2nd chapter AT LAST! i know it took so long for me to upload this but wut can i say? i was so hooked up to my ccs fic and i hardly got any good ideas for this one. well, since i've already started, why not even try to end it??? right? anywayz, an OC comes in here. it's a female, okay? this chap is mostly explaining the oc. most of this chap is also chatting format so no argument there. i'm juz so sorry its kinda pathetic.

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CHAPTER II

You've got mail!

Haruko was mostly silent at home. Akagi himself noticed her. It was quite unusual that Haruko wasn't that much excited about the team's progress. Especially that Rukawa. So, he decided to ask her what was going on. Something happened and he just couldn't figure it out from the looks of her face.

"Haruko, what's wrong?" Akagi asked her as he stopped lifting his weights and sat down on his bed.

"Nani?" Haruko snapped.

"What's wrong? You seem rather quiet today. You were so excited yesterday. What happened?" Akagi asked again.

"Ie, I was just thinking" she answered, pulling her knees up to her chin as she sat on a chair and looked down on the floor.

"It's not often you think about something this seriously," Akagi remarked. "What is it?"

"Nothing," she replied as she stood up. "I wasn't thinking of anything serious at all. So, see ya in the morning," Haruko told Akagi as she went to her room. She turned the computer on and started to surf the internet. As she did so, an instant message popped up saying, "Rookie011 just logged in (pretty obvious isn't it? if you have better ideas, juz tell me k?)" Haruko thought about the username. "Rukawa-kun!"

Another messagebox popped up saying, "Rookie011 wants to chat. Accept offer?" Haruko panicked. What should she do? Accept it and pretend nothing happened? Yup, that's exactly what she had in mind. Haruko clicked on the "Accept" button and a instant message appeared.

Rookie011: hey

blue eyes: hi... rukawa, right?

Rookie011: yea

blue eyes: um... how did u knw my chat name and email ad?

Rookie011: s0meh0w...

blue eyes: o-kay... so, wut now?

Rookie011: whatver... anything.

blue eyes: can i ask you something? why are you suddenly chatting wit me?

Rookie011: i just want t0.

blue eyes: do you often chat wit people?

Rookie011: are y0u g0nna keep asking me things?

blue eyes: no. i juz didn't knoe wut to talk about. sorry. oh, and i'm also sorry bout bumping into you.

Rookie011: that's alright, haruk0.

Haruko nearly fell off her chair. Was she imagining things or did Rukawa just type in her name?

blue eyes: thanks...

Rookie011: 0h and haruk0... i l0ve y0u...

"Rookie011 appears to be offline," it said on the screen. Haruko was staring at the monitor. "What did he just type in?!" she wondered, hardly even blinking. "I think I need glasses," she uttered in disbelief when she suddenly... woke up. "Oh, it was only a dream," she thought as she realized she was on her bed. She went to her computer, turned it on and a messagebox appeared. "Rukawa??? Could it be?" Haruko uttered to herself as she quickly opened it. "crazy08 wants to chat. Accept offer?" it said. It was one of her friends. In fact, one of her closest friends besides her two best friends. Haruko was somehow disappointed but what could she expect? Rukawa would never want to chat with her [yeah, in your dreams!]. That was a crazy thought.

crazy08: eya!

blue eyes: oh hi, aki [aki isn't a boy, ok?].

crazy08: suP? [the roof, wit else? ok ok, i'm juz being sarcastic here. sheesh.]

blue eyes: nothing really.

crazy08: hey, why are you so down in the dumps?

blue eyes: what do you mean?

crazy08: like duh! you're like, "oh hi" n "nothing really". wut's the matter wit you??? are you taking pills or something???

blue eyes: no way! ok, i give up. it's just that rukawa is bothering me so much.

crazy08: ice-king? right. now that's new.

blue eyes: he brought me to the park earlier today.

crazy08: oh really? well aren't you happy??? you've practically been drooling over him.

Haruko knew Aki was the one and only person she could turn to when she talked about Rukawa. Aki knew about her feelings towards the kitsune. Aki was a new student when she and Haruko first met. She had short browm hair and green eyes. She never really seemed to take interest in any guy, not even Rukawa who was supposed to be the hottest guy to every girl's opinion... well, almost. Heck, she didn't even enjoy talking about Rukawa but still she listened to Haruko's stories.

blue eyes: i don't know. somehow, it's like he doesn't really mean anything he's doing.

crazy08: come on. oh and by the way, i have to make this sort of a report. i was thinking if you could help me get it done. you know, it's due next week and i haven't even started on it. could you help??? pleezzz!!!

Aki had always been the happy-go-lucky type of girl who was into lots of sports. She excelled in P.E. [no duh there] and often participated in sports' tournaments. Being sporty and all, Aki could be good with her studies if she paid close attention to the teacher, which she rarely did. She was smart although she lacked focus. But she preferred it like that. That way, she didn't need to be so serious with everything. She didn't want to grow up into some loony old woman who didn't know how to have fun.

blue eyes: aki, you should be more serious. but okay, i'll help you. ^_^ let's start tomorrow.

crazy08: yey!!! arigato! O_o wut were you saying bout the ice-king?

blue eyes: never mind that. what do you want to talk about now?

crazy08: anything! well, anything interesting that is. oh yeah! did ya hear bout the race to be held tomorrow in the track?

blue eyes: what about it?

crazy08: they want me to join so go there when you need me tomorrow. you can watch the others eat my dust while you're there! hehe!

blue eyes: alright, i'll go there in the afternoon.

crazy08: yeah, then we could go to my house to start on my report.

blue eyes: okie. anyway, gtg. beddy bye [eww... she calls 'it' that?!] time.

crazy08: aww... already?! damn! anywayz, good night! '(o_o)' [it's not a devil, ok?]

blue eyes: bye.

And with that, Haruko logged out, turned the computer off, and went to sleep.

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first, i'd like to thank those who reviewed my other chapter and were patient enuff to wait for this one to be up here in ffnet. i was planning to upload sooner but the damn internet wasn't working properly. i couldn't get through ffnet. it was so crazy! anywayz, more reviewz plz. tell me wut you think bout the story/characters or even the oc. wut do you think bout her??? so, keep in touch, k? luv ya all! ^_^