Itsuka, Kitto...

Disclaimer: Sessha does not own any of the characters from SD...Only the one's I created...

They all belong to Inoue Takehiko...



Two boys, walked in, softly greeting anyone who might have gotten to the gym earlier.

* WHACK *

* WHACK *

"Itai yo. Aya-chan..." Miyagi exclaimed, as he placed a hand on his throbbing head.

Mitsui straightened himself to his full height, right hand still on the newly formed bump on his head. "Itai! Ayako, you really should watch where you swing that thing. You could kill a person with that you know."

"Ahh, sempai, gomen gomen. I didn't know it was you." The team manager moved towards Mitsui, apologizing hysterically for hitting him on the head so hard.

All Miyagi could do was stand by and watch, with his jaw hanging so low it could touch the floor. "Aya...Aya-chan...What about me? In case you forgot, you hit me on the head too, you know" He continued to point to the bump on his head, tearing as he did.

It was either she didn't hear him, or was ignoring him, because Ayako just walked away, leaving the point guard to stand by and think if he had done anything to his Aya-chan for her to ignore him. Mitsui, seeing his friend's distress, nudged him in the shoulder, before whispering something in his ear.



'I wonder what those two are up to now' Ayako stood by and watched.

All of a sudden, Miyagi started blushing uncontrollably, and that was before blood started flowing out of his nose, which was also before he started shouting 'HENTAI', and jumping on his senior.

"Mattaku...I wonder what Mitsui was telling him...Ah...Kaori-chan!"

Ayako ran towards the door of the gym, her eyes on a raven haired girl, who was blushing so red that if she stood beside Sakuragi, she would be able to blend in perfectly with his hair.

"H-hai...Ayako-chan?" Kaori jumped at the sound of her name. Before Ayako had called her, she was gazing at her classmate, who is, right now, busy with beating the MVP of Junior High up.

"Kaori-chan, don't just stand there." Tugging her new friend on the sleeve, Ayako 'dragged' the girl into the gym, and introduced her to everyone. "MINNA-SAN! This is Shoiriki Kaori, she's a transfer student from Tokyo."

At the sound of Ayako's voice, everyone in the gym turned to face her. Some of the first years stared curiously at the raven haired beauty before them. Even Ayako saw a glint of emotion in Rukawa's eyes for a second, but it was gone as soon as it came.

Mitsui would probably have whistled, him being very forward with his feelings and all, but nobody could be sure, since Miyagi had knocked him out after stomping over the poor boy.

It was after Akagi came in with clutches, did Ayako pull Rukawa away from his team mates.

"Nani?" A confused Rukawa allowed himself to be dragged by his team manager, at least until he realized what Ayako was planning to do.

Rukawa immediately yanked his arm out of Ayako's grasp.

"Rukawa, I need a favour."

"Favour?" The boy's eyebrow twitched upwards, as he turned his attention to the shy girl, standing at the corner of the gym. "Her?"

Ayako nodded once. "Hai. She's new here, and I was wondering if you could show her around school for me. Onegai..." She clasped her hands together tightly in front of Rukawa, begging him to say 'yes'.

The boy only stared at her in reply.

"Please?"

"Why don't you ask him?" Without turning, Rukawa pointed to Miyagi.

'You don't understand...'

"Ano...well...it's just that Ryota and I are...well...we have been having lots of tests these past few days, and we don't have enough time to study for it, and show a new girl around school. Yeah, that's it." The girl nodded, happy with her excuse.

"Hmp. You just want him for yourself. Jealousy..." Rukawa snorted, as he turned around to walk away, leaving Ayako to fume at the side of the court.



After one tiring day of practice, Miyagi retired to the school's locker room, leaving Sakuragi and Rukawa to whatever they wanted to do. "Those two are so predictable sometimes. One minute they'd want to bite each other's head off, and the next, they'll 'kiss' and make 'out'." Literally, so sometimes, it was better to leave them alone.

Miyagi was going to put his hand on the door knob, when someone opened it from the other side.

"Aa, Mitsui, I..."

Miyagi was cut off by the older boy, when Mitsui whispered something in his ear. 'Good luck.' With that, Mitsui patted Miyagi on the shoulder, before laughing as he walked quickly out of the room.

"Miyagi-san?"

Miyagi turned his attention to the source of the voice. "Aya-...Oh, Kaori, what are you doing here so late?"

It was already six, and even his Aya-chan has already left. Demo..."Ano, what are you doing in the male locker room?"

At this, the girl blushed again, looking down at her feet.

"Ano, eto, Miyagi-san, I...I...don't know if you remember me, but..." Dropping something on the floor, Kaori ran out of the room.

"Ah! Kaori! You dropped something!" Miyagi shouted, but it was too late, the girl was probably at the school's gate by now.

Walking to the fallen item, Miyagi picked it up, and examined it. His eyes widened in shock, when he realized what it was.

It was a toy pendent, attached to a silver chain. The pendent itself was very old, even the plastic was scratched, and the hook broke off, but it was attached back with a silver one. The pendent itself was the shape of a four leaf clover. The center of it held a small plastic jewel in the shape of a single tear-drop.

Miyagi clasped the chain and it's ornament tightly in his hand, realizing who the new student actually was.

"Sho-chan...."



'He doesn't remember me...Ryo-chan...' She thought, as she ran all the way home.

As she burst through the door of her new house, she ignored the calls from her parents, and ran up the stairs, into her room.

Standing behind the door, she shouted to her mother that she was alright, and that she'd be down for dinner later. Slowly, she reached up to her neck to feel the comfort of the childhood gift she had been given a long time ago, only to find her bare neck.

Hysterically, and in tears, the girl tore through her room to check if she may have left it there, when it struck her that she might have dropped it on the way home.

Quickly, she picked up a blue jacket from her chair, and ran back down the stairs.

"Where are you going?" When no reply came from the girl, who was putting on her shoes, both parents watched, and realized that it must be something important. "It's raining, at least take an umbrella with you."

The girl nodded, and reached for an umbrella at the side of the entrance, before racing out of the door, and down the streets to look for something that she herself knows she may never find in the darkness of the night.

Kaori dashed down the streets, turning her head once in a while, hoping to see a sparkle from the plastic. Before she knew it, Kaori was standing in front of her school. She threw her umbrella to the ground once she reached the entrance, not caring if she might get sick the next day.

Sprinting, she made her way to the locker room, praying that no one was still using it.



Slowly, the door creaked, as someone pushed it open. Miyagi spiraled out of his memories, as he heard the door open. Looking down at his neck, he stared at the pendent. "Sho-chan....so, you actually kept your promise. Demo..."

Miyagi turned off the shower with a tap of his hand. Wrapping a towel around his hips, he walked out of the bath stall.

He stared at the girl hunched over, desperately looking for something. Miyagi slowly took the chain of his neck, holding it in front of him.

"Are you looking for this?"

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Ahhhh...another chapter done...lol...very soap-opera like, ne? * shudder * I can't believe I wrote this, or rather what I might be writing if this keeps going on...* grin * Anyway, pls r&r, ne? Arigatou!