January 3, 842

"Alright everyone we have 3 new cadets, would you like to introduce yourselves?" Said Kurasame.

A tall boy, with black hair entered the room first. "My name is Machina Kunagiri."

Next, a girl with brown hair walked into the classroom. "Hi everyone.'' She greeted. I'm Rem Tokimiya."

There was one member left to introduce himself. He stood silently. "Hi... My name is-" He was interrupted by a woman with a purple scarf and a tan outfit. "Dice, Welcome back. Remember me?'' She explained. He did not remember her at first but at a second glance. "Oh… hello mother…" Dice said as Mother smiled.

"Wait you know mother?" Eight questioned.

"I used to know mother when I was a little kid" Dice responded.

After awhile they let them free. "Ok cadets you got 4 days until your mission." Commander Kurasame told his cadets.

Dice almost walked out of the classroom until he was greeted by..."Hello kupo, I'm Mog! If you ever need any help just come to me and I'll be sure to... oh no ,kupo.."

"MOGLIN!" Screamed a cadet of class zero. She turned towards Machina."HI I'M CINQUE."

Machina slowly stepped back and said "Oh um.. hi".

Dice laughed and looked over to his left. There was a girl calling his name right behind him. He froze and could not move his eyes. "Hi, I'm Queen." She held her hand out trying to shake his.

He tried to complement her after he shook her hand. "Um.. you uh... well you look pretty... NO I MEANT NICE." She smiled and walked away.

Dice met up with Ace at the chocobo farm and they had a conversation. "So you're names Dice huh… funny name." Ace said "So what type of weapons do you use?" Ace asked.

"That's hard to explain. Well, it's just a two bladed large ax basically."

"Well I use cards and I know it sounds weird but it gets the job done."

"Hey, anyway I wanted to ask who is that Queen girl." Dice asked.

"Ah some smart girl, trust me she will get on your nerves."Ace joked. Dice laughed along with him.

After that day ended he searched around the library looking for a smart girl that wears glasses and eventually he found her. He sat next to her and started to talk to her. "Hey… um I'm Dice... if you didn't know."

She looked at him. "I think I know that." She said smiling. " Oh thanks for the compliment yesterday."

He blushed a little. "I like the way you look. Well not that I'm checking you out." He said as his face turned red.

"Ha, thanks not everyone says that to me." Queen smiled.

3 days later

BOOM

"Cadets, we are being attack by the imperial forces. Everyone split up in two groups to handle them."

Dice was teamed with Queen, Ace, Eight, Duce, Cater, King and Trey.

"Alright people, TAKE EM OUT!" Trey commanded his comrades. They split up again and now it was 4 and 4. Dice was with Queen, Eight and Cater. They fought all of the troopers and an MA appeared out of nowhere.

"GIVE ME A BREAK!" Cater screamed.

"I GOT THIS" Dice screamed out. He jumped on it and hit it so hard for it to recover. "And wow… I'm already good." He complimented himself.

"Hey good job buddy." Cater patted him on the back. He looked at queen as she put away her weapon. She looked at him then looked away. On his face went from a smile to wonder. As they were given their original orders, Kurasame paired everyone up. Everyone has a partner and Dice got Eight. They headed out to infiltrate a milites camp, Eight and Dice had chosen to go in front. They walked up front and let the guards know that they are about to get their heads bashed in.

"Ha, you think you can take us out?" A soldier yelled.

Dice and Eight both went into battle as their cadet comrades are fighting in the back. "Shit, DICE GET HIM!" Eight yelled as the soldier got ahold of him. Dice smiled and said "I got you man."

For a second the soldier could not see him but in a blink of an eye he was in front of him pushing him back and leaving Eight to handle him.

Their cadet radios rang, Cater and Queen were in need of help.

"GUYS WE GOT YOU!" Eight yelled.

Eventually more came and they all got separated. Dice was wandering around looking for anyone around when he ran into Queen.

"STEP BACK…. oh, its you." Queen put her weapon down.

"I saw them go this way."

"Crap, Queen follow me." They ran but got cornered.

"Queen, get in the crate."

They ran inside and waited it out. Eventually they used their radios and it looks like most of the teams were out of there, but Jack and Cinque were still fighting.

"Jack, Cinque we need help. I'm with Dice." Queen said.

"Its ok, we will be there soon." They responded.

For a while it was quiet until Dice brought up a topic. "So…now that we are here, I want to get to know you." He asked.

"Really, in a time like this…. But, ok, I guess if we are stuck here for a while I will go with it." She replied. ''What's the question?''

"How old are you" He asked.

''I'm 17.''

"Hey, me to." He replied smiling. His smile faded but he asked one more question. "When's your birthday?"

''January 24, 825." She answered.

"Hey mine's on January 30." said Dice.

Boosh. The doors burst open as Cinque and Jack stood in front.

"Lets go". They walked back to Akademia together greeting the rest of their class members.

Dice was caught by surprised when Queen tapped him on the back.

"You know… talking with you was kind of relaxing."

"You mean fun?" He questioned.

She smiled at him and asked if he can maybe help her with assignments later.