Disclaimer: I do NOT own PoT

-gets down on knees and prays for forgiveness- I. AM. SO. UNBELIEVABLY. SORRY. –repeats 'sorry' endlessly- SO. VERY. SORRY!! I lost interest and school's a biatch, but I know that no matter how many excuses I make, none of them can make up for this long wait I made you all stand. D: GOMEN NASAI!

Forgive me, honestly, I have to thank my cousin who supplied me with some ideas that would last…maybe…two or three chapters…anyway, please do forgive me!

"Hoi hoi!" – Talking
'fsshuu' – Thinking
(AN:) – Moi talking
!OoOoO! – Scene Change

TENIPURI CATCH – Short scene with chibi regulars


Flexi-Archery?

"…"

"Well…this isn't your average obstacle course, is it?" Ryoga wondered aloud, Ryoma turned and gave his older brother a dry response, "Noo…the dummies and targets along with the bows and arrows are just for show!" Nanjiroh chuckled, 'What a sarcastic brat of mine…' Nanjiroh looked around, freezing when his eyes meet a sports bottle, he shuddered, 'Never will I drink from a bottle that isn't clear…'

The memory from when he had nearly suffocated from the hellish drink concocted from data-man's outrageous experimental hands was still lingering in his mind, Nanjiroh shook out of his trance, not wanting to relive the memory; instead, he focused on the battle in front of him. "This should be interesting…" Fuji said. After the crazy fiasco that occurred, everyone had a hard time getting their bearings back together. "Waii~! The sunlight is streaming in from the darkness!" Eiji had goggled the sky when the dark clouds were pierced with bright rays of light, making the scene as if heaven itself were shining down on the park, lifting their fears and chasing the horrors of the amusement park away…pshh, yeah right.

The other Seigaku members were leaning forward with suspense, the course set out for Eiji and Oishi directly applied to their skills, Eiji's flexibility and Oishi's accuracy; however, as they heard the referee announce the rules, their jaws dropped low and their eyes widened along with the crowd's.

"To get through this last and final round, both teams must apply their flexibility and accuracy skills to the test!" The referee gestured to the bows and the quivers filled with arrows that were lying in front of the two teams. In front of them, were two vertical rows of targets and dummies, "In this last obstacle, the two teams must shoot arrows in the middle of doing cartwheels and while in midair. This, like I said before, applies to your flexibility and accuracy skills! If you missed a target, or a dummy, you must go back and try to hit that target, or dummy."

Kaido snorted at the referee's last instructions, 'That was a mouthful of targets and dummies…' he thought.

Hiro and Miro gaped like idiots, "You have got to be kidding me!" Miro shouted, "This is going to be impossible!" Hiro moaned in dread.

Eiji looked at Oishi from the corner of his eyes, and smirked, Oishi returned the gesture, and with a sense of self-confidence, NOT arrogance, they thought, 'Bring it on.'

"After finishing the dummies and targets," the referee continued, "Both teammates must shoot at this apple, with ONE arrow, using ONE bow," and here he pointed at one lone apple that was sitting atop a ten-foot pole, it was centered between the two rows of their objectives. The twins gawked, "Oh damn…" they muttered while the Golden Pair grinned in anticipation. "You only have one try at this, and as you can see, this is the only pole with an apple on it, so…" The referee turned, lifted his right hand that held the GO-gun, and smirked, "Fight it out."

The gun was shot, and the boys rushed forward and grabbed their weapons and arsenal.

Momo's eyes widened as he came to a sudden realization, "Wait! This obstacle only applies to Eiji-sempai's flexibility and Oishi's accuracy right?" Taka blinked, "Yeah…?" Kaido caught onto what Momo was hinting at, "How will they combine their skills to shoot arrows while doing a cartwheel, if this applies to one of their skills only?"

That question had piqued the interest of the three male Echizens, "That's a good question…" Ryoma said.

Fuji smiled, "Well, it looks like we'll have to find out, won't we?" he asked, "Ah, there they go," he exclaimed.

Eiji and Oishi ran up their row of the ten T&Ds, and leapt forward. The following scene was outrageous, in a good way. Eiji stopped himself in a mid-run, cart wheeled and while at the same time, Oishi had cart wheeled as soon as partner did, literally flipped himself backwards so he was back to back with Eiji and hooked his arm around his partner's and readied his bow.

As soon as Oishi had backed himself against him, Oishi angled his and Eiji's arm, aiming at the first dummy's face.

'Let's see if shooting those two with paint balls helped me,' Eiji thought, 'Hope my accuracy is still sharp!' Oishi thought as he and Eiji both fired.

TWANG!—THUD

As Eiji and Oishi both landed gracefully on the ground, their arrows had struck the first dummy in the eye.

There was silence…then the roar of amazement.

"I've never seen anyone do that before!" a girl chattered excitedly to her friend.

"Amazing!!" a little boy stared in awe.

"Damn, when did they learn how to do that?" Momo gaped, "Never seen them to that in any match before," Inui stated as he scribbled the new move down in his notebook.

Fuji smiled, "I wonder…" he said in a manner that made Kaido, Momo, Taka and even Inui shudder a little. Ryoma blinked, "Wonder what?" he asked, but before Fuji could answer, Nanjiroh ruffled his hair, "You're better off not knowing." Ryoma huffed in annoyance, 'Just because I'm the youngest here…I'm denied knowledge, what the hell is up with that?!' Ryoga took note of this and whispered in Ryoma's ear, "Seriously, otouto, you really don't want to know the implications of what your senpai just implied."

Ryoma blinked in confusion, "…Is it really that bad?" he asked, Ryoga nodded, "Yup, yup," Ryoga replied.

"…How bad?"

"Bad." Tezuka replied for Ryoga

Ryoma pouted, "Fine." was all he said before he turned his attention back to the game, relieving his family and friends the pressure of having to explain to him what Fuji meant.

Tezuka sighed as Fuji chuckled darkly.

"Oi, ref!" Eiji called out, the referee blinked, "Yes?" Eiji pointed at his dummy, "That counts as a Bull's eye right?" the acrobat asked. The ref laughed, "Yeah, literally an eye…" Eiji punched the air, "Alright!" Oishi shook his head in amusement, "Oi, Eiji! Keep going!!" he called out.

Eiji reverted from his YAY!-mode, "Okay!"

Meanwhile, on Hiro and Miro's side…the twins were failing. Miserably, too!

"DAMN IT MIRO, STOP MISSING!!" Hiro shouted, "But I can't do a cartwheel!" Miro whined, "Just try!" Hiro barked.

On the sidelines, Ryoma and the others were stifling their laughter at Miro's failed attempt at a cartwheel, "You're supposed to land on your feet, not your ass, you fool!" Kaido snickered with Momo, "Oh, that poor boy…" sighed Nanjiroh, "I pity the dupe…" Ryoga shook his head, causing Ryoma to snort.

"Well, I can't blame him, it doesn't look like he has that much exercise…" Taka sweatdropped as Hiro and Miro both fell to the ground, the former landing on the latter, "GET OFF ME, IDIOT!" Miro yelled at his older brother, "MAKE ME!" Hiro growled. The referee sweatdropped, "Um, it looks like Team One has some…sibling rivalries to sort out…"

The crowd watched in amusement as Hiro and Miro were attempting to whack each other's heads with their respective bows, when Oishi stopped them, "Hey!" Hiro and Miro looked up, "You're supposed to help each other, not kill each other!" Eiji reprimanded, he and Oishi had already shot two dummies and two targets, leaving them with only three more targets and dummies each to finish before achieving the goal to the Big Target.

"Besides! You two are brothers, don't let this kind of thing break your bond!" Oishi said.

Hiro and Miro looked shocked, the words sinking in, the two brothers looked at each other and slowly they smiled, then they started laughing at their stupidity, "Can't believe we almost killed each other over a relay race!" Hiro laughed, Miro agreed, "I knew we were competitive, but that was overboard!"

The twins stood up and smirked at The Golden Pair, "Watch out, dudes, we're about to make a comeback," the twins said together, Eiji and Oishi grinned, "Bring it," they challenged.

Fuji whispered to Tezuka, "How are those two going to win Oishi and Eiji? They're behind and Miro himself said he couldn't do a cartwheel."

Tezuka shrugged, "Guess we'll just have to see for ourselves."

Fuji grinned in anticipation, "You're right, but those two are still going to lose," he stated bluntly, causing the people around him to sweatdrop, 'Can such a gentle person be so cruel?' they thought to themselves before shifting their eyes back to the 'battle'.

Hiro and Miro both took a running step forward and dived, together, they pushed themselves off from the ground and raised their arms up and took aim, and fired.

THUD THUD!!

The two arrows had sliced through the air, flew in a complete arch and landed a perfect bulls eye in their first target.

"Alright!!" Hiro shouted triumphantly, "Nice one, big bro!" Miro grinned, 'Finally…we got one…' the brothers both thought as they inwardly sweatdropped.

Oishi and Eiji grinned, "Now this will be a competition for sure."

Hiro and Miro smirked, confidence building back up, "Then let's do this."

Lighting sparked as two pairs of confident smirks appeared, and the game really got started.

The Seigaku boys, the Echizens, and the crowd were amazed at the rate things were going, the twins had caught up with Oishi and Eiji in a few minutes, arrows lined along the targets and many of the dummies had lost their heads, or had an arrow protruding from their eyes. There was this one dummy who had an arrow stuck between its leg, courtesy of Miro's mistaken shot. All males cringed when they saw the sight, 'So glad I'm not that dummy…' they thought.

So anyway…Eiji and Oishi brought up the pace and were quickly gaining the upper hand.

"Go go go!!" Eiji laughed as he flipped through the air and landed a hit onto his dummy, Oishi following him after. "Nice one, partner!" Oishi said, high-fiving Eiji, "Only two more to go!" Hiro and Miro looked at how much farther they had to go, and found that they too had four more to go. "Two dummies and two targets…" Miro said, he turned to his brother, "Let's finish this, bro!" Hiro nodded, "Here goes nothing!"

As the twins made their way to the big apple…pole, Eiji and Oishi were having a fun time, after they had cart wheeled, the Golden Pair pulled off a move that had the crowd gaping, the two had two arrows EACH, notched in their bows. Eiji and Oishi locked arms and with brilliant grins, they both let their arrows go at the same time, resulting in the steel tips of two arrows landing together, side by side in a dummy's nose and the other two arrows landing in a target in the same manner.

They repeated the same motion on the two objectives, and grinned in satisfaction at the sound of steel hitting wood and tearing cloth. The crowd gaped in shock and amazement.

"WHOA! DID ALL OF YOU SEE THAT?!" The referee shouted in his mic, "That was the most craziest thing I've ever seen in my LIFE!!!" Momo nudged Kaido in the ribs, "If they think THAT'S crazy…they haven't seen us play tennis," Kaido snorted, trying to conceal his laughter, "Too true…" the viper muttered. Unbeknownst to them, the all-ever badass Fuji heard them, and chuckled, "Too true indeed…"

"AMAZING!!" the referee shouted, "It looks like Team Two is going to win--wait!" The referee turned and saw that Miro and Hiro were waving at him, pointing at their row. All dummies were shot or decapitated and the targets were all shot. "It looks like Team One has finished too! What an amazing comeback!!" The crowd went wild, "Let's see if the two teams can get the apple far above their heads!"

"Woot!" Eiji cheered, "Let's go go go, Oishi! WOO HOO!!!!" Eiji was jumping in excitement, Oishi couldn't help but feel invigorated by Eiji's excitement, it was contagious!

The Golden Pair turned to look at the Twins who came up behind them.

"You ready to get your butts kicked?" Hiro asked, smirking.

"Au Contraire, my friend," Eiji said, "It shall be your butts that will be kicked, by our awesomeness!"

"Then bring it on," Miro laughed.

"It's brung…" Oishi smirked back.

"Then let's do this, it's all or nothing." Hiro said.

Oishi inwardly shook his head, 'All this for plushie tennis racquets and tennis balls…' he sighed wistfully, 'But what comfortableness they will have to offer…' Oishi's head shot up at the sound of an arrow flying through the air. Hiro has shot his arrow, and barely, just barely, grazed the apple's skin…the crowd 'aww-ed'.

"Damn!" Hiro snapped his fingers, "Oh well…at least this wasn't a life or death thing…" Miro shrugged, "It was fun though!" Hiro smiled, "Yeah…it was…"

Oishi blinked when the arrow landed a few feet in front of him, "Wow…so close," Oishi blinked, "But not as good as us!" Eiji chirped, "Let's try your luck, Oishi!"

Oishi laughed, "Okay," and he slightly bent his knees, notched and arrow and raised his arms, 'So glad I have an advantage…' Oishi closed one eye and positioned his bow at a certain angle, and fired.

The arrow flew in a perfect arch, whizzing through the air and struck true. The steel tip had pierced the apple and knocked it off the pole.

"ALRIGHT!!!" Eiji cheered as he did a little dance, "WE WON!"

The females in the crowd screamed, "TEAM TWO!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!"

Momo and Kaido roared with the other males, "NICE GOING!!"

The referee then motioned for Oishi and Eiji to go up to the prize booth, "Congrats on winning! Now you may pick your prize—er….prizes?...huh…well anyway, you won!"

"Thanks!" Eiji grinned as he grabbed a green racket and a yellow tennis ball, Oishi chose a blue racket and a green tennis ball. 'So…soft…' Eiji and Oishi inwardly sighed.

"As for Team One, that was a spectacular performance!" The referee shouted, "I think, for your amazing comeback, you should be awarded too, who agrees with me?"

The crowd cheered, "Even though it was late, nice sportsmanship!" a man shouted amidst the cheering. "Okay! Team One, the crowd has spoken, come pick your prizes!" the referee said cheerfully.

The twins walked up in shock, "Wow…didn't expect this…" Hiro said as he grabbed a huge baseball plushie and a plushie bat, "But it's not unwelcomed!" Miro grinned as he chose a birdie plushie and a badminton racquet plushie(1). "Yeah…" Hiro laughed.

As the two teams walked out of the obstacle course, the twins went to turn right while the Golden Pair turned to go left. "You know…thanks for helping us out at the end," Hiro suddenly said to Oishi, "Yeah…we might have punched each other and started an archery fight over a simple game," Miro sheepishly said.

"It's alright," Oishi smiled, the Seigaku regulars and the Echizens walked up behind them, "Thanks for giving us a fun competition!" Eiji grinned, "Lord knows we needed it after those horrible events…" Ryoma muttered, causing his brother and father to laugh.

"Yeah, well..thanks again!" Hiro and Miro simultaneously said, and they both turned and walked away.

Oishi and Eiji turned back to their friends, "Where to now?" Taka asked, Inui looked at the map of the park he had in his hand and everyone crowded behind him, "Well, it's only like what, 5:30," Inui said, checking his watch, "We got time for only four rides and two more games..."

Momo whistled, "Wow, it's that late...hmm...where to go and what to do...?"

"What about that one?" Taka pointed at a picture of a big ball on the map, it was titled, "Rolling Polies"

"Sure, let's go!" Ryoga wooted and he began to drag Ryoma off to the east, "What the-?! Ryoga! LET GO OF ME!" Ryoma hissed like a cat, and tried to claw his brother, "Why are you so mean to me??" Ryoga pretended to cry, Ryoma smacked his head, "Please don't do that…that doesn't suit you at all…"

Ryoga laughed, and head-locked Ryoma's head, and gave his brother a noogie, "Fine fine, but let's go!" Ryoga started to drag Ryoma by the arm to the east again, but was stopped by his father, "Ryoga…" Nanjiroh said, "The rides over there…" Nanjiroh pointed to the west, and Ryoga saw that the rest of the boys had gone off ahead.

"…No one tells me anything anymore…" Ryoga sighed.

Nanjiroh laughed, "Let's go, boys…"

Ryoma sighed as he was ushered along by his father and brother, and as he clutched his plushies, he thought, 'Only 5:30 pm…four more hours to go…and they better not kill me…'



:D Man, i love the feeliing of updating...well, I hope that was long for you all, and sort of funny too! I read the other chapters to get back to where I left off, and dude…what in the WORLD was I on?! XD I had to cut down the obstacles down to three, sorry! XD Six more chapters to go! …I need to kick writer's block ass…I want to finish this before I start on my other story.

(1) Baseball/Softball and Badminton are two of my favorite sports!! :D

Anyway, check out the last episode(S) of the OVA, I won't say anything about it, LOL, just one thing: OMFG, CUTENESS! AND WHY DID IT END?! One more thing the new Prince of Tennis manga is going to be an anime… :D believe me, I screamed in joy too.

Seigaku boys and the Echizens: +cakes Arisu+
Arisu: ACK!!! WTF?!
Tezuka: Another year, another age boost.
Momo: Lucky! You got no school on your birthday!—Memorial Day—
Arisu: NOOOOO!! I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP!! I DON'T WANNA TURN 16! +is caked again by Fuji+ ACK! +coughs+ REMEMBER: Reading Enthusiastic Viewpoints Incites Enthusiastic Writer!!! +runs to avoid being caked again+