Deception?
Pilotslover
Chapter 11 - Battle Plan
Disclaimer: I don't own FFIX and all it's related places, people etc, I wish I did. I won't be making any profit from this work, again, I wish I did, I need the cash.
Authors Note: Well, the showdown's in the next chapter. I'm not sure how much I'm going to write after that, I may even leave it as it is. (thinks, realises people have no idea what she's going on about.) Wait and see.
Rifa - Thanks, this one was a quick write, I didn't really get my head around everything. About souls, surely mages are just made of souls too? shrug I don't know what I was thinking.
Freya rule - Eiko isn't in this because I don't like Eiko very much (Sweatdrop). Thanks for the review, (Bows head.)
La LLama - Another chapter coming up!
Gelendra - Thank you very much, I love making up new languages. I can see now how Tolkien managed to created so many! Hehe.
DDD
"H - How do we know this is going to work?" Vivi asked the inevitable question as he tried to dictate his part of the complicated spell to memory. Turo threw the piece of paper with his own part of the spell on to one side in a frustrated way, and Calan pretended to be studying but they could all see he was not really learning it. Sola's mind was still on the pretty girl from before, Ollan could not stop himself from humming and Valian could not mask his boredom. Of the boys, only Nicara seemed not to mind the quiet study, but he was used to it.
It was now noon, Kuja had worked on the spell they were learning since the attack had occurred that morning; Vivi had had time enough to change again, his hat and mask firmly in place. Trying to gather all the mages together to dictate the spell had not been difficult, even Beatrix had been easy enough to find; including the knight and Dr. Tot there were to be 11 spell casters.
"I can't say for certain that it will, but I am not willing to allow my other side to continue to hurt you and the boys."
Vivi ducked his eyes away from everyone, showing them his shock and nervousness. "I - I don't … I - I …" He bit his tongue before trying again. "T - Thanks Kuja," He finally settled on; had someone told him in the past that he would be saying such words to one of the fiends responsible for so much death during the Gaian war, he would have laughed at them. He hid his face behind the sheet of paper Kuja had given him to learn from. "I don't want him to keep pretending that he's you, the only real you." He turned from the sheet to his sons, "Calan, Sola, Ollan, Turo and Valian, I know your all finding this boring and I promise once we've tried this spell I'll treat you all." He grinned at Nicara, "And, as much as you enjoy this Nic, I think you deserve the treat too." This promise returned all the boys back to their study.
Knowing the boys were now going to try their hardest to learn their lines, Vivi went back to his own. He placed the sheet of paper face down on the desk in front of him, recalling the spell in a whisper, knowing he had it right due to the white light he held in his palm. "Very good, I think I have mine remembered also." With this Kuja spoke his own lines, the same light glowed in his palm before he snuffed it out. Vivi nodded, doing the same before feeling a little confused, Zidane had said that Kuja could no longer cast had he not?
"I thought you couldn't cast."
Cold blue eyes locked with bright yellow ones for a few moments as Kuja considered what to say. "I did not think I could," He said at length, "I can't cast any spell I knew before." He ducked his gaze, something the bad half of him would never do. "However, when I broke the spell on Turo I was relieved to find that I could at least cast a little. I thought I may as well try the remainder of the spell on him, it was a great relief that it worked." He smiled to himself, "I never expected it too." His eyes went to Turo, who was busy trying to learn the line of the spell Kuja had given him. "I'm glad I did, my counterpart cannot continue to go on unchallenged."
"How are we gonna draw him out?" Sola asked, bouncing his own light in his palm. "I'm not gonna act as bait, that's for sure." He snuffed out the light, looking to Kuja. Garnet managed to create her light and Tot soon after her. "We don't even know if he'll show up."
"I - It doesn't matter," Valian did not look up as he spoke; he found it very hard to dictate spells to memory but was determined to do so all the same. "He'll show up at some point and this time we'll be ready."
"I do not see why a physical attack won't be successful," Beatrix said, calling forth and snuffing out her light quickly. "Surely that would catch him off guard." She lent back in her chair, confident that she knew the spell well enough to cast it again.
Turo, Ollan and Nicara all managed to conjure the light before snuffing them out. "When we defeated Kuja before we worked using our own individual skills," Vivi told them softly. "He'd expect us to do the same again, uniting out magic is unexpected." He smiled slightly as his mind relived this final battle, "The best way to catch him off guard is to use a powerful spell like this."
"Vivi is quite right, that battle is something that even I can remember clearly."
DDD
Sorry about the shortness there.
Please leave a review
Pilotslover
Chapter 11 - Battle Plan
Disclaimer: I don't own FFIX and all it's related places, people etc, I wish I did. I won't be making any profit from this work, again, I wish I did, I need the cash.
Authors Note: Well, the showdown's in the next chapter. I'm not sure how much I'm going to write after that, I may even leave it as it is. (thinks, realises people have no idea what she's going on about.) Wait and see.
Rifa - Thanks, this one was a quick write, I didn't really get my head around everything. About souls, surely mages are just made of souls too? shrug I don't know what I was thinking.
Freya rule - Eiko isn't in this because I don't like Eiko very much (Sweatdrop). Thanks for the review, (Bows head.)
La LLama - Another chapter coming up!
Gelendra - Thank you very much, I love making up new languages. I can see now how Tolkien managed to created so many! Hehe.
DDD
"H - How do we know this is going to work?" Vivi asked the inevitable question as he tried to dictate his part of the complicated spell to memory. Turo threw the piece of paper with his own part of the spell on to one side in a frustrated way, and Calan pretended to be studying but they could all see he was not really learning it. Sola's mind was still on the pretty girl from before, Ollan could not stop himself from humming and Valian could not mask his boredom. Of the boys, only Nicara seemed not to mind the quiet study, but he was used to it.
It was now noon, Kuja had worked on the spell they were learning since the attack had occurred that morning; Vivi had had time enough to change again, his hat and mask firmly in place. Trying to gather all the mages together to dictate the spell had not been difficult, even Beatrix had been easy enough to find; including the knight and Dr. Tot there were to be 11 spell casters.
"I can't say for certain that it will, but I am not willing to allow my other side to continue to hurt you and the boys."
Vivi ducked his eyes away from everyone, showing them his shock and nervousness. "I - I don't … I - I …" He bit his tongue before trying again. "T - Thanks Kuja," He finally settled on; had someone told him in the past that he would be saying such words to one of the fiends responsible for so much death during the Gaian war, he would have laughed at them. He hid his face behind the sheet of paper Kuja had given him to learn from. "I don't want him to keep pretending that he's you, the only real you." He turned from the sheet to his sons, "Calan, Sola, Ollan, Turo and Valian, I know your all finding this boring and I promise once we've tried this spell I'll treat you all." He grinned at Nicara, "And, as much as you enjoy this Nic, I think you deserve the treat too." This promise returned all the boys back to their study.
Knowing the boys were now going to try their hardest to learn their lines, Vivi went back to his own. He placed the sheet of paper face down on the desk in front of him, recalling the spell in a whisper, knowing he had it right due to the white light he held in his palm. "Very good, I think I have mine remembered also." With this Kuja spoke his own lines, the same light glowed in his palm before he snuffed it out. Vivi nodded, doing the same before feeling a little confused, Zidane had said that Kuja could no longer cast had he not?
"I thought you couldn't cast."
Cold blue eyes locked with bright yellow ones for a few moments as Kuja considered what to say. "I did not think I could," He said at length, "I can't cast any spell I knew before." He ducked his gaze, something the bad half of him would never do. "However, when I broke the spell on Turo I was relieved to find that I could at least cast a little. I thought I may as well try the remainder of the spell on him, it was a great relief that it worked." He smiled to himself, "I never expected it too." His eyes went to Turo, who was busy trying to learn the line of the spell Kuja had given him. "I'm glad I did, my counterpart cannot continue to go on unchallenged."
"How are we gonna draw him out?" Sola asked, bouncing his own light in his palm. "I'm not gonna act as bait, that's for sure." He snuffed out the light, looking to Kuja. Garnet managed to create her light and Tot soon after her. "We don't even know if he'll show up."
"I - It doesn't matter," Valian did not look up as he spoke; he found it very hard to dictate spells to memory but was determined to do so all the same. "He'll show up at some point and this time we'll be ready."
"I do not see why a physical attack won't be successful," Beatrix said, calling forth and snuffing out her light quickly. "Surely that would catch him off guard." She lent back in her chair, confident that she knew the spell well enough to cast it again.
Turo, Ollan and Nicara all managed to conjure the light before snuffing them out. "When we defeated Kuja before we worked using our own individual skills," Vivi told them softly. "He'd expect us to do the same again, uniting out magic is unexpected." He smiled slightly as his mind relived this final battle, "The best way to catch him off guard is to use a powerful spell like this."
"Vivi is quite right, that battle is something that even I can remember clearly."
DDD
Sorry about the shortness there.
Please leave a review