Leah left to the Fuka Academy College on Monday. Tifa and Cloud helped her pack and put her things in her new dorm at the college before Cloud and Tifa hugged Leah goodbye and left the girl alone in the empty room.

"Well, this should be interesting.....I guess," Leah muttered as someone knocked on the door after she was done putting her things where she wanted, "Uh, come in."

Leah saw someone open the door who was a girl about her age with bright orange hair and light purple eyes. She was with another girl who was two to three years younger than the other girl. She has spiky hair with two braided running down the sides of her head. They were both wearing casual clothes.

"Hello, I'm Mai Tokiha and this is my roommate Mikoto Minagi," The red-head named Mai said shaking Leah's hand.

"Uh, hi. I'm Leah Roberts. I just moved here," Leah said.

"Yeah. Some of the people say you get settled in here."

"Welcome to the Academy!" Mikoto cheered giving Leah a hug which surprised the girl with dark brown eyes.

"Th-Thanks for the welcome.....I think," Leah muttered shyly.

"Since you're new here, we can give you the tour around the academy," Mai said.

"I don't want to impose on you guys."

"Oh, come on."

"It'll be fun!" Mikoto and Mai both pull on Leah's arms until she was out of her dorm room.

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Outside of the academy, Mai and Mikoto showed Leah around along with where everything is. During that time, Mai saw her friends Natsuki, Chie, and Aoi.

"Hey! Natsuki! Over here!" Mikoto yelled as Natsuki, Chie and Aoi walked over to where the three were.

"Hey, Mikoto. Hey, Mai," Natsuki said.

"Who's the new girl?" Chie asked.

"This is Leah. The new girl here," Mai introduced.

"Hey," Leah shyly said.

"'Sup. I'm Natsuki Kuga," Natsuki introduced.

"I'm Aoi Senou. Nice to meet you."

"And I'm Chie Harada. I'm known to everyone as the Dictionary of School Gossip to the entire college. Along with being known as a reliable source of information about everyone in this campus," Chie said pulling out her cell phone and taking a picture of Leah.

"Don't worry about that. Chie's always taking pictures of new students here," Aoi reassured the wolf girl as they all walked to lunch to get something to eat.

"Who knew the food here was so expensive," Leah said eating her food.

"Welcome to my world," Mai said.

"But despite the food being so expensive, it's a pretty cool campus," Natsuki said, "What dorm room do you have?"

"Number 274. Why?" Leah asked.

"That's the room Nao's being assigned to."

"Nao?"

"She's my cousin three times removed. But you don't have to worry about meeting her though. She's at the hospital."

"Why is she there?"

"She got attacked in a gang fight last month and won't be back in about another month."

"Will she be okay?" Leah asked in concern.

"Yeah, she's tough. Nao gets beaten up all the time, so this'll be nothing to someone like Nao Yuuki," Natsuki replied with her hands behind her head, "Nao was kinda in a street gang, but decided to quit."

"But they didn't take 'no' for an answer, huh?" Leah finished as Mai nodded her head, "Yeah. That'll happen in gangs. Luckily, my gang isn't like that."

"Wait. You're in a gang?"

"Uh-huh."

"You don't look like the kind of person who'd be a part of one," Natsuki said.

"Yeah," Chie added.

"I have to agree with Chie and Natsuki on this one," Aoi said.

"Oh, no?" Well, check this out!" Leah lifts the back of her shirt up revealing to the girls what looks like someone was able to carve the words 'Tantalus in the middle of a heart with a dagger pointing downwards with two angel wings pointing different ways on her back.

"Whoa!" Mikoto gasped at the writing.

"I know that name," Chie said taking a picture of the name with her phone.

"You do?" Mai said in surprise.

"Yeah. Tantalus is a group of bandits in Lindblum who go around and steal things from different parts around the world. They have a very well known reputation," Chie said, "Is that correct, Leah?"

"Yeah. I joined them when I was thirteen before getting this on my back," Leah implied putting her shirt back down.

"Really?" Mikoto gasped with eyes shimmering in amazement.

"Yep. You guys want me to tell you more?" But then the bell rang.

"Aww!!"

"I guess I'll tell you guys when class is over." Mai and the others walked inside the Fuka College.