Author's Notes: Yes, unfortunately here I am, back for another horrible
chapter....which probably isn't really that long awaited, huh? Oh, sorry if
I randomly say some in Jap....I have tendency to do that, hehe...I usually
translate it right after I use it, tho, so akuna mattata, ne? (right?)
Anywho, enough with the yapping more with the writing!
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Two: Meetings and Greetings
Zidane wandered down the stairs into the theater cautiously. When he entered he saw Ruby standing near the stage directing a group of actors to act a some scene from some random play. "No, no! You are supposed to be in despair, darlin'! Not mournin'!" Ruby yelled at the young blonde actress. The young blonde cutie recited her lines a different way now that seemed t please Ruby because she squealed with excitement. "That's the ticket, darlin'! That's the ticket!"
Zidane, in a moment of courageousness, actually more like in hopes of catching the attention of the blonde cutie on the stage, clapped his hands. "Bravo! Bravo!"
He got what he wanted plus Ruby also turned around to look at him in surprise which was also a plus. "Hey Zidane-baby, what brings you to my aspiring theater?"
"Um, I need to ask you something and I want you to promise me that you won't yell at me first," Zidane replied, still staring at the beautiful blonde girl on stage who was now reciting her lines again.
"Sure, darlin', what'cha need?" Ruby asked, walking across the room to have a more secluded conversation. She sat down at the table and pushed her light brown hair off her shoulder with her hand.
"I kinda need, uh, someplace to sleep......I mean, a friend of mine and I need someplace to crash," Zidane said, smiling charmingly at Ruby. Ruby blushed, but from anger of embarrassment Zidane did not know.
"That's what the Inn is for Zidane-baby," Ruby replied, ice biting at her words. 'I got her angry.....oh jeez, Alexander help us,' Zidane thought, suddenly becoming more nervous than when he first came in here. See, Ruby had a horrible temper problem. Also, nothing stopped her from clobbering you in the head with any nearby objects, so it was *much* better being around her when she was in a good mood.
"Yeah, but, um, Vivi and I are, well, to put it simply, a little short on cash," Zidane answered, laughing nervously. 'This is not good......gulp,' Zidane pondered, as he pulled at his collar with slight irritation.
"It hurts, darlin'!" Ruby yelled, standing up and turning her back on Zidane. She crossed her arms with a small 'humph'. "It hurts that the only reason you came to me was to be a freeloader.....Not to say hi, not to see my plays, but to ask me if you could stay here for free!"
"But, Ruby, I thought we could kill two birds with one stone! I'd spend time with you while I was here!" Zidane responded, walking around her to look her in the face. Ruby smiled.
"Really darlin'?" She asked, the smile widening. When Zidane nodded, Ruby shrieked with excitement. "That means you can take me to see 'I Want to be Your Canary'! Tantalus is puttin' it on!"
"So that's why all the nobles are here," Zidane murmured, losing sight of paying attention to Ruby's rants of her date tonight.
"Am I interrupting something?" a quiet voice said from the doorway. Zidane and Ruby, who had just stopped her ranting, turned to look at the small black mage. Vivi walked over to Zidane and the smiling girl. "I guess I have the right place."
"OHHHHH!!!! He's just so *CUTE*!!!" Ruby exclaimed, hopping over to Vivi and wrapping her arms around him. (AN: Oh, please.....who *doesn't* think Vivi is adorable? Any takers?) Zidane let out a laugh as Vivi looked up at him helplessly. Ruby continued to rant. "Are you staying with us too? Do you like plays? Do you want to see 'I Want to be You Canary' with me and Zidane? Where are you from? Why are you here? How come-"
And the questions went on and on. But, Zidane had stopped listening almost as soon as they had started because his eyes had wandered to the door again where a beautiful girl stood, looking around. She was about 5'4 with long chocolate brown hair, but he couldn't tell how long it was because it was pulled back behind her. The white shirt she wore had ruffle edges, a square collar, a loose baggy sleeves that got wider as they went down. She wore dark forest green pants, fingerless black gloves, black tie up boots, and a belt on her pants that held a dagger with an oddly familiar hilt.
Zidane was gawking and he knew it, but she wasn't paying attention to him and neither was Vivi or Ruby who was still asking the black mage far too many questions for him to even start to answer. But, he couldn't help it, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes upon. "Uh, Ruby....I think you have a visitor," Zidane finally said, catching Ruby's attention. She looked up at him before looking where his eyes were directed.
"Well, bless my soul, we do have a visitor," Ruby replied, finally releasing Vivi and bounding over to the new girl. "Hello there, how can I help you?"
"Um, yes," she said, meekly. She then gave Ruby a small smile before continuing. "I'm here on behalf of Tantalus.....Boss wants me to request your humble assistance."
"Oh, Baku's always welcome to use my theater!" Ruby answered, smiling prettily as she played with the blue ribbon in her hair. Ruby set her hands on the girl's shoulders and turned her around so that her front was facing the door. She began to push her up the steps. "Now, you go on back and tell Baku that him and his boys can come down here right away, okay?"
"Yes, ma'am," the girl responded, getting pushed into the alleyway. The girl pulled her shirt back down so it was fixed properly. "Well....she certainly didn't have to be so rude," the girl mumbled, shaking her head to fix any misplaced hairs.
"Hey! Dagger!" a voice called from down the alleyway. It was Blank. Dagger would know his bright red hair anywhere. "What did Ruby have to say?"
~~~~~~Back in the Pub~~~~~~
Zidane and Vivi had indulged themselves in a conversation as Ruby was dealing with Dagger. Zidane felt really bad for what Ruby did to him. "Are you sure you're okay? I mean I know Ruby can be a little crazy and I guess you may be kinda cute....to a woman that is....," Zidane said, fixing Vivi's hat. "So, how can I make it up to you?"
"What is this play you guys are going to see about?" Vivi asked, after fixing his jacket. He looked up at Zidane, waiting for an answer.
"It's about a princess who falls in love with a peasant. Her father, the King, forbids him to see her and her to see him. Instead, her father wants her to marry this prince from a different land in order to obtain peace and order between the two countries," Zidane explained, his gloved hand on his chin and his eyes to the ceiling as he thought.
"Hm.....," Vivi pondered, looking to the floor. "Sounds interesting enough to me! Can I go?"
"Sure!" Zidane supplied just as Ruby returned from the alleyway. Zidane turned to regard with a smile. "So who was that?"
"It was a messenger from Tantalus. Baku wanted to know if it was alright to stay here," Ruby said, walking back toward the stage. "Zidane- baby......this is the last time I let you freeload here...if you want to sleep here for free again you have to be with Tantalus. Got that?"
"Yes, Ruby.....Hey, uh Ruby?" Zidane called.
"Yes Zidane-baby?" Ruby questioned, turning back around to face Zidane from the stage area.
"Would you mind taking Vivi tonight instead of me? He really wants to see a play. He's never seen one before," Zidane stated, looking down at Vivi who was looking up at his, surprise written in his eyes.
"Never seen a play before?! Well, I never.....of course Zidane-baby, but that means you owe me a date," Ruby said with a giggle before turning back around and talking with the blonde actress who had been practicing her lines ever since Ruby went to talk with Zidane.
"Fourth one this week," Zidane mumbled, shrugging. Vivi laughed beside him and covered his mouth again to stifle it.
"Hey, Zidane?" Vivi asked, sitting down at a table. His head was just barely visible over the tabletop, but his hat was another story.
"Yeah?" Zidane responded, sitting down at the same table. He placed his head in his hand and watched the entryway.
"You remember all those stories you told me about you and Tantalus?" Vivi continued, still looking at Zidane from his spot in the chair.
"Yeah....where are you going with this?" Zidane questioned, glancing at the mage out of the corner of his eyes.
"Well, um, y-you never mentioned a girl before. Why was she with Tantalus?" Vivi asked, looking down to his hands in his lap as though he were ashamed to ask him this.
"I don't know, but you can ask her yourself 'cause here she comes," Zidane answered, pointing to the door with his free hand. Blank had walked in chatting away with the unknown girl. Behind him and her were Cinna, Marcus, and Baku. Baku glanced at Zidane. This was going to get complicated.
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Hey all! Yeah that's the end of Chapter Two......I know...not much of a cliffie, but I will get better at them...I just haven't gotten into the story, but when I do I get REALLY evil when it comes to cliffie.....Are you guys confused yet? Hehe, just wait until I get further into it....Garnet IS Garnet, but....she's now Dagger....why? You'll have to wait....Who's Zidane's brother? Take a wild guess! Who's Princess Garnet if Garnet is really Dagger? So many questions hehe....anywho...
Stay Tuned for Chapter Three: Accidents Happen.......Who is the girl claiming to be Garnet? How does the REAL Garnet, Dagger, tie into this? Why is Vivi traveling with Zidane? How does the play go? What will Baku do with Zidane now that he's seen him for the first time in 3 years?
Ja ne! (See ya!) ~KaBunny
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Two: Meetings and Greetings
Zidane wandered down the stairs into the theater cautiously. When he entered he saw Ruby standing near the stage directing a group of actors to act a some scene from some random play. "No, no! You are supposed to be in despair, darlin'! Not mournin'!" Ruby yelled at the young blonde actress. The young blonde cutie recited her lines a different way now that seemed t please Ruby because she squealed with excitement. "That's the ticket, darlin'! That's the ticket!"
Zidane, in a moment of courageousness, actually more like in hopes of catching the attention of the blonde cutie on the stage, clapped his hands. "Bravo! Bravo!"
He got what he wanted plus Ruby also turned around to look at him in surprise which was also a plus. "Hey Zidane-baby, what brings you to my aspiring theater?"
"Um, I need to ask you something and I want you to promise me that you won't yell at me first," Zidane replied, still staring at the beautiful blonde girl on stage who was now reciting her lines again.
"Sure, darlin', what'cha need?" Ruby asked, walking across the room to have a more secluded conversation. She sat down at the table and pushed her light brown hair off her shoulder with her hand.
"I kinda need, uh, someplace to sleep......I mean, a friend of mine and I need someplace to crash," Zidane said, smiling charmingly at Ruby. Ruby blushed, but from anger of embarrassment Zidane did not know.
"That's what the Inn is for Zidane-baby," Ruby replied, ice biting at her words. 'I got her angry.....oh jeez, Alexander help us,' Zidane thought, suddenly becoming more nervous than when he first came in here. See, Ruby had a horrible temper problem. Also, nothing stopped her from clobbering you in the head with any nearby objects, so it was *much* better being around her when she was in a good mood.
"Yeah, but, um, Vivi and I are, well, to put it simply, a little short on cash," Zidane answered, laughing nervously. 'This is not good......gulp,' Zidane pondered, as he pulled at his collar with slight irritation.
"It hurts, darlin'!" Ruby yelled, standing up and turning her back on Zidane. She crossed her arms with a small 'humph'. "It hurts that the only reason you came to me was to be a freeloader.....Not to say hi, not to see my plays, but to ask me if you could stay here for free!"
"But, Ruby, I thought we could kill two birds with one stone! I'd spend time with you while I was here!" Zidane responded, walking around her to look her in the face. Ruby smiled.
"Really darlin'?" She asked, the smile widening. When Zidane nodded, Ruby shrieked with excitement. "That means you can take me to see 'I Want to be Your Canary'! Tantalus is puttin' it on!"
"So that's why all the nobles are here," Zidane murmured, losing sight of paying attention to Ruby's rants of her date tonight.
"Am I interrupting something?" a quiet voice said from the doorway. Zidane and Ruby, who had just stopped her ranting, turned to look at the small black mage. Vivi walked over to Zidane and the smiling girl. "I guess I have the right place."
"OHHHHH!!!! He's just so *CUTE*!!!" Ruby exclaimed, hopping over to Vivi and wrapping her arms around him. (AN: Oh, please.....who *doesn't* think Vivi is adorable? Any takers?) Zidane let out a laugh as Vivi looked up at him helplessly. Ruby continued to rant. "Are you staying with us too? Do you like plays? Do you want to see 'I Want to be You Canary' with me and Zidane? Where are you from? Why are you here? How come-"
And the questions went on and on. But, Zidane had stopped listening almost as soon as they had started because his eyes had wandered to the door again where a beautiful girl stood, looking around. She was about 5'4 with long chocolate brown hair, but he couldn't tell how long it was because it was pulled back behind her. The white shirt she wore had ruffle edges, a square collar, a loose baggy sleeves that got wider as they went down. She wore dark forest green pants, fingerless black gloves, black tie up boots, and a belt on her pants that held a dagger with an oddly familiar hilt.
Zidane was gawking and he knew it, but she wasn't paying attention to him and neither was Vivi or Ruby who was still asking the black mage far too many questions for him to even start to answer. But, he couldn't help it, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes upon. "Uh, Ruby....I think you have a visitor," Zidane finally said, catching Ruby's attention. She looked up at him before looking where his eyes were directed.
"Well, bless my soul, we do have a visitor," Ruby replied, finally releasing Vivi and bounding over to the new girl. "Hello there, how can I help you?"
"Um, yes," she said, meekly. She then gave Ruby a small smile before continuing. "I'm here on behalf of Tantalus.....Boss wants me to request your humble assistance."
"Oh, Baku's always welcome to use my theater!" Ruby answered, smiling prettily as she played with the blue ribbon in her hair. Ruby set her hands on the girl's shoulders and turned her around so that her front was facing the door. She began to push her up the steps. "Now, you go on back and tell Baku that him and his boys can come down here right away, okay?"
"Yes, ma'am," the girl responded, getting pushed into the alleyway. The girl pulled her shirt back down so it was fixed properly. "Well....she certainly didn't have to be so rude," the girl mumbled, shaking her head to fix any misplaced hairs.
"Hey! Dagger!" a voice called from down the alleyway. It was Blank. Dagger would know his bright red hair anywhere. "What did Ruby have to say?"
~~~~~~Back in the Pub~~~~~~
Zidane and Vivi had indulged themselves in a conversation as Ruby was dealing with Dagger. Zidane felt really bad for what Ruby did to him. "Are you sure you're okay? I mean I know Ruby can be a little crazy and I guess you may be kinda cute....to a woman that is....," Zidane said, fixing Vivi's hat. "So, how can I make it up to you?"
"What is this play you guys are going to see about?" Vivi asked, after fixing his jacket. He looked up at Zidane, waiting for an answer.
"It's about a princess who falls in love with a peasant. Her father, the King, forbids him to see her and her to see him. Instead, her father wants her to marry this prince from a different land in order to obtain peace and order between the two countries," Zidane explained, his gloved hand on his chin and his eyes to the ceiling as he thought.
"Hm.....," Vivi pondered, looking to the floor. "Sounds interesting enough to me! Can I go?"
"Sure!" Zidane supplied just as Ruby returned from the alleyway. Zidane turned to regard with a smile. "So who was that?"
"It was a messenger from Tantalus. Baku wanted to know if it was alright to stay here," Ruby said, walking back toward the stage. "Zidane- baby......this is the last time I let you freeload here...if you want to sleep here for free again you have to be with Tantalus. Got that?"
"Yes, Ruby.....Hey, uh Ruby?" Zidane called.
"Yes Zidane-baby?" Ruby questioned, turning back around to face Zidane from the stage area.
"Would you mind taking Vivi tonight instead of me? He really wants to see a play. He's never seen one before," Zidane stated, looking down at Vivi who was looking up at his, surprise written in his eyes.
"Never seen a play before?! Well, I never.....of course Zidane-baby, but that means you owe me a date," Ruby said with a giggle before turning back around and talking with the blonde actress who had been practicing her lines ever since Ruby went to talk with Zidane.
"Fourth one this week," Zidane mumbled, shrugging. Vivi laughed beside him and covered his mouth again to stifle it.
"Hey, Zidane?" Vivi asked, sitting down at a table. His head was just barely visible over the tabletop, but his hat was another story.
"Yeah?" Zidane responded, sitting down at the same table. He placed his head in his hand and watched the entryway.
"You remember all those stories you told me about you and Tantalus?" Vivi continued, still looking at Zidane from his spot in the chair.
"Yeah....where are you going with this?" Zidane questioned, glancing at the mage out of the corner of his eyes.
"Well, um, y-you never mentioned a girl before. Why was she with Tantalus?" Vivi asked, looking down to his hands in his lap as though he were ashamed to ask him this.
"I don't know, but you can ask her yourself 'cause here she comes," Zidane answered, pointing to the door with his free hand. Blank had walked in chatting away with the unknown girl. Behind him and her were Cinna, Marcus, and Baku. Baku glanced at Zidane. This was going to get complicated.
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Hey all! Yeah that's the end of Chapter Two......I know...not much of a cliffie, but I will get better at them...I just haven't gotten into the story, but when I do I get REALLY evil when it comes to cliffie.....Are you guys confused yet? Hehe, just wait until I get further into it....Garnet IS Garnet, but....she's now Dagger....why? You'll have to wait....Who's Zidane's brother? Take a wild guess! Who's Princess Garnet if Garnet is really Dagger? So many questions hehe....anywho...
Stay Tuned for Chapter Three: Accidents Happen.......Who is the girl claiming to be Garnet? How does the REAL Garnet, Dagger, tie into this? Why is Vivi traveling with Zidane? How does the play go? What will Baku do with Zidane now that he's seen him for the first time in 3 years?
Ja ne! (See ya!) ~KaBunny