Chapter 7
What Zidane does in the name of Love
"So out with it?!" Steiner yelled.
"What happened after Garland used his magic on us. He transported us to Terra..."
"Terra?" Freya said, "but how, it was destroyed!"
"Yeah I know, but let me finish. Garland controlled me and sent me to hurt Dagger. And since I wouldn't think for myself, I did. I almost killed her...." Zidane looks down from where he was sitting.
"YOU DID WHAT!?" Steiner said, outraged, "I knew the queen shouldn't have married you!"
"Steiner, calm down," Beatrix said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Calm down....I WILL NOT CALM DOWN!!!" Steiner yelled, looking at Zidane, "I want him thrown out and put in the dungeon!"
Zidane looks up, "But when Dagger Super Tranced, she sent her Eidolons to me and made me kiss her, which broke the spell that Garland casts on me...I was so....." Zidane's voice trailed off.
"Zidane, it is alright..." Dagger voice said, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Maybe Rusty's right. Maybe I should leave and go back to Lindblum..." Zidane said, "I almost tried to kill you...." he looks down again.
"You will do no such thing," Dagger said, "you will stay here with me."
"But Your Highness..." Steiner started, but Dagger put up a weak hand, "He is staying, and that is final."
"Yes ma'am," Steiner muttered.
"I don't want to hurt you again....." Zidane looks into her eyes and places his hand on her cheek, "I love you so much, but I don't want to....."
Dagger puts her finger on Zidane's lips, "Hush, you are staying with me."
Freya stood up from where she was leaning, "Dagger's right, Zidane. If you do that again, I will bring you back."
Zidane looked at Dagger, unsure on what he should do. He finally said, "Rest up, my love. Garland will be back for both of us."
"Zidane, why do you look like that?" Eiko asked, walking in behind Dr. Tot.
"I...it is hard to eplain. When Dagger kissed me, I was engulfed by a strange white light," Zidane started, "but when we broke, I felt a strong energy flowing around me. It was wierd, but it is not a normal Trance that we know."
"It is Super Trance," Dagger said, kinda of softly, "I heard about it, but I didn't believe it was true until I went into that state."
"And then her trance wore off, but mine is still on. I don't know why..." Zidane hestitated, then he nodded his head, "remember the final battle with Kuja, how he was in trance?"
"Yeah, I remeber that," Steiner muttered.
"Well, basically, it is working the same way. I had so much emotion, that I tranced beyond normal. I don't know how long I will stay in this form...but I hope it is long enough to beat Garland..." Zidane looked at Dagger, "but I wonder why yours didn't stay on?"
"I was already too weak to keep it up," Dagger said, as she comes closer to Zidane and holds onto his arm.
"We need to let the queen rest," Dr. Tot said, going to Dagger and fixing her up.
The rest of the people leave except Zidane, which stayed with Dagger, despite Dr. Tot's complaining. Zidane sits next to her, crying most of the time for what he has done, despite Dagger's plead's to stop. He then gets up and goes outside, and grabs somethings and comes back in. He lays at the foot of the bed and falls asleep.
The next morning was a bright and sunny day. Zidane gets up and stretches from where he was curled up. He sees the sunshine coming through the window shade, since on one pulled it to the previous night. He gets up and notices that the bathroom door is shut. He goes over to there and opens the door, only to see Dagger, naked, in the bathroom, doing her hair. "Zidane!" she shouts.
"Don't worry about it, we are married now," Zidane replied, going inside the bathroom, "and why are you up walking. Dr. Tot said for you to stay in bed."
"Do you really think that I will listen?" Dagger said, hoppling over to the counter, where her clothes were sitting.
"No," Zidane replied, taking off his clothes and jumping into the shower. He gets his and gets out, combs his dirty blonde hair, and puts on a new set of clothes. When he walks out of the bathroom, he goes over to the bed, where Dagger was sitting, watching TV. "You alright?" Zidane asks, sitting next to her.
"Yes," she replied, putting her head on his shoulder and wrapping her arms around him.
"You know that we will have to face him soon," Zidane said, "but I hope that Goken will be back from his search soon."
"I don't know, he hasn't called, so I don't know what is going on," Dagger said.
"I wonder why Garland left so suddenly? I am believing that he has someone worse in store for us," Zidane said.
"I hope not," Dagger said, cuddling close to Zidane, her foot propped up on some pillows.
They sat there and watched TV for a while when someone knocked on the door, "Hello?" Zidane said, getting up.
"It's Dr. Tot," the voice said.
"Come in, Dr. Tot," Dagger said.
Dr. Tot came in, he had a worried look on his face, "What's wrong?" Zidane asked.
"Huh...oh nothing," Dr. Tot exclaimed, "so how's the queen?"
"She is stubborn, as usual," Zidane said, smiling at Dagger. Dagger gave him a death glance.
"Yeah, we all know that," Dr. Tot said, laughing a bit, "I got back your x-rays. Your bone in your leg is broken, but it should heal up fine in a few days."
"Good," Dagger said, smiling at the good news.
"But we got bigger problems," Beatrix's voice said, walking into the room.
"What's wrong?" Dagger asks.
"There has been some destruction near Burmecia," Beatrix said, "but it is Garland, but word says, he is under him."
"Who is it?" Zidane asks the general.
"Ummm," Beatrix tries to remember, "I think his name is Lloyd."
"Lloyd, why does that name sound familiar," Zidane asks.
"I don't know, " Dagger replied.
"Where is he now?" Zidane asks Beatrix, standing up from where he was sitting.
"Right now, Lindblum is looking for him, so he can be tracked down," Beatrix says, pushing a strand of her hair out of the way, "Regent Cid said he would let us know something."
"I hope they find him soon," Dagger said, "but first, lets get ready and see if he shows up to us first." Dagger got up only to be put back down by Zidane. "Zidane!" she hissed, looking up at her husband.,
"Dagger, let me handle this one, because you are susposed to be in bed, resting."
"Sir, I will handle it," Beatrix said, saluting.
"Ok, so I can stay with Dagger, but keep me informed, " Zidane said to the lady general.
"Yes sir!" Beatrix said, turning on her heel and walking out the door, closing it behind her.
Zidane goes back over to Dagger and sits next to her, holding her hand and snuggling up close to her. He grabs the TV remote and puts it on the nightstand. He looks at his wife and smiles, looking into her eyes, "So, what do you want to do now?" he asks, grabbing the remote again and handing it to her.
"I don't know. First, lets see if there is any good shows on TV," Dagger said, not getting what Zidane was trying to say.
Zidane pouted and turned around, putting his head on her shoulder. Dagger flipped through the channels and saw a news station that seemed to be reporting live. She turned up the volume on the TV and they listen to the announcer.
"Today has been a terrible day for the rebuilding of Cleyra," the announcer started, "Someone has begin to ruin the process. Word has it that it is a mysterious man named Lloyd, but eyewitnesses say it was a tall, silvered-haired man."
"He was very tall and has a huge sword," said a Cleyran witness, "and he was a very scary man, but he almost killed me!"
"Damn," Zidane growls, "when I find him, I will rip his tonsils out."
Dagger kissed Zidane on the cheek, "Lets stay calm for now, and lets see what we are up against now."
Zidane growls again, knowing that Dagger is right, "Fine, but if he kills anyone, I will hurt him, maybe I will kill him."
"Zidane, don't say that. You don't know how strong he is," Dagger said, resting her head on his shoulder and kissing his neck. She turns around and stares at the TV only to hear this, "With this attack, there were a few Cleyran bystanders killed as well as a few Burmecian soldiers, that were protecting Cleyra until they got an army."
Zidane growls again, but only said, "Wait until I see you Lloyd, it will be payback time for all you have killed."
Suddenly, they hear a knock on the door, "Who is it?" Dagger asks.
"It's Blank."
"Come in," Zidane muttered under his breath.
Blank came in, standing at the doorway, "Lindblum has just contacted us. Regent Cid's on his way here, so come to the conference room."
"Alright, we will be there shortly Blank," Dagger said.
"Go get some beer," Zidane said, laughing a bit, from his sulken mood.
"Alright, Zidane. I will run into town and get some," Blank said, glad to see Zidane smiling for the first time in a while.
After Blank left the room, Zidane picked up Dagger, who gladly put her arms around her husband's neck, and proceeded out of the room and down the hallway toward the conference room. He proceeded down the circular stairs and down the long corridor toward the room. When he got to there, he looked at Dagger, who was in his arms. Her head was resting on his chest, her eyes closed and a smile on her face. 'She seems so peaceful when she is around me,' Zidane thinks, 'I am glad that we are married now.' He opens the door and walks in, seeing Blank with a pack of Coolers and Regent Cid sitting at the head of the table. Behind him was Steiner and Beatrix, who held each other's hand. Zidane sat down, Dagger still in his lap, as she slept.
"Zidane, we found out some more things on Lloyd," Regent Cid started. Blank passed Zidane a beer.
"Thanks Blank," Zidane says, popping the top of the can. "So, what do we know," Zidane asks in a quiet tone.
Regent Cid passed Zidane a sheet of paper that had some writing on it. He read it out loud, "Lloyd. He is 6'2" with platinum colored hair. He carries a long sword that can do a lot of damage when hit with the blade. He also can use Wingily attacks, that can be destructive as well, but he will be nothing, if I use my head," Zidane said.
"Zidane, he isn't as soft as you think," Blank said, "I ran into him not to long ago."
"Where?!" Zidane said.
"In town," Blank said, which he looked like his name meant...he was blank.
"You numbskull!" Zidane shouted, standing up and grabbing his Ultima Weapon that was hanging beside the wall, "Do you want Alexandria destroyed?!"
"Sorry, I didn't know who he was," Blank confessed, "But I will go with you."
"So will I," Dagger said, limping out of the chair.
"No," Zidane said, stopping her in her tracks, "you are going to stay here."
Dagger gives Zidane a look and proceeded past her husband, "I am going and no one is going to stop me."
"You got one tough woman," Blank said, and him and Regent Cid laughs.
After a few minutes, Dagger limped outside the castle and crosses the molt between the castle with Zidane closely behind. They see a sign that said, "To Zidane and Dagger, King and Queen of Alexandria, it is Lloyd, go to the edge of town and you will see me."
"Great," Zidane muttered.
They go outside the town and sees him, he stood at the edge of town like the note read. He smirked as Zidane and Dagger approached, "Welcome," his voice said, rough and full of confidence.