A/N: Here's the rewrite for chapter 1! I have about half of what I had originally posted done so I should have regular updates for a while (once a week), but I make no promises once the next semester starts. I hope you all enjoy this :)

"Mizu-chan! Wait up!" Sakura shouted to her friend, her dark brown hair that reached her mid back was flowing behind her as she rubbed the sleep out of her lighter brown eyes

"Then hurry up!" Mizuiro shouted back over her shoulder as she stopped walking, her honey colored hair was tucked behind her ears as her chocolate brown eyes stared at her friend boredly

"Mizu-chan's so mean." Sakura pouted when she caught up

"Well we could have been forced to wear the girl's uniform, now that would be mean." Mizuiro said as they continued walking

"Hoi Hoi." Sakura responded not really paying attention

"Kikumaru's rubbing off on you…" Mizuiro said with a sigh "You hang around him too much!"

"Nu-uh!" Sakura said childishly making her friend sigh again and believe that Kikumaru was indeed rubbing off on her. "Mizu-chan? Mizu-chan!" Sakura snapped her fingers in front of Mizuiro's face "Stop spacing out!"

"Stop that!" Mizuiro said annoyed as she took a step back

"Hoi hoi" Sakura said boredly as they started walking again "I'm so glad there's no practice today, I'm so tired." Sakura then sighed in content as she stretched

"You think you can defeat me? Well you are mistaken!" a random guy said pointing at Mizuiro. Sakura and Mizuiro stared at him blankly not recognizing him but knew he did attend Seigaku with them by his uniform.

"Do we know him?" Mizuiro turned to Sakura

"I was hoping you knew who he was." Sakura responded just as confused

"There's word going around the whole school saying you believe you could defeat me, the captain of the karate club" he said still pointing at her

"First of all, who are you? Second, I know I never said anything like that. Third, stop shouting, it's really annoying." Mizuiro said with her arms crossed over her chest

"You must have said it! The whole school is talking about how you think you can defeat me!" he shouted now pointing at the school

"You sure someone didn't just say that?" Sakura asked sighing "If one of us were to say anything like that we would know."

"Yeah… you know how people get when they make rumors." Mizuiro said getting annoyed "Now if you will excuse us, we would like to get to our homeroom in peace"

"Not until I defeat you!" he shouted running towards them since he was still a bit far from them. Sakura sighed in annoyance not wanting to see him even try to hurt her best friend. She pulled Mizuiro out of the way and tripped him before dragging Mizuiro with her to homeroom.

"Bye person whose name I don't know!" Sakura smiled and yelled over her shoulder waving

"I wonder what his problem was…" Mizuiro said looking out the window to see him glaring at her and Sakura before entering the school

"Well… on the side note, at least he'll probably bother me now instead. Which I'd good for me since I've been a little bored lately." Sakura said not really caring

"Don't act like that doesn't matter!" Mizuiro exclaimed "It does matter and how can you not care?"

"What's going on?" Fuji asked as he and Kikumaru walked over to see what Mizuiro seemed worried about

"Nothing important." Sakura yawned

"Nothing important? He's pissed off now! He'll try to get you back and I'm sure he has no problem with hitting a girl!" Mizuiro exclaimed

"Stop worrying so much about it! I can take care of myself as you already know!" Sakura almost yelled back. Without another word she got up and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going now?" Mizuiro demanded as the other students watched the two, never really seeing them argue

"Restroom." Sakura said before walking out. Once the door closed Mizuiro let out a frustrated groan

"What's wrong Mizu-chan?" Kikumaru asked confused and worried

"There must be a rumor going around saying that I said I could defeat the captain of the karate club, he continued on and on how the whole school's talking about it and how he would defeat me. So when he ran towards me Sakura pulled me out of the way and tripped him. He's probably so pissed off right now and I'm worried he might actually be able to hurt Kura-chan." Mizuiro explained

"Takahashi, Ryozo" Fuji said after thinking "I believe that's his name."

"I know Kura-chan can take care of herself… I'm just worried still." Mizuiro mumbled putting her head down.

Sakura sighed as she walked out of the girl's restroom. She never liked to argue with Mizuiro, especially since they both can be protective of each other and worry a lot, but Mizuiro knows more than anyone else that Sakura is able to take care of herself.

"Well look who it is…" the voice snapped her out of her thoughts as she looked up to see Ryozo

"Oh, it's you." Sakura said annoyed and looked at him boredly

"I will defeat you one day Hikari, Sakura!" he declared pointing at her making her wonder if he just liked to point at things

"Ah, really?" Sakura asked "Let me know when that day comes. Now excuse me, classes should start soon and I don't want to be late." Turning she started to walk back to her homeroom before she felt a hand grab her shoulder. She turned around and glared at Ryozo, it surprised him a little since he never saw such a harsh glare from her before.

"Afterschool at the dojo, I'll defeat you" he said before walking away

"Fine, but leave us alone after" Sakura said walking off. It was only a few steps before she let her frustration out on the wall by punching it with her left hand "Itai…" She held her hand in pain, looking at her knuckles she realized it was going to bruise.

"What took you so long?" Mizuiro as Sakura walked in, period one had just started

"Nothing, nothing!" Sakura said waving her hands in front of her "Itai" she held her hand in pain again

"Are you okay Kura-chan?" Kikumaru asked worriedly

"Yeah, I'm okay" Sakura said after taking a deep breath and tried to ignore the pain

"Let me see your hand" Fuji said opening his eyes frightening Sakura a little

"I'm fine, really" Sakura said putting her hand in her pocket

"Sakura just show us your hand" Mizuiro said sternly making Sakura flinch, Mizuiro never says her name and not her nickname "And don't even think about showing us your right hand, left one"

"Is there a problem Tsukioka-san" their teacher asked slightly annoyed at they were talking

"Sakura hurt her hand, may I take her to the infirmary?" Mizuiro asked politely

"I'm very sure Hikari-san…"

"No! I don't want to go!" Sakura exclaimed now hiding behind Kikumaru "That lady is almost as scary as Syu-chan!"

"…can go by herself…" the teacher sighed before allowing Mizuiro to drag Sakura to the infirmary

"Why sensei? Why?" Sakura cried as Mizuiro dragged her out of the classroom once she got Sakura away from the door she was clinging to

"Now back to the lesson" their teacher sighed getting the attention of the class again

"How did you hurt your hand?" Mizuiro sighed dragging Sakura who was now sulking

"I punched the wall" Sakura mumbled

"Why?"

"Takahashi made me mad"

Mizuiro sighed as her grip on Sakura tightened as they neared the infirmary.

"Can I like… not go in?" Sakura asked hopefully

"No. Now come on" Mizuiro said dragging her in.

"Ah Tsukioka-san, Hikari-san. What happened this time?" a women with redish hair that went to her shoulders and kind brown eyes asked turning to them when she heard the door open.

"Sakura hurt herself again by letting her frustration out on a wall Nara-sensei" Mizuiro said as Sakura was hiding behind her

"Really now, Hikari-san how many times must I remind you that is a very unhealthy way to let out your frustration" Nara said sighing while looking at her warily but Sakura could feel the glare hidden behind it making her hide even more behind Mizuiro "Sit over there while I get the bandages and a pack of ice"

"She still scares me" Sakura whispered to Mizuiro quietly as she sat and forced Mizuiro to sit with her

"Now tell me, how bad does this hurt?" Nara said poking Sakura's soon to be bruise rather roughly making her yelp and get even more teary eyed

"You don't have to poke it so hard!" Sakura cried

"Well maybe I wouldn't need to if you didn't punch the wall" Nara said poking it again before wrapping it and putting an ice pack on it "Now I suggest no tennis or PE for a while, not as punishment but because it seems to hurt so much" Sakura sulked as Mizuiro patted her shoulder

"It's not that bad Sakura" Mizuiro said trying to comfort her friend

"Alright back to class you two" Nara said giving Sakura a note for her PE teacher and Ryuzaki

"You know, she was a whole lot nicer only because you were with me" Sakura said glad to be out of that room as Mizuiro laughed

"Takahashi?" Sakura entered the school's dojo, it wasn't fancy at all but still was nice

"Hello Hikari, Sakura" Ryozo said walking in behind her hoping to scare her a little but frowned when she didn't even flinch as she turned to look at him

"Oh there you are!" Sakura smiled being in a much better mood than that morning. "Listen I'm super sorry about my attitude this morning, I'm not much of a morning person so sometimes the smallest thing annoys me and well… uhh… sometimes this ends up as a result" she held up her bandaged hand "A nice bruise from a wall. So umm yeah… let's just call this off, we both know we're good so how about we keep it like that" Sakura held out her right hand for a hand shake. Ryozo sighed realizing his pride and attitude got the better of him as well.

"Yeah… Sorry about this morning… my pride got the better of me" Ryozo sighed shaking her hand. Sakura smiled more making him blush a little

"Well… I hope we can be great friends then!" Sakura said happily, "Oh yeah, good luck on your upcoming tournament!" she waved as she ran off

"You too!" he smiled and waved back.

Sakura hummed as she skipped to the tennis courts, she had nothing better to do, and did not feel like going home by herself. She sat near the courts under a tree and finished her homework but sighed realizing she had nothing else to do.

"Kuni-chan~!" She yelled over to their captain who stood watching everyone practice. "Can I-"

"No" Tezuka said not even waiting for her to finish her question

"Please?" Sakura asked now standing behind him outside the courts holding the fence with puppy eyes

"No, Nara-sensei said to not let you until that bruise was fully healed" Tezuka said not even turning to her

"B-but" Sakura said now teary eyed

"No"

"Please?"

"No"

"Pretty please?"

Tezuka sighed as his eyebrow twitched. He wanted to threaten her with laps but with the way she was now, she'd do them happily and count it as practice.

"Sakura stop harassing Kunimitsu!" Mizuiro yelled across the courts making Sakura sulk as the other regulars laughed

"Mada mada dane" Ryoma said with a smirk

"Shut up Ochibi!" Sakura yelled at him before sulking some more

"Cheer up Kura" Oishi said giving her a lollipop which she took happily

"Okay!" Sakura said skipping back to her spot under the tree

"Eh? I thought we stopped having the 'Emergency candy for Sakura kit'" Momoshiro said blinking confused

"No… We only stopped until she went to the dentist for her cavity that one time" Mizuiro said "Don't you listen?"

"Sorry senpai" Momoshiro said chuckling nervously as Mizuiro shook her head

A week later Sakura's bruise was gone and since she never had much of a chance to let her energy out Mizuiro was convinced she would have double her normal energy for the next week.

"It's a good thing your bruise is gone, the tournaments in a few days" Mizuiro said as she looked at Sakura's shocked face

"I thought it was next week!" Sakura exclaimed hitting her head mumbling how she was too forgetful

"You did remember about our math test today at least, right?" Mizuiro asked worriedly since math was not one of Sakura's stronger subjects.

"Eh? I forgot about that too!" Sakura exclaimed now bawling thinking she was going to fail. She almost didn't realize that Mizuiro was running up to meet with Fuji and Kikumaru

"Nee-chan! Don't ditch me for the creepy sadistic tensai!" Sakura cried while running to catch up with Mizuiro making Fuji chuckle