Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns Final Fantasy.

A/n: Those who have watched Meteor Garden or the anime Hana Yori Dango may find the certain parts of the fic kinda familiar.aheh.

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Chapter 1

"Balamb Academy." The 17 year old read out the huge sign in front of the large building she was staring so hardly at that she could burn holes right through the walls with her eyes. (Oh well.)

A rushing figure sped past her, knocking her books out from her arms.

"I'm so sorry, let me help you!" The messy blonde haired guy said as he hurried to pick up her books for her. "Hey! Haven't seen you around here."

"That's cause' I'm new." She snapped.

"Really? Name's Tidus. Star player of our soccer team the Balamb Abes." The blonde gave a supposedly charming smile.

"You wish!" A voice added from behind. A short brunette girl stepped up beside Tidus. "Hi, I'm Selphie. Please accept my apology on my bro's behalf. He's a real klutz sometimes!"

"Hey!" Tidus started to protest.

"*giggles* I'm Rinoa. Pleased to meet you. It's my first day here.Selphie, would you please show me around this place?"

"Okie!"

"Let me join in too!"

"I thought you're already late for that soccer meeting?"

"Ah forget that! What's more important than helping a damsel in distress?"

"He's always like this in front of pretty girls." Selphie whispered to Rinoa.

"Well ladies, shall we?" Tidus walked off, leading the two girls into the academy.

"Yo, Tidus!" A spiky blonde haired guy came running towards the trio. "Oh hey Selphie!" He turned his attention back to Tidus and pointed in the opposite direction. "The meeting is that way. Anyway, have you seen Squall? He didn't turn up either."

"Er.Squall? Nope haven't seen him!"

"You better go now or else Coach Highwind's gonna blow! I'll go look for Squall now."

"I'll be there in a sec!" Tidus turned to Rinoa, "Sorry again! I'll make it up to you another time!"

"Look you don't have t-" Rinoa started but Tidus had already race off.

"Waahh.did you see that? He said hi to me." Selphie said dreamily.

"Huh? Who?"

"Zell Dincht! You know, that guy just now? He's cute huh?"

"Er.School starts at 8.30 right? Well, we've got 'bout a half hour before getting to class.mind showing me where's Locker 35?"

"Oh, it's just right across mine! Come on!" Selphie gestured for Rinoa to follow as she started walking away.

A bevy of girls past them, gossiping among themselves. "Did you hear? Lila Thompson gave Squall Leonhart a cake that she had worked on for hours!" One of the girls said in her high shrilling voice.

"Really?" A red haired girl asked, "What did he do?"

"He picked up the cake." the girl made a dramatic pause, "and smashed it into her face!"

The girls started giggling. "That geek Lila thinks that she'll catch Squall Leonhart's attention with a stupid cake? Who's she fooling?" another girl added.

"Squall Leonhart's just so handsome and charming." the red haired girl gushed.

"Well, I think Seifer Almasy is cuter!" a brunette chipped in.

"No way, Squall Leonhart's way cuter!" the red head protested.

The brunette turned to her friend who had been quiet all the while. "Whadaya think, Quistis? Leonhart or Almasy?"

The blonde snapped out of her daze, "Umm.I dunno.I don't really like either of them." With that, she walked away from the rest.

"Quistis, wait up!" the other girls ran to keep up with their friend.

"What was that all about?" Rinoa questioned as she stared at the figures that disappeared down the corridor.

"Oh, them? They're the cheerleaders.can't stand them."Selphie gritted her teeth as she continued. "The girl with that irritating voice is Tifa, the red head's Aeris, the brunette is Garnet and there's Yuna.that blonde.she's Quistis. She's the nicest one out of all of them."

Rinoa nodded in reply, "And who's the Leonhart and Almasy guy? Mr. Popularity? They sound like total jerks!"

"Shush.you wouldn't want to let anyone hear that!" Selphie squeaked.

"Oh? And what is there to fear?"

"Squall Leonhart, Seifer Almasy, Zell Dincht and Irvine Kinneas have the power to get anyone expelled! The teachers and even the principal fear them! That's cause their rich daddies were the ones that set up this school and are definitely one of the richest men in this region!"

"And that gives them the rights to push others around?"

"I guess so."

Rinoa sigh and shook her head, "Well, they better not try to mess with me cause Rinoa Heartilly is not one to be trifled with!"

"Hmm.if you ask me, I would be a little more careful with my words around here." Selphie answered softly as she looked around to see if anyone could be eavesdropping. "Let's get to class early.what's for your first period?"

"Wait a sec." the raven-haired girl rummaged her bag for her timetable, "Science.Ms Katsuki."

"Cool! We're in the same class! Ms Katsuki is one of the nicest teachers here! We're lucky we didn't get Mr. Olsen.that guy's a real mean ass! I'll show you the other classrooms on our way!"

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"And this girl just came up to me and asked me to accept her cake. The cake looked really horrible, you know? How can she expect me to actually take it out of her scaly hands?"

"Look Squall, you should really learn to get over yourself." Seifer looked at his buddy as he stifled a yawn.

"Hey it's not my fault if the girls are all into me!" Squall smirked.

"Whatever.let's just get to class, k?" The blonde stood up and walked away.

"Fine by me." Squall said as his followed Seifer's lead.

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A/n: Heh, I'm using FF characters' names coz I'm too lazy to come up with suitable names.so the description of the respective characters would not be similar to the original characters and their personality would be different too. Since FF.net just seems to have a problem with Word, pls just ignore any possible mistakes. Well, since you're already reading this, pls just spare a little more of you time and click on that Submit Review button, k? Hehe.Thankies!!