"Minna, as you probably already know, the school is having a poetry contest, and you are all expected participate, due to the lack of participants if we let you join freely."

Momo raised his hand and when he was called on he asked politely, "Ano, sensei… Everyone? Really?"

"Hai, Momoshiro-kun, everyone." The teacher replied in a strained voice as he tried to be patient with Momo.

"Ah… Arigatou, sensei." Momo sighed looking dejected as he sat down because he just wasn't good a writing poems. When class was dismissed, Momo saw Kaidoh and walked up to him.

"You're participating in the poetry contest, ne?"

"Of course I am baka. Fsssssssssss…"

"Oi, Mamushi, watch who you call a baka! I was trying to be nice." Momo yelled.

Taka-san showed up to stop the fighting before they knocked each other silly, but some how they managed to slap each other a few times. Amazing, isn't it?

At that moment, Ryoma passed by on his way to English class. He glanced at Momo and Kaidoh and muttered, "Mada mada dane, senpai-tachi."

Fuji and Kikumaru passed by as they walked towards their Algebra class. As soon as they saw Momo and Kaidoh, they started hysterically laughing.

"Fssssssssssss… Baka stop slapping people."

"You're the one who slapped me first, Mamushi!"

"Oh, yeah?!"

"Wanna fight, Mamushi?!"

"Sure. Let's go right here, right now. Unless you're afraid… Fsssssssssssss…"

"Why would I be afraid of you, Mamushi? Give me your best shot!"

Taka-san had given up and left by then because he had music class on the other side of the building.

Just as Kaidoh and Momo were about to engage in a fight, which would probably consist of kicking wildly at each other, Tezuka showed up.

"What are you two doing? Get to class."

"Eh?! Tezuka-bucho?!"

"Fsssssssssssssss… Hai, bucho." Kaidoh hissed as he made a move to go to his science class.

"Both of you, 10 laps."

"Now?"

"…No."

"Oh…" Momo muttered and he went to his history class.

Kaidoh went to his science class, and Tezuka sighed heavily as he went to P.E.

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After School

"Oi, Kaidoh-senpai, your in the contest, ne?"

"Fssssssssss… It's mandatory, Echizen."

"… Ne, what's your poem?"

"Fssssssssssssssssss…"

"You're not going tell me, are you?" Ryoma chuckled.

"No, because if we don't hurry we'll have to do extra laps."

"Ah, that's true, but you'd better tell me." Ryoma grinned mischievously.

"If I didn't you'd give me hell, wouldn't you?"

"Heh… Maybe."

They walked out of the locker room with their rackets and went to their respective spots before the laps.

"Ochibi!" Kikumaru energetically glomped Ryoma, which turned into a bear hug.

"Kikumaru-senpai… You're… choking me… again… I. Can't. Breath…." Ryoma managed to choke out as he slowly turned a dark red shade.

Fuji watched intently as Ryoma turned almost purple, but just as he's about the pass out, Kikumaru let go due to Tezuka's sudden appearance.

"Kikumaru-senpai, do you like choking people?" asked Momo as he dragged Ryoma to his feet.

"Hm? What do you mean, Momo?" Kikumaru asked innocently.

"You've choked him a lot in the past few days."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Two days ago, before you went to Fuji's house. Yesterday, before and after morning practice. Then again before and after afternoon practice. The same thing this morning's practice. And then just now! Maa, that's like 8 times!!" Momo said raising his voice towards the end.

"Maa, he has a point Kikumaru." Fuji chuckled.

"Ah…. Gomen, gomen, Ochibi!" Kikumaru said unhappily.

At that moment Inui walked up with a cooler full of Aozu.

"Minna, today the laps will end in Aozu. Get running unless you want some. You have 55 seconds per lap." He said with a really evil grin.

Everyone, except Tezuka and Fuji, screamed and ran away as fast as they dared, but after the 15th lap only the regulars were left. Literally, because everyone else was knocked unconscious as soon as they finish their cup of Aozu.

"As you can see, the Aozu is stronger than the time we went bowling." Inui said evilly because he was pissed off. He had to participate in the contest like everyone else.

35 laps later, the regulars were in a heap panting. They managed to escape the dreaded Aozu this time…

"Hoi, Ochibi. Looks like your prediction was correct." Kikumaru said as he tried his best to refrain from choking Ryoma.

"Ah, I can't believe it." Ryoma sighed, "Personally, I don't think I'm good at poems… I guess I'll just do a haiku…"

"Oi, Echizen, that's not cool! It's not!" Momo shouted, offended that Ryoma would even think about that sort of thing. "Haikus are for people that want to be mysterious… Oh, wait. Never mind …"

"Huh? Nani, Momo-senpai?! Are you implying that I want to be mysterious?! Fine! I WON'T do a haiku!" Ryoma shouted angrily. He stomped off toward his house, but he remembered about Kaidoh's poem. He walked over to Kaidoh and grumbled, "I still haven't read your poem."

Ryoma's senpai-tachi stood there completely shocked that Ryoma would act like that. Taka-san's mouth was hanging open, when Fuji saw his sister's car.

"Saa, I'll go now. See you guys tomorrow." He said cheerfully as he waved and got into the car.

"Kaidoh-senpai, please give me your poem." Ryoma hissed getting angry again.

"Huh? Oh… Fssssssssss… Gomen, here." Kaidoh said as he quickly got his poem out of his bag.

Ryoma calmed down and went home. Everyone else shrugged, grinning evilly, and then they went home too. What? You though they were gonna stay out after 6PM?!

Once Ryoma arrived at his house, Ryoma read Kaidoh's poem, which was:

As winter falls

Covering the earth

I found

A kind with frozen wings

A tender little body

It was cold

In my fingers

Its little heart was cold

Winter made it cold

I thought winter was pretty

In my warm place

I forgot winter was civil too

The little kind died

I'm sad it did

"Hmm? It's pretty good." Ryoma commented silently.

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Everyone except Kaidoh came to practice early and huddled around Ryoma as he read Kaidoh's poem out loud. They had forced him to try to get Kaidoh's poem the other morning.

"EH?! Since when did Mamushi write poems?" Momo shouted.

"Senpai, you're too loud." Ryoma grumbled.

"Ii data." Inui muttered writing furiously in his notebook.

After Kaidoh came, the regulars, not including Ryoma or Tezuka, made fun of him because his poem was. Well… I don't know why.

He turned bright red and glared at Ryoma before running off the restroom. Everyone continued to laugh at him for the rest of the day because... His poem was amusing...

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The end seems kinda rushed… Doesn't it? Sorry. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I normally don't put this many exclamation points… Wow…