Disclaimer: Look at chapter ONE for your disclaimers…


After a few minutes, I excused myself from the room, deciding to look around the ship.

As I entered into the main room, where Zidane had lit the candle, I began tosing quietly, "Alone for a while, I've been searching through the dark. For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart. To weave by picking up the peaces that remain, Melodies of light, loves lost refrain…"

"Wow…you have a good voice…" I heard Zidane comment, and I gasped and turned to face him. Blank had followed as well, probably to get things ready for what was to come. "Um…thanks…" I mumbled back.

"So, did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?" Zidane asked with a smooth tone in his voice. I almost laughed, but I contained myself. Might as well drop him hard.

"Not really." I replied. "But I wonder: did the elevator ride from Hell take long?" I asked sweetly. Blank laughed and even Zidane managed a small chuckle. Such a good sport (Note the sarcasm).

"Heh…Well, we're docking now. Follow me." Zidane took my hand and began toroughly pull me towards the exit of the ship, making my wrist hurt. I would have yelled at him, but I didn't know where the exit was suppose to be, since in the game you only exit once you get in the Evil Forest.

We walked onto the area of the ship where the anchor would launch into and I saw that a large plank of wood was going to take us onto the ground. Zidane released my hand.

We walked around some areas of Alexandria I had never seen before, and I looked around in awe as he waited somewhat patiently for me, tapping his foot on the ground whenever I would stop to look at the high buildings. The only time I had seen medieval things like this was when I went to Germany. Finally we came to the Weapon Shop, and even there I stopped to look around. So many knives...urge to kill...rising...

"Hey! We need a weapon for this first-timer here!" Zidane shouted into the back of the store, since there was no clerk. The clerk finally came in, and with one look at me, he reached under his desk and pulled out two thick whips.

"This is a whip," the weapon smith explained to us. "Hold them by this." he pointed to a strong material that wrapped itself around a few inches to the top of the whip. "And attach them wherever to become easily accessible. You lash out at your enemies with the edge, splitting things open if you can attack them good enough.." he pointed to the rest of the whip, which was coiled around itself.

"You want them?" Zidane asked me. I nodded, taking them from the weapon smith's hands. I looked at them carefully. They were really pretty. A small key chain like thing was attached to the center of the dull material, and I figured it was for attaching. I placed the rings on my belt, one on each side.

Zidane got some gil from his pocket and handed it to the man. "I'll pay you back, I promise…" I said, though I wasn't really concentrating on him. He shrugged. "Nah, it doesn't matter. It was only 1000 gil. I have 10,000 with me, so what's 9,000 left?"

I sighed, rolling my eyes,and followed him out of the store. "The play is going to start soon. I'm going to head back to the ship." he said before walking away. I followed him. Alexandria was a bigger city then what is shown on the game, and depsite the fact I could mauever from aerial view, trying to find my way around was going to just get me overly lost.

"What have I gotten myself into…?" I asked myself.


"Bereft of father! Bereft of mother! Marcus! Thou has lost even thy love!" Blank cried out dramatically. I resisted the urge to smirk. Playing this game enough, I knew what was to be said and done.

"Fortune hath escap'd thee! For what end shalt thou live?" I spoke next. Cinna gave me a small nod, just enough for me to know I was allowed to do that, but not enough to ruin everything else.

"For the sake of our friends... Let us bury our steal in the heart of the wretched King Leo!" Zidane lashed out his sword and we all answered with, "Aye!"

Everything was generally entertaining. As we fought against 'King Leo', Benero, and Zenero, I was able to test my abilities with my new weapon. They were great for close and far range attacking, and yet I did injure myself a bit because of the fact I was new to these things. I could only imagine why the weapon smith decided to give these to me…

King Leo decided to attack me just to show he didn't care if I was a girl. I gasped as I felt the small shock of the SFX, but it didn't do much else then surprise me. I lashed out my whip at him once I got a chance, butit missed him and came flying back at me, the end of it snapping on my back, and I gasped withpain, clenching my teeth and making a weird "sucking in" breathing noise throughmy teeth. Tears were in my eyes.And yet...I had a feeling this wouldn't be the last time I felt this pain. Enter another reason for the shop-keep to give me these (I'll make it easier: think sexist, and free entertainment...)

We won the battle quickly, and then Blank, Zidane, and I headed for the small flooring where the two were to duel, with me almost tripping over my yet to be rolled up whips. I was able to stumble along, then slioppily attached the whips to my sides again.However, since things had not been rehearsed, we had to improvise. I had no idea what I was doing, or what they were thinking, but Blank grabbed me and held me in a headlock, making me gag in surprise. I don't think it would be good for me to throw up...

"Zidane, are thou to waste thy lover as well? The uniting of two kingdoms must come with unwilling sacrifices! If thou refuse to let thee be, then thou lover shall die!" Blank said. With all this Shakespearian, I was suddenly reminded of Romeo and Juliet.

"Ne'er! Leave her be!" Zidane shouted back. Despite the fact that it was a play, I felt my heart skip a beat when Zidane said nothing about not being my lover. I mentally slapped myself. This was no the time to be thinking. Besides, it was for the play, nothing more. Now I wish I hadn't hung out with my old friends...putting these thoughts in my head. He's a video game character! Made up of pixels! ..Then again, I shouldn't really be talking...

I got an idea, as it seemed Blank was still reaching for words, and I bit him. Never in my life had I bitten anybody. The idea was always a disgusting thought, and yet just for this world, I would bite him. It wasn't that hard, and it barely left any teeth marks, but Blank pretended to be incredibly hurt.

"Aye! Run for it, dearest Gene!" Zidane called, and I made a run for inside the castle. I leaned up against the wall and threw a hand over my heart, feeling it beating fast as I breathed. I hate stage...I hate stage...I feel like now would be a good time to throw up...I hate stage...Someone please kill me.

Am I rambling again?

I took one large, deep breath and then remained just outside the room that the two of them were going to take Blutzen and Kohel's outfit. Finally, after about one minute of waiting, Zidane and Blank rushed through.

"Did you really have to bite?" Blank asked when he saw me, looking at his arm where it was somewhat turning red, then trying to brush it off with his other hand as he placed a disgusted look on his face.I chuckled, "It was my first time ever biting someone. You should feel honored." I retorted.

Zidane let out a laugh and Blank rolled his eyes. "We're going to get changed into the armor. Stay here. And no peeking."

I rolled my eyes. "Sheesh, you act like I've never seen anything before." I mumbled, but they appeared to have ignored it.

It took less then five minutes before both reemerged from the room, clad in the stolen armor. "Alright." Zidane said.

Blank looked up at the flooring above us. "The royal seats should be right above these stairs!"

"Got it!" Zidane said, then he looked at me. "Wait at the bottom of the stairs, alright?"

I nodded, not feeling the need to disagree. Garnet would run by me anyways, I wasn't going to stop her.

I waited by the end of the stairs and Garnet ran right into me. I gasped and fell back pretty hard, and Garnet simply bowed a bit before taking off once more, like she would do with Zidane later.

I stood up with my eyes narrowed. I never really liked Garnet (or as I had heard when reading some Game Recaps a few days before: Garnoa (1))…I decided to run after her, not caring whether or not Zidane was suppose to have done that originally.

Zidane and I ran after Garnet, and I was in the back. I ran pretty slow…ok, I hated running, but when I did run, I could go pretty far and keep up a pace faster then that behind me. However, Garnet was in front of me, and I wasn't too good at running and catching things.

We past through the large ballroom and out into the courtyard-y thing. It wasn't long before we were face to face with the large, winding stairs in the right tower.

I was gasping for breath. My side hurt, and I was getting a headache. I was not going to climb any steps at all, and that is final--

Zidane was basically just leaping across the steps, making it look easy. "Come on!" he shouted to me, and I rolled my eyes before trying to mimic him, but I was definitely slow. No amount of stairs that I had ever gone up, which included the 207 stone steps that led up from the Sakashita-mon Gate to the Okusha, could beat this. I was gasping for breath once more when we finally reached the top, and I was kneeling over in pain because of the fact my side hurt so much. I had crawled up the last few steps, so now my hands were dirty.

Zidane didn't seem to give me the time of day as he chased Garnet around the circular platform. I was still in the doorway, blocking her exit from there, as well as regaining myself.

I peered over the stone fence and saw Steiner finally emerging from his own tower. He just seemed to notice us and did his jumps a few times before Garnet began to climb onto the wall.

Zidane gasped, surprised, and I stood beside him, watching Garnet's facial expression. I glared at her when she jumped, and I remembered how the music got real loud and suspenseful after this movement. Zidane gasped, I involuntarily gasped because I wasn't awaer that Zidane was right next to me for some odd reason... and Steiner was rusting up his armor as well as risking his life.

I breathed deeply andmy eyes widenedas Zidane grabbed onto some of the flag wire and readied himself to jump. Without using any of my common sense, I made a grab for Zidane and managed to get a hold of his tail. I gripped it with all my life and I heard him make some unnatural noise of pain as we free fell, his grip on the wire tightening as I held onto his tail for my life.

We all landed on the circus tarp, Garnet making a break for the ledge. I was still clutching Zidane's tail for dear life, and was almost in tears. Never had I ever experienced something so terrifying. Falling…I never wanted to do anything like that again.

"I'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadie…" I continued to repeat, and I heard Zidane make some more noise of discomfort as he gently released my grip. "Gene, we're not falling anymore." he said, then gave a small laugh. "You can relax…"

I opened my eyes; only just now realizing they had been closed. I looked sheepish and then glared at him, "I could have died!" I shouted.

He ignored me, with good reason I hope, or I'd…hey, where'd he go?

I crawled to the edge of the tarp just to see Garnet run by, Zidane on the ground. Maybe Garnet wasn't so bad. Zidane got what he deserved.

I carefully and safely was able to land on top of Zidane as well just as Garnet rushed by once more. I forcefully placed my fist on Zidane's head, and he gave a small muffled cry. I internally laugh, then politely got off of him, following Garnet into Ruby's station.

I saw Garnet whiz past Ruby as if to hide somewhere and I ignored them both, pretending I hadn't seen them there to begin with. I made my way into the ship, into the meeting room, and I looked at the table.

"Ohhhh, what was it…?" I thought out loud again in a hasteful manner, impatiently making my hands circle around in front of me. "Ah! Open!" the table lifted itself up, ad I watched in amazement. "Sesame!" the hatch flew open and I peered down inside just as I heard Garnet and Zidane in the room before this. I held my breath before turning around and placing one leg in there, then both legs, hanging on by my arms. I shifted a little, and suddenly I slipped, falling onto the machine and then sliding from there ontothe floorboards hard and I groaned in pain and annoyance. Cinna ran right passed me, jumping up unnaturally into the place that I had just fell from and closing the hatch behind him.

I glared at the now closed hatch before I made my way into the room with the floor lifts and waited, readying my whips. I wonder what type of weapon upgrades I'd be able to get…

As I thought about the weapons, I barely recognized the voices I heard making their way towards me. I saw Cinna, Zidane, and Garnet run in, all three breathing fast. Steiner made his way down the pole, and we all gasped, me once again involunatry. It was kind of like knowing that something is going to happen in a scary movie, and you know exactly what it would be, but then you're still shocked and surprised when it finally happens, as if you hadn't expected it. Kinda like that.

"Aha! Princess! I, Steiner, have come to your rescue!" Steiner said. Blank suddenly ran in, blocking the exit. "You needn't worry, Your Highness!" he said.

I watched Steiner and how he appeared to be proud. "Good work! This will be remembered as the Pluto Knights' finest hour!" he said. I rolled my eyes, then my lips twitched into a humored grin.

Blank appeared to become more relaxed now and gave a small chuckle, "Just relax, Princess. We'll get you outta here!" he said, and Steiner gasped.

"WHAT? You're not one of my knights!" he shouted. I rolled my eyes once more, still grinning, "Nah, really?" I replied sarcastically. "Now, you can just leave the princess…"

Cinna, Blank, Zidane, and I all got into our fighting stances, "To us!"

Suddenly, Zidane sprang forward, slashing at Steiner with his daggers. Steiner made a small grunt, and Cinna lashed out next. Apparently, it was all real time fighting in this world, not turned-based, because the only reason Steiner didn't attack yet was because he was looking for an opening.

"My turn!" I said, lashing out both my whips and hitting Steiner hard on his arm with my left whip and then hitting him on the top of his head with my other one. "Ohh…Sorry." I said, cringing a little as the whips coiled back into my hands, the left one hitting me on the side, but not as hard as before. I clenched my fist as I clenched my teeth, both in pain, anger, and annoyance. I don't care if I have bad reflexes with these stupid whips! I just want them to do what I want!

Steiner made another grunt, glared at me, and then went straight for me, his sword raised, and my eyes widened. As he brought his sword down, I made a desperate move and ducked away, making him only able to slash my arm a little. I groaned in pain, and then got up, mad as hell.

I took my whips and began lashing out at him, not waiting for Zidane and his friends to get their turn. I was pissed! First my whips betray me, and then he totally just struck me! He had his arms up now, trying to block the attacks, which he was doing a pretty good job of, but I was still pissed.

Half of my attacks didn't even touch him. I think I even hit Cinna...oops...?

I finally was getting worn out, and apparently Steiner knew not to get on my bad side anymore. He made his own desperate move and went for Blank, and his sword lighted up, "I'll never give up!" he shouted, striking Blank. The armor broke, and Oglops erupted from underneath.

They weren't all that bad, really. Slimy, but they were pretty cute.

"No-o! I hate Oglops!" Steiner shouted as everyone, including himself, began to run around. I backed away from the mess and jumped onto one of the platforms. "Zidane! Princess, get on 2!" they complied with Cinna's orders as we all were raised, Steiner included, onto the stage.


SO: Chapter 2 finished! It really isn't all that long or entertaining, but it serves it's purposes, I suppose. Anyways, let's see…I had something I wanted to say, but I can't remember…

(1) If you check out my profile, you'll see what I mean.

Ah! I just wanted to say that I'm writing this for myself, because I…I really just want to be there, you know? I don't care much about getting reviews for it, despite the fact I do like them. So I WILL be completing this story, for any of you who actually DO like it.

Reviewer Responses:

Rebecca: Thanks a bunch for your review.

Lucrecia LeVrai: Thankyou for this wonderful review. It will prove to be most useful, and I'll try hard to keep things going the waythey are without disrupting the flow of the story or the character's personality. Some things will obviously have to change, but I will try as hard as I can to not make this character a Mary-Sue.


Thanks for the reviews, guys. I just want to say thanks! Also, just to let you know, I'm a big fan of these "Sucked-In" stories! If you have one you want to be read and reviewed, just review this one or give me an e-mail. My e-mail is listed on my profile page, so a review would probably be easier.

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-Setoobsessive