Soon, the regulars were all back in the cabin. Well, all except Kirihara, anyways.

"Where is that brat?" muttered Niou.

"I have no clue. I didn't see him come in, actually. Could he have gotten lost?" said Fuji.

"The bus dropped us three feet away from the cabin! How could he have gotten lost?" Niou thought for a while.

"Actually, maybe he could." He said.

"Should we look for him?" asked Oishi, always the mother hen of the group.

"Nah, he'll find his way back."

Suddenly, everyone heard a shriek from outside. They heard the same voice shouting in Indonesian. Here's a translation: "My eyeees! My innocent eyes! They buuurrrnnn!" Well, they didn't actually say that, but that was what they were trying to express.

At that moment, Kirihara burst through the cabin door, face red in embarrassment.

"What happened to you?" asked Momoshiro.

"Well, you know that rice thing we had to eat just now? Nasi gila? Or was it something like kasih lagi(1)?"

"What? You want more?" said Vicky, looking at him hopefully.

"NO." he replied, cringing his face.

"Aaw…" she pouted and went upstairs.

"Well anyways, I drank so much I had to go to the toilet on the bus… I tried holding it in until we arrived but…" he said, not really wanting to admit he had went behind a bush. The regulars could guess, however.

"And then this person saw me and… you know the rest." He laughed sheepishly.

"Couldn't you have waited 30 seconds longer?" said Momoshiro.

"No…"

"Hey guys!" Vicky re-emerged, holding a piece of paper. "Ryuzaki-san told me to give this to you."

"Speaking of Ryuzaki-sensei, where is she?" Vicky thought for a while.

"I think she was staying in a hotel." The regulars' jaw dropped.

"WHAAAT?" They exclaimed.

"Well, she said that there weren't enough rooms so she was going to book a hotel." Said Vicky.


Meanwhile, Ryuzaki-sensei enjoyed a relaxing bath in her hot tub.

"Ah… I hope those boys understand… a beautiful woman like me has needs you know?" she said, chuckling as she sipped a glass of white wine. She paused.

"Well… I'm sure Vicky-chan and her friends understand too."


"…Anyways, she told me to give you this." Said Vicky, handing it to Tezuka.

"Hm?" Tezuka looked at the paper.

"It's the list of people you guys are going to be staying with for the whole two weeks." Vicky said, smiling. "Tezuka-san, can you read it out loud?"

Tezuka nodded. " Room 1: Marui, Niou and Momoshiro. Room 2: Sanada, Tezuka and Kawamura. Room 3: Oishi, Kikumaru and Yagyuu. Room 4: Yukimura, Fuji, Kaidoh and Yanagi. Room 5: Jackal, Kirihara, Echizen and Inui. Room 6: Vicky, Elite and Emily."

"Yay! Oishi and I are in the same room!" Kikumaru jumped up and down.

"So I'm with you, Marui." Niou smirked. Marui pointed an accusing finger.

"Don't you dare dye my hair green again, Niou Masaharu. Don't touch my hair, for that matter." Marui glared at him before stomping up to their room.

"What's up with him?" Momoshiro asked Niou.

"Don't worry. He's just having one of his mood swings. Just lay off him and you'll be fine."

"But only girls get mood swings and that's when… Wait… are you saying that he's …" Momoshiro stared at the door of room 1, where Marui just went into.

Niou's smirk grew wider. "Puri."


In room 1…

Momoshiro kept sneaking glances at Marui.

He can't be a girl … He's a guy! But then again, he has mood swings… and he looks girly, come to think of it… Momoshiro thought. Marui caught Momoshiro looking at him. The boy immediately looked away.

Sheesh, what's up with him? He keeps looking at me! Maybe he's in awe by my genius. Wait, maybe Niou told him something about me downstairs… Marui froze and looked at Niou.

"Niou?"

"What?" the silver-haired boy barely looked at him while he unpacked.

"Did you tell him something about me?"

"Yup."

"What did you tell him?" Marui asked.

"That you had mood swings and to lay off you."

"… What?" Marui shouted.

"You heard me."

"Yes, I did. Why did you tell him I had mood swings?"

"He asked me what was up with you."

"So why did you tell him I had mood swings?" Marui demanded.

"Well look at it from my point of view: You were perfectly happy, and then you suddenly get mad at me. What was I supposed to think?"

"I was trying to warn you not to touch my hair!"

"Only girls do that."

"Shut up!"

"So you're not denying it?"

"Of course I am!"

"Well, then you better tell him," Niou gestured to Momoshiro," Because it doesn't look like he thinks so."

Marui walked up to him. " Look. I am not a girl. Okay? I. Am not. A girl. Never was, never will be. Do I make myself clear?" Momoshiro nodded.

"Good." Marui resumed unpacking.


In room 2…

Sanada, Tezuka and Kawamura was unpacking. Kawamura was trying to make small talk, but his roommates were only replying in a few short words.

"So…you like rocks?" said Kawamura, looking at Sanada's rock.

"It's my family rock." Said Sanada.

"Oh. I see." Kawamura mentally sighed. This was going to be a long trip.


In room 3…

"Nyaa! This is so cool!" said Kikumaru, bouncing up and down on his bed. The bed creaked every time he jumped.

"I suggest you don't do that, Kikumaru-san." Said Yagyuu,

"Yeah, Eiji. Some people are bothered by it."

"Hoi? Like who?"

Me. Thought Yagyuu, but he was too much of a gentleman to say anything, so he merely adjusted his glasses. At that moment, the door slammed open and a very annoyed-looking Emily stormed in.

"Stop. Bouncing. On. The bed." She had a dark aura surrounding her and she was glaring at Kikumaru. The redhead whimpered and hurriedly got off the bed.

"Thank you." Emily retreated back into the room he shared with Vicky and Elite, which was right across the hall, closing the door on her way out.

Kikumaru gulped. "Emily-san is scary when she's mad, nya…" he whimpered.

Good, maybe that'll teach him not to bounce on the bed. And besides, who jumps on the bed like that? We're not kids anymore. Thought Yagyuu, watching Oishi try to calm his doubles partner down.


In room 4…

Kaidoh gulped as he saw Yukimura and Fuji talking together. The two seemed to be enjoying their little chat. He didn't want to know what they were talking about.

He concentrated on thinking about other things, like the room, for example. Wait, wasn't the number 4 an unlucky number? He shivered and glanced at Yukimura and Fuji again. Two sadists talking together definitely spelled trouble for everyone.

Meanwhile, Yukimura and Fuji was having a pleasant chat.

"I don't understand why my tem just hates Inui's juice. I mean, it's the most delicious thing I've ever tasted. Especially his vegetable juice." Said Fuji.

"Really, now? You must let me try them one day." Yukimura smiled.

"Of course. I'll ask him to brew some for us."

On his bed, Yanagi was recording data. This was a good chance to collect more data on the regulars of Seigaku and he wasn't going to pass it up.


In room 5…

Just great. Thought Jackal. Why do I always get stuck babysitting the youngest members of the team? He watched as Ryoma and Kirihara got into a fight about tennis.

It doesn't look like he'll help me either. Jackal looked at Inui, who was scribbling something and muttering " Ii data…"

Jackal sighed inwardly and started to break up the bickering Ryoma and Kirihara when Kirihara began to go into devil mode.

"I hate my life." He muttered.

"What did you say, Jackal-senpai?" asked Kirihara, looking at him.

"Nothing, nothing." Said Jackal.

"Mada mada dane." Muttered Ryoma.

Suddenly, they heard a sound.

"What was that?" asked Jackal.

They heard it again, and Ryoma's bag started moving. Inui calmly walked over and opened it, revealing a wide-eyed Himalayan cat.

"91% chance he was going to bring his cat… Ii data." Said Inui.

"How'd you bring a cat here?" asked Kirihara.

"Mada mada dane." Said Ryoma.


In room 6…

"Let me see… Pencil case, tennis racket, notebook…" Vicky said as she unpacked.

"Photocopies of the textbook, worksheets, Jino…"

"Wait, you brought your dog?" said Elite. Jino looked up at her, staring at her innocently with chocolate-colored eyes.

"Yup. Got a problem with that?" said Vicky, smiling.

"No." Elite reached into her bag and took out a daschund.

"Oh! So that's Nano!" said Vicky.

"Emily brought Yuki too." Said Elite.

Emily took out a white schnauzer and placed her on the floor.

"This is Yuki." She said.

Suddenly, All three dogs stopped. They started barking at something and ran out the door, which Jino somehow opened.

"Wha- Come back! Jino!"

"Nano, come back "

"Yuki!"


The occupants of rooms 1 and 2 had already gone downstairs and were waiting for everyone to come. Suddenly, a brown-and-white streak shot down the stairs, followed by two more streaks of tan-and-white and black-and-white. The brown-and white streak shot up a cabinet and remained there, hissing. It was then the boys realized that it was a cat.

The three streaks also stopped, as the dogs barked at the cat.

"What the HECK? Who brought cats and dogs here?" said Marui.

"Yuki!"

"Jino!"

"Karupin!"

"Nano!"

Ryoma, Vicky, Emily and elite ran down the stairs and scooped up their pets.

"Don't do that again!" scolded Vicky. Jino bowed his head and whined.

"Nano! Jangan ngelunjak ya kamu ni yah dulu kecil imut imut SEKARANG AMIT AMIT! Jangan malu maluin ah !" (Translation: Nano! You're such a spoilt dog! When you were little you were really cute, BUT NOW YOU'RE QUITE THE OPPOSITE! Don't embarrass me in front of everyone!) Scolded Elite.

Ryoma scooped up Karupin and glared at the two dogs.

"Don't you dare touch Karupin," he warned. The others just stared in shock.

"Ugh… Oh yeah, where are my manners? People, this is Jino, my dog. Jino say hi."

Jino barked.

"He said hi." Said Vicky. The regulars stared at her weirdly

She walked to each one of them with Jino in her arms. First was Kawamura. Jino sniffed him, before licking his cheek. Kawamura laughed and pet Jino's head.

Vicky moved onto Tezuka. Jino licked Tezuka's cheek. Tezuka patted his head, but otherwise never paid attention to the dog.

Then Vicky went to Sanada. Jino stared at him and refused to acknowledge the other's presence. Deep inside, Sanada was a little hurt.

"So this is you're- MMMPH!" Marui said as Jino licked his lips. Apparently, Jino had smelled candy on them and… Yeah…

Marui spat and glared at the dog. He went to rinse his mouth.

Niou and Momoshiro just got a lick on the cheek, much to their relief.

"Guys, this is Nano. Nano, this is the part of the group that I'm taking care of." Nano snorted and turned away.

"Oh Nano, don't be like that…" Elite tried to convince her dog that not all guys were evil, boring attention-seekers.

"This is Yuki." Said Emily, holding out her dog. Yuki stared at them with wide, innocent eyes while wagging her tail.

"Thank god this dog isn't as lick-y and anti-social as the others." Muttered Momoshiro.

"He is not lick-y!" protested Vicky.

"Meh, he is anti-social." Elite smiled sadly.

"So anyways, we're going to shower. See you guys later!" Vicky said.

"Where? The showers don't work." Said Momoshiro, remembering that when he switched on the shower, no water came out.

"In the river. Duh." Said Emily.

"What river?"

"The one behind our house! You mean you never noticed? Oh yes, we're taking upstream so you guys take downstream. So we can shower at the same time and still have privacy. See you!" Vicky skipped out the door and tripped on a rock.

"Whoa! I'm okay!" she said.


"So… we're bathing… in a river?" Kirihara said incredulously, a few seconds later when the entire group had gathered downstairs.

"Yup. We're taking downstream and they're taking upstream." Said Ryoma.

"But seriously, why can't the showers work?" Momoshiro asked.

"99% chance its because Ryuzaki-sensei wanted to save money," said Inui. "Ii data…."

"What's the 1%?" asked Yagyuu.

"That our tour guides are sadists and they wanted us to bathe in the river." Replied Inui. His glasses glinted.


"They said they were taking upstream, and we were taking downstream!"

"No, it was the other way around!" Marui and Momoshiro were arguing.

"The girls are upstream and we're downstream!" said Marui.

"No, we're upstream, and they're downstream!" argued Momoshiro.

In the end, they decided to split up into two groups. Most of the group went with Marui, while Kikumaru, Kirihara and Niou tagged along with Momoshiro.

"Now let me see, we should bathe somewhere- OH MY-" NIou clamped his hand over Momoshiro's mouth.

"Quiet, you idiot." Hissed Niou.

"Do you seriously want to die?"

There in the river, were three very familiar girls.

"Looks like it was downstream after all. Let's go-" A twig snapped from under Momoshiro's weight. The sound echoed throughout the area, startling the three girls.

"Did you hear that?" asked Emily.

"Sounded like a twig." Said Elite.

Vicky looked around. "I don't see anything. Maybe its nothing," she said.

Suddenly, the sound of arguing boys reached their ears. The fight somehow ended up at the river edge. Near where the girls were showering.

"Will you shut up? We're going to get…" Niou trailed off, seeing the girls staring at them. Kirihara stared at them with eyes that said "uh-oh".

"…Caught."


A very loud scream was heard from upstream.

"They were caught after all." Said Yanagi. "98% chance this would happen."

"Well, should we go get them?" asked Oishi.

Suddenly, they heard yells, shouts and barks.

"Nope, the girls are handling it very well," said Marui.

A few seconds later, Vicky stormed to the area where the boys were bathing (fully clothed, of course).

"Wha- Vicky-chan, what-" Vicky was pulling something behind her.

"Control your fellow teammates." She threw the bundle into the river. The bundle turned out to be Niou, Momoshiro, Kikumaru and Kirihara tied up with ropes.

She dusted herself off before glaring at the four boys one last time and heading back upstream.

The four boys groaned.

"What happened?" asked Yukimura.

"Their dogs attacked us. And they threw things at us." Groaned Kirihara.

"Then they tied us up with ropes. I think they're all scary when they're mad nya…" said Kikumaru.

"I'm definitely not doing that again." Momoshiro said.

"Good. Maybe that'll teach you not to doubt a genius like myself!" Marui's words had less of an impact than intended, but Momoshiro got it anyways.

Yanagi took out his rulebook and wrote something.

Note: Never, EVER mess with the three girls. Result will be horribly nasty.


This fic is collaboration with Mechaice and Celestine Cristale Czelova. Please read and review!