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SakuraRibbons: Wow! I'm on chapter five already!

Zidane: I'm surprised you even finished chapter two.

Freya: Why can't you be honest?

Zidane: Fine. I'm surprised you even posted chapter one.

Freya: That's not what I…never mind.

Eiko: You forgot the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Square Enix/Squaresoft (They're the same right?)

Zidane: Here's chapter five…

Note: Italics are Zidane's thoughts.

Chapter Five

Zidane's POV

I can see that Dagger has come back with the other six members of our old team and Mikoto. They all come out of the airship and I go over to say hi. "Hey guys. I haven't seen some of you in a while," I say looking at all of them. "What's up?" For some strange reason, almost everyone's eyes looked sad. "Okay, what did I do wrong?" I ask crossing my arms.

"Oh, I'm sorry Zidane. We're fine. Just a little bit tired," Dagger comes to my side and smiles. I can tell that she's lying. But, for now, I'll leave it alone.

"Alright. I think most of you guys know by now that our lovely Kuja is right here." I point in Kuja's direction.

"He wants to tell us something, right?" Eiko says.

I nod and lead them to Kuja. "Hello again people," Kuja says with a wave.

Freya shakes her head angrily. "Is that all! You destroyed so many homes and ended many lives, that's all you can say!" Freya looks furious.

"Whoa whoa whoa Freya! Calm down a bit, geez," I say and walk over to Kuja. "Kuja, you might want to explain before Freya stabs you with her spear." Kuja nods and turns toward everyone.

"Look. I know apologizing won't do me any good. I was thinking about going to every area I've destroyed and help repair things. Freya, I'm truly sorry about Burmecia. If you're planning on going back there soon, I'll tag along and help with repairs," Kuja says standing up and kicking a Cacutar that was coming our way.

Freya thinks about that for a minute and sighs. "Alright. We could really use some help. But, mark my words. If you pull any tricks, I'll…" Freya. Please, I'm trying to keep a T rating.

"Eh? Who was that?" Vivi asks looking around.

"I think it was the author!" gasps Eiko.

"Uh huh. Okay then. Kuja, it's decided. You'll be in Burmecia to help with repairs then," I say. "Now. Tell us why you wanted us all here."

Kuja sighs deeply and tosses his silver hair back. "Look. You must have known that I was gonna die. I really wish I did too. However, this jerk stuck his neck out for me in the Iifa Tree and well…" he pauses for a second.

I look around and everyone is staring at me. "Uh, yeah?" I ask scratching the back of my head. "What's up?"

Steiner shakes his head slowly. "You helped him survive? That doesn't seem very likely."

I laugh at that comment slightly. "C'mon rusty. My motto is, 'You don't need a reason to help people.' Besides, I guess you could say we're brothers."

Amarant glares at Kuja for a moment and sits on the grassy plains. "I can't believe that I lost to such an idiot like you," he says. I looked at him confused.

"What are you talking about? You guys are all hiding something," I reply catching Dagger's eye.

"Zidane. Did you know of the condition?" Mikoto pipes up. I can hear Dagger stifle a gasp or a sob. I can't tell.

"What cond…oh. Yeah, that one," I say walking a few feet away from the group lost in thought. I can't believe I kept that a secret for so long. But, it would probably have been better if no one, especially Dagger, found out. Somehow though, it seems that Mikoto told everyone. God, I really do suck. I turn around and face my friends. "I guess Mikoto told you guys," I say with a sigh.

Dagger runs up to me and just hugs me tightly. "Yes, she told us. Why did you keep it a secret though! We're your friends!" she yells crying. Her tears are now spots on the dry, cracked ground of the Outer Continent. "We…could…have helped you…" she says quietly. Great. I really screwed up this time.

"Dagger, I'm sorry okay?" I tell her looking into her chocolate brown eyes. "I know I should have been honest with you. I just, didn't want to worry you." Dagger closed her eyes and smiled a little.

"Yes, that's so sweet," she says opening her eyes again. Right then and there, I notice something. Everyone is staring at us. "Ummm… YEAH! Errr…alright then," I say panicking slightly.

"You know what?" It was Amarant. "Just pretend we're not here." I realize that he's actually being nice for a change.

"Do you want to know why I wanted you guys here or not!" Kuja was getting impatient.

"Yeah, go ahead," I say as me and Dagger pull apart. Kuja paces back and forth for a while.

"Alright. There is no easy way to tell you all this, but, Garland is not dead."

TBC

Author's Note

Hi again! Another short chapter by yours truly. Anyway, this chapter is finally up! I got suck in the middle because I wanted it to be longer that 400 words. I hope this isn't a huge cliffhanger. (I myself hate cliffhangers.) This is SakuraRibbons, signing off!