When I woke up the next day, the sky was still dark. The digital alarm clock showed with blazing red numbers of "5:00 A.M.". According to my calculation, I need thirty minutes to finish my morning routine and breakfast, and then it would take me around an hour to arrive to Hakone Gakuen by car. Logically, I would choose to sign up for the dorm room to avoid the long commute. Still, a promise was a promise; I won't worry Yuu-nii more than I already am. I quickly put on my school uniform that consisted of a blue and white blouse with a dark green bow tied at my neck in the front and a black mini-skirt. It wasn't long after I sat down for my breakfast that Yu-nii emerged from his room, all the while still half asleep as he walking down the stairs.

"Good morning Yuu-nii."

"Morning… sho"

He groggily plopped his head on his folded arms after he sat down at the dining table. I got up from the table and walked back into the kitchen island to get him a cup of coffee. Pouring the black coffee into a cup then adding in two cubes of sugar and fluffy milky cream on top, I carefully walked back to the dining table. The smell of the coffee seemed to wake him up a bit. In reality, he should still be able to sleep for a bit more due to the fact Sohoku High is much closer to home. However, he insisted to see me off every morning; thus, forcing himself to be wake.

"Well, I will be off now. You can still sleep in a bit; don't force yourself to wake up so early." We walked together to the front door with our housekeeper. I gave him a kiss on the cheeks and give him a last goodbye before the housekeeper handed me my bento.

"Oh, Jinpachi told me that he will show you around before the class started, so go to the Hakone cycling club first thing you arrive there alright?"

"Yeah, I'm off."

After I got in the car, the sky slowly brightened up by a lighter hue. I immediately took the opportunity of the long drive to take a nap. It felt like seconds, when I someone shaking me awake. It was my chauffeur. After I bid the chauffeur off, I took in the site of the impressive grand entrance of Hakone Gakuen. It was much larger than I had expected, I never thought Japanese private school was this large due to Japan has limited land to build large buildings. Around the premises, it seemed to the deserted of people, but I knew sports clubs had early morning practices and other students won't came at this time to school.

Hurryingly, I took out a drawn out map, which showed the direction to the cycling club, from my bag. As I followed its direction, I found various buildings surround the main school building, from there I could hear students participating in their morning club practices and activities. I also saw a building with many windows and balconies that was a bit away from the rest of the school, it could only be the on-campus dorms. I was lucky the directions was easy to follow, I was able to quickly found the Hakone cycling club house. I bet if I didn't have it, I would really be lost on the campus. Compared to other club houses, the cycling club house was much larger (it was its own gymnasium that is specifically designed for indoor cycling); it wasn't a wonder as to why, Hakone Gakuen's cycling club was the largest in the country and had won many tournaments and the previous Inter-Highs.

I quickly took a pick through the window, the site left me speechless. The members were lined next to each other, much like within a classroom, cycling away on a cadence rollers; sweat was pouring down from their heads and soaked their T-shirts.

Amazing… I would give up within minutes of a workout like this… but I guess it would be great for weight loss though.

As I was loss in my thoughts, someone already noticed me spying watching. A guy with short, messy hair wearing glasses walked up to me.

"What are you doing?" He looked at me curiously. I hoped he didn't think I was suspicious person spying on them; after all, I was wearing Hakone school uniform.

"Ummm… T-Toudou Jinpachi told me to meet him here." Upon hearing that name, his face relaxed and gestured me to follow him into the club room. The concentration on everyone's faces shone, even when there is a stranger among them, they didn't turn to have a peak at me and rather completely focused on the task at hand.

"Please wait a moment; Toudou-san will be finished in a few minutes." He led me to a chair by the wall and left me to my device.

I looked around and saw the Inter High team from the anime, or at least half of them. The only blonde haired guy, Fukutomi Juichi – the captain, had an intense look on his face. His sharp, dark eyes and thin nose give him an expression of stern leader. He was giving out orders as he cycles; it was amazing as he catches the tiniest mistakes while maintaining his own pace. Arakita Yasutomo had short black hair while the bangs were long enough to reach his narrow eyes. He was very different from how the anime had portrayed him –gruff behavior; rather, he was silently and diligently working on his cadence. The only one with a headband on that left a few of the bangs hanging in front of his face was Toudou Jinpachi. Even though he was sweating and working as hard as he can, his haughty look hadn't left his face. My attention was focused on him for a while before trying to find the others. Among the regulars that were present, Arakita seemed to have less stamina than others.

"Yo, Tsu-chan! Sorry for the wait!" Toudou waved to me as he got off his bike.

"It's alright, Jinpachi-kun." I smiled as I walked over to him. Taking out my handkerchief and begin to help him wiping off his sweat, "You guys sure work hard this early in the morning."

Unknown to me, Toudou's loud exclamation had gathered many of his club members attention, they discreetly took peeks at us from the corners of their eyes. The way we act around each other through strangers' eyes was much like a couple's behaviors with each other; in other words, at that moment we were mistaken as a couple. Toudou walked me up to his team mates, Fukutomi and Arakita.

"Fukutomi and Arakita, this is Makishima Tsukiko, the sister of Makishima Yuusuke from Sohoku High. Tsu-chan, Fukutomi the captain and Arakita the ace assistance."

"It's nice to meet you." We exchanged greetings with each other.

"Oh Tsu-chan, have you dicided which club to involve in? It's required for students." Seeing me shaking my head (after all it is still the first day of school), Toudou added in "Why don't you join the cycling club as the manager?" He then turned to ask Fukutomi. "The manager's position hasn't been filled yet right?"

"If it is alright with the captain then I agree to join."

"Fuku-chaan, we don't even know what she can do to help us. After all, we have all the support we need." Arakita said as he pointed to the large mass of members that made up of cycling club.

"Arakita, don't worry. She's a great trainer. After all, she used to help out her father, who is renown sports trainer who owned many gyms, sport clubs and equipement shops around the world."

"If you will, let me show you a bit of my skill." Before Toudou says anymore, I cut in. "For example Arakita-san, you have great speed. However, your stamina isn't up to par with Fukutomi-san and Jinpachi-kun. Height: 178 cm, weight: 63 kg, power: 85%, speed: 90%, flexibility: 75%. Your stat seem to be around the same level, you are able to fill any requirements for all positions; thus, an all-rounder. In order to compestate your lack of stamina, it is advised to wear weights on your wake hours. This way, it will increase your stamina and build up your muscles. There are other ways of training all aspects of your body, but for now weights are the basics."

Upon hearing my analyzation, the three of them seemed to have different reactions. Toudou seemed to know I (or at least the "Tsukiko" from before me landing in her body) have an extraordinary set of eyes and very intelligent mind; he was looking at Arakita with a smug expression on his face as he leaned closer to me. Arakita was left speechless; he didn't expect me to be able to collect his data without doing some research. However, Fukutomi's eyes seemed to gleamed as he looked at me with interest.

"If you fill out the form then you can be the manager."

Toudou cheered when he hear the captain said that line. In honest, I was not sure how to go about it now. Should I try to change the plot of the anime and try to get Hakone to win, after all, I was the manager of Hakone now. Sooner or later, I would become emotionally attached to the team and really started to train them by taking examples from Riko the coach of Seirin Basketball Team from Kuroko no Basket after all I do have a set of eyes that have the same ability as her's.

But whatever. When I across that bridge when I come to it.