Airi followed the direction that Jiro just showed.
'Ah, it's here.'
Airi walks in, and see the inside. Everyone is practicing. One person is monitoring and the others are following her orders. Airi was amazed by their practice. Their performance is beautiful, graceful yet strong at the same time.
'Cool... I thought cheerleaders are only girls who hop around with short skirts but this is awesome.' Airi thought with amusement.
"What business do you have here?" said voice which startled Airi.
"Is this the cheer leading club?" Airi answered her with a question.
"Yes, it is. I'm the captain here. My name is Renjou Yuuko."
"The performance is so cool." Airi said excitedly.
"Well thank you."
"And what business do you have here again?"
"I want to join this club!"
Everything went silence for a while.
Then room is filled with laughter.
"You want to join this club? You should look at yourself in the mirror first." said a voice.
"That's right. If someone like you join our team it'll be a bad reputation on us." said another voice.
Insults by insults fill in the room and make it a bit noisy until the captain gave her team a glare of warning.
"Stop slacking off and get back to practice!" shouted the captain and the girls do what they are ordered to.
"Seriously? I thought someone like you would only want to stick with books." The captain answered Airi.
"I see, alright. I guess my looks are not qualifying me to join this club." Airi said with a light smile
The captain flinched.
"I'll look for another club then...," Airi wanted to walk away.
"Wait," the captain stop her.
"Your word just now is like an insult to me. Being a cheer leader has nothing to do with looks. Is all about how we support a team so we can be one of their strength. So, in another word, as long as you got the ability to support others, you are qualified to be one. And by supporting, not just by shouting 'you can do it,' but you have to show that even we are strong, that's why we do all the stunts while keep smiling. So, if you want to join this club, you just have to prove that you have that kind of ability. Can you do that now?" The captain gave Airi a challenge.
"I'll do it."
-x-
Airi roller skating on her way back. She's happy that she made into the team and made those who insulted her speechless. However, she is not that happy since she finds out something that bothers her very much.
'The only rival for Echizen Ryoma is me. I'll definitely crush the ones that try to get reach of him. I definitely will.'
At the exact time of what Airi thought, Atobe who is on his way back inside the limo looked outside, suddenly have a funny thought.
A stoic brunette wearing glasses who is reading his book felt the same as Atobe.
Another brunette who always close his eyes suddenly showed his ocean coloured eyes feeling the same thought.
Another stoic person who is watching his team swinging his racket looked at the sky also feeling a funny thought. Then he looked as his blunette friend also looking at the sky with the same feeling. "I think something interesting will happen soon, don't you think so Sanada?" said the blunette.
The stoic person just kept silence.
An energetic red headed boy who is running happily to his home suddenly stopped.
"Naya, I feel weird." said the red headed boy.
-x-
"Tadaima." Shouted Airi.
"Okaeri, Airi-chan. How's school." Nanako asked.
"Great. I made into the cheer leading club. I'm so excited. I can't wait to start practicing." Airi said happily.
"Nanako nee-san, I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back before dinner okay." Airi went to her room for a change. As aspected of a tomboyish girl. Baggy trousers, jacket with hoods and she his her long hair inside it and a sport shoe. She took her tennis equipment and went out.
-x-
"Street tennis, street tennis,... ah found it." Airi went to the court hoping for a self practice until she saw four figures standing there. Two of them are rallying while the other one probably is the referee and the other one just watching them.
'Hey, isn't that the so called Atobe-sama? What's he doing here?' Airi thought. Right now, he is rallying with someone who looked quite stoic and he is a wearing a cap.
The ball landed on Atobe's court.
"Game, Sanada, 5 games all. Said the effeminate looking guy with blue slightly wavy hair."
'Wow, a beautiful looking guy. I thought that I would find this much of them. I found three just today. That stoic guy is not half bad. Perhaps he is always so serious that he looked like an old guy.' Airi thought.
"Now who would you be?" Airi startled. The four guys is now looking at her.
"I'm looking for someone to practice with. Mind one of you be my guest?" Airi answered.
"Gomen, boya, right now we're a bit busy." said the blunnete.
"It's okay Yukimura, Kabaji could be his practice pal. Na, Kabaji?"
"Usu." Kabaji answered.
Kabaji walked towards Airi.
"Let's have a match then, Kabaji-san."
Airi and Kabaji went to the court beside the court where Atobe and Sanada is rallying.
"Now lets start." Airi began to serve.
-x-
After 10 minutes, Atobe and Sanada stopped rallying. "Game, Sanada 6-6. Looks like this match is a tie." Shouted Yukimura.
"That was a good game Sanada. Kabaji, lets go." said Atobe. Kabaji didn't respond.
"Kabaji," Atobe called and looked at him at the same time. Atobe widen his eyes when Kabaji approached him. He panted hardly. His body is soaked with sweat. "Forgive me, I lost." He said.
"What do you mean?"
"He is too strong for me. Our game ended a few minutes ago. He even."
Atobe wanted to face the person who defeated Kabaji in less then ten minutes but he's long gone.
"Quite a mysterious person don't you think, Atobe?" said Yukimura.
"Tarundoru!"
"Ore-sama will personally face him when we meet again. Kabaji, his name?"
"I don't know."
"The only think that I memorize is the ruby coloured eyes. Quite rare for a Japanese." Yukimura said.
"Ruby coloured eyes ahn. Enough for finding him."
-x-
"Tadaima."
Airi went into her room. Nanako said that dinner is almost ready. So, Airi checked her e-mail. Before, she sent to Ryoma about his rival here. She's going to check weather if there's any reply. And the e-mail has already been replied.
Ryoma had sent her a few pictures.
After she looked at them one by one,
"Why does your rival all are good looking? And I never thought that there would be a lot of them. And, those three whom I met just now are included. Well, for now, I have to put aside my crushing plan. I still have to practice to be a girl. However, I'll keep my words. I'll face them one day."
