A very big thankyou to all those who reviewed!!!! Well, here it is, part two of

KIDS CAN BE SOOO TROUBLESOME!!!!

Part two.

Inspired by chibi ep's!!!!!!

With a blood-curdling cry of "GREAT-O," Takashi galloped off across the tennis court like a demented racehorse. For a few heart beats, the pack of kids watched his progress in stunned silence, then turned too each other with a loud mutual cry of "COOL!!!!" Raising their rackets in imitation of the crazed regular, the kids let fly with their own great scream of "BURNING!!!!!," then scattered wildly in every direction. Some of them rushed a grinning Eiji, to yell right into his face. The crimson-haired acrobatic tennis star gaped a moment in surprise, then leapt up to make good his escape in a series of spectacular flips and cartwheels. Grinning like evil Cheshire cats, two boys cartwheeled along in his wake.

Meanwhile, the pair of little girls ran in noisy circles around Kaido, who stared at them in stunned disbelief. Lifting both hands, he let out a few worried "Oy's," then leaned down to glare, a long, loud hiss emerging from between his clenched teeth. Instantly; the children froze, then clung to each other. As they stared into the bandana-wearing youth's wide, staring eyes, they erupted splendidly into the type of terrified crying that only young girls can make. Shooting a single, horrified glance at his captain (who at that point was being painfully beleaguered by four kids racing in a fair imitation of a screaming ring of attacking Indians around him), and being totally unhelped by annoyingly amused team mates, the Seigaku "Mamushi" squatted down, his arms imploringly out-stretched, in an unsuccessful attempt to calm them down.

Arms tightly folded as he glared sternly down his nose at the out-of-control brats, Tezuka found himself wishing he could breath fire on them. Then maybe he could enjoy a little piece and quiet once more! Seeing their captain come as close as it possibly was for the dignified youth to blow his top, Momo' led the others in a charge to restore order. Ten or so minutes of rampant chaos finally ended, and a slightly pissed-off looking Tezuka managed to organize the group into two long rows so that the kids could practice their arm swings.

Several surly mutters of "boring" rose up, only to cease when Inui produced a large jug of brightly-coloured, and slightly smoking, juice. Lifting a hand to toy with his glasses, the spiky haired youth addressed the curious youngsters. "This is my wonderful, super-charged, kindy-grade, kiddie juice. Whoever has the best arm technique may be first to drink it!!" Twenty pairs of eyes widened, then arms swung madly with renewed vigour. Smirking smugly, Inui prowled among them, then suddenly stabbed an index finger of a ten-year-old boy; whose black with gold streaked hair hung down several inches past his shoulders. "You. Your forearm swing is excellent. Here is your reward."

Completely ignoring his team-mates worried muttering, Inui past a cup full of juice to the boy; then stood waiting, note book and pen ready. The boy smelt it, then gave his friends a nervous smile. Raising it to his lips, he hesitated a moment, then gulped it down. For a few seconds, he showed no sign of dropping dead on the spot; but then something remarkable happened to his hair. It rippled, then flew about as though the boy was standing in a strong wind; only to freeze upright, fanned out from his skull.

Shocked silence lasted all of three seconds, then the kids roared with laughter. Pointing at the totally embarrassed youth, the oldest of the boys yelled "hey Takao, now you look just like that idiot from Domino, who runs around with a big gold pyramid hanging around his neck!!!" Glaring savagely out of big amethyst eyes, the boy grumbled (at a supremely smirking Inui) a surly "thanks a lot;" while steam poured out of his ears. Seeing the vapours clouds forming around the boy's head; the rest of the kids cried out "AWESOME!!!!!," then loudly started clambering for their chance to drink.

Tezuka was having none of it. Splitting the group up, he ordered the start of hitting practice. Drawing his team aside, he told them "gently hit over the net only, until we can determine their skills." Grumbling under their breaths, they hastened to obey. Eiji took the two acrobatic boys and the oldest girl of the class to the far end court, while Momo' took "Mr rebellious" and two others to the adjoining court. When Takashi was assigned his two boys and one girl; the three held their rackets aloft, screamed out "BURNING" at the top of their lungs, then happily followed him to the court next to Momo's. Sighing as the courts rapidly became a three-ring circus due to cart wheeling kids and screaming "flamers;" Tezuka turned his attention to Inui, as he calmly instructed two girls on the finer points of forearm and backhand on the next court over.

Next to them, Ryoma muttered his usual line of "mada mada dane," and decided to show his pair of kids what tennis was really all about. Pairing them up against him, he played a savage, all-out war of American singles. Unable to hit a single one of his shots, the seven-year-old boy threw down his racket, then went into a magnificent sulk. The girl however, "squeed" with undisguised delight at her teachers prowess; and shamelessly fan-girled all over him, much to the tennis stars extreme annoyance.

On the court next to Ryoma's, Fuji gave his besieged friend a pleasant smile, then asked the twin brothers under his tutelage to demonstrate their tennis abilities. The pair went into action in a somewhat business like manner, and in spite of being only six years old, played very well indeed. Impressed, the tennis prodigy opened his eyes to study them better, but startled in suprize when they froze in fear at the sight of his gleaming, unearthly, blue eyes. Glancing at the court over, he shot a "please help me" look at Oishi; but the other half of the golden pair was far to deeply involved with his own trio to notice his friends woes. Some how, the talented doubles player had managed to end up with what was without doubt, the clumsiest young players ever to grace a tennis court. Yet, under the youths gentle coaching, the kids started hitting the ball without dropping the racket; and they stopped falling over their own feet. Slowly but surely, they gained their confidence.

By the time Tezuka had wandered over to check their progress, they were hitting every ball Oishi was carefully lobbing at them. Pausing to reassure Fuji's still quaking youngsters that his teammate wouldn't eat them, the captain turned to see how Kaido was doing. His pair of munchkins were the very same pair of five and six year olds that had first wined about jogging being to hard, that he himself had frightened. At first, he had felt he could have cheerfully strangled his captain for landing him with the sniffing, reluctant girls; but as his lesson lengthened, they came to see the viper's more gentle side, and had now well and truly warmed up to him, even to the point of hugging his legs if he stood still long enough.

Walking past while Tezuka momently took charge of his group, Momo' paused to stare at the somewhat bemused youth to smirkingly purr "oh look at you mamushi, you have them eating out the palm of your hand now!! Oh, what a wonderful daddy you'll make someday!!" Kaido's head shot up at the quiet gibe, his eyes big as saucers as his face went a light shade of red; but then his back snapped in horror as the girls threw skinny arms around him and cried out "DADDY KAIDO!!" The startled youth waved his hands about as he frantically tried to shush them, but it was too late. His teammates fell about laughing, and the damage was done. "Daddy Kaido??? Oh my!!! That's just too much!!!" cried Eiji while wiping laugh tears out of his eyes, while Momo' couldn't even speak. Taka just looked confused, while Inui and Fuji grinned, and even Tezuka had laughter dancing in his solemn eyes.

Distracted by the chaos unfolding at his expense; Kaido, and indeed everyone, failed to notice how they now had an interested audience. Standing just beyond the courts' high, wire fence; Keigo Atobe with his normal escort of Jiroh and the hulking, silent form of Kabaji, paused in their walking to see what the Seigaku team were up to. Hearing snatches of the conversation, the wealthy, proud youth from Hyotei smirked quietly, then turned to speak with Jiroh, only to find his chronically sleepy friend had vanished. "What?" Looking about; he saw the wavy-haired youth had stumbled out, to lie down on the hard surface of the tennis court near Kayo's feet. Within moments he was curled up, sound asleep. The smallest of the two little girls peered at the gently-snoring youth through half lidded eyes, decided that curling up for a nap at this time was a good idea, and promptly fell asleep on Jiroh's nice warm back. This course, drew the instant attention of everyone. Gathering around in a wide-eyed ring, the kids found the sight hilarious. While the boys sniggered and the Seigaku regulars fought to stay upright, some of the girls "cooed" and "squeed" while crying with delight at the "adorably cute sight."

Directing a meaningful glare Atobe's way, Tezuka attempted to call the group to order. Momo, Eiji and Fuji started to shepherd the kids away, and Atobe snapped his fingers. "KABAJI!!" Instantly, the monolith of a student answered with a deep "USU!," then strode out to retrieve his fellow minion. Kids eyes bugged, and young jaws dropped, as they dodged around the Seigaku team members, to ogle up at the dark-skinned youth as he towered over them. "Oh wow!!" said a small boy in awe, as he poked at one of Kabaji's thick, strong legs. Another child grabbed hold of a dangling arm, then promptly pulled himself up its length. Seeing how the solid teenager just stood there and took it, the others swarmed around him, then started climbing all over him like a human jungle gym. Finding the whole scene somewhat amusing, Atobe just stood and watched, while trading "well what am I supposed to do?" looks with a silently exasperated Tezuka.

to be continued.......

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying the way this fic' is progressing!!!!! I'm certainly enjoying playing with it!!!!!!!!!! Part 3 coming soon!!!!!!

Sometime soon, I hope to bring out my newest story, a prince of tennis parallel story. Here is a quick run down........

Two teammates.

Two best friends.

Two lovers.

Together, they will share an incredible destiny, in the struggle for universal control.

Kunimitsu Tezuka and his team of Seigaku tennis regulars, are not as human as they seem......

From the scratching pen and warped mind of Tora Macaw.

Coming soon; HEART OF DRADON GOLD

and LOSS OF INNOCENTS

Also; WHEN DEER BOW DOWN ,