REDG: ok, this is my latest ficcy! Read and enjoy! (it isn't in script format! Lol) It might seem a tad boring at first, but just keep reading! It might get slightly AU-ish later! And some of the chapters'll have names from FF lyrics (especially Melodies of Life) Oh yeah, thankies to Sarah( my editor and friend), who helped me write this! She helped me out with all with descriptions and stuff, cos I'm no good at it! Lol!

Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 9, any of the characters, or any of the songs in any Final Fantasy game. That would be Square-Enix, those selfish idiots! lol

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As Long As We Remember

Chapter 1

Alone For A While

Bran Bal, a haven of soul-less blonde-haired-blue-eyed people with tails walking around called Genomes. With the exception of one guy, a pre-teen with long silver hair, but had a tail and blue eyes like the others. (A/n: any guesses on who it is? ^^ kinda obvious though). They all lived their boring soul-less lives on Terra, their planet.

"Kuja" a person called dully.

The guy with silver hair had heard someone call his name, but didn't feel like getting up.

"Kuja" the person called again in the same tone.

"What?!" Kuja snarled.

The person who had been calling him was a small female genome, probly about 8 years old. She just stared at him blankly and said, "Garland wants to see you"

Kuja snorted, "tell the old man to get out here if he wants to talk"

The girl didn't move. She just stood there staring at Kuja.

"Alright! I'm going." He muttered.

He followed the girl into what looked like a small house. Inside was a giant blue stone, and several Genomes were crowded around it and staring. They walked past them and down a set of stairs to the room.

Inside the room was an old man, Garland. He was standing next to a very small, newly-created Genome boy, who looked just like the rest: blonde.

"Do you know who this is?" Garland asked.

Kuja shrugged.

"Its your brother, Zidane."

"Yeah, he's my brother. Just like all the other Genomes out there. The only difference is that you gave me a soul"

Garland shook his head, "No, he has a soul. He has to have a soul to be the new Angel of Death"

Kuja watched Zidane for a minute. The kid seemed to actually be about 3 or four years old, even though he had just been created. He was sitting on the floor and seemed to be trying to chase his tail.

"Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight. Him? As the new Angel of Death?" Kuja muttered sarcastically.

Garland glared at him, "I want you to train him. Maybe go visit Gaia, but be back in a few days. I need to keep records on how fast he's improving"

Zidane laughed, "Gaia."

And he just walked out of the room, leaving Kuja and Zidane by themselves.

Kuja gave a fake smile and asked, "Zidane, you wanna go train on Gaia?"

Zidane stopped chasing his tail and laughed, "Gaia! Yeah!"

"You wanna spend the rest of you miserable life there?" Kuja asked.

The kid tried to figure out what Kuja had just said, but he only knew a few words.

"Yeah!" Zidane said finally.

"Spoken like a true blonde" Kuja muttered, "Alright, let's go find the Invincible"

They walked outside. Well, Kuja walked. Zidane skipped and kept saying "Gaia" over and over again. They headed out of Bran Bal, to get inside a huge airship, the Invincible. Zidane wandered around the inside of the ship while Kuja started to get the ship ready for flight.
~ ~ ~ The flight from Terra to Gaia wasn't easy. Imagine a roller coaster ride, but with nowhere to sit, meaning no seatbelts. For Zidane, it was the most fun he'd had in his whole 10 minutes of life. When they finally landed outside a large city, Kuja was about to strangle someone. He was looking paler that usual, with a sick shade of green.

"Alright Zidane. Go outside" Kuja said pointing at the door that had opened up.

"Yeah!" Zidane said happily and ran out.

"... ... ... whatever. Time to go back then"

But that was easier said that done. The Invincible flew for a little bit, but was almost totally out of control. Eventually, it just stopped mid- flight and crashed.

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REDG: R&R!