Best Kept Secrets
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.

Best Kept Secrets
Chapter 5
An Abnormal School Day

A few Years Prior:

Yuna was thirsty so she was downstairs looking through the fridge for a soda. Her father was out of town and the guardians were all taking naps. She thought she could go relax in the front hall and was on her way when...

" But dad will have your head?"

" I don't care Lenne, I need to be with you..."

Yuna stopped dead and moved so she could see but not be seen. It was that boy again, her sister's boyfriend. She had never seen him before, only heard about him from her sister.

Yuna continued to watch, she wanted to see what the boy looked like. He was dressed in a black cloak that covered his face.

" Dad will not let me see anyone until our fiend problem is over."

" But I can help you..."

" It does not matter."

" You are safe around me." the boy was holding her close.

" He said that I am safe with no one but the guardians." Lenne looked up at his face, sad tears in her eyes.

" Shh.." He sighed continuing to hold her. The boy was trying to calm her down so she would not get upset.

Yuna watched, and wondered. She knew that there was something about him; something in which she could not place was there.

End Flashback

" Yuna!" a familiar voice called out.

" Yuna?"

The room around her went black. Yuna tried to distinguish the voices. A light began to hit her as she realized that she had been out cold. She tried to move but determined that her body was still a little sore; the wound she inflicted was no longer bothering her.

She motioned with an arm weakly and wincing as she tried to shield her eyes as she opened them, as if her shades were not strong enough to hold back the light..

Standing tall in a trademark midnight black robe, Emperor Braska stood by as the reporters began their preparations for his new speech. Nooj had just called him moments ago and he immediately decided that it was time to put the country in an alert and deal with the new threats immediately.

Shalinda finished setting up the sphere cam and nodded his way. " All Set Emperor Braska.." She nodded.

Braska nodded and prepared for the speech that he knew was something that he had to do every so often.

It was a known fact that he acquired growing up. Braska had watched his own parents make the same announcements whenever the fiends became uncontrollable. It was not that as an Emperor his family could not control the problem. In fact He usually had this under control. The problem was the number of fiend populations that decided to attack were larger than what he had been prepared for. He could not help but think about the dangers his people faced.

One memory still played in the back of his mind and he could do nothing but be reminded with each moment the enemies were loose.

Flashback

He had opened the door the moment he heard steps on the front porch. Looking out, Yuna had raced directly into the doorway before him.

Just as fast he looked up when a piercing scream filled the air. Knowing that Calli and Lenne would be on their own, he knew he needed backup.

" YUNA QUICK!" He snapped at his daughter. He motioned for Auron to get into the field of battle as he used his other arm to grab her shoulders and pull her into the house.

Moving out of the way he watched Auron race out the door, loading his silver gun. Auron's objective was to stop the foe from continuing its attack. Lenne still was not ready to to fight the enemy on her own.

" Calli!" Braska looked down as his daughter began to cry over her guardian. He let her turn and cry in his arms, bring his other arm to hug her close. Out of all Yuna's guards, Calli had been the first female. Having a female guardian was easy on her as she seemed more secure and the two had been almost inseparable as friends.

BEEP.. BEEP.

Braska let go of Yuna and pulled a small sphere communicator from the clip on his belt. "Auron?"

Auron's voice broke in a way that drowned his spirits. "Its too late Braska."

" WHAT!"

" Not a drop of blood is left."

" Impossible?"

" I just scared of a group of fiends that had her surrounded.

Braska stared out the front door; his face fell. Braska continued to watch the front door, as he spotted Auron running back to the mansion. The time seemed to last forever but soon Auron was back inside and the door latched.

Braska was able to get a good look at the lifeless girl before him.


Braska shook his head, putting the image to the side. He had a lot to consider, and now was not the time to recall the worst scenarios of his life. He was the Emperor and with that came many responsibilities.

'In Yeven's name I shall bring things back under control.' He sighed. Emperor Braska had lost so many things he held important, and he was not about to lose anything else.

Staring at the sphere cam, Braska began his well known speech.

" Thank Yeven," the older voice said.

" Professor Nooj?" She looked directly at the man who was only inches from her face.

" The wound appears to already have been taken care of," Lulu said from her side. "It has almost completely healed up already, however, it seems she lost a lot of blood."

" I found a lot of blood in the Boy's room," a student called from across the room. "That might be where that guy took her, to help her.

" Does anyone know who that was though?" Nooj asked the remaining class members. The class was dismissed only about 5 minutes ago.

Everyone shook their head. Nooj looked down at Yuna. " Do you know?"

Yuna knew that if she revealed what she knew about Shuyin, than Nooj could tell her father and she would never be able to see him again. " No..." she said to save herself. " Last I remember was a werewolf and a wall." She decided to refer to how she had been injured.

" Are you sure?" Lulu gave her a look that seemed to see through everything.

Yuna stared at the professor with a weakening glare, though she knew that her sunglasses were blocking him from even noticing.

Lulu than helped Yuna to her feet. " Your next class is in an hour in my room. "

Nooj nodded. "After which I have to bring you back home, and your father has canceled all university events until the fiend issue is back to it random status, and we will send notes to determine changes in class times to safeguard ourselves."

Yuna nodded and allowed the group to escort her across the hall.

" What do you mean not one of them came back?"

There was an erie silence in the room as the cloaked figure they all knew as the time traveler lowered his head in recognition of his master's temper. He gazed at the faded marble floor beneath his boots. " Just that..." he repeated to the angered werewolf before him.

This man knew what he was doing and who he was speaking with. This was the same man he saw to it that he would help bring the world. In order for Seymour to be able to finish off the rest of the people that stood in the way, he needed the blood and souls of those that are in the path.

" My army is not as strong as it was.." The werewolf snapped again. "How could they fail a recruitment run?"

Across the room another voice boomed back at the angered one. " Oh stop complaining..."

Seymour gave his wife an annoyed look.

" So you lost a few soldiers, that happens, this was only the newest group any ways..."

Seymour knew better than to make Yunalesca mad so he just nodded.

" Just send out a few more to regroup, and recruit more." She looked over at the man who had been cowering before her husband.
" The next time we send you out for this take my general with, she can manipulate any man and thus allow you to accomplish more."

The man nodded and bowed in respect to the vampiric queen.

The day was a blur for Yuna; looking at the clock above the chalkboard she saw there were only 10 minutes left. She had tried to take notes but she felt dizzy and was struggling to finish listening to the professor.

Lulu, who was lecturing the class had noticed the change in the way Yuna was reacting. She took note that she was spending a lot of time looking at the clock. Mentally shaking her head, she just continued her discussion about a cure spell that could assist in healing minor bite marks that were not related to werewolf or vampire attacks.

Across the room a young blond haired man was sitting attentively. He was writing down everything he could about the subject. Lulu smiled at him in a recognition that he was the man that Nooj told her about. A top notch student that was also under Nooj's employment.

Lulu moved on in the lecture and decided there was nothing that she could really do for the day to help her students. The lecture was all she had in the short notice of the events. Her original plan was to discuss the dark magic spells that were made useful by the vampiric queen. She had already done a lecture on transfiguring cure spells to counteract vampires and werewolves.

Nooj stood watch in the corner of the room. The other professors had finished clearing the building and checking it to ensure that the threat was gone. He knew that the Emperor had already finished his trademark speech on security of the territories and so his mindset would not be at its best.

The room was all silence save for Lulu's simple lecture. This would be the last day that any of the students saw a class until the enemy went back into hiding. This was a routine to Nooj and the others, they all knew what to expect. The enemy routinely came around and wreaked havoc amongst the students as to gain fresh blood to use in the armies that they tried to build up.

Nooj looked over at the clock knowing that Yuna was doing the same. Lulu was now just giving a summary of everything she had discussed before. There was not much either professor could do. Classes would be out for a few days cause the attacks. This was something normal, classes were always out when there were attacks, yet this was the first time it had occurred at Bevelle University.

Nooj scanned the small room, taking note at the sullen attitudes that were present in nearly every student. Most of the time they were overjoyed by the attacks giving them time off. Unfortunately it was plain to see that nobody was thrilled by the fact their home turf was now the area attacked.

Looking back over at the clock, Nooj realized that he had to start getting ready to escort Yuna home and discuss with Braska what the next step would be.

To Be Continued
AN: Here is 5 and 6 is up. I enjoy hearing from everyone, please keep up the reviews. The revamping of the chapters is basically complete, I am trying to bring up at least one upgraded chapter a day so everyone can reread the story at just one at a time. Any ways as I do this I remind you that chapters 8 through 10 will be up this weekend. As you see me posting this each day it is a reminder. I know everyone looks forward o finally reading the next leg. Please continue reviewing and enjoy the story.
Sphinx