A/N: Hi minna! Thanks for the reviews! Its very encouraging for me to here reviews like that! once again thanks! I have just one more paper left for my current exam but nevertheless, i came out with this chapter! hope you enjoy and sorry if it seems a little sloppy!

The school day was over soon enough. Yuki had to constant pay close attention to what the teacher was saying as it had been years since she even really used Japanese. She gave a sigh as she finished packing her books into the bag. There was still time before she had to meet Ryusaki. She felt she needed somewhere quiet… somewhere where she could be alone… somewhere to take a quick nap. She took her stuff and found herself wondering onto the roof of the school. She took a glimpse around the place. No one. Perfect! She dropped her bag and racket. Straightening her skirt and shirt, she lay face up, looking up to the clouds. Peaceful… serene… She felt comforted as if the world around her was a stand-still. She felt safe… till…

"Morning koi!" Fuji popped out over her face, scaring her half-dead. Suddenly her stand-still world seemed to spin at turbo till everybody on it flew out into space screaming… but then again… in space… no one can hear you scream… A/N: dun you just love that line

Yuki jerked up in shock before returning back to her original position, "Oh go away!"

"Ok."

"Hey wait," She sat up quickly and peered behind him as she whispered in caution, "You came alone, didn't you?"

"Yep." Fuji smiled, answering with a voice which was filled with such innocence that could have passed off in front of a stranger, "I saw you sneaking up here, so I thought I'd come and accompany my koi."

"Sure… like how you forced me to sit beside Kikumaru during recess and hear him rant like a broken record?"

"Takes one to know one." Fuji replied with a wide smile.

She went back to sleep, drapping her arms over her eyes, "Now go away. Shoo. Scram." She turned over facing away from Fuji. She began to snore lightly as she dozed off.

"You're being very mean. Ignoring me in school like that." He turned her back, shaking her awake.

Don't you dare sleep. I'm not done with you yet!

A mini-tug-of-war erupted. While one side was sadistically trying to wake up a sleepy head, the other side desperately trying to stay still and wait out till some certain abomination of evil left.

"Ok ok. If it was about throwing you into the river this morning, I'm sorry ok, ok!" Yuki sat up, patting her torso as her head seemed to sway with the wind.

"What do you think I was supposed to do?"

"Say yes? You didn't have to take such drastic measures to say yes…"

My foot…

"I think I'm gonna throw up…"

Fuji's eyes seemed to brighten. He clasped his hands together, "You mean you're pregnant?"

Boiling boiling…1…2…3…4…5…

"Joudan… hehhehheh"

"Ne, lets play a game." Yuki tried to compose herself. "Let's see how long we can deceive others that we don't know each other, whoever loses will get a penalty. Whoever accidentally drops the most hints will get penalty at the end of the week." Add pepper and salt to the gist of things so she'll get it her way, she added innocently, "You asked me to make friends right? Just think, how am I going to do that if everyone knows I live in a house belonging to a sadist. Worse, your buchou may ask me to make you run laps around the house or up and down the stairs or even about what is you secret weaknesses! That'll be terrible won't it?" She grabbed his hands, hoping to increase the pepper and salt.

"You've got a point, but the main point is you're already acting like TezukaⅡ, won't people already be scared of... oh wait," Fuji stopped, as if trying to recall something, "Oh, I just remembered what I wanted to ask you." He cleared his throat. "A…are you attracted to Tezuka?" He stared her questioningly as her jaw dropped.

Silence seemed to shroud them as they stared at each other before Yuki burst out in frustration as she him by his bony shoulders and shook him.

"Arghhhhhhhhh!"

Meanwhile…

"Oi, Echizen. Did you hear someone screaming?"

"You ought to clean your ears Momo-senpai…"

Ryusaki walked onto the courts as the club was practising and warming up for training, "Minna! Gather!"

The club members scrambled to assemble in their usual lines in front of Ryusaki.

"Ne Fujiko-chan" Kawamura grabbed Fuji by the arm as his frail body stumbled forward as though he lost his balance, "Daijoubu ka? You seem a little unwell today."

"No problem, just a little dizzy. Thanks." Fuji replied, trying to make his way to the front line.

She's certainly has no mercy in shaking… oooh… double vision… she's gonna pay

Everybody stood straight, still and smart, awaiting for further instructions from Ryusaki. It was as quiet as a grave… you could even hear someone from the Gardening Club, not far away, dropping her watering can at the sight of the most horrible thing she had ever seen… a big… enormous… hairy… caterpillar.

"Today, we shall welcome a new member who will help us in our training." Her voice was loud, even those at the back could clearly hear her. She stepped aside, revealing the said person who was hiding behind her. "This is Yuki."

Damn… not again…

She raised her hand, which was stiff from anxiety, "Hi." She retreated back a bit. She could have gone more if some spectacled stone was standing behind her. However, she did notice some sick person standing in the front line of the cohort, staring at her. He looked as if he was going to throw up any moment.

A commotion stirred among the club members. Some were in confusion, others taken aback.

Wait… is my double vision getting worse?

A daring random member raised his hand halfway, unsure of his question, "Err… but sensei, she's a girl…"

"Any problems?"

It is her… HER! glares

Opps…

"Err no…"

"Alright, if there's no further questions, you shall listen to her training instructions and all if not you in deep trouble, you get me?" She paused to catch her breath. It was not easy screaming like that everyday, especially at that age. "let's continue with training. Tezuka, you take over, what's today's schedule?"

Tezuka stepped forward opening the club log book. With his finger, he scrolled down to the day's schedule, "Challenge a regular. Any takers?"

Hands started shooting out again, this time, in excitement and enthusiasm

"Wow, we're selling hot…" Momoshiro mumbled as Eiji started gawking and tip-toeing to get a better view of the challengers.

"I wonder how many are there…" before Eiji could finish asking, someone shouted out the most unlikely name that silenced everyone.

"Yuki."

Eiji tip-toed even harder to see, using Momoshiro's shoulder as a support, "Mou… Arai's trying to stir up trouble for newcomers again nya…"

Inui stopped his furious scribbling and looked at Tezuka for an answer.

"Sorry but…"

Ryusaki stepped forth and stopped her captain, "It's ok." She nodded at her data-collector, "Put that in Inui."

Yet again, commotion stirred among the crowd.

Yuki turned to her, uncertain about the decision, "Are you sure?"

"We should have enough time. Hey, make it a welcome match then ne? You've gotta earn their respect anyway."

Many crowded around Court E. Some of the matches stopped temporarily as the players were curious about the anticipated match. They kept they eyes glued to the two players as they walked into the courts. Whispers disturbed the already still air. It somehow seemed quieter than usual, yet tense. A few tried to guess the out-come of the match. Inevitably, some tried to bet with each other.

"Hey, brat," Arai tried to taunt his opponent as they entered, "You've got some nerve coming into the guy's team like that."

He tried his best to intimidate her, the fiercer, the scarier, the better. If she would just scamper away, he'd be happy. He hated her and the like. All they did was come in and act as if they were better than the rest. Hell, she came in equivalent to a co-manager! What did she have that he doesn't… who does she think she is… and what the heck is she ignoring him!

"Hey, I was talking to you." Arai grabbed her left arm and yanked her back to catch her attention, he raised his voice "I don't care who you are. I want you to get out of here if you lose, you hear me!"

He was so loud that those around them gawked at his statement. Though this was

Arai, they never thought that he'll be that drastic. Yuki gave a quick jerk, walking to her seat by the umpire chair. She put down her towel and bottle, and started to arrange her racket strings.

"Unya" Eiji grabbed on to the wire mesh in front of Yuki. He had dragged two of victims over who were struggling from his grasp… well… more like bear hug "Are you sure? Don't do it!"

Momoshiro struggled free, catching his breathe, he turned serious, "Ne, don't underestimate him. He's quite good."

"E…Eiji senpai… let… go. I can't breathe… cough cough"

"Ochibi! This is not the time to cough. This is serious nya!" Eiji looked down and shook Ryoma like a little puppy before turning back to Yuki, "What if you lose?"

"Easy. I'll leave."

"Saa… gambate ne."

"Thanks guys." , Yuki finally stopped arranging the strings and looked up at them with a reassuring nod, "Just sit back and watch. No worries and oh, Ochibi's turning purple."

She made her way to meet her opponent at the net, leaving the rest to revive the boy.

"See ochibi!" Eiji started shaking the semi-conscious Ryoma, "I told you not to drink too much Ponta! It's making you turn purple!"

"Let's make this more interesting" Yuki stepped forward and lifted her head, looking at Arai expressionlessly.

"Ah?" Arai looked at her from the corner of his eye, his nose high up, belittling her.

"I'm gonna use 4 shots each point to beat you."

They got ready in their positions as the chair umpire shouted,

"One set match! Arai vs Yuki. Arai to serve!"

A/N: That's it for now! stay tuned for the next chap!