Disclaimer: I do not own Tennis of Oujisama except... maybe for the plot.

Summary: Kaido's not himself. What happens when Kaido's in love?

YukimuraAme: All my other stories will never do as well as Tenipuri Radio Show, I know. I'm keeping my fingers crossed again this time to get one review for this chapter. Please, just one review for some encouragement.

A Series of Events II

Chapter 4 -- Kaido's Love Interest

"Kaoru-chan." Mrs. Kaido crooned lovingly.

"Mm?" Kaido answered absent-mindedly as he stepped into the dining room in his uniform. He sat down and stared blankly at breakfast in front of him. His younger brother stared up from his food at the strange indifference coming from his sibling.

"Kaoru-chan, Inui called moments ago." Mrs. Kaido continued, waiting for some reaction from his son at the mention of his senior.

"Uh." Kaido replied, dazing at the food.

"He told you to get to the usual place bef—"

Before Mrs. Kaido could finish her sentence, Kaido Kaoru gave a loud "FUSHU!" and rushed out of the house. His food left untouched on the table. Both his father and younger brother exchanged looks of bewilderment.


Inui Sadaharu waited by the river. He smiled at his new training plan for Kaido and he waited patiently for his junior to show up. When Kaido failed to show up five minutes before the meeting time, which he usually does, Inui's smile started to drop. He waited for another fifteen minutes but, still, there was no sign of Kaido anywhere. Inui stood rooted to the riverbed, with his pants rolled up, waiting for Kaido, as the cruel winds gusted across his face. Kaido failed to turn up in the end.


Kaido entered the clubhouse and realized that he had reached school earlier than usual. He settled down on the bench and his mind started to wander. "She looks like a flower. Maybe Hana? Or maybe Mimiko might be better?" He mumbled.

"HOI HOI? Who's Mimiko and Hana nya?" Kikumaru practically shouted into Kaido's ears. He draped his arm around Kaido and inquired.

Too engrossed in his own thoughts, Kaido was oblivious of his senior's presence in the room. He jumped as Kikumaru touched his shoulders, and retreated three meters away from Kikumaru. His cheeks turned a shade of pink and he stammered, "Fushuu…Nothing, nobody."

He staggered a bit out of the clubhouse, forgetting about changing, leaving Kikumaru alone in the room, confused. That day, Kaido forgot all about morning training.


Inui trudged his way to school, deep in thoughts, he reviewed repeatedly on his conversation with Mrs. Kaido, a while ago.

"Mrs Kaido? This is Inui again." Inui said.

"Oh, hi, Inui, is there a problem?" Mrs. Kaido asked.

"Umm, Mrs. Kaido, is Kaido at home?"

"No, he'd gone to school. I thought he was going to meet you before school like as usual?" Mrs. Kaido sounded shocked.

"Hmm… Mrs. Kaido, the truth is, he failed to turn up this morning and he'd told me for the past few days that he was not free in the morning. " Inui replied.

"Oh no! He's been going to school at about the same time everyday. Inui, I tell you, Kaoru-chan's been acting weird lately. He comes home late everyday, he hardly listens to me and he hardly touches his food at all! This is so unlike my Kaoru-chan. Do you think he's possessed?" Mrs. Kaido lamented.


"I tell you, I really heard him talking to himself about two girls nya!" Kikumaru waved his arms around as he spoke excitedly.

"Haha! Mamushi's got girlfriends? Those girls must be blind to fall for someone like him na, blind yo!" Momoshiro rolled over, suffering from fits of laugher, so hard after hearing his senior's story.

"His mother has apparently complained about his recent change of behavior. It's like, a living dead, an empty body." Inui supported Kikumaru.

"Oh no, this will not do. We're going for the National finals soon, we can't afford to have trouble brewing now. What should we do?" Oishi cried.

"Chances of him being in love, and being possessed, 50-50. I say we follow him tonight to see what he's up to. His mother had reported that he has been going home late every evening." Inui continued.

All the regulars nodded as Kaido walked in, a bit dazed. All the regulars got up and walked out of the clubhouse at the sight of Kaido strolling in. Kaido wondered why.


After practice, the regulars packed quickly and walked out of the clubhouse, leaving Kaido in the clubhouse with Tezuka. Kaido bided Tezuka farewell before setting off. The regulars immediately followed Kaido closely as he stepped out of the school gate. To their surprise, he proceeded to head off at the opposite direction of the way towards home.

"So, he isn't going home." Inui whispered and jotted that down into his notebook.

"Quick! He's walking fast!" Momoshiro said and the rest hurried along.

After walking for five minutes, Kaido turned a corner. The regulars followed. To their surprise, as they turned the corner, the road opened up to another whole stretch of empty road with bushes along both sides of the road. Kaido had disappeared.

"NYA? Kaido's being spirited away!" Kikumaru whined. He could not believe his eyes as he was sure that they had tailed Kaido close enough. Kaido had simply disappeared into thin air!

"Ghost girlfriends... He must be possessed na, possessed yo!" Momoshiro stopped walking and stared at the deserted road. The rest of the regulars stood rooted to the ground, trembling.

"I think we should walk further down. There might be a corner at the other side where he might have turned and we hadn't seen." Inui brushed away superstition and stated. All the regulars followed reluctantly.


In one of the bushes, Kaido crouched down and looked lovingly into her eyes. He was totally oblivious of what his team mates were up to, as they walked passed the bush where he was.

He stretched out his hand and tilted her face gently for a little kiss.

"Hora, hora, Mimiko." He took out a toy and waved it in front of his white, furry 'girlfriend'. His 'girlfriend' meowed and stretched out her paw at the toy.

The End