Disclaimer: Final Fantasy 9 belongs to Squaresoft.
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Emotions
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Dagger's dream (continuation)
Dagger continued running despite of the fact that Zidane would only go farther away. She wiped her tears and looked up. Zidane was slowly vanishing. His image was changing. His hair becoming lighter, his tail disappearing, attire becoming formal. Dagger paused. She knew who that person was but couldn't believe it.
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Dagger woke up finding herself alone. She stood up and went out. The sky was already blue. The sun shining brightly, children were running around. Then she felt someone touching her. She turned around and saw Keith. She smiled at him and he smiled back at her.
"You're finally awake," he said.
"Why? Did I sleep that long?" she asked.
Keith looked at her and grinned. He grabbed her arm and took her somewhere else.
"Stop! I'm ordering you to stop!" Dagger cried as she tried to free herself.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," he said. "Just follow me."
Dagger kept quiet. She silently followed him, trying not to ask anything.
"We're here," said Keith.
He opened the door before him and brought Dagger inside. Dagger entered, speechless. She was inside a library full of books.
"I found this place a while ago. I decided that maybe, maybe I can find the answer to all my questions here," he said.
He left Dagger alone and took some books. Dagger walked quietly and looked around. Her thoughts flying. She continued walking without noticing whom she was about to bump…
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Keith was walking while turning the pages of a book. He did not notice that someone was in front of him. He kept on walking forward…
They bumped and Keith fell on Dagger. His lips touching her forehead.
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Dagger shook her head.
"No! That didn't happen!" she thought.
She stood up and kept the piece of jewel in her bag. Her first intention was to throw it away, but thought that it was too precious, so she just kept it. Memories lay sleeping inside that piece of jewel.
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Beatrix stared at the peaceful view alone. She was smiling, but inside her was deep sorrow. She couldn't bear to be away from Steiner. The thought somehow scares her. But she knew that she did the right thing. The country's welfare would always be first before hers. Tears were streaming down from her eyes. The soft wind playing with her brown hair. She wiped those tears away. She may look like a tough person from the outside, but there was a delicate part of her within.
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Steiner hobbled towards the palace. It was hard to run with that armor. Sure, he's used to it. But something made him feel the heaviness of the suit he's wearing. He continued running.
"Just a little more," he thought.
He reached a room and stopped. He knocked the door.
"The door's open," said a voice.
Steiner opened the door and entered.
"Beatrix!" he said.
Beatrix turned around and was shocked to see Steiner there. She stared at him for some time then looked out again.
"I thought you went with them already," she said softly.
"I was, but I headed back. You're more important to me. More than her Highness even," said Steiner.
Beatrix was silent. She didn't say a word. Steiner understood. He knew she cried. It was obvious from the tone of her voice. He went near her and placed his arms around her.
"Don't worry, I'll never leave you," he said.
Beatrix let her tears stream down to her face. She felt joy and love. She didn't want to let it end. Not yet…
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Kuja touched his forehead. It had been aching since yesterday, and it was driving him crazy. Mogrio, his moogle, was nowhere to be found. He took the glass of water from the table and poured it all over his face. He banged his fists on the wall. He couldn't take it anymore. He wanted this pain to leave. He tried everything but all failed. He threw the glass and it shattered. He saw himself on the mirror. His reflection… it was different. It wasn't him. The reflection showed a man with light blond hair smiling. He looked away. He fell to the ground and became unconscious.
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"My, my… What do we have here? Looks like our heroes are out to chase us. Very well, if they want to have fun, I'll give them what they want," said Meia.
She had been observing all the moves of Zidane and his friends through her powers. She created a large transparent glass and had it floating in her room. She went out and entered a room. She snapped her fingers and the whole room immediately brightened. She released a gigantic creature from its curse and ordered it to attack Zidane. She smirked at the thought of Zidane and his friends killed.
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"How's everything?" asked Zidane.
"Everything's fine! Sir!" the crewmember replied.
"You wasted a lot of money for this didn't you?" said a grumpy voice.
Zidane turned around and saw Amarant.
"Not really," he said. "We just brought along with us everything that we thought was needed," Zidane answered.
"Whatever…" said Amarant.
"INCOMING!" shouted a crewmember running.
Zidane ran forward and saw an ugly monster headed towards their way.
Author's Note: Sorry if this chapter's terribly short. I'm just depressed these days…
Anyway, I would like to thank those who read and reviewed. I love you guys!
My reasons for being depressed:
1. I failed in the Math exam. No fair! All my grades were fine having 84(Science) as the lowest passing grade and 100(Chinese) as the highest. If only I had more time, I would have passed. I was only able to answer one out of five from the last part of the exam that immediately got me a deduction of -20. (Although she gave some considerations that turned it to -16 or -17)
2. My bus mate, a boy (about 14-15) kept making fun of me. But we're friends. Only he doesn't realize it when he's gotten too far already. He's nice when sending text messages to me though…