Sebar says: Hi again to all of you! It took me a long time to post another story, 'cause I can't decide what to write about. I have so many ideas in my head that I just can't pull together. Well, anyway, here's one idea that I managed to put together. I only own characters not included in the PoT Manga and Anime. And by the way… this story happened at the time when Tezuka was in treatment, but I have my own version, Tezuka didn't go to Germany, he stayed in Japan. Hope you don't get confused… Hope you like it! Well, here it is:

Legend: Thinks/POV

Title: Cheer up!

Chapter 1: The dull girl

Chapter 1 out of ? (undecided)

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"Waaah! Ryoma-sama!" Tomoka keeps on yelling while afternoon practice is ongoing. "C'mon, Sakuno, Sakuno! Cheer for them!"

"Ahm… Tomo-chan." Sakuno hesitated at first but after a few seconds… "Seigaku! Fight-o!" She shouted at the top of her lungs which made many people look at her, wondering what she had just done. And at the same time, she was also wondering why she did that. She put her hands in front of her mouth, to cover it. Her eyes widened with embarrassment. Hazukashii, She thought.

"There goes those two again." A second year whispered to another.

"Hey!" Ryuzaki-sensei caught the attention of the two. "Stop murmuring words to each other and warm-up. You two will be the next on the court."

"Ha—hai!" They stood up straight.

"That was good, Sakuno-chan! Don't you stop!" Tomo-chan said while tapping her friend's shoulder, then she turned her attention to the courts. "Seigaku! Fight-o!"

"Wow! For two small girls, you sure make a lot of noise." They heard a very feminine voice said behind them. At first, Tomoka thought that whoever that was was annoyed of them, but by the tone of the voice, it's as if it was a complement.

The two of them turned around and saw a cerulean-eyed girl with a blond hair with orange streaks, and a head taller than the two of them. Her hair that reaches her shoulders is curly and almost fluffy at the ends. Her cheeks were pink, like she was blushing. Sakuno can say that she was cute.

"Ahh, who are you?" Tomoka asked.

"Oh, sorry for the sudden…umm whatever." She said, with two fingers on her chin. "But, I was just curious if you two girls want to join the cheering squad for the Seigaku Tennis Club. Do you—"

Tomoka's ear twitched at the sound of those words. She didn't let the girl to finish explaining. "Of course, we will! Right, Sakuno?"

"Ah," Sakuno thought. "Mm" She nodded enthusiastically.

"Alright," She clapped. "then all—" The unknown girl started to talk again.

"And, who are you again?" Tomo asked, again.

"Oh, of course!" She stood up straight, her hands at her back. "3rd year class 5, Teika Matsumoto" She bowed down. "I'm also the captain of the cheerleaders here in Seishun Gakuen. We're gonna start a cheering squad for the boy's tennis club." She continued with a sweet smile, something you would expect from a cheerleader. "We've just finished submitting a request letter to the school officials. And I think that they said yes!"

"Ahh," Tomoka paused for a second then whispered something to Sakuno. "What does she mean with 'I think'?"

"Dunno."

"So," Teika continued. "Is that alright wit' you?"

"That would be fine." Sakuno answered.

"Ok, now it's all settled. Me and the other cheerleaders have our office just near the girls' tennis club's courts. You'll be able to easily know it when you're there. Ok… so see yah!"

"Ok, bye." Sakuno waved. "She's really nice and all." She said to Tomo-chan.

"Yah. Letting us join in the cheering squad for the tennis club is so cool." Tomoka replied.

The two turned to Teika who was walking away from them. Then, they noticed somebody. Somebody they never saw before.

A girl was standing on one corner of the courts, near Teika, staring blankly, gloomily. Her eyes were like they were tired and she looks sleepy. Her shoulders were down and she seems weak.

"Ei, Yumi-chan!" They heard Teika called. "Let's go!" She signaled to the dull girl.

"Ahh." The girl seemed to notice Teika. It looks like they know each other. The girl's voice was what you would expect from her looks. All sad and murky…

She walked up to Teika. Her straight long dark red hair that goes above her elbows followed. At least she has nice hair, Tomo-chan thought. Her shadowy eyes were the same color as chocolate. One thing that Sakuno noticed about the girl Teika called 'Yumi-chan' was that she was wearing a purple bracelet. A particular purple bracelet that Sakuno had her eyes on for quite a long time. It was kinda expensive so she started saving money to buy that. But now, someone already has it.

"Aww…" Sakuno sighed.

"Why, what's the matter?" Tomoka asked.

Sakuno explained.

"Oh. I see. She also has pompoms in her plastic bag. Do you think she's in the cheering squad too?"

Sakuno thought for a while. "I think not."

"I think so too."

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"Nya! I'm sooo tired! Oishi, give me a break!" Eiji complained.

"You're… right. That's it for today." He agreed between pants.

They walked to the clubhouse to change. Oishi opened the door and saw something shining.

"Nya, Inui!" Eiji was surprised.

"Ahh, I think you are about to change," Inui said, still blocking the doorway. "But before that, don't you want to take a sip of my New," He took out a glass filled with a red liquid with a foam-like pink thing floating on the liquid from his back. "Akazu. It's made for more energy." He said with a big grin. Glasses flashing.

Eiji gulped, and so did Oishi. "Amm, Heh." Kikumaru didn't know what to say. He pulled Inui's arm which made Inui follow. Eiji got behind Inui and pushed him away from the door. He then dragged Oishi and got inside. "No thanks." He smiled, closing the door.

Inui, still holding the glass was just standing outside. "Oh well, if they don't want it, I'll have it. They don't know what they're missing. Don't they know that this New Akazu also has a new taste? I put strawberries in it." He lifted the glass filled with Akazu and drank it. He felt alright, at first. But after a second or two, he felt his airway narrowed, then got loose. Then, all of a sudden, he felt weak. "I assume… that the strawberries weren't enough." Then he fainted.

The good thing is, Taka-san and Fuji were there, near Inui to catch him while he was falling. They carried him to the nurse.

Meanwhile in the clubhouse…

"Bleh." Eiji stuck his tongue out from disgust. "Just looking at that thing makes me sick."

"Yeah. Good thing you got us out of it."

"Inui's so cruel." Kikumaru placed his hands on his waist, pouting.

"Hehe. Not that much." Oishi said, getting ready to change.

As they change, they talked about lots of things.

"Ei, Oishi, Did you hear?"

"About what?"

"About the cheering squad they'll have for the boy's tennis club!"

"What! Is that true?"

"So, you haven't heard about it?"

"No."

"Oh now you know. It's so cool. Right?"

"Aha. All we have as cheerers are those first years and second years. But I hope they won't get too annoying, if we're in a game, or even in practice."

"You're right. But I want a lot of noise! Yaaaay! Boom! Boom! Hehe." Kikumaru expressed his excitement, holding his v-sign up.

"Hehe." Oishi laughed half-heartedly. "Are you finished?" He asked, changing the topic so sudden.

"Hai!"

"Let's go home." Oishi opened the door.

"Hai, hai!"

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The morning after that…

Someone's POV… (You'll know whose POV this is as you read along.)…

I felt something shaking. I just don't know what that is. My eyes are still closed. It's still early to wake up. I feel that I can't stand up just yet. Aww… 2 more minutes. Sheesh. Oooh!… Now, I know what's happening. I opened my eyes. It's quite hard to open my eyes, actually. And I saw my older sister trying to wake me up. "Wha—what?"

"You said that I should wake you up early. You said you have the ch—"

Oh yeah. I almost forgot about that. By the way what time is it now? I looked at the clock and saw that it was 7 in the morning. I have to be there at 8. Aww… It's still early. I can still rest for 10 mins. I yawned and slowly lay down.

"Oh no you don't" My sister said. "You've gone a long way and you can't let it go away just because you're sleepy." She said almost like my mom.

My mom… I can still remember her last words. It's such a pain to remember that. Aww. I tried to get that out of my head. And I looked at my older sister. She's 8 years older than me. She takes care of me, really well. I was about to return to sleep when I realized that my sister, Yoshiko, is really striving hard for me. I can already smell my breakfast. It smells like pancakes. And I can also smell chocolate. I saw a smile on my sister's face and decided to stand up and eat. "Okay, alright!" I said, pretending to be annoyed.

After all the things I did at home. I went to school in my white shirt with blue vertical stripes, my blue skirt, my white socks, white rubber shoes and a white wristband on my right wrist. I look thin in my outfit, but still okay to look at. Now, where did Teika said the meeting would be? Hmmm. I walked a bit to my left, trying to remember. Now was it in her classroom or near the girl's tennis club. I guess it's in her classroom. I'll go check.

I walked up the stairs to Teika's room. I yawned. I'm still sleepy. I'm not in the mood for this. I should've just stayed at home and write my poems.

It's a good thing that today is Saturday, almost nobody is here. It will be quiet in our meeting. Just a bit more to her room. I turned left, following the staircase when I saw something move. Then all of a sudden, I was down on my butt. I bumped somebody! Who could it be? "Are you alright?" I said, slowly standing up.

"Heheh. I'm okay." He said, also trying to stand up.

"I'm so sorry" I said to him. He was holding a tennis racket when I bumped him. Where is it now? I looked around. There it is! I picked it up at a snail's pace and gave it to him.

"Don't mind, don't mind." He said, smiling. "Hey!" He was looking at my shirt. Did he notice that I look thin in this outfit? "You're a cheerleader, right?"

I was surprised. It was a good thing that's what he said. "Yes, I am" I said, fixing my long hair

"Could you be one of those for the boy's tennis club?"

His eyes, glowing with enthusiasm were dark blue. And he has a weird hairstyle. He has short red hair that curls at the end. He's wearing a light blue shirt and jeans. "Yes I am." I said gloomily. I again, lowered my shoulders.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have your practice near the girls' tennis courts? You should be there by now. Let's go! I was also on my way there." He was about to grab my ankle and drag me, when I put my hand on my back. He looked at me with curiosity.

Amm… we don't even know each other and you want to grab my ankle! I hate these kinds of people. "I'll go there myself." I said starting to go down the stairs, slowly. I was wrong. The meeting was supposed to be there all along. How could I have been so stupid? I looked back and I didn't see that red-haired guy. I looked in front of me and…

"By the way, I'm Kikumaru Eiji." He introduced himself. He got there before me. How could that be possible, without me noticing it?

This is getting pretty annoying. I have no time for this. I think I'm already late. I suddenly had an idea. I jumped up, and did a twist while I was still on air and landed with both feet at the bottom of the staircase. Now, I can go. Finally! I put my gloomy face on again… I just can't help myself being sad-looking. Maybe it's now part of who I am. I looked back, again. And again, I didn't see him there. I just saw a shadow and I looked up. I saw something incredible. He did the same jump as I did, well, maybe even a little better than mine. Whoa.

"Nya! That was cool! What's your name again.?"

"I haven't told you my name." I said, in a low voice.

"Then tell me."

"It's…" I hesitated at first. But I thought that if I would finish this then I will be able to get rid of this jerk. "It's Heike Yumiko."

"Okay, Yumiko. Let's go to the courts, you'll be late." He grabbed my arm again. But this time, he succeeded. I guess this isn't the end.

I can't do anything but follow him as we walked. This is now really annoying. Then I heard someone call my name. A very familiar voice.

"Yumi-chan!" I heard.

End of POV…

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And end of chapter. I made the POV for you guys to know better about Yumiko, but in the next chaps, I won't fill the whole chap with her POV's. Just don't forget to give me reviews. Please! I need your reviews so that I will know where I can improve on. Okay! Arigato! Have a nice day! Ja!