Chapter 3
Life in Odaiba with New Friends
Seiji: Well here is the next chapter. Tai do the disclaimer. Can you stop stuffing yourself with that pizza! You're gonna get indigestion
Tai: Well you're right. But why me?
Seiji: *eyes go to killer mode, hands on katana* You know Tai I can help with your indigestion.
Tai: Seiji doesn't own digimon and never will. But he does own some of the characters.
Seiji: Good! *Returns to normal* Now shall we begin?
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They arrived in the Kamiyas' apartment in the evening.
Mrs. Kamiya led Seiji to the guest bedroom. "Seiji, this will be your room, do whatever you like to it."
"Thanks, Oba-san. But you know me, I wouldn't personalize this room. I'll just use it." Seiji replied. (A/N: Well I looked it up and Oba-san is used for calling your grandmother or aunt. I think it's the way you pronounce it.)
"Yeah right! Remember what he did to me on your 6th birthday Kar?" Tai whispered to Kari. Kari only manage to stifle a giggle.
"I heard that Tai! Unless you want history to repeat itself, you better keep your mouth shut." Seiji shouted from his room.
"How in the world can he hear me? And you don't own me!" Tai shouted.
"Oh yes I do."
"No you don't."
"Oh yes I do."
"No you don't."
"Cut it out boys, dinner's ready." Mrs. Kamiya shouted from the kitchen. Immediately Mr. Kamiya's, Tai's and Kari's faces went pale.
At the dining table, where the five were seated. Mrs. Kamiya was staring at the other 3 who were reluctant to start eating. As for the dinner, it was not really appetizing.
"What's with all of you? Why aren't you all eating?" Seiji asked Kari who was sitting next to him.
"You don't want to try my Kaa-san's cooking, it's anything she can burn."
"Okay." That was the answer Kari got back.
Finally Mrs. Kamiya snapped. "I know my cooking isn't that great but do you all really have to do this to me? I mean I slaved by the stove to give Seiji a nice dinner!" The others were already at the edge of their seats ready to escape the fury of Mrs. Kamiya.
"This is really good!" All eyes were turned to Seiji who was already stuffing his face. "I don't know why you guys say it's bad."
"Well at least somebody appreciates my cooking." Mrs. Kamiya said as she sat down and popped a piece of chicken in her mouth. The next moment she had a disgusted look on her face.
"Honey, are you alright?" Mr. Kamiya questioned his wife
"I'm.. fine just..fine." Mrs. Kamiya said with great difficulty before heading into the kitchen. "Maybe we should just settle for instant noodles."
The other three just let out a sigh of relief. "Seiji, you sure you're okay..." Kari said turning to her cousin who was still stuffing his face.
But she was interrupted by Seiji. "Of course I'm fine, can I finish all of this then?"
"Sure..." Kari said with a huge sweat drop on her head. 'How does he do that?'
After dinner they were just lazing around watching TV.
"Seiji, don't you need to use the bathroom or something like that?" Kari asked once more
"What gives you that idea, Hika?"
"Well you ate 4 bowls of rice, and all the dishes that Kaa-san made."
"So?"
"Never mind, but you sure do eat a lot, much more than Onii-chan."
"Hey!" Tai interrupted.
"What can I say, I'm a growing boy." Seiji said ignoring Tai . "That's my line!" Tai shouted as he lunged for Seiji.
"Stop it Tai!" Mr. Kamiya butted in. "Why don't you two spend the next few days showing Seiji around since the school term hasn't started yet. He will be living here for quite a while and we don't want him getting lost, do we?"
"Okay." The siblings chorused.
So the three spent the next few days walking all over the area. They did not meet anyone they knew. But Tai and Kari did lose Seiji once, but he found them shortly. Later that day, they found out that there was a group of Forahask in the area around the time they lost Seiji. So, they thought he must have been separated from them when the people left for cover.
Soon, the school term started.
The alarm clock was ringing in Tai's bedroom. Kari woke up and turned it off. She sleepily went over to Tai. "Tai, wake up. We got school today, you don't want to be late do you?" She said tugging on his shirt.
"Sora, give me a minute." Tai mumbled in his sleep
'What makes him think that Sora lives with us?' Kari thought.
"Who's Sora?" a voice behind her asked
"Ahhh, Seiji don't scare me like that!" Kari shouted as she stumbled back. Then she noticed that Seiji was already dressed in a blue T-shirt and cargo pants. "Looks like you're ready for your first day, and as for Sora, you'll meet her and I think you have."
"Huh, what happened?" Tai mumbled as he got up. He woke up when Kari screamed.
"Get ready for school you two, breakfast will be ready soon" Seiji said leaving the room.
When they reached the table they were surprised that the food looked safe to eat, bent on finding out who cooked it, they looked in the kitchen and their jaws dropped. Seiji was there cooking with their mother taking notes at the side.
"When did you learn how to cook?" Kari asked
"Well, when I'm hungry, I always look for something to eat and well instead of eating chips and stuff I decided to learn how to cook and make a meal for myself." Seiji answered while flipping a pancake. "Well, after last night, I decided that Oba-san here needs some teaching so here I am. Oh, and I made us lunches too."
"You did what?" Tai shouted amazed by the fact that his cousin could do so much at the age of eleven.
"Don't talk, just eat." Seiji said bringing out a pile of pancakes.
After breakfast, they were leaving for school.
"You two go on first, I'll catch up later. I got some things to do first." Seiji said going into his room.
"Okay" Tai and Kari called back as they left for school.
*In school*
Tai entered his classroom and took his seat at the back of the class next to Matt.
"So how was your Christmas?" Matt asked
"Fine." Tai answered back in a boring tone.
"Well someone's in a bad mood." Sora piped in as she turned around to face Tai to join in the conversation.
"I am not in a bad mood, I just hate coming back for classes."
"Still sounds like you're in a bad mood to me." Matt chuckled
"Just drop it Matt.
"Yeah Matt, don't make fun of Tai." Sora said defending Tai.
"Sora, you don't have to protect your boyfriend you know, I mean Matt is only joking." A girl sitting on the left of Sora added. She had shoulder length hair that was a dark chocolate brown, her eyes too were brown. After that both Tai and Sora turned red.
"What are you talking about Sakura, we're childhood friends." Sora argued trying to recover.
"That's what they always say." A girl on the left of Sakura said. She had blonde hair and violet eyes.
"Not you too Hannah." Sora whined.
Just then their teacher walked in. Fujima-sensei. He was the coolest teacher around. He taught them English and for Physical Education (PE otherwise known as Gym class). He was also the basketball coach.
(A/N: This is Japan, once you are in a class you follow that class all the way, also the teachers come to class, not the students moving around. I'm not too sure but I think this is the case.)
'For once I'm happy when a teacher comes in." Tai thought.
"We have a new student joining our class this year." Fujima-sensei announced proudly. There was some murmuring going around the class. "May I have you all welcome him to our class?" The class started to clap. "You may come in now."
Seiji walked into the class room with his hands in his pockets as Fujima- sensei wrote his name on the board. "You may want to introduce yourself." Fujima-sensei told him as he continues writing his name.
"Hi, my name is Seiji Kamiya. Nice to meet you all." He said smiling. The whole class stared at him then to Tai who was slouching in his seat and had his hands behind his head. "I see you all are a bit surprised. Yes, that guy there with hair bigger than his brain is my cousin." Seiji said pointing to Tai.
The class broke out laughing including Fujima-sensei and as for Tai, he stood up and shouted. "Seiji! Why I ought to beat the crap out of you."
"Cool it Tai, I only meant it as a joke."
"You're always picking on me."
"That's what older cousins are for."
"But you're only older than me by a few months, and why don't you pick on Kari?"
"Well Kari already had you picking on her so I'm just helping my favourite cousin have her revenge."
".."
"Don't worry Tai, if you stop picking on her I'll stop too."
Tai just sat down in defeat, his cousin was always better with words.
"Why don't you take the sit next to Tai?"
Seiji made his way to the seat on the left of Tai.
(A/N: I know you're confused with the sitting arrangement. So here it is)
Hannah/Sakura/Sora/...
Empty /Seiji /Tai /Matt
The three girls turned around as he sat down. "So you're Tai's cousin. My name is Sora Takenouchi."
"Oh so you're Sora, I heard a lot about you from Tai."
"And I'm Hannah Tsujimoto, Sora's friend" Hannah added at the same time thinking 'Good-looking but not my type.'
"I'm Sakura Hanabara. (Very original huh) Another friend of Sora's, but I'm kind of close to Kari too." The brown haired girl in front of him introduced herself with a smile. 'Cute, I wonder what he's like. He's funny and cool that's for sure.'
"Okay." Seiji said trying to remember their names especially Sakura. 'She's pretty.. Seiji get yourself together, you can't look like an idiot in front of them especially her. Damn thought of her again'
"Matt's my name and say, haven't we seen you before." The blonde male added.
"Now that you mention it Matt, he sort of does look familiar... I know! Kari's Sixth birthday. You were the one who threw the bucket of water on Tai's head and then threw a whole packet of flour on him. I can never forget that person."
"Haha! That was you, good one Seiji. Anyway Sora for what reason couldn't you forget Seiji." Hannah eyed Sora suspiciously.
"I wasn't there that day." Sakura sighed.
"Oh, why is that?" Seiji asked.
"I fell sick, so I couldn't go." The two of them continued talking ignoring a blushing Sora.
"Ahem!" All seven of them shot up. "Now that I've gotten your attention, can we get started with class?" Fujima-sensei said.
The day crept by slowly. Soon it was time for PE. The class changed into their gym clothes and headed outside onto the field where Fujima-sensei was standing.
"For these few weeks, we're doing soccer." He announced, there were some groans and cheers while Tai and Sora hi-five each other. "We'll be playing 6-a-side soccer, so split up into groups of sixes."
The group of five friends grabbed Seiji along with them to make a group of six.
"Are you good in soccer?" Matt asked.
Tai answered for Seiji instead "I whooped his ass the last round, he's okay I guess."
"Hey, that was 3 years ago, you haven't played against me since then." Seiji defended himself.
"Well, the rest of us are good I guess, I play with Tai often and we're on the same team for our club. As for Matt, he's fast enough and that will do. Sakura and Hannah are in the Kendo club and the cheerleading squad respectively so they're fit." Sora explained to Seiji.
"You're in the Kendo club?" Seiji questioned Sakura.
"Yeah.. I am interested in martial arts" She replied blushing a little. 'Please don't let him not like me."
"Cool!" Sakura was relieved to hear his answer.
"She's captain too, for the girls' side that is. But she can beat the guy's captain." Hannah added.
"Wow! You must be good then."
Since there was one soccer field, the teams took turns to play. Finally it was time for Tai and his team to play.
Hannah was goal keeper, Sakura and Matt were the defenders, and Seiji was playing midfielder while Tai and Sora were the strikers.
*Kari's classroom*
Kari was in class when she heard the noise outside, she took a peek out onto the field and spotted her brother's class playing. 'This could be interesting, Onii-chan, Sora, Sakura, Matt, Hannah and Seiji! I didn't know Seiji was in Onii-chan's class. This could be interesting.
*Back to the field*
As the game started, Tai and Sora both made a goal each in a short while.
As the other team started advancing once more, Matt stole the ball and passed it to Tai. Tai made a mad dash towards the opponent's goal, he already passed 4 players and there was one left before the goal, he tried to dodge the tackle but failed.
As he was falling, he saw Sora being guarded tightly, there was no way she can get the ball. Then he saw a figure on his far right dashing straight for the goal. Tai immediately recognize the figure and in a final attempt flicked the ball high into the air.
The class followed the ball as it fell toward Seiji. He stopped and stood his ground, he was not in a good position to bring it down to the ground and quickly gain control of it. But what he did was the last thing anyone would expect out of an eleven year old. He jumped into the air did a spin and kicked the ball towards the goal.
The ball soared through the air at a high speed and straight into the goal giving the goalkeeper no time to react. It spun in the net for a second before falling to the ground.
The class was silent, their mouths hung open. Tai was the first one to recover. "How in the world did you do that?"
"Oh, I sort of picked up a bit of martial arts over the past 2 years. That move was not illegal was it?" Seiji replied.
"Illegal! That was utterly cool!" Sakura ran up to him and hugging him. "You got to teach me that."
"Umm. Sakura you know there is no need to hug me if you want to learn that." Seiji said blushing. 'She's holding on to me!'
"Huh? Sorry." Sakura let go of him blushing as well. 'Way to go Sakura, now he thinks that you're some sort of girl who throws herself at a guy even if they only met for one day.'
*Kari's classroom*
'When did Seiji learn to do that?' Kari thought but was slowly interrupted by her teacher. "KARI!"
"Huh?" She said as she quickly stood up.
"I called you for third time already." Her teacher looked at her suspiciously.
"Sorry, I sort of notice my Onii-chan's class playing soccer and sort of decided to watch it. You know how I always look up to my Onii-chan." Kari said apologetically.
"Well Kari, I saw that goal too, and I am surprised how a child can do that but that definitely wasn't your brother." Her teacher said.
"What goal?" Davis asked.
"Not now Davis." The teacher said slightly irritated.
"Yeah well, that's true but the one that scored was my cousin. Seiji Kamiya, he just transferred here. You can go and check if you don't believe me" Kari said on the verge of tears.
"Kari, I believe you, don't cry okay? Now sit down and try to pay attention, I'll ask someone else to answer the question. Davis!" The teacher said as she walked away towards Davis.
Kari just sat down and looked out the window to see Sakura holding on to Seiji. 'That's cute.' She thought before she turned back for the lesson.
*Back at the field*
"Now that's over can we please continue?" Fujima-sensei asked. The teams took their places again. "Tai, remember you are not a one-man-team." Tai blushed at that comment and the whistle to start was blown.
Tai took another shot but it was caught by the goalkeeper, he kicked it back into the field but as it was coming down the class noticed that it was Seiji that was in that area. They waited for him to another one of those stunts.
Seiji took everyone by surprise by back-facing the ball. As it came down he did a back flip, kicked it into the goal and landed back on his feet. The class cheered at the amazing feat. As for Seiji, he was being hugged by Sakura again. Shortly after, the match ended and so did the period.
During lunch the group was at a table chatting, Kari had joined them too.
"Seiji you mean you made this?" Matt said taking some food out of Seiji's lunchbox.
"Yeah, is there a problem with me cooking?" Seiji asked a little offended.
"No. I mean it's so good, it's hard to believe you made it."
"Really!" Everyone started picking some stuff out of Seiji's lunchbox, except for Sora who took some out from Tai. Kari was basically left alone.
"It's good!" They all chorused.
Matt suddenly was staring off at some girl with brown hair.
"Looks like you got yourself a good catch, Sakura." Hannah whispered
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sakura whispered back feigning ignorance.
"You were all over him just now."
"I was just asking him to teach me how to do that"
Kari heard the whole conversation between the two girls
The rest of the day passed by quickly, and the three were on their way home. Seiji and Kari were hanging back behind Tai.
"So Seiji, what do you think about Sakura?"
"Eh? Why do you ask?" Seiji answered blushing
"I saw what she did during your match."
"Well she is nice, friendly and pretty.."
"I knew it! You like her don't you?"
"What are you talking about? I just met her today."
"So? Does that make a difference?"
"Let's just stop talking about me. How about your Onii-chan and Sora?"
"They were friends since they were small, but I'm thinking of changing that soon." Kari said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Want some help?"
"Sure!"
"But we can't do much now. We'll wait a few more years when you're older, then we have more freedom to do stuff."
"Okay, it's a promise"
"Yep"
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Seiji: Well, what do you think? Is it good? OK, maybe not yet. I think most of you realize that I'm going to do a bit of everything. Daily life, throw in some adventure and romance later on.
Life in Odaiba with New Friends
Seiji: Well here is the next chapter. Tai do the disclaimer. Can you stop stuffing yourself with that pizza! You're gonna get indigestion
Tai: Well you're right. But why me?
Seiji: *eyes go to killer mode, hands on katana* You know Tai I can help with your indigestion.
Tai: Seiji doesn't own digimon and never will. But he does own some of the characters.
Seiji: Good! *Returns to normal* Now shall we begin?
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They arrived in the Kamiyas' apartment in the evening.
Mrs. Kamiya led Seiji to the guest bedroom. "Seiji, this will be your room, do whatever you like to it."
"Thanks, Oba-san. But you know me, I wouldn't personalize this room. I'll just use it." Seiji replied. (A/N: Well I looked it up and Oba-san is used for calling your grandmother or aunt. I think it's the way you pronounce it.)
"Yeah right! Remember what he did to me on your 6th birthday Kar?" Tai whispered to Kari. Kari only manage to stifle a giggle.
"I heard that Tai! Unless you want history to repeat itself, you better keep your mouth shut." Seiji shouted from his room.
"How in the world can he hear me? And you don't own me!" Tai shouted.
"Oh yes I do."
"No you don't."
"Oh yes I do."
"No you don't."
"Cut it out boys, dinner's ready." Mrs. Kamiya shouted from the kitchen. Immediately Mr. Kamiya's, Tai's and Kari's faces went pale.
At the dining table, where the five were seated. Mrs. Kamiya was staring at the other 3 who were reluctant to start eating. As for the dinner, it was not really appetizing.
"What's with all of you? Why aren't you all eating?" Seiji asked Kari who was sitting next to him.
"You don't want to try my Kaa-san's cooking, it's anything she can burn."
"Okay." That was the answer Kari got back.
Finally Mrs. Kamiya snapped. "I know my cooking isn't that great but do you all really have to do this to me? I mean I slaved by the stove to give Seiji a nice dinner!" The others were already at the edge of their seats ready to escape the fury of Mrs. Kamiya.
"This is really good!" All eyes were turned to Seiji who was already stuffing his face. "I don't know why you guys say it's bad."
"Well at least somebody appreciates my cooking." Mrs. Kamiya said as she sat down and popped a piece of chicken in her mouth. The next moment she had a disgusted look on her face.
"Honey, are you alright?" Mr. Kamiya questioned his wife
"I'm.. fine just..fine." Mrs. Kamiya said with great difficulty before heading into the kitchen. "Maybe we should just settle for instant noodles."
The other three just let out a sigh of relief. "Seiji, you sure you're okay..." Kari said turning to her cousin who was still stuffing his face.
But she was interrupted by Seiji. "Of course I'm fine, can I finish all of this then?"
"Sure..." Kari said with a huge sweat drop on her head. 'How does he do that?'
After dinner they were just lazing around watching TV.
"Seiji, don't you need to use the bathroom or something like that?" Kari asked once more
"What gives you that idea, Hika?"
"Well you ate 4 bowls of rice, and all the dishes that Kaa-san made."
"So?"
"Never mind, but you sure do eat a lot, much more than Onii-chan."
"Hey!" Tai interrupted.
"What can I say, I'm a growing boy." Seiji said ignoring Tai . "That's my line!" Tai shouted as he lunged for Seiji.
"Stop it Tai!" Mr. Kamiya butted in. "Why don't you two spend the next few days showing Seiji around since the school term hasn't started yet. He will be living here for quite a while and we don't want him getting lost, do we?"
"Okay." The siblings chorused.
So the three spent the next few days walking all over the area. They did not meet anyone they knew. But Tai and Kari did lose Seiji once, but he found them shortly. Later that day, they found out that there was a group of Forahask in the area around the time they lost Seiji. So, they thought he must have been separated from them when the people left for cover.
Soon, the school term started.
The alarm clock was ringing in Tai's bedroom. Kari woke up and turned it off. She sleepily went over to Tai. "Tai, wake up. We got school today, you don't want to be late do you?" She said tugging on his shirt.
"Sora, give me a minute." Tai mumbled in his sleep
'What makes him think that Sora lives with us?' Kari thought.
"Who's Sora?" a voice behind her asked
"Ahhh, Seiji don't scare me like that!" Kari shouted as she stumbled back. Then she noticed that Seiji was already dressed in a blue T-shirt and cargo pants. "Looks like you're ready for your first day, and as for Sora, you'll meet her and I think you have."
"Huh, what happened?" Tai mumbled as he got up. He woke up when Kari screamed.
"Get ready for school you two, breakfast will be ready soon" Seiji said leaving the room.
When they reached the table they were surprised that the food looked safe to eat, bent on finding out who cooked it, they looked in the kitchen and their jaws dropped. Seiji was there cooking with their mother taking notes at the side.
"When did you learn how to cook?" Kari asked
"Well, when I'm hungry, I always look for something to eat and well instead of eating chips and stuff I decided to learn how to cook and make a meal for myself." Seiji answered while flipping a pancake. "Well, after last night, I decided that Oba-san here needs some teaching so here I am. Oh, and I made us lunches too."
"You did what?" Tai shouted amazed by the fact that his cousin could do so much at the age of eleven.
"Don't talk, just eat." Seiji said bringing out a pile of pancakes.
After breakfast, they were leaving for school.
"You two go on first, I'll catch up later. I got some things to do first." Seiji said going into his room.
"Okay" Tai and Kari called back as they left for school.
*In school*
Tai entered his classroom and took his seat at the back of the class next to Matt.
"So how was your Christmas?" Matt asked
"Fine." Tai answered back in a boring tone.
"Well someone's in a bad mood." Sora piped in as she turned around to face Tai to join in the conversation.
"I am not in a bad mood, I just hate coming back for classes."
"Still sounds like you're in a bad mood to me." Matt chuckled
"Just drop it Matt.
"Yeah Matt, don't make fun of Tai." Sora said defending Tai.
"Sora, you don't have to protect your boyfriend you know, I mean Matt is only joking." A girl sitting on the left of Sora added. She had shoulder length hair that was a dark chocolate brown, her eyes too were brown. After that both Tai and Sora turned red.
"What are you talking about Sakura, we're childhood friends." Sora argued trying to recover.
"That's what they always say." A girl on the left of Sakura said. She had blonde hair and violet eyes.
"Not you too Hannah." Sora whined.
Just then their teacher walked in. Fujima-sensei. He was the coolest teacher around. He taught them English and for Physical Education (PE otherwise known as Gym class). He was also the basketball coach.
(A/N: This is Japan, once you are in a class you follow that class all the way, also the teachers come to class, not the students moving around. I'm not too sure but I think this is the case.)
'For once I'm happy when a teacher comes in." Tai thought.
"We have a new student joining our class this year." Fujima-sensei announced proudly. There was some murmuring going around the class. "May I have you all welcome him to our class?" The class started to clap. "You may come in now."
Seiji walked into the class room with his hands in his pockets as Fujima- sensei wrote his name on the board. "You may want to introduce yourself." Fujima-sensei told him as he continues writing his name.
"Hi, my name is Seiji Kamiya. Nice to meet you all." He said smiling. The whole class stared at him then to Tai who was slouching in his seat and had his hands behind his head. "I see you all are a bit surprised. Yes, that guy there with hair bigger than his brain is my cousin." Seiji said pointing to Tai.
The class broke out laughing including Fujima-sensei and as for Tai, he stood up and shouted. "Seiji! Why I ought to beat the crap out of you."
"Cool it Tai, I only meant it as a joke."
"You're always picking on me."
"That's what older cousins are for."
"But you're only older than me by a few months, and why don't you pick on Kari?"
"Well Kari already had you picking on her so I'm just helping my favourite cousin have her revenge."
".."
"Don't worry Tai, if you stop picking on her I'll stop too."
Tai just sat down in defeat, his cousin was always better with words.
"Why don't you take the sit next to Tai?"
Seiji made his way to the seat on the left of Tai.
(A/N: I know you're confused with the sitting arrangement. So here it is)
Hannah/Sakura/Sora/...
Empty /Seiji /Tai /Matt
The three girls turned around as he sat down. "So you're Tai's cousin. My name is Sora Takenouchi."
"Oh so you're Sora, I heard a lot about you from Tai."
"And I'm Hannah Tsujimoto, Sora's friend" Hannah added at the same time thinking 'Good-looking but not my type.'
"I'm Sakura Hanabara. (Very original huh) Another friend of Sora's, but I'm kind of close to Kari too." The brown haired girl in front of him introduced herself with a smile. 'Cute, I wonder what he's like. He's funny and cool that's for sure.'
"Okay." Seiji said trying to remember their names especially Sakura. 'She's pretty.. Seiji get yourself together, you can't look like an idiot in front of them especially her. Damn thought of her again'
"Matt's my name and say, haven't we seen you before." The blonde male added.
"Now that you mention it Matt, he sort of does look familiar... I know! Kari's Sixth birthday. You were the one who threw the bucket of water on Tai's head and then threw a whole packet of flour on him. I can never forget that person."
"Haha! That was you, good one Seiji. Anyway Sora for what reason couldn't you forget Seiji." Hannah eyed Sora suspiciously.
"I wasn't there that day." Sakura sighed.
"Oh, why is that?" Seiji asked.
"I fell sick, so I couldn't go." The two of them continued talking ignoring a blushing Sora.
"Ahem!" All seven of them shot up. "Now that I've gotten your attention, can we get started with class?" Fujima-sensei said.
The day crept by slowly. Soon it was time for PE. The class changed into their gym clothes and headed outside onto the field where Fujima-sensei was standing.
"For these few weeks, we're doing soccer." He announced, there were some groans and cheers while Tai and Sora hi-five each other. "We'll be playing 6-a-side soccer, so split up into groups of sixes."
The group of five friends grabbed Seiji along with them to make a group of six.
"Are you good in soccer?" Matt asked.
Tai answered for Seiji instead "I whooped his ass the last round, he's okay I guess."
"Hey, that was 3 years ago, you haven't played against me since then." Seiji defended himself.
"Well, the rest of us are good I guess, I play with Tai often and we're on the same team for our club. As for Matt, he's fast enough and that will do. Sakura and Hannah are in the Kendo club and the cheerleading squad respectively so they're fit." Sora explained to Seiji.
"You're in the Kendo club?" Seiji questioned Sakura.
"Yeah.. I am interested in martial arts" She replied blushing a little. 'Please don't let him not like me."
"Cool!" Sakura was relieved to hear his answer.
"She's captain too, for the girls' side that is. But she can beat the guy's captain." Hannah added.
"Wow! You must be good then."
Since there was one soccer field, the teams took turns to play. Finally it was time for Tai and his team to play.
Hannah was goal keeper, Sakura and Matt were the defenders, and Seiji was playing midfielder while Tai and Sora were the strikers.
*Kari's classroom*
Kari was in class when she heard the noise outside, she took a peek out onto the field and spotted her brother's class playing. 'This could be interesting, Onii-chan, Sora, Sakura, Matt, Hannah and Seiji! I didn't know Seiji was in Onii-chan's class. This could be interesting.
*Back to the field*
As the game started, Tai and Sora both made a goal each in a short while.
As the other team started advancing once more, Matt stole the ball and passed it to Tai. Tai made a mad dash towards the opponent's goal, he already passed 4 players and there was one left before the goal, he tried to dodge the tackle but failed.
As he was falling, he saw Sora being guarded tightly, there was no way she can get the ball. Then he saw a figure on his far right dashing straight for the goal. Tai immediately recognize the figure and in a final attempt flicked the ball high into the air.
The class followed the ball as it fell toward Seiji. He stopped and stood his ground, he was not in a good position to bring it down to the ground and quickly gain control of it. But what he did was the last thing anyone would expect out of an eleven year old. He jumped into the air did a spin and kicked the ball towards the goal.
The ball soared through the air at a high speed and straight into the goal giving the goalkeeper no time to react. It spun in the net for a second before falling to the ground.
The class was silent, their mouths hung open. Tai was the first one to recover. "How in the world did you do that?"
"Oh, I sort of picked up a bit of martial arts over the past 2 years. That move was not illegal was it?" Seiji replied.
"Illegal! That was utterly cool!" Sakura ran up to him and hugging him. "You got to teach me that."
"Umm. Sakura you know there is no need to hug me if you want to learn that." Seiji said blushing. 'She's holding on to me!'
"Huh? Sorry." Sakura let go of him blushing as well. 'Way to go Sakura, now he thinks that you're some sort of girl who throws herself at a guy even if they only met for one day.'
*Kari's classroom*
'When did Seiji learn to do that?' Kari thought but was slowly interrupted by her teacher. "KARI!"
"Huh?" She said as she quickly stood up.
"I called you for third time already." Her teacher looked at her suspiciously.
"Sorry, I sort of notice my Onii-chan's class playing soccer and sort of decided to watch it. You know how I always look up to my Onii-chan." Kari said apologetically.
"Well Kari, I saw that goal too, and I am surprised how a child can do that but that definitely wasn't your brother." Her teacher said.
"What goal?" Davis asked.
"Not now Davis." The teacher said slightly irritated.
"Yeah well, that's true but the one that scored was my cousin. Seiji Kamiya, he just transferred here. You can go and check if you don't believe me" Kari said on the verge of tears.
"Kari, I believe you, don't cry okay? Now sit down and try to pay attention, I'll ask someone else to answer the question. Davis!" The teacher said as she walked away towards Davis.
Kari just sat down and looked out the window to see Sakura holding on to Seiji. 'That's cute.' She thought before she turned back for the lesson.
*Back at the field*
"Now that's over can we please continue?" Fujima-sensei asked. The teams took their places again. "Tai, remember you are not a one-man-team." Tai blushed at that comment and the whistle to start was blown.
Tai took another shot but it was caught by the goalkeeper, he kicked it back into the field but as it was coming down the class noticed that it was Seiji that was in that area. They waited for him to another one of those stunts.
Seiji took everyone by surprise by back-facing the ball. As it came down he did a back flip, kicked it into the goal and landed back on his feet. The class cheered at the amazing feat. As for Seiji, he was being hugged by Sakura again. Shortly after, the match ended and so did the period.
During lunch the group was at a table chatting, Kari had joined them too.
"Seiji you mean you made this?" Matt said taking some food out of Seiji's lunchbox.
"Yeah, is there a problem with me cooking?" Seiji asked a little offended.
"No. I mean it's so good, it's hard to believe you made it."
"Really!" Everyone started picking some stuff out of Seiji's lunchbox, except for Sora who took some out from Tai. Kari was basically left alone.
"It's good!" They all chorused.
Matt suddenly was staring off at some girl with brown hair.
"Looks like you got yourself a good catch, Sakura." Hannah whispered
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sakura whispered back feigning ignorance.
"You were all over him just now."
"I was just asking him to teach me how to do that"
Kari heard the whole conversation between the two girls
The rest of the day passed by quickly, and the three were on their way home. Seiji and Kari were hanging back behind Tai.
"So Seiji, what do you think about Sakura?"
"Eh? Why do you ask?" Seiji answered blushing
"I saw what she did during your match."
"Well she is nice, friendly and pretty.."
"I knew it! You like her don't you?"
"What are you talking about? I just met her today."
"So? Does that make a difference?"
"Let's just stop talking about me. How about your Onii-chan and Sora?"
"They were friends since they were small, but I'm thinking of changing that soon." Kari said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Want some help?"
"Sure!"
"But we can't do much now. We'll wait a few more years when you're older, then we have more freedom to do stuff."
"Okay, it's a promise"
"Yep"
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Seiji: Well, what do you think? Is it good? OK, maybe not yet. I think most of you realize that I'm going to do a bit of everything. Daily life, throw in some adventure and romance later on.