Coming Back To Say Goodbye

By: Ayame--Jeanne--Becky

Series: Final Fantasy IX (9)

Genre: Sad-Romantic

Rating: PG-13

###NOTE! This is a re-released version of my fic. Grammar and Spelling have been fixed###

Forenotes: Okay my demented brain got a hold on Kuja/Zidane Yaoi Fiction... so I couldn't resist... This is the 3rd version of this chapter...Sorry for all the re-editing; I'm trying my best to make this look nice...

If you are worried about the text people on the bottom they are Kirby's doing "The Wave" it means the current chapter is over.

Disclaimer: Okay, if you do not know I do not work for SquareSoft nor do I own them, so therefore this means I DONT OWN ANYTHING RELATED TO FF9! KUJA, ZIDANE, GAIA, TERRA, GARNET/DAGGER, BEATRIX, ETC. I DONT OWN!

Chapter 1: The Packing

The stage had been cleared and all the props had been packed. The costumes had been folded and the chairs stored. Zidane worked with his Talantus brothers to get ready to leave but he knew he wasn't going back to Lindblum with them.

"Zidane, ya'll look like a heard of Chocobo stomped you with something terrible..." Ruby spoke in her casual southern accent, full of concern for her monkey tailed companion.

"Ah heck, I'm fine Ruby, it's nothin'. . ." Zidane waved her off and carried a heavy box into the storage. Vivi and his sons also decided to help so each child carried a small box in a production line style. Zidane sighed remembering the Dali Black Mage Factory and how shocked Vivi had been. That was so long ago...

"Mr. Zidane?" One of the sons of Vivi tugged on his tail. Zidane had to bite his tongue to avoid moaning. His prehensile tail was good for hanging and balance but if anyone touched it besides him it was such a turn on.

"M-May I help you squirt?" Zidane yanked his tail out of the child's hands.

"Queen Garnet wants to see you..." The little child squealed gleefully.

Zidane paused and his eyes blanked for a moment as he remembered just an hour before he made his brilliant entrance to surprise everyone. Now he wished he hadn't...

##Flashback##

The Iifa Tree had used its last bit of life to attempt to squash our monkey-tailed hero, but he proved more agile than the giant lumbering roots. Zidane had gone back in for his estranged "brother" who had gone good at the last moment and saved his friends. He made it to the place that Kuja, the Angel of Death, had fallen near death himself. Zidane tried to make spirits lighter for his dying "brother" but he could not deter the others melancholy. The Tree reared its ugly head one last time to take its vengeance on the two Genomes...

##End Flashback##

"I'll be there in a minute. Tell her for me squirt." Zidane patted the child on the head and pushed him off to the castle. He hastily returned to the packing, anything to delay his audience with the Prin... no the Queen of Alexandria.

"It took me a year to muster up the courage to come..." Zidane heaved a heavy sigh as he finished his work, "It may take another for me to muster up the courage to tell her the truth..."

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Ayame: Oh no...you left a Cliffhanger Beck...

Becky: So?

Ayame: That means you got to make these people wait until the next chapter to find out what happens next!

Becky: That's the point deario.

Ayame: ...

Becky: Fine... Sorry folks for the cliffhanger but I'm trying for suspense here...Please Review! Info is much appreciated.