A/N: I will start switching POVs from this chapter onwards: the order will be Cloud, Tifa, Zack, Aerith, Vincent/Cissnei, Guest Character, and third person omniscient. Thank you to all those who read and reviewed the story!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FFVII OR ANY OF ITS GO TO SQUARE ENIX AND ALL RELATED OWNERS. THANKS TO NOBUO UEMATSU FOR THE AWESOME MUSIC AND ALL THE READERS WHO READ AND REVIEWED.

Cloud was a weirdo.

Tifa thought that Cloud was strange, staring at her like that and ogling her on her very first day at Shinra. She thought that she wasn't well-endowed and definitely one person not deserving of attention. For that, she thanked her newfound friends for sticking with her even if she's a nerd and her hobbies are boxing, anime, and researching about really cute boys.

Like Cloud.

Whoa, where did that come from? Tifa shook her head, snapping out from one of her daily morning fantasies as she walked beside Cloud to attend her Chemistry class under Professor Hojo. Zack kept ranting "psychotic" as they trudged to the Science Lab, seeing people and the teacher already there.

Hojo certainly fitted the description very well. His hair was tied into a long ponytail and his face was full of wrinkles and creases. However, what bothered Tifa most was that his eyes had a maniacal, real perverted look and there was an insane smile plastered on his face.

"Good morning my dear subjects! Shall we explore the depths of Science together?" He asked condescendingly. Everyone groaned and the harrowing science lesson began- he made atoms and molecules seem terrifying...

"Now, there is a fourth state of matter-and much as I hate to admit it, it's the Lifestream. Personally I think that it's all magic and nonsense, but what could I do? The state of the science we live in!" He hollered among the mostly-sleeping students. He continued, "The Lifestream is the blood of the Planet, therefore it is neither in a gaseous or a liquid form. However, it can liquefy into Mako at a pressure of 1 million kPa, and solidify at 5 million into a natural Materia."

He wrote the equations in the board as Zack's head drooped down, flopping and leaving drool marks in his desk like most of the class.

Tifa was lucky to survive the lecture at all when the bell rang. The sleeping students hastily woke up, but among her friends, only Aerith and Cissnei managed to pull themselves together-they had to bite their lips continuously so that they bled after class. Zack, who slept during the lesson, shot Aerith an amused smile and Cloud smirked strangely.

However, a battle was raging in Tifa's mind between the two opposing sides of herself:

Zack was totally right about Hojo- at least Cloud's not like- what the hell am I thinking?

Damn right that he isn't like that lunatic!

What the hell? Why do I think this way? Cloud's a weirdo!

A really hot weirdo, miss!

That's not the point! Why do you think like that?

You're referring to me as "you" Heck, we're two aspects of the same person, Lockhart! Tell me that you don't want to at least touch his fine-toned muscles!

What are you talking about? You're such a pervert!

Ah, correction: We are perverts.

The way he stared at me was so strange!

Oh come on, don't tell me you didn't enjoy it!

I'm not a pervert like you, you other half of me!

Tell that to yourself once the- oh shit! HE class is ending!

W-what the h-h-hell?

RIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGG!

HE class ended as all the students got up from their seats. Aerith was talking to her mom, who motioned the group to come to her.

"Hello, Ms. Gainsborough! Sorry I spaced out during class time." Tifa apologized.

"No no, it's ok. Although, answer my question: Did you have an internal battle while I was having discussion?" Ms. G asked the new girl.

"W-what? How did you know that, Professor?"

"Ah, I just know. Let me guess: is this about a particular boy?"

"N-n-n-no ma'am! My mind just flew off during class.."

"Mom, stop that! You're scaring her!"

"Aerith honey, don't you like a particular boy as well?" Ms. G said, making Aerith blush.

Just then, said pair of boys and Cissnei went to where Tifa, Aerith, and Ms. G were standing.

"Hey Aerith!" Zack called while putting an arm over her shoulders, "Look at Genesis!"

Departing from the classroom quickly, the group saw a gang in the hallway surrounding a red-haired guy and a girl. "That's the gang they call the Triad" Cissnei explained, "the black-haired guy is Angeal, Zack's senior and mentor-ish figure, the silver-haired dude is Sephiroth, Cloud's lifelong rival in anything: kendo, basketball, number of fan girls, number of run-ins with the Turks, and so on. The red-haired guy is Genesis, a poet and a fanboy of LOVELESS, and Sephiroth's rival in tennis, fascination about black-winged angels, and chief rival for the title of Shinra's "Most Hottest Playboy"- what the hell is he up to now?

Genesis knocked the girl out cold with a kiss to her lips. Turning to Zack's group, he smirked victoriously as Sephiroth stepped forward.

"Cloud Strife, as you know, our scores in our competitions are evenly matched since both of us won 1000 times. Therefore, I hereby challenge you to a triple competition- a one-on-one basketball match, a skateboarding race throughout the campus, and a kendo duel using a couple of swords I nicked from home. Will you, my dear rival, accept my offer and see once and for all who is better between us?" He asked Cloud, taunting him. "I've never heard you talk so much once in my life, Sephy, and this time I'll do you good!" Cloud snarled, refusing to back down.

However, Angeal spoke up and said, "Since this is going to be possibly the school's most watched event in a long time" Tifa giggled at that "Why not have a maiden as a prize?"

The giggling died down.

"Hmmm,interesting. Since I won our last bicycle race, therefore I will chose the maiden that will be the prize." Sephiroth stated. Thinking hard, he finally said, "I choose the dark-haired woman beside you. Tifa is it not?" He asked?

Cloud's eyes blazed with anger. "Don't drag her into this!" He yelled at Sephiroth.

The silver-haired man responded, "Ooooh. Scared, Cloud?"

"You wish! I'm really gonna kick your ass this tine!"

Genesis spoke up, "My my. I guess we have a real war in our hands now. Shall we do the same, Zack?"

"Get your game on, poet moron!"

"Fine. I choose your lovely friend Aerith!"

"Why you little Shakes-ass crap-!"

Angeal silenced his friends, "Enough! Let's go" and thus they left.

The break ended, and all five friends hurried into class.

Isn't this sweet? Cloud's fighting for us!

Shut up, other half!

Why Cloud, oh WHY?

She refused to talk to Cloud after that.