Early morning, while I was walking in the hallway to my classroom, I stopped by the bulletin board to check some updates from different organization. Basketball club had one post. It said that the students who signed up for this club will have a meeting in the gymnasium after the classes. I wander what this meeting is all about.

As I entered the classroom, I saw four boys who had different worlds. Nobody else was in the classroom except for them. I guess I arrived school too early. It was so quiet. Nobody said even one word.

I stood up and started to walk to the mini-library located on the front left corner of our room. I suddenly stumbled down due to something I kicked. My foot ached and so did my knees.

"Oy, okay?" Aomine stretched out his arms and helped me stand up.

I stood up even though my foot really hurts. Everybody looked at me with their eyes filled with worry. I saw a figure of a raccoon, made with metal, standing right beside the green-haired boy's desk.

"I'm fine." I assured them and faked a smile. "What's with that raccoon?" I asked the weird four-eyed boy.

"It's my lucky item." He answered arrogantly. Lucky item? My class is really full of weird people. Yesterday, a pale boy suddenly appeared from nowhere. And now, a four-eyed boy that has a green hair and his fingers taped, with a lucky item.

"You should go to the infirmary." The yellow-haired boy suggested. I knew this guy. He introduced himself yesterday. But no matter how hard I tried to remember what his name was, I can't really recall.

"I'm sorry. But, who are you?" I didn't mean to offend him. But, he took it that way. It's not my fault.

"Whhaa? You don't know me? How mean, Momoi. I'm Kise." Kise.. Kise? I know I heard this name somewhere. Somewhere.. "Kise Ryota" He added and smiled.

"Oh! Kise Ryota! I know you.. you're the model-" I was getting a little excited but Aomine covered my mouth and dragged me out of the room. He accompanied me to the infirmary.

As the school nurse checked me, Aomine just waited outside. The clock went tik tok and it was near 8. The classes are about to begin. I went out and hurriedly walked to the classroom with Aomine.

Every student in the hallway were getting in their rooms. A tall guy with violet hair bumped into me while eating his chips. He just walked straight without saying sorry. I didn't have the time to say how rude he was, so I just let it go.

The classes started and ended. It was finally dismissal and the basketball club's meeting will be starting soon. Before I knew it, Aomine was gone. He should've went to the gymnasuim ahead of me.

"Baketball club.." I heard the boy in the same class as me murmured to himself. I went near him and asked if he was gonna join the basketball club.

"Yes." He answered. He wore his usual poker face. He's blue round eyes concentrated on a novel book. Quite dull.

We walked to the gymnasuim together. And as we arrived, I saw hundreds of people signing. I spotted Aomine playing on one of the courts with the four-eyed boy from our class. That's when I realized I shouldn't be here. They all love basketball.

"Why did you join this club?" I asked the dull boy. But as I looked to my right, I saw no one. Ha?! Where'd he go? That pale kid went somewhere and left me alone without me knowing.

After I signed on the attendance sheet, I went near the court to call Aomine. It was lonely to be alone in this crowd.

"Aomine!"

I called him again and again but he was really busy playing with the others. Can't do anything. I sat on a bench and just watch them play. They're good.

Getting a bit bored, I went out to get some fresh air. The gym was starting to get filled with a true athlete's odor (no offense). It seemed like the meeting turned out into a P.E time.

"Aw. Sorry." I apologized as I bumped into a big guy. The same violet-haired guy I bumped into earlier. He was still eating chips.

"Ohh. You again." He said with his voice sounding lazy. It quite pissed me. I was about to talk to him again but he spoke after swallowing the chips in his mouth.

"Where am I? I'm lost. Akashi? Akashi!" Not only is this guy's lazy, he's also weird. Who would be lost inside the gym? I juzt stared at him as he turned his head from different directions. He was looking for someone.

"Oh! Sakibara, there you are." A short red-haired guy from the crowd, went near him. Sakibara? He must be the one this big guy calls Akashi.

"Hello. My name's Akashi. This tall guy here is Musakibara." It surprised me when he suddenly introduced himself and his friend to me.

"Musakibara's too long. You can call Sakibara."

"Uhm. I'm Momoi. Nice to meet you." I reached out my hand, hoping that they won't snob me. Luckily, Akashi didn't. Instead, he also reached out his hand, and shaked my hand.

After knowing them, they immediately went to the court, leaving me standing alone in the crowd again. As I continued to walk to the door of the gymnasuim, I saw it locked.

"May I go outside" I asked one of the seniors from the attendance table. His looked at me and smirked. He told me no one can go out. He told me that this meeting would determine who are really skilled.

"Then why won't you let anyone go out? What's the connection?" I murmured to myself while going back to the bench where I sat earlier.

Looking at my classmates as they joyfully played, I realized the essence of basketball. I somehow wanted to learn more about it. The way they shoot, dribble, pass, block, jump and anything else about basketballs makes me nore curious about it.

"I finally found something interesting."