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Iifa: Ancient Tree of Life

Chapter Nine

"Kuja? I have the results from the tests." Doctor Tot totted into the room (and Kuja groaned at the lousy pun).

"What do they say?" Dagger asked anxiously. "Is Kuja alright! Please tell me he's alright!" Doctor Tot smiled fondly.

"He is still just as fine as he always was. The results are... puzzling, but don't worry."

"Puzzling?" Kuja asked. Puzzling didn't sound good. Doctor Tot nodded.

"Yes. The results remind me somewhat of some tests I ran on a moogle some time ago..."

"You ran tests on a moogle?" Why on Gaia would anyone run tests on a moogle?

"Yes. I was curious as to how faerie blood compared with human blood. For the most part, moogle blood is just basic blood. It includes some other particles in it, though, which seem to act much like basic body cells in that they reproduce to heal, but they do so at an advanced rate, which I believe is somewhere near ten to the thirteenth-" Kuja cleared his throat. "Ah. Yes. You do not want the particulars. Basically, these particles allow one to heal at a quicker rate than normal. They also appear to carry oxygen when not being used for healing purposes. I have never before seen them outside of moogles. Roughly two percent of the solid components of a moogle's blood are these particles. You, on the other hand... It would appear that roughly thirty percent of the solid particles in your blood are these strange healing particles." Kuja blinked.

"So what you are telling me is... I can heal myself almost instantly?" Doctor Tot nodded.

"Yes. In effect, this would make you almost indestructible. If you don't mind, I would like to continue to monitor you for some time..." Kuja nodded, only half paying attention.

Indestructible! Just the mere thought... If only Garland were here now; how Kuja would love to gloat! Indestructible! He had nothing to worry about, now! Nothing could happen to him anymore!

Would he die? It was an interesting thought. Perhaps these particles in his blood would extend his life span? Kuja voiced his thoughts.

"Hmm... Yes, I suppose it is possible," Doctor Tot agreed. "I can not confirm it at this time, of course, but perhaps in a few months, after I have monitored these particles, maybe learned some more about them... Actually... If you'll excuse me, I believe there are some other genomes in Alexandria; I'd like to go see them..." Mumbling to himself, Doctor Tot totted off.

"Isn't this wonderful!" Dagger exclaimed, throwing herself at Kuja in an enormous hug. "You're going to be safe forever! Garland lied! Oh, I'm so happy!" Kuja nodded, and was about to return her hug when he thought of something.

"Um... Dagger..."

"Yes?"

"What about... What about Zidane? I can not imagine that Garland would not continue such a thing as these particles..." Dagger frowned.

"Oh, you're right! I... I really never thought about that! Perhaps... Perhaps Garland did not want to risk... him being too powerful if he rebelled against Garland?"

"Yes, that could be it..." But that really didn't seem likely. Surely the advantages outweighed the dangers...

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Kuja leafed through Doctor Tot's notes. No... No... Nope... Nothing... No... It just didn't make sense! It had not taken Doctor Tot very long at all to confirm that Kuja was alone in possessing these mysterious particles (which Doctor Tot had chosen to name 'kujhemolets'). Doctor Tot had immediately begun combing the library for any reference to anything that might possibly be a kujhemolet. Doctor Tot had not yet found anything of any use, but he was hoping...

But Kuja's continued blood tests showed some rather interesting things. For one, in the past week, Kuja's kujhemolet count had gone up by nearly fifteen percent. That was a considerable amount. And Doctor Tot was saying something about that number being an exponential...

Doctor Tot claimed that the solid components of Kuja's blood would all be kujhemolets in roughly five weeks.

It was a strange feeling, being nearly invincible. Kuja certainly wasn't any stronger than before. He didn't look any different (except perhaps a bit paler, due to the lack of red blood cells). He didn't really feel any different at all, except for his confidence. That had sky-rocketed. Virtually nothing could hurt him! It was such a nice feeling...

If only he could figure out why!