Disclaimer: Final Fantasy 9 belongs to Squaresoft.

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Brothers…

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Zidane clutched his weapon tightly and rushed forward, Amarant followed closely. The monster flew so fast that it almost collided with the ship. Luckily, Freya arrived just in time to stop it. She threw her spear towards the monster, hitting its left wing. It immediately sent the monster falling to the ocean.

Amarant grunted and walked away.

"What's wrong with him?" Freya asked.

"Must've been furious since you had all the fun," Zidane replied.

"Fun? You think battling an enormous monster is fun?!" Freya said in a bewildered tone.

"Must be, for him…" Zidane said shrugging.

He left Freya alone and went to the control room. Freya stared at the sky and sighed. She then returned to her room afterwards…

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Kuja went out of his room; his face was very wan. He walked past all the rooms and headed towards the stairs, moving like a bibulous man. He met Mogrio halfway who tried to stop him.

"Where are you going?" Mogrio asked.

Kuja stared at him in the eye frightening Mogrio. He was as white as a ghost and the look in his eyes were cold and distant. Very much different from what they used to be. He continued climbing up the stairs till he reached the top. Meanwhile, Mogrio ran to Zidane and told him about what happened to Kuja.

"He wasn't like that before, never was. You should've seen him, kupo! It was scary!" Mogrio said, voice shaking a little.

"Where's he headed?" Zidane asked.

"He was climbing up the stairs when I saw him. Seems like he was going to the top of this ship. Kupo!" he replied.

"Thanks," Zidane muttered, rushing out.

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Dagger inhaled the fresh air around her, which helped calm her down. Suddenly, she heard the door open and close. She turned around and saw Kuja, whom she noticed, is acting very odd. She smiled at him but he walked past her, not seeming to notice her. He stood still at the most pointed part of the ship, and looked down to the deep ocean below. Dagger dashed forward.

"What are you trying to do? I'm telling you, don't try to do anything stupid," Dagger said.

Kuja didn't move an inch, as if Dagger's words were just a breeze of air that passed his face. The wind grew stronger and Kuja's silvery hair moved along with it as well as Dagger's long, dark brown hair. Each time the wind became stronger and fiercer, Kuja would move forward. And each time he moved forward tears would stream down her face as she tries to stop him. Finally, Zidane arrived at the top with Mogrio behind him.

"Don't you dare do it Kuja! Or I'm going to kill you with my own hands!" Zidane shouted.

Kuja ignored him and remained right there. Zidane slowly walked near him and tried to pull Kuja's tail. But as he was about to do it, a gust of wind passed by and Kuja fell overboard, plunging to his death. Dagger screamed and almost fainted. Zidane, however, dived down and seized Kuja's tail. He then slapped Kuja in the face.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Zidane cried. "Wake up! Snap out of it! Come back to reality!"

Zidane hit Kuja in the face again, only this time stronger. The color in Kuja's face slowly returned and his eyes were back to the same warm eyes, which they used to be. Forgetting that they were still in the air, Zidane squeezed Kuja hard like any brother would. Their happiness didn't last long though. For below them, the monster that Freya had struck with her spear emerged from the deep ocean below. Dagger, whom was watching them from the airship, shouted as loud as she could to warn Zidane and Kuja. Zidane heard her screams and saw the monster.

"We really need your power right now," Zidane said.

Kuja nodded and teleported them beck to the airship. The monster below flew upward.

"It's too early to celebrate. Kupo! Look!" Mogrio said.

They saw the monster flying towards their direction.

"How can this be possible? Freya had struck its wing awhile ago. There's just no way that it could still fly," Zidane exclaimed.

They didn't know that Meia had aided the monster and made it stronger.

"What'll we do?" Dagger asked.

"What else? Fight it!" Kuja replied.

Dagger and Zidane both took out their weapons and prepared for battle while Kuja merely stood there waiting. When the creature had caught up with them, it made the first attack and cast aera on Zidane. Zidane floated in the air and crashed near the door. He stood up and ran back to the battlefield, unscathed. Dagger summoned Ramuh, which had flashes of lightning strike the monster causing some damage. The creature swung its right wing at Zidane's direction. Zidane saw it and swiftly ducked.

"Hey! No fair! How come you're always attacking me?" Zidane complained after dodging the monster's attack and standing properly again.

"What's all the racket about?" asked Mikoto as she went out to see what happened.

Mikoto saw the monster and ran forward to help Zidane and the others.

"About time someone noticed the noise," Kuja said sarcastically.

Kuja had just cast flare on the creature, which hurt it on the left wing. Zidane used his skill attack and used treasury on it, inflicting more damage on the monster. The monster countered Zidane's attack by trying to bite Zidane, which Zidane was able to evade. Mikoto cast cura on Zidane to heal him since he was the main target of the monster. Zidane became furious at it and was able to steal a map from it. Dagger went forward and summoned Bahamut whom instantly annihilated the monster.

Zidane was just too glad to have gotten rid of the monster. He celebrated a little by grabbing Dagger's hand and danced around with her.

Kuja wasn't the least bit surprised by his brother's childish behavior.

"A-hem," Mikoto started.

Zidane stopped and looked at Mikoto.

"What?" he asked.

"Weren't you able to steal something from that thing? So, where is it? Show it to us," said Mikoto in a bossy tone.

Dagger giggled at Mikoto's manner of speaking. Zidane scratched his head and took out the map he obtained, or rather, stole. He opened it and all of them gathered around Zidane.

Written at the top of the map are the words: Sephiroth's Mansion

Author's Note: Made you guys think that I'm not going to update again… Sorry! Anyway, I would especially like to thank kingleby for reviewing. THANKS! ^_^

I just noticed how immature my stories are, sorry if they bored you… And I would like to thank you for not getting irritated by all my ranting. Just like to say that my bus mate and I have gotten along better now. Although my sister did say that he was talking, or rather, making fun of me when I'm not around. I can't understand him!