A.N. Once again, thanks for reviewing Shadow knight1121, and thanks for your reviewRed Reality and if you like this fic then you better thank Shadow Knight1121 as well as he is the one keeping this fic going, anyway, I need an OC for the Festival of the hunt, and no they wont be in the main party, more like a temp position like Blank in Evil forest, (so they wont have trance) but I want at least one OC to go with one group at the split off point,
Steiner: I think they get it, and if you keep going you could spoil the plot for them,
Me: Ah, well I think I should tell you what I'm after, their name, description, Class (Preferably not one used in the game, and not a red mage), and preferred weaponry. Leave them in reviews!
Akio: Shouldn't we get this fic moving?
Me: Ah, yes, but I need someone to do the Disclaimer,
Koro: I-ill do it.. owns nothing except his OC's and Any plot changes,
Me: Good boy Koro, Have a cookie! *Flips a cookie over to Koro*
Koro begins munching on the cookie,
Me: Now enjoy the next chapter of, FFIX: The Dark Knight...
Chapter 7
I woke earlier than the others again, Vivi sleeping in the other bed near the door, Dagger in the far one, and Zidane in the other one near to me, Steiner was sleeping on the floor between Zidane and Dagger. I smiled, and woke Koro so that we could have a look round the village. Koro woke slowly and looked around, noticing that everyone else was asleep. When he looked towards me I put a finger to my lips, to indicate for him to be quiet. He nodded and jumped onto my shoulder. I left the rest of them sleeping and slowly closed the door behind me. I decided to head into the hot springs before heading out to look around, "Koro," I said quietly, "Go have a look round the village for me while I wash up,"
"Ok" Koro said to me, and scampered out,
I headed into the room indicated by the Inn keeper yesterday to notice to pathways, clearly marked '-Female' and 'Male-' I smiled slightly and headed right, As soon as I turned the corner, I saw that it was a giant Hot spring split in half by wooden boards so that each side could have as much privacy as possible. I shrugged, and tested the water before removing my clothes and jumping in. When the water had settled down I decided to talk to the other people in my head, Yo, you guys in there? I asked,
Where else would we be? Cecil replied,
Sorry stupid question, I apologized, So anyway, I was wondering, what kind of abilities can I expect in the future?
'Well I can mimic the jump ability of the Dragon Knights of Burmecia but it wont go as high, nor will it do as much damage,' Angela told me,
And essentially there are a high number of us Dark Knights, unfortunately it seems that someone or something decided to hunt us down and kill us off...
Wait a moment, I interrupted, The guy who killed me said something about finishing off the Dark Knights.
What! 'What!' Both of them exclaimed at the same time,
You mind looking into my memories of my death, I asked them, Anything you find could be vital later on...
Of course not, but if we do that, it might rise unbidden in your head at a crucial point,
Well then stop looking if something vital is going on.
'Er... I already tried to look into those memories,' Angela Pointed out, 'They have been locked away by your own heart, so that you wont be hurt by the memory of your families death'
Damn, it that info might be vital! I essentially shouted at them, The asshole that killed my family might be alive in this world!
But your family might be as well, Cecil pointed out.
I stop for a moment and think, now that you mention it... they might be... but would I meet them... I keep thinking through the possibilities until I realise something, The storyline! That's how Ill meet up with them again! But... how will I recognise them? I start to sink into despair,
I think I know,
What, really?
That cloak you had on when you woke, I was not wearing that as pushed that moogle out of the way of that Prison Cage.
Then that means that the cloak came with my soul. I then realise something, Cecil, is there anything on the cloak like a symbol or something?
Lemme check, Seems to be an odd symbol on the buckle, like a black sword with bat wings for the guard pointed downwards...
Wait, I had a necklace like that when I was alive, my wife had an angel one and my child had one that was half and half.
Then that will be how you will recognise them, chances are there buckles have similar designs,
Well chances are my wife and child will recognise me first, they were more in tune with the spiritual bonds between us, so they will probably recognise me before I recognise them, although... I smile to myself, I would say I've gotten in touch with my spirit side lately.
'Hold on for a moment,'
What is it Angela?
'Are you sure the person said that you had the potential of being a Dark Knight?'
Yeah, but what's puzzling me is why I don't have my own sword...
'You mean that that isn't your sword that you had strapped to your back?'
I thought it was Cecil's,
It is
'Then where the hell is Akio's?'
It seems that he has yet to awaken to his own potential, I think that he holds 'that' skill...
'You serious?'
Wait what skill we talking about here?
You don't need to know at this point in time, But it is the strongest Arcana skill.
Then I agree that I shouldn't know of it, I lose a lot of my strength per skill already...
'Trust us, the energy drain will lessen, its always hard at first,'
That's good to know, I then realised something, Cecil, how alike do we look?
Perfect twins, why?
If we look alike, then wouldn't It make sense that the other people like us would as well?
Y'know that makes sense... Although I did get a scar when I saved that moogle in Evil Forest,
So, your memories are coming back are they?
I think that people have to mention the Event in order for me to remember...
Tch, shame... Hang on a scar?
Right across the face, have a look, the water has settled,
Cecil was telling the truth, right across my face, going over both my eyelids was a scar, nearly reaching the tip of my nose in thickness.
With this it might be harder for my family to recognise me...
I decided to end the conversation with my inner spirits and rest for a while before leaving to look around the village
A few minutes later:
I was just getting ready to leave the hot springs when I heard 'Melodies of Life', the song that Dagger always sung when she was lonely. I then started, realising that ,Even though she never played the game, My wife always sung this song, (I only just realised this now as I haven't played the game in years, (A.N. I just started again recently so don't worry about that)) I don't know what that foretells but I know for certain that I will meet her again in this world, along with my child.
A few minutes later, Outside the Inn:
I had just left the inn after getting changed, When Koro jumped onto my shoulder, "Hey Koro, so you get a feel for the village?" I asked him,
"Yeah, I also picked this up from the building connected to the Windmill," Koro said as he handed me a key, I smile lightly as I realise what key this was,
"Well why don't we find out where this key leads to?" I asked Koro, who nodded enthusiastically,
A short while later, in the windmill:
I had just found the 'Aries' Stellazzio coin and had walked up to the door that gets unlocked by the 'Mayors Key' which Koro had just found. I walked up to it and unlocked it, And saw the chest at the other end of the small pathway. I walked up to it and opened it, revealing a pouch that holds, if I am not mistaken, 30,000 Gil. I retrieve it, putting it in the pouch that holds all my personal items, with my half of the money from Sealion, That reminds me, I'm gonna have to give Zidane his half, And I moved the chest slightly to retrieve the Coffee underneath, Not a coffee fan myself but I'm sure my kid would like the Model. I get up from kneeling down to get to the chest and start walking towards the Windmill when I saw Vivi standing there by himself, so I decided to vault over the wall and surprise him.
Other side of the wall:
"Hey Vivi," I said as soon as my feet touched the ground,
He started then looked and realised it was me, "H-hello Mr. Akio... and you too Koro"
I smile slightly, "Vivi I get enough formality from Steiner so please could you drop the Sir?"
I could tell that he was relived as he said, "Okay, Akio"
"So you seen anyone else around?" I asked him
"Zidane was still sleeping when I woke but everyone else was gone." Vivi told me,
"Ah, so you ok? You seemed a little jumpy" I said to him, concern eating at me.
"It's just that the kids are not being friendly. They seem to be avoiding me." Vivi told me while looking down.
I look at him with sympathy as I said, "It's ok Vivi, your unique, and most people fear those who are different from themselves, although most people who fear others just because they are different are just bloody idiotic, so don't worry about it my friend." I said to him with a reassuring smile on my face,
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Zidane said as he walked up to me,
"Why don't you get up later? It would save you a day." I said to him while smirking,
"Ha." Zidane said to me, "Anyway, Akio is right Vivi, Most people are idiotic enough to fear that which they do not know or understand, like those kids," Zidane said looking directly at Vivi, "But not everyone is like that,"
"I know, I have met my share of friendly people" Vivi said, "Oh and I keep hearing a sound like 'Kweh',"
"Oh that is a Chocobo, but its odd, I don't see any around," I said while looking around,
"That is odd, ah well I got to get moving and were meeting at the inn later alright?" Zidane said to us both,
"Alright" I said,
"Ok" Vivi said,
Zidane then waved and left, towards the shop, "Well I better get moving as well, I haven't seen as much as I wanted to of this village so I'm gonna keep looking around before heading back to the Inn alright?" I said to Vivi,
"Ok, see you later Akio," Vivi said to me as I walked away,
"See you Vivi," I said with a two finger salute over my shoulder, as I walked out to the field,
The field wasn't that interesting so I decided to head to the shop and see if I could get any better armour for myself, As soon as I walked in I saw Dagger looking at the wares on the side facing away from the Village, I lightly smile as I walk over to her and put my hand on her shoulder and said, "So this is where you were?" She Jolted a little until I said, "Relax its me, Akio" She looked at me and visibly relaxed, "So found any good pieces of armour I could wear?"
"They are selling the bronze series and the armour of which you should be able to wear under your travelling clothes." Dagger told me, "Its fairly cheap, being at 650 Gil,"
"Awesome, so Zidane tell you the plan?" I ask her,
She nodded as she said, "He said to go back to the Inn, which I am about to do, want to join me?"
I shook my head as I said, "I want to get that armour first,"
She smiled slightly as she said, "Alrighty, I'll see you there"
"Your defiantly getting the hang of it Dagger" I told her as she left,
As soon as she had left, I walked up to the counter and asked, "You got any suits of Bronze armour I could wear under this?" While motioning with my hand at my current clothes,
She examined what I was wearing before stating, "I think I got the right suit your size," Before running back around the corner and returning with a small breastplate made of bronze,
"That aught to work," I said as I took the Armour, "How much?" I ask,
"650 is the usual price but for you... 500 Gil,"
I smiled slightly as I handed over the money and said, "Thanks for the discount, I appreciate it,"
She smiled as she said, "It's ok, I'm just showing appreciation for taking that Mu in, He was treated horribly by most travellers."
I smile and say, "I've met my fair share of friendly monsters, All they want from you is a gemstone or two, Anyway, better get moving, see ya later!" I said as I walked away with a two finger salute over my shoulder,
A short while later, in the inn:
I walked in to see the Innkeeper sleeping, so I decided to smash my fist into his desk again and watch the results, However this time was slightly different due to the cat being on the desk and jumping as well, Straight onto his head and it must have dug its claws in or something as the guy started to scream in pain.
The whole spectacle was amusing to say the least, not to mention the fact that he started to run round in circles with the cat clawing his face off,
I left for the rented room,
The room at the Inn:
I entered and saw Dagger sitting and Zidane standing near the beds, Talking about the lack of adults, "I used to see them on the farm that's next to the village,"
"That farm is now being tended by one old lady," I said to both of them, Startling them slightly, "And any more people would crowd it,"
"I know, something is very wrong here, we will leave as soon as Vivi gets here" Zidane said,
"Oh, that reminds me, here Zidane," I said as I handed him his half of the cash from Sealion,
"Thanks dude," Zidane said with a smile on his face, "I was wondering if you were ever gonna give it to me,"
"I don't need it, I just found 30K Just before," I told him with a grin that essentially split my face in two,
Their eyes essentially popped from their sockets, "Wha... how?" Zidane asked me,
"Koro found a Key and it opened a door that led to that chest, It also had some coffee beans in it," I explained, leaving out the location of the key,
"Whoa... you lucky..." Zidane started before Dagger interrupted,
"As long as you contribute to the groups medicine's you can buy what you want with that money," Dagger said with a serious face,
"I got no problem with that," I said to her,
"Hey, did I ever tell you..." Zidane started before going into one of his stories from being a thief with Tantalus,
A number of hours later:
I must have fallen asleep during Zidane's narration as I suddenly woke up shouting "HOLY SHIT, THE CAKE IS A LIE!" With which both of them looked at me awkwardly, I sweat-dropped and stated, "Please tell me I did not just say that the cake was a lie out loud.", They slowly nodded at me, "Shity, shity Fu-" I started to swear before Dagger interrupted,
"Hang on, Vivi isn't back yet..."
"How long has it been?" I ask, Dread forming in my stomach,
"A few hours, why?" Zidane said to me,
Sudden realisation hit me like a bloody sledgehammer, "SHIT!" I shout extremely loudly, "I knew something was wrong with this Village the moment Vivi mentioned the Chocobo's 'Kweh'"
They both look at me with confused looks on their faces, "What do you mean Akio?" Zidane asked me,
"Think about it, How could he hear a 'Kweh' if there were no Chocobo's nearby?" I pause for a second to see if they get it, "A damned underground Facility!" I essentially shout,
"Wait what?" They both look even more confused,
"Alright, we are going to look at where Vivi was standing, If I'm right then there will be an air pipe or something similar." I state,
Outside the Windmill:
I was standing at the exact point Vivi was at, And I stopped my breathing for a second to see if I could hear anything, However I didn't expect what I did hear, which was someone at the point of tears, I snap my eyes open and look at the floor, noticing the small white pipe in the corner next to the windmill, and said down it, "Vivi, that you?"
I hear his voice come back up the pipe, "Akio, that you?"
"Yeah, It's me dude, Hold still were on our way," I said as I looked at Dagger and Zidane with a 'Told you so' expression on my face, "Chances are the entrance is in the Windmill, Its the only non conspicuous place where the entrance wouldn't be obvious,"
After jumping down the Entrance shaft:
We found the entrance no problem, and started to walk down the corridor, at the end of it was Vivi standing in a small round room with a thin chimney reaching the roof of the cave, That explains the small pipe, I thought to myself as two guys walk in from the other side of the room, Mutter something to Vivi and started to leave while pushing him, I saw Zidane try to go for them but was pulled back by Dagger, I decided to join them instead of doing something stupid, And I heard Dagger say something about the patterns on the barrels here were similar to the patterns on the castle, I wasn't paying much attention, I was focused on getting Vivi back. Wait a moment,
What?
Have a look at that pattern on the Barrels, if what I remember is correct then...
I shrugged an looked at the barrel, noticing the star like pattern on it, This sparking anything Cecil?
Yes, these are why I left Alexandria for travelling, which didn't get too far before I was forced off the cliff and into evil forest,
I was startled to say the least, but I kept it to myself as said to the other two, "C'mon we need to save Vivi and find out what the hell is going on in this damned place!" Both of them nodded and we walked down the path,
Next room, the one with the Factory machine and Vivi in it:
We walked into this room, Well, Zidane ran, and I heard something that sounded a little too familiar. Someone was crying.
I hated that sound.
The sound of people who didn't deserve it, suffering...
I noticed that Zidane was called back by Dagger, but by then I had already smashed a small opening into the coffin that Vivi was in, and called in, "Vivi you ok?"
"Y-yeah, I'm ok," Vivi answered in the positive,
I simply said, "Zidane, help me get this damn thing open,"
"Sure"
2 Seconds (Literally) later:
I had essentially smashed open that coffin that Vivi was in, Zidane was only there to make sure I didn't hurt Vivi, I was essentially shaking with rage.
I now officially hate the adults from the Village of Dali.
"You ok Vivi?" I asked him when he managed to get out of that rubble,
"Yeah, I'm ok Akio," Vivi replied,
"Good, Also I hope you don't mind but if you spot the ass holes that did this to you, Point them out?"
"A-alright but why?" Vivi asked,
"So I can beat the living shit out of them for making an innocent person suffer," I explained,
Surprisingly they didn't offer any argument to stop me, so we decided to keep moving, after I stated, "Oh and Dagger that pattern on the Barrels earlier? They are related to why Cecil left Alexandria,"
In the room after the eggs hatched:
"What... The... HELL!" I shouted, essentially waking up everyone from their stupor, Since I followed after them after dealing with a number of monsters that attacked us.
I hear footsteps behind me, and flick my eyes to Zidane, who nodded and moved to get the other two, while I followed them into the packing machines, and ended up getting packed with Vivi,
Outside, after Steiner Stabbed the Barrel:
Steiner was jumping up and down in fury as I smashed the coffin me and Vivi were in with one punch.
Needless to say, Everyone jumped.
Steiner ran over to me straight away, Shouting, "Master Akio! Master Vivi! Are you ok!"
I slowly got up and helped Vivi up before stating, "Yeah I'm ok, what the hell happened?" I ask,
"We got packaged," Zidane said,
"Oh, yeah," My memory jogging into place, When I heard a faint sound from the distance, almost like a sound effect for teleporting. Wait. Teleporting? SHIT!
I then saw the 2nd Black Waltz moving rapidly across the ground, But the strange thing was, each time he teleport's, to me he only seams to change colour to a pale blue and move at the same pace, which means I was watching each, and every move he made.
Once he decided to stop in front of us I noticed the fact that he looked better built than the first, as he had a proper robe instead of a red thing that looked like it was going to fall apart. It was also of a blue shade, and his wings were bigger, allowing him to float as his robe went past his feet. It stated, "Princess Garnet, the queen is waiting for you at the castle!"
At which Zidane shouted, "You were all sent by the castle!"
Which gained him a confused look from Steiner, "What? What are you talking about!"
"The last one knocked you unconscious with the Blizzard, Said he was a Black Waltz, Weak as hell though, killed him with two attacks." I explained to Steiner,
"You two are the ones who defeated No.1?" The Black waltz stated in surprise, "I am..."
I interrupted, wanting to speed this up, "No.2 right? And there is another one after you who is stronger than both of you?"
At this he backed away fearfully, "How in the..."
"If you pay attention its obvious," I stated, "And I'll explain after we kick this ass holes ass!"
"Gr..." No.2 growled at me before saying to Dagger "Come Princess the Queen awaits!"
With which Dagger replied, "No I will not return,"
No.2's face twitched with annoyance and before he could threaten her I jumped in and said, "She said she doesn't want to go so why don't you either attack or turn tail and run like the lil' chicken shit you are?"
It looked at me with fury in its eyes and it charged for me as I drew Cecil and Angela's weapons.
Start FFIX Boss battle music now.
It reached out its hand with a Fira in it, trying to burn me so I decided to fight Fire with Fire, so I charged my Dark Fire into my weaponry, before blocking his hands with my blades. He looked at my weapons with surprise and backed off. "Now I see how you killed No.1 and freed Sealion from his control. Your a Dark Knight!"
I started to laugh, "What, you only just figuring it out?" I found it hilarious.
After all, Zorn and Thorn heard me state it and frankly should have told their creations.
It growled again, and instead charged after my friends, using various spells to keep me from helping them, and after a few slashes from me, it decided to trap me in a flame tornado.
In other words, It cut me from the fight.
Strange thing though, I could still see it when it did that transportation thing, Y'know that colour displacement, which I now assume is it transforming into a spirit temporarily and creates an illusion where it plans to go to make it seem like transportation, so I decided to share my theory with the group by shouting over the sound of the Inferno. Unfortunately only Vivi heard me so I decided to rely on him to launch his spells where I tell him to, "Listen Vivi, rely on me, not your senses." I told him.
"O-okay Akio," Vivi said, putting his trust into me.
I nodded and started to point out the locations of him in spirit form, which, luckily, the magic could hit. "It's heading for Steiner, Directly behind him!" With which I told Vivi to Give Steiner a Magic sword boost and turn directly around and strike.
The resulting scream was loud to say the least.
The scream of someone who deserves it suffering.
I grew to love that sound a number of years ago.
Unfortunately for us he decided to go all out and blast the hell out of everyone with a Fira.
I covered my eyes from the heat.
When I opened them again I saw that everyone except me and Dagger was on the floor near to death.
I wondered why I had been spared and why my shoulder was missing some weight.
Then I put 2+2 together and looked down.
That sight made me angry.
Well more accurately, I was gonna rip him limb from limb!
Switch music to 'FFX Otherworld' (Just because it is awesome!)
"You!" I shouted. And the ground started to shake. "You are going to pay!" And an aura of darkness formed around me, "AND I AM PERSONALLY GOING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT!" Then the aura turned white for a moment. And I had achieved Trance. Which was a suit of armour made from black flames, surrounding my body.
I was gonna kill this asshole!
I decided not to waste words and instead used Shadow Step and appeared in front of him, smashing my fist into his face.
At the time I had no idea where my weapons had gone,
At the time I didn't really care.
At the time, all I cared about was making sure this asshole was gonna die. Slowly. And. Painfully.
I Shadow stepped up to him, and instead of being hit again, he decided to try and teleport. Notice the emphasis on the word, try. Instead of letting him I had grabbed him by the throat while he was in spirit form. The instant my hand touched him he turned back to normal.
"Wha- how! Its not possible!" It shouted at me.
I raised him in the air. "Then you have never fought a Dark Knight in Trance have you?" And instead of letting him answer I Slammed him into the ground and decided to use a technique I had just devised. "YAMI-NO-TSUBASA!" With which, millions. Not hundreds. Not thousands. MILLIONS of swords made from my aura started to stab into the Black Waltz. I jumped back, And They started to pierce him at a faster rate. With every sword piercing him he screamed in pain. When all of them had pierced him they exploded, leaving nothing of his corpse behind.
Yes it was overkill,
Yes it was essentially a curb-stomp overkill,
No he did not deserve mercy,
He deserved to die. Slowly. And. Painfully.
Stop music
My trance wore out which forced me to floor from exhaustion. I was panting heavily. I pulled out a potion from my pouch and downed it, which allowed me to stand. When I turned around a small ball of orange jumped onto me. "You ok Koro?" I asked him.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine" Koro said to me,
"How about the rest of you?" I asked, looking up at them, noticing their scared faces. "You saw that huh?"
They all nodded, even Steiner was surprised, "Master Akio, Why did you go so far?"
"..." I stayed silent before answering, "He nearly killed Koro, with the same spell that nearly killed the rest of you..."
The silence was deafening. "Well that and the fact that he tried to kill nearly everyone of my friends and kidnap the last so I took it kind of personally."
"Well if that wasn't obvious..." Zidane muttered, "But how the hell were you so strong? And what the hell was that technique?"
"Master Akio, That technique has never been used by anyone in this universe, Even in trance." Steiner added in,
"The first answer is trance. Plain and simple, the second, Yami-no-Tsubasa is a Technique I made myself, but I am not sure if I can do it out of trance, but if I could it defiantly wouldn't be as strong." I explained.
"Fair enough, so anyone got any idea where this airship is heading?" Zidane asked around,
"L-Lindblum," Steiner said,
"I Disagree, Chances are this thing is headed for Alexandria, if the cargo is any clue," I stated,
"But the old man in the shack said it so it must be true," Steiner argued,
This raised my eyebrow instantly, Steiner just confirmed my doubts just by arguing with me,
"I will go on-board and secure passage!" Steiner shouted and ran towards the Airship,
Once he was out of earshot Dagger voiced her concerns, "Zidane do you really think that this airship is heading for Lindblum?"
"Nope, probably gonna head straight to Alexandria, Like Akio said," Zidane stated.
"Then why-" Dagger started but I interrupted,
"Hijacking." I stated, "He plans to hijack the Airship and go through south gate."
"Heh, you catch on quick," Zidane said to me,
"Well all I know is that I don't want to stay in Alexandria for any longer than necessary." I told him, "And going straight to the main city is just going to get me killed."
"Then lets get moving!" Zidane said as we all moved towards the Airship.
A.N. So what do you guys think? Oh and I should tell you that the second story will be M rated due to language, I had to really struggle to keep the language toned down on this one, and the next chapter will end before the OC I'm asking for will be met so please submit over these chapters, (Oh and the next one wont be as long, frankly I'm surprised it got as long as it did) Just remember if you want to submit an OC I need:
Name:
Description:
Class: (Remember preferably not one used by current characters or a Red Mage, I got plans of that one)
Preferred method of fighting and equipment:
So please R+R (Even without an OC) and NO FLAMES! Or I will send Trance Akio after you and he will do worse than he did to Black Waltz No.2, Ok, thanks and Bye!