Hello anybody reading this! Everything is better now, and the story is progressing again! Yay!

Blufox- Yay! Cliffhanger! May it continue!

Yoshikochan- DEFINATELY. It's Tezuka, there's no way he would let Fuji hurt for his sake.

KiriharaAkaya- About names again. Yeah, I still write Kaido, even though I know it's not a very legitimate translation, but even I say Karupin (Although I didn't in my first P.O.T. Fic, but that was a whole year ago!) and write 'Jirou'. And please don't stab Viz! I still wanna read them!

KaL KeY- My own pace? Phew! Sounds good! As for Fuji, he couldn't take the night pains away from Tezuka forever, but if he was around when Kunimitsu was hurting like that, he could transfer the pain onto himself, yes. As for how the others would react, I don't know yet. You can imagine, I'm sure, how Tezuka himself would react. -Laughs.-

Skyblue147- I'm glad you like it! Anyway, I'm afraid to ask, but who are you stalking? -Nervous Laugh.-

Disclaimer- I do not own Prince of Tennis

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"Yuta is a positive too," Fuji said, taking a bite of his dinner. Once he had swallowed, he smiled, "But he won't tell me what he is."

"You'll find out at Atobe's Party," Eiji shrugged, "Hoi, but it makes you wonder..."

"Ball," Oishi reminded him quietly, mostly because he knew that if he kept calling it a party now, he would call it the same thing in front of Atobe. Oishi really didn't want Eiji getting on the bad side of anyone.

"Hoi hoi," Eiji said, rolling his eyes. Fuji gave Kunimitsu, who was sitting to his left, a glance, trying to see if he was drifting into his thoughts. He was. They hadn't spoken since their argument upstairs, but what bothered the tensai now was that the small crease in Kunimitsu's forehead meant he wasn't even 'in the room' with them.

He wondered for a long moment what Kunimitsu was thinking about, just like he had so many other times, and, just like most of those times, since everything changed, anyway, he wished he could have Ryoma's mind powers, just for a moment. Oh, right, even the freshman couldn't see what Kunimitsu was thinking. Man, that guy was a walking enigma.

"I never thought about it before," Taka said, looking thoughtful, "But I'm actually curious. You know, about the people from other schools. Isn't a bit weird that so many TP's are in tennis? As far as we know, I mean..."

"It's something about 'Natural Selection'," Inui said, "I've been talking to Tezuka-san about the other times it's happened. Those selected always seem to be young and fit. Tennis is good for producing that kind of person, but I doubt it's isolated to just tennis players." That was interesting too, Fuji noticed, people listened to Inui's ramblings when it was about the Trivial Pulse. Inui adjusted his glasses, "That reminds me, I've put together folders about the exact species I suspect each of us to be. It's important to know a bit about your animal counter-part, because of certain instincts that may effect us later on. It could be dangerous to not know, and a slip up like that could reveal any one of us to the world."

"I caught Momo chasing a rabbit yesterday," Ryoma accused, pointing a finger at the older boy as he took a bite of his food.

"I just wanted to see if I could catch it! I wasn't gonna kill it and eat it or anything like that!!" Momo argued, though he looked quite a bit embarrassed.

"Never said you were," Ryoma shrugged, but he was smirking behind his glass, as he took a long drink of the grape Ponta inside it.

"Whatever the case may be," Inui interrupted before this could go any farther, "You should all go over your own files, and then perhaps let the people closest to you have a look too." That was it, and Inui passed the files he had around the table.

Fuji glanced at his half heartedly. He already knew what he was, thanks to Kunikazu, and he knew he could always read it later. He was much more interested in that little 'nilla folder in front of Kunimitsu. The Buchou himself seemed completely apathetic towards the folder, and the rest of the world, for that matter.

"Kunimitsu..." Fuji whispered it, already thinking that it was a mistake, that he should have let Kunimitsu have the time he needed to himself. He turned away, hoping, though he knew it wasn't likely, that the buchou hadn't heard him.

"Yes, Love?"

Fuji froze. That was surprising. That was strange. That was... Kinda nice... Fuji turned to the other boy slowly. His eyes must have widened, without him realizing it, because Kunimitsu seemed to realize just how surprised he was.

"I'm not angry with you," Kunimitsu whispered, his lips surprisingly close to the tensai's ear, as if the other people in the room didn't exist. Either that, or Kunimitsu had decided that he didn't care anymore. That thought made Fuji's breath catch in his throat. Wouldn't that be something. "You were just worried about me, and I overreacted. I'm sorry."

"That why...?" Fuji wanted to ask why he had been so quiet, but was silenced as Kunimitsu smiled slightly at him. That smile that he kept only for Fuji.

"Had to be sure you weren't mad at me," Kunimitsu said, as if that was the answer to any question Fuji might have. For a moment, Fuji was confused. Had Kunimitsu lost his mind? He was acting this way in front of the entire team, and Ryuzaki! Sure, it wasn't like they didn't know, and it wasn't like they didn't have their parents' permission, but this was Kunimitsu... And being this intimate around other people was definitely not a very Kunimitsu-like thing.

"I thought... You smiled only for me," Fuji smiled slightly as he whispered the words to Kunimitsu in a tease, but mostly because he hoped to hide his own surprise. He was a little bit disappointed that Kunimitsu would smile in front of these people, and he realized that he felt... Jealous. The thought made Fuji want to laugh, but, honestly, he was much too confused by Kunimitsu's sudden tenderness to react like that.

"What makes you think they can see anything?" Kunimitsu smiled, and Fuji looked around. Why wasn't anyone staring? Oh, Momo seemed to be looking in their general direction, but he looked so confused. "They can't hear us either."

"Can't...?" Fuji asked, starting to hate that Kunimitsu clearly understood something he didn't. Kunimitsu's smile dropped from his face, as he noticed that Fuji really didn't get it.

"I'll show you what I mean, by going back to reality," Kunimitsu seemed to concentrate for a moment, and then moved back to a more respectable position, as far as the people around him were concerned.

"Tha... That was so cool!" Eiji exclaimed, jumping from his place at the table to run around to Fuji and Kunimitsu. "How did you do that? Where did you go? Nyah, show me! Show me!"

"What... Happened though?" Fuji asked, seriously hating that he didn't know, though he smiled characteristically, when now everyone else seemed to know as well. It was humiliating for the tensai, who was so used to seeing things quite clearly.

"You disappeared! You said Buchou's name and then 'Poof!' It was so cool! Do it again," Eiji insisted, clearly thinking that Fuji was behind the occurrence, and that he didn't understand was some kind of strange tensai joke.

"I can't do it again while you're bouncing up and down like that," Kunimitsu said, sounding a bit annoyed. Eiji looked to him, suddenly grasping the situation. Fuji was starting to understand as well. So, Kunimitsu could turn people, including himself, invisible. Okay, Fuji could deal with that. Oh man, that would be a fun power... "If you'll calm down, I can make you invisible. It's not hard."

"Yahhoi!" Eiji cheered, then quickly set about trying to calm himself down. Fuji could see his leg shaking in a very puppy like way, betraying his excitement as the rest of him seemed to keep with the program and relax. Again, Kunimitsu seemed to concentrate, and then, just like he was never there, Eiji was gone.

Fuji waited to hear something from the energetic senior, but no such sound ever reached his ears. Kunimitsu, on the other hand, seemed to be hearing every silent exclamation, judging be the annoyed look on his face. Fuji shook his head with a smile, knowing that this was one pain he couldn't take off Kunimitsu's hands.

Then, suddenly, Fuji was aware of just where Eiji was, as Oishi jumped up with a small yell. He was blushing furiously, and Fuji doubted it was only because he had just yelled out in front of the entire team of regulars. By now, because Fuji knew Eiji well enough, he could almost hear the other boy laugh, and knew that the acrobatic player was on the move again. Momo was the next victim, quickly followed by Ryoma, who was struggling not to react as Eiji evidently tried to tickle his brains out. Eiji moved on the diplomatically attack each of the people in the room in turn, until only Kunimitsu, Ryuzaki, and Fuji himself were remaining. Clearly, the red head had no intentions of messing with their coach, so Fuji knew the next move would be directed as him or the buchou beside him.

"You do realize that I can still see you, don't you?" Kunimitsu asked, and Fuji heard something about how unfair that was as Eiji slowly became visible again. "And now, so can everyone else." Several wicked grins went around the table as thoughts of revenge became unified.

"Nya!" Eiji whined, and cast Oishi a 'protect me' glance. Oishi was smiling as he shrugged his shoulders. "It's not like I'm the only one to blame! Tezuka-buchou is the one that made me invisible in the first place!!"

"Kikumaru, fifteen laps, tomorrow," Kunimitsu said, his eyes stoic as always.

"You can't--!" Eiji exclaimed.

"Twenty," Kunimitsu interrupted. Eiji began to look quite distressed.

"I'm going to go upstairs and finish some homework, if I might excuse myself," Oishi suddenly said. Ryuzaki nodded and Eiji looked like he was being abandoned until the Vice-Captain brushed past him on his way to the door, in a seemingly casual gesture. Still, it seemed to mean plenty to Eiji as he watched Oishi walk out.

"Saa, Eiji, have you done your homework yet?" Fuji asked with a smile. Eiji continued to stare at the door Oishi had just exited out for a millisecond longer before he caught himself, and turned to Fuji.

"Homework...?" Eiji suddenly smiled, and then it was gone. Instead, he looked like he was annoyed at something, and a little upset even, "Hoi... Forgot..."

"I'll take care of your dishes," Fuji smiled, and Eiji practically flipped out of his chair.

"Thanks, Fujiko!" Eiji exclaimed, and was out the door. Well, if that wasn't an obvious set up, Fuji didn't know what was. He looked to Ryuzaki, as if to ask her what she intended to do about it.

Ryuzaki realized that she was being tested, and though it annoyed her, she kept her cool, "I'm going to... Pretend that I didn't understand what happened just now." Fuji smiled, knowing that even Ryuzaki could go soft where the Golden Pair was concerned.

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