After the days passed and Sakura was on her way back to Japan, she realized that she was right. She loved Japan too much to move away.
"Remember to keep in touch with us too" Alexis grinned as she hugged Sakura
"I will" Sakura laughed "Maybe I'll come back to visit"
"Have a safe trip cutie" Ben winked earning a slap on the head from Ryuu
"I'm right here idiot" Ryuu grumbled
"I can't help it! She's leaving and I'm trying to not cry!" Ben whined
"Like how you cried when you found out she's related to Aidan?" Niki teased
"Remember to not talk to strangers, don't accept rides from people you don't know, use the buddy system..." their father rambled on
"Papa, I'll be fine!" Sakura laughed as she gave her father a hug "We'll see each other again before you know it!"
"I don't want my baby girl to leave!" her father sobbed not wanting to let Sakura go
"Papa, I need to leave now. My flight will leave soon!" Sakura laughed as her brother pulled their sobbing father off of her so she could leave
"It was nice meeting you Lindi!" Aaron grinned
"I was nice meeting all of you too!" Sakura grinned as she waved bye
"Looks like I just made it in time for Seigaku" Sakura grinned "My outfit will probably throw them off a bit too" She was wearing a light pink sundress with black tights underneath and her new favorite pair of light brown boots. "I would never be caught dead in something like this before, though I'm glad Niki took me shopping... This is pretty cute" Adjusting her sun hat to hide her face, she let a small smile form on her face
The sound of tennis balls being hit made Sakura sigh in happiness. She had missed the sound of tennis during her trip, especially since her father declared tennis as a dangerous sport and wanted her to quit. She knew that she wouldn't be able to play, but she brought her tennis racquet for comfort and kept it hidden in her backpack with some of her other things.
Tadaima
She texted Fuji and Mizuiro as she watched Ryoma play from a distance. Looking at Kikumaru, she let out a smile.
"He's smiling again" she said to herself before turning back to the match "Higa is so brutal" she then growled as she watched her underclassman continually getting hit by the ball "Ah, now Ochibi is just playing with him... that little bugger..."
"Mada mada dane" Ryoma smiled
"Game and Match, Seigaku Echizen 7 games to 6"
"Good job" she mused in English
Where are you? I'll meet up with you
Mizuiro texted back
You'll find out eventually
Sakura texted back teasingly as she made her way to the bleachers to get a closer look at Fuji and Kawamura's match.
"That was a signal!" Sakura growled as she glanced at Higa's coach "I was hoping to hide a bit more, but I guess I can't help it" She quickly jumped down to the court level and stood in front of Ryuzaki protectively.
"Kura-chan?!" Kawamura exclaimed surprised as he return the ball that was meant to his their coach
"You should be ashamed with how you play!" Sakura growled ignoring the surprised looks she got
"Sakura..." Ryuzaki was surprised
"Mark my words. Leave before you get hurt, Grandma. My boys won't be able to control themselves." Higa's coach laughed
"Ne, Baldy" Sakura growled "I don't deal well with threats"
"Sakura, calm down" Ryuzaki said firmly as Sakura began losing her temper
"What are you going to do little girl?" he asked amused "My boys are trained in martial arts"
"They're not the only ones" Sakura glared as she took a stance
"Sakura!" Ryuzaki said firmly again as she put her hand on Sakura shoulder "Get a hold of yourself!"
"Tch" Sakura sounded in annoyance as she jumped back off the court to where she left her stuff "I'm watching you Higa" she growled
"You develop players that can't control themselves?" Ryuzaki asked unamused
"It doesn't look like that girl could control herself either" Higa's coach replied
"If she couldn't control herself, your whole team would be holding her back from getting to you" Ryuzaki laughed
"Just because I let you speak freely... Should I do to you what we did to the old coot from Rokkaku?" Higa's coach asked
"What the hell did you do to Ojii?" Sakura growled even more darkly as she slowly turned back "I should just..."
"Sakura!" Ryuzaki shouted noticing that Sakura was a fine line away from losing it
"Answer me!" Sakura was glaring at the Higa coach making him shiver as the tennis club stared in shock at the change in her behavior
"Don't push her" she heard from Higa's side of the court "She's already calculating"
"Sakura, calm down" she heard from behind her as a hand landed on her should. Grabbing the hand of the person she was ready to flip them over her should till she realized it was Tezuka
"Kuni-chan" She muttered as she broke out of her angered state and flinched away from his touch
"Don't let your anger take over you" Tezuka said noticing that she was calmer now
"I... I almost..." Sakura was angry with herself. She almost flipped him and could have hurt him. Stepping back she let her sun hat hide her face "I could've..."
Tezuka sighed as he heard her sniff "You didn't hurt me and I know you wouldn't" he said
"I almost lost it" Sakura sniffed "I... I..."
"Don't worry about it" Tezuka said putting a hand on her shoulder making her flinch again
"I'm sorry" she cried as she grabbed her bag and ran off
"Senpai!" Momoshiro called out surprised that she ran off
"Sakura!" Yuri ran off after her friend worriedly as she saw everything from the court Hyoutei was playing on
Sakura ran blindly. She had no idea where she was going, only that she wanted to get away before she hurt someone. She just couldn't believe she was so close to hurting Tezuka, she didn't even want to know what would have happened if she hadn't snapped out of it.
"Watch it brat" someone growled when she accidently ran into them
"I'm sorry" Sakura winced
"Oh it's you" Matsumoto said boredly as the guy she was with glanced at her
"You know her?" he asked
"That's Sakura, Kaito-kun" Matsumoto said "So Sakura, I heard that you aren't with Kikumaru anymore. I guess you were wrong about trust"
"It's your fault..." Sakura said quietly
"Sakura!" Yuri panted as Mizuiro ran beside her
"Matsumoto!" Mizuiro growled as she ran up to them and pulled Sakura behind her
"Still hiding behind her, are you Sakura?" Matsumoto teased
"Sakura-chan, calm down please" Yuri pleaded as she caught up and held onto Sakura arm
"Oh like that little brat will do anything" Kaito laughed making Sakura snap again
"Sakura-chan!" Yuri gasped worriedly as she lost her grasp on Sakura
"I'm getting so sick and tired of you" Sakura growled not caring when her sun hat flew off from the wind
"It's not worth it, Kura-chan" Mizuiro glanced at Sakura who was glaring at the two people in front of them. Matsumoto visibly flinched at the glare as Kaito scoffed
"What can a little girl like her even do?" he asked
"Want to see?" Sakura asked with a blank stare
"Yuri, I would step away from Sakura" Mizuiro said seriously glancing behind her "This might not end well"
"W-what should I do?" Yuri asked worriedly
"Just leave it to me" Mizuiro said as Sakura quickly made her way around her and attempted to punch Kaito
"What the hell?!" Kaito exclaimed as her fist stopped just an inch away from him
"Mi-chan" Sakura growled "Let go"
"You know you're going to regret this, so stop Sakura" Mizuiro growled back
"I'm tired of her and his attitude!" Sakura yelled breaking out of Mizuiro's hold and glared at her friend
"Just let it go Sakura" Mizuiro said calmly
"Back off Mizuiro" Sakura glared
"Kura-chan..." someone sighed taking a hold of her
"Let me go!" Sakura yelled as Mizuiro sighed recognizing the person
"Yamato buchou..." Yuri gasped surprised to see the former tennis captain
"Geez Kura-chan, you got stronger didn't you? Should I be worried that you'll be like your brother?" Yamato joked
"Let me go Dai-nii" Sakura groaned as she kept thrashing when he only held her tighter
"So I heard you were causing Kura-chan some trouble" Yamato said glancing at Matsumoto
"I don't know what you're talking about" Matsumoto smirked
"What are you doing here Yamato?" Kaito glared
"Oh, it's nice to see you again Kishinuma-san" Yamato smiled lightly "I thought I'd just see how my old club members were doing until I saw this little one run off. You see she almost lost it earlier and I was worried it would happen again. Do you know how hard it is to hold her back? I'd hate to see what would happen if you were still around and I let go"
"Let's go, Sayuri" Kaito said taking a hold of her hand and pulling her away as she stared at Yamato "We shouldn't cause any more trouble"
"Kaito-kun!" Matsumoto was surprised to see her boyfriend not stand up to the former captain
"Sayuri!" Kaito said firmly as he pulled her away
"Now , now Kura-chan" Yamato said calmly "Look they're leaving, just calm down now"
"Let me go!" Sakura glared at her former captain "I'll show them to stop messing with me!"
"Sakura..." Yuri took a step towards them worriedly as Mizuiro blocked off Sakura's sight of the two people leaving "It's alright Sakura, come on we can go get ice cream or something"
"Sakura... what did sensei tell you before?" Yamato grunted as Sakura's elbow hit his ribs
"Sakura, remember what sensei said? Rage will get you nowhere!" Ryuu tried to reason "Rage will just eat your heart, do you want that?!"
"I remember..." Sakura said softly as she stopped struggling "I'm sorry" she then sobbed as she fell to her knees
"It's alright now Kura-chan" Yuri sighed in relief as Yamato picked up Sakura's sun hat and placed it back on her head
"Come on, enough tears" Yamato grinned "You're cuter with a smile"
"Shall we go watch Seigaku win?" Mizuiro smiled as she helped Sakura back to her feet
"Go on Sakura" Yamato patted her head "I'm sure their worried about you"
"Will you come with us?" Sakura asked quietly as she looked up to her former captain
"No, I only came to sneak a peek at how the team is doing" Yamato smiled "and it looks like everything is fine. They'll do well, I know it. Don't worry about Kikumaru, he'll come around sooner or later"
"Alright" Sakura sighed as she looped her arm with Mizuiro's
"Take care" he waved before walking off
"Let's go back Mi-chan" Sakura sighed feeling numb now