Strife and Lockhart- enemies or lovers?

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy 7; it belongs to Squaresoft, Sony and other associated groups, don't sue, and even if you did, you wouldn't get anything, I'm a flat broke student, suing me would make no sense at all.

A/N: My second fic! Okay, I know I'm supposed to finish The Power of Love, but I couldn't resist starting a Final Fantasy 7 fic. FF7 is my FAVORITE game, but I'm sorry to all the Aeris and Cloud fans, Aeris won't be in this fic, quite frankly I honestly don't like Aeris, I don't hate her, but I don't like her, no you may not flame, any how you try to flame me I will lace you with some bad words left right and center, bad words you never know existed and you never want to hear. Anyways, another high school AU fic; may have a little OOCness, not much though:

Chapter 1 ~

Cloud Strife woke up at the annoying sound of his alarm clock at precisely 6 o' clock. The small silver ringing thing lay what seemed to be miles away from his bed 'oh great' he sighed inwardly 'this means that I have to get up.' The spiky-haired boy got out of bed and deftly located the annoying lump of metal, plastic and glass and flung it into his bedroom wall. He took a navy-blue turtleneck sleeveless shirt out his closet and a pair of navy-blue jeans, he laid the chosen clothes on his bed and proceeded to the bathroom and took a quick shower and brushed his teeth. He quickly got dressed and grabbed a bottle of hair-gel, he slapped some into his palm and began spiking his golden hair; he smirked at himself in the mirror and put on a pair of boots. Grabbing a blue schoolbag, he threw a few notebooks in, slung it over his left shoulder and left his room. He sauntered to the kitchen. He greeted his mother with a peck on the cheek and a 'good morning ma". Dropping his bag onto the counter, he sought something to eat, he eyed the bread and decided to make a few slices of toast; he dropped two slices of bread into the toaster and poured himself a glass of orange juice. He downed the meal and left the house and walked to school with no thoughts in particular in his mind.

~~~Meanwhile~~~

Tifa Lockhart woke up at 5 o' clock, an hour before her alarm clock was to ring; she put on a pair of gloves and went to her large punching bag and began executing a few powerful moves. She was at the bag for an hour, the alarm went off and she grabbed a pair of black shorts, a white tank top and laid them on her bed, she ran to the bathroom and took a shower, brushed her teeth, she put on her clothes and brushed and did her long black hair into a low ponytail that fell below her waist. Swiftly grabbing her pre- packed school bag, she put on a pair of sneakers and ran downstairs. She greeted her parents and made herself something to eat; she left the house and went to school, it was going to be her first day at this new school.

Upon reaching the school, she found her way to the front office, she explained herself and was handed a slip of paper with her locker number and classroom. Thankful that she was early, she found her locker; her classroom was right next to it, she smiled put a few items away in it, and hung a mirror onto the door, and slammed it shut, she left the locker and entered the classroom; her ruby eyes scanned the room for a seat, she saw one by the window, she slung her bag over the chair's backrest and sat down, she stared at the schedule, it said that classes started at 8:00, it was still early, 7:30 'half an hour to waste' she thought to herself, she pulled a novel out of her bag and read to pass the time. The bell rung, many students scrambled into the class, they looked at her, some smiled and waved, some cast odd glances to her, Tifa brushed it off, she waved back to the wavers and smiled. A slim girl with short black hair sat beside Tifa, "Hi! I'm Yuffie!" she smiled "you're new here right" she questioned. Tifa nodded and said "hi Yuffie I'm Tifa." Yuffie glanced at Tifa's book, and exclaimed, "Hey, you're into vampires too?" "Yeah, I've always liked the whole vampire theme it's pretty cool" she replied.

A teacher entered the classroom; they all stood up and put away whatever they were doing. Tifa slid the book back into her bag and waited until they were given the order to sit. "All right, sit down people" the teacher said "we're going to take roll call now, so just answer to your names." They all sat and waited. A boy with spiky golden hair entered the room, mumbled a word of apology for lateness and scanned the classroom for a seat with aqua- colored eyes, he saw an empty seat behind Tifa; he slid into the seat as the teacher called out the register. Cloud heard the teacher call the name: Tifa Lockhart and he heard the pretty girl answer to her name, he watched her intently, under his gaze, she felt someone watching her; she glanced back and saw the boy staring at her. She slightly blushed as his eyes wandered to her chest and turned around. Cloud heard his name and answered to it. "Class, my name is Mr. Wilshire, I'll be teaching you physics, well to those of you who have chosen physics, I am your form teacher, and I'm in charge of this classroom" the teacher said as he handed out timetables with the students' names printed on it showing which classroom you had a particular subject and who would be teaching you.
Tifa glanced at hers and Yuffie, she compared it; she and Yuffie had almost all the same classes together. The bell rang, Yuffie yanked Tifa's bag and pulled her to the classroom: 8/44, it was a second form class, they had English Literature in this room; they grabbed seats in the middle of the class. A few other students from their class had this subject, Cloud being one of them. He took a seat two spaces from Tifa, he had a good view of the girl 'she's the cutest girl I've ever seen' the thought absently as he watched her pull out a notebook and a pen. He pulled out a notebook himself and wrote down the date. They awaited the arrival of the teacher, after fifteen minutes, no teacher came, the students brought their desks together with their friends and began to chat, Tifa and Yuffie began to talk as well, they found out much about each other, also they found many similarities between the two, Cloud could hear the conversation well, he found out that Tifa Lockhart was a black belt in karate, a judo master, a kung fu practitioner, a kick boxer, and held many other martial arts styles under her belt. He took a good look at her, her limbs were corded with lean muscle, her body was toned, her facial structure was that of a warrior, but however, she was graceful and beautiful, Cloud sighed. Yuffie went to look for something in her bag, Tifa noticed the golden haired boy, she ran her eyes over his slumped form; she gazed at his spiky golden hair, a smile formed at her lips, her eyes ran over his muscled body, her smile grew wider, his body was toned, he had a quiet strength about him, she knew that this boy was a fighter, it was easily visible, he reminded her of a samurai in some strange way. Her ruby eyes ran over his body again, this time, her gaze was caught in his aqua eyes 'he's definitely the sexiest guy I've ever seen' his lips twisted into a sardonic smirk as did hers. Their eyes met. Ruby met sapphire. A challenge rose between the two.

A/N: Okay, that's chapter one: Strife and Lockhart- enemies or lovers, give me some reviews, it'll bring up my self confidence and make the story better. If you don't like it, say it nicely, if you like it, leave a review, don't you dare try to flame me, a warning was issued in the first A/N so.^-^

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