Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. If I did, Rikkai would have won at the Regionals and the Nationals.

[7/14/11] Edited.

Sanada walked through the gates of Seishun Gakuen with his usual intimidating aura radiating off superiority, still wearing his school uniform. He had forgotten to change his clothes due to his deep thinking a few hours ago. Most of the male students who didn't recognize him just ignored him, while the students who did recognize him stared on with eyes the size of tennis balls. The girls did what they usually did: squeal, take pictures, and do more squealing. Lines like "He's so handsome!", "He's totally my type!", and "Do you think he's taken already?" could be heard from all around him.

Sanada found the tennis club of Seigaku after a few minutes of autograph-signing and running away from his newly-formed fan club. Kami-sama, he already had to deal with an ever-growing horde of hormone-crazed fan-girls at Rikkai, and he surely didn't need nor want more of them to deal with.

The vice-captain of Rikkai's tennis club just ignored the very audible whispering that surrounded him while he searched for the Seigaku regulars. He stood straight on one place where he can see the whole tennis courts with his arms crossed. His eyes wandered around the tennis courts, straining to find a certain brunette.

'Let's see...freshmen,' Sanada looked at the several first-years picking up the dirtied tennis balls that had fallen on the cold hard ground during club practice. His eyes continued to wander until it rested on a group of blue uniforms. 'Juniors,' The second-years were practicing their swings, some of whom were even using the wrong grip. He rolled his eyes under his cap. He then resumed his search for the regulars, that is until he heard footsteps behind himself. 'And here comes the regulars.' Sanada thought, turning around to see Seigaku's captain walking towards him, the rest of the team following close by.

"Sanada," greeted the bespectacled buchou of Seigaku.

"Tezuka." Sanada looked at the captain with acknowledgement.

"Practice is almost over. I will be announcing it in a few minutes." Tezuka stated, clearly knowing why he is there.

"Aa."

The rest of the Seigaku regulars stared on with big wide eyes in confusion, ('Tennis ball eyes again?' Sanada thought) wondering what the 'Emperor' of Rikkai was doing in their school. To spy on them, perhaps? No, the Nationals are already over. Maybe he was going to challenge Tezuka again for a match. He could also be asking for a practice match for Seigaku and Rikkai. Only two people knew why Sanada is in Seigaku. One of whom made eye contact with the stern fukubuchou. Sanada nodded slightly towards the brunette, which went unnoticed by most of the team due to being deeply immersed in their thoughts.

Tezuka watched the small exchange in silence.

-X-

"Eiji-senpai! Why do you think Sanada here in Seigaku?" whispered Momoshiro.

"How should I know? Ask Inui, not me!" Kikumaru quickly hid behind Oishi. "Oishi, Sanada looks scary... Do you think he's here for a tennis match?"

"Eiji, stop hiding. It's disrespectful to Sanada-san, you know." Oishi scolded the teen lightly.

"Sorry..." Kikumaru apologized sulkily, being scolded by his doubles partner for simply getting scared.

Momoshiro ignored his sulking senpai. And they said that he and Kaidoh acted childish. Pshhh. He then turned towards the data man. "Inui-senpai! Why—"

"I also don't know, Momoshiro. There's only 12% chance that he's here to have a match, since he'd already beaten Tezuka." Inui stated bluntly, most likely having eavesdropped in the short conversation of Kikumaru and Momoshiro a little while ago.

A rather loud cough was heard, and all eyes turned towards Tezuka, whose slightly twitching eyebrow didn't go unnoticed by Sanada, Fuji, Oishi, and Inui.

Sanada smirked inwardly, looking a bit smug under his black cap.

"Ne, Tezuka, aren't you going to announce that practice is over yet?" Fuji tried changing the subject in an attempt of saving his best friend from the short moment of embarrassment. It's not that he didn't like it. Actually, he enjoyed it very much. He just really wanted to go already.

Tezuka grunted, then walked off towards the non-regulars in practice. He announced that practice is over.

Sanada looked towards a certain brunette. Just as he was about to ask a question He was about to open his mouth to say something when he suddenly received a reply.

"Just let me take a shower for a few minutes. I promise that I won't take too long." The brunette threw him a small smile.

Sanada nodded, then took a seat near the club room.

-X-

~Inside the club room~

"Do you know why Sanada is here?" Kikumaru asked the brunette.

He shrugged.

"So, is that a yes or a no?"

He just laughed. He then disappeared in the shower room.

"Forget it, Eiji-senpai. You know that whenever he chooses to keep a secret, he really keeps it a secret." Momoshiro said.

"That might be one of the most intelligent things that you have ever said, Momoshiri." muttered Kaidoh.

"Oi! Did you say something, Mamushi?" Momoshiro grabbed Kaidoh by the collar.

"Don't you grab me like that, Momoshiri!" Kaidoh did the same.

"Cut it out, you two. You don't want Tezuka to assign you laps, do you?" Oishi said.

"Or I could just let you taste my new Super Deluxe Inui Juice Drink version 5.6." Inui added, appearing behind Oishi out of nowhere. Oishi jumped up, surprise evident on his face.

"Don't do that, Inui! One day, you just might give someone a heart attack. What if you give one of us a heart attack? Or all of us! Or maybe even Ryuzaki-sensei! That would be..." Inui stopped listening, knowing that the 'mother hen' will ramble on and on for ten minutes or so.

When the over-worrying vice-captain finished his rant, which was short, but seemed to be hours long, Inui tried to reassure him that nothing terrible is going to happen. "Don't worry, Oishi. All of us are too young and healthy to have a heart attack."

"But what about Ryuzaki-sensei?"

"Ahh..." I wish I didn't leave my recorder in my locker today, Inui thought, thinking about what would happen if he recorded everything that Oishi said and "accidentally" leave the recorder on Ryuzaki-sensei's table.

Just then, the door to the showers opened, revealing a towel-clad brunette.

"So, what's going on in here?" The brunette asked, putting his clothes on at the same time. Inui silently thanked him for the interruption and fled.

Kikumaru tackled him. "Before you entered the showers, was your answer a 'yes' or a 'no'?"

He tugged off the bouncy redhead and shrugged, again.

Momoshiro threw Kikumaru an 'I-told-you-so' look.

"Ehhh, are you even going to tell me at all?" Kikumaru half-asked, half-complained. It was more of a complain.

"Saa~ maybe I will, maybe I won't."

Know who he is now?

Kikumaru mustered up the cutest look he could make. Teary big eyes and a cute puppy pout. Perfect.

He laughed. "Eiji, you know that I don't get affected by that."

Okay... maybe not so perfect.

Kikumaru immediately dropped it. "I know, nya. But it was worth a try."

He smiled, or maybe he smirked, then left the club room.

-X-

~Outside the club room~

"I'm sorry. Did I take too long?" He asked Sanada.

"No," A short quick reply.

"Shall we go then, Sanada-san?"

"Hai, Fuji. Let's go."

Ok. The Seigaku regular is finally revealed. ... I know. This chapter totally sucks. Anyway, please review. Comment, flame, pairing suggestion, anything. As long as you review. :)