SBQ: Hey, I'm a new author and this is my first fic so please be nice … but honest at the same time.

Squall: Just be diplomatic.

SBQ: Okay smarty pants. I could of thought of that!

WARNING (Must Read): This will be a Baralai x Gippal fic so if your uncomfortable with homosexuality, then I'd advise you not to read this fic. Also if your one of those freakily obsessed, I think this person should only be with this person (for example Rikku x Gippal, Baralai x Paine) your entitled to your opinion but please don't badger me or flame me because of your strong views. I admire your strength but sometimes you guys can get a little out of hand.

Rating: R (for safety)

Summary: High school is a place of learning, nurturing and bringing together the young minds of Spira. However all is not what it seems as rivalry and prejudices among the different races threatens the future of the planet. Strangely love blossoms between two young males from different groups and who have two very different personalities. An Al Bhed and a Yevonite! A pair of star-crossed lovers. Will their futures hold tragedy or will it hold hope?

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy X and X-2 or any of the Final Fantasies in matter of fact. Sighs

Italics – usually thoughts

Pairings – Baralai x Gippal (Main couple- It will happen don't worry, May not seem like it at first). Tidus x Yuna, Shuyin x Lenne, Nooj x LeBlanc. Hints: Baralai x Yuna

Starts of with: Rikku x Gippal (This will change so fans of this pairing. It isn't happening). Also who should I pair Paine up with?

"And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own."

-André Malraux

Chapter One – The Story Begins

The black high collared shirt or the green one; that was the question that pondered through the young man's mind. His hazel brown eyes roamed over both sets of shirts which where identical in ever single way, except for in their colour. A soft sigh escaped his moist pink lips as he realised, he was doing it again. His best friend, Yuna had continuously mocked him because of his indecisiveness.

'I act like a woman, sometimes,' he mentally spoke. After a few moments of deciding, the youth finally gave up and frustratingly plonked both shirts onto the bed. He then looked upwards to find himself staring into the mirror.

There, he saw a young man with cottony-white hair which was loosely hanging out. He normally wore a sash across his forehead to prevent his hair falling into his eyes; he decided he would tend to that later, as soon as he had decided on what top he was to wear. Currently he was only wearing his light blue jeans which clung to his beautifully crafted body. He was of an average height for a man. But what stood out about him more than the average Yevonite was the fact he had the most luxuriously tanned skin. He was the envy of the guys and he had the full attention of the girls.

His abs and muscles were perfectly toned, his father had seen to that. He had his son engaging in a lot of extra curricular activities both for physical and mental abilities. He was the son of the Praetor of Yevon and so the youth had a lot of unnecessary expectations forced upon him. He hated it a lot of the time but he could full well understand his father's intentions, they had their families' reputations to withhold.

"Baralai," A young women called. "You must hurry or you'll be late and you still have your breakfast to consume."

"I'll be down in a moment, Celina," He called back to her. Celina was one of the many maids who had cared for him. He was grateful to them for their services and the many bouts of advice they had given him.

He had finally decided on the green shirt as green was his favourite colour. 'I better hurry or the student council members will have a fit.' Being part of the student council had its advantages and disadvantages, one of its advantages was that he could voice the opinions of the students and so it enabled him to do a great deal of good for the school; however one of its disadvantages also occurred. This disadvantage was that his school was divided into different groups and so a lot of what was voiced at theses meetings would often lead to vicious arguments and so by the end of the meeting it felt like the council had made no progress; sometimes it felt like they were taking steps backwards.

Baralai slipped on the green shirt and fastened the buttons hastily, after performing this act he opened the first draw of his furthest left cabinet and took out a pale blue bandana which matched his jeans. He went over to the tall mirror and watched himself placing the bandana across his forehead making sure that his hair was being pulled back in process.

The first day of high school as a senior had finally come and Baralai could feel the butterflies in his stomach. It was hard being one of the most popular guys in school. All the Yevonites seemed to look up to him and never seemed to hesitate in asking for his help or advice on matters. However Baralai wasn't very popular with the Youth League and he was especially not popular with the Al Bhed, well so he thought.

Unfortunately the school body was divided into the three groups; the Yevonites, the Al Bhed and the Youth League. Rarely would these groups mix and when they did, conflict would normally occur. However, there were small groups of different races that got along in harmony. Spira was divided and all hopes of educating the youth together to try and bring Spira together, just seemed like false hope. Baralai's one wish was to bring Spira together and he hoped it could be achieved in his lifetime.

'I hope I meet a sweet girl this year, it sure would be great if I fell for someone,' Baralai was a romantic at heart even though he never showed any signs of wanting to be with someone. 'Everybody wants to be loved.'

"There," he murmured to himself as his morning ritual had been finally completed. Baralai anxiously checked his reflection again in the mirror making sure he looked good and with that he retreated down the stairs.

"Hey Gippal," the blonde haired girl giggled while planting a kiss upon the tall blonde male's cheek. The young male's reaction was a low grumble followed by a soft shrug. 'Does she have to do that in public?'

"Do you have to do that?" he asked in an irritated manner. His one green eye glanced awaiting her reply.

"Well I am your girlfriend and that's what most couples normally do," She answered with a smirk.

"Whatever," he muttered. His wasn't particularly in the best of moods. One was because over the summer he had become accustomed to waking up late and now he was awake at the most ghastly of hours; two was due to the fact that he had to be in the same building as those Yevonite scum.

"Gippal, not all Yevonites are bad," Rikku tried her hardest to convey her message. She knew what he was thinking as she had grown accustomed to his loathing behaviour to all those who were Yevonites. "You do, know… my cousin is half Al Bhed and half Yevonite?"

"Yeah, you keep blabbering on about it," the young Al Bhed replied in disgusted tone.

He leaned against his locker scouting out, the new blood that passed him down the halls. He was wearing black jeans that hugged his body possessively and a dark blue sweater which hung loose on his arms.

"You know, one day you're going to…" Rikku started before she was rudely interrupted.

"I'm going to what?" Gippal intimidated the Al Bhed girl by slamming his fists (which were just inches from her face) against a locker. A large amount of the student body that were around them stopped what they were doing, to watch the scene unfold.

Rikku's tolerance was finally pushed to the limit and the words just blurted out. "You're going to regret ever hating the Yevonites."

His initial reaction was just a blank expression but after a few moments of processing his girlfriend's words, he let out a soft chuckle. "Yeah right," The laughed continued on for a few more moments. The student body that had been interested by this outburst became uninterested by the whole event and continued on with whatever they had been doing.

Gippal could come across as a violent guy but he wasn't really. He was a fun loving guy who hated mornings and his girlfriend's continuous blabber. He was a regular comedian and player amongst the Al Bhed circuit but amongst the Yevonites he was someone they should fear. He was on friendly terms with those associated with the Youth League; in actual fact his best friend was Nooj (the student body president) who was part of the Youth League.

"Yeah, right," he repeated in choked out laughter. "I'm going to forgive the Yevon bastard that gauged out my eye.... (Laughs)…You ripped out my eye… (Heavy panting from extreme laughter)…Let's be friends. Very… funny, Rikku."

The blonde haired girl was clearly un-amused by her boyfriend's behaviour. "You'll never learn," she muttered under her breath. Meanwhile, a new commotion was brewing nearby which arose the attention of the Al Bhed couple.

"Excuse," a new voice rose among the hallway. "Coming through." The voice was so clear and passive that it enraptured ever one in its hearing range. "I'm sorry, are you okay?"

"I'm okay, Praetor Baralai," the girl replied with a swoon and heated red cheeks. He had only bumped into her gently but the white haired youth had a habit of apologising for the most absurd things.

"I'm not a Praetor, yet," He smiled. "But thanks for the vote of confidence." He then retreated past her and the hoard of girls surrounding her.

"Shelinda, what was it like to have him bump into you?" one of the brunette's friends asked.

"Like a dream," She blushed heavily.

"In my dreams, I married him," another cried which let the large group of girls into a fit of giggles.

"Yeah, you better keep dreaming because he'll never be with you, he'll probably want a sophisticated girl like me," another voice cried.

"What would he want with an Al Bhed trash, like you?" a pig-tailed brunette girl asked in repulsive tone.

"His best friend is Yuna and I heard he was all up for the mixing of races," another Al Bhed's voice replied, defending her people's honour.

"What do you know?" another voice blurted and suddenly what started as something as trivial as someone passing through the halls unravelled into a full fledged fight amongst the females of the different groups.

It had finally calmed down when a few teachers arrived onto the scene. A lot of effort was used on their part as they had to separate some of the girls.

"Whoa, who is this Yevonite that's got Al Bheds yearning for him?" Gippal questioned from overhearing the outburst. He turned his full attention to his girlfriend and found that even she was looking all starry-eyed.

"Huh?" She finally spoke as she came out her trance. "Didn't you see him, just then?"

"No, why would I be asking you otherwise?" Gippal frustratingly spoke.

"You mean to tell me, that you didn't see that white haired beautifully bronzed angel, run past us," the girl queried further.

"No, how could I, with all those drooling girls blocking my view?" Gippal explained.

"You're tall," she argued passionately.

"I've only got one eye," he desperately tried to defend himself.

"Don't give me that, you're such a liar. E ghuf druca nisuinc ypuid oui yna dnia," She started to blurt out in her mother tongue. (I know those rumours about you are true.)

"Frelr uha?" he smirked wickedly at her words. (Which one?)

"Dra uha ypuid oui, pahtehk pusr feoc," she burst into a set of giggles. (The one about you, bending both ways,)

"Yeh'd kuehk du taho ed," Gippal yawned. (Ain't going to deny it,)

"E'ja, caah oui lralgehk kioc uid," she told him. (I've seen you checking guys out,)

"Really?" he spoke in an amused tone reverting back to the language understood by most of Spira. "Why are you still dating me? If you know I have a wandering eye."

"I'm hoping… I can tame you," she replied honestly, he eyes locking with his eye.

"Interesting," he mused for a moment. "Though, it seems like I'm not the only one with a wandering eye."

"What are you implying?" she asked hesitantly.

"The Yevonite guy had you all flustered," he commented on her recent behaviour.

"He's different," She replied with a grin.

"How so?" Gippal asked with genuine interest.

"I can't explain it, you'll have to meet him to understand what I mean," She eventually replied. "I can't believe you haven't heard of him."

"I'm not interested in Yevonites, no matter how good looking or amazing they are," the Al Bhed male uttered. "Hey, aren't I good looking? Aren't any Yevonite women interested in me?"

"You're unbelievable," She chuckled. "I think they'd be interested in you, if you were nice like Baralai but instead you act like you're the tough guy on campus so I'm pretty sure you scare them off with your ugly personality."

"So it's Baralai," he took note ignoring the girl's rude remark. "I take it, you've met him personally."

"He's been best friends with my cousin Yuna since they were babies," Rikku answered. "I was bound to meet him sooner or later."

"Hey, you two," A new voice interrupted. "Haven't you got classes to intend to?"

"Take a chill pill," Gippal grinned maliciously. "We're going." With that Gippal and Rikku parted to attend their lessons.

"Are you scared, B?" Yuna giggled with a hint of excitement.

Baralai glanced over a look of concern followed by a sarcastic smile. Yuna responded by giving him a soft nudge to his left shoulder. The white haired man retaliated by pretending she had hit him hard. As usual, Yuna believed she had actually hurt the young male and proceeded closer towards him to check on the damage she may have caused. In that instant, Baralai grabbed her around the waist causing her to squeal out loud. Yuna attacked back by wrapping her arms around his neck and forcing her body weight upon him and with that the both fell onto the ground with a loud thud.

Yuna's beautiful chestnut locks scattered across her face hiding the blush that was spreading rapidly among her cheeks. Her green and blue tendering watched the male move his head upwards. His gentle hands caressed her cheeks as he brushed her hair strands behind her ears. Her cheeks became hotter at his touch.

"Yuna," he softly spoke. Her vision was slightly hazy after the fall. "Would you please get of me? You're a big girl now."

"Get a room," a hoarse voice said before entering the classroom that was near to them.

"Gippal," a recognisable voice cried angrily before entering the same room.

Baralai felt a torrid rush enter onto his cheeks after listening to the remark that was made at Yuna and him. He then looked over to Yuna who was blushing also. He broke out into laughter; his laugh was infectious. Yuna then began to laugh and slowly at the same time retreated from the position she had been in, with Baralai.

When Baralai had finally found his feet, he carefully brushed his clothes from any dirt that may have gathered upon him.

"Sorry, B," Yuna said after she had finally found her voice. She tried desperately to look innocent as she held her hands behind her and shook her body gently, sideways.

"It's okay, just don't make a habit of it," Baralai smiled.

"Hey Baralai," A new voice broke in.

"Hey Tidus," Baralai greeted back. He noticed that the blonde star of the blitzball team's eyes was averted onto a certain young lady who happened to be standing right next to him.

"Hey Yuna," he managed to utter.

"Hey Tidus," she hastily greeted before turning her full attention back towards Baralai. "So B, you scared that the Al Bhed going to tear you apart, because you don't have to worry, I'll be there to hold your hand." She then wrapped her arms around Baralai's waist and rested her head amongst his torso.

Tidus watched the whole event with great interest. "Umm…" Tidus tried hard to make conversation. "So what class you got now?"

Baralai managed to push off Yuna without offending her. "Doesn't she realise the most eligible bachelor in the school is besotted with her and she's clinging onto me? Must be shy!" Baralai presumed.

"Al Bhed," Baralai replied.

"What?" Tidus choked out in shock.

"You heard," Yuna smiled. "Baralai wants to unite Spira and the only way he can do that is learn about different cultures."

"But Baralai, you're the praetor's son. Those guys in there are going to immediately hate you," Tidus voiced his concern.

"Baralai knows that, that's why he's doing it," Yuna edged in before Baralai could get a word in. "They are not going to… immediately like him… but Baralai is slowly going to bridge that gap."

Suddenly a pair of very attractive Al Bhed girls came into the scene. Before they entered the classroom, the turned their attention to Baralai. "Hey Baralai, I heard your joining our class. I'm glad," one of the girls commented.

"Me too, Al Bhed guys are too loud mouthed," The other girl chirped in. "It'll be nice to have a guy like you in our class."

"You might actually rub of some of your class on to them," the first girl smiled uncontrollably. "I know the rest of the girls are looking forward to you joining too."

"Really, that's nice to know," Baralai scratched his head in astonishment.

'He is so naïve,' Tidus thought as he continued to watch the scene.

"And Baralai if you need any help, any help at all, don't hesitate to ask," The second girl spoke in an extremely sexy tone.

"Okay, thanks," Baralai smiled as the two girls entered the classroom. "They were sure nice."

"Well Baralai, seems like you may have less problems fitting in than I thought," Tidus grinned at him.

"You are so…." Yuna started but never managed to finish the sentence. "Let's just get to class." She grabbed Baralai's hands and led him into the classroom.

'I know Yuna, he just doesn't see," Tidus mentally spoke before he headed of to his lesson.

"Gippal, you're so rude," Rikku said in an exasperated tone as she sat down on the chair.

"What?" Gippal cried. "They looked like they were having fun so I gave them a decent piece of advice. They'll probably thank me, sometime."

"That was my cousin, Yuna," Rikku bellowed.

"Look, it's not my fault she's horny," Gippal smirked.

"The guy she was on top of was Baralai. They are best friends," Rikku explained. "You probably embarrassed poor Yunie."

"The famous Baralai," Gippal cried. "I missed him again."

"Did you just mention, Baralai?" The girl in front of them turned around upon hearing the young Yevonite's name.

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Rikku asked seeing as Gippal seemed to hold no interest at all in the conversation.

"I heard he's joining this class," the girl shrieked in excitement.

"Really?" Rikku asked.

"Apparently so. Yuna managed to convince him to join but he only agreed to, if she signed on for this class too," the girl tried harder to contain her enthusiasm. Gippal watched as the second time today he witnessed another hoard of girls gathering around, this time around his area.

"Yunie never mentioned anything about this to me," Rikku pondered.

"Hey," Gippal interrupted in anger. "You girls should be interested in other Al Bhed not Yevonites."

"Whatever Gippal," and "Your just jealous Gippal," was his replies. A lot of hostility seemed to emerge towards him.

"Leave Baralai alone," a male voice entered the conversation.

"Not you too, Buddy," Gippal grunted as he realised who the male's voice belonged to. "Don't tell me you fancy him too?"

"No," Buddy immediately retorted. "Baralai isn't like other Yevonites, he's a nice guy. I should know; I know him from the student council."

"Oh great," Gippal murmured.

"Don't worry, Gippal," Brother entered the conversation. "I agree with you."

"You're just an idiot, Brother," one the Al Bhed girls remarked. A little war emerged within the classroom. It was more like the battle of the sexes with the exception of Buddy who didn't seem to get involved.

'Who is this Yevonite that's got Al Bhed approval?' Gippal thought to himself as sat at his desk.

Suddenly, the door swung open and with it Gippal's question would be answered.

SBQ: MUHAHAHAHA!

Gippal: I get to have nookie with Baralai, right?

Cloud: If he gets nookie with Baralai, then so do I!

Gippal: Over my dead body.

Cloud: I can arrange that.

SBQ: You two! Helpless Baralai…Bishies…do something!

Bishies: All look helpless

Baralai: What can I do? Gippal is uncontrollable. There is only one thing I can do, to stop Gippal. Not sure about Cloud.

Bishies: We've got Cloud?

Baralai: Here we go! (Censored)

Bishies & SBQ: Watch on with Interest, while pulling back Cloud

Tidus: Whoa, well anyway Queenie hopes you enjoyed and don't forget to review. We'll get it if you don't. Isn't that right Queenie! Queenie?

SBQ: Entranced by Baralai and Gippal

Tidus: Oh dear. Hentai! Review!