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Chapter 6: Oishi's Disheartening Poem (continued)

"Shouldn't we wake him up?" Inui suggested. He was pointing at Kikumaru's unconscious corpse err… body.

"Right," everyone muttered.

"Once he regains consciousness Kikumaru will get 50 laps for disrupting the team's emotional balance." Tezuka growled.

Ryoma, Momo and Kaidoh backed away from Tezuka as he fumed.

"How's practice going, Inui?" Fuji asked unusually cheerfully.

"It's the same as usual. The first years are practicing their swinging, the second years are improving their endurance, and the third years are playing practice games."

"Hn. Regulars go to practice."

"Saa, Momo why were you late?"

"Oh. I was late because my bike broke yesterday. I couldn't fix it yesterday because kaa-san was leaving for a business trip in Kyoto. This morning tou-san couldn't take me to school because he had to take my younger siblings to school… I tried to fix my bike, but I cut myself on something and the last thing I remember was running to the hospital…" Momo explained. Tezuka gave him an exasperated look. "I'm not making this up, bucho! See?" Momo held up his arm to reveal… His lower left arm covered in bandages. Why didn't anyone notice sooner…?

Tezuka grunted and ordered Inui and Taka-san to go find Oishi.

Why am I being picked on so much today? What is it 'Pick on Inui Day' or something? Inui thought grumpily.

Once Inui and Taka-san had left to locate an overly depressed Oishi, the other stared at Kikumaru while doing absolutely nothing productive. That is until Ryoma spoke up. "Ne senpai-tachi, why don't we dump some cold water on Kikumaru-senpai?"

"And get the locker room all wet?!" Momo shouted. Ryoma winced and glared at Momo.

"After we get him outside, Momo-senpai," Ryoma grumbled.

"Fssssss… Baka."

"Who are you calling a baka, Mamushi?" Momo growled as he got in Kaidoh's face.

"You, who else would I be talking about?" Kaidoh yelled back as he grabbed a fist full of Momo's shirt.

"Why you…!" Momo roared as he prepared to whack Kaidoh.

"Fighting in the locker room? Both of you run 20 laps now!" Tezuka said as he glared at them.

ICECREAM!!! Scene change

As Momo and Kaidoh began their laps, Fuji suggested they try to slap Kikumaru awake, a plan Tezuka instantly refused. Instead he ordered Ryoma to get a bucket of ice cold water without ice, and told Fuji to help him carry Kikumaru outside.

Once Momo and Kaidoh had finished their laps they got in to position to commence operation 'capture Oishi if he should pass by for whatever reason' COP for short.

Meanwhile, Ryoma was having a hard time figuring out how to get ice cold water without ice. At first he tried melting ice in a 20 liter bucket. After 30 seconds he concluded that was a ridiculously stupid idea, filled the bucket with water, took out the ice, and ran back to the locker room.

"Maa, Echizen what took you so long?" Fuji said.

"I had some trouble figuring out how to get ice cold water without ice…"

Fuji decided not to comment and motioned for Echizen to follow him.

Once they arrived Tezuka took the bucket and dump the water onto Kikumaru, who in turn yelped unearthly loud. Luckily, Oishi heard the yelp and rushed to see what happened. When Kaidoh saw him coming, he slipped his hand into his jacket and pulled out… A handkerchief?

As Oishi was about to pass by him he and Momo stopped him and Kaidoh covered Oishi's mouth with the handkerchief. Oddly enough Oishi passed out.

"Nya…? What the-? Kaidoh what did you do to Oishi? Wait… What? Since when did Kaidoh carry a handkerchief with chloroform in it? Why is it so cold? Why am I wet? How'd I get out here? Nya, what the hack is going on?!" Kikumaru glanced around madly as if he had lost his mind. Kaidoh looked at Tezuka, but he shook his head. Tezuka mentally groaned as he rubbed his forehead. He managed to get another headache.

"Kikumaru-senpai, shut. Up. Can I go to practice yet? Here, I'll wake up Oishi-senpai." Ryoma grumbled. At that comment Inui and Taka-san suddenly appeared.

"NYA! OMG don't do that Inui!" Kikumaru yelled.

Two minutes later Two minutes later Two minutes later Two minutes later

Finally, the regulars were playing tennis, but just as they were about to start their matches… Ryuzaki-sensei walked up and said, "Where have you been? You missed practice! And what was the inhuman scream earlier?"

Everyone made some sort of excuse to leave and ran off. Except Tezuka, he just walked away.

My awesome linebreak for the end of this chapter…

Alright!!! The second to last chapter is over! If I don't get more votes for the characters Kaidoh will be the winner. Not that that's a bad thing. It's just… There's only been one vote. That doesn't seem fair for the other characters…

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