69 Fall Tournament, Start.

Author's Note: Since you guys hated the last cliffhanger I wrote another chapter today. I read the comments and I found it funny how everyone was saying Rei should go to Yakushi. Before you guys even commented I had planned to send him to Yakushi and I thought I would shock you guys. But I guess that's not happening anymore 😂. Anyways, Continue reading...

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In the Director's Office.

"Come In", said the principal.

Rei entered the office with his packed bag.

"How can I help you, Rei-Kun", said the principal. She was a little surprised to see Rei bring along his suitcase.

"I want to transfer schools", said Rei surprising the principal.

"Are you sure? Please take a seat and think this through", said the principal calmly gesturing for Rei to sit down. But her mind was in turmoil, 'EHHHHHH!! Why does my number 1 student want to switch schools? The board members will kill me if they know this. Rei alone is raising the school's popularity because of Baseball. That's how popular he is', she thought.

"You can't change my mind, please prepare to let me withdraw my scholarship", said Rei stubbornly.

"Are you sure?", asked the principal.

Rei nodded and said, "Are you guys going to keep the scholarship, or I will be allowed to keep it?".

"You will be allowed to keep it since it was a scholarship gifted to you", said the principal.

Rei nodded seemingly happy.

"Please start my transferring process", said Rei.

"To which school?", asked the principal.

"Yakushi High", said Rei smirking.

"But isn't that school poor? Why would you go to such a school? You deserve much better", said the principal convincing him.

"Yakushi High!", repeated Rei and the principal nodded quietly.

"How long would it take for the transfer to process?", asked Rei.

"2 weeks since it is Yakushi High. That poor school…", said the principal.

"That's too long. Can't you shorten it a bit", said Rei.

The principal remained silent for a while and replied, "I'll call in a favor, but it will still take a week max".

"THANK YOU!!", replied Rei as he walked out of the office.

"He seems enthusiastic to transfer out of this school. Something must have happened, let me call the Baseball club's director and ask what happened", muttered the principal.

In Rei's Dorm, At night.

"Where did he go? I haven't seen him during evening and morning practice. Was Furuya being ace that big of a shock to him? Well, I would be shocked too if I was in his place", said Kanemaru eyeing Rei's bed.

Looking at Rei's bed, Kanemaru felt odd because it seemed way emptier than usual.

Curiously, Kanemaru walked up to Rei's bed and looked underneath his pillow to find the necklace his mother gave him, and it wasn't there.

Kanemaru got the gist of what was happening. He opened Rei's closet to find it empty.

In Miyuki's room.

"Where do you think, Rei went?", said Miyuki.

"Maybe he stayed in his dorm the whole day".

"I'll go ask Kanemaru", said Miyuki.

As he was about to open the door to leave, it opened revealing Kanemaru.

"Oh, what are you doing here?", asked Miyuki.

"Rei…Not here", said Kanemaru panting as he ran to Miyuki's dorm.

"What do you mean?", asked Miyuki.

"He's not in my dorm!", said Kanemaru.

30 Minutes later, in Kataoka's office.

Kataoka was about to leave for the day, but he heard aggressive knocks on the door.

"Come in", said Kataoka.

Sawamura, Miyuki, and Kanemaru walked into Kataoka's office.

"What brings you guys here late at night?", said Kataoka yawning.

"We want to ask what happened to Rei. We haven't heard from him the whole day and I can't find his belongings in the dorm anymore", said Kanemaru.

As soon as Kanemaru said this, Kataoka's landline started ringing.

Kataoka immediately picked it up as he recognized the number. He signaled the kids to sit down and remain quiet.

"WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TEAM, TODAY? The principal just informed me that Rei is transferring to another school. I need an explanation, Kataoka", said the director pissed over the landline.

Even though Kataoka was shocked hearing the news, he still explained the Ace number situation to the director.

"Ok, I got the gist of the situation. Do you really think making Furuya the ace is the best decision for the team Kataoka?", asked the director.

"Yes, I believe so", said Kataoka.

"Then I see no problem with Rei transferring. He's still a kid what is he going to be able to do even if he transfers? People are glad to be able to join Seido, if he wants to leave no one needs to stop him", said the director as he hung up.

"Now, as you heard Rei is being transferred from this school", said Kataoka.

Sawamura, Miyuki, and Kanemaru looked at each other shocked.

The Next Day, In Seido.

Everyone found out about Rei transferring.

"How can that ikemen transfer".

"This is injustice".

"He was so perfect. He was good at sports and studying".

"no one could compete against him".

"Did you guys hear the reason Rei's transferring?"

"I heard that he fought with one of his teammates".

"I knew this was going to happen soon. Rei was too perfect I bet they were jealous of him".

"Now I wonder where my Ikemen is".

"I'm starting to hate those baseball boys because they derived Rei out of the team".

Discussed the girls in Furuya's classroom.

Furuya who overheard the conversation almost broke the pencil he was writing with. He had gotten anxious as the day went by. His mental health wasn't good and tomorrow they had to leave for the tournament.

Meanwhile, Rei in his house.

"Omma, look at this check", said Rei as he flaunted his scholarship check.

"I can't believe they let you keep this much", gasped Chiaki looking at the amount.

The Check was for 1.4 million yen.

Currently, the Fujikawa family was celebrating their overnight richness.

"I'll keep the 400,000 yen for Yakushi High", said Rei.

"Isn't that too less for a school tuition?", said Chiaki concerned.

"Nope. That school is totally different from Seido", said Rei as he went outside the house to do his daily workout.

The Next Day, The Fall Tournament Started.