This takes place after the events of Final Fantasy XIII and before Rosario+Vampire.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy XIII or Rosario+Vampire

Chapter 1: Tsukune+Decisions

Somewhere in Japan at a bus stop March 31, 010 AF

A portal appeared in front of a bus stop and two people walked out of it and from the looks of it there's a teenager wearing a school uniform, and a woman in a guardian corps uniform also with a present in her hand and placed it down beside her.

A boy around 15 with brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a green blazer with a white shirt under it, brown pants, black shoes, a duffel bag hanging on his left shoulder with a suitcase on his left hand, and a school bag on his right. His name is Tsukune Farron, he was an orphan back on Earth for 5 years, was adopted by then, and lived in New Bodhum, Gran Pulse for 10 years. Now he has come back to Earth and attend Yokai Academy for high school education.

A woman around 30 with pink hair, blue eyes, she wears a sleeveless white overcoat over a brown turtleneck shirt zipped up to the top, a green metallic pauldron over her left shoulder, the pauldron bearing yellow stripes. She wears a red cape attached to her uniform near her left shoulder blade, a long black sleeve over her left arm, knee-high leather boots, and a brown mini-skirt over high-topped black shorts. Her name is Claire Farron (a.k.a. Lightning) she and her friends saved Cocoon and her sister Serah fulfilling their focus and turned into crystal. Afterwards they were released from their crystallization, their brands were gone, but strangely they still have the powers of l'Cie. She is now Tsukune's adoptive mother and decided to see him off going to the academy.

They both stood in front of the bus stop waiting for the his ride to come pick him up and got straight to the academy.

"Hey Mom," the brunette said getting her attention, "do you remember the day when we first met, left earth, and I started a new life with you, Uncle Snow, Aunt Serah, and the others? This is the same day isn't it?" A moment of silence has passed as they both stood there letting a breeze flew by as he looked back at her a soft smile was planted on her face.

"Yeah," she answered, "you were so cute and innocent back then, I just wish could go back to the day we met." he nodded and looked up at the sky to remember the clear sunny day, the day that his life started anew.

Flashback

Somewhere in Japan in an orphanage on Earth March 31, 2001

Lightning wore a black jacket over her white shirt, with a matching skirt, and high heel shoes. She looked around to see which child that she wanted to adopt considering Serah and Snow are expecting a baby soon. She wanted some meaning in her life, she knows that Snow will protect Serah and their child, and she was the reason why she kept going. After a lot of thinking she decided to take a trip to the planet Earth for a trip, she doesn't know why, but her instincts tell her that she must go there and she may find what she's looking for. And soon enough she somehow ended up in an orphanage to see orphaned children.

A 5 year old version of Tsukune was wearing a white shirt, blue short pants, and brown shoes. He was playing what appears to be a blue action figure in his hand with the other 3 boys and 1 girl with figures in their hands in different colors as well. They happily held them in front of some other figures on the floor pretending that they're the bad guys and knocking them down like so.

"WAAAAAAAAH!" Lightning turned her heads towards a crying 2 year old baby who was on his bottom assuming he must have fell down, the female caretaker was about to pick him, but Tsukune dropped his toy and beat her to it. He tried to pick him up, but he fell backwards and the baby fell forward onto him. A moment later they both stared at each other and laughed happily making the baby forget about the pain while Lightning smiled and gushed at the sight. She couldn't help but think that it reminded of her that she and Serah were in that same position when they were young.

"Excuse me!" she called out to the female caretaker as she walk towards her. "Excuse me who is that boy?" she asked pointing to Tsukune.

"That's Tsukune Aono," she answered, "and he's been living here for 5 years. To be honest he's a very good boy always putting others before him, but what I don't really understand is why would anyone not adopt him. In my opinion he's a good kid." the pinkette couldn't help but admire his pure heart.

"Sadly," she continued with a sad look on her face, "he lost his parents in a car accident after he was born and ever since he found out about the truth he was devastated, so he tried to mask his emotions and put himself before others just so he could forget about the past and stay strong for others. I just wish that someone would give him the love of a parent." The pinkette's face has saddened and couldn't help but think that he is kind of like her only he never got a chance to be with his parents and she and Serah lost theirs when she tried to grow up immediately putting her sister first before herself. To bear such a burden it's unfair and without thinking she made a decision she's going to...

"Well if no one is going to adopt him, then I will," she declared as the caretaker looked at her in shock, "I'm going to make Tsukune Aono my adopted son." it looked like her decision was final.

"Are you sure about that?" the caretaker asked, "You don't even know him and..."

"You just leave him to me." she interrupted as she walk towards him and knelt. "Hi there," she greeted as getting his attention, "my name is Claire Farron, what's yours?" she held out a hand before him.

"Tsukune Aono," he replied as he held his blue figure in his hand and put it down and shook hers, "it's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too Tsukune, so tell me what's a boy like you doing in a place like this?" she asked with a small smile.

"I'm an orphan." he answered as he looked away shyly.

"I can see that, but what I mean is why is a kind hearted boy like you here and not in a nice home with both of his mom and dad?" she asked again while looked at his fidgeted fingers and picked his figure and held another one in his hand.

"Well, it's because they don't want me and I don't want them, my friends are all I have." he lied and she can tell he was lying as playing with action figures with small weapons in their hands making them they clash into each other. He really needed a parent's love.

"Then how would you like to become my son?" she asked making him look at her with eyes widen in surprise and stopped playing for a second thinking he was dreaming, "As of this moment you'll no longer be Tsukune Aono, you'll be Tsukune Farron my adopted son." his eyes widen again, but it was no lie she's telling the truth.

"And let me ask you this, have you ever made a decision for yourself before?" she asked making his eyes back to normal.

"Decision?" he asked in confusion.

"In other words have you ever done something for yourself besides doing things for others?" she asked as he thought for a moment and then he shook his head finally knowing what she's talking about.

"Then you start today. Decide for yourself to leave this place. And when you do you'll finally be free." she said.

"Free?" he asked in confusion again.

"Tsukune Farron is your name of a person who solves everything through his decisions and a person with decisions will know true happiness. And those who can't make decisions on their own will be miserable for the rest of their lives." she stated as he started to process it through his head.

"Decisions..." he said intrigued at what she just said.

"And I'll guide you there, so what do you say?" she asked as she held out a hand to him.

He thought for a moment did he really wanted to leave this place to taste the sweetness of happiness or will he stay and taste bitterness? And then...

He put both of his hands on hers with a face of determination and says...

"Okay, let's go. But can I say goodbye to my friends first?" he asked in which she nodded.

30 minutes later

After he said his goodbyes to all his friends and the paperwork that has been written he held a suitcase with his left hand and a backpack on his back, and held hands with his now adoptive mother.

As they both started walked out of the door Tsukune took one last look at the place where he once spent 5 years in, he felt sad that he was going to miss all the friends he made who are like brothers and sisters to him, the caretakers who served as his surrogate parents, and the place where he felt like home.

He then looked at his adoptive mother, she had a soft look on her face and to him she seems to be the type who's very nice, and she almost looks like an angel. He then looked down shedding a tear in his eye knowing he's going to leave his old happy life behind and start a new one.

She noticed his tear falling down from his eye regretting she might have done something unnecessary she decided to bring him back but first she wanted to ask him something.

"Do you still want to go back?" Lightning asked as they both stopped and he looked up at her again with his eyes widen in surprise, "It's okay if you want to, the fact that I'm taking you away from your family and friends is taking away your happiness. You looked so happy back there being with all your friends and I'm only taking it away." They both stood silence until he looked down and started crying.

"No," he choked with tears in his eyes the pinkette took notice of this as she got down, pulled out a handkerchief from her pocket, and dried his tears, "they said they wouldn't forgive me if I went back there for them, and that I just turned you down for adopting me. They didn't want me to spend the rest of my life in there even after everything I've done for them, this is their way of paying me back they want me to be happy that I've got a mom, and I don't want them to be sad that I never got this opportunity. So please don't send me back please." he begged while crying even harder still trying to fight back the tears and then a pair of arms wrapped around him.

"Shh... shh.. it's okay," she whispered to him, "it's going to be okay, do you know why? Because I'm going to be your mother and you're going to be my son. So don't cry." he felt the warmness of her hug it was a nostalgic feeling, it was the same feeling he had with the caretakers when they hugged him but this one is even better and special, and then he hugged her back tight.

"Mommy!" he cried as Lightning smiled for this was the first time was she called mommy and it looked like she had found what she was looking for all along. And so begins a new chapter and a new member of her family.

Flashback ended.

"I even called you mommy back then," Tsukune chuckled as he shed a tear from his eye, "and I cried like a big baby too. But if it wasn't for you I would have been sad for staying there for too long, and I've been accomplishing great things so far in my life thanks to you." he then felt her arms wrapped around his neck.

"Those were your decisions not mine," she corrected, "but I did help you to become a person with good decisions for the past 10 years and it looks like you're ready to go on your own." she held onto him even tighter almost as if she doesn't want to let go, "Even if you aren't my biological child to me you'll always be my son no matter what people will say for we are the same and no matter what happens I will always love you." Tsukune held her hands and closed his eyes feeling the same warmth of her love years ago.

"Thanks Mom," he said while smiling as she finally let him go and a tear escaped her eye knowing that he's growing up and she had to let him leave the nest, "I'll be okay and don't worry when I have time to come back home I'll call you."

Her eyes softened as she gave him a warm smile,"Yeah, just make sure you write to me, your uncle, or aunt and call every once in a while understand?" he nodded in response as he pulled out a communication device from his pocket. (The same one Fang and Snow used when they communicated in the first game.)

Then a bus came into their viewpoint as it drove on the road then stopped in front of the stop sign opening it's doors to welcome him to his trip to the academy.

"Look at my boy all grown up to be a handsome man." she said as she hugged him once more making him flush red in embarrassment.

"Mom," he whined in embarrassment, "not in front of the bus driver." she then let go of him, picked up the present, and handed it to him.

"Don't open this until you get there, understood?" she asked and he nodded in response.

"Thanks Mom," he smiled as he opened the luggage hold, placed his bags in it, grabbed the present from her and went on the bus. But then he got off of it and hugged her once more which she happily hugged back knowing that he'll miss her while he's off.

"Thanks for everything Mom," he thanked her, "and don't worry when I have the time I'll come back home, I promise." she hugged him even tighter and took a good look at her son one more time.

"I know you will Tsukune," she said softly, kissed his forehead, and pulled away "I know you will."

He then got on the bus immediately, sat down on to the farthest backseat, placed the present down, looked out the window waving her goodbye, and she waved back knowing that her son will keep his promises and he always has.

And as soon as they were far away she raised her right hand and a portal appeared. As soon as she started to walk in she took a glance at the road where the bus took him, a smile appeared on her face and said one thing, "Good luck Tsukune, I know you'll do well, and I love you." And with that she walked into the portal and disappeared.

Well what do you think? Do you like it or love it? Anyway I'll try to make the next chapter as soon as I can! Thanks for the views!