Matt scribbled all over his notebook page. He hadn't seen Yuki yet, and he was dying to talk to her. The black gel ink pen twirled between his fingers. He closed his eyes, wondering where Raven and Xeno were. Just thinking about it made him feel sick. He wanted suddenly to run away from Garden and find them. They were his family… and he wanted to help them. He resolved to leave that very night, seeing as it was Friday. As soon as the bell rang Matt dashed off to his dorm. He gathered all his Gil and his weapon (which happened to be a -big- sword….) and went to talk to some one who might know something… Rage.

A woman sat on the hard, cold concrete floor, the moonlight caressing her black hair… at least, the moonlight that could get through. There were bars of cold metal over the window. She had her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around them. Her head lay on her knees, but the fire in her eyes could be seen. The view shifted and Yuki couldn't see her anymore.

"Are we ever gonna get outta here?" the woman asked softly. She was hardly audible. The vision locked onto her again.

"…Yeah." It was a guy's voice, but he didn't sound too confident in what he said.

"Kei." Whispered the woman, lost by memories.

The sight was blurred with tears. A horror gripped Yuki. Keiko. Keiko… that was Matt's little sister's name! Did that mean…?

Suddenly the woman looked up and directly at where Yuki would be standing if she was actually there. Her deep eyes bore into Yuki.

"Matt has the GF pendent." She stated, never taking her eyes off of Yuki.

"I know…" the man sighed.

"If only some one could tell Rage or Matt where we were." The woman said insistently. Yuki knew what she meant. But how did the woman see her…?

"Yeah, if you could please tell one of the two that Raven and Xeno are here… it would be greatly appreciated." The woman smiled.

"Who are you talking to?" the man inquired.

"No one." The woman shook her head, but the smiled and nodded at Yuki quickly before the man could notice.

            What brought Yuki back from her dream-like state was a strong hand on her shoulder. She turned around and gasped, throwing her arms around none other than Dameon. He was very, very beat up, but alive. He smiled, running his hand through her hair.

"You're okay!" Yuki exclaimed, never letting him go back pulling back slightly to look at him.

"Yeah… are you?"

"Yes, now that I know you're okay."

She blushed happily… her stomach formed a tight knot. He slowly reached back and pulled his class ring off.

"Yuki… when I was about to die, I thought so much about you… and I realized just how much you mean to me. Will you go out with me?"

Oh no… God… I dunno! I'm dating Matt! And finally when I give up on Dameon he asks me…! Crap…

"Can I think on that one, Dameon?" she asked quietly, realizing she had forgotten to wear Matt's class ring that day in the first place.

"Sure. Just… please get back to me soon, okay?" Dameon hugged her.

"Alright."

"Thanks."

"Just one question… why, Dameon?"

"Huh?"

"Why do you like me?"

"You're the greatest… I mean, you're beautiful, you've got the greatest personality… what is there to explain?"

"Alright… just wondering." I have to go talk to Matt… I want to ask him why he cares. I was so afraid he'd be a shallow jerk… Now I know Dameon's not, but I still have to ask Matt… And I wanna catch him and tell him about what I saw.

"I gotta go, Yuki…" frowned Dameon. "I'll see ya soon, alright?"

"Sure Dameon." Yuki was lost in thought. He kissed her on the cheek and jogged off. Her face turned blood-red and she ran off to find Matt.

There was a knock on his dorm door just as Matt was about to leave. He answered it, frowning. He had on his jacket, gil in his pocket, and 100 deaths junctioned to his sword. He looked a bit bewildered to see her. He quickly wiped the resentful, 'I'm-on-a-mission' look from his face and grinned.

"Yo Yuki."

"Hello. Looks like I came just in time, huh?" she smiled.

"Yup. C'mon in." he stepped aside. "Whassup?"

"That's why I came to see you… I wanted to ask you something."

"Fire away."

"How come you like me…?"

He blushed violently. "Um… Cause… cause you're wonderful, I mean…" his face turned even more red. "I think you're the most amazing person I ever met, so…"

"Alright." Wow, that doesn't help me make a decision… So who do I like more…? "Sorry to bother you… you seemed to be on your way somewhere… Where were you going?"

"To talk to Rage Tilmitt, my uncle."

"Okay. Sorry to inconvenience your timing… I apologize if I made you late or anything. See ya, Matt."

"Bye Yuki…" Geeze she's acting strange today…

Without another word she hurried down the hallway. It was already to late when Yuki realized she hadn't given him the message of Raven and Xeno. She gasped and went back, banging on his dorm door. There was no reply. Yuki went inside, hoping that Matt wouldn't later notice. She wished she had written down his cell phone number, cause she had memorized it at one point… she picked up an azure-blue leather book. Yuki started to read some of the things written in long, messy handwriting on the creamy white pages.

Perfect II

By: Matthew Leonhart

Written as a continuation of the life of Raven Leonhart, the novel she wrote titled 'Perfect'

One day fate brought two souls together. One, a boy without a purpose. He felt that there was no reason for his existence, and he was to the verge of his limits. He was torn up inside, though he let no one see it. Matthew Leonhart went to Garden, a military base. He hoped he would find his purpose there. He didn't, and one day he was nearly on his suicide mission… and then he met the girl who changed his life.

Her name was Yuki Kaida. She was the most brilliant, amazing, beautiful person he had ever seen. She took Matt's breath away and pulled him back from the depth of darkness without even knowing it… she was his rescuer. But he wasn't her knight in shining armor, despite how he tried. Her heart belonged to someone else… Matt, on an attempt to escape Garden and the woman who'd stolen his heart, tried to run away, back home with his family. Now that he was no longer walking the line of insanity, he realized just how much he missed them. But he found the most horrible thing waiting for him as he arrived.

His family consisted of Raven, Xeno, and Keiko. Raven and Xeno had adopted him after his own father had abandoned him. Keiko was his little sister. She was a cute little kid, and Matt liked her a lot. But when he went into the house silence covered it like a blanket. He ran up the stairs, heart hammering, into first his parent's room, then Keiko's. The whole house was empty. Matt slowly opened Keiko's closet and found a memory that haunts him to this very day.

Keiko was inside, dead. Her face was contorted into an expression of utter fear. Every bone in her body had been broken and she had obviously been through so much… He couldn't help but blame himself. What if he had been there? He could've stopped whoever had done this… Matt suddenly vowed to kill the person, a long, painful death like the one that Keiko had been forced to endure. His parents might still be alive. That and the memory of Yuki was all that kept him from shooting himself then and there.

Matt returned to Garden, having no where else to go. Yuki seemed to pop up where ever he went, and soon enough she was a big part of his life again. But he began hearing something… a voice. It wouldn't leave him alone, regardless of how much he told it to shut up. It told him Yuki was false, that he had nothing to live for. And if it was not for Yuki then he would've believed it. But soon he went to talk to Yuki, finally having gathered enough courage to ask her out.

She wasn't there. Fear gripped Matt's heart when he found out that she had went straight into a war-torn city. He took out his mother's GF pendant and called upon Bahaumut, King of Dragons. Matt rode to Esthar on Bahaumut, fearing he'd arrive too late. Fortunately he got there with only seconds to spare. Yuki was running from the city, which was riddled with screams and the combustion of explosives. He reached out to her, thousands of dire thoughts racing through his mind, overpowering the voice. She grasped Matt's hand and he pulled her up. But she was crying as they flew away. It broke my heart to see her cry. It turned out to happen that Dameon, who had been her best friend, had been killed during the attack. Her parents had as well. I brought her back to Garden and reconciled to go find the only one who was close enough to Raven to be able to locate her, cause they were brother and sister after all… Rage Tilmitt.

            Yuki shook her head… emotions churned inside of her. She made one pledge… to find Matt and help him.