Chapter Two~ Wind

(Part 1)

"Here" said Riko and handed a pile of papers to Akira.

Akira took a look at them. 'What the hell are these?' she thought.

The papers had to be filled with information about the team and the players playing and as the manager she had to send them to the Inter high in order to participate.

'How am supposed to fill all these?' she thought. She felt a burden in her chest when she thought about it.

'The sooner I start, the sooner I'll finish' she thought and started filling the reports. She sat in a remote corner and wore her earphones, completely blocking the sounds of the practice, so that she'd concentrate and finish quickly.

Only a few papers were left when the voices of many girls reached her ears. She removed her earphones and looked around her. Over 50 girls were around her, some of them were whispering like crazy and others were shouting wanting to make their presence noticeable.

"Oh my god, he's so beautiful" whispered a girl, blushing.

"He's a model and he attends Kaijo High School" another girl giggled.

'What the hell is going on? What's this fuss all about?' thought Akira.

"Umm...I didn't mean for this to happen" a voice was heard from next to Akira.

She turned and saw a blond boy. He seemed confused and embarrassed with all these girls asking for his autograph.

'Who's that?' she thought.

"Long time no see, Kise-kun" Kuroko's voice was heard clearly, covering the giggling of the girls, who started leaving slowly when Kise told them to.

'Kise? Is he Kise Ryota from the Generation of Miracles? What's he doing here?'

"Wh-Why are you here?" asked Hyuuga socked.

"Umm...I heard we're playing Seirin tomorrow and I remembered that Kurokochi went here, so I thought I'd come say hi" he answered with a closed-eye smile.

'Ehh? Kaijo is playing with Seirin? What's going on?'

Akira stood up dumping the papers on the ground.

'Riko has some explaining to do' she thought.

"Ne-san! I'm done here..." she announced and left the stadium, waving goodbye to everyone.

(Part 2)

Akira was walking down the empty school hallway lost in her thoughts, when suddenly a door opened right in front of her and she almost fell on it.

"Ooops...Im so sorry" the blonde haired girl who had opened the door apologized with a bow.

"It's okay" answered Akira with a closed eye smile.

The girl then turned around and walked towards the exit of the school and a group of other kids, who had music instruments on their backs, left the room after her.

'The music club' thought Akira and suddenly she was filled with jealousy.

She walked towards the opened door and looked inside.

The room was huge. It looked like a small theatre and at the sides of the room there were guitars, violins, cellos and many other musical instruments.

It was empty since all the students had just left and really dark.

There was only one light on the stage and Akira could clearly see a black piano.

She entered the room carefully, making sure that nobody saw her and she started walking towards the piano without realizing it.

When she was on stage she realized that she probably shouldn't play since she wasn't a member of the music club and she'd probably get in trouble, but she quickly drove the thought away and sat in front of the piano.

She closed her eyes. It felt like she was at competition. The stage, the light and the whole room was similar to a theatre.

The only difference was the way she felt. At that moment she was calm and she could easily play any piano piece, but during the competition no matter how many times she has played the piece she'll always screw up.

'This should be a great way to practice' she thought since the room and the atmosphere resembled that of the competition.

She took a deep breath and started playing, but she gave into her desire to play and not to practice so she just started playing a piano piece she liked.

(Part 3)

Kagami was really upset. 'How did this bastard copy my move?' he kept on thinking.

'I'll show him tomorrow' he though and a smile appeared on his face.

Since Kuroko had disappeared out of the blue, Kagami decided to head home alone. He was walking down the hallway to the exit of the school when he heard a beautiful melody coming from a room at the end of the hallway.

The beautiful sound of a piano flooded the hallway.

'Wow' he thought.

The magic of the sound drew his curiosity and he slowly advanced towards the door, afraid that if the person who played saw him, the melody would stop.

He pushed the door open with a slight creak and peeked in.

Akira was playing the piano.

Kagami walked in, almost hypnotized by the piano, the music and by Akira's swift fingers on the keys.

Her eyes were closed and her whole body was in sync with the melody. It was like she was pouring a part of her soul into it, like she was one with the piano.

Kagami was now on the stage and Akira still hadn't realized he was there. She was just lost into the music.

This was a part of her that he hadn't seen before.

The dim light was illuminating her beautiful face and the lost but passionate expression she had on her face made Kagami finally realize his feelings for Akira.

He was standing there watching her play until the melody stopped and Akira turned and faced him with a smile.

'So she noticed I was here, huh?' he thought

"That was beautiful" was all Kagami said and he started walking towards her.

"It's called wind" she informed him and moved aside so that he could sit with next to her, which he did.

"Wind, huh?" he said and the image of Akira playing was brought to his mind once more.

He then placed his right hand on the keys, trying to play the only song that he knew, but an abrupt and ugly sound was produced instead.

"Tsk...I forgot the only song I knew" he exclaimed disappointed.

Well, this was to be expected since he had learned years ago back in America.

"What were you trying to play?" asked Akira with a warm and bright smile on her face.

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" he announced embarrassed.

Akira laughed but then her smile became even brighter.

"Here" she said and placed her hand on his.

"Let me help" she added.

Her small hand guided his on the keys and the sound was now clear.

Suddenly the door opened and all of the teams' members fell on the floor. Kagami and Akira stopped immediately and just stared at them surprised. Hyuuga who was on the front stood up and scratched the back of his head embarrassed.

"Hyuuga-senpai! What are you doing?" asked Kagami in an angry tone.

"Geheh" laughed Hyuuga guiltily and he slowly started walking backwards towards the exit.

"These bastards! There were eavesdropping" said an angry Kagami.

"Go for it Kagami!" Koganei and Izuki-senpai screamed in a unison from outside the door.

When the sound of their footsteps could no longer be heard the two of them remained silent.

'Those bastards! Now she knows how I feel' thought Kagami and he could feel his cheeks turning red.

'What should I do now? What should I say to her?' he asked himself.

"Kagami-kun?" asked Akira shaking Kagami out of his thoughts.

"We should probably leave too, or they'll lock us in here" she added looking into his eyes.

He tried to avoid her stare but it was impossible, her eyes were just too powerful for him to escape.

"Yeah...you're right" he exhaled embarrassed.

"Let's go" he said and grabbed her hand, leading her out of the room.