Ah, chapter ten. I never thought I would take the story this far, but I have. I'm very thankful to the people who read (Especially those that like it, but the rest are okay too, at least they gave it a chance.) So I say thank you to you.

"Oh, I'm so excited!" Shia said, and Ryoma could tell: she was shaking with anticipation. "The week is finally over! Woohoo"
"Shia, we shouldn't show up together, they'll suspect something," he warned her and she waved him away.
"Okay, I get it," she said, "Your dad can drive us and I'll get out a block before the pool and then walk the rest of the way. No problem." Ryoma sighed, he didn't seem to be doing his job of being around her all the time too well, but he knew that was the simplest solution.
"Alright," he said, nodding. Shia just smiled as she held the bag holding her swimsuit and other stuff. 'A swimsuit I still haven't seen,' Ryoma grumbled to himself. 'For all I know she really does intend to run around in a bikini.' He blushed slightly at the thought, then he imagined a few of his teammates' reactions and began to fume quietly. Then, realizing he was starting to act like Kaido, he mentally slapped himself back into a more Ryoma-like manner. "Come on," he said to Shia, "Dad will take us now"
"Finally!" Shia grinned like a fool and clutched her bag close to her. "I'm so excited!" 'I'm not…' Ryoma sighed and they headed out, getting into the truck after Nanjiro. As planned Shia got out early and arrived five minutes after Ryoma.
"Now that everyone's here," Shira said, her smile even brighter than usual, "Why don't we head on inside?" Everyone nodded and muttered their agreement.
"Wow," Shia said, staring at the large pool before her, "This is really nice…" In a flash Momo had run past her and was the first one into the pool, doing a cannon ball. When he came back up he shook his hair like a dog, grinning like a fox. "Sweeett! It's warm!" He yelled, Shira began to smile even wider than before and even Sharr produced a small grin. Both ran towards the pool, Sharr behind, when Shira suddenly went into a front flip and Sharr followed right after, turning a forward somersault into a backwards flip (If this isn't possible I apologize, but I am gymnastics/acrobatics illiterate.) Christine laughed at the two as they came above water on either side of Momo, then went under again to pull him under by his ankles.
"This looks too fun to pass up!" She said, jumping near the twins and Momo so she could join in on their fiasco. Just before she could dunk Sharr, however, Shusuke Fuji caught her eye, slender in only his swim trunks, and blushed, giving Shira the opportunity needed to dunk her. She came up coughing and sputtering, her cheeks still red, but now because she was ashamed to have been caught unaware like that. She had moved over to the edge of the pool when a hand was held out to her.
"Are you alright?" the smiling tensai asked and she took his offered hand with a nod. He pulled her out of the pool and she thanked him breathlessly. "Not a problem," he smiled again, his aqua eyes open for a second, allowing her a peek into their depths. He nodded to her and then moved to talk to Kunimitsu. Most of the people were already in the pool by now, laughing and splashing away. Not one to be kept out of the fun, Christine jumped back in, her golden hair flowing behind her as she dived into the pool. Aine loved the water. She loved the feeling of being weightless, and being able to change the direction of her movements with little more than a flick of her wrist or a small kick of her legs. Most of all she loved the control, the power, the water let her have over her own body. She loved the thought that she could take a small fraction of her strength and make it a great power, make it speed, and feel astonishing as the water rushed over her skin and through her hair, which was long and a midnight black, now that she had let it out of its ponytail. There were things she could do in the water that she wouldn't even attempt anywhere else. Lost in thought, she didn't realize what she was doing before she had run into someone.
"I'm sorry," she said quietly, not meeting the eyes of the boy she had bumped into. "It's quiet alright," Taka said, blushing a bit, having noticed Aine was wearing a black bikini. Aine didn't know why he was blushing, but she figured she could guess, and, for once, she didn't really care.
"I was… Lost in thought…" Aine excused herself. Taka looked interested.
"What were you thinking about?" He asked innocently, Aine didn't answer for a moment, deciding how to word it. Taka took her silence as rejection, "I'm sorry! It's none of my business if you don't want to tell me"
"No," Aine, shook her head, "It's fine." She thought a moment longer than said, "I was thinking about water… and power… I guess…" Taka looked confused, but didn't get to ask what she meant before Cara pounced on Aine from behind.
"Hey! Hey! Aine is talking to somebody!" Cara said, her arms still around her neck, "Did ya hear that!" Raina waded over with a sigh.
"Why are you acting like she's a mute?" She asked, "Honestly, Cara, it's not like you've never heard her talk before"
"You're right," Cara said, "But this is the most I've ever heard her say at one time…" Aine didn't say anything, but Taka still looked confused so she hoped she could explain herself someday. Cara followed her gaze and smiled at Taka, "You must be somethin' special! Bye!" She moved away to bother someone else, Raina beginning to follow for damage control.
It wasn't long before Raina abandoned her task, deciding that it was too difficult, even for her. She turned instead to watch over the others quietly from near the edge of the pool. Mostly she watched Oishi though. He swam the length of the pool a lot, and was clearly enjoying himself as he did it. She diverted her eyes, for just a moment, to check on Cara and make sure she wasn't doing anything too awful. She checked on Christine, who was talking to Shusuke again, and everyone else. The twins were making quite a show out of messing with Kaoru and Momo. Whenever it looked like a fight might occur, one of them, Raina couldn't tell which at this distance, tackled one of the boys. She saw Inui was scribbling in his notebook, making everyone near him a little uneasy. She was trying to search out Kiri when she heard someone coming up behind her.
"You have quite a lively team," the voice came from behind her, but she knew who it was without looking.
"Yes, but you seem to be in the same situation, Shuichiro," She smiled and he smiled back as she turned around.
"They just hate to lose," he laughed.
"Well so do the girls here. I'm afraid that the moment I stop watching them they'll do something stupid…" She said, confiding in him. He just continued to smile.
"Don't you think, maybe, they earned a few stupid moments tonight?" "I suppose you're right!" She laughed and Oishi's smile widened a bit. He liked it when she laughed. And she laughed for him.
Cara watched the two for a moment, and couldn't stop smiling. "What are you doing?" Eiji asked from beside her, then noticed what she was looking at and hollered, "Shuichiro's getting' it on!" Cara laughed so hard that she didn't care that he had just ruined their moment as Oishi was now blushing and Raina had become just as subconscious.
"No, it's not Oishi that's getting it on!" Cara laughed, then kissed Eiji on the lips jokingly, "It's me!" She continued to laugh as she left a stunned Eiji to go talk to Oishi and Raina.
"They sure seem to be having fun," Shia commented. Ryoma nodded, careful not to look too low and end up staring at her swimsuit. Again. He couldn't help it, he hadn't expected her to get a two piece, especially one as revealing as hers was. She looked good though, he had to admit. "You're not?" he asked, but she just smiled.
"I'm having more fun then anyone here, I swear," she said, but Ryoma wasn't quite sure, she kept watching everyone, but she wasn't taking part in their fun. He didn't know what, but she seemed to have something on her mind. He didn't say anything; however, she would tell him if she wanted to.
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"What are you doing all alone?" Kiri asked. For once she didn't know what someone was thinking, and couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tired.
"I'm not alone, you're here," Kunimitsu said quietly, not turning around. He was looking across the street at a small park.
"You know that's not what I'm talking about," she sighed, the wind blowing the hair to the left and, even in the sweats and jacket she had put on before coming out, she was cold. "Why are you being so strange?" Kunimitsu turned back to her, his eyes blank.
"I wasn't ready to see you like that again," he said. "In fact I wasn't ready to see you again at all"
"Kunimitsu…" she said, "We're captains now. We can't afford to let something like this get in the way. You'll be seen as weak"
"Maybe I'm not as strong as everyone thinks," he told her, "Let's go back inside"
When they came back in everyone looked to the door, but no one spoke. When Momo looked about to say something about it, Oishi covered his mouth and shook his head. Kunimitsu said nothing, but Kiri turned to her team.
"Come on, Shira, part two!" she hollered and a few girls cheered, Shira was grinning.
"Aye-aye, Mon Capitan!" she saluted Kiri in a mocking gesture and got out of the pool. "Okay, everybody out of the pool! We're playin' Truth or Dare!" The boys sweat dropped.