Day One
Team One
"Okay…our coaches said there would be some instructions on what we're supposed to do." Said Taka as he started looking around the kitchen for anything that resembled instructions.

"Could this be it?" Mizuki said, picking an envelope off the kitchen table. "It's addressed to the 'D'."

"That's me." Said Fuji, as he took the envelope and opened it up.

"Why does the D get all the stuff?" said Kirihara, crossing his arms and sounding close to whining.

"It's a letter." Fuji unfolded the letter. "Would you like me to read it to you all or do you want to look over my shoulder?"

Everyone would rather keep their distance from Fuji, so they all decided to sit around the table and listen. But there were only four chairs and they soon discovered that that wasn't enough. So they went into the living room instead, and quickly discovered that it really only comfortably held three people.

After pondering what was up with these wak living conditions, they went into the room with the queen-sized bed and they all sat on that.

"I bet our team will win any tennis competition that gets thrown at us." Said Yanagisawa. "We had such great teamwork skills making sure everyone got to sit comfortably."

"And we're obviously the team with the best tennis skills." Said Mizuki even though he probably didn't even know that for sure.

"Yes." Said Fuji. "Obviously."

"So what does that paper say?" Taka asked.

Fuji looked down at the paper. "Shall I read it out loud?"

"Yes." Said everyone, trying not to appear annoyed in Fuji's presence.

"All right." Fuji cleared his throat. "We, your fair coaches, have decided that you, our fair teams, spend too much time playing tennis and practicing tennis. We also realized that this may have ended up alienating you from your families and disconnecting you from life outside of tennis. So, while we could have given you a week off and made you spend time with your families, we quickly realized that most of you have someone in your family that plays tennis so we came up with an alternate plan."

"I'm excited to hear about this fun new tennis training thing they've come up with." Taka said, and he did look excited. VERY excited.

Fuji smiled pleasantly at Taka's interjection. It pleased him. It also pleased him to be on Taka's team. The only thing that could have been better is if Yuuta was on his team as well.

Then he went back to reading. "So we have split you into groups of five and we will recreate a family atmosphere. The people you see around you will be your family for the next five days."

Fuji stopped reading and looked at the other four.

The other four looked at Fuji.

They all looked at each other.

Fuji looked back at the paper and continued reading. "At this time, you are probably wondering what the letters on the papers are. The D stands for Dad, the M stands for Mom, the S stands for Sister, the B stands for Brother and the P stands for Pet. Until further notice, you shall fall into your assignment."

Once again, the five were left silenced for a few moments.

"Be sure to check your mailbox often, as we will be sending you mail quiet frequently. Enjoy."

A tumbleweed blew by. Seriously, it actually did.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait…" said Mizuki, standing up. "This is nuts. When are we supposed to play tennis?"

"Apparently we are supposed to pretend to be a family of which I am the father." Fuji stood up too. "Taka, you got the M, didn't you?"

"Um…yes…" Taka said nervously as he pulled the M out of his pocket.

"How nice." Fuji smiled.

"Brother…" Mizuki said slowly.

"Sister…?" Yanagisawa added. (Just so you know, henceforth he will be referred to as Yana just because his name is so annoying to write.)

"Wait… P for PET?" Kirihara threw his paper on the ground. "I refuse to be the pet!" Then he sorted out his priorities. "I refuse to do this stupid thing all together! I'm not going to put up with this!"

"Oh, what's this?" said Fuji as he turned the paper over. "There's something written on the back."

Everyone ran over to Fuji to look over his shoulder. Yes, they cast away their fear and replaced it with dire anticipation.

"If you fail to cooperate then you will be kicked off your respective school tennis team." They all read together.

"Wow, we sound like a family already." Fuji commented, looking far too happy.

Team Two
"Five whole days of pretending I am a little girl?" Gakuto threw a temper tantrum in the middle of the living room his team was occupying.

"Well, imagine being your mother." Said Choutarou.

"All right, all right, let's try to figure out a way to get out of this." Said Momo, trying to calm everyone down.

"We can't." said Marui. "If we don't do this then we get kicked off our school's tennis team and that's the worst thing that could ever happen. Ever. We'll just have to go along with it."

"You're just saying that because you get to be the Brother so you don't have to do anything different." Gakuto pointed out.

"So?" said Marui.

"I hate to say it, but Marui's probably right." Momo said, already giving up hope. "At least I'm the Dad."

Choutarou only gave a sigh.

"Hey, where's Eiji?" said Momo suddenly, standing up.

It was exactly then that they heard a distinct "YAHOO!" come from the backyard. They all went onto the back porch just in time to see Eiji bound out of the doghouse.

"Being the Pet is going to be fun!" he cheered gaily. (As in HAPPILY.)

"He needs a beating…" Momo said, looking a little mad.

Eiji strolled over to the other four. "So what do you think, guys?" he asked. "Isn't it great that I got to be the Pet?"

"It fits you." Gakuto commented.

"The Sister fits you." Eiji said.

"WHAT?" demanded Gakuto.

"That was a COMPLIMENT!" said Eiji.

"How was that a compliment?" yelled Gakuto.

"With that attitude, I'm surprised you get any compliments at all." Said Eiji as if he was making any sense whatsoever.

"Guys, I think it's kind of funny that Momo and I are the second years and we get to be your parents." Said Choutarou literally out of nowhere.

"Don't get too into this role, Ootori." Said Gakuto.

"I wonder what's in the refrigerator…" Choutarou wondered to himself as he wandered back inside the house. "Maybe I could make something…"

"Oh!" said Eiji. "I wonder if I have a little bowl with my name on it!"

Eiji ran inside to investigate.

"What's with those two?" demanded Gakuto as if Momo and Marui would know.

"I don't know, but I feel really left out being the only person from my tennis team in this group." Sighed Marui as he went to the door. "I'm going to go see what Ootori is making. I'm hungry anyway."

Gakuto and Momo looked at each other.

"Now what?" Gakuto asked.

"We could check the mail." Momo shrugged.

"Why?" Gakuto said.

"Because the letter we got from our coaches told us to check the mail a lot." Momo reminded him.

"What kind of things are they going to send us?" wondered Gakuto.

"How should I know?" Momo said as he went back inside, and Gakuto followed him. Choutarou was looked through some cabinets and he pulled out a frying pan as Momo walked over.

"I'm going to try cooking." Said Choutarou, looking excited.

"Do you know how to cook?" Momo asked skeptically.

"Oh!" Choutarou got extremely distracted. "An apron! Guys, should I wear it or will that be a bit much?"

"Yeah…probably a bit much." Marui commented as he sat down.

"Is there are Sharpie anywhere?" Eiji questioned as he looked through the drawers while holding the bowl that was provided for the pet. "I want to write my name on the bowl."

"I think I'm going to wear the apron." Choutarou decided, holding it up and considering the apron.

Momo stared at Choutarou as he started putting on the apron.

"Don't make me hurt you." He said finally.

Choutarou frowned. "You're not going to be one of those mean abusive husbands, are you?" he said.

Team Three
Tezuka and Aoi were both in the room with the bunk beds. Aoi was on the top bunk staring at the ceiling and Tezuka was sitting on the bottom bunk. Both were sitting in silence.

"So, you sure you want the bottom bunk?" Aoi asked, leaning over the edge.

"I'm sure." Said Tezuka.

"You know," Aoi said, jumping to the ground. "Instead of being the Sister, I could just be another Brother."

Tezuka glared at Aoi.

"How about it?" Aoi tried.

"Or…you could leave me alone." Tezuka suggested.

"Okay…that too…" Aoi nervously sidestepped out of the room.

He backed up into Tachibana who was standing there looking wistful.

"We have a lot of captains in this group." Aoi noted randomly.

"This is all my fault." Tachibana decided.

"What is?" Aoi asked.

"My team is being forced through similar torture and it's all because I was not strong enough to stand up to the coaches!" Tachibana said, clenching his fist dramatically.

"Um…I guess." Said Aoi. "So what's the plan?"

"What do you mean?" Tachibana asked.

"Well, you're the Dad." Said Aoi. "So don't you have a plan?"

"Not really." Tachibana said regrettably.

"HEY!" came David's voice from the kitchen. "EVERYONE COME HERE!"

Tachibana and Aoi sprinted into the kitchen, thinking that maybe something was wrong.

"What is it?" Tachibana said, sounding very concerned.

"It's this mustard." Said David.

"What?" said Aoi and Tachibana.

"Dijon vu… the same mustard as before!" David announced, and then he chuckled at his funny.

Aoi and Tachibana raised their eyebrows. Tezuka, who had also came in, raised his eyebrow as well.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Tezuka said.

"Wait, I have another one!" David said, taking out the ketchup as well. "Practice safe eating… always use condiments!"

This one caused David to go into a fit of hysterical laughing that involved rolling around on the ground.

"I don't get it." Said Tachibana.

"I'm enraged." Tezuka decided.

"He ALWAYS does this." Aoi explained.

Tachibana sighed and then looked around. "By the way, did anyone see if Kabaji came back?" he asked.

"He's been sitting in the doghouse ever since he noticed it was there." Aoi looked out the window.

The three of them looked out the window. Actually, only Tachibana and Tezuka did because they got in the way of Aoi.

"I'm so short…" Aoi said sadly as he took that exact moment to realize that he was tiny compared to everyone else.

"How long is he going to sit out there?" said Tachibana.

"Why do you care?" Tezuka asked.

"He's acting like a dog." Said Tachibana.

"As long as he doesn't go to the bathroom in any place except the bathroom then I don't care." Tezuka said.

"In theory, housebreaking your dog may seem like a fine idea, but it doesn't look good on paper." Said David.

Tezuka, Aoi and Tachibana all slowly turned and stared at David.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?" said Tachibana.

"Or have any relevance to what we were just talking about?" Tezuka added.

"Is that any way to speak to your mother?" demanded David and then he laughed again.

"I'm furious now." Tezuka concluded.

"Please forgive him." Said Aoi. "He can't help it."

"I hope we get mail soon that tells us we can go home." Said Tachibana.

"Or play tennis." Aoi added.

Team Four
Saeki, Sakurai, Ryoma, Hiyoshi and Yukimura were all sitting in the living room silently. None of them were on the same tennis team, they were of varying ages and none of them had ever really played a match against each other, except for Ryoma and Hiyoshi but that lasted only a few minutes.

"Okay…" said Saeki, folding his hands. "Let's all introduce ourselves just to make sure we all know each other's names. I'm Saeki and I'm on Rokkaku. I received the D."

"Sakurai from Fudomine, I have the M." Sakurai said.

"Hiyoshi." Hiyoshi said. "Hyoutei. B."

"I'm Yukimura, captain of Rikkai Dai and I got the P."

Ryoma stood up. "You all know who I am." He said. "And obviously I have the letter that's leftover."

With that, he started walking away.

"Where are you going?" Sakurai asked.

"And do you have to be such a tool?" Saeki added.

"…" said Hiyoshi.

Ryoma glared and then came back. "Well, I WAS going to go and practice tennis in the backyard, but then I remembered that our coaches confiscated our rackets before we left." He said.

"All right." Said Sakurai. "Our coaches said we should fall into our roles and let's do the best we can with that."

"Yeah." Said Saeki. "I don't want to be kicked off the tennis team."

"That would be terrible." Said Yukimura. "I will head out to the doghouse right away!"

He started walking towards the door but suddenly he started hacking up blood and passed out on the floor.

After a few seconds of everyone wondering what exactly just happened (since they didn't really know him or know about his condition) they decided to be proactive and do something about the pool of blood that was forming on the floor.

"I guess it is our job to take care of our sickly pet." Saeki decided as they all worked together to move Yukimura to the couch.

"And since I'm the Mother, I'll get a mop." Sakurai put his finger up in the air. "Would you two like to help me?"

"You mean us?" Ryoma said, pointing to himself and Hiyoshi.

"Yes." Said Sakurai. "You two are the Brother and Sister."

"How about Brother and Brother?" Ryoma compromised.

"Whatever." Said Sakurai.

"I don't know, I think I want to just go off and do something rebellious." Ryoma said. He looked at Hiyoshi. "Do you want to go off and do something rebellious with me?"

Hiyoshi shrugged. "Whatever." He said.

With that, the two of them walked away, leaving Sakurai and Saeki to deal with the situation at hand.

"This is typical." Said Saeki.

"Of what?" Sakurai questioned.

"A family." Saeki replied.

"How so?" said Sakurai.

"Because no doubt they were the ones who begged us to get a Pet and promised they'd take care of it… and now when it comes time to take care of it, they don't want anything to do with it!"

"That is so true." Sakurai agreed, looking quite offended. "I can't believe those two!"

"We should punish them." Said Saeki.

"Yes." Said Sakurai. "Let's not let them watch television today!"

"Good idea!" said Saeki. "We're going to be the best parents ever!"

"Yeah we will!" agreed Sakurai as the two of them did a secret handshake.