THE RIKKAIDAI ASSISTANT GIRL

Oops, I completely forgot to put the disclaimer in chapter ten! So guys, PoT is NOT belong to me… It's Konomi-Sensei great piece of work! Hooray…

But this fic is totally my original little work! Hooray again…

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PART ELEVEN

The next day, Hikaru dreaded about going to school. And her eyes, it looked awful because she spent the entire afternoon crying her guts out. Luckily Rika gave her some ice packs so it reduced the after-cry effect. But still… everyone would know she's been crying! Sigh…

When she went out, Niou was already waiting for her in front of her apartment. They usually go to school together walking coz Rikkai was not too far away. He smiled when he saw Hikaru. Last night Yukimura called him telling that Hikaru was okay, she just needed some time to be alone. That's why Niou and the others forcing themselves not to go to Hikaru's apartment last night.

"Ohayou, Hikaru-chan… ", he greeted her.

"Ohayou, Masaharu… ". Niou took her pink bag and carried it easily despite its weight. His tennis bag was previously secured in his right shoulder.

"Are you okay, Hika? ", he asked. She nodded.

"I'm totally okay now, Masaharu… Sorry for worrying you and the guys… "

"It's nothing, Hikaru… ", Masaharu slung his arm over Hikaru's shoulder. "Too bad the teachers came in the crucial time, we would've killed that bastard… "

"Manners, Masaharu… ", but Hikaru was smiling at his words. They walked in comfortable silence until they reached school. Many, many students watched Hikaru walked passed them and they whispered to each other. If they didn't see the accident yesterday, they must've heard it by now. Hikaru sulked. This is all because that stupid Keigo!

Thankfully Niou had done a great job by scaring everyone who wanted to talk to Hikaru. He knows that talking about that to them would be the last thing Hikaru has in her pretty little head. He escorted Hikaru to her homeroom and relieved when he saw Sanada. And his excitement doubled when he saw his Buchou sitting beside Sanada.

"SEI-Chan!!!! ", Hikaru beat him, he was going to greet his warmest greeting to the Buchou! By now Hikaru was secured in Yukimura arms. Niou grinned. Well, it is worth seeing Hikaru this happy.

"How are you, Hikaru? Your eyes… ", Yukimura brushed Hikaru's bangs, showing her half swollen eyes. "… but it's okay, you still look beautiful… ", he teased her.

"Still the same old Sei-chan I see…. ", Hikaru teased him back.

"We met only two days ago, Hika… ", Yukimura rich laughter erupted. Soon, their classmates surrounded Yukimura's desk to give their warmest welcome-back greetings. Yukimura is truly their favorite friend. One, he's good-looking; two, he's sooo handsome; three, he's cute… well he-heh… these were the girls' opinion at least, though the guys couldn't denied the fact that he's actually quite pretty for a guy! But anyway, it was his kindhearted and easygoing attitude what makes him stood out. Especially to the non-tennis related people in this school, who never get to taste his wrath on the court… (Trust me, it's worst than Sanada!)

Their homeroom teacher, Hoshino-Sensei entered the class and smiled when she saw her students were excited by Yukimura's presence.

"Well… well… Yukimura-kun's back… ", she drew their attention. All of them reluctantly get their asses back to their chairs. Niou had dashed to his own class the minute Hoshino-Sensei entered class.

"Ohayou, Hoshino-Sensei…. ", they chorused.

"Ohayou, kids… ", she smiled cheerfully. "Welcome back, Yukimura-kun… I expect to see you all healthy until Graduation Day! And forever I may add…"

"I will do that, Sensei… ", Yukimura chuckled.

"And don't forget, grab the National trophy for us again this year okay, Yukimura-kun, Sanada-kun and Hikaru-chan… ", she added.

"I'm not even competing, Sensei… ", Hikaru giggled.

"Aren't you their manager? ", Hoshino-Sensei grinned. Hikaru beamed at her. It's so lucky to have a homeroom teacher like Hoshino-Sensei!

The day came out eventful to Hikaru's pleasure. Nobody asked her about what happened yesterday, but of course thanks to Yukimura and the guys. They stick to her the whole day and glaring anyone who dares asking her any question whatsoever. Well, Yukimura just flashed his charming smile and everyone went gaga, thus forgetting their previous intention!

Finally it's time to afternoon practice. When Hikaru went out from her last class, Home Economic that was, the whole regulars had waited for her in front of the class. They couldn't afford having another chaos like yesterday, you know, in case Atobe decide to drop by again… shivers…

When Yukimura made his appearance, Hikaru could tell that everyone went crazy in happiness. Finally, the Buchou's back! Though he was stern and love to give laps like Sanada-Fukubuchou, but he's an eye candy people!

"Hmmm…I see that you had done a great job maintaining this club, Sanada… I could never thanked you enough for this… "

"It was my duty as your vice-captain… ", said Sanada matter-of-factly.

"By the way, Sei-chan, Kenji here has done a great job too… He helps me assist the club when I'm not around… ", Hikaru pointed at Kenji, who was blushing at her comment. Yukimura smiled and patted the second year back (who almost died in happiness… Yukimura-Buchou just touched me!!!).

"Keep up the good work, Shirota-kun… ", Yukimura encouraged him. Kenji nodded vigorously and Hikaru has no doubt that he'll work harder in the future. Yukimura has that effect on everyone!

Yukimura started the practice with a practice match between the regulars. He wanted to take a look on how his team members improving in his absence. It was Marui against Yagyuu in Court A and Niou against Jackal in Court B. Yanagi was busy jotting down everything in his notebook. Sanada was barking orders to the first and second years. Hikaru helped Kirihara stretched some more, to advance his flexibility. She was quite athletic after all, having been a member of the basketball team back in her old school. So when Eiji showed her how to flex muscles to increase body flexibility, she learned in swiftly and now she teaches it to Kirihara. But still Kirihara won't surpass Eiji in this field; Eiji was just too good with a natural talent too! The practice was going smoothly with everyone work their best to impress their beloved Buchou.

"God… I feel so tired… ", Kirihara crumpled against one of the benches after practice officially dismissed. Hikaru stroked his messy hair lovingly.

"You've done a good job today, Aka-chan… I'm so proud of you… ", she cooed. Kirihara purred, enjoying the feeling of Hikaru's hand running through his curly hair. The others eyed him full of jealousy. It's too bad that Kirihara is Hikaru's favorite (next to Yukimura of course), or they'd have beat him to a bloody pulp for being a spoil little baby brat!

"Hey… Isn't that Fuji-kun? ", exclaimed Marui, pointing a finger to the fence. Right away everybody diverted their attention to the direction and found a smiling Fuji Syusuuke waving a hand to them. Next thing, they gathered around him, including the over-excited Kirihara (He managed to get to Fuji's side in not more than a second!).

"Good afternoon minna… ", he greeted them. His gaze lingered to Hikaru a bit long.

"Good afternoon, Fuji-kun… ", Yukimura smiled, aware of Fuji's stare to Hikaru. "It's nice of you to drop by here… "

"Yeah, Syu-chan… You really surprised us! ", Hikaru beamed. Fuji grinned. Hikaru looked great, that means she got over yesterday quite well.

"I just want to come here and see you guys… ", he said shyly. "… But if you don't mind, I'd like to borrow Hikaru… ". All of them went 'O.o' mode. Hikaru was caught off guard too.

"Borrow me? ", she looked confused. Yukimura tapped his chin and gazed Yanagi who suddenly looked guilty and found the ground so interesting. It seemed that Yanagi talked to his childhood friend last night.

"Are you going somewhere, Fuji-kun? ", asked Yukimura calmly.

"Yes… I have an important errand, and I need Hikaru's help on it… "

"Can I come too? ", asked Kirihara, putting his best puppy dog eyes. Yukimura smiled inwardly. Little Aka-chan has grown to attach to the Seigaku tensai. But he knows that for once, Aka-chan has to leave the two alone.

"Why, Akaya? Don't you want to accompany me home? "

"Huh? ", Kirihara frowned.

"He said, don't you want to accompany Buchou home? ', Sanada supplied, aware of Yukimura's purpose.

"Aren't you always accompany Buchou home, Sanada-Fukubuchou? ", still the oblivious Akaya-chan. Sanada almost thwacked him upside down for being so stupid.

"Hey Fuji-kun… ", Niou threw an arm to Fuji's shoulder casually. "Just make sure that she'll go home safe, okay? '

"That's my top priority, Niou-kun… ", he nodded curtly. Niou looked satisfied. He turned to the still puzzled Kirihara and dragged him to the Club House.

"Come on, Akaya… All of us will be escorting Buchou home today… ", he proceeds to drag Kirihara despite his protesting remarks.

"Wait Niou-senpai… I want to come with Hikaru-Neechan… Neechan help meee!!! ", his wails could be heard even though Niou had banged the Club House door closed.

"Sorry about that, Fuji-kun… Akaya could be quite clueless sometimes… ", Yukimura sweatdropped. Fuji chuckled.

"It's okay, Yukimura-kun… I take that as a yes? Thank you for letting Hikaru goes with me again… "

"Nah… it's nothing, Fuji-kun… She needs to get away from us sometimes… ", Yukimura shrugged.

"The truth is she spends TOO MUCH time without us lately… ", Marui whispered to Jackal. Jackal nodded but he ushered Marui to keep quiet. Don't want 100 laps from Buchou coz he obviously encourage Hikaru to go with Fuji.

"Do you mind going for a walk with me, Hikaru? ", asked Fuji.

"If it's fine with the guys, it's fine with me… ", she replied. They said their goodbyes and head off. Sanada glanced Yukimura.

"You do know what you are doing right, Yukimura? "

"I always know what I'm doing, Sanada… ", Yukimura smiled at him before walking to the Club House. Sanada frowned. He never really gets to understand what Yukimura's thinking (beside the tennis-related ones), but he trust that Yukimura knows what best for him. Shrugging, he followed his Buchou to tha Club House.

Meanwhile, Fuji and Hikaru took a train to Tokyo. Along the way, they chatted cheerfully. Fuji told her that yesterday there was a cute girl from Hokkaido came to find Ryo-chan. But he learned that the girl was a manager from one of the school there.

"Manager? ", Hikaru furrowed her eyebrows in concentration. "Aha! That must be Kotoha-chan from Tsubakikawa Gakuen! They qualified to the National Tournament too this year… I've met her twice; she's really cute but crafty… So she spied on Ryo-chan huh? Got anything? "

"No… Echizen is too smart to be fooled like that, he didn't play his best yesterday… "

"Nice! ", Hikaru grinned. She told Fuji about Murigaoka incident too. Fuji looked impressed and amused. Never really think Kaidoh as the tricky type. Momoshiro would love to hear that…

"Say, Syu-chan… Where are going to? You haven't told me… ", she asked. They had got off the train and walking to some housing estate.

"Saa… don't you recognize where it is? ", Fuji smirked. Hikaru looked around and gasped. They continued walking until they reached a familiar house. Fuji rang the bell and they waited patiently. Hikaru watched him warily. What will he do?

"I'm coming…. ", a cheerful voice echoed before the owner appeared behind the door. "Eh…. Fuji-san?!! Hikaru-chan?! "

TO BE CONTINUED…

Oops… another cliffy! Okay, guess who the person is… Bet you all know!!

Hmmm, Fuji has made a move… What will he do exactly? And why the sudden appearance in Rikkai? He has something up on his sleeve, and you're going to find out… on the next chapter… (lol)

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Natashallen