Hiya! So, anyways, before I say anything to useless, I need to get through the important stuff. THIS IS NO LONGER JAPAN. THEY ARE IN MIDGAR. You see, I would merely edit it, but I don't know how because this is a very cruel site to those who are new to it (in other words, I'm confused) lol. So here is yet another boring chapter that I pulled from the back of my insane mind. Have Fun!

Chapter 3

Trembling slightly, Rinoa and Tifa entered the school in which they would be stuck for the next four years – Sector 10 Secondary School. By the sound of the name, Tifa expected a cold, strict school, but while walking through the hallways for the first time, she and Rinoa couldn't help but smile as they passed short preppy girls with rolled up kilts, staring intently at a group of boys huddled in a corner. Their smiles broke into instant laughter when they noticed that the group of boys consisted of Cloud, Zack, Squall and Tidus. Guessing Irvine and Zidane had gone chick-hunting, Tifa and Rinoa walked towards their lockers after the welcoming assembly in the massive auditorium.

"Where's yours?" Rinoa asked. "Mine is right…Here!" she added triumphantly as she found her locker.

"Mine is like, three floors up. This school is massive! Can you believe it has five floors?" Tifa asked in disbelief.

"Oh, that's because they teach magic here…Didn't you see your timetable?" asked an unfamiliar voice to their right. "Sorry about that, I didn't even introduce myself. I'm Yuna, and don't worry, I'm a tenth grader, but seeing that you guys don't look like the usual mindless niners, I'm on your side," she chucked. Tifa noticed that she was strikingly beautiful, even in the baggy black dress pants and loose black polo that were included in the school uniform. Her hair was short, but tied messily in a spiky ponytail at the back of her head. At the side of her face hung a small beaded piece of hair in a deep blue that matched the colour of the crest on the uniform shirts. (AN: Yes, this is Yuna from X. I'm kinda alternating back and forth through X and X2 in this story, getting help from friends along the way because I haven't played either game, but have some knowledge of it ).

"I'm Rinoa, and this is Tifa, nice to meet you," said Rinoa in a polite and excited voice.

"Woah! Cloud told me about you guys! Zack is like, the biggest asshole on earth…he kept referring to you as "the cow", or the "fat ass baby", Tifa! I am going to officially kick his ass…" Yuna said, slowly trailing off as she looked over Tifa's shoulder, lost in whatever she was looking at. Tifa turned, only to see a hand that quickly made contact with her lower back…lower, lower back. She looked up to se that the hand was owned by a tall, slightly handsome blonde student that looked to be about 15 or 16 years of age. Truthfully, not giving a shit about who he was, she found no shame in giving him a hard punch in the face – contrary to the harmless slap that he was expecting. Holding his bleeding nose and trying to shake off the laughter of his peers, he sent Tifa a death-glare.

"RUFUS, YOU SON OF A-" Yuna roared, dropping her books as a crowd began to form. Suddenly, the crowd parted for a student with long, shaggy silver hair that was tucked messily into a black bandana, spiking out at odd angles. In a weird way, he seemed to be punk-like and gangster at the same time. He was followed closely by a couple of angry boys, and Rinoa soon realized that this duo consisted of Squall and Cloud. Both seemed angry and upset, and Rufus was quick to run away. However, the guy with the bandana was intent on sticking around. He draped his arm lovingly around Rinoa's shoulder while sending glances towards Tifa. After a few seconds, he began eyeing Yuna, too. As quick as he came, he left though…Embarrassed as hell. Squall grabbed him by the shoulder to whisk him out of the crowd and possible slaughter him, but Cloud was a little more sinister. In one quick, swift movement, Cloud yanked the baggy black pants downward to reveal small underwear…in a disturbing pink hue.

"WOAH! Sephroth, did your mommy knit those panties for you?" jeered a voice from the crowd.

"AHH! We're gonna be late for our first class! Holy shit…Bye guys! And thanks! See ya at lunch!" screeched Tifa, yanking a hesitant Rinoa away from the action that they were the centre of. Rinoa was confused, but Tifa, being a slight nerd, was concerned about her class starting in a matter of seconds. She tore through the hallways, Rinoa in tow, and dashed through the door of her science class as the bell rang a long, piercing note through her ears. Both of the girls took their seats in front of the teacher, pulling out books filled with thick piles of lined paper.

"Hello, everyone! My name is Professor Gast, and I will be your science teacher this year. Before I begin teaching this class, I would like to tell you all that unsupervised experiments are NOT permitted, because during the last 30 years of teaching that I have experienced, there have been some, erm," he shot a nervous glance at Sephiroth as he walked in and sat in his seat, "accidents." He finished, wiping the sweat from his brow. "And these experiments must be supervised by ME, not anyone else, including Professor Hojo." He gave a slight shudder, then continued by beginning a boring unit in Biology.

"That was officially the most boring class that I have ever been forced to sit through. And please remind me to bring my diskman for second period English, cause if I have to listen to Mr Valentine for one more minute without some sort of distraction, I WILL die," said Rinoa rapidly in one breath, as though she had been holding it for the entire period. "We have first lunch, so we should meet up with Zidane and the other niners."

"No, this school is different, Rinoa, I think you're confused with the highschool your brother went to. This is Midgar, not Balamb. We eat with the other niners, the tens, and the special Ed and ESL kids," explained Tifa. "So we're with everyone, even Cloud, Zack and Squall. Whoopee," she said sarcastically. "Then again, we're with Yuna too!" she said, gesturing to Yuna, who had just strode up to them. At this point, a group of squabbling girls walked around the corner, kilts rolled up to expose most of their legs, hair straightened to flow like water in the wind. In the centre was a pompous looking blonde girl who drawled to her friends, and together, they all shot flirty glances towards Sephiroth and Rufus, who were already seated in the caf. Suddenly, the group was broken to fragile blonde pieces by a bouncy girl with random braids protruding from her bandana, her eyes swirling with anticipation. "YUNIE!" she screamed, running towards Yuna and glomping her.

"H-H-HI Rikku!" Yuna said in a muffled voice, suffocated by Rikku. Cousin, she mouthed to Rinoa and Tifa. They grinned, knowing that they now had a new bouncy friend.

"Hey Zidane, how 'bout that one? I bet I can snag her," said Irvine pompously as he gestured towards a girl who he was just about to ask out. "Or that one! The one who's hanging with Tee and Rinoa! She's hot," he said excitedly. He strode up to her confidently, forgetting Zidane existed, and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hello, beuti – AHH!" shouted Irvine, noticing that it was Yuna, the girl who was in half of his classes the year before, and who had rejected him. "Ermm, it's the hair, you cut it cause last year it was, like, longer, heh…well gotta go," he muttered, running towards Zidane again.

"Wow, that was what I call skill," gushed Zidane in mock congratulations. "How bout…I try that one?" he asked eagerly, pointing to a short girl with red hair. He walked towards her and draped his arm around her shoulders. "Hey…OOOW!" he yelled, a sudden pain shuddering near his backside. He turned to see a boy with ruffled chocolate colored hair – and a tight grip on Zidane's tail. He let go, and walked beside the pretty girl.

"C'mon Kairi," he said, scowling to Zidane. Zidane merely retaliated with a flash of a certain finger in Sora's direction, and walked back to Irvine so they could sulk together.

"I can't believe you, suspension on the first day of school! Why couldn't you just leave Tifa to deal with Rufus and Sephiroth, she could've you know!" Tidus scowled towards Cloud.

"Shaddap, I don't like Sephiroth anyways," Cloud grinned back.

"GET THE DAMN FANGIRLS AWAY FROM ME!" roared Squall. He hated lunchtime. Zack, however, loved the attention he was currently getting from a green eyed girl with a soft voice and long, chestnut hair.

"So, Aerith, do you wanna chill after school or sometin'?"

Rinoa and Tifa couldn't even count the email addresses that they brought home with them – they had met so many great people, even in the tenth grade! Tifa reviewed her list, etching a reminder in the back of her head, add these people! Don't forget! Rinoa did the same, reviewing her list also, looking at what she had written – – – – Aerith (pink vegan – Yuffie (remember not to carry money around this – Rikku (female – Riku (the hot – Yuna – Leblanc (I can cuss her when I'm – Math teacher (I hate god damn math)

Tifa chuckled at the list. She then asked Rinoa if she was going to the movies that night. "Yuna is bringing her cousin Rikku and Garnet is coming too! It'll be fun," she whimpered, hanging from Rinoa's sleeve. "C'mon!"

"Okay, okay, I'll be there. What movie are we seeing and when are we going?" she asked, hoping mentally that they would be seeing a comedy or something. She knew Tifa had the tendency to pick the scariest movies ever created and laugh when Rinoa freaked out and, occasionally, dropped popcorn or soda on an unsuspecting victim in the row in front of them.

"'The curse of the Twisted', at 8:00," she answered. Of all the shitty luck, thought Rinoa.

"Daddy, I'm going to the movies!" yelled Garnet, one foot out the door and the other in the house as she waited for her father's response

"Go ahead, but enjoy it while it lasts because I'm expecting good grades in exchange for your freedom," he said sarcastically, his voice muffled because his head was in the cupboard as he fixed the sink. "Bye!"

As soon as she reached the theatre she slightly rolled up her ruffled white peasant skirt – it was below her knees, and she had the feeling that it wouldn't be long before her father tried to dress her in a Nun's uniform. Actually, he'd probably complain about Nuns having to wear skirts in the first place, even if they were down to the ankles. She was grateful, however, that her mother was able to persuade her father to allow her to wear skirts at all. She straightened her pale yellow shirt and walked into the movie theatre where she spotted Tifa and Rinoa. Tifa was wearing a black golf shirt that wasn't skin tight, but wrapped around her nicely. She also wore a skirt, but a red and black plaid one surrounded by edgy belts and spikes. Rinoa wore a black skirt with a sky blue shirt and silver earrings that were long and rectangular and nearly rested upon her shoulders. The three girls bought their tickets and headed inside.

"RIKKU, STOP THE DAMN CAR!" screeched Yuna, who hardly ever swore unless she was enraged or, as in this particular case, near death. Rikku was bashing her head to a beat that was blasting from the radio, turning the steering wheel at random and accelerating periodically. "Rikkie, I understand completely that you have an Al Bhed drivers licence, however, EEK!" she was cut off by a honking sound as Rikku slipped the car around an 18-wheeler (tractor trailer) and cut across 3 lanes to get into the theatre parking lot, "drivers are different here in Midgar, and…well, at least we're here," she finished with a sigh of relief. Rikku must've left about 3 accidents in her wake. The bouncy blonde opened the car door and stepped out.

"Back home, you only have to be 14 to get your licence! I've had it for a year and I've never gotten in trouble!" she said with a childish pout, knowing that Yuna was disappointed in her driving.

"Well, don't worry, just be more careful, okay?"

"Okay! Look, popcorn!"

"My God, I seriously think you have A.D.D or something," Yuna sighed as Rikku ran to the concession stand. (A/N: Attention Deficit Disorder is not a laughing matter, but loosen up! I hope Rikku fans don't mind that in my story, she has the attention span of a rock. She's still nice, just hyper! " don't hurt me)

Yuna straightened her purple shirt and pulled down the bottoms of her Capri pants (they were bunched at the thigh because she was gripping them in prayer during the drive). Rikku bounced around in khaki coloured shorts and a bright yellow tank top, a surfer style wicker belt around her waist. Her crazy blonde hair was pinned up in a messy yet attractive way with a bandanna and seashell clips. They ran into the theatre for the movie they were late for, and found Garnet, Tifa and Rinoa sitting in the back of the theatre.

"Garnet was just telling us about her dad's awesome sword collection!" Rinoa squealed. "Rinoa decided we should nickname her Dagger," said Tifa with a grin. "Anyways, it makes her seem more intimidating to some of the pervs at the Sector," she added with a grin, referring specifically to Irvine, Zidane and Zack back at the school. The girls sat quietly through the first half of the movie, screeching periodically when a twisted corpse would attack the actors as they were trapped in Diablos' realm. "We never should've taken the lamp!" they yelled, running for dear life from the mangled zombies at their heels. Tifa merely laughed, claiming that the movie was hilarious. But for once in Tifa's life, she screamed during a horror movie.

She was sitting comfortably in her seat at the edge of the row, sipping her sprite and enjoying the grotesque movie, when suddenly a hand came from behind her and covered her mouth, pulling her over the seat into the aisle behind the last row in which they were sitting. "AIIIII!" she screamed in terror, thrashing around as people began to turn and look for the source of the screaming. Figuring it was just part of the movie, they merely turned back to watch the film. Then, all at once, the grip on her mouth loosened and she heard hysterical laughter (which no one complained about because of the loud movie – they couldn't hear it anyways). She pulled down the skirt which had risen; exposing black shorts she had worn underneath for coverage (thankfully), and her face turned red in fear and anger.

Rikku, Yuna, Rinoa and Dagger peered over the backs of their seats fearfully, only to see three little clumps on the dark theatre floor, shaking with laughter and rocking back and forth. Tifa was huddled up against the seats, still recovering from the initial shock of being pulled over her seat by a mysterious hand during a twisted horror movie. Suddenly, she noticed the long black shag protruding from one of the laughing lumps, and with a great surge of anger, she clubbed it on the head with her fist. Like a wounded potato bug, the clump unfolded and settled on its back, and Rinoa noticed that it was Zack. Peering at the other two figures, she noticed that both had messy blonde hair, and one that seemed to be defying gravity quite effectively. Tifa swiped at Zidane and he ran for cover, conveniently between Dagger and the seat in front of her. Tifa then swung her fist towards the last figure, who merely caught it lazily and snapped his face towards her. Though everyone else was laughing at the incident, Tifa shivered at the cold, eerie glint that came from his eyes, and nearly shrieked when she felt a warm tingling in her cheeks. She took long breaths in anger and nearly screamed in fury when Cloud moved forward and drawled, "Hmph. You're kinda weak…your face was pretty priceless though." At this, he stood up and reached for Tifa's hand, pulling her up easily, and Dagger (the hopeless romantic) let out a soft squee. Tifa stood up, sent Cloud a grateful, flirty grin, and kicked him in the groin.