Aoi's P.O.V

"Yuki was that girl?"

Aoi rubbed his forehead as he sat down on the sand. No way! You mean to tell him that she was just making a fool out of himself? And everybody was in this? They were all playing a joke on him and he didn't know. That was doing a bit much just to humiliate him. He doesn't mind the teasing from his senpais but from Yuki it just kinda hurts. Aoi couldn't help but feel a little angry at her. Why didn't she tell him?

He felt a hug from behind; he turned around to see who it is. Yuki was smiling at him as if nothing happened; she still has her arms around his neck.

"Ken-chan! Come on, why are you sitting there like a dummy? Let's go eat!"

Aoi didn't reply. He took Yuki's arms away from his neck and stood up. He started to walk away from her but Yuki grabbed the back of his shirt.

"Woah there. Did something catch in your pants to make you look this grumpy?"

Aoi faced her, he frowned at her. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Huh?"

"Why didn't you tell me who you were, that you were that Yuki from my childhood?" he burst. "Were you just playing with me? Was our friendship just an act so you can make a fool out of me?"

Yuki jumped in surprise, she shook her head. "No! I wasn't! Our friendship is real! I just wanted to see if you figured out who I was so I just kept quiet. I thought it would be funny…"

"But why did you tell the others before me? Was it just to humor you more?"

Everybody stopped what they were doing and watched them. All of them wondering what were going on with their kohais.

"I just wanted to let them know! Why are you so angry about this? Can't you handle a joke?"

"What kind of joke is that? How is it funny that it keeps on going on for weeks? Your sense of humor is just bad!"

Yuki looked taken aback when he yelled. Her lips became a thin line. She yelled back, "You don't have to yell at me! At least I'm not a loud annoying bastard who's screaming at me because he's angry for that stupid reason! And hey, shouldn't I be the one angry at YOU?"

"Why would you be angry?"

"Because you forgot about me! I've have been giving you hints and clues but you didn't get any of them! You remembered my sister's name instead of mine! You remembered, the promise we made but you forgot the person who you made it with! I haven't forgotten you once! Even when I was still in Tokyo I still recalled you," she clamored. She faintly spoken, "I looked forward to come back here because I thought I had a friend waiting for me."

Aoi didn't know what to say. He suddenly felt an uneasy feeling in his heart. "Yuki…"

He was about to reach out for her but she pushed him away. Yuki met his face; she looked like she was about to cry.

"Why did you forget about me?" she whispered.

The girl ran off and left him there. Kentarou called out for her but she was already gone. He stared at the path she just left, feeling stressed he groaned and plopped down on the sand. Why did he do that? Great, now he feels like a jerk. He could have just taken it as a joke like the others; it was really his fault that he was slow at getting things.

Saeki kneeled down beside him.

"I screwed up," Aoi said.

Seaki nodded solemnly. He pointed at him. "Big time," he replied.

"You should've kept your mouth shut," Ryou said.

"You're an idiot," Bane sighed throwing his arm around him.

Dabide said, "Aoi wa-ouch!"

"Now's not the time for puns Dabide!"

It has been days since the fight and they were still not talking to each other. Yuki has been ignoring him for a very long time. When ever he sees her at practice he tries to apologies what happened but Yuki would get away from him and talk to Saeki instead. She acts normal around the teammates but pretends he didn't exist. The teammates say that she would have calmed herself down if this was a normal situation but this situation was different because she would not budge and it was Aoi's fault. This clearly makes him feel even guiltier.

Yuki's P.O.V

She can't face him at all, not without feeling embarrassed and angry. She wished she didn't run away like a coward. So it did bother her that he did forget about her but she can't blame him, they were just kids. The only reason she can remember him because he was her first friend.

But what's going to happen now? She keeps on ignoring him and if they did talk to each other they would be awkward with each other. It's been days since they talked, the only person Yuki can talk to was Saeki, but Saeki is trying to convince her to make up with him. Whenever Saeki brings that up she ignores it.

It was almost time for the tournaments, and that's the only thing she can look forward to without feeling angry.

Yuki's P.O.V

She yawned loudly on the bus. Waking up early was not fun. She was excited yesterday when she heard from Saeki that the tournaments had begun and they'll be there tomorrow but now she's out of energy. It's exciting yes, that they would compete against other schools but right now she needs a nap. The only thing that keeping her awake was It-chan, the dude would not stop asking questions! For the first time she doesn't want to answer all these questions and that she finds it very annoying. She was just so tired. She groaned inwardly as she sinks lower to her seat and tried her best to ignore It-chan.

"Hey, Hey, Yuki-chan why are you sitting like that? Why do you look tired? Why are we riding a bus?"

She covered his mouth and glared at him. "Will you please stop? I'm tired because I didn't get much sleep and I need a little rest if you don't mind!"

She uncovered his mouth; It-chan looked at her shocked. Yuki stopped glaring and suddenly felt bad. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to act all nasty on you. I'm just grumpy in the morning."

It-chan only smiled, accepted her apology and apologized to her too.

"Hey It-chan! Switch seats with me if you don't want to get killed by Yuki-chan!" Saeki called out.

It-chan took the offer and switched seats with him but he wasn't mad at Yuki or anything, he doesn't want to feel the wrath of a first year girl who was already freaking.

Saeki sat down on It-chan's seat. He rested his arm on the arm rest and looked at her.

"Not feeling any better?"

"No," she said curtly.

"You don't have to be in such a bad mood. You shouldn't take your stress on It-chan either."

"Yeah… You're right…" she looked out the window.

"I know he can be an idiot sometimes but you have to make up soon or you're going to loose what you had and can never get it back."

Yuki didn't reply she kept silent. The bus stopped and slowly opened the door.

"Alright! We're here! Everyone off the bus now!"

She immediately got up from her seat, "Right! Let's go!" She jumped of the bus and Saeki followed her out shaking his head.

The team and kids waited for the last passenger to get off and then headed to the application table to sign up. Yuki looked around in excitement, there are a lot of people here; tennis players from different schools around the area, the interviewers for tennis magazines and a lot of spectators. The place was crowded! There are a lot of tennis courts too, all neat and big. She sees some of the matches had already begun with other schools; maybe they'll play against them later. Yuki grabbed her bag tightly, she never felt so ready. She moved next to Ryou as they placed their stuff to get ready for the matches.

Taking out her racket she said, "This is awesome! I can't wait to play!"

Ryou was tying his shoes, he muttered, "You sound just like Aoi when he first came to the team."

"Huh?"

"Never mind. Forget it," he sighed.

Oji called out to his team to gather around and listen to what they are going to do. "Singles 1, Ryou, Singles 2, Kentarou, Singles 3, Yuki, Dabide and Bane play Doubles 1 and Doubles 2, Saeki and It-chan," Oji announced. "We'll be playing against Alice Gakuen…"

Everyone nodded their faces serious, and brimming with courage. This was it, it may not be the nationals but this was important to Yuki. She can finally play in the Rokkaku team.

The captain gave his prep talk to everyone. "Alright! Let's do our best and show them how freaking awesome we are! Let's fight!"

Everyone shouted, "Yes!"

He raised his fist and shouted, "Rokkaku!"

The team did the same thing. "Rokkaku!"

They all lined up and entered the courts to meet their opponents. The net separated between the two teams. The Alice Gakuen players were all third years; some were the size of Bane and some were just average sized people, none of them were intimidating.

One of them snickered at Yuki. He whispered to his companion next to him and they both started to laugh. Yuki gave them a glowering look.

Ryou did the same thing. "What are you laughing about?"

They froze. The one who snickered gained back his cool to show them he wasn't afraid of them. He sneered, "Nothing buddy. Just wondering why there is a girl here. Or maybe she's actually a boy who's just girly looking." He looked at her from head to toe. "A rather pretty girly boy. What's your name sweetie? You're supposed to be outside of the courts cheering over there. Unless you came here because you want my number? I'll be happy to do that and more."

His team started to laugh and jeer. Yuki's fist shook. Her blood started to boil; she wished she can beat the shit out of these guys with her serves so she can leave a crack in their skull. She took a deep breath and forced a smile.

"No that's fine. I'm actually in the team," she said keeping her cool.

He smirked. "Really? I heard there was two first years in the team. One's a captain and the others a girl. Ha! This is gonna be an easy win for us! There must be something wrong with Rokkaku if they can't have good players that are old enough to play."

They all laughed again. The Rokakku team looked at them coldly. "Hey sweetie, how about quitting the team and join with us? As one of our cheer team that is. I bet you would look good in a skirt. If you do that it will please me and I would reward you something "special."

It-chan's nose blew in fury, Bane held him back. Aoi looked like he was going to jump over the net and beat the living hell out of this bastard. The guys all looked like they wanted to go and teach them a lesson but Yuki was the one who looked like she wasn't bothered.

She looked at him sweetly. "Thanks but no thanks. I'm not interested, besides I don't think you can give anything good in there because of your puny size. So go and DROP DEAD. Grow some balls and try again."

Everyone looked at her in amazement. The Alice team went, "Ooo!"

The guy's face turned red in anger. "What did you say bi-"

"Alright break it up! Let's start the matches. Doubles 2 players get ready!" the referee said coming up to them.

The teams exited the court. They all went to take their spots to watch the game. Saeki and It-chan got their rackets out and stated to warm up.

"You're gonna take back what you said earlier bitch. Once we win," the guy said as he passed the team. Then he ran off to find his team before he gets beaten up.

"Don't mind what that guy says Yuki-chan. You are gonna show them what you're really made out of when you beat him," Bane said glaring at the guy.

"Yeah, and nice comeback. You really embarrased that guy. I knew you can stand up for upself," Dabide said.

"We'll teach them a lesson once we're through with them," Saeki said bouncing his racket on his shoulder.

Yuki smiled. "Thanks guys."

"Go Saeki and It-chan! Beat the crud out of them!" one of the kids yelled.

It-chan gave them a thumbsup to them and Saeki nodded.

Bane grinned at the kids. "They'll win if you guys cher for them. Can you do that?"

They all yelled and cheered. Yuki smiled wider, god she loves their cheer team and future Rokkaku players.

Saeki headed towards her. "Wish me luck?" he asked.

"Good luck. Teach those guys a lesson to not mess with our team!"

"I might be lucky if you give me a kiss," he mused.

She arched an eyebrow, she chuckled, "Now you're asking too much but alright."

Yuki gave him a peck on the cheek. Saeki grinned, he laughed, "Aw, that's it?"

That's all you're getting."

He turned around and headed to the courts with his partner. He looked over his shoulder and gave her a wink. Yuki just shook her head and gave a half smile. What a guy. He always seems like a good friend who always make her feel embarrassed, but tries to always make her feel better by helping out her problems. She glanced at Kentarou for a second, maybe she should at least say something to him. But it doesn't mean she'll forgive him. Really, she sighed if only Saeki wasn't right all the time.


I'm very sorry that the whole thing is in italics but the thing went screwy on me, so I have to cut this chap short and create a new document. I will continue the interrupted chap once i can fix it. I also wish I can update this story on time but with the end of the school year I've been very busy. Bear with me here, I'm almost gonna finish this story. So please review, and wait for the 2 last upcoming chaps. Thankyou! :)