Author's Notes: I'm back with another story…hopefully more successful than my previous works. Also my first attempt at humor…Eh, I've had this idea for a while and because I feel bored. It's AU-ish at the fact that Shion and co. crash land into a forest somewhere in Second Miltia when going to the Kukai Foundation. Oh, XSII is fun btw, I just wish it was much longer (it's so short!) I got the idea of the title from KH's "not-so-secret-anymore-secret ending". And because it shows the darker (no, not that seriousish dark side), hyper side of the Xeno characters. Plus it IS another story (in a way), so um it makes sense.

Disclaimer: I don't own Xenosaga, if I did, I'd hire some of the old staff back in return for adding more romance cutscenes in the game, humor too. Belongs to Namco and Monolith Soft.

Another Side, Another Story

Chapter One: Bonbons Make Jr. Insane

It was a sunny, sunny day on Second Miltia. Parents and children were often seen in the park or the streets doing one of the following: walking dogs, flying kites, running around for no apparent reason, or just walking around talking to random people they met. Yeah, it's a really weird intro, but it's not like it matters since the story doesn't focus on them. Ahem. Shion and the rest of the gang were all in the living room at a random hotel in Second Miltia, just staring at the ceiling while lying on the sofas. They were so tired from the Ormus Stronghold that just standing up was like breaking a leg…or two. Running around back and forth for five hours or more, fighting random enemies, walking up and down all those stairs and platforms, then standing for about an hour and staring at the pretty explosions from below made them so exhausted except KOS-MOS, maybe. Heck, even the Song of Nephilim seemed like a piece of cake compared to the Ormus Stronghold.

But fate liked to play around and make them suffer so it made Gaignun contact Jr. to come to the Kukai Foundation. "Jr.," Gaignun's voice rang out to the appearance wise, young U.R.T.V's mind.

"Yes, Gaignun? What is it? I'm freaking paralyzed, you know! Or very close to it!" Jr. snapped. Gaignun was going to ask him to do something. Any favor involving physical activity would result in a yelling session.

"Sorry, Jr. Did I call contact you at a bad time?" Gaignun said in his best, casual voice. Of course, he was secretly laughing at Jr.'s misery in his private thoughts. The picture of an angry Jr. in a bed, paralyzed is actually funny to see, because he'd happened to see it several times before. With each one being funnier than the last.

"No, duh. What's up? And it had better not involve anything with movement…"

"Sadly it does," Gaignun made a sarcastic, tsk tsk after that. "Just a little bit anyway. You have to come to the Durandal bridge and report for a meeting."

"THE HELL! WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE SPACE PORT, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY!" Jr. shouted through the link, accidentally sitting up in his bed, which nearly made him break his spine. "OWW! THIS FREAKING-!"

"If you feel THAT bad about coming here, Jr. Maybe I'll just return those super rare, 21st Century edition, like new condition Charles Dickens books that I got from U.M.N.bay and cancel the meeting full of those Bonbon chocolates you like so much…"

"WHAT! Charles Dickens' books! And, and- BONBONS!" Jr. shouted again, this time both in the real world and the telepathic link. Everyone in the room stared at him. What the hell was he blabbing about? Oh, maybe Gaignun was just talking to him with the telepathic link.

"So will you be coming?" Gaignun said calmly, ah it was so easy to lure him. Jr. was twenty-six, but he still had the emotions and thoughts of a twelve-year old.

"HELL YEAH! You've better get those books prepared at the Docking Area with a bowl full of Bonbons waiting for me!"

"All right, I'll send Mary and Shelley over there as soon as the Elsa docks. Be quick." And with that, they ended their little discussion.

Jr. could now be seen jumping around the sofa as if the pain that engulfed him a few minutes ago was twenty years ago. All eyes were on him and they would ask, "What are you so happy about, Jr.? And how did you recover like that?"

The only words that would come out of Jr.'s mouth were, "DICKEN'S BOOKS! BONBONS!"

Everyone kept silent as they focused their eyes on the hyper Jr. until MOMO asked, "What are Bonbons?"

"It sounds like something you shouldn't know, MOMO." Shion whispered silently. But curiosity was getting to her, what are Bonbons anyway? So, she asked Jr. from across the room, "Jr., what are Bonbons? If it has anything to do with adult content, then forget I even asked." Unfortunately for Shion, Jr. paid no attention to her and headed off to his room to change.

"Wow, whatever Bonbons are, he must like them a lot…" chaos muttered. "Hey, KOS-MOS, do you have any idea what Bon Bons are?"

"Searching U.M.N. Network Database…Analyzing. There were 121,424,000,563 matches with the keyword: Bonbons." KOS-MOS replied.

"That's a lot." Ziggy said, as he hadn't said anything for over ten hours, and because he just wanted to say it.

"KOS-MOS, what were the top three results that you got from the U.M.N. Database?" Shion inquired. 121,424,000,563 matches, huh? It must be popular.

"Result One: Bonbons a famous stripping club located in…" Shion nearly fell over at result one and interrupted her by asking KOS-MOS to proceed with number two. Jr. wouldn't have anything to do with those things…would he?

"Result Two: The famous bunny slippers manufactured by Bon Bunny Inc. there has been an approximate total of 70,000,000,000 units sold. 69.50023 of the sales being females at the ages of three to five…"

"Uh, next, please?" Jin interrupted. It would take her forever just to finish result number two.

"Result Three: A candy with chocolate or fondant coating and fondant center that sometimes contains fruits and nuts."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement that this must be the Bonbons Jr. was talking about. They highly doubted Jr. would like bunny slippers after seeing the back of the bunny's head in KOS-MOS' encephalon. And a strip club would result in MOMO inflicting pain upon Jr. He returned to the room a few minutes later in his usual cowboy clothing.

"Huh? You guys still aren't dressed? What are you waiting for! GO TO YOUR ROOMS AND CHANGE NOW!" He yelled. Fearing what Jr. might do in his hyper/insane/mad mode, Shion, Jin, chaos, and MOMO ran to their rooms to change. What a cure for aching bodies, huh? Ziggy and KOS-MOS had no need to change so they just waited along with Jr.

Well that was awfully short, stupid and pointless. Don't worry the next chapter will be MUCH, MUCH better. Erm, I hope anyway. If you're curious what bonbons are, they're result 3. Mmm, bonbons…I feel like eating some right now. ;-; The next chapters will divide the characters into groups so there's more interaction between them.

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