Disclaimer: I don't own Azumanga Daioh nor do I really want to. I'd get too much fan mail or hate mail.

When Two Hearts Race, Both Win

It was a beautiful spring day at Azumanga High school. Students were all coming in to see which classes that they were all put into. Chiyo called out to her friends, Tomo, Yomi and Sakaki, "Come on, let's see where we're assigned." She ran to the class assignment boards. "We're all in the same class!" Chiyo said happily. Yomi saw this and groaned. "Why can't I be in a different class than you for once, Tomo?" Tomo wrapped an arm around Yomi, "You love me, and you know it." Tomo said with a smile. Yomi responded with an uppercut.

After a few minutes to explain to Osaka that her name was in the class, but only AS Osaka, the girls entered class 3. In the classroom, there weren't a lot of new faces. Kaorin and Chihiro were in the classroom ahead of the others. Kaorin blushed seeing Sakaki arrive. "Sakaki-San! We're in the same class again." Sakaki gave a nod of agreement, and walked straight to her desk. "Sakaki-Saaaaan… so cool…" Chihiro just stared at her spacing out friend. "Kaorin, it's too early to daydream about her." Chihiro said. Kaorin turned to her, growling "I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DAYDREAM ABOUT MY SAKAKI-SAN!" Chihiro didn't flinch at the outburst.

"Mornin'." Came a reply not far from Chihiro and Kaorin. Chihiro smiled, "Good morning Kagura-San." A couple of other good mornings drew Kagura away from them. Kaorin only watched as she walked off. "I bet Yukari just wanted to win the sports festival again…" She said plainly. Chihiro nodded in agreement.

Kagura then sat down on the desk in front of Sakaki. "Heya rival", she said after sitting down. Sakaki replied in confusion. "Rival?" Kagura was a bit taken aback. "You… don't remember me? From the sports festival, the marathon…" Sakaki just stared at the tanned girl in front of her. "I'm sorry, I don't." Kagura didn't let that get her down. "Well, I'm your rival, Rival." She quickly shakes Sakaki's hand as she gets up, and walks over to Chiyo, meeting her for the first time.

Tomo kept her eye on this new girl, this Kagura. Even though she's only been in the classroom for a few minutes, she's gotten a lot of attention. "Who does she think she is?" Tomo thought to herself.

Tomo would realize later that this girl was going to change her life.

This is my first chapter. Sorry that it's so short, but I have a LOT planned for this story. I hope you'll enjoy it.

I give props to Jay (Weener1) for proofreading this for me.