Hello! This story will not be short. Each chapter is about 3,000 words so fair warning.

It started out with a pink rose…

Rin walks into school with a confident stride looking forward to her first day of school. Her short blond hair hung just above her shoulders. The uniform was almost just like any other, with a button up white shirt with a navy blue tie and skirt. The start of her sophomore year was now in full swing. She had gotten invitation from many different clubs when she had entered the school grounds. At the moment she had a number of flyers to prove it. She didn't join a club her freshmen year because she didn't have the time. But this year she was confident enough to try it out. "I choose…The Tennis club!" Rin says aloud pointing at one of the flyers on the bulletin broad that said "Join the Tennis Club! No experience required! New Coach!"

"You know you're talking to yourself again Rin?" someone says from behind.

Rin turns to see her best friend Hatsune Miku walking to her side. "I really got stop doing that, anyways I just chose a club." Rin says pulling out her planner and writing down the time of the club meeting.

Vocaloid High School was a big campus. It was a school well known for being a well-rounded. But the main things that stood out was its academic and music program. Rin had to break a leg just to get accept her freshmen year. During middle school she was a straight A student. But that changed in her freshmen year. She had a lot of problems and barely managed to pass with straight C's. Which was a close call that Rin would like to avoid this year? But the school offered a lot of other programs that gave students scholarship to college. A very well-funded school in short…

Miku looks at the bulletin broad "Which one? Please tell me you joined dance with me!" She said a bit excited. Rin had known Miku since middle school and they had been best friends to this day. Much like Rin she was also a straight A student in middle school. But unlike Rin Miku did very well her freshmen year. She made herself popular with a performance she did with the dance club which was her passion. But like a good friend Miku never did anything without Rin…minus dancing.

"Are you kidding? Remember what happened last time I tried dancing?" Rin says reflecting on the night Miku took Rin out to a party. They start dancing and Rin knocks over some plates…along some drinks…and some people. Then to add insult to injure she kind of knocked herself out after heading a table head first…that was two years ago. Some people to this day still tease her about that.

"That was two years ago! You can't keep living in the past. Plus the dance room is large enough so it's near impossible to break anything this time haha!" Miku laughs slapping her on the back.

"Anyways going back to your first question I'm joining the Tennis Club." Rin says beginning to walk to class.

"Since when are you into tennis?" Miku asked as they entered the main hall of Vocaloid High.

Rin sigh a bit "I took lessons a couple years ago and every now and then I practice with my brother. Plus its something different." She says reaching her locker. The combination was bit too simple that she had requested to be moved to a different locker. She turns the dial " 1…2…3…5 I can't believe this locker combination." She says opening it. For the most part it was still kind of empty. Only a picture of her and her brother Len was taped to the door.

Miku leans on the locker next to Rin's "How's your brother doing?" she asks still holding onto her books.

Rin opens her book bag and begins to place her books into the locker "He's fine…Haven't heard from him in a while though. I need to give a call later after school." she says. Len didn't live with Rin and hasn't since he was born. Their mother died giving birth to the both of them. Leaving them to a single father who wasn't in the best position to take care of two children alone. So their father Enthan turn to his mother for help. She agreed and took Len under her care. Enthan was left with Rin. Rin was forced to grow up pretty fast. Since her father worked crazy hours with little pay. Grade school was very tough on Rin. Sometimes she was left alone at home because her dad couldn't afford a babysitter. But regardless Enthan made sure he spend time with her after work. Because at the moment all they had was each other. Rin had noticed early on that her dad was always sad. At first she didn't understand why. She never really knew what it meant to have a mother since she grew up without one. A bit after grade school Rin started to understand. Since then her and her father had gotten very close. Of course Len would be in the picture every now and then. Now she would get to see him one weekend out of the month. But just last year Enthan got a better job and now they are living very well. Rin was showered with gifts by her father.

Rin closes her locker and spins the combination lock. Just then the warning bell went out. "Well I'll see at lunch Miku." She says.

Miku gets up off the locker "Alright see you then." She says walking down the hall towards her class.

Rin walks to her classroom on the second floor of the school. She was in Classroom 2-5, her classes were going to drive her crazy. She was taking all advance classes one of them being English as a language. That class was going to put her in her grave this year. Plus the teacher was new a born English speaker.

Rin entered her classroom which was a kind of small. So to fit all the students it went up five levels in three sections. The left, middle, and right. The room was already packed and only one seat was left open. Which was at the top left corner of the room. Rin sits down next to a shorty green haired girl. Rin had seen her before. Her name was Gumi Megpoid. They had gone to middle school but didn't talk at all. "Hi I'm Gumi…and your Rin right?" Gumi says catching Rin off guard.

"Yes…We went to the same middle school together, we didn't talk but I saw you every now and then." Rin said.

"No better time than now to start to talking haha!" Gumi laughs patting her on the shoulders. If Rin could recall Gumi was somewhat of a tomboy. Her hair was a bit shorter than Rins. She thought back and remembers seeing her after school with the girls basketball team in middle school. She hung out with a group of boys at lunch.

"Yeah…I guess so." Rin says just as the teacher calls them to attention.

"Alright Class lets take your seats!" The teacher says lightly banging her hand on the table. She was a bit sided track with her cell phone. Most of the class didn't seem to hear her. She looks up at the class and sees that no one is listening. "Ugh why am I here again?" she mutters finishing up a text message. The teacher closes her phone and takes a deep breath. "HEY YOU LITTLE PUNKS I SAID TO TAKE YOUR SEATS!" she yells banging on the table. Everyone quickly takes their seat. "Thank you…Now as I was saying I'm your homeroom teacher Neru Akita." Neru says. Just then her cell phone vibrated. She stopped right then and opened her phone. "Give me a sec…" she says turning around towards the chock broad.

"I thought teachers weren't supposed to carry phones?" Someone yells next in front of Rin.

Neru finishes the text and turns back around "Shut your mouth! Now let's get things going before the end…" her phone vibrates again and she turns around texting away.

Rin sets her head down "How does a teacher like her get into this school?" she mutters. Neru goes on switching between her phone and the class. Until the bell rings for the next class.

Neru pick up her bag and heads for the door "There all yours English boy." She says to someone in English outside the class.

In walks a man who causes a few gasps from the female students. Rin assume that this was their English teacher. He was handsome and seems to have a welcoming aura emitting from his person. But all that went away when he spoke "Hello class my name is Oliver and I will be this year's Advance English teacher. I was born in the United Kingdom in a place called Liverpool. I Went to school in England and majored in English literature and the Japanese Language. We will be looking deeper into the English language and into some of the literature and pop culture both from the United States and United Kingdom. You will find that we will not only be learning the language but its roots and history. If you don't understand anything I'm saying then we have a lot of work to do. Now…any questions?" He said in perfect English.

Rin understood a good portion of it but missed some smaller details. She raises her hand " I have one." She says.

"English please." Oliver says with a smile.

Rin turned a bit red and thought for a second "Ummm…How…will we learn…if we don't know that much?" She said just loud enough for Oliver to hear. Rin knew the words she wanted to say but saying them was hard.

Oliver nods"That's a good question and I'll answer that with a question. How did you pass last year's English class? Before starting here I had a good couple months to review last year's lesson plan. For a beginner class I was impressed with your first test results. The final showed that the class understood a good portion of the English language when spoken to. But the class suffered when it came to the oral test. Which is understandable considering that English and Japanese are not from the same family root. But I'll make this very clear…" he pauses for a moment. "My class will not be easy. But if you apply what you've learned last year and what I teach you. You will pass this class…" He said in Japanese. Just about everyone's mouths hung open. For a second everyone thought he was only going to be speaking English. But he jumps back into English "Let's get started! I will only accept answers in English and that includes the homework!" He says beginning to write on the broad.

Lunch Time

Rin sat in her desk trying to sort through what she just learned. "I feel like I just went through last year's class in two hours." She mutters in English. Oliver first lesson was jam pack with information. Rin knew if she fell behind there was no catching up. She was now thinking in English which was a good start.

"Hey Rin how was your classes?" Miku asks walking up to her table.

"Hey Miku sorry but I sort of forgot how to speak Japanese." Rin groans taking out her lunch.

Miku raises a eyebrow "ok…I don't know what you said but I'm sure your classes went well." She says.

Later that day after School

Rin comes out of the restroom in a tennis outfit she bought three years ago. She hasn't grown much since then. It was a white tank and skirt. The only thing she was missing was a tennis racket. The one she had was broken. Rin made her way towards the back end of the school. A couple of people stood in the hallways waiting for their clubs to start. She finally made to the back of the school where the track and field was. The soccer club was already in full swing along with the track club. The Tennis courts were in the back corner of the school. There were ten tennis courts.

Rin saw a group of about 15 girls on the tennis court waiting for something. She walked onto the courts and waited with the girls. Some of the girls talk to each other and others stretched out.

"WAIT DON'T START WITHOUT ME!" Someone yells from a distance. Rin turns around to see a Red hair girl running towards the Tennis courts. Her hair was done in drill locks and dressed in a very nice looking Tennis outfit. It was all black with some red lines on the skirt and the shoulders. She reaches the courts and is out of breath. The girls slowly walks to Rin's side "Did…I…miss…anything?" she asks gasping for breath

"Uhhh no I don't think so…" Rin said

The girl stood up straight "Haha you wouldn't believe what I did to get here on time! I knock over a couple people and tripped a couple of times haha!" she laughs putting both hands on her hips. Rin could tell that this girl was a real loud mouth and might possibly be an air head. "My name is Kasane Teto! My life goal is to be the worlds best tennis player! I've been playing tennis since age 5!" she said proudly pointing her racket to the sky. Rin was already annoyed with this girl. "What's your name?" Teto asked

Rin sighs "Its Kagamine Rin…" she says hoping that she would turn down the volume because she was hurting Rin's ears.

"So you're a freshmen right! So am I! We could be high school buddies!" Teto screams now hugging Rin.

"Ahhh Let me go! And I'm not a freshman!" Rin yells trying to push Teto away.

Teto pause for a moment "oh…Then you must be a middle schooler!You're so cute! I look forward to being your teacher!" she yells even louder swing Rin around some more. Some of the other girls were laughing at both of them.

Rin manages to get out of Teto's bear hug "What's your deal! I'm a sophomore!" she yells.

Teto looks at her with her finger touching the bottom of her lip "You sure?" she asks.

Rin sighs "Yes…" she says. Just then Rin noticed someone walking to the courts. It was a woman dressed in a tennis outfit much like Rin's. Her yellow hair was hanging off the left side of her head in a ponytail. A big bag was over her bag along with a tennis racket. As she got closer Rin was really having second thought about this club.

The coach stops in front of the girls and drops the bag at her feet. "Alright girls I'm the school's new Tennis coach. I'm also the homeroom teacher for class 2-5 my name Is Neru Akita. The only reason I'm here is because I was offered the coaching job. I feel that a coaching job would help me get back to Wimbledon." She said.

Just about everyone laughed even Rin. "There's no way a teacher could make it to Wimbledom!" one girl laughs. "How would this coaching job get you back anyways? You're coaching High school girls for crying out loud!" the same girl says.

Neru takes out her racket "Well if you don't think so then return one of my serve. If the coach was right you should be last year's ace player." She says holding a ball in the other hand.

The other girl nods "Alright sounds easy enough." She laughs.

Rin saw that something was different about her homeroom teacher. One thing was that she didn't have her cell out every two seconds. Another thing was that she seems serous about this. Almost like a different person.

They got into position on the Tennis court. Neru takes the ball and bounces it twice. She throws it into the air and serves it. The ball moves so fast that the girl didn't have time to even move her racket. The ball bounces off the fence and hits the girl in the back of her head. The girl stood there in shock along with all the other girls. That was enough to convince everyone that Neru was telling the truth. That she is or once was a professional Tennis player.

"Shell we get things started or does anyone else need convincing?" Neru asked.

"She's so awesome!" Teto screams with a dreamy look on her face.

Rin steps forward "I sure we all believe you now but really how is this going to get you back to Wimbledom?" she asks?

"I lack motivation at the moment…" Neru says blankly.

"Motivation huh? Sounds more like laziness." Rin thought stepping back.

Everyone takes out their rackets. Neru takes out a racket and tosses it to Rin "Take this one it should to the job until you get your own." She says.

Rin looks at the racket along with Teto who had that dreamy look still on her face. "Can I trade you?" Teto asks almost begging.

Rin looks at Teto's racket and sees that it was just the same as Neru's "uhhh no…" she says blankly.

"Alright girls lets get to work! We don't have all day! Give me 50 laps around the courts and 500 hundred swings with both arms! Last one gets to carry my bag back to my car!" Neru yells

They start the three hours of hell. Rin then realized how out of shape she was. Teto was right next to her and must've been going through the same things as Rin. "I can't let this air head beat me!" Rin thought running a bit faster. She realizes that she and Teto were the last ones. They both finished and began swing their rackets at the air. Neru seem to be watching everyone closely.

"I'm done." One girl says.

"Don't kid yourself keep going." Neru says firmly.

The girl doesn't question and starts swinging again. Everyone finished and watched as Rin and Teto swung away. Rin only had about 20 swings left. Rin finished just before Teto did.

Neru looked at Teto "See you after practice." She said.

Teto face lightens up "I will do it Miss Akita!" she said excitedly

Practice went on and Rin almost didn't make it through. But just as she was about to give up practice was over. Neru told them that the next meeting was Wednesday so Rin had a day to rest. Teto had the dreamy look on her face as she carried Neru things behind her. Neru was now texting away on her cell phone. Rin legs and arms felt like led weights as she made her way back to the main building. The hallways were painted a bright orange because of the sunset. Rin then notices that she was in the music section of the school. "Must've taken a wrong turn or something." She mutters to herself. Rin looks around a bit. She had never been to this section of the school before. Last year she didn't have a music class nor did she this year. So she never had reason to come down this way. The walls were covered with music type poster and music notes. But then something catches Rin's ear. It was singing…

END OF PART 1

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