Hie! Its been a while... when I looked back to when I last updated, it's been like, almost 6 month. I was surprised at how time flies. But no worries, I'm currently on holiday! So I can still make up for the lost time ne? Hehe very sorry FuFuFuji! You actually posted another review to remind me to update. Though I would like to, time does not permit me to do so... It was a hectic hectic semester, with lucky days I get to snuck 5-6 hours' sleep, sometimes 3-4 hours and sometimes none at all (but hardly... only happened 2-3 times this semester, normally I get to steal some time to sleep... not sleeping at all is so tiring--physically and mentally and -cry- sleeping in class became my habit)... sigh... Anyhow, below are the replies to some questions and comments!

Shinigami: Yeah, I find their reaction amusing too! Wished I had time to write about the others as well! Oh by the way, Kaidoh is indeed afraid of ghost… as in according to the anime haha so its really fun bullying him in the previous chapter weeeee!

Craze Izumi: lol more fun, of course!

Excelr8.Speed48: Really wished I can do another round of the haunted house! It was fun writing and imagining how they'll react!

COULK: yup, its an all-boys' school… However E-Day is open to the public, therefore boys, girls, men, women can all enter.

Phat Bunnie: Ah well, this chapter is less funny compare to the previous one… yet I inject some humour in it. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Merissala: -nod- I dun really like the first part too (I mean those in front) after re-reading them… but by all means future works will (hopefully) be better! Btw thanks for your review!

Tennisstar1: hm… spying desu ne! you really gave me a good idea! I'll make sure that would be in the white's day. I haven't written it yet though because there's another major part coming up after this…

Randombob28: uwaaaaa you're not afraid of haunted house? Seriously speaking, I'd never been in one before… well, if you're talking about my secondary school's festival where my seniors organized that, I went in for the fun of it. But gosh, I came out with bruises and my whole body aching. Why? It's not even a haunted house! The place was small (a classroom), dark, with lots of chairs and tables covered in cloth and they expect people to climb here and there. Worse of all, the 'ghosts' (if you wanna call it that) are covered in white cloth and harassing me! Well we're all girls –roll eyes- so no big deal but if guys were the one who went in (it's open to public), I wonder who will be harassing who. Anyway, it was dark and small, plus being harassed (and trying to run away from being touched and pulled); I knocked here and there, so by the time I escaped from the place, I was totally horrified by the experience. Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Undine1: Well Oishi and Ohtori are also part of the haunted house crew, and the tea and hot chocolate thing was just an additional or side business for them haha

Ooo yaoi pairing ne? hm… nothing echi though hahahaha anyway, I find that couple kinda interesting so just wanna make fun of them little –evil grin- there's more pairing coming up. I have no idea whether you gurls will like it or not… but hopefully its okay!

FuFuFuji: Hahahahaha glad you like this fic! Ne? TezuFuji? I was expecting some SaeFuji flirt actually (saeki and fuji)… but that would be in later part… there's just too many people to feature and I hate missing one or two (because I believe every character have their own fans!) of them in between so apologies if I cannot fully cover more on some of the favourite characters… hehe but I'll bully them when I can!

Yeah, its an all-boys' school so there are no girls around. Kyaaa gomen if you're a Sakuno or Tomoka fan coz im not one… so –cry- im not going to include them here. But I will consider giving them a guest appearance if there are request for it. If there's none then we're all good –wink- (yaaaaaaaay).

Anna: True! Ryoma will be struggling then… poor thing –yuii hugs ryoma-

Chaos roses: yup, sorry for the late update! Had a hectic semester though this time… sigh. Anyway, hope you'll enjoy this chapter and look forward to the next!

Kiasidira Ixari Ah thanks for your guidance… I don't take Japanese classes so haha, no idea whether im right or wrong. The words and expressions used were taken from the animation, so I might be wrong (er as in I hear or got them wrongly). Anyway thanks for your offer…

As for FuFuFuji, thanks to you too for explaining them. I am in a confused state now haha but since you said it's fine, and that no others (apart from Kiasidira Ixari) gave any comment, I think I'll stick to it. Aaargh I really am poor in Japanese… but I'll start taking up Japanese classes or lessons around next year so hopefully by that time I'll be able to express them better! Some of the words I got them from a small Japanese dictionary that I bought and sometimes help from online Japanese dictionary. Therefore I m not very sure about the pronunciations…

Anyway, thanks to both of you! I'll take note about this and try to lessen the usage of Japanese words… so no offense! We're all okay and happy? Why not!

Am loves Syusuke: oh … sometimes when I use both the exclamation mark and question mark together at the end of a sentence, it will omit one of them (I think due to formatting). Maybe that's why the question mark is missing? Or perhaps I really forgot them haha Anyway thanks for your reminder!

Yeah, the omake on Atobe and Kabaji (and the festival) was much better! It's a must-watch! Ahahahahaha I cannot guarantee more Fuji but rest assured, Fuji will definitely be present wherever they are!

RuByMoOn17: lol cannot help it!

Girl13: Hie hie nice to meet you! Wow you're so young! Kyaaaaa so jealous!

MomoRyo… gomen –cry- I am not a fan of that pairing –scream in sadness- nor am I a fan of the InuiKaidoh pairing! But I might actually do the InuKai pairing for laughter only hehe. K, spilling too much will spoil the fun so just anticipate this new chapter!

Inui's troubles have just started!

Chapter 29—Good News or Bad News?

"Ne have you heard about it?" Kikumaru asked.

"Yeah… such a poor incident." Oishi said solemnly.

"Not that they can help it…." Momo said.

"Fsssh. Good thing no one was badly hurt." Kaidoh said in agreement.

"What are you talking about?" Ryoma asked while bouncing the tennis ball on his racquet.

"Didn't you know? The fire at Rikkaidai?" Momo asked.

Ryoma's eyes grew wide. Fire?

"Yeah… bad enough that their school was burnt, their neighbor—Rokkaku was also gone. The fire spread fast and most of the equipments and building is made of wood." Fuji said. "Luckily no one was hurt. They were all out for practice at that time."

"I wonder what will happen to them…" Momo said.

"Well we can talk about that later… time for morning practice. Let's go." Oishi said.

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"I received an order from the principal minutes ago. That is why I called for an emergency meeting here." Tezuka said.

"Well? Aren't you going to tell us about it?" Mizuki rolled his eyes.

"I am sure all of you know about the fire that happened at Rikkaidai and Rokkaku?" Tezuka asked, ignoring the mere fact that Mizuki is in the room.

"Yeah, it was such big news." Sengoku replied.

"And what does that have to do with us? Donations?"

"No Atobe. The principal decided to extend help but not donations."

"What's your point Tezuka?" Mizuki asked.

"The principal decides to let them join our school." Tezuka said.

They were stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean, Tezuka?" Tachibana asked.

"That is, let them join Seishun Gakuen Boarding School as permanent students here."

"Wait. You are kidding right? There's no way he can do that." Mizuki rejected the idea of having students from other school in theirs. The school is cramp enough to begin with.

"I don't tell jokes, Mizuki, especially not in such serious matter. In addition to what I said, Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku's board of director is our principal's old friend."

"Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about that…" Mizuki muttered under his breath.

"What? But—"Sengoku began but was stopped by Atobe.

"Plus, Rokkaku's principal used to be our principal's senpai."

"Sasuga Atobe (it means something like: no wonder it's Atobe). Knows a lot." Tachibana said.

"Sigh. It might not be a good thing to have a lot of connections." Sengoku shrugged.

"Where will they be staying? Although classrooms might not seem to be the major problem…" Tachibana asked.

"We will reopen the old block. It's been abandoned for more than a year now but the facilities are still in good condition." Tezuka answered.

"Yea, we used to live there too before the new block was finished. It's a great place and I believe they won't have problems." Sengoku said.

"What about the students? Will they be divided into our dorms?" Mizuki's main concern is the 'welfare' of his team.

"That is what we need to discuss here." Tezuka said.

"Two schools coming here at the same time will broaden our dorms. Are we dividing them equally (as in Seigaku take one hundred students, Hyotei take another hundred, Fudomine one hundred etc) or putting them all together in a new dorm?" Sengoku asked.

"I suggest we divide them." Mizuki said. No doubt he's planning to take in people like Sanada and his team mates under his wing.

"I object. Put them all in one new dorm." Atobe said. He doesn't like 'outsiders' to join his team and take over the current regulars' place. Although having more powerful members do have advantages but Atobe felt that he has the responsibility to protect his team members. At least that is something he—as their captain—can do for them.

"Oh, I think dividing them is better." Sengoku is on Mizuki's side. He too, thinks that if he can get a few good players on his side, the Yamabuki dorm will be able to improve.

"Not a bad idea but I guess they wouldn't like the idea. I still think that we should give them a new dorm or putting them in their original position will be better." Tachibana said.

Indeed Tezuka is in the battle of mind now. Both suggestions have its pros and cons.

"I guess we can't decide this now… IF we are dividing them, how do you suggest we should divide?" Tezuka asked.

"I don't care. Sanada, Yanagi and Kisarazu Ryoh will be in my dorm for sure." Mizuki said.

"I knew you were going to say that." Sengoku showed Mizuki his sour face…

"No, that is unfair." Tachibana said. "We can't divide it that way, which is why this is not a good idea."

"Cih." Mizuki snorted. "Basically I don't mind anyone that joins Rudolph as long as it's not Kirihara."

"I don't want Kirihara in my team as well." Sengoku joined in.

Seems like no one wants Kirihara although the other three buchou did not voice out their opinion; he might be good in tennis but he's also famous for his trouble-making ability.

"Seems like we can't decide by today… we'll meet up again tomorrow morning." Tezuka said after looking at his watch. This meeting had taken longer than he expected.

And so the meeting ended then and there. It was not until lunch time that the news flew all over the dorms.

"Ochibi, did you hear the rumor?" Kikumaru asked.

"No. What was it?" Ryoma asked while drinking his miso soup.

"They said that Rikkaidai and Rokkaku will be joining us!"

Ryoma nearly spills his soup.

"What?" he asked in astonishment.

"It's true. They will be joining our school but we still don't know the arrangement yet." Inui sat down beside Kikumaru.

"Temporary?" Ryoma asked.

"No. It's permanent." Fuji said, setting his food tray opposite Kikumaru.

"Yeah, I heard about it too." Momo who is sitting in front of Ryoma finally spoke. He was busy munching his bread.

"Where are they going to stay?" Kaidoh asked. The conversation seemed to attract his attention.

"I heard that they will be reopening the old block." Oishi said, settling down opposite Inui.

"So you are cheering for them?" A familiar voice from the next table spoke.

"That is none of your business-nya Mukahi!!!!" Kikumaru said.

"I heard he skipped the E-Day's activity." Momo whispered. "What will happen to him?"

"God knows. He was scolded the other day when he returned. Too late though, it ended." Ryoma purposely said them out loudly—they were almost in trouble because Gakuto wasn't there to help—and out of choice, they eventually made Jackal replace him.

"Echizen!" Oishi obviously disapproved what Ryoma did.

Though Gakuto grit his teeth in anger, there was nothing he can say to get back at them because he's at fault this time.

"Most probably he won't able to gather enough points for that." Momo said softly.

"Ah, that… yea… too bad though…" Fuji said.

" … after all the hard work, Fuji's group got the most sales-nya." Kikumaru said with a sigh.

"Officially we are first but unofficially, it's the head dorms that won. They collected the highest sales among all." Fuji said.

"Yea and Inui's group got third. But there's no prize for third place though." Kikumaru chuckled softly.

"But didn't the head dorms go overboard? … I disapprove the method used by these two groups (pointing to head-dorm's and Inui's group)." Ryoma said angrily.

"Sou sou. That is too much. Selling our pictures, taking our items and selling ochibi's White Valentine's Day! Too much! They have crossed the line!" Kikumaru said.

"Well it can't be helped. Where there's demand, there's supply." Inui smiled sheepishly.

Lunch continued with the usual argument between Kaidoh and Momo—over a pudding—and the bickering continued till Oishi stopped them. The others don't even have the energy to say anything.

"I am so tired-nya." Kikumaru said. "If only that day would come soon."

"Maa Eiji, it will be … soon." Fuji smiled.

Meanwhile…

In the principal's room

"So that is the decision?" the principal asked, looking at all the five head dorms.

"Hai." Tezuka answered.

"Very well then. I'll inform their principals and please get the old block ready."

"Hai!" All five of them answered.

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While on their way to their class…

"Is it really good to do it that way?" Mizuki asked. "I am sure you'd want good players on your team."

"We must consider what is best for them. Anyway I already had good players on my team." Tezuka replied.

"Ore-sama also had enough good players." Atobe said proudly. Only peasants like Mizuki are interested in piggybacking others to get ahead.

"That is right. It would be best to put them into two different new dorms. A Rokkaku dorm and a Rikkaidai dorm." Tachibana said.

"Yeah… whatever." Sengoku said. He already gave up on the idea since its three against two.

"Are you sure Tachibana? I thought you'll be eager to get some good players on your back." Mizuki said with much sarcasm.

"Mizuki!" Tezuka said. "Please watch what you are saying. We head dorms don't get into each other's affair. And by all means respect each other."

"Hai hai." Mizuki said and walked away.

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"HA! Why us!" Gakuto shrieked when Tezuka went in their classroom and announced that fifth period will be cancelled and that all students will adjourn to the old block to help with the cleaning.

"Isn't it a host's responsibility to take care of its guest? We need to create a good image and environment for them." Tezuka said. "Besides we can't expect them to clean the building themselves. It had been abandoned for some time now. We will be living and studying under the same roof soon so there's nothing to be calculative about."

Gakuto puts on a sour face and followed the others out for the sudden spring cleaning.

"Hahahaha great! Fifth period cancelled! I never like Maths-nya! But isn't it great? We get to clean the place for them. They'll be surprised!"

"Eiji you like to do cleaning." Fuji smiled.

"Hehe I don't hate it." Kikumaru said, hugging Fuji. "But it will be tiring though."

"Hi Eiji-senpai, Fuji-senpai!" Momo waved at his two seniors.

"Oh Momo, Kaidoh, Echizen." Inui said. He appeared suddenly beside Kikumaru, shocking him.

"I-NUI!!! Don't do that!" Kikumaru said.

"Sorry. I didn't expect you to over-react."

"I DID NOT!"

And so all of them walked together towards the old block. On the way they met up with Oishi and Kawamura. Seigaku's reunion... for spring cleaning.

"Isn't this great? Life will be more exciting in future." Momo said.

"Yeah! The sad and long separation… finally they are reunited! Fuji and Saeki! Inui with Yanagi as well." Kikumaru said.

"Eiji, don't talk as if he's my lover." Inui said with slight irritation in his tone.

"What? What lover dane?" Yanagizawa and Atsushi who was walking pass them caught the back of their conversation.

"Didn't you know? Inui and Yanagi from Rikkaidai are lovers!" Kikumaru said excitingly.

"WHAT!" Shishido, Ohtori, Touji and Akazawa appeared all of a sudden.

"Nonsense. Don't believe what he said." Inui replied.

"Heh! Reunited lovers desu!" Dan said with sparkles in his eyes.

"Do not get influenced by Eiji. You will not know what he will come up with." Inui's effort is futile—no one is listening to him and Kikumaru had started narrating a sad love story.

"Yea! They were great doubles partner who slept, ate and bathe together!" Kikumaru said while the others stole a peek at Inui who seems emotionless on the outside but actually burning with rage inside.

"But unfortunately, Yanagi-san had to leave Inui for some reason. Inui was lost and depressed at that time…" the others started imagining a young Inui crouching and locking himself in the room… refusing to neither go out nor let anyone in.

"Let me warn you. Imagination can be dangerous." Inui said. But no one paid any attention to him. "And I don't sleep nor bath with Renji."

"Then what happened?" Shishido asked impatiently.

"He was in that condition for months. Refusing to go to school and won't come out to meet anyone, not even his grandparents who came to visit him." Kikumaru continued.

"Let me tell you. My grandparents died when I was three. I would run off if they came back and visit me." Inui said. But again no one heed what he said.

"After a long time he finally came out from his shell but as someone who is imperfect. Life was never the same without 'him'…" Kikumaru said in a sad tone.

"Ei… Eiji!" Oishi cannot imagine what will happen next. It's quite impossible to stop Kikumaru when he is so immersed now.

The others looked depressed and had their head hung low.

"Then… then what about Yanagi-san?" Sengoku, who was behind them all this while—was listening intently to every word Kiku said, and blew his nose with a handkerchief in his hand.

"Yanagi-san… we didn't know what happened to him after that but as fate had arranged it, Inui finally met him again but in a totally different condition and environment. He's in Rikkaidai and is our opponent at that time!" Kikumaru said in an excited yet depressing tone, with much distortion and exaggeration.

"That is so tragic!" Everyone is totally enthralled in the story.

"What is so tragic about that foolish story?" Inui asked. But it seems like the main character of the story is physically invisible in everyone's eyes.

"But don't worry! As fate would want it to happen… they are reunited under the same school! A long awaited fate!"

Everyone clapped at the good news.

"Do we have this much mentally-incapable students in our school?" Inui asked Oishi in irritation.

"Inui, I have wronged you." Sengoku pat on Inui's shoulder. "You went through a lot of difficulties."

"Would you spend a few seconds and hear my explanation instead?" Inui asked but Sengoku had joined the others who are cheering for Inui.

"Hehe Inui! Don't you think this is fun?" Kikumaru came up to him.

Inui let out a soft sigh. "I don't care about it. This frenzy of theirs will end soon enough. As they say, rumours only last for 49 days. "

"We'll see about that!" Kikumaru rejoiced.

"Mada mada dane." Ryoma cannot understand what is in his senpai's mind. But oh well, what harm can it do? He secretly enjoys it—a small revenge on Inui, his drinks and the photos he took of him and the others.

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Now a sneak peek of the next chapter!

Chapter 30—Problems

"I don't agree." Sengoku said.

"Me too." Mizuki said.

There goes another problem. There's always someone opposing. And that someone is always the same person. Well, make that two people.

"The new court is for us. Why are we letting them use it?" Mizuki asked angrily.

"Ore-sama agrees. We have been waiting for the new court for a long time. Now that it's done, the regulars will practice there while the other members on this court."

And soon the argument turns ugly.

"I don't care! I am not giving up my court to outsiders!" Mizuki said.

"They are not outsiders. They are students of this school." Tezuka said calmly. Well, it seems like his temper is put into test today.

"They are students here, I agree BUT I'm not letting them get the new court." Sengoku said.

The other Seigaku members just stood and watch. Practice was long forgotten.

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A/N: Well then, anticipate the next chapter! Sorry if this update made all of you wait so long and yet it's so short. I promise the next update will either be next month or in January (latest) and this time it'll be much longer, ne?