Author's sister's Note: Okay, this is another story that my sister came up with. It's her first attempt at angst. Anyway, standard disclaimers do apply... And please review, it makes her really happy.

"Oi, Echizen!"

Echizen turned around to see Momoshiro running towards him. Once he (Momo) caught up, he asked "Do you want to have burgers with me after school today?"

Echizen nodded. "Senpai's treat," he stated. Without waiting for an answer, he walked towards his class-room, completely ignoring Momo's protesting voice.

After entering his class-room, walking towards his desk, and doing other things in order to sit down in his seat, Echizen sighed. Practice had been hard that to Inui, of course. And maybe Tezuka, too. He shivered thinking about what had happened to Kaidoh-senpai once he drank the 'Super-Duper-Extra-Special-New-and-Improved-Inui-Juice-Deluxe'. It was partly his fault that Kaidoh-senpai had to drink it in the first place, because said senpai had lost to him, but it wasn't like he was going to lose and drink it himself just to save Kaidoh, anyway.

"Oi, Echizen!"

Again? Who was it this time? He looked up to see Horio looking down at him.

"I was watching your match against Kaidoh-senpai today," Horio announced at the top of his voice. "If you hadn't hit that smash right after-" Echizen tuned him out. It wasn't really worth listening to him, anyway.

Fuji Syuusuke was worried. In fact, he was very worried. In fact, he was extremely worried. In fact, he was-you get the idea.

Anyway, Fuji Syuusuke was this worried because of a prediction. This prediction clearly stated that something very bad was going to happen. And said prediction was made by Fuji's never-wrong sister.

~Flashback~

"I'm leaving!" Fuji called out as he opened the front door, smile still stuck on his face.

"Syuusuke! Wait!" Yumiko ran down the stairs and towards the door.

Fuji turned and looked at her. His smile faded and eyes opened once he saw the look on her face. "What is it, nee-san?"

"Syuusuke, be careful,"

"Huh? What?" Fuji looked at his sister, eyes full of confusion. What had happened?

"Something very bad is going to happen to one of your friends today. I'm not quite sure when. But be careful, Syuusuke."

Fuji's eyes widened. His sister was very serious."Yes, nee-san."

~End of Flashback~

"Hey, Echizen, are you ready?"

Echizen looked up from his carefully half-tied shoe, his eyes clearly saying, 'Do you think I'm ready? I'm tying my shoe!' He then looked down again to complete his highly important task.

Momo blinked. Twice.

"Hoi, hoi, Ochibi, Momo-chan! Where are you going, nya?" Kikumaru shouted, jumping into view.

"Oh Eiji-senpai! We're going to the Burger Place!" Momo replied.

"I want to come too!" Eiji said, bouncing on his heels slightly and rubbing his hands together.

Momo and Echizen exchanged an evil look with each other. Then, at the exact same moment,

"Senpai's Treat!"

"Nyaaa!" Kikumaru took a small step back, shock evident on his face."You can't mean that! Both of you ate so much last time! My wallet will be empty, nya!" he waved his hands around for emphasis. Momoshiro and Echizen simply continued grinning evilly. Kikumaru accepted defeat and the trio finallymade their way to the Burger Place.

Echizen, being Echizen, barely spoke at all during the walk. That is, until…

"Ochibi! What are you going to do when you grow up?"

Echizen looked at his senpai, trying to figure out the reason for the sudden question about his future. Finally, deciding that it was just one of his random questions, he said, "I'm not sure, senpai. I'll probably be a tennis pro or something. It's the only thing I can do, anyway."

"Are you sure, nya? You could do something else at the same time… What other stuff are you good at?" Kikumaru didn't bother to wait for an answer. Even if he did, it wasn't as if Echizen was going to say anything. "You're good at English, nya! You could be an English Professor like Niyaharu-sensei!"

Echizen merely shook his head, looking bored.

" Nyaaa…" Kikumaru frowned, upset that his brilliant idea wasn't being taken into consideration."Then how about…"

"Hey!" Momoshiro cut him off. "We're here!"

"Yay!" Kikumaru cheered and literally dragged the other two inside.

Fuji was currently accompanying Oishi to his house. He chose Oishi because Tezuka had to attend a student council meeting,Taka-san left early(before practice),Inui's dad picked him up after practice,and Kaidoh ran away the minute they were dismissed. So, naturally, he chose the only other person he could see: Oishi.

"Well this is my house," Oishi said, stopping in front of a two story building. He stepped up the one or two steps leading to his house and was about to open the door when he realized that Fuji was still standing a few feet away from the door. "Aren't you coming in, Fuji?" He looked slightly confused.

Fuji smiled. "Saa, maybe another day…" he trailed off. He was a bit confused, too. Nothing bad had happened. All of a sudden, he remembered something. "Oishi, have you seen Eiji, Momo, or Echizen?"

"Hmm… I think Eiji was yelling something about going to… where was it? Oh, of course, the three of them went to the Burger Place! Eiji was…Fuji?"

Fuji's eyes had snapped open. He turned around and began to run. Really, how could he have forgotten them? Images of the the hyper and bouncy Kikumaru to the arrogant and cocky Echizen to the loud and noisy Momoshiro flashed through his head. 'My sister must have been talking about one of them…' Panic and fear flowed through his veins, almost over-powering him. 'They won't die, will they?' The fear became so intense, he would have run away from himself if he could. Anything to stop this feeling… He remembered sitting next to Eiji during class…celebrating their victories at Kawamura's sushi restaurant…watching Momoshiro and Kaidoh fight…and then he thought of the unfinished match in the rain that might forever be unfinished…

'NO!' Fuji unconciously increased his speed. "I have to think positively…they'll only get a small bump or scratch or bruise…' Fuji began building a small wall of hope as he ran. He thought of his sister's eyes when she made the prediction…It didn't look like it wouldn't be serious… 'No,no,NO! Nothing bad will happen… It's gonna be a minor injury, a minor injury, nothing worse than that…'

He had almost reached the Burger Place… almost there… almost there… he just had to turn the corner… he could here the trio's voices as they came out of the restaurant…their voices were joined by a lot of others a few seconds later…and then he heard a man shout loudly… he was almost there…

A car screeched and, a split second later, a person screamed.

As Fuji turned the corner, he felt his insides being sucked out. His wall of hope crumbled.

It had happened.

To Be Continued

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