"You want to what?"

Makoto Tachibana looked at the girl in front of him. Her cheeks were flushed from running to catch up to him in the hallway. He was ready to meet the others for lunch but he heard her calling for him so he stopped in his tracks and listened to what she had to say. What he wanted to really know was how she knew his name. Then he remembered that she probably asked around for the names of the members in the club.

"I want to join the swim club!" She repeated. "I overheard that you were forming one." She explained. "And I would like to join it!"

Makoto was taken aback. He didn't know what to say to that. He didn't expect for a girl to join. He realized he'd just been staring at her for a while and she looked like someone familiar…

The girl frowned. The lack of response probably meant no.

Makoto blinked and snapped out of his thoughts. "Of course you can!" He replied with a grin.

The girl's eyes lit up. "Really? Great!"

Makoto smiled. "Come with me. I'll introduce everyone to you."

The girl nodded and smiled. She followed Makoto outside.

Xxx

Makoto and the girl walked to the meeting place. When they arrived, Haru, Gou and Nagisa were already there.

"Hey guys." Makoto greeted. "I have a girl that wants to-"

Nagisa let out a gasp. "Hikaru-chan!" He enveloped her in a hug.

"Hi Nagisa!" The girl now known as Hikaru smiled happily.

"You know each other?" Gou asked.

Hikaru looked over at the other girl. "Hi!" Hikaru bowed a little. "Yes, I'm Hikaru Hazuki!"

Everyone went silent. "You're related to Nagisa?"

"Yup! We're cousins!"

Ah, now it clicked. They both had blonde hair and their facial features were almost the same.

Haru went up to her. "I'm Haruka Nanase. Call me Haru."

"And I'm Makoto Tachibana."

"I'm Gou Matsuoka!"

"Nice to meet you all!"

xxx

They all sat back down and began eating lunch.

"So what is your swimming style?" Gou asked her.

Hikaru blushed a bit and looked down at her hands. "Umm, well you see…the thing is…" She said all flustered.

"You don't know how to swim." Makoto said.

"N-No, I don't." She replied. "So I asked you, since you were the captain, if I could join because I want to learn how to swim."

"Of course we'll teach you, Hikaru-chan!" Nagisa exclaimed, putting an arm around her.

Haru nodded.

"Oh that's right!" Gou suddenly said, getting every one's attention. "I got a joint practice with Samezuka academy." She grinned.

"That's great, Gou-chan!"

"Kou." She corrected.

"Did you ask Rin?" Makoto asked.

"No." Gou replied. "I spoke with the captain of the swim team and he agreed." Then she sighed. "But we need a fourth member."

"Well Hikaru-chan's joining…"

"I know! But we need another boy because in the relay, it can't be mixed. It's either all guys or all girls." Gou explained.

When all eyes were on her, Hikaru blushed. "Oh, don't worry! I don't mind. I just want to learn how to swim."

"Maybe you can enter the freestyle race." Gou suggested.

"The what?" Hikaru asked, tilting her head to the side. She'd have to do some research too.

Haru looked at her. "I'll help you with that."

"Oh, great!" Hikaru grinned at Haru.

"Okay then! We have to find a new member!" Makoto agreed.

A.N: Hey guys! So the fanfic I was working on was a Free! one XD

I'm sorry the 1st chapter is a little short; the next chapters will be longer, promise!

I'll be working on chapter 2 so stay tuned!

S. G. Tsukasa