The ending is still undecided and this chapter is short

I'm serious about making you all suffer with short chapters…this is the shortest one yet...

Disclaimer: I do not own POT!


During afternoon practice, it was really…silent. No one was making any loud and energetic noises, even Eiji. That goes also to Kaidoh and Momo, who both aren't fighting! Which was scary; and Echizen was once again staring at nothing. While Ryoma was distracted, the regulars gather up and have their conversation.

Eiji had told the rest who was not there this morning to see it. Oishi and Kawamura were extremely worried; Tezuka will never believe it, and Fuji was shock but slightly interested. Next, Kaidoh and Momo told them what happened just before lunch. The little girl appeared before them and told them that they have to do what they are needed to do.

"We keep telling here that we don't know, we told her to tell us! But then she said, 'I don't have to, you already know without even knowing it', I still don't know!" said Momo.

"I don't have to, you already know without even knowing it…that's the fortune teller lady said to me yesterday," said Kawamura. The regulars scoot in to listen his story; Inui got ready to write.

"Nya, what happened?" Eiji asked.

"Well, I was walking home after we left Echizen's house then I passed by an old fortune teller lady with a crystal ball on the stand. She called me and I went to her. She started telling me about all of us that we were all in great danger. I didn't believe it of course but when she mentioned about a boy who's amazingly good at tennis, I was thinking it was Echizen. She started telling me that Echizen is the key to help solve the problem, the problem that we just have. I asked her what do we need to do but then she said 'I don't have to tell you, you already know without even knowing it'. And with that, she ordered me to leave..." Kawamura ends his story with that.

They started thinking possible reasons for this but nothing.

"Nya, I can't believe Ochibi's haunted by a ghost" said Eiji.

"What did you say?!"

All the regulars jumped from the sudden shout, they look behind and saw their coach, Ryuzaki. She stood there frightened.

"What do you mean by ghosts, eh?" Ryuzaki asked. Her expression showed that she was dead serious than ever before.

The regulars dare not to open their mouths. Tezuka has to tell her but somehow he couldn't.

"Tell me now!" Ryuzaki ordered. Tezuka clears his throat to explain properly, "You see, ever since we got out from our week-off…unusual events started happening, most of it came from Echizen…Echizen is now quiet and no longer a handful but it worries the team"

There was then a strange silence when Ryuzaki asked, "…Did he faint?"

"? Excuse me?" said the confused Tezuka.

"I asked, did he faint one time and suddenly, with no explanation, developed a fever?" Tezuka blinked. Didn't that happened yesterday? Was their coach there yesterday? No, she was sick yesterday, she wouldn't have known.

"..He did, yesterday" Tezuka answered.

"Oh no…oh no…I need to call Rinko" Ryuzaki muttered as she walked away quickly to her office. Huge tension was suddenly brought on the regulars' shoulders.

Did this happen before? Everyone asked themselves mentally as they continue their practice, not wanting to recall what just happened. That was yet another strange event that was very unsure.

After tennis practice, Momo made sure that Ryoma was sent directly to home instead of going inside the school. Momo was so brave to go through all the complains, whiny remarks, scratches and bruises the freshamn had made.


Inui who went to the library, gave another chance to find the book. Inui sighed in frustration.

"I guess I have no choice" said Inui as he took out his cell phone and dialed a number. He waited for a while until the receiver picks up. An old croaky voice was heard in the other line.

"Hello? Hello, who is this?"

"Oji-san, it's Sadahara"

"Eh? Sadahara? Ah! My grandson, would you please be my assistant?"

"No…"

"Oh okay…"

"…Oji-san"

"Hm?"

"What was that book called, the one you showed me when I was little?"

"Hmmm…oh that book! I've told you about it many times when we talk on the phone, anyways the book is called 'Demon Spirits'"


There's your chapter, please review…

P.S. Please write more chapters, I'm being discouraged here...