Ok, I haven't updated in a while and I'm sorry for that, so here's the chapter for you all! Sorry for every one reading, it's a bit of a mushy chapter, so I'm sorry if u don't like it that much, but it had to happen sooner or later

Chapter Five: Angels for Dinner

"Vivi, you haven't said anything in over twenty minutes!" Eiko and Vivi were sitting at a table in the tavern of the business district. Vivi just sat there, slowly eating a sandwich, while Eiko had finished her soup a long time ago. Vivi looked up at Eiko startled, and then looked at the table again.

"I'm sorry Eiko; I'm just, thinking that's all"

"About the boy?" She asked though she already knew the answer.

"Among other things" He said so quietly that Eiko wasn't sure she heard it. Eiko sighed; she hated having her friends upset about something, with her not being able to do anything. She suddenly had a though, which caused a smirk to come on her face.

"Hey Vivi..."She said slowly. Vivi looked up to see Eiko with a smirk on her face.

"What-what'd I do?" Vivi was a bit nervous now. 'Eiko looks so cute with that smirk...' Vivi couldn't help but think (An. Oh yeah, he's got it pretty bad, wouldn't you say?), but then shook the thought out of his head as Eiko stood and walked to the bartender to pay for the food. Vivi quickly said "Eiko, you don't have to pay, I'll do it". He even half stood up to put emphasis on it, but Eiko still kept walking, and, after a quick interchange of words, paid for the meal. She walked back to Vivi and stood behind him, slowly she bent over and grabbed his shoulders and leaned closer to his ear. Vivi was about to start panicking just from the feeling of Eiko's breath on his ear, but it subsided quickly when he heard the words "You're it". Vivi stopped any embarrassing thoughts that started running through his head and turned to look at Eiko as she smiled at him, then turned tail and ran.

Vivi sat there confused for a little, then smirked and grabbed his hat off the table and went into the streets after her. 'She wants to play huh, well Vivi old boy, let's play' he though as he saw her take off down the street.

#Palace#

Zidane and Garnet were up in the observatory, having a quiet time alone, away from all the ruckus of setting up for Eiko's party. Zidane sat on the stone bench to the side listening to the birds while Garnet sat in his lap, her eyes closed in contentment.

"Dear?" Garnet suddenly asked.

"Yes?"

"What do you think about this whole ordeal with Eiko and Vivi?"

"Well, first off I think you should stay out of it"

"What do you mean?"

"If Eiko and Vivi are meant to be with each other, then they'll be with each other soon enough"

"Really, this is coming from the man who would never give up trying to make me swoon over every step he took"

"Well it worked, didn't it?" He said with a smirk.

"You're terrible!" the both laughed, and as they settled Zidane pulled her closer.

"Do you really think I should just keep out?" Garnet asked.

"You know, you're ruining this moment" Zidane said as he chuckled.

"I know, I'm sorry, I just want you to answer the question, then I'll be done"

"Well, I think that you should, though I still think you should stay out of it, keep your involvement to a minimum, as I've said, if they're meant to be together they will, but I have no problem thinking that they will get together eventually"

"Good, so that means I can still try to push them a bit"

"A small bit"

"Good, then you can help me"

"What?"

"I have something you can do to help me, and I know you will"

"How do you know I will? What if I refuse?"

"You won't"

"Why won't I"

"Cause you love me"

".........Enjoy your victory while you can my temptress, I'll get you back for this"

"Oh, you'll get a reward"

"Really? Care to share with me?" Garnet giggled and turned around and placed a small, but effective kiss on Zidane's lips.

"I hate you..." Zidane said after he opened his eyes.

"I know. I am your temptress after all" She said as she slowly moved back to laying in Zidane's arms. Once again there was silence as they silently listened to the birds sing.

#Somewhere in the Business District#

Eiko stayed a quiet as a mouse. She was squatting behind a trash can in an alleyway in-between the tavern and the hotel. She heard Vivi behind her, but she didn't dare look to see where he was. Feeling nothing around her, the purple haired beauty poked her head around the can to see nothing of Vivi's blue robe. She stood quickly and ran to the street, took a quick glance around where she was, and bolted to the next alley. Eiko made it with ease, although she did get a few odd stares, I mean, how often do the people of Lindblum see their princess playing a game of tag. How Eiko had gotten the idea she didn't know, but she suddenly started thinking to when they were kids, and, well, it just suddenly popped into her head. She took another look around and noticed Vivi in the street asking people if they'd seen her run by. Eiko smiled, she didn't know why, but she did. Vivi then looked over and saw her poking her head out of the alley, causing him to take off at a run. Eiko turned and ran.

"I have you Eiko!" He yelled. Eiko looked behind her and said while laughing: "Yeah right Vivi, I always was faster then you!" She kept running until she felt something grab her around her waist. She turned her head to see Vivi's grinning face.

"Key word there Eiko, 'was'. I've gotten faster"

"Obviously" Eiko said as she giggled. Eiko found herself staring into Vivi's golden eyes. She hadn't noticed when she first saw him human how beautiful they were. She looked down at the rest of his face. She didn't need to really look at him to tell he was hansom, but now that she looked at him closer, she realized he truly was. Unconsciously she raised her hand up to his black marking on his face and found herself tracing it with her index finger. Vivi was once again nervous as he looked at her. She was beautiful, a vision of loveliness that could be surpassed by no one. It was then that he remembered something, her marriage; the marriage that her parents wanted her to do soon, Vivi looked down, sadness in his eyes, as he let her go. Eiko was shocked when he let her go, she hadn't realized what she was doing, and she blushed and looked to the ground to hide it. He had thought about the marriage in the tavern as well, and it was then he realized he simply couldn't have her, it was impossible. Vivi simply stared at her, how he wanted her to touch his face again, how he wanted to kiss her, right at that very moment, but he couldn't, her parents wouldn't allow it. Still...it didn't mean he couldn't have a bit of fun before he gave her up. Vivi turned and ran to the end of the alley, Eiko looked at him as he turned and yelled.

"You're it!" and with that Vivi took off. Eiko laughed and ran after him, though her face was still burning with embarrassment, she figured it would go away...eventually.

#Just outside the Tavern#

Lukam walked down the street, his gold eyes searching. He knew what he was looking for, or more over, who he was looking for. It was programmed into him since he had first opened his eyes. 'Find her, bring her to me...' It repeated in his ears over and over again. Lukam hadn't known who it was at first, but he soon figured it out. There were two surviving summoners in the world, X was to get one, and Zero was to get the other. 'X...' his mind said as he thought about the boy he had seen, 'He looked just like me'. Lukam heard a noise from behind him, the sound of boots running. He turned to see a body run strait into him. He fell to the ground with a grunt and looked over sharply to see who had hit him to the ground for the second time that day. He gasped as he saw the last person he wanted to see. It was X...

Vivi looked up and saw it was the boy from before, his mouth was held open as he stared at him. Lukam simply stood and outstretched his hand to Vivi.

"Thanks" He said meekly as he stood up, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit you...um...again"

"It's fine X" Vivi looked up and stared at Lukam. 'X...what the hell' he thought.

"Um...who's X?"

"What...You...you don't-"

"Hey Vivi!" Eiko's voice ran threw the streets. She ran up to Vivi and touched him on the back, "Ok Vivi, you're it, but it was to-" she stopped as she saw both Vivi and the boy they had met before staring at her.

"Um, Eiko, I kind of, ran into, uh...him..."

"Yes, now if you don't mind I need to speak with him" Lukam turned to Vivi and was about to speak when Eiko said "Um, Vivi, we should be getting back to the castle".

Vivi turned and said, "I know Eiko, it'll just be a sec" The name his Lukam head on. Eiko, his summoner. Lukam reached out and grabbed Eiko around the waist with his left hand and created a fireball in his right hand and held it to her neck. People surrounding them screamed, gasped and backed away. Vivi was shocked, but quickly changed his look to anger.

"Thank you X, I'm glad that you have helped me complete my half of the mission, when I am done returning her to our master I will come help you capture yours"

"What, what do you-Vivi! What's he mean!"

"I-I don't know. Look! What are you doing?!"

"Yes...that's right; you don't seem to remember me X. It is me, Zero, I am here looking for what I was told to, in my programming. You had one as well, I'm sure you haven't forgotten"

"Look, I don't know what you're going on about, or why you keep calling me X, but if you plan on hurting Eiko, then you're my enemy" Lukam looked at Vivi, his face shocked, then it turned into a knowing look.

"Ah, I see, this summoner must have tampered with your programming, well when I have returned I will fix you-"

"What, I'm not broken; I don't even know what you're talking about"

"Hm...It's worse then I feared, well then, I will have to leave you now, but fear not I will return for you X" With that two black wings sprouted from his back and he looked to the sky, he flexed them once, then flew into the air.

"VIVI!" Eiko's voice ran out.

"EIKO!" Vivi couldn't hold it in any longer, he ran, following the man called Zero on the ground. As Zero was flying he looked down to see Vivi still chasing after him.

"X is persistent..." He simply said as he picked up speed.

"No..."Vivi breathed as he began to lose him, his mind worked, trying to think of something he could do to save Eiko. He looked ahead and saw the edge of the City coming fast; just because he was in the city he knew he couldn't cast a spell. He had to do something, and fast. He closed his eyes, coking back the tears that were threatening to come, that thought of him loosing her...no, he would do it...he had to... 'But you'll lose her anyway' some part of his mind said, 'No!' His conscience yelled, 'You can do it! You have to!'

"I can do it...I have to" he repeated as he ran out the hunter's gate and kept following Zero as best he could, but he was almost only a spot in the distance, he soon noticed that the cliff was coming very close to him. 'I can't do it...' He thought to himself as he skidded to a stop just before the cliff, and Zero was to far off to even cast a fire spell.

"VIVI!!!!" Eiko's voice ran to him. Vivi, tears in his eyes, began to quiver. "Eiko...I...I...No...I'm not done yet!'

"I'M NOT DONE YET!" His voice was so loud it even made Zero stop. He turned and saw a bright, light blue, light coming from the cliff. Vivi's body pulsated with energy and the anger he felt at this time. Vivi could feel something pulling at his back, as he relaxed a bit he heard his robe tare and a great pain filled his back, but quickly subsided. As the light died, he looked behind him to see two, light blue wings on his back. Vivi, not knowing what to think, simply thought of one thing, save Eiko. After flexing them a bit, he jumped and flapped them a bit, and found that he could easily fly up, down and forward. He looked at Zero to see him looking at him. Vivi flew, a bit clumsily, toward Zero and Eiko. As Eiko saw Vivi she gasped, wings, she was told about black mages with wings, Garnet had told her of the three that were know that the Black Waltzes, Was Vivi...one of them.

"Ah, X, fine time to get your wings, don't you think" Zero said with a smile.

"Shut it, just let Eiko go!"

Zero sighed, then said: "You know I can't do that X, I'm sorry"

"Then I'll make you!" Vivi reached behind him and pulled out his Mace of Zeus. It was too small to actually be used as a staff anymore, but it was still a mace, that was good enough for him.

"Alright X...have it your way" Zero held out his hand and began to chant a spell. Both Eiko and Vivi recognized it.

"Vivi! Get me out of here!"

"Look, Zero, or whoever you are, listen. You cast that spell, and you'll die too!"

"Retum domorach..."

"He's not listening!" Eiko yelled as she struggled to get out of Zero's grasp.

"No!" Vivi reached out and smashed Zero in the face with his mace, causing him to fly backwards and lose his concentration...and Eiko.

"Ahh!" Eiko screamed as she fell.

"Eiko!" Vivi flew down and caught Eiko in his arms.

"You ok?" He said with a smile. Eiko looked up, fright in her face, and hugged Vivi as tight as she could.

"I am now..." She said softly. Vivi smiled as he held her, then remembered Zero, and looked up to see Zero start the spell again.

"No...Eiko we have to get out of here!" Vivi flew toward the city as fast as he could. But not before he heard the spell said by Zero.

"Doomsday..." There was a brilliant flash of dark energy that sent Vivi and Eiko flying towards the city. As the landed on the ground and rolled the looked back to see the spell taking place. The dark energy had surrounded Zero and was working it's might.

"The fool..." Vivi said as he held Eiko tighter. When the light died down the looked up in the sky, and saw nothing of the caster in sight. They looked at each other and Eiko still held shock in her eyes. Eiko wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thank you Vivi...I-I was so scared" Softly she began crying.

"Shhh...It's alright Eiko, you're safe now. He's gone" Gently he picked her up in his arms. He took flight and began to fly in the direction of the castle. Eiko suddenly thought with a giggle, 'How am I gonna explain this to daddy...'

#palace#

"Where could they be?!" Hilda was in hysterics as they stood and/or sat at the dinning room table waiting for the return of Eiko and Vivi. Hilda was passing back and forth while Cid kept assuring her that they were fine. Zidane was sitting down, and even while everyone was worried, was laughing hysterically as Kuja told him about how Quina had beaten Steiner in their game of chess. Garnet was sitting talking with Beatrix, while holding Sarah in her lap, trying not to worry. Slowly from behind them all they heard the door open as Eiko slowly walked in. Hilda gasped and ran to her. Hilda wrapped Eiko in a hug which Eiko gave back, a little awkwardly.

"Where have you been Eiko?" Cid asked.

"Um...it's a long story" Eiko said with her head down. It was then that Steiner noticed something.

"Miss Eiko...Where is Master Vivi?" Everyone looked to her as Eiko bowed her head.

"Eiko...Vivi-Vivi's alright, right?" Hilda asked.

"Yeah...but, um...you may all want to have a look" Eiko slowly walked to the door and opened it a crack, and called someone in. There was a collective gasp as Vivi walked in and it wasn't hard to understand why. On his back were brilliant light blue wings that shown in the dimming sunlight. Kuja stood and walked over to Vivi. Vivi was confused as Kuja walked behind him, as if he were studying him.

"Well...it's not what I expected, but after being purified I wouldn't expect less" Kuja said as he began to walk back to his seat.

"What do you mean" Beatrix asked.

"Uncle Vivi's an Angel!" Sarah interrupted as she ran over to see Vivi. She ran behind him and began to touch Vivi's feathers, "Really soft, like a pillow!" she put her face against it and pretended to be sleeping, snoring included. Vivi chuckled and lifted her up in his arms.

"As you were saying Kuja" Beatrix said after sharing a smile with Steiner.

"Yes, I seem to remember this, and I think I can shed some light on the situation, as to why Vivi has wings and the reason why Vivi turned human..."

Ok, its short I know but I kind of liked it...ok so I'm not sure if It's one of my best, but I'm really tired right now, so can you blame me! Ha-ha, Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you all can't wait till the next chapter! And for all of you who are wondering, I slowly began to call Lukam Zero more regularly because it became more and more Vivi's point of view.