If you watch Prince of Tennis for the friendship, you will see teenage boys... doing stuff. Yeah. On to the chapter!

The Great Kouhai Exchange

Day 3: Questions, Goodbyes, and Niou's Girlfriend and Girl... Erm, Friend

Yukimura looked sadly at Hiyoshi. "I just thought that since you enjoyed our trip to the beach, maybe we can go on an outing again." said Yukimura, "But maybe not everyone wants to go to America. We can always stay here and play tennis, but I wonder what will we do with the tickets I got. They cost quite a lot, you know."

"Are you trying to make me guilty, Yukimura-san?" said Hiyoshi flatly.

"Whatever are you talking about, Wakashi?" said Yukimura, his tone light.

"Are we playing Questions?"

"What makes you think I'm playing a game?"

"Isn't this game for fools and imbeciles?"

"Isn't that why you're playing it?"

"Aren't you getting irritated?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Is it?"

"Do you think you'll win?"

"Do you think you're so invincible?"

"Am I not?"

"Don't you know what 'gekokujyou' means?"

"Are you admitting you are of a lower class than I am?"

"Are you admitting I can defeat you?"

"Can you really?"

"What if I can?"

"Don't you think a tennis match can settle this?"

"Yes- ah, shit." said Hiyoshi as he saw Yukimura smiling proudly. This totally wasn't gekokujyou or cool. Really, all Hiyoshi wanted was to play tennis, was that too much?

X

"So now everyone, please buckle your seatbelts and enjoy the ride! If ever you need anything, just press that red button! We hope you enjoy your flight!" said Natalia, a hot French-American girl in a skimpy skirt, beaming.

-

"What did she say?" yelled Marui from the front seat. People looked at Marui, annoyed.

Jackal said: "She said that you should buckle-"

"What, we have only five minutes to say our last goodbyes?" yelled Marui again, this time, even louder. "Guys, I know that I've been really mean and stuff, but I want you to know that I love you all! You guys are great players and I respect you guys!"

Everyone looked at Marui, horrified.

"I have a confession to make!" said Niou, "I was the one who added pink ribbons to Sanada's hat!"

"I was also the one who gave Akaya the drugged frog that peed on his face and gave him allergies!"

"I use Yagyuu's toothbrush everyday!"

"I was the one burned Jackal's wig, not Yagyuu!"

"I placed the picture of Pamelo Andersan's boobs in Yanagi's book report!"

"I kissed buchou's younger sister!"

Yukimura's eyes widened and he looked at Niou. "You," said Yukimura in a dangerously low tone, "kissed my... sister?"

"Eh... things... happen..." said Niou nervously.

Yukimura's gaze softened. "Good answer, but don't you ever," said Yukimura, "ever break up with Sasuke-chan. Do you understand?"

Niou nodded quickly. "Yes, buchou!"

-

Hiyoshi blinked. Once, twice... Why was everyone else standing? He thought and thought and thought and then the idea came to him - they had to get off the plane! He looked at the window and saw Yukimura looking around. And then it also came to him that he had been sleeping the whole time.

Plus the idea of Yukimura having a younger sister and Niou and pedophilia wasn't that appealing.

He scrambled up and ran out, pushing Natalia out of the plane. She fell on the ground, dead.

X

Yukimura looked at Hiyoshi and smiled pleasantly. "Oh, there you are, Wakashi! We've been looking all over for you!"

Hiyoshi scowled. "This doesn't look like America."

"Well, I decided that we go to Amsterdam!" said Yukimura cheerfully, "So, anyway, I'm thinking that we'll go shopping. My mother wants me to get her pajamas."

Everyone looked away.

"The shopping mall, it is, then!"

-

"So let's split us up into groups. Masaharu, Bunta, you distract the security guards as Genichirou and I enter the mall. Wakashi, you act as the emo teenage boy who looks like he wants to kill everyone and bomb the world, and Kuwahara, you will be his mother. Hiroshi, you can go video this whole thing and post it up on Boobtube."

Everyone looked at Yukimura, amazed.

"For RikkaiDai!" said Marui.

"For RikkaiDai!" said everyone and Hiyoshi, even if his heart wasn't into it.

X

"Hey, stud," said Niou, winking at an old man. His name was George.

George looked taken aback. "Are you trying to distract me so that your superior can enter the mall without me knowing it?" said he.

Niou almost stopped breathing for a second. "No, I was coming on to you... you beastly hottie, you." said Niou.

George smirked. "Well, then..." he snaked his hand on Niou's neck and Niou pushed him away.

"You... don't like me?" George was hurt.

"No." said Niou.

George took out his gun and was about to shoot Niou, but then he thought to himself: if he shot Niou, then he would be just like that gunman with three thumbs that killed his father. He sighed, and said: "Go... before I shoot you."

Niou ran away, trying to look tough while he was at it.

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"Uh... hi." said Marui, looking at a really cool man with a tattoo and a mohawk. He was wearing a leather jacket and listening to his iPod. His name was Jake, but his friends called him Jackie. He liked taking long walks in the rain and reading love letters sent to him by random gay men.

"Can we go on a date?" said Marui.

Jackie rolled his eyes and continued listening to his iPod. Older men were more mature. He should stick with older men. This guy was too young, anyway. Jackie was seventeen he had a whole life ahead of him. Way to go, Jackie!

X

"So... darling, what do you want to get?" asked Jackal. God, this was so degrading.

Hiyoshi scowled. "I hate you and I hate my life. Why can't we just go home already?"

Jackal forced out a smile. "We'll get a burger and a kiddie meal."

"Mom! I'm not a kid anymore!"

"So tell us what you'd like to order then!"

"I'll get an adult burger!"

"Get him an adult burger!"

X

Yukimura held up a light blue dress and a white frilly dress. "Which do you think is better, Genichirou?"

"I think..." said Sanada, "the blue one."

Yukimura smiled. "You'll be wearing it later!"

And then - "WHAT?"

X

After they were done shopping, Yukimura asked Yagyuu if he filmed and everything and yes, he did.

X

Everyone in RikkaiDai was special in his own special way, and yet the only thing everyone can do is stare.

Now, Sanada did look queer, in the light blue dress, and yet he managed to pull it off without looking like a drag queen... much. The cut of the dress accentuated his skin color, and made it seem like he had curves. Of course, Sanada was modest, too, and so he wore a cardigan over the dress and he also wore boots with high heels. And then he wore a blond wig.

It was safe to say he looked like a porn star.

An underpaid one, at that.

Then there was also Niou, who looked so cool. He held a cute, little puppy in his hand. Its fur was soft and white and brown. Its ears were floppy and fluffy and it was too cute for repair. Its name was Mercy, but Niou didn't know that, so he called the puppy Death.

And everyone just stared.

Before they knew it, everyone was claiming the puppy was his and Yukimura was just angry. "Everyone," said Yukimura, "we will bring this puppy to France and it will be happy there. Got it?"

And Hiyoshi scowled and Niou almost hit Hiyoshi (not that he didn't want to).

X

Death looked at the strange young men who brought her to a foreign land sadly. She walked away and quickened her pace when a mushroom boy tried to grab her legs.

Niou stopped Hiyoshi in time.

The regulars and Hiyoshi walked away, trying to forget the sad memory. One day, they and Death will meet again. And when they do, nothing was going to stop them from having fun together. They can go run and hike and train together! And Death will always bark and wag its tail.

X

"I bet you can't eat a whole raw onion!" said Marui to Hiyoshi while eating in a French restaurant.

Hiyoshi snorted. "Watch me," and so he got an onion from God knows where and placed it in his mouth. He chewed slowly and then he froze. His eyes were watering.

Niou looked at Hiyoshi. "Are you... crying?"

Hiyoshi scowled and wiped his eyes. "It's the last time I'll see you all again! It's not because of the onion, really!"

Yukimura looked at Hiyoshi and smiled. "It's all right, Wakashi. We'll still see each other again during matches," and so he hugged the boy. And then everyone else joined in the gay fest. When Hiyoshi finally freed himself, he told them all, determined: "I'll be back... with weapons!"

X

The past few days, Hiyoshi learned the meaning of friendship and that not all tennis players actually play tennis during practice. And that real men were cool and awesome.... Real men like him.

TO BE CONTINUED

luuuuul, I abuse my right in creating OCs. Can you tell? -bricked-

And hey, about the part with the regulars fighting over the puppy, it's all Mercy. Do read and review her fic, The Contest of the Puppy. It's kickass, and you'll love it, man. And to those who have been waiting for an update, I am really sorry. Writer's block is nasty.

I also totally apologize that this chapter is shitty beyond repair. T___T (I really hope that isn't an understatement.)