A/N: I'm finally back to school, I'm so not ready for it, which also means, I have less time to work on this story * sniff sniff * but don't worry, I'll find all the time I have and work hard on it. Hopefully you'll all enjoy this chapter, and I'm sorry for all those of who who've read all these already, don't worry, chapter 9 will be up and this time, I'll write to the end of this story!

Lady Artemis - hehee, Fujima is just so great, how can anyone not like him??? * drool *

Tze - Oh my gosh! Really??? I got you liking Fujima this much??? HURRAY!!!! He is so the best, rich, smart, nice, handsome, what more do you want, eh??? Sorry, I'm not updating new chapters yet, but as soon as I've dealt with all these old ones and fix them all up, the new chapters will be on their way! Sorry to upset you. . . and probably a few other people out there too. . . :-

Also, Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

Kurako couldn't speak, Fujima's stunning blue eyes were looking straight at her, the gaze somewhat reminded her of Sendoh.

" Um, are you Kurako?" asked Fujima politely.

" Eh? Um. . . eh. . . yeah. . . no. . . yeah. . . yes, I am." her lips were tight and her mind was suddenly all over the place.

" You dropped this." Fujima said as he handed Kurako back her wallet.

" Oh my gosh! It's my wallet! Oh thank you so much, Fujima- kun, you've saved my life!" Kurako hugged the wallet close to her and felt a sudden relief.

Fujima smiled but he looked puzzled at the same time, " How did you know my name?"

Kurako blushed and found an extreme interest in her wallet instead of Fujima " I was at your basketball practise today and my friends told me. . . "

Fujima laughed a bit, " Ok, well welcome to Shoyo and I'm glad that you've found the office!"

Kurako looked up, she couldn't believe that Fujima actually remembered her from the very lost morning that she had. Fujima waved and smiled ever so wonderfully, his blue eyes shinning, " I'll see you at school." and ran off.

Kurako stared after him, she smiled and whispered softly to herself," I'll see you at school too, Fujima. . . "

~*~

That afternoon after school, Kurako and her three friends ran straight to basketball practise. There were already a lot of people there, mainly girls, Kurako wasn't surprised though, because the basketball team had a very attractive group of guys, also the ones that people respected. The basketball team began their practise session, first they just practised their basic basketball skills. Then they split themselves into year groups. Fujima was teaching the year ones how to do the 'fake action' (I have no idea what that's called, I really need to learn some basketball technical words).

Kurako was paying full attention to Fujima, the way he travelled with the basketball was so smooth and rhythmical, it was as though there was a connection between him and the basketball, he was also enthusiastic about teaching other people basketball skills. Kurako could see in Fujima's eyes that basketball meant a lot to him, maybe even more than most of the most important things that he might care about.

The basketball team's training session ended, it was time to go home. Kurako's heart sank, she had to wait for another whole day to see Fujima in action once again. The wait irritated her so much, she wished that sometimes she could just fast forward the time so she didn't have to wait that long to see Fujima again. Kurako waved goodbye to her friends and walked alone to the bus stop.

"KURAKO! WAIT UP!"

Kurako turned around and was surprised to see Fujima running towards her.

" I didn't lose anything this time, did I?" Kurako asked suspiciously.

Fujima laughed, " Are you that careless?" Teasing Kurako slightly.

Kurako blushed, " Well, no. . . I hope not. . . "

Fujima smiled his wonderful smile, " Where are you off to?"

" The bus stop. . . "

" I finally have company on the bus now!" Fujima let out a relieved sigh.

" Do you. . . catch that bus too?" asked Kurako, indicating the bus stop she was going to.

" Yeah, but I've always been the only one, you know, because of basketball practises, so most of the students who catch that bus usually catch the earlier ones."

" Oh, I see. . . " Kurako nodded with understanding.

They started walking together to the bus stop, talking non- stop. Kurako was surprised at how comfortable she felt around Fujima, except for the fact that she couldn't look straight into his blue eyes otherwise she would start blushing too much until her whole face exploded.

They reached the bus stop and sat down on a bench.

" What sport do you play?" asked Fujima.

" I'm starting ice hockey soon."

" Ice hockey?????" Fujima sounded totally shock.

" Yeah! It's going to be real fun." Kurako said excitedly.

" You don't seem to be that kind of person. . ." Fujima laughed disbelievingly.

" Well, as the famous saying goes, you can't judge a book by it's cover, right?" Kurako smiled cheekily.

Fujima laughed, " Talking philosophically here now, are we?"

They both laughed. Kurako was so happy, she couldn't believe that she was laughing with Fujima Kenji, someone she had admired since the very first day at Shoyo high.

~*~

Two months have passed, Fujima and Kurako almost became best friends. They hung out together after school, went out together on the weekends, Fujima even helped Kurako with her homework occasionally. Kurako's year 1 senior high homework was nothing compared to Fujima's year 3 senior high homework, plus the fact that Fujima was a very very smart guy.

Kurako had grown to like Fujima a lot, maybe even more than just friends. She still admired him like she used to when they first met, but everyday, Kurako's admiration for Fujima increased as well as her liking for him was growing rapidly. Even though they were really good friends now, Kurako still couldn't look straight into Fujima's intense and sparkling blue eyes.

One night, Kurako was cleaning up her room because it was such a pigsty that she thought even a pig would actually really hated to live in it. She stopped cleaning when she found a note, not just any notes, but a note that Sendoh sent her when she once felt very nervous about her flute exam, it gave her so much confidence. She smiled at the note. Then she took out the bracelet that Sendoh gave her, she never had the guts to put it on since he left because she was afraid that whenever she looked at the bracelet, she would start crying and she would also find herself going into a weird mood. But tonight, she just wanted to think about Sendoh without crying or anything. Kurako sat down, leaning against her bed. She closed her eyes and held both the bracelet and the note close to her. She felt that he was nearby, yet so far away. She tried to picture Sendoh in her mind, she could see his black spiked hair, his easy- going smile and his ocean-like blue eyes. She smiled, there was definite warmth in her heart. Then this memory of Sendoh turned into someone else. The black spiked hair turned into brown, the smile was not just an easy- going smile but also a natural wonderful smile, the blue eyes were more beautiful than ever.

"Kurako. . . " she heard Fujima's voice and jumped up immediately, her heart jumping with her.

"Fujima?" she whispered.

Then she realised that it was all in her head, she calmed down and closed her eyes for a few moments just to find peace. Then she opened them again and looked at the bracelet, thinking of Sendoh, and said quietly to herself, " I think it's time to let you go. . ." She whispered with a sorrowful smile.

~*~

The next day, Kurako felt free like a bird, because she finally realised that her feelings for Fujima was so much more than just liking and admiration, but she was also sad that she had decided to let Sendoh go and she wasn't sure if she could actually do it. Before Kurako knew who was walking in front of her, she was running and calling out," FUJIMA!!!!"

Fujima turned around and said," Hi, Kurako, the day's great!"

" Yeah!" Kurako answered enthusiastically.

They walked to the bus stop and caught the bus together as usual. When both of them got to school, Fujima said, " I have to do something at the office, so you can go ahead to our lockers."

" I'll come with you, if you want me to that is"

" Will you?" Fujima asked, surprised.

" Yeah, why not!" Kurako smiled.

" Ok, let's go!"

They walked to the office, coming out of the office was a girl, a very pretty girl with long light brown hair and naturally beautiful green eyes, she had a nice figure but was shorter than Kurako.

As soon as she saw Fujima, she yelled out, " KENJI!!!!!!!"

Fujima stood there and shouted in disbelieve, " LUCIKO??????"

The girl nodded her head tremendously, she ran up to Fujima and hugged him ever so tightly!

Kurako stood there, shocked to see how beautiful the girl was, shocked to see that she knew Fujima, shocked to see that Fujima knew her too, shocked to see that they were both really happy to see each other, shocked to hear her called him Kenji and most of all, shocked to see that they were hugging each other!

Who is this girl? thought Kurako, not pleased, not pleased indeed. . .

A/N: Woooooo, Kurako has an enemy in her love life, what is she going to do? And can she really forget about Sendoh that easily?