AN: Hey! I haven't been on for a looong time.. sorry. I just didn't have any idea of what to write. I have lots of time right now and I really want to continue this story. Please don't be mad! I haven't written in a long time so tell me how to improve in this. Sorry if this chapter isn't that good. Please enjoy and review~

Jump into the Past

It was a beautiful morning when Shiki sat down to eat breakfast with her mother. Usually it would be the maid who made breakfast, but Kobayashi Naomi loved to cook, especially for her daughter.

"Ne, Shiki?" asked her mother.

Shiki looked up and replied, "Yes?"

"Are you nervous about Nationals?" Naomi was worried because she knew that Shiki may have to go against Saori. She hated that the two had a bad past, but she knew it wasn't their fault.

"No. I'm excited." Shiki smirked. Naomi chuckled.

"Of course you are. Now go ahead before you're late dear."

"Yes mother." Shiki stood up as she replied. She turned around to get her bag when her mother suddenly stopped her.

"Oh! Before you go, I need to tell you something." Naomi exclaimed. Shiki turned curiously and asked what it was. "The Atobe's have invited us to their party and it's going to be on Saturday."

"Yes mother. I'll remember." Shiki smiled.

"Okay. Now you can go." Naomi laughed.

~x~

Shiki was walking to school when she started thinking about what her mother said. She wasn't nervous about Nationals. She really was excited, but she knew why her mother was worried. Saori. It didn't matter though because Rikkai Dai would win. Rikkai Dai always wins.

Shiki was so lost in thought that she didn't realise she was already at school until Mina called her name. "Shiki!" Said girl looked up and saw Mina running towards her. She stopped walking until she caught up and they started walking towards their class together.

"Are you ready? We're going to start training harder for the Nationals starting today." said Mina.

Shiki smiled and said, "I'm ready. And I'm sure the others are too. We'll win."

~x~

After practice was over, and it was time to go home, Mina and Shiki walked home together.

"Hey Shiki?" asked Mina. She glanced towards Shiki to see if she was paying attention to her. "Are you really ready for Nationals? You're going to see her."

Shiki stayed silent for a few seconds before nodding. She sighed and said, "I'm ready. Everything that's happened was for this moment. I'm not going to fail. Rikkai Dai will win."

They had reached Mina's home by the time Shiki finished talking so they said their goodbye's, and Mina went inside while Shiki started walking to her house. Shiki was silent as she really thought about what Mina said. Was she really ready? She would be facing her. Everything she did until now was just for that moment. She'd do anything to beat her and Mina knew that. After all, her was her twin sister, Namikaze Saori.

~x~

Shiki stood next to her sister, Saori, as her father started another one of his rants about how Saori was great and Shiki wasn't. Of course, he didn't really say those words, but that was basically the whole point of everything he ever talked about.

Shiki looked down, her black hair falling down in curtains. Saori did the same, except she was glancing at Shiki, worried. She knew that Shiki didn't like it whenever their father started talking. Their mother tried interfering once, but it only ended up with their father becoming even more angry. Their father was Namikaze Shino, he had black hair with blue eyes - same as Shiki's - and he had obvious favoritism. Even between his own daughters.

Namikaze Shino was a horrible father. Only to Shiki though. He would belittle her and get angry at her for the smallest things any chance he got. A very big difference to how he treats Saori. Saori was like an angel to him, could do no wrong while Shik did everything wrong. Shiki hated him. She hated everything about him, and she hated him so so much.

After his rant he sent both of them up to their room. They shared a room because they wanted to stay together. When both of them went into each of their beds, it was very quiet.

Saori opened her mouth to speak when Shiki suddenly spoke up. "Goodnight." It was so soft that Saori barely heard, but she replied "Goodnight" too.

She didn't know that Shiki felt so much sadness that night. She didn't know that Shiki silently cried herself to sleep. She didn't know that no matter how much she knew Shiki felt pressure, she'd didn't know that Shiki felt so much pressure that she cried every night. She also didn't know that the first thing that Shiki did when their parents divorced, and Shiki left with her mother while Saori stayed with their father, was to dye hair hair silver so that she would never get mistaken for Saori. She would never know.

AN: Hey it's been a long time. I'm pretty sure I made some mistakes in this chapter, but please review and help me become a better author. :)