A few months after the 'Galaxia World Cup', everyone had applied to the middle schools they were planning to go to. Before school started in April, Aoto and Kota had decided to study soccer in Europe and were going to Spain. Today was the day that everybody was going to see them off.

Shou was the last to arrive at Central Japan Airport in Nagoya. Everyone had decided to meet 2 hours before Kota and Aoto's flight to Spain, so they could have some last moments with the two. Taking a map from the information booth, he found the food court, where the team was. Even though it was 5 minutes before the meeting time, the former Momoyama Predators were already there. Running over to his friends with his mother and sister trailing behind, he yelled out, "Hey Everyone!" Shou's loud voice echoed in the big airport, and even with the airport being a bustling place with many people, Shou's voice was heard by many. The team had turned around, but then looked away quickly, acting as if they didn't know him. Many strangers turned and stared at the brunet. He went over to his friends, not understanding why they didn't greet him. "Did you guys not hear me?"

"Oh, we heard you all right." Ouzou said while sighing. "The whole airport heard you." Kota added. Everybody laughed, and Shou looked away embarrassed.

"Now that everybody is here, it's time to congratulate Aoto and Kota for being accepted into one of Spain's best soccer faculties and school." Said Coach Hanaishma. Everybody clapped for the two, and gave her son a big hug. "That's my little baby~ Getting all grown up and going out of the country all by himself~!" The muscled woman ruffled his hair, while he glanced away blushing. His mother was embarrassing him! Ouzou looked up at the ceiling while Ryuuji sighed. Their mother was embarrassing them as well. Forgetting that it was the first time his former teammates ever saw him blush, disregarding his brothers of course, he looked at them confused at their silence when his mother pulled away. Breaking the silence, Erika pointed a finger at Kota in disbelief. "K-Kota..BLUSHED?!" Erika and Shou shouted in unison. Her voice was loud, but not a loud as Shou's. The youngest triplet stepped back and looked away when she pointed at him. The others recovered from their shock as well.

"This is the first time I've seen Kota-kun blush..." Reika said while smiling at him.

"It's a real surprise..." Tagi said while smiling as well.

"We've seen Kota-kun blush many times. It's quite normal for us." Ryuuji said shrugging his shoulders while Ouzou nodded in agreement. "Though, it makes sense if you guys are shocked, as Kota doesn't like to show his embarrassed side. " Ouzou smirked while teasing his brother and elbowing him in the side. Kota turned around and glared at his brothers. Then he looked at Aoto who was smiling smugly. He then directed his glare at his rival, and turned away again with a 'Tch'.

Shou's stomach growled loudly, and everyone stared at him. Rubbing the back of his neck, he grinned nervously. "S-sorry, didn't have lunch yet.." Having lunch now wasn't such a bad idea, and they were in the food court. The scents of a huge variety of foods entered their noses. From the right, came the scents of Japanese snacks and authentic Japanese food. From the left, there were the scents of foreign and fast food. "Woaah...there's a lot of choices." Shou said while looking around. The others nodded in agreement while exploring the many places. The parents, the coach, the manager, and Kyouko sat back and let the children run freely as they all sat in one restaurant to converse.
The 8 preteens stood together trying to decide where to eat. "Should we have some seafood?" Ouzou suggested. Erika shook her head with a disgusted face.

"I hate seafood! Let's try pizza!" She pointed behind them towards a pizza parlor. Now it was Reika's turn to shake her head.

"My mother says I shouldn't eat food like pizza to stay healthy."

"If it's healthy food that you want, let's try vegetarian food." Ryuuji said while nodding. Shou made an 'x' with his arms.

"Vegetarian won't fill me up. Let's go for BBQ!" He yelled excitedly. Erika hushed him while glaring.

"You're too loud!" Putting his hands over his mouth he apologized.

"Sorry, sorry. But what are we going to eat? I'm really hungry!"

"Ramen." Kota's voice came out of no where. Everyone looked at him while he jabbed his thumb in the direction of the ramen restaurant. "I want to eat ramen." Tagi looked at Aoto and asked,

"What do you want Aoto?" The short blond looked up at his friend and then looked back at the others.

"Ramen is good enough for me." There was a silence for a moment, and everyone looked at each other not sure what to do. Ryuuji broke the silence, as he was the spokesperson.

"If it's what Kota-kun and Aoto-kun want, then ramen it is. They won't even be in the country by tomorrow." Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Race you there Aoto!" Kota said while he took off running.
"Heh." Aoto went and ran after him.

"They're going to leave us in the dust! As the Speed Star, I will not loose to them!" Erika proclaimed, while also running after the two.

"Wait, Erika-chan!" Shou exclaimed, who started to run as well.

"Should we go after them?" Ryuuji asked.

"I guess so." Tagi replied, while Reika nodded. The three went and ran, also joining the race to the restaurant. Ouzou just stood there and sighed.

"What's the point in running there? It's not even that far." He said to himself while being the only one out of all eight to walk like a normal person would. But, in reality, Ouzou was just too lazy to run.

Entering the Ramen shop, Ouzou walked right into an argument between his brother and Aoto. "I won by a hair! A hair!" Kota yelled at Aoto while using his index finger and thumb to show the amount of space he had won by. "Not true at all. I won!" The blonde yelled back.

A tie again, what was it, the 345th tie so far? Yes, the two were keeping count. Ouzou stepped between them and put a hand on one shoulder of the two pushing them further away from each other. "Oi, we're in a public place, people are staring at you." Aoto and Kota looked around, and they saw that Ouzou was right. Many costumers and workers at the restaurant were watching their childish fight. "Now, come on, didn't you both want to eat ramen? Everybody's hungry and it's time to eat." The oldest of the triplets said. The two crossed their arms and turned away from each other with a 'hmph!'. Ouzou lead the two of them towards the booth that everyone sat at.

"You should become their babysitter, Ouzou-kun!" Erika said while laughing, which the others joined in, well, except for Ouzou, Kota, and Aoto.

"Very funny, Takatou. I rather not." He replied, getting into the booth. Aoto and Kota also entered the booth, frowning. Being told that they needed a babysitter wasn't funny.

When their waiter came over and asked what they wanted, each order a variety of different types of ramen. Instead of having a contest of how much food each could eat, Kota and Aoto tried someting different. They wanted to see who could eat the most spiciest ramen without drinking water. First, the two ordered the spiciest ramen on the menu. When their orders came, throughout the meal they kept adding spicy condiments to their food. In the end, both had made their ramen way to spicy and gulped down a glass of water at the same time. "Tch.." Kota glared at Aoto, who glared back. Sparks were flying while they had their staring contest. Interrupting Kota's concentration was the giggle that came from across the table, left from where Aoto was sitting. Who had giggled? Reika. The only girl on the planet that Furuya Kota had a soft spot for. His gaze shifting to Reika, who was laughing at a joke Erika was telling. What did the brunet feel for her? He wasn't sure right now. At first, Aoto thought he had won, but, it seemed like he had won way to easily. Then he followed his rival's line of eyesight, which was right on the heir of the Saionji family in the future. Did Kota have a crush on the small female on their former team? Aoto smirked at this thought, which Kota caught from the corner of his eye. "Ha? What is it, Gon?" He asked while narrowing his eyes at the tiny blonde.

"Do you really want me to say?" Aoto replied, amused. He moved his head in Reika's direction while smirking even more. Kota's eyes widened a little before going back to glaring at him. "Shut up."
"But I haven't said anything yet."
"You're speaking right now."
"Fine, fine. I'll be quiet."

Luckily for Kota, no one was paying attention, as they were absorbed in their own conversations. Or so he thought. His two brothers had listened in to his conversation with 'Gon' and were quite interested.
Ryuuji was watching both of the boys' actions, and had gotten a hypothesis. "I think Aoto-kun is indicating that Kota-kun has a crush on Saionji-san." He whispered to his brother. Ouzou agreed, and put on a smirk. "Shall we pry him about it now?" Ryuuji shook his head. "No. Kota-kun is our brother and we shouldn't reveal anything like this in front of the others. We'll ask him about it later." Ouzou scratched his hair and closed his eyes. "But, he's leaving today, remember?" Ryuuji tapped his chin, trying to think. This was surely a problem. How were they going to ask their brother if he had a crush on Saionji-san if he was leaving in about 30 minutes?

As Erika told Reika jokes, she noticed that Kota-kun was staring at Reika-chan for a while before he started talking to Gon-sama again. Even Erika used that nickname for Aoto, taking it from the triplets. Only difference was that she added '-sama' at the end. Nudging her friend, she whispered,

"Ne, ne, Reika-chan! Did you see that? Kota-kun was staring at you just now." Reika blushed instantly.

"Eh? Kota-kun?" The girl couldn't believe it, Kota-kun was staring at her, out of all people?

"Yeah. Yeah." Erika said while nodding. "Do you think this means something?" The red head asked.

"N-no! Maybe he was just spacing out!" Reika squeaked, while getting even more flustered. Before Erika could suggest any more ideas, the intercom turned on.

"20 minutes until 2:00 pm departure to Barcelona, Spain. 20 minutes until 2:00 pm departure to Barcelona, Spain." This meant that Aoto and Kota were leaving soon. Getting up, everyone left the restaurant so the two could head towards their flight Gate.

Meeting up with the adults, they headed towards the airplane. Making their final goodbyes, Ryuuji and Ouzou gave their brother a hug, and Ouzou whispered so that only his brothers could hear.

"Tell us about you and Saionji over the phone, 'Kay." Kota stared at them in disbelief while the two smirked at him. How did they know? Telepathic triplet powers? Of course not. Kota was still thinking about that when everybody came and said goodbye to him.

"Have fun in Spain, Kota-kun.." Her voice snapped him out his thoughts.

"Oh, yeah, I will." He said while smiling. All of the kids but Shou and Tagi gave him knowing smiles, and he narrowed his eyes at them. Poor Shou and Tagi, who were still oblivious of what was happening. Can't blame them for not knowing anything.

"Come on, let's go, Gon." Kota turned around to leave.

Aoto smiled smugly and followed him, "You don't tell me what to do."


Note: In Japan, middle school starts in the beginning of April.