My only friend, the end (spoilers)

[Depression Moon]

i just finished this game for the first time (i know, bit slow off the mark ) and i must say i am a tad confused...

i was semi-satisfied with the ending, but i have a few questions:
1. What happened to Kuja and how did Zidane actually escape? (i'm guessing the answers to this will be 'he died' and 'we never find out')

Kuja died of course as stated by Mikoto and Zidane escaped because of strong willed heart and his determination to see his loved one again. Kuja could not have survived as he contains no such feelings.

2. Eiko...mother and father? presumptuous much? what if those two don't want a bratty little kid who is very capable of killing them both when she doesn't get her own way? (this wasn't really one of my questions...it was just a bit weird)

Well I guess as from what I see Eiko desires parents ever since her grandfather died and I guess that Cid and Hilda always wanted children, but Hilda couldn't produce them, for contradiction I would say it's because Hilda got mad at him and left, but with Cid being probably in his late 40's and 50's he probably had plenty opportunity to get her pregnant and he was probably an oglop for a few months before the party met him so I'm sticking with what I said originally.

3. Wtf is with those Vivi things?! "Vivi is our father"?!

yes I believe that Vivi found a way to create more black mages with the remaining mist on the planet and he decided to leave his mark with these mages as he knew he didn't have much longer to live.

4. Where did Vivi come from? Was he created like he always suspected?

It was hinted at in the story a few times that Vivi was created all like the rest. The leader of black mage village told him that Kuja made a prototype mage that would last a little longer than the manufactured ones.

5. What was the significance of the necklace that Garnet dropped (i realize the symbolism in the fact that she chose Zidane over this, which is clearly very important to her, but i forget what it actually is, could you remind me?)?

The necklace was the pendant given to her by her adoptive mother Brahne, it's the heirloomof Alexandria and it's also one of the four pieces that when put together summons Alexander.

and just a side-comment, even though i knew the cloaked man (in the play) was Zidane all along, i got goosebumps when he whipped off his disguise...i have no idea why, but i feel like a loser it's a very nerdy thing to experience, especially seeing as i wasn't as emotionally attached to this game as the other final fantasies

one of the things i didn't like about the story was all the people who looked like Zidane...especially seeing as there were girls who looked exactly like him, but still looked very womanly (meaning Zidane looks kinda like a chick ). in saying this, however, i would like to acknowledge the fact that Kuja also looks kind of like a girl, but he is captivating...especially in Dissidia form, he looks smurfing awesome

i'm sure there are more things i need to say, but this is all i can think of for now

Actually I did mistake Zidane for a girl the first time I saw him too and named him Tisha and then had to start over again when I came to the part where he said "I'm starting to fall for you" to Garnet. Everyone agrees that Kuja looks like a girl, heck he's even made fun of in the game. IX has the best ending in the entire series.