"
Everyone nodded. Zidane turned to face the bubble that imprisoned Roz. /We will... We WILL find a way...\ Zidane thought, determined to set Roz free of that weird contraption. But then, he turned around sharply to face Cid.
"Wait a minute! YOU built it! Now tell us how to fix this mess!"
"I'm sorry! But I'm afraid I don't know HOW to fix this! There are still a few things that needed to be fixed, remember? This is one of them!" Cid said defensively. "Besides! It doesn't fly yet! We didn't expect--"
But Cid was cut off when the air ship made a violent jerk. Dagger screamed and Eiko gave a yelp, grabbing onto anything that would support her--it was Stiener's leg. (-_-;;;)
When most of the movement subsided, Everyone turned to the bubble which Roz was in. Electrical crackling surrounded the bubble, making several rings of yellow bolts. Roz moved in her liquidated cell; she opened her eyes slowly, blinking. She tilted her head back before closing her eyes again, remaining motionless.
In Roz's view, when she was in teh sea of blues and greens, she was floating endlessly, aimlessly. She had no sense of direction, but was floating somewhere. Whatever she thought, it was answered.
/Where am I...?\
[You are here... In this chamber... This chamber that will help you in more ways than one...]
/What so you mean?\ She looked around her in this nothingness of colors. She couldn't pinpoint where the voice was coming from.
[I'm here... In you... Right here...]
/What? Wha...\ Roz closed her eyes, sensing something deep within her; it was a strange feeling she could almost express in words.
[You are me, I am you... Together, we will help those in need....]
/How?\
[You shall see... But you must thank my creator for giving me life, and to fate who brought you to me so that we may be connected...]
/I still don't understand!\
[There is so much you don't understand, yes, but there will be a chance for you to seek those answers and will find them... Does that make sense?]
/I... I'm not sure... I... I guess... So I will be able to find what I am looking for when I bond with you?\
[Indeed... But not all questions will be answered.... You understand this, yes...?]
She nodded, entwining her fingers together as if in prayer in front of her. /Yes... I know... But... I want.. I...\
[I know, you one... I know... You wish to find your friends... yes?]
/Yes... I do...\
[Yes... But first, to find your friends, you must first help me before I help you...]
/Help me...? You'll... help me...?\
[I will, young one... I will... but please... help me first so that I may help you....]
Roz was excited. /I will! I'll help! I'll help all I can so that I can find Sora and Riku!\
[Thank you..... Now open your eyes and yourself so that I may enter...]
Roz hesitated before she did was she was told. She opened her eyes, blinking slowly, to find herself in the ship, in the bubble; she saw Zidane and all the others, even Cid. She tilted back her head and opened herself up, closing her eyes just after she felt a warm, calm feeling coursed through her. She heard the conversation that took place just outside her capsule a mere few minutes ago.
/Move.... Fly.... Needs to fly...\
[Yes. Yes, young one... We need to fly...]
/Fly....\ Roz opened her eyes yet again to see but a different place; it was not the ship, but it was not the sea of colors. It was... different... Roz knew what must do and willed her way to moving. She was going to move this damn ship if it even killed her.
Zidane and the others felt another violent jerk of the ship. Zidane stared at the bubble in horror. /What's going on?!!\ he thought, not liking this one bit.
A wave of turbulence knocked everyone off their feet. Zidane was thrown this was and that as he tried to stay afoot. When he could not stand a second more, he skidded a foot or two when he fell, landing right in front of the bubble. It was emmiting strange energy and the high voltage of electrical crackling and bolts sents his hairs on end, and it was changing colors. IT didn't stay to the fashion of blue-green but changed among the colors of fushia, purple, orange-red, blood red, sky blue, and so on.
"Guys! Look!" Zidane shouted over hte creaking and abnormal sounds that started to wake all around them.
"Oh gosh! What's happening?!" was Dagger's voice.
"She must be controlling the ship!" Freya shouted, her voice barely heard above the sound.
"But how?! I thought it couldn't fly!" Eiko's voice rang as she paniced.
"Cid! Uncle Cid!" Dagger called for her uncle, but when she looked around to find him, he was nowhere in site.
"Cid!" Zidane was heard shouting. He too looked around. "Damnit! Where IS he?!! He was right here with us!"
The air ship gave a jerk and groaned as if it hadn't moved in decades. "What the hell--?! What's goin on?!"
"I'm gonna check what's happening outside!" Zidane said, getting up wobbly.
"I'll check the bridge!" Freya offered her help. She too got up from her space on the floor and wobbly exited, followed by Zidane.
Vivi was up against the wall, shaking in fear. "What's going to happen, Dagger?" he asked her.
"We don't know Vivi! But if our guesses are right, Roz will control the ship and take us out of the hanger with a bunch of rubble left behind!"
The ship groaned yet again, but the motions subsided. Dagger queasily got to her feet--she didn't enjoy the jerks and sickly sounds that clouded her mind--and looked around. She knew that she couldn't reach Roz and make her stop, even though it's seemed as it she was, so she decided to get Zidane.
"Vivi, Eiko, Steiner, Amarant? Stay here and watch for my uncle or Frey or anyone who comes by, okay? i'm going outside to check what's going on." And with that said, she ran out the room and toward the outside of hte ship.
Zidane was struggling to keep himself afoot for as long as possible until he reached outside. He made slow progress, but progress nonetheless. When the ship stopped moving for a pause, he ran as fast as he could to mak it outside. There, he saw Cid with the builders and tech crew that made the ship. Cid was shouting orders to unhook the ship from it's binds.
"Come! We must release this ship before he takes off with all of us with it!" Cid shouted, waving his arms, pointing here and there, and pushing everyone to their limits to get the work done.
"Cid!" Zidane shouted, runing up to the man.
"Zidane! What in the world--" Cid started but was cut off when Zidane grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him.
"Cid! We have major trouble! Roz is controlling the ship! She's making it move! Well- She was a second ago!" Zidane screamed int eh man's ears.
"Well, boy, I know that!" Cid shouted back. "We're trying to unhook the shackles that bind the ship to this place! If we don't and Roz continues to move the ship, then it'll all come down! Come boy! Help us out!"
"I'm not a boy!" Zidane shouted, but ran back to the ship, his dagger out to aid him in his work. He ran into Dagger right before he started to climb up the side. "Dagger!"
"Zidane! What are you--"
"No time! We need to free the air ship! get hte others to help! quick! summon some Eidolons! Something! C'mon! I dont' care what you do! Just help us free this ship before Roz starts up again!!" Zidane jumps up and climbed up the side of the ship as fast as his legs could take him.
Roz was tired; she felt weak; she wanted to rest for a while.
/Please... May i rest for a moment?\
[Yes you may, young one... You may rest...]
Roz was happy to hear that. /Good... Thank you...\
[Ah.. but do not think you can rest forever, young one. You still have to help me move before I can help you...]
/I know... I know...\
[Good.... Please... rest for a moment or two then help me with all your might. You are young and short on energy... You dont' hold as much strength as I do, young one, but once you grow accustom to my system, you will do more than you've ever done, know more than you've ever done, and maybe... be greater then I...]
/But wait... If I am young and short on energy, shorter than you, then why must I do your biddings if you are stronger than I?\
[I cannot move one my own... I am a vessel with a mind, but no bones... You are my bones... Together, we will help each other... I am the flesh and brain, but you are the skeleton with nothing else to help you. We help each other... Mostly I to you... Does this clear things up a bit, young one?]
/I suppose...\
[... You are welcome, child...]
/Child... You called me a child... But a second ago you called me 'young one'... Why the sudden change of words?\
[Ah, but you are like a child... Once you grow more into here, you will develop new powers... Then, will you truely be a 'young one' in here... Besides... you are like my child...]
Roz smiled as her eyes closed. /Hmm... I guess so... It must also be easier to call me a child than a 'young one' I suppose...\
[... That as well...]
/Hee!\ she giggled.
[You must rest, child... Why are you still speaking with me?]
/I am resting... But i would also like to talk wiht you... get to know you... before I use my strength once more...\
[But you must rest completely! This is foolish of you! my child... You are still young and weak, and when you exit to your world again, you will be terribly exhausted! You must rest as much as you can!]
Roz thought about this. /Oh... I-- Okay...\ Roz shut up and let the flow of relaxation and rested in silence. After a while, she spoke once more. /You know, you are like a mother... You sound like a patient and caring mother...\
[Why thank you child... I suppose I am like a mother... But rest, dear... rest...]
Dagger had Amarant and Steiner help Zidane and the crew free the ship while it ceased to move. Eiko rode atop of one of her Eidolons that looked similar to a wolf. Dagger: she did not help outside the ship but stayed inside to monitor Roz and what went on inside. Vivi too was with her but stayed always in that room when Dagger would run around the ship, checking things.
When everything was done, the shackles were off, the ship crew for the bridge was ready, and the rest of the ship crew outside to monitor what happened outside, Dagger, Eiko, Steiner, Freya, Cid, Zidane, and Amarant joined up in the dome like room where Roz slept.
Moments after, the ship moved again, this time, without the shaking, groaning, the weird eerie sounds, and as much strain as the before. The ships lifted from it's area and out of the hanger, through the open gates which Cid ordered to be open for access of the ship. Ship fly out of the castle's hanger and out of the city, onto the high ground that was right outside the kingdom. When they had landed, the bubble which held Roz started to do funny things. It changed colors and bubbled up as if it was about to boil. Everyone edged back, afraid of what was to happen, but when nothing dangerous DID happen, everyone pushed Zidane forward to check it out.
"Hey! I--" Zidane stumbled forward. He nearly crashed into the sheild of bolts that still circled the bubble. He reached out with his hand to touch the shield, but when he was just about ot make contact, the shield disintigrated all together! The bubble was still doing funny things, but it's movements and reactions were slowing into nothing. Zidane approached the bubble cautiously, his hand out in front of him like a shield in case he was to contact with something or run into something. He touched the bubble; it felt like goo. He poked the bubble several times before he accidentally poked his hand through. Having a sudden idea, he turned to his friends and nodded his decision. He pushed his way through into the bubble before he was surrounded entirely by it to reach and touch Roz.
Roz was humming a tune, a tune that she loved and reminded her of happier days.
/Will you help me now?\ She asked the ship, smiling.
[Oh course, child. I will help you after you have helped me this little bit.]
/Oh thank you!\
[You are welcome child...]
/But before I ask you of something, may I have a name to refer to you by?\
[A name? I have none to give you... You may think of one that will please you the best...]
/Me?\
[Yes. You may create a name for me...]
/Oh.. Well... I--\ But Roz stopped when she felt another presence there. She looked around until she spotted Zidane. /Oh! Zidane! What in the world are you doing here?!\
//Roz! You're okay!\\
/Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be, silly?\
Zidane furrowed his brows. //What do you mean by 'Why wouldn't I, silly?'? You've been stuck in that bubble for an hour or two already!\\
/Really?\ She blinked, puzzled. /Have I, Feng?\
['Feng'? Is that what you call me, child?]
//Huh?? Who was that?\\ Zidane was confused when he heard Feng.
Roz smiled. /Yeah... I like it...\ She giggled for a moment, a hand over her mouth. /Friend eternal, never going. You are inside me always, right? Well, yu will be, right? So then you will never go away, my friend...\
[How nice of you... But to answer your question earlier, yes. You HAVE been here a while...]
Roz frowned. /But it only seemed minutes!\
[Indeed. You only see it as minutes, but it is indeed hours. Soon you will learn to flow yourself along with the flow of time. You may need later on...]
//Uh... Can we get on with what we started a while ago? I mean, can we get Roz out of here, now?\\ Zidane seemed a bit anxious but didn't want to interrupt the nice conversation of nothing important. //I'm sorry, but I'm here to take Roz if you dont' mind.. um... 'Feng'...\\
[Oh, not at all, dear... She and I cannot part forever, so when she comes again, then we shall continue our conversation later... But please... Visit us anytime... Especially if you need to retreive Roz fromher duties here to face important ones out there...]
Zidane blinked. //Um... Sure....\\ 'Visit'?! Did he hear that right? Come and visit? ... Weird...
[Well, you must go now, child... Please rest... You have used more of your body then you think or have ever done before... Please take care, child... And come back when you need my help...]
/Wait! First, I'd like to ask you a question!\
Zidane was about to grab Roz and pull her out, but stopped when she continued.
/Tell me where Sora and Riku are! Please! Can you tell me where they are?\
[Do not fret dear... I cannot tell you now, but it will come to you later... You will soon know what I mean... The answer will come to you later... Let your heart and mind giude you.... Now go, dear... go...]
/But wait! I don't understand! I--\
But Zidane wouldn't let her finish. He picked her up and dragged her out. //C'mon, Roz. She said you'll find the answer later, okay? So you'll find the answer later! Now C'mon!\\
/Wait! No! Zi- Zidane! No! I want to know what she means! I really wunna know!\
Zidane stopped, his arms still around Roz's waist, half carrying, half dragging her out of that place. //Roz, c'mon... I know you want to know, and I do too, but she said that you'll know soon. Now the faster and sooner we get out of here, hte faster and sooner we'll know the answer! Makes sense?\\
Roz lowered her head. /Yeah... But...\
//But nothing. C'mon, girl. Let's get going... We have people out there that are anxious to meet us.\\
Roz lifted her head. /Really? Dagger? Eiko? Cid? and.. Vivi?\
//Yup. All of them. C'mon.\\
/Okay! .. Besides... I want to apologize to Vivi for freaking him out as I probably did to make you com in her and drag me out of the place...\
//S'okay, kid. Let's just go already.\\
Roz nodded and let Zidane carry her out. She was weighed down with sudden exhaustion and felt as if she couldn't stand up anymore.
The others waited patiently, yet anxiously as the bubble morphed and created a hole in itself. Slowly, but surely, Zidane emerged with Roz in his arms. Dagger was hte first to run up to them as Zidane fell to the ground with Roz still with him.
Zidane opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was the tear stained face of Dagger. "Hiya, Dagger. I got 'er." He looked down at Roz who had her arms wrapped around his neck but a small, sweet smile on her lips. "Nice girl, she is," Zidane whispered.
Roz blinked, slowly opening her eyes from what was like a deep slumber. She was tickled under her chin by some kind of fabric. She sneezed and pulled away from it, her nose wrinkled. She felt a warm body right by her, and when she looked at the person's face, she saw Zidane. "Zidane... Hi... Um... About what happened back there... Thank you..." And with that, she hugged the blond haired man.
"No problem, Roz. But as Feng said, you should rest..." Zidane advised.
"I know... I know..." Roz let go of Zidane and pulled away from him completely, sitting on the cold ground in her own space. She was greeted warmly by the others, Vivi especially who which she apologized just as she said she would.
"I'm very sorry for scaring you back there, Vivi..." She looked up at the others. "I'm really sorry... everyone. But somehow, I was drawn to it... Zidane, you know what I mean... you were there for those very last moments... You talked with us... Feng and I... You heard, right?"
Zidane nodded. "I did..."
"Yeah... But the only way am I to find our friends is to rest up, right? Feng said that it'll come to me sooner or later, right?"
"Right." Zidane smiled charmingly at her, reassuring her a great dear. He had gotten up, extending a gloved hand to help her up as well.
"So.. then... I suppose... I'd better rest, right?" Roz gladly took the hand and got up.
"Right again, Roz."
"Good..." Roz smiled and hugged Zidane once again. "Thank you... Zidane..." was all she said before she slumped in his arms, falling straight to sleep.
"Your welcome Roz..." Zidane scooped her up and carried her. When he was about to leave the room, he noticed that Cid was again, gone. "Now where did he go?"
The others looked at one another, confused and unsure. They knew not of where the old man was, neither did they know what just happened but a second ago in front of their eyes. Who was Feng? And what were Roz and Zidane talking about? And did they miss something completely?
Zidane brought them all out of their thoughts when he said that they needed to find the old man so that they could go back to the castle. So, agreeing, they looked. To their surprise, they saw Cid in the bridge where the pilot and several other crew members were.
"It doesn't move? Is that possible? Then... It only moved when the girl was in it? Blank, could you steer it at all when it moved?" Cid asked a man around Zidane's height and age who was at the controls of the airship.
"No, sir. Not-- Not really... I couldn't do much as land it... I guess..." answered Blank.
"Blank!" Zidane cut in, carrying Roz as he ran up to his old friend and the king--the others were right behind Zidane.
"Zidane! Hi-- ... Ooh... Nice girlfriend... Who is she?" Blank said, noticing Roz. "A bit young though, don't you think?"
"Shut up! Just-- What are you doing here? I thought you were with the Tantulaus!" Zidane exclaimed, really excited to see his friend.
"Nah... I work here part time... Cid asked me to assist him on the ship..." Blank gestured to the older man behind him.
"Oh.. Well, great! Now, hold her." Zidane gave Roz to Blank after untangling her arms from around him. Once Blank had Roz, he went over to Cid. "Cid, I heard you a second ago about how the ship wouldn't move without Roz. What's this about?"
Cid had his back to them, but soon turned around to face Zidane and the rest of hte group that stared at him, wanting an answer. "Well, Zidane, I'm not sure exactly what this is about... The ship moved when Roz was in control of it at the heart of hte ship--the bubble--but when she came out, I went straight to here to see if it could move without her. Apparently not."
"So what then?" Zidane asked. "How're we gonna get the ship back to your hanger? And why did the ship land in the first place when it could've stayed afloat before all that weird stuff went on wiht the bubble?"
"Zidane, ask Blank. Not me. He said he landed it."
"Huh?" Zidane turned to Blank with a confused look on his face.
Blank smiled sheepishly. "Well, I think I landed it... I mean..."
"Yeah.. Go on..."
"Well, I kinda freaked out when the air ship moved and was still moving when it reached outside Limblum. I wished in my mind for the air ship to land and stop flying because I was really freaked."
"Apparently..." Zidane muttered. But then he blinked. "Wait... you said you 'wished' for the ship to stop and land? But you said it mentally?"
Blank nodded but could do no more for he lost his balance with Roz in his arms. Zidane jumped and immediately took Roz from Blank, afraid he'd might drop her. "Okay... you did... but where did you say.. er... think... all this? I mean, was it a specific place?" He shifted Roz's weight in his arms as he looked around. He walked over to the part of the ship where the pilot would steer the ship--there wasn't a wheel there but a cirle on the floor with a glowing, pulsing light there. Zidane walked over to it and stood over it.
"Is this where you stood?" he asked Blank, turning around to see Blank's approval or disagreement. Blank nodded. "Really? Hmm... Maybe..." Zidane stood right in the center of hte circle, looking down at his feet where the circle pulsed rapidly.
//Feng? Can you hear me?\\ Zidane thought at the circle.
[Yes dear, but i do not see why you are talking to your feet...] Feng joked, talking in his mind.
//Oh... Sorry... But um... Where are you exactly?\\
[Just look up dear... Pretend I am right in front of you...]
Zidane looked up and straight ahead. He looked out at the long and large row of windows in front of him. In the windows, he saw a faint image of himself holding Roz. Then, he blinked, wondering if he was seeing things.
"Wha.."
"Zidane? What is it?" Dagger asked him.
Zidane turned around to glance at her before looking back at the window where he still saw himself, Roz, and a girl that he knew wasn't next to him. "N- Nothing..."
//Feng?\\
[Hello...] The girl in the window smiled, waving.
//But you look like a girl! I mean-- a young one! I mean--\\
[I know... But I can look as old as I want... It does not matter...] The girl in the window changed to an older woman.
//Whoa...\\
The image changed back to the girl that was younger and looked just a little younger than him. She was slim and looked like a mix between many people. She had his hair style, but Dagger's lair color and beauty, Freya's sharpness, Amarant's silence (how could he tell? well, he just could... leave it at that...), Vivi's shortness, and Eiko's stubborness. Zidane whistled, impressed in how this girl was put together to represent all of them.
//But wait... nothing of Roz?\\
[That I leave for later and for her to create... I will not choose who or how I look like. I only do this to when you or your friends come to speak with me.]
//Huh? So then all they have to do is stand here to talk to you?\\
The girl in the window nodded. Zidane pondered more on this. //So... then... Could I ask you to fly the ship and you could do it for me?\\ Feng nodded again.
"Oh... Okay... I get how it works now..." Zidane said aloud.
[Are you satisfied, Zidane? I will happily tell you of how it works.]
"Oh? Relally? Could you tell everyone?" Zidane glanced bakc at the others as they stared at him as if he was crazy by talking to himself.
[Of course...]
"Guys! Feng is going to tell us how this ship works and how Blank could land the ship just by begging to in his head!" Zidane announced.
Blank got a few stares which made him blush. "Oh wow... Thanks Zidane... But I'm not a twit or anything..." he muttered under his breath.
[Oh, of course you aren't a twit, Blank, dear.] Feng smiled at Zidane when he laughed. The image of the girl disappeared and the circle under Zidane's feet glowed. [Zidane, could you move please?]
"Oh... Okay." Zidane jumped back a few feet to allow Feng access to come through.
The girl that was once in the window was now a holographic like image where the circle was. She smiled and waved to everyone. 'Hello, everyone.'
"Hey Feng." Zidane turned to the others who were gaping and stumped completely. "Guys, this is Feng. The one I was talkig to a moment ago and before that with Roz."
Feng projected her voice so that it was a s if she was talking instead of just speaking in their minds. "Hello. I'm pretty sure you would like to know how Blank operated the ship. No?"
Silence answered her question. "Well, if you stand right here where I am," she pointed to her feet, "you can control the ship with your wishes and wants and so on just by telling me mentally. See, you can call me a... well, the heart and mind of the ship."
Still, silence answered her. "Okay...? Well, when Blank begged for the ship to land, I did as he wished and landed it, with the help of Roz. See, I cannot really operate without the girl, but until she is powerful enough to endure it long enough for hour flights, I believe I must use my own strength to fly the ship. But see, without Roz, I cannot travel far. I cannot go to outer space as I was meant to do." Feng smiled sweetly at Cid. "But, I can at least get your around the continents. I hope that is enough for you for a while... At least until Roz learns more and has rested..."
Blank was... blank in expression, Vivi was scared and confused, Eiko was just confused, Freya and Amarant showed no emotion, and Steiner was his usual stupid self. Zidane grinned at Rusty's appearance, nearly laughing his head off. Zidane turned to Feng and smiled at her, she knew too of Steiner's dumbstriken look.
"So, Feng. Anything to say to your creator?" Zidane gestured as best as he was able to Cid with Roz still asleep in his arms.
"Actually Zidane, he is not me creator, but only a director."
"I don't understand."
"I was made a long time ago, but just now, I was placed in here, as a part of the ship. But I am glad I am put here." She smiled at Cid reassuringly, showing that she was greatful of him even though he did nothing but move her from one location to the other.
Cid stayed silent, trying to seem dignified and in control of himself even though it wasn't working. He looked as stupid as Steiner almost. Feng smiled warmly at Cid, then turned to Zidane. "Zidane, you will make sure she rests fully, correct?"
Zidane nodded, his face determined to keep his word. "Yeah. I promise that she rests. She'll be okay, right?"
"Of course... She's a strong girl... Hee hee." Feng smiled, giggling. "Please take care of her. She is still young and cannot endure the full power of this ship nor the powers the will get later on. That is why it is later on that she recieves them. They are much too powerful for her. Zidane... you--"
Zidane cut her off after a quick flash of his white teeth. "Don't you worry one bit, Feng! Dont' wunna go into the whole romantic love scene where it's like someone died and then a loved one leaves or something, right?"
Feng nodded and started to fade. "Of course not! Take care of her, Zidane! Or else I'll get at you!"
Zidane nodded and walked out of the ship and back to Limblum hotel on foot; besides, it wasn't that far, the ship didn't fly that far away from Limblum--it was just outside the gates for crying out loud! Zidane quickly made it back to the hotel where he fixed Roz her bed and laid her in it. In that bed, she would rest the rest of the morning, afternoon, evening, and if needed, all of the next day too. Zidane didn't care. He'd keep his promise and hopefully, it'd do them good and Roz will know where Riku and Sora were by then time she woke up.
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An: ah, but WILL she know where they are by the next day or so? and hey, what's going on with the two anyway? and what WILL happen while the others are at the sidelines while Sora may do as he pleases with Riku and any part of Gaea he wants?! who knows? (*jumps up and down, waving my arms back and forth* i do! i do!!) hee hee! and i'm sorry to the fluff and sappiness in this chapter... I'm pretty sure things'll get exciting later on... so you've read, now review, email, whatever! and remember, i'm grounded, but i've finished the game and am still trying to get this thing on it's way to the ... uh... well, on it's way! so enjoy the cliffie and ponder on what the hell i'm gonna do next! yeah! *wink* ;)