Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy IX, or Squaresoft, but I own the
plot! Mine! MINE! Bwahahalalalananana! ( It works like that... )
Notes: Do I really have to remind you? Seriously, do I really? If I do, check my past stories. The last few Acts, not including this one :'(, will be in Vivi's POV. In this story, it is just like the first act. Also, due to mild swearing, it is rated PG. Now, toodles.
Act IV
"The Fear of No. 6"
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Black Mage Village...
"How are we going to beat him if we can't even see them?", Yuki asked. "Yeah, and other than that, if we do kill him, there'll be just another Black Waltz to hunt us down...", added Zidane. "Yea, and what if me get hungry in fight?", Quina butted in, startling everyone. It was 10 hours since the "ghost" Waltz attacked Needle, and they were pondering how to defeat him without deaths. Eiko had returned from Madain Sari to see what was happening. "We can cast Blizzard and freeze him" "But then the ice will melt...", Needle said in a tone, showing it has happened before to him. Their peace and pondering was soon interrupted by an explosion in the sky near the beach South of the village. A shard of metal barely missed Quina, who fell over onto Eiko. "Get off me, Quina!", Eiko demanded. Zidane slowly approached the glowing hot steel shard. It read "Alexandria Airsh-". It was cut off to only those few letters. "Alexandria...? We have to go Mr. 288! People may be hurt!", ( der ) Zidane yelled, running through the exit of the village. As soon as they got to the area below the explosion, they saw a burnt silhouette of what was to be a man. Needle heard a faint plop ( no, not the garbage in the toilet, nasty you ) near the beach. "I heard something...", Needle said to everyone. "Where?" "Follow me.", Needle led them to the beach, where there were multiple bodies littering it. One, which belonged to Dagger. "Dagger! No!", Zidane panicked, running to her body. He checked her pulse...nothing. He checked it again...still nothing. "Dammit! When will this stop!?", Zidane yelled, a tear breaking through. "Z-zidane? Has Dagger...stopped?", Vivi asked. Zidane didn't answer, he just nodded. Eiko ran up to Zidane, taking out a purple vile, pouring it's contents onto Dagger's lifeless body. "What's that?", Zidane asked. Eiko grinned as she closed the vile. 'He'll leave Dagger and love me for this' Eiko thought to herself. "I asked you a question! Answer me!", Zidane yelled at Eiko. Dagger's body began to glow as her eyes fluttered open. "D-dagger...?", Zidane sputtered, staring at the partially burnt princess ( along with Vivi, Needle, and Yuki... ) 'Hehehe, he'll kiss me now...just a few seconds...anytime now...' Eiko thought to herself, but didn't notice Zidane hugging Dagger. "You're alright!", Zidane practically yelled in Dagger's ear. 'grr...sooner or later, he'll go to me' Eiko mumbled, red eyed. "Are you ok?" "Wahh!", Eiko was so busy muttering under her breath, she didn't notice everyone was staring at her. "What happened?", asked Dagger. "We should be asking you that.", Needle said. All of a sudden, Zidane and Vivi begin to gag as though they where being strangled. "Ahh! Where's Quina?! And what's happening to you?!", Yuki gasped, watching in horror as Vivi and Zidane are slowly lifted up into the air. "Hahahaha...master Kuja has outdone himself this time...you're deaths are all but inevitable...", slowly, an image slowly began to materialize. Yuki gasped in horror as the sixth Black Waltz revealed himself. "Aggh! Dammit!", Zidane yelled, going into trance ( now it's the battle trance ) "Grand Lethal!", Zidane aimed a single glowing hand towards the ghost Waltz. Everything soon turned black as stars begin flying at the 6th Black Waltz. He dropped the two prisoners. "Shit! Ha, so that is what Kuja warned me about ...No matter...", the ghost mumbled to himself as he finished materializing. It was a sight. It looked just like Needle, except with only one difference. A demon's wings were attached to his back replacing the usual angel's wings. Eiko began to summon the phoenix when she was struck SMACK in between the eyes with the 6th Black Waltz's knee. She flew back, instantly knocked unconcious. He dashed to Yuki, kicking her in the stomach, sending her flying back, then he dashed to Zidane, who was still in trance. No. 6 literally knocked the trance out of Zidane with a single back-hand slap. "Yuki! Eiko! Zidane! No!", Vivi yelled. The ghost cried in pain as Dagger stabbed him in the back with Zidane's dagger. ( hehehe. That sentence was confusing. ) "Quina here!", Quina yelled, lunging her gigantic fork towards the sixth Black Waltz. "No! Don't kill him!", Needle yelled, trying to catch Quina. Unfortunately, he was too late and Quina was grabbed and flung onto Dagger, who screamed in pain. "P-petrify!", a scared Vivi yelled. The spell flew towards the 6th Black Waltz, landing hard. "Aggh! You twerp!", the ghost yelled as he slowly began to stiffen. He then suddenly disappeared with only his wail echoing. "Vivi! What happened?! What happened to everyone?!", Steiner said, running in his more rustier suit ( from taking a swim in the ocean. ). "Never mind that. Just help us get them back to the Black Mage Village!", Needle yelled with obvious irritation in his voice.
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"I am sorry master...I have failed you...", a dark silhouette said, kneeling. "You have failed me, that is true, but you have managed to show them your true strength. Now go, rest if you must." "Please, do not forget master. I do not need rest. I shall hunt t-" "No, don't. I want you to eliminate them at a moment of fire." "...Very well master...", the dark silhouette said, disappearing. "You are too valuable to me...you shall not fail me this time...I shall set loose the king of dragons...hahahaha..."
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Next day...
The snow stopped and rain began to pour. The mood was glum. The once unconcious fighters were now awake and weren't talking at all. It was one of those days where the sun didn't come up. There was a thunder storm outside, which scared Yuki. Needle stood outside in the rain, staring at the two moons. Vivi was at the chocobo shack, staring at the egg. Steiner was patrolling Dagger. Zidane is sanding his rusty dagger. Quina was fixing her fork, and Eiko was back at Madain Sari. "Well...why isn't anyone talking?", Zidane said, breaking the silence. "What's wrong? We just lost once, we can still beat that demon." "Let's face it. We can never defeat him. How can we if all of us couldn't?", Yuki said, softly. "W-we can't give up! We have to keep on fighting!", Vivi said in a confident voice, entering the room. "But we'll just get hurt!", Yuki said, startled by the thunder. "W-well one thing Zidane taught me was to never give up, even when the odds are against us, and I'm not about to give up just yet!", the door swung open, revealing a soaked Needle. "Hehehe...we can defeat him...!", Needle said. "How?!", everyone said. "Vivi, do you remember when you cast petrify?" "Yeah." "Did you see how 'Ghost' reacted? He was in pain!" "...and...?", Zidane said. "Anybody affected by petrify magic dies, right? Well if they are affected by petrify and they die, no spirit energy exits, so he may die, but can't be reborn!", Needle exclaimed. "But how will that help? We can't even see him!", Dagger said, entering the room with Steiner. "Hmm...Mr. 288?" "Yes, Mr. Needle?" "Do you have paint?" "Paint?", everyone said. "Yes...red, yellow, blue, amber is my personal favorite." "Do you have black?" "Yes"
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10 minutes later...
"All we need now is someone who knows petrify and is willing to fight", Needle said. "...I will...!", Vivi and Yuki said, in unison. Yuki slightly blushed a shade of pink as Vivi looked at her, eyebrow up. "...Yuki, Vivi, are you sure?" "Vivi! It's not safe!", Dagger said, worried. "...Y-yes, I'm sure" "Very well...all we have to do now is wait..."
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So how is my fourth act? I couldn't write it too quickly 'cause of school tests and stuff...anyway, please review!
If you want to MST ( I'm dreaming ), just E-mail me at Pocky_Rei@yahoo.com!
Anyway, Mahalo, Sayonara, Asta Lavista, Later for now!
Notes: Do I really have to remind you? Seriously, do I really? If I do, check my past stories. The last few Acts, not including this one :'(, will be in Vivi's POV. In this story, it is just like the first act. Also, due to mild swearing, it is rated PG. Now, toodles.
Act IV
"The Fear of No. 6"
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Black Mage Village...
"How are we going to beat him if we can't even see them?", Yuki asked. "Yeah, and other than that, if we do kill him, there'll be just another Black Waltz to hunt us down...", added Zidane. "Yea, and what if me get hungry in fight?", Quina butted in, startling everyone. It was 10 hours since the "ghost" Waltz attacked Needle, and they were pondering how to defeat him without deaths. Eiko had returned from Madain Sari to see what was happening. "We can cast Blizzard and freeze him" "But then the ice will melt...", Needle said in a tone, showing it has happened before to him. Their peace and pondering was soon interrupted by an explosion in the sky near the beach South of the village. A shard of metal barely missed Quina, who fell over onto Eiko. "Get off me, Quina!", Eiko demanded. Zidane slowly approached the glowing hot steel shard. It read "Alexandria Airsh-". It was cut off to only those few letters. "Alexandria...? We have to go Mr. 288! People may be hurt!", ( der ) Zidane yelled, running through the exit of the village. As soon as they got to the area below the explosion, they saw a burnt silhouette of what was to be a man. Needle heard a faint plop ( no, not the garbage in the toilet, nasty you ) near the beach. "I heard something...", Needle said to everyone. "Where?" "Follow me.", Needle led them to the beach, where there were multiple bodies littering it. One, which belonged to Dagger. "Dagger! No!", Zidane panicked, running to her body. He checked her pulse...nothing. He checked it again...still nothing. "Dammit! When will this stop!?", Zidane yelled, a tear breaking through. "Z-zidane? Has Dagger...stopped?", Vivi asked. Zidane didn't answer, he just nodded. Eiko ran up to Zidane, taking out a purple vile, pouring it's contents onto Dagger's lifeless body. "What's that?", Zidane asked. Eiko grinned as she closed the vile. 'He'll leave Dagger and love me for this' Eiko thought to herself. "I asked you a question! Answer me!", Zidane yelled at Eiko. Dagger's body began to glow as her eyes fluttered open. "D-dagger...?", Zidane sputtered, staring at the partially burnt princess ( along with Vivi, Needle, and Yuki... ) 'Hehehe, he'll kiss me now...just a few seconds...anytime now...' Eiko thought to herself, but didn't notice Zidane hugging Dagger. "You're alright!", Zidane practically yelled in Dagger's ear. 'grr...sooner or later, he'll go to me' Eiko mumbled, red eyed. "Are you ok?" "Wahh!", Eiko was so busy muttering under her breath, she didn't notice everyone was staring at her. "What happened?", asked Dagger. "We should be asking you that.", Needle said. All of a sudden, Zidane and Vivi begin to gag as though they where being strangled. "Ahh! Where's Quina?! And what's happening to you?!", Yuki gasped, watching in horror as Vivi and Zidane are slowly lifted up into the air. "Hahahaha...master Kuja has outdone himself this time...you're deaths are all but inevitable...", slowly, an image slowly began to materialize. Yuki gasped in horror as the sixth Black Waltz revealed himself. "Aggh! Dammit!", Zidane yelled, going into trance ( now it's the battle trance ) "Grand Lethal!", Zidane aimed a single glowing hand towards the ghost Waltz. Everything soon turned black as stars begin flying at the 6th Black Waltz. He dropped the two prisoners. "Shit! Ha, so that is what Kuja warned me about ...No matter...", the ghost mumbled to himself as he finished materializing. It was a sight. It looked just like Needle, except with only one difference. A demon's wings were attached to his back replacing the usual angel's wings. Eiko began to summon the phoenix when she was struck SMACK in between the eyes with the 6th Black Waltz's knee. She flew back, instantly knocked unconcious. He dashed to Yuki, kicking her in the stomach, sending her flying back, then he dashed to Zidane, who was still in trance. No. 6 literally knocked the trance out of Zidane with a single back-hand slap. "Yuki! Eiko! Zidane! No!", Vivi yelled. The ghost cried in pain as Dagger stabbed him in the back with Zidane's dagger. ( hehehe. That sentence was confusing. ) "Quina here!", Quina yelled, lunging her gigantic fork towards the sixth Black Waltz. "No! Don't kill him!", Needle yelled, trying to catch Quina. Unfortunately, he was too late and Quina was grabbed and flung onto Dagger, who screamed in pain. "P-petrify!", a scared Vivi yelled. The spell flew towards the 6th Black Waltz, landing hard. "Aggh! You twerp!", the ghost yelled as he slowly began to stiffen. He then suddenly disappeared with only his wail echoing. "Vivi! What happened?! What happened to everyone?!", Steiner said, running in his more rustier suit ( from taking a swim in the ocean. ). "Never mind that. Just help us get them back to the Black Mage Village!", Needle yelled with obvious irritation in his voice.
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"I am sorry master...I have failed you...", a dark silhouette said, kneeling. "You have failed me, that is true, but you have managed to show them your true strength. Now go, rest if you must." "Please, do not forget master. I do not need rest. I shall hunt t-" "No, don't. I want you to eliminate them at a moment of fire." "...Very well master...", the dark silhouette said, disappearing. "You are too valuable to me...you shall not fail me this time...I shall set loose the king of dragons...hahahaha..."
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Next day...
The snow stopped and rain began to pour. The mood was glum. The once unconcious fighters were now awake and weren't talking at all. It was one of those days where the sun didn't come up. There was a thunder storm outside, which scared Yuki. Needle stood outside in the rain, staring at the two moons. Vivi was at the chocobo shack, staring at the egg. Steiner was patrolling Dagger. Zidane is sanding his rusty dagger. Quina was fixing her fork, and Eiko was back at Madain Sari. "Well...why isn't anyone talking?", Zidane said, breaking the silence. "What's wrong? We just lost once, we can still beat that demon." "Let's face it. We can never defeat him. How can we if all of us couldn't?", Yuki said, softly. "W-we can't give up! We have to keep on fighting!", Vivi said in a confident voice, entering the room. "But we'll just get hurt!", Yuki said, startled by the thunder. "W-well one thing Zidane taught me was to never give up, even when the odds are against us, and I'm not about to give up just yet!", the door swung open, revealing a soaked Needle. "Hehehe...we can defeat him...!", Needle said. "How?!", everyone said. "Vivi, do you remember when you cast petrify?" "Yeah." "Did you see how 'Ghost' reacted? He was in pain!" "...and...?", Zidane said. "Anybody affected by petrify magic dies, right? Well if they are affected by petrify and they die, no spirit energy exits, so he may die, but can't be reborn!", Needle exclaimed. "But how will that help? We can't even see him!", Dagger said, entering the room with Steiner. "Hmm...Mr. 288?" "Yes, Mr. Needle?" "Do you have paint?" "Paint?", everyone said. "Yes...red, yellow, blue, amber is my personal favorite." "Do you have black?" "Yes"
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10 minutes later...
"All we need now is someone who knows petrify and is willing to fight", Needle said. "...I will...!", Vivi and Yuki said, in unison. Yuki slightly blushed a shade of pink as Vivi looked at her, eyebrow up. "...Yuki, Vivi, are you sure?" "Vivi! It's not safe!", Dagger said, worried. "...Y-yes, I'm sure" "Very well...all we have to do now is wait..."
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So how is my fourth act? I couldn't write it too quickly 'cause of school tests and stuff...anyway, please review!
If you want to MST ( I'm dreaming ), just E-mail me at Pocky_Rei@yahoo.com!
Anyway, Mahalo, Sayonara, Asta Lavista, Later for now!