Author's Note: Can you believe it? The final series of chapters are coming! Ooh, and there may be a sequel! Yay! Enjoy!
Reincarnation
Chapter 16-Thirty-six hours to live
Neo Lindblum
Kirika:
I stared at Kuja's twitching form for a moment or two and shifted my stare to the new arrival. I was a bit unnerved at his sudden arrival, but that did nothing to diminish my anger. In fact…
"What are you supposed to tell me, Mother?" I asked.
Alena gave me a dirty look before nudging Kuja.
"I see you've managed to outlast your worth, Kuja. I'm surprised at the fact that you could produce a child. Let alone a girl child," The teenager commented.
"Don't talk about me as if I was an experiment," I snapped.
The boy turned around and smirked.
"Oh, but you are, my dear Kirika, you are."
My anger boiled over and a spell began to set itself into motion automatically.
"Enough!"
I whipped around and saw Kirei's kneeling form in the distance.
"Mikoto and Kirei," Zidane muttered.
Who was Mikoto?
Kuja:
I wasn't expecting my sister Mikoto, of all people. Garland laughed and pointed at me.
"It's too late for Gaia. The Iifa Tree will be your downfall."
And then, he vanished. That's right, the Iifa was going to fill the world with dangerous life sapping mist. Based on my information about the Iifa, We had less than 36 hours to live. I turned to Garnet.
"We need to get every representative of every city in Gaia here in Lindblum now, Garnet."
"Why? What's going on, Kuja?"
"The Iifa Tree will cover the entire planet in mist within 36 hours. It is imperative that we form a plan to stop it soon," Mikoto piped up.
"Send Silver and someone gifted enough to pilot the Invincible along with her," Kirei suggested.
I nodded, voicing my thoughts to the dragon nearby. Silver nodded and pointed to Zidane with her nuzzle.
"I suppose it's settled then. I'll be back soon everyone," Zidane muttered.
Two Hours Later (Thirty-two hours left until genocide)
Neo Lindblum Palace
Kirika:
I sat up in the higher wing of Lindblum's guest bedroom, alone and isolated at the moment, due to the fact that I was literally surrounded by dozens of not so happy Lindblum guards. Kuja wasn't too happy about it, but he relented when I had convinced him that I would be fine without him. Besides, I still had the life crystal in my possession.
I wanted to be alone regardless. Political affairs weren't my forte and I didn't want to face the leaders of the nations that I had bothered. So, I wasn't human. That much I had already knew, due to the fact that I had spent an incredibly long time hiding it when I went outside. I sighed and rubbed my face softly. I walked over to the window and pressed my fingers against it.
It felt cold…just like my heart. Just when I got something that would make me different, I was dragged back to their status.
"May I join you? I wouldn't have to ask if there wasn't so much guards around."
From the window's reflection, I saw my half-sister Melinda being held back by one guard.
"Let her pass," I hissed.
The guard glanced at me with a look that surely meant death, and let Melinda go past him freely.
"You seem lonely sister," She commented.
"Lonely? Never."
That was a lie. I was desperate for human company right now.
"You don't have to lie to me. I'm still your sister, you know," Melinda whispered.
"I know, Melinda. You were the only one who cared for me, really."
"I had to. Mother didn't, so I felt like I had to. Genome or not, I couldn't give you up."
So why did I run away from them? I wasn't sure why; I was just a child.
"Kirika, they want you up in the council room. That's the main reason why I came down here," Melinda said softly.
I turned away from her, trembling a little.
"I can't."
Melinda grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"Please sister, you can help save Gaia!"
Help save…Gaia? I suppose it would help me be accepted if I helped. But what if I couldn't help? What then? We would all die. I had to take that chance. I had to take it.
"Ok, take me up there," I whispered.
Kuja:
The council room was silent to those with normal hearing, but to those who had access to telepathy, the volume of thoughts was unusually loud and not so nice. It was torture for me, Mikoto and Kirei. Zidane was half-listening/half-thinking which only added to the noise so it didn't bother him. At last, the door opened and Kirika and Melinda walked in. The uproar began as soon as her face came into the light.
"We're supposed to rely on her?"
"She's a monster! Just like Kuja!"
"She can't do anything!"
"We're doomed!"
A chorus of 'We're doomed!' started and we were hard put to shut them up. Kirika covered her ears and muttered to herself loudly, trying to block out all of the noise.
"Shut the hell up!"
Everyone's gaze snapped to Melinda who was looking more evil than Garland ever would when angry. The noise stopped and everyone fell silent.
"As representative of Neo Lindblum's central government, I order you to be quiet! Now present your plan, Kuja."
I stood up and glanced around the table.
"As you all know, the Iifa Tree is going to produce enough life-sapping mist to cover Gaia in 34 hours. Based on my information, the Iifa Tree has one energy producing power plant in the center. In order to destroy it, something must overload the generator. Something powerful.
"So we figured that trance power would overload the generator. However, there are not many of us that can trance at will. So therefore, we are calling on my daughter, Kirika Tribal."
Kirika glanced around the table, her lips tightening in a frown.
"Do you accept, Kirika?" Queen Garnet asked.
"Yes! I will not let you down!"