Daki and Kiyotaka's Plan

"You know, I got to hand it to you, Satoru." Toshiro said, "You were amazing back there."

Satoru scratched the back of his head. "It was nothing big, really."

The two of them were walking away from Court L to take a break. They passed by a vending machine, so the Ryuzaki approached it.

"So, you wanna grab Ponta before we head back to our rooms?"

Toshiro looked disgusted all of sudden. "Nah, I'll pass. I don't like Ponta so much."

"Really? Why not? I mean, it was my first time drinking that kind of soda, but it's delicious!" Satoru stated. He inserted his coin and chose the grape-flavored soda.

Toshiro smiled at him before speaking. "Well I used to like Ponta, but I think I had too much as a kid. I guess… I got tired of the taste."

Satoru looked at him. "I wish I had Ponta too, back at the farm."

Toshiro stared back, but then he smiled, which made the other one smile. "I feel like I know you from somewhere-"

"-I feel the same way too, but that's impossible-"

"-right?"

The two of them were once again speechless for finishing each other's sentences. Once Toshiro saw a bench, he sat down. "So, you said you're from Kyoto, right?"

Satoru sat down beside him. "Yeah. I help my mother and my great-uncle to take care of our farm."

Toshiro sat up. "So you mean you get to hang out with chickens and cows and other animals?"

"Yeah! I get to help with the breeding and stuff like that." Satoru exclaimed, remembering the times when he helped the cow with her child, and when he watched the chicken egg hatched.

However, he stopped when he saw the expression on Toshiro's face. He seemed lonely, so he decided to change the topic. "So, where're you from then?"

Toshiro smiled at him, and replied. "I just arrived from America this morning."

Satoru chocked on his soda. "A-America?"

The latter thought that America was a just a place where actors and actresses from the television held their sets and shows, but hearing from his look-a-like, he finally believed his teacher.

"Yup. I live with my Dad, my Aunt and my grandparents." Toshiro added. Satoru suddenly paled when he heard the word 'dad' and 'grandparents'.

"Oh. Well, I only live with my Mom and my great-uncle. As for my Dad…well, he's-"

Toshiro was patiently listening to his companion when a bunch of guys approached them.

"Echizen-san, you were great back there!" One said. He then began patting Toshiro's back.

Another one said, "Yeah! You and Ryuzaki-san make up a great team!"

"Man, I would give all my marbles to have a doubles partner like you guys…" The smallest one stated. Toshiro and Satoru saw how sad the little guy looked like, so they both offered,

"Why don't we-"

"-teach you guys?"

The boys with them were elated, at the same time bewildered with their display of action.

"Wow! Not only are you guys like synchronized in court, but also in social life?"

Both of them scratched the back of their heads.

"You guys are so cool!" With that, the group along with Toshiro and Satoru walked over one of the free courts to play with the other kids.

Back in the rooms, however, something different was up.

As Daki lay down on his bed, he kept on thinking about Kiyotaka's plan. Even if the two of them of were cousins, and were like two peas in a pod, they still lacked understanding with each other. Unlike Toshiro and Satoru, who were unrelated but were still about to communicate with each other secretly.

And since Daki was a huge fan of Sci-fi, he was beginning to think they were aliens sent from the planet Whoknowswhere to abduct Earth and to ruin his and his cousin's stay in the tennis camp.

On another room in the building, Kiyotaka was looking out his window, deep in thought.

"What was that move?" He muttered still thinking about Satoru's smash. The scene kept on playing over and over his head like a broken record. He banged his head on the window, which made him stand up straight from the pain. He turned around, to grab a band-aid from his desk drawer, only to be more focused on the hose and the pail by his door.

Suddenly, he was smiling deviously, as he remembered his revenge plan for their doubles opponents. Grabbing the materials, he quickly ran to Daki's room.

"Cousin, open up!" Kiyotaka exclaimed, waiting for Daki to open the door. When the latter didn't open it, Kiyotaka help himself in and found him staring with his cousin who was on the floor, hiding under his desk with all of his pillows around him.

"What…are you doing?"

"H-hiding from a-aliens."

Kiyotaka looked at him weirdly before continuing. "Whatever. Now get your gear. We're gonna have some fun."

Daki went out of his desk and stood up. "What do you mean?"

Kiyotaka held the pail and the hose to Daki's eye level before the both of them smirked.

"Revenge."

Toshiro and Satoru were on their way from the courts back to their special rooms when they suddenly heard the sound of gushing water. Both of them stood still, before checking out both of their rooms.

Satoru opened his door and was relieved when he saw that it was still in one piece. However, the opposite happened to Toshiro's.

"Oh no…" He heard Echizen mutter.

Satoru closed his door before going inside his partner's room. His jaw dropped.

The once clean, tidy and neat room of Toshiro was now trashed down by a flood. All of the things in his room were soggy and wet. Except for the closet, where all of his belongings were located. It was a good thing he was able to organize and put away his things before they went out.

Satoru looked at Toshiro with pity. The guy was cleaner than the janitors in his old school, and here he was, with a disastrous room. He suddenly felt anger wash through him. "Who would do this?"

"It's probably a broken water pipe or something…" Toshiro walked around his room, looking for anything that wasn't water-soaked.

"I don't think so." Satoru stated, which made Toshiro look at him. There, in Satoru's hand was a pail and a sponge, with a note attached to it.

"Congratulations! Hope you like our 'watery' surprise." Toshiro read the note.

Satoru thought of Daki and Kiyotaka, but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. Right now, they had to figure out where Toshiro would sleep.

"Ne," Satoru started, "Why don't you grab your things. Then we'll head out to my room."

"Thanks, Satoru." Toshiro smiled before grabbing his backpacks from his closet.

As they entered S2, Toshiro placed down his bags on the floor, near Satoru's closet. When he stood up, the picture Ryuzaki had on display caught his attention.

"Satoru," Toshiro said, "Who's this?"

Satoru looked over the table beside the closet and studied the picture in Toshiro's hand. Recognizing the person on the picture, he stated, "Oh, that's my Mom. Why'd ya ask?"

"She seems familiar. I've seen her before…"

A/N: Chapter Three! Hope you like this one! Big thanks to Tsuki no Sakura-11, ElLyDude, ShortFingerNails, lovedubs-kawaii, chillybean, Car2nfreak, imnobeautyqueen, and kunja. (: