Chapter One:

"Yunie!" Rikku bounced on the bed of her cousin, trying to wake her. "Get up! Its time for school!"

Yuna let out a groan and pulled the blankets over her head. "I don't want to!"

"But you have to!" Rikku yanked the blankets away from the older cousin. "Come on! You'll love it at Besaid! Lulu and Paine are awesome, the teachers are great, and true, while you just might want to kill some of the girls, the boys are hot!"

"And why," Yuna asked while she sat up. "If I couldn't find any at St. Lesca, you expect me to find any here?"

"Yunie." Rikku said, shaking her head.

"I just want to get through this year without anything happening." Yuna stood up, heading for her closet.

Rikku sighed. "Fine, be that way. Don't say I didn't tell you."

"I won't."

"Oh, Lulu is picking us up at 8:30. Be ready by then." Rikku poked her head back into the room.

"Lulu... she's the one with the braids, right?" Yuna pulled out a shirt.

"Yep."

"Rikku?"

"Ya?"

"Shouldn't you be getting ready?"

"What do you- YRR! E's myda!" Rikku ran out of the room.

8:30

Yuna looked at herself in the mirror, and smiled. She didn't really dress like the others at the school might of worn- hey, St. Lesca was a Boarding School, she had worn a uniform there- but she like it. A plain white long-sleeved blouse, a black pleated skirt, black boots, silver necklace, and a black suede bag completed her outfit, and she wore no makeup. She fingered her beaded earring, a present from her late mother, and toyed with her braid. Before their junior year, she grew out the bottom part of her hair and tied it back in a long braid, covering it with red fabric. Lenne got her ears pierced. Yuna smiled at the memory, then sighed. No good thinking about it now.

"Yunie! Time to go!" Rikku called from downstairs.

"Coming!" With one last look at her reflection, she hurried downstairs and out the door. She stopped dead in her tracks, staring at Rikku's outfit. Maybe I should have worn something different...
A brown mini skirt, bright yellow chuck taylors, an off-the-shoulder black tee decorated with yellow stars, and a heavily-pinned brown back-pack graced her figure. Bangles of many colours hung from her wrists, a yellow scarf around her neck, and dangly earrings finished her look. A gold eye shadowed eye studied Yuna, and a pink glossed mouth frowned. "We may need to work on your look Yunie."

"Maybe we should go shopping this weekend." Yuna agreed. Please don't let everyone dress like her! I don't want to stand out!

A black jeep pulled out, and two red eyed girls looked out at them. Rikku waved. "Paine! Lulu! Good to see you!" She grabbed Yuna's hand, dragging her to the car. "Paine, Lulu, this is my cousin Yuna. Yuna, this is Lulu and Paine, the Arden twins.

Yuna's worst fears were confirmed as she said high. Lulu was wearing a black wide sleeved shirt under a black corset top, with a long black skirt, and black lace up sandals. Her hair was pulled back by four pins and fell down in beaded braids, and several necklaces and red earrings finished the look, along with purple eye shadow, mascara, and purple tinted lips. Paine, on the other hand, looked like her name. Leather pants and jacket, a bright red t-shirt, black heels, silver studs for earrings, a black chocker and a silver pendent made her look like she was ready to kill. Suddenly, Yuna was wishing the rest of the school DID dress like Rikku.

"What's wrong? Afraid we'll bite?" Paine asked.

"Yuna's been wearing a uniform all her life." Rikku explained, sliding into the back seat, pulling you along. "She hasn't really been exposed to different fashions."

"Really? Where did you go?" Lulu asked, pulling out of the driveway.

"St. Lesca." Yuna replied.

Sensing her unease at the subject, Lulu quickly changed the subject. On the way to school, Yuna quickly became comfortable with them, even if they did have very intense fashion ideas.

"Now," Paine said as they pulled up at the school.. "I suppose Rikku filled you in on the groups."

"Groups?" Yuna repeated, getting out of the car.

"To be more precise, cliques are what make up a High School. Nobody is friends with everybody, so we stick to people who share similar interests." Lulu explained, as the four of them headed across the school grounds.

"There's Dona's group, five guesses to what they like." Rikku pointed to a girl with dark skin and hair, scantily dresses, surrounded by girls who dressed like her. "Stay away from her, she doesn't like me, Paine, or Lulu. In fact, she doesn't like any girl that doesn't follow her around."

"There are the Brains," Paine pointed to a group of students who sat on some benches with laptops. "Chocobo-lovers," A group of highly energetic people. "Preps." People who were dressed somewhat like Yuna. "Punks." Dressed similar to Paine. "Goths." Dressed similar to Lulu. "And those are basically the main groups, minus the star three."

"First, who are you guys in this realm of 'cliques'." Yuna asked, not used to the term.

"The only people who are sane at this school." Lulu replied drily.

"Second, Star Three?"

The bell rang. "We'll fill you in at lunch." Rikku said. "I'll take you to the main office to get your schedule."

15 minutes, a planner, ID, map, and schedule later, Yuna and Rikku entered your first class. "Sorry Shelinda! I was showing Yunie around."

The teacher smiled. "It's alright Rikku. Hello Yuna, I'm Ms. Shelinda, the History Teacher. You two can take your seats back there." She pointed to two seats next to Paine and Lulu.

Walking down the aisle, Yuna tried to ignore the stares the class through at her, and quickly sat down. The class began murmuring. "Settle down class, settle down!" Shelinda called out. "I know you're curious about Yuna, but we've got work to do."

The next few periods passed by without incident. However, there was that blonde haired guy in Gym that kept on looking her way while showing off, and the blue-haired guy who kept on smiling, made that smirking, at her in White Magic. Finally, lunch came around, and Rikku quickly found her, then dragged her off to a lunch table.

"Alright, now where did we leave off?" Rikku asked Yuna once the four of them were seated.

"Star Three?" Yuna supplied.

"Right! Out of all the guys at Besaid, there are three groups that boast the hottest, must-likely-to-be-millionaires guys you have ever seen!" Rikku said. "They are the Al Bhed Geniuses. "She pointed to a table filed with Al Bhed guys. "All likely to start up their own company."

"The Yevon's Finest." Paine pointed to a table filled with Yevonites. "They're likely to become Maesters, or some High Temple Officials."

"And last but not least, the Blitzers." Lulu nodded towards a table of Jocks. "They have agents swarming them."

"Together, these are the Star Three, the most eligible guys at school." Rikku finished.

"Why does it matter how rich they're going to be?" Yuna asked, confused.

"It doesn't matter. Well, to some girls it might, but that's not really the point, it's considered a perk. And besides, have you seen the other guys?" Paine raised an eyebrow.

"As much as I hate to admit, Paine is right. All the other guys are either repulsive, dimwitted, have habits that just ruin them, or are gay." Lulu added.

"So basically, these are the only good guys around?" Yuna hesitated to ask.

"Yes." The three responded.

"Sad thing is, they know it, and they use it." Paine said.

"Don't remind me." Lulu put her head in her hand.

Yuna looked at Rikku. "Rikku, didn't you imply earlier that there were good guys here?" She accused her.

"Heh, heh... I did, didn't I?" She smiled nervously.

"The point is, they break hearts faster then they take them." Lulu explained. "A word from the wise, stay under their radar."

"Too late. They've spotted her." Paine said.

"Who?" Rikku asked.

"Seymour and Tidus." Paine replied. "They're checking Yuna out as we speak."

"Nothing like new blood to them." Rikku said sadly. "Yunie, be careful."

"Oh, no, no, no!" Yuna held up her hands as she replied. "I do not want anything to do with boys this year. I just want to get through it with nothing happening. Besides," She studied her companions. "Why does it sound like you three were burnt."

Their shoulders dropped. "What can I say, we speak from experience." Rikku replied. "Cdibet eteud."

"Chappu..." Lulu said softly.

"If he thinks he can ignore me Junior year after we spent the summer together, then can just come back, he's got another thing coming!" Paine growled.

Ok then... Yuna sweat dropped just as the bell rang.

Translations:

YRR! E's myda! AHH! I'm late!
Cdibet eteud. Stupid idiot.