They came running up to the entrance of Gizamaluke Grotto, and right in front of the steps leading into the cave, were two guards who looked a lot like Freya lying on the ground lifeless. Freya ran over, "No...!" she cried, running over and kneeling beside one. "Come on! Get up!" She ran over to the other and kneeled down. "Dammit! Say something!"
"Oh, man..." said Zidane quietly.
"What happened here?" said Rai.
"The black mages! Who are they!?" cried Freya.
"U-Um..." started Vivi.
"It's okay. You didn't do anything." said Zidane, calming Vivi down.
"Vivi, aren't they your - !!! The king might be in danger! Come on!" exclaimed Freya, leaping to her feet and running into the Grotto.
"I sure hope Dagger didn't come here..." said Zidane, also running into the Grotto followed closely by Vivi and Quina.
"Who's Dagger?" said Rai out loud, also running into the Grotto, followed by Goofy and Donald.
Once inside, they noticed a wounded Burmecian (people like Freya) soldier, lying a few feet from another arched doorway. Zidane ran over to him. "Hey, are you alright!?"
"...Black mages... Couldn't do anything." said the guard weakly.
"We're here to help. We're on our way to Burmecia." said Zidane.
"Ugh... I'm done for. Take this bell, and... go to Burmecia... The black mages... took our bells... The king's in... palace... Please protec..." the wounded soldier was barely able to mutter that, then he slumped over and died.
"Hey!!! I'll protect him. Don't worry." said Zidane, picking up a bell the soldier had held up to him.
"This should open the door." said Zidane, ringing the bell. Sure enough, the door creaked open. They all ran through, greeted by a horrible sight. Three black mages, which looked like Vivi, only taller and older, were yelling "KILL!" and one, who was in front of a Burmecian soldier shot him down with fire. Then two short jesters, one in striped red and white clothing, the other blue and white appeared from a dark hallway above, and jumped once in unison.
"Who is that?" said the blue.
"That, I don't know." said the red.
"I know I have seen the blonde boy somewhere before." said the blue.
"Somewhere before? I have not seen him. I know." said the red.
"Zorn and Thorn mumbled Zidane under his breath.
"I guess it is not important. Let's kill them." said Zorn, the blue one.
"Yes, kill him, shall we?" said Thorn, the red one.
Two of the black mages leaped down, firing fire from their finger- tips at Zidane and company. Rai leapt up and dispatched one with his keyblade, and Vivi destroyed the other with "Thundaga."
"HEE! Savage monsters, they are!" cried Zorn.
"Run away!" cried Thorn. The two ran off. Then the group flew up the stairs, destroyed the other black mage, and picked up a bell from the corpse. Then they went back down the stairs, and into the main doorway, using the bell to open it. Inside was a huge bell, with a peculiar creature running around it. The creature was small, with peach fur, a big red nose, a big pom-pom on it's head, attached to a thin wiry thing coming out of it's head, and a purple vest.
"Darling! Can you hear me!? Darling!!! Please say something!" cried the creature.
"I didn't expect to see a moogle here. What's wrong?" asked Zidane, bending down to the creature.
"My husband! He's inside the bell! He's trapped! Kupo!!!" said the moogle, identified as Mogmi.
"You poor thing..." said Freya.
"How'd that happen?" asked Rai.
"We just held our wedding here. Then some scary clowns attacked us! I was so scared! Kupooo!!!" said Mogmi, very distressed.
"This bell's huge. I don't know if we can lift it." said Zidane.
"Hmm..." said Freya.
"No, please!!! Huh?" said Mogmi, approaching Vivi. She sniffed him, going around him in circles.
"H-Hello. Um..." said Vivi, a bit startled.
"Oh! Oh!!! Wait... Yeah! It's you!!! I know you! I know you! I know you! I know you! I know you! Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um... Hey, hey, hey!!! You have Kupo Nut?" said Mogmi.
"Y-Yeah... I got one in Lindblum." said Vivi nervously.
"Really!? Really!? Really!? Really!? C-Can I have it?" said Mogmi, excited.
"Y-yeah..." said Vivi, taking out the nut.
"Kupooo!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" said Mogmi, snatching the Kupo Nut and running up to the bell. "Darling! Darling! I have yummy Kupo Nut!" said Mogmi, waving the nut around. The bell crashed over, and out came another moogle, without a vest. "Darling!"
"Kupooo! I love Kupo nuts!" yelled the new moogle, grabbing the nut and running into a nearby door.
"Darling! Where are you going!? U-um, thank you!" thanked Mogmi, running off after her husband. "Darling!!!"
"What a crazy couple..." muttered Zidane, picking up another bell, and entering the room the moolges had run into followed by the rest. There was the two moogles, hugging each other.
"Thanks again! Now we can go on our honeymoon!" said Mogmi.
"You're welcome." said Vivi.
They began to leave, but were stopped by Moguta, Mogmi's husband. "Kupo! Wait!" he cried. He twisted a nearby statue around several times, crying "Kupo!" with each turn. Then he got something, and handed it to Zidane. "Take this, kupo!" said Moguta, giving Zidane the Holy Bell. "Give me Kupo Nuts again, okay, kupo? I'm kupo for Kupo Nuts!" He ran back to his wife.
They left, and entered another nearby door using the bell, entering a sewer like area. There was a Burmecian guard sitting wounded nearby. Freya ran up to him. "Are you alright!?"
"Freya... Please be careful... Master Gizamaluke has gone mad. He's being controlled by some strange clowns." said the guard, dying right there.
"Why do they have to keep dying!?" cried Freya in distress. "Why!? Why!?"
Suddenly, out of a tunnel in the wall, a huge serpent dived into the water.
"I take it that's him!" yelled Donald.
"I'd have to agree!" yelled Rai.
"Here he comes!" cried Zidane, as the serpent burst out of the water.