"Allright!" Xigbar shouted as he watched the freshmen class walk through the tall, white double-doors of the Thirteenth Order High School. "New subjects to mess with!"

"Hey," Vice Principal Saïx snapped quickly. "Be nice, or you'll be repeating the twelfth grade yet again, Xigbar."

Once Saïx had turned his back, Xigbar flipped him off and continued on his way.

Among the freshmen class were Zexion, Demyx, and a new kid named Roxas.

Everyone greeted one another after being apart for the summer. Some of the older students (mainly sophomores) came to meet the ninth graders, or to say hi to the ones they already knew.

Lexaeus scanned the crowd and finally found his friend: a short, dark-haired kid with a backpack full of books.

"Welcome to high school," Lexaeus said as he greeted the boy. "You're going to love it here."

"Thanks," Zexion laughed. "Right now, I'm just praying for survival through the first day."

Lexaeus took Zexion by the arm and dragged him off saying, "I'll show you around the building."

By then, Xigbar had returned scanning the crowd for a target now that Saïx wasn't around. He then spied a cute boy with dirty-blond hair and a guitar case in one hand. Xigbar waltzed up to the boy and made his presence known.

"The name's Xigbar," he said as the boy looked up at him with sea-green eyes. Xigbar then leaned in and kissed the boy on the lips. As he ended the kiss he whispered, "And don't you forget it." Xigbar then calmly walked away as if nothing had happened.

A blond, spikey-haired boy walked through the long hallways, confused and upset. He had only been here for ten minutes and he was already lost.

"Need some help?" A voice from behind him questioned. The boy spun around to face a taller boy whose bright-red hair was styled back into neat spikes.

"I'm Axel," the tall boy said, offering up his hand. The blond boy shook it.

"Uh… Roxas." He replied. Axel looked confused. "My name," he said. "It's Roxas."

Axel smiled and nodded. "Well Roxas," Axel said, still smiling. "You look rather lost. Let me see your schedule."

Roxas nodded and poked around in his pocket. He pulled out a sheet of paper and handed it to Axel. Axel unfolded the paper and looked at it for a moment.

"Woah," Axel gawked at the paper, his green eyes wide with surprise. "You're taking all honors classes and tenth grade honors math?"

"Guess I'm kind of smart…" Roxas said, blushing slightly.

"'Kind of smart?' No, no, no. My friend, you are very smart." Axel replied He took another look at Roxas's schedule. "If you're so smart, what're you doing at a school like this?"

"I don't like to be treated as a 'gifted mind.' I'm a normal person, not a super genius." Roxas said.

Axel looked at the blond for a moment, then he began to laugh. "Okay, you see, only smart people talk like that," he giggled.

Roxas began to walk away with a scowl on his face, but Axel reappeared behind him and looped his arm over Roxas's shoulder.

"But good answer. I like you." Axel smiled at Roxas and Roxas smiled back.

Axel then cleared his throat and began talking again. "Welcome to the Thirteenth Order Preparatory School! My name is Axel and I'll be your tour guide today. Our first stop is the first floor science lab."

Roxas laughed and smiled widely at Axel. "I like you too." He said.

"well then, this is gonna be a fun year," Axel laughed as he led his new friends down the long hallway.