It was a quiet afternoon and the sun was held up high in the sky. The gentle wind blew past everyone and softly caressed their cheeks. "Ah.. When's Ochibi coming back to Japan?" Eiji accidentally wondered aloud while spinning his racket round and round his wrist.

"Who knows." Answered Kawamura depressingly. He put his head down and remembered all the good times with Ryoma, how he stood up for him against Akutsu, how he won his match against Akutsu partly for him.

"Eiji, go run 10 laps," Tezuka said, clearly annoyed. "Hurry up, we haven't got all day." Obviously captain also recalled the good times with Ryoma he had. Ever since he left things just hadn't been the same.

"Hai Hai" Eiji replied dryly. What made him such a grumpy old-

"20 laps, hurry it up or do you need to drink Inui juice to give you energy." Tezuka growled, his anger rising in an alarming rate.

"I formulated a new concoction this morning thought it hasn't been tested yet-" Inui stated as he kept on writing data down in his book. The wind blew a bit stronger this time and flipped pages in his notes book to the formula.

Eek! "No sir, right away sir." Eiji ran off at the speed of sound, leaving behind a trail of dust knowing with the mood Tezuka was in right now, no one would want to mess with him.

"Eiji that idiot" Oishi murmured to himself.

Everybody knew Echizen was a sensitive spot for Tezuka-buchou. That's right, Tezuka Kunimitsu loved Echizen Ryoma. No one knew when his feelings started budding – may be Fuji but who knows. Everyone found out at the airport when thay found him sulking in the bathroom.

"Tezuka, give the kid a break. He's also sad that Ryoma has gone to America, he deals with it his own way and not taking it out on others." Fuji suggested. "Even though I do like to see people suffer." Fuji said with his gentle trademark smile.

"S-spawn of Satan" everyone thought.

"Y-yeah, but Echizen will come back....right viper?" Momo-senpai asked hesitantly, trying to enlighten the mood also not wanting to burst Tezuka's bubble even more. Instead of bursting Tezukas bubble he burst Kaidohs bubble.

"My name's not viper, you monkey!" Kaidoh hissed angrily.

"Oi! Who're you calling a Monkey!? Atobe's the Monkey King!" shouted Momo-senpai. Monkey King... Not bad Momoshiro, not bad.

Suddenly, out of nowhere "Yo" a strange yet very familliar voice came from the shadows behind them.

"GAH" Yelped Momo-senpai and Kaidoh.

"Ah! Atobe-san, why are you here?" Fuji asked calmly.

"I'm here to see my beloved Mitsu-chan of course." He felt a wave of satisfaction upon seeing his beloved scowl at being addressed that way. "Don't be like that now, I know you like that name especially in bed when i caress your "cheeks" you know what cheeks im talking about," He grinned a cheeky smile when he saw Tezuka blush furiously and continued "You make the most erotic noises and become even more aroused."

Everyone looked away blushing at hearing what they didn't really want to know but there was only one thing Kikumaru actually paided attention to, "Mitsu-chan" snickered Eiji. Unfortunately Tezuka had heard that and that pissed him off even more.

"Instead of why, how about how?!" Momo-senpai yelled in his face, practically spitting in it.

"By bus" Atobe explained cooly. "Oh and say it, don't spray it, Momoshiro-kun." He teased. "Oh, wait or should I say Omoshiro-kun because your so amusing." Atobe kept on teasing Momoshiro and with his sharp tongue he shot out things he didn't really mean.

"Atobe, go home." Tezuka said coldly. Bad day, bad day, very bad day.

"But I came here just to see you, my love." Atobe said in a persuasive to try and stay with his beloved.

"Go home." He demanded with a dark aura surrounding his entire body, his glasses gleemed in the darkness as a warning to stay away, "And don't come back." He continued, all the non-regulars cowered in fear even the "I-played-tennis-for-two-years" boy. Surprisingly the regulars didn't evem move an inch and thought that this is actually quite amusing.

"O-okay, I'll see you at 8pm in the usual place." Atobe said nervously.

"Whatever, just go, you're wasting our practice time." He mentioned in a very dry voice. He turned around, "Everyone get back to practice or do you wanna run more laps?!" Tezuka practically shouted because he was so annoyed with everyone, especially Atobe. I will kill Atobe tonight, and this time it won't end in sex!

"Hai" Replied Atobe sadly. Tezuka will try to kill me but it will end in sex.

"Echizen probably forgot about us." Eiji whispered to Inui just loud enough for Tezuka to hear their conversation. Kikumaru looked over to Oishi and winked at him but he replied by just shaking his head, their eyes meet and Oishi seemed to be saying Don't do it Eiji.

"There is a 79.4% chance he hasn't." Whispered Inui, he caught Oishis eyes as well and gave a slight nod with his glasses reflecting the light onto the court.

"You gu-" Tezuka started.

"Mada Mada Dane"

No way

Could it be

Standing behind them all in the shadows was a dark figure in a cap, holding a Grape Ponta can with a Seigaku jersey.

"Echizen Ryoma!" everyone shouted together while spinning round in sync.

"Yo." He said cooly.

Everyone ran to him and started hugging him. "Kikumaru-senpai....can't breathe..." Ryoma complained.

With tear swelling out the side of his eyes "That's definitely Ochibi!" he complemented happily, wiping away tears on the side of his eyes.

"Welcome back, Ryoma." Fuji walked over to the short figure but someone else got there first.

Momo-senpai jumped up and down around Ryoma and hooked his arm around Ryoma's neck in an unbreakable hold "Oi! Echizen, your back! You little rascal, you came back because you lost in America? Ha ha. "

"As if, I want a rematch Tezuka-buchou." Ryoma declared with a serious look on his face. Everyone became silent with serious looks on their faces, concentrating on Tezukas answer.

"I accept."