Contd. Summary: ...and Akaya relies on Renji when he gets dumped, and Renji takes advantage of that XD, as for Yukimura and Sanada, they were made for each other. All this to come so patience please!

This Fanfic is my first one. Also English is not my first language, I have tried my best but there may still be errors I am not aware of, please feel free to point it out if you spot one. plz review if you have the time!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE SERIES OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.

'Tsunawatari,' Bunta flashed a grin at two defeated faces on the other side of the net, 'Dou? Tensai teki?' the magenta haired boy boasted.

'Game, Rikkai, Marui Kuwahara Pair.' called Oishi.

'Che! Kaido, that was definitely your fault, you should've used Boomerang Snake!' Momo complained to his doubles partner, only to be answered by a glare.

'Oishi, why do we have to come to practice during the summer holiday as well?' Kikumaru voiced the opinion of many that stood around the courts, 'and why are we in Rikkai?

'Com'on, Eiji, we have to do our best to help Momo and Kaido. Seigaku is the defending champion this year.' Turning to the Rikkai members he said, 'thanks for agreeing to this practice match.'

'You are welcome.' smiled Yukimura.

'This match is also helping us as well,' Renji elaborated on the captain's answer, 'Akaya needs to learn about leadership too, and about working as a team.'

Renji looked to Akaya's direction, the boy was standing by the fence, looking at his racket, and behind him, a bunch of hopeful candidates for Rikkai's new team.

Bunta sat down on a bench, looking at the general direction of the courts, surveying the grounds for a match that would interest him: Court A had Arai rallying a third-year to be from Rikkai, B was Oishi against a boy whose name he can't remember, Akaya was playing a game against Inui on Court C, who this time, successfully dodged the balls that looked like it can break a bone, court D had most of the new regular hopefuls for both Rikkai and Seigaku in it, being subjected to Sanada's commands of ' 40 sit-ups, you over there, if you are finished, it's 30 laps around the running tracks!' and' hey! It's not over yet, get back here!' and stuff like that, most of which were directed at Seigaku. It was very unlike Rikkai because all those that knew Sanada would, at any cost, avoid a situation where he has to raise his voice. Poor Seigaku members, thought Bunta, well, they'll have to learn that the hard way.

Yukimura walked over to Sanada, 'Ease up on the shouting, it's a very warm day, if you don't drink enough water.-'

'I wanna see him faint.' A quiet but very unwise comment escaped Niou's mouth. However quiet it was, Sanada definitely heard it.

The glare sent a shiver down Niou's spine, 'You are lucky looks can't kill.' Yukimura smiled at the trickster.

Sanada looked like he was about to protest when Renji told him, in an 'as a matter of fact' tone, 'Genichiro, you'll work them to death. They aren't listening anyway, you know, humans can only concentrate on another's speech for around twenty minutes.'

'All right,' directing at the members in the courts Yukimura said in a slightly raised voice so he could be heard, 'break time.'

A gentle cold tap on Bunta's head attracted his attention. He looked up to see Jackal standing in front of him, holding a chilled can of sugary drink. 'Sorry, cakes are not allowed in the courts.' He looked at Bunta.

'Thanks.'

'Hey, any matches worth watching?' Jackal followed Bunta's line of vision to the dancing Inui on Court C. 'Akaya knows how to have fun.' Jackal commented to himself.

The two of them watched the match for a while, until Yukimura declared break time. Akaya smiled his signature smile (some say it's evil/mad, I find it cute personally, so I'll leave it up to your imagination) at the defeated Inui, and was about to make a nasty remark when Renji tapped him on the shoulder. 'Seichi said break time.' Renji looked at the curly haired boy, who was drenched in sweat, 'you need a break.'

'Hai, hai.' The curly haired boy turned to look at Renji.

'One yes is enough.' came Sanada's voice. The Vice Captain walked over to them, and started to discipline the younger boy about attitudes towards his senpai. Akaya looked at Renji, those green eyes crying 'help'. Sanada being raised in a dojo is exactly the factor that contributes to his formal, boring and unbearable discipline speech which is always followed by a punishment. Renji couldn't resist the look in Akaya's eyes, he wondered to himself, how can he look like that – one minute a devil the next an angel – only he can manage that, or was there another person?

Renji pulled Akaya away, totally ignoring Sanada's protests, and told him, yes told him, not said to him, 'Akaya needs a rest right now, not a speech.'

'He's right,' Yukimura agreed, handing Akaya a towel and a bottle of water, 'you know, unlike words, boredom do kill.'

At that moment, Renji remembered, Yukimura was the other one. The only difference between him and Akaya is that Yukimura always looks like an angel.