Best Kept Secrets
Chapter 2
By Philosophical Sphinx

This is a college Fic Alternate Reality Style TxY pairing
Disclaimer:
Final Fantasy and it's characters are trademarks of Square, This is a FAN Fic Thus The emphasis of Fan work done over a piece of Popular Fiction. I only own the story line for this particular story. Due to this I ask Do not Sue me I am just a mere poor struggling college student that has no money so there is nothing to get by suing so don't bother, it pointless, so forget it, Fan fiction is legal as long as Square has no problems with it which as is commonly known they don't so leave me be okay...

Notes on content:
Thoughts are labeled with 'this' not "this" which is obviously for quotes.

Time advances and flashbacks have headings in Italics.

Scene changes identified with line breaks.

Chapter 2

Complicated Contemplations

Flashback

" Lenne look out!" Yuna called over to her older sister.

Lenne's bodyguard had just been murdered by the werewolf and it was headed towards her. The werewolf covered in blood, was watching the girl and preparing to lunge towards her.

Yuna was watching behind her bodyguard, Calli while the bodyguard tried to identify where her missing gun had fallen. Twenty year old Yuna was only able to hid as she was had only begun her classes and was a long way off from getting her first gun.

In front of her, 21 year old Lenne was fumbling with her own gun. She aimed it with a shaky hand at the werewolf. "Damn you stay away!" She snapped at the werewolf. " I have a gun and I know how to use it!"

The werewolf ignored her and jumped forward. Lenne attempted to shoot only to find her gun was out of bullets. " Damn."

Yuna was suddenly afraid for her sister and turned her gaze to avoid anything foul that she could witness.

" Miss Yuna!" Calli spoke to her in a distressed yet confused action. "We had better leave.."

" But my sister?"

" She must fend for herself, as the youngest we need you to get back to safety."

Yuna just nodded and allowed Calli to grab her.

" As Calli and Yuna raced from the scene, the young officer noticed something laying upon the pavement.

" My gun!" Calli cried happily. Racing over to pick it up, both girls stopped to catch their breaths.

" Did we lose that beast? "

" I think so." Calli looked around. " Hey wait we're home free." She pointed to the building before her that belonged to the Spiran royal family.

Yuna sighed in relief then took off straight to the door.

" EEEEEEEEEKK!"

As soon as Yuna was at the safety of her front door she turned to the sound of her guardian scream.

"YUNA QUICK!" a familiar voice snapped. An Arm came around Yuna's shoulders and pulled her though the doorway.

Yuna watched as her father's guardian raced out to the scene she witnessed. He began loading his gun with silver bullets and moved to where he was in firing range.

" Calli!" Yuna cried when she realized her guard was down for good. 'Not Another one...,' she sighed as she turned to cry in her father's arms.

End Flashback

BEEP!... BEEP!... BEEP!

Yuna jumped at the sound of the alarm, relieved that it was all a dream. Unfortunately that dream had really happened just a few years prior.

Yuna moved over and hit the off button on the alarm knowing she had less than an hour to prepare for her classes. Looking in front of her she noted that she had fallen asleep at her desk.

Yuna got up and closed the " Universal White Magic " book that she had used for a pillow. Starring at the notebook she was relieved to remember that her assignment was complete. ' Well at least one thing is going my way.'

" Yuna!.. Breakfast will be in ten minutes" A voice called. Yuna got up and walked to the intercom located near her bed and tapped the button to respond.

" I will be down as soon as I finish my bath."

Yuna grabbed her White Magic book and her homework and placed them inside her backpack with her other class materials.

Closing the backpack Yuna threw it on her chair and walked into her bathroom for a quick shower. Yuna pealed off the clothing that she had worn the previous day knowing how bad it was for her to sleep in it. Throwing everything into her hamper, she walked over to her shower and turned it on to allow the water to heat. 'Perfect,' she thought as she tested the water with her hand for a second. Yuna grabbed her venus razor from its wall hook and her body sponge and entered the shower; The burning water allowing her mind to focus and become alert.

Yuna let the warm water hit her as she began thinking of the day ahead. Once again poor Yuna was without a guardian. To be a bodyguard, to her, was like asking a death wish, those that tried never lasted. Yuna knew there was little she could do. The classes she was taking were to prove that all levels were equal and to help her allow the guards just a little less work.

She thought back to her dream; Lenne's last hours. Her sister was the top in her class, but with the death of her own guardian things were just a little harder. Yuna's own bodyguard had been new; fresh from college Calli had been given the job so she could afford to move to the Mi'hen Highroad to train chocobos. Poor Calli never had the chance; she, like the others before her, became overwhelmed and were thus killed.

Shaking her head, Yuna remembered that fated night after Auron had chased off the werewolf. He immediately took off towards the park that Yuna and her sister always walked through with their guardians on their way back from the college. Lenne was almost done and ready to graduate, but that never happened. Many fiends were out that night; the werewolf had not been alone. Auron returned minutes later with Lenne's blood covered body in his arms. She was dead, prognosis vampire.

Father had her immediately placed in the family crypt where she was locked up under a stone coffin. Fear that the vampires would come back, he did not want to take chances. Lenne was dead. Only black magic could have saved her; a magic forbidden by the royal family and the entire empire. Yuna was low on options; she had to step up and become what her sister had been.

Yuna had become the crown princess of Spira that day, and she had to learn to be more careful. Emperor Braska ordered that she be taken by guarded cars to and from class to ensure her safety.This was especially important when she had no guard to escort her.

'And who will be next? ' Yuna wondered to herself knowing people feared taking the job of her bodyguard. She decided not to think about it and finished rinsing her hair.

Getting out of her shower, Yuna turned off the water and walked back into her room to rummage through her closet.

Yuna walked over to where she kept her university uniforms only to shake her head. Reaching down she picked up a single red rose, free of thorns. Yuna than recalled that Shuyin made a brief appearance the night before. ' There is something about him,' Yuna sighed. She knew only what everyone else did.

Sorting through the uniforms, Yuna began thinking about the boy.

Shuyin had been the star of Bevelle's Blitzball team, until he disappeared that is. This happened shortly before Lenne's death. It was only in the past few months that Shuyin had returned. He began hanging with Yuna though he had dropped out of school.

It was because he dropped out that Yuna did not want her father to know that she was seeing him. Emperor Braska would rather she be with people who cared for their education. This being a necessity for those that stood a shot as the new King under the High Empress that she would become.

Yuna put the rose on a nearby shelf and grabbed her uniform. ' He can't constantly come here, why can't he understand? ' Yuna sighed and began dressing herself. 'Auron has to be seeing him in the surveillance..' She grabbed her brush and walked to her mirror. Auron would have to report to daddy if he saw anything; Yuna was well aware of what would happen if her father found out and she did not want to deal with the consequences.

Sighing, Yuna left her closet and walked across to the door to her room. Breakfast with her father was waiting and she had a long day ahead.

To Be Continued

AN: And here is the revamp of Chapter 2, after proofing it I believe it is so much better. As I said before please review. Even If you have already reviewed these chapters before, consider reviewing them again to tell me what you like of them now. I tried to make sure my style of writing is the same as when I first wrote it though. Please tell me what you think. I promise that I will have the newest chapters up by the end of the week. I swear it, they are all on my comp now just waiting to be posted. Please Review I need to know what everyone thinks.

By the way, I read the posts from Lenne and thank you for reviewing. Yes Lenne is gone but remember the prognosis. It is a vital factor to her character and to the story as a whole. Thank you for pointing it out and still following.
Sphinx