Secrets Kept

Rating: PG-13

Author Notes: This is my first fic in awhile…so please bear with me if I'm very rusty…anyway; this fic contains all the girls from Vandread. There is a new character name Serge, which is my own. The original men from vandread will not appear. The scene takes place in an alterative universe. So enjoy!

Serge Gaahlskragg- A former General of the Army of Tarak, his past is dark and holds many sorrows and horrors.

Men of Tarak- The men are strong and proud warriors. They mainly use brutal weapons such as axes, claymores, long swords. Also the men know some special abilities of which the women are not aware.

Women of Mejale- The women are smart and beautiful as well as deadly and fearless in battle, especially when they have to protect the ones they love. Like the men, most of the women have some strong powerful abilities.

Chapter 1

Prologue: In the realm of Thrus…there lies two different kingdoms each with their own customs of life. The empire of Tarak, where there are all men and the kingdom of Mejale filled with women only. These two kingdoms were at war with one another since time began. Not only did they have an enduring animosity towards each other, but each kingdom had to face their own internal problems as well. The Men of Tarak were facing corruption and cruelty from their leaders while the women of Mejale had to protect their kingdom not only from the men but from creatures known as "harvest". Recently the two kingdoms were not at war…yet that does not mean peace between them.

It rained over Mejale for the past three days. The women mainly stayed inside doing whatever needed to be done. A young red-headed girl named Dita ran as fast as she could to the main dining room with a large plate filled with her delicious rice balls…

'Oh no….I'm going to be late, hope they can wait for a few minutes' she thought, as she approached the dining room. The door opened where Jura greeted her with eyes of hunger and an empty stomach.

'Finally!' Jura said with joy, taking one of the rice balls and stuffing it in her mouth.

'Sorry I'm late guys, I couldn't find some of the items I needed to make these,' Dita said, while giving everyone two rice balls. She watched them consume the rice balls. This made her smile.

While they were eating Ezra casually looked out the window and saw a dark figure limping into the old garden. She got up and moved to the window to have a better look.

'What are you looking at Ezra?' Celtic asked, gulping down her favorite drink.

'Oh it was nothing…really it was nothing at all,' Ezra replied, smiling.

Suddenly the red alert went off, which was a sign that an enemy was in the kingdom. Meia got on her feet along with the rest of the women who knew how to fight. Dita, Jura, Barnette and others went to the weapons room and took their short swords, daggers and whips.

'Barnette, you and Jura go check the main gates…Dita go check around the main center and the old garden…rest of you go check every corner. Misty come with me.' Meia ordered.

'Yes' they all assented following their given orders. While Ezra, Belvedere, Celtic and Amarone went to the communication center tower to make sure that communication for the women was strong and that they can give their leader Mango and BC, information on what is happening.

'Misty? Meia? You guys found anything?" Amarone asked

'No, not a thing.' Misty answered

'What about you guys?' Ezra inquired

'All things are clear here' Barnette said.

'Dita find anything?' Belvedere inquired.

'No…I found nothing as well…I'm heading toward the old garden now,' Dita said while walking toward the garden.

'Dita, you better be careful, I remember seeing some odd figure in the dark limping toward the garden. Be very aware of your surroundings.' Ezra warned.

'Ok I will, you can count on me,' Dita said making a small innocent giggle.

'Dita…be careful. Me and Barnette are on our way to where you are now. Leave some action for us.' Jura said.

Giggling, Dita walked slowly and carefully in the garden. She was cold and soaking wet. She walked deeper into the garden. She heard strange noises to her left. She drew out her small, sharp dagger and stared into the shadows…

'DITA!' Jura yelled, making Dita jump in shock.

'Jura you scared me…please don't ever do that again please?' Dita pleaded with her adorable eyes.

'Oh ok…please forgive me dear,' Jura said.

'Forgiven' Dita replied.

'Shhh…did you hear that?' Barnette said interrupting the pleasant moment. All three girls were armed and ready to take on whatever was hiding within the garden.

They formed a triangle protection, which made their backs face each other while they looked in the north, south west, and south east directions. As they waited and waited…their anxiety level raised. Then within a blink of an eye…they all heard a voice say. 'This is a grim day for all of you.'

The girls turned around and saw a tall figure right inside their formation. This figure held a gigantic sword, twice their combined height and it was raised above the figure's head ready to strike each one of them. The sword came crashing down on Dita, who let out a loud scream and luckily dodged the attack by rolling under the tall figure.

'No one hurts Dita!' Jura said wielding her twin swords. She charged but stopped when the figure fell face first on the ground. Jura looked around and saw that Barnette used her sleeping needles to knock the enemy down.

'That's my Barnette' Jura said hugging Barnette who blushed.

Meia, Misty and some other women fighters came running as fast as they could toward Dita, Jura, Barnette standing over the figure who was on the ground.

'What happened? Are you guys ok?' Misty asked.

'We're fine…this thing attacked us from the center of our triangle formation.' Jura said, giving Meia a recap of what had just happened.

'Oh my goodness…it's..it's a…' Misty was trying to say. Dita looked at the figure closely and was shocked as well as were the rest who were in the garden.

'What is happening out there? Is everything alright, what did you guys find' Ezra asked on the communicators.

'You will not believe this but we found…' Meia said pausing.

'What! Found what? Celtic asked impatiently.

'We found a man…' Dita said.

'A MAN!' Celtic, Ezra, Belvedere and Amarone exclaimed.

Well what do you think of it? Hope you enjoyed reading this…as I enjoyed writing it. Please review.