Disclaimer: I do not own Prince Of Tennis, all rights belong to Takeshi Konomi.

I'm not sure I'm good with making hints for readers to go off of. I'm not sure if they seem too blatant or too obscure. Anyway, in this chapter there will be a lot of ups and downs. Wish Sakuno luck. I tried to make it a little more adventurous.

Enjoy!

A crazed ax wielding freak stood before the group breathing deeply and seemingly chuckling to himself.

"How many children left? Ah, this is nice…I love you!" He cheered maniacally and raised both his arms almost expecting all them to embrace him.

"Sicko!" Usagi screamed but dared not move forward.

"Heh, that may be… but I can't help it. With your young faces your expressions are so beautiful. I love that, now show me some fear." He said and lunged at the group some were forced to fall to the ground simply the hallway wasn't wide enough for them all to get out of the way. Sakuno being one of them, the teacher turned to her then grinned as she looked up at him horrified.

"Sakuno-chan move!" Shiro who was also on the ground yelled as he kicked the teacher's legs making him stumble and adjust his attention to him. Sakuno snapped out of her fear and crawled away towards Nana who helped her up.

The teacher grinned wildly and swung down at Shiro but he was able to roll to the side and run away down the hall only to be chased by the teacher. Kyo followed after along with Kaito, they seemed to have formulated a plan which would have to work if Shiro wanted to live.

Rai was with the girls and hurriedly took them to a room and told them he'd be right back and to wait there until he brought the others back with him.

"And…what if you don't come back?" Nana asked not impressed by his chivalry, probably finding the boys heroics idiotic.

"I'll be back, that's a promise, but it would help if any of you have some bullets?" Rai asked as he showed a small gun.

Sakuno came to a sudden realization that she had two in her pocket and quickly took them out and handed them over to Rai, he smiled and quirked his head a bit.

"Thanks Sakuno-chan, glad you're here." He said with a small smile while kissing her cheek before his face changed to completely serious as he rushed out of the room.

Meanwhile Shiro was dodging swings form the deranged maniac and was starting to lose his balance. He dodged to one side and hit a wall and seemed frozen to the spot until the ax came crashing down a few centimeters from his face into the wall. Luckily it seemed to be stuck in the wall so Shiro ducked under the teachers arm and continued to run down the hallway. The teacher got it loose quickly and charged after him, Shiro was sure he could lose the guy somewhere but fate turned on him when he reached a dead end.

He looked back at the teacher who slowly started to approach, he too was out of breath but couldn't help smile at Shiro.

"That look, that look of complete fear…is delicious." The teacher stumbled a bit then ran straight at Shiro who had his back against the wall sweating and gapping, trying to cling to it out of fear.

The teacher brought the ax up and Shiro closed his eyes waiting for the impact but nothing happened, he slowly opened his eyes to see that Kyo and Kaito were holding the teachers arms back. Kyo twisted the teachers arm back far enough so he was forced to drop the ax, seeing this Shiro sunk to the ground relieved that he was finally safe. No, not yet he wasn't, he got up, picked up the ax and walked to the teacher with a strong determination in his eyes.

"Wh-where are the other antidotes?" He asked clenching the ax in one hand.

Kyo and Kaito looked at one another then to teacher who started to shake, then he burst into laughter.

"What are you going to do shrimp? Kill me?" The teacher asked and continued to laugh.

Shiro did want to kill him, he really did with all his heart but with such a disturbing method he didn't think he could do it. He then heard footsteps coming and took a whiff of the air.

"Rai!" He cheered with surprise and within a couple of seconds Rai appeared running up to them. Kaito and Kyo seemed to loosen their grip which gave the teacher room to yank his arms free, he then tackled Shiro and forcefully took the ax back.

Kaito, Kyo, and Shiro both looked on stunned at the teacher who was then able to grab Shiro's arm. Shiro tried to pull away but was helpless to the mans tight grip on his wrist and could only look up at the teacher in horror.

Rai stopped then quickly grabbed the gun and shot once, the bullet went straight to the teacher's arm yanking it back and sending the ax flying backwards as he let out a blood curtailing cry of pain and stepped back releasing Shiro to hold his now bloody arm. He was shaking again this time from the pain and the amount of blood he was loosing as he watched it seem to drain onto the white floor bringing some color to this monochrome hallway.

Shiro ran back to Rai and made his place right behind him. Kyo and Kaito straightened up and stared at the teacher who started to pace back and forth in the hallway as the blood kept dripping form between his fingers where he held his wound.

"Hey, before you drain away, tell us where we can get more antidotes." Kyo said with a deep voice that shook the teacher to his core.

"You sound like some grown man…fine…anyway…two are… around the corner we came…and…" He seemed to stop then rest his head against the wall.

"Go on…" Rai added as he kept the gun pointed at the man.

"…another…two… in the room I came…out of." The teacher feeling faint decided to sit down and rest on the ground.

The group went and got the two antidotes that were down the hall and decided that one went to Shiro the other to Kyo. The group originally insisted that Rai got it for saving their butts but he declined due to the fact that Kyo and Kaito were the ones that put their lives on the line first. The boys then hurriedly ran back to where the girls were.

When Rai left, the girls were silent and decided to sit down on the floor not one of them wishing to touch the chair placed in the middle. Usagi seemed to be feeling much better because she was staying calm and silent, Nana on the other hand wasn't looking so good, she seemed to be sweating and shaking while she kept her eyes shut tight. Sakuno worriedly went over to her and asked if she was doing okay. At first their was no reply then Nana slowly turned her head as her hands started to twitch.

"I think…I'm at my limit." Nana said softly as she rested her back against a wall, finding it difficult to keep herself up right.

Sakuno who was worried looked over to Usagi who seemed to have dozed off herself, she was probably just tired, it was late at night. Sakuno wasn't sure what time it was anymore, minutes felt like hours and there were no windows to the outside to see.

Sakuno then decided to check some of the neighboring rooms to see if they held anything that could help Nana. She got up and went to the door but heard Nana mumble for her stop and stay. Sakuno gave a small smile and left saying she would be back soon. She felt that she couldn't just sit there and she was feeling fine accept for an occasional cold sweat or coughing fit. She wasn't as bad as Nana was so she had to try and help her out somehow, she couldn't stand to just sit and watch.

She looked through a few doors and saw nothing, she noticed the open door the teacher cam out of but dared not look or get too close. She was running out of options as the only way to continue looking was to walk by that door. She decided to take a deep breath and walk closer; she grabbed the door knob and then peeked her head around to look inside. To her surprise sat a box, she looked around carefully and walked so that her body was in the doorway. She was scared there was a trap, no there had to be, this was too easy.

But…

She walked in against her better judgment and approached the box that lay innocently on the floor for her; she knelt down and opened it to find two antidotes. She was very excited and even started to cry; she quickly took them and jumped up running out of the room.

Their seemed to be some hope in this world after all, she could help Nana and save her life. That sudden feeling of power surged through Sakuno and she couldn't help smile a bit as she felt sweet relief.

She ran back to the room and opened the door quickly.

"I found two, Nana-sempai!" She cheered.

To her surprise no one was there and Sakuno quickly ran back outside to look at the door number. She knew it had to be here, she didn't turn down any hallways she just went straight, so, it had to be here!

"N-No…this can't." She stuttered as she shrank to the ground and held her head for a moment before remembering she had two of the antidotes in her hand. Her eyes started to water but she tried to hold them back and administered one to herself. She held the other one shaking with fear.

"Maybe…th-they moved? Hehehe…" Sakuno told herself trying to gain some composure as she stood up trying to control the hysteria forming in her mind. She went down the hallway and looked in the other doors wondering if Nana and Usagi were in them.

A gun shot rang out and Sakuno fell on her butt in fright.

"What was that!" Shiro yelled.

"Not sure we still need to get back to the girls!" Kaito said somewhat loudly.

"I smell Sakuno-chan!" Shiro yelled.

A few seconds later Shiro, Kaito and Kyo turned the corner and found Sakuno in the hallway on the ground clutching an antidote in her hands. Shiro quickly went to her side and asked if she was all right, Sakuno gave a nod but tears started to pour from her eyes.

"I-I don't know where Nana and Usagi went!" She said crying.

"What do you mean?" Kaito asked.

"N-Nana was at her limit…I-I couldn't just sit there and watch so I decided to look around for more antidotes…" Sakuno tried to finish but couldn't find the words.

Kyo walked over and kneeled down beside her to rub her back and told her to keep calm. His voice was soothing and Sakuno tried to stop herself from shaking as the regret and fear washed over her again.

"Tezuka, you're not going to believe what I found out." Inui said over the phone as Tezuka walked to the front of the school gates and looked inside to see the cafeteria was the only building with the lights still on.

"What is it?" Tezuka asked stoically

"It's said that the people who owned the place and the underground facility died but it's still under their name." Inui said.

"So, the children took over the place?" Tezuka asked perplexed.

"Yes, they're still using their parents' bank accounts to pay for it." Inui said.

"They must be insane." Tezuka said under his breath.

"What?" Inui asked not hearing him well.

"Nothing, I'm going to take a look inside. Keep in touch." Tezuka said climbing up over the gate.

Groups: (Bold=antidote)

Recon- Yoi, Juro, Maro

Missing- Usagi, Nana, Rai (?)

Stranded- Sakuno, Kyo, Shiro, Kaito

Note: Sakuno didn't hear the first gun shot.

The story is close to its bold climax, I'm excited to get to this point and I hope the readers are too. Sorry for any misspelling or grammar errors.

Preview: After her little speech he smirked at Sakuno and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm glad you worked so hard and you've gotten so strong. So please, take a seat." Sakuno was then pushed into one of those horrible metal chairs. About five TV monitors turned on and Sakuno sat scared and confused by what she saw.

"Ah, it's on mute. Shall we change that?"