jc: yesh, fanservice anime to the rescue :3

animepup: rly?

jc: yeup, im writing this one alone as well...but i guess animepup wants to hang around too?

animepup: yurp!

jc: alrighty then, without further ado! parody of "Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club" I own nothing related to this anime cept my own plot and charater.

Age 9:

"Waa, look at that boy swim!" Makoto pointed at the kid swimming. The child Makoto pointed out did all 4 swimming moves flawlessly and in a quick time as well.

"Wow! He's really good!" Nagisa looked at the kid in awe, Haruka just child stopped and took their cap and goggles off to reveal short hair like a boy. Black hair, blank golden eyes, and almost translucent white skin, pulling Haruka along they went to greet the child.

"Hello! My name is Tachibana Makoto! This is Hazuki Nagisa and Nanase Haruka!" Makoto introduced the boys one by one. The kid just stared at them with blank eyes.

"What's your name?" Nagisa asked curiously. Looking down the child mumbled,

"...Kobayashi Sora..."

"You swim really well Sora-kun," Makoto reached out his hand to help Sora up. Sora looked at the hand hesitantly before taking it and got out the water. All the boys jaw drop at the sight of Sora.

"Ah! Sorry! I thought you were a boy!" Makoto kept apologizing. Sora wore a female swimsuit when she came out of the water. She looked down at her swimsuit and shrugged. She took a step and slipped and fell on her face. She sat up and rubbed her nose.

"Owie..."

"Are you ok?!"

"...Yea...This is normal..." The boy's sweatdrop at that comment while she got up again.

"You must really like to swim huh? You really look like you're part of the water even!" Nagisa stated happily. Sora turned to the cheery boy and looked at him blankly.

"...I hate water, I hate swimming..." She said in a low tone.

"E-Eh?!" The boys look at her surprised, Haru included. He gave her a look of interest.

"T-Then why were you in the water? And why were you swimming so well?!" The questions were chucked at her.

"...My grandma requested that I should learn how to swim..." She replied monotonously.

"O-Oh, can you teach us what you know then?" Nagisa asked. Sora gave Nagisa a blank look before replying.

"...I hate water, I hate swimming...And I hate teaching,"

"What?! Please?" Nagisa begged. Sora doesn't reply.

"Oh? Sora! I see that you've made some friends already despite coming here recently! I'm so proud," An old woman came shuffling over smiling.

"...They're not my friend's grandma.." She looked away.

"Nonsense, do you guys want to be friends with Sora-chan?" Her grandmother crouched down to look at the 3 boys.

"Yea! Can she help us improve in swimming?" Nagisa asked eagerly.

"Of course! She doesn't look like it but she is a great teacher! She taught her little brother very well," Her grandma chuckled warmly.

"Grandma..." Sora looked at her grandma with the same blank eyes but her grandma gave back a hard look.

"Sora, help these boys with everything you know, you promised me you'd learn how to swim and teach others so they would have the same knowledge and become great swimmers one day,"

"...Yes grandma..." Sora reluctantly obeyed her grandmother's instructions.

"Oh do any of you know where this elementary school is? Sora here is enrolling there," Her grandmother showed a slip of paper.

"Oh! Haru-chan and I go there!" Makoto pointed out.

"Oh that is great news! My Sora is in your hands," Sora's grandmother bowed slightly looking content and shuffled away.

"Wah, what are the odds! We're going to the same school!" Makoto tried to lighten the mood. Sora ignores him completely.

"...I will repeat these 3 things everyday to you so even if I'm not there, you'll remember," Sora turned to the 3 boys with the same empty expression.

"I hate swimming, I hate water, and I hate teaching...Yet I'm in the water teaching a bunch of kids how to swim...Oh the irony," Sora muttered the last part softly. The 3 boys nodded and listened to Sora intently. Even Haruka stared at Sora with interest.

"...First...Never resist the water, you can never win, instead embrace it and the water will help you float..."

"Eh? Sora-kun, you live next to me?" Makoto looked at Sora's home which happened to be next to his. She nodded slightly.

"Oh great! That means you can walk Sora to school! Would you do that for me Mako-chan?" Her grandma smiled at the little boy.

"Mm! Of course!" Makoto nodded enthusiastically. Sora...Well she could be a bit happier.

"Alright Sora, I'm just going to greet the neighbors alright? Be a good girl then," Her grandma left Sora at their new home.

"Class, this is Kobayashi Sora-chan, please welcome her into the class," The teacher introduced. Immediately the class erupted with comments like.

"A girl? But her hair is so short!"

"Her name is more boy like..."

"Her chest is so flat!"

"Her clothes aren't girly at all!"

"...Is she really a girl?"

Sora stared at the ground apparently used to the vulgar words.

"Settle down class, Sora-chan here transferred here from China, her parents and little brother are in China so she lives with her grandmother," The teacher explains a bit more about Sora.

"...Nice to meet you all," Sora mumbled.

"Could you girls please show her around and befriend her?" The teacher asks a group of girls. They nod looking innocently at the teacher.

"Good! Now Sora-chan, please go take a seat over there!" The seat was in front of Makoto, and Haruka but beside the group of girls.

"Look at that loner,"

"Apparently it's a she,"

"Are you serious!?"

"Yeah, she just transferred here from China,"

Sora was walking around the school mindlessly, the girls ditched her so she was left to wander the halls by herself. She tripped suddenly and fell on her face.

"...Owie..." She rubbed her nose painfully when a group of 12 year old girls surrounded her.

"Look at this thing! Apparently its a girl!" The first sneered.

"Are you serious?! It's hair is so short though!" The second gasped.

"And her chest is super flat for a 9 year old!" The third looked at Sora in disgust.

"Hey kid, are you sure you're a girl?" The first questioned. Sora paid them no heed and continued walking.

"Kid, when someone older talks to you, you answer them, or do you not understand because you're Chinese?" The first girl grips Sora's short hair and pulls it harshly but Sora maintains a emotionless mask.

"...I can speak and listen to Japanese perfectly fine. It's easier to swim without a chest, long hair is a pain to take care of if you swim constantly and..." Sora trails off and pulls down her pants, underwear and all.

"...This proves I'm a girl right?" She pulled her pants back up and stared at the girls as if she didn't just do that. The girls gawked at Sora's actions. She quickly started to walk away when the first girl gripped her shoulder and pushed her against the fence before walking off with her friends following behind her. Sora quietly stood up and brushed off the dirt of her shoulders from the fence.

"Sora-kun! Are you alright!? We saw what happened!" Makoto came running over while dragging Haruka behind him.

"...Don't call me Sora-kun...And I'm ok," Sora walked away from the 2 boys. Haruka fixed his intense gaze on her retreating figure.

During lunch Sora sat alone under a tree eating lunch silently. Makoto and Haruka joined her under the tree.

"This is a great spot to eat lunch right?" Makoto commented softly. Sora doesn't answer with anything but putting her unfinished lunch away and walked away.

"S-Sora-chan! Come back!" Makoto called over to her. Haruka just watches in silence.

During class the girls had separated their desks from Sora.

"Girls, I thought I told you to help Sora-chan," The teacher looked at the girls sternly.

"It's not our fault! Sora wants to be alone," One of the girls reply.

"Is this true Sora-chan?" The teacher asks Sora gently.

"..." She doesn't reply anything but nods slightly, even though she had said nothing to those girls. Suddenly a desk was put next to Sora's. Everyone looked at the person who put the desk next to hers.

"Haruka-kun?" The teacher looks surprised as the boy took a seat next to Sora. Soon Makoto put his desk on the other side of Sora's desk. Everyone stares at the trio in silence and shock.

"We go to the same swim club together, her grandma wanted us to help her in school!" Makoto said.

"Oh I see...Well then...Lets continue with class,"

Halfway Through The Year:

"Thanks Sora-kun! I think I got better at swimming because of you!" Nagisa exclaimed happily.

"...You're welcome..." She replied expressionless.

"...Don't call me Sora-kun," She added in.

"Eh? But Sora-kun is Sora-kun!" Nagisa looked at her confused. Haruka and Makoto watched the 2 of them from a distance. Soon Nagisa and Sora join the 2 boys to swim again.

"Wow, you boys got really good!" Sora's grandmother came shuffling towards them.

"It's all because Sora helped us!" Nagisa exclaims.

"See Sora? Doesn't it feel good to teach someone information that will help them?" Her grandma smiles at Sora. Sora looks down at the ground and nodded slightly. A faint tint of red on her face, barely visible though.

"Come, let's all take a break now," Her grandma gestured for them to a table with drinks and snacks.

"Oh Sora, I have to go somewhere for a little bit. Please rest until I get back ok?" Her grandma patted her head before rushing off somewhere.

"Hey Sora-kun," Nagisa started to say. Sora opens her can of juice before looking at Nagisa.

"Can you tell us more about yourself? It's been almost half a year now!" He exclaims loudly.

"If you don't mind of course," Makoto added in quickly. Again, Haruka just stares at Sora silently.

"..." Sora doesn't say anything for a while.

"You can tell us another time then-" Makoto said quickly.

"My mom is Chinese and my dad is Japanese," She cut Makoto off. All 3 boys look at her surprised.

"...I have a brother but he's back in China,"

"My dad thought that I should spend some time in Japan because I'm part Japanese...But none of my parents could come because they're so busy taking care of my brother and working...They come visit me sometimes though," Sora continues to say.

"...I live with my grandma but my aunt and uncle visit me often..." She trails off.

"...I'm the same age as Makoto-kun and Haruka-kun...My birthday is on December 22..." She said after a while.

"..." None of the boy's say a word.

"...You can call him Mako-chan and Haru-chan! You can just call me Nagisa!" Nagisa piped up. Sora widened her eyes slightly for a moment before going back to normal and nodding.

"Mako-chan...Nagisa...Haru-chan...Thank you," Sora had a ghost of a smile.

"W-Why?" Makoto looked confused.

"...For being my friends..." Sora simply replied.

"Don't call me Haru-chan," Haruka scoffed. Sora stared at Haruka for a few moments before nodding.

"It's ok! He doesn't mind us calling him that!" Nagisa commented.

"Hey Sora-kun, what's your best time?" Makoto asked curiously. Sora shrugged.

"I don't know, I don't care...I tell you this everyday...I hate swimming, I hate water, and I hate teaching...The only reason I swim is because of my grandma...So I don't swim competitively,"

"Eh? But I bet you'd win so many races!" Nagisa exclaimed.

"...I'd rather not swim..." Haruka's eyes flashed at this comment. Sora took notice of this and turned to Haruka.

"You really love water don't you Haru-chan...I can tell when you're swimming..." Sora stated.

"Mm...I don't care about time or anything like that, I really like water, I want to feel it with my skin, my eyes, my soul..." He trails off. Sora gives a blank look to him as he gave the same speech again,

"You really are the opposite of me..." She mummers.

"Sora-kun! Your hair is starting to grow out again!" Makoto pointed out.

"...Really?" Sora looks at her hair. The next day she comes to school with really short hair.

"Eh? Why did you cut it?!" Makoto looks at Sora.

"...Hair is a pain to take care of..."

Age 10:

"Onee-chan!" A little boy came running up to Sora as she walks out the gates of the school with Makoto and Haruka.

"Ryuu?" Sora looks at the boy in surprise. The boy nods enthusiastically.

"Mm! I'm staying here for a couple weeks! Aren't you happy to see me onee-chan!" Ryuu cheers.

"...Mm..." Patting his head Sora bends down and shows a simple smile.

"Who are they?" He points at Makoto and Haruka.

"...Oh, they're my...Friends, this is Makoto and Haruka," I introduce them to each other.

"...This is my 6 year old little brother..."

It was winter and soft snow covered the ground.

"Onee-chan! Happy birthday!" Ryuu ran up to her and gave her a card with messy writing on it.

"I know it's a bit early but I leave before your birthday," Ryuu looks sad for a bit. Sora crouches down and pats him on the head and gave a slight smile.

"...Thank you Ryuu," Ryuu immediately brightened and laughed and took Sora's hand pulling her along. Makoto and Haruka secretly smiled at the scene.

"Onee-chan!" Ryuu came crying. His face red and blotchy, it was still winter and he wasn't wearing a jacket.

"Woah...What happened?" Makoto looked at Ryuu with concern.

"...Ryuu...What happened?" Sora's eyes were blank like always.

"S-Some middle school kids, t-took m-my jacket, a-and took M-Mr. Panda!" He hiccuped. the boys looked confused for a second when Sora explained.

"...Mr. Panda is a stuffy Ryuu has had since he was a baby," She took off her own winter jacket and put it on Ryuu.

"O-Onee-chan?" She looks up at her sniffling. She wrapped her scarf around his neck snugly.

"Don't worry, we'll get Mr. Panda ok?" Sora looked at her younger brother with soft eyes.

"A-aren't you cold, o-onee-chan?" Ryuu rubbed his red eyes looking at Sora who is only in a t-shirt now. Sora just shook her head and took his hand. Meanwhile Haruka and Makoto are doubting that Sora can get Mr. Panda back considering that the people who took Ryuu's stuffy were in middle school and Sora is always bullied and beat up in school.

"...You guys can go home..." Sora told Makoto and Haruka before hurrying off to find the teenagers. However Makoto and Haruka decided to follow the 2 to help Sora if there is any trouble.

"...Are these the boys that took your stuffy and jacket?" Sora asked silently. Ryuu nodded before shrinking behind Sora. These boys were 2 times the height of Sora.

"Excuse me...Did you take my brother's stuffy?" Sora spoke up in a monotone.

"...Who the hell are you? Stuffy? Oh you mean this thing?" One of the boys dangle a panda stuffy in the air.

"Yes, please give it back," Sora held out her hand. Behind a wall Makoto and Haruka thought that Sora must be really simple minded to think that asking would work.

"Do you here this kid? Do you think we're going to give this piece of crap back because you asked?" The boy chuckles lowly.

"Give it back if you want to walk tomorrow," Sora's eyes flashed dangerously for a second.

"Ohhh, I'm scared now," The boy mocked. He pushed Sora to the ground harshly and she fell and scraped her elbow and cheek.

"Onee-chan!" Ryuu cried out.

"Onee-chan? This kid is a chick!? BWAHAHA!" The boys burst in laughter.

"What the hell is this world coming to-OOF!" The boy grunts and lets go of the stuffy. Sora quickly grabs it after tackling the boy.

"Don't just stand there! Show this kid a lesson!" The boy screamed. Sora punched one boy in the gut and kicked the other where the sun just don't shine on. She quickly hoisted Ryuu over her shoulders and started to run.

"Get back here you little piece of shit!" Sora looked back, her eyes still blank and not showing a trace of fear. She knocked over a bunch of garbage cans before looking around. She saw the exact person she wanted to see and ran to hide behind the man.

"What the! Are you lost kid?" The policeman looked at Sora.

"H-Help m-me," Sora faked a stutter and pointed at the boys stumbling to run. The policeman immediately understood the situation and blew his whistle.

"Oh crap! It's the cops!"

"Let's book it!"

"She ain't that important anyways!" The cop started to chase the boys. Sora sighed softly before putting Ryuu down.

"O-Onee-chan!" He hugged her as tightly as he could and sobbed.

"..." She didn't say anything except wipe his tears away with her thumb and patted his hair soothingly.

"...Ryuu," She pulled him away and showed him the stuffy.

"Mr. Panda!" He yelled in surprise.

"Thank you Onee-chan!" He smiled happily before turning his attention to the snow on the ground which was now tainted with red.

"O-Onee-chan..." Ryuu started tearing up again.

"...It's ok..." Sora muttered and the blood from her elbow trailed down and dripped onto the clean white snow.

"Sora-kun!" Makoto and Haruka called out running to her.

"My goodness Sora! What were you doing?!" Her grandmother exclaimed when she saw Sora's cheek and elbow.

"...I tripped...And fell in gravel..." Sora winced a bit at the cleansing alcohol being put on her face.

"My goodness you are such a klutz," Her grandmother mumbled. Haruka, and Makoto looked at each other confused at Sora's lie. Ryuu whispered to them.

"Onee-chan doesn't want grandma to worry so she always makes excuses when she get's injured," Makoto and Haruka looked a bit surprised at Ryuu's explanation.

"Hey Ryuu-kun...Sora-kun looked experienced when she tackled and attacked those boys...Does she fight a lot?" Makoto asked Ryuu.

"No, back in China, onee-chan took martial arts classes, she was always top in the class but she never fought people on purpose, she always gave them a chance to make up for their mistakes, if they refuse then onee-chan would beat them up," Ryuu explained proudly. Suddenly Haruka and Makoto understood why Sora asked for the boys to hand the stuffy back first before using force.

Age 11:

"You hate water,"

"You hate swimming,"

"...And you hate teaching,"

"...Good job," The boys said the three things Sora had been repeating the past 2 years. Not much had changed, Sora's hair is still very short and her eyes are still blank and she still replies hesitantly in monotone. Her grandmother was at the hospital because she was diagnosed with cancer. Sora is living with Makoto temporarily. Sora got out of the water and tripped on the edge of the pool.

"S-Sora-kun?!"

"Are you alright?!" The boys look at her concerned. They help her up, despite seeing this almost every day for the past 2 years, they still worry.

"..." Sora nods slightly but she limps when she got up.

"...I think I might have sprained my ankle...I'm going to get it checked out," With that Sora limped away. Haruka, Makoto, and Nagisa watched her limp to the other side of the pool when she was suddenly surrounded by a group of girls.

"Who the hell do you are?!" A girl screamed into Sora's face.

"..." Sora doesn't reply anything. She stood on 1 leg because of her ankle.

"How come you hang out with best swimmer's at this pool? What's so special about you?" Another girl spat.

"..." Sora looks down not saying a word.

"Tch, I bet it's because they think you're a good swimmer,"

"..." Sora remains silent.

"Let's see you swim then!" The girl suddenly pushed Sora.

"!" Sora's eyes widen as she fell into the deep waters. She tries desperately to swim but her ankle is causing too much pain. Unable to do anything, she quickly runs out of air and sank deeper. Through her blurred vision she sees a figure in the distance. The next moment she breaks through the surface panting heavily, turning her head she comes face to face with familiar blue eyes. Makoto and Nagisa were on the edge calling out to a lifeguard. Sora clings onto Haruka tightly in fear and whispered.

"I hate water..."

"We're going to have to call your grandmother about this incident," The lifeguard stated suddenly. Sora snaps her head up and got onto her knees and bowed.

"Please...Don't tell my grandma..." She said in a firm voice.

"But-"

"Please!" Sora smacked her head to the floor.

"A-Ah! Please bring up your head!" The lifeguard frantically gestured for Sora to raise her her head.

"Please don't tell my grandmother!" Sora refused to lift her head.

"F-Fine...Just please lift your head," Sora complied and looked at the lifeguard with the same blank eyes.

"...Promise?" She held out her pinky.

"...Yeah..." The lifeguard sighed.

"Why don't you want to tell your grandma?" Nagisa asked curiously.

"...I don't want her to worry anymore than she has too..." Sora replies after a bit.

"Eh? But you almost drowned," Makoto exclaims. Sora looks down but faces Haruka.

"...Thank you," She bows to Haruka stiffly.

"No problem," Haruka stares at Sora. She stood up straight and they stare at each other for a moment before turning away.

Age 12:

"Wah, Haru-chan looks like a dolphin," Nagisa commented.

"His swimming is so smooth," Makoto nodded. Sora is nowhere in sight. Suddenly another kid dives into the water and has a little race with Haruka. The other boy transferred into Haruka, Makoto, and Sora's class last week. His name is Rin. Their race came to an end with Haruka being first. The boys and Rin have a little chat before Sora appeared and got into a ready position.

"Oh look! Sora's about to swim," Makoto pointed out. She dives in and the boys all watch her swim.

"Even after knowing her this long, she still never fails to impress me with her swimming," Makoto smiled.

"Mm! She still looks like she's part of the water!" Nagisa cheered.

"Wah! You guys know her?" Rin watched as Sora came back.

"Yeah, she helped us improve in our swimming," Haruka answered. Sora stopped after finishing her last lap and climbed out. She took off her cap and goggles, her short hair still short like a boy's. She walked towards the boys for a bit before tripping and falling.

"..Owie," She rubs her nose before standing up and looking at Rin, then looking at the boys for an explanation.

"Oh this is Rin! Remember? He transferred into our class last week," Makoto introduced. Sora looked at Rin blankly.

"Nice to meet you Sora-kun!" He held out his hand brightly. Sora stared at the hand before turning to Makoto and tilting her head.

"Who?" They all animedrop to the floor.

"H-He's a new guy in our class," Makoto sweatdropped.

"...Oh.." She turns to Rin and awkwardly shook his hand.

"I'm Kobayashi Sora..."

"I know, you're pretty famous here," Rin smiled brightly.

"Anyways, Rin just asked us to be in his relay race team," Makoto started to say.

"...Why are you telling me this?" Sora looked at Makoto blankly.

"E-Eh? W-Well...Um..." Makoto was lost for words.

"...Do whatever you like, I don't swim competitively," Sora shrugged.

"Why? You look really capable! Could you give me pointers too?" Rin asked. Sora held up a hand as if starting an orchestra. She points at Makoto.

"She hates water," She then points at Nagisa.

"She hates swimming," Then finally at Haruka.

"And she hates teaching," She then got onto 1 knee and did jazz hands before saying.

"And that is all..." Rin bursts out laughing because she looked so bored and her voice was monotone so it looked really funny and awkward.

"Then why do you swim? And how come you helped these guys?"

"Thank you Sora-kun! That really helped me!" Rin exclaimed climbing out of the water.

"...Don't call me Sora-kun..." Sora looked down at the ground. Rin ignored her and walked up to her. He reached out his hand.

"...What are you doing?" Sora looked at Rin's hand which was on her chest.

"You're a 12 year old girl...I thought you would have boobs, but your chest is actually concave!" Rin grinned teasingly.

"...Ok," Sora shrugged.

"Your hair is so short too, are you sure you're a girl?" Rin asked.

"...A flat chest makes it easier to swim...Long hair is a pain if you swim often..." Was all Sora replied.

"I won't be attending Middle school here," Rin suddenly said. He tells Makoto, Haruka and Sora that he wants to become an Olympic swimmer so he's going away to a swimming school in Australia.

"..." Sora doesn't say anything at any of this.

"Is Sora-kun going to miss me?" Rin poked her cheek teasingly.

"..." Sora says nothing but nod. They all looked surprise at Sora's response.

"We won!" Nagisa hugged Sora as hard as he could.

"...I'm not part of the team..." Sora tried escaping Nagisa's grasp.

"Nonsense! You helped us improve! Now come on! join us in the picture!" Nagisa dragged her to the camera man. With blank eyes she put up a peace sign and stared at the camera without a smile. Later on the picture comes out and everyone laughs at Sora's emotionless pose. They go outside and decide to bury the trophy so they can dig it up together in the future.

"How romantic right?" Rin grins.

"...You disgust me," Sora stared at the ground with the same blank expression she always wore.

"You don't mean that do you Sora-kun? You even said you'd miss me!" Rin put an arm over her shoulder.

Age 13:

Sora's grandmother finally came out of the hospital after 2 years of struggling to fight against cancer. Makoto's parents and Makoto went with Sora to see her grandmother who had returned back into her home. The moment she opened the door Sora grabbed onto her grandmother and clutched onto her clothes tightly, burying her face into her grandma's clothing. Patting her head her grandma smiled weakly and sadly at Sora.

"I've missed you Sora..." She turns to Makoto and his parents while bowing down deeply and thanking them. Before Makoto left he heard Sora's trembling voice.

"I was so scared..."

On a spring day Makoto was sick so it was just Haruka and Sora walking home.

"...Hey Haruka," Sora starts to say.

"What?"

"I like you," Sora continues to walk as she speaks monotonously.

"Why?" Haruka stopped walking. Sora stops as well but doesn't turn to face Haruka.

"..You have a love for water, you don't fear it, instead you embrace it so openly and you're not afraid to dive into the water without a hesitation..." Sora said expressionless.

"..." Haruka doesn't say a thing.

"...Actually, I'm quite envious of you because of that," Sora turned around with a gentle smile on her normally blank face. Haruka's eyes widen at the sight.

"Then that's not liking me," Haruka regained his composure and started walked again.

"...I guess you're right, sorry, I misused my words," Sora started to walk again alongside with Haruka again.

"...Yeah..."

Age 14:

"...I'm going back to China..."

"What?! Why?" Makoto spit out his food. Haruka stared at Sora with wide eyes.

"...My parents..." She hesitated to continue.

"What about them? Why are you leaving?" Haruka clenched his fists.

"...They...Drowned in an accident...I'm supposed to return to go to their funeral...And stay in China..." Sora looked down at the ground. Sora still lives next to Makoto but with her aunt and uncle instead. Her grandmother died of breast cancer a few months after 'recovering'. And after 5 years in Japan, she still had boy hair, blank expressions, and a chest that was flat as a board, or 'concave', as Rin put it.

"...When do you leave?" Makoto asked sadly.

"...Tonight," She whispered.

"What? So soon?" Makoto looked surprised. Sora nodded slowly.

"...It came out of nowhere...Sorry, I just got the explanation yesterday night..." Sora trailed off.

"Will you be coming back?" Haruka asked.

"...Not likely..."

Current Age:

"Hey Haru-chan," Makoto started as they walk to school.

"Don't call me Haru-chan, what?" Haruka looked at the road in front of him.

"I saw a moving truck come by this morning where Sora-kun used to live," This caught Haruka's attention.

"But..." Makoto trailed off a bit sadly.

"But what?"

"When I went and knocked on the door, an old man answered...He was really mean...And drunk..." Makoto replied.

"...Then why are you telling me this?" Haruka stared off into space again.

"I just thought you'd be interested in the news, you had a crush on Sora-kun back then right?" Makoto smiled.

"What are you talking about?" Haruka denied.

"I bet if Sora-kun was still here, she would say '..Haru-chan's only love is water'," Makoto laughed slightly.

"...Don't call me Haru-chan,"

In class the teacher thought Haruka was a girl but was corrected like every year.

"Hey Makoto," Haruka said to Makoto.

"What?"

"Who sits there?" Haruka pointed at the empty seat in front of Makoto.

"I don't know, nobody sat there yesterday," Makoto shrugged. In the middle of the lesson the classroom door slammed open. Everybody turned their attention to a figure standing by the door.

"...Sorry I'm late," A monotone voice rang out.

"Who may you be?" The teacher asked gently.

"...I'm your new transfer student..." A girl walked out of the shadows. Her long black hair flowing and blank yet intimidating golden eyes shone through. Her pale white skin contrasted her dark hair, she had a few band aids covering her, her face is expressionless. She scanned the room and eyes widened slightly in surprise at the sight of 2 boys in the corner of the room.

"...Mako-chan?...Haru-chan?" She said hesitantly. The class turns towards the 2 boys and they look surprised.

"Mako-chan?" Makoto raised a brow.

"Haru-chan?..." Haruka looked confused.

"...Maybe this will help you remember," The girl said with the edges of her mouth curling slightly to show a slight amused expression. She held out 1 finger.

"...I hate water," She held out a second finger.

"...I hate swimming," And held out a third.

"...And I hate teaching..." She stared at the 2 boys.

"EH!? SORA!?" They yell in surprise. Sora nodded slightly showing a bit more of her 'smile'.

"Oh so you're Kobayashi Sora-san," The teacher introduced herself.

"...Sorry for interrupting the class..." Sora apologized staring at the class blankly.

"It's alright, we always welcome new students right?" Ama-sensei smiled. Sora scurried to her seat in front of Makoto. Before she started to listen to the teacher, Sora turned around and whispered.

"I really missed you guys..."

TBC

jc:holy crap tht was long

animepup: lol

jc: ugh, this is rly bad, i havent done any other chapters yet i start a new series :P

animepup: haha

jc: ive got the whole damn plot ready already..this is so sad...

animepup: its ok

jc: i'll be on and off with this fic, so dont blame me if i dont update often, oc profile coming soon, check out out profile and scroll down to the oc section and find Sora's name

Animepuppy1599 and MangaluverJC out~