Disclaimer: Me no own Final Fantasy

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Chapter 2

"Here, sit with me." Selphie said as she patted the seat beside her.

Rinoa settled her bag on the table as she looked at a freckled-face girl crying softly at the other end of the classroom. Another girl with blonde hair tied up in a funky way approached her and seemed to whisper a few comforting words as the weeping girl tried her best to hold back her tears.

"That's Lila Thompson." Selphie stated.

The blonde looked up and spotted Selphie. She shook her head slightly as she walked towards the duo.

"It's no good trying to comfort her. She's really into Leonhart..." The blonde said to Selphie in a helpless voice.

"Don't worry, Rikku! Lila's a strong girl! I'm sure she'll get over it soon! Oh, Rikku, meet Rinoa! It's her first day here!" Selphie introduced her friend who had been silent all this while.

"Nice to meet you!" Rinoa smiled. Rikku return her smile, "Oh since you're new here, here a good piece of advice: Try your best to stay out of Leonhart's, Almasy's, Dincht's and Kinneas' way. Don't ever address them by their first name either and your four years here would pass peacefully."

Rinoa gritted her teeth, "I've heard of them...met the Dincht guy once and I can't stand Leonhart already! Who does he think he is? He just shattered an innocent girl's pride and self-confidence within a split second! How good looking can this jerk be that he's able to win the hearts of about half the female population of the school?!"

"Umm...just keep in mind about what I say, k" Rikku answered nervously for fear that someone else might have heard Rinoa's outburst.

'Why does everyone seem so afraid of this Leonhart guy? Is he such a grand and powerful figure? Argh, who cares about him? Thinking about him makes my blood boil, wonder what'll happen when I actually meet him?'

"PLEASE, DON'T!!" A shout interrupted Rinoa's thoughts. The students rushed out of their respective classrooms to watch the commotion in the corridor.

A messy brown haired guy was trying his best to change his teacher's mind of something...

"I'm sorry. But this is the principal's order and I'm just relaying the message...you're expelled." The teacher plainly stated.

"My parents worked hard to send me to this school! You can't jus-"

"Look Tyler, you know that this is a school for the upper class. If you can't support yourself financially, you'll be kicked out sooner or later! You're a bright student and I'm sure you'll still be able to get somewhere...besides, you know what you did..."

"Damn it! All I did was told that damn Leonhart off! If this is how things here work, and everyone is so afraid those assholes, I'll gladly leave this darn place!" With that, he stormed off.

The teacher sighed and looked around at the crowd which had gathered, "What are you looking at? Get back to your class and wait for you teacher!"

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"Hahaha! Good riddance to that loser!" Squall gloated as he heard a group of students gossip about the incident that just occurred.

Seifer sighed and shook his head.

"What did that guy do to you?" Irvine inquired.

"Didn't you hear about some freak who told Squall to take back what he said?" Zell asked.

"Oh, so that's it?"

"What did you mean by that? Everyone knows not to offend me and of course I can't just let this guy get away with what he said!" Squall barked.

"Cool it mister! I was juz askin."

"Oh yeah, why didn't you turn up for that soccer meeting?" Zell asked.

"Cos' I didn't want to!" Squall snapped.

"Well, are we going to class?" Irvine fiddled with his cowboy hat.

"Nah, let's just stay here for a while."

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"Good morning class! Now let's get down to work! First, please hand up your work assignment that I gave you last week."

A hand rose up. "Umm...Ms Katuki, I didn't manage to complete it..."

"What happened now, Zidane? Dog ate your homework again?" The teacher joked.

"Not really...you see, *pretends to cry* a very close aunt of mine *sniff* passed away a few days ago..."

"Oh really? And how many aunts and uncles do you have exactly? If I remembered correctly, 4 aunts and 7 uncles of yours just happened to pass away mysteriously and you couldn't complete your work because of that..."

"Damn!" Zidane muttered under his breath.

"I'll be expecting your assignment tomorrow, Mr. Tribal."

Snickers and giggles could be heard in the classroom.

"Class let's get down to work now. Today, we'll be experimenting if our body fluids passed out are acidic or alkaline. Selphie, Rinoa, could you girls kindly get fourteen beakers of the fluid from the lab upstairs?"

"Yes, Ms Katsuki." They answered in unison as they made their way out.

"Yucks, how lucky we are to go collect urine!" Selphie made a face as they stepped into the lab.

"Let's just do it and get it over with." Rinoa sighed.

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"C'mon guys, let's get to class now." Squall said as he made his way up the stairs.

"You sure are fickle-minded." Irvine yawned.

Seifer kept his silence as he followed Squall's lead.

"Oh, did I tell you about that hot chick I dated last nigh-" Irvine started.

"I'm going before I die from listening to another of your stories." Zell walked away from the blabbering guy.

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"Steady, steady." Rinoa whispered to herself to calm her shaky hands as she carried a tray of seven full beakers of urine.

Selphie stayed close behind her trying to keep steady too.

"AHHH!" Rinoa screamed as she slipped and the tray flew out of her grasp.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion as she watched the fluid happily fly and splashed on a person who had appeared from around the corner. Rinoa winced at her own stupidity.

She slowly opened her eyes to see a figure towering over her angrily with three other guys who managed to escape from her little accident, standing behind him with their jaws hanging.

'Yikes! It'll be hard to get that liquid off his clothes...' Rinoa thought guiltily.

"Squall Leonhart!" Selphie gasped bringing Rinoa to an awful realization about what she just did...

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A/n: That's it for chapter 2! Thanx for reading this and I hope you'll review too! ^_^ Pls vote if Rinoa should be with Squall or Seifer and if Selphie should be with Irvine or Zell too! A big thank you to those who have already read and reviewed!

Quycksylver: Hmm...I used to think that Squall was a jerk too! Anyway, thankies for reviewing and I hope you'll continue reading! ^_^

Lionheart: Hiya! Thanx you soo much! I hope you'll be able to read this before you go off...

Angel: So, you've watched Meteor Garden too? Don't you think that Huaze Lei looks A LOT like Squall? :)

FloralBlackMoon: Hope you'll keep reading! Thanks for ze review! ^_~

Christal_Cloud: Yup, Seifer's the nice guy here! Glad to see that the change is favourable! Thanks for reviewing! ^_^

Rinoa41269: Hey!! Thanx for reviewing!! *Sniff* It's so sad you wouldn't be updating for a while...but when you do, I'll still be here to read it! Good luck with your writer's block! ^_^