A/N: Okay so this is my first fanfic so please be nice. I'm going to try to keep everyone's personalities the same from the games but I may skid a bit off. Also I'm writing this with the help of my friends and Author comments are at the end of the story.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except this Fanfic. Final Fantasy was created and belongs to Square Enix and Tetsuya Nomura
Chapter 1 – Orientation Day
"Welcome back to school children. I am the one known as Sephiroth, but for you all it's the principal of your school," A bellowing yet suave voice said on stage of the auditorium, voice being enhanced because of the microphone. Everyone in the school feared him, but some girls had liked him. He had long silver hair that was rumored to feel as soft as silk and always wore all black. Sephiroth was a great protector to the school… but no one ever dared to look him straight in the eye in fear of death. No one dared to speak while he spoke either, maybe out of respect for their lives.
Everyone knew this school; Fantasy High School was the most well known school in the whole country. No one knew why it was so well known really, it just was. Plus every year was always interesting and different, keeping everyone on their toes… or not.
"All I have to say is obey the rules and always remember: To each his own, except for what's mine. What's mine shan't be touched. For those who touch it, shall be annihilated. I shall see you in your dreams… and if anyone sees my mother, report to me or you shall also be annihilated." After that, he walked off the stage and out of the building. Mother was always being mentioned by Sephiroth, but never seen. She isn't important though.
So after Sephiroth finished and left, everyone had left to do their own thing. It's not like school started yet and it was JUST orientation. No one cared to meet their teachers because it was always the same ones every year. Instead, the school became the hang out spot for the day.
"Tidus, buddy! How's it going?" A proud voice called over to his cheerful friend in the courtyard. The voice belonged to a guy of a relatively strong build and extremely tall for his age. His bleach blonde hair always went well with his beige trench coat and so he always wears it. Usually people would be scared of such a guy, but he always wears a smile on his face so no one really finds a need to be scared.
The guy with dirty blonde hair turned to the guy that spoke before giving a goofy grin and holding his hand up. "I haven't seen you in ages Snow! How's it felt to be a senior?" Tidus responded. He was always the jokester in school and cheery, though surprisingly popular... or not so surprisingly.
"Come on man, you saw me before school got out two months ago. I'm not that old yet," Snow stated as he swung his hand over into Tidus' for a guy like greeting. "Ready to go blitz?"
Tidus looked to the side for a minute before saying anything. "Maybe we'll swing by the gym later. Not ready for blitzball yet. I'm more interested in the new sights."
Snow looked confused before noticing what his eyes were trained on. It was on a girl that was about Tidus' age, black hair that reached her mid back and a nice figure that was covered by a blue duster jacket. Almost looked like someone else at the school that was pretty popular. He shook his head lightly as if disappointed. "You can't be serious. You've been out with almost every girl in the school."
"Nu-uh. I haven't taken Lightning out have I?" He claimed with no avail. Snow still looked at him with disappointment on his face. "Besides, I've only taken a few girls out to eat. Never really dated anyone."
"Whatever, you say Captain." Yes, apparently Tidus was the blitzball captain of the team this year decided by the coach. He was always on the midfield and everyone liked him so no one really minded having him as the new captain. "You can go and shop but I'm already taken."
Tidus brushed off the senior and advanced to the girl in question. "Hey, I haven't seen you around before."
The girl turned around and laughed, "Is that so because I was in all of your classes last year."
There was this awkward silence between the two. In Tidus' mind, there was no way that this girl was in all his classes and he didn't notice one bit… unless, "Rinoa?"
"How about that guy sis?" A girl with a side ponytail pointed absentmindedly to a guy with blonde spiky hair who was talking to another guy that had similar black spiky hair and a guy with a scar on his face. "I bet he'd be perfect for you!"
The girl she was with looked over to her sister and sighed. "Serah, I don't need my younger sister to tell me who I should date. Besides that's Cloud Strife. I hear he isn't interested in dating anyway."
"If you say so sis, but he's looking over at you right now." Serah said merrily as she glanced back to Cloud and his friend. The spiky blonde didn't look long though and went back to his original conversation.
"Oh look, I guess the Farron girl did have a sister. Maybe she likes you Cloud," his friend joked with a smile as he took a book from his locker.
Cloud looked away from his friend towards the ground as he responded. "Zack, you know I'm not interested in dating. If you're done, we should go. I don't see why we have to be here the first place."
"She's not Cloud's type either," Squall said in a bored voice. He usually never cared about anything and this situation wasn't any different.
Zack looked at them for a minute then grinned. "Let's see what Tifa has to say to that." He quickly hooked his arm around Cloud's neck, effectively getting Cloud's attention while dragging him down the hall in the opposite direction of the Farron sisters. Squall reluctantly followed silently, leaving the two sisters watching them leave.
"Aww they're gone. Your school has some cute guys sis, but no one as great as my Snow!" Serah stated in such a joyful tone.
Lightning said nothing but the simple phrase, "Let's just go to class."
"Lulu, I don't see why they gave you magic studies again. You already mastered every spell for black mages right?" A young girl with shoulder length brown hair complained as she walked down the hall. "You even know Flare and Death. I don't even think they're allowed to teach that!"
"It doesn't matter. A class is a class. You don't mind being in the same class as me right?" the older woman questioned. Her style of dress was questionable as it revealed a bit much but one thing is for sure, she always wears all black. All the guys like her because of her looks but also because she was known as the genius too. "Besides, I'm a senior so I'm expected to know much more than the rest of the class."
"Yes… I guess you're right." The girl said reluctantly. She was always so… self-conscious and almost always ceded to what others said. It was a weak point in herself. "Maybe I'll see-"
"Yunie!" A sudden outburst was heard on the other side of the hallway coming from a blonde girl running down that very same hall. She had long hair and a happy expression on her face like she always does. Today she was accompanied by her best friend who had very short black hair but had as much energy as her friend. "Let's go out on an adventure! "
"Oh! Rikku! Yuffie too!" Yuna said in shock as both of her arms were locked into Rikku and Yuffie's grip.
"What are you two up to? You are not planning to cause any trouble again are you?" Lulu said giving them a hard stare.
"Nope! We just want to see if Sephiroth really does have rosy vanilla smelling hair," Yuffie said happily as they started to drag Yuna away. Lulu just stared at them as they disappeared around the corner. If they did get into trouble, they'd just wind up in detention… and maybe dead.
"Tifa, let me get your number ya?" a guy with a foreign accent asked the girl with long brown hair. The girl was the number one most popular girl in the school and almost everyone had wanted to date her. She didn't seem to care.
"Maybe later, Wakka. We have to meet our teachers or something right now and I'm sort of busy looking for someone," the girl stated as she continued to walk around the courtyard. She didn't think much for the foreign guy but she knew he was from the blitzball team. The only real guy on that team that she was interested in was Tidus. That wasn't who she was looking for though.
"Then I catch you later then, ya?" Her suitor responded, his hopes still high.
Tifa kept walking, though called back "Yeah yeah, later." It was just something to have him leave her alone. It a line she used a lot.
"Tifa, you look so lost right now. What are you up to?" A girl in a pink dress asked as she walked up to her friend. She had a small boy with her that had layered silver hair and wore an orange and yellow coat.
"That's not important… who's the boy?" Tifa asked, looking down at him. The boy didn't say anything but kept his eyes trained on Tifa's eyes so not to be thought rude.
"Oh this is Hope. I'm helping him around the school! He's a freshman so he doesn't know much. Say hi to Tifa!" Aerith stated, pushing him lightly forward.
Hope was startled by the sudden push but immediately turned around "Hey, I'm not a kid." He turned back to Tifa and made eye contact again. He then felt a sudden rush of shyness but managed to greet her normally. "Hello."
"Hi Hope. Nice to meet you. Maybe I can give you some advice," Tifa responded as she put her hands to her knees and bent down alittle so to have more of an even height with him. "Always listen to what Sephiroth has to say or else you might get your head cut off… or worse!"
"TIFA!" Aerith called, as if scolding her friend. Hope instantly looked scared but Tifa just shrugged.
"What? It's true. Just an advance warning," Tifa tried to be nice about it, but it's hard to be nice about a risk of death right?
Hope gulped as he slowly started to ask, "has… that ever happened?"
"If it hasn't I wouldn't have to warn you. Rumor has it that Sephiroth kills at least one person every day. Usually it's in detention but you never know!" Tifa stated. Hope was now terrified for his life. This mixed in with Sephiroth's quote… this was going to be an interesting school year.
Faye: Well that's the end of Chapter one… Nice job guys
Sonic: I contributed little to this… Rain contributed a lot… give her a cookie
Rain: I want my cookie
Faye: o.o Um… we'll think about it next chapter
Rain: Sad Face
Faye: Uh… any closing remarks?
Sonic: I refuse to say anything
Rain: You better review or Sephiroth will come find you!
Rain: Hey that rhymed!
Faye: And no flaming please!
