Hi^^

Well I decided to finish all chapters I had a part from and update them all at once.

Yes I know this story is officially on hold but I'm bad at not doing things when I said I wouldn't do them. Anyways hope you like it^^

Fuji tried to stay polite and keep smiling while she was helping her master. She put one of the suitcases in the carriage and turned to see what was left.

A smirk was put on her master's face. "Sayoko."

Fuji froze.

"You're being unusually obedient."

Fuji didn't react. 'He has to go soon. He will be gone for a while.' She kept telling herself.

"That's good. I'm going to lend you to a friend for a while."

Fuji was shocked. All sorts of thoughts spooked through her head. She had to make sure she could fit that in with the contest.

"You're to be there around 8 tonight."

Fuji didn't react in any way. Great just great.

Her master glared at her angry. "Answer!"

"Yes sir." Fuji hurriedly said.

"Better." He smirked. "It's the house on the other side of the hill."

Fuji nodded as her master told her everything she needed to know.

"Kunimitsu, do you know when you'll be home."

"I heard I'll be finished around 7.30."
"Alright. Make sure you look through the papers I gave you."

"I will."

"Good."

"I'll be leaving now."

"Take the carriage."

"Thank you." Tezuka said being polite as ever.

"Good luck." Tezuka's father said.

Tezuka nodded in thanks. "Thank you." He then answered before leaving.

Sanada was still practicing when his father came in.

"You're ready?"

"Yes." Sanada said immediately pausing his practice to talk to his father.

"You should take the carriage."

"Thank you."

"You should rethink about your wish."

"I will." Sanada answered though he was sure he wouldn't change his mind.

His father sighed. "Well if you're so obsessed by that girl you can't win either way." His father now looked at him angry. "Get over it. I didn't raise you to be weak."

Fuji was running as fast as her feet could carry her. She took a few seconds to get some air before resuming her run. It's still so far.

"Fuji?"

Fuji gasped for air looking at the direction of the voice. "Tezuka-san?"

"Even if you run you won't make it."

Fuji was still too out of breath to say anything.

"Get in."

Fuji smiled in gratitude but she didn't say anything until they were a few blocks further. "Thank you, Tezuka-san."

"We would've been disqualified if you hadn't shown up."

Fuji chuckled nervously. "Well I guess that's true." Fuji looked out of the window. She had never been in a carriage. She usually walked. She didn't travel long distances.

Tezuka didn't react but studied Fuji. He couldn't help but wonder if Fuji was really male. The delicate face and slender build left a lot to question. The closed eyes weren't an indication either. He sensed something strange. He had the weird feeling this was some sort of luxury for Fuji.

Fuji feeling eyes on her. "Tezuka-san," She said in a sing song voice.

Tezuka was pulled out of his thoughts by the sing song voice. "Hn?"

"What were you looking at?" She smiled a little wider. "You shouldn't stare at guys. Your parents won't be happy. They undoubtedly want you to find a girlfriend that can get them an heir."

Tezuka would've blushed if he wasn't Tezuka. "My parents wish me to get a son yes. But they don't mind if it's mine or if adopt it. So I could marry a male."

Fuji was slightly surprised but didn't show it. "Wouldn't you want your own kid?"

Tezuka slightly raised an eyebrow.

Fuji was shocked she knew that reactions he did something wrong and before she had time to control it her survival instincts kicked in. "I apologize sir, that's wasn't my place to ask."

Tezuka would've blinked surprised if he wasn't Tezuka. But he couldn't help but find this all rather curious.

"Tezuka, Fuji." Sanada said with a polite nod.

"Ore-sama just told Sanada he's looking distracted."

Fuji studied her companion. "More annoyed than distracted." She was a girl and girls seemed to have a weird talent of sensing those things.

Tezuka and Sanada were really close and they understood each other best, so both were surprised when Fuji so easily seemed to understand Sanada.

Ryoma looked at them. "I don't see much difference."

Fuji's smile stayed unchanged. "I could be wrong."

Sanada looked at Fuji. "What makes you say that?"

Fuji tilted his head to the side. "Saa, I guess there's just a glint in your eyes."

Sanada looked surprised. He had never heard such a thing from anyone other than Yukimura.

Yukimura told him it was a girls' thing. She had told him many girls could do that.

Sanada looked at Tezuka who almost invisibly shrugged.

Atobe looked at Sanada. "What annoyed you?"

"My father."

Fuji tilted her head to the side. "What did he do?"

Sanada glared at her. "None of your business."

Fuji knew to slow down here survival instincts long enough to come up with a proper boyish answer now. "Sorry bout that."

Sanada sighed.

Tezuka was now thoroughly confused. He couldn't help but wonder why she did so different to him.

"The next challenge." The announcer called.

Everyone changed their attention to the announcer.

"Two groups will fight against each other. It's one against one each time. The group that wins three of the five fights wins." The announcer took a short breath before continuing. "Yesterday you've been split in two groups. We have the top five of the groups I had yesterday and we have the top five from the groups my colleague had yesterday. You all got a number. 5 goes with 5, 4 goes with 4, and so on."

Fuji searched for the other group five and felt her heart sink at the moment she saw them. Most of them were tall and muscled.

Atobe looked at her annoyed. "Well at least two of us can lose." The message was loud and clear, he wanted to say: Ryoma and Fuji are doomed either way.

Fuji felt angry, she couldn't stand this idiot. "Yes only three of us have to win you can go last if you're not feeling confident." Fuji said with a beautiful smile.

Ryoma smirked. "Mada mada dane."

Atobe was boiling. He was used to Ryoma standing up to him by now but he wasn't used to Fuji yet.

"Ishida Gin, Ishida Tetsu, Akutsu Jin, Kawamura Takashi, and Kabaji Munehiro." Sanada said to Fuji.

Fuji nodded.

Ryoma seemed annoyed. "Tch."

"I think it would be wisest if Ryoma and I go first."

"What why?"

"Because we will beat them mercilessly and their confidence will be gone and that would make it easier for the monkey king."

"For someone who says he can easily beat us you look rather breakable. I guess I'll just hafta snap every bone in yer body."

Fuji looked at the boy who Sanada had pointed out as Akutsu.

"Akutsu that's not very nice." The boy named Kawamura said shyly.

"He does look breakable." Ishida gin said looking at Fuji.

"Usu." Kabaji agreed.

"Saa."Fuji said with a smile.

"I don't agree with the order you suggested." Atobe said annoyed.

Fuji now really did roll her eyes behind her closed eyelids. "Then you can pick."

Akutsu grinned. "Can't even stand up for yer own opinion."

Fuji now smiled evilly. "Can I go against him?"

"You wanna be squashed like a fly?" Akutsu asked.

"Saa."

"I'll go as the third person." Akutsu said.

"But Gin would…" Kawamura started.

"I don't care." Akutsu said before walking away.

"But..." Kawamura said weakly.

"Let him be." Gin said annoyed.

"Usu." Kabaji added.

They left to leave the group to their 'team meeting'.

"So who's up first?" Fuji smiled happily.

"Sanada." Tezuka said.

"Next Tezuka." Sanada added.

"Fuji, Ryoma, Atobe." Tezuka finished.

"Okay." Fuji smiled happily.

RYoma smirked. "See monkey king no need for you to get involved."

Tezuka and Sanada looked at Ryoma and at Atobe.

Atobe was silently fuming.

"Let's get going." Fuji said suddenly remembering something important. "We can finish this quick right?"

Ryoma smirked. "Won't even take an hour."

"Cocky." Atobe said with a small smirk.

"First up Sanada Genichirou against Ishida Gin."

Fuji looked slightly worried.

"He'll be fine." Tezuka assured.

Fuji nodded and focused her attention on her teammate.

"Start."

Both stayed unmoving for a short amount of time and then as if the start signal was given all over again the moved. They moved towards each other.

Sanada easily launched two punches and a kick. The second punch and the kick hit their target.

But Gin had launched a few punches as well and had hit Sanada in his shoulder.

Even from the distance where Fuji was standings he could hear the cracking.

"That's broken." Ryoma whispered.

"Sanada." Tezuka said sternly.

Sanada however didn't give up that fast. He launched another kick and actually managed to throw Gin to the other side of the stadium.

Fuji had never been a huge fan of fighting but now she felt her heart lurch with every move her teammate made.

Sanada had used the time Gin took to stand up to launch another few punches. One of them ended in another cracked sound.

Gin acted as if nothing happened and attacked again.

Sanada was clearly the better fighter but the hit in the beginning gave him a clear disadvantage. He however moved around quite a bit faster than Gin. Even though his hits might not have the same effect as Gin's he was winning. He just had to hit many times.

This reminded Fuji of an old saying she once read. It was how Fuji fought. How Fuji lived. "Gutta lapidem cavat, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

Tezuka looked at Fuji. "The drop hollows out the stone by frequent dropping, not by force"

Fuji nodded.

Ryoma smirked. "Sure you never went to our school?"

"Aniki!"

Fuji turned back to the two fighters.

Gin was doubled over and breathing heart.

Sanada seemed composed even though covered in sweat. He stood on a reasonable distance from his target.

"I believe this will be the end." Ryoma said.

"Ore-sama wouldn't have believed it otherwise."

Tezuka just looked stoic as ever. "Not yet."

Fuji nodded. "This battle isn't decided yet."

"It looks pretty obvious." Atobe said with a raised eyebrow.

"He shouldn't let his guard down." Tezuka said.

As Tezuka spoke those words Gin moved forward ready to beat Sanada to a pulp.

Sanada moved aside and tackled Gin to the ground.

"You know Sanada usually dislikes hand to hand combat." Ryoma said.

"He practices kendo." Atobe said. "The only one of us who prefers hand to hand combat is Tezuka."

"Ah." Fuji said refocusing on the match before her. "Now it's over."

Ryoma nodded. "Mada mada dane."

Tezuka gave a curt nod.

Atobe flipped his hair back and smirked. "Ore-sama wouldn't expect anything less from people of his team."

"Your team?" Fuji asked with her usual sweet smile.

Ryoma and Tezuka each raised one of their eyebrows.

Atobe looked angry.

"If we are someone's team it definitely isn't yours." Ryoma said. "I only follow Tezuka."

"I listen to no one." Fuji said smiling sweetly. "It's useless to try and tell me what to do."

Ryoma smirked at the comment while Tezuka just raised an eyebrow disapprovingly.

"No use showing me you disapprove of my way of thinking. I don't care."

"That won't make working with you easier." Sanada said looking at the petite form before him.

"When did you come back?" Ryoma asked.

"Just now." Sanada replied. "If you listen to no one it will be impossible to work together."

"I don't do what is order." Fuji said. "I'm quite capable of fulfilling requests and I can agree with others."

Ryoma's smirk grew even wider now.

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