Sana: Ai~~~~~e! This sad, sad fic is continuing! The HoRrOr! Anyways, this is chapter 3 of A New Beginning, written on request. I'm actually amazed and pleased. I never thought anyone would read my fics, you know. Anyhowz, here's to the people who reviewed!:
Cheeseburger of Doom: Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You read my next chapter! I love you! Hope you enjoy this one too! Never thought a favorite author of mine would review for petty ole me! thanks a bunch!
lei: Thanks lei! I appreciate you reading and reviewing for me! And I understand! Just writing it was getting me really sad. It broke my heart. Wah~~! Thanks, hope you enjoy this next chapter!
Also, to those who reviewed chapter one, thank you and I hope you like these last two chapters too! This chapter is dedicated to Cheeseburger of Doom and lei for reviewing my sad story -- most especially Cheeseburger for reviewing BOTH chapters one and two! Oh, and the high schools will all be made up by moi!
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Separation
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Fuji had always liked school. He had liked it since he could remember. That was why he felt weird. He didn't want to go to school that morning. He, Fuji Syuusuke, did not want to go to school. Maybe it was because he wasn't going to Seishun Gakuen anymore. Maybe it was because he knew Eiji would not be there to brighten up everyone's day. Maybe it was because he wouldn't have to go to tennis practice after school -- well, tennis would come, right after he turned in his application thing. Maybe it was because EVERYONE would not be there. Fuji sighed sadly and started getting ready for school. Everyone I played tennis with at Seigaku aren't going to be there. That's what feels weird. They were always AT the school, at least, until now.
"Ittekimasu, Yumiko nee-san. Ja ne," Fuji left gloomily. "Ja ne, Syuusuke," Yumiko replied, noting the sad stature that her older younger brother had.
Without realizing it, Fuji had arrived at school, or more specifically, the high school tennis courts. He had been walking around like a ghost and found them. Fuji wrapped his fingers around the chain links of the fence that surrounded the courts. How he longed to be at the Seigaku morning practice. Everyone would be there. Fuji just shook his head and walked into the building that he would spend most of the next three years in, Teidan High School.
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Oishi said goodbye to his family as he prepared to leave for his new school, Asa No Gawa (Morning's River) High School. As he neared the school, he stuck his hand into his pocket to take out the keys of the tennis clubroom. When Oishi felt no key, he remembered that he did not have to open the clubroom anymore. That thought made Oishi feel sad again. It meant that he was not part of the team that made up most of his junior high life. There would be no Inui to watch out for, no Eiji to care for, no Tezuka to give out punishments, no Seigaku that he belonged in. That was a really sad thought and Oishi almost cried.
As Oishi walked to his new classroom, he remembered something that Taka-san had said to the team right before graduation. We may be going our separate ways, but we'll always be together in our hearts. That's one connection that no one can break. They may be able to kill each of us, but that won't get rid of the bond between us all.
Remembering this was the cure. Oishi smiled and reached out to every member on the Seigaku tennis team through his heart. After that, he felt he had the courage to face a time away from his old friends. With a livelier step, Oishi walked up to the classroom door and opened it softly, as not to make noise to disturb whoever was inside, with a great smile.
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Taka-san walked to school. As he neared the school, he looked up to it. Taka-san had been accepted to Seimei High School. This high school was a great school to go to because it was only a twenty-minute walk from his house, Fuji's new school, ...and Seigaku. It being near his house was good because then he could hurry home and help his dad with the restaurant. Being near Fuji's school was good because he could visit his friend when he wanted to. Sei Kou (nickname to Seimei, like Seigaku was to Seishun Gakuen) being close to Seigaku was a treat because then he would be able to visit his three kouhais whenever he wanted to. Taka-san still wished he still attended that school, but at least he was close to it.
Taka-san walked up to his classroom door. He could not open it and see the new faces of his newest classmates. He still wanted his classmates of year 3 class 4 from Seigaku. Taka-san shook his head and reminded himself as he had been constantly doing since a few days ago that he was now a member of the class year 1 class 5 at Seimei. He opened the door and greeted the people around him.
Still, Taka-san could not talk to people without remembering his friends from the Seigaku Tennis Team. He *politely* walked through a throng of freshmen who apparently knew each other from junior high. Taka-san walked all the way to the back corner and sat down. Since no one was talking to him, he got out his books, closed his eyes, and remembered the last game at Seigaku. Nothing had been more exciting than that.
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Inui walked towards Fuyu No Yo High School while flipping through his data book that was filled with information of the Seigaku team... of last year. He still had a hard time remembering that it was a new year. The information he had was not of a new group of tennis players, but of his teammates of last year that he was likely not to forget. Actually, his data had said that there was only a 9% chance that the nine of them would forget each other. A mere 9%, but to Inui, it was a fateful 9%. It was 9 out of 100 chance that they would forget each other, and the number 9 was considered bad luck in Japan, so that hadn't comforted him at all. Of course, he didn't believe in such thing as 'luck', unlike those weird Yamabuki people, but it was still unnerving.
As Inui walked to school, he saw some other people walking towards Fuyu Kou. He started getting data on them, as data collecting only ends when you die. You never knew, it could come helpful sometime in the future. SOMETIME. He analyzed his data and by the time he reached his classroom, he had three FULL pages of data on new schoolmates that he would probably never see again, although it was a 57% probability that they would see each other. He closed his data book, adjusted his glasses, and opened the door.
Inui looked at his new classmates of year 1 class 9 and saw two of the five people he had seen early this morning. Interesting, ii data... Inui thought as he scribbled some more into his book. After writing for some time, Inui walked to a desk and sat down. He took out his book once again and started scribbling like mad again. His classmates were staring at him in wonder, but he ignored them. There was more data to be recorded, and he could not be disturbed.
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I meant to write all of them today. I really did. I meant to do Eiji, Tezuka, and the Seigaku trio, but do you know how long just THIS took? over two hours! plus I have to go eat now, but that isn't important. and IÕm tired for now. So IÕll work on the next part later, okay? So next to come will be Separation Part 2. This is part 1. Stay tuned!!!!!!