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That Race...

The next day at Iwatobi High, Haru was sleeping outside. Makoto just couldn't stop looking at her cute sleeping face. He always thought she was cute.

"Ah, so you still have feelings for Haru-chan, eh Mako-chan?" Nagisa whispered to him. Makoto blushed.

"What the-what makes you think that?!" he asked.

Nagisa grinned. "It's obvious. You're looking at her like she was your girlfriend."

"I-I am not!"

"Ha! You stuttered! You love her!" Nagisa raised his voice. "Mako-chan and Haru-chan, sittin' in a tree-"

"Could you two please shut up?" a sleepy Haru asked. "I'm trying to sleep here."

"Yeah, Nagisa!" Makoto said.

"You too, Makoto," she added as she fell back to sleep.

"It was weird last night though. Rin-chan was acting very weird," said Nagisa quietly.

"Maybe it was a look-alike..." whispered Makoto.

"Maybe he is a look-alike..." Haru agreed.

"But why would a look-alike challenge YOU for a race?"

"A ghost."

"But he wasn't floating," stated Nagisa.

"Doppelganger."

"Wait, that takes me back!" said the green-haired swimmer. "We used to do that in the swim club! Super Fusion: Doppelga-"

"Can't you guys see that I'm trying to sleep?" Haru just wanted some rest.

"Oh come on! What's wrong with you guys?!" Makoto questioned in a raised voice.

Haru shot up and said, "I'll say this one more time. Be quiet!" There was silence. Haru laid down on the grass again. "Thank you." She started to sleep again.

"Man, that was so out of character for Haru-chan to act-" Nagisa whispered until he was cut off.

"That goes for you too, Nagisa," she stated. Nagisa became quiet too. Haru was sleeping in peace.

Haru-chan... Makoto thought. He bent his brows a bit. Is it Rin?

...

In the faulty office later on, Nagisa and Makoto asked if they could start a swim club, but one of the staff said no. Later, they looked for Rin's name on the lockers.

"Are you sure he goes to this school?" Nagisa asked.

"If he's back from Austrailia, I'm sure he transferred to this school," Makoto answered.

"But I didn't see him in the opening ceremony." Makoto kept looking and looking until...

"Found him!" he shouted.

Nagisa popped up. "Really?"

"No wait..." Makoto saw Matsuoka...but it's Gou. "Matsuoka Gou? That sounds familiar..." Then it popped up at him. He knew the magenta-haired girl from the day before! "That's his sister! Matsuoka Gou!"

...

Haru was back at her home, soaking in the bathtub in her swimsuit like always. She heard the doorbell ringing. She planted herself into the water, ignoring the doorbell. Outside, the one ringing the doorbell was Gou. After a few minutes of Haru not answering, she left. When she turned though, she saw no other more than Nagisa and Makoto.

...

Gou, Nagisa, and Makoto were together at one place. "So you also go to Iwatobi Swim School, Gou-chan," said Nagisa.

"Ugh, don't call me Gou. Everybody calls me Kou!" Gou stated.

"Huh? Why? Your name's Gou, like the Sengoku lord Azai Nagamasa's third daughter, right?"

"Yeah, but the typical reading is Kou, so call me that. That would the best thing to do."

"Uh...so putting that stuff aside..." Makoto said finally.

"'That stuff'?!" she yelled.

Makoto sweat-dropped. "Sorry. But, why were you at Haru's place?"

Then Gou sweat-dropped. "Oh...I was going to ask her about my brother."

"So, Rin's back from Austrailia?"

Gou explained, "He returned a month ago and he's attending Samezuka Academy now. It's a boarding school, so he hasn't come home."

"Samezuka?!" Makoto asked in shock. "The swimming powerhouse?!" Gou nodded.

...

"No," Haru answered.

"C'mon, let's go to Samezuka Academy!" Nagisa urged. "Don'tcha wanna see Rin again?"

"I saw him last night." Haru dried her hair with a towel.

Makoto sighed. "And here I thought you were going to swim when we get there." Haru stopped drying her hair and became silent. "I mean, Samezuka has an indoor pool." Haru looked up at him with those sparkly blue eyes of hers. Makoto blushed.

"Ha! You love Haru!" Nagisa said.

"Funny, Nagisa. He's my friend," Haru stated.

"Thanks, Haru-chan," Makoto said. Although it's true...

...

Later, the trio took a train and arrived at the Samezuka Academy. They snuck behind the window of the swim club there and peeked a look. "Do you see Rin?" Nagisa asked.

"Can't find him," answered Makoto. "Maybe he's out today." He turned to Haru. "Hey, Ha-" She was taking her school uniform off, revealing her swimsuit...and large chest. Makoto let out a small nosebleed. He wiped it off and stopped her as she was going to take her skirt off. "H-hey! Don't strip out here!"

Haru sighed. "I want to swim. You said there was a pool here."

"How about we wait until practice is over and we can go in, okay?" Nagisa asked.

"Fine," Haru said.

"We'll still be trespassing," Makoto said.

"No worries, Mako-chan. That teacher from earlier told us to do what we want with our li-" Suddenly, they both heard a skirt drop. They saw Haru in her full swimsuit.

"Can't you wait?!" Haru shrugged.

...

At night, they went inside. As they entered the pool, Haru stripped down to her swimsuit again. Makoto, not noticing, began to worry. "I still think this a bad idea," he admitted. When Haru was in her swimming suit, she jumped into the water. She began to swim. Makoto and Nagisa noticed.

"Man, Haru-chan still reminds me of a dolphin," Nagisa stated. He whispered to Makoto, "And like a dolphin, she has a elegant body."

Makoto blushed. "St-stop it! What is it with you today?!" Suddenly, Nagisa started to take off his clothes. "What the-"

"Let's swim with her, Mako-chan!" Nagisa said as he took off his shirt.

"But we'll get in trouble if they find us here! Plus, we need to find Rin."

"We'll take a little dip first. Plus, nobody's gonna find us if we don't turn on the lights."

"But you didn't bring a swimming suit!"

Nagisa took off his pants AND underwear off. "A skinny little dip then."

"What?! What about Haru-chan?!"

"She won't notice." Before Makoto could stop him, he cannonballed into the water. Makoto face-palmed. Don't tell me this is really happening... he thought.

"Mako-chan, come over here!" Nagisa demanded.

He sighed and walked to him. "What now? I'm not going to join-" Just then, when he was close to the pool, a hand got his ankle and dragged him into the water. When he splashed down, his school jacket was off and he rose up all soaked and wet with his clothes on. Nagisa laughed. Makoto took off his shirt and flung it over to the floor.

"Seriously!" he shouted. "Nagisa..." Just then, the two were splashing water at each other. Meanwhile, Haru was floating in the water, ignoring the two and smiling.

It's nice to feel this again... she thought. Don't you think so? She was thinking childishly, talking to the water in her mind, but she didn't care. It was nice going into a pool again. Just then, she submerged herself into the water. She opened her eyes. She loved the scenery of the water. Plus, the moonlight. It was a gorgeous sight. Of course, Nagisa's nude ruined it all. But, you know, boys... Suddenly, Makoto and Nagisa heard the door opening and footsteps. The moonlight shone on Rin.

"What are you guys doing here?" he asked.

"We came to see-" Nagisa answered happily before being cut off by Rin.

"Get out."

He frowned. "Rin-chan..." Haru poked out of the water to see Rin.

"Gorgeous," Rin said to her. Haru rolled her eyes and swam to him.

"Free..." she said quietly.

"Huh?"

She looked up at him. "I told you I only swim freestyle."

Makoto looked at her. "Haru-chan..." he muttered. She climbed up from the pool.

She went on. "About three years until I'm ordinary. I guess it couldn't hurt to wait a bit longer." She paused to flip her hair back and forth. She smirked at Rin. "I want you to show me that sight again. I may have forgotten it." Rin made a face, then closed his eyes and grinned.

"Sure, I can do that," he said. "But..." He opened his eyes, which were full of competition and "hunger" like a shark's. "It won't be the same this time! I'll show you something completely different!" Just to impress you, Gorgeous, he thought. Haru nodded.

...

The two were on the diving boards, ready to swim to the death. Both had their swimming goggles on. "As always, I can't make any sense outta you, Gorgeous," Rin said.

"Whatever," she replied. "You better get ready...Handsome." Rin, Makoto, and Nagisa looked utterly confused.

"Eh?"

"If you're going to call me Gorgeous, I'll call you Handsome."

Rin snickered. "Works for me." Makoto gritted his teeth. Rin continued, "You're also as icy as ever. You're giving me the chills."

Haru sweat-dropped. What happened to you? she thought. She turned to Makoto. "Makoto-kun, give us the starting signal." He nodded. She put her goggles on and positioned herself on the board.

"We're swimming 100 meters, freestyle," Makoto announced. "Ready..." Rin shot a quick glance at Haru. He focused on her face. Damn, she looks more than ready to beat me, huh? "Go!" Haru and Rin jumped into the water and began racing each other.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Nagisa. "Rin had a stronger kick!"

"But Haru's stroke is faster," noted Makoto. Haru-chan, please win... he thought in worry.

In Rin's dorm that night, it was 2:21 a.m. He laid on his bed, still awake. Suddenly, his iPhone started to vibrate. He picked it up and saw a text from his sister, Gou. As he read it, he threw his phone across his bed and cursed under his breath. Does this mean I can never beat her? He grabbed a fistful of his hair in frustration. Damn it!

At the same night, Haru was soaking warm water in her bathtub naked. She grabbed a handful of water and threw it at a toy dolphin she had. She sighed in frustration. She couldn't get rid of a fluffy feeling of hers. What could this mean?

At Iwatobi High the next day, Haru, Makoto, and Nagisa were being yelled at by one of the staff. "Do you actually feel bad about what you've done?!" he yelled.

"Sorry," they all said, bowing down to him.

"First, you three trespass in an abandoned building and now you trespass in another school's pool?!" He face-palmed. "Honestly, I thought we said we weren't going to make a big deal out of this."

"Now, now, that's enough," said a sweet voice that belonged to Miho. She was saying a famous saying until the staff said that he hated fish. She excused herself. You were great help, Haru thought.

...

Nagisa and Makoto were walking together, talking about the situation. They suddenly noticed that Haru's ahead of them...WAY ahead of them. She left without them. Just then, Gou appeared.

"Oh hey Gou," Nagisa greeted.

"I told you to call me Kou," Gou shouted.

"Does it really matter?"

"Yes it does! It's Kou."

"Gou."

"Kou!"

"Gou."

"Kou!"

"Kou."

"Gou!"

"Haha! Got you!"

Gou was pulling on her hair angrily. She sighed. "Anyway, we need to talk."

"Sure, knock yourselves out," Haru said. She and her two guy friends were at her house. She was IN her bathtub FULL OF WATER again WEARING her SWIMSUIT, as usual.

"Really?!" Nagisa asked, his eyes sparkling. "Yay! We're good to go then! I'm so excited!" Makoto looked at Haru. She had that face where she doesn't give a care and looks a little sad. He thought she would turn it down.

Flashback:

Gou asked them if they saw Rin. Nagisa said yes, but added that he was mean, challenged Haru to a race, and ignored him and Makoto completely. Makoto added that he started to call Haru "Gorgeous" for some reason! The two asked if Gou saw him. She shook her head and said she send him e-mails and called his cell, but never answered. The blonde swimmer asked her if something happened in Australia. She didn't know. She hoped he'd open up after seeing the three. Makoto asked if Gou was responsible for him showing up at the swim club. She didn't say she was "responsible", she was just trying to help. She happened to overhear their conversation and sent Rin a text. Though, he never answered. When the conversation was coming to an end, an idea popped into Nagisa's head.

"Hey! I have a great idea!" he announced. "Let's start a swim club! Then we can see Rin-chan in the tournaments!"

"Well, I don't think Haru-chan will be turn up for that," the green-haired swimmer said.

End of Flashback

...

Later, the three including Gou were at a table. Haru was still in her bathing suit, drying her hair with a towel. Makoto asked, "Are you sure about this, Haru-chan? You'll have to join the team too."

"I know." She removed the towel from her head.

"Oh yeah! Haru-chan, this is Rin's sister!" Nagisa introduced.

She looked at her. "Ah, I know you. You're Matsuoka..." Gou gulped. "Kou?" Gou smiled.

"Yes!" She was relived someone actually call her that. "Sorry my brother caused you trouble last night."

"Don't sweat it," the dark-haired beauty said as she put a jacket on and an apron on. She head to the kitchen.

"Oh, if you're making tea, I have some squid to go with it!" Makoto said.

"What? Wouldn't chocolate be better?" suggested Nagisa.

"How about we'll compromise and have mackerel?" asked Haru.

"That's not a compromise!" Nagisa stood up and went to Haru. "I'll give you a hand!" Makoto was going to do that, but Nagisa beat him to her. He sighed.

Gou saw a trophy and a picture. She picked up the picture. "Everyone's smiling." But Haru.

Makoto noticed and said, "That's when we all won at a tournament."

"So that's what the trophy's for."

"Yup. Haru-chan's the sole exception of the photo."

Nagisa returned with tea. "Haru-chan was smiling in the inside!"

Gou giggled. "You make it seem like she's a bad person!"

"So, this is Rin's first time back in Japan?" asked Makoto.

"No. He always comes back for New Years." answered Gou.

"WHAT?!" shouted Nagisa. "And he never told us?! He's mean!"

Haru was cooking squid and overhearing the conversation. She was expressionless on the outside, but in the inside, she felt something for Rin. Her heart sank when she heard that Rin came every New Year and didn't tell them he was there. That's why...that race...

Stopping here. What do you think?

I realized I made Fem!Haruka and Rin have more chemistry than her and Makoto. In the next chapter, there will be more chemistry between the two! ;D

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