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Chapter 4: I love chocolate bunnies.

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Rakasha: Yeah right…if you're reading this, Sumasha's the sadistic one here…in case you haven't noticed I'm quite the good-gal here…

Sumasha: Chocolate Bunnies are good…… mmmmmm…..

Kumi: Alright break it up you two!

Akiko: They already made up…

Kumi: Yup choco-bunnies are good!

Sumasha: Hey Kumi! Can I have Tezuka all by myself?

Kumi: (covers ears) I can't hear you! Chocolate bunnies are good…Yum…

Rakasha: Riiight…

Akiko: (sweatdrops)

Next morning, 9: 30am

Tezuka woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. Who could it be?, he wondered.

"Moshi-moshi, Tezuka speaking." he answered.

"Buchou, will we be having practice later or are you going on a da--" Inui didn't even have the chance to complete his question before he heard a small 'beep' as the line went dead.

"He hung up on me…" Inui muttered to himself. "I'll try again later."

"So what did he say Inui?" Oishi asked. They were standing at a nearby park on the way to the tennis courts.

"He didn't say anything." Inui replied.

"It's alright we can ask him later." Oishi smiled brightly.

Meanwhile at the Asahara's…10:00am

"Chocolate bunnies…" Kumiko muttered incoherently in her sleep.

There was a loud knock on the door before Akiko entered her sister's room.

"Kumi…oi…Kumi, wake up." Akiko poked Kumiko's sleeping form.

"Idunwanna…" came the sleepy reply.

"Whatever…" Akiko shrugged and started to leave.

"Mmnyummie." She mumbled as she covered her face with her pillow.

30 minutes later…

"Everybody gather around the court!" Coach Ryuzaki called out. She looked around as if looking for somebody. After a while she asked, "Akiko, what happened to you! And where's Kumiko?"

"I slipped and fell. Kumi woke up late." Akiko replied. She had a lot of bandages, some of them new and some of them from yesterday's incident.

Ryuzaki sweat dropped and gave her a sympathetic smile. "Alright then we'll continue. The sophomores and juniors will have practice games while the freshmen will get the balls. For the Regulars follow Oishi and me." Just then Kumiko rushed in the courts panting. "Sorry… (Pant)…I'm… (wheeze)...late!"

Momo sneaked a glance at Tezuka. As usual, the Seigaku captain remained expressionless.

Behind him, Kaidoh remarked, "Fwssh, I bet she'll get 50 laps." Annoyed at Kaidoh's insensitivity, Momo threw him an evil glance yet refrained from starting another fight with his rival since he didn't want to put Kumiko into more trouble.

"Asahara, two hundred laps around the court." Tezuka ordered in a no nonsense- tone of voice.

Kumiko stuck her tongue out at Tezuka before she began running.

"Huh? Nani?" Ryoma remarked to himself thinking he just imagined the tell-tale wiggling in his sports bag.

It better not be Karupin, he thought, walking away to buy his favorite drink.

Things are definitely NOT normal as far as the Seigaku Tennis Club is concerned, Kaidoh Kaoru thought. First, he didn't exactly like the idea of crowded tennis courts but to make things worse, not only did he get beaten by a little girl in a ranking tournament (just when he was getting used to the idea that he was beaten by Echizen), he also had to witness the former imperturbable captain lose his icy reserve. He continued kicking pebbles that crossed his path before heading to their locker room. However, he was distracted by a faint mewing sound coming from inside.

"What the--?" he exclaimed running inside. There he found something wiggling inside Ryoma's bag. It couldn't be could it? He thought.

Opening it, he found his furry friend still stuggling to get out. Picking Karupin up, Kaidoh decided to look after Karupin until Ryoma came back. After all, it wouldn't take him that long to get back anyway.

Akiko hummed to herself as she went to buy herself some juice. Man, I'm dying of thirst right now. She thought. She took out her wallet and grinned. Alright! I didn't forget my lunch money today! As she was happily contemplating her luck she suddenly bumped into someone.

"Ouch! Damn it!" she cursed loudly as she fell on her butt.

"Hn. What's an annoying runt like you doing in this place?" Akiko looked up to give the man one of her death glares but stopped taking a good look at him. He had silver hair and well-toned body, marked only by his cold stare and a face she could die for…drool…

Akiko Asahara! Snap out of it and apologize! "Aa…Gomennasai! I didn't mean to bump into you…" She almost slapped her forehead for sounding so foolish. Of all the times! How can I lose my cool in front of a cute guy! Akiko scolded herself. "I haven't seen you around here, are you new? My name's Asahara Akiko. I belong to Seigaku's Tennis club, nice to meet you." She managed to blabber before bowing.

"Hn. You're wasting my time." The guy turned around and started to leave.

"Wait!" she called out suddenly. "You haven't told me your name…" she looked up at him expectantly. The silver-haired guy paused for a while before saying, "Don't tell me what to do." With that he left.

For the first time since he was born Ryoma was beyond bewildered.

On a very ordinary boring day while he was along his merry little way to buy a good old can of Ponta, he witnessed something beyond his imagination. He already spotted Akutsu on his way and gave him the usual nod. As much as he was surprised at the appearance of the silver-haired teenager, nothing more astounded him as to the brat's reaction. Initially, he was eagerly anticipating a showdown between the two when Asahara Kumiko's sister, aka THE ROYAL PAIN IN THE NECK, decided to open her big mouth which could have surely annoyed the hot-headed Yamabuki junior high tennis player. However, to his utmost surprise, THE BRAT, who always tried to best him in everything, (she was kind of good in English, he had grudgingly admitted…) was actually acting like a ditz to a guy whom she didn't even know. It didn't end there…oh, no…not even close. After Akutsu left, the usually stone faced girl started to giggle, the way normal love-struck, hormonal teenage girls do! And he doubt that Asahara Akiko had hormones. As fascinating and bewildering it may have seemed he decided to shrug it off…whatever…

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