SCHOOL RUMBLE -To see you under the blue sky again

The characters in this story are not related to me but to their respective creators.

Act 2-Growing Pains

The Spring of April. A nice breeze passes the streets of Yagami Street and the sun was shining brightly at two figures.

"We are almost there, Sora Kun." One of the figure spoke.

"I am a bit nervous, Yakumo Kun." Sora replied.

"It'll all right. Nee San and the others will help you." Yakumo's smile brightens his confidence.

"Hi, Sora Kun!" A voice called him. He looked further down the road and saw three figures waving at them.

"Look, it's Eri and the others." Sora pointed at them and they approached the group.

"Good morning, Eri Sempai, Mikoto Sempai, Akira Sempai." Yakumo greeted them.

"Morning, everyone." Sora followed suit.

"Where's Tenma?" Mikoto asked.

"Nee San went off with Harima Senpai in his bike to school." Yakumo replied.

"Not bad for Tenma." Eri added.

"Exactly. Tenma is really very happy now." Akira spoke.

"Let's get going, everyone! I wouldn't wanted to be late for my first day." Sora walked in front of everyone.

Eri and Mikoto went near him and gave a smile.

"Don't worry, Sora Kun! We'll make sure you'll have a good time with us around." Mikoto tapped his shoulder.

"Don't you feel honored that four beautiful ladies are walking with you to school?" Eri teased him.

"Well…I…" Sora was loss with words.

"Let's go, everyone or we'll really be late." Akira walked way ahead of them.

The rest of them followed and finally they arrived at Yagami High School.

"Hi, everyone!" They saw Tenma and Harima approaching them.

"Nee San!" Yakumo called to her.

"I found out that we're are in the same class together this year. You too, Sora Kun." Tenma told them.

"Really, that's great!" Sora was excited about being with everyone.

"But I have to report to the admin office about my transfer here, right?" He queried.

"I guess so." Mikoto agreed with him.

"I'll bring him to the admin office." Eri volunteered.

"It's okay, Eri San. I go on my own." Sora was trying not to feel dependent on them.

"It's all right, you are new here. So it's fair someone bring you around." Eri then held his hand and they entered the school building.

"There they went. Come on, guys. Let's go in." Tenma and Harima went in, followed by Mikoto and Akira. Yakumo walked slowly into the building but she was concerned about Eri's behavior to Sora.

"Eri Sempai is just trying to be helpful, that's all. She wouldn't be interested in Sora, would she?" She then heard her friend Sarah Adiemus calling out her that made her forgot what has just happened...

Sora had a strange feeling when walking the hallway with Eri. Theguys were seemed to be angry with him being with her.

"Eri San? Why's everyone looking at me like that?"

"Don't mind them, Sora Kun." Eri reassured him and they entered the admin office.

"All right. Your class will be 3-C and your homeroom teacher will be Osakabe Itoko Sensei." The female admin staff informed them.

"Itoko Sensei." Eri said to herself.

"Do you know her, Eri San?"

"Oh...she was our physics teacher last year but she never took any classes before. I wondered why she is taking us this year?"

"Maybe something changed her mind." A voice spoke to them and they turned around to see a tall, attractive lady walking toward them.

"Itoko Sensei." Eri called her.

This is Itoko Sensei, Sora wondered. She looks young for her age and there's something charming in her that probably will raise males hormones in the class.

Itoko looked at Sora and smiled at him "So you're Aoki Sora, my transfer student."

Sora was nervous; having a mature and attractive lady at such close proximity is definitely raising his hormones.

Eri immediately interrupted them "Itoko Sensei, I am bringing Sora Kun back to the class."

"Oh, you can go ahead, Sawachika San."

Eri pulled Sora out of the office and went up to the second floor. Itoko watched Sora leaving and said to herself "I wish I was younger."

Eri brought Sora up to the class of 3-C and there's a commotion inside the room.

"Here's our class, 3-C." Eri presented to Sora and they entered the room. The class was filled with activities. He could see Tenma and the others talking at one corner and Harima was writing something on his desk.

"You can sit here, Sora Kun." Eri showed him to an empty seat, which was in the middle of the class.

"Thank you, Eri San." Sora placed his bag on the table and sat on the chair. He felt a sense of dread the moment he sat down. He turned around and could see some of the male students were looking with an unfriendly stare.

"Sora Kun!" Harima called him.

"Harima San."

"Listen! If anybody bullies you, just tell me and I will show them who's boss!" Harima flexed his muscles, which made the male students turned away. Messing with Sora means messing with Harima and no one wants that.

"Thanks…but I am fine." Sora gladly rejected his offer.

"No problem, Sora Kun!" Harima then went back to his seat and continued to make "eye contact" with Tenma.

Ichijou Karen entered the classroom and greeted Sora "Good Morning, Sora Kun."

"Morning, Ichijou San." He smiled at her that make her blushed. She immediately ran back to her seat at the right corner of the room and sat in embarrassment.

"Miko Chin!" Sora heard a male voice calling someone. He saw a male student running towards Mikoto.

"Get lost, Imadori! I don't have time for you!" Mikoto shunned him off.

"But Miko Chin Baby, I want to date you out! Wouldn't you want that?" Imadori acting like a cute puppy but Mikoto was more annoyed by his actions!

"The answer is No! You D-CUP PERVERT!" The whole class went silent for a moment.

"All right! Come on, Imadori San! Suou say No is No!" A bespectacled male student dragged Imadori off back to his seat.

"Sorry, Suou. I'll handle this." The bespectacled male apologizes to Mikoto.

"Thanks, Hanai Kun." Mikoto left go a sign while Tenma and the others try to console her.

Sora realizes that Mikoto does have her limits and he saw Karen was looking at Imadori with a concerned look.

"What are you looking at?" Eri called him.

He saw Eri was sitting behind her "Nothing. Who is that Imadori?"

"Imadori Kyosuke. A real pervert. Always going after girls who have a D-Cup bust size and a jerk.

"Really? And that bespectacled guy?"

"Him? That's Hanai Haruki. Our Class Rep for two years. He is just over bearing sometimes and he's Mikoto's Childhood Friend."

"Childhood Friend?" Sora wondered.

Then Itoko entered the classroom and all the students immediately ran back to their seats.

"Good Morning, Class. I am your homeroom teacher for this year, Osakabe Itoko."

A crash was heard instantly and everyone turned around to see Harima falling off his seat.

"Are you okay, Kenji Kun?" Tenma asked.

"I am fine…Hahahaha!" Harima laughed like an idiot.

"Stupid Cousin." Itoko say to herself.

"Anyway, before we start the class, we have a new exchange student from Kusanagi High School, Aoki Sora." Itoko call out his name and he went in front of the class.

"Hi, everyone. I am Aoki Sora and I'll be with you for this year. Hope we can be friends!" His smile lightens the tension of everyone.

"Thank you, Aoki San. Now, Class, let me start with the attendance." Sora went back to his seat and he saw that Tenma, Eri, Mikoto, Akira, Harima and Karen all smiling back at him. He felt that maybe coming here was the right choice…

Soon it was lunchtime and everyone began to relax when the teacher left. Sora approached Tenma and the others who are at a corner of the room.

"Anybody having lunch now?" He casually asked.

"Yakumo is bringing lunch over here." Tenma replied.

"Nee San." Yakumo entered the class, holding three lunch boxes in her hand.

"Nice timing, Yakumo." Tenma took one of the boxes and called Harima. Both of them then went out of the class to have their lunch.

"Well, that's what happen when a girl has a boyfriend. She neglects her friends." Eri chewed some rice and looked at Sora.

"Don't mind them. Let's dig in." Mikoto cheered everyone up.

"Sora Kun?"

"Yes, Yakumo Kun?"

"I made yours too." She passed the lunch box to him bashfully.

"Thanks. Let's eat together." Sora answered.

"It's okay. I better leave before Hanai Sempai returned. See you later." Yakumo ran out to the classroom that made Sora wondered.

"What's with Yakumo and Hanai San?

"She seems to be afraid of him. Every time they meet, Yakumo will be scared out of her wits." Akira explained.

Sora didn't want to probe and sat among the girls to eat. While they were eating, a dark-skinned lady entered the class.

"Ichijou!" The lady shouted Karen's name.

"Lala San!" Karen greeted her.

"Let's fight, Ichijou!" Lala was burning with fury in her tone.

"Who's that?" Sora asked.

"That's Lala Gonzalez from Class 3-D. She is a Mexican student and rival to Karen Chan." Mikoto pointed to Sora.

"Rival?"

"Ichijou is a member of amateur wrestling and they always battled each other during the sports meets." Eri added.

"She must be really strong to be in amateur wrestling." Sora was surprised by Karen's abilities.

"Mikoto and she are our class's best sportswomen." Akira told Sora.

"Mikoto?" Sora queried.

"Don't say that, Akira. I am just lucky to have a good physical body, that's all." Mikoto modestly declined.

Karen didn't want to fight today but invited Lala to join her for lunch. Lala took the offer immediately.

After Lunch, Sora took a stroll around the school and find that there was not much difference between his old school and here. He saw the usual activities among the students, the guys were reading some magazines or playing some ball games. The girls were gossiping among themselves or minding their business.

He then saw Eri was talking to some male students at a corridor. He approached slowly and could hear their conversation.

"Sawachika San, who was that guy with you?"

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"What could you see in that guy?"

Those were some of the things Sora heard from the group but Eri answered back calmly.

"He is just a friend. He's new here and I am just helping him, that's all."

"But Sawachika San, you're so friendly towards him." A male told her.

"Listen, if you are trying to get a date with me, you got to try harder. Sora is just a friend but if he wants to date me too, he has the same chance like you guys. Bye, everyone!" Eri walked away not realizing that Sora was listening in a corner.

"No wonder, everyone was looking at me strangely earlier. But Eri…I mean she is beautiful but dating her…I don't know." Sora was confused and slowly headed back to class.

Soonschool ended. Sora was placing his books in his bag and was preparing to leave.

"Kenji and I are going to the library, want to come along?" Tenma asked the others.

"Sorry, Tenma. I am going for Kenpo training." Mikoto declined her offer and left first.

"We wouldn't want to play gooseberry with you two. So pass." Eri and Akira followed suit.

"Sora Kun, could you tell Yakumo that I'll be late for dinner?"

"Sure, Tenma." Tenma and Harima then left the class, leaving Sora alone. He carried his bag and walked out of the classroom.

He walked to the ground floor where he saw Yakumo talking to a blonde girl.

"Yakumo Kun." He called her.

"Sora Kun." Yakumo greeted him.

"Tenma said she will be late for dinner." Sora informed her.

"I see…Oh, meet my friend, Sara Adiemus." Yakumo introduced Sora the blonde girl to him.

"Hello, Yakumo did mention you. So you are Sora, nice to meet you." Sara smiled at him.

"Hi, Sara San." Sora noticed Sara is not bad looking and she seems to be friendlier than Eri.

"We're going to the tea club. Want to join us?" Sara asked.

"It's okay, I'll take a walk around the school before heading home."

"Are you sure?" Yakumo asked.

"Don't worry, I'll see you tonight." Sora left the two girls and turned right to a corridor…

Sora walked around the school compound and looked at the activities that are happening. Some of the students were training in some sports events while many were leaving the school gate. He took a left turn and entered the gym building.

He saw Karen was wearing long spandex clothes and doing some warm up.

"Ichijou San!" He called her.

"Sora Kun!" She approached him with a smile.

"What are you wearing?" He asked.

"Oh, this is for amateur wrestling." She showed off her clothes that actually revealed her small, slender body shape.

They heard a whistle and Karen saw her coach calling for everyone to gather around.

"I got to go. See you tomorrow." Karen then ran to her coach with her teammates.

"Take care!" Sora took off and headed straight to the school gate.

Sora walked the streets of Yagami Town and looked at the displays outside the stores. The sun was starting to set and people were walking past him and minding their own business.

He continued walking until he passed a temple. He looked at the long flight of stairs to the temple and saw a familiar person walking into the temple.

"Could that be?" Sora followed the person into the temple. He saw the figure rang the bell and praying in front of a shrine.

"Please let me do my best in this year's championship." The figure spoke.

"Mikoto San?" Sora called her.

"Sora Kun?" She was shocked by his appearance.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm just praying for good luck." Mikoto embarrassedly answered.

Sora looked at the shrine and asked, "Does it work?"

"If you believe it, yes."

Sora ringed the bell and started to pray.

"I am done."

"What did you asked for?" Mikoto curiously asked.

"It's a secret."

"I am going home, see you tomorrow." Mikoto took her bag and went down the stairs.

"See you tomorrow!" Sora waved to her and he hurried back to the Tsukamoto Residence.

That night, Sora laid down on his bed, recalling what happened today. From Mikoto's praying at the temple, Karen looking at Imadori, Yakumo introducing Sara to him and Itoko Sensei.

But he was concerned about what Eri said to those guys. He is just a friend and nothing more. So why is he bothering over the matter?

"Screw it! I am here to finish my finals!" He covered himself with the blankets and closed his eyes to dreamland…

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's notes: How is it? Just introducing the rest of the School Rumble Cast to Sora. If this was a love simulation game, it is very similar to what I had wrote here. Walking around and having events at certain places. Anyway, the next few chapters will be focusing on the girls with Sora and Sparks will fly! See you soon! Reviews and Comments Pls! Tks!