A Life With or Without You
Chapter 6: Knowing More
By: KawaiiLeena
(DISCLAIMER: I do not own FFIX. Do not sue me please!)
Chapter 6: Knowing More
Dagger jumps on her bed as she finally reaches her bedroom. A few moments earlier, Zidane left, but he promised to come back early in the morning tomorrow since it's Friday and tomorrow is Saturday.
Dagger closes her brown eyes as she remembers the blood traced on the wall earlier. She was so scared to even look at it that she cried covering her face. Good thing Zidane offered to clean it that she willingly agreed.
She opens her eyes as she stares at the white ceiling above her. 'To me, life is getting too complicated to handle. Now, some so-called devil is after me to get my head. I can't believe this…'
Just then, the bedroom slightly opens that Dagger quickly sits up and looks at it. Surprisingly, it was a peach-colored cat. Dagger sighs as she looks up and smiles and motions the cat to come to her as it willingly did and jumps to her arms. Dagger caresses it soft fur as she says,
"Oh, Mosh! You scared me!" she exclaims as she continues to stroke the cat's soft fur. The cat purred in response. "Don't ever do that again!" she warns the cat. Then she lets go, letting the cat have the freedom of roaming around the soft bed.
"You know, Mosh? Something happened creepy back there in the kitchen a while ago," Dagger says to the cat heartedly, as she knows the cat is listening to her. "The reaper gave me another message! It was so scary! But you know what? What's scaring me more is that he told me that he'll kill me in the end of the month."
The cat purrs at her. "Yeah, I know." Dagger replies back, as if she understood the cat's response. "I really don't understand anything at all. My first question is, why is he after me and why did he kill my family in the first place?"
He is after your powers, Mistress…
Dagger looks up as she hears a voice inside her mind as she asks in a scary tone, "Who are you?"
I am your cat, Mistress, or your precious Mosh…
Dagger gasps as she looks down to her cat, seeing its blue cat eyes staring at her intently. It is as if he is talking to her through telepathy.
"Mosh?" Dagger whimpers, as she feels herself getting smaller. She leans towards her cat and studies it. "Is that really you?"
Yes, it is I, Mistress. Mosh, the cat you preciously own… But now, it's Yua, to you… or the Guardian of the Sealed White Magic...
"Y-yua? Guardian of White Magic?" Dagger exclaims, blinking. She rubs her eyes and taps her head softly as she shakes her head. "I must be dreaming. Yes, I am daydreaming!" she narrows her eyes at Mosh as she says, "You are not Yua, aren't you? Maybe it's that reaper guy trying to trick me. And besides, I'm no Mistress! I'm just plain Dagger, nothing else!"
Believe it or not, you are the present Mistress of the White Magic, and I am the cat, talking to you through telepathy. I am also called, Yua, the present Guardian of White, but I am sealed, because I am weak…
"Please, stop talking to me about all this nonsense!" Dagger shouts angrily, closing her eyes tightly. "I am not the Mistress, and you are just a plain, old, ordinary cat!"
THIS IS NOT NONSENSE!An angry voice tells her. This is a serious matter that involves life and death! If you want to live, listen to me! Or else, many of you will die, especially the boy, Zidane!!
Dagger stops as she slowly puts down her hands to her lap, then, looks at the cat as she unsurely says, "Alright, I will listen…"
Good, now, let me start from the beginning. There are three dimensions in this world. The portal of evil and black magic, and the portal of good and white magic, and the last, the portal of without magic, and that is, the Earth.
I belong to the portal of good and white magic. To my very existence, I am called the Yua, the Guardian of that portal. For many years, the two magic dimensions became enemies and this led to wars and battles to see who gets the world without magic. At last, our King, Andromeda, proclaimed that the other portal is slowly getting stronger and stronger as their technology fastened and their magic more advanced. He then, told us that we should pick one human on Earth to be the Mistress of White Magic, a strong and brave girl that can defeat the evil enchantments of the other portal.
Then, the king assigned me to protect and guide the future Mistress. But sadly, I am weak. That is why I am transformed to a mere cat. I cannot protect the Mistress, for that is you, my dear. For me to go back to my original form, you must collect all crystal diamonds scattered around Odaiba and other near parts before the reaper, or the devil of death 5, gets it.
Dagger looks at the cat dumbfounded. She blinks her eyes as she says, "Me? Collect them? But why, and what is the connection of my so-called powers and this crystal diamonds? What are the reapers purposes?"
You have other unnatural powers aside from being a Mistress, my dear. A power that even the reaper himself cannot defeat. It is entrusted within you, but you cannot let it out, because you still don't know how. But once you collected all the crystal diamonds, the power within you will get stronger. The reapers purposes are to kill you so that his plan of conquering the white portal and this world will not be stopped and to get your powers also. I cannot defeat him alone, because half of my powers are shared with you.
Dagger sighs as she shifts comfortable. "Okay, I get it. But I forgot to ask but who is this reaper anyway?"
The original name of this reaper is Bansho, the ultimate banshee and the son of the king of the evil portal. He is a cold-blooded black mage banshee that has the greed of taking over his father's throne. But before he will, he must unite all the crystal diamonds in order to be king, but since the crystal diamonds are scattered in all parts of Odaiba, he is transported here to find them. But when he discovered you are the Mistress of White Magic, he simply decided to kill your family first and then you, because he knew that killing your family would deeply depressed you and will wander your thoughts away from certain matters such as this.
"But why did you told me now? Why didn't you told me earlier those past two years?" questioned Dagger.
Because today is the right time to tell you, now that you need to act fast! Time is approaching and if you do not take action immediately, tragedy will not only happen to you, but also to the whole Odaiba and other parts of the world. You are the only hope against all evil right now, and I am here, to guide you to your adventure!
"What? What do you mean?" Dagger asks, quite surprised. "You haven't even answered my other questions yet…"
Quiet, child and you go get some sleep, you are probably tired… I will soon tell you the other details… But do not worry, you are not traveling alone… a certain boy will come with you…
Dagger looks at 'Yua' confusedly, but then again, she yawns sleepily as she rests her head on her pink pillow as she falls into a deep and peaceful sleep.
And that boy is none other than the Angel of Death…
XXX Meanwhile… XXX
Zidane slams open a wooden door as he angrily walks in, seeing his father, Baku, sitting on a chair by his study table, reading some business papers. His father turns around, surprised a see a very angry Zidane staring back at him.
"What's wrong, Zidane, my boy?" Baku asks as he quietly turns his body around. "Is something bothering you? Is it that Kuja is bothering you again? Mikoto annoying you?"
"Neither of those two, dad," Zidane replies back, closing the door behind him as he pulls another chair and sits in front of his father. "All I want is answers. That's all. And being your son, I want you to tell me the truth."
Baku shrugs as he grins. "Sure, Zidane. What is it?"
Zidane takes a deep breath as his greenish-blue eyes locks to his father's brown ones. "Who am I really?"
Baku pauses for a while, and his expression changed. It's as if he was taken back a while ago. And it's as if that question struck him with a flash of lightning. He does not budge as he looks at Zidane's serious eyes.
"What makes you ask that?" Baku asks him quietly, as if it is almost a quiet whisper.
Zidane rolls his eyes as he answers, "Well, just a little while ago, some idiot that was attacking a girl called me the 'Angel of Death'. And this guy has magic! And he calls himself the Devil of Death 5. Now, I don't understand anything at all." He turns to Baku's eyes as it pleads, "All I want now is the truth. Dad, who really am I?"
Baku stares at his middle 'son' with sad brown eyes. He takes a deep breathe as he closes his eyes and thinks of a way to clearly explain everything to him. But can he take it? Will the truth hurt him? Let's just hope not.
"Zidane, you are… not my real son," Baku says sadly, looking away as Zidane's eyes widen in surprise and in shock. "There are three dimensions of this planet, the evil, the good, and this world. The evil dimension controls and summons all kinds and sorts of black magic while the good controls white magic and summons all Crystal Diamonds. I belong to the good portal."
"The evil and the good have been enemies ever since I could remember. One day, the evil dimension produced kinds of genomes with unnatural and unexplainable powers that were guaranteed 100 that if they succeed producing this kind of experiment; they would conquer the other world and this world. One of them was the most powerful of them all, but surprisingly, they produced him with a strange aura, a powerful kind whitish-black aura, that can blow up the three dimensions at once. They called him, The Angel of Death, and that is you."
"The king of the black world was so happy to hear this Angel of Death that he pronounced that if they succeed in the war, the Angel of Death will claim his rightful throne. But, his son, Bansho, got angry. He questioned his father why did he choose a mere genome over his son? The king simply told him that only the strongest of all would retrieve the throne and rule over the evil world. But the king gave a way how to have the throne back, and that was to steal the Crystal Diamonds."
"Since then, a spy servant that disguised himself as a black member was assigned to take care of you. He overheard that Bansho decided to sneak in the castles of the White dimension to take the Crystal Diamonds himself. He immediately reported this to the King of white magic and the white magic members quickly scattered the 7 crystal diamonds to the parts of the other world to Odaiba, Japan. When Bansho failed his attempt, he got over another idea to retrieve the throne to himself, and that was to secretly kill you."
"The spy heard this and decided to hide you, since you were a kind genome since then, unlike some of the other members there. He went back to the other dimension carrying you into his arms and went to me and asked me to evacuate the place immediately and go to Earth. I heed to his word and I went here to raise you with Kuja and Mikoto."
Zidane stares at his so-called 'Dad' and sighs. He smiles sadly as he looks away to the other corner. So that is the story. HIS story. The truth behind all these years.
The blonde genome stands up as he heads to the door. "Thanks for telling me the truth," Zidane says behind his back. "Even though you and I aren't connected and related to some way, I still think you are the best dad any teen can have." Then, Zidane walks out the room with a smiling Baku behind.
IN THE SAME TIME…
Vivi yawns as he jumps to his red-colored single-sized bed in his bedroom. Such a day it was earlier! He and Eiko had some fun in the amusement park that it left him terribly exhausted.
Just then, the door opens, revealing his good old grandfather, Kio. Vivi smiles at this and sits up as Kio sits beside him.
"Are you tired?" Kio asks his grandson with heart-warming smile. Vivi nods as he yawns once again, and starts to stretch his arms. Kio laughs as he pats Vivi's head. "That's OK, my boy. Are you practicing your black magic daily?"
Vivi secretly smiles to his grandfather as he replies, "Of course. Every early morning, I go to the backyard to try out some spells."
Kio nods as he stands up. "Good, then," he says as he slowly walks to the door. "Just want to make sure. Good night, Vivi. Sweet dreams."
"G'night, grandfather. You, too," Vivi replies as he jumps again to his bed and pulls up the covers. Kio nods with a smile and closes the door gently as Vivi falls into a deep sleep.
Unknown to him, two black eyes is watching him all this time by his bedroom window. The unknown man evilly smiles as he says to himself,
"You will soon be mine…"
To be continued…
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