Disclaimer: I'm running out of ways to say that I don't own the game…
Rushi-chan- -picks up pieces of Rushi-chan- Next time you blow up…do it outside! SHEESH! Character maturity is for losers! IMMATURE PEOPLE SHALL RULETH THE WORLD! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!…You spelled cynical wrong…
Toxo: XD…be patient about Kuja-sama. He isn't someone you just wave around like a lunatic! Unless you are a lunatic who happens to be strong enough to lift Kuja-sama…hmmm…
Mirai Maxwell: Are you confused 'cause I didn't translate or 'cause you just don't get it? If it's the latter, then please be patient as it shall be explained in the future of this story. If it's the first part…; gomen nasai…
"Okaasan" -mother, "nani…D-Doko?"- What?…W-Where…, "Nani? Gomen nasai…wakarimasen." -What? I'm sorry…I don't understand., "Madain Sari wa…doko desu ka?"- Where is Madain Sari?
These are sort of loose translations, but the rest you should be able to understand…
A/N: Sorry 'bout the wait peeps! Holiday season and computer hogging, college age, "tool" (his word not mine) of a brother. -bows- Gomen nasai!
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"T-This is Lindblum?" Kioku gasped.
Aji laughed, "Well duh! What? You never been here?"
"Not exactly…Hey! Where's the synth shop?"
"Why?"
"There is something I need synthesized."
"Why?"
Kioku glared at Aji. How immature could an eighteen year old get?
He smiled and pointed, "Right around that corner. Y'know…I could just take you there myse-"
"Thank you." Kioku said, firmly cutting him off, "I'll meet you back here in an hour."
He shrugged, "Whatever. Just don't get lost. 'Cause if I have to find you, it won't be so subtle."
"Was that a threat?"
"What?"
"What you just said."
He looked around stupidly, "Well, what'd I just say?"
Kioku shook her head. It wasn't even worth it talking to this boy.
"Look, never mind." she said in frustration, "just meet me back here-"
"In an hour." he finish with a smile, "Gotcha."
Kioku watched him as he walked off in a random direction. With a sigh she headed off in the direction Aji had pointed, wondering if he had shown her the right way.
As soon as she arrived, a young man walked up to the counter.
"What can I do for you, miss?" he asked.
She placed her prism staff and Zidane's orichalcon on the counter in front of him, "Can you put these together?"
He looked at them, "Don't know…"
"Can you try?"
"It'll be difficult…"
"So you will?" she asked hopefully.
The man shrugged, "Sure."
Kioku smiled, "So…how much will this cost?"
The man studied the weapons again, "I'd say about…Oh…2500 gil maybe…"
Kioku nodded and shuffled through her bag until she had found the proper amount. She handed it to the man. He pocketed the money and took the weapons.
"Come back in about half an hour…If this works it should be done by then."
Kioku nodded again, "Thank you, sir."
She walked out as the man took the weapons to the back of the shop.
"Now what…?" she wondered.
She thought for a moment. She didn't need anything other than a more powerful weapon…so what could she do with half an hour…let alone one full one?
She looked up at Lindblum Grand Castle. Where Miss Eiko lived…
She quickly caught the next cab headed that way.
As she reached the castle, she removed the cloak and pulled her tail from her clothes. She sighed with relief. It wasn't exactly comfortable to have your tail cramped like that for hours on end…
As she stepped out she immediately went up to a guard, "Please take me to Lady Eiko."
He glanced at her horn and tail, "Right this way, Princess Kiokuko."
She followed him to what was once a guest room, but was now Eiko's bedroom.
The guard left as Kioku knocked on the door.
"Yeah?" came Eiko's voice.
"It's me."
The door flew open as the twenty-two year old Summoner ran out and hugged Kioku, "Ahhhh, Princess Kioku! It seems like it's been forever since I last saw you!"
"Two months" Kioku corrected.
"Whatever. Anyway, what is the great Princess Kiokuko Tribal of Alexandria doing visiting me when she's ignored me for two months? Or so she claims."
Kioku smiled. These visits were never boring.
"I came to ask a favor of you, Lady Eiko."
They always addressed each other politely (or as politely as they could in Eiko's case) as a sort of inside joke that not even they got.
"And what would that be, princess?"
"Are there any Eidolons that I have not yet learned to control?"
Eiko thought for a moment, "Ummmmmm…Yeeeeeeessss….one I believe."
She went to her dresser and reached around, "I know it's here somewhere…"
"You always were the neat one, weren't you, Lady Eiko?" Kioku said with a smile.
"Ah, shut up and wait, Princess Kioku." Eiko said with a laugh, "Oh! Here it is!"
She pulled out a smooth blue gem, "Hm. If you're soo smart, then why don't you tell me which Eidolon this is?"
Koku took the gem and examined it, "Errrrrrrm…Leviathon? No…wait…Yeah, Leviathon."
"Shut up." Eiko said in mock anger, "You think you're sooo smart, but you're not!"
The two burst out in laughter. Kioku glanced at a clock, "Sorry, Miss Eiko, but I have to be leaving now."
"Hey, where's your mom? I haven't seen her in a while."
"Uhhhhhhhh…Sh-She's erm…sick"
"You're dad?"
"W-With mom…"
"Then who took you?"
Kioku realized that she was sounding suspicious, "Oh! Would you look at the time, I have to be going. Bye Miss Eiko!"
She quickly walked out of the room, putting her disguise back in place while ignoring Eiko's yelling.
After leaving the castle, Kioku headed straight for the Synth Shop. The man smiled as she walked up to the counter.
"I did it!" he said proudly, "I made your weapon."
She smiled back, "That's great!"
He lay out a staff on the counter. In place of the prisms that had previously been on top of the staff's head were three two inch blades that looked exactly like the orichalcon from which they had originated.
"I mixed the orichalcon's metal with the prisms' material to make the blades even stronger!" the man said, "I have to say this has been the toughest, and certainly the strangest, job I've ever gotten."
Kioku shook his hand, "I'm so glad you were able to do this! Thank you so much!"
She took her new weapon and walked back out into the streets. She still had a little time before she had to meet up with Aji…but since she knew nothing of the city or its layout, she had no idea what to do.
"Where were ya?"
Kioku jumped at the familiar voice. She turned around in annoyance, "Nothing you need to know about, Aji."
The boy shook his head, "Kiki, Kiki, Kiki. I need to know everything. So tell me, after you left the Synth shop, where did you go?"
In her annoyance and frustration, Kioku blurted, "I went to see Lady Eiko, alright?"
For once, Aji's smile vanished, "Lady Eiko? How do you know her? Better yet, how the hell did you get an audience with her?"
Realizing her error, Kioku scraped her brain for any excuses she had bottled up in there, "Eeeeerrrrrrrrm…M-My dad is a uuum…guard and I…met Lady Eiko when I was looking for him…yeah…"
"But I thought you….N-Nevermind. Uh…let's just rest at the inn 'til morning. I'm not really up to flying right now."
Kioku smiled, "Yeah, and I need to figure out where I'm going anyways."
Aji stared at her, "You don't know?"
"I hadn't thought that far!" she said defensively, "Besides, I'm sure I'll figure it out…eventually…"
Aji groaned, "This is just great! What're we gonna do 'til ya figure it out? Fly in circles?"
Koku glared at him, "Well I'm sorry, but running away was sort of a spur-of-the-moment-didn't-plan-ahead deal!"
"Now you're telling' me ya ran away? This is perfect! I'm probably aiding a damn fugitive!"
A few people looked nervously our way.
"I'm not a fugitive, you idiot! I just ran away from home!"
"That doesn't make any sense! And who the hell are you callin' an idiot? That's no way to talk about the one who's gonna fly you to…where was it again? Oh yeah, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!"
Kioku glared at him in silence. She hated to admit it, but he had a point.
Aji sighed heavily, "There's the inn. Let's just check in. You're payin' for yourself."
She rolled her eyes and got her room. As she entered the room and sat on the simple bed she began immediately thinking about her next destination.
She had no clue where Kuja could be. How could she? She had only recently found out that such a man existed.
She sighed and lay back, closing her eyes. Maybe she'd find out after a nice rest…
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"Hey…Kioku was it?"
"Huh?"
Kioku opened her eyes and looked up at the misty darkness surrounding her, "Where am I? Why am I lying down?"
"In your dream, and I'm afraid that even I am unsure of the latter."
Kioku looked to her side to see a man in a white cloak,most of his facehidden by the shadows that seemed all too common in that place, "Who are you?"
He chuckled, "All in good time, but first I shall tell you why I am here."
"Yes?"
"I am here to aid you in your search for the genome known as Kuja."
Kioku sat up, "Really?"
The man smiled and held out his hand, "Come."
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A/N: O.o
Readers: Oooooh! What will happen next, dear author?
Sekugi: Tch! Like I'm tellin' you! Wait 'til the next chapter, fools!
Readers: But this one took you so long-
Sekugi: -glares them to death- MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ( -- Kuja laugh XD)
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