First Day

"So cute!" Terra squeaked in adoration over Luneth's school clothes. It was early morning, and the four "children" were readying for their first day. Luneth was, in most of the Warrior's eyes, the cutest, with his size and face a contributing factor.

"Yeah, yeah, I look cute. This is so embarrassing." Luneth said.

"Not as embarrassed as us." Squall piped, wearing equal clothes, only difference is a badge was on his shirt with the Lionheart symbol he uses often.

"Awww! Lighten up, Squall!" Said Zidane, in the same clothes, giving him a pat round the back. "Don't let my hard efforts go to waste!"

"Yeah!" Tidus piped. "Still, wonder if they have any good sports clubs there."

"I'm sure they will." Terra said.

"Alright, if everyone's ready, on your way." Cloud said, opening the door to the outside. The four boys complied.

"Aren't you coming, Terra?" Asked Luneth.

"Sorry, I gotta ride with Cloud. Makes it like I'm not your mother." Terra explained.

"Okay, see you there!" Luneth replied, catching up with the four boys.

"Let's go." Cloud said to Terra.

"Alright." She said back.

The four boys arrived at the school, having seeing Cloud whoosh past twice, once for dropping off Terra, and one for going back; they could only imagine her posture getting out. The group followed a line of people following the same route, going to the back entrance mainly used for students. The ground floor of this entrance was more of a socialising area, where the students went to either have lunch or go on break.

"So what d'ya think?" Zidane said.

"Not bad." Squall said. "I've only passed the main entrance."

"We all have." Tidus said.

"Think we should head to our classroom?" Asked Luneth.

"I imagine that's where we go." Zidane said. Him being the most familiar with the place, lead the other three to the first floor and to class 1-A. There were a handful of students already inside. They could hear the students already inside whisper 'Ahh! More!' but decided to ignore them. They took their seats in the front row and middle row, in a 2x2 formation with Luneth and Squall sitting up front, and Tidus and Zidane in the middle, they set their school sachels in the holders on the side of their desks.

"I swear, I'm never getting used to this." Luneth whined, trying to get some air from his collar. "I was brought up to fight, not to study!"

"I can say the same." Squall said. Suddenly there came the chim-chong of a xiolophonic bell, to which they all reacted. "Calm down, it's just the start of the class." Soon more and more students came bursting in, managing to grab a conversation with one another. Eventually, seats weren't becoming separate anymore; Squall was seated to a girl with long brown hair and glasses, while Zidane's adjacent seat remained empty, and Luneth and Tidus were sitting next to the window, even though Luneths had Terra's desk directly in front of him. And very soon, Terra arrived at the scene, with a handful of books and dressed very fashionably. She came in and set the books down at the desk, making sure to hear all the 'Wow! She's pretty!' remarks. She gave a glance at the four Warriors and smiled at their hesitance in reaction.

"Good morning, class!" She said happily. "I'm Ms. Branford, your homeroom and Literature teacher for the year." After hearing more murmurs, she began with a note of things to say. "First, I must take the register, so let me just take it." She took, from her desk a small piece of paper and scanned through the names briefly with many 'here's". "Luneth Strife and Squall Strife."

"Here!" They said in unison.

"Zidane Tribal and Tidus Tribal." She continued.

"Here!" They too said together.

"Hm...there's one missing." She muttered. But at that instant, there was a slide of the door with a blonde girl with long hair and a very beautiful face. "Ahhh! You must be Hiyo Akisu! Welcome, I'm Ms. Branford." She gave a small smile, before taking her seat next to Zidane. To Zidane's eyes, she looked kind of disappointed with something.

"Wow, she's pretty." He thought. "But, she looks awfully familiar..." The girl called Hiyo looked to him, and Zidane instantly took his eyes off her.

"Alright!" Terra continued. "I need you to decide on a Class President and Vice-President, who will represent our class in times of school gatherings or issues. Do we have any offers for president?" Immediately, the girl sitting beside Squall stood.

"I will volunteer, Ms. Branford!" She said. "I will represent all my fellow classmates when the going gets tough!"

"Ah. Sakui Inase!" Terra said happily, then looked around. "Very good. Does anyone else wish to offer?" Zidane, now couldn't help but feel rebellious.

"Ms. Branford, I think Squall here will make perfect President!" He said.

"What?!" Squall said in a modest tone.

"Oh? And why is that Zidane?" Asked Terra, as if it were staged, since the two were comfortable with each other.

"Squall's smart, fast, strong and won't let anyone walk over this class!" Zidane pitched. This had the class murmurring.

"Hmph!" Spat Squall. "President jobs aren't my thing. Too small a job." This got the class going more, whispering 'he has to be good to want bigger than President!" or 'no jobs too small for President of the class'. Terra smiled.

"All in favour of Sakui being president?" Asked Terra. A few girls rose their hand, along with some nerdy boys.

"Traitors!" Mocked Tidus, making the class utter a few laughs.

"All in favour of Squall?" Asked Terra. Many of the boys along with some lovestruck girls rose their hand, making Squall growl in disbelief. "It's decided, Squall's President." Sakui gave a look of defeat, as did Squall, as Terra pinned a badge to Squall's shirt, with an insignia of the school, which was an open book with wings on it, along with the words "Class President" under it. "Sakui, do you want to be Vice-President?" Sakui gathered herself up, with a clearing of her throat.

"Yes, I accept." She said.

"Good!" Terra replied.

"I should do well to remember killing Zidane later." Squall murmured.

All through the day, Squall, Zidane, Luneth and Tidus travelled together, from their homeroom to Maths, to Geography to Music. Soon the four went to lunch, in the cafeteria that Zidane infiltrated.

"Man! I never knew how fun music would be." Luneth said, after the music lesson.

"I could never get maths though!" Tidus said in frustration.

"It'll come naturally!" Zidane said in inspiration.

"Speaking of which, how's being Class President, Squall"? Asked Tidus.

"Don't ask." Squall growled. "I can't believe you sucked me into this pathetic job, Zidane!"

"Hey, I just wanted to give your time here a little boost. Besides, I'm sure one person enjoys you being at top." Zidane said, and pointed to a nearby table, with Sakui looking over to Squall. On seeing Squall look at her, she immediately went back to eating her sandwiches.

"Looks like that Sakui girl is jealous of Squall." Luneth said.

"She can have it, I don't want it!" Squall growled.

Later, once the four had eaten their fill, having acquired it through Zidane, Squall had given the other three the slip, and found the teacher's lounging area on the ground floor. On looking at the door, he knocked it briskly.

"Sure, hold on." Squall heard the familiar voice of Terra say. She opened it to see Squall. "Oh, Squall. Just in time, the other teachers are having some tea, want to join?"

"No, we have to talk." Terra looked curious and shut the door behind her to hear Squall out. "I want you to take my Class President title off me." This gave Terra an immediate shock.

"Wh-Why?! The others think you're cut out for the job." Terra tried to reason.

"I don't give a Chocobo's dropping about the Class President job. I simply want to get this school trash out of the way and prepare should Chaos comes!" Squall said.

"But-" Terra tried to fight back, but Squall gave a growl of annoyance.

"Terra! Don't begin to think we're out of the woods just because Cosmos decided to take us far away! You heard her, didn't you?! As soon as one of us or Cosmos uses a tiny fragment of our powers, they find us. Even if we didn't do anything, that Exdeath guy will still find us!" Squall said. "I don't care about the luxuries of school! Nor do I care about this stupid President job!" Squall lectured. "I-"

"Squall!" Yelled a familiar voice. It was Tidus. He sounded urgent.

"What's wrong?" Asked Terra.

"It's the kid!" Tidus said.

While Squall had gone to see Terra, Luneth had gained himself some enemies, who were double his size, possibly third year male students, who at first teased him for his size, but after Luneth tried to attack, they walked all over him thanks to Luneth's petite size.

"Heh! The first years keep getting snottier and snottier!" One said mockingly.

"And smaller!" Another said.

"Damn it!" Luneth spat. "I can't fight these guys without making myself known to Chaos!"

"Time to send this little brat in his place!" The last attacker said, ready to punch him down. But before he could do so, Squall had arrived at the scene, and caught the attacker's hand.

"Don't think about it, tough guy." He growled. He pushed the hand away and kicked the attacker in the chest, sending him flying.

"Squall, don't! Exdeath, he'll-" Luneth tried to convince.

"That wasn't one of my techniques, kid. I just attacked bare-handed. If that was one of my techniques, he'd end up like the rocks on Lunar Subterrane." He could clearly hear the whispers of his nearby classmates whispering 'it's Squall!', 'yeah, he's saving that Luneth kid.'. The third years weren't fazed at all.

"Ohhh, a tough one!" One said, and attacked yet again. Instead of a block, Squall dodged and sweeped his feet, causing him to trip, and in mid-air, Squall punched him away. The third one was clearly shaken.

"You want some?" Asked Squall with an intention to kill. The bully ran off in fear.

"Thanks Squall. Guess my small height's a disadvantage around here, huh?" Said Luneth.

"Don't mention it." Squall said. Immediately, he went to Terra, who was watching behind the huddle of children. "Now where were we?"

"I think they have something to say first." Terra said, pointing to his classmates, who huddled around him in praise.

"You're cool, President Squall!" One girl squealed in delight.

"Did you go to karate class, President Squall?" One boy asked.

"Can you teach me how to fight like that, President Squall?" Another boy asked. Squall was carelessly led away by the group of his classmates, but had to freeze on the sight of Sakui, who also seen the fight.

"I think your place as Class President was rightfully presented, President Squall." She said. "It would be my honour to be your Vice-President." And with that, held up a hand for shaking. Squall had to sigh in disbelief, even though he loathes this kind of school job, he had to shake Sakui's hand, knowing now his place as Class President was sealed.