Best Kept Secrets

By Philosophical Sphinx

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 9

Nightmares and Lessons

Flashback 10 years:

The boy looked up from his chair by the window to see them running across the property. Those creatures of all types were scavenging across the area; they roamed around as if searching for something.

" Dad?"

" What?" A drunken voice called across the room.

" They came back."

" What did you say?"

" The monsters, they are back."

Outside the small apartment the screeching sounds could be heard.

" How in Yeven?" The dark haired man sighed. " Tidus, quick we need to get out of here again."

" Dad?"

The man ran across the room stuffing a large envelope of papers into a bag of clothing that Tidus had neglected to pack since the fiends chased them to their current location one week prior.

The boy was freaking out when his father threw the bag at him. "Why must we always run?"

" It is because these demons have developed a grudge against us that we can't fight." The man said as he grabbed some handguns from the table and began loading them. " Which breeds are they?"

" Its hard to tell?"

His father had no time for analysis. He had decided to make a split decisions instead.
" Here Tidus." The man threw one of the guns to his son. " You are going to have to learn to use this if we are to escape."

Tidus nodded and grabbed the wood gun. All this life the fiends had chased his family. He wanted to help but his mother was too protective. Thoughts of her demise passed through his mind as he recalled the fact that she was a victim of the fiends' just one-month prior.

The duo raced outside of their apartment doors. Tidus followed as his father raced to the back exit of the building, his gun loaded and ready. They had made it out to the parking lot when a vampire fiend jumped forward.

" Tidus, the wood gun is the key to stop this type." He shouted over his shoulder. The child nodded and aimed and fired with the gun his father gave him. The vampire went down and they had reached their vehicle.

Once they were in the safety of the old station wagon, the duo breathed with relief, " You are getting better with your aim, that was on the first try this time." Tidus heard his father say in a lighter tone.

Tidus watched the landscape pass as his father drove as far from the complex as possible. Most of the fiends lost interest and stopped the chase. The scenery changed constantly over the next few minutes, yet many monsters seemed determined to continue the chase.

" Dad?" He asked. " Why do they chase us?"

Without looking away from the road ahead, the elder tried to speak in as calm a tone as possible. " Hold onto the packet. In the wrong hands the information could hurt more than just us."

End Flashback


Panting heavily, the blond was bolt upright in his bed. ' Why must I live in the past?' He shook his head in annoyance. His body encased in sweat, the young man shook himself awake.

' The papers?' He jumped up pushing all sheets to the side. Running across the room, he approached his desk checking the locked drawer. Breathing a sigh of relief, the blond suddenly felt foolish for thinking that the papers were at risk in the home of the emperor.

The sound of knocking filled the room. Tidus looked over at the door. " Yeah?"

"You awake?"

"Yeah, why?" He recognized Auron's tone.

" Meet me in the office in an hour, Nooj and Emperor Braska are still negotiating the safest alternatives for the students."

" That's all I need." Tidus responded knowing that he did not require too much time to accomplish much in the morning. Having realized that he was awake, Tidus casually gazed at a small alarm clock on his desk.

1:00

Glancing at the clock, his eyes bugged out. Looking out the window confirmed the clock. It was now 1:00 pm and he had no idea as to how he had slept in so late. 'Well looks like I will just have to try setting the clock.' He shook his head and walked over to his suitcase.

When he reached the suitcase Tidus pulled out a spare police uniform, assuming that a towel already existed in the next room. 'I really could use a shower.' He sighed to himself knowing he probably smelled bad from working so much the last few days.

Shortly later:

" Ah so the sleeper has arrived." Emperor Braska said in a tone that suggested a need to keep a light mood.

"Sorry." Tidus sighed, knowing that to be a guardian he had to be more awake and alert.

Auron laughed. " You have not missed anything important."

" Don't worry, you just missed my pancakes."

" Huh?"

" Braska believes in cooking every so often."

" Ah."

" Nooj has already left, but we are a step closer to figuring out what to do with the campus problem." The Emperor continued.

" Did he leave any assignment for me?"

" Simply to research the fiend branches and try to figure out which group is currently challenging us." Auron sighed.

" A tough task."

" We can help as much as possible, yet the answer has been hard."

" I have a strong feeling that a few groups joined forces." Emperor Braska continued.

" Let's hope that is not the case."

" It appears to be mostly the two top groups of vampires and werewolves, but why are they working together?"

Auron and the Emperor exchanged a look as if they knew something but were not sure on it.

" Well." Auron began with a shrug.

" That would be one of the many mysteries that we have been trying to solve for years." Braska continued.

" Than again a few chimera have been spotted though not as common," Auron added, " They have been known to accompany the werewolves."

" Its hard to tell at this point." Tidus nodded.

" Other than that we have to figure out what is near the estate." Braska said going on to another agenda.

" I am still at a loss as none of the guards have been able to come across it." Auron said in a tone that suggested that it was the main problem on his mind. " Nothing has even appeared on any of the surveillance."

" That could pose a problem for us." Tidus said with understanding.

" We are still working on completing the surveillance program, and I fear it may be faulty at the moment." The emperor reminded him. " Over the next several days we are going to be working on adding more equipment and gear."

" Hopefully what we have will be sufficient for now." Sir Auron continued. " I remember back when all this was not even necessary."

" Unfortunately, the enemy is not making things easy at the moment."

Everyone in the room nodded in agreement.

Later that afternoon:

Tidus found himself staring at the documents on his desk; his mind was a clutter as he attempted to begin the search on possible suspected fiends.

A knock on the door broke the boy from deep thought.

" I was told you took notes the other day?"

Tidus looked up from his desk to see his charge standing in the doorway. " Do you want to work on your assignments?"

" Could you help?"

" I will do what I can." He said as he pulled a notebook from the bag on top of his desk.

Yuna nodded and walked into the room.

" What entirely did I miss?" She asked as he handed her the book.

" Just a simple look at the differences between the various classes of fiends and the most common methods of warding them off, or fighting them."

" That does not seem like a difficult task."

" The list in your book is shorter than what I have already faced."

Yuna gave him an incredulous look. " I have only seen a few types."

" Well…"

" How many are there?"

" Lets look through the notes."

To Be Continued

AN:
Well here we are at chapter 9. A small fragment of Tidus' past is revealed. If you would like to find out more than review this chapter. I will gladly post your next chapter once I get 5 or more reviews for this one. I know that everyone would like to learn more so please do everyone a favor and review, the more the better and the sooner I get 5 reviews the sooner you will all get to read chapter 10. More about Tidus will be revealed as each chapter progresses. The secrets held by all your favorite characters will also slowly be revealed as each chapter progresses. Please go ahead and place that review right now, I promise you will not be disappointed.
Sphinx