Shadows Crimes
Chapter 6
Decorations And Thoughts Of Him
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah FF IX belongs to Square but extra characters are mine!!!
(A.N.Umm Sorry I took so long FF.Net went down, I went on Vacation then The Dumb tenants that live above me Flooded my apartment an stuff so I have just about got everything back on track [I think *sigh*] anyway enough with my pathetic rambling and on with the fic ^_^!! )
Zidane woke up with one of the worst headaches he has had in ages and then felt the large goose egg on his head then remembered what had happened last night. ("The shadow. is he the one Mikoto was talking about, but wasn't that just a dream.wasn't it?") His thoughts carried on. "Are you awake yet?" the sweet sound of Garnets voice took him out of his reverie and looked up at her with a tired smile. Garnet saw the red bump on his head and gently checked his forehead and winced back at the touch then he slowly sat up as to not make himself nauseous. "How is your head?" "It don't hurt as much when you're around" he teased. Garnet smirked at the reply and had a few replies of her own, but decided not to return her remark. "Let's go downstairs for breakfast, but first lets take care of that bump on your head."
Mikoto found that when she woke up from the deepest sleep she had ever had, and then noticed that she was in an unfamiliar room. She blinked back the light the room emitted and saw that there was a woman in white sitting in the corner at a desk reading something in front of her. Mikoto sat up trying to block the sunlight out of her eyes, then just sat up and stretched. The woman looked up from her papers and smiled at her. "Good you're up!" The nurse exclaimed and got out of her chair, got a few items and walked over to Mikoto. "I am glad you woke up you took quite a fall. I almost thought you weren't going to wake up for some time now or broke something." Mikoto took a moment to take in her words try to remember what had happened. The dream, the chase, almost falling to her death off the castle, the long talk with Zidane, the broken vase, the 'Shadow' and his terrible laugh, the bright light followed by the darkness. "Miss. Are you okay?" Mikoto snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the nurse and nodded. ".I have to examine you before you go back to your room. It should just take only a minute. Oh and here are some clean cloths for you to." The nurse first examined her head where there were just a few scratches, there was a partially healed gash on her arm, and bruised knees with little cuts. The nurse wrote something down and then handed Mikoto some clean cloths, and she went to change.
Zidane and Garnet were on their way to the dinning room and he stopped for a second. "Dagger I will be with you in a couple of minutes, I am just gonna see how Mikoto is doing" "Okay, but do hurry we have a lot of planning to do for the Ball." Zidane nodded and kissed her on the lips and headed to the infirmary. As Zidane got the infirmary doors Mikoto was just walking out. "Oh Mikoto I was just about to see if you were awake. Are you up for some breakfast, I am not quit sure what Quina is making but I am sure we'll survive" he suppressed a chuckle and Mikoto didn't know what to think. "aww just when I thought you knew a good joke when you herd one.. Oh well." "How about you taking some things a little more seriously, now that is humorous" at that Mikoto started to walk away. "That wasn't humorous that was.. HEY WAIT FOR ME!" Zidane ran to catch up to Mikoto till she then broke out into a playful chase. Zidane was the first to reach the dinning hall doors with Mikoto following him closely. "Hurry up! Breakfast is going to get cold." Mikoto scoffed at him and then smirked and was about to head in. "Wait!.Last night what I.'WE' saw was that what you talking about your visions, something of that sort. Was that what you were talking about real now or not?" Zidane questioned curiously. "I am not sure, but what had happened last night may prove that it is." "Then with this creep on the loose we may have to cancel the Ball."
"No! Don't, I wish to take care of this on my own. I wouldn't want you to stop your festivities." Mikoto interrupted him and opened the doors to the dinning hall "Come we will talk about this later, they're waiting." Zidane sighed and followed her in and walked right up to Garnet and kissed her on the cheek from behind and took his place right beside her, Garnet look at her husband and smiled. "Your late" Garnet chimed then looked over at Mikoto and smiled "Good morning Mikoto, I herd of last nights events. I am glad to see that you are not seriously hurt. May I ask what had happened?" Garnet questioned. Mikoto nodded "I couldn't sleep last night and I thought I saw someone in my room, I looked around and went out into the hall and heard noises behind the door that led to a tower. I just wanted to see the view and I walked over to the railing and I tripped on a stone and missed a step and fell over the ledge, and Zidane caught me before I fell. After that we started talking." Mikoto had to stop for a moment, she had suddenly felt very fatuous but she didn't really add in what truly happened and have everyone worried. "Mikoto you said you saw someone in your room, did you not?" Steiner Questioned. Catching interest from others in the room they had all quit eating to listen to Mikoto tell them the rest of what happened. (Why are they all looking at me like that? * Sigh * I should talk before they attack me.) Mikoto shrank back at the sudden tension in the room and thought for a moment. ".. Yes I believe I did. The intruder may have been the one that was causing ruckus. When Zidane and I saw the intruder he only shot a harmless white light at us, and causing me to be disoriented. The last thing I remembered is falling down the stairs and blacking out." Mikoto told them as much as she could remember. "Is that all?" Beatrix asked and Mikoto nodded her head. Beatrix then tuned her head to Zidane " What did you see last night of the intrusion, your majesty?" she asked Zidane. Zidane wasn't sure if he even believed in what happened but told them anyway, excluding the fact that they were done in by a stupid shadow and his harmless magic light. Zidane couldn't quite help the fact that breakfast had turned into an interrogation session and also had a feeling that his sister had felt the same. Garnet felt disturbed at the silence in the room and even more at her Zidane, who of all people was oddly quiet and thought about changing the subject would be a good idea. "Ummm.We should be planing for the Ball tomorrow night. Mikoto would you be attending?" Garnet asked Mikoto, and she said 'yes'. Not exactly knowing what a Ball is, all she did know is that they were large festive like gatherings of people. ("What an opportunity to see what Gaians do for socialization, and if I am fortunate I may find the one in my vision there.") When Mikoto thought of the cloaked one from her vision she felt a sudden indescribable warmth but shrugged it off and went back to eating her now cold breakfast.
It was sometime in the afternoon that Mikoto had just came back from town with an escort. Her day in town was filled with events of meeting the towns people, going to the mini theater and watched a play. The characters were very interesting people, especially the red head who every time he looked at her, he would fumble up his lines and frustrated the other actors. Afterwards she went shopping at the many street venders and bought sky blue ribbons for her hair and tail. Mikoto entered the castle she had noticed that it had looked very different than when she had left earlier that day; it was very colorful and decorative with banners, candles, and flowers. Mikoto walked around the castle and heard the commotion going on in the Ballroom "Hey Mikoto, your back!" she heard Zidane call out and run up to her. "I hope you had fun today, I would have went with you but duties an stuff. Oh yeah, what was I supposed to tell you." "Tell me what?" Mikoto asked in a monotone voice. "Oh, I remember now. You said you were going to the Ball right?.well I think you should wait in your room and I will get Dagger to send up Aiyana to take care of things for your dress." Zidane spoke briefly then was motioned to help out, but just before they parted a man in a cloak had walked into the room and went up to Zidane and gave him a message then left. All Mikoto could do was stare at the familiar stranger but was still unable to catch his face. "Thanks. Oh Mikoto I will see you later." Zidane thanked the stranger and spoke to Mikoto, which snapped her out of her reverie and slowly walked out of the Ballroom to go back to her room. Mikoto got into her room and sat on the closest seat to her ("That couldn't have been him.Could it? I hope.") a knock at her door brought her out of her thoughts and called for the visitor to come in. "Hello, you must be Mikoto. I am Aiyana, I am just here to take your measurements for a new dress." A fairly aged woman of about 45 or 50 spoke up sweetly as she entered Mikoto's room. "What is wrong with my cloths now?" Mikoto meant to ask that earlier to Zidane but never had the chance to. "Well it's a formal thing child. Don't fret I wont hurt or bite you, but this will just take a second and I will be out of your hair."
After Aiyana had left, Mikoto had suddenly felt sleepy and yawned. Feeling the day's events she went over to her window and looked out kind of hoping to see the man in the cloak again. After a few moments she was disappointed that he wasn't outside and moved away from her window and got ready to go to bed.
(Well so good so far things are going to change kind of fast after this and next chapter will be the start of the better of things {But I am not going to ruin the surprise of things} so check in next time.)
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah FF IX belongs to Square but extra characters are mine!!!
(A.N.Umm Sorry I took so long FF.Net went down, I went on Vacation then The Dumb tenants that live above me Flooded my apartment an stuff so I have just about got everything back on track [I think *sigh*] anyway enough with my pathetic rambling and on with the fic ^_^!! )
Zidane woke up with one of the worst headaches he has had in ages and then felt the large goose egg on his head then remembered what had happened last night. ("The shadow. is he the one Mikoto was talking about, but wasn't that just a dream.wasn't it?") His thoughts carried on. "Are you awake yet?" the sweet sound of Garnets voice took him out of his reverie and looked up at her with a tired smile. Garnet saw the red bump on his head and gently checked his forehead and winced back at the touch then he slowly sat up as to not make himself nauseous. "How is your head?" "It don't hurt as much when you're around" he teased. Garnet smirked at the reply and had a few replies of her own, but decided not to return her remark. "Let's go downstairs for breakfast, but first lets take care of that bump on your head."
Mikoto found that when she woke up from the deepest sleep she had ever had, and then noticed that she was in an unfamiliar room. She blinked back the light the room emitted and saw that there was a woman in white sitting in the corner at a desk reading something in front of her. Mikoto sat up trying to block the sunlight out of her eyes, then just sat up and stretched. The woman looked up from her papers and smiled at her. "Good you're up!" The nurse exclaimed and got out of her chair, got a few items and walked over to Mikoto. "I am glad you woke up you took quite a fall. I almost thought you weren't going to wake up for some time now or broke something." Mikoto took a moment to take in her words try to remember what had happened. The dream, the chase, almost falling to her death off the castle, the long talk with Zidane, the broken vase, the 'Shadow' and his terrible laugh, the bright light followed by the darkness. "Miss. Are you okay?" Mikoto snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the nurse and nodded. ".I have to examine you before you go back to your room. It should just take only a minute. Oh and here are some clean cloths for you to." The nurse first examined her head where there were just a few scratches, there was a partially healed gash on her arm, and bruised knees with little cuts. The nurse wrote something down and then handed Mikoto some clean cloths, and she went to change.
Zidane and Garnet were on their way to the dinning room and he stopped for a second. "Dagger I will be with you in a couple of minutes, I am just gonna see how Mikoto is doing" "Okay, but do hurry we have a lot of planning to do for the Ball." Zidane nodded and kissed her on the lips and headed to the infirmary. As Zidane got the infirmary doors Mikoto was just walking out. "Oh Mikoto I was just about to see if you were awake. Are you up for some breakfast, I am not quit sure what Quina is making but I am sure we'll survive" he suppressed a chuckle and Mikoto didn't know what to think. "aww just when I thought you knew a good joke when you herd one.. Oh well." "How about you taking some things a little more seriously, now that is humorous" at that Mikoto started to walk away. "That wasn't humorous that was.. HEY WAIT FOR ME!" Zidane ran to catch up to Mikoto till she then broke out into a playful chase. Zidane was the first to reach the dinning hall doors with Mikoto following him closely. "Hurry up! Breakfast is going to get cold." Mikoto scoffed at him and then smirked and was about to head in. "Wait!.Last night what I.'WE' saw was that what you talking about your visions, something of that sort. Was that what you were talking about real now or not?" Zidane questioned curiously. "I am not sure, but what had happened last night may prove that it is." "Then with this creep on the loose we may have to cancel the Ball."
"No! Don't, I wish to take care of this on my own. I wouldn't want you to stop your festivities." Mikoto interrupted him and opened the doors to the dinning hall "Come we will talk about this later, they're waiting." Zidane sighed and followed her in and walked right up to Garnet and kissed her on the cheek from behind and took his place right beside her, Garnet look at her husband and smiled. "Your late" Garnet chimed then looked over at Mikoto and smiled "Good morning Mikoto, I herd of last nights events. I am glad to see that you are not seriously hurt. May I ask what had happened?" Garnet questioned. Mikoto nodded "I couldn't sleep last night and I thought I saw someone in my room, I looked around and went out into the hall and heard noises behind the door that led to a tower. I just wanted to see the view and I walked over to the railing and I tripped on a stone and missed a step and fell over the ledge, and Zidane caught me before I fell. After that we started talking." Mikoto had to stop for a moment, she had suddenly felt very fatuous but she didn't really add in what truly happened and have everyone worried. "Mikoto you said you saw someone in your room, did you not?" Steiner Questioned. Catching interest from others in the room they had all quit eating to listen to Mikoto tell them the rest of what happened. (Why are they all looking at me like that? * Sigh * I should talk before they attack me.) Mikoto shrank back at the sudden tension in the room and thought for a moment. ".. Yes I believe I did. The intruder may have been the one that was causing ruckus. When Zidane and I saw the intruder he only shot a harmless white light at us, and causing me to be disoriented. The last thing I remembered is falling down the stairs and blacking out." Mikoto told them as much as she could remember. "Is that all?" Beatrix asked and Mikoto nodded her head. Beatrix then tuned her head to Zidane " What did you see last night of the intrusion, your majesty?" she asked Zidane. Zidane wasn't sure if he even believed in what happened but told them anyway, excluding the fact that they were done in by a stupid shadow and his harmless magic light. Zidane couldn't quite help the fact that breakfast had turned into an interrogation session and also had a feeling that his sister had felt the same. Garnet felt disturbed at the silence in the room and even more at her Zidane, who of all people was oddly quiet and thought about changing the subject would be a good idea. "Ummm.We should be planing for the Ball tomorrow night. Mikoto would you be attending?" Garnet asked Mikoto, and she said 'yes'. Not exactly knowing what a Ball is, all she did know is that they were large festive like gatherings of people. ("What an opportunity to see what Gaians do for socialization, and if I am fortunate I may find the one in my vision there.") When Mikoto thought of the cloaked one from her vision she felt a sudden indescribable warmth but shrugged it off and went back to eating her now cold breakfast.
It was sometime in the afternoon that Mikoto had just came back from town with an escort. Her day in town was filled with events of meeting the towns people, going to the mini theater and watched a play. The characters were very interesting people, especially the red head who every time he looked at her, he would fumble up his lines and frustrated the other actors. Afterwards she went shopping at the many street venders and bought sky blue ribbons for her hair and tail. Mikoto entered the castle she had noticed that it had looked very different than when she had left earlier that day; it was very colorful and decorative with banners, candles, and flowers. Mikoto walked around the castle and heard the commotion going on in the Ballroom "Hey Mikoto, your back!" she heard Zidane call out and run up to her. "I hope you had fun today, I would have went with you but duties an stuff. Oh yeah, what was I supposed to tell you." "Tell me what?" Mikoto asked in a monotone voice. "Oh, I remember now. You said you were going to the Ball right?.well I think you should wait in your room and I will get Dagger to send up Aiyana to take care of things for your dress." Zidane spoke briefly then was motioned to help out, but just before they parted a man in a cloak had walked into the room and went up to Zidane and gave him a message then left. All Mikoto could do was stare at the familiar stranger but was still unable to catch his face. "Thanks. Oh Mikoto I will see you later." Zidane thanked the stranger and spoke to Mikoto, which snapped her out of her reverie and slowly walked out of the Ballroom to go back to her room. Mikoto got into her room and sat on the closest seat to her ("That couldn't have been him.Could it? I hope.") a knock at her door brought her out of her thoughts and called for the visitor to come in. "Hello, you must be Mikoto. I am Aiyana, I am just here to take your measurements for a new dress." A fairly aged woman of about 45 or 50 spoke up sweetly as she entered Mikoto's room. "What is wrong with my cloths now?" Mikoto meant to ask that earlier to Zidane but never had the chance to. "Well it's a formal thing child. Don't fret I wont hurt or bite you, but this will just take a second and I will be out of your hair."
After Aiyana had left, Mikoto had suddenly felt sleepy and yawned. Feeling the day's events she went over to her window and looked out kind of hoping to see the man in the cloak again. After a few moments she was disappointed that he wasn't outside and moved away from her window and got ready to go to bed.
(Well so good so far things are going to change kind of fast after this and next chapter will be the start of the better of things {But I am not going to ruin the surprise of things} so check in next time.)
