Okay, so this is my new story! This is like an alternative "A New Beginning" well, because I lost all hope in that story. So here we go! I don't own anything except my OCs. Okay? Okay.
Note: the time right now is the 2nd semester. Around the time when it's the regionals. Just giving you the heads up. ^^
I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. They left me. My own parents LEFT me. Well, not in that kind of way, I'm talking about the "They went to heaven" kind of way. I, Harugane Sayuri, just lost her parents and is going to Japan to live with my "Never Seen Before" cousins and aunt. Well, I've seen them in old photo albums and stuff, but I never actually saw them in real life… until now. I sighed as I tried to read a magazine about some pop star gone wild or something. I couldn't concentrate though, I kept thinking about them, my distant cousins who I never saw before and now I'm going to live with them. Bummer. I sighed once more as I tried to go to sleep; it is a long trip back to Japan. I lived there before, but only from when I was born until I was like, 6. I remember how to speak Japanese perfectly; it's the language we use at home. Oh, I haven't introduced myself, have I? Excuse my manners, I'm Harugane Sayuri! I live in London, yeah that's right! Sadly, I don't have their sexy accents, since I grew up in Japan. I just lost my parents; it was a horrible fire accident that took place in my very own home. The police said it was just and accident but I think that someone did it on purpose. Enough with my ramblings, back to the airport!
So, here I am, in the airport, waiting for my uncle to pick me up. It's been 30 minutes and he's not yet here, I'm starting to think I look like some weirdo waiting for someone that'll never show up, which might be true. At least I have my ipod with me or else I would've killed myself hours ago. I sat down on a chair while drinking some grape Ponta I bought a few minutes ago. I was glaring at the floor while cursing fate for letting me go through this, and then a pair of running shoes stood in front of me, I looked up to see some guy with white hair in a low ponytail. "Harugane Sayuri?" he asked "Hai, and you are?" I asked with a tone of sweetness in my voice to sound polite and innocent, which I was not. "Niou Masaharu. Nice to meet 'ya." He said as we shook hands. "So, umm, why'd it take you so long to pick me up? I was here like, an hour ago." I asked, trying to avoid sounding rude. He had a look of confusion on his face. "Eh? Didn't your flight just land like, 5 minutes ago?" he asked, "Obviously not. I was in flight XXX" I stated in a-matter-of-fact tone. "Hontou! But oyaji told me to pick you up at 7pm sharp." He said.
"Apparently, my flight landed at 6pm and you got the wrong flight number." I said as I looked at his palm where some notes were written. "Oh, Gomenasai." Was all he could say and then a bow. "Iie, it's fine. Can we go home now? I'm really sleepy." I asked and right on cue came a yawn. "Okay, let's go. It's this way." He said and led us to a taxi which we rode to the Niou Residence.
"Ah, Sayuri-san, gomenasai, my husband here got the wrong flight number and didn't double-check it. I swear, that lazy-ass guy does nothing but makes mistakes, but I still love every inch of him." Niou Shizuka said while whispering the last part, which I still heard. I was now in the Niou household drinking a cup of tea while eating snacks which aunt Shizuka made while she was expecting my arrival. "Iie, it's fine, at least I got here safely and people make mistakes, ne?" I said with a smile on my face, she just smiled at me. "So, when will I start school?" I asked "Tomorrow if you want, or the day after tomorrow so you can rest." Niou(Masaharu) said as he entered the room holding a can of coke. "Tomorrow's fine with me." I said thinking that I wouldn't be able to do anything productive tomorrow so why not go to school? "Okay, Oyaji already got your books, bag, and uniform. I'll be going to the same school as you so don't worry about going there and who knows? Maybe we'll be in the same class." He said with a small smirk on his face. "Okay, if that's alright with you." I said "No, if it's alright with YOU. I go to school at 7am but school doesn't start until 8:30am" He said "Oh, that's fine with me, I can roam around the school or something." "No loitering. It's in the school handbook." He said, I inwardly cursed "It's okay with me, I'll just do whatever it is you're going to do there for an hour." I said in a sweet tone. "Okay, you can watch my tennis practice if you want. Not that you have much of a choice but it'll be fun." He said. –cue yawn from Sayuri here- "I guess I'll go to sleep now." I announced as I stood up and went to the guest room where my things were placed." I lied down on the soft comfy bed and drifted to sleep.
-Morning the next day, Wednesday 6:30am-
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock, which I never knew I had. "Dammit, 5 more minutes." I pleaded the clock, too bad it won't listen to me. I sighed and got up then did my morning routine which is: wake up, shower, dress up (which included a black skirt and white blouse with a black blazer to match. Plus a blue and white striped tie), eat, and then do whatever it is I have to do. I went downstairs where Masaharu and the rest of the family was "Ohayo~" I said cheerfully while sitting down and nibbling on a piece of toast. "Ohayo." Came the reply of the people on the other side of the table. I finished eating my toast and got another one but then Masaharu looked at his watch and his eyes grew bigger by a second before screaming "Shimatta! We're late! Sayuri, no time to eat, let's go!" he said while finishing his toast then grabbing my hand, took our bags and ran outside. A few minutes later, we were panting heavily in front of a huge tennis court. "Oh wow, three courts. The one we had in my old school could only fit in 1 court." I said looking at Masaharu who already dressed up in a tennis uniform which includes white shorts that reached the knee and a yellow shirt with Rikkai Dai's symbol on it. "Oh, do you play tennis?" he asked "Yeah, but I'm not very good." I said while scratching my cheek.
-Yeah, says the girl who won a total of 15 medals and trophies from competitions since the age of 8.
Sayuri: Oh shut up and continue writing!
Yes ma'am!-
"Oh, wanna play? Sanada and Yukimura-buchou aren't here yet so we can goof off for a while." He said "Umm, sure. But I don't have tennis clothes with me." I said. He thought for a while and suddenly looked for someone on the court, after a while he found that thing or someone he was looking for and yelled "Kirihara!" A boy with octopus hair turned around and went near us. "What is it?" He asked in an annoyed tone. He did not look like a morning person. "You have spare clothes right?" Masaharu asked "Yeah, why? And if you're going to borrow it, it's too small to fit your fat figure." He teased which earned him a hard smack on the head "No, baka. It's for Sayuri here; she wants to play a game." Masaharu said while gesturing to me while I stood beside him because I was hiding behind him the whole time. "Why do I have to lend some girl my clothes?" He asked with an annoyed tone. "Okay, maybe I'll borrow Marui's and treat him to ramen instead." Masaharu said with a smirk on his face "Eh, fine! I'll lend her my clothes." He said "Good. Oh yeah, Brat, Harugane Sayuri, Sayuri, Kirihara Akaya." Masaharu said while introducing us to each other. "Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu." I said and bowed, he did the same. "Go get your clothes." Masaharu commanded him. He muttered something like "damn sempai's." then ran off. Kirihara came back a few minutes later holding a pair of white shorts and a baby blue shirt and gave it to me. "Thanks." I said and gracefully took them. It's a good thing I have my running shoes with me since I was planning on running later. I also had a pair of extra clothes; I just didn't want to let Masaharu know because, well, I don't know, I just don't want him to know. I went to the washroom and changed; when I came back Masaharu was talking with Octopus boy and a cute guy with red hair. "Umm…" I said while poking Masaharu's back. He looked at me and introduced me to his friends, the cute redhead was Marui Bunta and the bald guy was Jackal Kuwahara. "Hi." I said with a smile. "Yo." "Hello there." They said at the same time. "So, umm, what do I do now?" I asked Masaharu while holding on to the racquet he lent me a while ago. I forgot my racquet at home. "You can play against the brat over here." He said messing up Octopus boy's head, its fun calling him that, maybe I'll call him Octopus-san from now on. I thought with a smirk.
"Hai~ Which court?" I asked with enthusiasm. "Court C. The right one." Masaharu said pointing to a court that looked newly cleaned. There were a few 2nd years talking amongst themselves at the side but I didn't mind, I just followed Octopus-san.
"Ne, who serves first?" I asked "You can serve first if you want." He said thinking this will be an easy game. He thought wrong. In my old school I was known as "The Angel" and my doubles partner, Miyuki Yamoto, was known as "The Devil". We were the ultimate pair, the deadliest pair that never got beaten at tennis. I started playing tennis when I was around 7, that's when I met Miyuki, she also moved from Japan but she went to London when she was 6, like me, she can fluently speak Japanese. So when we played together we would speak in Japanese so our opponent wouldn't understand what we're saying. Too bad I had to go back to Japan, I missed her. She was my best friend ever since I moved to London. Oh yeah, I'm known as "the angel" due to my looks and the way I play. People say I play "gracefully" and "flawless" and it's because I always let the person playing against me win 4 games before I get serious. Well, enough with my stupid ramblings, on with the game!
Since I get to serve, I might as well use the "Spiral Serve" I tossed the ball then hit it with around, 30 percent of my strength then twisted it in a different angle right before the ball left the racquet. When it touched the ground right in front of Octopus-san it went in circles then shot up, almost hitting his face. "What the hell!" He yelled at me. "You were thinking this was an easy game, Kirihara-san." I said with a polite smile. "No I did not!" he protested with a guilty look written all over his face. "Yes you did. Ne, Masaharu?" I asked, he just looked at me with a sweat drop and nodded. "Shall we continue?" I asked, Octopus-san just went back to the returning stance. I decided to use a normal served, but then noticed an oddly familiar blue-haired person approaching the courts (Sayuri has perfect eyesight. She can see stuff from afar. And I mean afar.) So it caught my attention and I didn't notice that I accidentally let go of the ball in a spinning motion. I ended up hitting it halfway when it was about to hit the ground. Damn, I did not see that coming, but luckily, the ball went to the other court, but somehow disappeared when Octopus-san was about to hit it. Wow, lucky shot, I guess… "What the-! It's the Cut Serve!" Masaharu and Marui said. I wondered about what they said. So I just stood there, also amazed at what I just did. "Eh?" was all I could say at the moment.
"What's all the commotion about?" some strict looking guy yelled.
"Nothing, Sanada. The brat was just getting his butt kicked here by my cousin." Masaharu said with a grin.
"So you had a match without asking permission from either Yukimura or me." He said with a stern look. Masaharu sweat dropped while thinking of an excuse. Clearly, he forgot that rule. (rule: before having an official or unofficial match you should always ask permission from the coach, captain or vice-captain, any would do, as long as you have permission) "Um, it's my fault. I'm Masaharu's cousin. I just wanted to play some tennis and didn't know there was a rule that needs the permission. Honto ni Gomenasai." I said and bowed at the familiar blue-haired boy and the strict looking boy. "Ne, Sanada-kun, we need to punish the regulars for forgetting that rule, mostly Niou and Kirihara. Ne?" he asked the guy with the cap. "Un, 50 laps." He said with so much power. "Che." Octopus-san says "Around the campus." Cap-boy added. "Am I included?" I asked, hoping I wasn't included. "I can't do that, so you have nothing to worry about. I'm Yukimura Seiichi, this is Sanada Genichirou. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu." He said while bowing and the guy with the cap did the same. "Ah, atashi wa Harugane Sayuri desu. Yoroshiku!" I said happily while bowing too. "So, um. I should probably change now…" I stated walked backwards a few steps, got my bag with my clothes from the bench and ran to the washroom where I changed in a while ago. Once I came out, Masaharu and Octopus-san were running in front of me. "Masaharu-kun! Which lap are you on?" I asked, well, yelled, they were running pretty fast. "Lap 25! 25 to go!" he yelled back. Wow, they were quick. I went back to the court to get my bag when Yukimura came up to me. "So, you're Niou-kun's cousin, ne?" He asked politely without his smile dropping. "Hai, I came from London." I replied with a smile rivaling his. "Oh, naruhodo ne." He said. I just replied with a soft "yeah." Okay, this is awkward. "So, you're the captain?" I asked trying to get rid of the awkwardness "Yeah, it's a little bit hard because the other members like Kirihara-kun and Niou-kun are troublemakers." He said with a sigh, I nodded. "It's nice having many friends." I mumbled, I didn't have much friends in London, well, I knew a lot of people, but they weren't my friends, just people wanting to get close to me for popularity. My only friends were from the tennis team. Man, I miss them. "You said something?" he asked "Huh? Oh, iie." I said while sweatdropping, I really need to stop doing that.
Author's POV
Niou and Masaharu finished their 50 laps and went back to the court finding Yukimura and Sayuri in a small conversation. He went up to them, "It seems like you two get along fine." He said, interrupting their current conversation which was something about Yukimura giving her a tour if they become classmates. "Ah, Niou-kun. Done with your laps?" Yukimura asked with a smile. "Yeah, the brat is on his way here, he just drank water." Niou said. "Oh, okay then." Yukimura said with a smile. "Yukimura! We will have a match against Hyoutei later afternoon." Sanada informed him, "Hai, I hope everything will go fine." He replied with a smile. The next hour passed by and the bell rang.
Sayuri went to the principal's office to get her schedule and room assignments for the whole school year an hour before practice ended so she was able to explore a little bit until it was almost time for the bell to ring.
When it was 8:00 the students started to enter the classroom. By 8:20 everyone was in the classroom. She decided to go to the washroom to tie her hair, it seemed fairly hot that day and it would seem rude to fix her hair in the middle of the hallway in front of so many people, plus, the washroom had a mirror.
Once she was satisfied with the high ponytail that ended a few inches below her shoulder she decided to go back to the classroom, when she was about to enter the classroom her shoulder was tapped by the homeroom teacher. "Are you Harugane Sayuri-san?" he asked in a polite and gentle voice. He looked like he was in his mid-thirties and was married, she noticed because when he tapped her, she noticed a ring that perfectly fit his ring finger. "Ah, hai. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu." She said "Oh good, wait for my signal to enter so I can introduce you to the class." He smiled and patted her head, 'he seems kind'' she thought. He entered the classroom and introduced her to the class.
"Okay, everybody settle down. We have a new student today, she came all the way from London so please be kind to her." He said and looked at the door while everyone followed by looking at the door as well. The door slid silently as a girl with dark brown hair in a high ponytail entered the room. The girls stared in awe along with the boys in the classroom because Sayuri was indeed very beautiful and angel-like. She wrote her name on the board and said "My name is Harugane Sayuri, I hope we get along well." Then bowed. "Any questions for Hayugane-san?" the teacher asked. A few hands were raised high. Sayuri randomly picked a boy in the front row. "Do you have a boyfriend?" he said with a fail attempt to try a seductive smile "Umm, no, I don't." she replied with a smile that slightly twitched when he asked that, she was a bit sensitive in that topic but she can't blame him for not knowing. After a few random and meaningless questions the teacher, Minato-sensei, decided it was time for him to teach so he picked seat that wasn't occupied which was the seat in the last row beside the window. "Ano, Yukimura-san please raise your hand so Harugane-san can take her seat." He said. Yukimura did as he was told and Sayuri made her way towards him in a very graceful way.
"Ohayo, Yukimura-san." She said with a pleasant smile. He smiled back "Ohayo, Harugane-san." He said
-…classes went on and it's now lunch-
"Harugane-san, would you like to have lunch with me and the other regulars?" Yukimura kindly asked her hoping she would accept. She has a comfortable aura around her which made her comfortable to be with unlike all the other girls who just wanted to be around him for the popularity and for his looks, she was different. "Sure. I'd love to!" she happily replied. He was relieved to hear that.
Once they were in the cafeteria they went to the regulars table where they always sat. "Oh right. Minna, this is my cousin, Harugane Sayuri, please look after her starting now." Niou announced to the other regulars. "Oh right. Sayuri, this is Yagyuu Hiroshi, my partner." He said with a grin "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu." He said looking at her for a few moments before going back to reading his book about physics. "And this here is Renji Yanagi" Niou said pointing at a guy with his eyes close who's drinking tea. "hm? Ah, Yoroshiku." He said before sipping his tea. "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu, atashi wa Harugane Sayuri desu." Sayuri said before bowing. again. They chatted for a while and got really close, well, not close like best friends but like, good friends instead of the awkward friendship they had a couple of hours ago.
The day went on just like that and it was time for school to end and club practices to start.
-it's already 3pm, I'll make their school start from 8.30am-3pm since, well…I don't really know the time schedules in Japan so, yeah. And my school starts from 7am-4pm T_T so excuse me if I'm wrong.-
"Ah, Sayuri-chan! You can go home alone, I'll go after practice." Niou said "Oh, until what time is your practice?" she asked, wanting to wait for him since she didn't like walking alone in the streets. "Hmm, maybe around 5?" he wondered aloud. "Oh, can I watch practice? I already forgot the route home." Sayuri said while laughing nervously and scratching her cheek. "Sure, but don't blame me if you get bored." He said and walked to the courts with her behind him.
Once they were in the courts all the members were cleaning the courts, excluding the regulars though. "Ne, why are they cleaning the courts?" she asked the nearest member, which happens to be Sanada. "Another school will be going here today and they're…" he stopped to think of a word "spoiled with rich things." Kirihara continued for him "In other words, they're spoiled and will complain if the court is dirty." He said with an annoyed look on his face. "Oh." She just said with a sweat drop.
Marui suddenly ran up to the courts and yelled "They're here! Everybody finish up!"
"Are they really that whiney about the cleanliness of the courts?" Sayuri asked to nobody in particular. That's when she sensed a familiar aura filled with the two things she disliked most: Vanity and Pride.
"Ore-sama no Bigi ni yoi na." then a very big vain appeared on her forehead.
"Atobe...Keigo." Sayuri mumbled barely audible to anyone around her. Suddenly, a very dark aura was being emitted by her, it looked liked she was being eaten by dark flames emitting from the ground. (excuse my childish imaginations.)
Atobe suddenly stopped with his speech about Rikkai Dai being thankful that he has glorified them with his presence. "Ah, Sa-…Sayuri-san…Wh-what are you d-doing h-here?" he asked nervously and started sweating. Surprised by this action, Oshitari walked beside him and spotted a girl with beautiful long dark brown hair that was tied in a ponytail. "Atobe, why the sudden stuttering?" he asked while poking the heir to the Atobe business in the rib. "Wha- Ittai!" he said as he rubbed his rib because Oshitari poked it too hard.
"S-Sayuri, Long time no s-see!" Atobe shouted, trying to stop the stuttering. Almost everybody raised an eyebrow. Sayuri's dark flames- I mean, aura seemed to calm down as she smiled a sweet and sadistic smile at Atobe, a vein still visible on her forehead. "Long time no see, Keigo-kun." She said sadistically, as if she was some sort of rapist, which she was not. Atobe just started sweating…a lot.
"You know each other?" Marui asked throwing green gum in his mouth.
"You could say that." Sayuri said with a deadly smile. Atobe started to shiver and stood beside Kabaji in case anything happens.
"Ne, Yukimura-san, are you going to play against that idiot over there?" Sayuri asked pointing at Atobe who looked a little annoyed by being called 'idiot' but didn't say anything due to the glare Sayuri was giving him and only he could see because the others didn't notice. "Um, hai, is there a problem with it?" Yukimura asked, a little worried that she might grab the nearest thing to her and throw it at Atobe. "Iie, just wondering." She said sweetly with a smile while looking at him. Honestly, she scared him a little, and he was 'the child of god' here!
He just ignored it and went on with the friendly match they scheduled. It was now time for singles 1 which was Yukimura vs. Atobe the scores were a little bit mixed because Rikkai dai won singles 1 and 2 and lost doubles 1 and 2 so now they're depending on their captains to win this match.
"Onii-chan!" someone suddenly yelled. Everybody looked up to see a girl who looked like a freshman. "Ah, Satomi, what are you doing here?" Yukimura asked his sister.
-incase you didn't know, he has a younger sister-
She ran beside him and whispered something in his ear, his eyes widened and he immediately ran with her outside the courts. "Harugane-san! Please play in my place!" he yelled before he was out of view. Sayuri blinked a few times before the information sucked in. She just stood there in silence before Niou shook her out of her daze.
"Will you play or not?" he asked, a little shocked that the captain would let a girl take his place…against another captain!
"Um, sure. Kirihara-kun, will you lend me your clothes again?" she asked, turning her head to Kirihara's direction. "Sure, here." He said digging his hand in his bag before giving it to her. Sayuri ran to the boy's locker room which wasn't occupied in the moment so it was fine to change there. She came back wearing Kirihara's light blue shirt and shorts which were a few inches below her knee. She looked like a try-hard tomboy. She folded the shorts a little bit so it would reach her knees and folded the sleeves too, she was the same size as Kirihara so there wasn't much folding needed, just a few since it was the men's size after all.
Sayuri went back to the courts only to find a certain diva missing. "Keigo-kun?" she wondered aloud while looking for him, "Keigo-kun if you don't come out now I'll tell everybody about-" "I'm here! I'm here!" Atobe interrupted while standing beside Kabaji who just stood there not minding that the diva was using him as a wall/hiding place.
"Shall we begin?" she asked in a sweet smile which hid the sadistic and evil thoughts that went on her mind. Atobe gulped and nodded, 'this will be one hell of an afternoon.' He thought to himself. "Since I'm so kind, I'll let you serve, Keigo-kun." Sayuri softly said with a very sadistic tone which only Atobe could see as a warning of danger. He nodded, got a ball and got ready to serve.
-End of First Chapter-
A/N: Okay! Hi guys! Sorry for my long absence, I got a new laptop, and I renewed the whole story…a little bit. It's summer vacation for me so I can finally write more! To those who have no idea about what I'm saying: I'm talking about "A new beginning" which is sort of a fail (for me) so I hope you forgive me. I was actually planning on typing the match but then I thought "I don't want my very few but kind readers to wait" so I cut it short. Gomen!
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu – "I hope we get along" or something…
Hai – "yes"
Atashi wa – "I am" for girls. "Ore" or "Ore wa" are for guys and "boku" is for…someone who doesn't like to use "atashi" or "ore"
Oyaji – dad
Hontou – "really" example "honto?" means "really?" k. hope you get it.
Gomenasai – sorry
Sore wa, Ja matta ne~ -lead out-