Big thanks for those reading and How you're interested in the story. Here's is chapter two!

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Spring came soon,and the cherry blossoms came abloom. High school for the third year middle schoolers came rolling in naturally. The sun gazed down on the ground lovingly, watching the figures of people walking to and fro. Crowds of students wearing Seishun High uniforms stormed around huge bulletin. Names and classes were enlisted on them; from year first to third. People pushed around, trying to see their names, but slowly people started to separate, allowing those who didn't push and was neither aggressive to go forth to see their classes.

"We're in the same class!" A loud voice spoke and hugged a girl right next to her. One had her hair in a side pony-tail while the other had plaited braids. "Isn't that great Sakuno-chan? This is almost like destiny." The girl smiled out at her friend.

Sakuno only nodded, "That's right Hanabi-chan. I hope we have fun this year too." She spoke in a soft tone, "We're joining tennis again."

The two girls exchanged a small conversation and were being cautious before bumping into another girl they didn't see. It seemed like it was someone they never laid their eyes on, a normal teenage girl with brown eyes and hair that was neatly combed straightly past her shoulders and was adorned with a small maroon ribbon on the left side. "Sorry about that." Hanabi spoke, "Didn't see you."

The mysterious girl only tilted her head to the side and smiled brightly, "It's fine, I should've looked." Without another word, the girl walked in front of the bulletin and checked off her name. She waved her hand as a kind gesture towards Sakuno and Hanabi and then walked off.

The two girls shrugged their shoulders slightly and hurried themselves to their own class. Everything was normal and in place. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary at all. That same day, Ryoma went and met up with his senpais at the tennis courts. He saw them talking with other people but when the saw him, all the attention averted to him instead. The cocky boy was a bit embarrassed by the intense looks and only pretended to care less about anything. Starting matches would be soon held to hold the regulars, but everyone already knew who they would be. It would be none other than the very team that won the first national tournament in middle school. All around, every middle school had their tennis team upgraded for their members were all returning. The very ones that were invited to the U-17 camp.

"Ne, have you heard of the first year beauty? I heard she was pretty known in middle school too."

Voices around spoke about a first year who was outrageously beautiful in their eyes. "H-Hanabi-chan is so cool!" A girl squealed as she leaned near the fence, watching the said girl playing tennis on the courts.

"Oh, there's tennis." A girl spoke. She smiled slightly and stretched her arm. She turned around, feeling satisfied by just watching and bumped into somebody. "Sorry." She spoke and when she looked up, she squinted her eyes at the person. "Ah, Kaidoh-senpai." She said, smiling brightly and bowing. "Nice to see you again, are you and Momo-senpai playing tennis with everyone else?" She questioned. Kaidoh looked at the girl, confusion written clearly around his face. The girl let out a small laugh before pointing at herself, "It's me. Tomoka. Osakada Tomoka." She said, the wind blowing her hair to the side.

"Hora! Mamushii!"

Momo came rushing to the confused boy's side almost instantly after his call and grinned from ear to ear. "What are you doing here? Chatting up with a first year now? It's only the beginning Mamushii!" He shouted. Slowly, he squinted his eyes down at the girl and looked at her closely. His eyes starting intensely at her face as if he would recognize her. "Gah! You look like someone!" He shouted in agony, "Have we met?"

"Of course we have, Momo-senpai." Tomoka spoke with a smile and when she only got silence returned she wore a small frown, "It's me, Osakada Tomoka. Your kouhai?" She questioned, raising a brow and crossing her arms on her chest. "Is something wrong?" She asked when she saw Momo's face turn sleek white. Suddenly, she felt a jolt on her arm and was dragged away by Momo, Kaidoh following slowly behind the two. She tried shaking the male's hand off her arm but she couldn't, his grip was too strong.

Momo came rushing to the tennis courts, panting as if he never ran so hard. He dragged behind him a girl who was out of breath as well. "Senpai...-tachi..." Momo breathed out, trying to grasp his words firmly. "T-This is.." He never got to finish talking since Eiji bounced his way towards the two.

"Nya! Momo, you don't look so well." The boy spoke with a cute grin, he was so cheerful around him and he made everyone just perk up. "Eh...I didn't know you already got a girlfriend Momo!" Eiji said in a surprised voice before smiling at Tomoka "I'm Kikumaru Eiji! Nice to meet you!" He said. When she never replied back to him, Eiji pouted, "Wah! Did I scare her?" He asked the regulars who were now around him.

"I'm sorry about Eiji..." Oishi spoke to Tomoka with a sympathetic expression.

Tomoka widened her eyes slightly in a state of shock, "No, it's fine." She spoke quietly under her breath. She questioned herself, wondering if they recognized her at all. She let out a sigh and the bell rang. It was her savior for letting her out of this mess, "It's seeing senpai-tachi again." She said bowing her head more towards Momo and Kaidoh and hurried off to go to her first class.

First class was homeroom so all the seats were scattered. When Tomoka reached her class, she realized she may have came in too late as most of the seats were filled by other students. She spotted a seat close to the door just as she walked in. She frowned a bit realizing that the first seat was taken by some boy, she shuffled her shoes and sat down in the desk behind him. She looked around, seeing some familiar faces but ignored her urge to go up to them and start a converstation. It was something truly odd to her; that a single change in appearance and a slight tweak in personality would change a person, allowing no one to know who they were.

The teacher came in and introduced herself to everyone as Kotobuki-sensei. The class started an introduction of each person and before she knew it, it was Tomoka's turn.

"Osakada, Tomoka. Nice to meet everyone." She spoke in a straightforward tone. She heard some whispering behind her and just smiled to those who knew her. Then as she sat down, she listened to the boy in front of her introduce themselves.

"I'm Horio, Satoshi! I would say I'm good in tennis a bit." Horio spoke rather in a loud tone though his voice was a bit deeper and wasn't as squeaky and annoying. Tomoka studied the guy closely and she furrowed her eyebrows. She knew the boy since her first year of middle school yet she realized he also changed drastically. His unibrown was gone and he looked a bit more structured. His brown hair was still short but seemed to gloss in the light. He even became more polite. "I have over five years of tennis!" He shouted proudly. Tomoka blinked, she took everything back, he didn't change, much.

As the boy sat down, the two stared at each other. "You're- Horio/Osakada?!" They spoke questioning each other.

"Alright, alright!" Kotobuki-sensei spoke, clapping her hands. She wore a calm smile, "You two can get aquainted later, class is starting now." She spoke before letting out a sigh, "I'll end class a few minutes early." She announced.

The class drawled on from homeroom to the other periods. Tomoka went to home economics with a small basket in hand. She was asked by the teacher to get some supplies for herself since she didn't have any. Tomoka came into the door quietly and sat in her own seat. Next to her was a student who was working on their own project. She laid the supplies on the small area of the table and spread out the frabic. She started stitching the figure, adding cotton in it and putting pins at the intersection so it wouldn't come out. The idea was simple. Make something handmade by yourself, if you didn't know how to make anything, try something simple. Tomoka looked at other students who didn't have an idea on whatever to do. She looked down at the pieces of fabric she cut and took them in her hands. She walked to another table and dumped it on their empty desk. "You can stitch these together, it'll form something but you can still get a grade for it." She spoke bluntly.

"Are you sure Osakada-san?" One girl spoke up, looking at her group members. Tomoka only gave a nod and went back to her seat. She looked up to see a girl staring at her but turned away instantly, the boy next to her was turning red and she furrowed her brows. What was just wrong with everyone?

"Done." Tomoka muttered to herself with a smile. It was a small dark purple teddy bear with a green headband. She then took a piece of brown fabric and did the same thing with it, making a tiny cap on the top of the head. As the bell rang for the end of class, the teacher hurriedly looked around at everyone's work. She complimented on Tomoka's work and the girl smiled. "Thank you, Sensei."

As Tomoka was the last person to come out of the class, she saw a girl standing to the side. It was the same girl that thanked her for the fabric in class. "Thank you Osakada-san. Really! I mean I never done anything with homemade things..." The girl said nervously. "Oh, that's right. I'm Shinoto Narumi. Nice to meet you." The girl wore think spectacles that covered the bottom of her eyes. Her hair was tied up in a short ponytail and her overall appearance was very sharp.

The two girls had a small conversation and realized most of their classes were the same. They both walked towards the girl's locker room to get changed for P.E. "There's spare lockers here." Tomoka said, urging Narumi to follow her to the middle of the room. The locks were both on the locker still and they went to get their combination. When they changed, there was whispering around them. Narumi looked up from the ground and sent a glare. "Shinoto-san?" Tomoka questioned.

Narumi walked up right towards a girl and stomped her foot in front of her, "Do you want something from me? I can hear you know. It doesn't matter if someone is completely flat. Are you sure yourself isn't fake? A pad fell." She spoke in a threatening tone and walked next to Tomoka. "Osakada-san, we should hurry to class." She spoke with a careless smile.

The students sat on the floor in the gymnasium. Usually, most schools had all the years separated completely, but Physical Education was a bit different. The classes were rather mixed by years. Because there was sports club that aimed for big tournaments and such, their practices were important. That was why most of the sports club members had P.E during the middle of the day. If they had it right after morning practice they would have been too tired.

Tomoka sat next to Narumi who only seemed like a sweet girl. "Sorry about before." Narumi spoke, "I sometime just act like that." Tomoka looked at her and shook her head, she didn't mind the girl having a second personality. "Did you go to Seigaku Middle?" She questioned the girl with the beauty mark. Tomoka looked down on the ground and to the side, averting the gaze of Narumi. She nodded a little and then the girl grabbed her hands. "Really? Then you're thee Osakada Tomoka?"

"I don't think there's anyone with the same name as me." Tomoka said with a grim smile. Narumi looked taken aback by the brunett's reaction and decided to drop the topic. If she wanted to say something, she would probably say it in the future.

"Well, either way, I know that Osakada-san is nice." Narumi said and she took out her hand. "We're friends now, are we, Tomoka-chan?"

"Of course we are Narumi-chan." Tomoka spoke with a smile.

The two laughed to themselves, but stopped when they heard cheering. Tomoka's eyes widened in relization, why haven't she realized anything sooner? On one side of the court was Horio whose team and opponent was all of the regulars. They played volleyball in an extreme pace but you could see that they weren't used to playing it. "It's the regulars!" Narumi spoke in shock, "They're all here!" Then her eyes averted to the side, "Isn't that Ryuzaki Sakuno and the girl's tennis team captain... Hanabi?" She questioned.

Tomoka turned to see two girls sitting in the corner and giggling to a group of girls. They chatted happily and you could see that on the corner was tennis bags with Seigaku written on it. Names of the girls were embedded onto the bag, showing that those were the regulars for the girls tennis team. The same two girls from this morning... Tomoka thought to herself bitterly. She watched her old friend laugh happily. Looking at the side, she glanced at Narumi who was just quietly watching the regulars playing volleyball. "Aren't you going to cheer for them like the others?" She questioned.

Narumi gave her a strange expression and laughed, "No, they never paid attention to me, they don't even know who I am. I rather not be involved with them." She say glancing to the side before pointing at a hoard of girls that formed a wall around the court. "You see them? They're the new fan girl club. One that is more larger and extravagant than the one in middle school. Ever since Hanabi became the president, she recruited all these students. There are even a girls tennis team club. There isn't a president for that one though." She explained. "You were the president before right...?"

"Yeah I was. I just wasn't suited for that position." Tomoka said.

Narumi stood up, "That's wrong. I watched you cheer the team on for one of the games and I believe that you were the best one cheer squad I know."

Tomoka smiled, "Thank you Narumi-chan. Here." Tomoka took out a small pink teddy bear with a small bow on it's head. "It's nothing much, but I made it as an extra during class. So you can have it." She said.

Narumi took the small plushie in her hands and started to tear up, "Tomoka-chan!" She cried, "Thank you!"

Tomoka laughed at the girl, saying it was nothing and that they were friends. The two were being so loud, they didn't even know it themselves.

"Tomoka-chan...thank you for being my friend. I was afraid I wouldn't get to know anyone this year. You're really kind, I regret not talking to you in the past." Narumi spoke up, fiddling with the doll.

"Is that Osakada-chan?" Eiji asked as he squinted his eyes through the crowd, spotting a girl sitting against the wall and talking to another girl. "Nya! I bet it is!" Eiji shouted in shock. "Oishi! Look, it's Osakada-chan! She's back and she even left before without saying goodbye." The boy said in a pout.

Oishi shook his head, "We never heard a word about her, not even from Ryuzaki-chan." Oishi spoke in slight worry, "It's probably not her." He spoke.

Momo and Kaidoh started to cough rather loudly to get the attention of everyone else. "Is something wrong with your throats?" Kawamura questioned.

"No...it's...well..." Momo tried to get the words right as he scratched the back of his head. He just didn't know how he would explain to his senpai that he already met Tomoka that morning and the girl agianst the wall was indeed her.

"Senpai-tachi." Kaidoh said, "That is Osakada." He spoke roughly, "Me and Peach head just met her this morning and she was dragged with us to the courts too."

"EH!?" Eiji shouted, "Why didn't you tell us something so important Momo! We don't always get to see her before and now she's right there!"

"Echizen? Fuji?" Inui called out to two of the regulars who were now gone from the court. He looked just in time to see them walking towards Tomoka.

Fuji and Ryoma walked slowly towards the girl, hearing her voice loud and clear talking to another person next to her.

"Why do you have these two bears?" Narumi questioned her as she held the indigo and brown bear in her hands. "It's so cute too! There's tennis wrist bands for them and this one have a green headband while the other one have a military cap! It's amazing!"

Tomoka giggled, "It resembles my very important friends." She said, her cheeks covered in pink. Her eyes sparkled with just the thought and Narumi smiled.

"I see."

Fuji stopped mid-way before gripping on Ryoma's shoulder. "We shouldn't bother Osakada-chan. She's different, she changed." He spoke. "If she wanted to see us, she would've come to greet us. We should stop for now."

As Fuji left thinking, Ryoma stood there clutching his hands. The girl sure was annoying but he didn't hate it. She was someone who was there for everyone, himself included. Every game she would come, no matter how many times she said she was busy. He turned around and walked back without another word. If Fuji was right, he hoped that the girl would come greet them.

After classes ended for the day, Tomoka said goodbye to Narumi and decided to walk home. It was pretty lonesome as she walked but when she was just exiting the hallway, she bumped into Horio. "Horio?" She questioned.

"Osakada!" Horio shouted, "What is wrong with you!?" He said, shaking her shoulders. The girl didn't answer and he sighed, "Well it doesn't matter! I have my own fan club now! I mean I may become a regular next year! Plus that Hanabi-chan is sure cute!" He spoke blushing before looking at a stoic Tomoka.

"Shut up." She spoke clutching her fists. Horio decided to keep on rambling just to get on the girls nerves. "Horio! Be quiet!" She said shaking the boys shoulders. "You never change. Always the loud one!" She shouted.

"You're loud two Osakada! You disappeared last year without a trace! Ryuzaki was always wondering where you had went!" He shouted.

Tomoka kept quiet for a second and glared at Horio. "You don't know anything! You're just one of those stupid fan boys of that girl!" She clenched her hands to her side and huffed, she walked off trying to ignore the pained feeling in her chest. She thought Horio would just go and call her stupid and all the names from middle school but he didn't. He chased after her and shouted her name.

"What's that suppose to mean Osakada! I have five years of experience in tennis! I need someone who can match up to that skill." He spoke haughtily. Tomoka blinked at him and the two suddenly broke into laughter.

"You're such a baka..." Tomoka spoke through her laughter. They smiled and walked out the hallway, talking like the old days. "Really? I missed quite a lot." She learned that many people thought of Ryoma and Sakuno as a 'pair' but they never said anything to each other like that. There were clubs arising and the tennis circuit grew larger.

When they went out the building, Tomoka said bye and wandered off by herself to her house. She stared at the sky and sighed. Things sure changed. Before, she had rather become friends with Hanabi then talk to Horio as if they were close friends, but now she didn't think like that anymore. She thought that he really was her friend, after all, they did have most of the same classes. Tomoka started to lightly slap her cheeks as it was some sort of motivation for her. "Alright. Tomorrow is another day, anything can happen."

"Saa...Osakada-chan?" A soft voice spoke.

"F-Fuji-senpai?" Tomoka said out as her eyes widened to see the male standing behind her. She was surprised he was out here this late and more shocked that he had recognized her. She was sure that when she entered high school that no one seemed to actually know it was her. But she did remember telling Momo and Kaidoh her name during the day. She wondered if they spilled the beans and if they did, she didn't mind. "What are you doing out this late?" She asked with a smile.

Thank you for reading!
Hope you enjoy it! I know Tomoka is OOC but I just want her to have a more meaning to her character.