A/N: Here's chapter two of the story, I've finally put gaps in between paragraphs, so hopefully it will be easier for you all to read this time, I know how much of a pain in the neck it is when all the words are squished together! Sorry about that before! Sumimasen! Hope you'll all like this chapter!

Kurako stood next to her new sensei, her legs were wobbling very badly and her heart was pounding at a rapid rate, in front of her was a sea of different faces. She wished that she had the power of teleportation, just like the superheroes in TV shows and if she did, she would have teleported herself back to her old school where all her friends were. But this wasn't her imagination or her dream, she couldn't control anything, this was reality and at times like this, she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and escape.

" This is our new student, Kurako" her sensei introduced.

" Pleased to meet you all!" she bowed with extreme nervousness.

" Kurako, there's an empty desk over there near that corner, why don't you sit there for the time being." The sensei smiled, trying to make Kurako feel welcome.

" Hai, sensei." Kurako said with politness, didn't want to mess things up on her first day.

She walked over to the table where the Sensei had pointed to, there was a girl sitting at the table next to Kurako's, she smiled at Kurako warmly.

" Hi, my name is Maruko, nice to meet you." the girl whispered.

" Hi, Maruko" Kurako smiled back.

The class went by slowly, but during that time, Kurako's nervousness had gone, because throughout the whole lesson, she had been whispering to Maruko and she couldn't believe her luck, she had made a new friend already! Then the lunch time bell rang. . .

" Kurako, would you like to meet my friends?" asked Maruko.

" Sure, I'd love to"

They walked to the classroom situated just next to their one. . . on the class label, it read: 10-3

" Januko, Winako, I want you to meet my new friend" Maruko called out.

" Cool!"

Maruko and Kurako walked up to them, " This is Kurako, she's new at Shoyo and in my class."

" Hi, nice to meet you both." Kurako smiled politely, but actually not sure what to say exactly.

" Hi, Kurako, nice to meet you too."

The four girls sat down and started talking, Kurako was amazed at how easily she fitted in with these three girls. They talked non- stop, then the subject of basketball practise came up.

" Hey, Kurako, would you like to come with us after school to watch the basketball team practise?" asked Januko.

" There are a lot of hot guys there." Winako added in and gave a little wink.

" Yeah, Kurako, come!" Maruko said excitedly.

Kurako thought for a moment, then answered, " Yeah, why not! I have nothing better to do afterwards anyway."

The three friends cheered. All the worries that were in Kurako's mind this morning had gone far, far away, she was settling in just fine and she knew that these kinds of things, she would never take for granted.

~*~

The after school bell rang, Maruko quickly grabbed Kurako's bag and her arm, wanting to lead her to the Gymnasium immediately.

" Here we are! The famous place where our wonderful SHOYO basketball team practises!" Maruko shouted out loud with glee.

Winako and Januko came just as Maruko said that sentence, " Hey, what are we waiting for? Let's go in!"

Kurako followed them into the gym. There were already guys in green basketball jerseys doing warm ups and a few girls watching too.

" Ok team, it's time we start practising! Did everyone all had warm ups?" a guy's voice shouted, getting his teammates' attention quickly.

Kurako looked around to see where and whom the voice belonged to, her eyes widened and her heart began to pound tremendously. In her view was the boy with beautiful blue eyes whom she saw earlier that day.

" Alright! Let's get started!" The boy shouted.

" Who's he? That one with the number four jersey?" Kurako, pointing to that boy, asked Maruko curiously.

" That's Fujima Kenji, he's the coach AND the captain of the basketball team." Maruko answered dreamily.

" Wow. . . " Kurako said with awe.

The basketball team was practising hard, once in a while, people in the gym would cheer for them. But all Kurako could concentrate on was Fujima, every move he made and the way he coached the team attracted all of Kurako's attention, she couldn't take her eyes off Fujima.

She kept thinking: he is so good. . .

It was getting late, so the girls decided to go home. On her way home, Kurako was still thinking about Fujima, it wasn't just his looks that attracted her attention, there was something else about him, something she couldn't describe or put into words, otherwise that magic would diminish because of the wrong words she would use, but there was a certain something special about this Fujima guy.

Kurako got home and changed into more comfortable clothes, it was then did she realise that her wallet had gone missing. She began to panick!!!!!!!! She didn't know where she would have dropped it! How could she have been so careless, the keyring that Sendoh gave her was in there too!!!!!!!!!!!!! She called all her friends, but none of them had it. She called the school's lost property, but they didn't have it either. Kurako decided to go out for a while and see if she dropped it on the streets or something.

She ran to the door desperately and put on her shoes as quickly as possible, she opened the door. In front of her was someone, someone around 10cm taller than she was. She stopped dead and held her breath. No words came out of her mouth, even when she opened it, only a breath of shock was released. Her muscles were tight, there was no thoughts in her head. In front of her was Fujima Kenji.

A/N: Heehee, all you out there, you all saw that coming didn't you? It's hard starting a new school eh? If we could all be as lucky as Kurako, that'd be so great!!! Especially meeting someone like Fujima!!! * screams and drools *