Sorry about the mistakes in the last chapter.

Chapter 2

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"Phew... what an exhausting day!" Natsumi said, she threw her bag on her bed and sat down. "Maybe I should be lucky that Seigaku doesn't give that much homework." She lay on her bed for a while. She heard the door open. She quickly ran downstairs and greeted her sisters.

At dinner time the three chatted about how the day was for Natsumi.

"The food was great, nee-san." Natsumi told Sara.

Her sister smiled. "Thanks. Now you better get ready for bed."

Natsumi nodded. She changed into her night clothes. Before going to bed, she turned on her computer and read her messages. One of them was from Aya.

Dear Natsumi-san,

How was your day? How was Hyoutei? Everything is good over at my school. I'm really bored when you are not here. I hope you come visit me soon!

-Aya

Natsumi clicked reply.

Dear Aya-chan,

My day was fine, a bit tiring though. I didn't go to Hyoutei, my sisters gave me the wrong information. I'm actually attending Seigaku. There are really strange people here. There was this weird boy who hissed! I'll tell you more later, I have to go to bed. Sorry! Bye!

-Natsumi (you can stop calling me -san, you know!)

Ps: I will visit! I promise!

Natsumi clicked send. Of course, since Aya was always on the computer, she would receive it soon.

She turned off her computer and got in bed.

"Seigaku is such a strange school." She whispered before drifting off to sleep.

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It was early next morning. Everything was quiet...

"NEE-SAN!!! I'M GOING TO BE LATE!!!" Natsumi shouted.

...Except for that.

Kira laughed a bit. "She's quiet an air head in the morning sometimes."

Sara was finishing the last of her eggs. She sighed, "She is..."

Natsumi stumbled down the stairs. "I'm late!" She cried. "No time for breakfast!" She snatched a piece of toast.

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"Phew... I made it in time..." Natsumi said.

It was a bit before class. Natsumi sat down at her appointed seat and she put her bag away.

"Ano..." A shy girl with pigtails started.

Natsumi smiled at her. "May I help you?"

Another girl with her hair tied up ran up to her. "I have a question."

"Um... ask away!"

"I thought you said you were 14 when you introduced yourself."

"I'm 13... but..." She hesitated. "I kind of got held back a grade a while ago."

"Well, it's nice to know then." The loud girl started to walk away. The shy girl squeaked a bit.

"Tomo-chan!... I think we should introduce ourselves... I think it would be nice to know Natsumi-san."

The girl named, Tomo-chan, sighed. "Fine Sakuno."

The girl named Sakuno bowed politely and said, "My name is Ryuuzaki Sakuno, and it's really nice to meet you."

Natsumi waved to her. "Hello."

"I'm Tomoka, nice to meet you." She greeted. (Someone please tell me Tomoka's last name.)

"Hello, there." Natsumi greeted back.

After a little chat, the teacher arrived.

"We'll see you later, I guess." Tomoka said.

"Ah... see you."

Natsumi couldn't listen to the teacher much. She made friends! She was so happy. And we all wonder why she got held back...

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Lunch time arrived. Natsumi stomach growled. Sakuno walked over from her desk to Natsumi.

"Natsumi-san... do you want to have lunch with us?" Sakuno offered.

Natsumi nodded. "Thanks!"

The three girls had lunch by a giant tree. They talked about where Natsumi was from. Her favorite things. Sakuno and Tomo both told her a bit about themselves and their school.

"... and our school is known best for our tennis team." Tomo finished her little... rant.

"Ah, I heard about the tennis team!" Natsumi exclaimed.

"Yeah, are you going to join the girls' team?"

Natsumi shook her head. "No, I'm really bad."

"How bad can you get?" Tomo cried. "You'll do good! You look very athletic."

Natsumi sweat dropped. "No... really. I'm very bad at it."

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"Eh? It's you guys." A boy said.

"Be quiet, Horio! We came here to show Natsumi-chan the tennis team!"

Horio looked at Natsumi. After a few moments he said, "Nice to meet you, I'm Horio Satoshi (sp?) with two years of tennis experience."

Natsumi greeted back.

Suddenly the boy who sat in front of her walked by.

"Oi, Echizen!" Horio shouted. "Where are you going?"

"Practice." The boy, Echizen, replied. He pulled his cap lower, showing even less of his face.

"Ryoma-sama! Good luck on your practice match against Momo-sempai!" Tomo shouted. "I'll cheer for you all the way!!"

"Che, mada mada dane." Ryoma walked away.

"That's Echizen Ryoma, he's the only first year regular we have at our school. He's good, but I say with my two years--"

"Shut up Horio!! Ryoma-sama is way better than you and you know it!"

"What?!" Horio yelled back.

Sakuno tried to calm her friend down. "Tomo-chan... please keep your voice down..." She turned to Natsumi, "I'm sorry, Natsumi-san, but you can go explore yourself if you want."

Natsumi nodded. She ran off in the direction that Echizen walked off to.

She reached a court. Some boys called out, "It's the twist serve!"

"Twist serve?" Natsumi mumbled to herself. "What's that?" She made her way over to the fence.

"Excuse me... what's happening?" She asked a short kid with dark hair.

"Oh, you're the new kid! Well, Ryoma-kun is facing against Momochan-sempai." He pointed to the short Ryoma and the taller kid she met yesterday.

They volleyed, lobed, smashed. Natsumi was very impressed with the "Dunk Smash" Momo did. She was also amazed by how much the two boys could play. She couldn't even hit once!

"This is so cool!" She said.

She heard a chuckle. A boy with light brown hair and a feminine face was behind her. "I see that you like tennis."

Another boy with red hair from yesterday popped from behind the first boy's back. "Nya, do you play?"

Natsumi shook her head.

"Nya, you don't?" The boy asked. He looked and acted much like a cat. "Tennis is a great sport!"

The boy with the brown hair chuckled once more. "Eiji, I think you are scaring the girl."

The boy named Eiji back away a bit. "Oh, sorry. Well," He said, "I'm Kikumaru Eiji. Nice to meet you, nya!"

Natsumi weakly mumbled, "Natsumi..."

"What?"

"Natsumi! My name is Natsumi!" She cried.

"Nya, nice to meet you Natsumi. This is Fuji Syuusuke." He pointed to the brown haired boy. He waved.

Natsumi waved back at Fuji. "Hello." She greeted.

Eiji looked behind her. "O'chibi is winning I can see. Go O'chibi!!! Also, go Momo!!!" He cheered. He bounced around.

Natsumi really wondered if she really should be in this school... it's so... odd!

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