Choco-chin is currently in a pinch... = A =

She's currently sick with a cold and wrapped up in a warm blanket with hot chocolate.

Don't ask her about why the hot chocolate. Choco-chin is weird that way. Just like her friends. Hot chocolate in summer and ice cream in winter is perfectly normal.

Oh yea. In case you guys didn't notice. My chapters are currently focusing on building up the relationship between Aya and the others ^ ^ So even though there would be basketball involved, it won't be a lot, you know what I mean? For example, this chapter is sorta a filler chapter after Seirin's and Kaijo's practice match. But if you want more basketball, feel free to tell me via reviews or PM. ^ ^ It helps everyone.

Anyway. Thank you very much for 3k views. Choco-chin is very grateful and happy because of you guys. She wishes to tell you have she loves you guys very much and if she wasn't sick she would have given you guys a big virtual hug along with a big virtual cookie.

This chapter is dedicated to nijigengurl. Thank you very much for supporting Choco-chin. *bows* And using the knowledge I've gained from Google Translate, Anda mengagumkan. ^ ^ Um. Correct me? Lol. It's supposed to mean "You're awesome" I'm sorry for even trying. QAQ

Disclaimer: Choco-chin does not own KnB

Back to Shin-chan and Takao... Shin-chan's POV

I looked down at the container Aya gave me and smiled. Same old Aya, never fails to amaze me.

"Shin-chan?.. Who was that girl? And why are you smiling?!" An anime tick mark made its way to my head.

"Is there a reason I can't smile?!" "It's creepy, and answer my question!" "That was my cousin, Ayame. She attends Rakuzan and is the heir to the Akiyama Corps."

"Eh? Rakuzan?! That top school in Kyoto?! Why is she here then!?" "To see the match, my guess is that she was sent by him to see how we've improved so far. But also to see Kuroko and that light of his."

"Eh? Him? Who?"

I ignored him and started to eat the macaroons as I mounted the rickshaw.

"Hm, these are even more delicious than the last time I ate them." "Oi! Don't ignore me!" I looked at him and then the container in his hands. "Try it, they're delicious." "Eh? This?" He opened the container and munched on one of the macaroons.

"Wahhh! These are the best macarons I've ever tasted! Shin-chan! You'reprobably the luckiest guy in the world! With your weird horoscope prediction thingys and Aya-chan!"

Another tick mark.

"Don't you dare insult Oha Asa. And of course, Aya is probably the best cook you would ever know."

… On to Ryo-kun … Ryo-kun's POV

Ayacchi, huh? She didn't look like she was from around here… And that car… she must be rich…

I looked down at the rest of the macaroons and decided to save them for later, seeing that they were the best I've ever tasted. She seems familiar… Hm… Wah… I don't remember.. Where have I seen her? Mmmm… I give up…

The things she bought.. Manga.. Short ribs.. Cabbage… And… Tofu? Ayacchi doesn't seem like the type to read that kind of manga…. She doesn't look like a glutton. And she definitely… probably does not eat tofu. Unless she's buying it for other people…

Wait... Tofu?.. That brand seems really familiar too.. And she didn't seem like she was from here... Nah.. It couldn't be him...

Anyway! Interhigh, huh? Yosh! I'll work had so that Ayacchi will make some more awesome sweets for me!

(AN: Ladies and Gentlemen. Another 'I can do it' pose. Omg. I'm started to ship Ryo-chan and Sayu XD)

Kyoto.. Normal POV

After Aya had returned to Kyoto, it was already dark and Sayu was at the dining room, eating her beloved macaroni and cheesiness. Aya soon came out of the kitchen with freshly baked vanilla pie, one of Sayu's favorites. Their mother and father was on a two week business trip to Paris, so they had the house all to themselves.

She soon found out from Sayu that the team was going to come over tomorrow morning at about 9:30. As Sayu continued to eat her slice of pie, Aya called all the maids, butlers, and chauffeurs into the room and in total, the number of them rounded to about 100.

She took out 10 more fresh pies and gave each of them a slice, dismissing them to their rooms. They all thanked her and hussled to their rooms.

"Neh, Aya? How do make all these awesome foods? I can't even start to compare my food to yours" Aya paused for a second and thought. My cooking tastes that good?

"Well.. I don't know.. I just.. do it. I mean, there's no secret in making it good. Just enjoy doing it and it'll be fine!"

The next day quickly came as Aya woke up 6:00 in the morning to prepare for the day. After a quick shower, she put on a cream colored one piece spaghetti strap sundress that reached her went down to the kitchen, greeting the maids and butlers on the way.

Aya's POV

I decided to make Sayu's favorite breakfast, egg and bacon cups with sausages and blueberry pancakes. After I finished, I made some coffee and went up to Sayu's room to wake her up.

Knock Knock

"Sayu? Wake up, it's time for breakfast." No reply. "Sayu? I made your favorite."

Almost immediately after I said that, I heard footsteps, a door opening, and the shower running. That always works.

I went back down and sat on the fluffy armchair and started to eat while watching TV.I heard footsteps and saw Sayu walking down the stairs. She was wearing a baby blue sundress. I pointed to the other armchair. She went over there and saw on the coffee table her breakfast. With a huge smile, she plopped down on the couch and started to eat her food.

I finished my share and went to wash the dishes. Hm.. I should start to make lunch for the others.. Let's see… Eastern or western? Mmmmmm…. Ah screw it. I'll just do the normal lunch with other things.

Okay, let's see… I have exactly 3 hours to do this. Seven people to feed. Lots of food. I can do this!

I started to take out the ingredients for their lunches, including the ones I bought yesterday.

After I finished oiling the pan, I poured the egg mix in; bacon soon joined it and after it was finished, I rolled it up, chopped it, and placed it into the box. I finished washing the cabbages and started to make cabbage rolls. After I finished that, I cook the short ribs and also made karaage. And of course tofu soup for Sei-kun. As I left the soup to finish, I started to slice some salmon, tuna, and other fish for the sashimi. Soon, I finished with that, too and started to make some unagi rolls for Sayu. Oh yeah! Chihiro-senpai's kusaya! Good thing I have some..

As I continued to make and finish all the mains including other sides, I decided on the desserts that I would make. I looked at my watch and saw that there was only thirty minutes left.

Dang, I still have a lot to do.. Sigh.. I'll just have to hurry.

A While Later With Sayu… Normal POV

"Miss, five people are outside the gate. They say they were to meet with you today." Sayu looked up from the TV and looked at her watch. 9:30.

Hm, perfect timing.

Sayu stood from her armchair and went outside to the gates. She soon saw five familiar figures and smiled. "You're right on time." "Of course we are. The time planned was 9:30, and right now is 9:30."

"Wahhh! Sayu-chan's house is hugeeee! It's as big as Sei-chan's!" "Heh, rich people…" "Neh! Sayu-chan! Where's Aya-chan?" "..." (AN: The "..." is Chihiro ^ ^ Just saying)

"Ah! Aya's in the kitchen preparing lunch for us. Let's go! I'll give you a tour!"

So they all went inside the mansion, three of them were sparkling with excitement as the other two were perfectly calm.

"Aya! They're here!" They all looked towards where Sayu was shouting and a few moments later, they saw Aya with a blue apron and a spatula in hand come out from the double glass doors. "Ah, it's time already? I'm not done yet… Sayu, give them a tour. I come later." She immediately went back into the kitchen.

"Okay! Let's go!" They walked into another rather, spacious, room. It had a wide, wide, wide, screen TV, a few armchairs and couches, fluffy rugs, lots of bookshelves, long windows with silk drapes, a fireplace, and basically everything a rich person would need in their living room.

After they exited, they went into the dining room, which had a long, long, long, mahogany table and chairs, accompanied with sparkling chandeliers, and again, the same windows and drapes.

They went into what seemed like a ballroom. It was empty, but Sayu said that when parties occurred, it was chaos.

Next they went up the large and beautiful twin staircases that were overlooked by the same chandeliers. They walked through the second floor of the manor, which contained the main bedrooms.

"This is my bedroom!"

Sayu's bedroom contained sky blue walls and a long window with royal blue drapes. There was a sky blue rug with her four-posted bed with sky blue sheets on top. She had a navy blue desk in the corner with a blue lamp, a blue laptop, a blue chair, and a blue pen holder. She also had a small and clean fish tank on her dresser. She had a light blue bookshelf with many books in it.

"W-Wow… Sayu-chan must really like blue… A lot.." She sighed, putting a hand on her cheek. "What can I say? Blue is just so awesome."

They went to the next room, Aya's room.

Aya's room had more of a monotonous approach. She had a white fluffy rug, and on it was a platform bed. A black platform. White mattress, black comforter, and white pillows. Next to it was a bureau with a white lamp on top. Her desk was a few feet away from the bed. She has two computers and a laptop with another desk lamp. She had four large black bookshelves, one closet, and a pair of black and white bean bag chairs. Unlike Sayu, she had a large window with cream colored drapes leading out to a balcony which gave her a panoramic view of the gardens.

"Aya-chan… Sure likes black and white.." "Ah.. She never really liked bright colors that much." "Oh. What are those computers for?" "Mostly for work purposes. She doesn't have time to be gaming."

They moved on and soon came to her parents room. Which was strictly forbidden unless you were Aya or a maid, for some reason. Same went for their study.

Next was another huge room. Another study. This time it was Aya's.

The room itself was filled with books and shelves and stuff. It was basically a mini library. Her desk, which had another laptop and bunch of papers and files on it, was in front of a large window which had white drapes.

There were about five chandeliers and a fireplace.

"Oh! Miss, excuse us, we did not know you were here."

All of them turned and saw eight maids with cleaning supplies.

"Ah! It's alright! I was just touring them, you can go back to doing whatever."

After they left, Reo asked why there were so many maids cleaning here.

"You see... Aya says that there are about 80 shelves here, each holding about 65 books. So, normally it takes about two hours to clean everything here."

They want up another flight of stairs the third floor. There, they entered the music room, which contained a grand piano, guitars, bass, violins, harps, flutes, etc.

"You know, Aya can play almost all these instruments, she's really amazing."

Next they went to the library. It was about 6-8 times bigger than Aya's study. There were many, many windows, making it bright. There were about 30 maids cleaning right now, along with 3 butlers helping.

On the fourth floor were simply the maids, butlers, and chauffeurs rooms, along with the attic.

They went back down to the first floor to see Aya coming with a puppy in her arms while an older one was next to her.

"Aya-chan? What's with the dogs?" "Ah.. they just came back from their checkup." "Wahh.. They're so cute! What are their names and breed?" "They're corgis! The older one is named Night." "Night? Why?"

Aya thought for awhile. "Well one, he was born during the night, two, his eyes are as dark and beautiful as the night, and three, the author wrote this at midnight."

"How about the little one?" This time Sayu answered, "Well this one was born just one week and a half ago, and we didn't name it yet, so why don't you guys name it?"

"Mmm..." They all put on their imaginary thinking caps, well most of them, and thought.

"Uhhhh... Well... Errr..." "I know!"

They all turned to Eikichi who was grinning widely.

"Pork Chop." "Hell no!"

They thought again, and this time, it was Kotarou.

"Lightning!" "Never!"

They thought again. Reo's turn.

"Neko-chan" "Reo. This is a dog."

Th- Screw it. You know the drill, author's too lazy to type. Chihiro.

"Akamaru.. No.. Pakkun.. Uhh.." "We aren't in Naruto...You're such an otaku.."

"Sei-kun? How about you?"

Akashi stared long and hard at the poor puppy before saying.

"... I hate dogs." Everyone immediately facepalmed.

"Sei-kun, these two are really good! They don't bark unless needed, they don't pee everywhere, they don't do those things!"

"...Sit." Night immediately went over to him and say down. "Hand." Night placed his paw on his hand. "Roll over." He lay on his stomach and rolled two times. "Speak." "Woof!"

"... Good dog." Akashi knelt down and scratched Night's fur in which he growled in pleasure and happiness.

"See?" He stared up to the puppy again and stared and stared and stared.

"... You're name will be... Lady..." "... I should've know you were going to say that.. Well then, you're new name is going to be Lady!" Aya kissed Lady's nose and she nuzzled her head into Aya's hair. "Night will be your knight in shining armor ok? And Night, you'll be Lady's knight ok?" Night barked as if understanding her.

"Now, you haven't seen the gardens yet right?" "Nah, I didn't take them there yet." "Well, you must be tired walking all those stairs, how about we rest and have lunch there?"

They all agreed and followed Aya to glass doors. They were greeted with the bright sun and sounds of nature.

"There are three separate 'gardens here'. The main one is used for outdoor parties and such. The other two are just for sights and relaxing. I'll show you my favorite one."

She led them to a path that was wide enough to fit all of them across with space still left. They soon came to a beautiful, grassy area that could fit more than 500 grown people and still have much space left. A bridge connected the path the the grassland because around the whole garden, was a moat like structure that was connected to a small koi pond that was on the right side of the garden. In the middle was a large white gazebo with tied drapes and inside were some armchairs; some trees were surrounding the gazebo, giving it a relaxing atmosphere.

The whole garden was surrounded by thornless rose bushes. There were red, white, black, and blue roses along with a few pink ones.

"Wahh! It's beautiful!" "There are so many roses!" "Dude, that's a lot of koi.."

"Miss?" They all looked over to the path and saw a few maids holding an easel, a chair, and a bag. "Oh! You can put that next to the trees. Thank you."

Aya placed Lady down on the grass and led them to the gazebo. "You guys can do whatever here. I just like to relax and maybe take a nap."

Reo went over to one of the trees, sat, and closed his eyes. Kotarou followed and placed himself next to the pond instead, admiring the variety of life there. Eikichi just laid down a few feet in front of the gazebo and stared at the sky. Sayu sat next to Reo and started to play with Lady and Night. Akashi took a chair from the gazebo and sat next to Aya under the shade.

Beautiful. Quiet. Peace.

Aya's POV

I set up the easel placed an empty canvas on my lap. I took out a pencil and started to sketch out a picture. After I finished sketching, I took out my palette and started to mix some colors.

I suddenly felt a weight on my shoulder and saw something red. I looked over and saw Sei-kun's head on my shoulder, his face was relaxed and his breaths were deep and long.

Ah… He looks so defenseless and cute when he's sleeping… Ah! What are you thinking, Aya?! Get ahold of yourself. Sighhh….

I soon finished the painting and smiled contently. Hm, turned out better than I thought.

I felt a slight shift on the left and saw Sei stirring. "Oh, you're awake, did you get a nice rest?"

"Mm… Ah.. Sorry about that…" "It's alright.." "Hm? So you painted a picture of all of us, huh?"

I looked at the painting. I had painted the time we had together yesterday, when we were eating, talking and laughing under the tree.

"Well, do you have another idea?"

We heard metal sounds and saw a few maids coming up with a cart. "Miss, it's time for lunch." "Thanks, you can leave it there."

After they left, we woke the others and we sat in the gazebo. I put out all the food and gave the dogs some, too. Their eyes sparkled as they saw the variety of food before them.

"Hm? Aya-chan! Did you draw that? That's so cool!" After Kotarou-senpai's outburst, the others looked at my painting and started ranting about it's awesomeness. "Come on, let's just eat, you can rant later."

And so they did. As we ate, we talked about random things, life, school, annoying people, gossip, all that good stuff. I gave Kotarou-senpai and Chihiro-senpai their manga, in which their eyes were simply sparkling with when they lay eyes on it. Soon, another maid came with the desserts.

"Today's dessert will be Japanese-styled fruit parfaits and different flavored flan."

"Holy crap. There's tons of things in the parfait… There's strawberry, blueberry, peach, kiwi, mango, waffles, pocky, cream, ice cream, nutella…."

I smiled, "Well of course! There's all the nutrients you need in those."

"Woahh… Strawberry flan, chocolate flan, mint flan…."

"We love you with all our hearts.."

After we were all finished with our lunches, we all lay down on the soft grass, staring at the sky. No one was talking, they were just, quiet. Even the dogs were quiet.

"Neh… Aya-chan?..." "Yes, Reo-nee?" He paused for a second before answering.

"We're gonna get real fat if you keep feeding us like this."

In my mind, I knew that all of them agreed. But why would I give them that much food if I knew?

"Thanks for asking, I already prepared the training menu for practice."

And that was when all of them knew, that they ate too much.

= A = I don't even know what I'm doing…

I wanna hug Night and Lady.

Have you guys ever eaten Japanese parfaits? Look it up, you'll like it. They're oversized.

I want Aya's house. I want it. So badly.

Arigatou-gozaimasu

= A = Choco-chin is out~