It was such a clear day with blue skies; it was hard to believe it was spring. There was a mix of excitement and nervousness in the air and a riot of voices can be heard, from giggling girls because of that hot guy standing next the tree to upper classes trying to recruit new members for their club, it was a very lively day indeed, it was the opening day of Teikou Middle School.

A very large banner stretches in the front gates that say "Welcome, freshmen!" greeted the new students in their completely washed-and-ironed uniform and their well-polished shoes, and in every freshman's head he is surely saying "This is a new life for me."

"Have you decided which club you're going to join?" She asked while adjusting the straps of her schoolbag.

"Ah? Don't ask when you already know the answer. Jeez." He replied he looked at her with the "are-you-serious" face.

"It's gotta be basketball, right? This school's supposed to be pretty strong. I can't wait!" He smirked at the thought of it.

"Huh…, then maybe I should be the manager or something. On match days, would you like me to make you lunch?" She offered, she does love basketball after all, and she does love cooking.

"…No thanks, if you did that, I wouldn't be able to play in the match!" He snickered.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?" Aomine received a sharp glare in return and prayed to the gods within a nanosecond for his salvation.

"Are you serious about being the manager?" He asked.

"Well, of course, it's not just to keep you out of trouble; it's something I really want to do! I can't imagine myself in other clubs you know." She smiled.

"Uh huh, especially in the cooking club."

"Will you stop it with my cooking!?"

And the two went in to their respective classes.

Momoi Satsuki was more than determined to enter the basketball club, as the manager though. She filled out an application with a letter attached to the head coach. She wasted a total of thirteen leaves of white paper just to perfect her handwriting for the letter that will bring her to the position of being the infamous basketball club's manager. She walked confidently towards the faculty room of the basketball club and prayed to the gods within a nanosecond.

"Shirogane-san?" She called out politely.

"Ah, yes?" A middle-aged man clad in a black suit replied. "Can I help you with something?"

"Uhm…I'm Momoi Satsuki, and I would like to apply for the club's manager." She bowed and handed out her application form.

"Oh! Yes, you're accepted, Momoi. Ah, good timing, I have an urgent matter to attend to and I want you to arrange these application files in this part of the table, I ah, have to go, welcome to the club, by the way." The man hurriedly said and dashed outside the room with a black suitcase.

Momoi was left in the room with a surprised face and a heap of application forms at the desk.

That was fast. He hasn't even read my letter. Ow well, at least I'm accepted.

She sighed heavily as she started sorting out hundreds of application forms. The basketball team sure has a lot of applicants.

The first form she held was Aomine's.

Pfft, Dai-chan's picture looks grotesque.

She even read some of the info on the applicant's paper, at least their personal information kept her amused. After a few hours of the dreadful task and boredom she was almost finished and only a couple of application forms were left unsorted.

"Seijuro Akashi, hmm, 158 cm? Isn't he a bit short for the basketball club?" She took a closer look at the picture attached. He does look good though. I wonder what class is he in.

"Atsuhi Murasakibara…Woah! He's so tall! Now, this is a basketball player!" What a bad penmanship this person has!

" Shintaro…Midorima? He's kinda tall too! Hmm…he does not look like a player to me…"She examined the photo. He looks more like a member of the science or math club.

"Momoi?" The head coach called out.

"Oh, Shirogane-san, you're back." She stood up from the chair.

"Are you done? You can leave the rest papers there; I'll finish them up myself."

"Oh, uhm…okay then." She bowed and gathered her stuff.

"Thanks for today, Momoi, I expect more of your help for the team." Shirogane added.

"Of course, coach!" She chirped and went on.

Just before Momoi left the table, the last application form fell down the floor without her noticing, the form has the name Tetsuya Kuruko written on it.

Hello! Thank you for the R&Rs! I really appreciate it you lovely people, let me give you a virtual hug/

So this is just a chapter that shows Momoi's recruitment, no interactions though! The first part is based from the canon chapter 204 btw.

the next chapter is surely the one you are waiting for! I wonder who will have the first interaction with Momoi? Hmmmmhmmm

Thank you for the support! *u*