Normal POV:

"Amber. Hey, wake up, we're here." Akashi pet Amber's head to wake her up but to no avail. He started to slowly shake her until she spoke, "Nuuu Kuwo wake me up when we get there..." She fell forward a little after what she said and Akashi had to carry her out of the train. Kuroko suppressed a smile at what Amber said. She always sleep-talked, even when they were kids. "Amber, wake up we're here and I can't carry you all the way to the beach." She was silent in Akashi's arms and he sighed. "How am I supposed to wake her up..." He muttered and Hina went close up to Amber's ear. "Ne, Amber-chan I kinda broke your phone..." Amber bolted up, causing both Akashi and her to fall. "Ah, Sei-kun I'm sooo sorry! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" "I'm fine Amber." He gave her a small smile and carefully pushed her off. "Aww, so kawaii!" Hina squealed and Amber blushed. "Are you okay?" Amber nodded to Akashi's question before remembering to check her phone, which was still in perfect condition. "Ahaha...I lied." Hina awkwardly scratched the back of her head as her best friend glared at her.

"Let's get going." Amber sighed before getting up and dusting off her skirt. The group talked about their Teiko times as they were walking to the beach. Aomine and Kise stopped talking as soon as the smell of sea water hit them. "It's so hot today... we can go there after dumping our stuff." Amber smiled at the group who was taken aback by the scenery, and the fact that the beach wasn't so occupied. "What are you guys still waiting for? Hina, I'll race you there!" Kagami teased and both of them raced to wards the entrance. Aomine followed and dragged Kise along with him. Akashi took Amber's hand and suddenly sprinted forward, quickly overtaking everyone, even Kagami who was running first. She took a glimpse behind and even Midorima and Kuroko were running. The whole group trailing behind Akashi and Amber were all surprised that Amber could keep up with Akashi's speed but if they said that they might run out of breath at the speed they were running.

Since all of them ran to the entrance, they got there in no time. Everyone regained their breath before going to check in. "O-Oh, Kuchiki Amber-sama. Welcome!" The woman at the counter smiled at the group politely and gestured for Amber to come over so the others sat down in the lounge while waiting.

Kuroko's POV:

I was sitting down quietly while reading a basketball magazine when I hard the doors open and I looked up... that girl looked really familiar. And then it hit me. I got up quietly and walked over to her and poking her to catch her attention. "Oww! Hey! Who did- UWAH! HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?! Wait...I know you..." She stared at me for a while as the taller guy behind her remained silent. "Domo, Kotori-chan." I greeted and she squealed before hugging me. "Kuroooo! It's been forever!" "I'm not the only one here, Amber-chan is too." "Reaally?" "She's at the counter." I replied plainly and she squealed again as soon as she saw her before tackling her in a bear hug. "Amberrrr!" "Hey, wait who are...Kotori-chan? Kohsaka Kotori?" Kotori-chan nodded and Amber smiled. "Wow, it's been so long since I last saw you. Oh and you are?" Amber tilted her head to the side to look at the taller male behind Kotori. "My name is Kohsaka Ren. I'm her brother." He replied plainly and gave a small smile.

"HEY! I KNOW YOU! I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE!" Kise-kun exclaimed and I noticed Kotori-chan suppressing a blush. "H-Hai, I'm actually from Kaijo too Kise-san. It's uhh...nice seeing you here." She bowed a little and Kise-kun suddenly froze. "U-Uhh, y-you don't have to bow, really." He smiled awkwardly. "Oh, h-hai!" She stammered. The two were interrupted by a cough. "Mind explaining who she is, Amber?" Akashi-kun cut in. "She's one of my childhood friends!" Amber chimed. "So, you'll be staying here at Isshiki Kaigan too?" "Yeah!" "Sei-kun can she go to the beach with us later?" Akashi-kun sighed before nodding. "Amber-chan I wanna see your childish side again!" Kotori-chan said and I smiled, knowing Amber wouldn't show it to her. Amber fell silent at the question but shook her head after a while. "Maybe later?" She smiled sheepishly before grabbing her bag. "We should get going to our rooms before it gets too hot out. Can I have your number, Kotori-chan? I have to contact you later so we can meet up later." The two girls exchanged contacts before we parted ways, although I noticed...Kise-kun has been staring at Kotori-chan the whole time.

Akashi's POV:

Tetsuya, Shintaro, Daiki , Ryota, Kagami and Atsushi shared a room with me and since there were only 6 beds in the room, I ordered Kagami to sleep on the floor. I had called for room service to provide us with an extra fold out mattress before we all left the room with our beach equipment and clothes. Amber said that both she and Hina would meet us at the beach. We all spotted two figures in the distance as soon as we got to the beach. Amber was sitting under a beach umbrella on a towel on her phone with a light blue robe draped over her. Hina was out suntanning. I heard Kagami cough behind me and I gave a chuckle. Amber ended her phone call and noticed us walking over. Her face lit up and she jumped from her comfortable position to wave at us. "T-T-They b-b-bounce..." Daiki muttered before having a major nosebleed. "Sei-kun! Hurry up!" She waved over to me and for some reason, I started to instinctively walk faster. She hugged me as soon as I got to her and I wrapped my arms around her. "Why so huggy?" I asked her. "Just really happy that you guys could come over today! And besides if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have seen Kuro again so arigato Sei-kun!"

"Amber-chan! Come on, the water feel's great!" Hina called over from the water before Kagami splashed water into her face and she whined that it was burning her eyes. "Let's go!" Amber beamed at me and took my hand before giving me a light peck on the cheek. She pulled me into the water and I just followed along to see what she would do. I felt a little strange though. Why did she look so...different? Cute? I don't know how to describe her. Oh, I got the word. Perfect. She was wearing a white coloured bikini and she had gotten the robe off. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail with a white ribbon. Damn was she cute. Beautiful, in fact. No wonder she's a model. Also a genius, excellent in every aspect...and she will be my girlfriend. I won't let anyone else have her. "Hey Sei-kun?" "Hmm?" I got splashed in the face with water as soon as I turned to Amber's direction. "AHAHAHAHA! Sei-kun you were spacing out!" She burst out laughing. She did not just go there. "You asked for it Amber." I smirked before splashing water against her back, making her shiver. "Kyah! No fairr!" She complained.

We kept this up until we were both drenched with water. "M-Meanie!" She pouted at me and I chuckled at her adorable reaction. Just as she was about to get out of the water I carried her and dunked both of us underneath. Thing was, I took her by surprise and didn't give her time to breathe. As if by instinct, she immediately kissed me for air and I puller her even closer before I let both of us surface. As soon as we got out of the water she pulled away from me. "I-I'm sorry! I couldn't breathe s-so I..." She blushed a deep red and I tucked her fringe behind her ear, making her blush even deeper. "S-Sei-kun can we go to more shallow water now? I-If I let go of you I would definitely sink." She muttered and I carried her to more shallow water where she could put her foot down on the sand without having to cling on to me. "AMBER!" Both of us turned around to the direction of the voice and it was Kotori. Amber waved over to her and signaled her to go under the umbrella.

"Arigato, Sei-kun. I'm gonna go talk to Kotori-chan okay?" I nodded and kissed her on the forehead. "W-W-W-What was that for?!" "For trusting me. If you didn't trust me when I brought you to those deep waters earlier you would have tried to break away from me as soon as possible." "B-Baka, you're talking weird." She went tsundere on me before walking off to talk to Kotori. Tonight, she will be mine.

Amber's POV:

KYAAAHHH! SEI-KUNNN! WHY DO YOU LOOK SO DAMN HOT TODAY?! If I didn't control myself I probably would have been fangirling over him and that is definitely a turn off. HE WAS FREAKING SHIRTLESS! KYAAAH! "Amber-chan are you okay? You look like you want to scream at any second. Who was that guy anyway?" "E-Excuse me for a while..." I muttered before rushing off until I was far away from everyone and I fangirl squealed till my heart's content. Fortunately I was out of earshot so I came back to Kotori completely calm. "What happened?" I just uhh... had to go check on something for a while." I smiled and sat down beside her under the umbrella and grabbed the towel I had in my bag to dry myself off. "Ne, Amber-chan, it's been forever so uhh...could you...sing a song for me?" Kotori-chan asked, which was pretty surprising since she knew I didn't like singing in front of people. "It's just me anyway!" She beamed at me and I sighed.

I thought of all the recent songs I had listened to and remembered one that reminded me of a certain someone. "Okay, I'll do Checkmate by Gumi for you." I blushed as I told her. Firstly since it was embarrassing to sing in front of her. Secondly, 'cause that song reminded me of Sei-kun. "Amber-chan you sing really well so I have no idea what you're so embarrassed about! Anyway I'm gonna play the karaoke version so just go along with it!" She grinned at me and pressed the play button on her phone, letting the music play,

Getting uncontrollably jealous
Who's making you fight beyond your capacity?
With a sneer at the knight chipped away
The foe at hand pretends he didn't see
Hurting so much it won't be worth the effort
No good, time's up, it's game over
On the black and white checkerboard
He cornered me and I didn't even notice

I sang along to the song, awkwardly remembering the first time I played Shogi with Sei-kun and him cornering me against a wall.

Checkmate
Would you stop pointing it out every time?
Goodbye to myself
Even that is not permissible

"I didn't say you could leave." "What would you need me here for?" I sighed as I sat back on the counter. He never said a reply...

But are you grinning? Are you enjoying this?
In this incomprehensible daydream
Who are you? What are you to me?
I'm struggling for the words
Still in its throes, the dream doesn't end
But I still challenge you
Even if it's an ideal to never come true

"May I invite you you over for a game of shogi later?" He had no idea how much courage I had to muster up to ask something like that of him. He has always won at everything, why would I be able to beat him anyway? In truth...I just want to see him, talk to him. Why do I feel as if he's just so important to me?

Fought to the end, at last I see
Here's the epilogue I've waited for so long
It's almost over. Does this mean I win?
Not so simple. I knew that.

"How did you beat me?" "T-There was a-an opening there..." I quietly pointed to the board and he let go of me."Amber, I would like to keep an eye on you." I nodded to his question. I had never seen him so threatening before...sure he had a scary aura at times but this was up close! Had he really never lost to anyone before? I guess he's just that awesome...

Just one more push, I'm not there yet
Even so, I desire for you
Down to the pawn that can only march forward
If it's an ideal surely not too far away, then...

"WOAAAHH! Amber-chan you still sing so well!" Kotori exclaimed and hugged me. "Heh, arigato." I smiled. The thing was... I was so engrossed in the lyrics and my memories that I had no idea who else was listening to me...

~A/N~

WOOO SONG LYRICS FTW! Here's the link to the song that Amber sang: watch?v=NKG-NqujeHc . I hoped you guys liked this chapter 'cause I had a lot of fun writing it! I also added in some new OC's, namely Furasaki Kaneki (Ridwan-kun, my fwen :3) in Chapter 13 and Kotori and Ren Kohsaka (Vio-chan and Zero-nii HIIIIII) Please leave reviews and look forward to my next chappie~ Byeeee!