Don't Own Shaman King or Tennis no Ohjisama. Jada Hadiya and Corinth Saki are copyrighted to Misai. Honto Chiaki, Kuroba Lina, Mizuhara Delphi, Tao HaiRuwo, and Eli Gorski are owned by me. This is a "Borrowed Dreams" Community Production.

Integrate

By: Kitori Chiharu

Chapter Three: Plus Trainer

Hao never really had any specific interest in their three-story house on Mystic Blvd. But the sight of greeting upon entering his own house was something he did not expect.

"Eh." The brunette paused, throwing his jacket over the hanger. "Anna."

"Hao." The blond girl nodded in acknowledgment.

"Right, I'll be in my room." He didn't exactly need to tell her that, but it was only natural for Anna to be on top of everything. It was only a matter of time before she investigated, so he decided to just point out the facts.

He headed toward their top-swirled stair way, gliding all the way to the his room on the second floor. He mumbled softly before pushing the door open, slumping toward his bed.

"Ah, Aniki." A soft voice spoke up.

"Hey, you." Hao stuffed his face onto his pillow, laying head-down on the bed. "Why is your insane girlfriend downstairs? She almost gave me a heart attack..."

"Ah." Yoh smiled, soft brown hair follow on the back of his neck. "Anna needed to borrow some notes. Since she already came over, it would be rude not to ask her to stay for dinner."

"What did Beth say?"

"Not much. She said it would be her delight to have a guest over." The younger twin sat down on the foot of Hao's bed. "Guess that means we'll be having another fancy dinner. I don't think Anna really cares though."

"She's just happy she'll be getting a free meal."

"Aniki!" Yoh smiled, soft point of teasing in his voice. "Anna's not like that."

"Right....."

The twins fell quite. Yoh leaned back against the wall, humming at the ceiling. "How was your day?" It was so like Yoh to start a conversation like this, he was just too polite for Hao's liking.

"Fun." Hao mumbled against the safety of his stuffed pillow.

There was a soft chip of music from FuFu's cage. The pigeon was sleeping near the other side of the wall, hanging happily near the window. The moment only introduced the light silence, engulfing the room.

"Yoh?"

"Hai?"

"What do you think of Tennis?"

"You know I'm no good when it comes to playing sports, Aniki." Hao rolled around in his sleep to catch a sheepish grin from Yoh. "But you can ask Anna over dinner, she's on the Girls' Team. I'm sure she'll know quite a lot."

"........."

"Yoh?"

"Hai?"

"You're hopeless."

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"So, how was your day?" Beth smiled toward the twins, hands clammed in silvery fork and knife. They were gathered around the table for dinner, the smooth red wood frame elegantly held all the dishes and plates.

"It was kind of nice." Yoh grinned. "Someone knocked over Faust-san's model in the lab room, and he went insane and started freaking people out. Jada had to dump Coffee on him to make him stop."

"Sounds..." Beth offered him a weak smile. "Very interesting."

Yoh shrugged, proceeding with his meal. "Oh, and Anna made Campus Patrol."

"You did?" Hao eyed the blond slowly, ever so grateful that he transfered schools.

"Yes. But only because Sati thought it would be wise to use some brains. All Yoh ever does it sleep and listen to music, it doesn't help very much. Those Seniors are too busy with collage applications right now to care, and Namari is starting a cult to destroy all the toilet papers in the school." The way her expression remained neutral only make it more humorous.

Mikihisa let out a soft snicker, it was soon covered up the sounds of quite choking.

"Oh." Yoh chipped happily, breaking his bread in half. "Lililala-san was on the verge of suspending Bluebell for getting into fights about the forest."

"What's wrong with Bluebell?" Hao inquired, raising a steady eye-brow,

"Well, you know all those flowers the Plant Club have on the South Door?" Yoh explained. "Well, the Track team ran over it all during practice, and now they've started a war against environmental protection. They're petitioning to the headmaster."

"All of Campus Patrol were called in to break the fight." Anna added, a soft hint of amusement on her pretty face. "It was a riot, all the students came to see the fight. We had to spray the them."

"Spray?" Hao smirked softly. Bluebell was known throughout St. Rudolph High for her protectiveness over animals and plants, and the Track Team was obviously famous for their reckless running. But Spraying them was a little harsh.

"Oh, you're gonna love this." Yoh grinned. "It was the air spray they use for the kitchen, it smelled so bad that the entire riot cleared up within minutes."

Mikihisa burst out laughing, one hand clapped over his mouth. Beth smiled softly, but not very amused. Hao smirked at his twin, shaking his head.

"And they're also starting a foreign exchange program with some other corporative counterpart in Japan." Yoh's grin became wider. "They say it'll be a productive trip since we're privately founded and all. I'd love to see Japan again, but we can't go because it's only for foreign Language students."

"So they'll be shipping Japanese St. Rudolph students over?" Mikihisa blinked. "Wouldn't that be pretty interesting?"

"Yeah, we'll be delighted." Anna shrugged. "But most of them doesn't have enough English Skills, so now the Campus Patrol also have to babysit them around."

"But still." Yoh grinned. "Campus is not nearly as interesting without Aniki around."

"Ah, you flatter me. That's the second time today." Hao smirked.

"Oh?"

Hao leaned against his left elbow, grinning. "It turns out that Kerry High is the weirdest public school in California. Everyone's been trying to recruit me for teams and all, it's kind of aggravating."

"I thought you were aiming for Soccer." Beth paused, setting her napkin down. "What happened to your plan?"

"Nothing, really." The older twin shrugged. "But we don't have a Soccer Team."

Everyone froze from eating.

".........."

"Are you freaking serious?" Mikihisa stared at his son.

"You're obsessed with Soccer." Anna pointed out.

"Hey!"

Hao shrugged once again. "Well, I met a bunch of people from the Tennis Team, and they're trying to recruit me just so I can get on their captain's nerves." Well, that's not exactly the way to put it.

"So..."

"I might as well sign up. You know, a change of plans once in awhile."

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The first thing Hao noticed upon walking into the campus was Mari. She was looking around the sidewalks slowly, shaking her pigtails in different directions. Her books were all scattered over the ground, possibly already stepped on.

The blond frowned, reaching for her Literature Book as he picked it up. She blinked as Hao kneed down next to her, gathering all the remains of her pencils and such.

Mari blinked slightly as Hao stood up with most of her books in hand. "Than... Thank You."

Hao offered her a soft smile. "You're Welcome. Do you need help caring these? They just look really heavy for a small girl like you."

Mari smiled, nodding happily.

"How about I carry these for you, and you can tell me where your first period is." The boy smiled politely. It was another tool of the trade in wooing girls, as he learned from previous experience from St. Rudolph.

"Mari has... Algebra." She replied in a somewhat soft voice, following Hao down the path of the sidewalk.

"Really?" Hao grinned at her. "So do I, but I don't think I've seen you there before."

"Mari saw you, on Monday." The pigtail girl smiled. "You were the new guy Chiaki pointed out."

"Chiaki's the blond from the Tennis Team, right?" Hao resurfaced his memory. He turned left on the sidewalk, continuing the path down to the Algebra Room.

"Yes, he-"

"There you are!" Macchi exclaimed from the door, waving at the two of them. She skipped a fews feet toward Mari, taking the remaining of her book. "I've been waiting for eons!"

"Where were you yesterday? We went to get a Pizza, but couldn't find you." The redhead turned to Mari, frowning.

"Mari..." The blond blushed. "Mari went to the park with Nichrome." They walked into the room, setting her stuff on an empty desk.

"Really?" Macchi narrowed her eyes. "Well, can you make it to the Mall on saturday?"

"What's happening on Saturday?" Lina jumped up behind the Mari, grinning happily. "Kiyosumi's back from the dorm for a break, I'm dragging him along with me the Movies." The redhead clapped her hands together happily. "He was suppose to hang out with his friends, but me being the spoiled kid that I am, guilt-tripped him into catching a movie with me."

"Aw!" Lina look offended. "Sengoku's dropping by and you didn't tell any of us? You traitor!" She pushed Macchi on the arm. "I want to come, haven't seen him in years!"

"Neither have I, and I'm his cousin!" Macchi huffed back, hands on her hips. "And he's probably brining a friend with him, so I'll be able to bring someone with me."

"And I wasn't the first one you came to?" Lina smirked sarcastic, faking hurt. She put a hand on her heart for dramatics, slumping down in her seat. "I'm in shock!"

Hao decided not to venter into the topic, taking a seat in his desk. This was just girl walk anyways.

"And you!" Macchi someone sat on his desk-top. "Did you consider joining the team yet?"

"I might reply if you stop bugging me about it."

"Arg." The redhead rolled her eyes. "I can't stand you."

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As far as possibility went, Hao really didn't have any idea as to what Macchi was planning. But his most unfortunate mistake was to let the redhead catch him by the sign-up sheet near Gate Two. He had expected her to start yelling and hugging him in happiness, but she did none of the above.

"You're signing up." She smirked, leaning against the wall.

"I am, but only because I decided to try something new." He shrugged, dropping the pen next to the clipboard attached on the wall. He slowly scanned the list of names on the sheet, flipping through his memory for possible resemblance.

Macchi seemed to have noticed, doing the same. "There's a lot of people trying out this year, we still have ten positions left, but only one more single's spots. Neither Manta or Senkun is interested in it, so I'm kind of hoping someone good comes along. The ending day is this friday, maybe you should try and get ready for it."

"Why?"

"Because Nichrome's going to be putting the us against the hopeful attendants, so you may end up playing one of us. It's only natural that you try and warm-up a little bit." She shrugged carelessly. "Are you busy during fourth block?"

"No, free period."

"Drop by the tennis court then." Macchi replied, giving him a small wave before walking away.

.............................

Hao was never the type of person to follow orders, but since he really had nothing else to do at the moment, he decided to drop by the court. He was right to do so, because Macchi was sitting on the bleachers, humming up at the sky with her tennis supplies next to her.

"You know, I could've just went home after third period." He pointed out dully. "What's so important I have to stay after school during unnecessary hours?"

"Don't be silly." She stood up, taking an extra racket out. "You have no experience in Tennis, and you want to make the team?"

"Hey, you're the one who tried to recruit me."

"I know that." She shrugged, handing the blue racket to him. Hao paused before holding it by the handle, twisting the strings around. "So I brought someone you can practice with."

"Who?"

"My cousin." Macchi grinned happily, swinging her feet happily on the bleacher.

"The one you talked about?" He raised an eyebrow, taking a seat next to her. "Then where is he?"

"Relax." The redhead leaned back. "I just called him over, he's probably sleeping. Kiyosumi just got back from collage for break, and since he has no where else to lounge, he's staying at our place."

"Why?"

"Oh, because he's studying in UCA even though he lives in Japan." She shrugged. "And since our place is only an hour away, he would drop by whenever he's free. But don't doubt him though, he's the best Tennis player in the world!"

"Ah, the way you flatter me." A steady voice broke their conversation.

Hao looked up to see, to his somewhat dismay, another redhead standing in front of then. He had a semi-messy hair and dark blue eyes, currently yawning while holding a tennis bag in his free hand. Hao could make out the work "Yamabuki" imprinted on it.

Chiaki and Manta was standing behind him, grinning.

"You made it!" Macchi jumped back, clapping her hands together.

"Of course, why else would you be waiting here?" The older redhead grinned, running a hand through his tangerine orange hair.

"Oh, but I brought back-up just in case you overslept." She nodded toward Chiaki and Manta.

"Well, I ran into them near the parking lot." The collage boy replied, setting his bag down. "Since I was lost and had no idea where the tennis court is, they brought me here, lucky."

"Okay, introductions." Macchi grinned, pulling Hao up. "That's my cousin, Sengoku Kiyosumi. Lucky-chan, here's the guy I'm trying to brainwash into Tennis, Asakura Hao. Oh, and those two are the annoying prats on the boy's Team."

"Hey!"

"Well... Manta's not annoying, just Chiaki then."

"You-"

"You are so weird." Sengoku mused, ruffling her hair. Hao smirked in amusement, it was definitely the hair. He suddenly turned to look at him, grinning. "So, have you played Tennis before?"

"No."

"Never?"

"Oh, this will be good." Chiaki smirked, taking a seat next to Macchi on the bleachers as Manta followed suit.

"Well, we'll just warm up, then." Sengoku shrugged, zipping his jacket out. Hao momentarily noticed the muscles on his arm and legs, it didn't look like the product of just Tennis alone.

"Oh, and don't mess with Lucky-chan because he does boxing too!" Macchi yelled from the bleachers. Hao didn't bother to ask about the name, he had a dreadful feeling that he was bout to find out soon.

"Here, we'll just hit the ball back and forth, kay?" Sengoku grinned from the other end of the court, easily hitting the tennis ball over on the other boy's side.

Hao tightened his grip on the handle, swinging it back while turning his body sideways. He wasn't sure if he looked stupid doing so or not, but the ball immediately bounced back on the redhead's court.

"Sorry, that was out." He mumbled.

"Are you sure you haven't played before?" The older boy replied from the other end, an amused tone in his voice. Macchi and the others looked on between the two of them.

"No, but I've read the rules and direction in P.E. class." Hao shrugged. "And I just have good reflexes. I think."

"Right." Sengoku grinned, sending another ball over. Hao managed to hit it back without going out of the single's line, but nearly lost his grip in the progress.

The older boy smoothly returned the ball to the point next to him. The brunette managed to lob the into the air as Sengoku easily hit it back.

They went on from there, rallying the ball over and over again. Hao managed to get the hang of control and direction of his balls, moving smoothly with his right hand on the racket.

"Now you mentioned it." Chiaki leaned over his seat, poking Macchi by the arm. "Have I seen your cousin before somewhere? He just look... Kind of familiar."

"His name is awfully ringing." Manta replied, scribbling some things onto his laptop. "I'm running a search for him in the database, just to see if anything comes up."

"Oh gee." Macchi rolled her eyes, pushing the lid of his laptop down. "I would appreciate it if you don't do background checks on my family. He's not gonna suddenly turn into a genetically mutated monster and spit Tennis balls at you."

"I hope not." Chiaki muttered. "But since he's related to you and all, I wouldn't be so sure."

"You're so funny, don't quit your day job." HaiRuwo walked in front of them, hands in her jean pockets. She looked onto the three in the bleachers, soft smirk on her face. "So, no one told me we were having a party here."

"Eh... Who's your friend?" Macchi grinned, ignoring the question all together.

"Corinth." She nodded toward the black-hair girl next to her, the said girl bowed politely. "She's in my French Class. Saw her in the library and started talking."

"I had nothing to do." The girl spoke up slowly, voice evenly smooth. It sounded like music, containing a celtic tone to it. "Hope you guys don't mind, HaiRuwo said I could come with her to the Tennis Court."

Manta looked up from his laptop. "How did you know we'd be here?"

"Spotted a green Sports Car in the parking lot." HaiRuwo smirked, turning to face the courts. "I'm not sure there's enough seniors who would hang up four-leaf clovers on their mirror lens but.... You're cousin's in town, why didn't you tell me?"

"Never got the chance." Macchi shrugged. "Told Lina though, I was so sure she'd have spread the new by now."

"I haven't seen that guy in years." HaiRuwo smiled, leaning on the fence. She turned to Corinth. "Kiyo-kun is like... The funniest person to hang out with, he's totally cool and is the best when it comes to Tennis."

Corinth looked beyond the fence, a soft smile on her face. "He sure looks like it."

Sengoku had started practicing his serves, trying to test Hao's agility when it came to fast serves. He managed to return a few of them before the redhead picked the ball up again. "Why don't you try to serve?"

"Fine." Hao picked up the nearest ball from in front of him, staring at it oddly.

"If you bounce it a few times, it might help." Sengoku suggested from the other side of the Court. "That way, you can test the buoyancy of the ball, and it'll help you serve better."

"Right..." Hao was still staring at the the ball. He numbly bounced it a few times on the court before throwing it up in the air. It was too high, and by the time it started downward, Hao swung his arm in a upward circular motion.

The ball hit the net.

"Eh." Sengoku grinned. "Maybe I should've told you say throwing it too high or sideward will mess up the path?"

"Yeah, maybe. I want to try this." Hao sighed, tapping the ball a few times on the ground. He repeated the previous action, throwing the ball high into the air. He didn't know what brought on this change in actions, but he felt himself leap up a feet into the air, slamming the ball down.

"I don't play tennis...." Corinth began, tucking a strand of her black-hair back. "But, isn't jumping too high on the serve bad for you?"

"Not really." Chiaki crossed his legs, leaning foreword with a sense of amusement. "It depends on the server."

The ball slammed onto Kiyosumi's court, ready to bounce back when he caught it with his hand, earning stares from the viewers. He tapped the ball a few times, looking up before grinning at Hao. "Let's play a Set, I want to see how you'll do."

"What..." Macchi stood up, leaning against the fence. "Lucky-chan, are you crazy? I don't want to kill his sense of pride before he even starts playing!"

"I won't, Makki-chan!" The older redhead yelled back, giving her a happy wave with one eye closed. "It's just a test run, I want to see how your genie pig plays under a real match!"

"Don't call me that!" She yelled back, face flushed. Corinth stared at her, blinking. "Oh, and he's not my genie pig either! He's our genie pig! Or at least our latest one...."

Sengoku let out a cheery laugh. "You are so weird!"

"Just play!"

"Don't worry!" HaiRuwo shrugged. "You're both weird!"

"Let's just play." It was Hao who spoke up this time, walking over to the net.

"Sure, if stotic-kun wants to so much." The redhead grinned once again, pulling his racket in front of him, spinning it. "Which Side?"

"Eh..." Hao eyed the spinning racket, not sure what else to say.

"It's either Smooth or Rough." Sengoku shrugged. The white racket was starting to lose its spin.

"Smooth, then." Just in time, the racket feel down, face flat.

Corinth turned to look at HaiRuwo, slight confusion showing on her face. "We normally use 'M' or 'W'." The chinese girl quickly explained. "You know, since there's always an imprint on the bottom of the handle.

"It's Rough." The redhead leaned down, picking his racket up. "Lucky! But I want you to serve, so you can have the north side."

Hao blinked, he didn't see the point in such things but... "Whatever."

"I'll be Referee!" HaiRuwo bounced up again, running into the court. Hao had somewhat of an odd impression of her, maybe the chinese girl was just hyper enough to do so.

"Game, one set. Asakura Serve."

Hao lied when he said he hasn't played tennis before. He had, once or twice, against Anna. It wasn't that he had any reason to lie, he just didn't consider it a that great of a deal. Besides, it seems that the older boy could already tell. He bounced the ball once or twice on the ground, throwing it into the air before rallying it into the other court.

It was an okay serve, as he concluded. But by the time he looked up, Sengoku was on the other end, ready to return the serve. The ball bounced back into his court as Hao managed to back up a few steps, returning it softly. He mentally winced at the speed of the ball.

"He's not playing seriously." Corinth nodded toward Sengoku.

"You're right, he isn't." Macchi shrugged, walking up to the half-french girl. "If Lucky-chan played seriously, the game would be over before it started. He has enough skills to play five or six matches in a row. Although, I don't see how you can tell."

Corinth shrugged. "Like I said, I'm not an expert when it comes to Tennis. But it's just common sense that you wouldn't run around the court that much."

"You'll see."

"Love-Forty!" HaiRuwo announced, pausing.

Hao served served, Kiyosumi returned even more smooth before his foot.

"Game, Sengoku! One to Love! Change Courts!"

"I thought you said he wasn't playing seriously." Chiaki stood up, walking up to the fence.

"He's not, but don't expect Lucky-chan to go easy one someone just because he's not playing up to his fullest potentials." Macchi shrugged. "It's just so... Not his style. Not playing serious means he's not wasting his energy and skills on something, not that he doesn't want to win."

Manta nodded, setting his glaze back into the match.

Hao had managed to return the lob, running up to the net. Kiyosumi grinned, pointed toward all the empty space behind Hao on the court. He slammed the ball down, a few centimeter from the server's line. "Oh, Lucky!"

"Game, Sengoku! Four to Love!"

Asakura shrugged, it was his mistake for going up to the net. He couldn't cover enough grounds that way, and the back was left entirely open for envision. He grabbed another ball, ready to serve for the new point.

The ball landed in Sengoku's court, as he managed to swing the it in an upright motions. Left, Hao mention concluded, running toward the left side of the court.

Sengoku smirked once again, suddenly stopped the path of the ball, hitting it to the Hao's right instead. "Ne, that's an empty spot. Lucky!"

"Why does he keep on saying that?" Manta raised an eyebrow in amusement.

"Because he's Lucky Sengoku, stupid!" Macchi raised her index finger for effect. "Well, only when he wants to be. And when he's not relying on luck, then you're in trouble. And he...."

Corinth and Chiaki stared at her, somewhat awed. Manta smirked, typing once again on his laptop. "Lucky Sengoku, ne?"

Macchi blinked, her hand going up to her mouth. She glared at Manta. "You manipulative little brainac..."

"Thank you, I take that as a complement."

"You-"

"Game, Sengoku! Five Games to Love. Change Courts!" HaiRuwo let out a soft shrug at her friend.

"Well, whatever way you look at it, it's still a pretty nice game." Macchi shrugged back HaiRuwo. "Besides, if this is all that's about to go down, then maybe that's just the way to play tennis."

"Now you're just mumbling." Chiaki sighed. "You make no sense what so ever. Ah, what's that word again? Inco..."

"Incoherent?" Corinth suggested.

"Baka." Macchi rolled her eyes, setting her glaze back on Manta, still typing. "Hey, shrimp. Found anything yet?"

"No, there's too many keywords, the database can't interpret all of them." The short boy replied, looking up. "There's too many variations of the same term and words, the search is coming up incomplete."

"Why don't you try..." Corinth spoke up. "'Lucky Sengoku' and 'Tennis'?"

"Forty-Love!" HaiRuwo's voice brought everyone's attention back into the game. Sengoku was serving again. He easily swirled the ball over the net, catching Hao by surprise. The younger boy ran forward, managing to return the ball just in time.

"Oh, that was a trap." Chiaki grinned, voicing out everyone else' thought.

Sengoku was already up at the net, ready to slam the the ball down. The path was curved, aiming right toward the other side. Hao gulp, suddenly excited. He found himself take a step to the left, suddenly balance his weight on his right leg. The next thing he knew, he was leaping sideways to return the ball.

The viewers stared at him in shock. Since when did Hao learn that trick? It took agility and speed to do such. It almost seems that Hao had just saved the last point.

Or not, Sengoku just shrugged. Returning the ball in a high lob. It landed on the line.

"Eh... Game and the match, Sengoku." HaiRuwo looked utterly speechless. The two both walked up to the net.

"That was a good move." The redhead grinned, holding his hand out. Hao silently shook it, shrugging.

"What... Was that?" Macchi blinked, recovering from the inertial shock of Hao's last move. "He just started stepping and... Then changed directions and...."

"I think that was... Half-step." Manta looked up. "It's not a complete one, though. He was only using his left leg. Unintentionally, probably. Half-step is usually a skill that takes practice to perfect, most people can't do it."

"Most people as in, none of us?" Chiaki smirked, his dirty blond hair covering the mere of his eyes. "You say all these smart stuff no one can understand, and somehow I doubt even you can do them."

"Doesn't any of you kids have... I don't know, classes to attend?" Sengoku was walking out of the court now, a sappy grin on his face. "Back when I was in high-school, sensei worked us silly."

"Back when you in high-school, I was in high-school to. Oh wait, I still am." Macchi rolled her eyes. "Most juniors have H block off. They either go home early, make up some homework, do extra classes, or hang out: as in, what we're doing right now."

"And by the time the bell rings in five minutes." HaiRuwo continued. "The rest of the team is gonna come around and start practice. Are you sticking around?"

"Nah." Sengoku stretched, racket behind his arms. "I would, but have to go downtown and get the groceries for Aunty Avern." He took out the stuffed grocery list from his pocket, grinning. "Not very lucky, if you consider it."

"Can't you wait till I introduce you to the rest of the team?" Macchi blinked.

"Nah, don't think so. I told your mom I was going directly to the store." Sengoku zipped up his jacket, taking a look at his watch. "And I'm suppose to be back by... Ten minutes ago. Nah, Aunty's gonna kill me!"

The next thing Hao knew, Sengoku was running toward the parking lot, hand clinched onto his bag.

"You're cousin.... Is weird." Chiaki concluded. "But, in a good way. I think."

"Gee, thanks. He'll be delighted to hear that."

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"Oh, and one last thing before we end the meeting." Sati took out a a sack of papers from her bag. "There's a bit of problem involving mix-ups with the dorm rooms. And as you already know, the exchange students from Japan were originally assigned a room there, but..."

"So, there's not coming because they're no place to live in?" Jada blinked, playing around with the tip of her pen.

"No." The Campus Patrol Leader shook her head. "They've already paid their expenses, and since this program is nonrefundable, we can't do that. The headmaster's first idea was to clear out one or two dorm rooms, but they're all filled out this year, and we can't just kick the students living there out."

"That leaves a very... Complicated situation." Anna agreed.

"Exactly." Sati nodded. "So, as the Campus Patrol service, we need to take a few responsibilities in this matter."

"What does the dorm rooms have anything to do with us?" Yugai looked up, pushing a strand of her purplish hair behind.

"Well, for one thing." Sati calmly explained. "It would just be easily for the students to communicate with each other, if they lived in the same place. I think this would be a great opportunity for all of you to make new friends and experiences."

"That is to say, we're being forced." Eli muttered, earning an amused look from Delphi.

"There's only ten or so people on the list." Yin pointed out. "It wouldn't hurt to take one or two people home with you, now would it?" She gave the Patrol Team such a look of disappointment.

"But you said all the dorms are filled." Jada blinked, slight confusion on her happy face. "Wouldn't that mean there's no where to fit them?"

"That why we're asking the people who doesn't live in dorms to take them home." The older girl repeated. "Now, there's not a lot of us that does so, only three of four so-"

"So basically, you don't have a choice." Anna cut in flatly. "The only ones here that goes home regularly are: Eli, Yin, Yugai, and Yoh."

"If you want to look at it that way, consider it community service. You'll get extra credit on your record for this, and it'll help you in the long run for collage resumes." Sati nodded. "This bit of volunteer work really helps, and it's a great chance to do so."

"Where's the list?" Yoh spoke up.

"Why don't I just read these names out, if you hear someone interesting, feel free to claim your new roommate. Bento Keiko, Kinomiya Aurora, Nanaki Ami, Wasabi Terra, Hiwatari Midori, Mizuki Hajime, Fuji Yuuta, and Kisarazu Atsushi."

"Hold on." Yugai spoke up. "So most of them are girls?"

"Yes."

Eli sighed, running a hand through his hair. He turned to Yoh. "There's three guys, I'll take one and you can take the other two."

"Eh?" Yoh blinked. "Don't I get a chance to think about it?"

"They're coming next week." Delphi pointed out, leaning on the back of her chair backwards. "And you have that huge house anyways, I don't think your parents would mind." Delphi and the rest of the his history had to come over once for a project.

Yoh yawned. "Maybe..."

Anna rolled her eyes. "Don't be silly, you have the entire third floor open. You never even use it."

"But that's the Guests Bedroom."

"Exactly, so use it."

"Fine, let's do it this way." Jada grinned. "All in flavor for Yoh to take some responsibility after that jello incident, raise your hand. Everyone shrugged, doing as told. "Sorry, it's a free country; democracy wins."

"I think I just got myself into some deep shit." Yoh mumbled sheepishly.

"You did." Anna cut him off.

--------TBC--------

Okay, I know St. Rudolph is a privote school. So the point I'm going for is that it's actually an internationally founded school, and that's also the one Hao transfered from. Yoh and Anna still go there.

Eh... Sengoku makes an apperance, yeah! He's, in my happy little world, Macchi's cousin from her mom's side. I guess that's why she has a different last name, but still the orange hair. I don't know, I just love Sengoku a little too much. If you go by their original birthday from 20.5, Sengoku's probably a Collage Freshmen right now.

Yes, that also mean Yoh will be bring home two of the St. Rudolph tennis boys, yeah for him.

When Mari mentioned that she saw Hao on Monday, that was from chapter one. Right now... Is about Wed, and Friday is the last day for try-outs.

What else to say... I added Corinth and Jada from Misai's fic, they're really nice OCs.

There's also a lot of character in here. Bluebell is from the Manga, so she's not made up. Yin and Yugai are from the anime, they were the pair the Taos sent to destory Yoh after he beat Ren. You know, the girl and her ninja spirit... Thingie.

Eh, review please?

Chiharu