It was two days till the tournament and Inui was making them run laps around. Everyone paled when he brought out his 'special' Inui juice

"I never I want to drink that!" Sakura shouted as she dashed past the boys "I'm so glad I had candy earlier!" She gave everyone a peace sign while sticking her tongue and winking when she was in front of them all

"Sakura!" They all shouted and started to run faster. Mizuiro managed to catch up to her and crossed the finish line first with her. The boys groaned as they crossed after them while most glared at the two girls.

"So… everyone but Sakura-san and Mizuiro-san" Inui handed all the boys a cup "will have to drink this."

"I'm scared…" Kikumaru said shaking as he stared at his cup as Fuji chuckled about to drink it

"It's not that bad" Fuji said

"Wait, Syu-kun don't drink it yet." Mizuiro said digging in her bag before taking out a small test tube with some kind of green syrup in it "Can you try this for me?"

"Nya? What's that Mizu-chan?" Kikumaru asked curiously

"I don't know what to call it, but it's supposed to make Inui juice taste good" Mizuiro said pouring a small amount in Fuji's cup before he drank it.

"It taste sweet… like apples?" Fuji said "You can't even taste the vegetables now"

Mizuiro nodded with a smile "Yep, apple flavor"

"Mizu-chan can I have some?" Kikumaru cried when she was about to put it away

"Of course" she laughed before pouring some in his cup. She was glad no one saw, she didn't have enough for everyone since it was only a test.

Mizuiro yawned as she walked into her house "Tadaima" she mumbled as she walked up to her room to put her bag down

"Mizuiro, you have a letter" her mother said from the kitchen when she walked back downstairs "It's on the table"

"Okay" Mizuiro said picking up the envelope on the table. "Eh, Okaa-chan! Sei-chan's in the hospital!" she exclaimed shocked as she continued to read the letter. After dinner Mizuiro finished her homework and then called Sakura

"Moshi moshi?" she heard on the other end

"Kura-chan, it's me"

"Oh hi Nee-chan!"

"Guess who I got a letter from"

"Umm… The emperor of Japan?"

"What? No! I got a letter from Sei-chan!"

"…Sei-chan? Oh right! Your cousin. Doesn't he go to Rikkadai?"

"Yeah, I got a letter from him today. He's in the hospital. There's no practice tomorrow right?"

"Umm… Let me check" Mizuiro could hear a shuffling of papers on the phone and realized that Sakura must've misplaced her calendar again since she never had a proper place to put it "Nope, no practice tomorrow since the tournament's the day after"

"I think I'm going to see him tomorrow then."

"Okay, ah I need to go, mom's calling me down for dinner"

"Okay, baibai"

"Hoi hoi!"


"Sakura! Give it back!" Mizuiro was yelling at Sakura for stealing her lunch. Sakura laughed, she loved to give Mizuiro a hard time once in a while claiming that Mizuiro doesn't always have as much fun as she should "Sakura!"

"Nya! Can't catch me!" Sakura laughed while jumping over a desk. Mizuiro ran around the desk but slipped on a banana peel that a student had left. It caused her to slip and fall forward in Fuji's direction. She gasped as she knocked him over and they both ended up on the floor

"Hoi?" Kikumaru said turning in the direction he heard a thud as Sakura stopped giggling and stared in shock at her two friends on the floor.

They had accidently kissed.

"I'm so sorry Syu-kun, I was being a klutz and this happens…" Mizuiro said after she got off him, blushing

"It's okay, it was an accident" Fuji replied with a smile

Sakura continued to just stare and blink, not believing what had happened.

"Oh… my… God…" she said after a moment

"Stop staring!" Mizuiro exclaimed still blushing as Fuji chuckled and patted her head when she refused to look up.


The news of the accidental kiss spread around the school fast, almost all of Fuji's fan girls were glaring at Mizuiro thinking that she had done it on purpose. Sakura would scare them all away with her own glare once she got tired of all the glares while they walked to the courts with Kikumaru and Fuji in an awkward silence.

Sakura decided to break the silence, so she cleared her throat making them all look at her

"So Mi-chan, was that your first kiss?" Sakura asked as she made a pretend mic with her fist. Holding out her 'mic' to Mizuiro she hoped for an answer, Mizuiro took a deep breath while Sakura prepared for an answer. Would it be yes or no?

"No comment" was all Mizuiro said as Sakura stumbled surprise

"Nevermind then…" Sakura mumbled as they entered the courts. Receiving lots of stares Sakura's right eye twitch "Stop staring before you all find yourselves face first on the ground!" she then yelled annoyed making everyone hurry back to what they were doing as Mizuiro blushed in embarrassment. Soon Ryuzaki walked in with Tezuka.

"Tomorrow is the tournament so there is no practice today, I expect all of you to take it easy. Don't' get sick and don't get hurt either. Most of all, you don't want to create a disturbance like today"

"Eh? Ryuzaki-sensei you heard about it too?" Mizuiro asked even more embarrassed

"Well since it involved the tennis club, I know about it." Ryuzaki chuckled as she saw Mizuiro blush even more "Well, that's all. Dismissed."

"Mou… Why did this have to happen?" Mizuiro cried as they walked of the courts as Fuji tried to comfort but it only made a more awkward feeling for her

"Well, I need to go home and do some chores. See you guys tomorrow" Sakura said before skipping off

Everyone went their separate ways and Fuji decided to go along with Mizuiro. Mizuiro was still slightly blushing as Fuji walked next to her.

"I'm really sorry about what happened earlier" Mizuiro said as Fuji chuckled

"It's really alright" he said as she looked at him "really. Let's just put it all behind us now" Mizuiro sighed and agreed. "So where exactly are we going?" he asked as they neared a flower shop near the hospital

"To visit my cousin" Mizuiro said "I'm sure you've heard of him. Yukimura, Seiichi"

"The captain of Rikkaidai is your cousin?" Fuji asked surprised

"Yup, my mom and his mom are sisters so I used to see him when aunty Chieko came over when we were little. When I first saw him I thought he was a girl" she laughed a little at the last part.

"So what kind of flowers are you looking for?" Fuji asked as he watched Mizuiro look at all the flowers

"Ah, here they are" Mizuiro smiled as she walked over to the white roses "Sei-chan always liked white roses, I like them too. I think they represent purity and innocent love" Mizuiro wanted to buy ten but Fuji stopped her because ten might not fit a vase so she settled with five. After paying Mizuiro walked a little faster to the hospital since she never had the chance to see her cousin since they were both busy with tennis.

Mizuiro was able to find the room very quickly and knocked on the door.

"Come in" she heard his voice say before she opened the door "Mizu-chan" he then said surprised to see his cousin

"I got your letter" She smiled "and I brought flowers"

"Thank you" he smiled "So who is your friend?"

"Oh how could I forget" she laughed "This is Fuji, Syusuke. Syu-kun this is my cousin Yukimura, Seiichi"

"Nice to meet you" Yukimura said with a polite smile

"Nice to meet you as well" Fuji replied with a polite smile as well

"I'm going to put these flowers in water, you guys can talk" Mizuiro said and she took a vase and walked out

"You like her don't you?" Yukimura said as soon as his cousin left the room

"Ah, you can tell? I hope it's not too obvious" Fuji chuckled

"It's not" Yukimura replied leaning back a little "I just used to watch out for her a lot when we were little so I can tell easily when a boy likes her"

"Well that's good, the last thing I need is Sakura bugging me about it" Fuji said with a small chuckle

"Ah yes. Well that is Kura-chan for you." Yukimura said chuckling as he remembered the first time he met Sakura


They were ten years old at the time, Yukimura was staying over at Mizuiro's during a break because his parents were on a trip. One thing he liked while he was there was to be able to play tennis with his cousin. At that time they were pretty much equal in play which led to long matches since they both didn't want to give up.

"Mizuiro! Sakura-chan is here!" they heard from their spot on the couch where they were watching TV.

"Mizu-chan!" Sakura said happily and started to cling to Mizuiro who quickly tried to get her off "Eh… Is this your boyfriend?" she then asked realizing his presence "Cause if he is he has to go through me to get you first" she then said clinging tighter as Mizuiro laughed at the thought of her dating her cousin

"Kura-chan, this is my cousin Yukimura, Seiichi. Sei-chan this is my best friend Hikari, Sakura" Mizuiro said between laughing

"Eh? Really?" Sakura said shocked finally letting go of Mizuiro as Yukimura nodded

"Nice to meet you Sakura-san" he said politely

"You can call me Kura-chan" Sakura smiled

"Okay Kura-chan, you can call me Sei-chan then" he replied but leaned back slightly as Sakura got right in front of his face before she started laughing and fell off the couch

"Are you okay Kura-chan" Mizuiro asked worried her friend had gone insane

"Girl!" she laughed from the floor "He could pass as a girl!" They started to laugh with her knowing how true what she said was


"So when do you plan on telling her?" Yukimura then asked

"Saa… I'm not sure. I don't even know how she feels towards me" Fuji replied after some thought

"Well… All I can say is that if you hurt her I'm sending Kura-chan after you" Yukimura laughed