Again I do not own any of these characters except for my character Takashi
who will show up later on in this fic so please don't sue me ^_^;;;
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The sky was full of stars and the moon shone brightly from its high perch in the heavens. Looking up at it Kuja felt alive again, basking in the pale radiance of the moon. "It feels good to fly again Arian," he whispered softly, his fingers gently combing through the feathers on the dragons back.
As they flew Kuja mentally prepared himself for the meeting that was about to take place. There was no doubt he would gain a cold reception from all except his brother and the possibility of the queen, he did after put all of Gaia at war. He did not exactly know what to say either, even in this world of magic dreams such as his could easily be passed off as mere disillusion or misunderstood as him trying to destroy Gaia all over again. Sighing softly he stared out ahead of them, his eyes occasionally glancing below to the surrounding darkness at his feet. He would have to word it carefully which would be of no problem to him, but getting into the castle unseen would be harder. "Arian," he leaned down so that his chest was pressed against the dragons back and neck. "I need you to try and get into Alexandria unseen, I do not wish to try and present myself to the guards". Receiving a soft purring sound from the great beast Kuja sighed faintly and let his eyes wander back up to the moon, fixing it with an almost desperate plea to sink back into darkness so that he may get to his destination safely.
When the lights of Alexandria came into view the silver dragon slowed down and halted. Swiveling her head around to look at her master for confirmation of her flight path she looked quite uncomfortable with the entire situation. It was not her safety she was worried about either, it was his, she could easily enough disappear in a flash of silver light but her genome master could not. With a small mewling sound she caught his attention, his head snapping around from where he had been staring idly off. "Yes Arian I wish you to go on, I still have my nerve," reaching over he stroked her snout softly and urged her on.
Inside the city lights flashed and music played. Everything looked cheery from over head, exactly as Kuja remembered it. They flew silently trying carefully not to draw the attention of the crowds, which in itself was a futile notion. As the great dragons shadow fell over the people they looked up to see what it was that passed over them, they immediately rose to a panic. People fled with their arms flailing and screams exploding from their mouths. Others hid in corners hoping not to be seen by the dragon while they hugged their shaking knees. If it were any other night but tonight Kuja would have found this comical but tonight he wanted anything but to be seen and he had failed at that. Urging Arian forward he sighed softly and steeled himself for what was to come next.
The pair heard the shots fired before they reached their intended target, Arian. The silver dragon veered off to the side, missing the first lead ball of death fired at them and narrowly dodged past another by ducking under it. Holding on tightly to the dragon and pressing himself to her back and neck Kuja pondered fighting back but ultimately decided against it, he did not need another charge on his head. Dodging left and right, up and down Arian growled and opened her great maw letting out a jet of silver fire blast into the nearest cannon ball headed straight forward, banishing Kuja's thoughts of fighting back Raising himself slightly from the dragons back he extended his arm, fingers outstretched and smirked wildly. The feel of the magic rushing through his veins was exhilarating, even under these circumstances. It had been so long since he had used any magic at all, besides the trifle day to day magic he practiced.
Fire licked at his fingers and jumped down in waves to his the palm of his hand forming into a roiling ball of heat. Looking at the ball for a couple seconds and relishing in the heat it gave off he smirked and flung it at the nearest cannon ball watching it go up in a fury of fire. To feel this power again made him think of when he had tried to destroy the planet originally. Shaking off his thoughts Kuja concentrated on blasting the cannon balls out of the sky. The orange flames and silver dragon breath made an amazing spectacle in the skies, making them light up like fire works only more extravagant.
When the cannon fire had finally stopped both Kuja and Arian were a little worse for wear, Kuja having a small cut on his arm and Arian's feathers a little ruffled. "To the castle," Kuja's voice almost a purr as he spoke, his body still getting used to the sensations of magic again.
Arian nodded her head back at him, starting up at a steep bank to reach the castle as they ignored the screaming people beneath them, they wanted nothing to with them at all and Arian in particular wanted nothing to do with this entire mess. Landing softly on one of the balconies Kuja jumped gracefully off of the dragon's back and lightly brushed his fingers across her snout, "you've been of great help, go rest". Spinning about on his heels he walked casually into the room on which the balcony went into. Observing the plush room he let his eyes wander idly around as if he had all the time in the world, his old, cold demeanor setting in.
Smirking softly Kuja left exited the room mentally noting his own was better furnished and over all better then that one. Swaying his hips gently as he walked he eyed the woven tapestries hanging off the walls along with what ever else adorned the palace's inter sanctum. So far there were no guards and the genome was quite thankful for that at the moment, he really didn't want to dispose of them if they came, though he supposed he could always just put them to sleep if it came down to that.
Raising his hand to his mouth he yawned almost casually and unraveled his tail from around his waist, letting it dangle out behind swaying with the motion of his feminine hips. Almost purring he ducked into the shadows of a near by statue watching a guard walk around the corner. "He doesn't protect his palace to well does he?" Smirking to himself he shook his head and sauntered back down the corridor he was following.
Coming up to two arched solid wooden doors he pushed them open with little effort, his delicate looking arms having more strength in them then their appearance showed. Taking in the surprised gasps of the two royal members on the throne and the throng of guards come to surround him yelling out orders and profanities Kuja smirked and raised his hand feeling the magic start to pulse through his veins. A swirl of what looked like mist appeared in his hand and burst forth, spreading across the room making all the guards fall asleep. "Ah that's better," he looked around, a satisfied smirk on his face before turning and closing the arched doors he left open upon entering. "Excuse me I forgot to bow your majesties". With a voice laced with sarcasm the silver haired Genome bowed low, one arm held out at his side, the other crossing over his chest. Getting himself back into a standing position he smoothed out his half skirt and wrapped his tail back around his waist eyeing the dumbfounded king and queen of Alexandria. "If you would kindly close your mouths and stop staring now," he spoke well observing his nails, his voice sounding very nonchalant.
"Kuja!," Zidane was the first one to regain his senses, automatically jumping to his feet. "What are you doing here and how did you get in?" the blonde haired Genome stared down at his older brother not really believing he was truly there while queen Garnet stood deftly to her feet with out a word.
Letting his smirk drop Kuja eyed Zidane seriously. "I've come to talk to you about something but I'd prefer it if we could discuss it else where, these guards won't be asleep forever," looking down at the napping guards he sighed and shook his head, "pathetic, sleeping on the job".
"If I may ask, what is it you want to talk to my husband about?" Garnet spoke up, her voice giving away her annoyance and anger at his intrusion.
Taking his eyes off of the downed guards Kuja waved his hand as if it were nothing. "Something that could be of great importance if I'm reading it properly," shrugging he watched the pair for their reactions.
Sighing slightly and shaking his head Zidane looked at the guards lying sprawled out on the floor before him. "I suppose we could talk," turning his head to Garnet he smiled apologetically. "Excuse us k? it won't take to long".
Nodding and giving Kuja a small glare Garnet sat sighed and sat back down, her head bowed slightly. "You better have been right when you said he had changed his ways Zidane".
Glancing over at his wife and then at Kuja Zidane grinned sheepishly and motioned for the other too follow him. They exited through a door at the back of the throne room and walked down a particularly dark corridor that reminded the silver haired genome of his own home. "How quaint," he drawled as he eyed the lesser decorated walls.
"Yea, no one really comes down here at all," Zidane glanced back at his brother and turned towards a small wooden door. "This is where we do the interrogations for criminals or Tantalus meetings if they're in the city," he explained.
"I see," crinkling his nose at all the dust that was present Kuja sat down on one of the seats thrown around a large wooden table sitting in the middle of the room. Watching as his younger brother closed and latched the door he smirked slightly. "I'm amazed you trust me Zidane, after all I did try to kill you," he chuckled darkly. "Yea but you were just scared of dying," he shrugged as he quipped back, receiving a slight twitch from his older brother's eye. "Anyways what is it that you need to talk to me about?" he asked, sitting down across the table from him.
"I've been having this reoccurring dream for the last little while and something about it doesn't feel right," he started, his eyes never leaving the blonde Genome for a second. "It occurs when you saved my life in the Iifa tree and something, I don't know what it is but it is not right".
"And you have no idea what it is?" Zidane asked, curiosity lining his voice.
"I do not have a clue." Shaking his head Kuja spread his arms and shrugged. "Though it originates from the Iifa tree itself, I know that much for sure".
Looking over at Kuja, Zidane's sea blue eyes hardened and became serious, "well I wasn't gonna tell you this but I've had a couple dreams where Alexandria fell to the ground. Some huge mass of dark matter completely blotted out the sky and rained monsters on the city." Fidgeting slightly in his seat he sighed. "It's been happening a lot lately, haven't told Garnet about it cause I don't wanna worry her ya know?" he spread his arms out helplessly.
Sitting on the edge of his seat Kuja nodded and stared hard at his younger sibling. "Perhaps the two are intertwined, I think I will go to the Iifa tree to look things over," standing out of his chair he turned as a hand fell on his shoulder to keep him in place.
"Hold on there Kuja, I'm not about to let you out there on your own after what you just pulled here," he grinned. "I hate to tell ya but your gonna be escorted out of here by our good friend Rusty".
Twitching slightly Kuja brushed the hand off his shoulder and strode out of the room with out a word, stopping at the entrance to wait for Zidane. Frowning slightly at the blonde Genome he waited for him to open the door before stepping out of the corridor and towards the door he came in by. "He'll be waiting outside the door, oh and don't forget to come back and tell me what you find!" he shouted after him.
Thanks for all of the reviews so far, they're all great, as for the dragon though, the way I understand it is that she lives on a different plane of existence and Kuja summons her, besides there's a horde of em at the end of the game so maybe they fought a different one? -shrugs- oh well enjoy!
Oh and as for the eyes, I forgot what color they were, sorry ^_^;;
The sky was full of stars and the moon shone brightly from its high perch in the heavens. Looking up at it Kuja felt alive again, basking in the pale radiance of the moon. "It feels good to fly again Arian," he whispered softly, his fingers gently combing through the feathers on the dragons back.
As they flew Kuja mentally prepared himself for the meeting that was about to take place. There was no doubt he would gain a cold reception from all except his brother and the possibility of the queen, he did after put all of Gaia at war. He did not exactly know what to say either, even in this world of magic dreams such as his could easily be passed off as mere disillusion or misunderstood as him trying to destroy Gaia all over again. Sighing softly he stared out ahead of them, his eyes occasionally glancing below to the surrounding darkness at his feet. He would have to word it carefully which would be of no problem to him, but getting into the castle unseen would be harder. "Arian," he leaned down so that his chest was pressed against the dragons back and neck. "I need you to try and get into Alexandria unseen, I do not wish to try and present myself to the guards". Receiving a soft purring sound from the great beast Kuja sighed faintly and let his eyes wander back up to the moon, fixing it with an almost desperate plea to sink back into darkness so that he may get to his destination safely.
When the lights of Alexandria came into view the silver dragon slowed down and halted. Swiveling her head around to look at her master for confirmation of her flight path she looked quite uncomfortable with the entire situation. It was not her safety she was worried about either, it was his, she could easily enough disappear in a flash of silver light but her genome master could not. With a small mewling sound she caught his attention, his head snapping around from where he had been staring idly off. "Yes Arian I wish you to go on, I still have my nerve," reaching over he stroked her snout softly and urged her on.
Inside the city lights flashed and music played. Everything looked cheery from over head, exactly as Kuja remembered it. They flew silently trying carefully not to draw the attention of the crowds, which in itself was a futile notion. As the great dragons shadow fell over the people they looked up to see what it was that passed over them, they immediately rose to a panic. People fled with their arms flailing and screams exploding from their mouths. Others hid in corners hoping not to be seen by the dragon while they hugged their shaking knees. If it were any other night but tonight Kuja would have found this comical but tonight he wanted anything but to be seen and he had failed at that. Urging Arian forward he sighed softly and steeled himself for what was to come next.
The pair heard the shots fired before they reached their intended target, Arian. The silver dragon veered off to the side, missing the first lead ball of death fired at them and narrowly dodged past another by ducking under it. Holding on tightly to the dragon and pressing himself to her back and neck Kuja pondered fighting back but ultimately decided against it, he did not need another charge on his head. Dodging left and right, up and down Arian growled and opened her great maw letting out a jet of silver fire blast into the nearest cannon ball headed straight forward, banishing Kuja's thoughts of fighting back Raising himself slightly from the dragons back he extended his arm, fingers outstretched and smirked wildly. The feel of the magic rushing through his veins was exhilarating, even under these circumstances. It had been so long since he had used any magic at all, besides the trifle day to day magic he practiced.
Fire licked at his fingers and jumped down in waves to his the palm of his hand forming into a roiling ball of heat. Looking at the ball for a couple seconds and relishing in the heat it gave off he smirked and flung it at the nearest cannon ball watching it go up in a fury of fire. To feel this power again made him think of when he had tried to destroy the planet originally. Shaking off his thoughts Kuja concentrated on blasting the cannon balls out of the sky. The orange flames and silver dragon breath made an amazing spectacle in the skies, making them light up like fire works only more extravagant.
When the cannon fire had finally stopped both Kuja and Arian were a little worse for wear, Kuja having a small cut on his arm and Arian's feathers a little ruffled. "To the castle," Kuja's voice almost a purr as he spoke, his body still getting used to the sensations of magic again.
Arian nodded her head back at him, starting up at a steep bank to reach the castle as they ignored the screaming people beneath them, they wanted nothing to with them at all and Arian in particular wanted nothing to do with this entire mess. Landing softly on one of the balconies Kuja jumped gracefully off of the dragon's back and lightly brushed his fingers across her snout, "you've been of great help, go rest". Spinning about on his heels he walked casually into the room on which the balcony went into. Observing the plush room he let his eyes wander idly around as if he had all the time in the world, his old, cold demeanor setting in.
Smirking softly Kuja left exited the room mentally noting his own was better furnished and over all better then that one. Swaying his hips gently as he walked he eyed the woven tapestries hanging off the walls along with what ever else adorned the palace's inter sanctum. So far there were no guards and the genome was quite thankful for that at the moment, he really didn't want to dispose of them if they came, though he supposed he could always just put them to sleep if it came down to that.
Raising his hand to his mouth he yawned almost casually and unraveled his tail from around his waist, letting it dangle out behind swaying with the motion of his feminine hips. Almost purring he ducked into the shadows of a near by statue watching a guard walk around the corner. "He doesn't protect his palace to well does he?" Smirking to himself he shook his head and sauntered back down the corridor he was following.
Coming up to two arched solid wooden doors he pushed them open with little effort, his delicate looking arms having more strength in them then their appearance showed. Taking in the surprised gasps of the two royal members on the throne and the throng of guards come to surround him yelling out orders and profanities Kuja smirked and raised his hand feeling the magic start to pulse through his veins. A swirl of what looked like mist appeared in his hand and burst forth, spreading across the room making all the guards fall asleep. "Ah that's better," he looked around, a satisfied smirk on his face before turning and closing the arched doors he left open upon entering. "Excuse me I forgot to bow your majesties". With a voice laced with sarcasm the silver haired Genome bowed low, one arm held out at his side, the other crossing over his chest. Getting himself back into a standing position he smoothed out his half skirt and wrapped his tail back around his waist eyeing the dumbfounded king and queen of Alexandria. "If you would kindly close your mouths and stop staring now," he spoke well observing his nails, his voice sounding very nonchalant.
"Kuja!," Zidane was the first one to regain his senses, automatically jumping to his feet. "What are you doing here and how did you get in?" the blonde haired Genome stared down at his older brother not really believing he was truly there while queen Garnet stood deftly to her feet with out a word.
Letting his smirk drop Kuja eyed Zidane seriously. "I've come to talk to you about something but I'd prefer it if we could discuss it else where, these guards won't be asleep forever," looking down at the napping guards he sighed and shook his head, "pathetic, sleeping on the job".
"If I may ask, what is it you want to talk to my husband about?" Garnet spoke up, her voice giving away her annoyance and anger at his intrusion.
Taking his eyes off of the downed guards Kuja waved his hand as if it were nothing. "Something that could be of great importance if I'm reading it properly," shrugging he watched the pair for their reactions.
Sighing slightly and shaking his head Zidane looked at the guards lying sprawled out on the floor before him. "I suppose we could talk," turning his head to Garnet he smiled apologetically. "Excuse us k? it won't take to long".
Nodding and giving Kuja a small glare Garnet sat sighed and sat back down, her head bowed slightly. "You better have been right when you said he had changed his ways Zidane".
Glancing over at his wife and then at Kuja Zidane grinned sheepishly and motioned for the other too follow him. They exited through a door at the back of the throne room and walked down a particularly dark corridor that reminded the silver haired genome of his own home. "How quaint," he drawled as he eyed the lesser decorated walls.
"Yea, no one really comes down here at all," Zidane glanced back at his brother and turned towards a small wooden door. "This is where we do the interrogations for criminals or Tantalus meetings if they're in the city," he explained.
"I see," crinkling his nose at all the dust that was present Kuja sat down on one of the seats thrown around a large wooden table sitting in the middle of the room. Watching as his younger brother closed and latched the door he smirked slightly. "I'm amazed you trust me Zidane, after all I did try to kill you," he chuckled darkly. "Yea but you were just scared of dying," he shrugged as he quipped back, receiving a slight twitch from his older brother's eye. "Anyways what is it that you need to talk to me about?" he asked, sitting down across the table from him.
"I've been having this reoccurring dream for the last little while and something about it doesn't feel right," he started, his eyes never leaving the blonde Genome for a second. "It occurs when you saved my life in the Iifa tree and something, I don't know what it is but it is not right".
"And you have no idea what it is?" Zidane asked, curiosity lining his voice.
"I do not have a clue." Shaking his head Kuja spread his arms and shrugged. "Though it originates from the Iifa tree itself, I know that much for sure".
Looking over at Kuja, Zidane's sea blue eyes hardened and became serious, "well I wasn't gonna tell you this but I've had a couple dreams where Alexandria fell to the ground. Some huge mass of dark matter completely blotted out the sky and rained monsters on the city." Fidgeting slightly in his seat he sighed. "It's been happening a lot lately, haven't told Garnet about it cause I don't wanna worry her ya know?" he spread his arms out helplessly.
Sitting on the edge of his seat Kuja nodded and stared hard at his younger sibling. "Perhaps the two are intertwined, I think I will go to the Iifa tree to look things over," standing out of his chair he turned as a hand fell on his shoulder to keep him in place.
"Hold on there Kuja, I'm not about to let you out there on your own after what you just pulled here," he grinned. "I hate to tell ya but your gonna be escorted out of here by our good friend Rusty".
Twitching slightly Kuja brushed the hand off his shoulder and strode out of the room with out a word, stopping at the entrance to wait for Zidane. Frowning slightly at the blonde Genome he waited for him to open the door before stepping out of the corridor and towards the door he came in by. "He'll be waiting outside the door, oh and don't forget to come back and tell me what you find!" he shouted after him.
Thanks for all of the reviews so far, they're all great, as for the dragon though, the way I understand it is that she lives on a different plane of existence and Kuja summons her, besides there's a horde of em at the end of the game so maybe they fought a different one? -shrugs- oh well enjoy!
Oh and as for the eyes, I forgot what color they were, sorry ^_^;;