"OI!" Matsude-sensei drops a pile of textbooks on Nakagawa's desk.

"Huh!" he sits bolt upright.

"Not only is the exam finished Nakagawa, there is a new student and I think she would rather be greeted with smiles than snores!" Matsude-sensei shouts.

"Gomen sensei." he hangs his head.

"Ahh you can come in now." he beckons the new student inside. My eyes widen.

"Hi." she bows. "I'm Sakura Kuruno. I'm in your class as of now; I'm on a swimming scholarship and yeah...Nice to meet you." her features are sharp but her face is stoic.

"That's the girl from the public tourney!" I gasp.

"Oh and hi to my roommates Mikoshiba-kun, Ryugazaki-kun and Suzuki-kun." she nods in our general direction.

Ring. Ring.

"No more maths!" Hinata grins.

"TO THE POOL!" Sho smirks, the two career out of the door.

"Fubu', Kai...to aren't you coming."

"We'll catch up!" Fubuki assures.

"Since when have you guys been so close with Hinata and Sho?" Nito' asks.

"I always joked with Hinata and Sho." Fubuki folds his arms.

"We got a bigger room, a room for four. Just like you did and we ended up rooming with Hinata and Sho." Kaito explains.

"They were happy, three comics in one room is great!" Fubuki beams.

"Not when you're trying to study." Kaito contradicts

"Study? What for? It's the second week of school!" Ami-chan asks.

"Surprise exams; like the one we just finished." Kaito shrugs. "I had a feeling, so studied a bit last night."

"Ahh, fair enough." Nito' nods.

"Aoi-chan, you okay?"

"Yeah..." I nod. "I recognise that voice...it'll be nothing. She's a transfer after all; maybe I heard her at a competition."

"Whose voice?" Kaito asks.

"Sakura Kuruno's voice." Fubuki nods to himself. "I've heard her voice before."

"I know her." Ami-chan's fist is balled. "Bad memories, we all have them."

"Yeah." Mei-chan nods.

"TO THE POOL!" Fubuki tries to jump onto Kaito's back and kicks a desk.

"Oi!" Matsude-sensei barks from the front where he is chiding Nakagawa.

"Gomene sensei!" we chime in unison, headinginto the corridoor.

"TO THE POOL!" Fubuki makes the jump this time.

"Andrews Fubuki I swear to God!" Kaito mutters.

"Ya! Ya! My loyal steed!"

"Not this again." Mei-chan rolls her eyes.

"Kaito mind that!" Nito' cautions. Smack.

"Ouch." Ami-chan states.

"Are they...alive?" Mei-chan asks, Kaito was walking past a door when it opened at knocked him forward onto the floor. Fubuki fell on top of him since he was still on his rommate's back.

"Oi Fubu'!" I nudge him with my shoe.

"Aoi-chan...get this...clementine...haired...idiot...off of... me...before...I SUFFOCATE!" Kaito pleas.

"Got it!" I drag Fubuki across the floor so Kaito can stand.

"Oh Andrews-kun, Soku-kun I'm ever so sorry! I thought the halls would be clear by now so didn't look out of the window for students!" Kichida-sensei, the science teacher gasps. Her eyes are wide with bewilderment, most likley about how both boys were hit by the small door.

"No problem Kichida-sensei." Fubuki grins. "My steed was being slow."

"Huh?" she cocks a brow.

"Nothing Kichida-sensei, it's just a joke." Nito' jumps in to save Kaito the embarassment of explaining that he has been Fubuki's steed since Mei's party.

I smile at the memory. Mei's party was amazing, it was also where Fubuki; dressed like an Oscar tried and failed to get a piggyback ride from Kaito who at the time was annoyed that Fubuki got him a shirt that had 'Sexy And I Know It" written on it, in English and in gold. He wore it because Mei-chan's theme was gold.

How does one explain that to a teacher!

"Ahh okay... Soku-kun do you need help?"

"No. Thank you though Kichida-sensei." Kaito hisses in pain.

"Kai!" Fubuki gasps at how much pain he caused his friend.

"Fubu', get out of my way. I have to stand up." Kaito groans.

"I'll help you." the clementine haired boy helps his roommate to his feet quicly.

"Fubuki I swear to God, you will be my cause of death." Kaito stretches his sore muscles

"The pool will loosen you up. Just float." Nito' suggests.

"New rule Fubuki, no riding Kaito in the hallways."

"Got it."

"WHAT THE HELL!" I snort.

"Why do I associate with you idiots." Kiato hits his head on the wall.

"You love us really Kai'." Fubuki puts his arm around his roommate's shoulder's.

"Rin'll be mad. Practise starts in five minutes and we need to change." Ami states.

"Crap!" we exclaim in one voice, charging toward the poolhouse.

Ami-chan, Mei-chan and I watch in awe as the new potential girls line up in the lane furthest away from the new boys.

"Today we bow to captain Mikoshiba Mei of the girls team. Let's go to the pool and bask in her authority." Ami-chan links arms with Mei and Mei with me as we approach them.

"Hi girlies!" Mei waves. "I'm your Captain Mikoshiba Mei, second year! These are the Vice Captains, Suzuki Ami and Ryugazaki Aoi, also second years. You may have heard of us. I wouldn't be surprised if you had. We Samezuka girls have quite a reputation on the circuit. Which is why we've been given the privilidge to take a team on this year so we can compete as just girls. I hope you're ready for this because this school has high standards."

"We would like those who have already proven themselves to the former captain of the main team; Mikoshiba Sei' and have attained a scholarship to swim on our team to step forward as you will not have to participate in this evaluation." Ami-chan pipes up.

"You should be proud to have gotten a scholarship; Ami-chan and I got in here with scholarships." I chime in.

Four girls step forward.

"You girls can sit out." Mei-chan gestures to the bech for the three to sit at.

One girl has blonde curls and shining crimson eyes. She looks a bit like Hinata... The second girl has eyes of two different shades of brown and thick ringlets of hair that looks like a combination of burgundy and the colour of an eggplant. I glance enviously at her. I'll have to tell her how pretty she is! The third girl is larger and really pretty also, porclain skin yet freckled with dimples and mint green hair. My eyes widen when I see glance at the third girl. It's her! The one from the backstroke race! The girl who shrugged off Hanaka's congratulations!

Ami-chan looks happy to see the redheaded girl and happier to see the green haired girl. They wave excitedly. Didn't Ami-chan mention some of her friends from Tokyo were applying for swimming scholarships?

"Okay then girls." Mei-chan adresses the other girls. "You have to beat the Samezuka standard that would have been in your information booklets from day one tours. I would reccomend swimming your strongest stroke. You will be timed. It is clear that most of you have swam a lot before. I'm sure you'll all be fine. Good luck. We're just waiting on the guys with the data sheets and stopwatches now." Mei grins.

"Gomen Mei!" Fubuki jogs over, clipboard tucked under his armpit, Kaito behind him carrying a box.

"They arrived already!" Mei's eyes light up.

"Yeah, that's why we took so long; the gaurd wouldn't seve us in swimsuits so we had to get back changed to get them only to pt our swimsuits back on." Fubuki grins.

Hinata and Sho start to cough falsley. "Liars."

"You guys!" Fubuki pouts.

"Whatever dude, you crossdress." Hinata scoffs

"And you decide to bring that up here! Real mature Hianta!" the clementine haired boy stomps his foot, arms folded.

"Fubu' just get to the other end of the pool; we need to time the girls." Kaito says, surprisingly calmly. He can't not be in pain from where he was knocked over. He's bound to be hiding it. The brunet holds out the box to me. I take it and place it beside the girls at the bench.

"Okay the tracksuits for the scholars." I take out the list. "This one's for Sasake Riko." I hand the blonde the tracksuit.

"Thank you." she immediately takes the tracksuit from the packaging and puts it on. "Now I feel like I got this scholarship!" she enthuses.

"This one is for Mori Aka." I look to Ami-chan, her eyes flicker to the girl with mismatched eyes. I nod, handing her the tracksuit.

"Thank you." she smiles.

"Catch Ami-chan." I toss Mei-chan's best friend her own official tracksuit.

"Kyahh! Mei-chan you'll have your spare tracksuit back soon!" Ami-chan chirps.

"This one is for Midori Hikari." Ami-chan looks to the larger girl.

"Thanks!" she beams.

"This last one..." I look at the label. "Is for Sakura Kuruno!"