"Wait, we're going where?" Sakura asked confused as she looked around the Osaka area, it was a little familiar to her since a cousin of hers lives somewhere in the area

"Shitenhouji invited us for a practice match" Oishi reminded her

"I was hoping for a break after Nationals" Sakura muttered

"Actually Sakura-san, you won't be participating" Inui told her "since you're still recovering"

"Bruising isn't that bad-" she mumbled before Inui poked a particularly sensitive spot "Ow!"

"You're just here to keep Ryuzaki-sensei company" Momoshiro laughed

"How boring" Sakura muttered as she began to follow everyone as they made their way to Shitenhouji


"So this is Shitenhouji Middle School?" Kikumaru asked surprised

"Interesting location" Sakura voiced while holding his hand

"Their school is located in a temple?" Horio asked confused

"Looks like there's no mistaking it" Oishi smiled as he read the sign on the side

"Hey!" Sakura turned to see a small redhead shouting to get their attention "You better hurry up before the bell rings!"

"Hey Kintaro!" Momoshiro shouted

"The bell rings even during the summer holiday?" Fuji questioned

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Kintarou continued

"Let's just hurry up" Oishi said before jogging

"Naniwa's speed star is a step ahead of you!" Sakura heard as someone ran past them

"Oshitari!" Momoshiro shouted

"Ken-chan!" Sakura grinned before tackling down the cousin of her friend excitedly "Ken-chan, I forgot you were here!"

"Sakura-chan!" Kenya grinned before turning so his back would hit the sign at the gate

"I missed you so much!" Sakura continued oblivious that she could have gotten more hurt "You were always more fun than Yuu-kun!"

"You're still naive" Momoshiro turned to see Shiraishi running towards them before jumping over them "Ahh ecstas-"

Everyone just stared up above them as Shiraishi's face slammed into the top of the gate before falling

"Could it possibly be" Inui gasped

"…Them falling on purpose?" Kikumaru asked surprised

"Our main gate at Shitenhouji" Shiraishi said as he stood up while rubbing his face "is a sacred place, also known as the Grappling Main Gate"

"One cannot simply walk through it" Kenya finished while standing up with Sakura clinging on him happily

"Shiraishi and Kenya, too. You're both getting too fired up over this" Kintaro laughed "I don't know if today's practice will be too much for you to handle"

"Wait! Wait!" Seigaku turned to see Hitouji slowly chasing after his partner

"If you catch me… I'll give you a kiss!" Konjiki giggled in a dress with fake breasts while the bell rang "Wait a minute!" he then shouted shaking his partner angrily "It's your fault that we're late, isn't it?! It's because you're so slow!"

"B-but!" Hitouji gasped pulling out a bouquet of roses "Wasn't it you who wanted to play the 'Springtime of Love' skit, Koharu?"

"T-that was…" Konjiki gasped "Well, whatever! We may be late, but at least we made somebody laugh"

"Nobody laughed though" Kaidoh cut in annoyed before Fuji chuckled and Sakura fell backwards laughing


Sakura yawned as she stood next to the coaches. She refused to admit it, but she was still tired for the Nationals. Naniwa's Baka Couple did their best to keep her awake with jokes between messing up the players on the court, but she became too tired to even pay attention. She could barely remember being picked up by Kikumaru due to being half-asleep when they finished. After a quick way back to the Inn to allow Sakura to rest in the room she was sharing with Ryuzaki, the rest of the club took the time to wander around.

After returning, Ryuzaki woke Sakura up to take a bath and eat before allowing her to make her way back to her futon to sleep more. Sakura felt sure that she would be rested enough by the next day and that her body would feel rested enough within the next few days. Snuggled with her teddy bear that Kikumaru had recently gave her, Sakura eventually fell into a deep sleep. A deep sleep that would help give her energy for the next day and she didn't want to wake up until then. However, the adjourning room that the boys were staying in had become too noisy and woke her up from a nice dream. Mumbling to her coach that whoever woke her would die, she slammed open the door scaring everyone while their coach went back to sleep.

"S-senpai…" Momoshiro chuckled nervously. He was sure that if she wasn't pissed off, everyone would be commenting how cute she looked in her pajamas. Sakura glared at everyone while hugging her teddy bear tightly. Her hair was slightly messy from tossing a bit before waking up and her pink nightgown that reached her knees, that Kikumaru was sure her mother packed, gave her a cute childish look, but the glare she was giving contrasted with how she appeared.

"Today was the first day that I could walk anywhere without worrying about falling over randomly" Sakura said softly "All I want is to be able to sleep right now, but I got woken up by shouting. So, someone better explain why I had to come over here right now"

"They wanted to steal our room" Sakura heard a freshman say "We were trying to protect it!" Sakura slowly turned towards the members of Higa's tennis team

"Seriously?" she said angrily "Your team has pissed me off before and right when I thought there was a change you do this?!"

Walking over to the captain and gripping his shirt, she dragged him over to the door leading to the hallway and threw him out roughly. Leaving the door open, she surprised her teammates by literally throwing the others out roughly as well.

"Next time ask nicely to share instead of being noisy jerks" Sakura shouted "If you can't stand the heat, you should have been smarter with the money you overspent!" Slamming the door shut she stomped back to the room she was sharing and slid the door shut softly after a quick goodnight to everyone before crawling back under her blanket and going back to sleep

"…She just threw them all out" Kaidoh said surprised

"…Without letting go of her teddy bear" Kawamura finished. After a moment of awkward silence, everything settled down again allowing the ones who were tired to go to sleep.

"I-I've never seen Kura-chan like that" Kikumaru stuttered "But she looked so cute, nya!"

"Mizuiro-san once said that Sakura-san gets really cranky if she's exhausted and woken up, especially without a good reason" Inui stated looking at his notebook "Though, looks like cranky is just putting it lightly" shutting his notebook closed his glasses flickered nervously.