Author's note: Thanks so much for those who reviewed the first part!!!! Ilove you guys mwah! I'm sorry if it took me long to post this one. My schedule is really hectic guys, I swear. Am not making an excuse. I beg you to review this one. Onegai….

WELCOME TO THE TEAM

"Let's see here…Inari Kyoko…" a second year student-assistant at the office scanned through a document on a clipboard that was suspended on her waist, her forefinger running through the surface of the paper. Kyoko and Kaoru stood in front of her not wanting to miss a single thing that their 'sempai' is saying.

"Oh here. Inari Kyoko, 1st year , section 5 assigned to…" There were imaginary drum rolls in the freshmen's minds.

Volleyball team…volleyball team…Kaoru prayed acting more excited and interested than the one actually involved.

Anything but the men's team…don't wanna be a medical slave running around to attend to a bunch of injured jerks Yeah. Those rash and pushy jerks.

"…the men's basketball club." Within a few moments, the freshmen froze.

"Why there?!!" Kyoko and Kaoru said at the same time. Their faces drooped down in disappointment.

"I don't know…well, maybe it's because according to your records, you've always liked basketball and maybe the counsel thought you'd want to be in that particular sport so they---" the older one was cut off.

"Can we make an appeal?" Kyoko, worrying her head off asked.

"I think so. See if you can find someone in there." Their sempai brought them to another office.

"Arigato sempai." Without even knocking, Kyoko dragged her friend in the door which she already had opened without permission. The person behind the door almost jumped off her seat with shock.

" Uh…Konnichi wa sensei. Sorry for barging in. I want to make an appeal about---" the words fired out of Kyoko's mouth like bullets from a gettling gun.

" Kindly slow down dear…" sipping a cup of tea, the flabby, female teacher tried to cut her off.

"But teacher…"

"Shhhh…"the teacher silenced her again.

"…sit down first, calm down and tell me your problem and we'd do something about it." Kyoko and Kaoru did what the teacher said.

"Noe ehat is it?"

"I am one of those students trained to be health attendants on varsity teams and I didn't like the team where I was assigned."

"Your name?"

"Inari Kyoko."The flabby woman drew out a folder from a drawer and scanned through it like what their sempai did.

"Oooohh…men's basketball club."

"Do you think you can assign me somewhere else?"

"I'm sorry Inari-dono. There are already no slots available. Each varsity team has an attendant."

"Please, sensei! She has to be in the volleyball team!" Kaoru begged.

"Somebody else had been assigned to that team."

"But maam…"

"I'm sorry. If I remember it right, the manager of the team chose you herself."

"The team manager?"

"Ayako-sempai…" Kaoru whispered, remembering the name of the person to be blamed.

So…Ayako…Ayako is her name.To hell with her.Kyoko cursed under her breath.

"I can't just take you out of the team without a valid reason." The flabs of fat of the teacher flapped as she rose to put her teacup away.

"I have a reason ! As you know, I have this congenital disorder and I can't be running around attending to a number of those jerks at the same time who are too violent."

"We'll see about that. If you'd be patient enough to be in the team for a week and you went along with them just fine, you'd stay but if something goes wrong, I'd ask for an alternative on what you can do to be exempted in your Phys Ed. Is that fine with you Inari-dono?" the sensei, once in a while turning her swivel chair by a few degrees leaned forward and rested her elbows at the edge of the table and her green eyes fixed at Kyoko's blue ones.

Kyoko realized that it was not a bad decision after all. A week would be just enough for her to get to know the club members and if they're total jerks like what she thinks they are, she'd leave.

"Yes ma'am. Thanks."

"You'd start next week. Their trainings are held everyday at I think 3:00. The manager is requiring you to bring a training outfit." The oldie's bangs of her chestnut hair somehow reached her eyes making her blink several times because of the irritation.

"Yes. Thanks. I should take my leave now." Kyoko rose and just when she's about to leave, she remembered that she was with Kaoru. She asked her sensei where her friend is and there she was at one corner of the office on a black swivel chair, head bowed and pecefully sleeping

A week after, the friends were on their way to the gym with the brown-haired caressing her swollen cheek and the 'cold-blooded' one nervously twisting and entwining her fingers.

"Stop over reacting okay? The guys here are not that bad. Some of them might be trouble-makers and gangsters but I can give you the assurance that they have respect for women." Kyoko stared blankly at her and realized that she had a point. The only way that she can judge whether they're jerks or not is to get to know them. She grabbed Kao-chan's hand, which is in contact with her face and lowered it to her friend's side.

"Don't do that again. Your constant movement makes me more uneasy."

"Yeah. Like who do you think gave me this swollen cheek?" she pressed a forefinger on the cheek.

"…" Kyo's brows furrowed.

"You did baka! You keep pinching me this past few days and I do not know what the hell has gotten into you. Maybe…maybe you're pregnant!" she grinned devilishly.

"What?!"

"You know..pregnant women have this tendency to have sudden interest on cute things…"stated Kaoru matter-of-factly, smiling as she referred to herself as cute.

"Of course not! I just thought you're getting chubbier. You're blowing up an inch in diameter per day…" Kyo's eyes widened as she covered her mouth and inwardly scolded herself for being tactless.Kaoru was enraged. Her eyes flared with anger and nerves popped out of her forehead.

"Do you know just what you said means?!? I'm going to tickle you to death! How dare you talk to me like that! Just because you're slim and tall doesn't mean you can do that ! Hehehe…" her fingers motioned readying herself for the tickle fight. Kyoko was taken aback. Her muscles become tense when she's tickled and she finds it really hard to breathe.

Just before Kaoru made her attack, two figures appeared behind them.

"Hello! If I'm not mistaken you're Inari Kyoko, our team's health attendant." A girl in a plain white shirt and cycling shorts and a timer around her neck and a cap on her head greeted.

"Hai.I'm on my way to the gym now." Thanks for saving me from the deadly tickles.

"I'm Ayako, the team manager and also the one who chose your name and this tall guy is a freshman like you. Go ahead. Introduce yourself." She hit her with an elbow.

"Rukawa Kaede 1st year section 10." Kyoko was more or less insulted bu the too formal introduction so she introduced herself in the same way.

"Inari Kyoko, 1st year section 5." She offered her hand for a shake but the icy blue eyes merely stared at it.

"Ahahaha…Rukawa-kun give me my things." It was then that Kyoko noticed that the tall guy was carrying two duffel bags, one on each shoulder and if he extends his hand, he'd lose balance and one of the bags would fall.

"Now you can give her a shake. It's very rude to reject a lady's greeting." Ayako left the bag at the floor because it's too heavy for her to carry. That's actually why Rukawa volunteered to carry it for her.

After they shook hands, Kyoko's attention went back to her friend whom she wanted also to introduce to their sempai and the tall guy but she's motionless and is blushing so hard.She wondered why but decided to introduce her herself.

"This is Kaoru, my classmate."

"Yeah! I know you. You're sister is the captain of the volleyball tem right? And you're from Tomigaoka as well like the both of us and I think you'd been Rukawa's classmate right?" the curly-haired girl turned to Rukawa for a confirmation on what she said but he doesn't seem to remember nor care.

"Yes. We've been uh… classmates twice in grade school and um…t-twice in junior high…yeah. Thet's right." Kaoru stuttered as she noticed the icy blue eyes fixed on her. Meanwhile, Kyoko was inwardly cursing Rukawa for not even saying a brief 'hi' or 'hello' to her friend whom he knew longer than she did.

"I think we should go there now so we'd have the time for you to get to know the team." Ayako glanced at her watch.

"Hai. Bye Kao-chan." She pinched her cheek but she didn't seem to mind .She's busy trying not to blush.

"Bye Kyo and goodluck." With that, she turned and half-ran half-walked away.

In the gym, only the team captain and the co-captain was there yet. Ayako introduced her to them and she thought they're nice and had a very brotherly appeal on her.

As they waited for the other players, Ayako gave her things that she would need while Rukawa was there near them warming himself up.

" Here is the medical kit but let me tell you…I didn't use that much. These guys can take care of themselves." She merely nodded but a part of her is disagreeing.If they can take care of themselves and they're not hurt often, why would you need a health attendant?

"And here are some other things you'll need. As the queen…I mean princess because I'm the queen of this team, here is your crown, your emerald necklace and most importantly, your scepter." Ayako put a cap on her head, a timer around her neck and a paper fan.Both Kyoko and Rukawa sweatdropped.

"What ami I going to need these for?"

"Well, since you wouldn't be doing much as a health attendant, Ive decided to give yo an extra assignment. Fine with you?"

"Okay but I don't think I would need the paper fan."

"You would because I'm also assigning you to be the personal trainer of a red-headed guy who doesn't know anything about basketball yet calls himself a genius…"

"You mean him…"Kyoko pointed to someone bahind Ayako who is now narrow-eyed. Ayako turned and was shocked.

"Yeah…haha…this is the genius that I was talking about.He knew nothing about basketball yet he plays so well…." The manager suddenly denied what she was saying.

The he plays so well line made Rukawa's face tunrf blue with disgust.

"If he's a genius, then I wouldn't need a paper fan to hit his head right Mr. Genius?" She gave him one of those narrow smiles and had an impression that she'd get along with him well. She has this thing for humorous people like Kaoru and this guy.

"Oh. Yes you wouldn't.I'm a genius Nyahahahaha!!" he boasted and laughed with his hands on his waist.

"Start warming up do'aho…" Rukawa gave him a hit in the head.

"Grrrr….baka kitsune! A genius needs no warm up!" Just when they were going to start a fight, Kyoko interrupted.

"Sakuragi-tensai, Ayako-sempai told me to teach you the basics first. I'm afraid you'd have to stay here with me. But because you're a genius, maybe a few minutes would be enough and you could join them later." Kyoko smiled at him again to calm him down.

"You hear that kitsune? She called me genius, nyahahahaha!" Rukawa gave her a sharp look so did she trying to piss him off.You don't have a right to call him do'aho,I think Sakuragi's batter than you are. She thought.

The rest of the team was introduced to her before the practice started and they're not bad at all but that Rukawa guy is getting on her nerves.