Author's Note: Hello~

To the guest who pointed out that having different personality changes does not equate to a bipolar disorder, I'm very well aware~ My sister's an occupational therapist and she always goes on and on about work.. HAHA

Anyway, I'm just using that word to further emphasize Kana's personality, inconsistent and messy, and I am in no way saying that she has a bipolar disorder. I apologize for the confusion and if I offended some people. TT-TT

And also to diannehime, don't worry! This is still a Yukimura-centered fic~ /wink/

The District Tournament has come! Gomen, I won't include much of the tennis matches, since I completely suck at writing those _

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, or any of its characters! Atobe Kana and the other OCs are mine~

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Akira breathed the cold morning air. The day has finally come.

She stood on the concrete pavement leading the way to the Yuzawa Tennis Courts. Today was Monday, the day of the District Tournament. Today would determine who gets to participate in the Kanagawa Prefecturals, and Akira firmly stood in her belief that she would get Rikkai in the Nationals, no matter what it takes.

"Buchou!" Yuri waved as she ran towards the captain. With her was Saya, Mei and Inari.

"Where are the others?" Akira asked.

"Megumi-chan's on her way here and Kana-chan called that she's running a little late." Yuri replied.

And my dear vice-captain is late. How wonderfully responsible.

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"And remember, Kana, be nice to Sanjirou-kun. This is a very huge business deal." Atobe Mizuki reminded her daughter once again, as she fixed Kana's tennis jersey's collar.

Kana nodded. "Yes, yes, Mother. I know."

"When are you and Father coming back, Mother?" Keigo, who stood beside Kana, asked.

"We don't know yet. I would like to stay in the New York branch for quite a long time." Mizuki replied. Atobe Hideaki climbed down the stairs and walked over to the center of the lobby, where his family stood.

"And I'm also visiting the Sydney, Miami and London branches." Hideaki said.

"It's gonna be real quiet without you two around." Kana said as she hugged her mother. Mizuki chuckled, ruffling Kana's dark blue hair.

"Do you want me to bring you back chocolates and potato chips?" She asked. Kana looked up at her in real delight, her eyes wide and bright.

"Oh, Mother. You know me so well."

Hideaki chuckled. "And I suppose Wagner and Rachmaninoff for you, Keigo?"

Keigo grinned. "What else, Father?"

Kana smiled. "Now, go, you two. We still have our District Tournaments today~"

Mizuki looked at her in surprise. "Oh yes, yes! Good luck, you two! Make sure you win, okay?" She kissed her twins' foreheads before grabbing her carry-on bag. Hideaki then hugged his two children.

Keigo smiled. "It seems you forgot that Atobe is our last name, Mother."

"And we do not lose." Kana added.

Hideaki laughed. "Ah, we have raised our children well, Mizuki!"

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"Look, look. Last year's champions, Rikkai!"

"Even the way they walk is intimidating…"

"That's Sanada Genichirou. He's filling in as captain for Yukimura Seiichi, who was hospitalized…"

"That's one less Demon to worry about, neh?"

Kirihara scowled. These people had the guts to talk about them and not even make any effort to lower their voices, as if the Rikkai regulars weren't there at all.

But whatever. We're still crushing you by the end of the day, with Mura-buchou or not.

"Akaya, don't look so angry~" Niou said, his arm around the junior's shoulder.

"They'll just mess up your concentration." Jackal advised.

"And besides, it's not our time being wasted, is it? They're the ones just idling around like that." Marui said, smiling at Kirihara.

The ace grinned widely. "Yes!"

Then he remembered something.

"Neh, Sanada-fukubuchou, what time is Mura-buchou coming? He's going to watch us, right?" He asked the capped boy, who walked ahead of him, leading the Rikkai pack.

Sanada turned around for a second to acknowledge Kirihara's question then looked ahead again. "He'll be in time to watch us play. The nurses have to check his condition first before letting him out."

Kirihara nodded.

Yes, I'll show Yukimura-buchou my skills! I'm not that weak, stupid freshman anymore!

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"Look, look! It's Rikkai!"

"They didn't enter last year, right?"

"Apparently, all the girls in the club were too useless to even play so the captain just withdrew."

"No kidding!"

"Looks like Rikkai ain't so great after all, huh?"

Kana sniggered. I'm offended, but I can't blame them. The team last year was trash.

"Hear that, ladies?" Akira said, as she walked in front of them.

"Of course, buchou. I can't wait to show them in their faces!" Yuri chuckled.

"They won't know what hit them." Saya added.

"Let's crush them all 6-0!" Megumi exclaimed, her fists closed in excitement. Akira stopped walking and turned to face her teammates.

"Okay, everyone! Let's show them what Rikkai truly are. We'll win, at any cost!"

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"Yukimura! You've come!" Marui exclaimed from the benches, as the blue-haired boy sat down beside Yanagi. They were about to have a match against Iwaki Middle School, which looked kinda weak. But of course, one cannot really judge by appearance. But then of course again, we ARE Rikkai, Marui thought.

"Of course. I cannot miss the District Tournament." Yukimura replied.

"Doubles 2 will now commence. From Iwaki Middle School: Asakura-Kagami pair. From Rikkai Dai Fuzoku: Marui-Kuwahara pair."

Now is time to show off my brilliant skills!

"Marui." Yukimura called to him. The tensai turned, chewing down a piece of chocolate cake.

"Win."

Marui grinned. "Who do you take me for, buchou?"

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"Doubles 2 will now commence. From Seiwa Middle School: Haruno-Yahiro pair. From Rikkai Dai Fuzoku: Sakato-Hizashima pair."

Kana hooted. "Go, Inari-chan! Megumi-chan!"

"Kick their asses!" Saya yelled.

"Language, Saya." Akira scolded from the bench inside the court. Saya scowled.

"Chill a little, buchou~" she cooed to the captain. Kana chuckled.

"Oh, that reminds me. Today's also the tournament for the male teams, right?" Yuri asked.

Kana froze. Crap. I forgot about that because of Mother and Father leaving.

"Ah, yes. Right now, they have a match against Iwaki Middle School." Mei, their resident data researcher, added.

"As expected of Mei-chan. She knows all stuff." Saya complimented.

"However, darling, do not turn into that creepy Yanagi. I like seeing your eyes, okay?" Yuri teased.

The regulars chuckled, not minding the match at all. They had more than enough faith that Inari and Megumi would win.

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"Game and Match, Kirihara Akaya! 6-0! Rikkai Dai Fuzoku advance into the Kanagawa Prefectural Tournament!" the referee announced.

Sanada looked sternly ahead, not even showing the teensiest smile. As expected of Akaya.

Niou yelled. "That's our seaweed-haired bastard for you!"

Kirihara scowled. "Who are you calling seaweed, Niou-senpai?!"

"You, Bakaya!" Marui added.

Yukimura chuckled and walked over to the bench. "Ease up, Genichirou. We won." He placed a hand on the now-captain's shoulder. Sanada grunted.

"We only won the District Tournament. The Prefecturals and the Nationals are still to come." Sanada replied.

"Stern as usual. Make room for a little victory joy, neh?" The blue-haired boy grinned.

Well, I suppose I can take pride in our victory today. For a little bit.

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"Game and Match, Aisaka Mei! 6-0! With this, Rikkai Dai Fuzoku advance into the Kanagawa Prefectural Tournament!" the referee announced.

The female Rikkai regulars yelled in glee. They ran to the Singles 3 player, who was equally ecstatic. Kana hooted. "Mei-chaaaan, you're amazing!"

Mei winked. "Of course I am."

"Now then, what shall we do for our victory party?" Akira asked the excited team.

"Movie marathon at my house? And then order heaps of food?" Kana asked nonchalantly as she reached for her tennis bag. Akira's eyes widened in joy.

"Okay, everyone! To the mansion we go!"

"Yes! Let's watch Paranormal Activity!" Saya yelled.

"Oh no no. I hate horror." Megumi added.

"Then, Toy Story!" Yuri suggested.

"We'll decide when we get there." Akira commanded. Everyone gathered their belongings and exited the tennis courts.

Kana felt her phone vibrating in her pocket. Opening it, she saw that Gakuto was calling.

"Hello, Gakuto?"

"KANA-CHAN! WE WON! WE WON!" Gakuto's loud voice penetrated her eardrums. Kana chuckled.

"As expected of Hyoutei. Congratulations, guys!" she yelled back into her phone.

"We're celebrating in this restaurant, wanna come?"

"And you're not gonna ask if we won?" Kana teased.

"OH CRAP! Did you guys win? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course you did!" Gakuto replied.

"Yes, yes!" Kana laughed. "But my members and I are having a movie marathon in my room today~ Just go have fun with Ryou and the others, okay?"

Gakuto grunted. "Okay, okay~ We'll see you—Hey, Yuushi!"

And then Oshitari's voice came from the phone.

"Kana-chan~ Congratulations~"

Ah.. Yuushi's voice... I can listen to him all da— SNAP OUT OF IT!

"Thank you, Yuushi! Congratulations too!"

Kana did not notice the sly looks her members were giving her. Akira was grinning. She suddenly wrapped her arm around Kana and screamed into the phone.

"KYAAAA~ OSHITARI YUUSHI-SAMA!"

Saya and Yuri got the hint and followed.

"OH MY GOD! IS JIROU-SAMA THERE?! JIROU-SAMA! MARRY ME! SLEEP ON MY LAP!"

"ATOBE KEIGO-SAMA! I LOVE YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! LET'S RUN AWAY TOGETHER!"

Kana reddened. "YA, YOU GUYS!"

The regulars laughed out loud. Kana brought her phone back to her ear.

"Who were those people?" Oshitari chuckled.

"My members. They like to butt their noses in people's businesses." Kana shot her members a dirty look, who all grinned widely at her.

"Who was the one who shouted Oshitari Yuushi-sama? I'd like to meet her~" Oshitari said. Kana raised her eyebrows. Akira and Yuushi? Hmmm…

"My captain, Hitachiin Akira."

"Interesting… Hey, Kana, does she have nice legs 'cause—Oy, Jirou!"

And then Jirou's voice came to the phone.

"Gomen ne, Kana-chan. Yuushi's becoming a pervert again. We'll head off to the restaurant now, okay? Go have fun and congratulations!" Jirou exclaimed.

"Yes, yes~ Congratulations too, Jirou!"

"Hey, is that Kana?" Keigo interrupted.

"Hello, dear brother." Kana greeted the Hyoutei captain as she and her members walked towards the parking lot where her car was stationed.

"Good job, Kana."

"Nah, my members were all so good that Singles 2 didn't even play." She replied, and her members turned to her. Yuri, Saya, Inari, Megumi and Mei smiled at her, flattered at her compliment. Kana winked at them.

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"Neh, neh, buchou! Can we go to the arcade to celebrate?" Kirihara pestered Yukimura as the Rikkai members walked towards the bus station near the parking lot.

"No, let's go to this bakery!" Marui exclaimed.

"No, to the movie theatre!" Niou yelled.

Yukimura chuckled. "How about a yakiniku restaurant instead?"

Jackal nodded. "Sounds nice."

"I'm in a mood for meat today." Yagyuu added.

"There's a good place down the street." Yanagi supplied.

Yukimura turned to Sanada. "And you, Genichirou?"

"Whatever you want to do, Seiichi." He replied.

Niou and Marui snickered at the back. "Gods, are they married or something?" Niou said.

"And Sanada is the one under Yukimura!" Marui said.

Yukimura turned and glared at the two. "What…?" his voice cheerful but anyone could detect the iciness behind it.

"Nothing, nothing, Sanada-san~" Niou teased. Marui howled.

Yukimura stared at Niou and Marui, before chuckling himself. Oh well, I'll let this one go.

"Oh? Isn't that Akira, the captain of the girls' tennis team?" Jackal asked. Yukimura looked ahead and saw the female Rikkai regulars, talking excitedly. He skimmed the girls' faces, before stopping at a familiar figure, who was talking eagerly with someone on her phone.

Crap. She's here.

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"Did Jirou sleep again?" Kana said.

"Does Yuushi like legs?" Keigo replied. The girl laughed.

"Anyway, I'll bring you back some desserts. You like strawberry cakes, right?" Keigo asked.

Ah, my brother.

"Kei-chaaaan~ I love you so much! This girl loves you very very much!" Kana exclaimed.

"Yes, yes, I know."

"Huh? Aren't those the boys from the tennis team?" Yuri suddenly said. Kana froze, before looking up.

Familiar hair colors took place in her line of sight. Red, silver, purple, no hair, that brown bowl-cut, black and messy, that black cap… and that blue..

Shit. He's here.

"Um, onii-chan?"

"Yea?"

"Yukimura's here."

"Kill him."

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"Hey! I heard you guys won!" Hitachiin Akira came running towards them. It seems they don't know what happened, Yukimura thought.

"And I heard your team won too. Congratulations." Sanada replied politely. Akira grinned.

"Congratulations, too! No less from you guys, huh?" she complimented the team.

"Ahaha.. haha. Thanks." Marui nervously chuckled.

"Well, we're headed to Kana's house to celebrate. You?" Akira asked the capped boy. Yukimura glanced towards Kana, standing far back. She was facing the right, talking earnestly with someone on the phone.

"We haven't decided yet." Sanada answered.

"Ah, okay. Then, see ya!" Akira waved, before gesturing to her teammates to hurry.

Yukimura looked at his vice-captain.

Sanada stared back at him for a few seconds, and then he nodded.

"Let's go. Yukimura, you'll catch up with us, right?"

The blue-haired boy nodded. "If this doesn't take long, which I doubt will happen."

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"Kana-san."

Crap.

Kana looked up at the boy in front of her. And here I was, trying to ignore him.

"Yukimura-kun."

"May I talk to you?"

She sighed. "No." She turned, but she felt Yukimura's hand clench around her left arm.

"Please."

Kana stared at him hard for a minute. She looked at her teammates.

"Gomen, looks like I can't celebrate with you guys after all."

Akira smiled, noticing the tension between the two. "It's okay. We can come over some other time. Let's go, guys." She walked away, and then glancing back at Kana, with a look that said, "You've got to do some explaining, lady." Kana grinned slightly and nodded.

Her teammates left, followed by Sanada and the others.

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"I'm sorry I had Yanagi follow you." Yukimura said. Kana shot him a dirty look. The two were sitting on a bench in the park, the sun's orange hues darkening the sky.

"Why are you sorry? Didn't you have fun laughing at the oblivious me? Weren't you amused by my stupidity?" She coldly asked.

"That's why I'm sorry. I was a jerk."

"Yeah, you were. And unfortunately, I don't make friends with jerks. So bye." Kana stood up and walked away.

Shit, shit. She's really angry at me.

Yukimura also stood up and inhaled. "Please, forgive me! I am really sorry; I can't even begin to explain how miserable I felt when you slapped me. I know words can't make up for what I did-"

Kana stopped. She turned back to face him. "Yes, words can't make up for what you did. Because what you did was invade my life without permission, like those reporters back in London. Am I just some sort of toy to you? Or is that what you define your friends?"

Oh.

"Reporters..?"

"YES! Like those stalkers who can't leave me alone, even following me to the washroom and to the movie theatre! Like I'm some prey!"

She was… stalked by reporters?

And then, Yukimura began to finally realize how much this issue weighed on Kana's shoulders; that it wasn't just about him following her on her date, that it was about him doing the same things those people did to her.

"I didn't know… I'm so sorry…"

"Yes, well now you know. And are we done here yet? Because I can't stand looking at you right now."

Kana turned and walked away, leaving him in shock and in confusion.

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Tuesday morning.

Kana walked to her classroom, with yesterday's conversation playing in her head. He did look sorry… but still. I can't forget what those people did. Urgh, just forget it, Kana. Yukimura was insensitive.

She opened the door, only to find her whole class crowding around her desk.

What is happening here, people?

"Um.. excuse me…" She tapped a classmate's shoulder.

"Oh, Kana-chan's here! Make way!"

Her classmates parted so she could see her desk.

And what was on it confused her.

Papers…?

She walked forward, and then realized that the small pieces of paper were actually photographs.

Photographs of her.

Wait, aren't these from English magazines? And isn't this from Sparkle Monthly, the one that featured me?

On top of her desk were hundreds of pictures, either cut out from magazines or printed on bond papers. Pictures of her playing against Natalia Pavlov, of her smiling widely as she held her trophy, of her in the airport, of her walking down the street, of her eating vanilla ice cream on a park bench under a tree, of her jogging early morning, of her walking into a movie theatre …

What?! Who did this?!

And immediately, memories of worrying and getting scared in London came back to her.

How did people know about all these?!

She then noticed the small blue envelope beneath all the pictures. She opened it and saw a letter inside, before glancing at her classmates so they'd back off.

Recognizing the elegant script, she read the written words.

"These pictures are from the time you spent in London. And I think that with these, all your bad memories will come back.

But I don't want you to live a life with this nightmare. That's why from now on, I will get you to forgive me by erasing all the negativity from your past. By making you remember all those things back then, and creating new and good memories on top.

So that when you think of that miserable time in London, you won't remember any bad stuff, only me, your other friends and the good times here in Japan."

And then, she saw a sole photograph inside the envelope.

Seiichi… you…

It was a photo taken by Yukimura from his cellphone's front camera. He was using his left hand to raise the phone, while his right hand was holding up a peace sign. Kana stared at his smiling face for a few seconds, before realizing that something else was taking up the majority of the photo.

And that something was her.

Sleeping on her desk, with her drool all over and her hair all in disarray.

She turned the photograph around, and on the back was Yukimura's script.

"When you see a photo from your time in London in the future, you will remember this photo instead and how you drooled over your math notes and how you failed that quiz. And of course, my smiling face. Abracadabra!"

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Author's Note: Well, wasn't that boring… I'm so sorryyyyyy! TT-TT I've been updating so slowly…

Anyway, the District Tournament has come and gone. And hint! Akira and Kana will be doing something new in time for the Nationals /wink wink/

And Yukimura deaaarrrr~ Whaddya guys think? I'm basing their relationship on emotional grounds now, to solidify their friendship!

Please review! I love you all~

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