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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

'Singing'

'Flashbacks'

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Previously

"Zaizen Kiri, yoroshiku."

"Well we don't have time for questions so please ask her at break."

When I lifted my head I saw the same girl from yesterday. "You may go and sit in the desk behind Niou." The teacher informed me.

I don't know why, but for some reason I couldn't help, but feel people glaring at me. I looked at the teacher blankly.

"Oh right, Niou kun-please raise your hand" I walked towards my desk and I passed Misao- chan's desk and said hi to her in which she smiled and said hi back.

Chapter 5

The first class was History, it was so boring that the whole class nearly fell asleep.

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Who is this girl, she seems to know seems interesting.

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Breaktime…

Kiri was packing up her books when Misao walked towards her. "Hey" she greeted.

"Hi, I'm so glad we're in the same class"

"Yeah… wanna come eat lunch with us, I'll introduce my cousin to you."

"Sure"

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I went with Misao -chan to the rooftop. She opened the door and there were a bunch of boys there. I saw this bright pinkish- reddish hair 'It's the boy from this morning' I just realised all eyes were now turned to me. "Err"

"Sup!" I heard Misao speak. "I brought a friend with me"

"Zaizen Kiri desu, yoroshiku" I managed to put it in a sentence.

"Hello"

"Yo"

"Nice to meet you"

Were the replies I received.

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No way! it's the girl from this morning. I hope she isn't one of those rabbit fangirls although since I'm a genius it wouldn't be surprising if she was one.

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"Well this is my cousin Yukimura Seichii" Misao started to introduce the regulars. "This is Sanada" she pointed at the black capped boy. "This is Akaya"

"Jakal"

"Yagyuu"

"Renji"

"Marui Bunta"

"and lastly, the annoying Niou" she finished.

"Hey, why am I the only one who gets insulted" Niou asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"I was just stating a fact" Misao replied calmly.

"What did you say?!"

"Whatever!"

"Ne, Kiri- chan do you play tennis?" Marui asked.

"… no" she answered.

Misao was slightly worried, as she saw that the look in her golden eyes is similar to her own. "Then how did you two meet?" Kirihara asked.

"…." Kiri did not know what to say. "Yesterday on my way home, I stoped by an ice-cream cart and coincidently Kiri was there. I later found out that she was going to attend this school!" Misao covered up for her. "Thanks" Kiri whispered to Misao quietly. "No prob, we're in the same boat after all" said Misao. Kiri was surprised at what she said. "Then do you want to come and watch our practice afterschool today?" Yukimura asked in a friendly manner. Kiri hesitated for a moment "…sure" she replied. The bell rang and so they had to go back to their own classes. While Misao, Kiri and Niou were walking towards their classroom "Kiri-chan, why don't you join the tennis club?", this question caused Misao and Kiri to tense up. No answer, the two girls remained quiet as the carried on walking. "Hey, are you two listening?"

"Didn't I tell you before, to mind your own business" Misao was annoyed.

"Why're you getting so angry?" he asked.

"It's none of your business" she replied once again.

"Ne, Kir-"he was cut off by Misao.

"Stop interfering with Kiri's business, she has her own reasons"

"Why are you defending her? I thought you two just met yesterday" Niou asked.

"We did, I just found you annoying, that's all"

"I'm not anoy-"

"STOP ARGUING" Kiri yelled at the top of her lungs. She then looked depressed, "It's not your fault"

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After school…

"I'm going to go change, go to the courts so long!" Misao told Kiri.

"Sure"

Kiri went to the tennis courts; she sat on one of the benches on the side and waited for Misao. While she was there Marui came and sat next to her. "So, are you interested in tennis?" he asked while blowing a bubblegum. "I… don't know"

"It's fine, I'm sure you'll like it once you start playing it" he got up and went onto the courts when everybody came. "No way!!" Kirihara exclaimed.

"Marui- sempai came to practice earlier than everyone else today"

That's when Misao came and interrupted them. "Everyone 30 laps around the field!" she shouted.

When everyone started running, Misao went to chat to Kiri "I don't know what's preventing you from playing tennis, but I hope you can start tennis again"

"How did you know?"

"What are you talking about?"

".. I used to play tennis, I really loved the game" she spoke quietly, just loud enough for Misao to hear.

"I know, I saw it in your eyes yesterday"

"Then why did you help me keep the secret?"

"Maybe because we're similar" Kiri could feel the sadness in Misao's voice. Kiri honestly felt that she could trust her. "I have an older brother, he was known as a genius. We used to play doubles together all the time, but soon everyone realised that he was much better at singles than doubles and that's when I met Mai. Mai was the most cheerful girl I had ever met; we teamed up to play in double tournaments which we won all of them. We were the only undefeated team, but one of the teams that lost to us hated us and wanted revenge. So they entered in the following tournament, but kidnapped Mai just before the match with them. We had to forfeit the match and a few days later Mai was found dead." She was in tears now "I told myself that participating in matches will only make people suffer s-so I… will n-never play in any matches ever again" She managed to choke out the last words."So-Sorry" The rest of the people saw Kiri crying and stopped running and walked up to her. Misao hugged her "It's ok to cry, don't bear the pain all by yourself" By now Kiri's tears were dried out.

She released Kiri and she glared at all the spectators "Who told you to stop running?" her voice was as cold as ice. The others got scared and resumed their running aside from the regulars. "What are you guys still doing her, didn't I tell you to run?" she was now angry. "Misao, we don't know what happened while you went overseas, but I do know that you've changed" Kirihara started.

"So what? People change over time!"

"Please consider what you just said to Kiri-chan" Marui carried on.

"Don't bear the pain all by yourself?" she was stuttering.

"That's right" Yanagi confirmed. "We're friend's don't keep secrets all to yourself, Kiri and Misao as well" Jakal spoke up. "Just let go of the past, no one blames you guys for it" Yukimura added in.

Misao's vision became blurry. She wanted to cry, but was trying to hold it in as best she could. Niou who was next to her saw this and hugged her. She let her head be buried in his chest and let her tears out. "Arigato" she mumbled.

A/N: Kiri's past is revealed and Misao and Niou are finally making some progression. Next is Marui and Kiri. Please review!!! Plz any suggestions or criticism is appreciated.