Well your still here? That is awesome. ^^ I hope you continue to like the story… oh and you have to admit the cat is cute. :3

The next day was a sunny Friday with a gentle wind blowing. I walked slowly to the locker room as Shindo ran up to me.

"Kirino… Want to do homework at my house?" He asked giving me one of his smiles.

"I'd like to but I found a cat and I need to find out if it belongs to someone." I replied suddenly wishing I had just said yes while wanting to help the cat at the same time.

"Oh…well if you would like I could help." He said quickly solving the problem.

"Okay." I said happily as we got to the soccer club door.

I opened the door and walked in with Shindo behind me.

We quickly changed into our soccer uniforms and went out to the soccer field.

Every one was out and stretching in the green field.

"Hi captain, Kirian-sempai." Tenma greeted in his always happy mood.

"Hello." Shindo greeted giving Tenma a soft smile.

"Hi there." I said trying to resist the urge to pat him on the head.

He always seemed like a little puppy to me and I just wanted to pat him on the head and tell him he's a good boy but I knew that would be not just awkward but demeaning to poor Tenma.

"Would any of you know where Kariya is?" Hikaru said with concern.

"No I don't." Tenma replied, "I wonder if he's okay."

"I don't know… He wasn't here yesterday ether." Shindo said obviously worried about out missing junior.

"Maybe he's not feeling well." I offered not really sure what could be wrong but happy that today I would not get any soccer balls to the head plus any other prank Kariya had up his sleeves.

"Maybe we could all visit him." Hikaru said with hope.

"Sounds good, what do you think Kirino?" Shindo asked me with a look that said it was okay if I said no.

"We are his seniors Shindo and it is our job as seniors to look after our juniors." I said not really wanting to visit Kariya. He always had some sort of prank to pull on me or a smart remark.

"So we all meet after practice to go see Kariya." Tenma said in his usual overly happy tone.

"Yeah." Hikaru said with almost as much happiness.

Then Kidou and Endou Kantoku walked up signaling the time to start practice.