Kumiko knew that she would have to speak to Reina today. There was no other option. It was the only way to remove the animosity between the two. She didn't want to apologize, she said nothing wrong, or so she thought. However Reina wasn't going to accept that. She only accepted success, nothing else. Kumiko still had not thought of exactly how to approach her, she was going to do it after school, that was a fact however how was she going to come up to Reina? Reina was not the easiest girl to talk to, so it was not going too easy to get a conversation going, especially due to the tension that followed the two girl's relationship. She finally got out of bed, had breakfast and gotten dressed and out the door to start what would hopefully be a huge burden of her back.

The school day itself seemed to go without problems, Hazuki finally decided on playing the Tuba, and spent a lot of the day talking to Kumiko excitedly about it. Hazuki and Midori also decided to agree to back Kumiko up when talking to Reina, just in case Kumiko decided to get scared or go completely off track.

Finally, the day was over. Kumiko knew that she had to chase up Reina, with Hazuki and Midori following a few steps behind, hiding in some cases so that Reina could not see them. They wanted Kumiko to speak one on one with Reina, no exceptions. Kumiko finally found Reina in the locker room, right near the front entrance. Kumiko asked to talk to Reina behind the school, where no one would be around them and also giving a place for Hazuki and Midori to hide where Reina couldn't see them. Reina agreed to this since she didn't hate Kumiko, and she was one of the only people she knew at Kitauji. Kumiko knew she had to get straight to the point.

"I needed to apologise to you, I didn't know how much you wanted to get into nationals, I really should not have been so accepting of defeat…"

Kumiko said this, however she did still not agree with this completely and wanted to get this whole incident out of her mind, and wanted to keep a good relationship with Reina. Surprisingly, Reina actually gave a little smile at this.

"It's nice to see you finally think this, success should be the only option, you can't get around in life simply failing at everything, it's simply unacceptable." This was said in Reina's trademark monotone voice.

Kumiko and Reina parted ways. Hazuki and Midori were pleased about how the conversation went, and even both wished to meet Reina at some point. Kumiko was relieved, something that had been on her mind for months had now been evaporated. It also ended up being confirmation that she was going to join the band club. She still didn't want to play the euphonium again, however the conversation brought a new spark in Kumiko. She told Hazuki and Midori that she was going to be joining band, the two of them delighted at hearing the news. The trio then decided to go up into the music room, eager to finally join officially. They were of course, greeted by Asuka.

"Ohoho the trio have returned! Finally decided to announce love for me? Don't worry, there is plenty of room in my heart!"

Kumiko could only sigh and reply sternly "Please stop that."

Hazuki decided to be the one to tell her.

"We came here to join the band officially!" She said loudly. Haruka immediately rushed over.

"That's great! Please accept and sign these!" She handed the trio signup sheets.

"We are giving out instruments tomorrow, so just take a seat and enjoy yourselves for now."

Kumiko noticed that there was still no instructor present.

"Where is the instructor?"

"We have no instructor at the moment, we have been told that there has been one hired, but we are not sure when he or she is coming in."

Suddenly, an older looking girl appeared in front of the girls. Kumiko immediately noticed her.

"Aoi-Chan?"

"Hey Kumiko! I didn't know you were going to Kitauji! How is the Euphonium going?

Kumiko immediately gasped. She didn't want to play it, but unfortunately for her, Asuka who was the leader in that section heard this.

"Please, come with me!" she said with an evil glare on her face.

"Ok..." Kumiko whimpered.

Asuka managed to get Kumiko to promise that she would be playing euphonium, which Asuka also played.

Midori meanwhile wanted to meet some of the other band members. She noticed a girl, who was wearing a frog puppet, like a glove. She was immediately drawn to her.

"…Hey There." Midori said shyly to the girl.

"Hey! Are you a new member?"
"New Member?" She actually spoke with the puppet. It seemed a lot more timid then this girl.

"Yeah… That frog is cute…"

"Oh this? Her name is Shiori!"

"Yes… I am known as Shiori…"

This girl actually had a live, talking puppet. Midori couldn't believe it. She had a childish personality as well, so naturally, she enjoyed the act.

"What is your name?" Midori decided to ask the girl.
"My name is Sakiko Suzuka, but you can just call me Sakiko." Midori noted that she reminded her of Hazuki.

Speaking of Hazuki, she immediately went over to the Bass section, where Kumiko and Midori would also be joining. She noticed two Tuba players, a boy and girl. She decided to strike up a conversation with them.

"Hello! Can I watch you guys for a bit?"

The boy decided to respond.

"Are you a Tuba player?"
"I haven't played before, but im going to be starting tomorrow!"

The girl then responded.

"Sure, we will play something for you!"

The two then decided to play a short piece together. Hazuki was very impressed.

"Amazing!"

The two then decided to introduce themselves.

"I'm Gotou Takuya and this is Riko Nagase" the boy told Hazuki.

Hazuki knew that these two would be very important if she wanted to ever get good at the tuba, as they had been playing much longer then her.

Kumiko had just come back from her talk with Asuka. She decided to go and speak to Aoi for a bit, since they had not seen each other since Kumiko was in elementary school. During this talk, a boy decided to come to the two.

"Hey Kumiko, Aoi."

"Egh, hello Shuuichi…"

Shuuichi was a boy that knew both Aoi and Kumiko have known since elementary, they were also neighbours. Aoi decided to let them speak alone and went to talk with some of the 3rd years.

"Whats with that reaction?"
"I'm still mad about what you said to me."
"Huh?"

"You called me ugly and told me to go away from you last year."

"That was because you asked me if I was having dinner at your place in front of others."

"Ah."

Kumiko then decided to move away from Shuuichi and go back with Midori and Hazuki.

Then just a couple of minutes later, a new figure arrived. A tall black-haired male, not in school uniform, just a casual shirt and a pair of trousers. Kumiko and the rest of the band could tell who this is…