Back from a busy summer but things are starting to cool down so I can focus on finishing this story. Read carefully for this one, a lot is going to be happening some may shock you or not. I wonder who actually thought this guy was a bad guy. Anyway Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis; all rights belong to Takeshi Konomi.

As Sakuno slowly awoke from her slumber she felt in the pit of her stomach knots growing as her eyes adjusted to the bright lights. She felt the cold hard ground and realized that she was lying on her back in one of the white rooms. She was looking up at a fluorescent ceiling as she tried to move her slightly numb limbs, her body was sore from all the stress she's been putting it through lately. The adrenaline kept it from affecting her earlier but since she was knocked out and able to relax it started to tighten. Her eyes widened in surprise when she remembered that she still was not in a safe place and that she could be trapped with some teacher right know.

Her heart started to race as she sat up quickly, to quick because she felt dizzy and nauseas. She took a deep breath and tried to look at where she was but was having a hard time seeing straight, then she was gently tapped on the shoulder which made her jump in surprise. She briskly turned around and tried to scoot back.

"Ah, Sorry Sakuno-chan, I didn't mean to scare you." To Sakuno's surprise and joy there before her was a concerned looking Rai.

"Rai-sempai?" She asked bewildered.

"You bet, I was ambushed earlier when I was interrogating the ax teacher and wound up…" Rai wasn't able to finish before Sakuno quickly embraced him.

The two were still for a moment before Sakuno realized her rash behavior and moved back to give him personal space while she apologized.

"It's okay, I understand it's nice that someone is with you and you don't have to be alone in one of these rooms." He said softly to her with a small smile.

Sakuno gave a nod and stood up swiftly.

"We should try to get out of here and look for the others." She mentioned.

He looked up at her and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"You've, matured a lot Sakuno-chan." Rai said.

"W-Well, I hope so…I mean I feel stronger, I want to help the people that have been with me, like you." She said a bit shyly before putting on a nervous smile.

Rai stood up.

"You've gotten stronger I'm proud because you seemed like such a delicate flower before." He mentioned.

"I know, I was selfish and weak. I also caused you a lot of trouble, I'm sorry." She said bowing to him. "I will be better for now on."

"You've got quite a spark" He said softly.

"I think so too, still we need to go look for the others." She said as concern for the others safety took over her mind. She then turned and walked to the door and tried to open it but found it wouldn't budge. Despair washed over her for a moment but she wasn't going to let it get the best of her not when she's gotten this far.

Rai walked closer and leaned in close to Sakuno's ear, she didn't have room to turn around so she faced the door. She began to feel uncomfortable because it dawned on her that not only was Rai a friend and sempai but also a man.

"Rai-sempai?" She asked confused by his close presence as she felt his breathing by her ears and neck.

He placed a hand on the door beside Sakuno to box her in.

"Stay with me, stay in my room and relax." He said softly.

Sakuno bewildered turned her head to him and saw he was smiling a kind and inviting smile.

((((((Rai P.O.V))))))

I remember I was five when I got this room. I was the son of a wealthy family of strong and powerful parents. I was supposed to fit that image of a high class boy that matched their image to make the perfect family but I didn't. I was a disgrace; I had panic attacks all the time I would break down and cry or go into fits of rage.

I was such a disgrace to them, they tried doctors but none of them helped and medicine rarely worked. I was the flaw in their perfect image; people looked down on them because of me. My mom would be so embarrassed she would cry when she got home and my father would get so angry he'd hit the house workers, mother and me. He got so angry especially when people gossiped about us and our family or made up stories of why I was the way I was, most of the stories blaming my parents saying they were genetically flawed.

When I was five they couldn't take it anymore and brought me down to under the house to a catacomb of rooms. This was where I would spend most of my childhood in a white room where there was only a small window on the door to see the other white rooms in front of me. I was put in white clothes and thrown in my new room.

That was it…everything became white.

I waited and thought that they would come back for me that they would end their punishment and come get me after a certain amount of time. They didn't I lost track of time and I knew at that point when I forgot when days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months that they weren't going to let me out.

I was given one meal a day and taken to the bathroom two times a day, everyday by the same man that always took. I don't know his name he never told me, I tried to be friendly and ask him questions but he never answered. He'd just put me in my straight jacket, leash me like a dog and take me to the bathroom without a word.

I would pace back and forth for hours maybe even days at a time, I wouldn't know the difference. Sometimes I would get angry and bang on the walls till I bled and scream till my lungs felt like they were going to burst. I needed to feel something anything at all.

One day, I got to go get my hair cut, it seemed to be really long but I couldn't tell because I didn't have a mirror in my room nor did it bother me. I was eight and it was shaved all the way off, I never felt such a sensation on my head before it was really weird. I looked at my hair on the floor and thought to myself that I almost forgot what my hair looked like. The man took me back to my room but on the way there I saw that some rooms had other children around my age in them as well. I asked the man who those other kids were but he didn't respond and tossed me in my room.

From that moment on everything went down hill, my mind and the hope of ever being let out of my clean prison was slipping away. My sanity was becoming so thin that I would stare at the ceiling with out moving a muscle, other days I would move and run so much that I would pass out. Most days I would scream my head off.

Until I awoke one day and thought, nothing. I want nothing. I need nothing. I am nothing.

I was silent my mind was blank I only stared out into space as I walked around my room. My mind had given out from the boredom of being alone and isolated from other people. When the man came to feed me or take me to the bathroom, I watched him intently. Everything about him I watched and remembered. I didn't know it at the time but my eyes were pretty keen.

The man kept the keys to my room on his waist dangling in sight just asking for me to grab and take them, but when I thought that I gave up and thought about nothing-ness once more.

Until one day, I was eleven when I snapped. It was when the man said that my mother was going to come see me. I hadn't planned on actually escaping, when I got that idea I only imagined it in my head, I got lost in the fantasy world I created. When I was in my room I would day dream about my great escape sometimes I would even try to play out the things I would do to get free. I would run and jump around in my room as I forgot what my real reality was.

When that man told me that my mother was coming to see me, I snapped back to reality and a strong emotion took over me that I couldn't explain, it was simply too beautiful for words.

That day I killed a man and I began to taste freedom.

(((((Normal P.O.V))))))

"What do you mean? Your room?" Sakuno asked confused but frozen in fear.

"It's what it sounds like; this was my room when I was a kid." He said standing up straight but left his hand on the door.

"For six year I lived in this room, you see my parents owned this and the grounds upstairs which used to be their mansion."

"Wh-what are you talking about, Rai-sempai this isn't funny!" Sakuno said and turned around to face him with serious eyes.

He could see that she was scared and simply gave a small chuckle.

"Sakuno-chan, it's the truth. I actually own this school. When I killed my parents the money was transferred to me and I had this school built." He said.

"Killed your parents? You wouldn't do that." Sakuno said shocked.

"Ha? I said I did though, believe me Sakuno-chan." He said with a small smile.

She smacked him, out of fear and worry.

"Don't say things like that! You're losing your mind Rai-sempai!" Sakuno said beginning to get a bit hysterical.

He touched his now reddened cheek then gave a small sigh. "Sakuno-chan~ I lost that a long time ago."

"No the Rai-sempai I know wouldn't say these things he wouldn't act this way. He is a good person that helped me and befriended me. Someone I care about." Sakuno said gaining some determination.

"Really now?" He asked.

" Yes! And we are going to find a way out of here and back to the surface. We will find the others and escape together. I believe we can do this but sempai please don't give in." She said trying to reassure him.

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?"

"What is this?" She asked alarmed as her hands were strapped to the chair. She looked at the T.V. monitors and saw Juro, Maro, Usagi, Nana and Kyo all in rooms strapped to chairs. Juro was in a room full of creepy puppets that seemed to be shaking, Maro was in a room full of mirrors some broken, Usagi was stripped to nothing but her underwear and put under extreme light, Nana seemed to be trying keep herself awake, and Kyo was strapped to a chair like Sakuno was now.

Your friends, confronting their fears is all." Rai said simply.

"Th-that's torture." Sakuno said softly. "Let them go."

"Hm? Your in no position to talk little missy and I want to see them break." He said.

"What?" Sakuno asked astonished.

"I want to see them lose hope and realize they're just going to die. I want to see that moment when their mind snaps and they just quit. That's what I created this school for, to find people like me and push them until they snap." He said.

"Rai-sempai, that's not right! What's wrong with you? Were you drugged? P-please stop this." Sakuno begged.

"This is me Sakuno-chan, I only acted the way I did was because I knew you would be too weak if I didn't. It's no fun to break what is already broken. I needed you to gain your backbone and your hope before I started this camp. "He said with a small smirk.

"E-Eh? Then what about Yoi, Kaito and Shiro!" She asked hoping he was still friends with them and would snap back to reality.

"Let me tell you a story, when I was placed in this room I was given one meal a day and two bathroom breaks where I was walked down the hall passing other rooms. One day a few kids my age were in those rooms and they were the people you now know as Yoi, Kaito and Shiro. They were from different families but were given up to be locked away in here for their bad behavior. To their parents they were simply disgraceful and repulsive so they were sent here never to be seen again." Rai said looking rather bored explaining the situation.

"Parents wouldn't do that…" Sakuno said aghast.

"Ours did, wouldn't call them parents though." Rai then looked back at the TV monitors to see what was going and smiled in delight to find that Maro's channel was beginning to get interesting.

"Ah, looks like he's trying to break free, let's see how long it takes him to get tired and give up." Rai took the remote and clicked a button and Sakuno could here the screams of Maro as he tried to get free. His cries filled the room and Sakuno turned her head away trying to block it out as much as she could.

It took him twenty minutes to stop screaming and rest his head back in the chair in tears. Sakuno felt a heavy weight on her heart when she looked back and saw Maro in such a state.

"You know it's thanks to Yoi-chan that they were caught. I was worried that Juro would be a problem but she handled him fine. She sure is strong, huh?" Rai said looking over to Sakuno for an agreement.

Sakuno said nothing but looked away; she was feeling a lot of emotion that she was having a hard time controlling. Rai's face straightened and he walked over and grabbed her mouth forcefully and turned her head to look at him.

"While we wait for the others to break down, why don't I tell you some stories? I'll tell you my story first and then Jiro's story and how it was your fault he died." He said as Sakuno gasped in confusion. She remembered Jiro only slightly, they didn't really even meet so how was she involved?

Was that a shocking twist? More will be explained next chapter!

Any questions go ahead and ask. I will try to include them in the next chapter or tell you if it doesn't work its way in.

Sorry it took so long though, work, work and sports kept me tired and busy. I do plan to finish this and my other story by mid August.