"Okay class, take out your History books now!!!" the history teacher ordered impatiently.

Mizuki groaned. History was her least favourite subject. "Grrr.I hate History.I hate History." Mizuki was chanting to herself while taking out her book. She looked on her left where Miyagi was still sulking and grinding his teeth. Mizuki turned to look at her brown History book.

"Ugh. what an ugly colour.you'd think they should print it in blue or something." thought Mizuki. Just then Mizuki noticed that both Ayako and Miyagi's History book were navy blue in colour.

"Huh?!" Mizuki turned the book over only to see the name 'Mitsui Hisashi'. She then checked all her books and all of them belonged to Mitsui! "Uh oh."

"Mizuki Kaioh, would you kindly please pay attention to what I am saying! Maybe you would like to come up to the board and answer this question, " the sensei said in a stern voice.

"Oh man! This isn't my day at all," Mizuki muttered under her breath.

************** Class 3-3.

"Mitsui!!! What is the meaning of this?!! For the last few classes, you've brought grade 2 books!! What do you think this is?! A joke?!" the sensei yelled angrily at Mitsui.

"But sensei.I have an explanation for this!!! You see, I bumped into this girl this morning and."

"I do not want to hear any of your excuses!!!" the sensei snapped at him before he could finish his sentence. "This is your last warning, if you ever do such a thing again, I SWEAR I'll send you straight to the principal!"

"Stupid teacher." Mitsui muttered and cursed the sensei under his breath.

"When I find that girl I saw earlier on."

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During lunchtime.

Ayako and Mizuki walked to the school cafeteria while Miyagi tagged along like a little puppy behind mumbling "Aya-chan.Aya-chan."

"What's up with him? Is he always like that?" Mizuki asked Ayako.

"Just ignore him.By the way why are you carrying all those text books for?" Ayako replied.

"Oh, these? I accidentally took them by mistake from someone called Mitsui Hisashi.do you know him?" asked Mizuki.

"Of course, I do! He's in the school's basketball team.I'm their team manager and Miyagi here.well.he's in the team too" Ayako explained.

Miyagi's head suddenly appeared in front of them. "Oh Aya-chan.I knew you were proud of me."Miyagi said happily.

WHACK! Ayako's fan hit him right in the face.

"Ouch.Why'd you do that for, Aya-chan?"

"For interrupting my conversation with Mizuki!"

Mizuki stared at the both of them. "You know what? You both would make a cute couple," Mizuki said.

"Really? Mizuki-san??? Did you hear that Aya-chan? She said."

WHACK! Ayako's fan hit Miyagi in the head for the third time today. "In your dreams!"

"I think I should get going.I've got to return these books.See you guys after lunch."Mizuki said while she left the so-called couple.

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"I wonder if he was the Mitsui I saw a few months ago?" Mizuki asked herself while turning to go up a flight of stairs. She then overheard some girls talking.

"Did you see what she did to him? She almost strangled him to death."

"She's so brutal."

"I can't bear to see my beloved Rukawa being treated so badly.we should do something about it."

"Yeah.let's teach her a lesson .then she'll learn to treat Rukawa with the care he deserves."

"Everybody look out for a purple haired girl.she's new here." Then only did Mizuki realize that they were talking about her. And this Rukawa guy was the one that had ran her over with his bike.

She took a peek round the corner and saw. a HUGE CROWD OF GIRLS talking.

"Oh my.there has to be at least 30 of them."Mizuki thought.

Just then, one of the girls turned and saw her. "Hey, there's the girl that attacked Rukawa!!! Get her!!!!!!!!!!!"

The huge crowd of girls came charging towards her. "Ahhhhhhhh!!! I'm out of here!"

She ran for her life up and down the school from girls who had mops and brooms in their hands. "LOOK OUT!!! THERE'S A STAMPEDE COMING!!!" Mizuki shouted to the few students in the hallway who tried their best to get out of the way.

"I have to find a place to hide.ah...I think I'll be safe there." Mizuki panted as she slid and ran up a flight of stairs. She opened the door at the top of the stairway and slammed it shut behind her. She took a few steps forward and tripped over something big.

"Oww.what is it this time?" she turned to see what she had tripped over--- Rukawa!!! He was sleeping!!! Again!!!

"You again?! Oh no." Mizuki stared at the guy who now had already stood up.

She realized that he was taller than her by half a head even though she was 179 cm.

He clenched his fists and muttered. "Whoever disturbs my sleep will pay!"

"I do not like the way he's saying that.err bye!" With that, Mizuki ran to the door, yanked it open and "jumped" down the stairs.

"Hey girls!! There she is!!!" the mob of girls cried.

"When is this ever going to end." Mizuki sighed.

She ran down the hall and knocked over someone that she noticed was the maths teacher. "Oh sumimasen, sensei. I'm sort of in a hurry." Mizuki got up and continued her long run-away from the Rukawa "club". "Don't they ever get tired?"

Mizuki looked behind. They were about 9 feet away from her. "Shaking them off is tougher than I thought."

"Hey you there! You're the girl that I bumped into this morning.Where are my books? You."

Mizuki looked in front. The guy she had bumped into this morning was standing a few feet away from her, far enough for her to stop just in time. "Oh I have them here.no time to stop now unless you want to get trampled over.RUN!!!" Mizuki said as she pulled him along.

Mitsui who was currently running backwards saw a large group of girls heading towards them. He quickly pulled open a door near him and pulled her in. After checking out whether the coast was clear, he slumped down to the floor next to Mizuki. She was out of breath from all that running.

"Why were those people chasing you?" Mitsui asked her curiously.

"Something about me attacking their beloved Rukawa, something that I didn't do.It's more like he attacked me...with his bicycle."

"Oh those girls.never mess with them or him.if you want to stay alive in Shohoku."

"Anyway.I have all your books here." She said as she dropped a ton of books onto his lap.

"Did you carry all these books while running away from those people?" Mitsui asked her, surprised.

"In fact I did, looking for you! Where are my books?!"

"They're in my class, I'll pass them to you here after school."

"Where are we anyway?" Mizuki looked around her and asked.

They were standing in a big hall with a basketball court right in the middle and a stage at the end of the hall.

"We're in the gym. This is where we have our basketball training everyday."

"So you are the same Mitsui." Mizuki mumbled.

"What?"

"I didn't notice since you cut your hair."Mizuki eyed him.

"So she was that girl.no wonder she looked so familiar."

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Mitsui was smoking and hanging out with his usual gang (Tetsuo and the Mitsui gang) at the mall, laughing at and teasing nerdy kids who were passing by. A girl with dark purple hair suddenly came up to them and asked Mitsui, "Excuse me.are you the MVP basketball player, Mitsui Hisashi?"

The gang turned to see a girl taller than most of them except for Mitsui. She had unusual dark purple hair and ocean green eyes. What shocked them the most was that she actually dared them to, as if she was asking for trouble.

"Yeah.what if I am?!" Mitsui snapped at her rudely.

"What do you want from us?! " the gangsters said angrily, who were already clenching their fists, waiting to smack her.

Even though the girl saw this, she stayed unusually calm, she just kept her eye on Mitsui. Her green eyes sparkled as she stared at Mitsui. "What have you become, Mitsui?" thought Mizuki sadly.

"Oh nothing.I was just wondering."She looks at her watch. "Is that the time?! I better get going.it was nice meeting you.Mitsui Hisashi." the girl said before heading towards the exit.

"Who was that weird girl?" one of the gangsters asked.

"Don't know, don't care," replied Mitsui coolly. But for the past few days, she was on his mind.

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"Why did you stop playing basketball?" asked Mizuki.

"Huh?.oh.that." Mitsui stayed quiet for a while. He didn't exactly want to talk about his past.

Mizuki saw this, got up and opened the gym doors. "I'll see you here after school then.Mitsui-san."

"Matte(wait)!" Mitsui said as he held Mizuki's hand.

"Yes?" Mizuki asked while she turned back.

Mitsui saw what he was doing and released her from his grip. "What's your name?"

"Kaioh.Mizuki Kaioh," Mizuki replied as she walked out of the gym slowly .
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