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Hari scowled.

She took in the purple-black haired boy with the tear-mole under his right eye, eyes that were a very deep blue almost onyx in colour as he smirked cockily at her and leaned against the counter with such arrogant confident that she felt like she was faced with another Draco Malfoy.

Hari folded her arms over her chest and arched a brow unimpressed as he turned up his charm and smile turned overly sweet.

"Join me for lunch." he more or less ordered making Hari feel her eyebrow twitch.

He was already turning as if to order for her, and she rolled her eyes.

"No," she said and saw how he startled slightly.

"I don't think you understand who I am," he said.

Hari gave him the best-unimpressed look she could and honestly she was proud of it. She saw him frown at her like he was trying to figure her out.

"I don't know who you are and I don't really care," Hari said, "now, I have to get back to my friend."

She pushed past him and he looked to be too stunned to talk so he allowed her to do so. She ordered her burger and fries before standing to the side to wait for the order to be ready.

She looked and saw An seated at their table reading something on her phone while she waited, she already had her tray of food in front of her. They had made the appointment of meeting here at the burger place after school before they would go and play some tennis.

"You're an odd one," the boy said again having come up to her.

"And you're an annoying one," Hari huffed. "Go away."

"I'm not sure I want to do that," he smirked leaning on the counter as he stared at her. "I like you."

Hari shuddered with such exaggeration that he knew she was exaggerating, but got the point across anyway.

"Well, I don't like you," Hari said.

He smirked like she had said the opposite and she was never happier when the girl came with her order. She took it and left before he could say anything else.

...

"Hey," Hari smiled at An who smiled back up at her.

"Hey, you okay?" An asked.

"Yeah," Hari nodded and sat down and started to eat. "I'm hungry, though."

"I can see that," An said amusedly.

Hari just shrugged and fell into easy conversation with An who had contacted her a couple of days ago asking if she wanted to meet up and play some tennis together. Hari had happily agreed and felt a little excited to be with a friend outside of Ryoma's circle of friends or the team.

"They're all very overprotective," An rolled her eyes as she finished a story of Fudomine team regulars and their tendency to just stroll in and rescue her without letting her deal with it herself.

Hari smiled amusedly. "I see."

"What about you?" An asked finishing off her burger. "Do your brother and his team do that with you?"

"No," Hari shook her head.

They hadn't. Not really, Hari thought. Ryoma probably would be likely to rush in if he thought she needed it, and he did when she…didn't end up where she was supposed to be, not lost, just not at the right place.

An gave her a look that Hari couldn't quite read, it seemed like a cross between 'just-wait-they-will' and 'I-don't-believe-you' kind of looks. Hari just shrugged. It was true.

Hari noticed that the boy from before was still there eating with some friends from the look of it, he winked at her when she passed them and she pretended she didn't see it.

...

"I can't wait to play some tennis," An grinned as they made their way to the street courts and Hari nodded in agreement.

"Me too," she said.

They hadn't had a practice today so Hari felt the itch to play, it didn't help that she hadn't really actually played much lately at all. She had been put through some rather brutal exercises by Tezuka who had taken it upon himself to train her, but nothing of what he had told her to do involve actually playing a match. So, she was itching to be able to play.

"Since the courts normally only allow double play are you okay with playing with me?" An asked suddenly nervous making Hari look at her.

She blinked surprised because the small vulnerability was unexpected and not something Hari had connected to the lively and bubbly girl next to her.

"Of course," Hari said. "I look forward to it."

An smiled and seemed to relax again. Hari wondered what that was about, but she wouldn't press the other girl about it.

They quickly noticed that the court was fairly full and the prospects of a match looked promising.

"An-chan!"

Both Hari and An turned to see the two boys Ryoma and Momoshiro had played before coming toward them. What were their names, again…? Oh, right Izumi and Fukawa.

"Hey," An smiled. "Do anyone have a free slot so we could play?"

"Oh? You're here to play today?" Fukawa asked.

An nodded.

"We'll play you," Izumi grinned. "Um…Who are you?"

He turned toward Hari and frowned slightly.

"Wait, you were with the Seigaku-pair the first time they were here," Fukawa realised.

"Hai," Hari nodded. "I'm Echizen Hari. Nice to meet you."

They blinked in sync like one of their plays as they stared at her.

"Echizen?" they asked also in sync.

Hari's lips twitched.

"Hai," she said again but didn't elaborate.

They seemed to shrug off the surprise as they turned toward the court where they must have just left to go and greet An. It was clear to Hari that An was a frequent visitor to this place and many of the other teens there greeted her with easy smiles and warm eyes.

...

"Let's do this," Hari grinned excitedly at An as they stepped onto the court and Hari felt the familiar weight of her purple racket in her hands making her feel even more excited.

"We'll win!" Izumi called over to them.

"We'll see about that," Hari smirked back.

Hari had never played an actual double game before, but unlike Ryoma, she had studied it a lot and watched others play so she knew enough to be able to hold her own. She was the kind who learned quickly and had the luck of picking up new plays rather quickly.

She and An worked surprisingly well together and with Hari's talent of being able to read the others rather well managed to match her pace with An's. If that made sense.

They won.

It was fun and exhilarating. Hari couldn't stop smiling as she realised that they had won their first match. It had been close, but the win was still theirs. The rush she had felt was even more than what she usually felt playing on her own.

"Yes!" An laughed and raised her hand for a high-five that Hari grinningly met and both girls turned toward the boys who looked slightly shocked as they stared at them.

"We're next!" Two boys from the sidelines called out and changed places with Izumi and Fukawa like the rules of the court dictated.

A grin and a high-five signalled Hari and An's acceptance as they got into positions again.

...

Hari rushed to the side and with a sudden burst of speed and flexibility, she rolled on the ground before she got to her feet and by some feat of faith reached the ball and hit it back over the net. It landed just over the net before it rolled toward the net again.

Not that the boys had tried to reach it as they had stared wide eyed and opened mouthed at her clearly shocked by the fact that she reached the ball.

"Are you okay?" An asked.

"Fine," Hari grinned at her before looking back at the boys. "Ready to continue?"

"Oh, um, yeah;" one of them said. Hari hadn't caught their names and honestly, she wasn't that interested in learning them. Not right now anyway. It was the tennis that mattered.

They continued and Hari stayed in the back and caught the balls An let passed her, but right now Hari was happy to have An take charge and have her moment as well. It was clear to Hari that An was very good.

"Look at this," a male voice interrupted Hari and An from their celebrating high-five after another win. "You can play tennis as well."

Hari spun around to see the boy from the burger place standing with his friend, a giant of a boy. Or not actually a giant, he wasn't as big as Hagrid, but he was large and built like a brick. He had a stoic face and short black hair and brown eyes that was kind and told Hari that he wasn't as scary as his build could suggest. Especially when he towered over her like he would if they stood beside each other. Anyway, he must be about the same age as them even if he looked older.

The purple-dark haired boy smirked at her and stepped out onto the court.

"Now I really want you to come with me," he said.

Hari didn't say anything as she stared at him with narrowed eyes. She was aware that An was looking between her and the boy nervously, but Hari didn't look away from him knowing that he would take it as a victory if she did.

He strode over to them with confidence and something in his walk that once more reminded her of a certain blond Slytherin.

"I know you want to," he continued.

"I don't even know who you are," Hari scoffed. "Other than you're really full of yourself."

The boy laughed.

"Feisty," he said. "I like that. I'm the Great Atobe Keigo."

Hari arched a brow at the smile that she supposed would mean something else, but she had no idea what and she didn't really care what he was trying to do. She just found him annoying.

"Go away," Hari sighed. "We're trying to play."

He frowned slightly like he hadn't gotten the response he hoped for. The frown went away quickly enough and he got a pensive look instead.

"You're an odd one," he smirked. "Fine. I'll win against everyone here and then you'll go on a date with me. Kabaji!"

He turned and got the racket from his friend, Kabaji, who already held it out for him. He didn't even let Hari say anything as she just stood there blinking after him.

What an arrogant guy, Hari thought but had he said date?!

Like a date-date?!

She was not on board on that. No way. While he was…kind of cute, she just…no. There was no way and he was too much of a brat for her to like. She shook her head as she tried to get the thought out of her mind.

"What are you going to do?" An asked worriedly.

Hari shrugged, "nothing at the moment."

"Why? What if he wins?" An asked.

"I never agreed to go out with him," Hari told her as she watched Atobe and Kabaji line up and two other boys line up on the other side. "If he wants to play then fine."

"You're not worried," An said.

Hari shook her head as she arched a brow as she realised that they were good. Atobe didn't really play much letting Kabaji do the 'heavy' lifting but Hari could tell that he was good. Much better than anyone here and she doubted she would stand a chance against him right now.

"He'll win," Hari sighed.

"How do you know?" An asked.

"He's good and his friend is as well," Hari explained. "Besides… most people here are not on a team for their school."

"You think they are on their school team?" An asked looking at Atobe and Kabaji, who just won their second game.

"Hai," Hari nodded. "I think so."

They were both wearing the same jacket and colours and it reminded Hari very much of sports jackets from a school (she didn't know which school, though) and there was no chance that two players with that kind of talent weren't on a team.

Hari watched the rest of the matches in silence as Atobe finally just decided to let Kabaji do all the work and sat down on the court. Hari frowned at that, but she looked back at Kabaji who didn't look bothered at all by the way Atobe acted.

She grimaced as she thought that this was just like watching Crabbe and Goyle around Malfoy, well at least Kabaji looked kinder than them. She felt almost guilty for comparing them in her mind, but the way he indulged Atobe reminded her of the other two. She just couldn't help it.

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"I won," Atobe said getting back to his feet when Izumi and Fukawa also lost and being the final pairing it signalled the end of the so-called bet.

"So you did," Hari deadpanned. "So?"

"That means you owe me a date," Atobe smirked at her.

"I never agreed to that," Hari shrugged.

Atobe frowned once more.

"The Great Atobe is taking you on a date and you act like you don't want to," he tilted his head as he watched her.

"I don't act like I don't want to," Hari stared at him, "I just don't want to."

He didn't smile for a moment and looked honestly confused before the arrogant look was back and he reached toward her.

"Leave her alone!" An suddenly yelled and got between Hari and Atobe making Atobe arch a brow and grabbed her arm to stop her from shoving him. "She said no!"

Hari blinked surprised.

"Hmmm," Atobe hummed as he looked closer at An. "You're cute as well, but I'm more interested in your friend."

He pushed her away and turned toward Hari again and was about to say something when suddenly someone else interfered.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Momoshiro demanded and rushed toward them and quickly got Hari behind him as he glared at Atobe.

Hari sighed at (again) being pushed back.

"Hm? There's two more?" Atobe asked. "But I'm tired of playing…"

"What's going on?" Momoshiro demanded.

"An-chan are you okay?" Kamio, who Hari just noticed, asked An worriedly. "Did he hurt you?"

Momoshiro kept glaring and Hari tried to get by him, but he grabbed her arm and held her back as if she was in danger or something. She frowned at him.

"What are you doing to Hari-chan?" Momoshiro demanded again.

"Ah, Hari-chan, that's your name?" Atobe grinned.

Hari glared at Momoshiro who scowled seemingly realising that he had just given her name to the other boy.

"He asked her out and she said no," An explained, "but he won't take no for an answer."

Atobe just smirked, "I'm the Great Atobe Keigo! Who wouldn't want to go out with me?"

Hari rolled her eyes while Momoshiro just glared harder.

"You're not going to bother her!" Momoshiro snapped.

Hari was surprised by the anger in Momoshiro and the protective way he kept standing between them, but she really didn't need him to. She was handling it well enough on her own and she didn't really think that Atobe was dangerous.

He was arrogant and not used to hear the word 'no', sure, but he wouldn't do anything to her. She could tell because her magic felt calm and she just knew from watching him that he wasn't going to hurt her.

"Calm down, Momo-chan," Hari sighed and got her arm free and placed a hand on his arm instead to calm him. "I'm fine."

Momoshiro didn't look convinced, but he seemed to calm down somewhat.

"Let's play," Momoshiro demanded. "Kamio!"

"Hai?"

"Play with me," Momoshiro said without looking away from Atobe.

Atobe sighed and looked at Hari before he turned back to the court.

"Kabaji," he said.

"Hai," he said.

Hari frowned as she was left to watch the four take their place once more and Atobe sat down on the court like he had done before much to the annoyance of Momoshiro and Kamio.

Seriously, they didn't need to take it this far. She felt annoyed.

"Not overprotective, huh?" An asked beside her.

Hari looked at her slightly surprised before looking back at Momoshiro. She felt like groaning. Of course, that was what he was being, overprotective. She really hoped that the rest of the team wouldn't be like this as well.

"I guess I was wrong," Hari frowned.

An smiled slightly at the frown on Hari's face.

...

Hari rolled her eyes when Atobe called Kabaji off and letting Momoshiro and Kamio get the point they needed to win. It was clear that Atobe had been impressed by something he had seen in Momoshiro, probably his last shot and the fact that he managed to return a ball that Hari knew as a difficult ball to return.

"We'll take the loss today," Atobe said as he got back up to his feet.

Kabaji just stood there with a blank look on his face not really caring either way or so it would seem. Hari wondered if he really did want to lose a match like that, but she guessed it didn't really matter.

"Hey," Atobe stared at Momoshiro. "What's your name?"

"Seigaku's second year, Momoshiro Takeshi," Momoshiro said and Hari felt like groaning and calling him an idiot because she caught the look of triumph on Atobe's face as he let his eyes flicker over at her.

She did her best to keep her face blank making Atobe smirk at her.

"I'll see you around," Atobe said as he turned and left.

It sounded like a promise and Hari sighed. She guessed she had a new Malfoy here; at least it wasn't the original one who would show up and antagonise her. Atobe seemed…a little better and if nothing else, he wasn't a prejudiced bastard.

...

Hari said goodbye to Momoshiro and Kamio and walked away with An who asked her to come home with her and have dinner at her house. Hari had nervously accepted. It was the first time she had gone home with someone like this. She didn't count meeting Nanjiro and Rinko back when she had met Ryoma for the first time, or the time she had spent at the Burrow the summer before her second year at Hogwarts. It just didn't feel the same as this.

They talked all the way back to An's house and she saw that it was a nice two storey house that was painted yellow and had a small garden around the house. She noticed the bikes standing by a garage and a car parked in the driveway.

"Tadaima," An called out when they entered the house.

"Okaeri," a woman's voice answered and soon a woman with the same brown hair only a little longer than An's came into the hallway. "Ah, you brought your friend with you."

"Hai," An smiled. "Echizen Hari this is my mother Tachibana Rei."

"Hajimemashite," Hari smiled shyly.

"Nice to meet you too," Tachibana Rei smiled back. "An has told me about you, I'm so happy An has someone else to play tennis with."

Hari nodded and just smiled not knowing what to say or how to act. She always felt a little lost on how to act around parents to other kids. She wasn't sure what was expected of her.

Hari followed An up to her room and looked around curiously. It was what Hari would guess a normal teenage girl's room would look like. There were some posters up on the walls, bands or athletes that Hari had no idea who was, and a bookshelf filled with books. A desk was by the window and of course, there was the bed and the dresser.

"Nice room," Hari complimented.

"Arigatou," An said as she fell down on the bed.

Hari sat down in the desk chair and tried not to spin on it like she would have done if she had been in Ryoma's room.

An quickly started a conversation about their matches earlier and before Atobe came and interrupted them, and they had fun discussing them and analysing them so that they could become better to the next time they would go out and play.

Soon Tachibana Rei called that dinner was ready and they made their way down to the kitchen. Hari soon saw that An's father and her brother was there already.

"Echizen-san," Tachibana Kippei greeted her politely with a small smile. "Nice to see you again."

"You too, Tachibana-san," Hari smiled back.

"Oh, you've met?" Tachibana Goro asked.

"Hai," Tachibana nodded.

"I watched them play Seigaku," Hari explained when she saw the older man look at her curiously. "My little brother played for them and I was there watching them play."

The others nodded in understanding and they all sat down around the table.

...

"You play tennis as well, Hari-chan?" Tachibana Rei asked.

"Hai," Hari nodded. "I just joined Seigaku's team with my brother, actually."

The two Tachibana siblings blinked and looked at her.

"The boy's team?" An asked surprised.

"Mm," Hari nodded as she took another bite of her food. It was delicious something she made sure to tell the cook who smiled back at her and told her to take another serving.

"You didn't say that," An accused her.

"I thought I had," Hari furrowed her brows. "Gomen."

"It's fine," An sighed.

"You must be good, then;" Tachibana Goro observed.

Hari shrugged, "I'm alright, I guess."

"She's good," An said rolling her eyes at the humble response from Hari.

"I still have a lot to learn," Hari said.

"Everyone has more to learn," Tachibana Kippei said and he was giving her a searching look. "I must say I'm curious to watch you play, Echizen-san."

Hari just shrugged and looked away shyly. She wasn't sure what to do with all of the attention on her and she felt like shifting in her seat. She was relieved when An changed the subject and got the attention away from her. Hari suspected that An had guessed that Hari didn't like it and done it on purpose.

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Hari walked through the school when she saw the three first years that normally cheered Ryoma on huddled together whispering and looking around almost like they were suspicious of something. Hari changed her direction and walked up to them. They didn't notice her.

"What do you think he was doing?" Kachiro asked.

"I don't know…" Mizuno frowned.

"Even the great Horio don't know," Horio sighed.

"You look like you're planning something fun. What is it?" Hari asked with a half-smile.

The three jumped and spun around to stare at her with wide, guilty eyes. She arched a brow wondering what could cause them to look like that.

"Um…" Kachiro looked flustered and his cheeks turned red as he tried to come up with something to say.

"Nothing," Horio said.

"Nothing?" Hari arched a brow as she looked at them. She smiled slightly. "Alright."

She saw the looks of relief crossing their faces just as she turned around to walk to her classroom. She paused and half-turned toward them.

"You know…" Hari said and they tensed again. She wondered if she should tease them more, they looked so flustered and she really wanted to know what they had been doing to make them look like that. "…you make me want to figure you out when you act like that."

With that she turned and walked away laughing quietly to herself as she had seen the worried looks that the three boys had exchanged.

...

"Here!"

Hari blinked and looked up when a large pile of books were placed on her desk making her have to stop writing her notes to make room for the books.

She blinked again.

"Korewa nandesuka?" Hari asked confused.

"This is the start of your education," Hira stated with a triumphant smile.

"I thought I was in school already," Hari said dryly as she stared at the stack of books and she now noticed some of the titles like The Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings.

"Funny," Hira said. "You said you hadn't watched the movies so…"

"So you give me books?" Hari interrupted with an arched brow.

"No, well, yes," Hira frowned, "Sora insisted on the books. The movies are here and you'll watch them after you've read the books."

Hari sighed, "what if I don't want to read the books?"

Hira looked scandalised.

"Or watch the movies?" Hari added as an afterthought.

"What?" Hira asked so shocked and horror-struck that Hari had to laugh. "How can you not want to read the books or watch the movies?"

Hari shrugged, "I'm kind of busy with tennis and school work."

"Still…" Hira frowned.

Hari sighed and looked at the books. She guessed she was slightly interested in learning more about them and it might help her get some of the references people talked about sometimes.

"Fine," she sighed. "I'll try, but no promises."

Hira looked pleased and gave her a smile before he went back to his own desk.

...

Hari exited her changing room and walked over to the court where the team was gathered already, she joined Ryoma doing the warm-ups an tried to ignore the way Momoshiro was looking at her and was Kikumaru also looking at her with something like protectiveness in his eyes?

"You didn't tell me you were bothered by some boy yesterday," Ryoma commented seemingly calm.

"Eh?" Hari blinked and looked at her little brother before looking back at Momoshiro. "He told you."

"Why didn't you?" Ryoma asked giving up pretences now and stared at her.

"I had it handled," Hari said.

"Still, you should have told me," Ryoma said.

"Ryo-chan," Hari sighed, "I'm fine. Atobe didn't really bother me that much. I had it handled and it's not something to make such a fuss over."

Ryoma looked at her with a frown, but he nodded clearly knowing her well enough to know better than to push her. She smiled back at him knowing he had calmed somewhat. She just hoped that Atobe would stay away for a little while, because she couldn't tell what Ryoma or the rest of the team (who clearly knew about it now) would do if he showed up here like she suspected he would at some point.

...

Atobe was standing on the balcony overlooking the large garden that surrounded his mansion. His mind was going over his meeting with the interesting girl, Hari-chan, he had met the day before and he was stunned with what he had just learned about her.

He had, of course, ordered a background check on her as soon as he walked away from the court the day before. He was curious and something pulled at him to learn more about this girl who wasn't fazed by his wealth or his charm. That was unheard off and Atobe was intrigued.

Intrigued enough to want to learn more about her and learn about her he did.

Given the name Momoshiro had given him, Hari-chan, Atobe had found out that there was an Echizen Hari enrolled at Seigaku and having watched a photo of her (taken for the school id) he knew it was the right girl. What was more curious was the fact that she had a Japanese last name when it was clear to him that she wasn't Japanese.

That had him make some more research, all on the discrete side of course, and his men had found enough to make him curious and surprised, but at the same time, there were aspects that were …unclear and hidden. It bugged him.

Well, anyway, one thing and perhaps the most shocking truth they had found out was her real identity. The name she had before. The name he had heard his parents mention with hushed and kind of sad voice that had been lost to him at the time since he had just been a kid.

Harriett Lily Potter.

The name of the girl that his parents mourned almost like they had lost one of their own. He remembered back when he was a young boy and they had been at their house in London and he had walked in on his mother crying. He remembered asking what was wrong and she'd said that she had just learned that a friend of hers had died a couple of years back and they couldn't find her daughter.

The daughter's name was Harriett Lily Potter and Atobe had wanted to meet her because his mother had talked so fondly about her and had shown him a few baby pictures. Of course, Atobe had only been around four years old then and didn't understand that much about it all.

Later he had heard the name mentioned from time to time, apparently, his mum was still looking for her friends missing daughter. Atobe couldn't understand how they couldn't find her, but maybe the reason was that she was in Japan?

But… from what he had learned she had only just arrived and had been adopted by the Echizen's. It didn't make sense.

Giving an uncharacteristically sigh he turned and walked back into the office and looked at the file he had received. A file that missed more than it should and he had to know more. He had to learn more about this girl and find out if she really was the same girl that his parents had been looking for.

If she was…then his interest just went up but he knew he would not be interested in her romantically because this girl was supposed to have grown up beside him as his little sister. If she indeed was the same girl then he would protect her and bring her to meet his parents who would also do everything they could to protect her in the name of the friends they had lost so many years ago.

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AN: What do you think? :)

So Atobe is in the mix and has a connection to Hari! XD

Thank you for reading and hope you liked it :)

Japanese words used:
Hai - Yes
Tadaima - I'm home
Okaeri - Welcome back
Hajimemashite - Nice to meet you
Arigatou - Thank you
Gomen - Sorry
Korewa nandesuka? - What's this?