Chpt 1 :

" Momo, Eiji, Echizen twenty laps around the court!! NOW!!"

This was what the Seigaku regulars heard from their buchou first thing in the morning.

"Nya…..we were just trying to see how many tennis balls I could stuff into Momo's mouth without choking him……this is such a harsh punishment…." murmured red-headed Kikamaru.

" What was that ??" came Tezuka's voice.

"Eh….nothing……just trying to memorize the formula for the area of a sphere! Something to do with pi, I think……"

" Mada mada Dane senpai, it is actually 4 pi times radius square. And if it is any consolation, I am overtaking you……"

"OCHIBI!!"

Fuji Syusuke smiled slightly as he watched the attempted murder committed by Kikamaru . The victim was of course, Echizen Ryoma.

" It is going to be a lovely day." he commented.

" Yup, there is a 98 chance that it is going to be a sunny day today, if my calculations are correct." replied Inui, consulting his data book.

After a long and grueling practice, the Seigaku regulars were finally dismissed……or not.

"Regulars please gather over here, I have an important announcement to make." Tezuka called.

All the regulars groaned

" Argh…I was looking forwards to going home…" grumbled Momo.

Tezuka shot him one of his famous glares. You know, the one that could paralyse even the strongest man on earth, the one that can freeze fire into ice, the one that can wipe out an entire specie of great white sharks, the on that…..yeah, you got the idea.

" Now, this is yet to be decided, but the girl's regular is complaining that we get better training equipments and coaching, that sort of things. The tennis coaches are thinking of sending the strongest player of the girl's tennis team to come and train with us." Tezuka said.

This piece caused an immediate uproar.

"NANI??" screamed Momo. Everyone within 2m radius of him had to cover up their ears to prevent their eardrums to be destroyed.

"Now, this is what I call an important announcement" whispered Kikamaru to Oishi.

"BURNING!! I"LL SHOW HER WHAT REAL TRAINING IS LIKE, BABY!!"

yelled Takashi. A racket had somehow gotten into his hands. A smiling tensai was standing beside him.

"Fssshhh….." of course, that was our dear mamushi, Kaidoh.

Inui was scribbling furiously in his notebook that never leaves his side. Phrases like " new data", "effects on the regulars" and "new recipe for Inui juice just for her.." could be occasionally heard.

"Mada mada dane…"

Tezuka held up his hands… .and silence descended over the regulars.

" I know this is a big event. Even though all of the girls can sign up to try out for that position, the coaches want your recommendations. If you think that someone you know is suitable for this position, do let me know. Now, that is all. You can go now."

Everyone started walking towards the changing and started getting ready to go home.

"This is going to be really interesting…" commented Fuji as he walked home with Tezuka.

"Hn" was Tezuka's reply.

The tensai shook his head at his friend's attitude.

" You never know, you might just find someone special during the tryouts. I mean special special. The kind that your mother was referring to the other night." continued the prodigy with a grin.

Tezuka frowned upon that comment, while Fuji kept on grinning. Both of their minds drifted back to that event a few days ago.

Flashback……a few days ago

"Kunimitsu-chan! Is that you?"

That was the first thing that Fuji heard when he stepped into the household with Tezuka. His lips twitched, forming a ghost of a smile. "Kunimitsu-chan?" he whispered to Tezuka, one of his eyebrows lifting up. Tezuka decided to ignore that.

They went into the lounge and there was Tezuka's mother. "Darling! I'm home! Aren't you glad? Give mummy a big kiss!!" With that, she threw herself at her poor son and gave him a BIG hug, plastering kisses over his face. Fuji was having difficulties holding back his laughter. "How did a woman like her give birth to a son like Tezuka?" he wondered.

Meanwhile, Tezuka was trying everything he could to get out of his mother's bear hug. He cursed silently in his head. "Why is this mad woman here? I thought she would be back next week! Fuji is never going to let me live this up."

After several failed attempts at wrestling his mother off him, Tezuka decided to let the woman get off on her own will. Finally, she did.

"Hello Fuji, I didn't know that you were coming over, did I embarrass Kuni-chan? Oh well, he won't mind will he? You know, he should really get himself a girlfriend. He was born as an ice-block. Have you noticed how he has the same expression on for every emotion? Of course you did. You have been his friend since his first year. Well, I tried to teach him to express his expressions but I failed miserably. I just came back from America from my new movie, you should really see it, it has…."

"Mother……"

" a lot of famous actors and actresses in it. It was great fun working with them. Oh, look at me blabbering, Coming back to the girlfriend issue, you should persuade him to get one. I want him to have a special person in his life. You know , special special someone that he loves, and …….

"MOTHER!"

" Oh, Kuni- chan is angry.. sorry honey, I was too caught up in my conversation with Fuji. Off you two go, have fun with whatever you are doing. I have to go now to meet with my agent. And don't forget to bring a lovely girl home for me to meet soon, Kuni-chan! Love you! Bye Fuji!"

With that, Tezuka's mother bustled out of the house, blowing a kiss at her son as went past. Tezuka messaged his temples, gave a loud sigh, before turning to Fuji Syusuke, who had watched and listened to this scene with an amused expression.

The tensai had a huge smile plastered on his face. He was about to open his mouth to say something but Tezuka beat him to it.

"Don't you dare say anything."

Fuji shut his mouth.

End flashback