KitsuneFreak: Just wondering, but, is anyone getting the problem I keep getting? I sign up for regular review alerts, and stuff but they come in my e-mail about a week after a person has posted. I don't know if it's just me. So yeah.

Oh god, I'm so afraid that I'll start new pairings that used to be unheard of. Really, writing this has bonuses but why do they always have a downside? Why? WHY?

Oh yeah, and if you find questions at the ends of some chapters then it's just because I want to be cool like that…erm…ANYWAY…

I'm-Running-Out-Of-Cool-Names-For-My-Disclaimers: Ownership of PoT is rather impossible… -nod-

(Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Mushroom, Mushroom…)

Oishi wondered why Eiji suddenly stopped talking and looked at Eiji questioningly. Cocking his head to the side a bit he looked at Eiji's eyes. The expression that he saw in that one moment was unlike any other expression he saw in their entire friendship. The young acrobat had a dreamy look and was staring straight at…Tezuka? (!)

"Um, Eiji, are you alright?" Oishi asked with the confu-surprised look.

"Yes," replied Eiji dreamily, but his dreamlike trance was interrupted by a certain bonsai plant.

Actually, Tezuka had already sensed the trio's presence and was only waiting for them to mess up somewhere down the line of spy work. Now this is where the phrase 'Don't let your guard down' gets handy. Therefore, Tezuka got up from his sitting position and walked over to the three.

"I want 50 laps around the tennis courts from you three now, no excuses," Tezuka said with his awesome poker face. (Ha! You thought he was gonna say that guard stuff, didn't you?) The three tennis players then hung their heads in dismay at the prospect of running laps. Yes, Inui too. Tezuka then went back to Blossom and picked it…her up carefully. And then he resumed coddling the plant.

Eiji's eyes switched to that of jealousy and anger. He immediately began planning various ways that Blossom would meet her demise. As they walked away, to the courts to begin their unfair running Eiji held up his fist to the sky.

"The plant who stole his heart shall fall!"

Oishi, who had been really silent up until now, was all like OMG, WTF? So technically he still didn't say anything. He was probably shocked at the recent events.

But Inui DID say something. "Another rarer byproduct of LP9 is hot-bloodedness." And he continued to write in his notebook while running.

With Ann-chan:

"I know, I know nii-san…Yes, I will… of course…no duh, obviously…sure….okay bye," Ann said into her cell phone. Her brother was reminding her about all the things that she should remember to note while watching the Seigaku regulars. Flipping the phone closed she put it away and was about to walk to the tennis courts when she noted a blue-haired guy with glasses and a silvery-haired, arrogant looking guy next to him.

"Wait a sec, isn't that the guy who almost made me go out on a date with him?" Ann whispered to herself remembering the time when she was forced to go out on a date with him but was rescued by none other than Momoshiro! …and Kamio. So, just to be safe she crouched down and hid behind a trash bin where she noticed a very odd looking vial. Like the kind that women use to keep perfume and dab themselves with. It was a cute pink bottle and Ann wanted to keep it very badly but she remembered what her brother told her a long time ago.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers. But at least attempt to find the person whom it belonged to'

Yup, and that's exactly what Ann did. She put her hand above her eyes and looked all around her and there appeared to be no woman shrieking because she lost a perfume bottle. Smiling slightly she tucked the perfume vial deep within her pocket and waited for Oshitari and Atobe to pass her by.

"…and then you'll jump out of the bushes and go tackle him," she heard Atobe say. Both boys stopped right in front of her trash bin. Oshitari just leaned on it.

"Yeah, but how is that going to help me get Braid Girl?" Oshitari asked.

"Trust Ore-sama. It'll work. Now here are the details of the scheme…" and both boys went deep into the conversation about randomly attacking people hoping to get their 'appropriate lovers' back. And poor Ann was still stuck behind that trash bin.

With Oishi, Eiji, & Inui:

Eiji staggered off in the direction of the classrooms after the laps and left Oishi and Inui behind to put themselves together. Inui collected his data book and left immediately to seek something that he lost. Oishi on the other hand picked up his pack and was going to head home when something vile stopped him in his path. It was like, HUGE. Oishi couldn't even move one step further because of the horrifying thing. Oishi has always had the phobia and had never yet gotten over it. It just so happens that Oishi had talked to Inui about it and received a 'special' vial of 'medication'. So he quickly rummaged around in his backpack and found the triangular vial. Pulling out the cork he downed the solution. Consequently, he dropped the bottle where it shattered into a jillion little pieces.

We now zoom out to see the entire school for an ear-splitting scream of terror was heard….But everyone who was still at the school ignored it because, the students of Seishun Gakuen knew that this happened practically every day. Especially around the tennis courts. And today was no exception.

Back to Ann-chan, Atobe, and Oshitari:

Poor Ann was still stuck behind the trash bin because Atobe and Oshitari still weren't finished with discussing their plans of random ambush. What they were talking about, however, was so boring and so non-understandable that she almost fell asleep and gave away where she was. Twice! She had done everything she could think of to keep awake. These including biting her nails, chewing gum (she almost swallowed it), and even tried entertaining herself by playing a game of finger war against herself. Still none of that could keep her awake so she frustratingly stuffed her hands into her pocket and was surprised to find that the perfume vial was still there. Out of curiosity, she pulled it out and admired the lovely craftsmanship of it. Engraved on it were pictures of doves, flowers, and other things of the like. All of them melding together to form the perfect picture on the perfume vial.

"Since the craftsmanship on this bottle is so wonderful I bet the perfume itself has got to be the best thing ever," Ann thought to herself. She twisted the cap off the bottle slowly so as not to make any noise and took in a whiff of it.

With Inui at the Lockers:

Shuffling was heard. Inui darted around all over the locker room, looking in every nook and cranny he could find. Dark crevices did not escape Inui's data-taking eye, except this time, he WASN'T data-taking.

"Dang it. Where is that bottle?" Inui hissed under his breath. He knew that if his mom ever found out that he used her favorite bottle he'd be crunchier than toast.

"Oooh, I knew I should have listened to my conscience before using the bottle to store some LP9." He rummaged through his locker again. This time, he found a testing vial with the name 'Oishi' written on it.

"Hey, isn't this the thing that Oishi asked me to-" and then he thought again before looking a bit sheepish. But you didn't know that 'cause he has glasses.

"Oops."

But he threw that aside and kept looking for his mothers bottle. If he didn't get the bottle emptied and clean and stuffed with some random perfume, he knew he was in for it. You see, Inui inherited his 'potion-making' from his mother. His mother used to be the best cook in the world and won 3 golden medals for it. Yes, she did. But alas, something happened and she lost her fourth competition. After that she became sinisterly diabolical, and made juices. When Inui was about 5 she gave him a sip, which altered Inui forever. Now he wishes to make a juice that could surpass his mother. It's almost as bad as Ryoma's disease to beat his dad at tennis. BUT to get back on the subject, Inui searched high and low for that darn little perfume bottle….which was in the hands of Ann….who was STILL behind the trashcan.

Back to Ann and Co.:

Atobe and Oshitari were still talking in front of that trash bin. You know, for two teenage boys that have a lot to say…. Anyway, the trash bin that Oshitari was leaning on gave a noticeable wobble. Both boys went silent and stared at the trash bin. It shook again. This time Oshitari was wise enough to step aside from the trash bin.

"Trash bins don't wobble on their own accord," noted Oshitari.

"Ore-sama hates to break this to you, but that bit of information was already known," Atobe answered.

The trash bin then jumped in the direction of the Hyoutei tensai.

"Oh my, it seems to like you," Atobe nodded at Oshitari.

"Yeah, gimme a break already!"

"No, Ore-sama is serious. Just look at how it's inching towards you," the narcissist said, and sure enough the trash bin was inching its way to Oshitari.

"MEGANE-SAMA!" a high pitched squeal was heard. Ann jumped out from behind that moving trash bin and in all her shining glory, glomped onto Oshitari.

"OMG, it's a stalker!" Oshitari tried to get up from his squashed position and motioned for help. But no help came. Atobe just disappeared. Like poof. So much for the noble Hyoutei captain…

At the entrance to Seigaku with Oishi:

"It's alright my love. Nobody will harm you," Oishi cooed into an unknown thing in his hand. People to right and left were giving him really odd stares and thought that he was just going completely bonkers.

At a new location we haven't been to before, also known as a random mall:

Shinji and Kamio decided to buy some stuff for Fudomine and began shopping… Where they shall meet new adversaries. Contestants of undying love… No wait, nevermind, Shinji wasn't there. Just Kamio. Shinji was actually near the Street Tennis courts beating random people at tennis just 'cause he's cool like that. But trouble lurks in every corner. Including the corners where Inui never stepped foot in.

And finally we see Fuji sitting in a tree….Not K-I-S-S-I-N-G:

"What a lovely breeze there is," Fuji looked out and noticed a very irritating person walking by oh-so-casually like nothing was wrong. Well he's just going to have to prove him wrong. Yet, there was something ominous in the air.

(Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger, Mushroom, Mushroom…)

KitsuneFreak: Done-zoes! I had to put all those weird transitions at the end or else I'd never remember what I was supposed to type next. Well there ya have it folks. A nice little preview to the next chappie. I would call it a cliffy but, what the heck! Read and Review. I appreciate it.

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