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This was done in a day, so please don't get mad...

The School Kumiko Goes To

Hyoutei's Training with Seigaku?

Kumiko is right now sitting quietly inside Atobe's rather luxurious van with the rest of the Hyoutei tennis regulars. She was confused as to why she was even here in this van and about their destination. This morning she had a call from Atobe, asking her to meet him at the school. She even asked her brother, who was about to leave, if he knew anything and he just told her to behave and be careful. If her brother said that, Kumiko guess she got his permission to go with Atobe if she wants to. And since she was curious as to why, she went and now she regretted it. Why does her curiosity always have to end up not in her favor?

"Umm… Atobe-san…?" Kumiko said as she looked at Atobe who is sitting next to her.

"Yes, hime?" Kumiko sighed at the nickname and though she doesn't really like it, she has more pressuring matters to ask.

"Where are we going exactly…?" Kumiko was afraid for once, she knew it must be alright since the tennis regulars are here, but she doesn't like it when nobody told her where we're going.

"It is very obvious hime, we're going on a special training."

"Then… why am I here? I'm not even part of the tennis team…"

"That, hime, is because you have been lacking training in your play." Atobe said, placing his hand on her head as Kumiko's face blanched.

"B-But I practice everyday after school! If I was lacking onii-chan would have surely told me… or anyone from Rikkai would have…"

"Now why would anyone would Rikkai would have told you that you were lacking? Have you been meeting them without telling ore-sama?"

"Atobe-san, I don't need to tell you whenever I'm having tennis practice, right?"

"I'm disappointed, hime-sama." Atobe said dramatically as Kumiko shrugged before taking out her phone.

"Who are you messaging, jou-chan? A boy?" Oshitari said, interested as everyone except for Kabaji, Ootori and Hiyoshi peered over Kumiko's phone.

"It's just Kirihara-kun. I was supposed to meet up with him today but I'm sure the training will at least take the whole day."

"What are you doing with that brat from Rikkaidai?" Shishido asked.

"Don't talk about Kirihara-kun like that, he's not a bad person. I was supposed to play with the team this afternoon. I've been playing with them on a weekly basis, I guess I have to tell them I can't play for today…"

"So you're saying you've been meeting with the Rikkai players every week?"

"If you put it like that, I guess I should say yes. There are some occasions that we only meet few times a month since they have their own training schedule. But they've been helping me."

"You know if you wanted to practice you're always welcome in the courts. No one's holding you back." Gakuto said before Kumiko turned and stared at him, making the red-haired boy back down from her stare.

"And being stared at like last time? I'm sorry but I have to say no, Gakuto-senpai."

"I said I'm sorry! I didn't know everyone is going to make a big deal out it…"

"Being stared by your fans isn't exactly enjoyable, Gakuto-senpai. Not to mention they also disturbs my classmate, I was trying my hardest not to say anything, if this happens again I'm going to cut my hair even shorter and disguise myself as a boy. Ootori-san and Hiyoshi-san were kind enough to let me hide, Kabaji-san too." Kumiko said, sipping the previously offered tea in front of her as Gakuto kept on apologizing to her again and again.

"Ore-sama will tell those girls to stay away from…!" Atobe said before Kumiko silenced him with a pinch.

"Atobe-san, I'm sorry I have to say this, but you'll only make it worse considering how large your fan club is." Kumiko said as Atobe's eyebrows twitched.

"Jou-chan got a point…" Oshitari said as Gakuto nodded in agreement.

"… Very well, hime."

"Thank you, Atobe-san…"

Throughout the trip, everyone played and laughed and it all continued until suddenly Atobe felt a weight on his shoulder and snapped his fingers to signal everyone to be quiet. Everyone then huddled closer to Atobe and saw Kumiko peacefully sleeping on Atobe's shoulder.

"Didn't know she could sleep in the midst of all the sounds…" Gakuto said.

"Kumiko-san looks so peaceful."

"Atobe's pretty lucky to have jou-chan sleeping on his shoulder." Oshitari said as Shishido snorted.

"Just don't let it go through your head, Atobe. Or Tezuka will be on you all the time throughout the training."

"Sst! Don't talk too loud, she doesn't know we're going to meet Seigaku!"

"Please be quiet, senpai."

"Yah! Hiyoshi!"

"Kabaji, give hime a blanket. And Ore-sama orders all of you to be quiet!"

"Nngh…" Kumiko groaned and everyone quickly panics, beckoning everyone to stay quiet as Atobe placed his hand on Kumiko's head, gently patting it.

"Go to sleep, hime. I'll wake you up when we're there." Kumiko's frown then slowly disappeared as a smile started to grow on her face, snuggling closer to Atobe's side as everyone watched intently at how Atobe seemed to be at ease with everything.

"… Are you used to this, Atobe? You looked…"

"Yes, Keigo nii-chan…" The whole bust then went eerily silent and stared at Atobe who has now decided to read a book with a small smile on his face before turning to Kumiko who is still sleeping next to the Hyoutei captain.

"… I-It wasn't just me, right?" Gakuto said, looking at Oshitari who nodded.

"O-Oi, did Kumiko just…" The Hyoutei team members then went back to their seats when the Hyoutei captain glared at all of them when they started making loud noises. The trip then went on for a few hours, until finally…

"We're finally here! Wohoo~!" Gakuto said, jumping as soon as he got off the van with the others following behind him.

"It's too bright… what time is it…" a soft voice came from behind the team, making all of them turned around to see Kumiko holding onto Atobe's hand as the latter helped her down from the van as Kumiko seemed to still be half-asleep.

"It's still early in the afternoon, hime." Kumiko's conscious was leaving her and she kept nodding her head, ready to fall asleep if she came to contact with something soft and comfy to sleep on.

"Kumiko?" Kumiko's ears perked up and she squinted her eyes to see who called her before her eyes opening up for a bit in surprise when she sees the person who called her just now.

"Onii-chan…? What are you doing here?"

"… What are you doing here…?" Kumiko then rubbed her eyes and looked up at Atobe who is looking at Tezuka while Tezuka stared at Atobe and Kumiko's linked hands.

"So does this mean Hyoutei is practicing with Seigaku, Atobe-san…?"

"That's correct, hime. That's why I thought it'll be interesting to bring you here." Atobe said, smiling at Tezuka as both of them stared at each other before being interrupted when Kumiko sneezes.

"Ah… I'm sorry." Kumiko said, covering her mouth and nose.

"Did you fell asleep, Kumiko?" Kumiko nodded and released her hand that was holding onto Atobe's before sneezing again.

"Oh no…" Tezuka sighed and took his jersey off before placing it on Kumiko.

"You should wash up… and warm yourself before coming out, alright?"

"Yes, onii-chan." Kumiko said, pulling the jersey closer to her before walking towards the visible cottage not too far from them.

"Ahn? I am capable of taking care of her, Tezuka. You don't need to meddle with things."

"She is my sister, Atobe. Though I am grateful for you to be concerned about Kumiko, but this is not what I expected from you."

"Ah? There's Hyoutei here!" Momoshiro's voice called out from behind Tezuka as the Hyoutei team members saw Seigaku's team members walking towards their captain and Oshitari quickly placed his finger on her mouth, signaling to be quiet. Fuji noticed the gesture and stopped everyone from walking even closer as everyone raised an eyebrow towards Fuji who beckoned everyone towards the staring Tezuka and Atobe. Both teams took a step backward as their captain's glare intensified towards one another.

"… What exactly is going on around here?" Ooishi asked.

"I'm guessing it's because of that." Fuji said, pointing to the side where everyone could see Kumiko walking towards Tezuka and Atobe, yawning.

"Umm… did something happen?" Kumiko asked, unsure about the suddenly cold and quiet atmosphere. Kumiko turned towards the frozen Hyoutei and Seigaku members and decided to walk towards Fuji.

"Syuu nii, did something happen? I went to look for the bathroom earlier and when I came back everyone is here…"

"Well, I don't think anything happen at all, we just arrived either. I'm surprised to see you here, Kumiko, how did you get here?"

"Ah, about that… Atobe-san called me early this morning to meet up with him and before I know it, I was going with the team here."

"Then how come you ended up with Tezuka's jersey?"

"I fell asleep on the bus, Syuu nii. I was walking with Atobe-san and I met nii-chan before I started sneezing…"

"I see, are you feeling alright now?"

"Still a bit cold, but I'll be fine if I warm up for a bit. The sun's out so I'm going to be warm soon if I started my run." Kumiko said as Fuji nodded in understanding.

"Your brother and Atobe were just staring at each other when we came to see Hyoutei, about what I don't know. How about you talk to them? Perhaps about that nice small field you can use for warm ups." Kumiko tilted her head to the side and thought about it before nodding.

"O-Oi, Fuji… are you sure it'll be alright?"

"Onii-chan, Atobe-san, is it true that there's a field here? Can I use it for warm ups?"

"Onii-chan? Atobe-san?" Both Tezuka and Atobe kept on staring at one another and the team members were actually worried before they saw Kumiko puffing her cheeks and stomp her feet on the ground.

"You two kept on staring at each other, you two are actually arguing are you? I know that face every time you saw each other. You said your teams are going to practice against each other and this is not what captains supposed to do. Listen to me!" Kumiko yelled as Tezuka and Atobe finally looked towards the fuming Kumiko with what their teams would say 'the stare of doom'. But Kumiko didn't back off and kept on stomping her feet.

"You two are being immature! Both onii-chan and Atobe-san are captains, and captains shouldn't act like this!" Seigaku's team members as well as Hyoutei team members all sweatdropped when they saw Kumiko getting angry at both the fearful tennis captains while some started to admire Kumiko's bravery.

"Kumiko-san is brave…"

"I must gekokujyou her."

"Usu."

"Haha! Atobe is getting scolded!"

"It's more likely she's innocent… but indeed, she's very brave."

"I'm scared, Yuushi…"

"Heh, what can you expect? Kumiko's the only one Atobe loses to when it comes to talking like this."

"Kumiko's amazing, nya…"

"Sure is, Eiji…"

"Mada mada dane."

"K-Kumiko's scolding both Tezuka bucchou and Atobe-san!"

"Fshuu…"

"Ii data."

"Kumiko…"

"I think it's cute. It's a rare occasion to see Kumiko scolding people like this."

"Achoo!" Both teams heard a sneeze and quickly turned their attention towards Kumiko who sneezed again.

"… *sniff* I like it better when its warm." Kumiko said.

"Perhaps you should rest for a little bit inside, Kumiko… do you want to borrow my room?"

"It's okay, Syuu nii… I'll just stay inside and make myself warm…"

"Hime/Kumiko…" Atobe and Tezuka said at the same time and stared at each other once again. Kumiko saw this and puffed her cheeks once again.

"Both onii-chan and Atobe-san should reflect on yourselves! I'm going inside…" Kumiko said as Ooishi quickly snapped out from his daze and accompanied Kumiko while fretting over her condition as Eiji decided to tag with them. The geniuses from Hyoutei and Seigaku looked towards one another and nodded.

"Saa, Tezuka, how about we go back to the court and run those laps…?"

"Atobe, maybe we should do our warm ups too…"

Both teams laughed awkwardly when strange cold aura emitted out from both the team captains as they were steered towards the courts by the two geniuses.

There goes our practice session…

Read and Review people~!

I guess this one breaks another record from the last chapter as the longest, let's see about the next one.

I was pretty confused as to what to wrote for Hyoutei... I can imagine Rikkai and Seigaku better, but not Hyoutei...

I guess Hyoutei's not a good place for Kumiko then xD I was pretty tired for this one...

Alright, the next one is Seigaku! And then school starts next Monday... argh!