I've fallen in love with another manga, Vampire Knight...sigh But it's a good thing! For me, anyway. What can I say? I just love...stuff!

Thanks to my faithful reviewers (for Chappie 11):

Moonlitelover, GwangFei, SS-lover06, and iWolf (I'm happy I didn't get your gender wrong )!

Also, I'm thinking of making a love square consisting of these candidates: Yukimura, Tezuka, and Fuji. Tell me if you want Marui or not!

Tell me what you think! Shall I do it...or not? But whoever gets the most votes will end up with Ukyou at the end (duh!).

On with the story!

Ukyou-Taisuke

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"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Kawamura screamed, running for the fountain. He'd just lost to Tezuka.

Ukyou watched in amusement. "Ooh...that's gotta hurt..." she giggled when Kawamura crashed into the meshed fence surrounding the tennis boundaries.

Kawamura lay there, and Oishi started his panicking frenzy. "Taka-san! Are you alright? Taka-san, get up! Uh oh, he's out cold. Inui! What did you put in that drink?!"

Inui's glasses gleamed evilly. "Oh, I just added some additional ingredients and upgraded my drink. I call it: Inui Juice Version 2.0. Oishi, do you want to try it?"

"N-no thanks!"

Kirihara and Niou stood at the side, waiting to be called on. Kirihara watched in disinterest. "Seigaku's team seems to focus more on trying to keep their players conscious, don't they?" Kirihara watched his senpai. "Niou-senpai?"

But Niou, however, had his attention on Inui. "I've gotta get him to teach me how to make that thing..." he muttered, a menacing grin on his face.

"Niou-senpai?" Kirihara waved his hand in front of Niou. He didn't pay him any mind. Kirihara sighed. "I smell trouble..."

Ryoma wandered by. He smirked at Kirihara. "Ah...it's the guy with seaweed-hair."

Kirihara flinched. "STOP CALLING ME THAT! MY HAIRSTYLE IS PERFECTLY FINE! YOURS LOOKS LIKE A MOP!"

Ryoma looked at him. "My, that was a lame insult."

"N-NO IT WASN'T!"

As Ryoma and Kirihara continued bickering, Ukyou was sitting on the ground next to her tennis bag, rubbing cream onto her wrist.

"Ucchan!" Eiji glomped her, a happy grin on his face.

"K-Kikumaru-senpai!" she said, surprised. "You scared me!" she put a hand on her chest to calm herself down.

"Nya, sorry!"

"It's okay...Oh. You won your match, didn't you? Who'd you play?"

Kikumaru frowned as he thought back to who he was playing. "Uh...I just finished. Taka-san! Yeah, nya. I feel sorry for him though. I know how he hates the stuff, nya."

"Oh." Ukyou grinned. "You're just happy that you didn't have to drink it!"

Eiji grinned back. "So true, nya."

"Ukyou, it's your turn." Tezuka shouted.

"I'm coming!" she yelled back, dropping the cream she was holding and ran off.

Eiji however, got curious of the cream and crept closer to it. Curiosity killed the cat. The verse rang in his mind. He gulped as sweat ran down his face. Must...not...take...cream...! His mind screamed at him, but he paid no mind. He grabbed the cream container and stared at the whitish, whipped-cream like substance.

"Why does Ucchan have this...?" he wondered, still staring at it. He grinned. "Maybe it's whipped cream!" He took the tip of his finger and scooped up a bit. "Itadakimasu!" he shoved it into his mouth.

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"GUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" he screamed suddenly, running to join Kawamura at the water fountain.

Everyone looked at him. Inui cocked his head to one side. "I didn't give him any Inui Juice..." Then he saw the container. He screwed the lid back on and read the label. Then he grinned. "Ukyou's medicine? Perfect."



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"I...won...ow...wrist..." Ukyou panted heavily, clutching her wrist. She had no choice but to use her left hand in this point of time. Like her brother, she hated losing.

Ryoma gave her a disapproving look. "And it was just starting to get better..."

Kirihara gasped for air as heavily as Ukyou. "S...strong..." he managed to sputter.

Inui smirked and handed Kirihara a cup of his juice. "Here."

Kirihara took it hesitantly. "What's this...?"

"Find out."

"Well...I am thirsty..." He gulped the whole thing down.

Momoshiro watched. "H-he's brave..." he mumbled.

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"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Kirihara screamed, dropping the paper cup. "MY THROAT...BURNS! BURNS!! G..guhh..." Unfortunately, he didn't make it to the water fountain, and he collapsed halfway there.

The Rikkai team stared in horror. "K-KIRIHARA/AKAYA!!"

Niou cackled from in the shadows. "Evil...I like it."

Ukyou gasped for breath and attempted a smile. "I...didn't have...to drink it..." she sighed in happiness.

Ryoma tossed her a bottle of water, and Ukyou caught it with her right hand. She smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Ryo."

"Hn." He sat down on the bench next to her. "Don't push yourself. Or you'll never heal."

"I know that, I know!" Ukyou whined. Then she looked around. "Where's Kikumaru-senpai?"

"Water fountain."

She looked puzzled. "But why? He didn't lose."

"Dunno. Just saw him there with Kawamura-senpai a while ago."

"Oh." She gulped down her drink thirstily and sighed in relief. She looked at her bag. "Huh? I could have sworn that I left the medicine right here..." She looked around.

"The cream?" Ryoma asked. Then he realized what she was going to do and covered his ears.

Ukyou nodded. Then she stood up and yelled across the courts, "HEY! DID ANYONE SEE MY MEDICINE CONTAINER? IT'S LIGHT BLUE, AND IT'S BEEN MISSING!"

Ryoma uncovered his ears. "Che. You just had to scream."

"It wasn't screaming. I'd call it yelling. Screaming is more high-pitched sounding, isn't it?"

"Do you always have to define everything carefully?"

"Yes."

"...Sometimes, I think I hate you."

"Nice to know that we feel the same."

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As soon as Ukyou realized that her medicine was missing, Inui snuck away from the courts, still holding the small container.

"Inui. What are you doing?"

Inui froze at the sound of the harsh tone. It was Tezuka.

Tezuka's eyes floated to the item in Inui's hands. "Inui, did you take Ukyou's medicine?"

Inui caught a brief look of one strange emotion in Tezuka's eyes. He whipped his notebook out and began writing what he'd just seen in the stoic buchou's eyes.

"Answer me." The stern voice demanded.

Inui chuckled. "Well, you've been awfully talkative these days, haven't you been, Tezuka?"

"Answer me." Tezuka repeated, an irritated look clearly shown on his features now.

Inui 'tched' inwardly and thought, I have to get away before he finds out that I'm making a new type of juice with this.

"So, you're making a new type of juice with the medicine. How interesting. I'm afraid I will have to spoil your 'plans'." Tezuka calmly replied.

Inui cursed himself mentally for saying his thoughts out loud. "I can explain..." he stammered, pocketing his notebook.

"Ukyou's wrist depends on that medicine."

"I understand that...but..."

"It is not to be used for your evil deeds."

"'Evil deeds'? Tezuka..."

"Hand it over."

Inui hesitated. If he handed it over, his dreams would be ruined! On the other hand, if he didn't give it to him, he'd be dead from running too many laps.

So he did the only thing he could think of: Run.

And so the chase began.

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"Inui-senpai! How could you?!" Ukyou asked, obviously shocked. She took the cream from Tezuka, and then glared at the data man.

"Well...uh..."

"Inui, for running away, you get to run 80 laps, all under 60 seconds."

Eiji widened his eyes. "WOAH!" He pounded Inui's back. "Good luck, nya!"

"Thanks, Eiji...I'll need it."

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"Wait, Ryo! I need to do something." Ukyou ran into a nearby store.

The regulars and the Rikkai team had to go the same way, although Sanada turned the corner for some unknown reason. Kawamura left to go to the sushi restaurant. In the end, everyone left except just a few people: Tezuka, Momoshiro, Eiji, Fuji, Yukimura, Marui, and Kirihara, plus the Echizen twins.

They watched through the window curiously as Ukyou went to the counter and spoke with the cashier casually. He placed something in a bag as Ukyou dug in her bag for money. After dumping several coins onto the counter, she took the bag and smiled at the cashier, raising a hand before heading to the door.



"What'd you get?" Ryoma asked.

"Last night, I promised Karu I'd get something for him, didn't I?" Ukyou reached into the bag and pulled out a couple rubber mice.

"Karu?" Yukimura questioned.

Ryoma tipped his cap up. "Our cat."

"I see..."

Ryoma sent a nasty look at Ukyou before tipping his hat back down. She looked innocently back at him. You could practically hear the evil laughter from inside of her.

"Why do you need a present for him? I mean, he runs away a lot, he causes too much trouble..." Momo listed.

"Well, he's very good at doing his job," Ukyou declared, smiling.

"Che."

"Huh?"

Ukyou took a deep breath. "Long story short: Ryo + Karu Homemade dinner!" she cheered.

The tennis regulars gaped at them. "You EAT your cat?"

Ryoma sent them a horrifying look, while Ukyou's mouth hung open in utter astonishment. "NO!" the two of them chorused.

"Never mind." Ryoma muttered.

"You'll never get it." Ukyou added.

The tennis players just looked at each other in relief and walked on in complete silence.

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I'm a bit late in updating...Sorry 'bout that!

Oh, and my poll is going to close in a couple days, so vote please!

Laziness is coming over me, and I've been waking up later than I have a few days ago...-sigh-

Read and REVIEW PLEASE!

Ukyou-Taisuke