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Mysteries

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"Can I go with you now?" asked Dagger.

Zidane sighed and said, "We have no other choice. Both you and Mikoto will have to join us because only the two of you know the whereabouts of that woman."

Dagger smiled while Mikoto hugged Zidane.

"You better go and prepare your things now," Kuja said.

"What? Oh, right," said Mikoto. She turned away to go to her room.

"By the way, when will we leave?" asked Dagger before she left.

"Tomorrow at dawn," Zidane replied.

Dagger nodded and went to her room leaving Zidane and Kuja alone.

"Are you really that worried about Eiko? I mean, why at dawn? We could leave next week," said Kuja.

"I'm not only worried about her, I'm also worried about the safety of Gaia," said Zidane.

"Well, you're not the only one," said Kuja.

He turned around and went away. Zidane looked out the window and stood here for a long time.

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Dagger took out a bag and some clothes. She folded them neatly and put them inside. Then she opened her drawer and got some bottles and placed them inside. She made sure that she brought some potions, hi-potions, phoenix downs, eye drops, vaccines, antidotes, echo screens, annoyments and phoenix pinions with her. (A/N: Correct me if the spelling's wrong)

She also brought her rod and rackets with her along with some money.

"Wouldn't want to go into battle without anyting with me," she thought.

Then she turned around and saw them…

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Mikoto lied down on her bed and stared at the ceiling and sighed.

"I don't have anything to bring with me except a few clothes. Hope I'll be able to buy more in this journey," she thought.

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"What's wrong? Kupo!" asked the moogle.

"Nothing," said Kuja.

"…I'm going out for a while," said the moogle sensing anger in Kuja.

The moogle went out and walked down the hallway.

"Dammit! Aaagghh!" shouted Kuja.

He touched his head and was almost pulling his hair in pain.

"It's happening again," the moogle thought.

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Freya took the letter from Artemecian and opened it.

"It's a letter from Zidane," she said. "Thank you for delivering it to me."

"No problem," said the moogle as it went away.

Freya opened the letter and read it. After a few minutes, she left it on the table and ran out of her room.

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Amarant entered the chamber together with Lani. The chair inside was facing the back so nobody can see the man.

"What do you want?" asked Amarant.

"I need you to…"

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"Yo! Boss! It's an order from Cid!" Blank shouted.

"Keep yer voice down, I hear ya," said Baku coming out of the hideout.

"What's it say?" asked Marcus.

"Let's see…"

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Vivi looked at the sky.

"I hope Eiko's okay," he thought.

Beside him was a letter already opened…

Author's Note: Sorry for the long absence! We had exams last week and the teachers are giving us loads of assignments! Hehe! A little mystery here. Please give me an advice. This bus mate of mine opened the zipper of my skirt and saw the color of my shorts which she thought was my -. (It was a girl and she's only in grade 1) She told me and my bus mates heard it and they start to tease me! Another is that a boy beside me who is in he same batch as I am and became my classmate too kept on tickling me or making fun of me! I NEED HELP! My brother's not even helping me!