"Kara-chan?" Eiji asked looking at her.
"Eh?" Kara asked looking at him as her heart sped up in hearing the difference in Eiji's voice. It sounded more deep and serious to her for some reason.
"May I return the favor?" Eiji asked looking into Kara's eyes.
"Favor?" Kara asked.
Eiji placed his hand upon Kara's cheek as he leaned towards her.
"May I kiss you back?" Eiji asked as he leaned so close to Kara's lips. He was only centimeters away from touching them.
"Hai," Kara whispered nervously.
As soon as Eiji's lips touched Kara's. Her heart began to race as tears of happiness fell from her eyes.
The next thing she knew. She felt her body temperature rise even higher as Eiji slid his tounge against hers. She felt her body shivver in excitement at the intimate kiss.
Eiji had felt Kara shivver and pulled away. "Daijobu, Kara-chan?" Eiji asked a little breathlessly.
"Hai," Kara whispered softly. "I was just thinking about how your kiss had made me feel." She said blushing a deep, crimson shade.
"How did it make you feel?" Eiji asked as he had begun to kiss her again. But this time along her neck.
"I felt, excited and nervous at the same time." She paused then said taking a deep breath, "just like how I'm feeling right now, Eiji-kun."
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"Well look at what we have here," spoke a voice in the doorway.
Kara and Eiji both looked towards the doorway.
"How did you get in here? Bastard!" Kara said angrily.
Eiji looked towards Kara as he heard her voice change in anger.
"He's the one who hurt Kara-chan and threatened us!" Eiji thought looking at the guy in anger.
"Ahh, so you're the famous 'acrobatic tinnis player' from the famous Golden Pair, Kikumaru-kun, right?"
"Even looking at him from this distance fills me with anger ." Eiji thought as he stood up to face Akira.
"What are you doing here?" He asked in an angered voice.
"Trying to see who these weak members Kara-chan whishes to protect are." Akira said in an evil tone.
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"Fuji? What's wrong?" Oishi asked looking towards him.
"I have a bad feeling." Fuji paused saying, "I feel like Kara-chan and Eiji are in danger."
"Let's go to the hospital." Tezuka said getting up and began walking out the door. "Oi, Momoshiro! Echizen! We're going to the hospital! You coming!" Tezuka yelled onto the the tennis courts nearby.
"Hai," they both yelled running towards Tezuka and the others.
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"Leave this hospital. You're not welcomed here." Eiji said angrily.
"Who's going to make me?" Akira asked in an evil tone.
"I will," spoke a voice behind him in the doorway.
"That voice! I know it!" Kara thought as she looked towards the doorway. Tears filled her eyes as she saw who was standing there.
"I can't beleive you're back. Welcome home, Onii-chan." Kara said smiling at him.
"Okasa told me everything when I had returned home earlier." Yukishiro said standing in the doorway. "Get out of here, Akira. Right now, or I'll make you leave."
"Dame, Onii-chan!" Kara yelled with tears in her eyes. "He's much more powerful than when you last fought."
"Oh, I didn't know you were back," Akira paused saying as he gave an evil sneer, "Senpai."
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Fuji and the others arrived intime to see someone standing in the doorway to Kara's room.
"I won't repeat myself again! Get out of this hospital right now!"
"Very well," Akira paused saying. "I shall be back Kara-chan. And we can finish what we were doing before we were interrupted."
"Bastard," Kara whispered angrily.
"Oh look who else is here. It's the other people Kara wishes to protect." Akira said laughing as he walked out of the hospital.
"Onii-chan!" Kara yelled as she ran towards her older brother. "I've missed you," she said as she hugged her brother.
"And I've missed you." Yukishiro said hugging Kara back. "You've grown since I've last seen you."
"Well you haven't seen me for over a year," Kara said smiling at her brother.
"It looks like you have some more visitors, Nee-chan." Yukishiro said looking towards Fuji and everyone else.
"Eh? Minna," Eiji said looking towards Fuji and everyone else.
"I had felt like you and Kara-chan were in danger. So we came here to see how you guys were doing." Fuji paused then asked opening his eyes, "Kara-chan? Was he the one who hurt you?"
"Hai," Kara said nodding her head.
"I see," Fuji paused then said smiling at her. "You shouldn't let it bother you. You need to get your rest so you can feel better."
"Hai," Kara said smiling back at Fuji.
"I'll stay watch at her door. She should be okay." Yukishiro said looking at Fuji and everyone else.
"Hai," Fuji and everyone else said nodding their head.
Eiji was about to walk outside with the others until Yukishiro called him, "Kikumaru-kun."
"Eh? Nani?" Eiji asked looking towards Kara's brother.
"After you see everyone else out the doors. I need to speak to you in private." Yukishiro said looking towards Eiji with a serious expression on his face.
"Hai," Eiji said nodding his head.
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"I never knew Kara-chan had an older brother. What was his name?" Tezuka asked then said looking at everyone, "he looks familiar to me for some reason."
"Eh, it was Yukishiro Tamiyaka." Eiji said looking at Tezuka.
"Yukishiro, huh." Tezuka paused then said, "He played in the tournaments over America and Germany for the past year."
"Yukishiro-san's a tennis player also?" Eiji asked.
"Mmm-hmm," Tezuka said nodding his head.
"Now I see why I had thought Kara-chan was such a good tennis player when I first saw her." Eiji said smiling.
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"Kara when did he start coming after you?" Yukishiro asked looking at her.
"I had noticed him watching me as I was walking home with Eiji-kun ealier." Kara said to Yukishiro as he sat down in the chair next to her bed.
"I see," Yukishiro paused then asked. "He was the one who hurt your hand?"
"Hai."
"Did he tell you anything threatening while you were talking?"
"Hai. He had threatened to destroy Eiji-kun and everyone else as easily as my wrist." Kara said looking at her brother.
"Bastard!" Yukishiro whispered angrily. He looked at Kara and smiled, "enough with the bad news. Tell me the good news."
"Good news?" Kara asked.
"What's going on with you and Kikumaru-kun?" Yuki asked smiling at Kara.
"Uh," Kara mumbled blushing a deep crimson shade.
"It looks to me like you guys are going out."
"Not really. But," Kara said casting her eyes downwards. "I had confessed my feelings to him before this had happened." Kara said looking at her wrist.
"Did he confess them back?"
"Not then. Because I ran away too fast from him because I had noticed Akira fallowing me." Kara paused then said, "Eiji-kun didn't flat out say 'I love you'. But I knew what he meant because I felt it in his kiss when he kissed me."
"I see." Yuki said smiling. "I could see he was in love with you when I saw his expression facing Akira."
"His expression?" Kara asked looking at Yuki.
"He had an expression of a man who wishes to protect what's important to him." Yuki said.
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"Welcome back." Shinji said to Akira.
"Where'd you go?" Rufus asked
"To go and pay a little visit to Kara-chan." Akira said smiling evily.
"I take it it was a bad visit. You don't sound as happy as your usual self." Marcus said looking at Akira.
"Her brother showed up. But not before I had found out which member of Seigaku Kara-chan cares the most for." Akira said evily.
"And who would that be?" Shuichiro asked.
"Kikumaru Eiji of the famous Golden Pair." Akira said smiling evily.
"I guess you want to destroy him?" Nakashima asked looking at Akira.
"What do you think?" Akira asked.
"I think you just like to play dirty. Just like the rest of us," Kaneda said smiling evily.
"Yeah Akira," Jounouchi said smiling evily as well.
"It's true." Akira said grinning.
"You must like to be mean to other people Akira," Tetsuo said smiling at Akira.
"Only to people I hate." Akira said smiling.
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Eiji had finished seeing off Oishi and the others. He had then walked back to Kara's hospital room.
Yukishiro looked up and seen Eiji standing in the doorway.
"I'll be back Kara. I just want to talk to Kikumaru-kun for a few minutes." Yukishiro said covering Kara up in her bed.
"Okay," Kara said smiling at both her brother and and Eiji.
She watched them leave and walked out of her doorway towards the outside.
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"What did you want to talk about Tamiyaka-san?" Eiji asked looking at Yukishiro.
"Well I think the first is your relationship with my little sister." Yukishiro paused then said looking at Eiji, "Kara-chan had been in love with you for a long time."
Yuki smiled as he saw Eiji blush a crimson shade.
"I think I might have fallen for Kara-chan at first site." Eiji paused then said, "I wish we had met on different circumstances though."
"'Different circustances'?" Yuki asked.
"The first time I had seen her. She was practicing her tennis. She had heard me give out a compliment. And she had looked towards me when a tennis ball hit her wrist in high speed." Eiji said sadly.
"She doesn't blame you for it. She had told me that even if her wrist wasn't in the condition from before. That bastard still would have broken it just as easily." Yuki said as he placed his hand on Eiji's shoulder. "Kara doesn't blame you for the injury. And neither do I." Yuki paused then said smiling at Eiji, "you shouldn't blame yourself either Kikumaru-kun."
"I know she doesn't blame me for it. But I feel really bad about causing her injury." Eiji said looking at Yuki.
"When are you going to tell her how you feel?"
"I was going to tell her tonight before that bastard had shown up." Eiji said in an angered tone.
"I see," Yuki paused then said smiling. "She'll be one of the happiest girls when you do."
Eiji smiled back at Yuki.
"How long has Kara been into tennis?" Eiji asked.
Yuki smiled and said looking at Eiji. "Since she first saw you and Oishi-kun play your first 'Doubles Tennis Game'. It was before I had left for Germany for my own tournament."
"Wow. That was such a long time ago. So she has liked me since then." Eiji thought to himself.
"I had teased her about it." Yuki paused then said looking at Eiji. "Guess what she did?" He asked laughing.
"What?" Eiji asked looking at Yuki.
"She slapped me in the face and busted my lip for embarrasing her." Yuki said laughing. "I could tell she fell in love at first site."
Eiji looked ay Yuki.
"When she gets out of here. You should take on a romantic date," Yuki said smiling at Eiji.
"That would be nice for her." Eiji said smiling. "But I have no idea where I would take her."
"She'll be happy whereever you take her." Yuki said smiling at Eiji.
Eiji returned the smile.
"Yuki-san." Eiji paused then said looking at him, "thanks for helping out earlier."
"Sure," Yuki said smiling.
"I'm glad Kara didn't mean what she said earlier." Eiji said looking out a window.
"What do you mean?" Yuki asked his eyes furrowing in confusion.
"Kara had asked the doctor earlier that had done the operation to do a favor for her." Eiji paused then said looking at Yuki. "She had asked the doctor to ask me to forget about her."
"Why?"
"Because of the bastard who hurt her wrist. She didn't want him to know about any of the members of Seigaku. She was afraid that if he found out who we were. He'd hurt us." Eiji said looking at Yuki. "She was crying when I was able to see her again. She had felt really bad about what she told the doctor to tell me. I had forgiven her when I was able to see her."
"Kara's the type of person who will sacrifice herself for the ones she loves." Yuki said smiling at Eiji. "She even stood up to Akira once before when he was talking crap about me."
"She seems like suck a strong and passionate person." Eiji said smiling.
"She is," Yuki paused saying. "Let's go back. She's probably wondering what we're talking about. And why we're taking so long."
:Okay," Eiji said as they walked back to Kara's room.
