Title: Hope is Tied to Happiness
Theme: 41 : Hope
Characters: Kuja and Zidane Tribal
Rating: G
Warning: No Warning
Disclaimer : I do not own the characters contain therein they belong to their creator and Square-enix
Zidane is the epitome of hope both because his unyielding belief and because that is what Zidane is to Kuja hope. Since Kuja was a being born without hope, only desires and an order to wipe out life on Gaia, he was not meant to hope, not to truly exist. However, meeting the other half, the youngest of the 'Angels of Death,' the other genome with a soul due to his actions that made Zidane be born on Gaia changed him little by little. First, though his main directive may not have changed for he was doing harm to Gaia by the giant war that he had started, he began to yearn to live without Garland ruling his life and existence. This was the first change, the first hope that was given to him and he nurtured it with a strong fire almost burning it to a darkness. The second hope his brother gave him was companionship, because after all he had done, he still yearned for companionship after seeing Zidane surrounded with unyielding companions including one of his creations. This hope was foster with the fact that it was possible to form bonds with his creations and they would reciprocate, well if he could understand how exactly one makes friends. Maybe promising extended life with no idea how to might not have been the right way, but he was still Death as far as he knew as he could survive. The last hope and most important one that Zidane gave him was a new life, filled with nothing but hope, hope for everything and thus to Kuja Zidane was hope and his hope.
Kuja was odd to Zidane to everything, but he taught him a lot about himself, without Kuja he would have never got the answer to his lasting hope. His silent and secret hope was finding a home, a family, and though's Kuja's actions were extremely wrong in the end Zidane got all he hoped for. He found out about his past and why he dreamed in blue or only of a blue light, so his hope of understanding his dreams and therefore his past came true. Hoping to find out were he came from led to Terra, once again Kuja leading him there even though it was Garland who may have explained. To have a family, if not for Kuja dropping him into Gaia's life cycle he might have never had Tantalus, his family, and though Kuja was his brother, emotions and bonds were not encouraged nor acknowledged on Terra. Extending the hope of a family, the companions he gained on the troubled journey that Kuja made gave him undying friendships, his family, and the end gave him back his true brother and sister. The last hope was a home, and while Terra was his birthplace, Gaia had become his home, and Kuja had shown him, even in the worst way possible, but he couldn't fault his true brother.
These hopes led to understandings, which led to happiness in their hearts, thus hope guided both their hearts. Now they hope for the future and all it's gifts, and they know they will always have the hope of their family supporting them through any trials that may come. Along with the hope that these trials are only bumps in the road and not any wars, because after all no one could cause a good war like Kuja. Heaven help the poor soul who would even try now that the three 'Angels of Death,' reside on Gaia.