Gifts from the unknown

A/N: Ok... well to clear a few things out, these will more-or-less be interconnected drabbles alright... they will also have time skips in between them, ENJOY!

Anime/Manga Crossover: Inuyasha/Prince of Tennis

Pairings: No real pairings... mostly a friendship fic

Disclaimer: Me own nothing but the plot... and any OCs added to the fic... The idea for this fic came to my mind after reading Miss Sammi Potter's Prince of Tennis drabble collection, Birthday Chronicles... So i give most of the credit to her... :)

Warning: Some OOCness (Maybe very OOC for some of the characters since I'm still not good at keeping the characters 'in-character'. So I don't want anyone to flame me because they're out of character...), a bit of mystery, maybe a bit of Yaoi... Set in the High school universe of PoT...

Dedicated to: LoveYa (an anonymous reviewer) (the reason is at the end of the chapter)

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May 11th- Kaoru Kaidou

Seigaku- the only team to have come close to beating Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku's record of consecutive wins at the Nationals by beating their team two times in a row. They would have won the previous Nationals as well, if not for the rules of the tournament being changed for one year.

As morning practice started for the Seigaku tennis team, all but one of the regulars started with warm-ups. Coach Ryuuzaki looked around at the team she coached and wondered where Kaidou was. After all, he had never missed practice before. She was just about to ask one of the others when the High School second year entered the courts, a slightly happy 'hiss' releasing from his lips before he apologized for being late and started the assigned laps.

The regulars, who were the only ones who knew the difference between his regular 'hiss' and other 'hiss'es, having spent so much time with the snake-like boy, looked at each other, wondering what had made the boy so happy. A soft "Che…" from their youngest regular made them look at him in question.

Seeing the smirk on his face, they blinked before Momo pulled him into a headbutt, asking, "And what are you so smug about, Echizen, huh?" Ryoma groaned before pulling himself away from his senpai, only to have Eiji hang off of him.

He sighed before replying, "Kaidou-senpai is wearing a new bandana." His almost impassive answer made them all turn to look at the boy in question only to see a red bandana with white diamond-shaped designs tied around his head. That was when they realized that what Ryoma had said was true. After all, Kaidou had been wearing his regular green bandana during morning practice.

They turned to Tezuka when he walked over to them and asked, "What are you all doing here?" Eiji pulled away from his o-chibi-chan and ran over to stand next to his doubles partner before replying, "We were just wondering why Kaidou seemed so happy, nya!"

Fuji was the one who continued for his best friend, "Saa… and he seems to have got a new bandana as well. I wonder who gave it to him." Tezuka raised an eyebrow and was just about to answer when Inui replied, "He got it as a birthday gift, apparently." He looked in his notebook before continuing, "Along with this bandana, he also got ten free family passes and ten friends passes to Akasuki Restraunt"

That got their attention immediately. Akasuki Restraunt was a very famous eating place. Because of its high quality of food, and the unbelievably delicious buffet, passes to the place were very expensive. "Who gave them to him, do you know, Inui, nya?" Eiji asked curiously.

All the others waited eagerly for the answer as Inui looked through his notebook before looking up. He adjusted his glasses a bit before saying, "No, I'm afraid I don't have any data on that. There was no name on the gift just a note wishing him a happy birthday and that they hoped he enjoyed the gift. Ever since he got it, he's been happier than I've seen him in days."

They all looked at each other before Oishi, being the kind person that he was, said, "Well, it actually seems like they mean well. And they seem to know his tastes as well." That made them all start wondering who this person was. Before they could say anything else, Ryuuzaki-sensei called them over.

As they started practicing, some of them couldn't help but feel like they knew the person who sent Kaidou the gift.

Elsewhere

The same raven-haired girl from a few days ago was playing a game against one of her team regulars when a brown-haired girl ran over towards the courts and waited at the sidelines. The game ended and she shook hands with her opponent before walking over towards the nearby benches where her towel was kept.

As she gently wiped off the sweat on her brow with the towel, she nodded at the girl, "What's the news?"

The girl smiled and replied, "I've never seen him so happy before, buchou. But I think a few of them plan on finding out about…."

Before she could finish what she was saying, the other girl smiled, "I don't mind if they figure out, Keiko-chan. I just want them to enjoy their life. You are dismissed."

The girl, now known as Keiko, smiled and nodded before bowing and heading to her own club practice, leaving the other girl to smile lightly to herself before picking up the file kept on the bench. Opening it, she read through the first page and thought to herself, 'Genichirou Sanada-kun? Hmm... This might be difficult' she frowned slightly before closing the file and placing it on the bench, along with her towel. Picking up her racket, she finished her thought, 'But… I will not lose hope. This will require some thought, but later.'

With that, she headed back to finish with practice.

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That was the second drabble-chapter of this fic... Hope you liked it... I have no idea if a place called Akasuki Restraunt even exists. I just mentioned it since that's the first name that entered my mind for the name of a Japanese Restraunt. Hopefully, it won't offend anyone. If it does, I sincerely apologize…

This chapter was dedicated to an anonymous review that I got from 'LoveYa'... Thank you so much for the review... I've been having a bad day today, and your review managed to cheer me up immensely. So thank you… :)

I would also like to thank everyone else who reviewed... Thank you everyone…

If you have the time, please read and review

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