A/N: Summer is here! And hopefully I'll have more time to writ the story. Moreover, I no longer need a beta reader for my horrible punctuation as much as I did before. You may see a blunder here and there, but hey! no one's perfect.

No on to the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, I only own the Tanami family!


Chapter 4


"Tezuka-butt-show!"

Tezuka exhaled in exasperation as he turned to face Yuki. "I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call me that."

Yuki chuckled. "Why not? It's so cute." Tilting her head, she gave him a sliding a glance aimed at his rear. Making nearby girls chuckled at the girls antics. They were in front of Rin's classroom in the middle of lunch break. "I thought you might like to know that Kiba is fine."

"I was just about to go see Tanami-san to ask her about him." He tried to walk past her but Yuki intercepted him but went on as if she wasn't doing anything wrong.

Yuki gasped in outrage then smiled slyly, "why not ask me?" His reply was to raise an eyebrow and give her a look that told her she knew why. Giggling behind her hand she said, "How mean Tezuka-butt-show. What's a little feel here and there between friends?" The sudden appearance of his friend saved him from telling the blond girl exactly what her little feels were.

"Tezuka?" Fuji walked down the hall and waved to his friend. "What are you doing here?"

Looking away from Yuki, Tezuka turned his full attention on the shorter boy. "I was just checking on Kiba-kun." He felt like he was some broken record that had to repeat himself every time. But it would have been rude to tell Fuji that what he did was none of his business. If he could have done that then he would have told Yuki off ages ago.

At that moment Rin came out of her class, hands on hips and glaring at Fuji who blanched slightly. "Syusuke! What took you so long?" Grabbing the front of his uniform, the petite girl brought his face down to hers as her voice dropped to a threatening level, "do you have any idea how hungry I am?! Lunch break is almost over and I still haven't eaten." His face was inches away from hers as her tone of voice became more dangerous, "I...am… hungry!" She gave him firm shakes between every word.

Fuji's smile was crooked as he attempted to apologize and comfort his girlfriend to no avail. She dragged him into the classroom without even noticing her cousin or Tezuka.

Beside Tezuka Yuki shivered. "Man! She's scary when she's hungry. However, she went easy on Fuji." Tezuka looked at her questioningly and watched as she shook her head sadly. "She'd have torn me apart if I made her wait even a second." Suddenly snapping her fingers and smiling. "That gives me an idea." Hooking her arm around one of Tezuka's . "Why don't we have lunch together?"

"I refuse." Short, direct and to the point, he'd rather die than give the blond another chance to harass him. But apparently he had no say in the matter. Taking his hand, Yuki started pulling him along. Tezuka looked at the hand that was towing him and noticed the long delicate fingers. They looked so fragile, with the veins visible underneath her soft porcelain skin. He was so busy staring at her hand that he didn't notice that she had stopped, and bumped into her still form.

Yuki looked back at Tezuka in amusement. "Really, Tezuka-butt-show. Don't let your guard down." Then she turned back to the object that had caused her to stop in her tracks, missing Tezuka's incredulous look as he heard his own line used against him.

"Where do you think you're taking Tezuka-kun?" a petit blond stood, hands on hips in front of Yuki and Tezuka, blocking their way.

Releasing her captive's hand, she took a step forward to confront the girl. "That would be none of your business. Who are you anyway?" Behind Yuki, Tezuka felt his hand tingle. He found, to his surprise, that he didn't mind her touch when it wasn't aimed at his butt.

Flipping her hair back the road block said haughtily. "My name is Yuri head of the Tezuka fan club. And you must be the honor exchange student that keeps molesting Tezuka-kun. You have no right whatsoever to be with our Tezuka-kun."

Honor student!? Tezuka glanced at Yuki. She sure doesn't look the part . . . or even act the part. It wasn't that the girl was blond, slim, and sexy that made someone think that there was no way that a girl like her was smart, it was the way she acted; like a bubble-brained cheerleader.

Yuki frowned and crossed her hands in front of her chest. One finger touched a full bottom lip in thought. "Yuri . . .? Could you be the snob that gave Rin such a hard time?" Realization came in a flash, and with it blazed Yuki's anger as she let out an outraged gasp. "You're the swine that hid her acceptance letter to Germany!" Yuki had an enraged look in her eyes. "She almost didn't make it because of you." She took a threatening step forward, intent on beating the crap out of the girl before her. Consequences didn't matter to her; no one messed with her family and lived.

Taking a step back Yuri's voice quivered, "I don't know what you're talking about."

For every step Yuri took back Yuki took one forward. "Oh, I think you know." Yuki held out her hand with her fingers mimicking a gun that was pointed at Yuri. "I'm going to get you." Yuki lunged for the shorter blonde.

Yuri screamed as she turned tail and ran, her cause forgotten. However, Yuki wasn't chasing her due to the fact that Tezuka was holding her back with a firm clasp on her elbow. "This is a school. Such behavior isn't allowed."

Yuki twirled around, her hand whipped and went for her beloved target. "How sweet of you Tezuka-butt-show. You are concerned that I might get into trouble." Her hand moved up and down, petting him like a cat.

Tezuka took hold of her wrist and pulled it away from his derriere. "Try and control yourself." There was a small telltale spot of red on his cheeks and a vein close to bursting on his forehead.

Yuki looked up at him and pouted. "And you're always in control. Aren't you?" she paused and mischievous smile crept over her face. "You know what you need to get that stick out of your ass?"

Tezuka was mortified at the insult but was more concerned with the devilish look in her eyes. He took a step back after letting go of her wrists. The hairs on the back of his neck standing on end. Will this girl always keep him on his toes with her constant unpredictability. In tennis, you could always tell what your opponent's next move is going to be through small, and what might seem unimportant movements. Women were pretty much the same, except for Yuki. She broke every rule there was.

Yuki took a step closer and wrapped her arms around his neck as she said in a seductive voice, "you need someone to kiss you senseless." Smiling she stood on tip toe intending to act out her advice.

Tezuka's eyes widened marginally at her words before he ducked out of her embrace and walked, practically ran, down the hallway back to his own class. Closing the door behind him he walked back to his desk with as much cool as he could muster. Once seated, he leaned his head into his hands and ordered his heart to stop beating so loudly. What a complete fool!-hazel eyes- How can anyone be so rude? –Delicate features- Does she have no respect of personal space?-full lips. GYAAAHH! Tezuka gave himself a mental slap and shook his head to clear it of its ridiculous train of thought. It was all Yuki's fault; once again she broke another rule of the common sense.

Taking out a book he hoped he could take his mind off of what had just happened. True he was a boy with normal raging hormones but he had always kept himself in check, he had to maintain his power. Without control, society would be in chaos and Yuki would reign queen over it all. Looking at the book he was holding he felt slightly better after reading a couple of passages about early theories on the solar system.

Meanwhile Yuki was left stranded in the hallway laughing uncontrollably. The look on Tezuka's face when she said he should be kissed was priceless. Still laughing she stumbled into Rin's classroom. Still clutching her sides, the tall blond laughed her way over to her cousin.

Both Fuji and Rin looked up at Yuki as she dragged a chair and joined them. Her laugh down to a giggle now, she looked at Rin with sly eyes. "I have a new project."

Fuji frowned in confusion when Rin hit her head on the desk. "Please God, no!" what could be so bad about a project?

"I'm going to kiss Tezuka!"

Fuji's eyes snapped open in shock. But he soon recovered and smiled artfully. "What a great project. What can I do to help?"

Rin's head snapped up as she glared at Fuji. "Don't encourage her! She's bad enough on her own and she doesn't need any cohorts."

Smiling gently at his girlfriend, Fuji patted her hand comfortingly. "But Tezuka-buchou needs to relax a bit. I think Yuki-chan is just the right person to help him with that."

Giving Fuji a slap on the back Yuki gave a whoop of joy. "Yes! Thank you. So here's the thing -" Yuki was stopped by Rin's hand covering her mouth.

"Stop! Knowing how mule-headed you are, I can't stop you. And knowing you, Tezuka is most likely to end up naked and traumatized somewhere." Yuki's sighe of pleasure showed that she would have loved to have that happen. Rin continued, "Therefore, I'll do the planning." Taking a deep breath Rin began laying out their roles.

When she was done Fuji had a dreamy look on his face. "I knew I loved you for a reason." Blushing and smiling with pleasure, Rin opened her mouth, about to say she loved him too when his next words came and ruined the moment.

"You're an evil little sadist." Rin settled for kicking him under the table.

Ignoring her boyfriend's cry of pain, Rin cleared her throat. "I think my brothers may be able to tweak it a bit."

Later at the Tanami house, Rin relayed to her brothers the outline of Yuki's 'project' while they were in her room. Tennosuke chuckled as he flopped down on the floor and sat cross-legged. "My gosh sis! That is the lamest plan I have ever heard." Shaking his head and sighing sadly. "I'm not so sure we're related anymore."

Ryo gave his brother a silencing glare as he leaned against the wall. Placing his chin between thumb and forefinger, he contemplated what his sister had just said. "Actually it's not that bad. However, Tezuka-kun would figure it out from the get-go."

Leaping off the floor and stretching, Tennosuke grinned. "Personally, I think it's horrible. But if Ryo thinks it has some merit, I guess it's a start. I've got a couple of ideas to make this much more fun."

The next day, Fuji was informed of the improved plan. It was the first time Rin had seen Fuji laugh so hard and so loud.

"It'll be set in motion during tennis practice. Get everyone ready." She whispered as soon as he quieted for a moment. Then she took off for her own classes.

To the tennis club, who had agreed to collaborate, and Yuki the day went by too slowly. But at last, club time was here and everyone couldn't wait to put the plan into action. It wasn't often that the team got to enjoy playing a little joke on their stoic leader. Oishi, however, wished to be excluded and tried to convince the others of the uselessness of this plan. Eiji loved the thought, much like Fuji and Momo. Kawamura didn't really mind. Echizen and Kaido didn't give a hoot but wanted to see the outcome of the events.

Tezuka arrived at the tennis courts and saw his team had already started their Inui menu. He felt a chill rundown his spine, they were all so focused in their training. Even Eiji was unusually quiet and concentrating on returning the balls Momoshiro was throwing at him. Shaking his head, he decided that he was just being paranoid because of Yuki and headed towards the lockers to change into his tennis gear.

Yuki smiled as she saw Tezuka walking to where she was. Turning away from the window she walked over to the bench and lay down. Closing her eyes she waited for the sound of the opening door.

When Tezuka walked into the locker room he was shocked to see Yuki there laying on the bench. "You shouldn't be in here." No answer. In fact, she looked too still. Frowning Tezuka leaned over her and placed his cheek close to her nose to check her breathing. She wasn't! This could be a trick. I know it's a trick! Let's see how far you're willing to go? He didn't know why, but Tezuka wanted to catch her in her trick. It was quite unlike him, but something about her made him stray off of his usual path of not-caring-ness.

When she felt Tezuka come close Yuki held her breath. Go mouth to mouth. However Tezuka was still checking her breath. Damn it! How long is he going to check? At this rate I'll pass out for real!

Tezuka's eyes narrowed when he saw that she was turning slightly purple. "I'm not falling for it, so breath." He was still leaning over her when her eyes snapped open and she gasped for air.

The moment Yuki spotted Tezuka so close, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Closing her eyes and pouting her lips, she made smooching sounds.

Tezuka's eyes widened marginally. "What do you think you're doing!?"His voice sounded a little bit more panicked than his usual calm and emotionless voice. Bracing his hands on each side of her head, he tried pulling himself away from her grip but she was holding him a little too tightly. He could easily shove the girl away, but he was raised better than that.

"Oh, humor me." She continued to close the distance between them. His eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. Her arms were cutting off the blood from his head.

Taking hold of her arms he tried to push her away without using too much force that could cause injury or bruising. But that wasn't enough; Yuki seemed to be stronger than she looked. "Let go of me," he barely choked out the word before he became dizzy.

She opened one eye slightly to peer at him and saw his face turning a strange shade of red. She loosened her hold on him a little, her arms still wrapped around his neck.

The moment he felt her grip falter he slipped his head under her arms. Bad idea! She was still holding him too close, so when he slid his head down he found his face buried between two soft mounds that were Yuki's breasts.

Nearby, both Tezuka and Yuki heard muffled laughter. It was obvious who the laughter belonged to. Mortified at being caught in such a situation, Tezuka jerked backwards, finally free from the blond. He stood ram rod straight, his bangs hid his eyes but not the rest of his red face. Which showed the thin line that was his pursed lips.

Clearing his throat, he choked out an apology, turned on his heel and walked out the door. Tezuka paused in front of the locker room's window and glared at the group of people crouched beneath it.

"Fifty laps around the court."

"Fifty!?" came the outcry of all of Momoshiro, Eiji, and Echizen. While Inui scribbled something in his notebook, before rising with Fuji to do as the captain ordered.

Meanwhile, Yuki stood stock still in shock. Looking over at the window she saw Tezuka watch his team as they jogged around the courts. Walking out of the lockers she headed his way. "It's safe to go change now." The tone of her voice was disbelieving and yet there was a hint of joy underlying it. Turning the other, way she headed for the music room her cousin was in.

Knocking on the door Yuki entered and asked permission to speak with Rin. The teacher who was conducting the group of students, frowned at Yuki with displeasure before giving her a curt nod of approval. When the girls were outside and the door closed behind them, blocking out the music of the orchestra. Rin looked at her cousin with concern. "How did it go?"

Yuki's grin reached from ear to ear. "Better than expected. Plan 'kiss the ice prince' has been initiated."


To Be Continued . . .

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