Best Kept Secrets
By Mystical Silver Phoenix
This is a college Fic Alternate Reality Style TxY pairing

Disclaimer:

Final Fantasy and its 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 8
A Hidden Fear

" Any questions?"

The blond boy looked over to his elder and shook his head.

" Good." Auron sighed, his gaze switching to look at the clock on his desk for a moment.

" So I just have to watch her when she is not near any surveillance system." He repeated to Auron.

" The crew won't be done with the surveillance of her quarters until the end of the semester."

" But still the majority of the rest of the palace is taken care of?" Tidus asked.

Auron nodded. "You need to watch her; She is young and not ready to deal with what could happen."

" That is what I intend to do." Tidus began. " I lost a lot of people that I knew, friends and family both. I could not handle it if I lost someone that I was to take care of."

Auron watched him with a look of understanding. " Emperor Braska has worried about her only because within the last several months the stench of both werewolf and vampire has been discovered on the grounds."

" I will try to figure out which group it is so we can track them down."

" We have to be sure that whatever is causing it is kept from her.

There is no knowledge as to what class these fiends are from, but we have to face them regardless." Auron sighed.

" It is hard to tell, as I know that in the last few weeks I have encountered many various classes of them." Tidus said yawn as a yawn escaped him.

Auron took a look at the clock. "Well I would say it is best if you call it a night. Nooj and Braska are negotiating a new set of schedules for the university right now but even we need our rest to be refreshed for the morning."

"I still have to unpack as well." Tidus said nodding and standing up. Truth be told, he felt ready to collapse in the chair, exhaustion from being on the road since the night before.

Pacing the room, a cloaked figure wondered his next move. Usually when he found himself in a dangerous situation he would escape time and come forward to again attempt the same task in hopes of finally outsmarting the Order.

" So you are the idiot that the mistress spoke of," a voice broke the silence. " I should have known."

The man turned to view his accuser, his eyes filled with shock and recognition. "It can't be."

" Well it is obviously me in the flesh, who did you think."

The blond just stood there the look of shock still apparent.

" You are pathetic." She said again. " Not to mention a traitorous fool.

" How?" The blond was still confused about why she was there.

" Why would you care? You left me to die?" She snapped, her once brown eyes glowing an eerie yet annoyed red.

" Did mother?" The boy began asking though he knew she was right to be mad.

" The Mistress is one of the greatest dark sorceress' in existence. She has the ability to manipulate things, just like you did to bring her

Back." The brown haired woman said in an annoyed tone. "How come you can't handle anything else?"

" I am sorry if I can't get the army to build this time around." The cloaked figure tried to keep his companion from getting any angrier.

" You have been successful in previous centuries."

" They have grown smarter." He said knowing that the technology was far greater than in the past.

" So." She was still not happy that her master asked her to work with this man.

" So you try thinking of a plan." He said knowing that even in her current state her intelligence level was still near the top.

" I think I would rather hear your latest scheme first."

" I might need to gather the lesser fiends to help us attack them."

" You do realize they are expecting us to attack them."

" Who asked you?"

" Do you want my opinion or not?"

" What is the plan Sherlock?" He said giving into her opinion.

" Me? I would just bid my time and regroup in the area of least resistance." She said in a tone that suggested it was a wise and more acceptable choice.

" Are you suggesting the Zanarkand territories?" He asked while contemplating what she told him.

" Bingo"

" I already cleared out most of it." He complained thinking of all the fiends that he just lost on the campus of Bevelle that were from the other territory.

" The fiend Investigation department is not most of it." She chided him, reminding him there was more to the land than just Zanarkand University.

" Thank you Dr. Freud."

" You still have the rest of the school and the rest of the territory."

" And how do you suppose that this goal be reached?"

" Do I have to do everything around here?"

" I am just asking a question?"

" Your hopeless, no wonder she sent me here."

Yuna sat down by her desk letting her father look over the now nonexistent wound. "I'm sorry father."

He turned his gaze to her face a look of confusion within his eyes.

" For what sweetie?"

" I let the enemy attack."

" You were unable to stop it from occurring, that's all."

" But?"

" What matters is that you are safe." Braska sighed as he continued to examine the once injured area. " The mark will stay active and heal you as long as you can get out of harms way."

" It did not save Lenne." She began crying.

Emperor Braska wrapped his arms around her realizing why she was so upset. " She was defenseless and overpowered. When the werewolf decided that Calli was a better option, your sister was sneaked on and drained by the vampire. That creature was out for a meal. The mark will no longer help if there is nothing to heal." He wiped a tear as it began to fall.

" I felt drained though."

"By that rescuer?"

Yuna nodded. " I was in so much pain but he whipped something on it and I felt like the blood was disappearing, I was only feeling worse."

" The your body fought off the wound though, which is what is supposed to happen. You will be fine."

Yuna hugged her father. " Thanks daddy."

" Remember I am here if you need me, and don't forget that you have a new protector."

Yuna nodded.

" Its late Yuna, though you will not have class in the morning, it would still be a good idea for you to get some rest." Braska stood up, letting go of her embrace. " I still have a lot of work that I must accomplish." Shaking out his robes, Braska left his daughter's room. He was happy for her but still a fear lingered.

Once he was back in his quarters Braska began to think about the safety of everyone at the mansion. ' The stench of vampire and werewolf still exists, where is coming from.' He sighed.

The Emperor was content that he had Nooj's top student there. " There was something about him, Nooj mentioned that the boy was an orphan. ' Maybe he is so strong due to his will to avenge those that he lost.'

Back inside his new room, Tidus finally had a moment to himself to look around. Never in his life did he ever think that living in a palace was possible.

All his life Tidus lived in a world where luxury existed but was rare. His father lived in fear of the fiends. It was due to this that the Blond was capable of fighting. These fiends hurt his family and he would not rest until they would stop hurting the others.

Tidus scanned the room looking at everything in detail. He decided that with the amount of time he would be there it would not hurt to leave unpacking until the dawn.

There were a few things though that he wanted to do before he rested for the night. Tidus approached his suitcase and opened it to pull out the brown envelope that he had secured inside. Holding the packet he approached his new desk.

Looking around the desk the blond spotted a drawer that was lockable. He opened it to find the key within and removed it. Tidus then placed the envelope inside before locking it up. ' My old man would never want anyone to see these papers.' He sighed and took the key to where he could keep track of it.

To Be Continued

AN: Finally here is chapter 8. I will have 9 and 10 up shortly, but only on the condition that all three get reviews as they come up. Please Review this chapter. A Year passed on 7 and it makes me unhappy when a story takes forever to get a review. You have to work for the story. Give me your reviews and you will be rewarded with the upcoming chapters. This story is still only just getting started. Please Review.
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