It has been one year since the SA was saved and now it's time for a new school year begin.
"Bye mom, bye dad," said Hanazono Hikari as she ran out of her house's front door.
"Is it me or has she been acting differently lately?" asked Hikari's mom as she and her husband sat in the kitchen.
"Maybe a little bit," said Hikari's dad. Later at school, Hikari was walking through the front gate when all of a sudden a group of girls came over to her.
"Good morning Hanazono Hikari," said all of the girls as they bowled to her.
"I'm still not used to this," thought Hikari to herself. Just then Hikari's best friend Akira walked up behind her.
"Morning Hikari," said Akira as she hugged her.
"Morning Akira, I missed you over the summer," said Hikari.
"Morning Akira, Hikari," said Tadashi as he walked up to her.
"Morning Tadashi," said both Hikari and Akira at the same time.
"Hey Akira what are you going to make for tea time today?' asked Tadashi with puppy dog eyes.
"I was thinking of English tea with some scones," said Akira.
"Sounds great," said Tadashi as he grabbed her hand. Akira's face just turned bright red in response.
"Hey Akira are you alright?" asked Hikari.
"Huh, oh yeah I'm fine," said Akira as she pulled her hand away from Tadashi's. Later that day in the SA greenhouse.
"Hey guys, been awhile," said Jun who was sitting with Megumi and Ryuu, who was holding a baby monkey in his arms, at the coffee table as they walked up.
"Hey Megumi, Jun, Ryuu," said Akira. Ryuu then noticed Hikari looking around.
"What's wrong Hikari?" asked Ryuu as he fed the monkey from a bottle.
"Has anyone seen Takishima?" asked Hikari as she continued to look around. Everyone said no, except Megumi who held up a sign that said no.
"Looking for me, Ms. Rank Two?" asked Takishima as he walked up behind her.
"Don't call me that," said Hikari as she turned around and saw him standing right behind her.
"So, you challenging me again?" asked Takishima.
"That's right and this time I'm going to beat you in the box vault," said Hikari as she made a fist.
"Alright Ms. Rank Two," said Takishima. As the words 'Ms. Rank Two' rang in her head, stones in the shape of the Japanese words het her in the head.
"Don't call me rank two!" said Hikari as she throws the stones off. Later in gym class the two were standing in front of two box towers going up to one hundred feet. As the rest of the class stood around watching, the two ran toward the boxes and jumped on some spring boards that sent them flying through the air.
"Looks like I win again," said Takishima as he cleared the boxes.
"Don't think that yet," said Hikari who was a foot higher than him.
"No way," said Jun.
"She beat him," read Megumi's sign as they landed on the floor.
"Well, it looks like you finally beat me in something," said Takishima.
"Ha, I knew I could beat you Kei," said Hikari as she turned to face him. No one made a sound as they looked at her with shocked faces.
"Did she just call him Kei?!" read Megumi's sign.
"Yeah she did," said Akira who was the most shocked of them all.
"Hm, what's wrong?" asked Hikari who was confused at why everyone was staring at her like they were.
"You just called me by my given name," said Kei who was also shocked.
"I did!" said Hikari with a red face. Later at the greenhouse, Hikari and Kei were standing under a tree.
"That was a close call in class," said Kei.
"Yeah it was, hey did you let me win today?" asked Hikari.
"Just because were together now doesn't mean I would go easy on you," said Kei as he grabbed her hand.
"So you didn't let me win?" asked Hikari in a happy voice.
"Man you're slow," said Kei before he kissed her.
"Hey Kei what are you doing all the way over here?" asked Tadashi as he walked over with Akira. The two then noticed that he was kissing Hikari.
"Hikari, what are you doing to my cute Hikari you beast?!" asked Akira has she got a crazy look in her eyes.
"Well now that it's out, I'm kissing her," said Kei as he turned to face her.
"How dare you touch her," said Akira as she walked closer to Kei with a trembling fist.
"Wait Akira I'm alright with it," said Hikari as she got between the two so Akira couldn't hit him.
"What?" asked a stunned Akira.
"We have been going out since we were England," said Hikari with a slight red face. As the words she said rang through her head, Akira fainted, falling backwards onto the ground.
"Akira!?" said the other three at the same time.