Author's Notes: Yay!! Back for chappie eight!! I'm soooooo sorry about not
updating in a couple of weeks, but yeah, Kingdom Hearts has sucked me into
the game. I'm sooooo addicted. Who wouldn't be.....? Anywho, I shall be
writing your new chappie now, hehe!
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny (the crazy blonde!!)
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: (Yeah......I kinda forgot to put on in here! Let's make it simple) IDOFF!! Sadly enough.....sniff, sniff
Chapter Eight: The Adventure Begins; Terror Strikes
Dagger hoisted the large bag up onto her shoulders and secured the straps. She glanced around the loft to see if she left any of her things or something that she might need later. Seeing nothing, she wandered over to the ladder leading down into the main room of Tantalus. She turned around to give the loft one last look as she set her gloved hands on top wrung of the ladder. "Good-bye," she whispered to the empty room.
Dagger climbed down into the main room and hopped off the ladder when she nearly reached the bottom. She turned and smiled at the occupants sitting at the table in the center of the room. They were all staring at her with sad eyes and plastered on smiles. They were going to miss her, but she was also going to miss them.
The brunette walked over to the three men that were sitting around the round table. She walked up to Marcus first, who was the farthest away from her. "I thank you for all the support Marcus," Dagger muttered, before leaning over and giving him a hug. Marcus hugged her lightly back.
"If you ever need anything, I'll always be here," Marcus muttered, releasing the petite girl.
Dagger then moved over to Cinna and hugged him from the side. "You advice was always helpful and wanted," Dagger murmured, releasing him. Cinna smiled up at her.
"I'm not going anywhere," he replied, still smiling.
Lastly, Dagger moved over to Blank. This was going to be the hard one. Blank had been a great friend to Dagger more so than Cinna and Marcus combined. He had been there when she first showed up, lost and confused. He had shown her that you just lived life and dealt with whatever it threw at you. He helped her to realize that even though she didn't know who she was she could make herself out to be whoever she wanted to be. Blank had been there when she cried and when she smiled.
Dagger wrapped her arms around Blank, giving him a tight hug. Blank hugged her back, full-heartedly. "Good-bye, Dagger," he muttered into her hair.
"Good-bye, Blank," Dagger whispered, a couple of tears falling from her eyes. She released him and stood up, only to whirl around again. Zidane was standing at the door waiting for her. She walked over towards him and looked to the floor. "I'm ready to go."
"Don't I get a hug like the rest of them?" Zidane teased, smiling playfully at Dagger.
Dagger glared at him, before wiping her tears away and laughing. She followed Zidane out the door and smiled up at the sun, which was shining brightly above her. "Thank you, Zidane."
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Zidane turned around to face Dagger and she nearly walked into him. "Don't do that without a warning next time!" she yelped, taking a few steps back away from him.
"Sorry, but I just want you to know that it's not going to me and you traveling together," Zidane replied, smiling slightly as she blushed from embarrassment. (AN: Gotta love Zidane's grammar, huh?)
"Well, I should hope not," Dagger murmured. "It would be quite awkward, wouldn't you say?"
"Freya and Vivi will be traveling with us," Zidane answered, ignoring her comment.
"Were those the two that I saw in the castle last week?" Dagger asked, as she tilted her head causing her hair to cascade prettily over face.
"Yes, they were," Zidane muttered, rolling his eyes at Dagger's curious nature. "Anyway, I want you to be nice to them."
"When have I ever been rude?" Dagger inquired, placing her hands on her hips in annoyance.
"I simply meant that I want you to contain your curious nature," Zidane grumbled, becoming somewhat irritated himself. "It wasn't an insult. I never said you were rude. Sometimes you just ask too many questions."
"Are you implying that *I*, Garnet, am a brown noser?!" Dagger growled, leaning in close to Zidane, her face inches from his as she glared at him.
"Did you just say Garnet? Dagger! You just remembered your real name!" Zidane exclaimed, a grin on his face.
"I-I did?" Dagger stuttered, leaning back away from him as she looked down at herself as if she were a new person.
"Yeah, you just called yourself Garnet!" Zidane replied, gripping her hands to cause her to look up at him. Her face went from surprise to happiness and the smile she was wearing couldn't get any bigger. She began hopping up and down like an excited child.
"My name is Garnet! My *name* is Garnet!" she cheered, still hopping up and down. She then jumped at Zidane and kissed him lightly on the lips, not noticing in her excitement that she had kissed him nor the fact that just about three minutes ago they had been having an argument.
Zidane released her hands and didn't even notice her continue to hop around. He touched his lips which were now tingling with an unknown sensation. As soon as his gloved hand brushed against his own lips the sensation was gone and he was now staring at Dagger's anxious face.
"I am definitely ready to begin our journey," Dagger replied, the smile still on her face. "May I go in and meet Vivi and Freya officially now?"
"Yeah, of course, but first you gotta kiss me again," Zidane answered, a charming smile on his face.
"Hmph," was Dagger's response. She bumped him out of the way with the side of her hip as she walked into the Inn.
"Mm, fiery. Just the way I like 'em," Zidane muttered, before following her inside.
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Dagger sighed as she tore her gaze away from the full moon. It had been two weeks since Freya, Vivi, Zidane, and she had started out on their journey. They were making their way across the lands towards the kingdom of Burmecia. From what Dagger understood, Zidane was on this journey because of his lost brother and Freya was on the journey for Fratley, her lost lover. Apparently Fratley had been seen in the wake of where Zidane's brother had turned up, but it was still quite unknown whether they were working together.
Dagger shook her head as she sighed. She set her elbows on her knees and placed her head into her hands. 'It must be horrible to lose someone you love so deeply. Poor, poor Freya,' Dagger thought. She then sat up straight abruptly. 'But, why then, is Vivi traveling with us?'
A rustle in the bushes caused Dagger to turn around. She watched as they moved again, this time a little more violently.
She didn't know what hit her. One moment she was sitting on a log and the next she was pinned underneath a spindly leg. She opened her eyes from the pain to see eight eyes more staring back at her. She was pinned underneath a large spider which was twitching its fangs hungrily at her. She did the only thing she could think to do, scream.
The next moment the leg lifted off of her and she rolled out from underneath the spider out onto the sidelines. She had no idea what happened until she stood up, with her dagger drawn. Zidane had jumped onto the back of large black spider and it had thrown the creature off balance. He had protected her. Dagger stood there, her dagger drawn, with wide eyes and her mouth hanging open like a fish.
"Kogasu!"* she heard shouted next to her. Dagger snapped out of her shock and turned to look at Vivi with his hands out in front of him. He had balls of flame shooting from his finger tips.
"YAHHHHHH!!!" came the feminine voice from above. Dagger glanced up and saw a flash of silver off the flying javelin which was held by a shadow. The shadow came into focus revealing Freya, diving from the sky down toward the spider at incredible speed.
The Burmecian landed on the spider, her javelin appearing through the other side of the creature, which was now swaying from side to side as it faded in and out of consciousness. Freya quickly removed her javelin and back flipped off of the descending creature. She landed on her feet on the other side of Dagger, who was now in shock again.
Zidane hopped off the falling creature, landed on his hands, and flipped back over to his feet. He landed in front of Dagger, facing her. "Are you alright?" he asked, setting his hands on her shoulders in concern.
"Y-yes......I believe....I am quite alright," Dagger stuttered, shaking her head and closing her eyes. Her mind cleared and she reopened her eyes to see Zidane's staring worriedly back at her. "I'm fine."
"Well, let's just say you *weren't* fine! You know what would happen to me *then*?!" Zidane growled, glaring at her as he crossed his arms.
"Nothing seriously bad, I suppose!!" Dagger argued, crossing her arms also. She glared back at him.
"I believe *death* IS a serious matter! Baku would have my *head* served on a platter if you died in my care!!" Zidane yelled before storming off back the way he had come from.
"Garnet?" Vivi asked, pulling lightly on her now dirty white shirt. She glanced down at him questioningly. "Don't be hard on Zidane......he was just worried, that's all."
"Perhaps we should be less careless. It seems the more we travel the deeper we crawl into the darkness," Freya muttered, shaking her head as she slid her javelin back into its holster on her back.
"What do you mean, Freya?" Dagger asked, looking up at the Burmecian.
"Be careful, Garnet. The darkness is beginning to surround us and eventually there will be no other way, but to travel through it," Freya replied, before turning and following Zidane.
Dagger simply shook her head as she looked to the floor. She sighed lightly as a small breeze blew through the field. She glanced at Vivi abruptly who was looking up at her questionably. "Vivi?"
"Yeah?" he asked, still looking at her wonderingly.
"Did you feel that?" She asked, her grip on the dagger getting tighter. Vivi shook his head as he glanced around.
"Feel what?" Vivi inquired, glancing back up at her.
"That," Dagger muttered, as the ground rumbled again. Vivi's golden eyes got large as he nodded. His face then got quite determined as he looked around. Dagger began doing the same.
They didn't have to look for long. Dagger grabbed Vivi and dived out of the way just as three large spiders came running full-force out of the bushes. The two stood up to face their three large companions, ready to fight.
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WOO HOO!!!! I am sooooo done this chapter! Sorry for not introducing S and B in this chapter....sniff, sniff But, it was getting quite long and some of my reviewers coughMangaGirlcough don't like REALLY long chapters! But, that's okay! It gave me the perfect opportunity to place in a lovely cliffhanger for all you peeps! Anywho, I finally got into the action and out of the fluff! Hehe, I like SOME fluff, but it was time to fall into the action. I'm going to try and keep a nice balance between the two from now on, kk?
I wanna ask, would anyone be willing to write me a new summary? I think mine bites! Please feel free to just type it in a review or send me an e- mail! My addy is at the top or you can get my other one from ff.net.
*This is a cantation for casting Vivi's magic! Dagger will be using them later, but shhhhhh that's a secret! hehe, Kogasu means scorch or in this case FIRE!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Nine: Jail Birds......Beatrix and Steiner meet up with the gang. They (including Beatrix and Steiner) all pay a lovely trip to jail for what? Dagger's past falls into her lap although she doesn't REALLY remember.....Armarant pays a visit! And introducing my own character......as Dagger's fiancé?! (Eh, that's cause I don't have another character to use for her fiancé, so I gotta make one up......I could take suggestions if you have one!)
Thanks for reading! Ja ne! ~KaBunny
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny (the crazy blonde!!)
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: (Yeah......I kinda forgot to put on in here! Let's make it simple) IDOFF!! Sadly enough.....sniff, sniff
Chapter Eight: The Adventure Begins; Terror Strikes
Dagger hoisted the large bag up onto her shoulders and secured the straps. She glanced around the loft to see if she left any of her things or something that she might need later. Seeing nothing, she wandered over to the ladder leading down into the main room of Tantalus. She turned around to give the loft one last look as she set her gloved hands on top wrung of the ladder. "Good-bye," she whispered to the empty room.
Dagger climbed down into the main room and hopped off the ladder when she nearly reached the bottom. She turned and smiled at the occupants sitting at the table in the center of the room. They were all staring at her with sad eyes and plastered on smiles. They were going to miss her, but she was also going to miss them.
The brunette walked over to the three men that were sitting around the round table. She walked up to Marcus first, who was the farthest away from her. "I thank you for all the support Marcus," Dagger muttered, before leaning over and giving him a hug. Marcus hugged her lightly back.
"If you ever need anything, I'll always be here," Marcus muttered, releasing the petite girl.
Dagger then moved over to Cinna and hugged him from the side. "You advice was always helpful and wanted," Dagger murmured, releasing him. Cinna smiled up at her.
"I'm not going anywhere," he replied, still smiling.
Lastly, Dagger moved over to Blank. This was going to be the hard one. Blank had been a great friend to Dagger more so than Cinna and Marcus combined. He had been there when she first showed up, lost and confused. He had shown her that you just lived life and dealt with whatever it threw at you. He helped her to realize that even though she didn't know who she was she could make herself out to be whoever she wanted to be. Blank had been there when she cried and when she smiled.
Dagger wrapped her arms around Blank, giving him a tight hug. Blank hugged her back, full-heartedly. "Good-bye, Dagger," he muttered into her hair.
"Good-bye, Blank," Dagger whispered, a couple of tears falling from her eyes. She released him and stood up, only to whirl around again. Zidane was standing at the door waiting for her. She walked over towards him and looked to the floor. "I'm ready to go."
"Don't I get a hug like the rest of them?" Zidane teased, smiling playfully at Dagger.
Dagger glared at him, before wiping her tears away and laughing. She followed Zidane out the door and smiled up at the sun, which was shining brightly above her. "Thank you, Zidane."
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Zidane turned around to face Dagger and she nearly walked into him. "Don't do that without a warning next time!" she yelped, taking a few steps back away from him.
"Sorry, but I just want you to know that it's not going to me and you traveling together," Zidane replied, smiling slightly as she blushed from embarrassment. (AN: Gotta love Zidane's grammar, huh?)
"Well, I should hope not," Dagger murmured. "It would be quite awkward, wouldn't you say?"
"Freya and Vivi will be traveling with us," Zidane answered, ignoring her comment.
"Were those the two that I saw in the castle last week?" Dagger asked, as she tilted her head causing her hair to cascade prettily over face.
"Yes, they were," Zidane muttered, rolling his eyes at Dagger's curious nature. "Anyway, I want you to be nice to them."
"When have I ever been rude?" Dagger inquired, placing her hands on her hips in annoyance.
"I simply meant that I want you to contain your curious nature," Zidane grumbled, becoming somewhat irritated himself. "It wasn't an insult. I never said you were rude. Sometimes you just ask too many questions."
"Are you implying that *I*, Garnet, am a brown noser?!" Dagger growled, leaning in close to Zidane, her face inches from his as she glared at him.
"Did you just say Garnet? Dagger! You just remembered your real name!" Zidane exclaimed, a grin on his face.
"I-I did?" Dagger stuttered, leaning back away from him as she looked down at herself as if she were a new person.
"Yeah, you just called yourself Garnet!" Zidane replied, gripping her hands to cause her to look up at him. Her face went from surprise to happiness and the smile she was wearing couldn't get any bigger. She began hopping up and down like an excited child.
"My name is Garnet! My *name* is Garnet!" she cheered, still hopping up and down. She then jumped at Zidane and kissed him lightly on the lips, not noticing in her excitement that she had kissed him nor the fact that just about three minutes ago they had been having an argument.
Zidane released her hands and didn't even notice her continue to hop around. He touched his lips which were now tingling with an unknown sensation. As soon as his gloved hand brushed against his own lips the sensation was gone and he was now staring at Dagger's anxious face.
"I am definitely ready to begin our journey," Dagger replied, the smile still on her face. "May I go in and meet Vivi and Freya officially now?"
"Yeah, of course, but first you gotta kiss me again," Zidane answered, a charming smile on his face.
"Hmph," was Dagger's response. She bumped him out of the way with the side of her hip as she walked into the Inn.
"Mm, fiery. Just the way I like 'em," Zidane muttered, before following her inside.
~~~~~~
Dagger sighed as she tore her gaze away from the full moon. It had been two weeks since Freya, Vivi, Zidane, and she had started out on their journey. They were making their way across the lands towards the kingdom of Burmecia. From what Dagger understood, Zidane was on this journey because of his lost brother and Freya was on the journey for Fratley, her lost lover. Apparently Fratley had been seen in the wake of where Zidane's brother had turned up, but it was still quite unknown whether they were working together.
Dagger shook her head as she sighed. She set her elbows on her knees and placed her head into her hands. 'It must be horrible to lose someone you love so deeply. Poor, poor Freya,' Dagger thought. She then sat up straight abruptly. 'But, why then, is Vivi traveling with us?'
A rustle in the bushes caused Dagger to turn around. She watched as they moved again, this time a little more violently.
She didn't know what hit her. One moment she was sitting on a log and the next she was pinned underneath a spindly leg. She opened her eyes from the pain to see eight eyes more staring back at her. She was pinned underneath a large spider which was twitching its fangs hungrily at her. She did the only thing she could think to do, scream.
The next moment the leg lifted off of her and she rolled out from underneath the spider out onto the sidelines. She had no idea what happened until she stood up, with her dagger drawn. Zidane had jumped onto the back of large black spider and it had thrown the creature off balance. He had protected her. Dagger stood there, her dagger drawn, with wide eyes and her mouth hanging open like a fish.
"Kogasu!"* she heard shouted next to her. Dagger snapped out of her shock and turned to look at Vivi with his hands out in front of him. He had balls of flame shooting from his finger tips.
"YAHHHHHH!!!" came the feminine voice from above. Dagger glanced up and saw a flash of silver off the flying javelin which was held by a shadow. The shadow came into focus revealing Freya, diving from the sky down toward the spider at incredible speed.
The Burmecian landed on the spider, her javelin appearing through the other side of the creature, which was now swaying from side to side as it faded in and out of consciousness. Freya quickly removed her javelin and back flipped off of the descending creature. She landed on her feet on the other side of Dagger, who was now in shock again.
Zidane hopped off the falling creature, landed on his hands, and flipped back over to his feet. He landed in front of Dagger, facing her. "Are you alright?" he asked, setting his hands on her shoulders in concern.
"Y-yes......I believe....I am quite alright," Dagger stuttered, shaking her head and closing her eyes. Her mind cleared and she reopened her eyes to see Zidane's staring worriedly back at her. "I'm fine."
"Well, let's just say you *weren't* fine! You know what would happen to me *then*?!" Zidane growled, glaring at her as he crossed his arms.
"Nothing seriously bad, I suppose!!" Dagger argued, crossing her arms also. She glared back at him.
"I believe *death* IS a serious matter! Baku would have my *head* served on a platter if you died in my care!!" Zidane yelled before storming off back the way he had come from.
"Garnet?" Vivi asked, pulling lightly on her now dirty white shirt. She glanced down at him questioningly. "Don't be hard on Zidane......he was just worried, that's all."
"Perhaps we should be less careless. It seems the more we travel the deeper we crawl into the darkness," Freya muttered, shaking her head as she slid her javelin back into its holster on her back.
"What do you mean, Freya?" Dagger asked, looking up at the Burmecian.
"Be careful, Garnet. The darkness is beginning to surround us and eventually there will be no other way, but to travel through it," Freya replied, before turning and following Zidane.
Dagger simply shook her head as she looked to the floor. She sighed lightly as a small breeze blew through the field. She glanced at Vivi abruptly who was looking up at her questionably. "Vivi?"
"Yeah?" he asked, still looking at her wonderingly.
"Did you feel that?" She asked, her grip on the dagger getting tighter. Vivi shook his head as he glanced around.
"Feel what?" Vivi inquired, glancing back up at her.
"That," Dagger muttered, as the ground rumbled again. Vivi's golden eyes got large as he nodded. His face then got quite determined as he looked around. Dagger began doing the same.
They didn't have to look for long. Dagger grabbed Vivi and dived out of the way just as three large spiders came running full-force out of the bushes. The two stood up to face their three large companions, ready to fight.
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WOO HOO!!!! I am sooooo done this chapter! Sorry for not introducing S and B in this chapter....sniff, sniff But, it was getting quite long and some of my reviewers coughMangaGirlcough don't like REALLY long chapters! But, that's okay! It gave me the perfect opportunity to place in a lovely cliffhanger for all you peeps! Anywho, I finally got into the action and out of the fluff! Hehe, I like SOME fluff, but it was time to fall into the action. I'm going to try and keep a nice balance between the two from now on, kk?
I wanna ask, would anyone be willing to write me a new summary? I think mine bites! Please feel free to just type it in a review or send me an e- mail! My addy is at the top or you can get my other one from ff.net.
*This is a cantation for casting Vivi's magic! Dagger will be using them later, but shhhhhh that's a secret! hehe, Kogasu means scorch or in this case FIRE!
Stay Tuned for Chapter Nine: Jail Birds......Beatrix and Steiner meet up with the gang. They (including Beatrix and Steiner) all pay a lovely trip to jail for what? Dagger's past falls into her lap although she doesn't REALLY remember.....Armarant pays a visit! And introducing my own character......as Dagger's fiancé?! (Eh, that's cause I don't have another character to use for her fiancé, so I gotta make one up......I could take suggestions if you have one!)
Thanks for reading! Ja ne! ~KaBunny