Part One: Saeki's Birthday…?

"Ne, Fuji-senpai, why are there so many different birthdays at the end of September and beginning of October?" Ryoma muttered as he glanced at the nearest calendar (which happened to be Inui's)

"Saa, I'm not sure… Any ideas Eiji?" Fuji asked.

"Maybe… This time of year is just popular among the Prince of Tennis characters?" Kikumaru replied with a shrug.

"Let's see… There's Saeki's birthday today, Atobe's birthday on the 4th and Tezuka-bucho's birthday on the 7th… And there are also those birthdays we completely forgot about like… Um… Kurobane and Shishido. Then there the ones we almost forgot like Kirihara." Ryoma muttered. He picked random names from the calendar, just to let you know.

"Why are you reading random names of my calendar?" Inui asked when he realized Ryoma was read off of his calendar. Ryoma walked away before Inui could continue his mock interrogation.

Meanwhile, Fuji had managed to devise a way to celebrate all the random birthdays at once. It's amazing what you can do once you put your mind to it.

"Guys, I have a plan! Gather around…" Fuji announced. Everyone huddled around him and whispered loudly about the Plan to celebrate all 6 of the birthdays that somehow manage to happen within two weeks of themselves.

Tezuka walked into the clubroom to see what was taking so long for the regulars to get onto the courts and glared at the mob in the middle of the room.

"What are you doing? For being late, run 20 laps!" Tezuka shouted.

The regulars did so without any argument. They were all grinning from ear to ear and looking extremely devious, especially Inui and Fuji. The Plan was going to be all sorts of fun to carry out.

After practice, Inui call Rikkaidai, Fuji call Rokkaku, Momo called Fudomine, Ryoma called Yamabuki because Inui forced him to, Kikumaru called Hyotei, and Oishi called St. Rudolph and they discussed the Plan. Of course the first order of business was to shun the birthday people and make them feel forgotten. That was something Hyotei could do easily, but was a little harder for Seigaku. Rokkaku would probably have even more trouble with the first part of the plan because Kentarou was bound to ruin everything.

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Saeki woke up and yawned. Sleepily he got out of bed and got ready for school. It was another day, the same as any other except for the fact that it was his birthday… Wait what?! Saeki yelped and speed up. He wanted to get to the kitchen faster and eat some breakfast. His mom always made a really tasty breakfast on his birthday. That and he wanted to get to school earlier than usual so he could get some extra practice in before the actual practice.

"Good morning mom!" Saeki said cheerfully as he sat down at the table.

"Good morning, Kojirou, and happy birthday!" Him mom replied equally cheerfully.

Saeki ate his breakfast a little faster than usual, but his mom didn't seem to notice. Either that or she understood that he was excited about his birthday. Who wouldn't be?

After breakfast, Saeki got his things together and ran out the door. He lived close enough to the school that he could walk there and back everyday, but today he felt really energetic so he ran to school… Well more like jogged because of the books he was carrying. He did the extra practice he wanted and walked into the locker room to see who was there. All the regulars greeted him and wished him a happy birthday, but that was about it. Of course Kentaroh seemed to want to whack him, but that was a different story.

After practice, the regulars split up for their classes as usual, but the regulars seemed to be avoiding him. When he asked them about it during afternoon practice, they all laughed and told him he was just imagining things. Saeki's birthday ends with the teachers, his classmates, and family being nice to him, but Kentarou just had to slap him, and the regulars acted as if it wasn't his birthday. Saeki wondered if it had something to do with him offending one of the regulars the other day but immediately dismissed that as stupid. Who held grudges on other people's birthdays?

With a sigh, Saeki decided to shrug the strange event off, and he went to sleep.

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Yeah, about that… There are way too many birthdays around the end of September and the beginning of October. What's it up with that? There's Kirihara's birthday on the 25th then there's Shishido and Kurobane's on the 29th followed by Saeki's b-day today on the 1st, Atobe's on the 4th, and Tezuka's on the 7th! That's like 14 days for 6 birthdays… Then there's Oshitari's b-day on the 15th and Yagyuu's birthday and the 19th… Seriously! Ok, done ranting about birthdays… Happy birthday Saeki! And since I missed the others I'll wish a late birthday to Kirihara, Shishido, and Kurobane. T.T Geez…