Chapter 10! Yay! I'm thinking of just putting hints of the UkyouSomeone pair and just focus on RyoSaku for now. Then, I'll see if you want a sequel, and I'll focus on UkyouSomeone in the sequel.

Or something like that, anyway!

Thanks for review! (Too lazy to put names up...) And I'm too impatient to wait for 25 reviews, because I found out last night that it isn't as busy at night than it is in the morning or afternoon...

Ukyou-Taisuke

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"Inui-senpai..." Ukyou called, walking up to him. He stood there, his nose in his notebook. Ukyou tiptoed and tried to peer over his shoulder. Then, he suddenly snapped the book closed, and Ukyou flinched, a disapproving look on her face.

"Yes, Ukyou?" Inui looked at the sulking girl.

Ukyou looked up, slightly startled, and stopped sulking. "You know, I bumped into Rikkai's tennis regulars yesterday," she stated quite loudly.

"WHAT?" The regulars all screamed. Ukyou winced at their voices.

"So THAT'S where you went yesterday." Ryoma concluded.

"Hey, I didn't GO there! I crashed into one of their regulars. The rest were all behind him." Ukyou recalled, thinking about Jackal and his redheaded doubles partner. Not to mention Kirihara Akaya.

"Which one?" Inui asked, his glasses gleaming evilly.

Ukyou gulped. I...can't remember his name! "Um...red hair...bubblegum...Oh, yeah! Mazui Bunga! That dude!" She smiled.

Inui raised an eyebrow. "I don't remember a 'Mazui Bunga'..." He flipped his notebook open and scanned his notes. "Oh, you must mean Marui Bunta, the volley specialist."

"Yeah! That's who I meant!" Ukyou grinned, while the regulars sighed.

"At least remember your opponent's name..." Ryoma said.

Ukyou frowned. "Well, SORRY!"

Oishi tried to stop the two. "H-hey, now no fighting! Calm down."

Ukyou 'hmphed' and turned away, swinging her racket in her left hand. She winced. She'd forgotten about her injury!

She jumped at her mistake. She turned around slowly...

...slowly...

Just to meet confused, angry, and worried looks.

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"I TOLD you, it was an accident!" Ukyou whined, rubbing her wrist. She'd just finished explaining about her wrist.

Momo scratched his head. "I never noticed..."

Kaidoh hissed. "That's because you're so dense, Baka."

"What did you say?!"

"I said, BAKA!"

"You wanna go at it?!"

"Bring it on!"

Oishi jumped in again. "Calm down, you two!"

Kawamura tried to assist him, but Fuji cut him off. "Taka-san..." He held up a racket.

Wait for it...

"BURNING! STOP FIGHTING, OR FACE MY WRATH! I'M ON FIRE!"

"T-T-Taka-san! Now it's you who needs to calm down!"

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After the commotion was over, Ukyou was bombarded with questions.

"Why didn't you tell us?"

Ukyou shook her head. "I didn't plan to tell Ryo, either, but he found out anyway. Damn his powers of observation..."

"Was Echizen the first to know?"

"No, I wasn't," Ryoma answered. "Baka Oyaji was. I bet she wasn't planning on telling him either."

"I wasn't! But was it so obvious?" Ukyou asked, oblivious.

Momoshiro and Eiji shook their heads. "No, I don't think we noticed anything."

Ukyou frowned. "I'm not asking you. Your powers of observation stink!" she told them. She was the type of person to speak her mind.

"Hey!"

"Sorry, sorry...but it's the truth!"

"Yes, it was obvious...for the most part." Inui stated.

Ukyou stuck her tongue out at him and massaged her wrist. She recoiled at the sensitive area.

"Does it hurt?"

"Hm?" Ukyou looked up, seeing Tezuka in front of her. "No," she lied.

He instinctively took her wrist, and Ukyou yelped. "You're a bad liar."

She shrugged and laughed nervously. "Well, everyone has flaws."

"..."

"Fine, fine. Yes, it does hurt. Occasionally," she added.

"..."

"Do I have to die in order to make you talk?"

"..."

"...Apparently so."

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"...and you know, with my two years of tennis experience..."

Ryoma ignored him while Ukyou stared in awe. "I never knew Horio could be so...amazing."

Ryoma snorted. "Amazing? You do know he's lying, right?"

Ukyou looked at him blankly, and then she frowned. "No, I mean that I never knew he could talk for so long – it's been ten minutes...straight! And he didn't take a single pause!"

"Get used to it. It happens, so just ignore him," he advised, yawning.

"Wow..." she enthused again, and then followed her brother home.

"Hey, it's you again!"

"Hm?" Ukyou looked up and smiled. "Oh! Marui-san!"

Marui scratched his head. "I guess you finally got the name right."

Ryoma cut in front of his sister. "Get out of our way."

The volley specialist blinked. "Who's...Ah! Hey, hey, Jackal! Isn't this the freshman tennis prodigy in Seigaku?"

Jackal stepped forward and inspected the boy. "Looks like him...but who's the girl that resembles him so much?" He nodded towards Ukyou.

"Hey, don't talk as if I'm not here!"

"Sorry...sorry..." Jackal muttered.

"Could they be...twins?" Kirihara Akaya piped up, walking up to his senpais. He stared at Ukyou for a second, then pointed an accusing finger at her. "Ah! It's her! The person who stepped on my foot yesterday!"

Ryoma looked at Ukyou. "You stepped on his foot?"

Ukyou glared at him. "He called me a little girl! I couldn't stand that!"

"Nice job."

Akaya scowled. "My toes turned red yesterday, you know? They were all swelling and blotchy..."

Ukyou covered her ears. "Woah...didn't need to hear all that detailed mush."

Marui turned and called, "Buchou! This is the freshman prodigy and his annoying twin sister!"

"Who're you calling annoying?!" Ukyou glowered.

"Ah, well, this one is feisty." Yukimura entered the picture.

Ryoma looked at him. "Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital? Why are you here?"

"How rude." Niou cut in, smirking.

Ukyou mussed up her own hair. "Why is everyone just cutting into the picture?!" she screamed, frustrated.

Yukimura smiled. "I was just visiting the group, just for today."

Ukyou kept right on screaming. "First, the redhead, then the baldy...and then the seaweed-hair dude..."

Marui cringed. "'Redhead'?"

"B-baldy?" Jackal frowned.

"WHAT THE HELL? SEAWEED-HAIR DUDE?" Akaya screamed. Then he turned to Yukimura. "My hair looks like seaweed? It doesn't, does it, Buchou?"

"Er...well..." He stopped as Ukyou kept ranting.

"...and then the girly-boy buchou...and now, it's the creepy trickster! Who's next? The cold-faced vice-captain?!"

"Who DARES say I am cold-faced?"

Ukyou gulped and didn't dare turn around. "Uh..."

Yukimura just smiled. "Girly-boy buchou...?"

And Niou grinned. "Hmm...Creepy Trickster? Nice name..." he muttered.

Sanada's voice came out, demanding. "Who said I was cold-faced?"

Ukyou pointed at Ryoma hurriedly. "H-he did!"

Ryoma frowned. "Hey!"

Sanada directed his penetrating eyes at Ryoma. "Echizen," he acknowledged.

"Sanada-san."

Ukyou looked back and forth the two. "Uh...uh...Oh!" She pretended to check her watch. "L-look at the time! Eh heh...gotta go!" And she ran off, dragging her lame brother with her.

The Rikkai team just stared after them, and Marui smirked. "That brat..."

Yukimura smiled, yet again. "Hm...what an interesting girl..."



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Whew...great fun, writing this chapter...I love making Ukyou scream. 3

Oh, and I forgot the disclaimer (lots of times!): I do not own Prince of Tennis, just Ukyou and the evil sensei...so far.

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