Sorry, I didn't have much time to write the story. This chappie is almost two times longer than the first one! ENJOY!

Airport

"We're going to Japan we're going to Japan"

The girls were giggling happily has they strolled down the enormous halls of the San Francisco Airport. Only the Varsity Girls had been chosen to compete internationally while the rest competed in the national competition. The team would be staying at a relatively high-class hotel since Hana's mother ran a chain of high-class hotels around the world. The team jumped up and down, earning curious stares and glances from others passing by. There were only a few girls on the team who could speak Japanese. Kari being one of them. Hana and Mori could also speak Japanese. Although Mori wasn't part of the swim team, she was invited to go along since she was the only one who could speak Japanese fluently. Hana knew how to speak it, however most of the time she was just too lazy to even try and Kari spoke Japanese, but she wasn't as fluent as Mori. Hibari was also coming along, not with the group though. He had been accepted to work in various offices in Japan, putting his witty mind and tonfa into use once again. The team headed toward the waiting area. It was three in the morning and hardly anyone was awake in the airport…except for the team. Eventually, they fell asleep on each others shoulders, the excitement wearing down with sleep over-taking them. Nobody could really remember how they boarded the plane or how they awoke strapped on in their proper seats, comfortably wrapped in their own blankets, heads draped over their small pillows. The flight had been as uncomfortable as any other plane ride—it was expected since their budget had been saved for better accommodations. They could pull through one uncomfortable plane ride…in return for stylish new team swim suits. The pilot was relatively skilled—Mori had no impulse to puke during the take off or landing. When they landed, the first thing anyone did was stampede towards the bathrooms. Everyone was cranky, sore, and frustrated. There had been absolutely no guys on the flight, besides the old grandpas and middle-aged men, mind you. More than half the team immediately pulled out their make-up bags, hoping to see at least some guys on the way to the hotel. Kari and Hana hung out lazily, waiting for the rest of the team to come out so they could leave. Kari was in no mood to wait and she was already cranky from the ride. She sighed loudly for the millionth time and stood up. Hana glared at her, but she ignored her. Kari stared walking towards the souvenir shops. She grumbled as she lazily dragged her feet towards the candy shop. As soon as she set foot into the annoyingly colorful shop, she heard a loud, "NYA!! OISHI!! THIS ONE IS PINK!" She immediately turned to exit the store, an annoyed look creeping up her face. She took one step in the opposite direction and a hand quickly flew to her shoulder.

"Nya you're cute! Just like this candy!" He held up a pink lollipop shaped like a panda.

Kari rolled her eyes and ignored him. She continued to walk out the store when the boy tried again, "Nya you want a lollipop?" He offered her another brightly colored candy only to see her walking out the store, ignoring him. He pouted then called Oishi, "Oi, Oishi, that girl was so cute!" He pointed at Kari. Oishi just shook his head and quickly ran to the girl to apologize for Eiji's behavior.

"Eh. Sorry for my friend's behavior." He bowed at a ninety-degree angle.

"How'd you know what I did?" Eiji looked at Oishi in confusion.

"Well, knowing you, you just randomly run up to cute girls and scare them with your hyper personality." Oishi said

"So she is cute!" Eiji smirked at Oishi's accidentally slip.

Oishi immediately blushed and apologized to the girl again. He looked at her face, only to find her staring curiously at him.

"Ano…Can I help you?" Oishi asked

"Ah…Sorry…I…" She trailed off, still staring at Oishi curiously.

"Erm…"Oishi squirmed uncomfortable at having a girl stare at his face intently.

"Eh? Oh…Sorry…Y-You just look sort of like this guy I used to know…"She shook her head and snapped out of her trance. "Sorry that was really rude of me." She glanced at Eiji. "And thanks; although you are annoying, I don't feel so pissed and annoyed anymore." She beamed at him then ran back towards Hana who had been shouting her name for the past five minutes.

"ARE YOU DEAF?!" Hibari yelled in Kari's ear. "Hana has been yelling your name for an hour!!" He glared at Kari.

"Well excuse me, it was ONLY five minutes. Forgot how to count eh boy?" She glared right back at him

"Stop flirting with guys, you know they'll never pick you up." He seethed.

"OH YEAH?! I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT MORI SEE'S IN THIS IDIOTIC PIG BRAIN. YOU ARE FREAKING UGLY, STUPID, AND CLUELESS." Kari screamed, causing others to glance awkwardly at the two.

"PIG BRAIN?! DID YOU JUST CALL ME A PIG BRAIN?! WHY YOU DIRTY LITTLE—"Hibari was cut off by Kari

"Slut? Ohhhhh I'm in pain!! Hibari just called me a slut!! Ohh I think I'm going to die." She grabbed her chest, where her heart was located and pretended to fall slowly to the ground, and closed her eyes. She then suddenly popped back up, yelling, "PSHHH YOU WISH!!" and slapped Hibari on the back of his knee, causing his legs to loose balance. He fell to the ground and cursed at how stupid he was. He hadn't thought she would slap him. He angrily grabbed his tonfa and was about to strike Kari with it when Hana suddenly flew in between them, grabbing Hibari's tonfa and restraining Kari's hand that was about to punch Hibari in the stomach.

"KARI! HIBARI! Please…SHUT YOUR DAMN TRAPS!" When she saw Hibari and Kari still glaring at each other, she gave both of them a good, hard slap before dragging them along behind her. Hibari was still seething. Had he sunk so low as to be slapped by a girl? Let alone let himself be dragged by a girl? All because Mori had to be friends with these idiots. He sighed and yanked himself from Hana's grip. She raised her eyebrow but his annoyed face told her that he could handle himself unlike Kari. She rolled her eyes and continued to drag Kari to the exit of the airport. The girls saw their driver waving a card and hurried to dump their luggage in the trunk of the large truck. All of a sudden, Eiji and Oishi ran up to Kari, Eiji grabbing Kari's shoulders.

"Ey! Kari!" Eiji exclaimed

"Huh?" Her eye rose in confusion. "Wait…How the hell do you know my name…STALKER!!" She cried! Then, she laughed at Eiji's indignant face. "Heh, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. What's up?" She glanced quickly at the girls who looked like they were about ready to load her bags into the car. She called Wendy and asked her to put in her stuff in the car for her. She then turned and faced Eiji again. "So what did you two come here for?"

Oishi answered for them, "It may just be us, but you look a lot like this girl we used to know. Her name was also Kari."

"Oh my God. Is that you? O-Oi-Oi-Oishi?" She said hesitantly.

"Yeah! So it is you?!" He exclaimed.

"Wait, about ten years ago, I came to Japan and met a few people. We played at—"

"Fujisaki Park" Oishi smiled. "Yeah, it is you. We've missed you." He smiled sheepishly.

"KARI! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE!" Hana roared at her. Hibari had already taken a taxi to the apartment he would be staying at while at Japan so he wasn't there to verbally harass her at the time.

Kari quickly turned back to Oishi and Eiji and scrambled for a pen. "Here, uh…I'll..number…pen, phone…" She ended up scribbling her number on Eiji's hand in pink ink, exciting Eiji. She quickly yelled a goodbye and sprinted to the truck. Oishi and Eiji watched the truck pull away and turned to talk to Eiji.

"Never thought we'd meet her again huh?" He said to Eiji.

"Nya She's still as cute as before." He grinned. "Wait 'till Tezuka-Buchou and Fuji hear this." The two walked to the opposite side of the airport, waiting for Ryuzaki, their initial motive to be at the airport.

The girls arrived at the hotel, excited when they saw the exterior. It was an outstanding thirty-two stories tall, gold and silver trim lacing around the edges of the hotel. There was a large, large circle in front of the hotel for limo's and taxi's to drop off the guests with an enormous fountain in the middle. The girls oohed and ahhed at the marvelous sight and immediately rushed towards the grand doors once they got their luggage from the car. Coach Joanna yelled at the girls to quickly assemble in the lobby of the large hotel. The rooms were large, accommodating four girls comfortably per room.

"Okay girls, I'm going to announce your roommates. And No girls, don't you groan at me." She reprimanded the team. "Alright, Crystal, Debbie, Jessica, and Rachel. You girls are in room 165, the Contemporary room."

"Yes!" The three girls yelled in unison.

The coach nodded at the girls, signaling them to quiet down. "Moving along, Hana, Wendy, Catherine, Kari. You girls are in room 461, the Queen Elizabeth suite." She looked up. "You are some lucky girls. That's one of the best suites in this hotel…" The coach whispered to the four girls as they passed by.

They all went to their assigned rooms as soon as possible. Most of them were happy with who they were roommates with and what rooms they were assigned. The hotel was famous for having different wings. The West wing's rooms were all custom and standard, nothing out of the ordinary, only high-class beds and furniture. At the East wing, that's were all the different styled suites are located—like the ones the swim team were staying at. Each suite was modeled after something or someone in history. The North wing has suites modeled after other miscellaneous things. The rest of the hotel was large luxurious, and had endless accommodations. The girls immediately unpacked and started exploring the large hotel. Their swim team was stuck in the East wing since all the other rooms were being reserved for other guests. Kari and Hana walked around the hotel, trying to get themselves familiar with its layout in case anything happened. After exploring the large hotel for three hours, they decided to explore the rest of Tokyo. They only had their cell phones with them, no map so they randomly chose streets to walk on and hoped they wouldn't get lost. They walked for quite a while when they reached a quaint café. They decided to enter it and rest for a while. The two ordered drinks and waited for them to arrive. Kari glanced out the window to survey the surroundings. She saw people walking past the shop, a lot of them holding a bag from a sports shop. She stared out the window for a while, analyzing all the people passing outside the window. Suddenly, she saw some familiar black hair shoot past the window. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief and strained her neck to look for he person again, but they were gone. She turned back to Hana, who was lecturing her about improving her dive by tucking in her chin, or her toes…Kari wasn't paying attention to her. She turned her back towards the window and her jaw dropped with shock as she saw two more people with black hair rush past the store. She didn't know what made her do it, but she pushed back her chair and sprinted to the door, trying to catch up to them.

"—And you know, if you start working on your leg muscles, you can jump even higher when you're div—"Hana noticed Kari rushing out the door.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE YOU UNGRATEFUL FOOL!" Hana yelled, but it was too late. Kari was probably on the other side of town by then.

"Humph. Immature little brat." Hana mumbled.

Kari sprinted down the crowded sidewalk, practicing her reflexes by trying not to crash into anyone. She looked around for the two guys, but she finally admitted that she had lost them. She would have to talk to Hana about building up her leg strength… She looked around her again and realized a couple of things. One, she had no clue where she was; two, she had forgotten to grab her cell phone during her stampede out of the café; and three, she was standing in front of a really cool looking sports shop. Now there were also a couple of things she could do. One, look for a pay phone since she had a few coins in her pocket; two, ask for directions back to the café or hotel; or three, look around the sports shop. She picked the last choice without hesitation. She opened the heavy glass doors of the small shop and glanced at the inside. She wasn't sure were to start looking. On her left, there were some cool sports shoes, in front of her were some interesting looking tennis rackets, and to her right…there they were. The three guys she had seen speeding past the café. She quickly walked over to the trio, not sure how to get their attention. She took a step forward to get closer to them, but a little boy and girl shot past her and tripped her—right towards the group of guys. Well at least now she wouldn't have to ponder how to get their attention. Especially since she was on top of a black-haired, bandana-wearing dude.

"Ah…Sorry…Er…Go-Gomen-Gomien-Go—"

"Don't push yourself…Kari." Kari's head shot up in surprise. She looked at the face that had said her name. She remembered clearly who he was. How could she ever forget? The face of the annoying brat she had to put up with ten years ago. He was only a baby back then, but he was still as annoying as ever.

"What's up Ryoma." Kari smiled at the boy.

"EHH?! DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS PRETTY LADY IS RYOMA?!" A tall, spiky black-haired, guy said.

"Erm…Yes?" Ryoma smirked.

"FSHHHHH. Explain." The guy Kari had crashed into said. She had to say, he was pretty cute…besides the bandana, and the odd scary-ish smirk and the—

"Shouldn't you guys…ohh. That's why. Well I'll explain in about 5 minutes depending how fast you two can run." Ryoma challenged.

"WHY YOU…" The three boys took off running. Kari just stood there bewildered. Even if she could catch up to the three guys, she had no clue where they were heading. She didn't know what to do so she decided just to stand there, hoping they would somehow come back for her. Just as the thought crossed her mind…

"Hah! Almost there. I'm going to win!" Momo yelled.

"FSH no way BAKA!" Kaidoh shot back.

"Oh crap." Ryome suddenly stopped.

"Huh?" Momo and Kaidoh questioned.

"Shit…We forgot about Kari. Damn…We have to go back and get her guys." Ryomo said nervously.

"Yo why are you suddenly so nervous?" Momo asked.

"…You'll see when you get there…" Ryoma shuddered.

Kari tapped her foot slightly impatiently and sighed for the umpteenth time. She was tired and she wanted to go back to the hotel.

"K...wheeze…Kari…s…sorry…wheeze." Ryoma panted when he reached the annoyed girl. He braced himself for any verbal or physical abuse he was about to receive, but flinched when there was none. He slowly uncurled himself and peeked up at Kari.

"Err…um…you're not mad." Ryoma mumbled.

"Nope." Kari grinned. "Why would I be mad?" Kari glared her evilly sweet smile at the three boys. "You three ran off, left me here, and you guys didn't realize anything until—" She glanced at the clock inside the sports store. "exactly seven minutes, fifty-three seconds. Now why would I be mad?" Kari smirked at the three trembling boys. "Now be a good by and lead me back to my hotel." When none of the boys said a word, she twitched. "I SAID NOW!" She roared. Immediately the three boys jumped up and bowed their heads. "Yes Ma'am." They led her through streets she couldn't remember in a billion years. Finally, they stopped in front of an apartment building.

"Um guys…HOTEL?! Not APARTMENT?!" Kari screeched.

"Well um about that…we have some important business with you and uh—" Ryoma stuttered.

"Oh my goodness. You did not just seriously kidnap me did you RYOMA?!" Kari yelled.

"You insolent fool, jerk, idiot, I will freaking KILL you and tear you apart bit by bi—" She looked up and suddenly released Ryoma whom she was holding a few feet above ground, threatening him. "TEZUKA!!" She laughed and ran up to the stoic-looking young man.

Ok, I STILL need a name for the high school the girls go to. Thanks Sandra(Pencil-Chan-Sama)--Dunno If i spelled your username right...sorry. for the suggestion of OUR high school name. Anyway. I RELALY REALLY REALLY need suggestions. And comments and reviews. Because as of now I am blindly writing a story that has no form of criticism...except from Ms. Alice here.

Anywayy, REVIEW! AND SUGGEST! AND CRITISIZE!!

Note: Scorchin' - thanks for the criticism. I thought about it and what you said really made sense. I'll be changing bits and parts of the first and second chapter to improve it. Special thanks to you!